Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Fedora Master]

It's time to throw the bears back into the forest

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Calling a Larian game a WRPG like trying to claim STALKER was a Western FPS.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Larian are shrewd bastards. Show bear scene, make both fans and haters go crazy. Attention and discussion reaches an all time high.

I would still say that it's a terrible look, but I do have to admit that it did its job in gaining publicity.

 

[Gradenmayer]

Larian are shrewd bastards. Show bear scene, make both fans and haters go crazy. Attention and discussion reaches an all time high.

So, what is everyone rolling for class?

What did everyone think of the gameplay they showed at the end of PFH?

No one cares? Okay.

Most people decided on their classes way back in early access. Monk’s projectile reflect looks fun, but they didn’t show anything except 3 skills for them, because they died like dipshits after 2 turns 2 separate times. Not much to talk about.

 

[Jermu]

Im waiting for more info before figuring out builds more (I found some interesting combos reading 5e wiki classes but Larian probably takes some liberties from those)

but if Larian's multiclass spell progession fuckness is as bad as italian interview made it sound then fuck balance 3-4 chars with single class dips that can cast all spell schools 6th level spells takes all joy out of figuring out builds (if that class has full spell progression, can still dip 2 levels to paladin or something to get 6th level spells)

 

[Kiste]

So, what is everyone rolling for class?

I wish Mindflayers were a playable race, they'd be a natural fit for me, but since they're not an option I'll play a male Drow Sorc and will surround myself with a waifu harem consisting of Shadowheart, Karlach und Lae'zel.

I will not fuck the bear but I might have a word with the squirrel. It seems to be quite adept at handling nuts.

 

[Grunker]

Larian are shrewd bastards. Show bear scene, make both fans and haters go crazy. Attention and discussion reaches an all time high.

As someone who works with generating buzz in the press and on social media for a "product", I can tell you that things like these are almost always accidental and much less planned than they might appear. Chances are they went "this'd be lulz" at a meeting and then it blew up.

It's one times out of a million you hit something viral intentionally

 

[Silverfish]

They remind me of this girl I met at a party when I was in university. She said she was "liberal about everything, but conservative about sex" (tough luck, right?)

And you didn't propose on the spot? Not gonna make it.

Also, Fallout 2 apparently does not deserve to exist.

Let's hear him out.

Larian dug up the BG IP to make easy money on a beloved name to bring fake prestige to what otherwise should be titled something like "Furry Assfuck Kingdom", which is a far more accurate title.

Already taken by a Sonic the Hedgehog fansite.

I sincerely wish the worst for Larian at this point.

I don't, but I'm also no stranger to this level of pettiness and have nothing but respect for it.

So, what is everyone rolling for class?

I like variety on the first time out with a game, so probably wizard or sorcerer.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Maybe we should start a list of which elements are haram to Codexers.

1. Fags
2. Trannies
3. Negroes
4. Sluts
5. Furries
6. Non-trad women
8. Ugly/fat chicks
9. Bears
...

Did I miss anything?

RPGs

Other codexers.
"Bears and Codexers are natural enemies. Like RPGs and Codexers. Or Furries and Codexers. Or Gays and Codexers. Or codexers and codexers. Damn Codexers, they ruined the codex!"

 

[Grunker]

So, what is everyone rolling for class?

I'm a gish-kindda guy, so Hexblade would be the obvious choice. But since long resting seems free and they're not implementing Hexblade, I dunno, really. I might do a bard instead, they can be cool gishes in 5E and I never play them.

 

[Abu Antar]

I have been thinking monk/cleric, but I am starting to think monk/rogue.

 

[Gradenmayer]

So, what is everyone rolling for class?

I'm a gish-kindda guy, so Hexblade would be the obvious choice. But since long resting seems free and they're not implementing Hexblade, I dunno, really. I might do a bard instead, they can be cool gishes in 5E and I never play them.

They said you will gain some Hexblade elements if you pick Pact of Blade on warlock, at the very least extra attack was confirmed.

 

[Yosharian]

So, what is everyone rolling for class?

Paladin of course. Normally I would be a half-elf because of optimization, but apparently now every race is an amorphous blob of stats so god knows what I'm going to pick now

Don't really see the point of multiclassing, lots of nice toys from Paladin levels all the way to 12

All the subclasses are pretty good but I think Vengeance is the best probably

 

[SmartCheetah]

Are there psions like in D&D3, or they are non-canon/not in 5.0 D&D?
Would love to play my Psion/monk Drow character from oldschool pnp days, altough playing Drow is probably going to be pointless as I won't be able to play seriously evil character.

Are priests of Bane still a thing?

 

[Saravan]

So, what is everyone rolling for class?

12 levels of Human Fighter (Battlemaster)

 

[Strange Fellow]

Is fighting barehanded still the monk's main gimmick in 5e? That makes the acquisition of phat loot less interesting, so it's a no from me. Probably some sort of wizardsorcerermage so I can play with surfaces again. I do like me some surfaces.

 

[Gradenmayer]

Is fighting barehanded still the monk's main gimmick in 5e? That makes the acquisition of phat loot less interesting, so it's a no from me. Probably some sort of wizardsorcerermage so I can play with surfaces again. I do like me some surfaces.

They can use weapons, though why would you? They confirmed monks of 4 elements will get significantly buffed over the PnP counterpart- more ki later on and some skills will be able to level up.

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

I was going to do Sorcerer with either Paladin or Warlock mixed in, depending on if I want to play a retarded, I mean evil character, but people say rests are essentially free and the level cap is 12, so...

...I'm going to do that anyway, cause fuck resting as a shitty hamstring mechanic for casters.

 

[mastroego]

Is the dinner date dialog real?
In a medieval fantasy?

These people are insane.

I can only imagine how many memes this game is going to create after its release. All the "fun" Dragon Age 3 provided with its shit is going to be nothing.

But here is the most important question, does the bear scene mean you wont play BG3? Thats the most relevant outcome of this outrage

My old PC probably cannot run it well so I doubt I will pirate it. And I am not buying it for Xbox due to this degenerate shit they added. I was thinking about buying it for Xbox before this bear shit.

I might still try it on my PC with low FPS if after release it turns out game is really awesome and this degenerate shit is not really at every corner but only what was shown recently (but I doubt that).

Some of us had this game gifted to them after boasting about their new PC and feel therefore obliged to play it
There's a lesson here I suppose

 

[BruceVC]

Is the dinner date dialog real?
In a medieval fantasy?

These people are insane.

I can only imagine how many memes this game is going to create after its release. All the "fun" Dragon Age 3 provided with its shit is going to be nothing.

But here is the most important question, does the bear scene mean you wont play BG3? Thats the most relevant outcome of this outrage

My old PC probably cannot run it well so I doubt I will pirate it. And I am not buying it for Xbox due to this degenerate shit they added. I was thinking about buying it for Xbox before this bear shit.

I might still try it on my PC with low FPS if after release it turns out game is really awesome and this degenerate shit is not really at every corner but only what was shown recently (but I doubt that).

Some of us had this game gifted to them after boasting about their new PC and feel therefore obliged to play it
There's a lesson here I suppose

Just to be clear, you wouldn't play BG3 if it wasnt gifted to you? And I assume its not just because of the bear scene?

 

[mastroego]

Just to be clear, you wouldn't play BG3 if it wasnt gifted to you? And I assume its not just because of the bear scene?

It started to seem to me unbearably woke (PUN INTENDED!) from the early stages TBH, and I lost interest in it.

 

[Gradenmayer]

Are there psions like in D&D3, or they are non-canon/not in 5.0 D&D?
Would love to play my Psion/monk Drow character from oldschool pnp days, altough playing Drow is probably going to be pointless as I won't be able to play seriously evil character.

Are priests of Bane still a thing?

You can pick Bane as deity. It’s only for RP purpose tho, with some dialogues here and there. You could pick War Domain with Bane as Deity and combine it with Dark Urge origin to open up some fucked up evil choices.

On the other hand- Drow has not-so-evil subrace, if you want to be a goodie.

 

[Steezus]

what is everyone rolling for class?

Probably Paladin, not sure about the subclass tho. Thinking about rolling with the Dark Urge origin too, which seems like an obvious homage to classic BG.

 

[Gradenmayer]

what is everyone rolling for class?

Probably Paladin, not sure about the subclass tho. Thinking about rolling with the Dark Urge origin too, which seems like an obvious homage to classic BG.

Don’t think subclass matters. If you pick Dark Urge options often- you will probably end up as an oathbreaker anyway.

 

[Kem0sabe]

I was thinking about playing a monk because the animations look pretty cool, but its still a melee class to run from target to target hitting them for low numbers.

So I will likely roll a caster, warlock/sorcerer multiclass, hopefully with a mod that removes the level cap and expands class progression. I hate earning xp and wasting it because I'm level cap, with such a big game I very much doubt you will be leveling all the way to endgame.

Another mod I'm installing is the party size to 6. The choice of 4 is just ridiculous.