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

[The_Mask]

Waifu cleric of Tempus, right?

Umberlee.

Fun fact: did you know you can kill the one in Brynnlaw with 0 penalty? And she also gives quite a bit of EXP, if you go there first thing.

 

[NecroLord]

Really, there are a lot of great companions.
Anomen - Sure, he is quite a douche, but he can buff himself like crazy and charge into the fray while wielding a good blunt weapon. Really effective party member.
Jan - Awesome companion, full stop. Despite being a gnome and his crazy stories (invented by him as a result of boredom, most likely), he is a fucking monster in the late game. Once he gets access to the Use Any Item HLA and some high level spells, you will see why.
Imoen - Can she be annoying? Yes. Is she a dual classed Thief/Mage and has all the power of a Mage while having Thief skills like Find/Disarm Traps? Also yes.

 

[HammyTheFat]

So the good alignment companions was fake news?

No, they were always planned - a tiefling donut steel and a halfling if I remember right (also, Minsc). I'm already annoyed that they re-wrote your initial companions, though.

I really liked the early EA versions of them. It sold the whole "we ARE working together" forced party narrative. They were supposed to be evil cunts + gale with 1-2 good ones added later.

What did they change about the companions? I haven't played since the release of EA

They are a LOT less abrasive, don't fight you nearly as much on choices they don't like. Shadowheart in particular is easily twice as agreeable as she was in earlier builds, her and the frog don't fight half as much. Astarion doesn't bitch about every little thing.

Also about 10x less 'Why are we doing this random shit we have brain slugs to deal with' complaints.

Regarding Shadowheart, I have the sinking yet sneaking suspicion that Larian is going to do something tiredly predictable. She has

Spoiler

memory problems

, so she's going to wind up being

Spoiler

secretly good

all along.

 

[Takamori]

So the good alignment companions was fake news?

No, they were always planned - a tiefling donut steel and a halfling if I remember right (also, Minsc). I'm already annoyed that they re-wrote your initial companions, though.

I really liked the early EA versions of them. It sold the whole "we ARE working together" forced party narrative. They were supposed to be evil cunts + gale with 1-2 good ones added later.

What did they change about the companions? I haven't played since the release of EA

They are a LOT less abrasive, don't fight you nearly as much on choices they don't like. Shadowheart in particular is easily twice as agreeable as she was in earlier builds, her and the frog don't fight half as much. Astarion doesn't bitch about every little thing.

Also about 10x less 'Why are we doing this random shit we have brain slugs to deal with' complaints.

Regarding Shadowheart, I have the sinking yet sneaking suspicion that Larian is going to do something tiredly predictable. She has

Spoiler

memory problems

, so she's going to wind up being

Spoiler

secretly good

all along.

Given their priest order is only made of females and males that change into females, I was expecting them to pull the dick card

 

[Rhobar121]

So the good alignment companions was fake news?

No, they were always planned - a tiefling donut steel and a halfling if I remember right (also, Minsc). I'm already annoyed that they re-wrote your initial companions, though.

I really liked the early EA versions of them. It sold the whole "we ARE working together" forced party narrative. They were supposed to be evil cunts + gale with 1-2 good ones added later.

What did they change about the companions? I haven't played since the release of EA

They are a LOT less abrasive, don't fight you nearly as much on choices they don't like. Shadowheart in particular is easily twice as agreeable as she was in earlier builds, her and the frog don't fight half as much. Astarion doesn't bitch about every little thing.

Also about 10x less 'Why are we doing this random shit we have brain slugs to deal with' complaints.

Regarding Shadowheart, I have the sinking yet sneaking suspicion that Larian is going to do something tiredly predictable. She has

Spoiler

memory problems

, so she's going to wind up being

Spoiler

secretly good

all along.

Honestly, this is something everyone has been expecting since the beginning of EA.
I don't mind predictability. Sudden plot twists are good as long as they are used wisely and in limited amounts.

 

[Gromoer]

So the good alignment companions was fake news?

No, they were always planned - a tiefling donut steel and a halfling if I remember right (also, Minsc). I'm already annoyed that they re-wrote your initial companions, though.

I really liked the early EA versions of them. It sold the whole "we ARE working together" forced party narrative. They were supposed to be evil cunts + gale with 1-2 good ones added later.

What did they change about the companions? I haven't played since the release of EA

They are a LOT less abrasive, don't fight you nearly as much on choices they don't like. Shadowheart in particular is easily twice as agreeable as she was in earlier builds, her and the frog don't fight half as much. Astarion doesn't bitch about every little thing.

Also about 10x less 'Why are we doing this random shit we have brain slugs to deal with' complaints.

Regarding Shadowheart, I have the sinking yet sneaking suspicion that Larian is going to do something tiredly predictable. She has

Spoiler

memory problems

, so she's going to wind up being

Spoiler

secretly good

all along.

A.k.a. the Viconia Arc

 

[BruceVC]

two whores.

Who?

jaheira and viconia

Reinhardt its outrageous that you call Viconia promiscuous, its offensive. She is a good fuck and she used that ability to survive

Non-Edgy Gamer will also be outraged if he reads this

 

[whydoibother]

In any RPG, ever, there is any companion universally liked by Codex?

I'm seeing different people here write how they dismiss all premade companions, and make their own custom characters, because having +1 to attack roles on your optimal build is more important to them than having dialogue integration, side quests, etc.
Massive fucking decline, if you ask me.

 

[Reinhardt]

Reinhardt its outrageous that you call Viconia promiscuous, its offensive. She is a good fuck and she used that ability to survive

nigger, she fucked half of the underdark before fleeing it

 

[Cryomancer]

I'm seeing different people here write how they dismiss all premade companions, and make their own custom characters, because having +1 to attack roles on your optimal build is more important to them than having dialogue integration, side quests, etc.

Agreed. There are also good reasons to create your own companions, for eg , PF:KM which is an adventure around taming/civilizing untamed lands close to the feyworld has multiple cleric companions and ZERO druid companions. In such a setting, a druid could have so many interesting quests and interactions with the world and other companions. Biggest wasted potential companion wise IMO. I always create my own druid merc in my pf:km runs.

Reinhardt its outrageous that you call Viconia promiscuous, its offensive. She is a good fuck and she used that ability to survive

nigger, she fucked half of the underdark before fleeing it

All male drow are cuckold and all female drow are sluts with BDSM fetishism. Simple as that.

 

[BruceVC]

All male drow are cuckold and all female drow are sluts with BDSM fetishism. Simple as that.

Cryo lets be honest, dont you want to be with a woman who is experienced in bed? Who really wants to be with a virgin...boring

 

[whydoibother]

All male drow are cuckold and all female drow are sluts with BDSM fetishism. Simple as that.

Cryo lets be honest, dont you want to be with a woman who is experienced in bed? Who really wants to be with a virgin...boring

Bit of a false dichotomy there. Sexperience isn't a binary YES/NO. Its a 1 to 100 spectrum. And yeah, ideally you want someone in the 10-30 range - knows what they are doing, but doesn't have a deep library of past partners to judge you against, and be nostalgic for. Statistically, people who've had a lot of sex partners in the past, will have a lot of sex partners in the future. Meaning, not just you.

But that's dumb IRL stuff, of course in muh vidyar jaymes I want a BDSM mistress Drow queen, yes mommy!

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

But what is CHARNAME's sexual experience before becoming an adventurer? What could he even judge Viconia against? Really makes you think.

 

[whydoibother]

But what is CHARNAME's sexual experience before becoming an adventurer? What could he even judge Viconia against? Really makes you think.

CHARNAME has no prior experience, they/them is a golem created 5 minutes before the adventure starts, and imbued with false memories.

 

[NecroLord]

Reinhardt its outrageous that you call Viconia promiscuous, its offensive. She is a good fuck and she used that ability to survive

nigger, she fucked half of the underdark before fleeing it

She also had many other "encounters" on the surface.
You know, for "survival"...

 

[NecroLord]

because having +1 to attack roles on your optimal build is more important to them than having dialogue integration, side quests, etc.

No.
You can make the companion you want, write a biography for it, optimize him or her a little bit. You won't have to put up with any retardation or whiny behavior.
More reminiscent of Icewind Dale and other classics.
Sometimes you get bored and want to try something different.

 

[BruceVC]

Reinhardt its outrageous that you call Viconia promiscuous, its offensive. She is a good fuck and she used that ability to survive

nigger, she fucked half of the underdark before fleeing it

She also had many other "encounters" on the surface.
You know, for "survival"...

At last someone else understands Viconia's sexual antics were about survival. Good post

 

[whydoibother]

At last someone else understands Viconia's sexual antics were about survival. Good post

Viconia every time she enters an inn:

 

[Reinhardt]

In any RPG, ever, there is any companion universally liked by Codex?

I'm seeing different people here write how they dismiss all premade companions, and make their own custom characters, because having +1 to attack roles on your optimal build is more important to them than having dialogue integration, side quests, etc.
Massive fucking decline, if you ask me.

hmmm... +1 to attack or dialogue integration and side quest from another fag about joys of buttfucking... nah, i'll take +1 to attack any day of the week.

 

[jackofshadows]

Hope they have this secret build with all fucking supplemental material and a squad of ultra grognards that would make everyone here in Codex blush testing that shit. Because I'm not happy or collecting upboats when I write a post that I feel that the suppose to be fucking marketing material is a dogshit with no sustenance. I'm not expecting a complete build but at least have your first chapter with transparency so I know what direction this game is going for.

It kinda follow movies rule, if your trailer is dogshit how you expect the entire movie to be good? If your game intro is shit how you expect the rest to be good? I'm not playing an MMO to get the meme after X hours it turns into gold.

I'm not saying the release build will be completely different, I imagine act 1 will be the same more or less - map/quest/overall layout wise. But multiclassing alone will change everything regarding party composition. There will be much more other changes as well, I'm sure.

Then again, if someone dislike what one sees in the EA then release version will hardly change that.

 

[Fedora Master]

I can't believe you people are still beating this stillborn horse.

 

[whydoibother]

I can't believe you people are still beating this stillborn horse.

I can't wait to ride this verile steed into the sunset.

 

[Fedora Master]

I can't believe you people are still beating this stillborn horse.

I can't wait to ride this verile steed into the sunset.

The only one being ridden here are the people who think Larian will make a competent product.

 

[whydoibother]

I can't believe you people are still beating this stillborn horse.

I can't wait to ride this verile steed into the sunset.

The only one being ridden here are the people who think Larian will make a competent product.

I'll ride the mustang, while Swen rides me, and I'll be happy.

 

[NecroLord]

But what is CHARNAME's sexual experience before becoming an adventurer? What could he even judge Viconia against? Really makes you think.

What the fuck.