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

[Reinhardt]

1. Dark Urge PC
2. Minthara
3. Gale
4. Shadowheart

No bears.

main character barbarian
cleric merc
rogue merc
pew-pew merc

 

[Larianshill]

So how many companions do we have now?

Confirmed, we have 10 - Astarion, Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Wyll, Gale, Karlach, Minsc, Mintharra, Jaheira, Halsin. Dark Urge is an origin, but not a companion, from what it seems. There may be more companions they're keeping secret, act 3 ones.

 

[d1r]

Well, at least more than I had expected. Hopefully Xan, Xzar and Monty will show up too.

 

[Yosharian]

So this new tiefling character, Karlach is it? Is she a romance option or what

Yes I'm a degenerate, sue me

 

[Yosharian]

Shadowheart is cute and all but come the fuck on with that hairstyle

 

[Jermu]

So this new tiefling character, Karlach is it? Is she a romance option or what

Yes I'm a degenerate, sue me

She acts like a 10 year old child if thats your thing

 

[d1r]

Why had it to be a fucking Tiefling though. Jesus.

 

[Rhobar121]

You know what's funny? After yesterday's adventure with the bear, the game is now top 5 on steam.

 

[Darth Valer]

People are making such a fus over a larian joke. I played the early access and again was good.
-Quests are multiple way to get solved
-Quests can fail
-Rolls check on your actual abilities.
-Fantastic fun on turn based combat with even pen and paper abilities usually don't get translated in to videogames.
-Solid stealth system
-Solid way to solve problems or making your stealthy characters to move around.
-Challengin encounters.
-You can fail such checks sometimes they create interesting situation sometimes total screw up.
-Lot of exploring to do is not just scenery you can find secret passages that often can lead you to some mini dungeons.

And people bitch about an obvious joke with a party member that was meant as a joke in the first place.

Excuse me but dost thou actually believe the stealth system in BG 3 is good? It's my main issue with the game, tbh.

Enemies can only spot you in their cone of vision and have no sound awareness. Every charachter can get behind foes even in Plate armor and being proficient in stealth is only worth in the rare cases in which, in the dark, you can't avoid their "red triangles".
Solasta implemented "circles of noises" around PGs scaling with Stealth score and armor weight and that is a pretty good system.
In BG 3 it looks like you can virtually always get a Surprise Round in any encounter with any class, which is giga-cringe.

 

[d1r]

This was their best PR-event, ever. Pure, unfiltered gameplay, directed by the chat.

 

[Larianshill]

Well, at least more than I had expected. Hopefully Xan, Xzar and Monty will show up too.

I am expecting Edwin. If Edwin is not a companion, I would be surprised. If Edwin is not in the game at all, I would be shocked. I'm expecting Edwina to show up too, and I'm expecting all the usual suspects to be very upset over it.

 

[NecroLord]

Well, at least more than I had expected. Hopefully Xan, Xzar and Monty will show up too.

I am expecting Edwin. If Edwin is not a companion, I would be surprised. If Edwin is not in the game at all, I would be shocked. I'm expecting Edwina to show up too, and I'm expecting all the usual suspects to be very upset over it.

Will he/she/they/them still have Edwin's amulet?

 

[Infinitron]

Edwin is a human, he's dead of old age.

(Minsc in BG3 isn't really Minsc, he's a reanimated Minsc statue)

 

[Black]

 

[Maxie]

please don't post this obviously gay obnoxious looking smarmy elf guy. whenever i see him it robs me of motivation to actually try the game.

 

[Harthwain]

I hate culture warriors from both sides, people having a retarded fit over the bear, like cool you can say shit is retarded but there is genuinely people wanting this to be removed. Grow the fuck up ass, titties , gay bears and whatever makes you cry? What a fucking little bitch

It should be removed. And you are a disgusting furry.

I find it a bit funny, because back in time making a joke like that would get a bit of laugh and people would've moved on. Nobody would be asking for removing that. But I get that - people are tired of LGBT being so omnipresent despite being a very small minority. As far as Larian is concerned, however, I think it's safe to say they are the kind of old-school developers (or at least Swen is, and I bet he's calling the shots) to be cool with something like gay bears for the sake of silly fun.

 

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

So this new tiefling character, Karlach is it? Is she a romance option or what

Yes I'm a degenerate, sue me

She acts like a 10 year old child if thats your thing

There are lines that are made in delivery, so I kinda wanted to check if maybe the VO salvaged this AND HOLY FUCKING SHIT SHE REALLY DIDN'T.

Anyway, ower twenty years efter, Annah's aye th' best tiefling.

 

[Harthwain]

So this new tiefling character, Karlach is it? Is she a romance option or what

Yes I'm a degenerate, sue me

She acts like a 10 year old child if thats your thing

At least she recognizes the importance of buying someone a dinner. The plot twist? You're it.

 

[BruceVC]

So how many companions do we have now?

Confirmed, we have 10 - Astarion, Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Wyll, Gale, Karlach, Minsc, Mintharra, Jaheira, Halsin. Dark Urge is an origin, but not a companion, from what it seems. There may be more companions they're keeping secret, act 3 ones.

Yes Dark Urge is an origin and you to select it as part of background

 

[Herumor]

Annah's aye th' best tiefling.

And Fall-From-Grace the best succubus.

 

[Larianshill]

Minsc in BG3 isn't really Minsc, he's a reanimated Minsc statue

No, he's Minsc, it's just that he hanged around as a statue for a long time, because he got petrified.

Edwin is a human, he's dead of old age.

Age has never stopped a single spellcaster in FR, or any canonical character at all. Drizzt is still kicking.

 

[Infinitron]

Drizzt is an elf.

 

[Yosharian]

Can you change the classes of companions when you meet them?

 

[Jermu]

probably not since some of em are pretty heavily tied to their story (shadowheart at least)
Minsc pure wizard

 

[Shrimp]

Can you change the classes of companions when you meet them?

I think only their stats can be changed