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Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]
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Is this confirmed ???
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I agree that it's weird there are just 12 to chose from and no custom option that I can see on the interface.
Hope you can change look / race / starting class of these, dwarf might be missing (what a bunch of abominations)
I guess the reasoning behind this could be explained as devs not wanting you to ignore every NPC, since doing that will cut out a bunch of content and make the game shorter. But all they do here is compensate for if you kill one of the NPCs.
I'm sure mods will fix it(tm), but I think the point of hirelings that the devs aren't acknowledging is that some of us want to create our own parties and ignore the game NPCs entirely. Maybe there will be another way around this with multiplayer hacks though.
Gargaune
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Oh, for fuck's sake, Swen, just let people roll their own crew! Not everyone needs a bunch of TOTALLY NOT UNFUNNY DIALOGUE™ dispensers hanging off their ballsack at all times, some people just wanna roll a party and smash some skellies, it's not fucking rocket science!
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For years. Nights happen on rest.
It's a turn-based game. Why should time flow in real-time?
For years. Nights happen on rest.
It's a turn-based game. Why should time flow in real-time?
Turn based combat only. Moreover, turns do not take 24 hours of in-game time and therefore do not preclude a day/night cycle.
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How do we know? Has anyone tested? I've never actually cared enough to do it in EA, but I thought it got patched out at one point.
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Confirmed during the livestream of last weekend that a full custom party will be supported at launch.
This is why ToEE and IWD are still the best RPG's.
Show me turn based world exploration in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dAxNrtX6m8&list=PLl_Xou7GtCi4fJPivmbLsf3i2qAlkEjeQ
In case you have not realized, I was questioning your notion that a turn based game cannot have a day/night cycle. I know that Larian won't change that in BG3 3 weeks before a release date.
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico
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Yeah, but it's in the game.
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All of it.
Does anyone know if you can control the main guy with third-person controls when exploring? Looking at one trailer, it looked like they added it on consoles, but I'm wondering if this will only be for consoles or gamepad.
Mebrilia the Viera Queen
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You can do that.
With keyboard and mouse?
Mebrilia the Viera Queen
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Also yes. Was one of the feature they wanted.
Lamiosa
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Well as far as I know, it still works in DOS 2. Just tested in BG3 EA and it's working too. So it's a good guess that it will work on release.
Tyranicon
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Oh yeah, this game is going to have a ridiculous amount of bugs.
It's almost like that's what Early Access was for, and they could've just released more of the game through its nearly three years in EA instead of treating it like some kind of charitable pre-order system.
Part of me wishes that journos, critics, streamers and all that could be trusted in 2023, but the entire industry is a thoroughly incestuous affair full of back dealings and secret payments.
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I'm also curious if you receive the unique dialog options for each class when multiclassed. If it's the case, this can be balanced somewhat by having dialog options appear that are negative which force you to take a save. For instance the barbarian needs to save to contain their anger so as to not execute a goblin Wyll wants to question, it'd be cool to see more of that appear for other classes as well.
Other ways you could potentially do it:
Bard saves to resist the urge to not make an insulting quip when negotiating with a powerful foe
Warlock saves to resist the influence of their patron and avoid taking an action
Paladin fall mechanics are already inbuilt
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What does multiclassing a druid and a warlock and a bard and a paladin even mean? At least some of Kingmaker's classes are mutually exclusive. But these Larian devs don't want classes. Classes are supposed to be tied into the lore and roleplaying of your character. A fighter spent at least a few years learning how to fight. That's how he gained proficiency in all those weapons. The warlock made a pact with some entity. That's how he controls those eldritch powers. The paladin spent years as an initiate, learning from the order of paladins and clerics he wants to join. After all those years proving himself, devoting himself to a higher power, and humbling himself to his god, he is granted a small measure of divine might after strictly swearing to obey the oaths.
How the fuck do you square away the classless goofiness the Larian devs love in D:OS with forty years of rigid Dungeons and Dragons classes? Apparently, you go through the motions of a couple years of rigid class system in early access just to keep up appearances, and then one month before release, you say, "FUCK IT. WE'RE DOING IT LIVE. NO CLASSES. WE NEVER GAVE A FUCK ANYWAY. DND IS FOR NERDS."
How the fuck do you square away the classless goofiness the Larian devs love in D:OS with forty years of rigid Dungeons and Dragons classes? Apparently, you go through the motions of a couple years of rigid class system in early access just to keep up appearances, and then one month before release, you say, "FUCK IT. WE'RE DOING IT LIVE. NO CLASSES. WE NEVER GAVE A FUCK ANYWAY. DND IS FOR NERDS."
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My dude the current designers of the next iteration of D&D were surprised by the initial feedback they got from the first round of Paladin changes, these include:
- People disagreeing to label the Paladin part of the 'priest' group instead of the 'warrior' group.
- People stating the Paladins should be a melee class foremost (in response to smites working on any ranged attacks too).
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This is pretty based considering the current state of D&D
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