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

[Takamori]

These items are a D&D staple. After all, people who don't keep rerolling until they have all 18s across the board deserve a chance, too!

(of course, this zoomer crap probably has point buy)

Ok then. I didn't mean to state "BG3 is shit because it has OP cheat items!" I just said I watched a video about the itemization and it seems to have OP items same as the old games, only this time around you also have the chance to raise attributes from perks in addition to those OP items. Just wondered how other people are feeling about this news.

It depends honestly, but if we are taking into account Divinity economy this is gonna be a joke. Given that end game in DoS 2 you are swimming in gold even if you don't steal anything.

I don't mind OP items if you have a price to pay either a really important trade off decision storywise or if your game economy is not fucked you sacrifice your limited resources to acquire such but of course "soft locking" yourself from other options.

Do you think going back in time and killing everyone involved with horse armor at Bethesda would help us escape the hell this reality has become?

Its doesn't matter either Bethesda or the consumers at the time, it would be just different actors even if we managed to totally wipe them all.

 

[Kiste]

Baldurs Gay 3: Refuge of the Man-Child

Magnet of the Impotent Nerd Rage

 

[Saravan]

These items are a D&D staple. After all, people who don't keep rerolling until they have all 18s across the board deserve a chance, too!

(of course, this zoomer crap probably has point buy)

Ok then. I didn't mean to state "BG3 is shit because it has OP cheat items!" I just said I watched a video about the itemization and it seems to have OP items same as the old games, only this time around you also have the chance to raise attributes from perks in addition to those OP items. Just wondered how other people are feeling about this news.

It depends honestly, but if we are taking into account Divinity economy this is gonna be a joke. Given that end game in DoS 2 you are swimming in gold even if you don't steal anything.

I don't mind OP items if you have a price to pay either a really important trade off decision storywise or if your game economy is not fucked you sacrifice your limited resources to acquire such but of course "soft locking" yourself from other options.

Do you think going back in time and killing everyone involved with horse armor at Bethesda would help us escape the hell this reality has become?

Its doesn't matter either Bethesda or the consumers at the time, it would be just different actors even if we managed to totally wipe them all.

CRPGs failing to properly manage economy and especially in game currency is annoying. Why have a mechanic if it’s made irrelevant by showering the player with gold.

 

[Rhobar121]

These items are a D&D staple. After all, people who don't keep rerolling until they have all 18s across the board deserve a chance, too!

(of course, this zoomer crap probably has point buy)

Ok then. I didn't mean to state "BG3 is shit because it has OP cheat items!" I just said I watched a video about the itemization and it seems to have OP items same as the old games, only this time around you also have the chance to raise attributes from perks in addition to those OP items. Just wondered how other people are feeling about this news.

It depends honestly, but if we are taking into account Divinity economy this is gonna be a joke. Given that end game in DoS 2 you are swimming in gold even if you don't steal anything.

I don't mind OP items if you have a price to pay either a really important trade off decision storywise or if your game economy is not fucked you sacrifice your limited resources to acquire such but of course "soft locking" yourself from other options.

You call rpg mechanics in a weird way.
In most rpg games have this problem that at some point. You are literally swimming in gold.
I don't know many games where that wouldn't be true.

 

[Puukko]

How does the MP in the GOG version work? Does it use the same code-based lobby as DivOS2?

 

[The_Mask]

Between 1:01 and 1:03, that looks a lot like Bhaal's sign, but without the skull in the middle. It might be that the Dark Urge background is related to Bhaal.

 

[Darth Valer]

Ok then. I didn't mean to state "BG3 is shit because it has OP cheat items!" I just said I watched a video about the itemization and it seems to have OP items same as the old games, only this time around you also have the chance to raise attributes from perks in addition to those OP items. Just wondered how other people are feeling about this news.

If I understand correctly even if you have the Int ring equipped you can't get from 17 to 19 at level up, no? If that's the case the ring should still be balanced or am I missing something?

 

[Takamori]

These items are a D&D staple. After all, people who don't keep rerolling until they have all 18s across the board deserve a chance, too!

(of course, this zoomer crap probably has point buy)

Ok then. I didn't mean to state "BG3 is shit because it has OP cheat items!" I just said I watched a video about the itemization and it seems to have OP items same as the old games, only this time around you also have the chance to raise attributes from perks in addition to those OP items. Just wondered how other people are feeling about this news.

It depends honestly, but if we are taking into account Divinity economy this is gonna be a joke. Given that end game in DoS 2 you are swimming in gold even if you don't steal anything.

I don't mind OP items if you have a price to pay either a really important trade off decision storywise or if your game economy is not fucked you sacrifice your limited resources to acquire such but of course "soft locking" yourself from other options.

You call rpg mechanics in a weird way.
In most rpg games have this problem that at some point. You are literally swimming in gold.
I don't know many games where that wouldn't be true.

Yeah thats true too many criminals to distinguish in this regard. I think one that does right is Battle Brothers given its resource management, but even so eventually you reach Kraken end game and it just become a chore to feed gold to your company. But at least the devs recommend you to do 1-2 crisis and restart your campaign to avoid having this snowball.

 

[Barbarian]

Albino Drow Sorcerer/Eldritch Knight inspired by Elric de Melboniné - Dark Urge origin - Can't control his impulses to violently murder sodomites and whores. Just wish I could get a cursed sword of some sort.

Might go pure sorcerer class. Wield a rapier instead of a longsword. Maybe Wizard/Eldritch Knight to keep Intelligence the focus stat.

 

[Swen]

this is the worst thing ive seen in this thread so far, good job.

 

[Barbarian]

Will Alchemy be implemented as a skill btw? Or just a crafting gimmick.

 

[Shrimp]

Will Alchemy be implemented as a skill btw? Or just a crafting gimmick.

As far as I am aware it's just a crafting gimmick.
Can't have a 2023 RPG without a crafting system. How else are you going to fill up all the chests, coffers and miscellaneous containers?

 

[0sacred]

Larian indeed would not know about making an RPG without a crafting system

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

How does the MP in the GOG version work? Does it use the same code-based lobby as DivOS2?

Servers are handled by Larian, so yeah, you'd need the code. Tried it a long time ago with a friend, like around patch 4 or so, and it went very well save for a very minor bug that wasn't really an inconvenient.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Ok then. I didn't mean to state "BG3 is shit because it has OP cheat items!" I just said I watched a video about the itemization and it seems to have OP items same as the old games, only this time around you also have the chance to raise attributes from perks in addition to those OP items. Just wondered how other people are feeling about this news.

If I understand correctly even if you have the Int ring equipped you can't get from 17 to 19 at level up, no? If that's the case the ring should still be balanced or am I missing something?

The fextralife video doesn't make it clear, but I'm guessing it works as in the old games - sets it to the value, whether that's an improvement over your current value or not.

 

[Herumor]

It might be that the Dark Urge background is related to Bhaal.

Him turning into the Slayer in the last Panel From Hell wasn't a big enough clue?

 

[processdaemon]

At this point I'd be more surprised if the Durge somehow *isn't* a Bhaalspawn

 

[Volourn]

"Again, this is another moment of criticizing BG3 for something BG1 & 2 did themselves, if not did worse."

People criticized that stuff for the BGs. That was 2+ decades ago. So, why defend BG3 for making the same or even worse mistakes of earlier fukkin' games. The point is to learn from the past's mistakes not reapeat it. You dumb fukkin' shit.

 

[AwesomeButton]

That tweet thread has apparently caused quite a stir:

 

[Orud]

That tweet thread has apparently caused quite a stir:

Good. Good. Let the Californian fucks seethe and burn.

 

[Infinitron]

"Attack". Bullshit clickbait.

 

[The_Mask]

Him turning into the Slayer in the last Panel From Hell wasn't a big enough clue?

I didn't watch all of it because I was afraid of spoilers.

 

[Jermu]

rpg of the decade confirmed

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Original sin 3 is a defining RPG. Just kill me.

 

[Rhobar121]

I noticed an interesting relation: everything Codex hates turns out to be a success.