Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Pre-Release Thread [EARLY ACCESS RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[J1M]

Have you guys already made up your mind about your starting character?

Fireball cleric. Because it's EA and I don't normally play cleric.

 

[ChildInTime]

How far does the EA allow you to go up to?

Level 4 IIRC

Is level 4 a lot? I'm not familiar with DnD 5th edition.

I think the game caps at level 10, so its about 1/3 in.

They said they changed it and it will be higher than that.

 

[Spectacle]

Have you guys already made up your mind about your starting character?

Fireball cleric. Because it's EA and I don't normally play cleric.

If EA ends at level 4 then you'll be one level short of learning Fireball.

 

[Lilliput McHammersmith]

What's the expected download size of the EA and how fast do you think it will be available at The Inventory that shan't deplete

I'm certain the GOG version will be at Gratis Sitename PersonalComputer Games soon after the release.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

5E is the best edition since AD&D you weirdo.

Look nigga, I get you're all excited and clutching your Boo plushie and shit but don't take it too far now.

 

[BarbequeMasta]

5E is the best edition since AD&D you weirdo.

Look nigga, I get you're all excited and clutching your Boo plushie and shit but don't take it too far now.

It just goes to show the kind of faggots this game is made for.

 

[Volrath]

5E is the best edition since AD&D you weirdo.

Look nigga, I get you're all excited and clutching your Boo plushie and shit but don't take it too far now.

Nigger, I've been consistently talking up 5E for the better part of half a decade.

 

[BarbequeMasta]

5E is the best edition since AD&D you weirdo.

Look nigga, I get you're all excited and clutching your Boo plushie and shit but don't take it too far now.

Nigger, I've been consistently talking up 5E for the better part of half a decade.

I guess there is no hope for you then, I am truly sorry.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Nigger, I've been consistently talking up 5E for the better part of half a decade.

Then you need to trot your little Critical Role ass to Barnes & Noble and pick up some 2nd Edition and 3.5 or I'll smack the shill out of your mouth next time you say that dumb shit.

Y'HEAR? GO ON NOW, GIT, GIT.

 

[drgames]

I will buy it asap

 

[rusty_shackleford]

It's 5E D&D, that's a very distinctive precision that kills any hype I have.

5E is the best edition since AD&D you weirdo.

3rd edition happened, eh.

I never understood why 3e/3.5e is so popular. Heavily dumbed down and streamlined compared to AD&D.
Homogenized XP tables(it totally makes sense that a fighter and wizard advance at the same rate!), multiclassing became retarded with many higher levels being 'dead' levels and most classes having important things frontloaded(PF fixed this to a certain degree,) we can blame the favoring/standardization of multiclassing for getting rid of kits in favor of more multiclassing(Again, pathfinder fixed this with archetypes,) beginning of the homogenization of races in many ways(which is almost at the point where they have no real reason to exist now), did away with the tables in favor of standardized everything, I could continue...
3e was just a bunch of standardization, streamlining, and dumbing down.

Basically the only good things it did right was ascending AC and feats.
3.5e lacks the soul of AD&D, something that A&D 2E managed to retain and improve upon because they never set out to make an entirely new D&D game.

 

[Butter]

It's 5E D&D, that's a very distinctive precision that kills any hype I have.

5E is the best edition since AD&D you weirdo.

3rd edition happened, eh.

I never understood why 3e/3.5e is so popular. Heavily dumbed down and streamlined compared to AD&D.
Homogenized XP tables(it totally makes sense that a fighter and wizard advance at the same rate!), multiclassing became retarded with many higher levels being 'dead' levels and most classes having important things frontloaded(PF fixed this to a certain degree,) we can blame the favoring/standardization of multiclassing for getting rid of kits in favor of more multiclassing(Again, pathfinder fixed this with archetypes,) beginning of the homogenization of races in many ways(which is almost at the point where they have no real reason to exist now), did away with the tables in favor of standardized everything, I could continue...
3e was just a bunch of standardization, streamlining, and dumbing down.

Basically the only good things it did right was ascending AC and feats.
3.5e lacks the soul of AD&D, something that A&D 2E managed to retain and improve upon because they never set out to make an entirely new D&D game.

Yeah but it's still better than 5E.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

If 3.5 dumbed it down, then 5E put it on government disability.

That's HARD FACTS.

 

[Drowed]

I never understood why 3e/3.5e is so popular. Heavily dumbed down and streamlined compared to AD&D.

I mean, you just explained why it was so successful/popular. What makes fans dislike the 3rd edition is exactly what several new people like it.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I never understood why 3e/3.5e is so popular. Heavily dumbed down and streamlined compared to AD&D.

I mean, you just explained why it was so successful/popular. What makes fans dislike the 3rd edition is exactly what several new people like it.

But it was eclipsed by Pathfinder which moved in the opposite direction. Then they drove Pathfinder into a brick wall with 2E doing the same exact thing.

 

[Takamori]

3.5 is an ok system, the crux is the many loops and massive useless content that got shit over all over the years during production cycle in WOTC.
As for 5E its a pretty controlled rpg system, but this amount of control reflect on character customization. You will have classes looking almost the same no matter the person is playing with, so I'd say 5E is an excellent entry level system for new people, but if you are a person that love all aspects of RPGs that is roleplaying summed with making a build that reflects your character personality that works in system then 5E falls apart.

 

[Takamori]

I never understood why 3e/3.5e is so popular. Heavily dumbed down and streamlined compared to AD&D.

I mean, you just explained why it was so successful/popular. What makes fans dislike the 3rd edition is exactly what several new people like it.

But it was eclipsed by Pathfinder which moved in the opposite direction. Then they drove Pathfinder into a brick wall with 2E doing the same exact thing.

Got have that wider public money son.

 

[BarbequeMasta]

I never understood why 3e/3.5e is so popular. Heavily dumbed down and streamlined compared to AD&D.

I mean, you just explained why it was so successful/popular. What makes fans dislike the 3rd edition is exactly what several new people like it.

But it was eclipsed by Pathfinder which moved in the opposite direction. Then they drove Pathfinder into a brick wall with 2E doing the same exact thing.

That's fine and all and I can kinda agree with you but NOT when this is said to defend the hot garbage that is 5E.

 

[J1M]

Have you guys already made up your mind about your starting character?

Fireball cleric. Because it's EA and I don't normally play cleric.

If EA ends at level 4 then you'll be one level short of learning Fireball.

Looks like we've found the first EA bug. "Fireball cleric cannot shoot fireballs."

 

[Terenty]

Is anyone else giddy with excitement for this to fail hard like all the other nostalgia driven cash grabs before?

 

[BarbequeMasta]

Is anyone else giddy with excitement for this to fail hard like all the other nostalgia driven cash grabs before?

It has COOP and 5E, normies and scrublors will likely love it, we already have some fags like that in this very thread. I loath the game but it'll likely do super well, that's the point of the trashy dev choice and the sellout use of the good BG name.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Is anyone else giddy with excitement for this to fail hard like all the other nostalgia driven cash grabs before?

it doesn't seem anything like a nostalgia driven cashgrab to me.
Also, most of them didn't fail. DAO was marketed as a spiritual successor to BG2 and did very well.

 

[kangaxx]

Is anyone else giddy with excitement for this to fail hard like all the other nostalgia driven cash grabs before?

I'd actually prefer it to be a good game.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

I'm letting it be known that I am going into this game ready to despise it and will be biased and cruelly unfair to it.

I am going to light this cocksucka' up. There is no way I will like it. Even if I like something in it, I'll twist it in a way to not like it. I can't wait. I am actually going to pay money, real world currency, just so I can tell you all how much I hate this game. "Crazy," you think. "Why would anybody do that?" Because I want to, because I need to.

Oooh, release it Swen, I'm ready for it! My legs are shaking in anticipation. GIVE IT TO ME. I wanna tear this ass UP.

 

[Tyranicon]

Everybody's arguing about systems and I'm over here like... just about anything is an improvement over DOS2's "everything on fire magic armor" bullshit.

3.5e, 4e, 5e, whatever.