Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Eisenheinrich]

Quick sale button for trash.

Not sure if you already know, but you can add items to Wares, and then sell wares to merchants at once. Although it would be nice to have an automated button.

Good to know. You still have to put everything in there manually. Button would be incline.

 

[MerchantKing]

Aliens in fantasy setting is indeed incredibly retarded. I'm no D&D lore expert but it's just retarded to have space ships in a fantasy setting. This 5e world seems way too bloated and could use a lot more focus.

Demons are cool tho. I wish they would lean more into the religious aspect of the world. Paladins don't really feel like holy crusaders for example. And you shouldn't be able to fuck everything that moves as a Paladin

Aside from the aforementioned Spelljammer campaign setting, released in 1989 with many supplements over the next few years, and adventure module S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks from 1981, there is also Supplement II: Blackmoor from original Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1975, which included the sample adventure Temple of the Frog:

The High Priest of the Temple of the Frog
Traditionally this role was voted to the most influential member of the "Inner Circle" of the brothers. It is now held by a usurper, Stephen the Rock. This fellow is not from the world of Blackmoor at all, but rather he is an intelligent humanoid from another world/dimension. Originally, he and his compatriots were sent to the area to police it against incursions of similar beings, for it was discovered that a dimensional nexus point existed in this area that allowed such possibilities. He assumed leadership of the Temple in order to have a base of power, for he now seeks glory and personal gain, with as little personal risk as possible. When the team was intact this self-seeking would have been checked, but with the death of all but the creature now posing as the commander of the guards, loyal to the High Priest and also power-oriented, most restraints are gone. Once each year the High Priest must report to a hovering satellite station, giving details of what has transpired below, and turning over any powerful "artifacts" taken during the previous time period.

This sample was later expanded upon by Dave Arneson and David Ritchie into adventure module DA2 The Temple of the Frog, published for BECMI D&D in 1986, which was followed by DA3 The City of the Gods:

It's posts like these making the codex worthwile.

That's because Zed is a true scholar.

 

[Alienman]

Need some help with end-game boss fights (since I'm lazy).

Spoiler

It's the Gortash fight. I'm just curious if there is another way to him besides going through the audience hall. The enemies don't seem so tough, but the turrets and grenades are a pain in the behind. Robots I have deactivated by blowing up their factory.

 

[Fedora Master]

Gortash looks like he belongs in a Final Fantasy game

Actually no, he looks like someone's dad cosplaying a FF character

 

[N'wah]

Gortash looks like he belongs in a Final Fantasy game

Actually no, he looks like someone's dad cosplaying a FF character

How the Noctis hair got past QA I don't know. Just adds to the absurdity which is the final 1/3 of the game.

 

[Lyric Suite]

I avoided Gale as much as I could. Just refused any weird invitations from him.

Now I approached him to see if he has any comments about the recent major quest...

...

One of dialogue options - "About our night together"...

...

ENFORCED HOMOSEXUALITY IS HERE!

This is entirely a result of them implementing this in the laziest way humanly possible, because basically the romantic sequence is triggered purely by the amount of approval you have gained. There are no dialog options you have to go through to make it start, and no way to forstall it. Yes you can be an asshole to him which makes you lose approval, but that's just an indirect consequence of just being an asshole and approval from him can come really fast if you are at all good aligned, which most people probably are.

It's really mind boggling how pathetically lazy this is. If you are at all trying to make your NPCs happy, and most people like to do that in genral, it means ALL the NPCs will eventually try to come on to you, which means if you are a male, all the male NPCs will be faggots, where as if you are female, all the female NPCs will be lesbians, and it gets even more absurd because the romantic sequences are gated behind the druid quest, Hasilin or Haslin whatever his name is. So what happens is that you can gain a lot of approval before getting to that point, you get past the event that unlocks romances, go back to camp and suddenly ALL of them want to fuck you.

Also, there's no rejecting them. If you tell Gale to fuck off, he will shut up for a time, but gain enough approval and he'll try again because the romance is going to automatically trigger no matter what. Your choices aren't taken into account because the trigger is not the amount of approval you have, but what you gained. So you reject him once, earn the same amount of approval that triggered the romantic attempt the first time, and he'll try again. And the reason it is always Gale and not the others that do this is that he is the easiest NPC to get approval with.

It's really incredible just how bad this system is. I couldn't have come up with a worst way to do this myself even if i tried.

 

[Fedora Master]

Reminder that you could actually fuck up the romances in BG2.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

I couldn't have come up with a worst way to do this myself even if i tried.

Awww, now you're selling yourself short.

 

[Konjad]

 

[Tyranicon]

Lots and lots of people itt haven't finished Act 1 yet so are still in the honeymoon phase it seems.

It's really once you reach endgame and start wondering about the branching (and the lol-tier story) that things start falling apart.

Honestly, for 90% of the 50 hours I spent on it, this game was really good. Way better than I expected.

I mean, I expected it to be shit.

Need some help with end-game boss fights (since I'm lazy).

Spoiler

It's the Gortash fight. I'm just curious if there is another way to him besides going through the audience hall. The enemies don't seem so tough, but the turrets and grenades are a pain in the behind. Robots I have deactivated by blowing up their factory.

If you kill Orin first you can get him to show up in the endgame without any bodyguards (lol) and gank him there.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Ah, ain't that neat? Once a company knowing exactly what product they're selling.

 

[Tyranicon]

 

[Nerevar]

Need some help with end-game boss fights (since I'm lazy).

Spoiler

It's the Gortash fight. I'm just curious if there is another way to him besides going through the audience hall. The enemies don't seem so tough, but the turrets and grenades are a pain in the behind. Robots I have deactivated by blowing up their factory.

Those fights are a joke you can throw the grenades to blow up the machines and gortash.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

This is a very fantastic take.
“You engage as little as you need to, and then you wonder why you’re not getting back what you had when you engaged more.”

 

[Alienman]

Who is he talking to?

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

Who is he talking to?

Probably answered to someone in the chat. But what he said is very interesting.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

This is a very fantastic take.
“You engage as little as you need to, and then you wonder why you’re not getting back what you had when you engaged more.”

ARE WE AT CHURCH? WHY IS THIS GUY PREACHING?

 

[Lyric Suite]

Imagine being this somber and reverent for a frikking video game lmao.

Gaymers are a blight on humanity and need to be exterminated.

 

[janior]

Who is he talking to?

Probably answered to someone in the chat. But what he said is very interesting.

good take by mr Josh

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Imagine being this somber and reverent for a frikking video game lmao.

Gaymers are a blight on humanity and need to be exterminated.

Says the old fart still hanging out on a gaming message board in 2023.

 

[Jermu]

https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed

875,343 peak today
1 mil next weekend

 

[Fedora Master]

Check how many people finished the game yet and then again in 6 months.

E: Apparently nobody has finished the game on Tactician and 1.1% have finished it at all yet.

 

[Hagashager]

Aliens in fantasy setting is indeed incredibly retarded. I'm no D&D lore expert but it's just retarded to have space ships in a fantasy setting. This 5e world seems way too bloated and could use a lot more focus.

Demons are cool tho. I wish they would lean more into the religious aspect of the world. Paladins don't really feel like holy crusaders for example. And you shouldn't be able to fuck everything that moves as a Paladin

Aside from the aforementioned Spelljammer campaign setting, released in 1989 with many supplements over the next few years, and adventure module S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks from 1981, there is also Supplement II: Blackmoor from original Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1975, which included the sample adventure Temple of the Frog:

The High Priest of the Temple of the Frog
Traditionally this role was voted to the most influential member of the "Inner Circle" of the brothers. It is now held by a usurper, Stephen the Rock. This fellow is not from the world of Blackmoor at all, but rather he is an intelligent humanoid from another world/dimension. Originally, he and his compatriots were sent to the area to police it against incursions of similar beings, for it was discovered that a dimensional nexus point existed in this area that allowed such possibilities. He assumed leadership of the Temple in order to have a base of power, for he now seeks glory and personal gain, with as little personal risk as possible. When the team was intact this self-seeking would have been checked, but with the death of all but the creature now posing as the commander of the guards, loyal to the High Priest and also power-oriented, most restraints are gone. Once each year the High Priest must report to a hovering satellite station, giving details of what has transpired below, and turning over any powerful "artifacts" taken during the previous time period.

This sample was later expanded upon by Dave Arneson and David Ritchie into adventure module DA2 The Temple of the Frog, published for BECMI D&D in 1986, which was followed by DA3 The City of the Gods:

People who are against sci fi elements in their fantasy fiction are retards and should read Jack Vance.

A B S O L U T E L Y B A S E D

you, sir, are the winner of this thread. You won, you are all that matters.

Yes, every mouth-breathing retard in this thread should read Jack Vance, starting with The Dying Earth.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

I avoided Gale as much as I could. Just refused any weird invitations from him.

Now I approached him to see if he has any comments about the recent major quest...

...

One of dialogue options - "About our night together"...

...

ENFORCED HOMOSEXUALITY IS HERE!

This is entirely a result of them implementing this in the laziest way humanly possible, because basically the romantic sequence is triggered purely by the amount of approval you have gained. There are no dialog options you have to go through to make it start, and no way to forstall it. Yes you can be an asshole to him which makes you lose approval, but that's just an indirect consequence of just being an asshole and approval from him can come really fast if you are at all good aligned, which most people probably are.

It's really mind boggling how pathetically lazy this is. If you are at all trying to make your NPCs happy, and most people like to do that in genral, it means ALL the NPCs will eventually try to come on to you, which means if you are a male, all the male NPCs will be faggots, where as if you are female, all the female NPCs will be lesbians, and it gets even more absurd because the romantic sequences are gated behind the druid quest, Hasilin or Haslin whatever his name is. So what happens is that you can gain a lot of approval before getting to that point, you get past the event that unlocks romances, go back to camp and suddenly ALL of them want to fuck you.

Also, there's no rejecting them. If you tell Gale to fuck off, he will shut up for a time, but gain enough approval and he'll try again because the romance is going to automatically trigger no matter what. Your choices aren't taken into account because the trigger is not the amount of approval you have, but what you gained. So you reject him once, earn the same amount of approval that triggered the romantic attempt the first time, and he'll try again. And the reason it is always Gale and not the others that do this is that he is the easiest NPC to get approval with.

It's really incredible just how bad this system is. I couldn't have come up with a worst way to do this myself even if i tried.

Nigger, you're in your 40's.

 

[Tyranicon]

It's over boys. Swen is buying yachts and the finest belgian hookers.

Meanwhile BioWare: