Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Parabalus]

When does the degeneracy start?

Only thing so far has been a very polite proposition by the githyanki.

 

[Parabalus]

There's a ring on a strange ox in the druid grove which gives you +1d4 on all checks while shapeshifted, it works with the Mask of the Shapeshifter, so unconditionally all the time. Not bad.

Lyric Suite Since you still stumble around the Grove, you want might check that out now.

Since i cannot think of anything else to do besides talking to the ox, which i did, i allowed myself to google it, and, i'm a pally, not gonna happen.

Ox says it will meet you in Baldur's Gate so assuming more options will be there, like the chick who makes the bet at top of ladder. I can wait.

Where's the first item which gives easy access to animal dialogue?

 

[fizzelopeguss]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

And yet you have to select specific options to get there. You can reject him as much you want like i did :D

 

[Vyvian]

Sounds like a skill issue. Maybe you should apply yourself.

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Vyvian! So good to see you! Your avatar pic is so hot! That classic 50s blond look really turns my crank. Do you have an onlyfans? I'm so happy that so many real life women are suddenly so interested in cRPGs and the Codex.

"Suddenly."
I've lurked here often and since every other forum is either dead or Reddit my options are limited to read and maybe discuss RPGs anymore.
My username is a mixture of one I made up and Vivian from Dragon Warrior IV because I thought it was clever, it's not but who cares. I like Fallout so I chose a Fallout related avatar, must be mind-blowing to learn.
I'm sorry my presence causes uncontrollable hog cranking but you should probably take a step back and try to picture the type of woman that plays RPGs for most of her life. A little... deflating perhaps?

As for BG3 itself, I'm not sure if this is common but nearly all of my friends that have been playing are all complaining about performance going straight to hell the moment they enter Act 3. I'm honestly surprised there isn't some sort of NPC density option and the more I hear the more I start to believe they didn't release early because it was finished, they were actually scared of Starfield. This game is clearly unfinished in terms of polish and bug fixing which seems to be a tradition with Larian.
I wonder if Larian can get ahead of people that experience the clusterfuck of Act 3 in large numbers with their hotfixes and "real" patches as they call them. Seems they were counting on people taking forever to see the mess that awaits them.

 

[Nerevar]

So Shadowheart lost her virginity to a tiefling that became a tranny. This is supposed to be the Morrigan character? Why does this game get worse and worse the more you pay attention to the characters/story?

All of the Shar/Selune interactions don't make any sense it is like these two gods make poor decisions on purpose to give each other advantages over themselves.

Bhaal was right.

 

[Parabalus]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

And yet you have to select specific options to get there. You can reject him as much you want like i did :D

You can get rid of him at the opening portal by cutting off his hand.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

There's a ring on a strange ox in the druid grove which gives you +1d4 on all checks while shapeshifted, it works with the Mask of the Shapeshifter, so unconditionally all the time. Not bad.

Lyric Suite Since you still stumble around the Grove, you want might check that out now.

Since i cannot think of anything else to do besides talking to the ox, which i did, i allowed myself to google it, and, i'm a pally, not gonna happen.

Ox says it will meet you in Baldur's Gate so assuming more options will be there, like the chick who makes the bet at top of ladder. I can wait.

Where's the first item which gives easy access to animal dialogue?

Potions here and there based on vendor RNG, but it's easier to just respec Shadowheart (or some other companion) as a nature domain cleric or wait for Wyll (or some other warlock) to reach level 2 and pick Beast Speech as one of your eldritch invocations.

 

[HammyTheFat]

Why can't I stop laughing about the Nightsong? Arguably the best (if one of the few) "I'm a badass" cutscene moments if you decide to free her so far in the game.

Then Thorm deletes her in two combat rounds. Also I'm worried I may have fucked myself. I went all out in what I thought was the act 2 boss fight on the roof top and now I can't rest in the mindflayer colony sub-basement. I have almost no spell slots left, send help.

Also I'd like to apologize to everyone I made fun of for thinking they were picking the less mean options when telling potential romantic interests to fuck off. I told Gale NO To homo sex and when shadowheart wanted to make it official my next conversation with gale immediately after was apparently how we'd been lovers this whole time.

What the fuck larian was he raping me at night in the camp or something? I'm cutting his hand off on my next playthrough.

 

[perfectslumbers]

Also I'm worried I may have fucked myself. I went all out in what I thought was the act 2 boss fight on the roof top and now I can't rest in the mindflayer colony sub-basement. I have almost no spell slots left, send help.

There's a regeneration outlet that will long rest you down there

 

[Grauken]

Killed Kagha and her posse. Damn druids are annoying with their going into animal forms all the time to soak up damage

 

[Turjan]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

And yet you have to select specific options to get there. You can reject him as much you want like i did :D

I don't have the game and only saw that movie, and for this to become intimate, you have to choose the options that say so. Several times in a row, btw. You can't avoid getting some warm feeling from the Goddess of Magic, but that's neither gay nor unexpected for the Forgotten Realms.
There were options like "Imagine his head on spike", etc.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

I'M ONLY PLAYING A ROLE OF A GAY BARBARIAN I'M NOT ACTUALLY GAY BRO.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

This has to be a meme taking the piss on the "I'm 200 hours in and still act 2"-crowd.

 

[Turjan]

This has to be a meme taking the piss on the "I'm 200 hours in and still act 2"-crowd.

Can you spend 20 hours in character creation?

 

[Jaunty]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

This scene was very obviously written for a female character. You catch him magically masturbating, he talks about his passion for the Weave, and as you both begin to channel it, he starts seeing you in a different light, maybe even seeing Mystra in you - but closer.
It absolutely does not work for a male character, because Gale's whole deal is that he's pining for Mystra. Why would he start coming on to you in the middle of reminiscing about her? Now, this could have been a real bro moment, where you bond over his loss, maybe even share a story about a lost love of your own. But no, they had to ruin it by pandering to the blue hairs.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

This scene was very obviously written for a female character. You catch him magically masturbating, he talks about his passion for the Weave, and as you both begin to channel it, he starts seeing you in a different light, maybe even seeing Mystra in you - but closer.
It absolutely does not work for a male character, because Gale's whole deal is that he's pining for Mystra. Why would he start coming on to you in the middle of reminiscing about her? Now, this could have been a real bro moment, where you bond over his loss, maybe even share a story about a lost love of your own. But no, they had to ruin it by pandering to the blue hairs.

"Bro please believe me. I love Mystra so much bro, I took a nesseril nuke in my bum for her bro. Now please let me fuck you already. I love her so much."

 

[Maxie]

This has to be a meme taking the piss on the "I'm 200 hours in and still act 2"-crowd.

in a classic larian way he's constantly rerolling because the tutorial ship is the only good map

 

[MerchantKing]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

And yet you have to select specific options to get there. You can reject him as much you want like i did :D

I don't have the game and only saw that movie, and for this to become intimate, you have to choose the options that say so. Several times in a row, btw. You can't avoid getting some warm feeling from the Goddess of Magic, but that's neither gay nor unexpected for the Forgotten Realms.

Once. You only have to say so once. There's only one line in there that's obviously gay. I cut it off long before then though at the portal like you're supposed to. Talking to that faggot in the first place was the gay sex option.

 

[Barbarian]

The only way to be 100% safe from the gae is to have only female companions.

It is the truth.

 

[Tyranicon]

Doesn't matter, Gale still gonna get your man booty.

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

 

[Barbarian]

The only way to be 100% safe from the gae is to have only female companions.

It is the truth.

And Minsc. Maybe.

 

[MerchantKing]

hence why steam user reviews are good.

Because people who play for a tiny amount of time and see nothing of the game can leave reviews?

It's literally the best system we have for user reviews, please do tell me if there is another one?

MerchantKing

You can filter user reviews for X time played. Same question for you, what other user review site/system do we have that is publicly available and better?

You realize even for DOS2, no more than 20.4% of players even made it to Arx. Fewer actually completed the game. Similar patterns exist for even smaller games. Maybe 20% of players completed Shadowrun: Dragonfall, only a 20 hour game, based on the achievements.

 

[Latro]

hence why steam user reviews are good.

Because people who play for a tiny amount of time and see nothing of the game can leave reviews?

It's literally the best system we have for user reviews, please do tell me if there is another one?

MerchantKing

You can filter user reviews for X time played. Same question for you, what other user review site/system do we have that is publicly available and better?

You realize even for DOS2, no more than 20.4% of players even made it to Arx. Fewer actually completed the game. Similar patterns exist for even smaller games. Maybe 20% of players completed Shadowrun: Dragonfall, only a 20 hour game based on the achievements.

I-impossible…this is the greatest rpg evar…

 

[Lagole Gon]

My face when Orin kidnapped Halsin and threatened to kill him.

Did the game thought he is my gay lover and prioritized him because of it? I guess the homosex worked in my favour for once.