Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Fedora Master]

This is actually true.

 

[Elttharion]

Fuggin' FINALLY fugged Shadowcooch.

Disclaimer: this underwear is in the game, it's not a mod.

You wouldnt have a frontal pic of her would you? For science reasons of course

 

[Fedora Master]

but these niggas know the value of some nice T&A.

On children.

 

[Larianshill]

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1329

Some might enjoy this one.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1329

Some might enjoy this one.

>imma heck'n make it rules as written!
The rules as written:
Tranny pride parades in Waterdeep.

5E was dead on arrival. Let it rot.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

What I really don't get is why on earth after 6 years of development and 3 years of early access Larian decided to cut all unfinished(but cool and important) stuff and release the game with buggy ending a month early?

Okay, if you're scared of Starfield - just postpone to december, you're self-published, you audience will troll you with cyberpunk.jpg, but ultimately understand.

My deeper concern is that Larian decided to spend 6 years of development, 3 of which were in early access, in order to release an 80-hour game that is quite buggy and with a considerable amount of cut content, when they could have released a polished 40-hour game 2 years ago and now be well underway towards completion of the sequel.

 

[Tyranicon]

What I really don't get is why on earth after 6 years of development and 3 years of early access Larian decided to cut all unfinished(but cool and important) stuff and release the game with buggy ending a month early?

Okay, if you're scared of Starfield - just postpone to december, you're self-published, you audience will troll you with cyberpunk.jpg, but ultimately understand.

My deeper concern is that Larian decided to spend 6 years of development, 3 of which were in early access, in order to release an 80-hour game that is quite buggy and with a considerable amount of cut content, when they could have released a polished 40-hour game 2 years ago and now be well underway towards completion of the sequel.

Losers could've sold the game twice for double the money.

 

[hellbent]

What I really don't get is why on earth after 6 years of development and 3 years of early access Larian decided to cut all unfinished(but cool and important) stuff and release the game with buggy ending a month early?

Okay, if you're scared of Starfield - just postpone to december, you're self-published, you audience will troll you with cyberpunk.jpg, but ultimately understand.

My deeper concern is that Larian decided to spend 6 years of development, 3 of which were in early access, in order to release an 80-hour game that is quite buggy and with a considerable amount of cut content, when they could have released a polished 40-hour game 2 years ago and now be well underway towards completion of the sequel.

While I agree that Larian might have set different priorities in EA and released a more streamlined and polished 40 hour product earlier, at least they didn't go the Paradox route and released a feature-poor 20 hour game 4 years ago and trickled out 10 DLCs that generate cash but never really add anything of value to the end product.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

I really hate the modern trend that fighters need to be dudes that do a bunch of special attacks rather than just being guys that are good at hitting things regularly to cause steady damage and absorbing damage to protect the party. I blame video games for having passed this "Everyone needs a bunch of special abilities to be fun!" idea down to tabletop.

The game calling itself "D&D 5th edition" is really a superhero game disguised as heroic fantasy, where even 1st-level character possess a bunch of special abilities (part of the reason dual-classing is so game-breaking), and by the time characters reach 5th level they're selecting from which superpowers to use in combat. This is driven by the immense popularity of superhero movies among the "adults" who are the core fanbase for "D&D 5th edition", and Larian simply followed suit by not only implementing the rules from this edition but also creating an overarching story that ultimately feels more like a superhero film than Dungeons & Dragons.

It's not video games, trust me.

I run a 2e group. The party fighter, mechanically, has only *one* option in any fight: "I hit it with my magic sword". Sometimes he'll mix it up and whip out the Arquebus, but that's only ever as opening volley.

He was getting so bored that he'd start trying to do special moves like shoving, sucker-punching or other stuff he knew were mechanical concepts in D20 Conan (his favorite system).

I, as GM, had to work with him, housing ruling stunts he could do because as 2e would have it, either you hit the bad guy with a sword, shoot him with an arrow, or nothing at all.

PHBR1 The Complete Fighter's Handbook, released within months of the core rulebooks for AD&D 2nd edition, contains a bevy of combat maneuvers and similar options for fighters. See also the rulebook Player's Option: Combat & Tactics from 1995.

 

[Takamori]

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1329

Some might enjoy this one.

-Removes weapon abilities (like Cleave, Smash and Pin Down) for default weapons (not on magic weapons yet)

Into the trash it goes, the worst aspect of 5e.

 

[Fedora Master]

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For fuck's sake, can I have some consistency? I'm a Cleric of TIAMAT, I don't thank anyone.

If they did dirty Kelemvors cleric what hope you have for Tiamat

They do have specific options for deities and at least differentiate between Good and Evil faiths though, so they could have had a different line. Not that any of it leads anywhere.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

While I agree that Larian might have set different priorities in EA and released a more streamlined and polished 40 hour product earlier, at least they didn't go the Paradox route and released a feature-poor 20 hour game 4 years ago and trickled out 10 DLCs that generate cash but never really add anything of value to the end product.

 

[Takamori]

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For fuck's sake, can I have some consistency? I'm a Cleric of TIAMAT, I don't thank anyone.

If they did dirty Kelemvors cleric what hope you have for Tiamat

They do have specific options for deities and at least differentiate between Good and Evil faiths though, so they could have had a different line. Not that any of it leads anywhere.

Given the setting they should let every class choose a god. And have clerics lose powers if they go against their tenants like raising the dead as Kelemvor, enjoying BDSM with the Loviatar psycho as a Ilmatter cleric etc.
But given the retard fit the EA testers did back then just with C&C of the tadpoles its like expecting a miracle.

 

[Orud]

-Removes weapon abilities (like Cleave, Smash and Pin Down) for default weapons (not on magic weapons yet)

Into the trash it goes, the worst aspect of 5e.

They're copying these BG3 abilities into 'weapon mastery' for 5.5E. Paladins, Ranger, Fighters, Rogues, Monks and Barbarians all get these abilities.

 

[cretin]

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1329

Some might enjoy this one.

>imma heck'n make it rules as written!
The rules as written:
Tranny pride parades in Waterdeep.

5E was dead on arrival. Let it rot.

It does bring up the question of why gaymers feel so married to DnD. Near as I can tell, its not a particularly fantastic system (any edition) to begin with, and requires heavy handed modification to translate it from tabletop to CRPG, and the setting and lore just gets increasingly indistinctive and gayer with every edition. Moreover, its derivative to begin with. Why cant people just make their own tolkien rip off? Why do studios feel the need to get into bed with WOTC just have a generic fantasy license?

 

[Takamori]

-Removes weapon abilities (like Cleave, Smash and Pin Down) for default weapons (not on magic weapons yet)

Into the trash it goes, the worst aspect of 5e.

They're copying these BG3 abilities into 'weapon mastery' for 5.5E. Paladins, Ranger, Fighters, Rogues, Monks and Barbarians all get these abilities.

Finally 5e pnp session were the most boring thing on earth with martial class, you either use your beat stick or use your beat stick

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Mystra was just a bad 5e character way ahead of her time.

I mean, look at this. And her original moniker was Midnight. D&D lore was never good.

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Also Rhobar121 she was only level 7 before her ascension. Kek.

The actual Midnight by Clyde Caldwell:

 

[Jermu]

 

[Tyranicon]

Mystra was just a bad 5e character way ahead of her time.

I mean, look at this. And her original moniker was Midnight. D&D lore was never good.

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Also Rhobar121 she was only level 7 before her ascension. Kek.

The actual Midnight by Clyde Caldwell:

Hmmm. In yours she looks like an attractive hooker rather than an ugly one, so it's an improvement.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

married to DnD

D&D is enduringly popular because it has the best content.

By content I do not mean rules. Rules are not content, they are what you use to get to the content. D&D rules have always gone between more suck and less suck, but it doesn't matter because content is king. Most attempts to compete with D&D make this mistake: the rules are NOT the draw of the game. Players don't give a flying fuck about rules. D&D competitors either try to go deeper with simulation or shallower, but very rarely compete with D&D's content. Many try to compete by going "more story" but that is just a dumb way of saying a rules-light game. The story doesn't come from the rulebooks anyway.

Content is the 'job' the game does for the players. Some games try to compete with D&D by doing a different 'job.' Mechwarrior gives you giant robots, Star Wars provides Star Wars, Vampire the Masquerade provides lifelong virginity, etc. But very few games go head to head with D&D on content. Most don't even attempt it. The only one who really tried was Pathfinder and oh look, they made a pretty good dent in the market share. Most games that try to compete with D&D specifically shit on the content it provides. They spit on it and loathe it. Go figure, they all fail.

 

[Be Kind Rewind]

While I agree that Larian might have set different priorities in EA and released a more streamlined and polished 40 hour product earlier, at least they didn't go the Paradox route and released a feature-poor 20 hour game 4 years ago and trickled out 10 DLCs that generate cash but never really add anything of value to the end product.

It's the Belgians, no it's the Swedes, no it's all these 107 nations, oy vey.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

D&D is enduringly popular because it has the best content.

Eh. It has a wide variety of monsters, spells, lore etc. done for you, you mean.

he only one who really tried was Pathfinder

Aren't they running on a D&D open license or something that Hasbro recently tried to revoke?

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Pathfinder is working in their own OGL after Wizards' backtracking. And D&D is popular because, in the end, it's the most marketed product. And they made sure to make releases tailored to people who had never even played any sort of TT game before with the red box.

 

[janior]

got to the lower city, im still enjoying the game, if anything the city really makes me wanna replay bg1 and bg2...

 

[Gargaune]

Weren't The Harpers, or The Ones that Harp basically True Neutral? Aren't they in service of balance?

Lol, no. [citation provided] Their "balance" spiel is in the Star Wars sense, they're strictly Good-aligned (Chaotic Good, really, with an emphasis on meddling).