Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Fedora Master]

I've just turned off the game after reaching this point in the game:

Spoiler

You don't need LSD to feel like you're having hallucinations.
I've heard it's in the game, but I didn't know I'm going to see this encounter.

I WARNED YOU

 

[Padzi]

I WARNED YOU

I know, I know.
Where are those times when you could strangle your dream lover?
Well, where?!
(Yes, I had a bug)

 

[Tyranicon]

Larian: Those weeb degenerates love tentacles! Put tentacle romance in the game!

Anime audience secured.

 

[Crichton]

I don't know what all the variables are, but I never got any of the really crazy "romance" scenes that people keep posting about, including the shirtless emperor scene. I do note that I didn't for the level 2 tadpole powers after the squid starting talking about "minor" appearance changes, maybe that scotched things.

 

[Padzi]

I don't know what all the variables are, but I never got any of the really crazy "romance" scenes that people keep posting about, including the shirtless emperor scene. I do note that I didn't for the level 2 tadpole powers after the squid starting talking about "minor" appearance changes, maybe that scotched things.

I don't use the tadpole powers at all (I haven't even unlocked the skill tree), and I had to reject every companion except the one I chose for romance. And I had the emperor. So it's not connected to the tadpole.

 

[The Jester]

Larian: Those weeb degenerates love tentacles! Put tentacle romance in the game!

Anime audience secured.

If only it was a "Empress"...

 

[Shig]

BG3 would be better if you could kill the Emperor and get rid of the Parasite early in the game.

Some player choice of either ditching the thing, or being penalized/rewarded for keeping it and using it would be nice. My dumbass spent the whole game not using the tadpole or powering up its abilities, thinking it would matter. Jokes on me.

 

[jf8350143]

I don't know what all the variables are, but I never got any of the really crazy "romance" scenes that people keep posting about, including the shirtless emperor scene. I do note that I didn't for the level 2 tadpole powers after the squid starting talking about "minor" appearance changes, maybe that scotched things.

As far as I can tell it triggers after you go under elvensong to find emperor's old hideout. It has nothing to do with whether you use the tadpole or not.

 

[Crichton]

I don't know what all the variables are, but I never got any of the really crazy "romance" scenes that people keep posting about, including the shirtless emperor scene. I do note that I didn't for the level 2 tadpole powers after the squid starting talking about "minor" appearance changes, maybe that scotched things.

As far as I can tell it triggers after you go under elvensong to find emperor's old hideout. It has nothing to do with whether you use the tadpole or not.

I did loot his hideout though; I liked that gold brocade outfit. I thought things were pretty cordial until I smashed that tadpole so I assumed that was the breakpoint. (I was playing Gale, maybe the gay squid isn't gay for Gale?)

 

[Reinhardt]

My dumbass spent the whole game not using the tadpole or powering up its abilities, thinking it would matter. Jokes on me.

reminder

99% of the people who "0 illithid" used tadpole to let shadowheart out of the pod.

 

[Fedora Master]

Larian: Those weeb degenerates love tentacles! Put tentacle romance in the game!

Anime audience secured.

Let me post it again

 

[jf8350143]

My dumbass spent the whole game not using the tadpole or powering up its abilities, thinking it would matter. Jokes on me.

reminder

99% of the people who "0 illithid" used tadpole to let shadowheart out of the pod.

Reminder that even if you don't use tadpole to let shadowheart out it still doesn't matter.

There is no consequences or benefits.

 

[jf8350143]

I don't know what all the variables are, but I never got any of the really crazy "romance" scenes that people keep posting about, including the shirtless emperor scene. I do note that I didn't for the level 2 tadpole powers after the squid starting talking about "minor" appearance changes, maybe that scotched things.

As far as I can tell it triggers after you go under elvensong to find emperor's old hideout. It has nothing to do with whether you use the tadpole or not.

I did loot his hideout though; I liked that gold brocade outfit. I thought things were pretty cordial until I smashed that tadpole so I assumed that was the breakpoint. (I was playing Gale, maybe the gay squid isn't gay for Gale?)

Chances are your game bugged out or you have two camp scene triggers at the same time and the one with emporer be replaced by the other one.

 

[Shig]

reminder

99% of the people who "0 illithid" used tadpole to let shadowheart out of the pod.

imagine letting some random out of a worm pod, lmao can't be me; either way:

you already know

it doesn't matter at all in-game

 

[Cyberarmy]

There are nearly zero consequences about tadpoles and mind flayer powers usage. Only some unremarkable dialogues from party members in camp.

Another wasted oppurtunity there, especially for an evil playthrough. After becoming half illithid and gettince the first stone there should be option to "feed" some NPC tadpoles and mind controlling them, tadpoling clean party members should be another thing.

I had my fun with combat and exploration but game is really weak on writing part. Even after all the glorious time spend on party members, most of them are uninteresting and boring.

 

[Haplo]

Indeed. On the other hand, the combat and classes are really damn solid and that exploration... man... this is probably the best game exploration-wise I've ever played...

 

[Cyberarmy]

On the other hand, the combat and classes are really damn solid

This actually is another problem. Game becomes unchallenging fast. Encounter design is mostly good but even without using consumables and not optimized part, they are easy after level 5. Items only enlarges the gaps. Can't really enjoy my levelled party after a while...
Though there are some challenge when they want. Gith groups are always dangerous and Iron Throne is nasty but because of the turn limit.

 

[dukeofwoodberry]

On the other hand, the combat and classes are really damn solid

This actually is another problem. Game becomes unchallenging fast. Encounter design is mostly good but even without using consumables and not optimized part, they are easy after level 5. Items only enlarges the gaps. Can't really enjoy my levelled party after a while...
Though there are some challenge when they want. Gith groups are always dangerous and Iron Throne is nasty but because of the turn limit.

Biggest challenge in the game is assault on moonrise if you play evil path. No additional help plus the drider in the first part. I had to land hold monster on drider while using a +initiative potion to win.

One of the main problems with the game is no penalty for long resting so you can just keep using OP spells every fight

 

[Haplo]

I imagine the drider might be tough. However I've landed Hold Person on 1st try in 1st round...

Somehow Astarion miraculously managed to keep Concentration up till round 2.. and that was that.

 

[jackofshadows]

Biggest challenge in the game is assault on moonrise if you play evil path.

That's because you didn't kill anyone there before that. I tried it both ways and yeah - clearing them all in one go is pretty tough. You can clear it thoroughly beforehand though and then it's a cakewalk. Which leads to my point: there's no challenging encounters in this game unless you make it so, included showing up underleveled.

I think the best encounter in the game is that demon in the Shar temple. And I liked the final boss one too, felt pretty tough to me. Raphael could be another one but he should have had legendary resistances and legendary actions on top of that, it was too easy to cc him.

 

[jf8350143]

There are nearly zero consequences about tadpoles and mind flayer powers usage. Only some unremarkable dialogues from party members in camp.

Another wasted oppurtunity there, especially for an evil playthrough. After becoming half illithid and gettince the first stone there should be option to "feed" some NPC tadpoles and mind controlling them, tadpoling clean party members should be another thing.

I had my fun with combat and exploration but game is really weak on writing part. Even after all the glorious time spend on party members, most of them are uninteresting and boring.

I don't think the companions even have that much content. They have much less dialgoues comparing to other CRPGs, half of them have unfinished personal quests, and they rarely interact with each other. And yeah the writing certainly doesn't help.

 

[jf8350143]

The problem of the combat is that you deal way too much damage and since they change the initiative roll into d4 rather than d20, it's pretty much guarrenteed you have at least one or two characters move first, and they can take out a buch of enemies just by themsleves.

It basically turn into a Xcom 2 style game play in act 3: kill anything that has any threat before they can do anything. So the only fight that has any difficulty are the ones that have too many enemies for you to clear out in one round(for example shadowheart's personal quest). Even Ansur can be take down in just one round.

 

[Fatberg Slim]

Has anyone used Wild Change enough to say whether a Circle of the Moon Druid build based around it would be enjoyable? My concern is less with power level and more with the game engine or ruleset being unable to handle it as is often the case (stat changes or abilities not conferring or restoring correctly, excessive need to micromanage equipment, dialogue not working, etc). I like shapechange-based playstyles a lot and the druid forms here look varied and interesting, but I’m guessing I’ll be let down from the tech side yet again.

 

[Desiderius]

The problem of the combat is that you deal way too much damage and since they change the initiative roll into d4 rather than d20, it's pretty much guarrenteed you have at least one or two characters move first, and they can take out a buch of enemies just by themsleves.

It basically turn into a Xcom 2 style game play in act 3: kill anything that has any threat before they can do anything. So the only fight that has any difficulty are the ones that have too many enemies for you to clear out in one round(for example shadowheart's personal quest). Even Ansur can be take down in just one round.

That was the same with D:OS games as well. You wanted TB that’s what it often comes down to.

 

[Hagashager]

Shadowheart's personal quest finale was an absolute bastard of a fight in large part because of multiple mages all spamming Darkness. Darkness doesn't function like in Table-Top, it's effectively a paralysis AoE with no viable counter (Light only lasts one turn). There's being really tough, like the Githyanki, and then there's just spamming broken spells.

I noticed, like D:OS II, BG3 is big on throwing hordes at the player in the late game, but unlike D:OS II it's not always easy to just keep everything on fire forever (which got dull fast btw).

I found Tactician mostly fair except for instances when the game just throws 20+ enemies at you. By sheer numbers you will lose unless you win initiative.

I'm glad initiative is a d4 because if you don't have at least one Party member going relatively early in the queue you're gonna lose half your party.