You can change which spells you have memorised using the spellbook menu any time out of combat; to swap the spells you have memorised you sort of have to wait for it to give you the option at certain level-ups but you can also just pay a nominal fee to [NPC met early game] to respect your character whenever you want
This game owns imo
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 3 September 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
Second sentence should say to change the spells you *know*
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 3 September 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
Anyone want to play today or tomorrow?
― Allen (etaeoe), Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
I’d totally pop in for some multiplayer, but the way they do this is a little weird.Anyone can drop in and play any of your main quest character and drop out. Fun, but said drop-er doesn’t gain anything from the experience outside of having fun.You CAN bring a custom character into a friend’s game, but apparently once you do they are locked into that friend’s party even after they leave. You can’t even leave them at camp. I understand managing that stuff is really tricky, but that particular decision seems a little insane.
― circa1916, Sunday, 3 September 2023 21:00 (one year ago) link
I think they fixed that in Patch 2, you talk to Withers to drop your friend's character from your party.
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Sunday, 3 September 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
I'd be down for some multiplayer but full version doesn't drop on Mac until the 6th, and it'll probably take me a bit to catch up.
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Sunday, 3 September 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
Don’t underestimate the pull of this game….
Yeah multiplayer is weird. Playing a fun warlock/paladin run atm, just hit level 5 and some good friends were playing together last night so I jumped in with a new character but just felt no motivation due to making a completely new character, and also playing a part of the game I hadn’t before thus spoiling it for myself. Dropped out after one battle. I don’t have a solution, besides acknowledging this is not the best drop in/drop-out game, definitely begs consistency.
Astarion is a BEAST rogue/ranger. Not the most interesting character in battles, but definitely the most effective. Making this tactician play through a breeze.
― H.P, Sunday, 3 September 2023 22:21 (one year ago) link
Which character would you recommend replacing? Astoria is a little irritating, but I feel like I need a rogue. I’m a Warlock, have Shadowheart as a Cleric, Lar’Zel as fighter, and Gale as Wizard.
― circa1916, Sunday, 3 September 2023 22:39 (one year ago) link
― circa1916, Sunday, 3 September 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
I’ve already made my decision and it’s Lae’zel. She’s a dick.
― circa1916, Sunday, 3 September 2023 22:55 (one year ago) link
Trying to figure out what I want to play when the full version drops for Mac. I think I'm going with Way of the Four Elements monk - pull enemies toward you, push them away, fire/ice strikes, decent melee damage. Way of the Open Hand is higher damage but seems less fun.
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Sunday, 3 September 2023 23:27 (one year ago) link
Only played a couple of hours. But already encountered about 5 or 6 frustrating glitches that have caused me to have to reload the game, especially.in multiplayer. Hope they fix these
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Monday, 4 September 2023 23:19 (one year ago) link
I was having difficulty last night trying to assign characters to ourselves as players in the "Session Manager" screen. I found I was able to move characters into the right-hand column (i.e. assign a character to Player 2) but couldn't switch them back to the right. So I'm not sure if that was just me struggling with the UI or if this was a genuine glitch. If anoyne here has the same issue, let me know.
I'm still getting used to this really.
Also, we were in the middle of combat and we found during one battle that the turn-based system ostensibly went out the window and I was able to take turns (cast spells, move around, fight people) at the same time as my partner. Is that a thing? I know if two characters roll the same initiative they can do combos etc.
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 09:18 (one year ago) link
Yeah if you and your friends are in line to go and there’s no enemy in between you, you can go at the same time. Improves the flow.
Circa, I’m having a lot of fun playing a melee warlock/paladin (see the YouTube below) with with astarion, shadow heart, and Karlach (much better than lae’zel. Just depends if you prefer bashing things (which I do) or casting things. But the party is making tactician a relative breeze. High recommend!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN4EQuf_ljw
― H.P, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 13:12 (one year ago) link
was totally ready to be a curmudgeon and not be into this but no, it's great, just so much going on, chock full of little caves and secret passages and other weird detours around every corner
even the dyes, must have spent an hour experimenting with dyes once I found some
have a question, it seems like the game wants me to do something with all of these movable crates/rocks/wheelbarrows and I'm not sure what
― Florin Cuchares, Sunday, 10 September 2023 02:55 (one year ago) link
I don’t think it does necessarily? Not yet anyway. I haven’t had any use for that in this game yet, but in the developer’s previous games you could stack crates and such to make stairs to get up to stuff.
― circa1916, Sunday, 10 September 2023 03:34 (one year ago) link
You can stack crates for high ground or to reach places, but in general this game just has stuff like rope that looks useful but isn't really.
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Sunday, 10 September 2023 03:55 (one year ago) link
If the crate/rock/wheelbarrow glows blue and the character completes a check of some sort, then you want to move that sucker out the way to find some hidden treasure. But yeah 99% of rocks should stay where they are... unless you want to pick them up and throw them at goblins
― H.P, Sunday, 10 September 2023 03:57 (one year ago) link
i think i hate the writing and characters in this game! why can't RPGs move past this joss whedon shit. and everyone is always talking
― adam, Sunday, 10 September 2023 11:55 (one year ago) link
Played this till 4am last night/today, nbd.
― The Banshees of Ed Sheeran (Leee), Sunday, 10 September 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
Mac release date pushed back?
― calstars, Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
"later this month" yeah
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:53 (one year ago) link
Gives me time to save up $ so good
― calstars, Sunday, 10 September 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
Is it better to swap your party members on the regular or generally stick with the same ones? I quite like Gael's character and the voice acting is great, but I already play as a wizard so it's a bit pointless really.
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Monday, 11 September 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
also wonder about that, but I presume at least most of their individual story beats can be found if they are in "camp"
which is a whole other thing I had no idea about prior to starting, I do like it but now I am obsessed with trying to collect all of the people to hang out in my dope camping spot, love the Suikoden/Animal Crossing vibes though there are only a handful of empty bedrolls left (this colors how I interact with anyone because I want them all to be my animal crossing neighbors)
still in the first chapter/area though, was super exciting to recruit a friendly dog
― Florin Cuchares, Monday, 11 September 2023 02:35 (one year ago) link
The dog is great, so is the owlcub, my rarest steam achievement atm is patting both dog and owlcub at the same time; kicking goals! . I'm sticking with the same party besides swapping Lae-zel and Karlach every now and then for them to interact with their specific story points. I just can't be bothered reconfiging my battle strat for an offensive spell caster, and I am already playing warlock sorry Wyll. Wish I had a bard in my party though! seems like a fun class to play
― H.P, Monday, 11 September 2023 04:17 (one year ago) link
Haha, can't believe I havne't even met Karlach yet.
I picked up a bedroll and it's in my inventory. Is it useful?
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Monday, 11 September 2023 08:19 (one year ago) link
Karlach is the best. maybe not the best story of the companions, but definitely the best vibes
― H.P, Monday, 11 September 2023 09:33 (one year ago) link
Something odd has been happening in that I'm experiencing almost identical stick drift issues with both my PS5 controllers since playing this game.
It seems strange that both controllers would develop a problem where my character sometimes decides he's just gonna go a walking to the left of his own accord.
I've told PS about the issue, and I'm sure it's just a freak hardware issue, but I wonder if anyone else has had this happen and it might be another weird bug in the game.
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Monday, 11 September 2023 09:51 (one year ago) link
Karlach rules. I’ve got her running as a Berserker and she can absolutely stomp through some enemies when the situation’s right.
― circa1916, Monday, 11 September 2023 12:10 (one year ago) link
Yeah berserker is so much fun. With great weapon master you can get 4 beefy hits in per turn, very fun.
Just took down a raiding party of level 9 Githyanki as a recent level 8'er (was close to giving up halfway through but we made it work!) and finally found the road to baldur's gate! Loving this game.
― H.P, Monday, 11 September 2023 12:16 (one year ago) link
i think i hate the writing and characters in this game!
the writing seems...fine to me so far, in line with the previous two which were also just ok, basic sword & sorcery skeletons to hang a story on
I do think it is weird that every party member I've met so far (besides the dog) is super hot and wants to bang, am a lil bit afraid to encourage any of that, crossing my fingers for some weirdo ancient gnome friends or just asexual monster people to pal around with
maybe this is my fault for playing a warlock, max charisma and all how can they resist
― Florin Cuchares, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 04:36 (one year ago) link
This game is hornier than all the jrpg’s I’ve ever played, a true feat
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 05:56 (one year ago) link
has anyone else read the novelizations? because I have, twice and the second time just recently in anticipation of BG3, don't want to spoil them but I should because you really don't need to read them they are bad ask me anything
― Florin Cuchares, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 06:35 (one year ago) link
It really really wants you to get it on with all the characters. Gale and Astarion are especially keen. And it's not just my party who are lusting - I walked into a very compromising scene in a goblin village last night.
I'm playing a good, moral, pragmatic character this round so obviously I'm Team Shadowheart but she seems very unfussed. I'm looking forward to a second playthrough where I'm basically going to be a total bastard, sell out my friends to anyone who wants them, be mean to all the tielfings etc...
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 11:30 (one year ago) link
The horniness was a bug, apparently: https://www.polygon.com/23858507/baldurs-gate-3-horny-bug-gale
I was thinking about doing a run where I RPed as a charismatic bastard, but the writing is so effective that when I had a chance to demean an NPC, I just sort of defaulted to my usual moralistic prig.
― The Banshees of Ed Sheeran (Leee), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
I never go evil intentionally, but I accidentally fireballed some innocent gnomes I was supposed to save, and their friends refused to talk to me saying "you've done enough" which was pretty funny.
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
Is there a way to like, spare enemies or kind of just say "whoa now let's all just calm down here"?
I know you can toggle non-lethal attacks, but it might be useful to say, spare one member of the gang for questioning. Sometimes I don't feel it's fair to literally kill people for defending themselves
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
There are many ways to skill check out of a fight, but once a fight starts, it's either kill or non-lethal, and even non-lethal will leave them unconscious so there's no further questioning to be done.
I love when I talk my way out of a fight and then like 20 dudes I didn't realize were even nearby just pick up their shit and leave the area because there's no fight to be had.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
I accidentally fireballed some innocent gnomes I was supposed to save, and their friends refused to talk to me saying "you've done enough" which was pretty funny.― what you say is true but by no means (lukas)
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas)
When attempting to free the gnome strapped to the windmill, I saw a lever, flipped it, and watched in confusion and mounting horror as the windmill sped up and flung the poor gnome over some distant trees. Then I saw there was a second lever, presumably the 'stop' one. I still feel bad about it.
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
Also, don't kick the squirrel unless you are doing an evil playthrough or you viciously hate squirrels
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:38 (one year ago) link
XP haha I flung the gnome last night in exactly the same way. Sorry dude!
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:44 (one year ago) link
lol I did the same thing, then promptly reloaded a saved game and did it the right way
― the new drip king (DJP), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
I also flung the gnome. That shit killed me
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
I did not reload... sorry mr. gnome
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 22:00 (one year ago) link
Grrrr.. well this game has plummeted in my estimation since tonight I've encountered one of the most irritating, broken areas of any game I've ever encountered.
The stupid cave of traps before you meet the Hag. First off, my characters almost always fail to perceive the traps, so I'm fucked from the start. Sometimes on loading I don't see anything, other times there's areas of noxious gas everywhere. If I jump over them, usually only three of my characters make it intact. More often than not, one of my characters will just not bother jumping and just hang back, or they'll walk straight into the mist before making the jump. If I do spot the traps (which is hardly ever) and try to disable them, they explode and kill half my party and I can't revive them because they're literally lying in magma so as soon as I revive them they die again. I did see a hint flash up (all too quickly, it disappeared before I could read it properly) about putting something heavy on the "vents". Trouble is, I can't see anything that would look like a vent. If I try to put a stone (as was suggested when I finally caved and Googled a solution), on the flower type things, nothing happens other than I walk into the mist. I read somewhere that you can use a potion of feather falling and just jump all the way down, which is fair enough but seems like a fudge and it's not intuitive to do this.I finally managed to fudge myself and my other characters down there, with a massive amount of healing. Then the Hag herself made mincemeat of me. It's the stupid traps that annoy me more though. Who decided that this would be a good idea to have in the game? Invisible traps that explode when you try to diffuse them or sneak past? I dunno.. I'm all het up now
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 01:44 (one year ago) link
I'm sure there's a simple trick with this idiotic area, but if there is, it doesn't seem intuitive or the kind of thing that's designed for a game like this
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 01:46 (one year ago) link
Do you have astarion with you? The rogues specialty is disarming traps. I know the section you’re talking about, mildly annoying but it wasn’t that bad for me to get through. My pet peeve with the game is when you jump over something, only to relies 5 minutes later that one of your party memebers decided not to jump and now you have to do it all manually again. If this was a one or two time thing, whatever, but it happens every second jump I do I swear! And it’s not that they can’t make the jump, they can! But the computer just seems to decide one random character doesn’t want to jump every time. Kills me
― H.P, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 03:23 (one year ago) link
traps are a huge pain in the ass, even with astarion because unlike the previous games finding traps seems to be a passive thing that anyone might "perceive" except they often don't, at this point I just get super nervous whenever a dice roll fails while I'm bumbling around
also the first time I failed to disarm a trap and then my one set of tools broke led to me hoarding everything just in case, I have so many shovels, but so far nothing else has busted during use
only just realized that jumping is pretty important, seems like some characters can make jumps that others can't?
― Florin Cuchares, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 03:50 (one year ago) link
Apparently they're still cooking up new things including epilogue cinematics.
― Astarion Is Born (Leee), Friday, 22 March 2024 14:49 (seven months ago) link
Everything aside, I'm not really sure I need a DLC or a sequel, not for a long long time at least. My first playthrough was 350 hours. It'll be a while till I do another play through
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Friday, 22 March 2024 14:52 (seven months ago) link
https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-started-work-on-baldurs-gate-3-dlc-then-canceled-it-the-studio-was-elated?utm_source=twitter
LOL pay no attention to what I said.
― Astarion Is Born (Leee), Friday, 22 March 2024 14:58 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, Larian itself will be just fine. Them potentially launching a fresh ip is more exciting than more D&D stuff. And I’d imagine after the Divinity games and BG3 they’d be itching to step outside of the trad-fantasy realm. Which would be dope.
― circa1916, Saturday, 23 March 2024 00:31 (seven months ago) link
Can’t find the post, but I’ve seen the point made that where Larian signed the original contracts, D&D was much less prominent back in 2017 or so before all the popular attention due to podcasters and Critical Role types and pandemic play making it a hit. 5e had only been out for a couple-few years by then.
Trying to renegotiate a game license now (and expansions and merch tie-ins, no doubt), with the far more massive cultural footprint and Hasbro enshittifying every it touches seems like such a headache that no wonder they said fuck it and went back to doing their own thing .
I hope they make a sci-fi property eventually
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Monday, 25 March 2024 21:47 (seven months ago) link