Baldur’s Gate III
4-Aug-23 4:06am
#1 Bleed_DukeBlue
Anyone else playing this? It’s still early, but I’m already pretty sure this will not only be my game of the year but also one of my favorite games of all time. Larian impressed me a lot with Divinity: Original Sin, but this is just a masterpiece so far. Also, it has cross save, so you can play on PC and then move up to five saves over to PS5 via the cloud when that version comes out (although you have to buy both versions to do that).
#1 Bleed_DukeBlue
Anyone else playing this? It’s still early, but I’m already pretty sure this will not only be my game of the year but also one of my favorite games of all time. Larian impressed me a lot with Divinity: Original Sin, but this is just a masterpiece so far. Also, it has cross save, so you can play on PC and then move up to five saves over to PS5 via the cloud when that version comes out (although you have to buy both versions to do that).
17-Nov-23 12:52pm
#142 Archer
Feeb wrote:
It was fine last night.
The hotfix that 'supposedly' broke it released a few hours ago...
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#142 Archer
Feeb wrote:
It was fine last night.
The hotfix that 'supposedly' broke it released a few hours ago...
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17-Nov-23 1:18pm
#143 Heavyd814life
Looks like the update didn’t affect act 1. I’ve been playing for a couple of hours now and all good here thankfully. This durge run is something else. The dialogue options are wild! Got to the first real thing that happens on this route and it was a hard nope for me. Thankfully there’s a workaround. Also the Warlock build is kinda meh in this game. It seems to be Eldritch Blast and not much else. I think I’ll have to multiclass with Sorcerer to get more options.
#143 Heavyd814life
Looks like the update didn’t affect act 1. I’ve been playing for a couple of hours now and all good here thankfully. This durge run is something else. The dialogue options are wild! Got to the first real thing that happens on this route and it was a hard nope for me. Thankfully there’s a workaround. Also the Warlock build is kinda meh in this game. It seems to be Eldritch Blast and not much else. I think I’ll have to multiclass with Sorcerer to get more options.
17-Nov-23 1:19pm
#144 Feeb
Uh oh. Just in time to crush my game and make me step away for another month.
#144 Feeb
Uh oh. Just in time to crush my game and make me step away for another month.
17-Nov-23 1:21pm
#145 Feeb
Heavyd814life wrote:
Looks like the update didn’t affect act 1. I’ve been playing for a couple of hours now and all good here thankfully. This durge run is something else. The dialogue options are wild! Got to the first real thing that happens on this route and it was a hard nope for me. Thankfully there’s a workaround. Also the Warlock build is kinda meh in this game. It seems to be Eldritch Blast and not much else. I think I’ll have to multiclass with Sorcerer to get more options.
Lock takes a few levels to be worthwhile.maybe 3? And definitely I need another class for most of the core offense- but the EBARB / blast with repelling and hunger of hadar is very nasty CC.
#145 Feeb
Heavyd814life wrote:
Looks like the update didn’t affect act 1. I’ve been playing for a couple of hours now and all good here thankfully. This durge run is something else. The dialogue options are wild! Got to the first real thing that happens on this route and it was a hard nope for me. Thankfully there’s a workaround. Also the Warlock build is kinda meh in this game. It seems to be Eldritch Blast and not much else. I think I’ll have to multiclass with Sorcerer to get more options.
Lock takes a few levels to be worthwhile.maybe 3? And definitely I need another class for most of the core offense- but the EBARB / blast with repelling and hunger of hadar is very nasty CC.
17-Nov-23 1:35pm
#146 Archer
Yeah I found warlock to be underwhelming as well. Like Feeb said it takes a few levels for it to get somewhat decent. But even then it still underwhelming. It really needs to be paired with fighter for a few levels to get better melee. And you need to also dip into sorc or wizard to get better spells. So it ends up needing too many class splits and its just not worth it. Its why I found Wyll so underwhelming. And in my first playthrough stopped using him until the party was higher level so I could spec him properly.
I went arcane archer this time, which is not a real class in this game, so its cobbled together. 3 levels of sorc and about to be 4 levels of ranger (gloomstalker). And its amazing. I have 3 attacks on the opening round without haste or bloodlust. I have powerful bow shots. And even more powerful shots with the special arrows. And decent spells for attack, buffs and cc. Its so strong I could probably solo with this setup on this tactician run. It just takes most of the first act to fully come together. But starting as the ranger was surprisingly really good too. Normally in DnD video games rangers are not this strong.
#146 Archer
Yeah I found warlock to be underwhelming as well. Like Feeb said it takes a few levels for it to get somewhat decent. But even then it still underwhelming. It really needs to be paired with fighter for a few levels to get better melee. And you need to also dip into sorc or wizard to get better spells. So it ends up needing too many class splits and its just not worth it. Its why I found Wyll so underwhelming. And in my first playthrough stopped using him until the party was higher level so I could spec him properly.
I went arcane archer this time, which is not a real class in this game, so its cobbled together. 3 levels of sorc and about to be 4 levels of ranger (gloomstalker). And its amazing. I have 3 attacks on the opening round without haste or bloodlust. I have powerful bow shots. And even more powerful shots with the special arrows. And decent spells for attack, buffs and cc. Its so strong I could probably solo with this setup on this tactician run. It just takes most of the first act to fully come together. But starting as the ranger was surprisingly really good too. Normally in DnD video games rangers are not this strong.
17-Nov-23 2:19pm
#148 Archer
That extra bonus action is super nice. Especially on a monk who has a bonus action for a double attack. Having two of those is just.. *chefs kiss*
#148 Archer
That extra bonus action is super nice. Especially on a monk who has a bonus action for a double attack. Having two of those is just.. *chefs kiss*
17-Nov-23 2:25pm
#149 Feeb
I’ve also been enjoying the one level light cleric reaction warding flare. Pretty nasty for a one dipper.
#149 Feeb
I’ve also been enjoying the one level light cleric reaction warding flare. Pretty nasty for a one dipper.
17-Nov-23 4:35pm
#150 sinnie
UV printer came in at work. The first thing we printed was Astarion, lol
Sorry for the glare, but people checking out with their groceries should see it.
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#150 sinnie
UV printer came in at work. The first thing we printed was Astarion, lol
Sorry for the glare, but people checking out with their groceries should see it.
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17-Nov-23 11:15pm
#151 Archer
Act 2 seems fine to me so far. A few instances of potato graphics, but that has been the case for me the whole time. Where the late texture pop-in never occurs so the persons face looks really fudgeed up like their skin melted off. Seems to happen to random npcs. I tried to load my Act 3 character, but every time I do the game crashes. So that sucks. I assume the saves are corrupted somehow.
#151 Archer
Act 2 seems fine to me so far. A few instances of potato graphics, but that has been the case for me the whole time. Where the late texture pop-in never occurs so the persons face looks really fudgeed up like their skin melted off. Seems to happen to random npcs. I tried to load my Act 3 character, but every time I do the game crashes. So that sucks. I assume the saves are corrupted somehow.
18-Nov-23 12:03am
#152 Feeb
Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter yet.
#152 Feeb
Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter yet.
18-Nov-23 12:39pm
#153 Archer
Feeb wrote:
Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter yet.
I'm assuming it was probably harder than it needed to be because you didn't free Nightsong, and handed her over to him? If you do that she doesn't help you in the fight. If you set her free she helps you fight him. And does way more damage to him than anyone in your party could.
#153 Archer
Feeb wrote:
Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter yet.
I'm assuming it was probably harder than it needed to be because you didn't free Nightsong, and handed her over to him? If you do that she doesn't help you in the fight. If you set her free she helps you fight him. And does way more damage to him than anyone in your party could.
18-Nov-23 1:31pm
#154 Frank
Debating on picking up the $50 Japanese physical version. The only thing holding me back is Japan's censorship in games. I would much prefer to play the unedited version.
The other option is the physical deluxe edition, but that's $30 more.
#154 Frank
Debating on picking up the $50 Japanese physical version. The only thing holding me back is Japan's censorship in games. I would much prefer to play the unedited version.
The other option is the physical deluxe edition, but that's $30 more.
18-Nov-23 1:35pm
#155 Feeb
Archer wrote:
Feeb wrote:> Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter> yet. ...
I freed her. Her damage is negligible and she has very low HP. He one / 2 shots her and the debuff constantly covers her so she’s basically a constant corpse and at best a few hit sponge. She’s actually a liability if the mindflayer dominates her first turn- that’s a restart. I actually got the achievement because you almost have to to beat him. You have to basically plan for phase two before it starts and position to snipe the hatching dudes- they give him back 40-50 / pop etc. it’s a lot a first but manageable with good range.
#155 Feeb
Archer wrote:
Feeb wrote:> Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter> yet. ...
I freed her. Her damage is negligible and she has very low HP. He one / 2 shots her and the debuff constantly covers her so she’s basically a constant corpse and at best a few hit sponge. She’s actually a liability if the mindflayer dominates her first turn- that’s a restart. I actually got the achievement because you almost have to to beat him. You have to basically plan for phase two before it starts and position to snipe the hatching dudes- they give him back 40-50 / pop etc. it’s a lot a first but manageable with good range.
18-Nov-23 1:47pm
#156 Archer
Feeb wrote:
Archer wrote:> Feeb wrote: |>> Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter |>> yet.> > ... ...
EDIT: wait, did you send someone over to her to free her from the debuff zone? You need to send someone over to "help" her, and then she flys directly to him.
Sounds like she gets a big nerf in tactician then. In normal she hits him for like 60 damage per shot. And has something like 125 health. So knowing this will change my plan on this playthrough. I might barelmancy it, lol.
#156 Archer
Feeb wrote:
Archer wrote:> Feeb wrote: |>> Act 2 boss on tactician was quite a bit more challenging. First really hard encounter |>> yet.> > ... ...
EDIT: wait, did you send someone over to her to free her from the debuff zone? You need to send someone over to "help" her, and then she flys directly to him.
Sounds like she gets a big nerf in tactician then. In normal she hits him for like 60 damage per shot. And has something like 125 health. So knowing this will change my plan on this playthrough. I might barelmancy it, lol.
18-Nov-23 2:05pm
#157 Feeb
Yeah. She hits for 10 max and usually 2. I sent a single toon over there just to get the flayer off my party. His conal hits for 40-60 each toon. Nasty. The debuff zone is most of the center plat where phase 2 spawns. Almost have to stay off of that platform altogether
#157 Feeb
Yeah. She hits for 10 max and usually 2. I sent a single toon over there just to get the flayer off my party. His conal hits for 40-60 each toon. Nasty. The debuff zone is most of the center plat where phase 2 spawns. Almost have to stay off of that platform altogether
19-Nov-23 2:33pm
#158 Feeb
Act 3 is a buggy mess. Just got a spell rot curse bugged on my team. Nice.
#158 Feeb
Act 3 is a buggy mess. Just got a spell rot curse bugged on my team. Nice.
19-Nov-23 3:06pm
#159 Archer
I'm not looking forward to getting back to act 3. Hoping they send out a patch to fix it soon.
#159 Archer
I'm not looking forward to getting back to act 3. Hoping they send out a patch to fix it soon.
20-Nov-23 9:02am
#160 Kommie
Playstation added a Baldur's Gate 3 trial. Good thing I find character creators a waste of time. Only 2 hours though
#160 Kommie
Playstation added a Baldur's Gate 3 trial. Good thing I find character creators a waste of time. Only 2 hours though
20-Nov-23 9:07am
#161 sinnie
The character creator isn't even that vast though. Fallout 4/Skyrim had more detailed ones. Doesn't take much time at all to make a nice character. I might be a weirdo who blasts through it though, lol. It is a bit annoying that I can choose my genitals but not my boob size.
#161 sinnie
The character creator isn't even that vast though. Fallout 4/Skyrim had more detailed ones. Doesn't take much time at all to make a nice character. I might be a weirdo who blasts through it though, lol. It is a bit annoying that I can choose my genitals but not my boob size.
Baldur’s Gate III