Baldur's Gate 3

[Duke Whisky]

@Buttercup said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

Does anyone else have party changing anxiety, lol?

Less anxiety and more I end up not really needing them either as I’m not smart enough to manage their resources (Gale) or they fit a purpose I need (Halsin/Wyll).

Or I just end up perma-killing them. That also helps to limit my options.

[crawfish]

I got 2/3rds through the game (I was in act 3) when the patch came out and I realized I was pretty irritated at my Tav, so I restarted as a Dark Urge Assassin Monk and oh fuck oh boy I am having such a good time and I’ve only just started (about 10ish hours in). Also a few moments of “WHAT THE FUCK” already. God damn what a good game.

[Cobalt]

I’m stuck in act three?? Maybe act 2. Idk. I have to make a choice. And the choice I’m leaning toward will piss off everyone in my party, but feels like it would cause the least amount of loss of life for the sword coast.

I wanna do the pure right thing and murderhobo everyone evil, but I feel like I’ll end up getting a lot of innocents hurt if I don’t take this alliance.

Also it’ll upset Karlach

[Aria]

@Cobalt said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

I’m stuck in act three?? Maybe act 2. Idk. I have to make a choice. And the choice I’m leaning toward will piss off everyone in my party, but feels like it would cause the least amount of loss of life for the sword coast.

I wanna do the pure right thing and murderhobo everyone evil, but I feel like I’ll end up getting a lot of innocents hurt if I don’t take this alliance.

Also it’ll upset Karlach

Pretty sure I know what choice you’re talking about. I got the same one yesterday and then the OTHER PERSON showed up and made me the opposite offer, but with more threads of bodily harm. Huzzah!

[Cobalt]

Has this been posted? NSFW

Astarion reacts to horny comments

[Duke Whisky]

Had the Galeplosion ending. Honestly it’s pretty dark and I loved it.

[Aria]

@Cobalt said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

Has this been posted? NSFW

Astarion reacts to horny comments

Did you watch the Shadowheart and Lae’zel one? It’s amazing.

[Testament]

I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t like how Larian has handled Minthara. The developers did admit to the character basically being a ‘cutting room floor’ situation, where a lot of her content was left not implemented in the game.

What’s equally frustrating is that she is potentially one of the best written characters, that a majority of people don’t get to see because A, most people don’t or won’t do evil runs. And B, if you do do an evil run, there’s just too much lost and not enough gained, regardless of how well written a companion is. And C, because so much of her content wasn’t implemented, even after a patch fix to add more for her.

I also don’t like how it feels like Halsin was never really meant to be a companion, but more like a secondary camp member akin to how Volo was? Considering that you wind up getting two Druids in Halsin and Jaheria, I didn’t see a need for two. And speaking as a someone who played the first two games, I’m going to take the character that I really enjoyed previously(although, the lack of Jaheria content is something else I have a gripe with).

I’m all for actions having consequences, but it sure does feel like, at times, the game punishes you for wanting to do an evil playthrough.

Also, Minthara and Astarion competing for for the ultimate “I can fix them” challenge.

[Testament]

[Aria]

@Testament said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

Yes.

[Cobalt]

I want to mod in better looking armor, but I looked at the instructions for the mod manager and my brain went:

[Testament]

@Cobalt If you ever want help walking through that, let me know. I’ve already modded the hell out of my game, let me know. Granted most of my mods are visual and making the game more true to DnD 5e rules, but running Baldur’s Gate 3 Mod Manager can be intimating. But once you learn it, it’s pretty seamless.

[Duke Whisky]

Added free cam mod. My new addiction is screenshots.

[Cobalt]

I’ve been watching some of the decisions you can make with your romancing and oh my god you can be an absolute asshole to everyone one of your companions.

And also, I’m really torn because I’m kind of in love with all of them now.

Save, Gale.

Gale is still kinda bland.

But Wyll and Lae’zel have really grown on me.

[Duke Whisky]

Couple more from last night and this morning…

Shadowheart’s view from the tower

Quick Hans’ time in the Shadow-Cursed Lands

Karlach bloodied after battle

[Cobalt]

MY GAME IS BORKED AND EVERYTHING IS RUINED! I can’t talk to my companions!!!

ALL I DID WAS ADD IN BLACK DYE

hysterical shrieking

[SpaceKhomeini]

@Cobalt

Did you add the “bg3 mod fixer” and/or script extender? Annoying that you have to do this, but…

[Cobalt]

@SpaceKhomeini I did and it fixed not being able to talk to my companions but now it is yelling at me about data mismatch

[Roz]

@Cobalt The data mismatch warning happens for pretty much all mods (unless you have a mod specifically to remove it). So if it’s JUST that left, you can safely ignore it.

[Testament]

@SpaceKhomeini You should only need the Script Extender at this point(unless the mod specifically states you need both). In Patch 2, I believe, Larian built in it’s own mod fixer, because Larian is one of the few devs that supports mods. Also, the Script Extender allows you to still get Steam Achievements while using mods.

I mean hell, in the Definitive Edition of Divinity 2, they include a number of mods that come with the game itself.

@Cobalt The data mismatch is an artefact, but I believe the mod that removes that is the Improved UI mod. I forget off the top of my head which one removes it, but I think it’s that one. So long as you’re launching the game through the BG3 Mod Manager. Vortex is usually my go to for modding PC games since MM2 is not longer supported, but in this instance, BG3MM works so much better.