Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

Blueweed

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yeah that's a defensible idea, let's just take a look at...

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ronne

Nǐ hǎo, yǒu jīn zi ma?
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First 5 hours or so early musings:

The AI is deathly afraid of the grease spell. They literally will do anything but step in it, it's fucking hilarious.

Jump is super fucking OP and is closer to teleporting than it is jumping. Anyone with like 15str can make some pretty insane leaps to traverse battlefields.

Everyone can use crossbows and they get dex on damage rolls, whole party is archers for the first few levels

There's so many fucking dialogue/skill/lore checks you probably really want a face character of some kind

Shadowheart is the crazy goth chick you dated when you were 19, absolutely not worth it
 
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Drinsic

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First 5 hours or so early musings:

The AI is deathly afraid of the grease spell. They literally will do anything but step in it, it's fucking hilarious.

Jump is super fucking OP and is closer to teleporting than it is jumping. Anyone with like 15str can make some pretty insane leaps to traverse battlefields.

Everyone can use crossbows and they get dex on damage rolls, whole party is archers for the first few levels

There's so many fucking dialogue/skill/lore checks you probably really want a face character of some kind

Shadowheart is the crazy goth chick you dated when you were 19, absolutely not worth it
I went paladin to be melee/face of the party, and figured I'd use Astarion/Gale/Shadowheart. Didn't touch EA at all, is it really that bad using Shadowheart? Is there a better healer somewhere down the line or should I just hire a cleric whenever I unlock that.
 

velk

Trakanon Raider
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Are any of you going big dick Tactician right out of the gate?

Yep, not because I am good, but because I embrace the pain. Also, you don't really get a good feel from the fun toys available when you can just bitchslap the enemies into next week with normal melee attacks.
 
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Hatorade

A nice asshole.
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Level 5!

Small spoiler
Let the dude prod your eye out, you get a cool upgrade out of it.

I switching it to balanced for a bit, the 10+ mob fights are getting out of hand.
 
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ronne

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The gith chick tried to sex me up on my second long rest

I blame Bioware for this
 
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Pasteton

Blackwing Lair Raider
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so far just dipping weapons just seems so op. theres always a candle or some shit you can dip in and it adds a serious amount more fire damage
 

Kharzette

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4 hours left. My download got super slow during old-people-on-netflix hours, but it picked back up to a mighty 2 MB/s.

I shall be asleep when it arrives.
 
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Cybsled

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Played for like 3 hours and only level 2 lol. Rolled a half elf/wood elf monk for my first play through.
 
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Talos

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I'm in 3 hours and still at character creation.
 
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Hatorade

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OK now that was a badass side quest, phenomenal world building and story telling.
The hag quest, some really cool surprises and probably not worth losing an eye over but did it anyway.
 
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velk

Trakanon Raider
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Noooo, magical secrets has a pre-approved list of spells that doesn't include any ranger/paladin spells. How are bards supposed to make fun of hapless rangers like this ?

I suppose it's one way to make balance easier though.
 

Drinsic

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So every time I've avoided combat through dialogue I've received no xp for it. Seems like that was bullshit or it's bugged. Guess I'll kill everything.
 

Grabbit Allworth

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I'm playing Drow Rogue (Assassin) with the Criminal background.

One of the really cool elements of this game is that you get rewarded for making choices that reflect your background. I've been stealing everything and murdering the shit out of non-essential NPCs and I keep getting Inspiration points for being 'on brand.'

My only complaint so far is that I despise all the male companions wanting to fuck you until you beat them down with a stick. Seriously, if I were approached by a faggot in real life the same way that they do in game, there'd be....violence.
 
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Qhue

Tranny Chaser
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Seriously, if I were approached by a faggot in real life the same way that they do in game, there'd be....violence.

Don't worry, there is zero chance of that happening despite the fact that you radiate 'use me daddy' bottom-bitch vibe.

There are enough changes from EA that I'm enjoying the first act despite having played through it at least 5 times before. One thing to note is that the game is aggressively non-linear inasmuch as there's almost always a ton of different ways to approach a situation and/or completely different paths of moving through the content. You can have two playthrough of the first act and think you were playing two completely different games.
 
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TJT

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I'm playing Drow Rogue (Assassin) with the Criminal background.

One of the really cool elements of this game is that you get rewarded for making choices that reflect your background. I've been stealing everything and murdering the shit out of non-essential NPCs and I keep getting Inspiration points for being 'on brand.'

My only complaint so far is that I despise all the male companions wanting to fuck you until you beat them down with a stick. Seriously, if I were approached by a faggot in real life the same way that they do in game, there'd be....violence.
Interesting. I'll have to keep mind to follow my race/background options.

I didn't get too far last night. Have stupid family obligations and relatives visiting.