Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Infinitron]

 

[Old Hans]

I find it so weird they'd have an invite only closed beta for a patch.

 

[Alienman]

The whole patching process of that game has been weird. I mean, is it early access or is it not? This is not just some random patches. We have content being added still...

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Didn't get beta access for the patch. Oh well.

 

[Abu Antar]

Do we know of any modding projects?

I have a feeling this won't be getting anything significant, just like the Divinity games.

 

[Swen]

Do we know of any modding projects?

I have a feeling this won't be getting anything significant, just like the Divinity games.

It will after mod support with patch 7.

 

[Abu Antar]

Do we know of any modding projects?

I have a feeling this won't be getting anything significant, just like the Divinity games.

It will after mod support with patch 7.

Ahh, I thought mod support had released.

 

[Herumor]

Do we know of any modding projects?

What exactly were you hoping to see here? The whole of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 remade in the engine of Baldur's Gate 3?

 

[Grunker]

Do we know of any modding projects?

What exactly were you hoping to see here?

The primary thing would be an SCS-like difficulty mod. It would make the game so much better.

 

[Abu Antar]

Do we know of any modding projects?

What exactly were you hoping to see here? The whole of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 remade in the engine of Baldur's Gate 3?

Not hoping or expecting much, tbh.

 

[Hydro]

SCS my ass lol. It’s a Larian game, its modding community revolves around more options to dye hair, customize genitalia and romance new exotic species lol. Nexus is pretty representative in this regard.

 

[gurugeorge]

SCS my ass lol. It’s a Larian game, its modding community revolves around more options to dye hair, customize genitalia and romance new exotic species lol. Nexus is pretty representative in this regard.

Erm, there are already numerous difficulty mods, attacking the problem from different angles (more tricksy AI, bloat, etc.)

It's true that in terms of sheer bulk the cosmetic/dressup stuff is overwhelming, but there are tons of "serious" mods for the game too.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Erm, there are already numerous difficulty mods

Anything that makes the game more like actual 5e rules?

 

[MerchantKing]

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It's a shame that the writing and lore isn't any good either.

 

[ShiningSoldier]

I spent 200 hours in this game, beat it trice (2 times were together with friend). And finally I can say - it's a piece of shit, with laughable writing, dull characters and boring combat system. And magic system is so freaking bad with 3.5 useful spells.

 

[Rhobar121]

Erm, there are already numerous difficulty mods

Anything that makes the game more like actual 5e rules?

There are a few of them, as well as a lot of mods that add elements from 5e that Larian left out. Of course, don't expect anything that will make the game 100% 5e because then it would be unplayable.

 

[gurugeorge]

Erm, there are already numerous difficulty mods

Anything that makes the game more like actual 5e rules?

Yes, there are several modders who've done their own versions of RAW and others who explore some of the experimental rule change propositions (forget what the term is?). Some of them try to make their changes compatible with other popular mods, some don't, so it's a bit of a minefield and would require some research and experiment, so it's probably not worth it at the end of the day.

After fiddling around with those for a while, I found that the way Larian implemented the gameplay, while it drifts quite far from 5e at times (at least as I understand 5e from Solasta, which I gather is more faithful), most of the changes make the game a bit more breezy and flow-ey to play, and if you get one of the better AI overhaul mods (there are several) plus a mob bloat mod (again, there are several) it's probably better just to let Larian's version of 5e be Larian's version of 5e.

 

[Velut]

I finally got my hands on the game and would like to ask a few things.
Is there any point in waiting for last big patch? I know it wil add evil endings and I'm planning to go for evil run, but I don't care much for the endings, however I'm willing to wait if they add more stuff to do for the evil run (from what I got, it lacks the content compare to normal run).
How hard the combat is? I remember that Divinity original sin 2 was rather easy even on high difficulty, especially with barrelmancy.

 

[processdaemon]

I finally got my hands on the game and would like to ask a few things.
Is there any point in waiting for last big patch? I know it wil add evil endings and I'm planning to go for evil run, but I don't care much for the endings, however I'm willing to wait if they add more stuff to do for the evil run (from what I got, it lacks the content compare to normal run).
How hard the combat is? I remember that Divinity original sin 2 was rather easy even on high difficulty, especially with barrelmancy.

They are apparently adding more Dark Urge reactivity throughout in Patch 7 if you're planning to play through that Origin, but I don't know how substantial it will be.

In terms of difficulty I'd say it's noticeably easier than D:OS2 on Tactician. Honour Mode spices some of the bosses up a bit and there's an option to keep playing 'dishonourably' (i.e. normally but without the achievement) if you die so I'd recommend starting on that if you found D:OS2 too easy. Also, if you wait until Patch 7 they'll be adding the Honour Mode difficulty options to custom so you could get the Legendary actions without having to bother with the single save system at all.

 

[Barbarian]

They already made it clear that modding tools won't allow new quests or content. So officially supported mods will only include aesthetics, UI, tweaks and difficulty.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if this game keeps being modded several years down the line with the devotion that the original games had or even more though.

I also don't expect a "definitive edition". This was released on all platforms from day 1 so there is no financial incentive. There is also all the behind the scenes butthurt with WOTC. They were obviously working on dlc and suddenly announced that they decided to move on to a new game and were not working on D&D anymore.

 

[Barbarian]

I finally got my hands on the game and would like to ask a few things.
Is there any point in waiting for last big patch? I know it wil add evil endings and I'm planning to go for evil run, but I don't care much for the endings, however I'm willing to wait if they add more stuff to do for the evil run (from what I got, it lacks the content compare to normal run).
How hard the combat is? I remember that Divinity original sin 2 was rather easy even on high difficulty, especially with barrelmancy.

They are apparently adding more Dark Urge reactivity throughout in Patch 7 if you're planning to play through that Origin, but I don't know how substantial it will be.

In terms of difficulty I'd say it's noticeably easier than D:OS2 on Tactician. Honour Mode spices some of the bosses up a bit and there's an option to keep playing 'dishonourably' (i.e. normally but without the achievement) if you die so I'd recommend starting on that if you found D:OS2 too easy. Also, if you wait until Patch 7 they'll be adding the Honour Mode difficulty options to custom so you could get the Legendary actions without having to bother with the single save system at all.

They only talked about "evil endings", and not necessarily limited to Durge though that is what they showcased in the updates. Content addition will be minor and they made it clear this is the last major patch.

 

[processdaemon]

I finally got my hands on the game and would like to ask a few things.
Is there any point in waiting for last big patch? I know it wil add evil endings and I'm planning to go for evil run, but I don't care much for the endings, however I'm willing to wait if they add more stuff to do for the evil run (from what I got, it lacks the content compare to normal run).
How hard the combat is? I remember that Divinity original sin 2 was rather easy even on high difficulty, especially with barrelmancy.

They are apparently adding more Dark Urge reactivity throughout in Patch 7 if you're planning to play through that Origin, but I don't know how substantial it will be.

In terms of difficulty I'd say it's noticeably easier than D:OS2 on Tactician. Honour Mode spices some of the bosses up a bit and there's an option to keep playing 'dishonourably' (i.e. normally but without the achievement) if you die so I'd recommend starting on that if you found D:OS2 too easy. Also, if you wait until Patch 7 they'll be adding the Honour Mode difficulty options to custom so you could get the Legendary actions without having to bother with the single save system at all.

They only talked about "evil endings", and not necessarily limited to Durge though that is what they showcased in the updates. Content addition will be minor and they made it clear this is the last major patch.

They also said they were adding reactivity for The Dark Urge in their most recent post.

• Dotted more Dark Urge reactivity (dialogue options and Narrator lines) into dialogues across the game.

Like I said, it's unclear how substantial it will be (probably not very) but it's worth mentioning to someone planning to do an evil run in case they want to see absolutely everything.

 

[Barbarian]

Level cap is real bullshit in this. I reached level 12 early chapter 3 on all my playthroughs, and it is hard not to do it unless you speed run maps and ignore quests. I assume you could easily reach level 15 before the final fight without exploits and it was a pretty shitty balancing mistake to allow players to reach level cap at about 60-75% of the game completed.

That is the #1 mod I would add on my first modded run(I play on ps5 so played unmodded so far).

#2 would probably be some difficulty tweaks mod since getting a few more levels in would obviously make the final fights much easier.

I imagine both demands will have officially supported options.

 

[Hydro]

pretty shitty balancing mistake to allow players to reach level cap at about 60-75% of the game completed

Yep. This together with chapter 3 being utter shit makes it pointless to waste time past chapter 2.

Lowering XP rewards plus deLarianisation would have been the mods I’d use should I ever have a desire to replay this cringefest.

 

[0sacred]

is every side quest so darn good (I only played Act I) that you feel like you're missing out or can you just not stop touching the poop