Multiplat BALDUR'S GATE III

[Striderxdj]

Just hit level 12 and finishing up the last few quests of act 3, pretty much used Shadowheart, Karlach and Gale the entire time. Some of the encounters in this game are seriously tough and take a few attempts and some strategic planning to finish properly.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Hey guys! I’ve put a couple hours in, and a full party: Shadowheart, the vampire elf, and Gale. Just rescued Lae’zel and need to drop someone apparently, so we can move forward with removing the worms from our heads. My character is also a fighter. Who should I drop for LZ? Or does is not matter? Can I bring them back after being cured? Or is none of this important?

Who you take kind of depends on your party composition. I would say you always need a rogue and you always need a healer. The others can be a little more flexible.

 

[iNoScopedJFK]

Gotta say I really didnt like Astarion at first but after these last few dialogues with him that man is rolling a 20 on Charisma for me IRL. Was very tempted to take his offer to lie with him in bed.

 

[Rozko]

**Bethesada is in the corner seizuring at the thought of releasing a game outside of Beta**

 

[GtehMVP]

Man this thing is just loaded with flavor and atmosphere. These guys really get it. I already knew they were a great studio, but this is really something else. Even the way they hand out rewards and side quests is neat.

I know man, it just oozes richness, you can taste it lol. You can feel love from the dev team, it's so refreshing not being walled off to pad time, or entice microtransactions.

I also play a fighter, went sub-class Eldritch, and love it. I primarily use Shadowheart, Astarion, and Gale. Lae'zel pretty much has had to piss off at camp. In order to progress from Act 1 to Act 2 you will have to decide to go through the mountains or underground through the Underdark. I opted underground. I would only worry about Lae'zel if you opt to go through the mountains. Also, these quests advance for your party characters even if they are in camp. The Underdark route is such an incredible adventure, I have no regrets not traveling with Lae'zel as she is just a mouthy bitch anyhow.

She's the only party member I don't care for. I felt badly rejecting Wyll's advances (is everyone a swinger in this lol) but took great pleasure in rejecting her.

Who is everyone using?

My go to is Astarion, Karlach and Shadowheart. Shadowheart reminds me of Anna De Armas lol

I'll bring Gale when I need lots of AOE attacks.

I really wish we could have a 5th party member.

Well, yes, for main stuff those quests will advance. For full experience of the story I plan to take mountainpass on 2nd playthrough, which I think is where the Creche is since I haven't found it anywhere else. I will tell you that the underground passage is deep, and detailed, and badass.

I love that there's an entire area we can choose to go through in a new.playthrough. I'm glad I chose the underground though. Did you go to that blood church/hospital place? That was so sinister, loved it!

 

[MusterX]

**Bethesada is in the corner seizuring at the thought of releasing a game outside of Beta**

Yea its been pretty wild to see other studios, some of which have more money and more employees than Larian cry about this. Some of the AAA studios have in the thousands of employees. Larian pulling this off with 400 is borderline miraculous.

 

[MusterX]

Who is everyone using?

My go to is Astarion, Karlach and Shadowheart. Shadowheart reminds me of Anna De Armas lol

I'm playing a fighter class so no need for any of the tanky companions, mostly its Shadowheart, Gale, Astarion. On second playthrough I might play a Bard and use Karlach as the muscle.

I love that there's an entire area we can choose to go through in a new.playthrough. I'm glad I chose the underground though. Did you go to that blood church/hospital place? That was so sinister, loved it!

That dude wanted to do surgery on me so bad but I revoked his license. There is a tiefling child you encounter somewhere in the map, by a graveyard I think, and she wants you to find her parents, her parents are in that hospital. One thing I've noticed about this game is each area or encounter seems handcrafted. Everything feels unique and its just encounter after encounter like that.

 

[John Stockton]

Gotta say I really didnt like Astarion at first but after these last few dialogues with him that man is rolling a 20 on Charisma for me IRL. Was very tempted to take his offer to lie with him in bed.

I think he's my favorite party member. He's such a snarky asshole.

 

[Mike]

I know man, it just oozes richness, you can taste it lol. You can feel love from the dev team, it's so refreshing not being walled off to pad time, or entice microtransactions.



She's the only party member I don't care for. I felt badly rejecting Wyll's advances (is everyone a swinger in this lol) but took great pleasure in rejecting her.

Who is everyone using?

My go to is Astarion, Karlach and Shadowheart. Shadowheart reminds me of Anna De Armas lol

I'll bring Gale when I need lots of AOE attacks.

I really wish we could have a 5th party member.



I love that there's an entire area we can choose to go through in a new.playthrough. I'm glad I chose the underground though. Did you go to that blood church/hospital place? That was so sinister, loved it!

Little stuff like the sweeping cinematic shot of the grove while you're talking to Halsin, or when you talk to the other druid about your reward and he describes how to use the rune in character.

Every little thing makes you feel like you're going on an adventure. And it's really awesome to finally see these locations done in proper scale. In the old games they'd describe how awesome a place is or how heavily populated, while in reality its like three rooms and a dozen npcs.

But the grove and goblin camp were large and filled with characters and places to explore.

 

[Mike]

I'm using Laezal, Astarion, and Shadowheart. The cleric is probably my favorite, serious waifu material. And I'm a paladin like I usually am in these games. Although I'll probably have to switch someone out soon and I'm not sure who yet, I like everyone in this group.

 

[John Stockton]

I kinda regret not playing as Wyll or another origin character instead of my derpy custom fighter. Wyll's become the main character in my playthrough. Hexblade warlock and paladin synergize really well and he's a charisma god that can talk people into doing anything.

 

[GtehMVP]

I'm playing a fighter class so no need for any of the tanky companions, mostly its Shadowheart, Gale, Astarion. On second playthrough I might play a Bard and use Karlach as the muscle.



That dude wanted to do surgery on me so bad but I revoked his license. There is a tiefling child you encounter somewhere in the map, by a graveyard I think, and she wants you to find her parents, her parents are in that hospital. One thing I've noticed about this game is each area or encounter seems handcrafted. Everything feels unique and its just encounter after encounter like that.

I had a quest to find someone, who was being attended to by one of the nurses

I don't know if you fought him, but If your perception is high enough (I believe that was what did it) you have an entirely different way of dealing with him and can become on good terms with the staff.

My character is a fighter who is also high in charisma, I love getting extra dialogue prompts in choice driven rpg's.

I like having two tank-like classes, for most situations

Being able to jump across the map with Karlach and myself, along with us getting multiple attacks in per turn really carves enemies down.

The bard looks cool, was watching some guy use one on YT. It's going to fun experimenting on future playthroughs.

 

[Bob Gray]

**Bethesada is in the corner seizuring at the thought of releasing a game outside of Beta**

I'm absolutely loving the game, but it isn't like Starfield isn't gonna be great, too. I'm gonna play both and enjoy the shit of them.

 

[MusterX]

I had a quest to find someone, who was being attended to by one of the nurses

I don't know if you fought him, but If your perception is high enough (I believe that was what did it) you have an entirely different way of dealing with him and can become on good terms with the staff.

My character is a fighter who is also high in charisma, I love getting extra dialogue prompts in choice driven rpg's.

I like having two tank-like classes, for most situations

Being able to jump across the map with Karlach and myself, along with us getting multiple attacks in per turn really carves enemies down.

The bard looks cool, was watching some guy use one on YT. It's going to fun experimenting on future playthroughs.

Well, Fighters also get multiple attacks, my Eldritch Knight attacks up to 4 times a turn plus a bonus action. And then after that he still gets 2 attacks and one bonus action per turn. Rather than have another tank, I find the Rogue, which I sub-classed as a Thief, to be invaluable. He can hide, basically backstab, dual wield, dash twice per turn, along with being a master as disarming traps, picking locks, and pickpocketing. I can't live without the Rogue/Thief.

 

[MusterX]

I think he's my favorite party member. He's such a snarky asshole.

Valuable as shit is what he is, he brings a lot of utility to the table.

 

[Bob Gray]

I know man, it just oozes richness, you can taste it lol. You can feel love from the dev team, it's so refreshing not being walled off to pad time, or entice microtransactions.



She's the only party member I don't care for. I felt badly rejecting Wyll's advances (is everyone a swinger in this lol) but took great pleasure in rejecting her.

Who is everyone using?

My go to is Astarion, Karlach and Shadowheart. Shadowheart reminds me of Anna De Armas lol

I'll bring Gale when I need lots of AOE attacks.

I really wish we could have a 5th party member.



I love that there's an entire area we can choose to go through in a new.playthrough. I'm glad I chose the underground though. Did you go to that blood church/hospital place? That was so sinister, loved it!

Oath of vengeance poleaem master paladin.

Astarion and shadow heart get the most playtime, and im swapping wyll and Gale for magic.

Now that gale is getting spells like fireball I'll probably use him more heavily, but they absolutely NAILED eldritch blast. So goddamn fun. They knew that it was gonna be used 90% of the time by a warlock so they went balls out on making it something that never fails to be awesome. Just everything about it from the looks to the sound effects.

I do feel like a 5 man party would be perfect, though. It sorta feels like the rogue is necessary. I like shafowhearts character and story, but the cleric class is kind of underwhelming.

The yanki bitch can die in a fire, though.

 

[Bob Gray]

I kinda regret not playing as Wyll or another origin character instead of my derpy custom fighter. Wyll's become the main character in my playthrough. Hexblade warlock and paladin synergize really well and he's a charisma god that can talk people into doing anything.

Did you take the dark urge storyline? It's the origin story for custom made characters. And it's pretty fucking cool, actually. I think I see where it's going:

Spoiler

Bhaalspawn

 

[MusterX]

I'm absolutely loving the game, but it isn't like Starfield isn't gonna be great, too. I'm gonna play both and enjoy the shit of them.

Starfield has been anticipated for YEARS. I'll also play it, not thrilled about the $69.99 price but I'll pay it.

 

[GtehMVP]

Well, Fighters also get multiple attacks, my Eldritch Knight attacks up to 4 times a turn plus a bonus action. And then after that he still gets 2 attacks and one bonus action per turn. Rather than have another tank, I find the Rogue, which I sub-classed as a Thief, to be invaluable. He can hide, basically backstab, dual wield, dash twice per turn, along with being a master as disarming traps, picking locks, and pickpocketing. I can't live without the Rogue/Thief.

How do we multiclass again/where does the choice happen? Can we do that for party members too? It feels forever ago that I started my character up.

I think I'm just a straight up Fighter.

I'm wondering if I missed out, or If I just stuck with straight up fighter intentionally lol

 

[Bob Gray]

Starfield has been anticipated for YEARS. I'll also play it, not thrilled about the $69.99 price but I'll pay it.

I bought the 100 dollar edition to play it 4 days early AND AM NOT ASHAMED AT ALL.


Coincidentally my last day of work actually falls exactly on that day and I have two weeks to myself. Weird coincidence but its true.