Mister Wolf
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The Wild Magic Barbarian Class is great.
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Baldur's Gate III | OT | Bear in Mind, Your Choices Have Consequences
The Wild Magic Barbarian Class is great.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
What level are you vs. the things you're fighting? What party setup do you have, are you using your spell slots appropriately or relying on cantrips?
Pakoe
Member
You can always lower it, there's no shame in it. I'm playing on explorer as well.
amigastar
Member
I will try to beat the game on medium/normal difficulty but when i hit a wall i will lower the difficulty.
Guilty_AI
Member
It varies from person to person, i myself also only died once so far. Try strategizing a bit or thinking outside the box, as well as studying your abilities and effects (and don't forget to level up, its surprisingly easy to miss the prompt).
Remember the game is quite flexible when it comes to combat. You can do stuff like pushing enemies off cliffs, throw healing potions at downed friends, thrown caustic bags at enemies, lots of buffs and debuffs, high ground advantage, etc.
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Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Warlock's default cantrip is very powerful but is even more limited to how many spells you can cast (but refreshes with short rest).
But Wizard/Sorcerer at later levels have plenty of spells they can pick from. I think it goes up to 9 (?) before a long rest refresh. Which is plenty for many battles.
Fools idol
Banned
If you haven't the time to learn the systems properly just stick to story mode brother, no shame in it. DND rules are not for everyone, it's a difficult system.
Luipadre
Member
I had the same problem until the combat clicked. Took me like 18 hours haha. Lets just say if you want to bruteforce things and expect good results you'll have a difficult time. Check enemies for weakness, always use the environment and dont save on potions, spells or items. Use them in every battle
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I recruited the Wizard character and immediately and inadvertently equipped him with medium armor, since it was the strongest I had. I was like "man, this guy has some really cool sounding spells, I can't wait to unlock them" (because they were greyed out). I spent about an hour before I happened across the tiny popup that said he couldn't cast spells because he was wearing armor he wasn't proficient in, all the while he had a staff that was doing 0-5 damage and had spent my entire time with him being garbage in a fight.
This game does not hold your hand - at all.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
It doesn't, although the tooltip system is fantastic. Press T and you can get descriptions on what a bunch of things mean/do and these cascade down.
Definitely a game to take incredibly slowly and really look at each UI element and what it represents.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Yeah I know, I just think it kinda sucks as a concept for a dice game. I get that it's your virtual DM making the adventure more "interesting" but I think fair dice with strategised bonuses is a better approach.
Sanepar
Member
They deliver a masterpiece and then come with this?
www.techradar.com
After Baldur's Gate 3's massive success, Larian wants the next game to be smaller
Suffering from success
ThisIsMyDog
Member
Let's hope BG3 massive success is going to change that, we need another big RPG in 2030 from them.They deliver a masterpiece and then come with this?
After Baldur's Gate 3's massive success, Larian wants the next game to be smaller
Suffering from success
Doom85
Member
They deliver a masterpiece and then come with this?
After Baldur's Gate 3's massive success, Larian wants the next game to be smaller
Suffering from success
Bruh, let them cook what they want. Especially since this was a six year development project. People need to recharge their batteries.
It‘s like when Daniel Craig showed the slightest annoyance at being asked if he would do another Bond film after just finishing shooting Spectre, and in an interview he was like, “guys, I just finished shooting Spectre. I didn’t get to see my family and friends mostly for a good while. I never said I was done being Bond, but let me breathe a little.”
calistan
Member
Is there any way to tell what area of effect a spell will have? I just used this one to try to finish off those damned gnoll things, and it massacred my entire weakened party instead, because they were all standing too close. I can't see anything on there that indicates massive danger to friendlies.
VideoGameEnjoyer
Member
Was about 12 hours in before I finally realized how cooldowns work. And why sometimes I 'randomly' couldn't cast my good spells anymore. Makes perfect sense now, and makes things even more strategic. So good.
But man I wish I had chosen my Cantrips better. Fireball is weak and lame, and a piece of equipment grants it to me anyway. Have found very little use for Mage Hand too, though that's probably more about me than the ability. Will I get to choose a different/more Cantrips as I level up?
But man I wish I had chosen my Cantrips better. Fireball is weak and lame, and a piece of equipment grants it to me anyway. Have found very little use for Mage Hand too, though that's probably more about me than the ability. Will I get to choose a different/more Cantrips as I level up?
Last Hearth
Member
That "3m" at the bottom there says the effect has a 3 meter radius of effect, with a strength save roll to take half damage.Is there any way to tell what area of effect a spell will have? I just used this one to try to finish off those damned gnoll things, and it massacred my entire weakened party instead, because they were all standing too close. I can't see anything on there that indicates massive danger to friendlies.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
The white circle on the ground when you select the spell.
There's a guy you can find to enable you to respec, not tried it myself but I'm sure that should let you rechoose your cantrips?
VideoGameEnjoyer
Member
calistan
Member
I thought that was just the range of the spell. I have some that say 18m but they have no splash damage.
I'll get used to this eventually. Ten hours in and I still feel mostly clueless.
Last Hearth
Member
Gale's particular issue is giving me problems. I thought I could just give him regular +1 items but it seems Larian is insisting it be rare and named items. I generally hoard those so I can respec and try different builds, but now I have to give it to him. Any idea how often he needs one of these items?
calistan
Member
When he told me about his problem, I did a bit of mind reading on him to probe further but I failed the roll and pissed him off so badly he left, permanently. Didn't want him anyway, since I already had a wizard and I didn't like his voice (sounds like Richard Ayoade), but loads of items are still marked as being suitable for Gale.
Just bought this on Steam. First game i've paid full price for in a while.
I've been meaning to check out an RPG like this for a long time since i never had a gaming PC back in the day. I even bought a cheap bundle a while back that had Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 in it so i could play BG2. Might as well start with BG3 now.
Probably going to go with Warlock as my main. Does Warlock, Wizard, Rogue, Cleric, Barbarian seem like a good party combo for a noob?
I've been meaning to check out an RPG like this for a long time since i never had a gaming PC back in the day. I even bought a cheap bundle a while back that had Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 in it so i could play BG2. Might as well start with BG3 now.
Probably going to go with Warlock as my main. Does Warlock, Wizard, Rogue, Cleric, Barbarian seem like a good party combo for a noob?
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
4 person groups, you named 5.
For Warlock, since you have a dialogue specialist + offensive caster with that class, You'll be in a good party (but not the only way to do it) with Lae'zel (barbarian - combat specialist), Astarian (rogue - utility), & a cleric/druid (best to pick druid when you can i think)
Ah, ok i thought it was 5. I haven't actually fired it up yet, just watched some videos.
I forgot about Druid and I do want that animal talking thing. So per your tips, i'll probably go Warlock Barbarian Druid Rogue.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
I wish I had more time. Fucking work is in the way.
Holy shit, Sven is in the game menu !
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Last Hearth
Member
I installed GeForceNow on my laptop just to try it out and tried to get it to run this game, and it's been a complete clusterfuck.
Twice the game has booted up and then crashed on GeForceNow. I think I'm just going to stick to playing this on my home gaming rig.
Twice the game has booted up and then crashed on GeForceNow. I think I'm just going to stick to playing this on my home gaming rig.
Draugoth
Gold Member
They deliver a masterpiece and then come with this?
After Baldur's Gate 3's massive success, Larian wants the next game to be smaller
Suffering from success
darth.shrimp
Member
Just get Karlach instead of Lae'zel, and you basically have my current party. She also happens to be the most enjoyable recruitable NPC (see video a few posts above), while Lae'zel is completely insufferable.
About the cleric/druid thing: you'll get a Cleric much earlier than you would a Druid. And she technically can double as a rogue for lockpicks and traps, although I still prefer Astarion for that.
darth.shrimp
Member
Warlock is great (that's my main as well), just don't get Pact of the Tome, it's nice on the tabletop but useless in BG3. I'm starting to get the hang of the class so feel free to ask if you need some help/advice.
Guilty_AI
Member
I killed her in the first encounter after the ship crash. Bitch was held up and in a pinch and she dared to try and give orders to Joseh? He's no simp, he demands mutual respect in a good relationship.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Bkdk
Member
There has been a lot of comments from various sites that say how larian could produce a massive single player title without microtransactions, so I just wanna say this: Biggest weakness of this game so far is by far its character customization. While I applaud larian resist microtransactions, biggest revenue from microtransactions are people buying characters for their games and the strength of those games with heavy microtransactions are much better at what larian does worst.
Guilty_AI
Member
Massive game filled with interwined storyline branches, deep and fun combat system, great writing and great characters.
vs
A nose and a cheekbone slider.
I'm fine with larian's approach, thank you very much.
Slicker than your average
Banned
Does any know how why my level 5 paladin can cast about half of my level 1 spell an infinite amount of times including heal? seems broken. They say when I kill an enemy I can cast a level 1 spell slot with out expanding a use.
Then in red it says liberated spellcasting
Then in red it says liberated spellcasting
darth.shrimp
Member
Never heard of that. Are you a mono-class Paladin? Which Oath? Did it only start at level 5? (also, but that should be obvious - any mods?)
JusticeForAll
Gold Member
I enjoy role playing my great old one Warlock as well. Great in conversions, but a bit... Underwhelming in combat? I feel like my Eldritch blast is hitting way to little and if it does, the damage is but spectacular. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, really. I get by, though. Just don't feel like my character is really powerful, except for like any conversation where my high charisma wins most rolls.Warlock is great (that's my main as well), just don't get Pact of the Tome, it's nice on the tabletop but useless in BG3. I'm starting to get the hang of the class so feel free to ask if you need some help/advice.
Slicker than your average
Banned
Nope no mods. Just normal single class oath that heals. But I lost my oath anyway and I still have this.
marjo
Member
I'm about 5 hours in and am enjoying it so far, but I have to say that the game does a terrible job explaining it's mechanics. It's obviously aimed at someone already familiar with D&D, but for someone like me who has no experience with it, I find certain things very frustrating. For example, the game mentions proficiency, but doesn't tell you what advantages being proficient in a weapon or armor confers, or what penalties lacking proficiencies will cause. It's very difficult to try and make decisions with little understanding of how the system works.
