Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General My guess we will have one more patch before final release, what will it be?

As mentioned I guess we will have a final patch 9(end of the year) before lunch, then ver1.0 for release on next year, so what will patch 9 will be? max lv cap5 to text the lv2 spells? the last map of the ancient temple? a new calss and race??

Roll two ten-sided dice in the Tower.

Why would we have only 1 patch? O_o

I mean im aware that Swen told us several times that they expect release in 2023 ...
But that doesnt mean 1/1/2023 ... there is still up to 17 moths ... plently of time for at least 3, maybe even 4 more patches. O_o

As for what to expect ...
Level 5 seems reasonable, they know that we want it, and since they started testing Act II. & III. they will most likely have something prepared.
Spell are logicaly included there, so if level then spells ... that should be certain.
As for Classes ... if Larian would be preparing to release, they would have to have all classes done and ready, so yup ... also dont forget that we were promissed multiclassing IN Early Acess! In one PFH Swen litteraly said that we should expect multiclassing AFTER all classes will be implemented, BUT there is possibility that they change their mind and release it earlier.
As for Races, i would not hold by breath here ... Swen litteraly told us in Noble Sacrifice PFH that they want to keep some races hidden to they have at least some surprise for release.

Larian announcing that they're pushing back full release to 2023 doesn't mean they're pushing it back so far out that it actually means Fall/Winter 2023. If anything, I'd expect Larian wants to avoid going that far back, because that time period might end up being a complete bloodbath for RPGs in general. One more patch and an early/mid 2023 release is a reasonable assumption to make. We've also spent so long in EA that at this point, I don't think we should really hold Larian accountable for anything said during the first year of EA anymore.

My guess is Monk, and that's probably about it. Anything else at this point would be completely out of left field or something Larian feels strongly enough about testing that they're not willing to hold it back for full release.

It's fairly obvious by now that they're saving Paladin for final release due to the sheer popularity of the class, not to mention all the doomposting about reactions and how Smite will get implemented would get drowned out by release hype.

Well my guess is base on how much time they take per patch (around few months?) so at the end of the year for patch 9, then mid year on 2023 for 1.0 release, and I don't think they plan lunch at late 2023 or close to 2024 othrise they won't spread the release date on early 2022(if nothing special goes wrong), just my guess only.

Next year really is a bloodbath for RPGs, Starfield, the new Avatar's game, the new StarWar game etc, if that Harry Potter's game also delate to 2023, BG3 will no match to those (Fans base and Brand fame difference), I think somehow it depends on when those game release.

It’s pretty clear that so far they are at least HOPING to release before the end of the first half of 2023 (case in point:when releasing patch 7 in February and confirming they would not make it by the end of 2022 Swen also added “We are estimating roughly one full year of development ahead of us).

If that’s the case I can see the OP being right and EA getting at most another patch (if even that) before the studio becomes laser-focused on the release build.

If we are getting more than one, that’s also going to mean the release getting post-poned again.

I think they will put some crazy or fans happy things on last patch, first ofcause for testing, second to make some noise or keep the fans excited again before the final sale(ofcause they will still hold the best for full release), but I just don't know what will be better (I am not really hard core fans on D&D game, but I like RPG and BG3)

The MTG cards seem to favor your conclusion...lots of Monk love.

And the backlash if Larion gets Pali-smites wrong...they will delay that as long as they can, and I will be off playing a different class anyway.

Also going to add to this, resources put towards maintaining the EA build take away dev time that could be spent polishing up the full game instead. As we get closer to full release, it becomes increasingly pointless to update the EA with another patch. Realistically, if the EA build was updated, say, 1 month before full release, it would only be for the sake of placating the fanbase as we wait, because any major feedback from that patch likely won't be addressed in time to make it into the full build.

If we end up with more than 1 additional patch left in EA, it's a very safe bet that the full release of BG3 isn't happening in the first half of the year at minimum.

I am content for them to put as much love into the game as they can. They can take their time, as far as I am concerned.

i think it just depends on when exactly they start ramping up the marketing and advertising for the game. as they get a firm idea on a release date, they will put more focus into the final build of the game & spending money on marketing; it wouldn't make sense for them to divert talent from the main game to the early access build during that time. i think as soon as we get a confirmed release date we shouldn't expect more than 1 extra early access patch - and that's if we're lucky.

it would be nice and cathartic for bg3 to release in full on the anniversary of early access first going live imo, but if not, a late spring early summer release would be great

i just want them to put everything they have into this game and i don't want them to think of releasing before it's ready

The Larian team looks like they need a vacation, and they really should.

Amazing how some down time can stir creative energy.

That makes me worried a little ...

That would mean in order to test things properly, they would need to somehow squeeze a lot of things into that "last" patch. O_o

If I have to be blunt I don't think our "testing" and feedback matters that much (if at all) at this point.

Ongoing bug-hunting aside, whatever change we'll see from now on is probably some process that they already started sometime ago. New decisions will not be made according to what comes from our collective feedback next.

Yeah, no doubt that there's going to be a lot that doesn't get tested. We can only hope that we have *lol* weekly hotfixes after release for months as they address untested issues. I continue (whether it's graphics driver or game) to crash during cut scene transition from crashing ship to beach, if playing on Vulcan, it works on DirectX) It's been that way all along. I wonder how many weird bugs we retain?
I would really really like to see multiclassing (though I don't typically multi much) and higher level spells.
I can wait (though yeah, don't really want to) to see more of the world.
I would love for the marketing groups to produce (maybe in last month before release) maps, spell lists and skill lists, etc. So that we can digest them and make some dreams and plans before release. I think it would drive interest vs tight-lipped silence.

We'll be able to play origin characters in the last patch ! meh, I just dont care.

One more patch would be my guess as well.

They are likely to go completely dark for a lengthy period of time before the release.

Monk/Half-Orc

I'm sure the big draws of paladin/variant human/lizard overlord race will be for full release

Not expecting level 5 due to EA being directly stated as being level 4 on descriptions everywhere

An unknown additional or two. Cinematics where it says cinematics pending added or new feats, maybe even a reaction revamp or some other mechanic overhauled or implemented. Won't be much more than that though of course

Concur with sentiment of one last content patch

Larian's schedule vagueness could afford them the flexibilty to delay 1.0 with more patches.

Say we get patch 9 in december. If Larian realize they can't meet their original june target, they could throw an unreleased class into patch 10 to buy themselves the extra time.

Seeing how Larian manage their time, it's possible we get more than one patch before full release.