Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Poll: How many Long Rests do you take?

Honestly, I'll often rest, leave camp, then rest again to make sure I don't miss anything.

Maybe yours are.

Mine like to sleep.

Whether the game tells me they're exhausted or not. I figure I can usually decide that on my own.

The same goes for me. I don't want to miss a companion scene, so I take long rests in very short intervals. It feels very strange, because the day should not even be over by then.

That the companion scenes, that are so well animated, voice-acted and written, are so easy to miss when you take long rests in appropriate time intervals is the one thing that really bothers me.

I like the companions we have met so far, I like the character writing. In my opinion, they are all very interesting and complex/nuanced characters, and I am very interested in learning more about them, about their backstories and personalities (it also would not surprise me if their backstories are even, in one way or another, connected to the main story arc).
Therefore, I would very much like to have more opportunities to talk to them.



I would like that very much. I would not mind at all to talk to each of the companions who are present in our camp during one long rest, it also feels more natural/realistic. Why should I only talk to one person during the evening, before going to sleep (or meditate)? It is not implied that we talk with one of our companions while keeping watch.

I like very much how dialogues are implemented in the first night in camp, with Astarion and Shadowheart in the party. First, Astarion wants to talk to you - and then Shadowheart wants to know what you were talking about. It felt very natural, more like a group. It's similar for the scene with Raphael.

Many times, the dialogue option is also linked to the companion with the currently highest approval (even when other companions are in the same approval range), which seems a bit odd to me. I would very much like to have the opportunity to talk to the other companions as well.

It is also a bit strange to me that it seems to be implied that our Tav would romance the companion with the highest approval - holding the same views would not necessarily mean that there is also a romantic attraction. It was very funny when my sorcerer Tav, who is in a bit of a rivalry with Gale, exclaims "First in my heart", when I wanted to start a dialogue with him.



So I'm not the only one

I tried the same thing, constant resting after every tiny thing to get as many companion dialogues as I could, and in addition to losing interest in playing I felt lazy and disgusting, not at all how I want to be made to feel in a game. Even if I was rping an unhealthy character I wouldn't need to rest that much. It also counters the whole supposed urgency with the tadpole (no, I do not play characters that would suddenly be ok with the thing just because someone else tells me it is a special tadpole.)

If they had added day/night cycle, resting and exhaustion would have been easy to figure out. Since they decided to make it all complicated then this idea would be a great way to indicate when we should rest. They still need to separate companion dialogues from camp though.

What makes you say that?
Or ... when should be the day over?

I try to do a long rest per "chapter" if that makes sense because it makes the game feel more immersive. When I wake up from the beach I don't allow myself to long rest until I have all four of my companions + meeting Withers. Then, after that, I don't allow myself to take my next long rest until I do all the stuff I can do in the Grove(fighting off goblin raid, harpy fight, meeting Nettie/talking to Kahga).

Next is one long rest for the entirety of the blighted village(minus the spiders, I normally skip that)

Then one long rest for the entirety of three gnoll encounters + Karlach plotline

Then one long rest for Auntie Ethel's plotline(once I fight the redcaps I'm not allowed to long rest until Auntie Ethel is dead/Mayrina's plot is resolved)

One long rest for Waukeen's rest(fire rescue + zhet hideout)

Githyanki patrol wipes me out in one go so that's a chapter by itself lmao.

One long rest before entering the goblin camp(meaning no long rests between fighting the three goblin bosses)

And so on. Playing this way makes the game a bit more challenging as well. Though sometimes I do make a party that doesn't need long rests(I once played an archer Ranger with Laezel, Astarion, and Wyll, and it was nice not having to really worry about spell slots)

Anyway game doesn't really like this because I miss a lot of important follower cutscenes when I long rest because so much stuff happens and the cutscene triggers compete with each other.

This is something I wish will be addressed in the next patch.

There is one situation in particular where it feels very odd for me to take a long rest in between. I would think that the fight with the goblins at the druid grove gate, talking to Zevlor, talking to Zorru and talking to Nettie could all take place on the same day.
From a role-playing perspective, I would try to talk to Zorru and Nettie as soon as possible, since it is extremely urgent to find a cure. But as a player, I know that one dialogue scene only seems to trigger after you have talked to Zorru about the Githyanki patrol, but before you have spoken to Nettie. So I have to take a long rest before talking to Nettie, or else I would miss this scene.



It is difficult to say, but since a long rest should be at least 8 hours, maybe after approximately 12-16 hours would have passed? But it is a bit difficult to determine how much time would pass when travelling from one place to another, for example. If I would not have to be afraid to miss the companion scenes, I would take long rests in the same intervals as UmbraCore, one long rest for each "chapter".

I play a rogue, what is a long rest? Oh that thing they force you to do after you kill the leaders of the goblin camp...

With no day/night cycle, no concept or mechanic for time, and no mechanic to really force you to rest and recuperate i really think Larian needs a better way to naturally incorporate camping and resting within the story flow. I remember when i first played at launch i purposefully did not rest because i thought it would advance the ceremorphosis.

I say this as a huge BG 3 fan and think this will be one of the greatest games i have played and at 50 years old i have played all the games...

Im sort of slow and methodic... pack rat and hoarder... i want to sort, and clean out everything, and one big reason for long rest is, couse stores has run out of money

I've given up trying to play well and just spam Long Rests and stealth exploits ad infinitum. And the gameplay does feel really braindead.

In my first playthrough ever I tried not to rest because of the urgent tadpole situation. I felt cheated when it was revealed that it was just a bunch of nonsense and the tadpoles were just there to give you fun powers and more Bonus Actions.

In the final release of the game, I want to see a meaningful Long Rest system that makes the game feel like D&D. And a reward for NOT using the tadpoles, and a way to actually get rid of them. I really can't justify any smart PC using those powers and not wanting to get a shadow magic parasite that could mind control you or kill you at any time, out of your head.

I often rest, this is due to the fact that there are no restrictions on rest in the game.
I always want to rest in order to be as ready for battle as possible and I do not want to miss any dialogue with a companion. I would like the companions to tell you when you need to return to the camp in order to have a dialogue with them.
I think this opportunity will be taken away on release, and if you often rest, the tadpole will eat you.

Companions already tell you that they are tired when new dialogues are available at camp.