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Any word on allowing us to have active party members (so no one back at camp) 'jump in' on dialogue & skillchecks?

As it stands, playing co-op with friends, we either have to go in blind and just hope the Rogue does not get a discussion better suited to our Paladin, or spoiler everything to ensure the right person gets the right dialogue.

Why can't a Rogue say 'Hey! I have a better chance of picking that lock!' or a Paladin say 'I know about this religion; Let me talk to them.' Or the Druid can say 'I know about plants; let me try identifying this bush' or 'These people are Druids; let me talk to them'.
And playing co-op is frustrating when I'm the Rogue, but my Sorcerer friend took 3 steps ahead of me and triggered a cutscene (Neither of us knew about) where I would do better than them, but I can't do squat because they triggered it.

So please; Any word on letting us 'tag in' in-party characters for dialogue/skillchecks they would be good at/have the higher modifier?
Make it an options toggle, so people can choose to play that way or not.

Not yet. All the official announcements from Larian are posted here, so keep your eye out. There’s been a new Panel from Hell announced for 7 July and I guess if there have been any changes to the conversation mechanic we might see them then. You never know!

Thank you for the info!

I really, REALLY hope they heard this idea. It's the one aspect of the game that really keeps me from enjoying multiplayer with my friends.
I am happy with pretty much every other aspect of the game, and I am always happy to support Larian, as their games are fun as heck, but this one thing frustrates me to no end.

I don’t think there’s any danger Larian didn’t receive feedback on this point as getting our parties involved in dialogue in one way or another is something that has been discussed in detail and a lot of folk feel passionately about (myself included). What, if anything, they will do as a result of it is unfortunately a different matter . We’ll have to wait and see.