Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback I lose all motivation to play after hitting the level cap

I am sure you are not - there a games entirely revolving around filling XP bars and making stats go up. I have seen a similar complain popping up in other cRPGs as well.

I don't think it is that kind of game though. I see leveling in cRPGs like that mainly as a way of defining your character - an element of become stronger is definitely there, but I don't think it is meant to be a primary drive. Rewarding players with XP is a form of incentive, but it is not the only reason to do quest - story, characters, roleplaying, item acquisition etc. If filling xp bar is your main driving focus I can understand how it can be demotivation, but I think one also needs to acknowledge that there is far more than the game offers beyond that.

Personally, my ideal RPG is one where I reach max level with a some end game content left - I do want to play around my a maxed out character. From what I understand BG3 does just that. With a fairly completionists playthrough I think I am around level 10 or 11 early into act3. I think level pacing, has been actually done rather well.

It's a game. Once you get to to xp cap, it hurts the gane aspect. This never happens in pnp. Ever. And, the fact other games like bg1 has this issue diesnt excuse bg3, either. I expect a sequel decades later to do better
Heck, Bio grasoed this in TOB.

An easily reached xp cap hurts games. Ideally, theted be no cap, but jf yiu have one it should not be reachable except near the end- espicially in a game with zero random encounters. At least bg1 had the excuse of random encounters when restng nor traveling but bg3 does not have that.

You can enjoy progressing the plot and gaining new phat lewt and still see that an easily reached xp cap is bad and hurts the gaming experience. I'm still relatively early, but I hope this is exaggerated. It is poor design and shows poor balancing in regards to xp awards.

Reaching the max level way too early bothers me too, but obviously it isn't a concern for everyone.

There is an easy solution, just like for BG1 and BG2 - installing a mod. I used the lvl-20-multiclass one and got to lvl 14, overpowered, not ideal. For my next playthrough I'll look for a mod that reduces the XP gain to about 75%, so I finish the game at level 12 but reach it much later.

UnlockLevelCurve - Level 13-20 I PATCH 1
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/377