Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Can Devs pls throw us history buffs a bone

I just wanted to try out BG3 and have been meaning to get into D&D as many of my table top friends do. I just can't find myself to be able to immerse myself as a Paladin who is but a humble soldier at the core. Let me elaborate on my issue by pointing out that fantasy worlds such as BG, D&D, Warhammer etc etc all have big and pronounced parallels with IRL medieval/ early renaissance history, architecture, technology, theology and what have you. That being said, you see buildings, clothing, furniture and weapons that wouldn't look in the slightest out of place in museums and historically authentic movie sets and the like, EXCEPT FOR ONE THING! Armors. Why is it that all heavy "knight"-like armor is all covered in ornate excess that would serve no other purpose than to slow down an already heavily laden wearer and would just break off at first hit with a sword, or worse not break but would allow an adversary to bind his weapon on and manipulate his opponent. There is a reason why even Kings didn't go completely overboard with ornate structures and heraldry on their armor IRL. Please for goodness sake Developers of BG3 give me some boring looking historically authentic knights armor set that doesn't look like it comes straight out of LOTR especially more historically authentic bascinets like my personal favorite the bascinet with a bow looking visor or just the classic bucket helmet anything really just anything other than those horrid things already in game that no self respecting knight would wear into battle the only use my character sees in those things is a misbegotten chamberpot.

P.s. Devs I'd no joke pay $30 for an Armor DLC with just a few historically authentic knight armor sets and I can't be the only one

Go away. Yes you are the only one.

And might I ask why you are so hostile and promptly dismissive of this idea?

While I want less fantastical armors, I wouldn't pay as much. As it stands I just avoid using any armors I don't like the look of (even if it means to drastically gimp my character).

I can't speak for anyone else, but I suspect it's about the cost and not the armor suggestion.

A lot of folks are tired of being excessively charged for small additions to games.

Just implement a transmog feature. There are plenty of mediocre and bland armors for you to wear if they allow transmog, just equip the plate and scale male from Act 1 and call it a day with the transmog system. Don't need 30 bucks for that, that's literally over half of the price the game sold for when you bought it in EA.

Ah yes, those historical orcs, jellies and mephits. These games really take you back to yesteryear.

All that mediaeval stuff you mentioned is European, where is the Indian, Chinese or Middle-Eastern counterparts?

You want historical accuracy?
Why does it take so many arrows or bolts to drop a man?
Why do bow strings never snap despite the bow never being unstrung?
How can a human jump 10+ metres from a standing start even when not wearing armour.
How can someone turn invisible just by drinking a potion?

This. Please implement this.

I disagree with hostility, but tbh most of the time when people ask for more fantasy armor/ gear in games people react with hostility too.
ESPECIALLY if it's anything like more feminine attire, if you think DumbleDorf was being hostile then dear lawd lol.
I've asked for it before elsewhere and drew comparisons with Astarion's nobility attire and that I wanted a feminine version of that and people just didn't read what I said at all they just heard '' feminine '' and jumped to Tera online armor and acted like that was what I was asking for.
Funnily enough they did add stuff I wanted in Act 3.

Even when it comes to armor asking for more feminine designs ( because yes, armor historically was considered male attire and specifically designed for men based on current masculine ideals/ norms... That's why thin waists on breastplates became a thing in later periods ), it gets all the personal attacks and insults coming en masse.
Not saying that's necessarily what you're doing, but I constantly see it everywhere there's like whole subs on Reddit dedicated entirely to being smug and condescending about fantasy armor ESPECIALLY anything feminine it's just weird.
And the way you type does sound rather condescending too which makes me think you may have engaged in this yourself too.

In the end of the day tho it doesn't rly fit this setting, I don't think it's much different than asking for Korean MMO armor.
Because the game is not a medieval simulator and the fictional settings in the game doesn't share the same history and culture, it's a bit like complaining that Samurai armor doesn't look like European armor.
Like things can easily also be explained with the material used and that it weighs differently etc, but just because armor was designed one way in Europe at certain points of time doesn't mean that it was '' the best ''.
People often act like breastplates for instance just had to be domed shaped and yet people often chose to wore Brigandines over full breastplates which had a flat surface, and breastplates with concave corset shapes became popularized.
A big thing in DnD is that women are more active and common in combat roles, that would influence how armor was designed both in terms of fashion and fitting to the person wearing it too.
There's no real reason why armor in DnD would look like irl historical armor, and who even knows what it would've looked like had it never fallen out of favor it only became more and more complex and ornate with time not less.

People have sadly been conditioned to think that "high level armor" must be covered in spikes, oversized shoulderplates and other nonsense. So Larian is, sadly, following the expectation of people who often have never seen real armor in their life and also can't appreciate simple functionality and instead want bling every to show off how special and rare the armor is.

BG3 is a fantasy game therefore it involves suspension of belief.

Pseudo-Milanese and NPC Armors v. 5.0 Alpha (Release)
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/229?tab=posts

You are precisely the only one. Go away.

This isn't exactly a way to behave towards other people, is it?

I was going to give you a 7 day timeout, but then I checked your post history. So how about you go away yourself for about... 3 months. Then when you come back, learn some people skills.

You too; There are better ways to say 'I disagree' - which I too do. I'd love myself some traditional looking armors in-game, wouldn't pay for it but OP is just expressing that they'd really really, really, like to see it. It's not really about the money, it's about expressing how much they want it.