Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Needs more campanions

The title says it all. In Baldur's Gate 1, you had the option of having a choice between 25 companions. And in Baldur's Gate 2, you had the opportunity of 17 companions granted; you cannot take them all at once, but the variety of choice was there. It would be much better if you do not get them all right away because the game would get boring. I actually would like to search for my companions. I don't understand Larians' logic when they give you four companions and think it's a fantastic thing. I genuinely believe that Larian needs to step up their game with Baldur's Gate 3 if they want to have it as a smashing success surpassing Divinity original sin 2, which I do not believe was as good as Divinity original sin 1 IMHO.

Swen has said there will be more companions.

+1 on the definite need for more companions. Feels like a better version of DOS2 not like BG3 at this point.

Companions? Maybe more hot women need to be added to play the game multiple times until you seduce everyone

Bad archdruid girl from the druid grove for ex

They'll add more companions. That's something they said.

The real question is how many... I really hope we'll have 8 more, one for every classes. 12 companions (is not enough but it) looks pretty decent.

I completely agree with that if I were to be a GREEDY gamer I would want 14 to 16.

I really need Minthara as a companion, she's such a bad dominant bitch that can't leave you indifferent
If there are only those companions in the game that are in act 1, it will be a failure
They are nice, but we need more, and so that everyone is well written

There will be more companions, one of them likely a drow. So keep telling Larian and Minthara could be one of them.

I think the comparison to bg1 is completely unfair, since the companions in bg1 were little more than blank NPC with few punch lines. The companions in bg2 were much much better, but still I don't think there was as much work invested in them as in the companions in bg3. And I also really think that more is not necessarily better. I prefer quality over quantity every time

You are right. Expecting there to be as many companions as in BG1 is not reasonable. But only 8 companions in BG3, especially if 5 of those 8 are Act 1 companions some of whom you end up losing at the end of the Act, is also unreasonable imho. People have been throwing around the number 12 as how many companions we will get. That is a pretty reasonable number. But I am very skeptical of that number.

Too many evil companions not enough good ones so far.

4 evil woman (2 already there, Mizora and Minthara on progress). Or 3.. Shadow's heart is neutral, most likely Alignments will depend on the player's decisions, as with Viconia in BG 2.
It's cool, I like them all, but for a good hero to romance them is strange
2 good, 1 evil guy.
Maybe Will might get evil too, after finding Mizora, but I'm sure no one will do that. What's the point if he stayed at the party and you are on the path of good.

need 1 more good girls for balance, yep.
But not this tiefling girl we saved from the "tier paladins" please, it's absolutely not at all what I would like to see as a good girl. Why do we need her if we have Mizora.

I think even 8 is too much if they planning on killing them off. if not, it depends on their quality. there will be an option to create merceneries though

+1

Baldur's gate 1 had 25 companions , not counting the one of beamdog. Baldurs gate 2 has 17 . I personally would love a number around 15 companions, or more if possible.

Na. All the companions in Baldurs gate 1 had a few dialogues and at least one quest dedicated to them. And the budget probably was way lower that was goes into today video game. Companions in Baldurs' gate 2 usually had one quest as well, way more dialogue, and that didn't even include the romance that were pages and pages long. They also had banter between them.

I think a few more good aligned ones and maybe Minthara for the absolute aligned players would suffice. I do not mind having more options but I prefer fewer companions with more interactions to many choices with few interactions. Think of the set of possible groups growing with every additional companion. a interacts with b because of c just won't happen if either a or b are not present. Lots of writing, animations and voice acting with low probability of the event occuring.

I think only the ones you have recruited but who are not in your party at end of Act 1 are removed. But it's possible you meet additional companions in Act 2 or recruit as companions people you met previously.

As for mercenaries, that's not an option for me. I won't ever play with empty-vessel companions.