Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback New Weapon Attack Descriptions

You now how in school you learned that you shouldn't describe a word by using that same word to describe it? This is a perfect example as to why you shouldn't do that. I have a sampling of the descriptions of some of the new weapon attacks:

• Flourish inflicts Off Balance. Description: "Feint an attack to possibly throw your enemy Off Balance."
• Piercing Strike/Shot inflicts Gaping Wounds. Description: "Stab an enemy to deal 1d8+3+2 Piercing damage and possibly inflict Gaping Wounds."
• Weakening Strike inflicts Weak Grip. Description: "Target an enemy's hands with a non-lethal attack and deal 1d4+3 Piercing damage and possibly inflict Weak Grip."

None of those descriptions tells me exactly what it does. What's odd is Larian does have better descriptions for some of the other attacks. For example:

• Hamstrung Shot inflicts Hamstrung. Description: "Shoot an enemy in the thigh to deal 1d6+3+2 Piercing damage and possibly reduce their movement speed by 50%."

That tells me exactly what I need to know about what the Hamstrung condition does. Please do that for the other descriptions.

+1 One would think that to be obvious. Alternatively, they could turn those Gaping Wounds and Weak Grips into tooltip links.

lol not helpful at all. I would assume those are temporary descriptions, but would be nice to have it be more informative with weapons skills being one of the main mechanical additions in this patch.

Seems quite clear to me. O_o
Could be claerer tho ... but still quite fine.

https://i.imgur.com/UBQnmdE.png (Wrong tooltip)

//Edit:
I just noticed that i screened wrong description ... gimme a sec.

//2. Edit:
I give here more examples:

Ah, so they are explained via tooltips within tooltips.

Still the point stands, that main tooltips repeat themselvse - you have information on what the skill does, and then have the same information in the written form. So either one would be fine, or further information could be included in main tooltip, rather then requiring a seperate one.