Originally Posted by _Vic_


Yeah, I´m pretty sure that you didn´t pretend to throw a jab and compare TB and RTwP when you said.

Originally Posted by Gregorovitch
Pathfinder: WotR will be built for RTwP play (although it will include a TB mod as standard for those that want it which will slow the game down and make it much easier at the same time).


You just wanted to express your objective concern (even tho many people do not see TB as slow and easier and spend their time discussing it with other people in the proper thread) without any prior underhanded criticism whatsoever... because you are absolutely neutral in the matter and that is a silly debate...


Er...what?

My comment you quote was specifically about the TB modes added to PoE2 and PF:K and I don't think anybody disputes that in both those games switching on TB a) makes encounters ~2 levels of difficulty easier and b) makes encounters take ~3 times longer to complete. My comment says nothing whatever about the relative merits of TB vs RTwP systems. The comment simply points out that Owlcat are designing and balancing the encounters in P:WotR specifically for RTwP and that the TB option will be there for those that want to play that way despite the extended playtime and difficulty reduction it will cause. Owlcat are clear that it is not possible to balance a game for both RTwP and TB at the same time and so they are not even going to try.

However that observation is of no concern for BG3 and it's TB system as far as I'm concerned because.....

Originally Posted by Wormerine

And Divinity2 paces its encounters in far different way then PoE2 and especially PF:K. A lot of areas in those game consist of multiple encounters, often variation on the same enemy type (if you are lucky). Not so much in Divinity2 which will usually go for one big fight instead of a chain of them.


........which is IMO an entirely accurate statement and is basically why I personally am totally happy with both TB and RTwP games so long as they are designed and balanced specifically for the one or the other and also why I have no concerns for the length or number of encounters in BG3, which is what this thread is about.