Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Mega-threads and Guides Party Size Discussion

We already talked about it in some of the previous pages (or maybe it was in the other big thread about this same topic?) but I want to stress a point again: it's not just about having an effective battle formation, it's also about putting a lot of great loot to good use, so you feel properly rewarded for what you find.

A party of six allows you to build a party where more or less all the range of weapon and armor types are used and useful.
In a party of 4 you either force this differentiation, limiting your options for a party composition even more, OR you'll end up with a lot of loot feeling useless because, for instance, you have one single character that can use "martial" equipment, no one wearing a certain category of armor, etc.