It's like this. Solasta is nice and all, but BG3 is better. If BG3 had the mechanics of Solasta, BG3 would be SO much better.
But, here's my point. You don't know what you are missing until you try it. You and other non-D&D fans have not truly experienced D&D 5e because Larians rules have botched the whole system a lot. I wish they'd just have implemented them to start with. Then if people tried then and didn't like them THEN we could tweak them to other peoples lickings.
But I get a lot of "It is too limited and restricted" and "It doesn't work on a AAA video game."
But it does and it would and it would be SO awesome if they just did it.
And if a game system works well and it is fun and it balances games well, why WOULDN'T I want more games that had the same mechanics? Different stories and characters and dialogues, etc. Whole different worlds, but the gameplay on one is WAY better than the other because it has a tried and true game mechanics.
Im just saying, WOTC is not doing themselves any favors. If anything, all BG3 is doing is giving D&D a bad name because now we have all these fans of BG3 thinking the D&D rules suck and they are too limiting and d&d fans are just psycho nut jobs who freak out when rules aren't being done right.
For me, it's more like this. Bg3 is fun and I love it, but when you know that it could be so much better if they just implemented something correctly, it drives you crazy. I have been a DM for a long time. I know the game is awesome, and I know it could work well in a video game. It is so disappointing that they didnt do it right and now we have these crazy bosses that are ridiculous.
Again, if they just did the game rules and stats right, I guarantee the spider queen would still be a tough fight, a very tough fight. In fact, Im going to play out the fight with a party of 4. Im gonna reenact it using the right stats and rules. Than maybe I'll share it with everyone as a case in point.
