Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Are the EA companions the only companions?

They promised everything in the PHB will be guaranteed in the game. that means all 12 base classes and all the subclasses printed in the Player's Handbook. I said elsewhere but Larian is not know for DLC at all. The only paid DLC I can remember from them is Sir Lora from DOS2 and even then it was free to most everyone, I bought it anyways cause I was gifted the game and I felt guilty. Heck, DOS2 added Quality of Life improvements and new mechanics completely for free well after the game was done, when any other company would have monetized it. If Larian has any goodwill from me, it is their monetization which is by far generous. So no, they will likely not be locking any of the 12 base classes behind DLC. And I SEVERELY doubt they will lock Artificer behind paid dlc either if they choose to add it. DLC is just not their thing, and I like that.

Also yes 39 would be unprecedented, BG1 only had 25, meaning this game would have 14 more than that one. But my counterargument to that is many good games push the limits of their genre, and there is a clear limit here to push and a clear reward for doing so.

I will say the camp can easily support 13 Companions easily, 39 would be cramped though but I have a feeling this won't be our permanent camp meaning it will change and we will get a larger one that could accommodate the entire group.

Edit: in fact, if they start monetizing like any other company and do DLC like "Artificer class + companion" I will genuinely feel betrayed and a little embittered. I would be fine with genuine expansions as in Witcher 3 level of Expansions and I am definitely fine with the giftbag system DOS2 had, but to do DLC like the other companies will basically lose me completely, and it will feel like they will have betrayed everything they built up with their company.