So this is a question for everyone who plays RPG's. It occurs that once we leave ACT 1 we will likely find ourselves in Baldur's Gate fairly soon. The City of Baldur's gate is not like the druid grove. There are powers in the City that are far beyond ours.
A 4 person party - or even 6 - would stand zero chance at killing all 50k people in Baldur's Gate not to mention there are entities that are puissant.
Given this - and the proclivity for people feeling that if a being exists in a video game then they have the right to murder it - how should Larian go about creating absolute boundaries of who you can and cannot reasonably kill? Not talking about stealth assasinations that you pull off without getting noticed. I mean "I am going to unleash a massive explosion in this crowded and public area" kind of thing.
One approach is like the Dragon in the EA, where you cannot even attack it. However that takes away from people being allowed to do the dumbest thing possible. Objectively there is NO way in hell a group of level 4 dweebs are going to take on an adult red dragon, in an open field, and survive. So if the exploits are properly addressed the situation will unfold in a predictable way.
Should the same go for Baldur's Gate? Where if some 5th level dweeb unleashes a Fireball in the market should it result in an insta death? Or should actual forces show up, beyond the capabilities of the offending character (assuming it wasn't some stealth job) and smash that character to pieces. or maybe, a thousand soldiers spawn and simply crush the processing power of your computer resulting in a game crash (I kid, but that is a realistic scenario for a greater disturbance or assault on the populace).
Just from an RPG perspective how should that be handled?
From early access it didn't seem like we were going to touch Baldur's gate in act 2. Figuring its going to be act 3 and if that's true well be at least level 10 I'm guessing. Just like the grove, everything should be interactable, so if someone wanted to go full murder hobo, sure.
Also, act 1 we far exceed level 4, so its possible we could get higher level just in the first act.
