@op: The low pool of EA testers itself doesent worry me that much tbh. Larian made it very clear that the game is in EA and that it wont be for everyone. Ive been in multiple EA titles and if that made anything clear to me its that only a small minority will sign up, even a smaller minority will visit the forums and an even smaller portion of that group will provide feedback.
The game seems to track things done by the players itself without needing our input so that Larian can monitor us plaing the game and reading the decisions that we take. So even if only a very small portion of the people playing the game actualy come to the forums Larian gets input from all players who participate. Which is actually quite ingenous I think
About the 'this isent BG' argument that keeps coming up again and again and again and again and again.....
You have these options:
1: RPG in the same way as BG 1 and 2.
2: RPG true to 5th ed DND.
You cant have both. BG 1 and 2 were based on a (by now) very dated version of DND. BG3 would be based on 5th ed dnd rules. Which differ ALOT from the system BG 1 and 2 were based on. The difference between THAC0, to hit bonuses and how AC works is the most easy to point out difference. The spell system is also very easy to point out. Alot of the spells in BG1 and BG2 either dont excist anymore or were changed drasticly and nowadays we have concentration meaning we can only cast 1 of those per character. No more stacking buffs for us! (well some you can still stack, blur and mirror image for example. And mage armor. Just not concentration spells)
If 'this isent baldurs gate' means the lack of real time combat to you then I dont know what to say. Dnd is a turn based game. They cant make it real time and true to dnd 5th ed at the same time.
If 'this isent BG' you mean that the story isent about a bhaalspawn. Well first of all, we only see a small portion of the overall game. You dont know that. In act 1 you can find alot of books about the dead 3. Why would there even be a forshadowing reference to them if nothing in the story is tied to them? It could be easter eggs or just lore books I suppose but I found them so much im convinced they might be involved in the story. All we know SO FAR is that the story involves mindflayers and an overaching god or entity that seems to tie that all together. Secondly, the story of the Bhaalspawn was supposedly finished with throne of bhaal and the timeline has advanced since then. But only 100 years (IIRC?) so its still possible that characters from the previous games are still around. Specially the longer lived characters like elves, half-elves, etc. Point is, you dont know whatever or not its tied to the previous games or not. Just act 1 is a little bit to early to come to that conclusion
If 'this isent baldurs gate' you mean that the game is played in a more advanced engine that looks different to bg1 and bg2..... Well...Yes? Thats a good thing? It looks like DOS2 because its done by the same company and it uses their engine. Dont really see how that makes it less baldurs gate honestly... The gaming indsutry has alot of (most QOL) improvements since BG1 and 2 and id raise an eyebrow if we werent actually getting them.
If with 'this isent baldurs gate' you mean something else.... Then what? Just voicing generic feedback doesent help much, even if it is said alot. Because say 100 people say it, but it means something different for all 100 people then Larian cant really do anything with it now can they? Say 1 of people explains the comment and they change the game to acommodate the feedback then it wouldnt help the other 99 that dident explain their comment.
@high ground: I still feel it should just give a bonus to hit and/or ignoring cover for enemies on lower ground at most. Granting advantage that easily is indeed abit much. Having advantage (or disadvantage) is a pretty big thing in DND. Just standing on high ground shouldnt grant it imho. That said I dont feel forced to take it either. Given the many ways in which you can give yourself advantage in combat, high ground alone doesent stand out to much for me. Given that they also toned down advantage for standing behind someone (which did have some merit in the rules honestly) I feel confident Larian will take another look at advantage for high ground and change it in the future.
