Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Conversations should be tied to amount of Long Rests instead of Reputation.

Hmmm. I very much get what problem you are hinting at - since that problem has been bugging a lot of people. But if anything, I believe that having these things tied to the amount of long rests would be really bad. Primarily because the amount of long-rests required during a playthrough depends a lot on the player and which difficulty the player is playing on.

As the game is right now, I long-rest about as frequently as people quick-save in RPGs. Often I just get the fire-scene, same as you, but every so often I get one of these scenes. And doing this tactic has made me not miss a single available scene (including the Weave Scene, Astarions reveal and anything else along the road). But the thing is - it is not fun, and not immersive at all.

I definitely think that your point 2 and 3 should be looked at by Larian - because I just don't believe this current system makes the cut at all.

On top of point 2 and 3, I'd suggest these things as well:

1) Many conversations should not require us to long rest. I get that DA:O set the bar on this one, but I sincerely believe that PoE's system would make more sense in many cases. This is ESPECIALLY true for when characters react to our actions, just as SH being mad at us for something or Gale praising us for something else. They can just bring it up on the spot - why would they wait? In many cases it just does not make any sense. MANY of the conversations that are tied to the camp could EASILY be done outside of camp. Do it PoE-style and have our companions "force" us into a conversation right after where they can speak their mind about the incident.

2) Please, please, please, please, for the love of Lathander - use a notification system. Yet again, my advice would be to look at PoE. Do it in or out of character, I do not really care which - but PLEASE let your players know when it is time to camp for story reasons. You have written an amazing story, Larian, help your players experience all of it! I personally see 2 options for this: option A would be to simply add a chat-icon somewhere in the meny whenever there is a dialogue available at camp. This is a out-of-character option that is ONLY meant to help the player. Option B would have characters either hint at us (something like "Wyll throws you some quick glances. Apparently he has something to say, perhaps I should speak to him when we reach camp", or directly tell us in-character "We should speak when we reach camp."

Just... Give us something. I really don't wanna miss out on anything, but pressing long rest every 10th step or even more often "just in case" is just incredibly dull and ruins the whole experience.