Originally Posted by Demoulius
Originally Posted by 1varangian
Originally Posted by Aaezil
You can solo them with any class really with the right items
And this is everything wrong with BG3's combat. The exploits are as obvious as they are abundant. You don't even need items really since they provided that platform you can just Shove them down in various ways from.

The Dragon is the biggest mistake in that encounter though. They couldn't have made an iconic terrifying creature more mundane if they tried. It just sits there like a horse and doesn't burn the party to ashes even if provoked. The dragon rider also acts like an old Bond villain wanting you dead but not actually killing you and leaving instead. I would expect higher quality writing in a modern AAA RPG. The desire to use and show off awesome high level stuff already at low levels is too great here. The dragon rider could have just made a fly-over or left right after killing the Flaming Fist before the party meets them, leaving the party to deal with just the patrol for now.

The dragon could be something terrifying for a low level party to fear and AVOID at all cost, even when they look for a cure in the Creche. Fleeing and diplomacy / deals could very well be an option, to make you feel the progression LATER when you can actually fight one. But instead, it's a horse for now and later (soon probably) you get to fight the dragon. And I'm pretty Larian will provide a "fun" puzzle way for a low level party to kill it. I'd bet on a handy siege weapon nearby or letting a large boulder loose for massive free damage the dragon "won't see coming". Much like the teleporting Spider Queen makes herself vulnerable to amplified fall damage in her own lair. Because why wait for level appropriate challenges, right?
Gith are very arrogant as a race. They typically think of other races then their own as beneath them. A big cheese telling his underlings to 'deal with them' is very much in character. To be awarded a dragon in Githyanki society you have to be one of the elite. This guy is probably so far up his own ass he thinks anyone other then Vlaakith is an unwashed peasant not worth his time.

The reason why they are there is obviously the Nautiloid that crashed nearby. Im also fairly sure that you can talk your way out of the fight and I think having Laezel with you made it easier. Unless they changed that?

A Gith dragon rider should be arrogant, yes. That doesn't mean he's stupid enough to leave before the fight, especially since they gave all Gith except Lae'zel like 16-18 in every stat including Intelligence and Wisdom, and especially if they know you have the item they seek. He would order his subordinates to kill the party and remain to watch the fight, assess the prowess of his troops and intervene or finish the job should they fail. Not making sure the task is completed is behaving like an idiot when big things are at stake. Exactly like Goldfinger leaving a captured 007 to die from some weird timed laser beam contraption rather than just shooting him.

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Complaining about things beeing exploitable or broken though is abit stupid during an EA.
That's the whole purpose of EA and this forum. Playing EA and silently accepting everything would be stupid and pointless.