Funny. Looking back at the 50s pages of this thread, I absolutely hated Kingmaker. Why? I was trying to play it on authentic rules difficulty level which was way too hard. That really cheesed me off because I like playing by the authentic rules. Once I let that go and played by the Normal difficulty, I loved it and bought WotR which I loved WAY more.
Consequently, that's presently one of my pet peeves still about BG3. It strays so much from authentic 5e rules that the balance is all out of whack and the volatility of combat is still too high. Either a fight is too easy because of some particular homebrew, or it's too hard. It's like you can't quite find the good middle ground.
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More 5e would balance the game. Just saying.
Agreed. I'm still annoyed Owlcat called 'hardcore' mode 'core'. I started enjoying the game when I just gave up any idea of it being a tabletop like experience and started playing the min max, power fantasy game the devs gave us. And it was glorious.
Yes, closer to 5e would improve BG3, I think the reaction system is move in a positive direction. I am worried that this is the last patch - there are few forum members I really want to be in playtest group . . .
@Valis I thought Areelu had layers. I also thought her story *spoiler* explains the protag's plot armor pretty well. Why can this nobody from nowhere special walk out of hopeless situations without a scratch? Turns out there's a reason for that. I'm okay with using some prototypes, this is fantasy after all and mages - like Irenicus - just make good opponents.
I also think Ember is a pretty deep character - she's a philosophical pessimist and the only one I've ever seen portrayed in popular media (I'll die on this hill)
