But do we have ANY WORD on options for switching out characters for dialogue and using the best character in the party for skillchecks?
I'm going to harp on this because, once again, Multiplayer feels like 1 of 3 things to me:
1. You're not part of a party, because you can be sitting there saying 'I'm the Druid! Let ME talk to that druid! Let me just tag into the conversation!" Like in the tabletop game! Let me just say "Hey! Excuse the Fighter there. I see you are a Druid, like me!" even though the Fighter tripped the event trigger.
2. You go in utterly uncaring that your teammates could have done any dialogue or skillchecks better. Which kind of defeats the point of a balanced party. Why should I bring a Druid and a Warlock for ANYTHING other can combat if I trip the event flag as a Druid for a Warlock discussion?
3. You read walkthrus and spoil yourself in order to ensure the Druid hits that Druid event trigger instead of the party Barbarian with 8 Int and 9 Cha.
In tabletop; if the DM says 'The NPC replies with 'I'm a Druid; what do I care about you, Barbarian?' then the party Druid would say "Oh! I'm a Druid as well." etc.
So why can't we switch out who's talking on the fly?
In the tabletop, the DM could say 'This skillcheck looks difficult, maybe some of the plants could be of use." At which point the Druid would say "I'm good with plants; I'll roll it'.
So why can't we switch out who's attempting a skillcheck on the fly?
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But, again, it should only be a tag out with people in the active party. Not people back at camp.
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Until this happens, and I hate to say it, but when my friends ask 'So, how's the multiplayer?' I HAVE to reply "Game is great! But the inability to switch who's doing what dialogue or skillcheck is kind of a multiplayer killer and annoying in single-player."
Please, Larian; Give us SOME SORT OF WORD on if this is even being considered.
I want to be able to tell my friends 'Multiplayer is rough due to the dialogue/skill checks right now, but they are going to change that. So the game is worth grabbing.'
Last edited by Eguzky; 26/02/23 03:08 PM. Reason: Typos
