Well politics is certainly fun-but if the politics game involves one guy and an army of faceless robots on one end and a host of interesting characters with their own goals and motivations on the other, I don't know if a celebrity voice actor is going to win me over to his side.
Right on top of that a not to be underestimated part of the playerbase, who have to read the texts anyway because English is not their native language, don't give a damn about voice acting. The focus automatically shifts to other priorities that are much more important. One can only hope that Larian has the same focus...
Originally Posted by Leucrotta
And capital 'A' artificers (as in the class) are a poor fit for the Forgotten Realms. It's the sort of gonzo D&D I was hoping larian would be avoiding. I really hope that this guy is going to be a lower-case 'a' artificer. Really hoping these are just golems by another name. It's really easy to lean too hard into that steampunk stuff.
It depends more on whether you can follow the principle "less is more" and not exaggerate, then an implementation can succeed well. Actually, I don't like steampunk in DnD either, but I like the Artificier class except for a few peculiarities.
I have problems to understand the Alchemist as a subclass of an Artificer. I would rather see it with a Druid or Wizard, or as an entirely separate class.
The Steel Defender from the Battlesmith is more like a Golem than a Construct and looks really good too: https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-M8kCf8mUHGH4y2tx5i4 So I hope these Steel Watchers from Gortash are not Golems, because they just don't look like them. They really look like Constructs of an Artificer. I couldn't even imagine an Iron Golem like that. You can tell I'm too BG 2 biased.
The Artillerist subclass is probably the most controversial one, but I would like to see it, but, as I mentioned at the beginning, in a toned down form according to the principle less is more. I don't need cannons, although I'm wondering how ships are equipped in the BG Universe. A mini-ballista as a combat drone would be perfectly sufficient for me: https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/130...-12&sts=1&organic_search_click=1 It is also about aesthetics and authenticity.
