Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Panel From Hell/Creator Day Impressions

I wasn't really stopping to loot, but I suspect some is the same and some may have changed. There have been some changes to the nautiloid map and, for example I think the chests up near Us weren't there. But don't hold me to that, I might just have been missing the obvious in my haste to see as much as possible!


I didn't come across any, no, so can't comment on whether there are still giant chests buried about the map

I basically just walked along the beach, through the crashed nautiloid, picked up Gale, swung by and freed Lae'zel then went directly to the grove.

Sorry they got scattered through the thread! Clearly my notes on camping and resting weren't very well organised


We can still hope that at some point in Baldur's Gate our "camp" will become a permanent stronghold that we can decorate to our heart's content, without needing to pack everything into the Traveller's Chest every time we move to a new area!

Well, I guess in a way I got paid with a jolly to Ghent and opportunity to get a sneak preview of the game, which is more than I was expecting when I took on this moderating gig

But more generally, no, I'm just a fan of the game excited to share what I've discovered with everyone else who is impatiently waiting for the full release!

@TheRedQueen You have already talked about the resting system, but I'm not sure it included the short rest mechanic.
Have you tried to SR and noticed some changes ?

I somewhat suspect that might be a thing. If we can buy inn rooms maybe we'll also (eventually) be able to buy some house or "stronghold"; after all, strongholds have become quite common in RPGs now, BG2 was one of the early games to do them even.

I don' t have a question (right now), but I wanted to say thank you for answering all these questions! I am glad you had the chance to go to Ghent, and I hope you had a lovely time there!

And thank you from me as well for moderating this forum - it must be like herding cats at times 😄

I hope all the companions can get their own place.

I mean, imagine. You and a few business partners all get rich. You go out shopping for a mansion, find the perfect place, and move in.

Suddenly, all of your business partners move in with you. What is this about?

It's like, "Um, Gale, listen. I know we've been camping together for a while now, but maybe... I mean, we're older... yeah, and I'm in a relationship and all... right, I appreciate that, but listen... I've been thinking... aren't we too old to still be roommates? Wouldn't you prefer something down by that Sorcerous Sundries you like so much?"

I only short rested once as well, and the only difference I noticed is that Gale commented something to the effect that "that was welcome", whereas I don't recall any party reaction to short rests in EA. I thought that was a nice touch, but obviously not a massive change. Still, it at least shows that something is different so it's possible we'll see some more significant content related to SRs in the full release. Or perhaps just some more party barks

Thanks for your answer
And all other!

Good point. I really liked in DA2 where all the party had their own pads!

Wolf is going into surgery on his leg, when he gets back to the states. If you go to his Youtube page and look under Community, he lays it out.

"Hey all! Just like last week, I am going away again for a few days. Heading out to pay Larian a visit in Belgium. I will be back July 8th/9th, but THEN I also have a knee surgery on the 11th (busy times lol) As some of you may have noticed, live streams have been a bit scarce, and they will continue to be for another week or two. I should still be putting out a few videos though. Getting close to BG3!! 🍻 Appreciate all the support, and I will be back into a more normal rhythm before you know it." - WolfheartFPS

https://www.youtube.com/@WolfheartFPS/community

Okay, looks like I'm caught up again, so I'll just start going through my notes and see if there's anything that I think you might be interested in that I've not mentioned yet. Feel free to keep questions coming, or let me know if I've accidentally missed your question.

First, a few random spells I happened to notice being used and don't think we saw in EA, though I might just not be remembering them: Knock, Telekinesis, Blight, Otto's Irresistable Dance, Cloudkill, Slow, Wall of Fire, Banishment, Arcane Lock, Ice Knife.

And, of course, Shield which I think I mentioned earlier.

Magic Missile also now pathfinds, which looked pretty cool.

Cheers!!

I had forgotten about that. Downside to only ever doing one playthrough I guess. Don't think I even finished the expansion(s?), though that will probably remain in the backlog for even longer now.

When I get to playing my bard, there will be at least a few battles where I cast this on all the enemies and just enjoy the show for a few rounds.

We need encounters with highwaymen for sure! Seriously any indications that we will have minor encounters when traveling / resting in the wilderness?

PS: Oh and how was the battle at Druids Grove? Was there still powerful shove ping pong?

Oh, and I don't expect this will surprise anyone, but Swen confirmed no day/night cycle in the game.

He only mentioned this in passing and didn't elaborate at any length on the rationale, but I took what he did say to indicate that it would have been anathema to them to half-arse it, but that properly implementing all the systematics night-time adventuring would imply was judged to be too huge a task.

The bear?

Actually on that point... did anyone in the room mention that scene later on?