Originally Posted by colinl8
Originally Posted by Llengrath
Class respeccing and the removal of multiclassing requirements is more like saying "This is Shadowheart, she's a devout cleric of Shar but you know what, who cares, make her a barbarian or wizard if you want lol". I can understand that to some this is simply Larian being inclusive and wanting everyone to have fun, but to me this is them being a DM who can't say no even to suggestions that break the lore of their world.

That argument makes a lot of sense, certainly. It also makes me think of another way to think about reclassing companions.

"Hi, DM, you know that cleric NPC that we all love, well I've got this cleric build I've been dying to try out, would you consider turning your cleric into a rogue on our next campaign?"

Obviously much easier with humans than computers. I definitely understand the "this is the Larian BG3 Shadowheart. Modders will make theirs; this is ours" argument, and I think it's neat that Larian chose not to be too precious about their characters.

There's always going to be people bothered that their favorite companions have non-complimentary classes. When you're on your nth play through, you may not care so much about keeping SH lore friendly. The thing is, this is Larian pretty much straight up admitting you'll have a hard time in the realistic and probable scenario you dislike half the cast.

I see this as a damage control policy. Like many of their features, it's not thought through, balanced or well implemented. It's going to be part of a wider issue, while meaningless in itself, but nonetheless contribute to the trend. I just think fixing this won't save the game. That ship has not only sailed, it's sunk somewhere near an iceberg.

Last edited by Silver/; 13/07/23 08:22 PM. Reason: Autocorrect