Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Triple AAA to short for this game. Expansion please.

Something that I think is kind of disappointing about the DLC prospects of the game is that because of the level cap, the odds of story DLC starring our characters and happening during the adventure is drastically lowered, since I doubt they would want to make us reach the level cap much faster. I think the best bet for DLC are new subclasses and races, maybe new companions.

Rather than raising the level caps, DLC could include a new origin character, race, subclass, and a new (or expanded) area to explore (within Act 1, 2, or 3) that somehow relates to the origin character. With the work they put into each individual origin character, even adding a new one per DLC would be great.

I agree with the others saying they might not want to go above level 12 -- and I'm fine staying at the current height and just expanding the breadth/width.

Even if there's no DLC released, it appears to be a complete game. Unlike other game studios, that would probably hold back classes, subclasses, races, etc. or monetize each into microtransactions. We're very fortunate Larian doesn't operate the way other large game studios operate.

Whatever their "next thing" turns out to be, if they put the same amount of love into it as they did with BG3, their "next thing" will turn out great and I hope the best for them.

I Also would be Very Very Surprised if they Didnt Come out With An Expansion, DLC, More Levels and Spells ect......But Even More Than That How about a World Builder ? So we can create Custom Modules ect....

Dos 2 has something like this no? Just no way to upload them?

Well. Yes, very. But this game was wildly expensive. The bills do need to be paid for the studio to survive it. This is a very admirable company in a worrld where that is rare - but in the end, money always talks.

This is what I meant when I said ''width'', yes.

There's plenty they can add from other 5e books without going taller or adding new levels. And if the literal CEO of the company doesn't really knows or wants to go higher than 12 most likely is not going to happen.

More races, clases and subclases are the obvious option. Items, quests, origins, side areas, companions... there's a lot they can add to the game on expansions/dlcs.

This would be a great way to do it. A couple Durge-esque origins, but with less off-putting stories. They could make an origin you could play however you like, but maybe in Baldur's Gate they owe a lot of money to someone unpleasant, and the player has options to define what that situation is in a number of ways through dialog with companions is the first thing that springs to mind.

Just giving people new ways to role play the story would make an excellent expansion

Oh, and OP, your excitement is very much shared!

Larian Studios now have a DnD 5e game engine to make new games with. They also have created a lot of graphics in the Forgotten Realms. They can now make new DnD games with much less effort than making BG3 from scratch.

If I recall correctly Larians Studios got a license from Wizards of the Coast with rights to make multiple games in the Forgotten Realms. So it's definitely likely we will see more DnD games from them. Whether we will get an expansion or not will be determined about how BG3 ends. I guess we will see then if the story of the current characters are finished or not. Personally I wouldn't mind seeing expansions giving us a chance to continue the journey, but I could start fresh with a completely different story as well in their next game.

I also think it's natural that Larian Studios will eventually develop functionality to increase the level cap. Maybe not for BG3, but for the next main Forgotten Realms game they will make.

I hope after release they patch the game up, release a couple of very small DLCs (see DOS2) and then move on to the next game.

I also hope the next game uses D&D ruleset as they already have everything setup for it and it should, in theory, shrink the timeline for their next game to release.

That's actually my only real concern about the game, the fact that act II and III (plus Dark Urge and 33% more act I content) don't have 3 years of EA testing and on top of that the game is releasing 1 month early.

I would love to be wrong and have a bug free experience but if my fears become a reality I want them working on BG3 and nothing else (I know they have different teams and all that but you know what I mean)