To say that "they [Larian] value action more than words" is pure fantasy.
I’m going to agree with a lot of what you say next, but not with this.
The way I see it, Larian’s communication during early access was announcing new features in upcoming patches. All of those words were wasted because downloading the patch told us what there was to know. It was about hype, not information; meanwhile Larian were happy to stay mum about reactions for months on end while working on a fix in the background.
I stand by my statement. It was a polite way of saying Larian don’t value direct communication very highly while acknowledging they do act in response to some feedback.
Do people actually believe tosh like this from any company? "when they stated they wouldn’t annouce a release date for BG3 until they had met their own standards."
In truth, that statement from Larian was kinda smug and repeating it now sounds sarcastic no matter the intent. My guess is they haven’t quite met their own standards with release, but I do remember believing that statement at the time.
What you say next is true, but that doesn’t necessarily make BG3 a bad or incomplete game. If Patch 2 really is bad, though, that could spell trouble for Larian.
"But words fucking matter." Yes they do but 'actions speak louder than words'. (See what I did there, poster?)
No? I guess your point is you’d rather Larian hunkered down and finished polishing BG3; I think that’s their plan already. My point would be: while they’re doing that, they could keep us updated between hotfixes.
Since the early days of EA people have been asking for various spells, feats, etc. to be fixed or made to work as in 5e. They are still asking for most of them. Larian gives us a camp you can turn into a menagerie, the ability to choose different colours for horns and now Wither's Wardrobe. Larian really nailed the essence of DnD.
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At this point, I’m looking to understand the design rather than change it. If stuff like multi-turn saving throws are fixed by the definitive edition, then great! In any case, BG3 will forever hold a place in my heart as that DnD game with no flight or fireball.
P.S. Please look into accessibilty, Larian. I don’t know if volume of feedback matters, but I believe it’s important so I’ll mention it when I remember to.
