Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback All ready/queued long rest events should occur during the next rest, not be limited to one per rest.

It's far too easy to miss far too much story simply because you don't need to long rest every 30 seconds.
We shouldn't feel narratively punished for not sleeping every time we get a papercut or cast a single spell.

For what reason would a companion be unable to do their "hey lets trigger a romance plotflag" conversation on the same night the cub has a nightmare?
What's stopping Astarion from getting hungery the same night 'Zel thinks your exhaustion might be a sign of ceremorphosis?
The answer is none. There are no reasons.

At one point in Act 2, on a hunch and for science, I spammed 3 long rests in a row, and got 3 cutscenes row. Then reset because actually doing that felt ridiculous.
That's at least 2 story events I'd end up missing simply by not having narcolepsy.

Before we even worry about how much players long rest as a mechanical matter, lets make them not miss narrative just because too many story moments were competing for the long rest interruption slot.

agreed

Generally I agree, but that there a few that don't make to combine. For example,


But a lot of events you could have at the same long rest.

I’m in two minds about this. I don’t want to miss content, but on the other hand I don’t want to have three companion scenes one rest then none for the next few nights and am all for some pacing being imposed if I happen to unlock a bunch of scenes one adventuring day. I have also noticed that in some cases there are multiple scenes in one night, so Larian have clearly taken on board feedback on this point from early access.

For me, the camp and in-world content seems to be happening at roughly the right rate, though there have been some oddities such as in act 1 and in act 3 . I’m assuming that these are safeguards Larian has put in place to make sure we don’t miss essential content by not resting, which is reassuring, much as I wish it worked a bit more smoothly!

Honestly My main takeaway here, is that you rest too much.
This current imposed pacing for scenes unlocked in one day you say you're ok with, is what's causing me to miss more of camp scenes than I get, it seems.

I've been unlocking, say, three different camp scenes in one day, because that's how little you need to rest.
I rest, and see one of them. However it chooses which one to show.
Then the next day, I unlock 3 more, so now I have 5 ready scenes. That rest I get the 2nd one, leaving 4.
Then I unlock another 3. Now I have 7. See one for 6 unseen.

How many are there in an act?
I don't know, but I know I'm reaching the next act having missed most of them. And that presumably removes them from "queue" so they'll never happen. At least between 2 & 3 if not 1 & 2.

I prefer a limit of one event per rest. I dont want to run through half a douzen events just because they got queued up.

This long rest system has been breaking reactivity for me.

I feel like I’m being gaslit by my companions half the time lol. Constantly referencing conversations we never had, being pissed off at me for decisions I never made, and not talking about massive events we witnessed (like

Oh and for the cherry on top; I’m on a Durge playthrough but I rescued the grove before
I’m pretty sure Durge is supposed to have at least one

You're right that you don't necessarily NEED a lot of rests - particularly depending on class, play style, and strategies - but there are no bonus points for minimizing rests. There are lots of camp supplies around to be foraged, and so I'd rather use and replenish my spell slots more frequently. The main limit to my LRs (aside from areas where you can't, and specific quest timelines keyed to LRs) are 'until Long Rest' effects that I don't necessarily want to burn through too quickly.

So that's not just an example of content I'm missing in runs, but an example of content I literally did not know about because of these rest-event limitations.

I mentioned earlier my Dark Urge about to enter act 2 without the big act 1 urge moment people hype up.
I only know about that scene firstly because of a friend who can't not blurt things out (and did Dark Urge for his first playthrough), and secondly because of these forums.
I mean, I wouldn't have clicked to reveal urge spoilers if not for that friend and the run I started, but in any case without it being revealed to me I could have played the whole game as Urge without knowing about that moment either.
Well, unless it would just happen in Act 2 instead. I suppose I might find out.