Update: IGN has reported on Larian finally addressing this issue. Basically, it's our fault for stealing/murdering too much:

IGN Report

Even though this has obviously been a frustrating situation for many players, I do genuinely find the reason for the bug to be hilarious.


IGN News Tips Page

I had previously called this issue a scandal, the scandal being not the bug itself (which despite being basically game-breaking for non-Lawful Good Paladins like me and many others, was obviously not intentional), but the lack of acknowledgement or communication from Larian for almost a full month, which is very uncharacteristic for them.

IGN stated in their article that they were contacted by players calling the game "unplayable" which was the language we used and the appropriate language to use in this situation, so I feel we made a difference.

It's all on Patch 5 then. We'll see.
 
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Here's the text of the message I sent them, in case anyone wants to copy/paste it. Feel free.

"Are you aware that since the latest Baldur's Gate 3 patch (Patch 4, and Hotfix 11), Act 3 is totally unplayable, with lag between 30 seconds-10 minutes or longer occurring in between each player action? There are hundreds of players reporting this on the Official Larian Forums, and Larian has not communicated or acknowledged the issue at all.

This is a major game release that is up for Game of the Year, and yet in its current state, could not even pass a beta test.

This is a huge news story and major scandal, and as one of the leading video game news outlets, you should be covering this."

This may not make a difference, but it's worth a try. I think we need to take actions like this if we want faster results.

I also encourage sending tips regarding this (and footage of Act 3's abysmal state, if you have it) to other large media outlets like Gamespot. If you do, kindly leave the links to their respective reporting pages as I did here, so others can follow suit.

I will list other ways/links to tip news outlets below, and edit as more are listed in this thread:

Forbes: email to tips@forbes.com

Gamespot: email to news@gamespot.com

Game Rant (select "Submit Story Tip")

Eurogamer: email to contact@eurogamer.net (credit to Rahaya)

Last edited by zg4real; 28/11/23 05:51 AM.