Larian shipped an incomplete game at launch and has done nothing with its patches but partially finish the game. I don't think I speak only for myself, but I tolerated this because I expected a truly finished game some time after release. This has been Larian's business model, particularly for the Divinity series. Their claim that they don't intend to work further and will leave Act 3 an incoherent, incomplete, unpolished mess is a disappointment and has put me off buying Larian games in the future.
In any case, here are some more Act 3 complaints: 1) Saverok's random appearance partway through a story quest is bizarre and jarring. 2) My character has a background from Baldur's Gate and has made no comment about needing to get their family or friends out of the city. 3)There are smuggling boats everywhere, but absolutely no ability to smuggle anything or hire a smuggler. Not even for the refugees.
When I met Roah Moonglow in Moonrise, I could query her about the smuggling operations and even request to "get in" to the operations, but she refused me. On the docks in the lower city there 's a family pleading with a skipper to be smuggled out, but they can't pay the fee. Your PC can persuade the skipper to drop the fee and take them out.
How would a background in Baldur Gate city be implemented for a custom character ? Given you have several background choices at character creation : nobleman, urchin, sage, acolyte, bandit....... Do they need to create a backstory for you for every possibility (+ race variation, gender variation) The absence of material memories in your home town is a normal price to pay for a completely free custom character design IMO. If Larian added things, players would be annoyed because it doesn' t fit entirely what they had in mind.
