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Re: Divinity needs to learn from BG3 Romance Problems papercut_ninja 44 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Taril
It doesn't need to know the sexuality of the player.

It just needs to be more clear about what dialogue options are alluding to.

There's a vast difference between a bro just showing you how cool magic is and him whispering sweet nothings into your ear as you think about kissing him.

Yet the dialogue option with Gale doesn't really make it clear.

It's just "Hey do you wanna see some cool magic?" and then it's suddenly all intimate.

More clarity with dialogue options (And more fleshed out alternate states of platonic and romantic relationships) means you can more accurately move forward in your intended way, without accidentally ploughing into the romance option unawares.

This is a relevant point in general, but the example of Gale is not a good reflection of the issue. When it comes to Gale you do have very clear dialogue options, two of the options allude to thinking about kissing and holding hands and the others are either platonic or downright rude. It does not jump into anything intimate unless you choose one of the obvious romantic options, so you can't really complain that Gale responds with romantic interest when you have been showing him thoughts about being intimate with him.

If you want to highlight the issue then Karlach -"I want to ride you until you see stars"- or Laezel -"I want to taste your sweat"- are far clearer examples since they will jump at you with those lines no matter what you have said to them before. Gale has one of the most clearly signalled platonic or romantic paths out of all the companions, yet he gets thrown around as the example of the person who can't read the room while Lae'zel and Karlach (and Minthara) somehow gets a free pass.

Disclaimer: If you only played the early release of the game, Gale's romance flags were bugged, causing him to act as if you were in a romantic relationship even if you had turned him down or never initiated anything romantic. This was cleared up in the patches, so the issue no longer exists. Obviously Larian should take care that such bugs do not happen when it comes to romance as it is clearly not intended to play out that way.
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Re: Discord requires a phone number Salo 1 hour ago
Hello!

The request for a phone number is the current level of verification we have in the Larian Discord Server and is an extra layer of protection against spam. Larian does not get access to your phone number through this layer of verification, and you can check Discord's Privacy Policy over here: https://discord.com/privacy
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Re: Abdel, who? papercut_ninja 7 hours ago
I think people sometimes approach the "evil route" too narrowly. As in, playing the evil route means you have to choose the most despicably evil option at every opportunity. Then it ends up being very cartoony murderhobo.

But it is perfectly possible in BG3 to help everyone and gain their trust and support and turn around at the very end, dominate the elder brain and enslave everyone. The game allows for nuances and morally gray if you wish to play that way. You can sometimes help people for personal motives and at other times sell them out because it fits your purposes. There are many variations of game states in the end that sets up a world with both good and bad consequences depending on what you decided to do with the elder brain, crown, Orpheus and various other personal choices for the companions and dark urge.
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Baldur's Gate III - Build Discussion Jump to new posts
Re: Not useless Arcane Trickster guide/build Halycon Styxland 9 hours ago
Why yes Arcane Trickster is the way to go if you want a pure thief. Pure Swashbuckler might also be good.

For example on AT you can place your invisible Mage Hand next to any mob and always get Sneak Attack.

Assassin(3) is for Gloomstalker, Thief(3) is for all kinds of builds that want an extra bonus action. Both classes are very frontloaded, with little afterwards.
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Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Jump to new posts
Re: LariLauncher.exe and VSync Malph 15/08/26 07:29 PM
I fixed the problem.
I uninstalled the GOG software and then reinstalled it.
It didn't recognize BG3. Before manually specifying the game folder, I deleted the contents of the “Launcher” folder in BG3.
I went back to the GOG Launcher and manually located the game folder.
It automatically started the update/verification process, and after that, everything worked normally.
Previous attempts to “Check/Repair” were unsuccessful.
It’s probably enough to just delete the contents of the “Launcher” folder and run verify/ repair.

VSync problem is under bg3.exe which is Vulkan.
DX_11 works normal.
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