Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback [CAMP] - Full Companion Management Without Having To Join The Party

+1

Love it. That's exactly what would make the most sense to me.
Well presented!

I really want party of 6 and this goes right along with it, even though OP said no.

+1 to OP suggestion except no party of 6.

Of course, I want this regardless of party of 6, but if you're going to make all members accessible at camp like they're all in one party, why not simply make it so players can do party of 6 too?

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PLEASE, LARIAN! And I mean party of 6 AND what OP is suggesting, but at LEAST OP suggestion. I absolutely do not like having to constantly switch party members at camp via dialogue and such in order to trade items, etc.

This would be a great feature to have.

I just didn't want to cause any confusion on what the feedback is about, as without the tiny clarification people may see the images and think I'm suggesting a party increase

Agree with OP.

I’d also like selecting the party inventory button while in camp to show contents of the camp stash as well as all the inventories of all potential party members in camp.

I love this...but it's a pretty big UI change at this point. IMO I'll deal w/ it how it is rather than wait longer for release.

That may look like a big UI change but, as a dev, I can tell you that it really isn't.

In NWN2 whenever you left the inn a little pop-up would appear. On the left would be the characters not in your party, and on the right would be the characters in your party. (or vice versa, whatever)

From that window you could quickly change out who would be in your party once you left the inn. I thought that was a nice feature that made it easy to change out characters.

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That said, once upon a time I heard it said that the game would eventually force you to pick your team. I know some people are against that but I would personally LOVE it. I'd much have a story moment that forced me to make the hard choice and cull myself down to only three companions.

+100 to OP's suggestion! This is how it should have been from the beginning, especially with foresight to additional companions. Now, of course, they have to readjust again. Provided that Larian wants that at all.

What you're asking for, OP, is exactly what I've been beating the drums for from a long while ago, so yeah definitely +1 from me.

I really hope they do not do that as the companions in BG3 are much more pronounced, livelier and intimate. Not to mention incredibly useful even if they're resting at the camp.

For example; my main party is Crimsomera/Shadowheart/Lae'zel/Astarion. I taught Gale all the scrolls I can find in the game and use him as a healer/buffer whenever I'm within the camp (reason why I never have to fully Long Rest). And I could find a similar use for Wyll, but so far I haven't found the need to. So everyone has a purpose within and outside the camp.

Otherwise there wouldn't be much of a point in gaining attitude, especially with Gale and Wyll who reflect on our decisions, even if they're camping. Would be quite saddening to be frank.

And might I had to this fabulous idea, the more companions Larian adds in, the better this becomes!
+100 Turnips for you good sir.

Looks much better to me! I can imagine myself sort of zoning out in camp with this, to just sort of admire the crew while fiddling about if it was handled more like that. Thus far, while playing BG3, I find the party/character selection process and the char and inventory management screens aren't really responsive enough for me to achieve a level of zen with it. You know, where taking a pause to visit camp and rest feels sort of therapeutic and comfortable. In BG2 everything was so quick and pretty clean, whereas here it always feels like there's a built in delay. Whether just from UI dragging or not being sticky enough, or needing to click around the view screen to enter some kind of dialog with unnecessary extra steps. Being able to access a view like this easily would help to cultivate that sort of vibe at camp for me. I like the scrollbar showcase, and just seeing all the available characters together like that. It's clear they have enough room on screen to make it look and work much better than it is right now.

you know the reason why they dont want to do this, is because they want to do the party lock thing... right?

I support this 1000%

You have my support on this suggestion as well

+1 here

+1 here too.

Honestly, how did the game get all the way to release without such a necessary improvement?

+1 as well