javajaws said:

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How is the progression in this game? Isn't there something like only 12 levels? How does that work?

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ConfidentAg said:

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Hope people keep up with the reviews after a few days and weeks.

Still on the fence about getting this. Still can't get over it being non-real time.

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canadiaggie said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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Hope people keep up with the reviews after a few days and weeks.

Still on the fence about getting this. Still can't get over it being non-real time.

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Have you played DnD before? If not, maybe see if you like a few hours of gameplay from a streamer. But if you have played DnD, go and pull the trigger on this one yesterday. You'll love it.

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ConfidentAg said:

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canadiaggie said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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Hope people keep up with the reviews after a few days and weeks.

Still on the fence about getting this. Still can't get over it being non-real time.

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Have you played DnD before? If not, maybe see if you like a few hours of gameplay from a streamer. But if you have played DnD, go and pull the trigger on this one yesterday. You'll love it.

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Loved BG1&2 growing up. (As well as icewindale)

More concerned about not having as much time to play it now as when I was a kid. And the lack of real time combat. That bothered me a lot when I found out BG3 was being made.

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ConfidentAg said:

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canadiaggie said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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Hope people keep up with the reviews after a few days and weeks.

Still on the fence about getting this. Still can't get over it being non-real time.

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Have you played DnD before? If not, maybe see if you like a few hours of gameplay from a streamer. But if you have played DnD, go and pull the trigger on this one yesterday. You'll love it.

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Loved BG1&2 growing up. (As well as icewindale)

More concerned about not having as much time to play it now as when I was a kid. And the lack of real time combat. That bothered me a lot when I found out BG3 was being made.

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ConfidentAg said:

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BG1 and BG2 were "turn-based" as in they incorporated the rule set from DnD but you didn't have to pause at all if you didn't want to.

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Claude! said:

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YouBet said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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BG1 and BG2 were "turn-based" as in they incorporated the rule set from DnD but you didn't have to pause at all if you didn't want to.

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Yes, this is what I recall. I would hit pause button to get my **** together in heat of battle.

So is this one like that or is it hexagonal turn based by default?

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Completely turn-based, but no discrete hexes. Combat is also very much three dimensional, with a lot of verticality in a lot of fights. I've won fights by shoving a boss into a bottomless chasm.

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javajaws said:

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Claude! said:

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YouBet said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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BG1 and BG2 were "turn-based" as in they incorporated the rule set from DnD but you didn't have to pause at all if you didn't want to.

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Yes, this is what I recall. I would hit pause button to get my **** together in heat of battle.

So is this one like that or is it hexagonal turn based by default?

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Completely turn-based, but no discrete hexes. Combat is also very much three dimensional, with a lot of verticality in a lot of fights. I've won fights by shoving a boss into a bottomless chasm.

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Serious question: Do you lose out on loot by doing that? Do you loot dead bodies in this game?

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Prime0882 said:

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javajaws said:

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Claude! said:

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YouBet said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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BG1 and BG2 were "turn-based" as in they incorporated the rule set from DnD but you didn't have to pause at all if you didn't want to.

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Yes, this is what I recall. I would hit pause button to get my **** together in heat of battle.

So is this one like that or is it hexagonal turn based by default?

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Completely turn-based, but no discrete hexes. Combat is also very much three dimensional, with a lot of verticality in a lot of fights. I've won fights by shoving a boss into a bottomless chasm.

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Serious question: Do you lose out on loot by doing that? Do you loot dead bodies in this game?

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It feels like almost everything is lootable in this game... a lot of stuff that you wouldn't expect could have some pretty good loot in it.

That said, if you decide to shove a boss off a cliff that loot that they had goes with them. If it's off a cliff/ledge that you can get down to you can loot it. An endless chasm? Nope, that's gone.

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Claude! said:

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Prime0882 said:

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javajaws said:

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Claude! said:

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YouBet said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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BG1 and BG2 were "turn-based" as in they incorporated the rule set from DnD but you didn't have to pause at all if you didn't want to.

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Yes, this is what I recall. I would hit pause button to get my **** together in heat of battle.

So is this one like that or is it hexagonal turn based by default?

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Completely turn-based, but no discrete hexes. Combat is also very much three dimensional, with a lot of verticality in a lot of fights. I've won fights by shoving a boss into a bottomless chasm.

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Serious question: Do you lose out on loot by doing that? Do you loot dead bodies in this game?

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It feels like almost everything is lootable in this game... a lot of stuff that you wouldn't expect could have some pretty good loot in it.

That said, if you decide to shove a boss off a cliff that loot that they had goes with them. If it's off a cliff/ledge that you can get down to you can loot it. An endless chasm? Nope, that's gone.

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Yep. I could've positioned the boss differently and shoved him off a chasm with a bottom, but wasn't thinking about it at the time.

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mickeyrig06sq3 said:

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mickeyrig06sq3 said:

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Enjoying it so far. I think I should have chosen the easy mode first, rather than balanced. I've never played DnD before, so thinking of creative solutions to problems hasn't quite entered into my strategy.

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Spent an hour taking on a group of looters in a crypt. Finally beat them, only to realize there was a giant exploding barrel that had been sitting in the middle of them that I didn't notice.

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Prime0882 said:

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Claude! said:

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Prime0882 said:

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javajaws said:

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Claude! said:

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YouBet said:

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ConfidentAg said:

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BG1 and BG2 were "turn-based" as in they incorporated the rule set from DnD but you didn't have to pause at all if you didn't want to.

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Yes, this is what I recall. I would hit pause button to get my **** together in heat of battle.

So is this one like that or is it hexagonal turn based by default?

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Completely turn-based, but no discrete hexes. Combat is also very much three dimensional, with a lot of verticality in a lot of fights. I've won fights by shoving a boss into a bottomless chasm.

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Serious question: Do you lose out on loot by doing that? Do you loot dead bodies in this game?

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It feels like almost everything is lootable in this game... a lot of stuff that you wouldn't expect could have some pretty good loot in it.

That said, if you decide to shove a boss off a cliff that loot that they had goes with them. If it's off a cliff/ledge that you can get down to you can loot it. An endless chasm? Nope, that's gone.

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Yep. I could've positioned the boss differently and shoved him off a chasm with a bottom, but wasn't thinking about it at the time.

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I did it myself earlier with the Warlock Eldritch Blast spell that knocks back enemies... I looked up the boss and realized I thankfully didn't lose any loot that really mattered for my characters. But, there are a few I've looted in Act 1 that would have made a huge difference to my power level if I had lost it.

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canadiaggie said:

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zip04 said:

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I'm a Paladin and running with Gale, Shadowheart, and Astarion right now. I'm out of town until Sunday though, so not able to play right now.

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I started a third play through running this same party. Except my Paladin is a custom Dark Urge vengeance paladin trying to do the right thing while butchering those who mostly deserve it. His name? Dexter

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mickeyrig06sq3 said:

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canadiaggie said:

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zip04 said:

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I'm a Paladin and running with Gale, Shadowheart, and Astarion right now. I'm out of town until Sunday though, so not able to play right now.

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I started a third play through running this same party. Except my Paladin is a custom Dark Urge vengeance paladin trying to do the right thing while butchering those who mostly deserve it. His name? Dexter

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So should I not have killed Astarion? I wake up to a vampire near my neck, I tend to put a stake through them.

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javajaws said:

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mickeyrig06sq3 said:

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canadiaggie said:

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zip04 said:

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I'm a Paladin and running with Gale, Shadowheart, and Astarion right now. I'm out of town until Sunday though, so not able to play right now.

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I started a third play through running this same party. Except my Paladin is a custom Dark Urge vengeance paladin trying to do the right thing while butchering those who mostly deserve it. His name? Dexter

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So should I not have killed Astarion? I wake up to a vampire near my neck, I tend to put a stake through them.

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As penance you need to submit yourself to the bdsm master.

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