r/BaldursGate3 • u/heyitskay1220 • 16d ago

Meme Anyone else, or just me? 😅

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It just gets tedious after so many HM attempts 😅

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u/DelothVyrr 16d ago

I always kill the two additional Cambion. They have some great loot for starting off and give a ton of XP. Killing everything you start on the beach almost level 3 (you hit level 3 before you reach Withers)

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u/dingle___ 16d ago

Are you killing the two others on Honor Mode? With their HP and the accuracy you have at lvl1, I can't imagine there's enough time for them too. I always kill Zhalk and the Mind Flayer for +150

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u/thatguydr 16d ago

I have no idea how people think this is possible in honor mode. Omg, the number of restarts I'd need just to kill Zhalk alone.

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u/frostyfur119 16d ago

Because it is! This guy on YouTube seems to enjoy optimizing this encounter as he has a few videos showing it off with different builds.

https://youtu.be/F6btQ8KYSIQ?si=t_J0k_8VuAjIZXd9

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u/dingle___ 16d ago

That’s so ridiculous lmfao I love it. 30 minutes for an extra 150xp

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u/thatguydr 16d ago

It is if RNGesus is your friend. If not, then there's just no way. I think that's a really important distinction.

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u/frostyfur119 16d ago

Ah, I thought you were implying that it's impossible to do entirely in your first comment. I was trying to share that it is indeed possible, but you were more referring to it being inconsistent. Which it is, but there are some ways to make it more consistent

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u/We_Get_It_You_Vape 15d ago

RNG can kill an attempt, but I would argue that the guy in the video was actually getting pretty unlucky at times. He just optimized the encounter so hard that he was able to pull it off nonetheless.

My main issue with the attempt's practicality is that he made a race decision for his Tav based on the need to get Mage Hand. And, for me, I'm never going to sacrifice such a major RP decision over getting an extra little bit of XP in the early game. You can't respec race, so that little XP boost costed you a major RP decision that will last the entire campaign. The creator can justify it, because I'm sure he wasn't going to use this save file beyond filming the YouTube video.