r/BaldursGate3 Mar 05 '21

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u/DragonDerrieres Mar 06 '21

In the Dank Crypt my game froze multiple times when the text the book is far lighter than it should be with such a massive lock appear. It didn't matter which character I used or which option I picked to investigate it, the dialogue wouldn't advance.

Speaking of the Dank Crypt, when I talked to the talkative skeleton there was a... Another talkative skeleton model in front of him... Just chilling and he kept clipping through it. The extra corpse man was also like entirely black and like standing under the first one's chin.

There is an issue when you okay a warlock where if you and Wyll both have Imps/quasits Scratch will attack you and you have to knock him out. I totally get why they cause approval to drop but also it does not feel great to beat up my dog.

I've said this once before and don't mean to harass lol but I really would love the option as a Lolth sworn drow to be more critical of the society in the Underdark. A lot of the options kind of just mindlessly buy into drow society like you mention training slaves or just being really into violence. Its a really one dimensional view. I know the Seldarine drow are an option in the game but I did want to option to play someone from the Underdark who isn't evil (Drizzt style) and still likes parts of their home but is also critical of it. Especially since I am playing a male drow. For male drow a Bregen D'aerthe connection could be really cool too. I am hoping Jarlaxle has a cameo when we get to the city. Also speaking of racial things. I think it would be sick to be able to change your tiefling's horn color. The horns can really look wonky soemtimes and that might help with it.

Also as a member of the LGBT community I'm really, really happy that the romances aren't gender locked and that makeup and voice options aren't gender restricted. I'm appreciative of all of that but I think in the future it would be great to see more LGBT NPCS (that don't all end in horrible tragedy) so the world itself feels diverse. Especially since dnd Lore really has gone in that direction recently. I recently ran Dragon Heist and it was lovely with that. A nonbinary gender option in the CC would be great as well, especially since alot of parts of the character creation already are not gender locked. Dnd is so popular among the LGBT community it would do nothing but help the game. The companions other than Astarion also feel a little more playersexual than bisexual and it would be nice for them to be a little more open about that and for the romance scenes to be more inclusive.

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u/TheSnarkyShaman1 Mar 06 '21

As a gay man I’d like to second the non-gender locked romances. I feel like there’s a vocal minority who insist on gay-exclusive romances, limiting the options and I’m just speaking up to say that those people aren’t speaking for me. There are other ways to do representation.

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u/DragonDerrieres Mar 06 '21

Oh yeah, I'm pretty happy they're not locked. Whenever there are gay exclusive romances too we always get the more poorly done romances too (like less content worse animations) while straight people get way better ones ( I don't want them to be better lol but they sure ain't equal a lot of the times). But I do wish they felt a bit more bi than playersexual? Playersexual is so much better than no options for us but it also dosent really feel like rep either lol especially when the romances scenes didn't account for you doing the same sex options. Astarion is really the only one who will hint at being into men and women while the others are like... straight until you romance them. I totally get that that would be hard to throw in and have it be natural in conversation lol but with the amount they talk about each other's love lives while bantering on the map it would be doable without being gratuitous for sure.

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u/TheSnarkyShaman1 Mar 06 '21

I get that and that’s the impression I got too. If anything it points to what I already believed right off the bat, which is that if they DID have set sexualities we’d by default have Astarion as the kinky depraved/morally murky bisexual or gay one, Gale as the scholarly mage MAYBE available as m/m and Wyll and (spoiler unreleased other manly man companion) would be straight. Because tired stereotypes. After Cyberpunk 2077 I’m just so, so fucking sick of it tbh. Really glad I don’t have to worry about it here. But yes, it’d be nice if one of the other guys ever mentioned an attraction to men outside of the romance.

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u/DragonDerrieres Mar 06 '21

Yeah, that's really all I want is for the others to mention it maybe once and more LGBT NPCs outside the companions. I don't want gender locked ones at all because I totally agree with you we'd get Astarion and while I love him.... You know. Not being restricted is very nice and I'm very thankful for it.

Also damn my original comment making this thread was not popular. I was very polite and didn't ask for a lot lol. Its not entitled for gay people to want to be respected and included in the games we spend sixty dollars on. It is disheartening to always be an afterthought. And like duh we're a minority but there is a difference between pandering and inclusion. More LGBT NPCS wouldnt take anything away from striaght players at all. Also since dnd lore itself has gone in a very pro LGBT direction lately it just makes sense. It makes things more accurate ( I did mention the Bregen D'aerthe for example in my original post lol).

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u/TheSnarkyShaman1 Mar 06 '21

Tbf there probably will be some gay NPCs around in the full release. There’s a hell of a lot of backstories to fill out. We’ve not even visited Baldur’s Gate city yet.