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I mean, there's a whole lot of things BG3 does very, very well, which means people are going to like it for a lot of different reasons. Speaking for myself, I can say the combat mechanics are a fairly significant part of why I like it. I can also say the city of Baldur's Gate itself was a...

Not even a little bit.

At the C-suite level it's actually better to be fired than to quit. If you're fired for any reason other than for cause, you get a buyout.

Kinda wondering if Larian's decision to move on from Baldur's Gate was the final straw here. On top of everything else, of course (OGL, Pinkertons, etc.).

Good riddance. I hope Chris Cocks follows her out the door in short order.

From a selfish standpoint, I'm obviously sad. Objectively, however, Larian made the right move. Hasbro and WOTC are toxic, especially recently.

I will always push back against caster supremacy, and doubly so against proposals that EXACERBATE that problem. The disrespect was 100% intentional. Cope.

It's a question that doesn't deserve a helpful answer.

To be fair, certain martials can still use that 1 attack from HM Haste effectively. Hunter Rangers with Volley/Whirlwind (which counts as one attack in BG3 rather than a whole action and thus does not suck), Tiger Barbarians, Paladins with smites to use, mainly. Or anyone with Arrows of Many...

Scrapping attunement entirely also really helps.

Limits the extra action to 1 attack a la 5e Haste, but still allows 2 spells a round. So turning Haste into a still-busted 3.0 version of the spell for casters, but making it as weak for martials as it is in 5e.

I stopped taking them seriously when they touted the now-defunct Flex as the best Weapon Mastery.

They will be in the 2024 revision.

My comparison is basically: Original cut Godfather 3: Stupid AND very boring. Godfather Coda: Still stupid, but not quite as boring. But most of the stuff that made you roll your eyes in Godfather 3 before is still there in Coda, other than having slightly less of Sofia Coppola's performance.

I'm just glad the director's cut that came out not too long ago dropped the 3 off the title and renamed it Coda. Now we don't have to pretend it's an integral part of the story with the first two. (Coincidentally, Coda is at least a much better paced experience than the original cut, though...