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@@Ccnetminder31 Oh sh!t. Didn't realize they were low. I'll make sure to keep that in mind for future videos. Thanks!

Like I mention in the video, the point of it isn't really to tell the devs what I think they should do. I make these videos cause it's interesting to think and talk about games. Espicially ones like this that I've spent so many hours in. And hopefully to be able to have interesting conversations with those that happen to find it. I am on the same page as you when it comes to listening to feedback. I'm interested in playing the game the devs wanted to make. Not the game they made to try and please as many people as possible. The centre of your decision making when creating something should be your own vision. Not the expectations of others. Also agree about the replayability. Personally I think limiting the access of spells and abilities you can aquire in one playthrough would make a second one feel more meaningful. What do you think could make the game more replayable? Thanks for watchging and taking the time to leave a comment.

Hope you'll like it as much as I did. And thanks for watching!

Sounds cool! I'll check out a trailer later.

@@JohnPhoelix the demo is still available!

@@michaelmagee2062 thanks, I'll give it a try too

You're not wrong. Looking back I should have said that brand new players should do it as soon as possible rather than straight out the gate. Good feedback. Thanks!

​​@@JohnPhoelixNo problem. The other tips were all pretty good, most of them about helpful things that aren't very well indicated in-game and not even I knew about the increased wheatstone chance on Deadeyes and the cancel ability button. Beginner guides usually stick to retelling base mechanics or impose a specific playstyle with use of imperatives, but I've been positively impressed by your video.

Absolutely!! Would love to have the outfit, sword, horse skin, and Doris human skin.

Although that would have been pretty badass that would also be very awkward considering that not all Castle plots look the same and are designed the same they seem to all vary in different sizes and shapes

That would have been cool! But hard to do since all castle plots aren't the same when it comes to shape and terrain.

No it's WASD movement and aiming with the mouse.

I agree. Avernus would have been really cool to see. If I'm not mistaken both the Upper City and Avernus was worked on but cut from the game.

First of all that sounds like a fun twist on a sorcerer. Secondly I agree with the camp thing. Everyone is camp have a lot of interesting things to say to you and about you. Or about the others but they'll almost always only say it to you. Wish they interacted with each other more. Like they do when they run around in your party. That stuff is great!

Oof! I was born with bad sight on both my eyes and then had an injury on the retina in my right eye so I feel you.

Yep. They have added the option to increase the text size for Books. But that does not include notes. Or on screen descriptions.

@@Jules_Diplopia its the yellow text in the inventory menu that I really struggle with. Especially when you get legendary weapons with huge descriptions that just progressively get smaller and smaller

@@Sheebbz Agreed, It would be so nice if they just gave us an option to be able to read the text, without squinting, or guessing

So we agree on the traps. I'll take it! :D You're not wrong and I do mention in my video that I have gotten a lot out of the relationships my Tav has with both Shadowheart and Gale. I think one thing that adds to the feeling I have was pointed out by another commenter though. Everyone wants to romance you. I haven't had Gale, Laezel or Halsin in my party. I've talked a bit with Gale. Not much at all with the other two. All three of them have tried to get things going on. Mizora who I've done nothing to impress or befriend tried her luck. Even the Emperor gave it a go. I don't mind romance being a part of the game. I really like Karlach's romance. The combination between the demon slaying barbarian and insecure girl who's never really had that kind of a relationship before. But when almost everyone's reaction to the cool stuff I do is "Let's get it on" it becomes less interesting. And someone not interested in that becomes more interesting. Anyway thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Love that did it even though you didn't agree with most of my takes!

Thank god for Isobel and Aylin though am I right!

Astarion is pretty gay.

2) Astarion is literally canonically pan or at least gay. In the final push for his companion quest, you can meet his past lover/a guy he brought to Cazador, Sebastian. You can then talk to Astarion about it and he'll admit, that, if I recall correctly, a lot of the times he didn't feel anything, but every once in a while, there was a sweet boy like Sebastian. I don't think other companions really talk about their past experiences, other than Gale about Mystra, but I haven't romanced everyone so idk. Tbh though, I think I prefer it over the approach that for example Cyberpunk 2077 took. You get one gay man, one straight man, one gay woman, one straight woman. You have to mod the game to allow romance as a different gender, which to me feels even worse than just having everyone be into everyone, because now we're "fixing" (pixel) people's sexuality. And yeah, I did that with Panam, because I'm not choosing to spend several dozens of hours as a dude just so I can romance the cute nomad woman. I agree about the camera and I'm on PC. Also agree that the game needs more cutscenes without romance. I finished Astarion's quest (the "good" ending) for the first time when romancing him and he has such a nice scene. I was underwhelmed when I did it again in another playthrough, without romancing him.

I'm with you on the camera and friendship paths, but... regarding point number two, I think calling the characters 'playersexual' does the game a bit of a disservice, since they're all clearly intended to be/portrayed as bisexual (or pansexual). Astarion is the most overtly queer companion, but Minthara talks about a female ex of hers in Menzoberranzan at one point (she ended up having to kill her RIP); if you play as Karlach you get the opportunity to fantasize about a threesome with a guy and a female halfling; Wyll talks about how he used to enjoy dancing with 'the ladies and gentlemen of the Gate' (and frequently waxes poetic about Astarion's hair, if you're playing as him); Halsin mentions having lovers of different genders in the past; Shadowheart and Lae'zel both thirst over Karlach a fair amount... Maybe it's a bit statistically improbable all the companions are bisexual, but the alternative is to limit romance options to certain genders (the Bioware route), which inevitably will just result in people either modding the game to 'fix' characters' sexualities, or peopl creating a Tav they're not happy with just so they can romance the person they want. And the game doesn't lack proper LGBT rep IMO: in addition to the bisexual main companions, a lot of the supporting cast in BG3 is gay (Isobel, Aylin, Alfira, Lakrissa, Lunkbug, Beldron, Laridda, Philomeen, probably Ansur and Balduran, many of the minor NPCs like the Gondians), with canonically trans and nonbinary characters as well (Nocturne, Yrre).

@@Stibbian With so many LGB characters in BG3 I do find it sad that there is still no Trans representation. Just one well hidden mention, and even that has to be inferred. But at the same time I also find the portrayal of Githyanki to be an issue. Unlike other races they lay eggs. Look around our world and tell me how many egg laying creatures still have mammary glands (breasts)? Very much shows that whilst Larian are a forward looking company, that the world still has a long way to go.

How to collect a chest?

@@antonizajkowski9698 just pick them up around the map the send them to camp

@@knarl2415 i thought i can only open them

I see your point about the friction. But would those people ever notice? If they already kill off or ignore companions who aren't their favorites they wouldn't see that friction that would bother them but would make me and you happy. And I've seen posts about people who play that way too but I've never gotten the sense that they don't enjoy the game. They just get rid of the people in them that they don't enjoy and then go on with the game and seem to have a great time :) So I'm not sure it would risk the game becoming a flop. But with the companion interactions being such a core part of the game I can see how you'd want to make a game where you interact with many of them, Thank you for your interesting comment! <3

I agree with the point on inventory management. It can be a pain. But for the record, due to a bug and a few crashes, I had to reload a few times, but each time I reloaded the DLC gave me a new Travellers Chest in camp. So now in that run I have 4 chests. Gosh that makes inventory management SO much easier. One for food. One for Books, One for Weapons and One for misc.

@@Jules_Diplopia As mentioned in another thread: You can also use any pouch, sack or other container in the game to store as much stuff as you want, because there are no limits for container entries. Only limit is what you can carry, if you have the container in your personal inventory. But you always can put any container into the Travellers Chest and organize that chest too.

Nah inventory management is torture lol. I sat down and sorted my inventory for 3 hours one time and now play with a very strict system to make sure it doesn't happen again lol

@@comebackqing8452 When you do the strict sorting from beginning (what I do after the first playthrough), it is much easier. This game changed my life. I am more tidy now! 😂

I think I'm in the minority in saying inventory management is such a highlight in any game, when I'm playing co-op and I hear friends not being able to find anything they've picked up i'm just like lemme sort this shiz out 🤣🤣

Yeah I'm with you. I think it was really cool of Larian to say that you won't be able to see everything in this game in one playthrough. And unless you spend waaay too much time playing BG3 you'll never see everything. Guess they didn't feel that way about the romances though :D Everyone wants you!

Really? I was hoping to romance someone, but my first run, not a single character came on to me. Maybe it is just my magnetic personality. But I think it is just that I picked the answers that I would irl. Subesquent runs I am searching out the romance, but you do have to actively look for it.

​@@Jules_DiplopiaDid you do the Grove-tieflings/goblin quest to the very end and get a camp evening party? If so, did you talk to your companions? I THINK for most companions, the trigger is high enough approval but it doesn't need to be crazy high. Also, some are less obvious than others. Like if you ask Astarion "what his idea of fun is", he'll be like "sex, of course!" and you pick it from there. Lae'zel, you'll basically get a dialogue option of "you've been looking at me differently" where she'll tell you she wants you because spilling blood = hot, or whatever. Gale is less obvious, and I'm not sure his is (always) during the party: he'll offer to show you how to manipulate the Weave and you can choose to stay a little bit longer, then think about a kiss because he can see your thoughts at the moment. Etc. The easiest way to win/lose approval is to have companions in your active party. Then, some companions will approve of certain types of action and disapprove of others, aligning with their personality. For example, Gale will often approve when there's compassion at play, and generally Gale, Wyll and Karlach will like morally good actions. So having them with you while you do good things is a pretty solid way to boost their approval.

@@Kasiarzynka Yes, but my responses were "real life" responses. I could often see the leading answers, but irl I would never have used them, and in that first run my only romance target was Lae'zel and it just never happened.

@@Jules_Diplopia I see. In my first run, I was thinking either Karlach or Wyll. Karlach never triggered for me and Wyll, well, I did not expect the sweet cutscene that's deciding for him to end with "NOW KISS" so I declined. My biggest problem the first run was that pretty much everybody who triggered for me was either too horny too early, or Wyll, which I described above (lol). That save ended up being useful for getting some achievements and also getting intel on what to expect in later acts and how to get the results I want, so no regrets (I'm bad at not meta gaming).

I have one pouch for potions and elixirs on Tav. Karlach has on for weapons. Shadowheart for Armor and Astarion has one for jewelry. And yes there's a lot of stuff in my traveler's chest that I don't need to keep. Personally I'm not a fan of inventory management. And when I sit down to play the game I can't find it in me to spend the first 20 minutes of that session going through my stuff, sorting and selling. So I think you're right. And you're not the first person to give me this advice. I'm just bad at doing it. And I wish all the items in my inventory weren't clumped together in one long list of everything. I feel like the pouch or backpack solution is a thing we need to do cause the game doesn't organize things better. But it's a good solution. Thanks for the comment!

The camp supply etc. thing SORTA works. If you have a camp supply bag in your camp chest and send food in, it will still land in the main chest. HOWEVER if you put a new camp supply bag inside, it will pick up all the loose items. You can then open that bag, mark all and move everything manually to the bag that was already in there. Alternatively, you can select everything in the chest and drag it onto the camp supply bag icon. It will only put things in that can go in, so food, alcohol etc., and none of other stuff. I do think it's a QoL issue though and should be fixed eventually. I'd also like tabs for the kind of items, in the chest and in the character EQ (similar to trade window) and for trade to have a separate tab for alchemical ingredients. I recently just started to sell the vendors I use for gaining money an empty backpack each and stuffing all the garbage I sold them inside. Overall, I regularly send things to camp and I spend probably every 15 or so hours even looking into my camp chest. I'll pick up pretty much everything (but barrels, containers and food, as well as books and gear with effects), add to wares and do rounds with vendors. If I need anything in-between, I just "sort by type" and scroll through the chest. It's much easier since they redid the chest UI to be much bigger and wider, it used to be the same UI as that of backpacks etc. I don't think the inventory management is game breakingly bad, but it definitely could be improved.

As soon as the dialogue started and I saw he had no shirt on I was like "Oh come on! Him too?!" 😂

Yes, but he is a manipulator. Up to that point he has been using other tools, now he is getting desperate and throwing sex into the mix as a last resort. He really really wants to manipulate you.

I think for thr Emperor it's a manipulation tactic. I said no and the narrator remarked something about how surprisingly quickly he got over it, as if it was an act meant to emotionally attach you to him.

stop being so horning for five damn minutes

Quicksafe(if possible) also stops the group.

Agreed, but you don't always know or have your finger on the pause button. I think John is right, a player seeing a trap should be instant (almost) stop for the rest. IRL if a group of you were exploring and your leader shouted "watch out.. Mines!" the rest of you would freeze.

Haven't had a chance to try multiplayer yet (play Lonely by Akon as you read this) Hopefully much is ironed out when I get there. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

I've played this game multiple times both pre release and post release and I've never seen so many bugs till I played multiplayer. Rivals a Bethesda game with the amount of bugs multiplayer had. Multiplayer shouldn't also lock you out from doing npc companion quests when you're playing as a max group.

Now that you mention it, the leveling thing could have been a point on this list. I don't mind 12 being max level but in my opinion you could level slower in order to have more progression left in Act 3. Great point! Also, before I got to Act 2 I only heard praise for Acts 1 & 3. So I came in to Act 2 expecting it to be a little bit of a lull. I think Act 2 is fantastic. Might be my favorite part of the game. Thanks for the comment!

Larian did say that they built Act 3 intentionally so that you would go through about half the Act at max level to give you time to appreciate and flex your max level powers

@@michaelmagee2062 Yeah and that's not a bad design choice to make. Personally I wouldn't mind coming into Act 3 a little lower in levels though. I think I was lvl 10 when I got there. I think the biggest "culprit" here is Act 1 being so big and full of things to do. You level up a lot early on in the game.

The only reason I don’t like act 3 as much is the lag I get from being g in the city. Sure I would like more levels but I think it’s fine that being max level for the better part of act 3 means you get to experience what it means to be at the peak for a good amount of time. There might be some pointless side quests but I didn’t think so for most of act 3. There’s a lot of content in fighting the bosses in each of the companion quests so just doing those instead of every little thing in act 3 like I tried to do in my first run still feels pretty complete.

If you play on PC, I read there's a mod that lifts the level cap (sets it to 20, I think). I never installed it myself but now that I remembered it exists, I'm definitely adding it to my list for when I finally play with mods. I believe it adds spells and class features etc. from higher levels, as well. I finished the game three times, I think. One was forced, to finish my very first playthrough which I abandoned in very early act 3, and grab some achievements along the way. Started a few more playthroughs than that, though. I 100% agree about act 3 not being at the same (high) level as previous acts. I heard they had to cut parts of it because of time constraints and if that's the case, I hope it'll eventually get restored. But, considering the fact that the tension around Moonrise and Ketheric was being built for literally 1.5 acts, the marginal role the TWO remaining Chosen play in the BIGGEST act is criminal. Also, at this point, the game reintroduces a sense of urgency, which we didn't have basically since figuring out that we aren't transforming any time soon, thanks to the protection of the Prism. The Absolute march, the kidnapping, the fact that due to the Netherise stones being split, the Brain could supposedly break free any moment. It feels weird to spend so much time just running around the act with the impending doom.

Very good point!

Yes I know. But the new armors won't be on different gear levels. Each tier of gear past a certain point will have multiple armors that give different bonuses. Some will be better for spellcasters while some will be better for melee fighters. I would like to see which of these armors an opponent is wearing and gear level won't indicate that.

@@JohnPhoelix true, but to my understanding the armor bonuses will mirror the different blood types, which are already hard to determine via pvp. I guess I don't mind the risk of not knowing what im up against at the get go. Maybe they can add a way to identify it via the blood sense ability at some point.

@@Fulkren Yes. I hope that the armors will make a big enough difference that it will lead to more distinct playstyles but that might be hoping for too much :)

I'm very positive about everything else they've announced. And most people seem to really like this feature so I think SLS are fine. I am making a point but you're missing it. These new armors will offer different stats on the same gear level. So if these different armors make a big difference to people's playstyle I would like to see what armor their wearing. Just like I'd want to see if my opponent has equipped a Spear or the Axe. Not just an indicator of how strong their weapon is. But like I said most people seem to like this feature and I'm fine about not loving every aspect of a game. It can still be great. And so far I've liked 99.9999999% of this one. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Im a pve player and have played the game multiple times and plan to keep playing. I might try pvp but im worried im not mechanically skilled enough.

​@@aurorabora7557 you can be good at anything you put time into. Just do not get too stressed about dying or losing your stuff. It happens

@@augury883 I have pretty bad anxiety and i used to do semi pro r6 and played a lot of sea of thieves so im feeling kinda done with competition and loss lol

We just raided someone max level today and we were gear score 60 just had to get the siege golem but focus on base defense first as a pvp with 300 hours in the game

The PVP is the main draw from a gameplay perspective but there are almost no incentives to doing it. In fact there is only downsides to PVP'ing. You risk losing items and risk breaking others. Repair bills only matter to people griding to endgame and once you've reached that level acquiring materials is too easy. You gain NOTHING from killing opponents in the endgame other than more materials to horde. The gameplay loop is fun but poor thought out in the later levels. Once a server has been conquered it is next to impossible for warring guilds to take it over without obscene amounts of time to acquire and guard locations/loot. Nobody likes attacking keeps while their opponents are online which leads to offline raiding which is both boring as fuck and destructive to anyone with a job. I enjoy pvp but it's just poorly handled and kills servers really quickly and I'm not one to just rush to a fresh server and race to endgame over and over. Fuck that shit.

No disagreements are allowed in my comment section! No but for real, you're right. I'm worried that if these new Armor types make a significant difference you can be caught off guard since gear level won't tell you if the opponent is wearing a Scholar or a Warrior armor. But you and many others are looking forward to this for the upsides you bring up in your comment. And in the end I'm sure they'll outweigh the downside I'm worried about. And I might be making a hen out of a feather here. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

I guess I forgot to consider that the new armor will have special traits instead of just an HP/power boost. Hopefully theyll add some sort of extra way to tell without removing the freedom of appearance. ​@JohnPhoelix

You may very well be right. And the fact that there are a lot of people who seem excited about it makes me happy it's coming. Really excited for 1.0 By the way, awesome name. Jag äter det just nu!

We don't need to wait much longer!