This was really interesting to hear the perspective of a non d&d player who doesn't have that shortcut know-how. It reminds me of how overwhelmed I was the first time I downloaded a player's handbook to see what d&d was about. I was so confused! I can totally see where you're coming from, 100%. Nevermind the availability of guides online, I totally see the lack of intuitive usability and guidance within the game. I loved the example of the Zelda stamina wheel. I defo think Larian could learn from povs like yours and improve the experience for new players even more. I'd love to be part of the design team consulting people like you to make sure the game is inviting and encouraging for anyone regardless of xp.
To answer your question btw - to combat my own confusion and lack of know-how, I just leaned in completely to my roleplay as a certain type of character. Thankfully I know enough about d&d to just come up with a character to play, with her own backstory and motivations. And I just used that to go with the flow whatever happened. I am in love with the game. Not that it's faultless! It certainly isn't. But I have loved the mixture of, on one hand, feeling like I can approach a situation exactly like my character would, and on the other hand, getting to explore and experiment and enjoy the utter unknown I find myself in (potions included)!
Totally agree, when roleplaying at the start of this game I was generic good guy because I was so busy figuring everything out. This game is very good, I just wanted to put this out there to talk about some shortcomings, glad you liked it.
This is one of my two biggest problems with the game, it assumes everyone playing it is familiar with D&D mechanics (the other major issue for me _is_ those mechanics). Like someone told me your AC value doesn't mitigate damage like it does in every other RPG ever created, it adds to the chances of a miss in combat against you, and your dexterity adds to your AC, not your strength? So I need a high Dexterity to wear Plate Armour? Utter nonsense. BG3 isn't a bad game, but it is one of the most overrated games of all time.
This was really interesting to hear the perspective of a non d&d player who doesn't have that shortcut know-how. It reminds me of how overwhelmed I was the first time I downloaded a player's handbook to see what d&d was about. I was so confused! I can totally see where you're coming from, 100%. Nevermind the availability of guides online, I totally see the lack of intuitive usability and guidance within the game. I loved the example of the Zelda stamina wheel. I defo think Larian could learn from povs like yours and improve the experience for new players even more. I'd love to be part of the design team consulting people like you to make sure the game is inviting and encouraging for anyone regardless of xp.
To answer your question btw - to combat my own confusion and lack of know-how, I just leaned in completely to my roleplay as a certain type of character. Thankfully I know enough about d&d to just come up with a character to play, with her own backstory and motivations. And I just used that to go with the flow whatever happened. I am in love with the game. Not that it's faultless! It certainly isn't. But I have loved the mixture of, on one hand, feeling like I can approach a situation exactly like my character would, and on the other hand, getting to explore and experiment and enjoy the utter unknown I find myself in (potions included)!
Totally agree, when roleplaying at the start of this game I was generic good guy because I was so busy figuring everything out. This game is very good, I just wanted to put this out there to talk about some shortcomings, glad you liked it.
This is one of my two biggest problems with the game, it assumes everyone playing it is familiar with D&D mechanics (the other major issue for me _is_ those mechanics). Like someone told me your AC value doesn't mitigate damage like it does in every other RPG ever created, it adds to the chances of a miss in combat against you, and your dexterity adds to your AC, not your strength? So I need a high Dexterity to wear Plate Armour? Utter nonsense. BG3 isn't a bad game, but it is one of the most overrated games of all time.
Yea I was surprised that my tanky characters dodged hits rather than taking reduced damage.