r/BG3 • u/Feeling-Classroom729 • 2d ago

Bg3 Hot Take Edition

I'm feeling spicy and I want to hear some of your hot takes about the game. Perhaps, I'll see the game from a fresh perspective and/or learn something new.

There's no limit to the hot takes you can share.

I'll go first.

Despite Araj's negative reputation, I think she's one of the best merchants in the game. In act 2, she carries the risky ring and the ring of free action, which is already amazing. But she also offers unique elixirs in act 2. In act 3, she sells sanguine explosives, which is basically a level 4 fireball that you can buy for less than 20 gold. Getting the unstable blood condition from her in act 3, can also be powerful if you build around it. The +2 to strength is super powerful if you're willing to torture Astarion, but even without that, she's still an amazing npc. She's a little pushy with Astarion, but she ultimately accepts his no. So, I don't stay mad at her.

I don't think completing a "good run" automatically makes your character good aligned. Basing your decisions around not making your favorite npcs sad is not a sound moral compass. I think there are more morally neutral people out there than people are willing to admit. It isn't a bad thing to be morally neutral. Jaheira is canonically true neutral in the older games, and people love her.

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u/dragonstomper01 2d ago

Wyll is an annoying bleeding heart with massive daddy issues and I love pushing him off cliffs.

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u/A_Balrog_Is_Come 2d ago

I also feel like Wyll has so much front loaded dialogue that’s a massive info dump compared to other characters where you learn more about them over time.

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u/AnotherBookWyrm 2d ago edited 2d ago

I feel like it does somewhat make sense if you view it from the angle of him having to keep secrets for so long. After having that all bottled up for years and then having another big secret that is shared with others, I can see him info-dumping as a sort of reaction to having to keep all the crazy stuff that has happened in his life to himself for all this time.

tl;dr: Definitely disproportionate story-pacing-wise, but makes sense from a human perspective.

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u/dragonstomper01 2d ago

Absolutely!