Bg3 Hot Take Edition

[u/Feeling-Classroom729]

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.

[u/Accomplished_Area311]

1. Karlach’s origin run isn’t playable for me because she never shuts the hell up. It’s annoying.

2. Rolan would’ve made a better wizard companion than Gale.

3. Wyll’s hornless Duke ending is his best ending. He’s much better written when Karlach isn’t around.

4. I love Halsin. Still working on a character to romance him without doing a V dynamic with Astarion because I’d like to see how that goes.

5. Love most of the new subclasses they’re adding, except the bard one. That’s my least favorite bard subclass.

[u/Substantial-Mess666 → u/Accomplished_Area311]

I'm so curious to hear your reasoning behind #2 (Rolan being a better wizard companion).

[u/Accomplished_Area311 → u/Substantial-Mess666]

1. Rolan’s goal to save his siblings and find them a home once he’s in his apprenticeship is much more interesting than helping Gale get some self-esteem and deal with the Mystra situation.

2. Rolan is an actual spell-crafter. His spell variations are more powerful than their base game equivalents.

3. His character development even as a “side NPC” is fantastic—I would love to see that more in depth, with camp conversations and things like that.

4. Call me a simp or whatever but I would’ve loved to romance him. Flirting with him at the party in Act 1, a heartfelt moment after saving Cal and Lia in Act 2, and a night with him in the tower in Act 3… It could’ve been great.