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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/baldurs_gate_3

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This article is hilarious because like the author I didn't know what I was doing and chose bard as my first character (still don't know what I'm doing but I'm trying) and would do a lot of the same tricks he did. Pushing people off a ledge was my go to.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Playing it like a Russian FSB agent: windows are your friend.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Launching Duergar into lava was weirdly satisfying.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

When I tried to huck them into the river (specifically the invisible fucker near the boat in the shoreline encounter) and it wouldn't let me? You're gawdamned right, I was ready to be pissed if I couldn't do likewise into the lava. Instead? Karlach tossed every dwarf she should reach... and they actually recorded audio for lava-induced death. 🥹 (At least the actor did for the main dwarf dude, IIRC)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was ready to be pissed if I couldn't do likewise into the lava.

I feel like the careful design of encounters went out the window with Act 3. Twice this week I tried to use Telekinesis to throw someone and couldn't because low railings were in the way. I'm also getting a ton more red lines when shoving people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And like this, you CAN loot the corpses :p

[–] crypticthree 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird to claim larian never meant you to play in a manner they specifically gave you the ability to do.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not a serious claim. It’s a funny article about how the author pushes people off cliffs instead of fighting enemies with swords and magic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I learned from Dark Souls that the only thing nobody can defeat is gravity. Larian must be fans.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Repelling eldritch blast, push, throw people, pushing unarmed attacks, pushing superiority attacks, pushing flourishes, repelling arrows... I love my toys.

[–] Some_username_u_have 16 points 1 year ago

This mirrors tabletop D&D, which amounts to how much bullshit can we get away with.

[–] Chev 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Telekinesis. There is even a necklace or ring that has this spell on it. Edit: It:s gloves

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've been using it, it's great.

[–] holiday 2 points 11 months ago

Yeet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was kinda sad that using Telekinesis to drop a >!Steel Watcher on top of a Gondian!< didn't do more damage.

[+] NathanielThomas 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I beat him by cheese in a different way. If you follow the panther, it will lead you to the room where the fight starts. But, if you skip that room and go further down you'll end up in another area with a structure that looks like a gazebo with a large spider corpse inside.

You can go all the way to the back of this room where there is a chest and wait for the panther to nibble on the spider. Kill it and then above you on the left is the boss with his little army. You can trigger the agro from below by shooting arrows, world, or throwing things up and getting the mobs to approach the ledge above you. Just stay back and target whatever you can on the edge and they'll keep standing there until they're all dead.

You can sometimes get the boss to stand there too or you can get him to come down and at fight him solo which is quite manageable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was happily able to kill him before he summoned anything by dropping him to 1hp and making him burn to death before he was able to

[–] Bunnylux 1 points 11 months ago

I literally could not beat Viconia. Literally. Could. Not. I tried like 15 times, all different spells, arrangements, tactics, strategies, preparations, party members. Whatever. So I talked to her with a split party and send karlach to dispatch her during conversation in 3 hits. So I cheated. Whatever. Sue me!! I beat all the other bosses fair and square!!!!!