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Rakor

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Baldur's Gate 3: Minsc and Boo Stand Ready

You know you want it.

As long a it doesn't use 4th edition...
 

Diana Kingston-Gabai

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Susurrus said:
The first three portraits you mention are new, whilst the other two are pre-existing. The one on the right of those two is I believe the portrait for Ajantis, a Paladin you encounter on the road to Baldur's Gate itself.
I went back and checked - this is Ajantis:


But you're right, the other two are pre-existing portraits for the main character. Not sure why they're up on the website, though...
 

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Yosharian said:
I'm hoping that there will be some non-magic characters added to the game. I pretty much only have one idea left for a playthrough, and that's an entirely non-magic party. Yep, should be interesting trying to defeat Kangaxx!
Assuming you mean a Good party, I'm guessing the best people for the job would be Keldorn and Valygar on offense, with Mazzy and Minsc providing ranged support... :)
 

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Diana Kingston-Gabai said:
Yosharian said:
I'm hoping that there will be some non-magic characters added to the game. I pretty much only have one idea left for a playthrough, and that's an entirely non-magic party. Yep, should be interesting trying to defeat Kangaxx!
Assuming you mean a Good party, I'm guessing the best people for the job would be Keldorn and Valygar on offense, with Mazzy and Minsc providing ranged support... :)
Ranged support?! Minsc?!

Good luck telling him that's his role...
 

Li Mu

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Well we all know that when the countdown reaches zero the site will crash for half a day as it did last time. So we probably wont find out until Friday.
 

Icehearted

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Never got the appeal. I barely completed the first dungeon and was bored to tears. Planescape, now that's magic, baby!
 

Susurrus

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Icehearted said:
Never got the appeal. I barely completed the first dungeon and was bored to tears. Planescape, now that's magic, baby!
What a strange person you are. Don't get me wrong, Planescape is my favorite game of all time, but Planescape's beginning is a LOT slower than Baldur's Gate's...
 

Susurrus

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Depends how you define magic, surely? Jaheira is a druid (Viconia a cleric), so that's not conventional magic. Mazzy isn't, unless you count paladin spells.
 

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As long as someone makes a mana base mod for it I am game. Well..that and a INF ammo mod for basic ammo..... >> man it got tedious at times... LOL
 

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Yosharian said:
Haagrum said:
Solo him with Protection From Magic Scroll plus Improved Mace of Disruption?
The mods/unofficial patches I play with don't allow this type of cheese
I wouldn't call it cheese - or at least, not when you're dealing with...

...an Imprisonment-spamming boss without any magical support. It's certainly not on the same level as a lot of other strategies for dealing with Kangaxx, all of which require knowledge your character couldn't possibly possess, and you have to burn one of the most valuable resources in the game to do it.

Then again, if you're using the Tactics mod or something similar, most boss fights get pretty hard even with cheese. Unless you decide to use the Project Image or Wish loop exploits, which are about as illegitimate as it gets, and which I'm assuming you don't (a decision which I'd applaud, FWIW).
 

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I'm callin it now, all the BG fans are going to buy this game, then ***** and moan about how it isn't true to the original because the D&D mechanics aren't just right. This followed by how all the new content was bad because they tried to modernize it.
 

Icehearted

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Susurrus said:
Icehearted said:
Never got the appeal. I barely completed the first dungeon and was bored to tears. Planescape, now that's magic, baby!
What a strange person you are. Don't get me wrong, Planescape is my favorite game of all time, but Planescape's beginning is a LOT slower than Baldur's Gate's...
May have been the unusual theme, Sigil is a place of immense wonder, even in the crypt. The whole thing was just really strange, but really alluring.
 

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There are three portraits that are definitely not in the original game, and I've highlighted 'em for us. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/50300736/blow%20your%20mind.jpg

I think the first one might be a remade Jaheira, since I can't find her anywhere there.
 

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Am I the only one skeptical about this?

ITS EA NOW GUYS THE COMPANY YOU ONCE LOVED IS DEAD!

My guess is they will add some thief NPC and a couple of dungeons with some overpowered items and call it a day.
 

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SimpleReally said:
Am I the only one skeptical about this?

ITS EA NOW GUYS THE COMPANY YOU ONCE LOVED IS DEAD!

My guess is they will add some thief NPC and a couple of dungeons with some overpowered items and call it a day.
Huh? When did EA get a hold of the company in charge of the remake? Got a link?

EDIT: According to Wikipedia at least, it's still Overhaul Games, Atari, and Beamdog.
 

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Yosharian said:
Only one slight problem, all the female characters are magic users!
Jaheira and Mazzy can both do well as front-line fighters (with the right equipment), and if you use the BGT mod you can dual Imoen into any class you want, not just Wizard. :)
 

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Alcaste said:
There are three portraits that are definitely not in the original game, and I've highlighted 'em for us. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/50300736/blow%20your%20mind.jpg

I think the first one might be a remade Jaheira, since I can't find her anywhere there.
There seems to be a fourth new face as well, down and right from the orc - I can just about make out a bald Asian man... could that be Balthazar from ToB?
 

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Diana Kingston-Gabai said:
Alcaste said:
There are three portraits that are definitely not in the original game, and I've highlighted 'em for us. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/50300736/blow%20your%20mind.jpg

I think the first one might be a remade Jaheira, since I can't find her anywhere there.
There seems to be a fourth new face as well, down and right from the orc - I can just about make out a bald Asian man... could that be Balthazar from ToB?
That one is a default portrait in the game, though I don't think it matches any of the characters you can recruit it is definitely one that you can pick for the PC. Since he wasn't actually a character its tough to find a picture of him
 

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Well, that's slightly underwhelming now that I've gone through the new info...nothing to make me pre-order...still keeping an eye on it, of course, waiting for community feedback...