#but ansur cmon

[wisp-of-chaos]

Ok honestly, though. If Ansur just've listened to his friend and accepted its "I'm fine I don't need a cure pls stop" then we coul've avoided this boss fight with that stupid ass one-shot attack AND could've gotten a cool ass dragon ally.

But noooo, Balduran is now a mind flayer and suffering and the only thing to help them is to kill them.

Like, PLZ

[animentality]

Things that could be further developed in act 3:

1-The press quest, what do you mean the guy you made an alliance with is sabotaging you for free and what you do has no impact on the merchants in the city?

2-Gortash, as a whole, my experience was he was in the morphic tank when I did the Gondian quest, and he doesn't say anything when we meet, I was like, brother, there's no robot in the city anymore.And tav dear,you discovered how the citywatch is fucked up, and you SAY NOTHING?

3-Karlach as a whole,my hope is now that she is top 3 romanced character she will get some development,I think the developers didn't expect her success, like she's not even on the official poster.I am even ok, if you can't cure her but at least idk discuss how she is trying actively being a good person, after she worked for gortash and spent years as a frontliner in hells,how just because you're good now does not mean it erases the past. (Redeemed durge parallels let's gooooo)

4-THE WHOLE PLOT TWIST THAT THE EMPEROR IS BALDURAN, AND HE KILLED HIS EX BOYFRIEND.And I as a balduran and a BARD (I was waiting for the dialogue check for me trying to flirt with the dragon to save myself, a classic cliché) for rp reasons I don't want to kill ansur.

5-Apparently there is no epilogue if you choose the ending in my name or in bhaals name, at least I didn't find it.So...cmon Larian let me see 😔😔.

Listen to me, anon, and listen well.

There needs to be a fucking Avernus/Devils/Hells DLC.

Hear me out. Who is missing the most content?

Karlach and Wyll.

What are they connected to? Devils. Raphael. The House of Hope. Zariel. Mizora. Hello???

PLUS, I get to see more Gortash shit, because he should've been sent to the House of Hope, and you should've had the option to save him. Maybe have HIM fix Karlach's goddamn heart, and start his road to...being useful, if not redeemed.

AVERNUS. HELLS. DEVILS.

They gave us the House of Hope but didn't involve Gortash with it at all??? Besides some crummy voice lines?

That's horse shit.

Oh the people I'd kill just to see Raphael and Gortash have a single scene...urgh.

[dendrophalaen]

can we talk about baldur's gate i've been dying to talk about baldur's gate

(spoilers below, mostly about act 3 and the ending)

i'm sure these points have already been discussed MANY times and by people who are better at articulating their words than i am. BUT I GOTTA TALK ABOUT THIS STUPID GAME CONSUMING MY MIND (brain worms (real) (tadpole) (not clickbait))

very rambly

i am a cut content truther

i did not play Early Access but bring daisy back!! i think she is more interesting than what the guardian became

daisy can still be the manifestation of the tadpole and the guardian is there to steer you away from its influence. plus down by the river gets to make sense again

obviously the guardian is the emperor, who does have an interest in convincing you to embrace the tadpole powers in canon HOWEVER. in my silly little fanon, the emperor wants you sane and/or manipulatable enough to work with him to defeat the elder brain, so he would discourage the use of the tadpole

why would he NEED tav to be a mind flayer too? 🤨 like buddy what if i'm a STRONGER rogue illithid than you are and i ruin your plans?

there should've been actual consequences for consuming tadpoles/using the powers (even with the emperor's/orpheus' protection) → as in: you start to lose control and your sense of self because you are accelerating ceremorphosis

not sure how that would work game mechanics-wise, but it gives more weight to the dilemma of choosing to use the tadpole or not than just "raaa i am upholding my morals and values i want to stay 100% non-illithid raaaa" (which i think is a valid reason but feels a bit flimsy)

speaking of orpheus, i think he should've had a more active role earlier on in the story than being reserved for the very very end, whether that be actually being freed from his prison or just a way for tav to interact with him

just some way of getting to know him better instead of just taking voss' and lae'zel's word for his character (i guess taking the gamble on if orpheus is trustworthy IS part of the story and my tav was stupid enough to do that, but i feel like there are many companions/other tavs who would rather make a more informed decision) lol

emperor... what a guy (it/he)

it would've been so funny to play up his straight man/Only Sane Man role, especially for a tav who is easily distracted off doing side-quests

no fun allowed (emperor) vs yes fun allowed (daisy)

anyway he is SO frustrating like he says he's Special and not like other mind flayers because he still has his personality, but at the same time he says "i can't help it i'm a mind flayer"

WELL WHICH IS IT (this may be the point. to cast doubts over trusting his words. i am still allowed to hate it though)

was balduran already an asshole. is that why his personality stayed

ooohhh OOOOOHHH BALDURAN/ANSUR. WHY DO THEY GOTTA BE DIVORCED OLD MEN (affectionate)

dear ansur.... i'll always be your balduran....

I WOULD TREAT ANSUR RIGHT

(← dragonborn tav)

let me ride this undead dragon into battle just to kick the emperor's ass

SPEAKING OF kicking the emperor's ass, i hate how freeing orpheus makes the emperor throw a tantrum about trust and join the netherbrain

mfer i can trust you WHILE ALSO disliking the idea of imprisoning and exploiting a whole ass PERSON

YOU SAW WHAT I DID FOR NIGHTSONG

i've seen people speculate that it's because the emperor believes he has a higher chance of survival by siding with the netherbrain and willingly allows himself to be dominated by it

but i think it is so. stupid 😭 cmon man it can't just be two binary choices for you (get killed by orpheus vs join the netherbrain) i'm sure there's a secret third option we can work out

it would've made more sense to just have a fight in the astral plane right then and there over the netherstones (but he wouldn't initiate an unnecessary battle where he would be outnumbered lmao)

plus that choice/ending should've factored in more of what your relationship with the emperor was (making overall positive/cooperative choices over the course of the game → chance of convincing the emperor to stay on your side or something)

IT'S JUST SO SUDDEN

i had more things to say but i forgot them all. the emperor scrampled my brain and i would let him do it again

also i'm still early in act 1 in my dark urge playthrough, so i do not have thoughts on how durge aspects fit in with everything yet :]

i love this game i like to think about it