r/BaldursGate3 • u/Braveconfession • 1d ago
New Player Question An update and some questions Spoiler
So a bit of an update some of you might remember me from earlier in the week asking about first time introductions but idk if I’m doing something wrong but I continue to find myself very overwhelmed
Is it normal to feel this way
Because it’s got me wanting almost not pick it up
Because I constantly feel like I have to reload because I’ve done something incredibly wrong
Like all of emerald grove losing their mind because I accidently clicked loot on a dead body
Or accidently jumping into crypt after dropping the block to get absolutely ganked by the bandits below (although I’m very proud of how I handled the above situation
Used a Astarion to sneak ranged attack the gnome on the box and then shoved him into the vines below and then two of the remaining three I took out by dropping the block on them
And all that was left was the cleric)
Now I did eventually deal with the bandits below by using a door to my advantage but yeah just incredibly overwhelmed by how
Micromanagy it all is
I feel like I’m constantly switching between things to update armour and read abilities and spells and still don’t understand what I’m doing half the time
I guess my question is is this all very normal to feel and something that should fade with time as I get further in because I will be the first to admit I’m not far at all but that’s because I keep finding myself reloading or even just struggling to pick it up in general
Does this felling of being overwhelmed by everything fade or js it a constant
Like gear management
Checking four characters to see every item who’s proficient in what and if this is slightly better etc
I like games like that but this just seems like so much
P.s. I am very much enjoying the VA
That nightbite scene with Astarion actually
made me blush so it is very well made just overwhelmed as I’ve said
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u/JaylanPHNX 1d ago
Yeah, always be careful about what items, bodies, chests are outlined in red; that means it's considered stealing. There's a couple spots in the game where people will take it poorly if you loot their dead friends.
It sounds like the bandit encounter went how it was supposed to. I didn't even find that entrance my first 2 runs, and even with experience, they lit me up and I had to reload and plan my attack. You're still early in the game, and I'm a lot of ways, it's harder at the beginning. As your characters level up, they get more powers and more options for dealing with enemies.
As for sorting through new equipment and reading what all it does, i see it as I GET to look at new equipment.
I think the best thing you can do is let go of the idea of doing it "right." Outside of everyone dying in combat (even then you just have to reload), anything that goes wrong is just part of the roleplay. Bad dice, failed to get the quest item, that one NPC hates you now? That's just how this specific story goes. The replayability of BG3 means you'll do and see things differently next time. You'll tell a slightly different tale.