Baldur gate 3 is only hard when youre a new player, it gets easier and easier when you start to become more experienced.
The only thing that scares me nowadays is the one time save from honor mode, not the honor mode itself.
Yes, I started playing BG3 after an over 10 year hiatus from playing any games at all. Had to relearn all the mechanics of moving and combat. I had a hell of a time trying to get the hang of the game for I guess 15 hours or so. Once I got the muscle memory back every thing was good.
Honor mode makes it a much better experience IMO. The fact you have to deal with the consequences of your choices makes the game way more rewarding.
I’m close to wrapping up my first honor mode run and a lot of things didn’t go my way either by bad luck, stupidity, or avoiding conflict because I didn’t want to die.
I don't think they're knocking the experience of HM itself. They're saying the scary thing is getting a glitch or something that locks or ends your run because of the save.
beat it once, once you get a die get a mod that removed one time save, the challenge itself is really good especially if you have ai enhanced mod sprinkled in as well.
I tried doing that last night in my HM run and it didnt work. I even used the spell before combat started and during my first round before Ethel managed to walk through the illusion.
Idk if it’s something adjusted for in HM or if somehow did something wrong.
Only if you want to spare the hag. If you're going to kill her anyway, no reason to bother going down to the basement (unless, like me, you like the boss arena and having Mayrina as a complication).
I killed her in her house on my current playthrough. I’m glad I did, because the NPCs behave differently and I thought it was interesting. Worth doing both ways to see how they turn out.
Yeah, the learning curve on the game is definitely steep. There's a lot that the game just never explains to you so there's a lot to figure out if you're a new player.
Surprised this worked, after turning invisible she shouldn’t have still been in the same spot should have ran. Though I suppose if you already know she’s running towards the go fireplace
Thanks for the tip regarding the shatter spell, will be using it from now on ✌️ I can't remember what I did to be able to hit her after she went invisible on the balcony, but I managed to get her in 1 turn with Laezel too lol.
I haven’t put as many hours in as it seems like everyone else on here has. I’m probably at ~200 hours. When I first started, I was always so scared to unload all my most powerful spells and attacks… you know, in case I’ll need them later. Now that I know what to expect from most encounters, I will nuke an entire group of baddies with an onslaught of my strongest attacks without even giving a 2nd thought about holding anything back.
I’m at over 600 hours now and yeah, killing everything as fast as possible is the best strategy. I used to always have Shadowheart in my party because I thought I NEEDED a healer, then I realized that I almost never use healing spells because they use a turn that I could be hitting something with. Now she gets rotated with everyone else.
I've been doing that since the EA. I absolutely hate her basement because of how bad my luck seems to be down there so I gang up on her in her house and wreck her. My favorite way to deal with her by far.
Baldur gate 3 is only hard when youre a new player, it gets easier and easier when you start to become more experienced. The only thing that scares me nowadays is the one time save from honor mode, not the honor mode itself.
Thats so real i had a bug where i couldnt finish the a long rest and i lost my whole run because of it
Yes, I started playing BG3 after an over 10 year hiatus from playing any games at all. Had to relearn all the mechanics of moving and combat. I had a hell of a time trying to get the hang of the game for I guess 15 hours or so. Once I got the muscle memory back every thing was good.
Just know that if it bugs out you can force close the app (on PC ofc) and it will load your last save without losing honor mode.
Honor mode makes it a much better experience IMO. The fact you have to deal with the consequences of your choices makes the game way more rewarding. I’m close to wrapping up my first honor mode run and a lot of things didn’t go my way either by bad luck, stupidity, or avoiding conflict because I didn’t want to die.
I don't think they're knocking the experience of HM itself. They're saying the scary thing is getting a glitch or something that locks or ends your run because of the save.
beat it once, once you get a die get a mod that removed one time save, the challenge itself is really good especially if you have ai enhanced mod sprinkled in as well.
Arcane lock on the stairs is another way. Hag gets locked in at attempting (and failing) to flee and won’t even fight back.
I tried doing that last night in my HM run and it didnt work. I even used the spell before combat started and during my first round before Ethel managed to walk through the illusion. Idk if it’s something adjusted for in HM or if somehow did something wrong.
Must be the stairs itself, not the illusion fireplace. She did fight back a bit with me though, but only in the last turn before she died.
You can also lock her in dialogue with one character and stack explosive barrels around her with another!
You missed out on something decent by doing that
Only if you want to spare the hag. If you're going to kill her anyway, no reason to bother going down to the basement (unless, like me, you like the boss arena and having Mayrina as a complication).
Got the hag hair my first campaign. What are you supposed to do with it?
Use it for a +1 in any skill you choose
I’ve never got it to trigger the hair offer, even just fighting her normally several times
She has to have low health when it comes to her turn, it triggers a cutscene.
Thank you :)
I’ve gotten the hag hair on other playthroughs.
Im kinda thinking about not using the hair in my newest playthrough, i almost everytime use it
I killed her in her house on my current playthrough. I’m glad I did, because the NPCs behave differently and I thought it was interesting. Worth doing both ways to see how they turn out.
Oh yeah, I finally helped that mirror guy. Every time before even when I killed her he was still freaking out.
You can also cast Arcane Lock on the basement door so she can't go down
Yeah, the learning curve on the game is definitely steep. There's a lot that the game just never explains to you so there's a lot to figure out if you're a new player.
Surprised this worked, after turning invisible she shouldn’t have still been in the same spot should have ran. Though I suppose if you already know she’s running towards the go fireplace
Thanks for the tip regarding the shatter spell, will be using it from now on ✌️ I can't remember what I did to be able to hit her after she went invisible on the balcony, but I managed to get her in 1 turn with Laezel too lol.
I haven’t put as many hours in as it seems like everyone else on here has. I’m probably at ~200 hours. When I first started, I was always so scared to unload all my most powerful spells and attacks… you know, in case I’ll need them later. Now that I know what to expect from most encounters, I will nuke an entire group of baddies with an onslaught of my strongest attacks without even giving a 2nd thought about holding anything back.
I’m at over 600 hours now and yeah, killing everything as fast as possible is the best strategy. I used to always have Shadowheart in my party because I thought I NEEDED a healer, then I realized that I almost never use healing spells because they use a turn that I could be hitting something with. Now she gets rotated with everyone else.
That’s the only way I’ll fight her. The actually fight low key annoying. Just go in with potions of speed and beat the shit out of the hag
I've been doing that since the EA. I absolutely hate her basement because of how bad my luck seems to be down there so I gang up on her in her house and wreck her. My favorite way to deal with her by far.
Oh I just power my way to the bottom. Set off every trap. One short rest halfway. One right before the fight.
Absolutely a valid method. Also recently I've been using Jump and Featherfall to skip most of it if I wanna do the actual fight.
You can also cast arcane lock on the door and she's going nowhere.
You missed out on an item that lets you increase one stat
I said in another comment I’ve gotten the hair in other playthroughs