And here my runs have been ranger, monk, ranger and bard. Gloomstalkers for life! I'm about halfway through my honor run over on Twitch, it's definitely not easy!
Some areas I found surprisingly easy compared to others that I feared. Then again I had a game plan setup for myself so that probably helped. Though using this to hopefully finish the "save all Tieflings" achievement.
1. Necromancer, 2. sorc/cleric/abdu wizard 3. 1 of each class for the achievement (this playthrough hurt my head but the build wasnt as bad as you would think it should be) this run i'm running a moon druid on honor mode, just clearing out shar temple in act 2 with best girl Minthara. Now that you can knocker our and have a "good" run but for some reason halsin wont leave her tent....
Some people just like to make characters. I have 1 complete playthrough but I have made probably 8 or 9 characters. Most of those don’t have much playtime on them at all
@@unfortunateimperial6019 nice, nice! I'll have to try it too I usually do 2 in rogue for the element of surprise with some fine chopping of kneecaps :D
@@ei492, if you're playing with a reach level 20 mod on PC, I would also suggest a three level dip into the Thief subclass for an extra free bonus action.
@@killersloth8779 they probably didnt know she was popular or didnt find her attractive, or they started a raid on the grove and caused karlach to hate them
i think you mean he "whittles" ducks... as in, he carves them out of wood. If Halsin was "widdling ducks", I would definitely be concerned if he needs a cleric... or an exorcist... because he is peeing ducks. XD
Let’s all agree that Larian was setting out to make a fun and enjoyable experience. They deserve every penny for their efforts. Thank you Larian Studios and everyone who helped create this masterpiece.
Lazy company delivering an abslute unworthy 40% gameplay cut, a plot hole story that makes no sense and shits on the D&D setting, the characters look like made by some rule of cool powergamers who where cut down in power by an annoyed DM who stopped caring, most dialog is atrocious and the romances are worse than a reddit comment. If this would have been done by some small indi company, sure, good job. But a giant AAA company? Just a giant 'fuck you' you gonna buy and love it anyway, ignoring all the lies we told, because you are mindless zombie who follow and eat any social media hype. You can only pray that the gaming industry will ignore this and not exploit this stupidity even further and keep on delivering such lazy, halfbacked shit.
Gale being the most popular origin character makes sense, because hes the route for speedruns Edit: Seems a lot of people miss my point and dismiss my argument, let me clear something up. Many of the reasons listed, such as Gale's human race and wizard class, are valid reasons for him being common. However, most people looking for a self insert are going to use a custom origin for their initial playthrough, meaning those looking for someone they can project themselves onto aren't picking Gale, they're making customs. Another key detail is that speedrunners are a minority in the community and wouldn't have that much pull. While that is true, bare in mind that the run for this game is very short, and speedrunners will play hundreds of "campaigns" per person, which will inflate the numbers that they generate. Since Gale is likely on a similar level of popularity to other origins, the bump from the speedruns being done would put him over the edge as the most popular origin
@jamaljohnson4382 if people just wanted to play white male, they would likely just make a custom. Larian released an amalgam of all the most popular character creator options and it was just the fallout 4 protagonist
Really surprised La’zael is the least played character since she is the first you meet, fighter class is so OP and she has one of the best side quests and character developments in the whole game
I feel so sorry for anyone who feels like Spiderman 2 should've won game of the year or even should've been an option😂 I've seen almost everything in that game in about 25 hours, half of which were cutscenes, forced walking sequences, and QTEs. I just hit 30 hours in BG3, and I haven't gotten to experience even half of the variety of things that can happen just in Act 1.
I thought for sure Astarion was gonna be the most romanced character, until I remembered this game is likely played by mostly men, so when all the female characters were the most popular, it made sense.
Reddit and Twitter are filled with a small, yet very loud minority. They are all a certain type of person. Flamboyant, bright colored hair, etc. You know the type.
this was my exact thought process as well, maybe the Astarion simps flooding my recommended says more about me than the actual population of people who have played bg3 lmao
Ngl I'm glad astarion isn't the most popular one, his fans are making the community less enjoyable for me. I literally just got a vid in my recs about how he is the only good option to romance and all female characters suck compared to him. For some reason most of his female fans are super misogynistic and "not like other girls"
To be fair - The Astarion voice actor - got Voice Acting Game of the Year Award .. They're all good - but they can't all win. They were definitely acknowledged.
@@TheGingiGamer that, and running like 5 pcs at once just sitting on the character creation screen just to artificially inflate the stats, yk, for shits and giggles
Im disappointed our spicy red cinnamon roll doesn't get more love. Sure, you need to stock up on fire resistance potion, but she's such a lovable goof.
I don't have her, when I went and talked with her she said that I had to die because of what I did and I convinced her to not fight, idk if I'll be able to get her in future
Also, what is cool about Monks. Normally only Finesse weapons draw from dexterity if it is higher than strength but if you're a monk. As long as the weapon is able to be wielded single handed and you are proficient with the weapon it draws from dexterity. That being if you are spec out for dexterity. Elf gets you longswords which in my opinion are the best sword class that can be used in one hand in the game. Really wish scimitars did damage more comparable to longswords rather than short swords. I just like the style of them. But their damage is terrible.
@@user-pm3wk6lw6m it is. i think the reason though is because of frenzied throw. thrown weapons are really strong in bg3 so a lot of those builds will dip into berserker
They removed the exhaustion, made you instantly frenzy when raging, added frenzied throw, changed the frenzied strike All around some really nice changes that take the class from being ass, to bring really fun
Halfling Monk here too! His name is Byiggon and my cousin and I are doing a multiplayer run (she’s a Githyanki Ranger). Byiggon has white hair and a white handlebar mustache lol. I’m doing a stupid multiclass though. He’s LV 1 Bard, LV 1 Rogue, LV 3 Monk so far - insane build lmao.
Considering I make it a habit to yeet all halflings and gnomes that I come across... I understand why they aren't played as much... I shapeshift into one when I need Karlach to throw me over a gap I can't jump before I get Misty Step. lmao
Laezel as last origin is crazy, her story is basically the main plot. She has some protagonist vibes. Also, very sad to have contributed to the Honor Mode death poll 😢
Been doing an Origin Lae’zel! Since folks playing Gith Tav have been saying you’re just second fiddle to Lae’zel, you get a much cooler Gith experience by just... being her.
It’s more fun to play as a custom Gith though. I played each origin and it’s genuinely more enjoyable to have them as companions. You gain a few perks and exclusive paths with origins, but you also lose a lot of what makes the characters so enjoyable to be around, the dialogue.
@@aegu4387 Cool! I wanted to do her run for some time now. I always feel like she is a bit misplaced as a companion. Segments like the dialogue with Vlakith and freeing Orpheus were just meant for her to be the lead.
@@silimarfrothbeard8661 Out of the companions I only played Astarion as main. And I get what you are saying. Really missed his jokes and banter during his playthrough =( I wish this game had more personalized dialogue for Origin Characters too, like DOS2 had.
Karlach and Shadowheart are the two best love interests. Karlach just loves you the most, by far. You can't not love her back. And Shadowheart is the most beautiful. I could listen to her talk all day while she's wearing nothing.
Most people don’t play clerics because Shadowheart is almost always in the party. I think the majority of the playerbase understands how insane clerics are by now. (especially since you can’t go 5 minutes without someone preaching the cleric-gospel)
Yesnt. I never play Cleric because i either have shadowheart in my party all the time, but thats honestly secondary. I LOVE how they changed some classes. Like, Paladin now really being a ClericxFighter, Ranger getting cool stuff now etc, while they didnt change much about the normal cleric ive known for years in the pen&papier. Well, because the Cleric never needed that and is pretty much the strongest class in 5e anyways. So its less a "sleeping on it" but rather a "oh look, they made other classes hold up better and ive got one cleric anyways all the time"
One of my friends and I are doing an honor run, and we just beat Grym last night. That fight really showed the power and stress of misclicking as both of our MC’s either ran into the lava or got downed by lava even though they were standing on the mould injector thing. We ended up cheesing it with rogue Shart firing away for 5 minutes from the bridge. Thank god for scrolls of dimension door!!
Not really gale just romances himself lol you have to let him down to not outright be forced into romancing him shadowheart atleast requires a little bit of effort.
@@collincaperton6718 people keep saying that gale immediately tries to romance you but on my playthrough he didn’t even get close to that even though his approval rating was quite high
Monk is actually a really fun class to play. Was a Tiefling Monk and it was pretty powerful. It's just so much more satisfying to take someone down with my fists.
Im really so glad Larian did so well on this game. As a long time lover of the BG series as well as DnD, and RPGs in general (TT and VG) you can really tell how much love they put into the game. They definitely set a new standard, well above any other studio out there. And got EVERYTHING they deserve for it 🖤 I literally couldnt imagined a better game studio. Especially at this point in time, where our older, once favorited studios have fallen so much from their previous graces. You all know the ones 😂
@@candiedcrusader7841 all you need is the Tavern Brawler Feat and you're ripping through every enemy in front of you. And that's not even close to how broken a Monk can be in BG3
Larian Studios deserves every ounce of BG3’s success. They nailed every major category the gaming community has been asking for and they did it without being greedy. This game is nothing short of a 10/10 👏🏼
If halflings and dwarves in particular didn't have such dumpy faces that made them all but impossible to take seriously in cutscenes, I might be inclined to play them lol
Or me with my gloomstalker ranger just silently obliterating everyone with a couple of well-timed arrows. Almost regretting doing that playthrough now because I can't experience it for the first time again.
Nearly a year has gone by since release date. Still my favorite game to play on Steam. Can't wait for mod support and see what the community has to offer over the years
One of my most favorite bits of news is that larian winning awards so often was affecting prodtivity of the studio because they felt obligated to go to the award shows for their nominations😂
Shadowheart being the most popular kinda makes sense when you consider that she's the first you pick up after the tutorial and she's super easy to romance.
I mean, you can be her saviour in the tutorial, freeing her from the pod. You garner up alot of approval with her just by doing that and traveling with her
@@Thz333 I'm a simple man, and Shadowheart appeals to the sort of future I tend to imagine for my characters of retiring to go live the nice quiet life out in the countryside and raise a family. Might not be for everyone, but it's most certainly to my tastes.
and her romance is the most rewarding for people who value long-term relationship. if s*x is your main priority and emotional bonding comes later then you'll be more interested in Lae’zel, Astarion or Minthara
It’s kinda nice that the overpowered races and classes are not so much played. Just showing you that people play the game as intended, however they feel like.
My Deep Gnome Tavern Brawler Monkstrocity has become my favorite DnD character I've ever created. His name is Halfthor and he is the living embodiment of "Have you ever gotten so pissed off that you beat a motherf*cker with another mother f*cker?" 😂
Nice to meet another member of Team Karlach (although, tbh im on my first playthrough & i am also itching to romance Shadowheart too cos she's such a sweetheart)
I finished honor mode with one party member standing, had a 60% chance to land the killing blow. Took me about 30 minutes to work up the courage to click. Gotta love that golden D20 though.
In order to balance out the ridiculous number of elf players, I must do a Pelinal Whitestrake tun that will entail me killing all the Elf npc’s in the game.
It really surprised me he wasn't in the top 3 romanced characters. I can see him not being first as I don't imagine he's popular with the straight male players (wich I assume are the majority). I can also see Shart and Karlach being the top 2, but I never thought Lae'zel would be more romanced than Astarion.
@@ivorywine2627lmao I'm a woman and i romanced shadowheart cause I played as a straight male character. Why would you think that the reason why not everyone romanced astarion is because they are men?
@@slvaltva1392 I mean it's all just assumption in the end. I just imagine a lot of people played, at least partly with Tavs that are to some degree a projection of themselves, so it makes sense they'd project their own sexuality onto those characters (assuming they're straight men). Personally it also took me the first two act of my 1st playthrough to relax enough to start actually roleplaying as my character and not chose options based on the outcome I wanted. So that's why I came to that conclusion. Another explanation that is way simpler is that I got stuck in an Astarion echo chamber so it seemed he was more popular than he objectively was lol It could also be a bit of both
Next to Karlach, Lae`zel is the best looking original character I`ve ever seen in such a game. I'm still quite new to BG3, still in Act 1 and my team is at level 6. I've build Lae'zel as the ultimate Fighter and she's currently very effective in the team, she does a lot of damage, several attacks in a row, she moves quickly and jumps the furthest. Her Githyanki race is ideal for an effective Fighter and, for me, the best class in the game so far. I like her whole way of playing and acting and I really enjoy playing her, she is always part of the team and the leading character in every fight. I play Warlock myself, but I'll start my next playthrough as a Githyanki Fighter and will align my team accordingly.
I'm surprised people haven't caught on to how fun Monk is in BG3. Way of the Open Hand with tavern brawler and a few rogue levels for thief's extra bonus action is incredible. Add 2 levels of fighter for action surge if you want to get real crazy with action econ. Even without multiclassing Monk is really strong.
As a guy who's always a custom male, multi-planar, reincarnated, half-elf ranger named Talind Arleth who has adventured across Baldur's Gate, Amn, Ravenloft, Neverwinter, Icewind Dale, Stolen Lands, The Worldwound, and several branches of Eora, I consider myself a very unique champion.
