DOS2 fights felt much more like a slog than BG3. Especially in higher difficulties, every battlefield ended up a nightmarish soup of elemental surfaces, which got old after awhile. I also found whittling down enemy toughness bars un-fun.
Personally, I liked both the BG3 and DOS1 systems better than DOS2.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I actually want them to step away from 5e/DnD in general. I loved DOS2, but I agree with another commenter that the vast swaths of elements made things challenging in a frustrating way at times. Not that that shouldn’t be a tactic to be used, but it definitely was egregious in DOS2.
5E is just… A fuckin mess when it comes to balancing the game - said as a long time DM and player. There are so many things that just irritate the heck out of me with the system that can’t necessarily be balanced with a video game slapped overtop of it. (Not to say Larian didn’t do a good job with what they were given, but still)
That being said, I am a total fanboy of Pathfinder 2e and the way things are balanced there, and I would love love love to see a CRPG under those rules. Especially if it was Larian-levels.
uid0gid0@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well you’re in luck. You can play Kingmaker then Wrath of the Righteous
caseofthematts@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Neither of those use the 2e rules, which are quite different from Pathfinder 1e.
MacedWindow@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I get where you’re coming from I just love the forgotten realms.
sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Maybe they can collaborate with Obsidian on something. Pillars of eternity and tyranny were amazing, especially the latter’s magic crafting system.