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Astarion has never stolen my blood at all. Maybe you should say no sometimes lol.
Gale consumes magic items. Ya three whole items. Wow, big loss there lol.
and three items too many imo. should be zero because the story line is really dumb. He gets to stay trapped in the void and can go explode there for all I care. Sir Fuzzalump is way cooler imo. Aaaand Sir Fuzzalump is one of the few companions that aren't the age of 18-23 years old. He actually looks like a wizard.
On the discussion of character stories and the depth of interactions (verbally) I'm of the view that Larian really dropped the ball on the hiring of the writer or were pressured into some sort of woke agenda with archetypes.
1. The romance lacks depth and is way over the top in terms of the persistent lead ins to it or dominating the discussion options.
Surely we can have #metoo for the player characters and not have party members trying to bukkake you every time you talk to them? At least buy me dinner or something...
2. Did Larian hire some woke douchebag from ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to design this game where the female characters are basically the boss ♥♥♥♥♥/masculine and the men are generally soy-boys?
I'm surprised there isn't a trans quadriplegic gnome with a magic dong trying to peg you every time you speak (who would turn out to be your step-sister/brother).
There is an element of the effeminate, and somewhat sophistication relevant to medi-evil times in each of the male characters - Astarion and Wyll for example have this presentation of old school nobility...yet men of that era were still often hard as nails (Think Noble ships captain boarding pirates vessels at sea also at Court in makeup and a wig).
IMO Larian didn't get the balance right though because they paid no attention to women of that era and simply reversed male /female behaviours (I won't say gender because the word is meaningless in this context today).
Karlach is the one shining light (lol) here being very much like soldiers of the time and her non-human character makes this more believable. She adds colour to otherwise boring dialogue by <insert resting ♥♥♥♥♥ face>.
3. The way male/female archetypes present, and the overt efforts to ♥♥♥♥ you while ignoring "no" create the distasteful combination leading a solid portion of male players (who dislike the idea of taking ♥♥♥♥) to say it's "too much".
I agree with them, if only in terms of the lack of taste in frequency and persistence. More complex dialogue and relationship would be an RPG event yet instead we have "hook-up culture".
Is this a kind of virtue signalling or pandering by Larian - you know.... like Disney and others are doing? Seemingly, we are obliged to accept stories that ram sexuality or progressive ideals down the proverbial throat, and Minorities deserve "equality of outcome" in all stories.
Every complaint I have seen on reddit or YT or elsewhere about the writing that raises some of this immediately results in a pile on of abuse. "bigot" "homophobe" or screaming that they need to accept it and piss off.
If you took out the current attempt at romance - not much story would be left of any interest with the party members and that's the real failure.
The game can give you more than a few companions set at level 1. It has to be the player (in this case, YOU) who makes them "worthless". No one else to blame. If you don't like them, just remove them from the game. It's so simple.
A vampire makes an EXTREMELY powerful companion. However, he's worthless if you make him so. My Dark Urge used to use him as a bait during many hours of gameplay. Even as a bait, meant to tease and seduce enemies for me to slaughter, he has never actually died in combat. A most lucky bastard.
Gale is the one who saved my Dark Urge from a disastrous event, allowing me to continue with my permadeath record (permadeath: delete/abandon your character if you have a "game over" event in the game). Thanks to Gale's love and other companions' support, I have not died on Tactician difficulty yet, even after 500+ hours spent in exploration and combat on Tactician.
Worthless or not, it's all up to you the player. Both the praise and the blame are on you.
Dunno i respecced my Shadowheart...And she is running with like min 28 AC and wears one ada gear, medium armour or shield cant recall. I kept her domain though! And she is still okay:)
Lae'zal has the helmet. She has min 30-31 AC:d
My main char is running around just with 26 usually:D
Even then, I usually give Gale one item then toss him back into the camp until Elminster fixes him before using him again. You really are flush with magical items in act 1 and plenty off them I have no use for.
I think it is based on item number and approval. I seem to recall to need to feed him three items.
No need to necro an old thread to spout unhealthy opinions on the Male characters of BG3. You could make your own to do that, try the Offtopic section instead. Stuff like that stays up there for people to 'engage' with if thats what you want.
As for everyone else responding, you'd be better starting your own thread or talk in current threads. This one is just one of the many casualties of necro-threads by a very tiny portion of gamers very very very angry at the world for all-the-things and wants to take it out on BG3 discussion forums on Steam. Farming points.. etc.
and for everyone whining about Gale: THREE ITEMS. ITS JUST THREE CRAPPY ITEMS! ANY CRAPPY ENCHANTED MAGICAL THINGS YOU FIND, ONLY THREE! My god, he won't eat your entire stash people! :) Said IN JEST AND FUN! But seriously, its 3 and you'll live.
Keep it healthy and Happy gaming!
I refuse to recruit gale so I don't have to deal with his bomb.
Gale is perfectly fine as a pure wizard. His artifact consumption is inconsequential, as you will find plenty of crap to give him, and after consuming a few, he no longer needs to.