TOO EASY

[trollman9]

how in the world did tactician in this game become so easy compared to dos2? Did they fire the guy who does balance? Please buff tactician or add another mode, higher hp & AC + dmg is a must cus right now you can basic attack your way to victory with minimal tactical thinkin. Actually impressive to not implement this basic feature, funny how accessibility only goes one way: CASUALS. Please devs make the game more accessible for HARDCORE players as well.

[Joe_Mayo]

Don't loot any camp supplies. Only use the ones you can get from quests and dialogue. maybe shops if you screwed yourself.

[V Knives]

No. If you are in range to get attacked, you can die in one turn.

[gerald2]

play on hardest dont use loads ur problem fixed.

[Razorblade]

It's just a consequence of the system. D:OS2 directy buffs your and enemies' damage/armor every single level. DnD, meanwhile, very rarely gives you more than minor bonuses except at key levels. A level 5 and a level 6 in BG3 aren't really that different, unlike in D:OS2.

Add in overly-generous magical gear that never becomes obsolete, and you have a balance nightmare. And that's doesn't even begin to address the impact the game's intense verticality has on your ability to insta-kill things.

In tabletop, most issues would normally be balanced sonewhat by attrition, but Larian is overly-generous with the player's ability to rest, because they don't have faith their audience can handle resource management (aka not unloading their entire arsenal in every encounter).

The Pathfinder games really nail this with their time-limited quests, and Solasta with its predefined resting points. If BG3 was ever to be a difficult game on any difficulty, it needed the tadpole to be an actual risk, rather than a narrative device.

[trollman9]

Originally posted by gerald2:

play on hardest dont use loads ur problem fixed.

Tactician is the hardest, and as it is now, it is a joke for experienced players in this genre.

[trollman9]

Originally posted by Razorblade:

It's just a consequence of the system. D:OS2 directy buffs your and enemies' damage/armor every single level. DnD, meanwhile, very rarely gives you more than minor bonuses except at key levels. A level 5 and a level 6 in BG3 aren't really that different, unlike in D:OS2.

Add in overly-generous magical gear that never becomes obsolete, and you have a balance nightmare. And that's doesn't even begin to address the impact the game's intense verticality has on your ability to insta-kill things.

In tabletop, most issues would normally be balanced sonewhat by attrition, but Larian is overly-generous with the player's ability to rest, because they don't have faith their audience can handle resource management (aka not unloading their entire arsenal in every encounter).

DnD games really need time pressure, or at the very least limited resting ability to work as intended. The Pathfinder games really nail this with their time-limited quests, and Solasta with its predefined resting points.

Yes, it is definitely not just larians fault, 5e is sadly just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ for any min-maxing and build variety is basically non-existent compared to pathfinder system. Lenient system where you basically CANNOT fail in building your character.

[ACS36]

Game wasn't ready for release. Developers got scared that interest in game peaked during early access so they wrapped up loose ends and released the game. Yet, here we are, people over praising the game and the developers, despite operating the same way every other gaming company operates -- chasing revenue streams.

[guard65]

It is a royal pain and I would love several skill level selector for level of difficulty.

The normal tactical does a number of thing but this is the only thing I found easy to modify in the game, their HEALTHBOOST_HARDCORE, entry in Public\Shared\Stats\Generated\Data
their entry is weak, just IncreaseMaxHP(30%);RollBonus(Attack,2);SpellSaveDC(2). I changed it to:
"IncreaseMaxHP(300%);RollBonus(Attack,1d6);AC(2);
RollBonus(AllSavingThrows,1d6);RollBonus(SkillCheck,1d6)"

I also added consumables like potions, scrolls, and magic arrows to increase the difficulty. The items make thing more challenging than the other changes but this is a work in progress for me. If I do not die frequently enough then something is wrong - lol.

[Giganx]

Difficulty in this game is just more random, because everything is determined by janky dice rolls.

If the game felt easy it's because you're a lucky person.

[Melk]

You can remedy it somewhat with mods. Tactician Plus for 300% health and +6 to rolls. BG3 Fixed to remove some of the broken homebrew stuff like haste giving a whole other action or action surge refreshing all actions instead of one. Then, Lethal AI so that enemies don't waste turns attacking summons, never kill down characters, et cetera.

It's still not really hard or challenging per se, but fights feel like fights.

[trollman9]

Originally posted by Melk:

You can remedy it somewhat with mods. Tactician Plus for 300% health and +6 to rolls. BG3 Fixed to remove some of the broken homebrew stuff like haste giving a whole other action or action surge refreshing all actions instead of one. Then, Lethal AI so that enemies don't waste turns attacking summons, never kill down characters, et cetera.

It's still not really hard or challenging per se, but fights feel like fights.

I will check out this mod, thanks.

[Heimrigg]

i must agree, as much as i love this game its wayyyy too easy.
even my girlfriend who dont play video game told me that it was too easy in tactician...
when you have someone who never played an rpg telling you that the hardest difficulty is too easy you know that you screwed up something