Only .7% have beaten game on Tactician - Why?

[Forlorn]

I beat the game on Tactician mode and the achievement says only .7% have completed the game on Tactician. Game is easy even on Tactician, save for a few fights, Act 1 is the hardest then once you start to gear up the game just snowballs. Act 3 is a breeze, Gortash is lv. 8 by the time you're lv 11 or 12 lol. Only House of Hope and devils was a bit challenging, which made it one of the best fights in the game. By far my favorite fight.

Seems like a lot of people have a bad impression of the game because they are playing on normal or easy mode, so all of the big bad villians just get smashed down by La'zeal or any other fighter in 2 turns since they have such low HP and armor.

I recommend to players to only play on tactician mode or this game isn't fun. The story is a joke, but the combat is excellent and has tons of potential.

Now that I've beaten tactician, I see that this game needs mods to truly help the combat system reach it's full challenge potential. Modders are already making better AI, balanced spells (why do 50% of the spells take concentration, lol, so worthless), fixing the economy, making the rest and supply system actually require some planning.

Right now the player can easily find over 100K worth of gold, yet there is only 30K worth of things to spend it on. Additionally you'll have 7K+ food supplies and you can full rest after every fight with no problems.

I think a lot of players are wasting their time by searching everything and selling all vendor trash - pro tip it's a waste of time and none of it is used for anything nor do you need any gold. If something doesn't show up on screen when you press the "item highlight" button - you don't need it. Especially in Act 1 or 2. I think there are maybe 2 hidden items worth it in Act 3.

So my advice to everyone is to stop trying to max your playthrough, and don't play anything except tactician. After you're done you can get into modding and really make the game as it should be in terms of challenge, complete with worthy bosses and villains.

[Glyph]

I'll stick with balanced thanks.

[BigJ]

Achivement doesn't register properly, it propped once I redid the ending.

[Doomvora]

Weird flex but okay.

Jokes aside, it's probably because most people just want to play the game and enjoy it instead of tryharding ig. Not to mention jobs and life in general are a thing.

[Forlorn]

Originally posted by Glyph:

I'll stick with balanced thanks.

Why? You might as well as just go watch the cutscenes on YouTube, anything less than Tactician turns fights into a point and click adventure game. Click on boss 3 times and win!!! So much fun!

[Forlorn]

Originally posted by Doomvora:

Weird flex but okay.

Jokes aside, it's probably because most people just want to play the game and enjoy it instead of tryharding ig. Not to mention jobs and life in general are a thing.

On the contrary, there is very little to enjoy except the cutscenes when battles end in 2 turns on anything less than tactician. Save your friends $60 and tell your friends to go watch cutscenes on Youtube.

[Glyph]

Originally posted by Forlorn:

Why? You might as well as just go watch the cutscenes on YouTube, anything less than Tactician turns fights into a point and click adventure game. Click on boss 3 times and win!!! So much fun!

It is fun. A lot of fun in fact. Why do you care so much?

[Orion Invictus]

Because [insert opinion here that makes you feel better/superior about having beaten a game in a way most others didn't bother with and don't care about].

[Forlorn]

Originally posted by BigJ:

Achivement doesn't register properly, it propped once I redid the ending.

Interesting, but .7% is an abysmally small number. I think most players are intimidated without realizing game is a breeze

[Doomvora]

Originally posted by Forlorn:

On the contrary, there is very little to enjoy except the cutscenes when battles end in 2 turns on anything less than tactician. Save your friends $60 and tell your friends to go watch cutscenes on Youtube.

Subjective.

[Fizzgig]

Ugh, I'm so fed up of this. The thing you need to know is not everybody is the same. You know why everyone hasn't completed the game on tactician mode? Because they don't WANT TO!! People have different interests and tastes, not everyone thinks the same way you do. Does it matter? NO!

[an entire Roman legion]

cringe gamer moment

[Forlorn]

Originally posted by Glyph:

Originally posted by Forlorn:

Why? You might as well as just go watch the cutscenes on YouTube, anything less than Tactician turns fights into a point and click adventure game. Click on boss 3 times and win!!! So much fun!

It is fun. A lot of fun in fact. Why do you care so much?

Start by answering the thread's questions and I might answer some of yours.

[Spooky]

this is a single player story driven RPG, not a E-peen measuring contest.

[Forlorn]

Originally posted by Fizzgig:

Ugh, I'm so fed up of this. The thing you need to know is not everybody is the same. You know why everyone hasn't completed the game on tactician mode? Because they don't WANT TO!! People have different interests and tastes, not everyone thinks the same way you do. Does it matter? NO!

See the topic title? The "WHY" part? So far no one has answered it, but tons of butthurt. LOL, sorry if feelings are hurt, I don't care about your feelings, I'm speaking on a logical basis. The game has far more challenge and combat is 10x more interesting when it's not a point and click adventure. Try for yourself and see!

[id795078477]

Because not everything has to be a challenge for everyone. Specifically, your number is:

(% of those willing for a challenge)
x (% of those willing for a challenge in this game, which is about the story)
x (% of people who made it till the end and didn't bounce not changed the difficulty)
x (% of people whose achievements even registered)
x (% of people whose achievement even registered)

so you get the idea. You think it's too easy? Go with
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/782
and
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1465

you won't get a pat on the back or any "achievement" - but you'll get plenty of challenge and many of them cheeses removed. But those who yearn for a challenge don't need it for the sake of a pat on the back, right?