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BoboYagga Sep 6, 2023 @ 3:54pm
No good longswords?
There are some AMAZINGLY powerful weapons in this game. Greatswords a plenty, maces like you wouldn't believe, tridents and spears, but weirdly VERY FEW decent long swords. Daggers? Shortswords? Plenty that I have to choose from, but there is only one decent longsword that I have seen, and it isn't really what I am looking for.
Am I missing something? Has anyone found any good ones?
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Solid Snake Sep 6, 2023 @ 3:58pm 
Huh? The most powerful and unique weapons in the game (most you can get in act 1 alone) is longswords.

My co-op game with a friend when we went through everything. he had trouble just getting a good greatsword.
While I had at least like 5 different blue quality long swords.

The Tyr longsword
THe phalar longsword (you get from undersdark)
Githyanki Longsword

Are a few I can think of off the top of my head from Act 1.
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RhodosGuard Sep 6, 2023 @ 3:58pm 
Adamantium Longsword
Larethans Wrath (gives you an AoE action and is finesse)
The Longsword you get from the Drider is nice for a Ranger Drow.
But yeah, in general, there arent that many good longswords.

In Act 3 if you go into a conversation with Voss after agreeing to help him in his quest, you can trade a +2 Gith Longsword from him with:

Interplanar Slayer: This weapon grants a +1d4 bonus to Damage and Attack Rolls against githyanki, aberrations, fiends, and elementals.

Wrathful Smite: Possibly Frightens your target. They will be easier to hit and cannot move.
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Majere Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:04pm 
Originally posted by BoboYagga:
There are some AMAZINGLY powerful weapons in this game. Greatswords a plenty, maces like you wouldn't believe, tridents and spears, but weirdly VERY FEW decent long swords. Daggers? Shortswords? Plenty that I have to choose from, but there is only one decent longsword that I have seen, and it isn't really what I am looking for.
Am I missing something? Has anyone found any good ones?

I know what you mean, in this respect the itemisation is oddly skewed. There are no Legendary longswords, and only a very small number of good +2 ones. On the other hand there are two legendary one-handed maces, two spears, and two greatswords, which tends to push you towards builds that use those weapons. Then again possibly the best weapon in the game is a trident, of all things.
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RhodosGuard Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:05pm 
Originally posted by Solid Snake:
Huh? The most powerful and unique weapons in the game (most you can get in act 1 alone) is longswords.

My co-op game with a friend when we went through everything. he had trouble just getting a good greatsword.
While I had at least like 5 different blue quality long swords.

The Tyr longsword
THe phalar longsword (you get from undersdark)
Githyanki Longsword

Are a few I can think of off the top of my head from Act 1.
The Tyr Sword is a Greatsword. The Githyanki Swords are all just Longswords +1 apart from Soulbreaker and the Greatsword.
Even the legendary Silver Sword is a Greatsword, while Longswords only get the Epic/Purple Sword from Voss in Act 3.

In fact, there is no legendary Longsword in the game, but at least 2 legendary greatswords.
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Solid Snake Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:11pm 
Oh theres also the masterwork longsword, which is just a +1 glong
sword. But it has silence on it.
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Solid Snake Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:12pm 
Oh theres also the masterwork longsword, which is just a +1 glong
sword. But it has silence on it.
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magattatou Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:12pm 
Phalar Aluve is great for bard-themed characters. It's even a finesse weapon. Found in the Underdark.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031959376

There's also Cruel Sting. Got it off the drider in Act 2, when facing Ketheric for the first time. Suspect you might be able to get it from killing the drider at any point though.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031959451

That is, admittedly, all I've found for special longswords before Act 3.
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Solid Snake Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:12pm 
Oh theres also the masterwork longsword, which is just a +1 glong
sword. But it has silence on it.
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Rex is back, baby! Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:13pm 
Originally posted by BoboYagga:
There are some AMAZINGLY powerful weapons in this game. Greatswords a plenty, maces like you wouldn't believe, tridents and spears, but weirdly VERY FEW decent long swords. Daggers? Shortswords? Plenty that I have to choose from, but there is only one decent longsword that I have seen, and it isn't really what I am looking for.
Am I missing something? Has anyone found any good ones?

https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Longswords
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Ackranome Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:15pm 
Silver Sword is pretty good.
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Zoid13 Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:26pm 
Voss has a pretty nice gyth longsword that you can pickpocket off him or buy off him.
"Voss's Silver Sword"
not to be confused with his legendary "Silver sword of the Astral Plane"
Last edited by Zoid13; Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:27pm
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Loot Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:27pm 
Originally posted by Solid Snake:
Huh? The most powerful and unique weapons in the game (most you can get in act 1 alone) is longswords.

My co-op game with a friend when we went through everything. he had trouble just getting a good greatsword.
While I had at least like 5 different blue quality long swords.

The Tyr longsword
THe phalar longsword (you get from undersdark)
Githyanki Longsword

Are a few I can think of off the top of my head from Act 1.
2 of those are Greatswords.
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CorwynCorey Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:27pm 
There is a reason Legendary weapons are hard to find... they simply aren't that common.

Since simple weapons are more commonly in use (ie more classes can use them) it simply makes way more sense that more of them exist.

That's kinda how campaigns work on tabletop (which this strives to emulate)...we get, most often, what we scavenge from those we kill... meaning we get what they used... so the more we kill, the more we get... but it makes the other stuff a bit more rare.

More maces? More daggers? Shortswords?

Of course. More people can use those.
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Loot Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:29pm 
Originally posted by Ackranome:
Silver Sword is pretty good.
Originally posted by Zoid13:
Voss has a pretty nice gyth longsword that you can pickpocket off him or buy off him.
Originally posted by Solid Snake:
Oh theres also the masterwork longsword, which is just a +1 glong
sword. But it has silence on it.
Greatsword.
Last edited by Loot; Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:30pm
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Zoid13 Sep 6, 2023 @ 4:32pm 
Originally posted by Loot Repeat:
Originally posted by Solid Snake:
Huh? The most powerful and unique weapons in the game (most you can get in act 1 alone) is longswords.

My co-op game with a friend when we went through everything. he had trouble just getting a good greatsword.
While I had at least like 5 different blue quality long swords.

The Tyr longsword
THe phalar longsword (you get from undersdark)
Githyanki Longsword

Are a few I can think of off the top of my head from Act 1.
2 of those are Greatswords.
Githyanki Longsword and Githyanki Greatsword are 2 different swords.
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