How are they still updating but not making DLC

[Proxy]

yo i want DLC stories to take my characters on more adventures!

[Panic Fire]

Well two reasons really.

1. Larian doesn't make DLC.
2. Larian doesn't really want to work with Wizards of the Coast anymore so they don't want to license additional DLC content for the game instead they will move on to there next 2 games that they are working on. (Both smaller in scope than BG3)

[Jean-Maurice Nya]

1. Larian used to make DLCs.
2. Larian tries to make WotC the baddy to avoid being too much associated with their policies while it's widely known that WotC isn't reliable. Standard hypocrisy.

[1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx]

Originally posted by Jean-Maurice Nya:

1. Larian used to make DLCs.

When they were making games for other publishers mostly...and mostly because the publishers told them to, not bc they wanted to.
Larian does whatever Larian wants. And it doesn't seem larian wants to do DLC anymore...

[seeker1]

Want to take your characters on a new adventure?

Get the Spelljammer Mod for BG3. It's awesome. C'mon, you get to be captain of the Enterprise, you get your own Space Galleon and go on adventures with it.

I just tried it and OK some aspects are a bit unpolished, but the areas floating in space look beautiful. Visually it is incredible. I'm impressed, this was all the work of one modder, same as the one who did the Planescape mod.

You too can have your own summonable Giant Space Hamster, which is NOT miniature. Boo is entirely jealous. And you can order your Space Galleon to fire its photon torpedoes, err, excuse me, Space Cannon, on your ground enemies. What's not to love?

Yes, it actually does add new adventures, a new quest, and areas to explore to the game. Virginia, I think now that "Moonglasses" is out there, more of this stuff will arrive.

[harken23]

How dare they make a full and complete game and sell it as one unit! Who do these Belgians think they are? They SO owe us DLC, since we purchased their game! What a bunch of lazy hacks, updating and patching a game that's well over a year old. Give us hafl-arsed DLC for us to complain about!

Don't worry, I'm sure BG4 will be a big cash grab with MTX and the whole shebang.

[Nixonator]

Larian has stated that there will be no more DLC's due to the D&D 5e rule constraints. That being said they also opened the game up to modding. Also, Divinity Original Sin 2 is on par with BG3.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Nixonator:

Larian has stated that there will be no more DLC's due to the D&D 5e rule constraints. That being said they also opened the game up to modding. Also, Divinity Original Sin 2 is on par with BG3.

No, they stated there will be no DLCs because their team is exhausted from working on such a massive endeavor.

[Chaosolous]

Yeah. That's what's happening.

They're adding free content while they polish up and the company transitions into gear for their next game.

How terrible of them?

Larian doesn't do paid DLC because they have a philosophy of "create a complete game" and that's part of why they're so adored by their actual fans.

[Levianne]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

1. Larian doesn't make DLC.

Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga (formerly known as Divinity 2: Ego Draconis, before receiving a DLC) might beg your pardon.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Sir Lora DLC would like a word with you.
You know what? We don't need to go too far from BG3, the Baldur's Gate 3: Digital Edition would like to differ.
I'm not saying those are phenomenal DLCs (some are though), but their existence makes your point invalid.

[Chaosolous]

Originally posted by Levianne:

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Well two reasons really.

1. Larian doesn't make DLC.

Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga (formerly known as Divinity 2: Ego Draconis, before receiving a DLC) might beg your pardon.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Sir Lora DLC would like a word with you.
You know what? We don't need to go too far from BG3, the Baldur's Gate 3: Digital Edition would like to differ.
I'm not saying those are phenomenal DLCs (some are though), but their existence makes your point invalid.

Only on an "Um ackshually 🤓" level of "Yes this is literally something you can download that is not the game."

The one 'legit' DLC they made years and years ago left such a bad taste in Sven's mouth he pretty much said in interviews they're not doing it (making genuine DLC 'gameplay') again under his watch.

The downloads you can get now are just "things you can also have" if you liked the game. They're not "DLC" in the sense that most people mean when they say "DLC."

[1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx]

Originally posted by Levianne:

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Well two reasons really.

1. Larian doesn't make DLC.

Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga (formerly known as Divinity 2: Ego Draconis, before receiving a DLC) might beg your pardon.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Sir Lora DLC would like a word with you.
You know what? We don't need to go too far from BG3, the Baldur's Gate 3: Digital Edition would like to differ.
I'm not saying those are phenomenal DLCs (some are though), but their existence makes your point invalid.

Divinity 2 was dfp entertainment/cdv Software as publishers.
Given that Swen commented at some point they disliked publishers forcing them to make DLCs was one of the major reasons why they started selfpublishing, I'm not sure if that's as great of an example as you think it is. ;P
Sir Lora is pretty much the only paid dlc Larian made while publishing themselfes and no outside forces influencing their decisions, and DOS2 was a massive success, outselling everyone of their direct competitors, still they didn't do big paid story dlcs to profit on that.
So I'd count that as a pretty good example of larian not really wanting to make dlcs in the sense of paid expansions.

[harken23]

Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:

Originally posted by Levianne:

Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga (formerly known as Divinity 2: Ego Draconis, before receiving a DLC) might beg your pardon.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Sir Lora DLC would like a word with you.
You know what? We don't need to go too far from BG3, the Baldur's Gate 3: Digital Edition would like to differ.
I'm not saying those are phenomenal DLCs (some are though), but their existence makes your point invalid.

Divinity 2 was dfp entertainment/cdv Software as publishers.
Given that Swen commented at some point they disliked publishers forcing them to make DLCs was one of the major reasons why they started selfpublishing, I'm not sure if that's as great of an example as you think it is. ;P
Sir Lora is pretty much the only paid dlc Larian made while publishing themselfes and no outside forces influencing their decisions, and DOS2 was a massive success, outselling everyone of their direct competitors, still they didn't do big paid story dlcs to profit on that.
So I'd count that as a pretty good example of larian not really wanting to make dlcs in the sense of paid expansions.

IIRC, Sir Lora was free not long after it came out. It's also super annoying having the squirrel following you around all the time.

[1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx]

Originally posted by harken23:

Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:

Divinity 2 was dfp entertainment/cdv Software as publishers.
Given that Swen commented at some point they disliked publishers forcing them to make DLCs was one of the major reasons why they started selfpublishing, I'm not sure if that's as great of an example as you think it is. ;P
Sir Lora is pretty much the only paid dlc Larian made while publishing themselfes and no outside forces influencing their decisions, and DOS2 was a massive success, outselling everyone of their direct competitors, still they didn't do big paid story dlcs to profit on that.
So I'd count that as a pretty good example of larian not really wanting to make dlcs in the sense of paid expansions.

IIRC, Sir Lora was free not long after it came out. It's also super annoying having the squirrel following you around all the time.

I don't exactly know when Sir Lora was free. I got it for free from the definitive edition...I actually bought DOS2 after learning about Larian through BG3, so I was pretty late to the dos2 party ^^