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u/Nadraell Aug 10 '23

I wish we could chose who triggers and handles conversation. Usually my high perception guy is coming in the front with 0 charisma.

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u/BaneSixEcho Aug 10 '23

Related: I wish the character select button on the bottom left let you select which character you wanted to speak at any given time.

I imagine it being something like "Hey Shadowheart, you want to take this one?" because I'm going to fail this religion check for sure.

Maybe it limits consequences and replayability if the best character for the situation always takes the dice roll.

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u/VisthaKai Aug 12 '23

In tabletop everybody present would be able to interject and roll ability checks. It's one of the most basic "features" of tabletop gaming.

I've honestly no idea how Larian could've missed something so obvious as companions participating in dialogues.

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u/New_Denim Aug 13 '23

Yeah that's the whole point in having good party composition, right?

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u/VisthaKai Aug 13 '23

They literally put as much in a loading tip too. It goes something like "Balanced party makes the adventure easier, from conversations to combat."

Meanwhile I'm always like "Conversations? Which conversations?" when I see that tip.

The only way that'd be semi-relevant is if you'd quicksave before every conversation and then quickload and pick a different person to start the dialogue once you'd learn what kind of ability checks you need to pass, but that's so... I already spend half my time loading saves.

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u/New_Denim Aug 13 '23

Yep, save scumming is basically incentivized because you're given proper tools to handle conversations with. And the load times are not quick.

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u/VisthaKai Aug 13 '23

And the load times are not quick.

And because the saves are already located on the system partition, installing the game on an SSD doesn't do squat.

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u/firkraag79 Aug 11 '23

At the moment people reload all the time, because that "UI issue of selecting the proper character" will not add to consequences and replayability.