Baldur's Gate 3 - The Dark Urge (Spoilers!)

[AliciaDurge]

Hey, what are your opinions on BG3's Durge? I just finished the playthrough with redemption arc, it was really rewarding and cool playthrough. I love how morally grey the character is and the potential to go which way you want with it. I'm gonna try evil durge run at some point. Also, the romance between redeemed Durge and spawn Astarion was so worth it.

[Anon]

It's the correct way to play the game imo, also the natural successor of BG1 and 2 plot

[Oyster Sauce]

I'll try it when the game is finished updating/every last No Alphabets microissue has been resolved. I'll even let Astarion live this time.

[Vergil]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw) and then going back as the Durge it's pretty clear a lot more effort was put into the Durge playthrough and it's far more interesting to play.

[Tweed]

lol you aren't even the hero of your own story in Baldur's Gate 3 if you roll your own

[AliciaDurge]

It's the correct way to play the game imo, also the natural successor of BG1 and 2 plot

True, Durge's plot ties so well in the main plot.

[Oyster Sauce]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw) and then going back as the Durge it's pretty clear a lot more effort was put into the Durge playthrough and it's far more interesting to play.

Makes sense that a lot of the act 3 nonsense would be more fitting if it were personal.

[AliciaDurge]

I'll try it when the game is finished updating/every last No Alphabets microissue has been resolved. I'll even let Astarion live this time.

You should let him live, he's a really funny and charming character. He has interesting and realistic personality. Very relatable, too. This is my opinion though lol.

[Vergil]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw) and then going back as the Durge it's pretty clear a lot more effort was put into the Durge playthrough and it's far more interesting to play.

Makes sense that a lot of the act 3 nonsense would be more fitting if it were personal.

There's just a lot more funny/interesting moments throughout the game too. A lot of flavor that you don't get as the generic guy.

[AliciaDurge]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw) and then going back as the Durge it's pretty clear a lot more effort was put into the Durge playthrough and it's far more interesting to play.

I agree, but I'll try out Tav and other Origin characters just for the experience.

[Oyster Sauce]

I'll try it when the game is finished updating/every last No Alphabets microissue has been resolved. I'll even let Astarion live this time.

You should let him live, he's a really funny and charming character. He has interesting and realistic personality. Very relatable, too. This is my opinion though lol.

His fatal flaw was being gay at me without any leverage. Halsin held that nature's ally **** above my head before his rape attempts.

[AliciaDurge]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw) and then going back as the Durge it's pretty clear a lot more effort was put into the Durge playthrough and it's far more interesting to play.

Makes sense that a lot of the act 3 nonsense would be more fitting if it were personal.

There's just a lot more funny/interesting moments throughout the game too. A lot of flavor that you don't get as the generic guy.

True. My durge was a bard and she played with Alfira. The surprise after it did hit a spot.

[Tweed]

Can we move this to the dating simulator forum?

[AliciaDurge]

I'll try it when the game is finished updating/every last No Alphabets microissue has been resolved. I'll even let Astarion live this time.

You should let him live, he's a really funny and charming character. He has interesting and realistic personality. Very relatable, too. This is my opinion though lol.

His fatal flaw was being gay at me without any leverage. Halsin held that nature's ally **** above my head before his rape attempts.

He's bi IIRC. And um, how did Hanson try to rape you? Genuine question since he didn't try to rape me. Was it a bug?

Also, Astarion is flirty and flamboyant with everyone. It's his tactic to charm people on his side.

[The_Mask]

I'm tempted to roll Durge, take Shadowheart, and then just pick up Minsc and Jaheira, and just pretend it's 2003. But only after they're done patching it, and alphabet stink has been scrubbed out.

[AliciaDurge]

Can we move this to the dating simulator forum?

I don't treat the game as dating simulator tho. The romance comes or it will not come, I really don't care as long as the game is great.

[Vergil]

how did Hanson try to rape you?

What a betrayal...

[AliciaDurge]

You should let him live, he's a really funny and charming character. He has interesting and realistic personality. Very relatable, too. This is my opinion though lol.

His fatal flaw was being gay at me without any leverage. Halsin held that nature's ally **** above my head before his rape attempts.

He's bi IIRC. And um, how did Halsin try to rape you? Genuine question since he didn't try to rape me. Was it a bug?

Also, Astarion is flirty and flamboyant with everyone. It's his tactic to charm people on his side.

[AliciaDurge]

how did Hanson try to rape you?

What a betrayal...

Lol it was a typo, my bad.

[rusty_shackleford]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw)

The "Tav" is from "Gustav". I don't know why they shortened it.

[OnTilt]

You should let him live, he's a really funny and charming character. He has interesting and realistic personality. Very relatable, too. This is my opinion though lol.

His fatal flaw was being gay at me without any leverage. Halsin held that nature's ally **** above my head before his rape attempts.

He's bi IIRC. And um, how did Hanson try to rape you? Genuine question since he didn't try to rape me. Was it a bug?

Also, Astarion is flirty and flamboyant with everyone. It's his tactic to charm people on his side.

All the characters are "bi". I thought Gale was a cool guy and thought we could be friends. Fell for the whole "you wanna see a magic trick" bit.

[rusty_shackleford]

lol you aren't even the hero of your own story in Baldur's Gate 3 if you roll your own

The story is actually quite disjointed and feels like it went through a major rewrite with a lot of traces of the prior story still there. As if they wanted to write a story where the player was Durge, then later decided to make playing Durge optional.

[Oyster Sauce]

You should let him live, he's a really funny and charming character. He has interesting and realistic personality. Very relatable, too. This is my opinion though lol.

His fatal flaw was being gay at me without any leverage. Halsin held that nature's ally **** above my head before his rape attempts.

Also, Astarion is flirty and flamboyant with everyone. It's his tactic to charm people on his side.

This is not an endearing trait to straight people

[TKVNC]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw) and then going back as the Durge it's pretty clear a lot more effort was put into the Durge playthrough and it's far more interesting to play.

Tav sounds pretty (((tribal))). I wonder if there's a reason for that...

[AliciaDurge]

His fatal flaw was being gay at me without any leverage. Halsin held that nature's ally **** above my head before his rape attempts.

He's bi IIRC. And um, how did Hanson try to rape you? Genuine question since he didn't try to rape me. Was it a bug?

Also, Astarion is flirty and flamboyant with everyone. It's his tactic to charm people on his side.

All the characters are "bi". I thought Gale was a cool guy and thought we could be friends. Fell for the whole "you wanna see a magic trick" bit.

You can imagine being just friends with him in that scene or just decline it. I did it on my first playthrough and he treated me as a friend afterwards, even though I played as a woman. But there has been a bug with Gale trying to hit on everybody, like something in romancing him is buggy.

[AliciaDurge]

lol you aren't even the hero of your own story in Baldur's Gate 3 if you roll your own

The story is actually quite disjointed and feels like it went through a major rewrite with a lot of traces of the prior story still there. As if they wanted to write a story where the player was Durge, then later decided to make playing Durge optional.

Good point

[AliciaDurge]

His fatal flaw was being gay at me without any leverage. Halsin held that nature's ally **** above my head before his rape attempts.

Also, Astarion is flirty and flamboyant with everyone. It's his tactic to charm people on his side.

This is not an endearing trait to straight people

I know straight people who don't mind that, most of them find him funny. But each to their own.

[AliciaDurge]

Having the beaten the game first as "Tav" (that name ******* sucks btw) and then going back as the Durge it's pretty clear a lot more effort was put into the Durge playthrough and it's far more interesting to play.

Tav sounds pretty (((tribal))). I wonder if there's a reason for that...

I think tav was chosen as a neutral name, and then you can just customize the name?

[Vergil]

You know you can quote multiple posts in a single post right?

[Anon]

I'll try it when the game is finished updating/every last No Alphabets microissue has been resolved. I'll even let Astarion live this time.

You should let him live, he's a really funny and charming character. He has interesting and realistic personality. Very relatable, too. This is my opinion though lol.

Don't think Vergil is gonna like you sorry