A player invested time, effort, and many attempts to save a people in Baldur’s Gate 3. But that proved to be anything but grateful and caused frustration for the player.
On Reddit, the user “Danica170” describes a situation from the third act in Baldur’s Gate 3 on October 18th. He encounters the NPC Barcus, whom he desperately wants to help. The player makes every effort to rescue the captured Gondians – including Wilbren and Barcus.
Spoiler warning: The article discusses a fight that a player experienced in the third act of Baldur’s Gate 3.
The unfortunate player wasted about two hours trying to rescue the Gondians before they turned against him over a trivial matter. If the name Barcus doesn’t ring a bell, it might be because of a little mishap with the NPC early in the game, just like I did .
Not only do NPCs sometimes metaphorically give the finger, but Baldur’s Gate 3 in general does too:
The oil caused a turn
Here’s how the rescue attempt went: In the post on Reddit, “Danica170” writes on October 18th that he has read how exhausting it is to save the Gondians in Baldur’s Gate 3. In his third run, he wanted to give it a try. “It can’t be that hard,” he thought. But then things turned out differently.
This is what “Danica170” has to say about it:
I’ve read many posts and comments about how […] saving them all is a huge nightmare. This is my third run, and honestly, I never really cared about the Gondians because I didn’t understand Barcus’ story.
But in this run, I tried to help Barcus because he is wonderful and deserves so much more. So I’m going to save all the Gondians. […] It should be fine.
It wasn’t fine at all. I attempted this fight at least 20 times before I finally managed to save them all. 20 attempts during which they teleported into explosions […]. Eventually, I ended the fight, and everyone survived. Great! Finally. That only cost me 2 hours.
And then this happens with the oil. The same oil that their leader summoned to save their poor butts. And then they all attack me.
I spent the last hours trying and failing to save [them], and this is how they thank me. Just because they slipped and fell.
I’m sorry for questioning all of you. I was wrong.
As of now (October 22, 4 PM), the post on Reddit has already garnered 4,500 upvotes and over 500 comments. The comment with the most upvotes comes from “clif08”. He writes: “I really want to see patch notes that fix this. Something like ‘Gondians are less likely to endanger themselves’ or ‘Significantly improved Gondian AI by turning off the AI.'”
Other players also seem annoyed by the behavior of the NPCs. The user “zane_asterious” writes: “I wish they wouldn’t do such nonsense. Please, for heaven’s sake, help me help you.” Others say that the Gondians seem to just enjoy suffering.
A player gives the helpful tip in the comments that you can throw small NPCs out of harm’s way using a strong character, like Karlach. That helped him to save the Gondians.
Other players also share helpful tips for Baldur’s Gate 3 with the community. Many of these, however, they only discovered after hundreds of hours of gameplay:
Players of Baldur’s Gate 3 share numerous useful tips they learned far too late
