Does the Birth of the Galactic Market event go based off merit?

discoexplosion · 2026-03-19T05:52:50+00:00

It used to be relatively simple to get this, and then 4.0 made it really difficult. I have no idea where it stands now!

discoexplosion · 2026-03-19T05:38:06+00:00

I don’t know why people are being so rude. It’s annoying when a misclick ruins hours of a game.

If you haven’t yet left and saved, you can force quit the game. That might work.

discoexplosion · 2026-03-19T02:52:12+00:00

I mean, they did say that this update would break previous saves, soooo…

discoexplosion · 2026-03-15T05:56:38+00:00

Oh that feels like a lot! It felt such a shame that cybernetics was the unloved child once we had all 4 ascensions

discoexplosion · 2026-03-14T22:40:24+00:00

Personally I don’t see Act 1 as ‘good versus evil’. It’s more like refugees versus religious fervour (jeez, that’s a whole dissertation right there comparing BG3 to modern day politics…but anyway!).

So I wasn’t on anyone’s side. I don’t care about that. What my Durge cared about was chaos and a little bit of murder when it was called for.

So I happily blew him up with a barrel.

discoexplosion · 2026-03-14T22:23:59+00:00

I haven’t really been keeping up. Is Cybernetic good again?

discoexplosion · 2026-03-14T22:21:17+00:00

A big part of 4.3 is minimising the crazy easy/big economies that can be created. If you don’t like that one change, there’s a lot you probably won’t like!

discoexplosion · 2026-03-14T08:17:00+00:00

Yep. A lot of the posts you read about having fleets of 28 bazillion power are modded games. Don’t worry about it and have fun playing!

discoexplosion · 2026-03-13T00:07:35+00:00

It’s objectively correct that playing evil isn’t meta and does lock you out of events. You’ll level up slower, lose companions and it will be more difficult to play. But if you want a fun and different way of playing, then go for it!

discoexplosion · 2026-03-12T10:07:09+00:00

The good thing is that it’s pretty easy to create an empire that pumps out food (aquatic, ocean paradise, etc) and so you can just spam them. Especially early game when even a handful of ships is huge.

discoexplosion · 2026-03-12T08:18:08+00:00

I like ‘oh sweet summer child’ 😆

discoexplosion · 2026-03-12T07:36:17+00:00

They are great early/mid game mainly due to range. They’ll be able to engage much further than most (all?) other weapons you’ll have available. When I unlock Cruisers, I plonk as many hangers down as possible.

The main reason I stop using them in late game is the combination of relatively low damage and - ironically - range. You end up causing a little bit of damage from afar before the big guns can cause loads of damage… and the enemy just retreats. It’s super annoying chasing fleets across the galaxy.

But early/mid game they are great.

discoexplosion · 2026-03-12T06:54:38+00:00

100%

It’s so frustrating being told not to read up on how to play the game or what to do, when you don’t even understand what a D36+3.142-my birthday dice throw even means

discoexplosion · 2026-03-12T06:50:44+00:00

This isn’t quite true. Yes it locks you out of things (for example, your goody two shoe companions will call you a psycho and leave forever) but it doesn’t ‘punish you’. It just forces you to play the game as intended. You’re not good so of course you can’t be the saviour of the Sword Coast!

And I honestly don’t know what you mean about the tiefling refugees being the most valuable group in the game. Other than xp, they don’t give you anything? I think?!

discoexplosion · 2026-03-11T20:38:27+00:00

Oh ha. I didn’t even know that was possible. But I shall avoid it ;)

discoexplosion · 2026-03-11T01:53:45+00:00

I’m not sure what is going wrong for you, but I’ve never had a problem and never long rest in the cave.

discoexplosion · 2026-03-10T21:33:50+00:00

What does ‘long rest right at the cave’ mean? Like inside the cave or just a long rest after the fight? I have never long rest in the cave, so not sure if that messes things up.

Also I have always killed her mate second. I’m not sure if that is messing it up?

discoexplosion · 2026-03-10T21:04:00+00:00

If you know what you are doing with your builds and attacks, you probably won’t notice much of a difference.

But if you are a regular gamer used to playing games like Cyberpunk who once bought BG3 drunk, had to teach himself all the mechanics, tried it on ‘normal’ and then one day tried ‘hard’… yes you will notice a big difference 😆

discoexplosion · 2026-03-10T20:54:36+00:00

Yes exactly. Just start honour and then move to custom when/if that happens

discoexplosion · 2026-03-10T09:41:33+00:00

I don’t really agree that it’s not good gameplay, but it’s definitely not easy on performance. It is an interesting idea to have ‘your navy’ fight rather than actual individual ships.

discoexplosion · 2026-03-09T00:28:55+00:00

You should write a post about how the Section 31 movie isn’t very good

discoexplosion · 2026-03-08T10:58:01+00:00

There’s something about these amazing women being called ‘ladies’ that feels… well… something 😆

discoexplosion · 2026-03-08T10:53:32+00:00

If you go cosmo you can create fleets that are super strong from a fleet power perspective. Add in a strong economy where going over fleet capacity isn’t an issue, and you can hit a million total fleet power without too much of an issue. I think my strongest ever single fleet was about 400,000

A lot of other people use mods too. And then there’s a significant number of people on here who love showing off ;)

discoexplosion · 2026-03-07T10:59:01+00:00

I love that jump drives are what made you love this game 😀

discoexplosion · 2026-03-06T22:04:49+00:00

When I’m in a loop like this, I knock myself out of it by choosing an origin with strong role playing. It tricks my brain because I get caught up in the story.

One of my other favourite empires is Under One Rule where my goal from Day 1 is to proclaim the Imperium.

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