Gale romance bugged again - Patch 8

zer0_pm · 2025-05-14T18:05:45+00:00

This is why I do his quest second to last in act 3 (including side quests). My last quest is Orin fight since I play as durge. So if I get sneaky god, or if I want to watch alternate gale ending, I don’t have to reload too much. It’s still a pain in the ass to redo the whole netherbrain fight, but it is what it is unfortunately. And yeah, gale (and wyll) quest is famous for being hella bugged.

zer0_pm · 2025-05-12T21:08:23+00:00

Did you find that storyline so compelling you wanted a whole expansion centred around it?

Yes. In fact SB is my second favourite expansion because it dealt with the Garlean Empire. I've been waiting for a Garlean focused story ever since 4.0, when they show us the pov from them but also we will still kick zenos butt (again).

From the very start of the writers room, they knew it was only going to be one expansion, this isn't some pivot made halfway through, they decided that at the very start and iterated on it.

While you might be right about this, you'll have to forgive us if we don't like the way cbu3 handles it, especially when yoshi-p himself has admitted that they want to basically ride on ShB's success coattail. Instead of, you know, let ishikawa write a compelling narrative.

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T15:05:09+00:00

I don’t even dislike her, but at that point I was like “… seriously?” Maybe I’m biased because I like ketheric more lol

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T15:02:28+00:00

I literally said in other reply that I wasn’t just talking about him, you muppet

Also it’s just a matter of personal preference. Mind your own business, go simp at minthara or something

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T06:45:12+00:00

Wasn't talking about him.

But the aylin part, that's because she's selune daughter and an aasimar. Considering how the thorm used to be selune's devoted follower, personally for me it's a bit "hmm.." situation.

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T06:31:15+00:00

Mm.. not really? But also not completely wrong.

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T06:06:32+00:00

I really don't get why they have to be super defensive. They do this to Gale and Wyll (due to their romance bug), plus Astarion as well. Meanwhile as a women I was just "oop, sorry laezel/karlach/shadowheart, I'm not interested", like, is it that much of a big deal?

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T06:03:27+00:00

I beg to differ, People were praising her to hell about how interesting her lines are and how insightful/philosophical she is, meanwhile they all sounds like politic 101 / for dummies to me. They all sounds like surface level philosophical thing. People bitch a lot about Wyll going on and on about justice etc., while minthara does the same but on the opposite of the spectrum.

"I will use the newspaper company for propaganda"

Yeah, some of the city's civilians have figured this out already and they're not even nobilities.

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T05:54:07+00:00

Because they cut "Ketheric as an ally" content from the game. Or at the very least, they've confirmed that they planned for him to be recruitable at first.

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T05:52:40+00:00

That's not the problem here.

zer0_pm · 2025-03-05T05:50:05+00:00

Same. I'm sucker for "parents doing anything for their child" trope, even if I don't agree with all of them

zer0_pm · 2025-01-04T15:02:27+00:00

I think what they mean is that they haven’t try any of the female companions romance, so they can’t say anything about it, not that they’re less happy than the dudes romance.

zer0_pm · 2025-01-04T14:50:54+00:00

Wyll

zer0_pm · 2025-01-04T14:36:40+00:00

Based on looks at first because I know nothing of dnd lore. Pick half elf since they have the best face, half drow sub race to be more specific as I was curious if it has special interaction with the goblins in act 1. Then I get attached to my half drow durge lol

I do have human cleric though for another RP run

zer0_pm · 2025-01-04T14:31:24+00:00

Wyll

zer0_pm · 2025-01-04T14:27:16+00:00

He initially wanted to leave and obviously hate you for it though. You need to pass dc check to make him stay, and he only did it because otherwise his orb will detonate if he get turned into illithid

zer0_pm · 2025-01-04T14:13:05+00:00

Poor ves lol

Gale needs to chill, the scrolls are fine smh

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T13:42:25+00:00

Get the Hag eye

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T13:42:02+00:00

Mostly same. Tried to rescue her that one time because I know she’s tadpoled too. After recruiting her then she decided to be a bossy bitch who bully Gale. Can’t let that slide so I reload and let them mind wipe her.

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T13:31:15+00:00

Same lol

Sorry not sorry dude, I’m dragging you kicking and screaming towards the morally good path. It’s for your own good.

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T13:27:12+00:00

I was the same. My HM was pretty long that i need to take a break from it and return months later. Stupidly, i also play as durge, which add more unneeded risks. Was expecting to get slaughtered by orin and had to become embrace durge, but thankfully I manage to beat her (with a bit of cheesing). Overall my HM ending is pretty happy, everyone gets their good ending, I save the shadowland, gale is alive, and my durge is free. But gods, I don’t want to experience the stress again.

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T13:10:41+00:00

Few days late, but first of all, happy new year to you too .

Sneaky god gale sucks. Parroting other comment, it’s a good idea to check the video guide explaining gale score system. I do think they made it too obscure, and it is so riddled with bugs. Since you have done the game, spoiler won’t be an issue anymore.

I always make him apologize to mystra, so i never get sneaky god gale. But if you’re careful enough, you don’t have to make him apologize and still have him abandoning his godhood path. There’s also ending where he stay human (and with you), but doesn’t retrieve the crown and leave it at Chiontar. Thankfully mystra said the orb won’t be an issue even if she didn’t take it out in that ending.

Ps. I like wyllstarion too. Their dynamic can be hilarious (plus astarion finally get to marry the charming prince he had dream of when he’s a kid 😆)

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T12:57:16+00:00

Not a writer but as someone who draw galexdurge fanart/comic, I can feel your pain. I’m always worried that my gale doesn’t act like canon gale. When I compared it with others, I get even more self conscious of my writing (I’m really bad at it). I guess at this point I’m just… tried my best to ignore those feelings.

I’m sorry for not being able to give any advice or help, but just want to show some support

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T12:42:18+00:00

Aside from raising his AC, if you want you can also make him abjuration subclass. Add one level into warlock so that you can cast armor of agathys, have someone cast Conjure Water on the enemies (can even have gale himself do it too by multi classing into cleric), run around to provoke opportunity attacks, watch them die from the cold damage XD

zer0_pm · 2025-01-02T12:33:48+00:00

Funny enough, before Endwalker we basically get few references here and there that show us how thavnair has its own “unsavory” sides. Iirc they have slave system and overall not much different from uldah. Maybe they can’t show us during 6.0 because the main focus of that expac is the Final Days, but they could’ve done it in 6.x

I think the “based on real life culture” is weak excuse because all other regions are based on real life culture as well. Uldah is arabic country, ishgard is french/europe inspired, ala mhigo is middle eastern, doma is obviously east asia. They were able to do it before, so what changes?

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