Baldur's Gate 3 devs reiterate changes made to Gale were the result of a bug fix after confusion online
Larian Studios has provided clarity on Baldur's Gate 3 Hotfix 17 following some player confusion about the intentions of Gale's bug fix.
On Monday (January 15) the turn-based role-playing game received another hotfix which aimed to improve things like performance and address several bugs. Another issue that was addressed pertained to the character Gale, as players found that he could leave your party for good if you failed to offer him any magical items to consume during conversations.
Larian resolved the issue and wrote in the patch notes that the wizard should no longer permanently leave the party if you don't offer him any magic items – «unless you're abundantly clear that you don't plan on ever doing so.»
However, following the release of the hotfix, some players online began discussing the change and believed that Gale's personality had been altered in the game's script after the studio wrote a joke in the patch notes.
«Poor Gale — we know your pain, sometimes it’s easy to read something into a situation that wasn’t there,» the patch notes read. «We’ve sat him down and explained that if someone doesn’t offer him a shoe to eat every time, that doesn’t mean they never will. You’ll find him more likely to stick around now.»
One Twitter / X user wrote: «I really dislike the decision to make Gale more likely to stay even if you don't give him an item. It feels incredibly out of character. I feel like you guys try too hard to make everyone happy and take away integral parts of the story to do it.»
Another said: «I know you guys just want to make everyone happy, but you have to stop taking away character's backbones/personality because some people complained. You need to focus on actual bug fixes instead of this pandering that's going to turn beloved characters into husks.»
This patch note update includes more detail & clarity about the Gale bug fix
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