Baldur's Gate 3 Patches Have Ruined Astarion's Smooches
Astarion has captured our hearts and has easily amassed the most passionate fans of the Baldur's Gate 3 playerbase. So it's only all the more hilarious that he's come out of the latest updates the worst, as the dreamy vampire really doesn't want to kiss any of us anymore.
The issues started with the fourth patch, with players quickly finding that Astarion wasn't interested in kissing anymore. Now that a hotfix for Patch 4 bugs is with us, it's got Astarion willing to act out a smooch - but not anywhere near our lips. No, Astarion is just teasing us now, kissing the air in front of us when we go in for a quick peck.
Patch 4 was pretty buggy across the board. To address this, Larian has since released Hotfix #10.
This latest bug is frankly, hilarious. The hotfix was supposed to give him a new kissing animation, as some characters have already received. So now, when he goes in for the smooch, he grabs you by the hips. Swoon. But since he misses your face completely and starts making out with the air instead, it just looks like he's intentionally teasing you, making you think you're about to be pulled into a passionate kiss, only to be ignored again.
It seems to be a height issue. Some players have been able to get down with their vampire boyfriend just fine, but others get the uh, results you see above. Those poor Tavs.
Still, it's not anywhere near as tortuous as the bug that some were getting immediately after Patch 4 dropped. Here, Astarion's not only disinterested in kissing - he's disgusted by it. Disgusted by you. Honestly, I think my character would be fine with joining the Absolute after that.
At this point, maybe we should take the hint. He's not that into us, I guess. Oh well, there are plenty of other fish in the
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