Baldur’s Gate III First Patch Will Include Over 1,000 Fixes, Changes to Character Customisation in Works

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Baldur's Gate III is prepared to receive its first patch and by the looks of it, it seems like a huge one. Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke confirmed a roadmap on Twitter, promising to fix issues and make relevant tweaks to ability balances, based on user suggestions. First up, is hotfix #4, which would make some emergency fixes to crashes and progressions blocks, in addition to any bugs that hinder the general interface. That will be followed by the massive patch, boasting over 1,000 fixes, followed by patch 2, which will ‘incorporate some requests.' It's unclear what those requests could be, but we already know that the team is planning an update that would let players change their character's appearance mid-game.

That claim comes from Michael Douse, Director of Publishing, Larian Studios, who responded to a fan's tweet requesting the ability to change their look in the game. Once you lock in a suited appearance at the start of your Baldur's Gate 3 journey, the game simply doesn't let you change it — forcing you to stick with whatever tattoos, hairstyle, or makeup you chose, leading up to the end game. This does not seem to be the case with character classes, which you can respec by simply interacting with the NPC Withers at your campsite in exchange for 100 gold pieces. It's a wild anomaly for a role-playing game, considering how much customisation is present in other aspects of the game — some even tied to story elements. I'm going to assume that this has to do with hard coding one's appearance to work flawlessly with all cutscenes from the moment they were created.

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