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Wednesday news, part two, with several Starfield and Baldur's Gate news:

If you're not having sex in Starfield daily, you're missing out on a massive XP buff
https://www.pcgamer.com/if-youre-not-having-sex-in-starfield-daily-youre-missing-out-on-a-massive-xp-buff/
If you've been saving yourself for that one special Starfield romance partner in your playthrough, it turns out you've been missing out on a status effect that's arguably better than any single chem can provide. It's called "Emotional Security," and the only way to get it is by having sex. If only it were that easy, Starfield.

Starfield errors like 'you're too early' expected at launch, Microsoft says 'please be patient'
https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-error-youre-too-early-launch/
Following six days of "early access" for $100 Premium Edition owners, Starfield launches for all owners at 5 pm Pacific today, as well as for Game Pass subscribers. A lot of people are going to race to launch Bethesda's big space RPG at that moment, but when they do, they could get an error message. If that happens to you, take some comfort in the knowledge that this was anticipated, and may be resolved quickly.
>> Talking about errors or bugs, there's one with your crew mates and your ship while in space.

Stardew Valley creator ignites new fan theories with five simple words: 'Here's a Haunted Chocolatier screen'
https://www.pcgamer.com/stardew-valley-creator-ignites-new-fan-theories-with-five-simple-words-heres-a-haunted-chocolatier-screen/
"Here's a Haunted Chocolatier screen": That's what you say if you're ConcernedApe, aka Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, and it's apparently a slow Tuesday and you want to wind things up a little bit. And then you post the screen in question, and all your followers immediately go bananas.

Swen Vincke says Baldur's Gate 3 devs created Karlach's new epilogue after post-launch feedback, with actress recording new lines 'within the week'
https://www.pcgamer.com/swen-vincke-says-baldurs-gate-3-devs-created-karlachs-new-epilogue-after-post-launch-feedback-with-actress-recording-new-lines-within-the-week/
In a recent interview on the Dungeons & Dragons official channel, founder and CEO of Larian Studios Swen Vincke dove into the nuts and bolts of how the team's been turning around patch fixes so quickly, especially as a response to community critique.

The new Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix brings proper romance to the game's most evil companion
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-new-baldurs-gate-3-hotfix-brings-proper-romance-to-the-games-most-evil-companion/
A new hotfix for Baldur's Gate 3 is now live, and it brings good news for players eager to bump uglies with the deadly drow Minthara: You'll now be able to carry on your romance of evil through the game's third act.

Baldur's Gate 3 devs tried to make D&D's Dispel Magic work for a long time, but they had to can it: 'it would've doubled the size of the game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-devs-tried-to-make-dandds-dispel-magic-work-for-a-long-time-but-they-had-to-can-it-it-wouldve-doubled-the-size-of-the-game/
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Baldur's Gate 3, but I did have several instances where I thought: "man, it'd be good to have Dispel Magic here." Clouds of darkness, enemy buffs like Haste—they'd all make for prime tactical dispel targets. In an interview with D&D, founder and CEO of Larian Studios Swen Vincke revealed that they'd tried to make it work, but couldn't for one tragic reason—it'd break the game in half.
>> Ir probably didn't help that the lead gameplay programmer had a hard time describing the spells to the engineer.

Blizzard bigwig seems to offhandedly confirm Diablo 4 is adopting Destiny's expansion model
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-bigwig-seems-to-offhandedly-confirm-diablo-4-is-adopting-destinys-expansion-model/
Ready for more Diablo 4? I hope so, because that's what you're getting. At least, that seems to be the takeaway from a recent Dexerto interview with Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson, in which the Blizzard VIP happened to mention, offhandedly, that Diablo 4 is apparently going for a model based on quarterly seasons and annual expansions. I guess you could call it destiny.

Remnant 2 will get a 'potato mode' soon, alongside other quality of life improvements
https://www.pcgamer.com/remnant-2-will-get-a-potato-mode-soon-alongside-other-quality-of-life-improvements/
Gunfire Games' determination to polish up Remnant 2 proceeds apace—I've already been mighty pleased with tweaks to the Orb of Undoing respec cost and changes to its archetypes system. Ben Cureton, the game's Principal Designer, teased an upcoming patch on Twitter/X yesterday.

Baldur's Gate 3's narrator was once going to be much harsher—'The direction I was given was Scar from the Lion King'
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3s-narrator-was-once-going-to-be-much-harsherthe-direction-i-was-given-was-scar-from-the-lion-king/
Baldur's Gate 3's dungeon master was almost as vindictive as the DM I had who cackled every time I failed a perception check and fell into a spike pit. This is according to the voice of Baldur's Gate 3's narrator and dungeon master, Amelia Tyler. "The direction I was given was Scar from the Lion King," Tyler said in an interview with TheGamer. "Like, 'I'm enjoying watching you fuck up. This is gonna be great.'"