Dragon Age 3: Inquistion

[Tidane]

Is there any way to have more than 8 things in the ability bar? Starting to feel very limiting as I level up.

That wouldn't promote synergy, tactics, and party planning.

In other words, no. Consoles don't have that many buttons, so you can't have more abilities. They say that's not the reason, but they're lying sacks of piss.

I kept this out of my rantview because did you see the size of that thing, but since someone else mentioned it...a number of the decisions they made are obviously consolization masquerading as game design. The ability limit sticks out as a huge one because it so nicely maps to a controller. I wonder if they had looked at FFXIV's console controls before doing theirs would've given us more ability slots. They might have needed to add auto attack for that, though. Having an entire button dedicated to being useless wouldn't fly with thoughtful design.

[Obsidian]

You'd still need a button to enable/disable Auto-Attack (unless you want to force people to use the Tactical Camera. I'll pass, thanks), so RT would be occupied regardless.

[Qalbert]

put auto-attack toggle on stick click, boom RT free

[Qalbert]

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[Tyrath]

That wouldn't promote synergy, tactics, and party planning.

In other words, no. Consoles don't have that many buttons, so you can't have more abilities. They say that's not the reason, but they're lying sacks of piss.

Pretty dumb considering DA: Origins had an entire row you could put abilities on even if they all didn't have a hotkey associated with them.

[Krandor]

Once I saw that even with k/m you were limited to 8 abilities I just stuck with controller. It definitely wasn't an issue with Archer since I only used the 8 buttons but two extra would be nice as a Warrior/Champion.

[Teknique]

It sucked ass as a mage because by level eight I had already exceeded the slots available

I feel that dagger rogues take too much cumulative(second hand?) damage. Specifically: The big two hander mother fuckers. Who the fuck swings their weapon around in a 220 angle slaming the ground everywhere except in front of them. I stopped using dagger rogues at like level 6 because it was just bullshit at how much damage they were taking when they were not even the target.

[Koul]

It sucked ass as a mage because by level eight I had already exceeded the slots available

I feel that dagger rogues take too much cumulative(second hand?) damage. Specifically: The big two hander mother fuckers. Who the fuck swings their weapon around in a 220 angle slaming the ground everywhere except in front of them. I stopped using dagger rogues at like level 6 because it was just bullshit at how much damage they were taking when they were not even the target.

as a tank, I could really use another 5-6 buttons.

Overall, I'm happy with the game though. Biggest complaints are shitty AI which could be mostly fixed if we got a proper tactical mode. Give us the older type of tactics/macro commands like in 1 and 2. and personally I feel like the skill trees were neutered and no blood mage/spirit healer specialization is pretty dumb if I'm gunna be shallow with it. I only say that because I feel like those are iconic things with the series. derp

[Prothescar]

yeah idk why they fucked up the tactics so badly. being able to customize the AI with that immense gambit system was awesome, why take it all away? iirc it even existed to some capacity in DA:2.


oh yeah. "console gamers".


also kinda funny how the NPCs talk about healing magic and healer mages all the time, but you don't get a single mage in your party capable of using it due to the almight balance stick. your mage using their MP on heals instead of damage and CC is balance enough.

[Vagrant]

Yeah don't understand the change with skills. Even on the consoles in the previous games while you still had only the set amount of map buttons to use for quick access you could still at least open up the radial menu and use spells/skills from there also. Seems for some reason that option was removed this time.

[Obsidian]

They dropped healing magic because its existence effectively forces you to bring a healer, which defeats the purpose of being able to bring whoever you want with you. I'm not necessarily sure I agree with the decision (being handcuffed to Supply Crates isn't a significant improvement in my opinion) but I can at least understand the thought behind the decision.

[Prothescar]

why force? I went through a majority of DA:O on hard with some balance mods (made it harder, not easier) before I gave morrigan anything in the creation tree and I didn't have an issue if i just crafted some poultices and played it smart. not sure why it would be any different here; at best it would stop you from having to craft loads of potions/visit the camp every 30 minutes.

[Qalbert]

for someone who has beaten it am I as close to the end as I think if I just did the quest with the

Spoiler: show

well of sorrows

because it feels that way but I'm hoping there's a lot more

[Brill Weave]

Just imported my world last night and started. For some reason I'm having a really hard time picking up the loot indicators on the ground. I don't know if it's the color or font but I have to go through the same area twice because I just can't make it out. Maybe I should be wearing my glasses...

[Krandor]

Well there is the audio indicator if something is nearby, though the sound also triggers from stuff like ladders and sign posts.

But yeah, the outline can be hard to see.

[Tidane]

for someone who has beaten it am I as close to the end as I think if I just did the quest with the

Spoiler: show

well of sorrows

because it feels that way but I'm hoping there's a lot more

Yeah, you're close.

[Qalbert]

damn. I mean technically there's a lot more, I've not even set foot in 3 or so areas, and loads of sidequests still.

[hey]

why force? I went through a majority of DA:O on hard with some balance mods (made it harder, not easier) before I gave morrigan anything in the creation tree and I didn't have an issue if i just crafted some poultices and played it smart. not sure why it would be any different here; at best it would stop you from having to craft loads of potions/visit the camp every 30 minutes.

I always played nightmare and never once used a healer. it was totally unneeded.

[Teknique]

Just imported my world last night and started. For some reason I'm having a really hard time picking up the loot indicators on the ground. I don't know if it's the color or font but I have to go through the same area twice because I just can't make it out. Maybe I should be wearing my glasses...

Wait till you visit the desert. Fuck that yellow icon on sand. Also brill you do know about pushing l3 for the search function right?

[Tidane]

The point (I imagine) he was trying to make was that it was done to allow varied party setups, but for the casual player it does the opposite. Instead of giving every mage a healing spell, they got barrier. Yay for...that?

Without making each character a blank slate or self sufficient, you're still going to end up with mages in the party. You'll end up with someone for each trinity role. One warrior, one rogue, and two mages with barrier is probably the easiest setup and I imagine one the most common. Having healing spells, abilities, and potions would make it easier for everyone to use whatever setup they wanted. I gave up on melee rogues because they were always taking random damage from melee attacks and then chugging potions.

All of this ignores the bashable walls, pickable doors, and magic barriers, which still exist (barely, and some of them in a simplified form).