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[Marbazoid]

Are skills (survival, coercion ect..) still in the game?

[Peter Thomas]

Malanek999 wrote...

Thanks for doing this Peter, this stuff is usually glossed over in marketing. I like a lot of what I have heard so far.
Are the 6 basic stats the same from DA:O and do they do the same things? In particular, a point of Dexterity increased defence by reducing the chance of being hit by 1%. In contrast increasing Dexterity or Strength by a point only increased the chance of hitting by 0.5%. Has this been changed to balance it?

What the stats give you has been rebalanced. I can say what bonuses currently are, but the what they are and how much they give could very well change by release.

First start with primary attributes. The primary attribute of a class gives a bonus to attack and damage. It's different for each class.

The attributes each give their own bonus to another property, trying to make it useful,but not necessary to everyone.

Strength - Warrior primary. Increases impact resistance (less likely to be knocked down by big blows).
Dexterity - Rogue primary. Increases critical hit chance.
Magic - Mage primary. Increases magic resistance.
Cunning - Increases defense.
Willpower - Increases mana/stamina.
Constitution - Increases health.

A lot of people may think "LOLWUT? Dex gives crit chance and Cunning give defense?" That's for balance reasons and they may get switched. Having your primary attribute give you attack, defense and damage all together would be too much of a good thing.

A Mage may get Cunning to boost his defense to avoid attacks. A Warrior may get Dexterity to increase his crits. A Rogue may get Strength so the little enemies won't knock him around so much. Balance work still needs to be done on numbers though.

Are there any plans to make the talent descriptions more accurately reflect what happens. For example the Sunder Weapon and Sunder Arms talents best feature was the fact that they hit twice rather than what the description said. When designing talents do you use any sort of cost guidelines system to keep things balanced? Or is it just an intuitive decision backed up by play testing?

Talent descriptions and tooltip should say exactly what the ability does. Sometimes there are errors, but we try to avoid them. These descriptions should include actual damage numbers and durations, though.

[Sylvius the Mad]

tmp7704 wrote...

No, it was said in this thread that characters can only equip weapons for which they have combat style. I.e. only mages can use staves, only warriors can equip 2h weapons and shield, and only rogues can equip bows. Similar restrictions are applied to weapons assigned to dual-wielding and weapon+shield styles.

I read through looking for that before I posted.  It seems I missed it.

Thanks.

[Knight Templar_]

Peter Thomas wrote...
These descriptions should include actual damage numbers and durations, though.

That will be a great help for people with game-induced-OCD such as myself.

Modifié par Knight Templar , 08 septembre 2010 - 06:02 .

[Peter Thomas]

andar91 wrote...

Are melee attacks still a mage's Achille's Heel (in terms of taking a lot of damage from them)? Also, are there still casting times for spells or are they all instant (such as Blizzard in Origins)?

Taking damage is the Mage's Achilles Heel. Melee enemies tend to rush up, do lots of damage and not stop, so it's in your best interest to keep them away. Ignoring archers is a good way to die too, though.

All spells have their effects begin to start immediately, but more complicated spells will require the caster to keep gesturing for a while after it started. It still takes time, just the effects start happening more quickly.

[Peter Thomas]

Dave of Canada wrote...

From what we heard, we can import our characters from Origins and Awakening. Does this mean we won't be able to import our characters from Golems or Witch Hunt?

I don't know the answer to this.

[vantick]

Would it be possible to gain enough talent points to unlock all if not most of the talent trees? If not, (which is probably most likely) would you be able to reveal the maximum amount or general estimation of the number skills that can be unlocked once all possible talent points have been gained?

Might as well add among all the other voices, thank you for being such an attentive company and for paying attention to the fans.  You are all awesome!

[Peter Thomas]

Catsith wrote...

Will we be seeing an increase in diversity of mob types and encounters in DA2?

There are a fair amount of creatures, but the main differences will be in behaviours. It has been mentioned in at least one video I think. Different classifications of creatures act in different ways, needing different strategies to beat. We call them archetypes. Multiple archetypes in a single fight is where the game can get a lot more complicated.

Will we be seeing an increase in loot diversity (things besides potions and random crafting mats)?

The item list and what treasure drops hasn't been finalized yet.

Modifié par Peter Thomas, 08 septembre 2010 - 07:02 .

[Arrtis]

New game +?

Do we have it!

[Ibaru88]

First off, taking the time to answer these questions on your own time is truly awesome of you. Thank you.

Now... Regarding the rogue dual wielding. Will we still be able dual wield all of the 1h weapon types (maces, swords, axes etc.) and also two full sized weapons in each hand?

Also, will rogues still perform best positioned behind the target, backstabing away or will we be given alternate ways to build our rogue, perhaps as more of a thug than an assassin?

[Morroian]

With the revelations regarding each class only being able to equip weapon types pertaining to their class it implies that Arcane Warrior is no longer going to be a specialization.

Is Arcane Warrior still going to be available as a specialization and will the AW be able to equip melee weapons as it should?

IMHO it would be a huge mistake to take this out.

Modifié par Morroian, 08 septembre 2010 - 06:09 .

[Sylvius the Mad]

Ibaru88 wrote...

First off, taking the time to answer these questions on your own time is truly awesome of you.

Especially since it is now after midnight in Edmonton.

Don't forget to sleep, Peter.  Doesn't BioWare stop serving free breakfast at 8:30?

[tmp7704]

Morroian wrote...

Is Arcane Warrior still going to be available as a specialization and will the AW be able to equip melee weapons as it should?

It's said the state of specializations is currently not determined, yet, that includes the AW.

[Sylvius the Mad]

tmp7704 wrote...

It's said the state of specializations is currently not determined, yet, that includes the AW.

I would bet that specialisations bring with them their own weapon talent trees, which might include talents that would normally fall outside your class.

They can announce those later with great fanfare.

[Dave of Canada]

But didn't Peter say a few moments ago that specs will focus on the core class instead of mixing it up? That pretty much says bye bye to AW (and good riddance I say)

[Morroian]

Sylvius the Mad wrote...

tmp7704 wrote...

It's said the state of specializations is currently not determined, yet, that includes the AW.

I would bet that specialisations bring with them their own weapon talent trees, which might include talents that would normally fall outside your class.

They can announce those later with great fanfare.

I sure hope so.

[Arrtis]

4hours+ answering forum posters questions....

I think peter wins first place for best dev of the month.

[tmp7704]

Dave of Canada wrote...

That pretty much says bye bye to AW (and good riddance I say)

It's pretty hilarious when the trailer for the game unveiled with great fanfare features prominently AW Hawke and dual-wielding qunari warrior, though. Maybe it need a disclaimer, "*) portrayed classes not included"

[Sylvius the Mad]

tmp7704 wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

That pretty much says bye bye to AW (and good riddance I say)

It's pretty hilarious when the trailer for the game unveiled with great fanfare features prominently AW Hawke and dual-wielding qunari warrior, though. Maybe it need a disclaimer, "*) portrayed classes not included"

That Qunari could have been a Rogue, and there's no evidence that Hawke was an Arcane Warrior.  He used a staff.

[tmp7704]

Sylvius the Mad wrote...

That Qunari could have been a Rogue, and there's no evidence that Hawke was an Arcane Warrior.  He used a staff.

Rogues are supposed to be all about backflips and such in DA2, the qunari shown no sign of that. No acrobatic jumps, no backstabs, no stealth, no traps, he was all about head-on combat. Hawke wears heavy armour in the trailer so if he's doing that without utilizing the AW he's a /facepalm sort of mage rather than "champion of kirkwall". The mage Hawke selectable in game demo appears to come in regular mage robes instead.

Modifié par tmp7704, 08 septembre 2010 - 06:40 .

[Marbazoid]

tmp7704 wrote...

Sylvius the Mad wrote...

That Qunari could have been a Rogue, and there's no evidence that Hawke was an Arcane Warrior.  He used a staff.

Rogues are supposed to be all about backflips and such in DA2, the qunari shown no sign of that. No acrobatic jumps, no backstabs, no stealth, no traps, he was all about head-on combat. Hawke wears heavy armour in the trailer so if he's doing that without utilizing the AW he's a /facepalm sort of mage rather than "champion of kirkwall".

I'm pretty sure those cinematic trailers are made using art from the game, but the rest is just creative license. I think I remember hearing that these trailers are actually made by another company and are not made by Bioware.

Anyway it has been confirmed that trailer Hawk is a mage, and more specifically a blood mage. 

[tmp7704]

Marbazoid wrote...

I'm pretty sure those cinematic trailers are made using art from the game, but the rest is just creative license. I think I remember hearing that these trailers are actually made by another company and are not made by Bioware.

Of course; doesn't make the disparity any less funny when it's only result of changes made to the sequel while the portrayed characters would be very much possible to re-create under mechanics of the first game.

Company is named Blur Studio, btw.

[BomimoDK]

Timestop spell. In the D&D franchises this is a perfect savehaven to do what ever you want for a turn.



Imagine 10-15 seconds where your mage is free to roam as he wants within a certain radius. Unlike the 2nd edition rules of D&D and the 3rd. you can't just make some hardcore Mage/warrior mash machine, stop time and get some hefty damage in. But you could spend those seconds on Recovering: Reviving, healing, rebuffing, debuffing.



What i'm most curious about is, when was this idea scrapped again? because it's sure to have been considered and what were the holes in it?

[BomimoDK]

Peter Thomas wrote...

Our current intent for Nightmare is only that it be possible... statistically speaking.

OH I LOVE THAT!!!!<3<3<3