This strikes me as an unnecessary and wholly arbitrary restriction.Peter Thomas wrote...
Weapons can only be equipped if you know the style that weapon pertains to.
But the classes already can't learn the weapon talents for those styles, so they're not going to be effective with them anyway.Knight Templar wrote...
Maybe it's a balance issue.
Modifié par Arrtis, 08 septembre 2010 - 06:03 .
Peter says that hasn't been determined yet.Arrtis wrote...
AT LEAST everyone can still wear armors if they have the attribute....I think.
This is where I used the off-class weapons the most.Saibh wrote...
This probably sucks worse for archers, since evidently they don't have close-quarter combat capabilities anymore.
Modifié par Sylvius the Mad, 08 septembre 2010 - 06:09 .
It's a terrible kludge that first ever appeared in CRPGs (nothing stops your tabletop mage from picking up a flair - he'd just be terrible with it).wwwwowwww wrote...
It's not much different than it's always been in every RPG I've ever played
Yes. Apparently no Warrior in DA2 can figure out how a bow works.Saibh wrote...
Doesn't this just mean you can't use bows now, if you're not an archer?
As a melee weapon, no, it doesn't make sense at all.It makes sense you can't use staves.
Mr.Thomas said (can't be bothered to find the exact post but it's pretty long explanation near the current end of the thread) that they debated either merging the classes or making each of them distinct and made decision to go with the latter. It just seems to be one of consequences of this choice.Sylvius the Mad wrote...
This strikes me as an unnecessary and wholly arbitrary restriction.
But that can't be it. There must be some other reason. So what is it?
Sylvius the Mad wrote...
It's a terrible kludge that first ever appeared in CRPGs (nothing stops your tabletop mage from picking up a flair - he'd just be terrible with it).wwwwowwww wrote...
It's not much different than it's always been in every RPG I've ever played
When DAO didn't do it, I thought we'd finally moved past it, because it's awful.
But apparently it's back. I really want to know why.
Right, and that's why they divided up the combat talent trees. That makes perfect sense.tmp7704 wrote...
Mr.Thomas said (can't be bothered to find the exact post but it's pretty long explanation near the current end of the thread) that they debated either merging the classes or making each of them distinct and made decision to go with the latter. It just seems to be one of consequences of this choice.
That's nonsense. The primary benefit of putting an RPG in a computer is that the computer can handle all the calculations.wwwwowwww wrote...
It's a lot easier to figure out deductions to hit and damage via pen and paper, then it would be to program every varialbe in a computer game I'm sure.
Sylvius the Mad wrote...
That's nonsense. The primary benefit of putting an RPG in a computer is that the computer can handle all the calculations.wwwwowwww wrote...
It's a lot easier to figure out deductions to hit and damage via pen and paper, then it would be to program every varialbe in a computer game I'm sure.
And, again, DAO already did it.
Well, i'm guessing this is to enforce that distinction visually -- after all it goes to the point where the isn't actually "single weapon" style for rogues and warriors, nor melee strikes. According to info we got if you don't equip (second) weapon the game will still draw a default, unselectable one in the character's hand to make them appear as if they are actually using the "combat style" of their class.Sylvius the Mad wrote...
But why restrict the weapons themslves? Again, in DAO they fully intended that Mages would carry staves, but the game allowed them to equip bows or maces or shields as they saw fit.
This is easily the worst news I have heard about DA2. Nothing else is nearly this bad.tmp7704 wrote...
Well, i'm guessing this is to enforce that distinction visually -- after all it goes to the point where the isn't actually "single weapon" style for rogues and warriors, nor melee strikes. According to info we got if you don't equip (second) weapon the game will still draw a default, unselectable one in the character's hand to make them appear as if they are actually using the "combat style" of their class.
Sylvius the Mad wrote...
Right, and that's why they divided up the combat talent trees. That makes perfect sense.tmp7704 wrote...
Mr.Thomas said (can't be bothered to find the exact post but it's pretty long explanation near the current end of the thread) that they debated either merging the classes or making each of them distinct and made decision to go with the latter. It just seems to be one of consequences of this choice.
But why restrict the weapons themslves? Again, in DAO they fully intended that Mages would carry staves, but the game allowed them to equip bows or maces or shields as they saw fit.
Peter didn't answer this question. He wasn't asked this question.TheMadCat wrote...
Peter is probably truthful there in that regard.
I don't dispute that it isn't likely.St. Victorious wrote...
A mage whose never used a mace in his life isn't too likely to pick up a blunt object on a whim.
What fat? Again, unless they have different animation rigs there's no development cost to allowing anyone to equip any weapon.It's just a way of trimming the fat.
Modifié par Sylvius the Mad, 08 septembre 2010 - 06:30 .
Sylvius the Mad wrote...
This is easily the worst news I have heard about DA2. Nothing else is nearly this bad.tmp7704 wrote...
Well, i'm guessing this is to enforce that distinction visually -- after all it goes to the point where the isn't actually "single weapon" style for rogues and warriors, nor melee strikes. According to info we got if you don't equip (second) weapon the game will still draw a default, unselectable one in the character's hand to make them appear as if they are actually using the "combat style" of their class.
Way to rob us of customisability.
Sylvius the Mad wrote...
But restricting the ability even to equip the weapons - that's too far.
Yes, though that has no bearing on my claim that this is the worst news.wwwwowwww wrote...
Have you been happy with any news about DA2?
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