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[Herr Uhl]

nightcobra8928 wrote...

 i like this one

is brainpower a skill? i'm seeing a brain in one of the skill icons (the middle one)

Looks like it should give them a migraine.

[nightcobra]

Rakia_Time wrote...

nightcobra8928 wrote...

 i like this one

is brainpower a skill? i'm seeing a brain in one of the skill icons (the middle one)

Mind control?

maybe, i thought the icon was funny though:whistle:

Modifié par nightcobra8928, 12 janvier 2011 - 11:23 .

[The Night Haunter]

ErichHartmann wrote...



Another interesting screenshot.

Awsome potential confirmation of the six 'basic' and three specilazation trees.

Six basic trees top two levels and specilization bottom level.
I remember a dev somewhere said you start off with the basic spell in every tree and specilty points unlock the basic spell of one specialty tree (also hinted at by the picture - all top six basic spell unlocked, bottom three all locked).


Top Right                 Top Middle                 Top Left
Ice/fire                        Earth/Lightning       Entropy

Frosty Icon above      Earth First Icon       Death/Skull icons   
Fire icon below

Middle Right         Middle Middle            Middle Left
Arcane                        Spirit                          Creation 

Guess                      Crushing Prison       Heal Icon
                                   near top end

Bottom Right      Bottom Middle          Bottom Left
Force Mage         Spirit Healer              Blood Mage

Guess based      Similar Color/Icon    Bloody Hand
on given info



Edit: fixed tree's

Modifié par ghostmessiah202, 12 janvier 2011 - 11:28 .

[Lord_Saulot]

WingsandRings wrote...

It's nice to read an article written by someone who genuinely liked DA:O, knew it backwards and forwards, and is approaching DA:2 with that mindset. I just mean that some of the early previews (was it Gamespot?) were obviously written by people who seemed to be messing up darkspawn with Orcs and clearly thought they were too cool for RPGs. It makes it harder for me to know how I will like DA2 when someone like that is reviewing it.

The one you are thinking of was from IGN, and it was so bad I thought it was just trolling.  Considering how good some of their subsequent coverage was, I am probably right

[RogueWriter3201]

nightcobra8928 wrote...

 i like this one

is brainpower a skill? i'm seeing a brain in one of the skill icons (the middle one)

Not sure how to feel about it, but while everyone is focused on what the spell/ability is, I'm more occupied with just the exceptional nature of the screen shot and gameplay moment. The cavern setting thier in looks incredible, and I must admit I continue to be a bit Nerd-Bedazzled by the attack and combat stance of Mage Hawke. Though it's my intention to play a Male character, I'm sure the poses and combat animations will look just as action-based.

[Allison W]

ErichHartmann wrote...



Another interesting screenshot.

I think previous posters are right about the upper-left web being fire/ice, the upper-middle one being earth/lightning, the upper-right one being entropy, and the centre-right one being creation. I also think the specializations are fairly easy to peg, as earlier posters have noticed: force mage in the lower-left, spirit healer in the lower-middle, and blood mage in the lower-right.

That said, I disagree about the centre-left and centre webs. Look at the full-sized version of the picture. The centre-left web has two icons that resemble skulls and one that resembles a skeleton, suggesting that it's spirit. The centre web has icons including a glowing brain, a shield with a symbol on it (arcane shield?), sparkly crossed swords, something that looks like crushing prison, etc. I think the centre web is arcane this time around, with some shuffling of items that used to be in spirit being moved to arcane.

[RogueWriter3201]

ghostmessiah202 wrote...

ErichHartmann wrote...



Another interesting screenshot.

Awsome potential confirmation of the six 'basic' and three specilazation trees.

Six basic trees top two levels and specilization bottom level.
I remember a dev somewhere said you start off with the basic spell in every tree and specilty points unlock the basic spell of one specialty tree (also hinted at by the picture - all top six basic spell unlocked, bottom three all locked).


Top Right                 Top Middle              Top Left
Ice/fire                        Earth                       Entropy

Frosty Icon above      Earth First Icon   Death/Skull icons   
Fire icon below

Middle Right         Middle Middle            Middle Left
Lightning                Spirit                          Creation 

Lightning Icon      Crushing Prison       Heal Icon
                                 near top end

Bottom Right      Bottom Middle          Bottom Left
Force Mage         Spirit Healer              Blood Mage

Guess based      Similar Color/Icon    Bloody Hand
on given info

Trully fantastic stuff. Have to admit, I love what they've set up for Mages here.
Brilliant break down by the way.

[Riona45]

Saibh wrote...

I really hope, even though you can't change her face, you have the option to manipulate her hair and coloration (skin, eyes, hair). It's not the most pressing issue, but I love her face, but prefer longer hair.

You know, I thought I wanted my Hawke to have longer hair, but having seen how striking the default face is, I'm very tempted to use it (it's a very sexy looking pixie cut, as well).

[LadyHawk825]

This is a wonderful find! I love the screenshots and the info was fun to read. I'm really excited to be playing a mage now that I saw the talent trees. "Force Mage" for a specialization eh? Hmmmm, that makes me think of Obi-wan Hawke. =D



"Help us Obi-wan Hawke, you're Kirkwall's only hope."

[The Night Haunter]

Allison W wrote...

ErichHartmann wrote...



Another interesting screenshot.

I think previous posters are right about the upper-left web being fire/ice, the upper-middle one being earth/lightning, the upper-right one being entropy, and the centre-right one being creation. I also think the specializations are fairly easy to peg, as earlier posters have noticed: force mage in the lower-left, spirit healer in the lower-middle, and blood mage in the lower-right.

That said, I disagree about the centre-left and centre webs. Look at the full-sized version of the picture. The centre-left web has two icons that resemble skulls and one that resembles a skeleton, suggesting that it's spirit. The centre web has icons including a glowing brain, a shield with a symbol on it (arcane shield?), sparkly crossed swords, something that looks like crushing prison, etc. I think the centre web is arcane this time around, with some shuffling of items that used to be in spirit being moved to arcane.

Thanks, i fixed my trees (i remember a dev sometime (months ago) about an arcane tree so im callin left middle row that.

[MindRaven]

Blacklash93 wrote...



Mmm... That gravel looks so good I could just eat it.

hmm........in that pic, it looks like Varric is gonna off Lady Hawke!!

Varric:  "And so........that's how I got rid of the Champion..........and became Champion myself!!"

Cass:  "Bulls***!!"

[TheHawkeWhoFlies]

Allison W wrote...

ErichHartmann wrote...



Another interesting screenshot.

I think previous posters are right about the upper-left web being fire/ice, the upper-middle one being earth/lightning, the upper-right one being entropy, and the centre-right one being creation. I also think the specializations are fairly easy to peg, as earlier posters have noticed: force mage in the lower-left, spirit healer in the lower-middle, and blood mage in the lower-right.

That said, I disagree about the centre-left and centre webs. Look at the full-sized version of the picture. The centre-left web has two icons that resemble skulls and one that resembles a skeleton, suggesting that it's spirit. The centre web has icons including a glowing brain, a shield with a symbol on it (arcane shield?), sparkly crossed swords, something that looks like crushing prison, etc. I think the centre web is arcane this time around, with some shuffling of items that used to be in spirit being moved to arcane.

That sounds like a good assessment. Overall, the new system looks awesome, I think.

I just have one gripe about it; there seems to be very few points in total to spend, which concerns me because it might mean we'll wind wind up having every talent/spell by the endgame, which would make the choice of which talents/spells to pick redundant in the long run. Of course, the level cap might be lower to counter this, or you may not receive talent/spell points every time you level up, who knows?

[RogueWriter3201]

TheHawkeWhoFlies wrote...

Allison W wrote...

ErichHartmann wrote...

*snip*

Another interesting screenshot.

I think previous posters are right about the upper-left web being fire/ice, the upper-middle one being earth/lightning, the upper-right one being entropy, and the centre-right one being creation. I also think the specializations are fairly easy to peg, as earlier posters have noticed: force mage in the lower-left, spirit healer in the lower-middle, and blood mage in the lower-right.

That said, I disagree about the centre-left and centre webs. Look at the full-sized version of the picture. The centre-left web has two icons that resemble skulls and one that resembles a skeleton, suggesting that it's spirit. The centre web has icons including a glowing brain, a shield with a symbol on it (arcane shield?), sparkly crossed swords, something that looks like crushing prison, etc. I think the centre web is arcane this time around, with some shuffling of items that used to be in spirit being moved to arcane.

That sounds like a good assessment. Overall, the new system looks awesome, I think.

I just have one gripe about it; there seems to be very few points in total to spend, which concerns me because it might mean we'll wind wind up having every talent/spell by the endgame, which would make the choice of which talents/spells to pick redundant in the long run. Of course, the level cap might be lower to counter this, or you may not receive talent/spell points every time you level up, who knows?

Hmm...Now *that* is an interesting thought. I mean, truth be told, I hope you're wrong. In DAO I worked hard to get as Leveled as I could, and I reached the *Technical* Cap along with using every book in game to aquire talents. By the end of the game I had damn near every important talent and was, for the most part, untouchable. I liked that, quite a bit. Could be they intend for us not to be able to reap those kinds of benefits again in favour of relying more heavily on your party make up...

[Icinix]

...March seems so far away...



Man am I hanging out for this!

[Tamyn]

sean-camel wrote...


Hawkette looks a bit pale / greenish. It must be something she ate. Poor lass

It's the lighting of Dragon Age. Skin takes on the hue of the environment.

[Malanek]

ms_handagote wrote...
* The minimap! It just kind of blends into the screen in a very aesthetic fashion! NEAT!

Yeah, I like it. Much more functional and less obtrusive than the Origins one.

[MindRaven]

I'm assuming in that spell tree image that we are not seeing all the upgrades for each spell...........correct?



cuz just on that pic alone.........it doesn't seem like that many spells, compared to DAO.



however, the devs have said that now you can upgrade spells to make them more powerful, or even alter the nature of the spell.............



I'm curious to see what some of the upgraded versions are like!

[The Night Haunter]

MindRaven wrote...

I'm assuming in that spell tree image that we are not seeing all the upgrades for each spell...........correct?

cuz just on that pic alone.........it doesn't seem like that many spells, compared to DAO.

however, the devs have said that now you can upgrade spells to make them more powerful, or even alter the nature of the spell.............

I'm curious to see what some of the upgraded versions are like!

Dev's in the past confirmed ~10 talent points per tree, and we only see 5-6ish spells, so my guess is upgrades arent visible (need to mouse over the spell to see em maybe).

[RogueWriter3201]

MindRaven wrote...

I'm assuming in that spell tree image that we are not seeing all the upgrades for each spell...........correct?

cuz just on that pic alone.........it doesn't seem like that many spells, compared to DAO.

however, the devs have said that now you can upgrade spells to make them more powerful, or even alter the nature of the spell.............

I'm curious to see what some of the upgraded versions are like!

Well, as far as I can tell by what information has been revealed, it's not so much that there are *fewer* spells, it's simply that the more redundant spells/abilities were removed for the sake of streamlining the trees so players could build a much more focused or even varied character. It can *seem* like things are less then DAO, but's that simply because there were quite a few required spells/abilities to reach the one you really wanted, spells/abilities most folks never even used.

[Tarahiro]

Female Hawke reminds me of FF8's Squall If only the blood stain was on a diagonal across her nose



She looks gorgeous though. The preview is a fantastic read. I was excited the other day after watching the video. I got even more excited earlier when I read about the free stuff and now i'm surprised I haven't exploded i'm that excited.



Bring on DA2 and Female Hawke!