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[randName]

Waengard wrote...

randName wrote...

so definitively not a mage since that removes one potential party companion 

Which one? 

Bethany (Demo SPOILER: she dies if you do) 

[randName]

DiesHoribly wrote...

I'm considering trying to finish it with only archers. See how that goes. And on nightmare difficulty, because no friendly fire is stupid. And so was the guy that made the decision not to have friendly fire as a separate option. He should be fired, IMHO.

cleaned and +1 for the FF.

Not that it really matters since I was going to play it on Nightmare, but its still weird; esp. if people do mod it, since sometimes, and too often they balance it on normal.

[Matroska]

randName wrote...

Waengard wrote...

randName wrote...

so definitively not a mage since that removes one potential party companion 

Which one? 

Bethany (Demo SPOILER: she dies if you do) 

Whichever class you pick, one potential party member dies. Picking a mage removes Bethany, picking warrior or rogue removes your brother. It's just a way of guaranteeing there'll be a mage in your party from the start, one way or another, but without forcing an additional mage upon you if you choose to be one yourself.

I'd have preferred Bioware to just design one sibling and simply change their class depending on your choice; I don't like the strange way of deciding a character's death based on class choice - I'd rather it be scripted or anything else rather than something as robotic and flat as what class you chose. That said, I appreciate that the death of a character is going to be a dramatic point various scenes can draw upon and how it essentially adds to replay value.

Modifié par Teclo, 06 mars 2011 - 03:59 .

[merak43]

don´t know either, warrior with shield or warrior with 2h or rouge with 2 sword, have no idea what i am going to play first

[randName]

Teclo wrote...

randName wrote...

Waengard wrote...

randName wrote...

so definitively not a mage since that removes one potential party companion 

Which one? 

Bethany (Demo SPOILER: she dies if you do) 

Whichever class you pick, one potential party member dies. Picking a mage removes Bethany, picking warrior or rogue removes your brother. It's just a way of guaranteeing there'll be a mage in your party from the start, one way or another, but without forcing an additional mage upon you if you choose to be one yourself.

I'd have preferred Bioware to just design one sibling and simply change their class depending on your choice; I don't like the strange way of deciding a character's death based on class choice - I'd rather it be scripted or anything else rather than something as robotic and flat as what class you chose. That said, I appreciate that the death of a character is going to be a dramatic point various scenes can draw upon and how it essentially adds to replay value.

Oh noez, you jumped into the discussion midway! 

I said I was going for an all female party, and picking a mage was thus a negative due to Bethany dying.

such redundancy.

[Matroska]

Ah, right. Well, I guess that doesn't really matter too much since if you make a female mage, do you really want two mages in the same party anyway? I feel that Bethany would just end up on the substitute bench the whole time anyway, even if she did stay alive.

[ArcaneWrr]

Cangriman05 wrote...

Im going woth a SS Warrior first only because of the sword and shield i got for preordering, they are cool because they level up with Hawke, and the secon playthrough will be a rouge because i love dualwielding and rouges are like Ezio Auditore who pwns. I wont do mage because my wife is a mage only player and i will just watch her play as one,

Ezio kicks Hawke's ass!

[Sanguinerin]

In DAO, my favorite class was mage. Of course, mage is almost always my favorite character. Secondary non-mage characters were warriors. I loved the templar armor, so I always managed to snag a set. I hated rogue armor and really just used rogues for lockpicking. My rogues I tried to work on normally had higher strength so that I could get them in better looking armor.

For DA2, I'm so torn between mages and rogues that I really don't know what to do. I think I may end up playing a mage purely because I want Carver to be alive. I like Bethany, too, but it appears that he has this tension about mages that I want to see play out.

[ForsakenSon]

I'm definitely in this club. I ALWAYS play mage first in any RPG that I do. I love the feel of the archetype and it suits me perfectly. However, I really like Bethany. She reminds me of my little sister oddly enough and I don't want her to have a face-first meeting with the ogre's palm, at least during the first playthrough. So I may go Rogue first. Ugh, so conflicted!

[randName]

Teclo wrote...

Ah, right. Well, I guess that doesn't really matter too much since if you make a female mage, do you really want two mages in the same party anyway? I feel that Bethany would just end up on the substitute bench the whole time anyway, even if she did stay alive.

In DA:O on Nightmare I always preferred 3 mages, well I'd prefer 4 if that was possible without diverging too much from the vanilla experience.

So succinctly; yes.

[Weltea]

Oh God,I am so in this club.
I spend more time trying to decide than studying for a bunch of really important exams.
Thankfully I was able to rule out warrior relatively quickly. But deciding between mage and rogue is a pain in the a**.
For now I decided on rogue and I just hope I don't change that again...mage would be so awesome too...
Anyway, my reasons for having chosen rogue:
- I plan on playing warrior in my third playthrough,which would mean: Bethany-Carver-Bethany,which I think is better than having the same sibling twice in a row
- since I plan on "trying out" all the romances I feel like playing a rogue will mean the least conflicts
- I like hitting things
- playing a mage is completely different than rogue or warrior. Making a second playthrough still feel unique
- I have more choice in who I take along since I don't necessarily need someone to pick locks

Modifié par Weltea, 06 mars 2011 - 05:03 .

[Emzamination]

T3hAnubis wrote...

 I can't pick. 2H Warriors are AoE kings, but I'm not much of a Warrior guy. Mages have the best overall DPS (good single target and AoE) and have various builds, but are frail. Archer Rogues may be my favs judging by the demo, with probably the best sigle target DPS, but you got Sebastian and Varric already.

So who else is in the "I can't pick my class for the first playthrough" club?

When did that happen? 

[FobManX]

Still can't decide between 2h Warrior or Rogue. After reading the specializations posted last night I...still can't decide.

Leaning towards Rogue 60/40 though...

[ArawnNox]

Well, I've already planned to do a boat-load of playthroughs, but which one to do first is still a sticking point. Though I seem to be looking at a female/male warrior/mage/rogue rotation, though that could easily change.

The demo showed me just how much more fun some of the classes are going to be to play, so I'm leaning towards a two-handed warrior Lady-Hawke for my first game. But then, mage is also a lot of fun... and so is rogue... gah, I'm so indecisive!

[ArawnNox]

Emzamination wrote...

T3hAnubis wrote...

 I can't pick. 2H Warriors are AoE kings, but I'm not much of a Warrior guy. Mages have the best overall DPS (good single target and AoE) and have various builds, but are frail. Archer Rogues may be my favs judging by the demo, with probably the best sigle target DPS, but you got Sebastian and Varric already.

So who else is in the "I can't pick my class for the first playthrough" club?

When did that happen? 

I'm not sure I'd call them "kings" per ser, but they can really hold their own against a large group.

[Lokicore]

BioWare did a good job balancing the classes in DA2, making it more difficult than in DA:O to pick a starting class. I know ultimately I'll end up playing each, but its the first step that will be the hardest. Although I hope the opening 'legendary' story is a point in the game we can actually reach, rather than just some scripted OPness to introduce the combat tutorial, but I understand if it is.

Based on this legendary opening I'd have to lean toward the mage or warrior, but only in the sense that it was much easier to dispatch the mass of 20+ darkspawn compared to the rogue that pretty much had to kill them one at a time, which is more roguish I suppose. Afterwards however, with the not-so-legendary opening, mage seems the more difficult to play all the way up to the ogre. Would also prefer my sword and shield from the pre-order not go wasted, which wants to lean me toward trying out a Sword n Board warrior and dropping Aveline from my party. At the same time however, the demo proved annoying getting up to the point past the ogre with two tanks in the party, slow killing, but we'll see if the pre-order gear might speed that along.

Based on which sibling I lose doesn't matter ultimately to me, although Carver seems difficult to keep alive during the ogre fight as a mage class.

All in all, my toss up is between the mage and SnB warrior.

[shadowpiranha]

Mage mage mage. I'm settled!

[snarkycleric]

Totally playing a mage here, because I traditionally(-ish) play spellcasters on my first playthroughs through games.

[String910]

1st playthrough - Rogue Dual Weild
2nd playthrough - Rogue Archer
3rd playthrough - Mage

[Jzadek72]

Very much so.

[Spacelion]

After a buttload of demo plays I settled for mages. Pew pew staves forever.

[Dr. Chaos]

Seb Hanlon wrote...

My suggestion: If you're well and truly on the fence, play the exaggerated prologue with each class to try them all out at late-game strength and see which one you like the hands-on feel of best.

Thats what got most of us in the situation to begin with. 

I've settled on Rogue on the moment but I can feel my resolve wavering...it's only a matter of time before the demo calls me back to indecision.

[Sidac]

due to finding out a certain spoiler i can finally say....WARRIOR! or maybe rogue. damnit! i cant decide!

Modifié par Sidac, 06 mars 2011 - 06:48 .

[Freakaz0idx]

 I'm almost sold on mage, but the health is questionable. 2H Warrior looks cool, but it doesn't kill as effectively as rogue. Maybe I should go Sword and Shield warrior with the pre order bonus weapons. Rogue is also cool but the animations feel broken. If I go Warrior or Rogue, I'll be jealous that I'm not a Mage.

What the hell am I going to do, sigh.

[Dr. Chaos]

Been thinking about a Blood Mage and pumping as much points in magic and consitution as humanly possible.

That would be betting alot on blood magic really coming through here though, still need to see what the spell list looks like for the specialization this time around.