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[Sylvius the Mad]

It would be great if that information was included in the equipment description for staves.  It is for Shale's weapon crystals (converts all damage to Spirit damage), but with staves I'm forced to try them out.

Since some enemies are immune to different types of damage, it's useful to have two staves equipped on a mage so you can swap between damage types as needed, but there's no way in-game to know which staff does which type of damage without actually firing them as something.  So not only can you not tell what type of damage a staff does before you buy it, but you need an enemy handy to shoot at just to find out.

[Joff1981]

Here's a list of the staffs that I've tested



Cold - Staff of the Magister Lord

Cold - Winter's Breath

Cold - Wintersbreath (different from the above)

Cold - Enchanter's Staff

Fire - Torch of Embers

Fire - Pyromancer's Brand

Nature - Sylvan's Mercy

Nature - Darkspawn Staff

Lightning - Lightning Rod

Physical - Acolyte's Staff

Physical - Magic Staff



Any more that anyone knows of?

[Sylvius the Mad]

There's a list here:

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Staves

But I was hoping for an in-game indication.

[Baalzie]

The icon in the ammoslot, but alas, You still have to equip it but not actually fire at anything... ^^

[mathewgurney]

My staff does "Meat Damage +10"











Sry, couldn't resist

[Sylvius the Mad]

Baalzie wrote...

The icon in the ammoslot, but alas, You still have to equip it but not actually fire at anything... ^^

That's something.  If I consult the wiki when I acquire staves, then I could choose between them in combat based on the ammo slot (thus rendering the button on the hotbar useless, but at least it's still in-game).

Thanks.

Modifié par Sylvius the Mad, 12 décembre 2009 - 06:51 .

[sleepy__head]

Physical - Magic Staff

Wait wait wait lol... a MAGIC staff does PHYSICAL damage?  *scratches head*

[Hoist3]

Magic can certainly create a physical force.. nothing to it

[elugreymantle]

I just found this thread after posting a new thread in the General Discussions section. If I had known this information before I would not have sold my mage's Acolyte's Staff when I upgraded it with Sylvan's Mercy. :pinched:

[Bathead]

Hoist3 wrote...

Magic can certainly create a physical force.. nothing to it

Yeah, I've played plenty of video games that had magic spells that caused physical damage. It's common enough.

[ryanculleyn7]

still, wished all the staffs looked as good as the Acolyte staff, can you find more powerful versions on it? i haven't had any luck,

[MistySun]

What? My one staff can do all those things mentioned (Winters breath)...why on earth do you need others? A staff is a magical item...it can fire cold, fire, and just about everything else. That's magic.

You have to believe we are magic...nothing can stand in our way

[miltos33]

Hoist3 wrote...

Magic can certainly create a physical force.. nothing to it

Sure, Walking Bomb and Virulent Walking Bomb for example deal spirit damage over time but the detonation effect deals physical damage.

[caradoc2000]

They'll probably do metaphysical damage.

[InfiniteAvenger]

Truly... they really need to patch the game so the staves will show "physical" or "fire" or "nature" in the stat list so we know without buying it, etc.

Additionally, without this quick note (just like the other weapons have for crit and such) we would have to memorize the dmg type of every staff we find in the game to be able to balance our +% items to our staves.

This sucks the fun out of the game completely.  In fact, I was even unaware that the +% damage on gloves, armor, rings, weapons, and such was not adding that my damage.  I now have to totally reconsider choices I made based on those perceived bonuses I am not getting.  Why bother with Wintersbreath on a Mage that is not using cold spells.  My Primary character is a Mage with Fire/Spirit spells using Wintersbreath and I am not getting the benefit I thought I was getting.

I know they made DA2 and are working on DA3 now, but a very small patch to update this would be awesome appreciated for us Mages out here.

Modifié par InfiniteAvenger, 18 juin 2012 - 09:16 .