So...kinda like ME3 right?
[FISTPUMP] Thank you very much!
In fairness, most are saying they won't preorder it now, but still buy it later
I still don't understand that, but it's their money
Like pre orders matter.
can someone paste this to me in a pm? i cant access the page for some reason
There's nothing wrong with people taking the wait and see approach, reading users and trusted game reviews before purchasing. Hell these days it's recommended to read the reviews on most things before purchasing.
My pre-order won't change, but I really, really want to see that KB/Mouse interface though.
can someone paste this to me in a pm? i cant access the page for some reason
Will Dragon Age: Inquisition have multiplayer?
· Yes, the multiplayer mode in Dragon Age: Inquisition will feature action-packed, four-player cooperative quests separate from the single-player open-world story.
What does the multiplayer in Dragon Age: Inquisition include?
· Dragon Age multiplayer is an action-packed dungeon-crawling four-player co-op experience that lets gamers to play with their friends for the first time in the Dragon Age franchise.
· Following the success of Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode, Dragon Age multiplayer includes fast-paced matches requiring strategic team gameplay while adding Inquisition's tactical class combat and extensive loot and crafting systems.
Was multiplayer (MP) mode created by the same team that made single-player (SP)?
· MP and SP were developed side by side. The multiplayer environment gave us a perfect opportunity for testing combat, creatures, and encounter design, and since the two environments are near-identical, every improvement spread to both parts of the game.
Will playing MP be required to get the full-game experience?
· No. The SP campaign is separate from MP. In SP, you have the support of three specialists who can send agents to missions. MP characters are agents. At the start of a MP mission, you will hear one of the specialists explaining the goal of your mission.
Is MP going to affect my endings in SP?
· No. Absolutely not. Our goal with Dragon Age multiplayer is not to affect your SP campaign. We simply want to give our fans the chance to play with their friends for the first time in the Dragon Age universe.
Will MP have in-game purchases?
· Yes. Platinum is the name of the currency that you can buy with money. Our philosophy for MP—and we are adamant about it—is that you can buy anything with gold coins, which is the currency you get from dungeon-crawling. There will be no pay wall.
Why did you decide to add MP?
· We wanted to give Dragon Age fans the opportunity to play with their friends for the first time in the franchise.
There was a leak of DAI achievements with exclusive MP achievements. Is that the case?
· There will be no exclusive MP achievements. Achievements are one way to keep players engaged, but with Dragon Age multiplayer, we have other ways to improve engagement. We will have a full challenge system implemented at launch, letting you pursue and track dozens of different challenges. Completing a challenge may also give you a reward. The challenge system will also be used to implement weekly operations. Every week, we will launch a new operation. Complete the operation, and you will receive a reward.
Will people who pay to get that extra edge online?
· First and foremost, our goal is to make a fun dungeon-crawling experience that you can play with your friends. There will be no pay walls in Dragon Age multiplayer. Everything is accessible with gold coins. You can use premium currency, but you don't have to.
How long has your team been working on MP?
· Over two years. After Mass Effect 3 MP's success, we created a special team with veterans from the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises. Our lead MP designer and lead online programmer have been on the Dragon Age franchise since Dragon Age: Origins. The addition of designers, programmers, artists, audio, QA, and production from Mass Effect 3 MP will help us ship a really fun co-op game that suits our franchise.
Why four-player co-op instead of a full MP campaign?
· In Dragon Age: Inquisition, we wanted to focus on five key aspects: Open World, Story, Characters, Visuals, and Inquisition. We also have a new engine (Frostbite 3), and we had to create many new tools to support the huge amount of cinematics and localization that a BioWare title requires. A full MP campaign would have been another layer of complexity, and we decided it wasn't the right time for the franchise to take on that feature.
How is crafting different between SP and MP?
· Dragon Age multiplayer is about mastering the fight with friends in a party-based adventure, and crafting is a key element of progression. Through crafting, you will be able to create new items that will make you better at fighting. There is some overlap between SP and MP recipes, and some are exclusive to one mode or the other. Crafting also lets you create new armors. If you craft a set of Alchemist Armor, you unlock that character, who can then open up a lot of possibilities on MP missions. You can also craft new armors for characters you already own. They will give your character a new special look but no extra stats. In SP you gather materials through exploration. In MP you salvage items to get them.
What kind of loot can I get in a dungeon?
· You will find gold coins and items (not potions), and at the end of a mission, you can use gold coins to buy chests. They will contain a variety of different items (weapons, weapon mods, potions, runes, armor, etc.). We are developing Dragon Age multiplayer with quick engagement in mind. We want it to be easy to play a round, acquire new loot, and jump back into the action. Now that you have new cool weapons and armor, why wouldn't you try another mission?
Is any sort of app planned for Dragon Age multiplayer?
· BioWare understands that players can expend a lot of time going through their inventory and crafting new items. We also understand that when you are online with your friends, you want to get into action quickly. With these needs in mind, we developed the Inquisition HQ. There, you will be able to access all of your MP characters and their inventory. You will be able to change your loadout, salvage items, and craft new items. You can do all that on the go because it will run on PCs, tablets, and smartphones. We will give more details about Inquisition HQ in the following months.
Do I get to transfer items from SP to MP? Or vice versa?
· In Dragon Age: Inquisition, you are in charge of the Inquisition, and in Dragon Age multiplayer, you control a few agents of the Inquisition. There is no connection between SP items and MP items on purpose. We wanted to make sure that the two economies are separate, which will allow a stronger progression in both SP and MP. If you play Dragon Age multiplayer, you will learn how each class plays a different role in combat, how different skills work, and how your party composition can give you a tactical advantage on the battlefield. This knowledge is transferable to SP, but items are not.
How do I unlock new characters?
· In Dragon Age multiplayer, changing the party composition with new characters can be the difference between failing and succeeding. You can unlock new characters by crafting their armor. Crafting materials are acquired by salvaging items such as weapons and weapon mods. You may also get a new armor in a chest that you can buy with gold coins. Getting a new character is definitely a goal to be pursued on Dragon Age multiplayer.
How many MP characters will be available at launch?
· Twelve characters, four for each class (warrior, rogue, and mage), will be available at launch. Characters from the same class can be very different. For example, let's take a Legionnaire and a Reaver. A Legionnaire can handle a weapon and shield and plays the role of a classic tank. Generating aggro and soaking up damage are his main role in a party. The Reaver is a two-handed warrior who focuses more on dealing damage and generating aggro, and her skills can buff herself or the entire party. The Legionnaire and the Reaver are both warriors, but depending on your party composition and your style, one may be more suitable than the other.
Can I trade items?
· No. Dragon Age multiplayer won't have an auction house or another system to transfer items between players. If you are unhappy with an item, you can salvage it and get crafting materials. Better weapons give better crafting materials. You can use these materials craft new items in-game or at your Inquisition HQ.
What is the level cap for MP?
· The level cap for Dragon Age multiplayer is 20. Once you hit level 20, you can promote your character, which will give you an extra attribute point for your MP characters. Promoting a character will also give you more Prestige points for the leaderboards.
Are you going to release new characters?
· Dragon Age multiplayer will launch with 12 MP characters, and we will release new characters after launch.
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Ooh, I wasn't expecting that! I thought they would have announced it by now if there was going to be multiplayer. If it's anything like ME3's MP then I approve! I still play ME3's MP from time to time, it's super good.
Man, I wish they'd release an MP demo with like a single map, sort of like how ME3 did it before launch. I'd play the hell out of it to pass the time until DAI comes XD. And I'm really glad it's co-op instead of PvP. That means players will get a chance instead of getting instantly owned by players that have been playing for longer, hahah.
It sounds like they have borrowed most of the "core" ideas. Those fixed "characters", leveling up and promoting. It isn't waves of hordes but pools of them since you are going to them.
I'm curious about items staying only with the specific "character" as opposed to unlocks and I an also curious about how promoting adding points to your other MP might snowball the better players into being even better faster and so forth.
Thank you Elu!!
My main thing is if someone didn't know about the game, or was on the fence already then sure fine. But if someone is absolutely loving it and totally going to buy the game due to SP, loving everything they saw, then why would MP which has nothing to do with what they are loving and the main reason they were going to buy the game, affect that?
Perhaps to make a point?
"I still want this game, but am disappointed by this news. I will no longer pre-order, but will wait until some later date to give my money."
It's roughly (not perfectly, but roughly) like hearing a movie you were looking forward to has a terrible casting choice for an unimportant role and deciding not to see it in the theatre but wait until you get it on Bluray. Again, not a perfect analogy.
Consumers of products that have audiences in the millions have few options when it comes to expressing disapproval/disappointment other than delaying their purchase (if, like me and probably many others not purchasing at all is unpalatable). I doubt Bioware/EA will care at all about the number of people that don't preorder this game because of MP inclusion, but it is a statement that every consumer has the right to make, and should, if they feel sufficiently firm about it.
OMG there are no Nanaimo bars at the store! How will we finish this game?! #CanadianGameDev
There's nothing wrong with people taking the wait and see approach, reading users and trusted game reviews before purchasing. Hell these days it's recommended to read the reviews on most things before purchasing.
My pre-order won't change, but I really, really want to see that KB/Mouse interface though.
No one is arguing ageist that. The issue is because mp is included they suddenly want to do that.
There's nothing wrong with people taking the wait and see approach, reading users and trusted game reviews before purchasing. Hell these days it's recommended to read the reviews on most things before purchasing.
My pre-order won't change, but I really, really want to see that KB/Mouse interface though.
VERY much this.
Was going to order game in Oct. Will now wait and listen.
BW game looks really great and the NPCs are as cool as always(- Jacob) story sounds good also.
MP might be fun for some but not me.
MP is optional and separated from SP. (If what they say is true)
I don't understand why that may make you rethink about not ordering the game. If you only want the game for the SP experience... you only have to NOT play MP....Imho.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody paid for it. "Free" ME3 MP DLC was paid for by NON free SP DLC and in game purchases. DAMP should stand for all wet. 
Really enjoy you dragon age pew-pew. But why are there 5 threads on MP? Isn't this suppose to be about Tweets and not off topic discussion? ,that's what I keep hearing in this thread when people start talking off topic.
I was one of those hard-ass killers! But that was in the halcyon days of XBox 360/PS3/PC only...now we have PS4 and X1 in the mix. All my friends have scattered to the console winds!
Ugh. Now instead of expansions for single player BioWare is just going to release multiplayer maps every week starting November 18th.
I'm not surprised at this news. Just...disappointed. And angry. And bitter. And I feel very very slighted.
As Bioware has explained before, money given for MP development is completely separate from money for SP development. If Bioware got $3M for SP and $1M for MP, if they said they wanted to do SP only, they'd still only get the $3M. If there was no MP, there'd still be the exact same amount of SP DLC content by the end. This is how it was, and how it will be for the foreseeable future.
Has it been clarified if this can be played locally on consoles or does it have to be online (like ME3)?
Sounds like it's the latter.
Perhaps to make a point?
"I still want this game, but am disappointed by this news. I will no longer pre-order, but will wait until some later date to give my money."
It's roughly (not perfectly, but roughly) like hearing a movie you were looking forward to has a terrible casting choice for an unimportant role and deciding not to see it in the theatre but wait until you get it on Bluray. Again, not a perfect analogy.
Consumers of products that have audiences in the millions have few options when it comes to expressing disapproval/disappointment other than delaying their purchase (if, like me and probably many others not purchasing at all is unpalatable). I doubt Bioware/EA will care at all about the number of people that don't preorder this game because of MP inclusion, but it is a statement that every consumer has the right to make, and should, if they feel sufficiently firm about it.
That is a completely different experience with movies. A error in role casting effects everything form the story, delivery and enjoyment of the movie. But adding mp to a sp game effects nothing in the sp.
The flaw in the logic is if something you don't like is added to what you like that does not effect the thing you like about what you like and you can ignore that newly added thing to the point it can't effect you then what's the issue?
MP is not in any way effecting the story of the sp. So whats the issue?
Has it been clarified if this can be played locally on consoles or does it have to be online (like ME3)?
Sounds like it's the latter.
Online co-op.
This sounds fantastic actually. MP folks are going to have a blast, and I'm loving the decision to prevent item exchange between MP to SP. Kudos DA team, sounds like your doing it right! 
Why is that so hard to understand?
They are being a responsible consumer.
I was waiting to hear if MP was in before pre-ordering. Now I know, and I'll wait until after the game comes out to get it, assuming user reviews of the game are good. Perception means a great deal in deciding whether or not to buy a product. If you have a positive perception of, say, MP in DA:I, then this is likely good news. If you perceive MP in DA:I negatively, then it is cause to be wary.
Some will (and probably already have) gone on rants saying no buy! BioWare evil! And other things along those lines.
Not pre-ordering is hardly a lunatic response to something you are unimpressed by.
My Coin goes towards products I approve of. I don't approve or like MP. You ought to know petty.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody paid for it. "Free" ME3 MP DLC was paid for by NON free SP DLC and in game purchases. DAMP should stand for all wet.
Really enjoy you dragon age pew-pew.
No, the free ME3 mp was 100% free. The funds gain from the sp dlc went to other things. Try again. And even then, you are still not being charged anything extra, even for the paid dlcs.
I remember reading quite a while ago that there was going to be some form of MP...so why didn't these same folks decide not to pre-order back then? I could see if they were upset that they were expecting pvp, and were disappointed that it was co-op, but this MP isn't news, really, just the form that it is taking. If it were pvp, i would be disappointed (see above re: sucking), but it wouldn't impact my decision to pre-order, or dampen my excitement for the game.
Oh, and I apologize in advance if any of you happen to end up in my party...just know that I will be laughing hysterically at my general ineptitude and yelling 'stop hitting me' at my tv 
And you're technically not paying for the mp, you're paying for the sp, the mp come free with it no extra charge. Try again.
I think what they mean is that, by giving money to a game with this feature, they are somehow condoning it and giving money to something they hate.
I think it's ridiculous, and I don't agree with it, but I think I understand it. If MP in general is that much of a turn-off, I wouldn't expect them to be playing any games in about 10 years if not sooner. At least it's non-compulsory.
Yeah, I was referring to single player alone anyway.
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