Yeah, I'd say the staff twirl is the only thing I felt stood out as oddly out of place...
I think it was ok.... I just wanted some cooler spells. That weren't focus-based. I felt pretty weak as a level 27 mage in comparison to my 27 archer who was basically strong enough to almost break the game a few times. Or i'd at least like some flashy spells so it looks like i'm super duper powerful near the end. Big, pretty, etc.
I still want to be able to go back to smacking things with my stick when I run out of mana... Maybe that's only a Hawke Family Technique, though?
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Not every fan wants slow combat. 2H warrior for example was just perfect in DA2. I was excited to play it again in DAI but was so disappointed with it that I quit after the first fight. So I hope they don't slow down anything else, not the mages nor anything else. Just my opinion and sorry if this is too
off-topic. 
Yeah, I'd say the staff twirl is the only thing I felt stood out as oddly out of place...
I think it was ok.... I just wanted some cooler spells. That weren't focus-based. I felt pretty weak as a level 27 mage in comparison to my 27 archer who was basically strong enough to almost break the game a few times. Or i'd at least like some flashy spells so it looks like i'm super duper powerful near the end. Big, pretty, etc.
They need wands that look like daggers, or that can serve as daggers, 
. I gotta admit I'm loving the Encore staff schematic [from Trespasser]. You want color? Have all your mages with Encore-based staves. In addition to the special effects from some of their spells you get the colorful effects of the random associated buffs - sometimes all three at once! They are totally tripping the light fantastic, or maybe just some really good Fade dust, 
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I think it was ok.... I just wanted some cooler spells. That weren't focus-based. I felt pretty weak as a level 27 mage in comparison to my 27 archer who was basically strong enough to almost break the game a few times. Or i'd at least like some flashy spells so it looks like i'm super duper powerful near the end. Big, pretty, etc.
Agreed. I think Firestorm was the only spell in DAI where I felt like a "powerful" mage...
They need wands that look like daggers, or that can serve as daggers,
I like the dagger-wand idea and I loved the Tevinter staff-spears in DAI. In the next game, I'm hoping we'll get a chance to use something like this (and, well... stab things with it). 
My interviews with Patrick Weekes, Liz Lehtonen, and Deanna Jones will be out Thursday March 17th at 1PM CST
Managed to squeeze some information about DA4 from Weekes?
Managed to squeeze some information about DA4 from Weekes?
You'll just have to wait and see on Thursday 
Gave notes on @Official_GDC talks to be given by @eplerjc @PatrickWeekes and @hanlsp today. Really good stuff in both!
Well, @Official_GDC talk with @PatrickWeekes ready for primetime, or as ready as it'll ever be.
For those interested, here are the rest of the BioWare GDC Talks...
Getting Inquisitive About the AI of 'Dragon Age Inquisition'
http://schedule.gdco...age-inquisition
With multi-game franchises, AI is often iterated on from title to title providing a sense of continuity in development. By contrast, Dragon Age: Inquisition, the 3rd installment in the series, was the first Bioware game on the new Frostbite engine which meant the game systems and tools had to be completely rebuilt. This lecture will explain how they took this opportunity to address and improve the AI system and the challenges they faced in the process. The talk will cover the systems underlying the party AI system and how they leveraged the modular approach for constructing creature AI. Additionally, Sebastian will discuss issues surrounding working in a larger, more open, more ambient environment than existed in prior games. He will show how the end result of the new architecture is a more flexible, designer-friendly system that served the gameplay goals of the team and the title.
Takeaway
The attendee will understand how the various components of Dragon Age: Inquisition's AI architecture were designed, how they work together, and get concrete ideas for how the techniques can be applied in their own titles.
IGDA Romance and Sexuality SIG Roundtable
http://schedule.gdco...-sig-roundtable
The IGDA Romance and Sexuality SIG is a brand new group focused on discussion of love, sex, and sex appeal in games, from exploring current models and attitudes to encouraging healthy, diverse, and unique industry approaches to these themes. Its goal: to provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space to learn and talk about every aspect of relationships and sex in games, and to promote romance and sexuality in ways that are respectful and inclusive to all genders and sexualities. All interested developers, scholars, and critics are welcome!
Technical Artist Bootcamp: Shaders 101: Foundational Shader Concepts for Tech Artists
http://schedule.gdco...or-tech-artists
Visual Arts,
This session will introduce new tech artists and students to the exciting world of shader creation and the art of creating beautiful pixels. No previous shader or programming experience is required. The session will start with basic concepts, introduce simple functions, and then combine them to create some cool looking results. By the end of the session, attendees with have a basic understanding of what shaders are, what they can do, and where to go to continue learning about them.
Takeaway
Tech artists will be introduced to basic shader creation concepts and functions, and how to put those parts together to form complex shaders that they can use in their current projects.
Intended Audience
This talk is intended for students and new tech artists that are interested in learning the art of creating shaders. No prior knowledge of the subject is required.
They forgot Sebastian. lol I can't tell if it was purposeful or not. There seems to be a space btwn Aveline and Bethany for him?
My interviews with Patrick Weekes, Liz Lehtonen, and Deanna Jones will be out Thursday March 17th at 1PM CST
Spoiler
Awesome thumbnails, man. Especially like the Solas one for Weekes.
Venture Beat: How Dragon Age’s David Gaider joined the old-school role-playing game renaissance
http://venturebeat.c...me-renaissance/
They forgot Sebastian. lol I can't tell if it was purposeful or not. There seems to be a space btwn Aveline and Bethany for him?
Awesome thumbnails, man. Especially like the Solas one for Weekes.
Sebastian is going to give a talk on GDC.
Woo GDC.
WITNESS ME! #GDC16
The Gates of Valhalla are so much less chrome than I thought they'd be. The flowers are a nice touch, though.
Okay, I laughed. Well played, BioWare.
I'm not at #GDC2016 but I have my own video game news: I am moving to Edmonton to be a new Asst. Writer at @Bioware
I am very excited about the opportunity and to work with such awesome people on really rad things and, YEAH EDMONTON GUYS WOW
Welcome to the #EmotionalHooligans. The bucket of fan tears is to the right of the coffee machine.
Karin Weekes @ GDC @KarinWeekes
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! #oneofus #oneofus
Patrick Weekes - GDC @PatrickWeekes
Kickass, ma'am.
We'll get the joining cup all good and polished for ya.
Well, that's ... news. I'm familiar with Sam Maggs; she appears frequently on Teletoon at Night in Canada and she's very interested in Bioware lore.
On the other hand, while she's written pretty extensively about being a fan of sci-fi and fantasy, I don't know if she's written an ounce of actual sci-fi or fantasy. And from what I've seen of her on Twitter, she's a little "men suck" for my tastes. Hmph.
I don't want to copy and paste the tweets here because they're not BioWare devs and if I were in their place I'd probably prefer people came to my Twitter feed to read the content rather than having it agglomerated elsewhere, but: if you check the #GDC16 hashtag right now, a few people are livetweeting Weekes & Epler's talk.
https://twitter.com/...efault&src=hash
I'll just toss in one funny one Ben retweeted...
Ben Gelinas Retweeted
Direction @PatrickWeekes gave for Solas romance dialogue in trespasser: "just write what makes you cry the most"
https://twitter.com/...500469266124800
"Wrap up the Inquisitor's Story" "Conclusively tie off this protagonist"
https://twitter.com/...500469266124800
"Wrap up the Inquisitor's Story" "Conclusively tie off this protagonist"
They actually did it. They threw away a situation that had great storytelling potential and they threw it away just so they could stick to their "new protagonist every game" rule they set for themselves. A tip for Bioware: if you want to do what you were aiming to do, do the opposite of what you did.
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