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[Maria Caliban]

I'd like more quests with the option to solve them in a non-violent manner. This might be through dialogue, but could also be through using character skills or performing certain actions either during the quest or previously.

While I understand that combat is part of BioWare games and there will never be a BioWare game like Deus Ex where you can avoid killing everyone but the boss,* I enjoy using alternate game paths, particular those which don't include turning other people into a chunky red paste.

Thank you.



*Feel free to prove me wrong.

[David Gaider]

Maria Caliban wrote...
I'd like more quests with the option to solve them in a non-violent manner. This might be through dialogue, but could also be through using character skills or performing certain actions either during the quest or previously.

Yes, this is actually something we're doing. The use varies-- we don't want the player to unwittingly miss out on a really interesting combat encounter, but so long as the alternative path also has interesting content (or, at least, the player had to do more legwork to get that alternative other than picking a 'skip combat' dialogue option) or the combat isn't important-- and the player is aware that what they're doing will have that result-- it should be possible in some cases. Not everyone considers combat itself a reward, after all.