In general, all depends on how you want to play Dragon Age (personally, I'm playing "nightmare" and am quite happy because I'm very fond of tactical battles), so I'd say:
1) You can play "easy" if you just want to enjoy the story, and don't care too much about the fighting/gear upgrading part. You'll hardly have to use the Tactical Pause and won't be damaged by Friendly Fire (so cast area damaging spells a lot
) . While choosing your characters' Talents, just select those you like more, without any worries.2) Select "normal" if you never played any Bioware RPG and need to practice. You'll have to use the TP more often, will have some trouble with FF, and will need to throw a healing now & then... but in general you won't have to be too much afraid of your enemies, except some encounters against spellcasters/archers and the bosses. Remember to save when in dungeons once in a while for precaution, and feel forced to buy new weapons and armor only if they are a good upgrade to yours, because you'll find enough gear during your errands (from quest rewards, chests, ecc).
A wiser Talent and Skill selection is suggested, but it's not imperative.
3) Switch to "hard" only if (or when) you find "normal" still too easy or boring: in this mode, you'll need to save quite often when in dungeons -expecially before opening room doors- and upgrade your gear regularly, buying new weapons/armor in shops, when necessary.
In combat, use TP frequently to check how the battle is going, heal (so always keep healing/mana pots in your inventory and/or bring in battle someone able to cast healing spells: Wynne is the best choice) and rejuvenate often, put someone to tank stronger enemies (to tank = to keep an opponent busy by someone heavily armored and specialized in Weapon and Shield while your other characters damage him) and always use Crowd Control abilities (stuns, fears, ecc.) on your opponents in addition to pure damage dealing (DPS), since they hit too hard to be left uncontrolled and just be killed one by one.
You'll also need to choose the proper Skills & Talents for you characters, so if you started Alistair to be a tank, go on that way: don't spread too much of your points, except maybe for Morrigan: some of her points spent on healing spells will help a lot, expecially if you aren't going to keep Wynne in your main team all the time.
4) Finally, switch to "nightmare" if you want to taste (and test) your tactical skills at their best, because every fight could be ...the last one
. First of all, keep in mind you'll have to save before entering any dungeon rooms as well as upgrading and optimizing constantly your gear and being sure your backpack has lots of healing/mana pots.
When in battle: use the TP every few seconds to check the situation, heal and rejuvenate a lot (so, Wynne is almost an imperative in your group), use properly your tank, set traps when possible, use Crowd Control abilities all the time, and also.... you'll need some luck when enemy's mages cast CC/area damage spells
The game is not impossible to conquer at this level, but you'll need to take great care preparing and managing your battles. You'll also have to spend wisely your Skills & Talent points, don't spread them and keep in mind that to progress, you'll need good DPS as well as a strong tank and someone deeply specialized in the arts of healing.
That's all!
Let me know if you need explainations, have any comments or think I said anything wrong, ok? Ciao!
Modifié par Lambert_Feyzel, 19 janvier 2010 - 06:28 .
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