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[deuce985]

Any confirmation on friendly fire and what difficulties we can use it on? That would really add even more tactical layers to the combat.

[RussianSpy27]

Will there be any divergent quests depending on which race the player character pics? Thanks

[Bayonet Hipshot]

A question concerning gameplay.

In the demo we had the Human Inquisitor, Cassandra, Vivienne & Varric. Now say Varric gets into some trouble while fighting. So can the Two Handed Inquisitor use his "Get over here !" grapple hook-chain to pull Varric out of that tight spot ?

Can we use abilities like the grappling hook on our allies..?

[CuriousArtemis]

Something I've been brooding about 

Will our friends and lover call us by name ("Hawke") or simply "Inquisitor" (similar to "Warden")? 

[keightdee]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

option to have the LI on a leash

you know.....so she does not get lost -coughs-

most of them are not going to be this way.

Oh, Allen~

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ArenCordial wrote...

devSin wrote...

I believe Mike already said you can resolve combat entirely in tactical view, if you choose.

Yeah I caught that.  I was curious if I could play ots with just clicking on my abilities bar like DAO and DA2.

...like, 90% of the demo was played that way.  Over the shoulder using abilities and resolving entire fights that way.  It'd make placing AOEs more difficult but not impossible or anything.  You will be able to switch between modes at your leisure for whatever reasons you deem appropriate. 

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motomotogirl wrote...

Something I've been brooding about 

Will our friends and lover call us by name ("Hawke") or simply "Inquisitor" (similar to "Warden")? 

No idea.  They didn't say anything on the subject.

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The Sin wrote...

A question concerning gameplay.

In the demo we had the Human Inquisitor, Cassandra, Vivienne & Varric. Now say Varric gets into some trouble while fighting. So can the Two Handed Inquisitor use his "Get over here !" grapple hook-chain to pull Varric out of that tight spot ?

Can we use abilities like the grappling hook on our allies..?

No comments one way or the other on abilities like that being usable on friendlies.  In SWTOR there are abilities like that, but I dont think they are usable on both friends and enemies.  Like... you have an ability that works on friends and/or you have an ability that works on enemies.  None im aware of work on both.  As far as DAI goes, nothing was said.

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RussianSpy27 wrote...

Will there be any divergent quests depending on which race the player character pics? Thanks

They did not say anything about divergent quests specifically, but they did say divergent content.  Which, implicitly, may or may not include quests.

[Rylor Tormtor]

So we have seen the over the shoulder camera view, and the zoomed out "tactical" view, but I have not been to tell if it is an "either/or" scenario, or if we can zoom out to in between the two. Basically, is the camera control binary (action/tactical) or can you stop it at any point in the zoom process?

[Allan Schumacher]

ArenCordial wrote...

Hey Allan,

If you don't mind I was just trying to get some clarification on combat.

We
saw the tactical non-action overhead mode and the over the shoulder
action mode. Gamespot said you can mix and match. Does that mean you
can go ots non-action and overhead action? Or did that simply mean you
can swap between the two modes?

ArenCordial wrote...

devSin wrote...

I believe Mike already said you can resolve combat entirely in tactical view, if you choose.

Yeah I caught that.  I was curious if I could play ots with just clicking on my abilities bar like DAO and DA2.

First off, I must preface that you can still expect a lot of changes as polish and iteration happens.  Still a year or so to go until launch.

I believe as the system currently stands, you could effectively play through the entire game in the tactical camera mode, though to progress through the non-combat parts you'd still need to activate the "engage" mode to allow time to elapse.  It's probably be a bit cumbersome (and I'm on a holiday now for a couple weeks so cannot verify, but I suspect there's issues such as the conversation system not behaving nicely with the camera changes and stuff like that).

Currently the OTS mode behaves roughly similar to DAO Console and DA2 OTS.  In that I am pretty sure that the character the player has selected will require input.  Though that may not always be the case and it may be possible to allow for a more "let the combat resolve itself like tactical mode" in OTS as well.  Don't know how it will play out.  Although I wouldn't be surprised if you could just click your abilities since part of that is moving into range if necessary.


It's still a pretty fresh system.  Sometime in the last 4-8 weeks or so, the tactical combat perspective was merely a twinkle in the combat team's eye.  It didn't exist at all.  So what you saw was still a pretty early implementation (though an awesome one as far as I'm concerned).  It's honestly probably reasonably shippable at this point, though the ability to start tweaking things and playing around with what is there is now present, where it wasn't before.

Modifié par Allan Schumacher, 04 septembre 2013 - 06:27 .

[Allan Schumacher]

Savber100 wrote...

Question to Allan: Can we receive clarifications on the concern that the Red Templar would just be another mindless villian mooks that had been turned evil by some contrived plot device (e.g. indoctrination on Cerberus)? Are the villains we fight have deeper motivations or are like 75% just mindless bandits/insane people?

This isn't something I'm actually all that qualified to confirm, to be honest.  If I were, however, I'd still skip it because assumptions run rampant without full details and at this point things like story, romances, and stuff like that are still pretty hush hush.  Sorry.

In the demo we had the Human Inquisitor, Cassandra, Vivienne &
Varric. Now say Varric gets into some trouble while fighting. So can the
Two Handed Inquisitor use his "Get over here !" grapple hook-chain to
pull Varric out of that tight spot ?

Can we use abilities like the grappling hook on our allies..?

Interesting thought and suggestion.  Right now the ability only targets hostiles.  Though, if I were to put on my amateur designer hat, I think it'd be an interesting idea for a branch/upgrade in skill system.  I suppose I could annoy someone like Josh or Mike...

[Allan Schumacher]

Rylor Tormtor wrote...

So we have seen the over the shoulder camera view, and the zoomed out "tactical" view, but I have not been to tell if it is an "either/or" scenario, or if we can zoom out to in between the two. Basically, is the camera control binary (action/tactical) or can you stop it at any point in the zoom process?

It is binary in that you switch between two systems.  Although it is actually possible to push the tactical camera to a much lower angle.  I know there was some talk about what the constraints are, so your mileage may vary in the shipped product over whether or not you feel you can sufficiently push it to an OTS type of perspective.

Blair didn't do much of that in the demo, in part because there was finite time and the general beat we were looking to push was "look, we have brought it back" rather than exploring the system in depth.  If you were to tweet Mike Laidlaw, you'd probably get an answer as to whether or not they plan on doing some sort of deep dive presentation in the future. 

[bluebeam]

Did they talk about tactics? I was hoping for some general tactics like "protect the mages" instead of having to select a specific ability.

Also, will we have only one set of weapons available for combat? I like having two sets, especially when playing rogue because I can switch between ranged and melee weapons without entering the inventory screen.

[Renmiri1]

I have a question.. was the baby dragon "Mr Bitey" ?

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bluebeam wrote...

Did they talk about tactics? I was hoping for some general tactics like "protect the mages" instead of having to select a specific ability.

Also, will we have only one set of weapons available for combat? I like having two sets, especially when playing rogue because I can switch between ranged and melee weapons without entering the inventory screen.

If youre talking about the Tactics system (pre-set flow-chart-like commands you set before combat that the AI runs down for you) Mike said they are currently in the process of overhauling that system as they thought it could break rather easily and could be made more powerful as well as intuitve.

As far as weapon sets go, no idea.

[Chanda]

Allan, one question:

Cullen?

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Chanda wrote...

Allan, one question:

Cullen?

The illustrious Greg Ellis already let that cat out of the bag months ago last year.

Modifié par Upsettingshorts, 04 septembre 2013 - 08:03 .

[Allan Schumacher]

Chanda wrote...

Allan, one question:

Cullen?

I'm sworn to secrecy and adamantly refuse to confirm or deny.  Because I am mean and like watching people debate it :innocent:

[Thomas Andresen]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

The Sin wrote...

A question concerning gameplay.

In the demo we had the Human Inquisitor, Cassandra, Vivienne & Varric. Now say Varric gets into some trouble while fighting. So can the Two Handed Inquisitor use his "Get over here !" grapple hook-chain to pull Varric out of that tight spot ?

Can we use abilities like the grappling hook on our allies..?

No comments one way or the other on abilities like that being usable on friendlies.  In SWTOR there are abilities like that, but I dont think they are usable on both friends and enemies.  Like... you have an ability that works on friends and/or you have an ability that works on enemies.  None im aware of work on both.  As far as DAI goes, nothing was said.

Something like the Sith Warrior's Interced or Jedi Guardian's Guardian Leap from SWTOR would be fantastic. That said, in terms of previous games, the 2-handed specific ability Scythe, in DA2 can work wonders to that effect(now that I think on it, I think you could also set up tactics to work like that).

Edit: Because, if the rogue, or mage for that matter, is surrounded by enemies, it will be more in the interest of the tank-y warrior to grab the attention of that group than simply pulling out the rogue/mage. Since the latter only solves half your problems.

Upsettingshorts wrote...

bluebeam wrote...

Did they talk about tactics? I was hoping for some general tactics like "protect the mages" instead of having to select a specific ability.

Also, will we have only one set of weapons available for combat? I like having two sets, especially when playing rogue because I can switch between ranged and melee weapons without entering the inventory screen.

If youre talking about the Tactics system (pre-set flow-chart-like commands you set before combat that the AI runs down for you) Mike said they are currently in the process of overhauling that system as they thought it could break rather easily and could be made more powerful as well as intuitve.

As far as weapon sets go, no idea.

I think the tactics system was already quite powerful in DA2. A few conditions I'd wish for here and there. Also, bugs. But all in all, already vastly useful.

Modifié par Thomas Andresen, 04 septembre 2013 - 09:07 .

[laudable11]

I gotta ask..cooking? Yes or no? Will eating play any part in the game?

(Don't blame me. Someone mentioned shrimp and now I'm hungry )

[Dunvi]

Bleachrude wrote...

I think this is a HORRID step back.

These class breakdowns invariably lead to worse gameplay as there's no reason to pick a certain class. Especially given that for some reason, BW insisting on making a distinction between rogues and warriors.

The ironic thing about DA2 is that it is actually possible to do a 4 non-mage run-through on insanity whereas in DA:O, 4 warriors will get killed in the deep roads in not having a mage.

Until a 4 rogue or 4 warrior party can cover all the bases like a 3 mage DA:O party could, class distinctions should be strengthened.

just to point out, the only reason a 3 mage DA:O party could work was because the arcane warrior specialization was hilariously broken.

[BlackGrifon]

Is there a limit to what a mage can repair in term of bridges and such that allow you to get to a new place...like say in the demo you destroy a bridge whit 3 archers....could you repair that?
YOU destroy a bridge to stop the enemy armys charge and take them out from afar.... could the mage repair it ....is this feature posible to specific places or any destructable structure?

Modifié par BlackGrifon, 04 septembre 2013 - 10:28 .

[upsettingshorts]

Well on a similar note there was a question asked like that. It was about how open ended the destruction was and if it would be entirely in-engine or scripted.

The answer was that where would be limits, and there would be scripted as well as in-engine opportunities to destroy (and build) things. Further, enemies will also be able to do that, so keep that in mind. As far as specifics go, few were mentioned.

That bridge you destroy as part of the keep assault is eventually upgraded, I presume, once you seize and upgrade the keep. I mean, I guess.

[Bayonet Hipshot]

laudable11 wrote...

I gotta ask..cooking? Yes or no? Will eating play any part in the game?

(Don't blame me. Someone mentioned shrimp and now I'm hungry )

Yes..I want to be able to make and eat Orlesian and Ferelden food...DA needs iconic foods like Elder Scrolls' Sweet Roll & Skooma......Maybe different races can cook specific extra food..Like the QunQuisitor can make Seheron Tea, Dalish Inquisitor can make lembas, Dwarven Inquisitor can make special roasted nugs & strong ale...


Also..books..Can we have them in DA:I ? I mean in previous DA games, we can only read specific books like Travels of Brother Genitivi. As in we could only read specific pages from the book, not the whole thing. Can we read the whole thing this time in the Codex ?

Can we have Codex entries for books like Hard in Hightown, Hessarian's Spear and Isabela's Friendfiction. I think Isabela also said Hessarian's Spear has pictures as well...Come on, we need a counterpart to the Lusty Argonian Maid..