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[themageguy]

Which specialisation do you think will be the most popular for each class based on what we have seen so far?

Warrior- Templar or Revaer

Mage- knight enchanter vs necromancer

Rogue- assassin. Though I'm hoping Tempest is a decent spec for my dwarf.

[PillarBiter]

My warrior will be reaver, my mage will be jedi knight enchanter and my rogue will be bow assassin. 

 

This will also be the characters I'm playing in multiplayer. 

I've always been wanting reaver, because that's just the way I like to play my warrior. 

I have to say KE looks better and better. Massive bariier options, 2 teleport options, Lightsaber for massive damage. Aww yeah.

And assassin, well... Duh

[Iokastos]

I've been thinking a lot about Knight Enchanter vs Necromancer, currently leaning toward Necro, KE seems to rely too much on spamming Spirit Blade

[Dubstob]

I might also do Artificer first but it depends on how good those spike traps are. Any video of them in action?

[R-Maverick]

Yeah, Knight Enchanter sound incredible now. The fact that they dont need Spirit Tree for barrier and generate barrier by doing any kind of damage won me over. Sound much more fun than Arcane Warrior as a melee type mage.

[andar91]

Which specialisation do you think will be the most popular for each class based on what we have seen so far?

 

Warrior: If I had to pick one, I'd say Reaver because people like being aggressive when controlling the PC (I'm guessing). Templar will also draw a lot of people because it's linked to the story.

 

Rogue: Assassin, probably. Most instantly recognizable and iconic.

 

Mage: This one is tricky; I think Rift Mage will be the hardest sell on the surface of things. Lots of people go for the creepy flavor so they'll grab Necromancer, but a lot of people also like Warrior-Mage hybrids with Knight Enchanter. I think Necromancer has a slight edge with the general gaming population, though.

[LiquidLyrium]

I feel vindicated in mistake last night because they did the EXACT SAME THING on the twitch stream where people asked to see the tempest skill tree and they showed the storm (mage) tree instead lolol.

[themageguy]

I feel vindicated in mistake last night because they did the EXACT SAME THING on the twitch stream where people asked to see the tempest skill tree and they showed the storm (mage) tree instead lolol.

It was amusing to watch.....as you would think they should know what tempest is

[Dubstob]

I wish we still had SpiritWarrior, thats my favorite Specialization from all DA games so far.

[Hellion Rex]

You're welcome y'all.

 

Devour and Dragon Rage

 

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[Astrolabe]

Thanks . He didn't show off anything else? 

[andar91]

After looking over a lot of the skill tree abilities, I've gotta say that as much as I love a lot of the abilities, the way they've handled the placement of the Focus abilities is a total mess. It makes NO freaking sense, and it just seems like they put them wherever without even trying to make it make sense.

 

For the next game, I really, TRULY, hope they completely overhaul how they handle the character abilities, including specializations. The basics (activated / passives) are fine, but I just....I'm not really sure I think the Focus abilities should stick around even if the general design (less healing and so forth) appeals to me greatly. I'm gonna share some of my ideas just for fun, and I'm curious if these appeal to anyone else (I've said some before). The spoiler tags are just for space; there will be no actual spoilers.

 

Idea One: Different Skill Trees for Companions

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I like the idea of companions having a different configuration of abilities than the main character. Picture multiplayer characters, only as companions. So, for instance, Solas could have a strong focus on Spirit abilities and just a few elemental attacks whereas Vivienne could be focused on fire and ice with just a bit of Spirit. Now, I ABSOLUTELY think it's important that companions can be built in differing ways, but different skill trees could make them more individual. But they shouldn't be hamstrung. I'm the least attached to this idea.

 

Idea Two: Bring back the missing Mage trees!   

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I really hate that Entropy and Creation are gone. In an ideal world for me, mages would actually have more trees than others because...well, they're mages. I don't care if they have to pick between trees and sacrifice some (so Solas, for instance, could be a Creation, Primal, Spirit mage and give up Entropy) or whatever. And I'm not getting my hopes up because I realize they probably don't want to give so much extra to one class. But it'd be nice if they could fine a way (maybe relegate passives to a separate category like Traits and Abilities that are gained separately or something). I just...hate how mages keep losing stuff. (Disclaimer: I totally love the abilities we ARE getting, I just dislike that we are LOSING lots of other ones).

 

Idea Three: Bigger specialization trees

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I like the idea of one specialization for our characters, but I wish the trees were the same size as the other ones. Just seems a shame they're so small.

 

Idea Four: Different style of upgrades

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This is my personal favorite idea because I think it would hugely increase replayability as well as differences between classes. I think ME did something like this. But what I REALLY want is abilities that each have 2 upgrades that are mutually exclusive, and you have to choose which one to pick. Thus, even two characters with the same ability can upgrade it to be quite different. Examples: Chain Lightning could be upgraded to either cover a bigger area and do more damage or briefly stun targets. Immolate could do more damage over a larger area or set the ground on fire for a DoT effect. Shield Bash can be upgraded to either do tons of bonus damage against guard or stun the target for a bit. Ice mine could be upgraded to either have a longer (10 second) freeze effect or trigger in a small burst that freezes enemies within 3m for 6s. Stealth could be upgraded to either allow full speed or affect all allies within 5m. Lightning field (AoE lightning strickes every few seconds, I just made this up) could be ugpraded to either Static Cage or more damage and more frequent strikes. You get the idea. But I REALLY love this idea, myself. It would be a great way to get a lot of utility out of relatively few abilities. And speaking of which...

 

Idea Five: Go Diablo 3 on this franchise's butt

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Similar to Idea 4, doing something like Diablo 3 did with upgrades would be cool. So essentially (for those who don't know), you could on-the-fly equip different effects to a base ability. So for Dragon Age, it might look like: Energy Barrage works as it does currently, but you choose between: Energy Bombardment (lowers magic resistance), Chaos Barrage (random damage types in barrage instead of based on staff), Energy Rain (8m AoE but sort of random in how it hits - imagine rain of basic mage attacks), Empowered Salvo (secondary effect based off damage type such as Chilled, Burning, or Stunned)...and you get the idea. This could be similarly neat, I think.

[Silent Rogue]

A guy who apparently has a review copy is going to be doing a stream starting at around 4pm PST. He says it's for the viewers so someone needs to try and get to show the spec trees. I'd do it myself but I'm but going to be able to watch it.

 

 

www.twitch.tv/CraveOnlineGaming

Should be starting soon... 

[Hellion Rex]

Should be starting soon... 

It has started!

[andar91]

He's about to go over skill trees, and it's loading Skyhold NOW.

 

http://www.twitch.tv/CraveOnlineGaming

[J-Reyno]

Yep it's about to go down!

[Cat Fancy]

Going over Tempest right now!

 

Doesn't  immediately appeal to me, but that's nice to know beforehand, I guess.

 

BLACKWALL NEXT

[ZerioctheTank]

I just missed the champion!! FML!!!

[andar91]

DAMN! He doesn't have Rift Mage, but I bet if he put some points into those unspent levels, he'd unlock it! Somebody tell him that lol.

[Cat Fancy]

Champion's a pretty good tanking tree! Not surprising! One skill causes enemies to do/take more damage. Another gives temporary invulnerability. I forget the others right now, but I liked what I saw. I think this is what I want, pretty sure I'm going warrior now. Glad that's settled.

 

Assassin is also not too surprising, high single target damage. I think I want Cole in my party, and his spec looks pretty cool. So, that's nice.

 

Didn't get any screenshots, v. irresponsible of me.

[Silent Rogue]

Knight enchanter tree complete!

[Astrolabe]

Champion's a pretty good tanking tree! Not surprising! One skill causes enemies to do/take more damage. Another gives temporary invulnerability. I forget the others right now, but I liked what I saw. I think this is what I want, pretty sure I'm going warrior now. Glad that's settled.

 

Assassin is also not too surprising, high single target damage. I think I want Cole in my party, and his spec looks pretty cool. So, that's nice.

 

Didn't get any screenshots, v. irresponsible of me.

It's fine. Can get it after.

[themageguy]

I hope he shows off tempest skills!

[Hellion Rex]

Assassin

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[andar91]

Tempest was way different than I expected. Sorta cool, but...very weird.