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[Amfortas]

I'd like bioware to give us a difficulty mode that is equivalent to the old D&D games core rules. Same rules for the player and the enemies no buffed or debuffed hp and damage.

[Vegeta 77]

Nightmare should be hard i don´t want them to make it a cakewalk like me3 insanity. I want it to be a challenge to beat and not make it easy for noobs.

[DrunkZoltan]

I'd like bioware to give us a difficulty mode that is equivalent to the old D&D games core rules. Same rules for the player and the enemies no buffed or debuffed hp and damage.

This.

 

And on higher difficulty setting enemies (humanoid) should be smarter not a hundred times healthier than your character. Like in Baldur's Gate with SCS - they should use same abilities, items, combos.

[Icy Magebane]

Also, I hated how in DA2, random mercenaries got "fire immunity" or whatever on Nightmare.  It seemed rather arbitrary that all Kirkwall mercs were immune to fire.  But they did seem to all shop at the same tailor, so it may have been legit.

 

Anyway, I'm in favor of elemental resistances being randomly dispersed, especially on Nightmare, so that things don't get predictable.  Boss and Elite Bosses would always have at least one immunity, but I'd have random lieutenants have high resistance to a random element or a very, very small chance of spawning with an immunity.  This is basically how I'd represent enemies having runes in their equipment or enchanted gear... that should not be exclusive to players.

 

Obviously some immunities would be standardized, as in the case of rage demons... human enemies should have an element of randomness to them, however, so that combat doesn't grow predictable and repetitive.

[Altima Darkspells]

I found the strangely, and usually arbitrarily, elemental immunity on Nightmare in DA2 to be more annoying than 'challenging.'

The better parts of nightmare were the assassins being able to do things like steal health potions.

[Sidney]

This.

 

And on higher difficulty setting enemies (humanoid) should be smarter not a hundred times healthier than your character. Like in Baldur's Gate with SCS - they should use same abilities, items, combos.

 

 

Sadly there is no way to be "smarter" in the game. They are a mob and mobs win by overwhelming numbers. What harder means is more hit points. The games always have the same or similar skills to you. DAO used your own tools against you - the first time I got scattershot pissed me off to no end. DA2 had various abilities you didn't even have access to - I'm looking at you Arcane Horror.

 

Frankly I'm not sure what "smarter" would would mean in the DA world. Combat is so brainless that it isn't like they need to maneuver - and there is no advanatge to flanking your warrior for example. You control aggro with various abilties so they can't be smarter about targeting. The really clever foe would all target the same foe since there is no wounded only alive or dead so killing "a" party member is infinately better than wearing 4 down by 25%. This isn't a wargame with complex line of sight/zone of control/supply/morale or any other issues that might contribuet to tactics it is a pretty flat on combat system.

[The Baconer]

Frankly I'm not sure what "smarter" would would mean in the DA world.

 

They could Silence spellcasters, make use of power combos, use quick disables or stuns to disrupt abilities or spells that have startup animations, use Walking Bomb on their own near-death allies, dispel buffs etc.

 

Not to mention line of sight is indeed an important and abusable mechanic in DA but that could get out of hand if enemies manipulated it in the same way.

[Eralrik]

I for one am happy to play on Normal as I've had a few concussions from my problem with Parkinson's so my brain works abit slower and am happy DA puts in the spacebar for pausing the action.

Here's an idea put in the games selection area to turn off spacebar pausing an keep it real time for those looking for a challenge or incorporate an Ironman Mode where you can't save until you return to your home keep and health and mana potions only give you about half the normal heals of that of other difficulty's and the cool down is 1 minute.

[DrunkZoltan]

I like combat encounters focused on quality rather than quantity. Good examples are party vs. party fights in BG. Mobs are useful when there is no instan regen after combat. Should enemies use salves, balms, bombs (if they are generated in their inventory)? Their resistances do not need to be static. It would be smart to use warmth balm before entering an inferno. What is your opinion?

 

I prefer fair and symmetric rules and RTwP or turn based combat. Ironman Mode is interesting.

[Sidney]

They could Silence spellcasters, make use of power combos, use quick disables or stuns to disrupt abilities or spells that have startup animations, use Walking Bomb on their own near-death allies, dispel buffs etc.

 

Not to mention line of sight is indeed an important and abusable mechanic in DA but that could get out of hand if enemies manipulated it in the same way.

 

Well they do use disruptions, knockbacks, sustained skills and such. They might not have silence but generally they seem to use the skills at their disposal. In DA2, the mages use of force field early in the fight was an example of bad tactics - since it allowed me to strip away their minions while they were fielded and then hammer them when they came back. LOS doesn't matter because everything is LOS, there is no real terrain effect and even if there is it isn't like you are gonna reverse slope something in DA.

 

In other words, the problem with the fights isn't that they don't use powers it is that the foes are trash. Hurlocks use warcry....but they are still cannon fodder. My hatred of almost all RPG combat in cRPG's is that 95% of the fights you are in are NOT designed to kill you. They are there to give you XP. Boss fights are designed to kill but most things you know you won't die.

[The Baconer]

Well they do use disruptions, knockbacks, sustained skills and such. They might not have silence but generally they seem to use the skills at their disposal. In DA2, the mages use of force field early in the fight was an example of bad tactics - since it allowed me to strip away their minions while they were fielded and then hammer them when they came back. .

 

It's not just whether or not they do use them, but how they use them and when. Your own example with the DA2 mage is an example of them having abilities, but not really knowing how to use them effectively. Not to mention that the asymmetrical combat meant that every boss level enemy had 2 or 3 abilities at most.

 

 

LOS doesn't matter because everything is LOS, there is no real terrain effect and even if there is it isn't like you are gonna reverse slope something in DA.

 

Being able to funnel ranged enemies out of their safe-zones and using choke points relies (or at least partially in the latter case) on abusing LOS.

[Deflagratio]

Personally I feel that on "normal" difficulty we should be able to win any fight with any party composition so if i wanted to do it with 4 rogues that should be doable. It might be a bit harder than with a balanced party of tank-heal-dps but that's fine.

 

 

I can only speak for what I want to see out of a hardest difficulty, because that's how I play.

 

Actually, from Mike Tipul's twitter, there is a really good quote from what makes a good difficulty.

 

@gausswerks @tipul "good" difficulty adds layers of "it depends" to strategy, requires artistry in physical performance.

[Icy Magebane]

I like combat encounters focused on quality rather than quantity. Good examples are party vs. party fights in BG. Mobs are useful when there is no instan regen after combat. Should enemies use salves, balms, bombs (if they are generated in their inventory)? Their resistances do not need to be static. It would be smart to use warmth balm before entering an inferno. What is your opinion?

 

I prefer fair and symmetric rules and RTwP or turn based combat. Ironman Mode is interesting.

I think that's a great idea because it makes the encounters less predictable while giving the enemy more ways to survive the party's attacks.  Realistically, a lieutenant level bandit would have spent some of his loot on a few emergency potions... or maybe just stolen them at some point.  In a world so heavily influenced by magic, you'd think that bandits would consider protecting themselves from supernatural forces...

[Sidney]

It's not just whether or not they do use them, but how they use them and when. Your own example with the DA2 mage is an example of them having abilities, but not really knowing how to use them effectively. Not to mention that the asymmetrical combat meant that every boss level enemy had 2 or 3 abilities at most.

 

 

 

Being able to funnel ranged enemies out of their safe-zones and using choke points relies (or at least partially in the latter case) on abusing LOS.

 

Well but using them right isn't really about difficulty, you should never use a power wrong - ala the DA2 mages. That doesn't work at any level of difficulty. Using proper tactics should apply to all levels how devestating the use of those powers is is about difficulty. Maybe difficulty could be how many "skill" points a level X guy gets for example so they have 6 skills points at nightmare rather than 3 at normal so they have more to choose from.

 

There are some LOS effects but very nominal and simplistic compared to actual elevation and terrain effects not to mention differences in cover vs concealment that you would get in a more tactical game. I don't think that is where the AI is gonna get the "edge" you -and honestly I - an looking for. I do not want to fight trash mobs. I'd rather fight a group of 5 people a lot like my characters rather than 15 genlocks.

[Degs29]

Normal needs to be Easy because people are reluctant to switch to Easy.

 

People and their delusions, eh?

[Basamacha]

Dear Bioware,

 

Thanks for the recent combat video, it has gone a long way to alleviate my lingering doubts.  From the looks of the video you could still completely play the entire game in third person action view, but it seems if I just switch to overhead view, I will be getting the challenge I am hoping for.

 

Link for video:

 

I truly hope that the next instalment of MassEffect gets the same treatment that DA:I has, it looks truly epic :-)

 

Thanks again and kind regards.

 

Cheers

Nimos

[Carmen_Willow]

I loved ME 3 because you had everything from "God Mode" (so easy it's almost impossible to die) to Nightmare with everything in between.  I love starting out at an easy setting so that I can really get into the story and then as I become more proficient at the game mechanics move it up to a harder setting for a more challenging play.

 

I even loved Narrative because it was a blast to run around once in awhile and Rambo the enemy down.

 

So I'm for as many different levels of difficulty as Bioware can stuff into the game.

[SomeoneStoleMyName]

Mass effect 3 isnt really a good example of good difficulty. Due to consolification it was cover = immunity, out of cover = 1-3 seconds before death. It didnt make the game harder, just longer.

 

As for DA:I difficulty, i expect nightmare to be so hard that you will need tacitcal view, nice team combo, good stat-allocation strategy, heavy gear customization/crafting, excellent battle awareness and all tools given like traps, poisons etc. to even stand a chance. 

Will probably do the first playthrough on hard though, to get used to the game.

[Jango Dakblade]

I feel Hard mode, should be obviously challenging, but maybe not for players who have experienced the past two games, Normal should be hard, but not as challenging as hard, and not as easy as easy. Easy mode, should be a breeze for players as not have players rage quit the game and never play it again, have easy as an opportunity to get past something to challenging for the other modes.

[Danoniero]

Easy probably should be more slasher way. No tactic just run through the game waving your whatever at all directions. I would like Hard to be a tactical mode of the game where you have to think what you doying and what spells to use, and having a good gear depending maybe on moster types, damage they dealing etc. Just increasing monster ress and hp will do nothing here, maybe just frustrate you a bit. I will probably start with Hard couse normal difficulty these days is usually the easy one:)

[Harlot]

I reckon "normal" was a nice setting in Origins. It let me enjoy the fight both in tactical and action modes. Battles with normal enemies were easy. Bosses were just hard enough to make me think.

[Nayawk]

for me it should be

 

Easy - can be played 'live' without lots of pausing and tactical. Player character only controlled.

Normal - need to updated those tactics and pay more attention to what the party members are doing

Hard - a lot more pausing and tactics, need to know all your party members spells and combos, take optimal party class mix

Nightmare - like hard but turned up to 11

[themikefest]

Narrative

Casual/easy

Normal

Hardcore/Veteran

Nightmare

Frustration difficulty causing a player to throw controller or mouse/keyboard at screen.

[Magdalena11]

I found the strangely, and usually arbitrarily, elemental immunity on Nightmare in DA2 to be more annoying than 'challenging.'

The better parts of nightmare were the assassins being able to do things like steal health potions.

Give me arbitrary immunity any day.  If that assassin stole the health potion the round before I killed it, I want to find it on its body next time.  Sorry, hit a pet peeve.  I'll go take an aspirin.