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[UltimateGohanSS]

I wanted to help(if needed)BioWare to easier decide how and what will the Mage auto attack will be.Hand blast or Staff blast like in DAII

 

I'm giving vote to Staff blast from DAII

[Elite Midget]

Why not having the option for both?

 

Though if I had to choose I would say staff blast as it allows for more organic melee option as well if enemies get too close.

[Gill Kaiser]

I'd be happy with either, provided the backhand spin staff attack were removed or significantly diminished in frequency.

[Sylvius the Mad]

Hand Blast. Because it seems more like the energy comes from the mage.

And because I want the staves not to be mandatory.

[Icy Magebane]

I thought the hand blasts looked pretty good, but I thought it looked weird that the mage always held the staff behind them... almost like it didn't serve any purpose besides changing the element of the hand blast.  TBH I thought the DA:O style was fine.

[Lieutenant Kurin]

Either is fine, but the hand blast looked like it needed a bit of work. That is, if I'm shooting all this energy through space, wouldn't there be a bit of recoil? I mean there is little to no movement from that hand at all, and it looked kinda silly to me.

[Cainhurst Crow]

I want handblasts and close range staff blasts, though if it came down to one or the other, staff blasts. I want my mages equipment to actually feel like it serves some defensible purpose for its ridiculous size and shape.

[The Night Haunter]

I actually like the hand blasting better.

[The Night Haunter]

Either is fine, but the hand blast looked like it needed a bit of work. That is, if I'm shooting all this energy through space, wouldn't there be a bit of recoil? I mean there is little to no movement from that hand at all, and it looked kinda silly to me.

Magic has no mass, thus no recoil.

 

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Magic + Physics = Looney Bin

[TheGreyson]

Both. With the option to choose which style I wish to use at any given time. Like sword and board or two handed for Warrior class.

[CENIC]

Hand blasts at range, staff kung-fu up close.

 

Like how in DA2 an archer will whip out the Murder Knife if an enemy gets within melee range.

[Tevinter Rose]

I like the hand blasts more, makes it look like a mage is full of raw magical energy. I think they should be for ranged attacks and staves for up close combat.

[UltimateGohanSS]

You cant use both.you have to choose 1.and this topic is for helping bioware to decide what to put in game.

[J-Reyno]

I liked the altered staff attacks we saw.  Really gave some weight to the magic attack and made it look like effort was being put into the blasts.  The hand blasts that we've seen looked a little silly, very "pew pew".  

[OctagonalSquare]

Hand blasts?

[TheGreyson]

Mages should have choice too. Aside from specializations. Staff and hand blast yespleasethankyou.

[Lieutenant Kurin]

Magic has no mass, thus no recoil.

 

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Magic + Physics = Looney Bin

If you are calling me looney, then wow, rude.

 

Second, energy may not have mass, but the air around it does. That's why explosions leave things flattened around the initial blast area. Those thing weren't touched by fire, they were pushed by that incredibly fast moving air.

[themageguy]

I like the hand blasts.especially with the lightning staff equipped.

Though even they decide to bring the staff play back ... I won't mind it at all. The way they've toned down the speed of the animation is spot on.

[The Night Haunter]

If you are calling me looney, then wow, rude.

 

Second, energy may not have mass, but the air around it does. That's why explosions leave things flattened around the initial blast area. Those thing weren't touched by fire, they were pushed by that incredibly fast moving air.

Lol sorry, no insult intended. I was calling the whole world looney , but mostly me since I am applying physics to magic. 

 

Indeed, the displaced air could factor into recoil, depending on if the magic (and thus the force) actually originates touching the hand, thus possibly applying some force (N3 Law) to the hand. If the magic begins the movement of force and heat outside the body (likely since casting fireballs doesn't burn your hand) then the oppositional force is simply going into air. It's hard to say since delving too deep into this leads to madness

 

Most likely from the perspective of Hollywood physix there should be recoil as everything possesses lots of recoil in Hollywood land (or sometimes none at all, depending lol).

[Ryzaki]

I prefer staff. Besides the twirling amuses me.

[Bayonet Hipshot]

Hand blasts for ranged auto attack, staff twerks...err...twirlings for melee...

[Boss Fog]

I don't know, I'm not entirely convinced that 'hand blast' ability has been scraped.  Why would they create a unique animation and then just scrap it?  Perhaps the hand blast is the start of a chain?

[Gtdef]

The staff twirling is lame tbh.

[Borosini]

Hand blast.

 

I wouldn't have a big problem with the use of the staff, but the gyrations and the twirling...it gets excessive when you see it over and over again. That kind of animation should be limited to something more significant than "I've been auto-attacking for a while."