I would give any weight to this complaint if previous DA games reacted or even recognized that the PC had healing magic. But they do not.
So there's no basis to the RP complaint, any more than it would be to say that the absence of curse of mortality affects RP.
I think some people just like being a healer type, it doesn't matter if the game acknowledges it or not.
I didn't say it held MUCH weight, but it is a role that people use to define their characters' personality in their heads. So it is a loss on that front, it just isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be, partly for the reasons you mentioned.I would give any weight to this complaint if previous DA games reacted or even recognized that the PC had healing magic. But they do not.
So there's no basis to the RP complaint, any more than it would be to say that the absence of curse of mortality affects RP.
I think some people just like being a healer type, it doesn't matter if the game acknowledges it or not.
QFT. My plan is to try to use the new system to work around my RP as a healer crippled by the Rift.
It was a different game with a different engine. Even if They wanted to, They probably wouldn't have the time to do it, Considering how much work They did for using the new engine.Have you seen the difference list between Neverwinter Nights 'easy' and 'difficult'? Take a look if you haven't.
They had obviously managed to pull it off somehow. And it had nothing to do with 'different combat systems' and 'no healing spells for you today, sorry'.
QFT. My plan is to try to use the new system to work around my RP as a healer crippled by the Rift.
curiuos whats QFT mean?
How is 'cast shields&barriers +drink potions' more meaningful than playing with a CD-ed healing spells? Also, what does it have to do with the potential wipe? People wipe with healers too, you know. Having a healer does not guarantee one anything, one still has to use his brains and follow the tactics.
Also, seeing words 'balanced combat' referred to the single-player is kinda strange. Yeah, it makes sense to avoid both player oneshoting his\her enemies and mobs oneshoting the player. That one is obvious.
But changing reactive healing (healing spells) to proactive (barriers, procs, HOTs) does not actually 'balance' anything per se. Balance is when players can equally success with whichever strategy and playstyle they prefer. Be it healing, shielding, dex-tanking, mage\rogue non-tank parties etc.
Gonna break this down into individual things, which I don't usually do, but the hell with it, I'm drunk and the night is young.
>How is 'cast shields&barriers +drink potions' more meaningful than playing with a CD-ed healing spells? Also, what does it have to do with the potential wipe? People wipe with healers too, you know. Having a healer does not guarantee one anything, one still has to use his brains and follow the tactics.
People *do* wipe with a healer. Of course they do. But they're not supposed to. The problem is that with the way that DAO and DA2 were set up, every single fight has to have the capacity to wipe or it's literally just a waste of time. If you get rid of the player having unlimited health (and that's what easy healing amounts to), then fights which can't reasonably be expected to wipe can be meaningful because damage will add up over several fights.
>Also, seeing words 'balanced combat' referred to the single-player is kinda strange. Yeah, it makes sense to avoid both player oneshoting his\her enemies and mobs oneshoting the player. That one is obvious.
>But changing reactive healing (healing spells) to proactive (barriers, procs, HOTs) does not actually 'balance' anything per se. Balance is when players can equally success with whichever strategy and playstyle they prefer. Be it healing, shielding, dex-tanking, mage\rogue non-tank parties etc.
curiuos whats QFT mean?
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Seems a little weird to have that in Rift Mage, but it definitely doesn't mean there are no knew spells in either. Thanksexaggeration, stone-fist and a spell that may be similar to firestorm is in rift mage and walking bomb is assumed to be in necromancer.
I disagree. Having two different system is, in my opinion, ridicolous (not to say a probably impossible task with the current dev time, expecially Considering the New engine). There should only one (I honestly don't care which as long as well done).
I won't, probably. It might make the combat Broken.
I think the combat is already pre-broken for our convenience.
curiuos whats QFT mean?
Seems a little weird to have that in Rift Mage, but it definitely doesn't mean there are no knew spells in either. Thanks
Firestorm is also in Rift Mage.
I think the combat is already pre-broken for our convenience.
Seems a little weird to have that in Rift Mage, but it definitely doesn't mean there are no knew spells in either. Thanks
anytime artificer,tempest and Knight enchanter seem to be completely new.
anytime
I'm looking forward to giving Knight Enchanter a shot. Seems like it would fit right in there with the RP.
I'm looking forward to giving Knight Enchanter a shot. Seems like it would fit right in there with the RP.
That's my first playthrough except mine will probably be more shooting lightning at fools while simultaneously stabbing them than yours 
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No, not you. Someone else on the boards.
I'm pretty sure I saw that under Inferno in the video I just looked at.Firestorm is also in Rift Mage.
I'm pretty sure I saw that under Inferno in the video I just looked at.
But is it in Rift Mage?In tue recent one from YouTubers, There isn't.
But is it in Rift Mage?
The focus ability in rift mage is probably firestorm or maybe fadestorm hehe. 
Balance means that the game devs have control of the difficulty and it's where they think it's supposed to be, which is incredibly hard to do when your players can have effectively unlimited health.
What 'unlimited health' are you talking about? DA2 heals had CDs. All of them. More than once I had Anders drinking a health potion with 3\4 of mana bar. One had to time heals, regens and revivals. Yeah, one might say that it was all about the DPS taken vs HPS done + DPS done. But it's exactly same now, it's just we replace 'HPS' with the 'shield absorbs'.
Once again, there are plenty of ways to complicate player's life. Other than taking away his spells. Not to mention that some players do not need their life complicated, as they play casuals, easys and normals.There's no way they should be involved in hardcore players issues.
They didn't show the spells in it. It seems it's in Because the focus icon resembles Firestorm, I think.But is it in Rift Mage?
Normal is more on Less at the same level of DAO, and easy/Casual doesn't seem to be difficult, and it has additional bonus to health regen when characters revive without using spells and (possibly) on health regen.What 'unlimited health' are you talking about? DA2 heals had CDs. All of them. More than once I had Anders drinking a health potion with 3\4 of mana bar. One had to time heals, regens and revivals. Yeah, one might say that it was all about the DPS taken vs HPS done + DPS done. But it's exactly same now, it's just we replace 'HPS' with the 'shield absorbs'.
Once again, there are plenty of ways to complicate player's life. Other than taking away his spells. Not to mention that some players do not need their life complicated, as they play casuals, easys and normals.There's no way they should be involved in hardcore players issues.
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