Hey, as a former COD and ME player, I find all this stereotyping both highly offensive and...
Accurate!
There's nothing wrong with COD players per se, they just need to realize the world is bigger than just COD. I've a lot of friends that play COD/Battlefield/etc. and they did pretty amazing in ME3 too, it's just a matter of understanding the genre you're playing and adjusting your gameplay accordingly.
Very much agreed on all three points. But isn't the default setup in ME3 actually Platinum Collectors, not random? Not that it really matters, it should be Random/Random/Bronze.
Also, with all the talk about tanks probably being hard to find, do we actually have a reason to believe that we need them? Maybe I'm missing something, but I had the impression that the game should be doable regardless of what combination of characters you have.
Nah, the defaults (ME3) were random/random/random when you first launch the game, then it keeps the last "search" you did. So if you have Platinum Collectors then it's because for your last quick game you searched for this setup. Let's just say I was confused the first time I hit "quick match" and someone had to explain me Gold wasn't really the best idea for my first match... I was like: "but why the lowest difficulty isn't the default?"
For the second question, the game should be doable regardless of what combination of characters you have. What will not be doable without a specific set of classes is getting all the loot in the map. They said some chest will be locked (requires rogue to unlock) while other chests will be behind a wall (require a tank to collapse the wall) and some chests will be protected by a ward (requires a mage to dispel). Thus my first conclusion, it's gonna start a war just to get the chance of having maybe the luck of your life with a random chest tucked away under a possible loot somewhere in the random map... Freaking too complicated to work reliably in MP.
I wonder if they'll have a search function that will put one guy of each class, then a 4th of any class. I guess this wouldn't make the matchmaking too difficult. I hope we'll have something like this. I think I read somewhere around here that we will.
I have found that PuGing can be extremely fun in ME3. Let's be honest, in a preset group there is practically no challenge anymore. Everyone knows how to play, everyone knows their role, so stuff melts. Join a PuG, and suddenly it's can be anything from a breeze to a horrid wipe. You get to deal with new sets of challenges (nothing like dying on the map/enemy/difficulty combination you know you can solo due to teammates 'helping'). Can it be frustrating? Of course. But its also can be very fun and challenging. As long as everyone has fun, its fine.
I'm with you there. Personally, I enjoy a mix of both kinds of matches. Having some matches just flow perfectly can be a lot of fun, but gets boring after a while. And trying (and sometimes failing) to pull a horrid group through a match can be a very fun challenge, but gets frustrating without some good matches thrown in in-between.
Now if you require manifest grinding (like ME3 did originally, and like DAI seems to do), add some artificial handicaps on speed of item acquisition based on character class combination, then yeah, I can see most people sticking to preset groups, which is honestly what I hoped Bioware would try to avoid.
I'm hoping the "deconstruct this item to get parts for another" thing is going to help a lot with that. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how hard it is to get some of those parts.
I believe you have a point about DA:I being less a problem. That problematic crowd usually don't like swords and magic so we're probably safe from them this time around
You clearly haven't played enough MMORPGs. 
"Yeah, I know YOU are the tank, but I want to run in and start the fight by myself, and then scream at the top of my keyboard-lungs at you for not saving me!" It's ALWAYS the dual-wielders...
You clearly haven't played enough MMORPGs.
I guess I was lucky with FFXIV. These guys existed, but they weren't very very common. And they'd soon get booted from the game. Guess that's why they weren't very common... they learned. 
I guess I was lucky with FFXIV. These guys existed, but they weren't very very common. And they'd soon get booted from the game. Guess that's why they weren't very common... they learned.
Ohh, mine either learned, or left! As I often play as the healer, when DPS start fights on their own, I'll save their ass once. Then I'll inform them that the next time they start a fight without the tank, I won't be healing them. Most of them got the hint. The rest usually end up with the tank starting a vote-kick within the next few fights. One of my favorite reasons to play healer: Pissing off the person who holds your life in his hands is a bad idea. 
I have found that PuGing can be extremely fun in ME3.
I do not want it to have the glass ceiling that the store had in the ME3 multiplayer. The point you eventually reached when you obtained all the rare guns and characters in an attempt to get the ultra rare weapons, but from then on ended up getting rare consumable weapon rounds or something 95% of the time from then on.
I hope there will be MM in this
My wish for DAMP is... an open beta. 
As far as PUGs in ME3 go, I did a lot of them, and rarely had a player that ruined my fun.
Geth stagger lock on the other hand did it all the time... which was why it was fun to play Krogan Shaman with a Volus at my side. Only thing more fun than rage-ing against Geth Hunters was Batarian Vanguard turbo punching all over the screen. If Batguard had been instakill proof, that would've made Platinum entertaining.
So I guess another wish list item is that staggerlock not be over-used in DEMP.
I hope they separate sprint/take cover buttons.
I hope not to run into too many of these.
My DAMP wishlist as follows:
1) Customization options (gender, name, build, skin tone)
2) More customization options (hair styles, stances)
3) More classes
4)More maps
5)More enemies
1) My goddamn cd-key
2) Awesome weekly challenges.
3) Nerfs and buffs every week
4) more Qunari, Elves and Dwarves.
Got my EU CD key.
I need application on mobile phone which allows DAMP character planning.
3) Nerfs and buffs every week
Retour en haut
