I'm going to post some rational feedback for the team and I welcome others to do the same. I'm not interested in hearing about how "Bioware is dead!", how much they hate the PC community or the fact that you want a refund. There are many other threads for that stuff, have fun in those.
PC controls - they can't fix everything in a patch so heres what I think can be realistically accomplished
- auto attack toggle
- Fix the weird selection system or let people rebind mouse buttons
- Tactical camera should be mouse controlled
- Click to move toward object
- Right click and hold should move the camera, this control should be separate from attack to prevent inadvertent whiffing
AI issues - the AI is...not great and with the neutered scripting options its all the more glaring
- AI sits in hostile AOEs. They moved out of the way in DA:O, I replayed it recently. Can't remember DA2.
- AI prioritization needs to be re-examined
- Auto teleport to PC even with Hold Position
- Commands being overridden, seemingly without reason
General quality of life
- Search ping really should be a toggle, even the console players don't love this mechanic and it seems out of place in the world
- In absence of the above, at least put search results on the underused minimap
- There is way too much gathering. I suggest upping the volume gathered per node and lessen the density
- Mount speed needs to be increased, its not fast enough to make up for the lack of party banter, search ping and encountering other things you can interact with in the world. There are too many reasons not to use a mount and very few reasons to bother.
- Please remove the silly wind graphic on the mount, it looks really out of place
Voice acting
- The Iron Bull VA is really jarring and takes you out of the game. Seems out of place for both the world and the race/visual look of the character. This is actually one of my biggest disappointments because its the only NPC Reaver option. The quality of the IB VA is not up to snuff with the rest of the cast. For example I don't personally like Sera as a character but I can respect the VA did a great job with it. Iron Bull is just bad and inconsistent. Sometimes he sounds like a regular human, other times it sounds like someone trying to speak with a sock in their mouth. FP did a great job with ME3 but let's not just insert him in every game please.
General commentary
I doubt the AI problems can be fixed up so that is more for future games. You can have mediocre AI with heavily customizable user scripting. You can have great AI with very little user scripting. You can't have both mediocre AI and a lack of user scripting, it doesn't make for a pleasant experience. It works well against regular mobs but the player ends up frustrated at anything challenging.
Trying to kill a dragon has been an exercise in frustration. The fight itself is only moderately challenging, the real enemy I have been facing is the combination of the control problems and the AI. I don't mind changing things around on the fly but the adjustments I do make in tactical mode often don't seem to take properly or the AI just bungles them a few seconds later. It is quite aggravating.
I don't mind the user interface that much, yeah its inefficient but obviously its unified for multiplat releases so whatever, thats a minor thing.
Ok wow that was longer than I thought. I welcome others feedback and input.