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[Peregrinus]

A word about the need for a "walk" options ...

 

I hadn't really given much thought to that as I'm pretty much okay dashing about like a jack rabbit most of the time...

 

But just earlier today, while playing the "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" quest ... which is part of the main storyline in my still perfectly playing install of Dragon Age: Inquisition (sorry, that was a jab) ... and as I entered the "Winter Palace" to begin my investigation ... suddenly, instead of running ... I was WALKING!

 

Sooo! That's what this walking business is all about!  

 

The Winter Palace is quite the decorated, high pomp sort of structure and man was it easier to take in the surroundings while just strolling along at a walk than it is while running about ... I'm not sure why, at that stage of the game, you are suddenly walking as opposed to running but it's true ... and it only lasted for one significant, but large room .. and then it was back to doing Olympic sprint try outs ... LOL ... 

 

Anyway ... the game is so freakishly detailed in a visual regard that now I can see the benefit of the walk toggle ... really makes taking in the gorgeous scenery that much easier ...

 

Seems like it would be a very simple thing to implement as they switched to a casual walk easy enough in that one section I just played through but I'm no game developer, or coder for that matter and so who is to say?

It's like when they forced you to walk through the snow storm.  Very atmospheric. 

[Archie591]

Reading technical complaints is almost enough to make anyone think the game is bugged... until you realize that the minorities always yell the loudest and the actual number of people who have any sort of issues at all is absurdly small. Almost non-existent.

 

It's a strange human psyche thing.

 

Positive experiences are rarely worth talking about because we assume that things are supposed to be positive by default. The food in a restaurant is supposed to taste good, the movie we go to watch is supposed to be worth it, the video game we bought is supposed to run nicely without issues etc. And when it does so - we don't bat an eyelash and never give it a second thought. We almost never compliment anyone or post positive reviews. But when there is an issue - by god do people whine and ****** like the world is ending. The vast majority of people with negative experience feel the need to tell the whole world... over and over and over and over again.

 

Not saying it's wrong per se, but that is distorts the facts that appear to the observers. Read these forums enough and you might get the impression that the game is badly bugged and unstable and whatnot, when in reality the number of people who have any sort of issues and side-effects at all is so absurdly small, they wouldn't even make the disclaimer on a box of pain killers.

 

 

The official forums are literally the last place you ever want to check for technical stability information, because every kid who doesn't know how to update his drivers or properly run an anti-virus is going to be in everyone's face complaining in CAPS LOCK that the game is crap, doesn't work and so forth.

 

The more popular a game is, the more "issues" the forums are bombarded with. 

 

Want to see a forum that is 99.99% negative, with almost everyone 100% convinced that nothing works ever, and the devs want nothing but your money - see the LoL forums. The most popular game on the planet. Every topic in the forum is a complaint about how the game sucks from every angle. Yet I have never had an issue and I know nobody who has - unless they run a youtube channel. Then they suddenly develop issues and get a million views on it... that's what you get with a game that has 70 million players. So many outliers and extremely unlikely issues being raised to public awareness for no good reason.

 

 

Everyone I know who plays DA:I, the dozens and hundreds of people in a local gaming forum I visit, have had no issues whatsoever. The game runs great even on older systems and nobody has ever experienced any sort of technical issues.

 

Not saying there aren't problems, but seriously - some people in these forums make it sound like the game is a broken mess, when in reality it's far, far, far, far above any recent AAA titles in terms of polish. Seriously. Pick any recent AAA title even remotely equal in terms of the massiveness of the game world and you'll find that DA:I is ridiculously more stable and functional.

[Oryctolagus]

Not saying it's wrong per se
 

Not saying there aren't problems

 

Yes, you are.  The entirety of your post is dismissive of any and all issues the folks on this forum are experiencing, in the interest of "oh, they're just edge cases".

 

Useless, other than antagonizing the ones who post.  Now I'll bite my tongue before I tell you what I think of you personally for that.

[Chaos17]

Reading technical complaints is almost enough to make anyone think the game is bugged... until you realize that the minorities always yell the loudest and the actual number of people who have any sort of issues at all is absurdly small. Almost non-existent.

 

[Soren Asgard]

Archie591 : That's really an interesting story. You know "dozens and hundreds of people in a local gaming forum I visit", that's awesome to see that hundreds of people you know must represent the biggest part of the millions who have bought the game.

 

Strangely, I can say the same, but conversely : in addition to the BSN (where I see a lot of complains, especially in the EA Help area, I advise you to visit this place) and the DA:I's chan of Reddit, I frequent the biggest french videogames website as well, and when I go to the DA:I forums, I can say that we aren't just a few edge cases to experienced problems : we are many. Even if we, french people, are known for our bitching nature and our numerous protests in the street for various reasons, I prefer to think, in this case, there really are technical issues on DA:I because I have seen a lot of cases which have exactly the same description : freezes since the beginning, and stuttering since patch 2.

 

Even BioWare says there is a problem in the game and they work hardly on the next patches, so I don't really understand when some people come here just to say « hey, you are just a few dudes with problems which aren't related with the game's code ». I find this funny : the biggest BioWare defenders are the same who didn't know anything concerning what's going on.

 

[Octarin]

Reading technical complaints is almost enough to make anyone think the game is bugged... until you realize that the minorities always yell the loudest and the actual number of people who have any sort of issues at all is absurdly small. Almost non-existent.

 

It's a strange human psyche thing.

 

Positive experiences are rarely worth talking about because we assume that things are supposed to be positive by default. The food in a restaurant is supposed to taste good, the movie we go to watch is supposed to be worth it, the video game we bought is supposed to run nicely without issues etc. And when it does so - we don't bat an eyelash and never give it a second thought. We almost never compliment anyone or post positive reviews. But when there is an issue - by god do people whine and ****** like the world is ending. The vast majority of people with negative experience feel the need to tell the whole world... over and over and over and over again.

 

Not saying it's wrong per se, but that is distorts the facts that appear to the observers. Read these forums enough and you might get the impression that the game is badly bugged and unstable and whatnot, when in reality the number of people who have any sort of issues and side-effects at all is so absurdly small, they wouldn't even make the disclaimer on a box of pain killers.

 

 

The official forums are literally the last place you ever want to check for technical stability information, because every kid who doesn't know how to update his drivers or properly run an anti-virus is going to be in everyone's face complaining in CAPS LOCK that the game is crap, doesn't work and so forth.

 

The more popular a game is, the more "issues" the forums are bombarded with. 

 

Want to see a forum that is 99.99% negative, with almost everyone 100% convinced that nothing works ever, and the devs want nothing but your money - see the LoL forums. The most popular game on the planet. Every topic in the forum is a complaint about how the game sucks from every angle. Yet I have never had an issue and I know nobody who has - unless they run a youtube channel. Then they suddenly develop issues and get a million views on it... that's what you get with a game that has 70 million players. So many outliers and extremely unlikely issues being raised to public awareness for no good reason.

 

 

Everyone I know who plays DA:I, the dozens and hundreds of people in a local gaming forum I visit, have had no issues whatsoever. The game runs great even on older systems and nobody has ever experienced any sort of technical issues.

 

Not saying there aren't problems, but seriously - some people in these forums make it sound like the game is a broken mess, when in reality it's far, far, far, far above any recent AAA titles in terms of polish. Seriously. Pick any recent AAA title even remotely equal in terms of the massiveness of the game world and you'll find that DA:I is ridiculously more stable and functional.

 

You obviously don't have an "older system". Maybe you should drop by and check the "minority" who "yell too loud" at http://forum.bioware...x-these-issues/because I think you're rather uninformed about what we're complaint about. The game IS a broken mess for most old gens. But we can see your point of view, looking down dismissively. It's a typical attitude. Wanna put your money when your mouth is and drop by and address some of our issues? No? Yeah, thought so. 

[Pig Bodine]

Reading technical complaints is almost enough to make anyone think the game is bugged... until you realize that the minorities always yell the loudest and the actual number of people who have any sort of issues at all is absurdly small. Almost non-existent.

 

It's a strange human psyche thing.

 

Positive experiences are rarely worth talking about because we assume that things are supposed to be positive by default. The food in a restaurant is supposed to taste good, the movie we go to watch is supposed to be worth it, the video game we bought is supposed to run nicely without issues etc. And when it does so - we don't bat an eyelash and never give it a second thought. We almost never compliment anyone or post positive reviews. But when there is an issue - by god do people whine and ****** like the world is ending. The vast majority of people with negative experience feel the need to tell the whole world... over and over and over and over again.

 

Not saying it's wrong per se, but that is distorts the facts that appear to the observers. Read these forums enough and you might get the impression that the game is badly bugged and unstable and whatnot, when in reality the number of people who have any sort of issues and side-effects at all is so absurdly small, they wouldn't even make the disclaimer on a box of pain killers.

 

 

The official forums are literally the last place you ever want to check for technical stability information, because every kid who doesn't know how to update his drivers or properly run an anti-virus is going to be in everyone's face complaining in CAPS LOCK that the game is crap, doesn't work and so forth.

 

The more popular a game is, the more "issues" the forums are bombarded with. 

 

Want to see a forum that is 99.99% negative, with almost everyone 100% convinced that nothing works ever, and the devs want nothing but your money - see the LoL forums. The most popular game on the planet. Every topic in the forum is a complaint about how the game sucks from every angle. Yet I have never had an issue and I know nobody who has - unless they run a youtube channel. Then they suddenly develop issues and get a million views on it... that's what you get with a game that has 70 million players. So many outliers and extremely unlikely issues being raised to public awareness for no good reason.

 

 

Everyone I know who plays DA:I, the dozens and hundreds of people in a local gaming forum I visit, have had no issues whatsoever. The game runs great even on older systems and nobody has ever experienced any sort of technical issues.

 

Not saying there aren't problems, but seriously - some people in these forums make it sound like the game is a broken mess, when in reality it's far, far, far, far above any recent AAA titles in terms of polish. Seriously. Pick any recent AAA title even remotely equal in terms of the massiveness of the game world and you'll find that DA:I is ridiculously more stable and functional.

Sorry, but for some old-gen consoles- ie older models, it isa broken mess. I've tried multiple fixes to try and get this game to run reliably at all on my 360- and they don't work- had it crash 30-40 times in 25 hrs playing, and I've never had problems like that with other games. There are plenty of people who are experiencing these issues on old-gen consoles. Take a look at this thread- http://forum.bioware...-issues/page-48I've never complained about any product like this before, because I haven't had to. Sorry, not trying to sound impolite, but that's just the truth when it comes to the older gen version of Inquisition.

[Solo80]

Yes, you are.  The entirety of your post is dismissive of any and all issues the folks on this forum are experiencing, in the interest of "oh, they're just edge cases".

 

Useless, other than antagonizing the ones who post.  Now I'll bite my tongue before I tell you what I think of you personally for that.

 

Ah, dismissing a post by saying it's dismissive. Irony defined.

 

Far from finding it dismissive, I found the post to bring some badly needed perspective to this place. Nobody is denying that a small number of people are having more or less serious issues with this game, but compared to other AAA games, this actually seems like a surprisingly stable release, especially considering this is an "open world" type game.

 

I mean, compare it to the launch of Sim City, or Diablo III, or Battlefield 4, or Assassin's Creed: Unity.

 

I know this doesn't help the people who are having issues, and they deserve their game to be patched, but dismissing posters who bring some badly needed perspective in here isn't constuctive.

[Oryctolagus]

Ah, dismissing a post by saying it's dismissive. Irony defined.

 

Far from finding it dismissive, I found the post to bring some badly needed perspective to this place. Nobody is denying that a small number of people are having more or less serious issues with this game, but compared to other AAA games, this actually seems like a surprisingly stable release, especially considering this is an "open world" type game.

 

I mean, compare it to the launch of Sim City, or Diablo III, or Battlefield 4, or Assassin's Creed: Unity.

 

I know this doesn't help the people who are having issues, and they deserve their game to be patched, but dismissing posters who bring some badly needed perspective in here isn't constuctive.

 

I didn't dismiss his post, I said he was a jackass for posting it.  This is true to his form; he pops in with an incendiary post or two about how rare the problems are and how wee and trivial the frustrations of the people posting in the threads are, and then he bounces.  He's not bringing perspective, he's bringing gasoline.

 

And yes, with every post that says "It's not that bad, c'mon", you infuriate the ones who are having "more or less serious issues".  It literally brings nothing to the discussion.  You're only feeding your own self-righteousness that you have "perspective" on computer issues for a video game.  It's all about pride and superiority.

 

I have no idea if you're married, but this is exactly like telling your wife how to fix a situation when all she wants to do is be heard and know you're listening.  It doesn't work out well.

 

It means absolutely nothing that this was a good launch compared to other video games.  The people in these threads are frustrated and some of them are exasperated.  Who in the world do you think it helps to roll in and tell them that they're just having teensy tiny rare problems?  Zero.  Do you think they're going to walk away whistling because a bunch of other people are absolutely fine?

[Grieving Natashina]

I didn't dismiss his post, I said he was a jackass for posting it.  This is true to his form; he pops in with an incendiary post or two about how rare the problems are and how wee and trivial the frustrations of the people posting in the threads are, and then he bounces.  He's not bringing perspective, he's bringing gasoline.

 

And yes, with every post that says "It's not that bad, c'mon", you infuriate the ones who are having "more or less serious issues".  It literally brings nothing to the discussion.  You're only feeding your own self-righteousness that you have "perspective" on computer issues for a video game.  It's all about pride and superiority.

 

I have no idea if you're married, but this is exactly like telling your wife how to fix a situation when all she wants to do is be heard and know you're listening.  It doesn't work out well.

 

It means absolutely nothing that this was a good launch compared to other video games.  The people in these threads are frustrated and some of them are exasperated.  Who in the world do you think it helps to roll in and tell them that they're just having teensy tiny rare problems?  Zero.  Do you think they're going to walk away whistling because a bunch of other people are absolutely fine?

I owe you a like for this.

[wicked cool]

Archie you dont speak for me

I love dragon age but the port to 360
Is not acceptable. Im not some loud minority.

Take my challenge -find a friend that has a 360. Play up to the hinterlands and compare your experience with dragon age origins and dai on your system

[Faeryia]

Reading technical complaints is almost enough to make anyone think the game is bugged... until you realize that the minorities always yell the loudest and the actual number of people who have any sort of issues at all is absurdly small. Almost non-existent.

 

It's a strange human psyche thing.

 

Positive experiences are rarely worth talking about because we assume that things are supposed to be positive by default. The food in a restaurant is supposed to taste good, the movie we go to watch is supposed to be worth it, the video game we bought is supposed to run nicely without issues etc. And when it does so - we don't bat an eyelash and never give it a second thought. We almost never compliment anyone or post positive reviews. But when there is an issue - by god do people whine and ****** like the world is ending. The vast majority of people with negative experience feel the need to tell the whole world... over and over and over and over again.

 

Not saying it's wrong per se, but that is distorts the facts that appear to the observers. Read these forums enough and you might get the impression that the game is badly bugged and unstable and whatnot, when in reality the number of people who have any sort of issues and side-effects at all is so absurdly small, they wouldn't even make the disclaimer on a box of pain killers.

 

 

The official forums are literally the last place you ever want to check for technical stability information, because every kid who doesn't know how to update his drivers or properly run an anti-virus is going to be in everyone's face complaining in CAPS LOCK that the game is crap, doesn't work and so forth.

 

The more popular a game is, the more "issues" the forums are bombarded with. 

 

Want to see a forum that is 99.99% negative, with almost everyone 100% convinced that nothing works ever, and the devs want nothing but your money - see the LoL forums. The most popular game on the planet. Every topic in the forum is a complaint about how the game sucks from every angle. Yet I have never had an issue and I know nobody who has - unless they run a youtube channel. Then they suddenly develop issues and get a million views on it... that's what you get with a game that has 70 million players. So many outliers and extremely unlikely issues being raised to public awareness for no good reason.

 

 

Everyone I know who plays DA:I, the dozens and hundreds of people in a local gaming forum I visit, have had no issues whatsoever. The game runs great even on older systems and nobody has ever experienced any sort of technical issues.

 

Not saying there aren't problems, but seriously - some people in these forums make it sound like the game is a broken mess, when in reality it's far, far, far, far above any recent AAA titles in terms of polish. Seriously. Pick any recent AAA title even remotely equal in terms of the massiveness of the game world and you'll find that DA:I is ridiculously more stable and functional.

I bought the game for my Xbox360 elite. It should play with ALL sounds, ALL banter and ALL functions the developers intended. We are a lot of people, not only on first gen consoles but across all platforms, who are having problems with audio and graphic. Some poor people can't even get their games to load at all. I love the Dragon Age series and I was so looking foward to playing DA I. I am supporting my sick mum and my mentally handicapped younger brother and I saved for three months to get enough money to buy the game. I should be able to play it instead of having to play some glitchy, almost soundless and very low res version of it. 

[Jay84]

We paid good money for this POS platform is besides the point if it doesnt work on ps3/360 DONT MAKE IT FOR PS3/360 they did so we are within rights to see it fixed or have a full refund for this scam.

[Soren Asgard]

Ah, dismissing a post by saying it's dismissive. Irony defined.

 

Far from finding it dismissive, I found the post to bring some badly needed perspective to this place. Nobody is denying that a small number of people are having more or less serious issues with this game, but compared to other AAA games, this actually seems like a surprisingly stable release, especially considering this is an "open world" type game.

 

I mean, compare it to the launch of Sim City, or Diablo III, or Battlefield 4, or Assassin's Creed: Unity.

 

I know this doesn't help the people who are having issues, and they deserve their game to be patched, but dismissing posters who bring some badly needed perspective in here isn't constuctive.

 

Waw, what an argument... If it's less worst, you say that we can't criticize anything... are you serious ? xD If your recent-model car encounters a lot of technical issues, I'm curious to know how you would react if your mecanician tell you "don't complain and continue to use this car as it is, mister, it's still better than a Lada".

[Druscylla]

Actually Mr. I-Don't-Have-Problems-So-I-Demean-Those-Who-Do, my game ran fine until Patch 2. Now it's a choppy, lagtastic, freeze-prone pile of useless crap sitting on my harddrive. I replaced a terrible processor and now the game launches better and loads faster but when the game loads it's the same kind of fantastic stuttery bliss. And by bliss I mean that I can't play more than 5 min before the choppy gameplay and stuttering cutscenes ruin what was a brilliant and much-loved game previously for me. Am I vocal about it? Maybe not so much as some but I sure as heck am not going to sit here like it's fine when it isn't like some passive-aggressive pushover. I paid for this, I expect it to work. If that bothers you, go over to the happy la la forums and put your fingers in your ears and cover your eyes. And when Sim City and Diablo 3 launched, almost no one could play them. When this game launched on PC, a lot more people could play without issue than after this latest patch. So if Blizzard and EA had broken their games instead of fixing them with the patches, we could compare.

[AlyssaFaden]

Reading technical complaints is almost enough to make anyone think the game is bugged... until you realize that the minorities always yell the loudest and the actual number of people who have any sort of issues at all is absurdly small. Almost non-existent.

 

 

http://forum.bioware...rk-compilation/

 

Everything here - everything - is system agnostic. It's not random crashes, it's not system-specific issues, graphic card issues, or down to personal preferences: every one of these is a bug, a glitch, and plain something not working in every game. Including yours.

 

This list alone is appalling, and we're not even getting into the per-customer issues of not being able to get the game to start or get it past a menu. 

 

Yup, YOUR game is bugged, too. Bugged to hell and back.

 

Yes, there are worse games, but that doesn't stop this game, right now, being more buggy than it should be and Bioware being way quieter than they should be.

[Grieving Natashina]

<checks the calendar>

 

I think I can guess the reason that they seem to be a little quieter than usual.  It shouldn't be considered that strange, that they are likely doing their jobs and then spending some time with their families for Christmas, which is two days away.  The last post they made in here was 8 days ago and in the PC Community concerns thread, 12 days ago.  Again, they aren't ignoring us.

 

You know, maybe rather than constantly asking or (in some cases, I'm not trying to apply this to everyone in this thread) demanding that the devs post on the forums every week, why don't you just let them do their jobs? Offering feedback is fine.  Posting about bugs and other issues is great, and gods know I've been spending my time doing that.  Being frustrated is understandable.  I've been hit by the draw distance issue and it sucks.  I'm not trying to come off as dismissive of the feelings of others, but I can't see how this is productive to be so demanding.  I'm not knocking on the polite requests, but I have to take askance at some of the attitude in the thread.

 

Sitting here and demanding them to post constantly isn't going to make fixes go quicker.  

 

Besides, the devs probably haven't set a ETA on the next patch for a good reason: They don't want to have an ETA until they feel the patch is going to address the issues it needs to.  They want it to work right, the first time and try not to break anything else.  

 

This is why they've been using twitter instead of the forums a lot.  It allows for short bits of updates and conversations without taking much time away from doing their jobs.  Which is fixing these issues.  Which I thought was the point of the Feedback and tech forums is to make them aware of those issues so they can fix them.  I don't think the point is to have the devs give us constant updates of a work-in-progress.  

[Faeryia]

<checks the calendar>

 

I think I can guess the reason that they seem to be a little quieter than usual.  It shouldn't be considered that strange, that they are likely doing their jobs and then spending some time with their families for Christmas, which is two days away.  The last post they made in here was 8 days ago and in the PC Community concerns thread, 12 days ago.  Again, they aren't ignoring us.

 

You know, maybe rather than constantly asking or (in some cases, I'm not trying to apply this to everyone in this thread) demanding that the devs post on the forums every week, why don't you just let them do their jobs? Offering feedback is fine.  Posting about bugs and other issues is great, and gods know I've been spending my time doing that.  Being frustrated is understandable.  I've been hit by the draw distance issue and it sucks.  I'm not trying to come off as dismissive of the feelings of others, but I can't see how this is productive to be so demanding.  I'm not knocking on the polite requests, but I have to take askance at some of the attitude in the thread.

 

Sitting here and demanding them to post constantly isn't going to make fixes go quicker.  

 

Besides, the devs probably haven't set a ETA on the next patch for a good reason: They don't want to have an ETA until they feel the patch is going to address the issues it needs to for that patch.  They want it to work right, the first time and try not to break anything else.  

 

This is why they've been using twitter instead of the forums a lot.  It allows for short bits of updates and conversations without taking much time away from doing their jobs.  Which is fixing these issues.  Which I thought was the point of the Feedback and tech forums is to make them aware of those issues so they can fix them.  

 

You have a point. I know I have been pissy today. I guess the whole stress about Christmas is getting to me. I don't mind that they're not posting in the forums every week, and like you say, they are probably taking some time off to spend with their families. But have they confirmed that they are working to solve the glitches and bugs and stuff? I'm playing on an Xbox360 elite, and other than "you should post your concearns over at the EA Help forum", I haven't heard anything at all about actually fixting anything. 

[Grieving Natashina]

You have a point. I know I have been pissy today. I guess the whole stress about Christmas is getting to me. I don't mind that they're not posting in the forums every week, and like you say, they are probably taking some time off to spend with their families. But have they confirmed that they are working to solve the glitches and bugs and stuff? I'm playing on an Xbox360 elite, and other than "you should post your concearns over at the EA Help forum", I haven't heard anything at all about actually fixting anything. 

They've been saying over and over again that yes, they are continuing to work on the multiple problems.   It's up to whether or not you believe them, but they have said as such. Patch 2 alone proves that they are trying to fix the game, and they have promised more patches in the near future.  Read the OP, it tells you what they addressed and worked on.

 

From the PC concerns thread:

 

 

There are definitely patches in the works.  If there wasn't I probably would have opted to do something else this evening than taunt people with faux attention with no plans to actually make an effort to address issues. :\

 

 

I don't think that the word "patches" instead of "patch" was any sort of lie.

 

Also, here's Conal in that same thread letting a poster know that they can contact them if their issue persists:

 

 

If you are having performance issues post patch, here are some steps you can try. Let me know if the issue persists.

 

 Finally, I've seen no sign that they are being dismissive to the players but instead trying to get them the support they need.  Conal didn't feel qualified to answer, so rather than try to bullshit a fan, he was honest:

 

 

I'm afraid I'd need more detail to know what you're referring to, but in general I don't have much to update other than what's in the patch notes and what is being addressed specifically in the hot fix. Sorry.

And I know some people are sorta sick of hearing it, but have you tried reporting it on AHQ as well? They are able to provide more robust support than exists on the BSN.

 

 

It's been less than two weeks since we've heard back from the devs, and it's the holidays.  

 

Before anyone thinks I'm being "too easy" on the devs, I'm not.  Oh, I've been in several bug feedback threads and while I remain respectful, I have zero issues calling them out on the things that are broken.  The draw distance issue alone was a heartbreaking problem to discover.  I just remember that these are human beings, many with families,  that have been likely been putting in overtime, right before Christmas. 

[Faeryia]

They've been saying over and over again that yes, they are continuing to work on the multiple problems.   It's up to whether or not you believe them, but they have said as such. Patch 2 alone proves that they are trying to fix the game, and they have promised more patches in the near future.  Read the OP, it tells you what they addressed and worked on.

 

From the PC concerns thread:

 

 

 

 

I don't think that the word "patches" instead of "patch" was any sort of lie.

 

Also, here's Conal in that same thread letting a poster know that they can contact them if their issue persists:

 

 

 

 Finally, I've seen no sign that they are being dismissive to the players but instead trying to get them the support they need.  Conal didn't feel qualified to answer, so rather than try to bullshit a fan, he was honest:

 

 

 

 

It's been less than two weeks since we've heard back from the devs, and it's the holidays.  

 

Before anyone thinks I'm being "too easy" on the devs, I'm not.  Oh, I've been in several bug feedback threads and while I remain respectful, I have zero issues calling them out on the things that are broken.  The draw distance issue alone was a heartbreaking problem to discover.  I just remember that these are human beings, many with families,  that have been likely been putting in overtime, right before Christmas. 

 

That is great! Since I'm playing on a first gen console I haven't kept up with the other threads. If they're working on patches for PC then hopefully they'll get around to fixing the stuff for consoles as well. This makes me feel a lot happier. Thank you.

[Chaos17]

They've been saying over and over again that yes, they are continuing to work on the multiple problems.   It's up to whether or not you believe them, but they have said as such. Patch 2 alone proves that they are trying to fix the game, and they have promised more patches in the near future.  Read the OP, it tells you what they addressed and worked on.

We will see what the futur will hold for us.

[Grieving Natashina]

We will see what the futur will hold for us.

That's been my take on it.  Even though I've been vocal, I think I'm one of the less angry fans on the forums.  Less stress that way. 

 

 

That is great! Since I'm playing on a first gen console I haven't kept up with the other threads. If they're working on patches for PC then hopefully they'll get around to fixing the stuff for consoles as well. This makes me feel a lot happier. Thank you. 

Awesome, I'm glad I could cheer you up!  Here's to hoping for better things to come.  

[Ncongruous]

Waw, what an argument... If it's less worst, you say that we can't criticize anything... are you serious ? xD If your recent-model car encounters a lot of technical issues, I'm curious to know how you would react if your mecanician tell you "don't complain and continue to use this car as it is, mister, it's still better than a Lada".

I found it interesting that of the titles to declare having launches worse than DA:I, to introduce "perspective", Solo80 opted to pick two more EA titles. Regardless, I don't think that they were saying that we cannot criticize, only that we should have more temperance in doing so.
 

I know this doesn't help the people who are having issues, and they deserve their game to be patched, but dismissing posters who bring some badly needed perspective in here isn't constuctive.

Badly needed perspective... There is no merit to debating perspective here because there are a million other things that are a million times more important than any game. There are people at this very moment that don't have safe drinking water, no food or they can't leave their house without threat of violence. See? Perspective skewed! It doesn't matter unless you're affected. And there's people here being marginalized under the phrase of "proper perspective". So yes, people are going take umbrage. We're here for one game.

As an aside I'm also dismissive of anyone that comes here proclaiming the game works as intended for them and their Dunbar number. Playing devil's advocate encourages a dynamic conversation, but defending Archie591's point on perspective? It's wholly feckless.

[Imryll]

The official forums are literally the last place you ever want to check for technical stability information, because every kid who doesn't know how to update his drivers or properly run an anti-virus is going to be in everyone's face complaining in CAPS LOCK that the game is crap, doesn't work and so forth.

 

The more popular a game is, the more "issues" the forums are bombarded with. 

 

Want to see a forum that is 99.99% negative, with almost everyone 100% convinced that nothing works ever, and the devs want nothing but your money - see the LoL forums. The most popular game on the planet. Every topic in the forum is a complaint about how the game sucks from every angle. Yet I have never had an issue and I know nobody who has - unless they run a youtube channel. Then they suddenly develop issues and get a million views on it... that's what you get with a game that has 70 million players. So many outliers and extremely unlikely issues being raised to public awareness for no good reason.

 

 

Everyone I know who plays DA:I, the dozens and hundreds of people in a local gaming forum I visit, have had no issues whatsoever. The game runs great even on older systems and nobody has ever experienced any sort of technical issues.

 

Not saying there aren't problems, but seriously - some people in these forums make it sound like the game is a broken mess, when in reality it's far, far, far, far above any recent AAA titles in terms of polish. Seriously. Pick any recent AAA title even remotely equal in terms of the massiveness of the game world and you'll find that DA:I is ridiculously more stable and functional.

The non-Bioware forums I visit feature posts by lots of people who like me are experiencing frequent crashes. When I installed the game it prompted a driver update so out-of-date drivers actually weren't an option. I've have since installed first a beta driver and a newly issued driver, neither of which helped.

 

You may consider hourly crashes trivial, but they certainly affect my enjoyment of a game. I reported the issues I'm experiencing when the game first came out and after Patch 2, but if it is necessary to keep the devs from thinking it's a tiny minority who are encountering these issues, I can certainly nag them more often.

[Grieving Natashina]

The non-Bioware forums I visit feature posts by lots of people who like me are experiencing frequent crashes. When I installed the game it prompted a driver update so out-of-date drivers actually weren't an option. I've have since installed first a beta driver and a newly issued driver, neither of which helped.

 

You may consider hourly crashes trivial, but they certainly affect my enjoyment of a game. I reported the issues I'm experiencing when the game first came out and after Patch 2, but if it is necessary to keep the devs from thinking it's a tiny minority who are encountering these issues, I can certainly nag them more often.

Could be worse.  I had to tell someone last night that a lack of spell queuing and enemies hitting him during a Fade Disruption is a game breaking bug that makes the game unplayable.   Did I mention he was playing a tank and complaining that enemies were hitting him?