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[YourFunnyUncle]

I'm just about to finish my second rift mage PT on nightmare since Trespasser was released. What's the problem supposed to be?

[PapaCharlie9]

I'm just about to finish my second rift mage PT on nightmare since Trespasser was released. What's the problem supposed to be?

 

This will require some game mechanics nerdisms, so bear with me.

 

Quote, "Rift Mage has a bug that causes weakness on top of shocked to turn into sleeping status. Which means that Rift Mage can't use any ability or weapon that causes shocked, like Static Cage. No other mage has that limitation, so that means Rift Mage is broken."

 

The first part is true. The second part, IMO, is overblown.

 

The bug is a real problem, because RM passives for regenerating mana and damage buffs/debuffs rely on weakness status. If weakness isn't "sticking", those passives don't work.

 

My disagreement with this meme is that these problems are exaggerated. Arguably, RM is OP when all passives are working, so losing out when that particular sequence of events happens brings things back to a reasonably level playing field. And if you really hate that, you can arrange for shocked to never happen. It's a choice. Either avoid using Storm abilities or use them and just deal with an occasional debuff.

 

Plus, there is a bright side. You can exploit the bug by going for combos based on sleeping. Go ahead and loadout your Rift Mage with Chain Lighting and Static Cage, and have your rogue and warrior combo the heck out of those sleeping mooks.

[YourFunnyUncle]

This will require some game mechanics nerdisms, so bear with me.

 

Quote, "Rift Mage has a bug that causes weakness on top of shocked to turn into sleeping status. Which means that Rift Mage can't use any ability or weapon that causes shocked, like Static Cage. No other mage has that limitation, so that means Rift Mage is broken."

 

The first part is true. The second part, IMO, is overblown.

 

The bug is a real problem, because RM passives for regenerating mana and damage buffs/debuffs rely on weakness status. If weakness isn't "sticking", those passives don't work.

 

My disagreement with this meme is that these problems are exaggerated. Arguably, RM is OP when all passives are working, so losing out when that particular sequence of events happens brings things back to a reasonably level playing field. And if you really hate that, you can arrange for shocked to never happen. It's a choice. Either avoid using Storm abilities or use them and just deal with an occasional debuff.

 

Plus, there is a bright side. You can exploit the bug by going for combos based on sleeping. Go ahead and loadout your Rift Mage with Chain Lighting and Static Cage, and have your rogue and warrior combo the heck out of those sleeping mooks.

Or you can not realise that there's a bug and still win fights pretty easily because the game's not actually that difficult. (Granted I haven't been playing with Walk Softly enabled, but still...)

[Gilli]

This will require some game mechanics nerdisms, so bear with me.

 

Quote, "Rift Mage has a bug that causes weakness on top of shocked to turn into sleeping status. Which means that Rift Mage can't use any ability or weapon that causes shocked, like Static Cage. No other mage has that limitation, so that means Rift Mage is broken."

 

The first part is true. The second part, IMO, is overblown.

 

The bug is a real problem, because RM passives for regenerating mana and damage buffs/debuffs rely on weakness status. If weakness isn't "sticking", those passives don't work.

 

My disagreement with this meme is that these problems are exaggerated. Arguably, RM is OP when all passives are working, so losing out when that particular sequence of events happens brings things back to a reasonably level playing field. And if you really hate that, you can arrange for shocked to never happen. It's a choice. Either avoid using Storm abilities or use them and just deal with an occasional debuff.

 

Plus, there is a bright side. You can exploit the bug by going for combos based on sleeping. Go ahead and loadout your Rift Mage with Chain Lighting and Static Cage, and have your rogue and warrior combo the heck out of those sleeping mooks.

 

Wait...that's a bug? 

I...I keep speccing Solas with Static Cage and I love it

Then again, I don't really care about his passive buffs/debuffs. The only two RM spells I really care about, are Stone Fist and Firestorm

Even my RM Inky Bruce Lavellan uses Lightning spells and I surely won't stop with that, just because of some passive bug. 

 

And yeah, I prefer sleeping enemies to weakened enemies. Nightmare Combos! 

[Melbella]

This will require some game mechanics nerdisms, so bear with me.
 
Quote, "Rift Mage has a bug that causes weakness on top of shocked to turn into sleeping status. Which means that Rift Mage can't use any ability or weapon that causes shocked, like Static Cage. No other mage has that limitation, so that means Rift Mage is broken."

Is it an actual bug though, or "working as intended"?

[Gilli]

Is it an actual bug though, or "working as intended"?

 

Idk, but the DA wikia Combo page says about Sleep:

 

Note: This special combo will not work if Shock is applied to Weakened enemies, only if Weaken is inflicted on Shocked enemies. Also, the Weakened combo detonation (Stun + Eldritch) does not follow the same rules as the Weakened status effect, in that affected enemies will not restore a Rift Mage's mana via Restorative Veil, for example, nor can it be used to trigger the Sleep condition

[PapaCharlie9]

Is it an actual bug though, or "working as intended"?

 

That is a subject of debate. Most believe bug, some believe intended.

 

I'm not surprised most people don't even notice it. RM is more about the effects of the abilities for most people anyway.

 

For those that do care, git gud! If you always apply weakened before shocked, you never have this problem.

[YourFunnyUncle]

That is a subject of debate. Most believe bug, some believe intended.

 

I'm not surprised most people don't even notice it. RM is more about the effects of the abilities for most people anyway.

 

For those that do care, git gud! If you always apply weakened before shocked, you never have this problem.

As I usually cast pull of the abyss from the Inquisitor then static cage from my other mage (generally Dorian) that could be part of the reason I've never noticed any problem.

[Rascoth]

RM can do one of my favourite things - SHATTER. Who cares about anything else if you can do that!

 

I'm serious about shatter. It's what I did most of the time as RM, Tempest and even in ME whenever I can.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHATTER.

[Gilli]

RM can do one of my favourite things - SHATTER. Who cares about anything else if you can do that!

 

I'm serious about shatter. It's what I did most of the time as RM, Tempest and even in ME whenever I can.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHATTER.

 

The wonderful sound of Stonefist on a frozen enemy~

*satisfied sigh*

[Gilli]

I think, this is gonna get long again

 

Spoiler

Greed was walking around Skyhold, when Blackwall asked him to have some drinks with him.

 

 

In the Herald's Rest, Blackwall told Greed a story about a dog and how he didn't save him.

That made Greed think of Dolcetto.

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*sigh*

 

 

The next day, Greed wanted to check on Blackwall, he had seemed a little down after that dog story.

But he couldn't find Blackwall anywhere.

One of Leliana's scouts then told Greed, that they might have clues about Blackwall's whereabouts.

 

So onwards to Val Royeaux.

 

The group came just at the right time, to watch an execution.

Or near-execution, because Blackwall showed up in that moment.

 

Turns out, his real name is Thom Rainier and HE was responsible for some deaths and stuff.

Figures.

 

Greed then decided to talk to Blackw....Thom Rainier in his cell, to see his side of the story.

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After the talk with B....Rainier, Greed talked to Cullen about the whole mess, asking for his opinion.

The Commander told him the same stuff Greed himself was thinking.

What Rainier had done, was horrible, but he had tried to atone for it in doing good under the name of someone else.

So Greed's decicion was clear, they had to get him out of the cell.

 

 

 

In Skyhold, Greed entered the war room to discuss what was to do with Rainier, but his Advisors were more interested in talking about Corypheus.

Figures.

Greed so didn't care about old McCheat. 

Then also Morrigan entered the room and added her two cents.

 

She talked about Eluvians and stuff and what??? 

 

Seeing how Greed only got half of what she was telling him, she decided to show it to him.

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Yeah, okay, THAT was cool.

 

After their little trip to weird foggy fogland, Greed finally had time to talk to Josie, Leli and Cullen about Rainier.

Leli told him that she'd take care of it, which satisfied Greed and he walked out of the war room.

 

In the hall, he saw Varric talk to a dwarven woman and got curious.

 

 

Okay, so her name's Bianca and she's Varric's not-girlfriend, or something.

Aso there seems to be a problem with Red Templars getting Red Lyrium from a Thaig or something.

 

Okay, onwards to the Deep Roads.

 

 

Several battles with Carta thugs later, ...

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.... they reach a door.

 

 

 

Behind the door another battle with Carta thugs and a Grey Warden mage starts, but soon they're done for.

At the end of the room, Bianca finds what she's searching for, a big key.

 

 

Turns out, SHE gave the key to a Grey Warden mage named Larius, Varric remembers that guy from before and says that Larius wasn't a mage when he lest met him.

Great, old McCheat also steals bodies.

Eeewww. 

 

 

Back in Skyhold was it now time for some Judgments.

 

 

Greed had actually wanted to judge Thom too, but Leliana's men weren't back yet, so he went on a treasure hunt together with Dorian, Cole and Solas, for some old and long lost elven sword.

 

If that place hadn't been so haunted by undead, Greed would've called it a nice place.

 

 

Greed brought the sword pieces to Dagna, who made him a copy of the Sulevin Blade.

Nice sword.

Greed wanted to give it to Bull, but Bull's level wasn't high enough yet, so he had to wait. 

 

Anyway, it was finally time for Thom Rainier's judgment!

 

 

What did I say? A very, very long post.

[YourFunnyUncle]

I don't usually have subtitles turned on for cutscenes, but I wanted to record Conwenna's words for posterity...

 

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(Love Josie's face in the first pic...)

[coldwetn0se]

Heading into The Deep Roads with Samhal Lavellan. Originally I wasn't going to do Descent....buttttt, I changed me mind. I just couldn't NOT do it.

Am taking Cass, Solas and Cole. Decided Sam's lovely lady needed a new shield. Now I know about the "flashing" issues with Best Defense, but is there any real problem with using that shield? I love the way it looks, and dammit! If the stupid horny peeps can take me out in MP, just by walking near one of dem shields, I want Cass to have that power as well!

Thoughts on this shield?

[Gilli]

Heading into The Deep Roads with Samhal Lavellan. Originally I wasn't going to do Descent....buttttt, I changed me mind. I just couldn't NOT do it.

Am taking Cass, Solas and Cole. Decided Sam's lovely lady needed a new shield. Now I know about the "flashing" issues with Best Defense, but is there any real problem with using that shield? I love the way it looks, and dammit! If the stupid horny peeps can take me out in MP, just by walking near one of dem shields, I want Cass to have that power as well!

Thoughts on this shield?

 

I like the shield, gave it to Blackwall.

The flashing will appear in cutscenes, but otherwise I hadn't any issues.

(I don't mind the flashing)

[JD Buzz]

Natalia mark 2.0 took down the three high dragons and completed the rest of Emprise du Lion. During the Highland Ravage dragon fight, Solas kept dying which made him useless as an ice mage, unfortunately :/ But he still accompanied our heroine in recovering the Sulevin Blade afterwards.

Later, Natalia, Cassandra, Bull and Dorian ventured into the Hissing Wastes. They uncovered all of the Dwarven treasures and defeated the last high dragon. Bull was ecstatic, however, he and Dorian were getting to know each other more

Now that all of the zones are cleared, I think it's time Nat attends the winter ball. Empress Celene must've finished all the booze in the cellar and ordered more for the long postponed party ;P

[NKnight7]

Started playing my archer male Trevelyan, Arthur, again and managed to get most of the Forbidden Oasis done and unlocked the side quests for his specializations. I'm going to make him an assassin, I've done tempest twice now and just wanted to switch things up. Tomorrow I'll work on the assassin unlock and start Crestwood (easily my favorite place in the game). It feels good to be back to questing and Inquisitioning (is that a word? ) in Thedas.   

[Addictress]

I made an embarrassing post on the BSN

[Obsidian Gryphon]

^ That's a good hook.

[Rascoth]

I made an embarrassing post on the BSN

[Gilli]

Did Cole's "Subjected to his Will" quest yesterday~

 

 

 

My sweet little ghost baby

 

Also, that's the first time I chose the snarky answer in the dialogue wheel in Val Royeaux, it's like the answer was made for Greed

 

some screenies~

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Edit: I also finished Cullen's quest "Before the Dawn" and now wonder if I should finish the quests in the Emerald Graves, head to the Hissing Wastes (because of the Vints searching for elven artifacts) or just start What Pride Had Wrought. 

[Forsythia77]

I don't usually have subtitles turned on for cutscenes, but I wanted to record Conwenna's words for posterity...

 

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(Love Josie's face in the first pic...)

 

You know.. of all the choices one can pick in this scene, "This effing thing" is the only one I ever pick.  It's just appropriate on so many levels.  Has anyone actually ever picked the other choices?  I don't even know how they sound because I've never bothered to try them. 

[Gilli]

You know.. of all the choices one can pick in this scene, "This effing thing" is the only one I ever pick.  It's just appropriate on so many levels.  Has anyone actually ever picked the other choices?  I don't even know how they sound because I've never bothered to try them. 

 

I haven't used the swearing option yet, cause they didn't fit my Inkies.
Uff, what did I choose.... *digs through her screenshots*

 

Haya: All, I wanted, was, that the Exalted Council passes without incidents.

 

 

I think that's the sad option? 

[JD Buzz]

You know.. of all the choices one can pick in this scene, "This effing thing" is the only one I ever pick.  It's just appropriate on so many levels.  Has anyone actually ever picked the other choices?  I don't even know how they sound because I've never bothered to try them. 

 

I chose the sad, "I don't want to die" dialogue option once and I felt it was appropriate for my Inquisitor, who married Cullen. Plus the hug afterwards T_T

 

But I like the "Could one thing in this f#cking world just stay fixed!" rant best. Can't blame Inky for getting fed up with all the shite she's been getting

 

As for the other two choices, the stoic one Inky says, "It's fine. I'm okay." That one sounds bland IMO.

 

The last one sounds like the Inquisitor resolves her fate, "I don't know what's happening with the anchor, there's not much time. I need to get to the Davaraad while I can still fight."

[Gilli]

I chose the sad, "I don't want to die" dialogue option once and I felt it was appropriate for my Inquisitor, who married Cullen. Plus the hug afterwards T_T

 

But I like the "Could one thing in this f#cking world just stay fixed!" rant best. Can't blame Inky for getting fed up with all the shite she's been getting

 

As for the other two choices, the stoic one Inky says, "It's fine. I'm okay." That one sounds bland IMO.

 

The last one sounds like the Inquisitor resolves her fate, "I don't know what's happening with the anchor, there's not much time. I need to get to the Davaraad while I can still fight."

 

Reading your post tells me, 1) that I used the wrong picture and 2) I don't have a pic of that dialogue. 

 

Hmm, but if I remember right, then I think I used either the Sad, or the Stoic option with Haya 

 

Kiri used the last option. Made sense for her. (her LI is Solas, that speaks for itself  )

[Forsythia77]

I chose the sad, "I don't want to die" dialogue option once and I felt it was appropriate for my Inquisitor, who married Cullen. Plus the hug afterwards T_T

 

But I like the "Could one thing in this f#cking world just stay fixed!" rant best. Can't blame Inky for getting fed up with all the shite she's been getting

 

As for the other two choices, the stoic one Inky says, "It's fine. I'm okay." That one sounds bland IMO.

 

The last one sounds like the Inquisitor resolves her fate, "I don't know what's happening with the anchor, there's not much time. I need to get to the Davaraad while I can still fight."

 

I'm entirely too offended on all of my inquisitor's behalfs to pick any other option other than the angry one.   I felt it was super appropriate for Rafe because he was a take no BS kind of guy.  They've worked too damn hard for the continent to not be appreciated (Dorian was totally right on that).  I guess my righteous indignation gets in the way, as it were.