I used an ice attack on an ice barrier and it destroyed it.
Anyone else get this? I thought I could only attack it with a specific element to destroy it. I can still break it regardless.
I used an ice attack on an ice barrier and it destroyed it.
Anyone else get this? I thought I could only attack it with a specific element to destroy it. I can still break it regardless.
Yes, it doesn't seem to matter which element you use. I prefer it that way.
What difficulty are you playing on? The magic resistances that would result in ice damage doing 0 or 1 damage to ice resistant things aren't in effect on normal difficulty.
What difficulty are you playing on? The magic resistances that would result in ice damage doing 0 or 1 damage to ice resistant things aren't in effect on normal difficulty.
Weird, I have one playthrough on Hard, the other I started on Normal then switched to Hard. Maybe I'm getting mixed up, but I've never had any issues with using any element on barriers.
Admittedly, I haven't used ice on ice, or fire on fire while playing on Hard/Nightmare(that I can recall), but you do double damage when doing ice to fire or vice versa... Same with lightning/spirit. And using the non-opposite(spirit/lightning on fire or ice) results in standard damage being done.
I have an ice barrier left to destroy in the Western Approach. When I resume playing tomorrow, I'll check to see whether or not ice damage does it's normal damage on Nightmare.
I typically play on hard. Same element has always damaged it just like the opposite element would. The pop up tool-tip says it can only be damaged by a certain type.
So...Im guessing its a design oversight or a bug. Ironically probably both.
It's the same on nightmare.
I'd prefer they didn't change it.
I've opened every single barrier I came across in my first game without paying attention to the elements.
Though I always kept 3 different elemental staves before noticing it didn't really matter.
If it worked the way the tutorial suggests, then it'll just consume precious inventory space ![]()
I've opened every single barrier I came across in my first game without paying attention to the elements.
Though I always kept 3 different elemental staves before noticing it didn't really matter.
If it worked the way the tutorial suggests, then it'll just consume precious inventory space
i kept 3 staves too... but then i found that the first barrier in hinterlands (that was ice) could be damaged quite effectively using an ice staff
oversight? most certainly... but this is just dumb, like so many issues the game has that are plainly obvious and don't require any effort to reproduce
For a trivial thing like a barrier it doesnt matter. Everything else in-game resists the same element as themselves.