I mean early game its kinda tough, and you only have the choice of Cassandra, Solas, Varric. Afterwards as the game gets easier then you get more party members, and then the appropriate armor for them. It doesn't seem to matter who you take. You're gonna wipe the floor with people, except some of the dragons.
Does anybody else feel like me? Like it doesn't matter combatwise, and find themselves picking companions based on personality combinations and hoping for some cool banter.
For me it's all about the banter, I want to experience as many different conversations as possible. The specialisations are not a consideration for me.
Well, wasn't it always like this? DA:O was easier after finishing first alliance mission (after second one it was just plain easy), DA2 was quite hard up until Act 3.
DA:I get's easy after you are able to craft powerful stuff (around level 14-16).
I'm talking about Nightmare of course.
There are so few skills in the game that party composition doesn't really matter. Cole and Bull are the oddballs, but the AI is so bad with melee dps, that I just spec Bull tank, and Cole becomes quite durable if you get him a on hit 3 guard dagger altho the AI does much better with Varric and Sera.
The only niche party member I have is Vivienne i take her to dragon fights and disable all skills, but Spirit Blade, (priority)Fade Cloak and Barrier while I watch her pretty much solo the dragons.
Personally the "challenge" in this game quickly became about figuring out how to make it more challenging (and satisfying).
The only niche party member I have is Vivienne i take her to dragon fights and disable all skills, but Spirit Blade, (priority)Fade Cloak and Barrier while I watch her pretty much solo the dragons.
Slick.. I've been learning more and more that the key to the AI is turning everything off then add back in the things you really want.
I agree with you, having a 4 man party work as an efficient unit is the most fun way to play. That's why based Assassin Cole is always in the party.
Indeed, it does come to playstyle. Rogues in general put out the most damage out of the 3 classes, which makes them fun to play. Assassin specifically comes with Mark of Death, which allows for ridiculous combos. Honestly rogues are a bit too powerful late game, but then the game doesn't scale very well in the first place. I do like 2 tanks + 2 mages a lot though; think it's the most fun party in Act 1.
Sounds like you are having tons of fun, and that's probably the most important thing after all.
Varric is a rogue that doesn't need to be babysat at all if you let him remain an archer, he's great to have along for the banter, he provides a lot of bonuses to the team, and he deals out very high damage if you stack crit% on some of your other characters as that gives him swiftly finishing cooldowns. (And, of course, you stack crit% on Varric himself, just like you'd do on any other rogue for the stamina/crit passive)
Either way, if one wants a challenge, there is always playing on nightmare with friendly fire turned on. Or playing a game without crafting any weapons, armour, or their mods on nightmare with or without friendly fire, only using drops and items purchased in shops, never using schematics to craft. (How's THAT for a nasty challenge).
(How's THAT for a nasty challenge).
Well it makes the game harder in some cases but because fights become more of a grind, doesn't really make it more fun for me, due to nature of combat.
More importantly, I didn't pay 60$ just so that I have to avoid various implemented game features in order so that the game isn't a complete faceroll; because someone didn't bother to even attempt to see if the gameplay is balanced and if the combat system actually functions at higher level/tiers.
Once I set the all the companions behavior to follow or guard themselves, they stopped doing dumb things in combat. It really changed the AI behavior for me. And I also like to limit the amount abilities my mages and archers use, I like to give them an offensive skill or two, and then give preferred status to things like stealth, evade and fade step. They seem to stay alive and out of my way more, with that setup for me. So If I need a revive, I have npc's who are still alive that can stealth in revive me or cast revive. With my melee guys, I've tried a variety of setups with the abilities, and honestly I've gotten to where it doesn't matter cause most battles are faceroll as you guys call it. I tend to feel fewer allowable skill actions make the AI behave more sensibly.
I did kill the crestwood dragon with Sera in the group, and she got all excited like a little school girl after, and then I noticed a codex entry popped up for Sera, so I'm kinda curious what that meant. I need to make a visit to her room have a chat. To see if any new dialog options are available.
I haven't had the banter issue others have had, its truly a fun part of the game. The NPC's all have very strong personalities. I've had some great ones with my ****** squad (Dorian, Vivienne, Sera) They're so catty. Solas and Cole are trippy. Cassandra trying to be apologetic to Sera for being a noble, trying her best to be sincere, but sounds like an elitist. Seriously great work on this part of the game if you ask me.
I tend to respec people to all fit similar archetypes+ their specialization so that they can all be rotated through my party without changing my strategy (hit things until they stop moving). All my Mages go Spirit+Specialization, all my Rogues go Archery+Specialization, all my Warriors go SnS+Specialization.
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