Is there any chance we could get a patch tomorrow or do patches only drop on Mondays?
Mondays or (rarely) late Sunday night, I'm afraid. Theoretically, they could release the patch and the DLC on the same Tuesday, but they never have. I suspect it has to do with server loads.
Bummer. I was hoping there might still be a chance for a patch tomorrow.Mondays or (rarely) late Sunday night, I'm afraid. Theoretically, they could release the patch and the DLC on the same Tuesday, but they never have. I suspect it has to do with server loads.
ah well I grew bored of my blackwall romance character (my 4th playthrough or 5th?) so now I've moved on to Witcher until DLC comes out
The next patch could prove me wrong, but I believe they're finished making changes to single-player.There will obviously be some new stuff for any new DLC (they're apparently adding in some new item properties which may show up in new single-player items, and hopefully they'll increase the level cap and maybe even the rank cap), but I think the time for fixing vanilla bugs is past.Not great, but better than they've been in the past about such things (I can't think of when they've ever addressed so many campaign issues during the patch cycle). It sucks that they'd continue to fix up ability bugs for multiplayer but elect to leave the single-player versions broken (even when they suffer from the same exact issue), though I'm honestly not sure if there will be any patches after October, so it's a relatively minor concern.
Having your party freeze up in SP every time you enter combat isn't a minor thing. It's a bug that showed up after patch 7 and needs fixing.All bugs suck, but the remaining single-player issues are all relatively insignificant.It is not "a buggy mess" by any reasonable standard, unless you're aware of some major issues that remain unaddressed.Also, it took several patches for BioWare to even do anything at all to multiplayer. The claim that multiplayer was somehow favored over single-player is simply false.
Dammit, I was really hoping they would fix the party freeze bug. There's nothing quite like running into battle to only find Cassandra standing staring at a tree, miles away, while you get your ass handed to you. It needs fixing and badly.
Hopefully we'll know something "soon".
Hopefully we'll know something "soon".
about patches or DLC?
Dammit, I was really hoping they would fix the party freeze bug. There's nothing quite like running into battle to only find Cassandra standing staring at a tree, miles away, while you get your ass handed to you. It needs fixing and badly.
This is a new bug, right? I have never encountered that one until I started playing again two days ago and its frustrating as hell, especially during dragon fights.
Yeah, it popped up after patch seven, I believe. It's a real pain, especially when playing on the hardest difficulty. Your party freezes up for almost every encounter. It needs to be fixed.This is a new bug, right? I have never encountered that one until I started playing again two days ago and its frustrating as hell, especially during dragon fights.
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Lets look at the picture as a whole, and hopefully provide some insight into how DLC works in the normal of the industry.
First off, it is natural for people to move off projects as products get finished. Second most of the time DLC is not all made by the same team. Third the industry has shifted such that there is massive backlash for day 1 dlc so that cut things down.
ME3 had 4 pieces of story DLC. From Ashes was a day 1 DLC, where a very large team (comparatively) was able to churn out a DLC fairly quickly. For DAI I believe the majority of people took vacation during this time instead (because of backlash of day 1). Next up with Leviathan, which was produced by a reduced 'main game' dlc crew. Next up, Omega it was produced out of Montreal instead of the Edmonton studio. Lastly was Citadel which once again came back to the 'main game' dlc crew.
Looking at the release dates for Edmonton
ME3 Initial Launch: March 6, 2012From Ashes: March 6, 2012
Leviathan August 28, 2012 (5 and a half months after launch)
Citadel: March 5, 2013 (1 year after launch, 6 and a half months after Leviathan)
DAI for Edmonton
DAI initial launch: November 18, 2014
Jaws of Hakkon: March 23, 2015 (2 platforms)
Jaws of Hakkon: May 26, 2015 (3 platforms)
So Montreal this time around have been working on ME:A they have not been available for DAI DLC thus why it looks slower compared to that of ME3.
(I was not around for games prior to ME3 so cant comment on them)
As for lack of advertising, it is hard to definitively know release dates with DLC since if there is a problem that crops up it might be harder to solve than when you are shipping a product and have literally hundreds of knowledge experts that might have an idea what is going on.
My problem with the DLC has nothing to do with the amount of time which is put into developing it, or how far apart the release dates are spaced. I am frustrated by Biowares decision to dole out bite sized chunks of content, with maybe 3-4 hours of narrative each, at the exorbitant price of $15 a pop.
There are more consumer friendly models out there, e.g. CD Projekt, who are releasing two massive expansions, estimated to offer 30+ hours of content combined, for only $25 total.
My problem with the DLC has nothing to do with the amount of time which is put into developing it, or how far apart the release dates are spaced. I am frustrated by Biowares decision to dole out bite sized chunks of content, with maybe 3-4 hours of narrative each, at the exorbitant price of $15 a pop.
There are more consumer friendly models out there, e.g. CD Projekt, who are releasing two massive expansions, estimated to offer 30+ hours of content combined, for only $25 total.
First, $15 is the price of a dinner, or a movie. Even if your 3-4 hour figure were accurate, it still seems like you get a decent amount of content for the price.
Second, don't count your CD Projekt chickens before they hatch.
My problem with the DLC has nothing to do with the amount of time which is put into developing it, or how far apart the release dates are spaced. I am frustrated by Biowares decision to dole out bite sized chunks of content, with maybe 3-4 hours of narrative each, at the exorbitant price of $15 a pop.
There are more consumer friendly models out there, e.g. CD Projekt, who are releasing two massive expansions, estimated to offer 30+ hours of content combined, for only $25 total.
CD Projekt red are subsidised by their government because their games put Poland on the map. When Bioware starts to receive great deals of money from Canada, then you can start comparing the dlc schedules.
Also the fact that there are 8 different protagonist models in DAI and only 1 in the witcher means cutscenes take way more time/money to produce effectively.
I started playing the Jaws of Hakkon expansion last week, and I've certainly gotten much more than 3-4 hours of playtime out of it already. Probably more like 10-12, and it seems I have a lot of it left to go. And on top of that, and perhaps even more importantly, I really enjoy it. It's added to the game in a really good way, and I've leveled up my character two times just within it's confines (to level 26. I topped out at 23 in my first playthrough).
My only gripe with the DLC is that they don't talk about it much until it's out, or about to be out. Even if they were very vague with windows, I'd love to have an idea of what's coming in the future. Such as "another single player DLC in the Winter quarter", or something along those lines.
So far DLC is dropping like it always has for previous, last gen Bioware titles. They typically support the game with DLC for about 12 months.
And with the feedback on Descent the question becomes even more relevant.
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