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Drifter posted:What happens. Do they let it? The tone at which he says that is brilliant, you can hear the facepalm.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 17:37 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 06:15 |
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The hat is back. Day one purchase!
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 17:37 |
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I hope the hat is available for all classes because the dragon helmet is not doing it for me.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 17:39 |
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Raygereio posted:Sadly no. If you suggest your dog as a champion Eamon will say "I'm afraid we can't leave the fate of all Ferelden up to your dog. Anyone with a leftover ham bone could buy his allegiance. Choose someone else." If you suggest Shale Loghain is just like "oh thats not loving fair."
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 17:41 |
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I thought Shale was a cute character. Pretty funny to have as a companion.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 17:49 |
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Are there actually people who think the horse armor preorder bonus doesn't rule?
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 17:51 |
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oatgan posted:Are there actually people who think the horse armor preorder bonus doesn't rule? People are getting mad at "Horse Armor" as if its 2006.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:09 |
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KoB posted:People are getting mad at "Horse Armor" as if its 2006. Back when their standards were higher.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:14 |
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So there was an interview with AusGamers magazine (http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3432915) with one of the devs about stuff from importing saves to romances. This game will have "set" sexualities, gay, straight and bisexual, which is freaking people out to no end (at least on tumblr and twitter). I want to screw that ghost!
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:20 |
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Drifter posted:Back when their standards were higher. $5 for horse armor back when DLC was barely a thing, and free horse armor for preorders are already not equivocal. Theres plenty of actual bullshit DLC to get mad about! Theyre just mad because HORSE ARMOR
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:21 |
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SgtSteel91 posted:I hope the hat is available for all classes because the dragon helmet is not doing it for me. Tying into this, I'm curious how they're going to handle gear in general. The Inquisition class page links that hat to a mage but that sword looks like a warrior's. Is the hat classless? Is that a mage with a gently caress-off sword? Is this game going to let us wear anything like some RPGs or are some classes going to be locked out of certain pieces of gear because of stat or class requirements? The previous games have mostly had stat based requirements, with DA:O having strength largely be the determiner and DA2 using your class's primary stats. I mean I doubt they've gotten away from it entirely, but I'm seeing a lot less plate in this game than before so are outfits more flexible?
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:32 |
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Leelee posted:So there was an interview with AusGamers magazine (http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3432915) with one of the devs about stuff from importing saves to romances. I thought this was something Gaider said he didn't want to go back to? He was a big proponent of trying to make things as open as possible to all possible sexualities. Maybe he got overruled? Personally, I'm fine with set sexualities for characters, just like I'm fine with them having other character traits pre-set. marshmallow creep fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Apr 23, 2014 |
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Leelee posted:So there was an interview with AusGamers magazine (http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3432915) with one of the devs about stuff from importing saves to romances. That's weird, didn't the lead developer guy say that he wanted romance option characters to continue being playersexual? KoB posted:$5 for horse armor back when DLC was barely a thing, and free horse armor for preorders are already not equivocal. Theres plenty of actual bullshit DLC to get mad about! Theyre just mad because HORSE ARMOR This game actually has less bullshit DLC than the previous installments, which had several party members that were day one DLC!
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:33 |
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DentedLamp posted:I imagine that with the more... JRPG elements Bioware has recently been adding to their games, players will just end up fighting a Literal God, a la the FF series. So in Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal, the end boss is nearly a goddess already, and you can fight one of the demon princes in a bonus dungeon. You can ascend to godhood. Being able to fight gods has nothing to do with JRPG elements, Bioware let you do it more than a decade ago.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:34 |
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Lotish posted:Tying into this, I'm curious how they're going to handle gear in general. The Inquisition class page links that hat to a mage but that sword looks like a warrior's. Is the hat classless? Is that a mage with a gently caress-off sword? Is this game going to let us wear anything like some RPGs or are some classes going to be locked out of certain pieces of gear because of stat or class requirements? The previous games have mostly had stat based requirements, with DA:O having strength largely be the determiner and DA2 using your class's primary stats. I mean I doubt they've gotten away from it entirely, but I'm seeing a lot less plate in this game than before so are outfits more flexible? I think it's because one of the new Specializations for the Mage Class is an Arcane Warrior type that allows a mage to use weapons and magic.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:40 |
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Lotish posted:Tying into this, I'm curious how they're going to handle gear in general. The Inquisition class page links that hat to a mage but that sword looks like a warrior's. Is the hat classless? Is that a mage with a gently caress-off sword? Is this game going to let us wear anything like some RPGs or are some classes going to be locked out of certain pieces of gear because of stat or class requirements? The previous games have mostly had stat based requirements, with DA:O having strength largely be the determiner and DA2 using your class's primary stats. I mean I doubt they've gotten away from it entirely, but I'm seeing a lot less plate in this game than before so are outfits more flexible? I think they said that weapons wont be bound to classes anymore. Maybe.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:41 |
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Lotish posted:Tying into this, I'm curious how they're going to handle gear in general. The Inquisition class page links that hat to a mage but that sword looks like a warrior's. Is the hat classless? Is that a mage with a gently caress-off sword? Is this game going to let us wear anything like some RPGs or are some classes going to be locked out of certain pieces of gear because of stat or class requirements? The previous games have mostly had stat based requirements, with DA:O having strength largely be the determiner and DA2 using your class's primary stats. I mean I doubt they've gotten away from it entirely, but I'm seeing a lot less plate in this game than before so are outfits more flexible? Didn't they confirm that the gear wasn't tied to class anymore? Likely due to complaints that most of the gear from DAII was completely useless since Hawke could only use one third of it and nobody else could customize beyond weapons. Also, I'm glad to see the player-sexual romance ending. Romance sidequests are already pandering enough without every NPC trying to get into your pants. If somebody has a sexual orientation, make it part of their character instead of just so every possible combination of gender exists for horny players. For the love of the Maker, do not throw in backstory sexual abuse to retcon Orientatin-X into a prexisting character who never displayed any inclination towards it again or go the Isabela route and make their entire lives revolve around it. I'd gladly take fanboy/girl rage over not getting their proper wifu if that means we have some better character development. Edit: VVV That just makes sense. Geostomp fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Apr 23, 2014 |
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KoB posted:I think they said that weapons wont be bound to classes anymore. Maybe. I could see them being bound to subclasses, though.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:46 |
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Leelee posted:So there was an interview with AusGamers magazine (http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3432915) with one of the devs about stuff from importing saves to romances. I thought this was a good interview - the dev hypes up the game a bit but there is some interesting stuff. Notably: Leliana is the leader of the spying part of the Inquisition and the other sections of it are Military and Politics. And it seems like the Necromancer mage specialization is meant to be the evil-ish (or at least morally grey) replacement for Blood Magic which the dev describes as being a very evil power done by crazy mages that would conflict with other elements.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 18:57 |
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The trailer looks like pretty standard fare to me but if Bioware confirm (and show) it will have the same kind of multiplayer as ME3 I will be preordering the poo poo out of it! I must have spent upwards of 200 hours just playing the multiplayer of ME3 compared to probably 1.5 run throughs of the single player totalling like 15 hours or something, the way that the enemies, characters and weapons were balanced was pretty great.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 19:17 |
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Drifter posted:The red choice is Morrigan's son, the blue choice is Varric, the Green choice is you! Pfft, an amnesiac who emerges from the fade rift, the pc obviously is Morrigan's son
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 19:46 |
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Not sure to what degree of irony you guys are saying it anymore but I really want to gently caress that ghost
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 19:46 |
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steakmancer posted:Not sure to what degree of irony you guys are saying it anymore but I really want to gently caress that ghost Sorry to break it to you, but said ghost was completely asexual in the book he came from.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 19:48 |
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Torrannor posted:So in Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal, the end boss is nearly a goddess already, and you can fight one of the demon princes in a bonus dungeon. You can ascend to godhood. But you were a demigod/potential god yourself in the BG series; the scale is different when you're "just" the "regular" mortals (or so we shall hope) that serve as the DA protagonists.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 19:52 |
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Geostomp posted:Sorry to break it to you, but said ghost was completely asexual in the book he came from. Maybe we can at least go to his crypt and pee in his offerings bowl?
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 19:54 |
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Geostomp posted:Sorry to break it to you, but said ghost was completely asexual in the book he came from. What is the sexuality of the book?
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 20:02 |
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Geostomp posted:Sorry to break it to you, but said ghost was completely asexual in the book he came from. Not to mention he's severely emotionally traumatized and is the mental age of a child.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 21:57 |
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DrakePegasus posted:Not to mention he's severely emotionally traumatized and is the mental age of a child. Like that will stop the BSN.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 21:59 |
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DrakePegasus posted:Not to mention he's severely emotionally traumatized and is the mental age of a child. "But see, TECHNICALLY he's an adult," is what Bioware fans will say.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:02 |
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DrakePegasus posted:severely emotionally traumatized and is the mental age of a child. Uh we're talking about the characters, not the people who post about them
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:14 |
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StashAugustine posted:Like that will stop the BSN. Time to start planning out THOSE mods.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:14 |
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DentedLamp posted:I imagine that with the more... JRPG elements Bioware has recently been adding to their games, players will just end up fighting a Literal God, a la the FF series. I'm always up for a little deicide, and The Maker's been either an rear end in a top hat or a leech for the entirety of the setting so far, so I'm in favor of putting the screws to 'm, myself.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:17 |
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Keeshhound posted:I'm always up for a little deicide, and The Maker's been either an rear end in a top hat or a leech for the entirety of the setting so far, so I'm in favor of putting the screws to 'm, myself. Never not kill God at the end of the game.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:21 |
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Compendium posted:Time to start planning out THOSE mods. Bioware really WANTED to be able to kill kids in their game, but lacked the fortitude to do it so instead created a post-dead, mentally child-like adult. The mod should make the ghost a dog. Then you'd have a talking dog. That'd be awesome.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:27 |
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Lotish posted:I thought this was something Gaider said he didn't want to go back to? He was a big proponent of trying to make things as open as possible to all possible sexualities. Maybe he got overruled? I was under this impression as well (well, I don't know about "all possible sexualities", but at least strongly preferring bisexual romances). But I'm not sure where I got that from, and after googling it a bit, it's definitely wrong. In fact, I gather that he dislikes it - not so much the bisexuality specifically, but the availability of all romances to all player characters, at least; followers are supposed to be independent people with their own motives and preferences, which is diminished when they're all always romantically available to the PC. What he's definitely opposed to is marginalizing groups with limited choice; what he definitely does not want to go back to is DA:O where same sex means you only have one option. He supports having all romances bisexual from an efficiency standpoint - it's only a little bit more work to make them that way, which means you can have more than one choice for each gender pairing without having to write romances for more characters (or allowing you to invest more effort writing deeper romances for fewer characters). So either Gaider was overruled, or there are more than just four romances.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:30 |
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Oh god, it's happening, I'm seriously considering preordering. Every loving time they say they've changed, every time I end up believing them, and every time I end up burned and swearing to myself that this is the last time, and it never is. Probably gonna get the Collector's Edition too, it's just $10 more. gently caress. gently caress. gently caress.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:37 |
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Spikeguy posted:Eh, I save up my money and never pre-order anything. I have no regrets. Besides, I like supporting Bioware. Fair enough. I suppose this way you're also eligible for the origin return policy thing. If you bought through GMG you'd be stuck since they won't/can't refund anything. I will say this, though: THE GAME WON'T BE OUT FOR FIVE MONTHS, YOU CAN STILL PREORDER A WEEK BEFORE LAUNCH WHEN WE ACTUALLY KNOW -SOMETHING- ABOUT THE GAME
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:43 |
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Random rear end in a top hat posted:Oh god, it's happening, I'm seriously considering preordering. Every loving time they say they've changed, every time I end up believing them, and every time I end up burned and swearing to myself that this is the last time, and it never is. I almost hope the game sucks, just to watch people like you get upset in the week following the release. At least wait for a few more months when you actually can see stuff.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 22:45 |
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Drifter posted:I almost hope the game sucks, just to watch people like you get upset in the week following the release. I pre-ordered DA:O, DA2, ME2 and 3. Never again. I'll probably rent DA:I and play though it in a weekend, but in reality I won't buy it until the Ultimate edition with all the DLC is released for $40ish a year later.
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# ? Apr 23, 2014 23:15 |
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You might be disappointed. I don't think any game since DA:O has had an ultimate edition thingy. Look at ME2 and ME3: even in the big Trilogy pack they're still sold without most of the DLC.
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