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[Void Angel]

Koniving, on 09 January 2015 - 08:59 AM, said:

Is that Dragon Age game akin to Skyrim?
It'd probably interest me.
I did the second one first. Dropped it in about 20 minutes. The first one I did next, because I kept seeing how it was virtually a different game. I'm still playing it but it's not quite 'there', so to speak.

I'd say play it. The aesthetics and some of the play style remind me of a Skyrim game in the Dragon Age setting. The story elements range from good to outstanding - I've laughed out loud a number of times, and a few scenes are quite moving. Overall gameplay is exploration of discrete zones on a world map for quest completion, gathering crafting resources, and finding rare items and locations. Haven, your base of operations, is a greatly expanded (and permanent) version of your camp in Origins - you can craft, talk to your party members (and non-party NPCs,) and make decisions about what the Inquisition does next. I've sat in legal judgement against several miscreants apprehended by the (my) Inquisition, recruited agents, and played with the decor a little on the side.

The only thing bad I have to say about the game is that Bioware has joined Microsoft on my naughty list this year for selling me a product for my PC that was not in fact designed with my PC in mind. Inquisition is designed for a console, period. You have a limit of 8 ability hotkeys at any time, and abilities you may possess that are not on that list cannot be used. The reason? The X-Box version of the game uses the A,B,X,Y buttons for abilities, with a trigger to toggle between two sets of four. The tactics system is also gone, replaced with a three-value toggle (never, always, sometimes) for how often an ability will be used. Presumably, this was to address the cognitive limitations Bioware ascribes to the average console gamer, to match the limitations of the X-Box controls... Don't mind me, I'm just still bitter about WoW.

Still, the game is good, and I still recommend it - but you might want to do what I did and wait till it's on sale for 40 bucks. =)

[dragnier1]

Options - Controls (or whatever they call it). Look at what button does what, remember them then figure out how to use them in game.

[FriedIV]

You don't seem to understand, I have been playing this game since closed beta. I know what can be known under most reasonable circumstances.

Another example is, what is the difference between an AMS-Overload and an AMS-Overload-LTD ??

Any takers?

[Rogue Jedi]

FriedIV, on 10 January 2015 - 03:01 AM, said:

You don't seem to understand, I have been playing this game since closed beta. I know what can be known under most reasonable circumstances.

Another example is, what is the difference between an AMS-Overload and an AMS-Overload-LTD ??

Any takers?

the LTD version is limited edition, it came with the Clan Invasion pack, no difference

[Alaskan Nobody]

Rogue Jedi, on 10 January 2015 - 03:08 AM, said:

the LTD version is limited edition, it came with the Clan Invasion pack, no functional difference

Fixed that for ya.

As there is (very technically - but some people will weird out on you for it) a difference, if only in the name

Edit:
That IS the only difference though
Just the name

Edited by Shar Wolf, 10 January 2015 - 12:30 PM.

[FriedIV]

I saw something somewhere that seemed to indicate that PPCs were not set up to do all point damage. If a PPC is rated at 10 damage, then where is the specs on how the damage is spread between point and splash?

Back to my original area of question. On the weapons flyout there are at least four categories of restrictions. One looks like a stack, maybe it means an item is stackable. One looks like a cowbell, got me. One looks like a dollar sign, I guess it costs money to buy it or maybe use it?? One, and this one is totally beyond me, is a white circle, with a dot in the middle and a diagonal cross through the outside circle. No idea what this means.

P.S. Still need new maps.

Edited by FriedIV, 13 January 2015 - 08:26 AM.

[Spike Brave]

FriedIV, on 13 January 2015 - 07:32 AM, said:

I saw something somewhere that seemed to indicate that PPCs were not set up to do all point damage. If a PPC is rated at 10 damage, then where is the specs on how the damage is spread between point and splash?

Back to my original area of question. On the weapons flyout there are at least four categories of restrictions. One looks like a stack, maybe it means an item is stackable. One looks like a cowbell, got me. One looks like a dollar sign, I guess it costs money to buy it or maybe use it?? One, and this one is totally beyond me, is a white circle, with a dot in the middle and a diagonal cross through the outside circle. No idea what this means.

P.S. Still need new maps.

All ppcs do ten points of pinpoint damage. The Clan ppc does splash damage at 2.5 to adjacent locations. For example, a clan ppc to the center torso will do 10 damage to the center torso and 2.5 damage to each side torso. A strike to an arm would do ten damage to the arm 2.5 damage to the side torso and the other 2.5 is lost. Hope this helps.

[FriedIV]

All ppcs do ten points of pinpoint damage. The Clan ppc does splash damage at 2.5 to adjacent locations. For example, a clan ppc to the center torso will do 10 damage to the center torso and 2.5 damage to each side torso. A strike to an arm would do ten damage to the arm 2.5 damage to the side torso and the other 2.5 is lost. Hope this helps



That is some good info. Thx!

Edited by FriedIV, 13 January 2015 - 09:39 AM.

[Lily from animove]

dezgra, on 08 January 2015 - 06:04 PM, said:

If PGI does not think a manual is important, then they can add "failed" to their resume when they look for work in the near future.

well onlien and mmo's chaneg anyways too quick to be put into a manual, unlike singlepalyergames which after relase normally only get some bug fixes.

But manuals like the one of the settlers Might and magic, heroes of might and magic and realms of arkania kinda my personal holy books of gaming.
today you ahve to buy "collectors2 or premium editions for concepts arts, bakc we had it for free, lol

Edited by Lily from animove, 13 January 2015 - 10:00 AM.

[Jody Von Jedi]

FriedIV,

Don't know if you've seen the "Short Question, Short Answer" thread. There is a wealth of information in there. It can be a little hard to find something specific, but you can always ask simple questions there too.

Jody