Dragon Age Inquisition - Page 32

On December 08 2014 20:51 SixStrings wrote:
That's one of the first games that really makes me regret not having a proper PC.

Minimum system requirements are AMD Radeon HD 4870, do you reckon this will be tolerable running on Iris Graphics?

On December 08 2014 20:12 daemir wrote:
Yes, I know their points on the matter, but for the vast majority of the gameplay, having a DD rogue go assassinate something and then move on is simply a...chore, compared to the aoe madness you can unleash with mages and deal with the whole encounter from a distance. Having to micro that one rogue to 1 by 1 kill things is more hassle than simply dropping 2 aoe spells per mage in one spot and the fight being done. It really is as simple as dropping a Pull of the Abyss (and hoping no bugs) followed with 2 fire mines in the middle of it and then Veil Striking the whole lot and boom. Your tank can blow a horn for damage boost and be ready to taunt if something gets past the aoe zone and the 4th party member...well I use Varric because he offers a crit aura so the aoe madness is that more deadly. Few things in the game survive a double fire mine crit for 10k+ each. It's rare to find a full pack of mobs who are all fire resistant after all.

For dragons and select few other extreme health single target fights, the assassin death mark thing is great, for sure. But for every one of those encounters, the game throws a good 50 group fights of 3-5 enemies that can easily be aoed down.


e: I also tried the AI follow/defend settings and my group promptly decided to stand still and do nothing, but I'm used to controlling all 4 anyway so no biggie.

On December 08 2014 21:49 Godwrath wrote:
All melees are viable, and in lategame rogues (either dual weild or archer) can get insane with a static cage well placed and thousand cuts / lightning flask. Pretty pretty insane dps actually, since static cage upgraded does some lightning damage per hit, with thousand cut and lightning flask stuff will literally melt.

The only class with some troubles in the OP department on mid/lategame is the 2 handed warrior, is that it just doesn't have that DPS or synergize that well with the group. You could play withouth a tank if you wanted in lategame, but in my opinion, lategame gameplay in any RPG should always be about OPness mindless fun, so balance can go out the window in that regard to me, so players can experiment wild class combinations to optimize instead of the holy trinity. The only skill a 2 handed warrior has with the ability to break stuff, is whirlwind (it gets pretty insane, and it's fine with static cage, i swear).


So this leaves us with early game 1-10 lvls + Show Spoiler +. Which is in my opinion the hardest part on nightmare, until you get your combo's rolling. There, every class suffers, but once you get the grip of the game you will have no trouble with any of them. I had played all classes quite a lot those 1-10 levels (have one of each specialization at lvl 10+) , and the one that felt better was the 2handed warrior. Bull rush + static cage + heavy blow, boom which i found out yesterday on the mage's base, if you lined them up, it would be instakill, and they can control the fight pretty well with the right upgrades. It's the only class i haven't played lategame and i doubt it can do better than thousand cuts, but it was the easiest to play through those levels on nightmare for me.

Edit - about the bull rush + static + heavy blow. It works this way, you place the static cage so they would go outside with the knockbacks from bull rush, they will then get knocked down and paralyzed, then you heavy blow into massive damage which combo's with the paralyze and detonates for gazilion damage. Boom, you just killed a party, congratulations. The fight at the mage's base on hinterlands ? It was the shortest ever haha.

On December 08 2014 23:25 -Archangel- wrote:

You are not really missing out on anything, especially for the PC version.

On December 09 2014 00:00 HolydaKing wrote:

That's just wrong, if you use a controller the PC version shouldn't be worse than the other ones. Or am I missing something?

And there's hope that the mouse + keyboard controls will get good soon. But I wouldn't bet it will be satisfying.

On December 09 2014 00:25 HolydaKing wrote:
That's how it is these days (already been the case with Oblivion). Publishers care more for the console market, because some people think PC gaming will die.

However, playing with XBOX controller shouldn't be different than playing the game on the XBOX...? I have no info what a "bad port" means. I always thought it's just the controls/camera (which is shit on consoles anyway).