Dragon Age 3: Inquisition announced

[zinfamous]

I am playing at 1440p on sandy i5 2500k and R9 280x. Settings a mixture of ultra and high. V-sync on and it holds 60 indoor areas no problem , drops when your outside in crowds.

Games does look pretty good I must say. It's really , really big too. I am only just grasping how big a game it is. This is an 80-100 hour game no problem

It looks like I am at 80 hours, and I still haven't unlocked 2 out of the 5 "main story quests" that you access at Skyhold, and 2 of those maps are still unexplored. as to what is after that...no idea.

 

[ControlD]

It looks like I am at 80 hours, and I still haven't unlocked 2 out of the 5 "main story quests" that you access at Skyhold, and 2 of those maps are still unexplored. as to what is after that...no idea.

Wow. That's a lot of game play!

I just broke 40 hours last night and I hit level 15. Is there a level cap in this game or can you keep gaining levels as long as you keep playing?

(unrelated musing follows)

Even though the Knight Enchanter is sort of OP right now, I am having a ton of fun playing it. It gets a little boring standing in the back all the time waiting for spells to come off of cool down. With the KE I can play in the back for support or as a pretty decent melee character.

 

[bystander36]

Still, what i mean is, could i play ranged somehow as Dual weild rogue?
or is it just melee with daggers
I level 10 by the way

You can respend your skill points at any time, but you can't change what specialization you chose. If you spend your points on Dual wield, you'll lack the skills to be good at archery, but hey, you can wield a bow, even if all your skills are for dual wield. There is no weapon hot swap in combat, however, so you can't swap mid combat or easily swap out of combat. You have to go into the inventory and select a different weapon like normal.

 

[bystander36]

Wow. That's a lot of game play!

I just broke 40 hours last night and I hit level 15. Is there a level cap in this game or can you keep gaining levels as long as you keep playing?

(unrelated musing follows)

Even though the Knight Enchanter is sort of OP right now, I am having a ton of fun playing it. It gets a little boring standing in the back all the time waiting for spells to come off of cool down. With the KE I can play in the back for support or as a pretty decent melee character.

I don't know if there is a level cap, but there is no need for one. Once you out level your opponents by 3 levels, you gain no experience. You'll just end up not leveling once you out pace the areas you have access to.

I restarted because my KE got a little boring playing as melee. I restarted as rogue for more entertainment.

 

[davie jambo]

It looks like I am at 80 hours, and I still haven't unlocked 2 out of the 5 "main story quests" that you access at Skyhold, and 2 of those maps are still unexplored. as to what is after that...no idea.

I am at about 30 hours played now, still no idea how to add a rune onto a weapon or where everything is yet

Some game though , just love riding my horse through the wilderness helping people , the main quest can wait !

 

[cmdrdredd]

I have 120hours in and have gone to every area you can access up to the empress mission and i just finished up the grey warden side mission. I have also been doing all the inner circle missions that I can do. Honestly some of that time was me leaving the game on letting 3hour+ war table missions finish up. Does anyone know if those go when the game is off or do you need to have the game running?

 

[bystander36]

I have 120hours in and have gone to every area you can access up to the empress mission and i just finished up the grey warden side mission. I have also been doing all the inner circle missions that I can do. Honestly some of that time was me leaving the game on letting 3hour+ war table missions finish up. Does anyone know if those go when the game is off or do you need to have the game running?

You don't have to be in game for the time to pass.

 

[cmdrdredd]

You don't have to be in game for the time to pass.

Well then that would reduce my inflated game time. I'd say I am close to 80 hours though.

 

[zinfamous]

You don't have to be in game for the time to pass.

Yeah, I noticed this the other day. makes me want to start those 16 hour missions and logout...

 

[ControlD]

I have 120hours in and have gone to every area you can access up to the empress mission and i just finished up the grey warden side mission. I have also been doing all the inner circle missions that I can do. Honestly some of that time was me leaving the game on letting 3hour+ war table missions finish up. Does anyone know if those go when the game is off or do you need to have the game running?

I'm almost positive those keep going even when the game is off. I have started some of the longer war table missions right before turning off for the evening and it seems like they are always done by the time I get back around to playing.

 

[Udgnim]

the time passes real time

don't need to keep game open for those missions

 

[Midwayman]

I am at about 30 hours played now, still no idea how to add a rune onto a weapon or where everything is yet

Some game though , just love riding my horse through the wilderness helping people , the main quest can wait !

Runes- keep checking vendors for resources. Eventually you'll find one that sells blank runestones. Not until after skyhold is open though. The runes you discover in caves, etc. If you find a blue rune on a wall, get a torch from one of the green magical flame sconces and you'll be able to collect it to use in the smithy.

 

[QuantumPion]

the time passes real time

don't need to keep game open for those missions

Apparently it just uses your OS clock, which you can monkey with to complete tasks instantly hehe. This explains why tasks get completed even when you save/reload from earlier points.

 

[QuantumPion]

I finally decided that I could not continue past Skyhold until I cleaned up all my inventory and equipment last night. I ended up pretty much selling -everything- (except a few decent rare items and one unique weapon) and then crafting new gear just for the characters I use. All the crap gear was just too hard to keep track of and probably way under level anyways.

Spent like 4 hours just tweaking everything around in skyhold and shops all evening. I hate having a cluttered inventory and hanging on to piles of equipment that I never end up using. My OCD side feels so much better now. Especially since crafted gear, even with cheap materials, is easy to make so I can just make the gear as I need it instead of collecting hoards of crap.

Also got around to re-specing now that I have specializations. I previously used Cassandra as my tank but I'm not sure if I am liking the Templar abilities, I might switch to Blackwall or Bull instead. Same goes for Varric, I don't really like the artificer abilities but his ranged damage might be worth keeping on for. Definitely keeping Solas though as I really like his character and I like the rift mage abilities as a support mage. Knight-enchanter rocks, currently am set up to use barrier+fire rune + spirit blade which is tons of fun and way way more effective then just a plain elemental spell mage.

 

[TheUnk]

Knight Enchanter is broken. It's pretty much god mode. Kinda ruins the game.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Runes- keep checking vendors for resources. Eventually you'll find one that sells blank runestones. Not until after skyhold is open though. The runes you discover in caves, etc. If you find a blue rune on a wall, get a torch from one of the green magical flame sconces and you'll be able to collect it to use in the smithy.

You also need the dwarven NPC that gives you access to masterwork crafting and runes. It is a mission from the war table. Then you craft runes from the weapon crafting table.

 

[exar333]

Knight Enchanter is broken. It's pretty much god mode. Kinda ruins the game.

1 - you don't have to choose this specialization
2 - its preferred (IMHO) to mages, in general, being broken like DA 1 and 2

I am just glad mages didn't continue to be way over-powered as in previous titles. DA:O was so 'un-fun' with mage AOE spells, I didn't use them when I played through. It was way to powerful. Same with DA2...

The KE IS overpowered, for sure. Kind of cool to use at lower levels for battles above your level, for those that don't want to combat grind as much or quick game run-throughs. If this was an MMO, it would be nerfed pretty quick. Since this is a SP game, I really hope they don't neuter it.

 

[bystander36]

1 - you don't have to choose this specialization
2 - its preferred (IMHO) to mages, in general, being broken like DA 1 and 2

I am just glad mages didn't continue to be way over-powered as in previous titles. DA:O was so 'un-fun' with mage AOE spells, I didn't use them when I played through. It was way to powerful. Same with DA2...

The KE IS overpowered, for sure. Kind of cool to use at lower levels for battles above your level, for those that don't want to combat grind as much or quick game run-throughs. If this was an MMO, it would be nerfed pretty quick. Since this is a SP game, I really hope they don't neuter it.

Mage damage spells seemed way under powered in all of them, at least at Nightmare difficulty. But they did have some really OP specialized spells, like the one that destroys other mages that have mana. There were also combos in DA1 that was very powerful and were mage combos. In DA1, the arcane mage was also way OP in damage taking ability in the late teens and on. I'll agree that mages were OP in DA1, but not for their damage. At least at Nightmare difficulty, all damage spells damaged your party too.

DA2 on the other hand, the mages ability to do damage was laughable, and didn't even have great crowd control until late, but were important for healing. One spec did have good crowd control, and was pretty good for that, but rogues and warriors did more damage. The real power of DA2 was combos, and every class had great combos, the rogues being by far the most damaging, and with a shield bashing warrior to set it up, was very reliable damage.

In this one, the Knight Enchanter in this one is definitely a tank and OP. A lot like the arcane warrior of DA1, without as much crowd control. I rerolled to rogue because it was too boring, in part to being indestructible. The rest of the spec's are not OP at all.

 

[ControlD]

Knight Enchanter is broken. It's pretty much god mode. Kinda ruins the game.

I've actually died a few times as a KE, but it does make the game significantly easier for sure. It's too bad you can't go back and choose a different mage specialty after the fact, but I'm still having fun with it.

**edit**

When I do get a little bored I just take control of a different party member and play with that character instead. I have built Sera into a pretty kick ass dual wielding rogue and she is really fun to play.

 

[TheUnk]

1 - you don't have to choose this specialization

Yeah I know, thankfully I read about it before I got to that point so I picked Rift Mage instead. And after watching a friend fight a dragon as KE, just letting the rest of his party die cause what do they matter anymore, I'm pretty happy with my choice lol

 

[bystander36]

Yeah I know, thankfully I read about it before I got to that point so I picked Rift Mage instead. And after watching a friend fight a dragon as KE, just letting the rest of his party die cause what do they matter anymore, I'm pretty happy with my choice lol

The interesting thing is, against a single melee target with the occasional range attack, like a dragon, my rogue has pretty much been able to solo the biggest of mobs, though I have not tried a dragon solo, yet. At level 8, I soloed an elite level 12 Revanent. I didn't try to let my party die, but they didn't have a way to avoid his big hand grabs, my rogue could dodge them.

I'm about to start seeing dragons now, so I'll see how it goes.

 

[zinfamous]

I was actually hoping to make my warrior a knight enchanter, as I originally thought there were just 3 types of specializations in the game, and you could pick one of the 3 for any class. (I like that in other games--the dual-class type spec which can be quite fun).

sadly, I had to go wtih Reaver for my shield warrior. By the way--any reason that Rampage is locked out on my warrior (the Reaver focus skill). It never lets me use it. Iron Bull can use his. I can use my Inquisitor rift blast thingy focus skill; but not Rampage.

Is this a bug, or are those specialization focus skills locked out for your inquisitor? ...which would be garbage, of course.

 

[ControlD]

I was actually hoping to make my warrior a knight enchanter, as I originally thought there were just 3 types of specializations in the game, and you could pick one of the 3 for any class. (I like that in other games--the dual-class type spec which can be quite fun).

sadly, I had to go wtih Reaver for my shield warrior. By the way--any reason that Rampage is locked out on my warrior (the Reaver focus skill). It never lets me use it. Iron Bull can use his. I can use my Inquisitor rift blast thingy focus skill; but not Rampage.

Is this a bug, or are those specialization focus skills locked out for your inquisitor? ...which would be garbage, of course.

That is strange and sounds like a bug. I am able to use my mage focus ability once my party builds up enough focus. I use it fairly often actually. Is it possible that another one of you party members is using their ability automatically once you hit the focus meter?

 

[bystander36]

I was actually hoping to make my warrior a knight enchanter, as I originally thought there were just 3 types of specializations in the game, and you could pick one of the 3 for any class. (I like that in other games--the dual-class type spec which can be quite fun).

sadly, I had to go wtih Reaver for my shield warrior. By the way--any reason that Rampage is locked out on my warrior (the Reaver focus skill). It never lets me use it. Iron Bull can use his. I can use my Inquisitor rift blast thingy focus skill; but not Rampage.

Is this a bug, or are those specialization focus skills locked out for your inquisitor? ...which would be garbage, of course.

Is Rampage tied to 2h or 1h weapons?

 

[bystander36]

That is strange and sounds like a bug. I am able to use my mage focus ability once my party builds up enough focus. I use it fairly often actually. Is it possible that another one of you party members is using their ability automatically once you hit the focus meter?

It looks as if each character has their own focus meter. I do not believe it is shared.