Maigrets wrote:Thanks.LOL, if you think that axe is big...that's only a Great Axe. You should see the Ultra weapons.
I hat a feeling that would be the case, and it is a good thing they are otherwise a lot more would be running around with those Ultra weapons.Maigrets wrote:They hit hard of course but are too slow for my liking and if you miss you leave yourself wide open for retaliation.
. The gameplay videos you can find on the net are more than promissing 
. I can't wait. I'll post a link later so you can check that out
Hi MasterAub,MasterAub wrote:Gals and guys...I am glad you're having fun with your respective game (I myself will get Dark Soul II when it's on sale) but please check the latest news on the Witcher 3. The Team at CD Project Red is going to redifine the RPG genre,
The same here.Maigrets wrote: Yes, I've seen some of the Witcher 3 news and it looks fantastic to say the least. Trouble is I'll need a complete PC upgrade to be able to play it and that's not happening unless I win the Lottery.
. I spend a lot of time just getting other characters to a certain point and never actually getting them to the end.
MasterAub wrote:the decorum is "grandiose"
. Anyway, they were Falconers with falcons that they send after you to peck and claw you while they attack with swords. Looks excellent though as the birds fly at you, I must say.
) Fessels wrote:As if adventuring is not dangerous enough, now there is dancing to. ( Then again it could distract the enemies.
Yes, it's a weapon from the previous game where Channelers (enemy mages) would buff the other enemies so you had to kill the mage as quickly as possible or deal with "super" mobs.. The real problem comes in now where there are cheaters with infinite health and edited characters that spoil it for everyone else. Thankfully, it's not too often in my case so far, but hopefully the developers are going to try and update the anti-cheat function, but that would be hard too so I've read as the cheat engines run scripts along side the main data files and are hard to detect.
Yeah, I have four characters with different builds and only one in NG+ so far. The others are ready to go, but I'm testing the waters with one so far.Gork712 wrote:I have two characters near the end of NG+ 1 and I have only been invaded 4 times all in the past month. o.O
.. I don't mind it even if I lose, it's part of the game and challenge, except when cheats invade. 
The cheating is one of the reasons that i stayed clear from MMO games for a very...very long time. ( I will have to wait and see hoe that goes with the two i currently play. ) But yeah getting invaded or challenged is part of games like the ones we play.Maigrets wrote:All through NG with all characters I think I was invaded a total of five times. As soon as I started NG+ I'm being invaded everywhere every time the timer is up, even in the very first area of the Forest of Giants..
Maigrets wrote:I have online matchmaking (or whatever it's called) in the Game Options set to Restricted, which I think must be the default because I never changed it, which means I only get matched with people from my region...which seems to be a hell of a lot,
In one of the MMO's i play now i also quit often forget to cast self buffs and to debuff enemies, especially in the middle of a big fight.Maigrets wrote:I keep forgetting to use Chameleon or the Silver Charms for a laugh and just to see if it works. I love this game.
Yes. Hopefully Steam will turn on VAC again or something else is done if possible. Otherwise we just have to live with it and maybe the cheats will get their thrills and move on to another game. The thing with VAC is people who use mods for the game could potentially get banned if it detects files are being altered, but for graphic mods it seems OK. I only use a SweetFX preset so it doesn't bother me.Fessels wrote:
The cheating is one of the reasons that i stayed clear from MMO games for a very...very long time. ( I will have to wait and see hoe that goes with the two i currently play. ) But yeah getting invaded or challenged is part of games like the ones we play.
Also the thing about unrestricting matchmaking can add to lag issues. Not lag exactly but when one person is in Russia for example and another in the US and one may have slower internet it can cause issues like phantom hits and rubber banding. I guess you know what I mean..LoL that is the price we pay for not turning it into a ingame world war.
I use buffs when I remember too and sometimes it's all that saves you, especially when fighting other mages who spam spells. One particular area is a living hell in that regard if you don't have ranged weapons, especially the first time through when you don't know what to expect. That's why I always carry a bow and lots of poison arrows, at least with melee characters.In one of the MMO's i play now i also quit often forget to cast self buffs and to debuff enemies, especially in the middle of a big fight.
. I watched the video and it does look very promising indeed. I never played the other Dragon Age games because I really hate turn based combat, but this looks more real time. I did try the first game, but it didn't inspire me at all although it supposedly has a good story. I couldn't get into the combat and some of the other mechanics.MasterAub wrote:I am completely lost "VAC, debuff, NG+, being invaded"...I don't understand a single word of what your writing
On an other note find below a gampeplay video of Dragon Age Inquisition...Well I had lost Faith in the Franchise but this one looks very very promissing.
I thought you might be interesting. Enjoy the video!
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/making-of/0004 ... .htm#infos
VAC is Steam's own anti-cheat function. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -Radz-6869
at it, although I have won some interesting fights against invaders. I usually lose against magic spammers though when they have high level Hexes or Homing Crystal Soul mass etc.
You are very welcome.MasterAub wrote:Thanks Maigrets for taking the time to explain to me all those acronyms and words. I really appreciate. I too never finished Dragon Age I, mainly because I got swamped into Oblivion at that time. Like you I rather play open world game and I could not even finish the great Wither 2 because of the same "not open world" problem. The only "closed world" (not sure the term exists) game I played extensively was Neverwinter Night, Oh God I so much like that game...
This Dragon Age looks promising but you're never too prudent...I'll wait until the player reviews come out. On another note I am eager to get my hands on this gem that this Dark Soul 2 seems to be. I'll probably acquire it on thenext Steam Sales.
Guess what, as for now I am back to Oblivion...ahahahahaha...call it obsessed or adict.
If you do get the game and play "blind", ie without wanting to know anything beforehand, even though this thread has spoilers, just ask if you want to know anything. Without doing some research this type of game can be a bit hard to work out for anyone never playing a Souls game before, as far as some game mechanics and story goes. The story and Lore is very rich but it's not told in the same way as say Skyrim or Oblivion. That's over four characters though and it's a very long game if you take the time to experience it properly... I didn't get very far either for the same reasons and I think at the time there was something else I became more interested in. It's interesting and a little ironic that the Witcher series and Dragon Age are both going to open world and real time combat though. There's obviously more demand for these type of games so they have to adapt and make changes.