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Post by Hrungr on Jun 8, 2018 4:46:59 GMT
I was thinking how the DA Keep turned out really well, and wondered what other online features could be useful in DA. Ideas? Probably more than a bit pie-in-the-sky, but I'd love to see a robust online map that charted your progress. - DA Keep decisions would show up as markers on the map, which you could then open up and there would be a brief summary, a screenshot, and a text field for you to make notes if you wanted. - You could upload screenshots and they would show up as pins on your map. You could open it up to add a note and share it with friends. Bonus if you can import a friend's pin into your game and create an in-game waypoint (or awaypoint -> HERE BE BEARS! <-  ). - Maybe you could view your character online (from your most current save), their stats, gear, etc., and also share it you wanted to? - Review your playthrough similar to the Varric summary we have now? - Other? |
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Post by vertigomez on Jun 8, 2018 4:55:25 GMT
I can't say that any of that appeals to me, personally. I always play offline except for the, like... two seconds of importing Keep info. I do like the Keep, though.
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Post by blighted on Jun 8, 2018 5:17:11 GMT
I do hope they continue having Varric narrate your personal worldstate. It's a nice little touch.
I'd really like a way to upload and download custom characters, either to share with others or to import for another playthrough myself. I found referencing slider screenshots to be a real pain in Inquisition, especially given just how many CC options and variations there were.
Perhaps they will do something similar to what they did with The Mass Effect Archives and the Ryder gallery, but with the Dragon Age Keep and our next protagonist?
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Post by Nightscrawl on Jun 8, 2018 5:32:28 GMT
Face codes. That is seriously ALL I want.
Pleeeeeeeeeease.
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Post by Hrungr on Jun 8, 2018 5:33:33 GMT
I do hope they continue having Varric narrate your personal worldstate. It's a nice little touch. I'd really like a way to upload and download custom characters, either to share with others or to import for another playthrough myself. I found referencing slider screenshots to be a real pain in Inquisition, especially given just how many CC options and variations there were. Perhaps they will do something similar to what they did with The Mass Effect Archives and the Ryder gallery, but with the Dragon Age Keep and our next protagonist? That would definitely be useful, and I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 8, 2018 6:04:43 GMT
Face codes. That is seriously ALL I want. Pleeeeeeeeeease.yeah, yeah, yeah. |
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Post by Gilli on Jun 8, 2018 12:21:34 GMT
I was thinking how the DA Keep turned out really well, and wondered what other online features could be useful in DA. Ideas? Probably more than a bit pie-in-the-sky, but I'd love to see a robust online map that charted your progress. - DA Keep decisions would show up as markers on the map, which you could then open up and there would be a brief summary, a screenshot, and a text field for you to make notes if you wanted. - You could upload screenshots and they would show up as pins on your map. You could open it up to add a note and share it with friends. Bonus if you can import a friend's pin into your game and create an in-game waypoint (or awaypoint -> HERE BE BEARS! <- ). - Maybe you could view your character online (from your most current save), their stats, gear, etc., and also share it you wanted to?- Review your playthrough similar to the Varric summary we have now? - Other? I was just thinking about this when I read the beginning of your post. Tho I'd like to have it for all your different characters. Kinda like the Dragon Age HQ already does it for the DAI MP Agents.  |
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Post by phoray on Jun 8, 2018 19:09:44 GMT
Face codes. That is seriously ALL I want. Pleeeeeeeeeease.Does this require that they limit facial options like they did with Ryder? |
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Post by Nightscrawl on Jun 8, 2018 19:20:20 GMT
Does this require that they limit facial options like they did with Ryder? Probably not. Some time after DAI release, Mark Darrah tweeted about it and said they tried to add it in, but ended up breaking things. They will have to design the CC with that in mind from the ground up to make it work, like MEA's was. I can't say for sure, obviously, but I don't think that the more limited CC was due to their face-sharing system, just a result of the overall messed up MEA development. All of that information is already baked into the save file and can be accessed. After that, it's a matter of getting that information into a usable state so it can be used by the game UI in a convenient manner for the player. My saying "face codes" is really more of a shorthand than a real system I expect them to implement. They are most likely not going to pop up a box with some code that you're expected to copy down, to be used later. |
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Post by Iakus on Jun 8, 2018 19:46:07 GMT
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Post by Pokemario on Jun 9, 2018 22:31:22 GMT
I would LOVE to play through the story with a friend.
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Post by witchcocktor on Jun 10, 2018 9:27:07 GMT
One of the best times I've had playing online was with Neverwinter Night's multiplayer. It had casual chat servers, RP servers, arena servers (deathmatch, team deathmatch, Capture the Flag, King of the Hill) and anything you could think of. Now if they could recreate such a multiplayer mode, and use your own customized PC to play on all the possible game modes, I would DEFINITELY consider using the online component. But, that would also mean the segregation of online and offline, which probably isn't the goal here.
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Post by warden on Jun 10, 2018 12:00:23 GMT
We can turn it to a battle royale with some role playing quotes to throw at the enemies.
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Post by phoray on Jun 10, 2018 12:22:00 GMT
Does this require that they limit facial options like they did with Ryder? Probably not. Some time after DAI release, Mark Darrah tweeted about it and said they tried to add it in, but ended up breaking things. They will have to design the CC with that in mind from the ground up to make it work, like MEA's was. I can't say for sure, obviously, but I don't think that the more limited CC was due to their face-sharing system, just a result of the overall messed up MEA development. :/ I pretty much loved the DAI CC, just wanted better hair. I worry the requirement to built from the "ground up" is going to have us treading water on this issue and, if they run out of time, leave us with something making us wish DAI CC was back |
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Post by phoray on Jun 10, 2018 12:25:30 GMT
I do hope they continue having Varric narrate your personal worldstate. It's a nice little touch. I think Varric's story is finished and would like someone else to narrate (Not Claudia Black). I appreciate the small touch as well, It's just... We're leaving the South in part, I think, to wipe the Cameo slate clean. Varric is running a city with chronic issues, he's not writing books about people he doesn't know in Tevinter so his narration would be weird. |
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Post by Wulfram on Jun 11, 2018 12:42:12 GMT
How about a tool to share character builds?
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Post by blighted on Jun 11, 2018 13:38:52 GMT
I do hope they continue having Varric narrate your personal worldstate. It's a nice little touch. I think Varric's story is finished and would like someone else to narrate (Not Claudia Black). I appreciate the small touch as well, It's just... We're leaving the South in part, I think, to wipe the Cameo slate clean. Varric is running a city with chronic issues, he's not writing books about people he doesn't know in Tevinter so his narration would be weird. Knight Errant spoilers below for those who haven't read them yet. Maybe his story is done, but maybe not. He did seem to be heading to Tevinter with Carter, Ser Aaron and Vaea at the end of the Knight Errant comics, and I certainly wouldn't blame the poor man for wanting to sit this one out  |
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Post by phoray on Jun 11, 2018 13:54:57 GMT
I think Varric's story is finished and would like someone else to narrate (Not Claudia Black). I appreciate the small touch as well, It's just... We're leaving the South in part, I think, to wipe the Cameo slate clean. Varric is running a city with chronic issues, he's not writing books about people he doesn't know in Tevinter so his narration would be weird. Knight Errant spoilers below for those who haven't read them yet. Maybe his story is done, but maybe not. He did seem to be heading to Tevinter with Carter, Ser Aaron and Vaea at the end of the Knight Errant comics, and I certainly wouldn't blame the poor man for wanting to sit this one out  I only read it once and I don't recall receiving the impression he'd be going to Tevinter. |
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Post by Nightscrawl on Jun 11, 2018 15:38:13 GMT
I only read it once and I don't recall receiving the impression he'd be going to Tevinter. Me either... Aside from that, am I one of the the few people that just has no interest in the Varric narration thing? It's not a feature that I have any interest in or have ever used for my Keep world state. |
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Post by phoray on Jun 11, 2018 15:40:19 GMT
I only read it once and I don't recall receiving the impression he'd be going to Tevinter. Me either... Aside from that, am I one of the the few people that just has no interest in the Varric narration thing? It's not a feature that I have any interest in or have ever used for my Keep world state. Well, I think it's neat, but I honestly didn't realize it was even there until I was setting up a world state with my partner for his game, a good 3 full PTs of DAI later. So to me, it's neat, but it doesn't tell us anything we don't know happened already. Maybe it was there for new players? who hadn't played DAO and DA2? |
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Post by Cyberstrike on Jun 11, 2018 22:12:09 GMT
I can't say that any of that appeals to me, personally. I always play offline except for the, like... two seconds of importing Keep info. I do like the Keep, though.
The same here. The only thing I that I would like is maybe having access to the Keep off the game's main menu screen, that might be nice.
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Post by apollexander on Jun 12, 2018 2:42:59 GMT
How about making (part of) the Fade online? Technically, you are just your mind wandering in the Fade. And you can meet strangers, friends, NPCs there. You can have whatever you like.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 4:06:13 GMT
no, because it would mean that I couldn't just auto play the game without internet.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Jun 12, 2018 12:32:22 GMT
no, because it would mean that I couldn't just auto play the game without internet. You can't do that now. You have to be logged into Origin in order to launch the game. True, Origin does have an "offline" mode, but in order to activate that offline mode, you have to be online at some point to sign in to Origin.
It might work differently on console, but PC players need to access the internet at some point if you're going to play.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 0:49:42 GMT
no, because it would mean that I couldn't just auto play the game without internet. You can't do that now. You have to be logged into Origin in order to launch the game. True, Origin does have an "offline" mode, but in order to activate that offline mode, you have to be online at some point to sign in to Origin.
It might work differently on console, but PC players need to access the internet at some point if you're going to play.
There's a reason steam is better.... because I can actually play games without the internet cause of offline mood. It doesn't automatically sign me out like Origin does whenever the internet's off/ |
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