Dreadwolf Game Design discussion and question thread

Would each arm of the skill tree snowflake equate to a subclass? Interesting that there are a few points of cross-over higher in each arm, allowing a few ways to cross-spec between adjacent subclasses.

Only a portion of the stuff I've been doing in the last few years! Apologies about being so quiet here, we're under heavy orders to be pretty tight-lipped about the project but know that I read a lot of the threads related to areas I direct.
Can't really answer anything but when this game finally comes out I'll be around here to dish a little bit of random facts like I occasionally do about DAI 😀

I was just thinking the other day it had been a while since the last community update. It is nice to get some insight into the design process even if we can't get too many details yet. Seems to be confirmation of classes and specializations though, and loved seeing "RPG" and "choices" mentioned a few times in there as well.

The class specialization skill tree looks potentially promising. Interesting how there are 3 colored bubbles (red, blue, and yellow) with a direct connection to the middle bubble. And then each of the colored bubbles has connections to the other 2 on either side of it. I thought maybe the ones without a direct connection could be hybrids but then I really don't know what the extra bubbles off of them would mean.

Looks good, sounds very promising if it works out.

Also the nodes and seeing all those options reminded me of this:

Trying to sweep the breaking posts about the BioWare blog on Dreadwolf Game Design into this thread.

Enjoy...

I believe that's the circle for Center A3. And the gray block is blocking the title. Seems longish. Maybe 2-3 words.

Just as long as it doesn’t have that redonkulous fog of war effect over the skill tree, we’re all good! 

From this I wouldn't assume that specializations work anything like they did. Though this does assume that we'll see all thiss at once, but they did mention mix and matching. So I think that it's not going to be a hard choice but more of a pyramid. The overarching design principle will be 'Warrior' then you have the three specs 'defender' 'captain' 'knight' and then further specialization from there of which 'battlemaster' could be one. Though these could also all be passive talent names to.

The big questions though: is this it? Are they combining everything into this one tree (attributed, passives, abilities) or are their other level up screens for those things and were just looking at the passives ala ACV? Also, what are the limitations? The trouble with Vahalla that no level cap so you could get everything, while this made me choose what to get first this did make long term builds and choices superfluous.

If we use the Mass Effect Andromeda example, I think you could not get everything in one playthrough.
If I remember correctly, it took me 3 playthroughs (and use NG+) to get everything in that game.