Powers, Skill Trees and Active Abilities (Official Thread)

yup, kind that giveth most plusez.

Depends on what build of swtor. In the early days, the only tactics a team with a sorcerer ever needed was "send Khem after the biggest thing, force storm everything, bubble as necessary."

Yup. I remember I've gotten a scratch, and Lana freaked out and healed me up for 10K in one go... Vette shot the whole spawn dead while my Sith Lord was mid-air still, leaping, leaping....

The companions will probably be effective at Normal difficulty, but I can't see them doing much on Insanity beyond drawing a bit of fire. They shouldn't really - if they can operate on Insanity then the game can basically play itself.

And this even after the very, very common (and for good reason) complaining about DA:I's 8-skill limit. I mean, ME is different, but only 3? Come on... Even my Soldier had to use the radial menu for some powers. I hope we'll get at least 4 in the end, since the mapped powers in the video were for both bumpers separately and both bumpers at once - ME3 had the Y button instead (for xbox), so maybe it'll return, for a total of 4? ...Please?

I, too, hoped they'd opt for something else, partly because the weight mechanic frankly makes no sense within the lore; all weapons have built-in ME fields that can negate a weapon's mass, not to mention ME1/2 didn't even have a weight mechanic But in terms of gameplay, I'm not too fussed. Should be interesting having individual cooldowns, at least.

Actually (yes I'm quoting myself btw) I just saw the gameplay again, and indeed the deployable shield does give an electric discharge when folks get too close.

Hardly, but it's a solid start... we'll have to wait for new material to get more.

Ohh I will miss the wheel and pause mode, definitely. The big menu of abilities, too.the limitations on 8 or less is frustrating and lame.
I would like we could use a pan in melee. That would be fun.

1 is definitely called 'biotic aegis' - this has been confirmed.

I don't think 4 is actually a grenade because there isn't a number shown to indicate how many are left.

Adrenaline rush for 20? You could be right, I'll add it in. AR increases firing rate and reload speed, so a symbol with a volley of bullets would make sense.

Maybe the Omni shield will be one of the possible heavy melee styles? Then you could have Omni plus three powers.

Ah.
Yes you are right sorry I lost the long distance picture. Thank you for my renewed faith in its inclusion.

My ME2 Insanity strategy heavily relied on companion powers, I hotkeyed 3-4 abilities for Shepard, and the rest were assigned for the companions. The companion powers are weaker but they are instant, no need to aim Warp or suffer Overload's animation which leaves you exposed to enemy fire, or you don't need to aim and wait for flashbangs, instead using Kasumi as an instant disabler.