#oddlyotherscience

hello! ◕‿◕ They have said that healing spells return, and that these are a part of the 'core mage kit’. (I think this means spells accessible by all mages). They said “Your mages, you wanna make them a healer? Do that.” [source: the developer Q&A from June 14th on Discord. Notes are here, re-watch link is here] Also,

"You can, Busche explained, set up specific companions with certain kits, from tackling specific enemy types to being more of a supporting healer (with the return of much-requested healing magic), or flexible all-rounders."

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Can't say I'm not surprised by that. A lot of the ones doing so are pretty big names that could definitely improve their games and yet they wanna complain as if fans are expecting 'too much' from them. Like we should just accept getting half baked games all the time...really showing their arses, aren't they.😅

I think what these devs don't comprehend and why they are panicking is because they think everyone wants them to do all the same things when x game becomes popular. And they know they will fail because it happens Every Single Time.

You can't copy paste someone's work and think that it will be revolutionary. It's the same thing that happened when skyrim had huge open world then they all did that. But they do this to themselves!!! They want constant big successes without creativity. Now they whine in advance saying they can't do this. Good. Nobody wants the same game but worse released 500 times.

It reveals their way of thinking, they do the "copy homework" thing because they think it's expected of them. This is what they mean by the "new standard". Their brains immediately leapt to "we now need to replicate everything about the style and scope of this game."

NO. That is not the standard. If only they embraced their own style and leaned into their own strengths and listened to feedback.

Bioware's stupidity in particular is truly incredible. because they achieved this at one point, they were a success story with Baldur's Gate. Then they went on to make games that people still consider some of the greatest rpgs of all time, they "set the standard". But then they refused to listen.

She is transgender, and she's been facing a lot of abuse for her role in Dawntrail.

IMO, she did a lovely job.

hey! i actually saw a convo in a Discord server about this being the OPs private mod, so they more than likely fused these clothes together in Blender. idk if they plan to release it or only have it for personal use. i do recognize some parts of the outfit, so i can tell you what mods those are from. the boots and top (part of a dress) are in the lokelani's lavish livery mod. the creator is working on adding several more options and possibly making their clothing modular. (yes please!)

the jacket is from the SR Apparel - Clothing and Armor mod. it's available as a cloak slot so you can pair it with other clothes.

It would be so cool to have a Rivaini seer or Avvar mage companion. Bonus points if they were benignly possessed by a Spirit (two-in-one deal! 😆) and it would shed so much light on the lore on Spirit possession.

On the topic of Spirit possession: Jaws of Hakkon kind of gave us a glimpse into what benign Spirit possession among the Avvar looks like; it might be likely the next game will take us to Rivain and we'll get to see practices among the seers there, too. I think it also might be likely we'll get to visit Nevarra, and might either get to play as a Mortalitasi or have a Mortalitasi companion, which might also shed more light on Spirits inhabiting (dead) bodies.

But you do have point about BioWare's disappointing track record when it comes to portraying mages. The next game will bring us to Tevinter; I'm just dreading they'll try to convince players "magic bad, mages evil!" 😐 I'm not keeping my hopes up.

hello! ◕‿◕ the symbols next to the specializations seem to reflect which faction each spec is "tied to". we know spellblade is "more like a combat mage" and that it ''uses magic-infused melee attacks'' but not much else. so I'm also rly curious to learn more about this spec and how it plays. 🤝 like is it more like Knight-Enchanter or Arcane Warrior, a blend of both or something else? DA:O Battlemage? maybe we can kinda get a lil idea by looking at the associated art..? 👁️

and, though I don't think it involves blood magic and it doesn't really remind me of how Calien fought per se, it still makes me think of Calien d'Evaliste, an Antivan Crow who was a mage during the Fourth Blight. (he was cool)

Yes. What I am curious about is... did Mystra leave him and that's why he tried to usurp her? OR did he try to usurp her while they were dating and that's why Mystra left him?

Because those two possibilities would make him a very different character.

The first one is a love sick puppy who had feelings for a woman way out of his league. Everyday thing. When she broke up with him, he couldn't accept it, tried to take her power just because she wouldn't date him. This would make Gale a crazy ex, volatile and impulsive. Very unappealing and also a normie. His main motivation would have been "love me pls" and of course that is what he tries to make us believe in early access.

hmmm... I dunno, I don't think that's true. I have not seen hate towards him on reddit. He is straight, so maybe that's why. He can't bother the gamerbros while they are playing with a self-insert male character. I've even seen a few of them say they've created a female character to romance Tristian because they thought his story was interesting. Tristian is a very good aligned character and I would say the "bad boy" types are more often hated. He is also extremely innocent and awkward during the romance so that probably only makes male gamers like him. Lol

Anyway imo he just doesn't match the type of character you are talking about.

If you are interested in a romance which actually bothered the straight male gamer community, I recommend Octavia-Regongar poly romance. Those two are a joined deal. They are a bisexual couple and while it's possible to break them up, that doesn't have the best result. Ofc that bothered some because they wanted to romance Octavia alone and they wanted to suffer no consequences for separating the couple. Octavia is more popular compared to the straight female option, Valerie, who is a lawful neutral fighter. Meanwhile Octavia is a fun loving chaotic good rogue-wizard. Valerie not having a huge appeal is also the reason many chose to play with a female character and romanced Tristian. That way it's still a straight romance but with a character they liked more.