So I have to say this game is definitely a ton of fun and it looks gorgeous. I've been playing as Reinhart and i'm happy with my decision he fits my play style nicely with a lot of defensive moves and tricks.
My friend really likes Katerina and enjoys her deft gunplay. Together we make an excellent duo and are currently tackling the content on the hardest difficulty.
My biggest question, is there no way to have our personal characters with their gear in each others games? Did Obsidian really go the route of *almost* like Fable 2 where people who join your game are just backseat riders to your main adventure?
I noticed when I joined his game, we were both level 4 (at his level). I selected Reinhart and began helping him in the fight. He kept getting excited for his crits and how much damage he was doing, and how cool it looked. Meanwhile I was weaving my defenses as Reinhart and blasting enemies with lightning. But what I noticed was *my* damage was horrible. I opened up my gear screen and realized none of my gear made it over, I was basically naked with maybe one or two non-standard items but ultimately crap.
We then tried the reverse. He joined my game with my level 6 Reinhart and much much better gear. Again his Katerina had no gear and did very little damage compared to the giant blasts of destruction I was unleashing.
So is there some point in the game where it allows you to bring your full character over? Or are the other 1-3 people on your journey to be content as garbage filler? The gear generated for your "henchmen" isn't even 5% of the quality that you've accumulated. On top of that as you adventure, it seems that the gear drops are 80% in favor of the host players character.
Please tell me there is another way...
My other complaint is the same as i've seen in similar posts in this forum, the camera. So I need not ask any future questions, but add my hat into the ring that would allow independent camera control for each player to a much greater degree. The shared screen isn't' so bad, but you lose the ability to zoom and have a much better camera angle.
So I guess my official Dungeon Siege 3 patch request is 2 things.
1. Better Camera on MP
2. The entire MP loot issue (items not transferring into foreign games, the loot drops concerning host and henchmen, etc.)
Address these 2 issues and this game is easily a 9-9.5/10 from me. Everything else is beautiful.