Chunkyman

I hope they avoid making cardboard villians. I don't want to "hate" very many people. Characters should be multidimensional and allow you to understand them, even if they are an antagonist. I think DA:O did a great job of this with Loghain. The A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin is also a great example of well written antagonists.

20. Morrowind, Oblivion, DA:O, New Vegas, and both KOTOR's.

Meh, I don't really see the need. I'm not opposing their inclusion, but I don't see how they would make the game funner.

I'm going to try using logic to explain why XP systems are better than skill usage systems. Humans (like most animals) respond to incentives and rewards. When a reward is given based on certain actions, people tend to engage in that behavior. In an RPG, people tend to enjoy role playing, and playing the game "normally". Therefore, any rewards you receive (like leveling up) in the game should result from playing the game in a normal fashion. This ties the rewards (leveling up/skill increases) with the behavior players most enjoy participating in (like role playing and playing the game normally). An XP system is great for this because you get the rewards by completing quests, defeating enemies how you want, etc. On the other hand, a skill usage system does not tie your rewards with playing the game in the normal (fun) way. A skill usage system ties your rewards (skill increases/level ups) to how much you engage in repetitive behavior or "grinding". This creates a dilemma for the player that makes gameplay worse, they must either select optimal rewards (through grinding) or lose the fun of playing the game normally (and thus forgoing optimal rewards). Because of this an XP system is preferable because fun behavior is tied to rewards, while a skill usage system ties boring behavior with rewards. In New Vegas, I can play the game exactly ho I want without losing out on anything because the XP system rewards me when I play normally. In Oblivion, I often grind (which is boring as hell) in order to achieve the desired results upon level up.

Who the hell does this kind of thing? Seriously? Are you just speculating here on what some players could potentially do if they wanted to, or do you have some kind of proof that X amount of players did such things? I don't think it's right trashing an entire gameplay concept just because a very small number morons go to extreme lengths to level up their character in a singleplayer game. Everyone I know (who plays TES games) has done something like that in a TES game, just saying. It's a boring system that often results in inferior gameplay compared to an XP system.

If they're not interested in single player I really doubt old school RPGs are the thing for them.

Good poll. Hopefully Obsidian will take the results into consideration. My first priority is a larger world with more land, npc's, quests, factions, items, etc.

Basically, a medieval version of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He could be a wizard! These aren't the elves you're looking for.

I love wandering around and exploring, so I want it as open-world as possible.

Money spent on multiplayer is money wasted. If I want to play games with friends, I have Black Ops.

Who cares? It's one item we get for helping fund this project. It's not like we're getting a companion that you would otherwise have to spend $10 for if you didn't pre-order *cough* Dragon Age 2 *cough*.

I agree. They shouldn't throw in artificial caps for things, they should however make it difficult for you to achieve 100% immunity through normal means.

Lol, There's this wonderful place called the BSN (Bioware Social Network) that would be perfect for you.

How do you want armor to affect gameplay? I like the "Damage Threshold" system in New Vegas. Besides being a bit more logical, it is also fun from a gameplay perspective. How I think it should work for PE is that the heavier armor you wear, the more penalties you get to things like stamina, speed, attack rate, etc. For example, light armor would have almost no penalties to your character, but it wouldn't be very effective in blocking damage. On the other hand, very heavy armor would make you extremely hard to hurt but would cripple your DPS because of all the penalties. This system would allow for a good variety in different tactics and play styles, which makes the game funner and adds to replayability. I also want armor to be multi piece (slots for grieves, helmets, etc.) so that I can mix and match pieces that I find throughout the world, allowing for greater variety in what my character can equip. Stat requirements are just annoying. I think a mage should have greater penalties for wearing armor than a beefy warrior, but I don't think flat out restrictions enhance gameplay in any way.

I think Game of Thrones does a good job of keeping the armor fairly realistic while looking really good. As long as they don't do anything severely unrealistic (swords that weigh 300 pounds, chainmail bikinis, etc.), I'll likely be happy.

If I hate a companion, I want some way to kill them when I feel like it. One of the worst feelings I've ever had in a video game is not being able to murder-knife Anders until the end of DA2.

Maybe here and there, but I do not want the budget wasted on hiring people for voice overs.

The Bioware Social Network.

There must be a dragon at the end. It is known.

I like the point buy system, but I think there could be a tiny bit of randomness over something.

Good. Hopefully it's kept up to date.

Meh, a castle or fort would be preferable.

You click a button and something awesome happens. Button = Awesome. Just kidding, I like your idea of exhaustion.

I'm an extremely slow player (I waste huge amounts of time fiddling with my inventory, amongst other things), so 50 hours for someone like me would be probably 25 for a normal gamer. The game will satisfy me (in terms of length) if at the end I'm not like "Seriously, that was it? I barely just started!".

I remember you from the Bethesda forums! On the issue of dragons, I want them to be very rare. There should probably be a finite amount, I don't want dragons randomly spawning. Dragons should also be incredibly tough, so that when you kill one you feel like a god.