Why cooldowns ?

 

I've read your statements. I've heard your answers. They mean nothing. You're avoiding the truth with vague arguments that mean nothing.

 

SO WHY ? I WANT TO KNOW WHY.

 

You said you want to make a classic game. We want to play a classic game. So why give us Dragon Age Reloaded ? Be honest, forget the market speech and just tell us why.

 

If you said you wanted to make a Dragon Age clone, then no publisher would have turned you down. So why come to us ? Perhaps you are tired of getting screwed over royalties by publishers and you want your own Dragon Age Ip so only you get the royalties. In other words, it was never about reviving the classic games or passion or whatever marketing lies you threw at us. It was always about the money.

 

Thanks a lot Obsidian !

...WHY, BIO, WHY??...

 

 

 

 

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Use this thread, try looking for your desired topic next time.

 

I elect for a lock.

no one said the mechanics had to be like dragon age, you can easily have a vancian type system that doesn't require you hit a rest button, but just very slowly lets powerful spells creep back into play.

 

lock the thread please... >_>

No dissent. Obsidian is god.

Lock why ? I don't want to discuss the merits of cooldowns. I want to speculate why they made the choice. It's a different matter altogether..

Why cooldowns ?

 

I've read your statements. I've heard your answers. They mean nothing. You're avoiding the truth with vague arguments that mean nothing.

 

SO WHY ? I WANT TO KNOW WHY.

 

You said you want to make a classic game. We want to play a classic game. So why give us Dragon Age Reloaded ? Be honest, forget the market speech and just tell us why.

 

If you said you wanted to make a Dragon Age clone, then no publisher would have turned you down. So why come to us ? Perhaps you are tired of getting screwed over royalties by publishers and you want your own Dragon Age Ip so only you get the royalties. In other words, it was never about reviving the classic games or passion or whatever marketing lies you threw at us. It was always about the money.

 

Thanks a lot Obsidian !

cooldowns don't automatically mean dragon age. if you read the comments they made, you know they plan to make the combat mimic the general spirit of "# of casts per day" style mechanics using cooldowns in place of rest. They also value spell choice and preparation.

 

So why would they chose it? They can potentially create a system that feels like the classic system but without the rest system to screw with it. Thus, you may actually end up having to strategically choose spells AND think about when you use them. The old rest system completely negated that second part.

Edited October 2, 201213 yr by ogrezilla

Gather all ye whinners and ye shall march forth and grumble...

...jus' so's y'all dunna get too bent out o' shape, on pretty much e'ery news report or release o' a BIS/Obsidz game, boards get like this...actually, sometimes e'en worse (IWD 2 was pretty bad on the ol' BIS boards)...Obsidz usually takes it in stride...

 

 

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Constructive criticism is fine, but you're not going to get anywhere with this approach.

Well they like cooldowns as a game mechanic. Apparently they're also not fond of rounds. This is about them making the game they want to make. I think they should alter the kickstarter summary to give a heads up on the more modern combat mechanics, but at least you know about it if you read the forums.

We would appreciate centralizing discussion on cooldowns here.