all attacks non stop on player.

[Mellanie94]

what i hate the most about this game is that even when i have 2 team mates with me. all attacks are ALWASE on ME. because they dont even have hp bars...

if there are 8 or 20 or 1 enemy they all attack ME. i'm a archer and i cant even F aim a mili second or i'm being hit by god knows who. and the archer has this dumb ability that i LOSE my magic bar ability when i'm being hit. i cant even F fight because i'm alwase just running and dodge spam non stop. because there is no single second that noone is focusing or attacking me or spawns stuf underneed me. and because i get aggro of ALL enemys i get allwase hit or i cant do something els then only dodge. and because of that i dont build up momentum magic bar to actualy do my skills to kill the enemies... and the mages are also nonstop healing me.

long story short i HATE the momentum bar being drained like HELL when being hit. and i hate the NONSTOP agro on the main character like noone els existe.

Where is my TANK that takes the aggro off from me?!

#dyslexia

[Mellanie94]

Originally posted by Seekrt:

Originally posted by Mellanie94:

what i hate the most about this game is that even when i have 2 team mates with me. all attacks are ALWASE on ME. because they dont even have hp bars...

if there are 8 or 20 or 1 enemy they all attack ME. i'm a archer and i cant even F aim a mili second or i'm being hit by god knows who. and the archer has this dumb ability that i LOSE my magic bar ability when i'm being hit. i cant even F fight because i'm alwase just running and dodge spam non stop. because there is no single second that noone is focusing or attacking me or spawns stuf underneed me. and because i get aggro of ALL enemys i get allwase hit or i cant do something els then only dodge. and because of that i dont build up momentum magic bar to actualy do my skills to kill the enemies... and the mages are also nonstop healing me.

long story short i HATE the momentum bar being drained like HELL when being hit. and i hate the NONSTOP agro on the main character like noone els existe.

Where is my TANK that takes the aggro off from me?!

#dyslexia

You are the tank.

the game would not swap me to actualy the tank class or the OP mage.

[tmaddox]

Lucanis occasionally gets the attention if I stop attacking briefly. But, yeah, for the most part the enemies are after you.

[Mentally Unstable]

The problem is due to the fact that companions can't die in combat unlike the first game. So to compensate for that, they shifted all the aggro to the player.

But that's a lame choice IMO because companions in Inquisition couldn't die either but they could at least tank for us.

[Mentally Unstable]

Originally posted by Seekrt:

They could not die but they could be incapacited which made it harder to go on and forced you to aid them.

True, thanks for the reminder.

[polarnomad]

Yeah, I wondered why I always seemed to take all the aggro. If it's true that companions can't be downed, then that's rather lame IMO.

[Mentally Unstable]

Originally posted by polarnomad:

Yeah, I wondered why I always seemed to take all the aggro. If it's true that companions can't be downed, then that's rather lame IMO.

The fact that they have no health bars, unlike the previous games, is a sure sign of it. If they wanted us to care about them possibly being downed, health bars would be given for them.

[Swans]

Originally posted by polarnomad:

Yeah, I wondered why I always seemed to take all the aggro. If it's true that companions can't be downed, then that's rather lame IMO.

I've put 15 hours in and not had a single companion downed, despite paying little heed to them. So this must be true.

It's a frustrating design choice as means they are just a set of extended abilities.

[Valec]

You are meant to use your defensive abilities, along with dodge and parry. It's definitely a departure for the series, but after Inquisition, I actually like it. I think it's a better combat system than DA:I had.

[Mellanie94]

Originally posted by Bassdeff:

You should be flattered, it means you are the bigger threat.

:')

if i could only stick that one full charged arrow in his head. Yes. XD

[Mellanie94]

Originally posted by Valec:

You are meant to use your defensive abilities, along with dodge and parry. It's definitely a departure for the series, but after Inquisition, I actually like it. I think it's a better combat system than DA:I had.

i somehow cant play with the defence block thingy it has a mega delay and its not there when i need it. so i use rather dodge then block. also a lot of enemys serounds you from all locations so when i try to block one from frond the one from the side or the back wil murder me to oblivian. XD

[Valec]

Originally posted by DePhoegon:

Originally posted by Valec:

You are meant to use your defensive abilities, along with dodge and parry. It's definitely a departure for the series, but after Inquisition, I actually like it. I think it's a better combat system than DA:I had.

Ehhh.... Honestly I'll disgree..
The only defensive ability worthy of note is dodge/blink and as much attack weaving/range as you can do.

I think you need to practice more. Parrying is very effective and you can even get abilites to make your counter attack stronger.

[Mellanie94]

Originally posted by Nonbuynary:

Originally posted by Mellanie94:

what i hate the most about this game is that even when i have 2 team mates with me. all attacks are ALWASE on ME. because they dont even have hp bars...

if there are 8 or 20 or 1 enemy they all attack ME. i'm a archer and i cant even F aim a mili second or i'm being hit by god knows who. and the archer has this dumb ability that i LOSE my magic bar ability when i'm being hit. i cant even F fight because i'm alwase just running and dodge spam non stop. because there is no single second that noone is focusing or attacking me or spawns stuf underneed me. and because i get aggro of ALL enemys i get allwase hit or i cant do something els then only dodge. and because of that i dont build up momentum magic bar to actualy do my skills to kill the enemies... and the mages are also nonstop healing me.

long story short i HATE the momentum bar being drained like HELL when being hit. and i hate the NONSTOP agro on the main character like noone els existe.

Where is my TANK that takes the aggro off from me?!

#dyslexia

its time for you to be stunning and brave, whenever you want to or not

i try to be, i'm not ready for it master Varic. T^T
Blocking is so hard if something pokes me in the side right after.

[Valec]

Originally posted by DePhoegon:

Originally posted by Valec:

I think you need to practice more. Parrying is very effective and you can even get abilites to make your counter attack stronger.

as a mage? nah that's the blink(I believe), and i get 2 taped on nightmare. X} that said it's not like it's really that hard either (just a dance of madness really)

save the ultimate for burn windows where boss ore ultra packed group of adds show up & bobs ya uncle you're set to weave the sling shotted staff hits.

So you're saying there are no defensive abiliies worth using... because your CLASS only has those defensive abilities worth using? Come on dude. Nobody else is playing a mage.

[Valec]

Originally posted by DePhoegon:

Originally posted by Valec:

So you're saying there are no defensive abiliies worth using... because your CLASS only has those defensive abilities worth using? Come on dude. Nobody else is playing a mage.

No, not really.

not when you've got 8-10 dudes coming for you and active aoe denials going off at frequent times. X}

you're right though, 2 of the mage specialities just felt bleh looking at them.

Shouldn't that ya know ... signal you that something is wrong? that an entire class doesn't get played?

guess I can go down to normal & test the other two (which simply failed to get my attention otherwise), avoiding my main file.

Honestly, I have no idea if people actually play mage, I was just being chippy. :P I haven't touched it, it could be great or it could be awful, I couldn't say. I'm still only 8 hours or so in, but i've been playing the warrior type and enjoying it so far.

[polarnomad]

So, I started paying more attention to mob aggro. It's not all going to the player.