Dragon Age Forum News

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(Originally posted by chevalier)

Here are today's BioWare forum highlights, collected by NWVault. Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context. Bear in mind also that the posts presented here are copied as-is, and that any bad spelling and grammar does not get corrected on our end.

David Gaider, Designer

Name Filter
As pointed out, name filters don't work. If you are desiring some kind of naming consistency amongst characters, the only option you have is to take the power to choose a name away from the player (ie. using some form of name generator), which has its own drawbacks (although not having to adventure with someone named puffnstuff or **tHeDUde** might well be worth it). That said, it really mostly applies to a massively multiplayer environment.

Derek French, Technical Producer

Dragon Age english version only?

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Not including XBox Live content which isn't avaiable in Spanish yet...
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I am speaking about patches for the PC version. "Patches" are not allowed on Xbox and once again, I must call out that all localization is ultimately up to the publisher of the specific product. Xbox Live is not a patching system.

Tom Ohle, Public Relations

Can we see the Dragon Age E3 Video?

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Videos, concept art, more screenshots... ANYTHING! I can't keep checking this site everyday for new signs of life in the world of DA! (actually, I probably can... and will). All the same, why is all the concept art and screenshots (for I am sure they could release more than five!) being kept from us? At the moment info is just being dripped out... more, I say, more!
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It's incredibly difficult to release info on a game for ____ months/years. Eventually you just run out. We want to make sure that, when we start showing off more of the game, we show off a LOT more of the game

Brenon Holmes, Programmer

Can we see the Dragon Age E3 Video?
I'd be *very* careful what I wished for, were I you folks...

Realistic archery/ranged
This is an interesting thread so far, and it's been noted. I'm curious about ranged combat though... are there any specific things you folks would like to see with ranged combat? (Besides what's been mentioned thusfar?)

Realistic archery/ranged
I'm going to take some advice and attempt to guide the discussion a bit - as 'what would you like to see' is a bit open ended. Anywho, to expound on the above... specifically:* What types of projectile behaviour would you like to see? (In NWN, we had a few different types of projectiles: straight ballistic shots, heat seeking, deflection, shield impact... etc)* Are there any special ranged attack animations you'd like to see? (Possibly associated with a special ability of some sort?)* What types of weapons would you like to use in a ranged manner? (Let's get the Dwarf chucker out of the way, shall we? )* What types of special attacks would you like to see with ranged weapons?

xbox 2 Port?
Dragon Age is being developed for the PC. If there are any plans for ports to a console (of any variety), they will be announced if/when they are decided.

"Focus Group" threads

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I like the idea of "focus groups". And I agree with Demetrious, the objections in the cited article don't really apply to people on the forum, particularly the one about ebing "eager to please".Maybe Bioware could start by having a focus group on the idea of having focus groups...
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Hmm... I think we'd have to have a meeting on whether we should have a focus group on the idea of having focus groups...