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No micromanagement - I control my toon, I don't pause and they can sort themselves out | 2 | 10.00% | |
I mainly control my own toon and rely on the preprogrammed tactics to control them once I set them | 6 | 30.00% | |
I spend a lot of time developing and sequencing the tactics and in battle I only rarely intervene | 4 | 20.00% | |
I micromanage everything, pause often, I don't trust the computer to manage my party! | 8 | 40.00% | |
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11-29-2009, 10:06 AM | #11 |
Quintesson
Join Date: June 2, 2001
Location: In the oldest monarchy - Denmark
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
level 12 - no FR gear ( I guess thats my problem then lol )
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11-29-2009, 11:27 AM | #12 |
Fzoul Chembryl
Join Date: July 16, 2003
Location: Wa\'eni\'n
Age: 38
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
No AI settings, do everything manually, including moving my puppets. One thing annoys me: in "not move freely" stance my puppets do not chase their targets, so if one of mine shield bashes someone out of range, they don't keep attacking. I'm getting used to switching "move freely/not move freely" quickly (mapped it to V and use ESDF for movement and keys around it for inventory etc.), and this together with "aggressive" behaviour for my tanks will work well. Ranged characters attack whenever they can it seems.
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11-29-2009, 06:58 PM | #13 |
Ironworks Moderator
Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Upstate NY USA
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
Any way to have Leiliana open things for me without me having to take her over?
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11-30-2009, 04:12 AM | #14 |
Ironworks Moderator
Join Date: February 28, 2001
Location: Boston/Sydney
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
Out of curiosity, how many of you micromanaging are doing it on the PC vs console?
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11-30-2009, 11:30 PM | #15 |
Zartan
Join Date: July 18, 2001
Location: America, On The Beautiful Earth
Age: 50
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
I'm really enjoying the Hold Postion/Move Freely command on one of the quick buttons as well. Luring foes into carefully positioned ambushes is my new favorite sport.
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12-01-2009, 01:42 AM | #16 | |
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Join Date: June 10, 2001
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
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It's beautiful to hear their screams. Good times, good times... ~~~~ ~~~~ The Ranger pets are quite possibly, one of the best things in this game because they help to break up the enemy's "Focus Fire". Having a pet distract a Mage or force Archers into melee does a tremendous deal in reducing the potency of an enemy attack. The best part being, with three pets, by the time the 3rd pet dies, the cooldown on the first one should have expired by then, and it is extremely rare to cycle through more than 2 pets in a single fight, save maybe against Dragons. Ranger pets also helps in fights where you have control beforehand, since the enemy will always have initial aggro on the first thing to appear in their sight. It's not a big deal if the pet dies, and trust me, if you're using the Great Bear, it doesn't die easily (even on Nightmare); but it can be a game-ender if your tank dies. Especially beautiful in fights against Revenants, since you get a free meatshield while your party switches to ranged weapons. It saves a lot on potions. My Ranger is currently in a party with Leliana, which means I have TWO Rangers, with two pets. Which basically means I have a party of 6. Spirit Mages also have Reanimate Dead, but I chose to skip Mages in this runthrough because they make the game WAAAAY too easy, like Sorcerers in BG2. Thinking of a future runthrough where I will have 3 Rogues( +Zevran). The thought of 3 Great Bears smacking Arl Howe silly is amusing. I might make the 4th member a Spirit Mage specialised in support only, so that I can have a party of EIGHT units. The only annoying thing is that you need to set their tactics manually each time they're summoned. It doesn't get saved, and you have set it up again, or they won't use their special skills properly, especially the Spider's Web ability. Cheers. |
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12-01-2009, 01:58 PM | #17 |
Quintesson
Join Date: June 2, 2001
Location: In the oldest monarchy - Denmark
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
Can you use a manual to make companions into another spec????
(insert extremely surprised smiley here)
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12-01-2009, 06:47 PM | #18 |
Lord Ao
Join Date: May 15, 2005
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Re: How much micromanagement are you guys doing?
With speciliazations, when you unlock it, it unlocks forever more. Any character can choose it, providing they are of the right class, including NPC's. So yes. Buy a ranger manual, and both Zevran and Lelliana (plus the PC) can become one.
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