Game Breaking Spell Bugs
Bug: Fire Mine with Flame Array upgrade does 1 point of damage randomly, and the Necromancer Specialization's Simulacrum activates before Guardian Spirit, breaking its functionality.
This is sever...
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No there is no way to pick up abilities without filling the prerequisites. You can respec and alter your choices in the Spirit Tree, both really don't need to be on a necromancer and, that's your locked in specialization so, give that an Inferno priority, the fill in on spirit and skip guardian spirit there, or as I do, only take barrier and it's upgrade in Spirit then, finish out on winter for a few spells to toss at fire proof enemies.
I agree that there are a couple of bugs/glitches that should have been patched in this game but, I also understand that EA/Bioware needs to set a time limit on patching a game so that they can move on to developing the next game in the series, or other new games. Unfortunately DAI is very difficult to mod and, what ca be done with mods is limited. If DAI took better to mods and, a mod maker toolkit were available, there are some great modders out there that could likely fix the remaining glitches with mods. Maybe we will get better mod support in DA4.
I wish I could offer you a better fix or workaround but, there just isn't one.
Let's not pretend there's an excuse for this. Bethesda has their own excuses for things, but with console commands and some wit, people can find work arounds for all those problems. The actual combat abilities not functioning though, which is a key part of actual gameplay? That's... that's sad. My best defense (Guardian Spirit) and best offense (Fire Mine) don't function. Given I got a Berserker fade touched item from trials (30% damage boosted, 300% increased damage taken) along with the new belt that lowers my HP by 50%, the Enhanced Inferno Pact, I get one shotted. Which is perfectly fine, because Guardian Spirit prevents death, which is plenty of time to barrier a second time after, and plenty of time for the tank to taunt up all the threats. Simulacrum is easily 80% worse except with maybe spamming Immolate non stop.
To be honest, this was more of a "Hey, Bioware, mind adding a few quick easy patches for our widely used combat abilities?". Sadly, I doubt any Bioware employee is going to bother reading this.
Thank's for trying regardless. I'll look forward to Mass Effect Andromeda and maybe eventually find a work around, or just restart with a non-broken mage specialization, and drop Inferno.
