Party banter disappeared with patch 3
Prior to patch 3 updating automatically I had no issues whatsoever with party banter not triggering as reported by several players - after this patch installed I get nothing,absolutely nothing at all...
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Same issue here what the hell.
Also I am on my 5th playthrough atm so I definately noticed the difference and I must say its killed my enjoyment of the game.
Also I am on my 5th playthrough atm so I definately noticed the difference and I must say its killed my enjoyment of the game.
EA_NilsCommunity Admin
@Curufinwe_wins @arainai @KaineTay @LiaLiamano
Heya everyone,
The studio is investigating this issue and would really appreciate the following information:
- What Platform are you playing the game on? If PC, can you provide a DxDiag?
- What areas have you been in when the problem was reported? Have you already entered the Hinterlands? Are you mostly spending time on Critical Path plots?
- What is the the Race/Class/Gender combination of your Inquisitor?
- What followers are you using at the time?
- How would you describe your play-style? How are you moving around in areas? For example, are you using the mount? Are you playing a mage and using Blink to move around areas?
- Are you engaging in regular combat? (Are you in combat every 30 seconds?) Are you playing in heavy-combat zones where non-player factions are fighting each other?
- How many hours have you spent in your current playthrough? (the one you are experiencing the banter issues in)
- Where do you expect banter to be firing?
If anyone has any experience with video capture, we would greatly appreciate that as well. We are looking for the following:
- With three followers, idle in a safe area in an exploration zone. Be away from any combat including enemy factions who are fighting each other. A good place to do this would be right outside of the first Inquisition Camp in the Hinterlands. You must ensure that no combat is nearby for this test to be valid.
- Enable subtitles
- Idle for 30 minutes while running video capture – banter should be heard at least once. Alternately, you could idle for 60 minutes – banter should fire at least twice.
- Upload your video and share the link with us here.
Thank you very much for your help in advance!
- EA_NilsTo gather a DXDIAG on your computer, please follow the steps below:1. Press and hold the Windows key and the letter R on your keyboard
2. You will see a Run box in the lower-left corner of your screen
3. Type dxdiag in the text field
4. Click OK
5. If your computer has a 64-bit version of Windows, click the button Run 64-bit DXDIAG (see screenshot below)
6. If your computer has a 32-bit version of Windows, that button will not be available
7. Click the Save All Information button, found on the bottom of the DXDIAG report
8. Save this text file to your Desktop if possible
9. Open the text file, select all the text inside (Ctrl + A) and copy it (Ctrl +C).
10. Go to http://hastebin.com/, paste the contents of your DXDiag inside (Ctrl+V) and click Save on the webpage (Ctrl+S).
11. Copy the link of the page in your post, along with a precise description of your issue.- What Platform are you playing the game on? If PC, can you provide a DxDiag?
PC - http://hastebin.com/hiliqomuci.tex
-What areas have you been in when the problem was reported? Have you already entered the Hinterlands? Are you mostly spending time on Critical Path plots? I get banter when I first enter Hinterland from the war table. None when I use the map. And only once or none in every other area whether I use the wartable or map to travel. I think I get more than one in Empress du Lion. But not much.
- What is the the Race/Class/Gender combination of your Inquisitor? Human Male Mage
- What followers are you using at the time? I usually travel with Dorian alot. Then rotate everyone else. I've recently tried leaving Dorian out the party, no change.
- How would you describe your play-style? How are you moving around in areas? For example, are you using the mount? Are you playing a mage and using Blink to move around areas? I don't use mounts because it makes my party vanish, I don't use fade step.
- Are you engaging in regular combat? (Are you in combat every 30 seconds?) Are you playing in heavy-combat zones where non-player factions are fighting each other? Even areas with the least combat like Hissing Waste, I get zero banter.
- How many hours have you spent in your current playthrough? (the one you are experiencing the banter issues in) This happens in all my playthroughs
- Where do you expect banter to be firing? idk, anywhere other than them commenting on the environment.
The studio is investigating this issue and would really appreciate the following information:
What Platform are you playing the game on? If PC, can you provide a DxDiag?PC: http://hastebin.com/ekiwezosav.tex
What areas have you been in when the problem was reported? Have you already entered the Hinterlands? Are you mostly spending time on Critical Path plots?I have noticed the issue on both of the inquisitors I have played since patch, one is basically done with the game (completeionist before doing final quest) the other is a fresher toon and had not been in hinterlands before the patch but did so afterwards. I have not seen any banter in Storm Coast, Hinterlands, Crestwood so far.
What is the the Race/Class/Gender combination of your Inquisitor?Male Human Rouge
Male Elf mage
Also have female qunari warrior and female elf mage but havent been on either long enough to say it bugged.
What followers are you using at the time?Rogue has mixed every set of companions and has used ones I have never used before in the overworld like the current combiniation I am sitting on of Varric,Cole,Sera.
Elf Mage is using Cassandra, Solas, Varric
How would you describe your play-style? How are you moving around in areas? For example, are you using the mount? Are you playing a mage and using Blink to move around areas?
Completionist, running around not using blink or evade (because it puts you in combat and you run slower). Never use mounts.
Are you engaging in regular combat? (Are you in combat every 30 seconds?) Are you playing in heavy-combat zones where non-player factions are fighting each other?
Not particularily so. Perhaps once every 5 min maximum.
How many hours have you spent in your current playthrough? (the one you are experiencing the banter issues in)
68 hours in Human Rogue, 6 hours in Elf Mage (male), other toons are 45 hours female elf mage, and 10 hours female qun warrior. So I think I know fairly well the level of banter I had been getting prior to this update.
Where do you expect banter to be firing?
I still get the object/event related triggers, I am not seeing random banter. I did manage to get exactly ONE banter event and that was the second after quest boss completion (this on my elf male mage).
In your comments you suggested that we should see banter once every 30 minutes. Now perhaps this was my imagination, but I feel strongly that in the overworld I was (pre-patch) seeing banter closer to once every 10 minutes. (excluding event)
I wanted to post my experience as someone who played through the tutorial and only got to Haven pre-patch. I hadn't traveled to any of the regions pre-patch. After the patch I unlocked the Hinterlands and traveled there for the first time, with Varric/Cassandra/Solas via the War Map.
What Platform are you playing the game on? If PC, can you provide a DxDiag?
PC. Here's the DxDiag: http://hastebin.com/ifikovulih.tex
What areas have you been in when the problem was reported? Have you already entered the Hinterlands? Are you mostly spending time on Critical Path plots?
Summary: As I mentioned, this was a relatively new game, going to the Hinterlands for the first time. For the first half hour I went straight to the Crossroads, killed the enemies there, gained all the quests there, talked to everyone I could talk to, explored the homes, etc. At no time did banter fire during that first half hour. I then found a quiet spot near the first camp and idled. During that time banter did fire, fairly regularly. Afterward I went back to "adventuring" with the banter firing once more during that time.
Here's the breakdown:
5:50 pm: Start: - Cleared out the Crossroads.
6:20 pm: Started Idling - Found a quiet spot near the camp.
6:28 pm: First Banter - Cassandra/Solas.
6:38 pm: Second Banter - Varric/Solas.
6:47 pm: First Environment Comment: - Varric.
7:01 pm: Third Banter - Varric/Solas.
7:16 pm: Fourth Banter - Cassandra/Solas.
7:17 pm: Finished Idling - Started "adventuring" again.
7:35 pm: Fifth Banter - Varric/Solas.
7:55 pm: End.
So perhaps it's a combination of "nearly-new-game" and idling producing the most banter (as nearly 70 min of "regular" adventuring only produced 1 instance of banter, while idling for nearly 60 min produced 4 instances of banter and 1 environment comment)
What is the the Race/Class/Gender combination of your Inquisitor?
Human / Warrior / Male
- Sorry, duplicate
