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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Community 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!
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
