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...
Forum Discussion
- What Platform are you playing the game on? If PC, can you provide a DxDiag?
PC - http://hastebin.com/nehusadiwo.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 was in Storm Coast and Hinterlands mainly exploring and doing quests and running through main story every hour or two.
- What is the the Race/Class/Gender combination of your Inquisitor? Human Male Warrior
- What followers are you using at the time? Iron Bull, Sera and Dorian
- 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? Walking only, never used a mount or any skills that help in movement
- 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? I combat quite often though even in quite areas when i mostly gather materials banter is still very rare, every few hours
- How many hours have you spent in your current playthrough? (the one you are experiencing the banter issues in) 28H
- Where do you expect banter to be firing? Mostly during free exploration or when doing some side quests
After several targetted tests, and reading through the thread on the Bioware forum regarding this issue, it seems that the player must spend a minimum of 20-30 minutes out of combat before the banter system engages. Fast travel appears to reset this timer. Combat seems to stop the timer from ticking down. It may also be influenced by FPS lag. Once the first banter fires, it seems that all further banters will fire as appropriate until the player fast travels again.
That would explain why other folk and I will get banter as normal while idling or avoiding combat, but will almost never see banter during normal play -- the system assumes that we will spend well over an hour in a zone without any sort of fast travel.
This should probably be tested by competent QA and not by the end-user.
I have same feeling. Banter works if i idle no matter if I am in hinterlands or storm coas. But when I travel I get nothing, seems like you said that fast travel and combat resets the timer instead of just pausing It.
