[PC] Mage: Standard Attack
[PC - Windows 10. AMD CPU + AMD MSI card + Xbox Series S|X Controller] I compared the way the Mage attacks in Dragon Age Inquisition VS the one in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. It TRULY feels like how ...
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Yeah that's true. Why is the primary attack slow AND weak? It doesn't make much sense. It should be stronger than a dagger since you're a mage your main weapon should be a staff which should be where your magic is strongest. DA lore also states that mages are more powerful with a staff iirc. The dagger should be less damage. But I don't see them changing this.
Let's assume that it is not a bug for a moment, then it means they have purposely nerfed the Mage class, who btw has **bleep** defense. So, which is it? Truly a bug OR they purposely nerfed a Mage's damage, attack?
If it's not a bug, I probably wouldn't replay the game at that point then, and I wouldn't pre-purchase the next game before I see the Mage's combat mechanic. When I played Dragon Age Inquisition, it was the FIRST time I had ever felt comfortable playing as a Mage. They normalized playing as a Mage imo in that game, as that was the only game where it was much easier to play as that class. I have tried playing Mages (or other types magic users) in many other games, and it NEVER felt right, easy or fun. But DA Inquisition? They normalized it!
I still maintain this is a bug, however. The slow, awkward mechanical "baseball windup" (as the other guy put it) is just not normal. How do you normalize something in the previous game to turn around and destroy the normalization of it in one fell swoop? This is like creating FFVII for example, and then being like, here's Legend of Dragoon. My friend called that game as Poor Man's Version of FF VII.
I mean, you literally have like a natural, progressive, 6 movements motion attack as a mage in DA Inquisition. But then in The Veilguard, it's a SINGLE awkward af attack which makes no sense. What type of person would use a staff that way??? That just can't be right. I don't think anyone playing as a mage paid X amount of money to play as a mage, only to have a main attack that people consider a bug.
It's difficult to even get a hit off in some fights. I've resorted to animation cancelling with dodge after every attack. Removes a bit of immersion but it's the best we can do at the moment.
That is ALL the time honestly. If you're lucky, you run away and you either regen some mana or get multiple hits.
