If the demo was any indication, I'll keep it the way it is.

I'll be playing the PC version, so auto-attack it is. Clicking a mouse is hardly as dramatic and action-y as mashing a button on your controller.

B.  I love the changes they've made to the game and I don't think I could go back to origins after playing the demo

"B.  I love the changes they've made to the game and I don't think I could go back to origins after playing the demo "

I could probably play without the auto attack in stretches of time and then switch auto attack on, but I'm not sure I could play it throughout the game.
 
Slightly irrelevant though since I'm going to play on the PC. Wouldn't be able to handle mashing the left mouse button all the time.

The combat in DA:O kinda bored me. At least the Warrior did. I'm digging the options the Rogue has. I never was that tactical though. Plus, whenever I'd click on an enemy to attack (360 version) he'd strike the enemy once then wander off somewhere. Don't know if that's my shitty, old controller though.
 
Probably try the "Press to Attack" mode first.

Tactical,If i wanted to play a APRG then I'd play one.<_< mashing A and shet

Absolutely. Tapping X over and over isn't nearly as fun as it sounds.. >_>

I'm going with B, since that's what Bioware intended.
 
If it sucks, and the auto attack is an option, then its auto attack.
If its not an option, that'll be only the Bioware game I won't replay then.

Auto-attack on... Playing on PC...

auto attack will be better dps, so....  i'll leave it on while i focus on using my cooldowns.

I'm playing on the PC for the first time (original I played on 360) so I think auto attack might be better for this.  Not sure though.

I will probably leave auto attack on. But I will definitely try both out and see which one I like more.
 
Unless I get a new laptop and there is a steam sale somewhere down the line. then i'll get PC.

I'm getting it on PC, so auto-attack it is. 
Can you even turn auto-attack off on PC?

Since everything is sped up a notch, I don't think I could sit there and let it auto attack. It would detach me too much and I quite liked the engaging feel of the combat even though the 'regular hit button to attack'-attack felt like filler in some sense. So, I'm going to be playing it manually on a console, because I'm a good old heretic.

I want to use autoattack just to see how that is. The only problem I had with moving in combat in origins was the shuffle. Pressing the a button has no real timing to it, so it's just busy work.

No for now, I liked the feel from the demo. But maybe later into the game as I start getting a wider array of abilities to manipulate, I might switch to auto so I can get more tactical

Nope.

Not like there is a difference in anything other then the fact your thumb id doing extra work that does not need to be done.
What's happening when you click the attack button is the same thing that happens automatically if you have auto attack on.

PC, auto-attack.

I played the demo on my 360 too and smashing a button constantly felt weird.  Hitting a button every second + activating abilities on all characters + assessing the situation without the ability to pull as far back as in DAO, when playing on the harder difficulties just isn't going to work. I guess the console versions will be easier again.

Switching auto-attack on is the first thing I'm gonna do.

I like having more control over things, so I'm going to keep with the action feel. It's nice to try new things anyway.

i liked mashing the mouse button (or X on ps3, tried both) to shoot fireballs with my staff, so no, i wont be using auto attack

Yes  I will, Tapping X or A over and over and over for something that can be automated seems largely pointless to me.

I'm sure I'll want it on since I'm going to be playing tactically. But I'll give it a shot without it to see if I like it or not.

I will play with aim assist. 
... and dialogue assist.
 
 
 
PS: oh and leveling assist too, yea.

" @MaFoLu: No. That fact has made a small group of people over on the Bioware forums rather pissed off.  "

I will be playing it on PC so auto-attack for me too.  But I have no idea why they do not also include 360 pad support for DA 2.  Bioware didn't include 360 pad support for ME 2 either and the only reason I can think of is because they feel that even the notion of including it would offend so called "hard core" PC players.  If that is the reason I got a two word solution for you Bioware, fuck those people, because they will still get the M&K set up as usual. 
 
However I get around all that bullshit by using Pinnacle Game Profiler, which is great for making PC games support a 360 pad.

Auto-attack on the PC and button-pressing for the 360. Yes I'm buying the game twice. I am an idiot.

If you want to click every time you attack, go play the Witcher imo.

 No, i'm an action oriented guy.

I thought mashing A was ok, but in the end I think I'm going to switch to auto attack and keep it that way. Dragon Age isn't an action RPG.

" Switching auto-attack on is the first thing I'm gonna do. "

Enough with the DA2 topics

" Enough with the DA2 topics "

Was the option to switch it to auto-attack in the demo (360)? If so, I'd go for it. Playing as a mage, I'd rather focus my efforts on spellcasts and not A-mashing.

It would improve my chances of winning, and would feel more like DA:O, so yes.

I'm hoping nightmare mode will be challenging enough that I'll be too busy with skill hotkeys to fuck around with individual hits. So yeah, it'll be on. I feel like it's kind of a pointless addition unless there's a strike bonus tied to timing the hit(like the Witcher), which there isn't.