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    Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Game » consists of 27 releases. Released Nov 18, 2014

    Dragon Age: Inquisition is the third installment in the Dragon Age series of role-playing games developed by BioWare.

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    #1  Edited By pyrodactyl

    Minor spoilers for the progression in the game.

    What are the attacks (if any) that don't impact your allies if you're playing with friendly fire on? I'm pretty sure you can't hit them with a normal AoE attack with two handed weapons and the like. Some of those specialization abilities sound cool but I worry I'll end up hurting my tank on the front lines by using them. Does the Reaver's circle of pain do spirit damage to your allies with FF on? What about the templar ability that creates powerfull explosions when dispelling barriers?

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    The tooltips for the abilities should tell you by saying "Friendly fire possible." That said, I think you are insane if you actually want friendly-fire turned on, particularly on any difficulty above normal. The companion AI in this game is too stupid to realize things like "I probably shouldn't run through that wall of fire my mage just put up," or "maybe I want to avoid stepping over my rogue's elemental mine."

    It wasn't a big problem in the first two games, since the tactics stuff, while difficult and kludgy to use, was robust enough to let you stop companions from acting like complete idiots. Not so in DAI. Unless you plan on doing a painful amount of micromanagement, I'd just leave it off.

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    #3  Edited By pyrodactyl

    @lawgamer: Already did the pre skywatch stuff with friendly fire on hard, not going to stop now. And yeah, the micro management is demanding but the really heavy stuff isn't required for most fights so you only have to micro manage in big encounters. In most fights you just have to initiate the fight properly with a good full draw shot and a well placed war cry. FF prevents you from destroying the front line with a bunch of AoE attacks with no consequences to your front line fighters which would make no sense.

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    #4  Edited By bombedyermom

    I'm playing on nightmare, and I had to turn FF off. But good for you for trucking on!

    And yes, the tooltips should be specific about friendly fire

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