Originally posted by Robsolf

Originally posted by DrowNoble

Well my first question would be why is the PC version so buggy.  I expect more from Bioware, but looks like this 1st major release under the EA banner wasn't ready.

I have load times anywhere from 3-15 minutes.  Framerate is terrible even on the lowest settings.  The official forums have numerous posts about this issue, with no official word on any fix or resolution.  I can play Mass Effect, which came out only last year, on max settings with no framerate issues and load times measured in seconds.

Difficult to say about any gameplay becuase, I have haven't been able to get that far into the game yet.   Clicking on an npc to talk to only to have to wait 10-20 seconds for the dialogue to start really dampens my desire to continue playing.  The several minutes of loading pretty much kills it.

 

This issue REEKS of an overuse of virtual memory.  How much memory are you running, and what are your virtual memory settings?

edit:  OS?  64bit?

Running Win7 64 bit home premium with 6 gig of pc6400 ram.  Page file is set to 12gig as that is what windows set it to automatically when the OS was installed.

I always defrag after a large installation, to ensure HDD is at optimal usage.  Tried the new nvidia beta driver, the current driver and rolled back to the 190.38 driver.  No change.  Disabled all background apps except for windows firewall.  Launched from the exe instead of the launcher.  Ran program (launcher and exe) as Administrator.   Turned all settings down to the minimum.   None of these improved the gameplay at all.

I did install the new patch, can't tell if it helped any.  I haven't gotten any 15 min load times so far, shortest was 2 mins longest was little over 8 mins.

I can play Mass Effect with all settings on max with no issues. 

MORE QUESTIONS (answer 1 or all)

1. Is there any reason to keep all the rocks/gems, wolf pelts, love letters, and stuff that gets collected in that menu? For instance, does any NPC pay heavily for junk that ends up in this menu? Or should I just sell it right away? I have a problem with having too much junk in my inventory and I have to destroy items during the quests. This annoys me to no end. Should I sell all the crafting junk?

2. Should I bother getting experience for characters that are not part of the top 4? It's not that I don't mind using all (or most all) of the characters but I don't want to end up with weak characters if there isn't enough experience to go around... Opinions?

3. There isn't any place where I can go fight baddies to level up is there? I mean eventually don't even the random encounters between towns start going away? (which is important to know for question #2)

4. Do you all get 'stealing success' and nothing appears - no money and no items?

Originally posted by Thrakk

MORE QUESTIONS (answer 1 or all)

1. Is there any reason to keep all the rocks/gems, wolf pelts, love letters, and stuff that gets collected in that menu? For instance, does any NPC pay heavily for junk that ends up in this menu? Or should I just sell it right away? I have a problem with having too much junk in my inventory and I have to destroy items during the quests. This annoys me to no end. Should I sell all the crafting junk?

2. Should I bother getting experience for characters that are not part of the top 4? It's not that I don't mind using all (or most all) of the characters but I don't want to end up with weak characters if there isn't enough experience to go around... Opinions?

3. There isn't any place where I can go fight baddies to level up is there? I mean eventually don't even the random encounters between towns start going away? (which is important to know for question #2)

4. Do you all get 'stealing success' and nothing appears - no money and no items?

 

1. Rocks/gems are kept for later when you want to donate to the war effort (after you get the support from the Dwarves to assist on the oncoming darkspawn attack), you can put em in a box in the camp, Wolf pelts... I never found out what they were for, but it's either quest-related, material-related (probably something not so good), or another donation. Love letters are quest-related, you can collect a bunch for, I believe the blackstone irregulars, and many other collectables are usually quest or donation items... You will pick some of these 'collecting' quests later on in the game if you haven't got it yet.

edit: donation items I THINK is runes (mages), pelts/skins (elves), stones/gems (dwarves), money (humans)

Destroying them? well, if you are playing easy then yes, you don't really need to donate anything because the final battle (cough) won't be as tough, but if normal or higher save em in the DLCstorage (if you don't have this- consider selling most of the junks).

2. Do not bother with getting the experience for your unused characters.. they level with you automatically, although sometimes a level behind, you won't need them... just once near the end.

3. Ergh, random encounters or anything that you missed... mobs generate their level according to yours (they will be within 5 level margin above your own), but mobs don't respawn so don't go back to places expecting more mobs.

4.I have no idea what happened there, usually it should give the money/item... Double check your money value before and after stealing, also stealing isn't such a useful tool- unless you're really desperate for petty cash- also it's used for a sidequest wayyy later on in the game, but other than that.. psh.

Originally posted by dhayes68

I've heard even though the game just launched there is already 'premium content' for sale, and an NPC in the game bugs you about buying it.

My question is what is this 'premium content' and how much does it or doesn't it impact the game?

I wouldn't say he bugs you. There is a ! over the one in the camp and he asks for your help. You can then download the content.

I did have a problem with this as I had upgraded my game with the patches. I then tried to download warden's keep and it wouldn't install correctly. Even though I tried some of the suggestions on the main forum for tech support I eventually solved it on my own.

I went to the my documents/bioware folder and found the "characters" folder. since I couldn't find a save game folder I then dragged this to my desktop.

I then uninstalled the game. I then reinstalled the game, dragged my characters back to where it was and then downloaded the content again. This time it worked and installed. I then updated to the latest patch. Now everything is hunky dory.

Originally posted by Thrakk

MORE QUESTIONS (answer 1 or all)

1. Is there any reason to keep all the rocks/gems, wolf pelts, love letters, and stuff that gets collected in that menu? For instance, does any NPC pay heavily for junk that ends up in this menu? Or should I just sell it right away? I have a problem with having too much junk in my inventory and I have to destroy items during the quests. This annoys me to no end. Should I sell all the crafting junk?

3. There isn't any place where I can go fight baddies to level up is there? I mean eventually don't even the random encounters between towns start going away? (which is important to know for question #2)

Keep crafting stuff you want to craft. I've found that lyrum potioins (mana pots) and health potions that were crafted by my group save me a LOT of money.

Also, leveling really isn't a problem. Don't approach the game like an mmo. Just play it. I have found that you will level up nicely and the game will levle the challenge accordingly.

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Originally posted by heartless

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Originally posted by skarwolf

 Mass Effect sucked, is this game similar just with a different setting ?

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If you really thought that Mass Effect sucked, then you won't like this game.

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I thought Mass Effect was pretty crappy but I really liked this game.

Originally posted by DrowNoble

Well my first question would be why is the PC version so buggy.  I expect more from Bioware, but looks like this 1st major release under the EA banner wasn't ready.

I have load times anywhere from 3-15 minutes.  Framerate is terrible even on the lowest settings.  The official forums have numerous posts about this issue, with no official word on any fix or resolution.  I can play Mass Effect, which came out only last year, on max settings with no framerate issues and load times measured in seconds.

Difficult to say about any gameplay becuase, I have haven't been able to get that far into the game yet.   Clicking on an npc to talk to only to have to wait 10-20 seconds for the dialogue to start really dampens my desire to continue playing.  The several minutes of loading pretty much kills it.

  Its funny about games, I have no problem with frame rates in dragon although load times tend to be long, but when i play Lotro i have some problems with hitching and most people dont

Originally posted by Kenaoshi

Originally posted by Syncrosonix

my rogue is currently level 10 and i haven't figured out how to use the specialization point. how do i specialize in a talent? i want to go put one point into duelist.

 

u have to LEARN, from someone the "class" so THEN u can spend u specialization point, normaly with partners

   you can also look for books or buy books from vendors