Dragon Age: Origins patched once again

I hope if I patch it this time, I'd actually be able to play it. Last patch fucked up my game.

Patches are always a good thing. Sounds like more incremental stuff...

Can we get a solid release date for the new DLC?

lol this is why i got the PC version. within the first couple days there were mods to fix this as well as other issues.

There was never a time when I had too many health poultices.

anything on a patch for text for people who are still rockin the sdtv?

Bungie, put matchmaking in Firefight NOW you bitches.

interesting article

alistair nude patch plz

Balance
* Daggers now apply 0.5 points of damage per additional point in dexterity and 0.5 points of damage per additional point in strength, as originally intended. This increases dagger damage for high-dexterity characters.

just in time for my rogue to make use of.

* During combat, mana or stamina reserves now correctly regenerate more quickly when reserves are low. This allows players to occasionally use an talent or spell in the later stages of lengthy fights.

also a problem related to melee character for mage eh down the lyrium like it is candy. ( no the lyrium isn't addictive at all=P)

* When exploring, mana and stamina now regenerate more quickly at higher character levels. This reduces downtime between fights.

yay!

* The spells Force Field, Crushing Prison, Cone of Cold, and Blizzard now have shorter durations and/or longer cooldowns. This ensures that combatants can no longer stun-lock each other by repeatedly casting the same spell.

mage nerf kinda needed as those spell were near the broken side

* The cooldowns for several low-level sustained abilities are now shorter. This ensures that players are not penalized for accidentally deactivating them.


* Certain battles were not scaling properly, resulting in excessively difficult fights.
They now scale as intended.

wonder whiich one they were. i guess redcliff. then again it was mistake for me and morrigan to be frost type might have been why.

* Enemy corpses now drop health poultices and money more appropriately, resulting in less clutter in the player's inventory.

yay!

alistar drinks all my pots hes a bloody pot hog useless warrior he is

Can anyone tell me if the version number is displayed anywhere in game or on the launch menu?

Thanks

I wish there were no potions or salves and so forth in this game. I like the Guild Wars system of things.

Any chance this could get the PC category tag as well? I love the 'stiq, but I am always sad when PC gaming gets the shaft here. Especially silly that the tag was neglected in this case, when half the post is specifically about the PC version! :)

Anyone know if the memory leak on the pc is fixed yet? I beat the game a week after release and am planning to go back once the semester is over, but that memory leak... annoying as all hell.

The nerf to Cone of Cold is a bit of a blow. I used that spell to basically win the entire game. Now it may go back to being vaguely challenging again! This is officially terrible.

"Repeatedly talking to Duncan after gathering the vials in the Korcari Wilds but not the treaties no longer provides duplicate experience"

Good luck with those achievements now!

* Daggers now apply 0.5 points of damage per additional point in dexterity and 0.5 points of damage per additional point in strength, as originally intended. This increases dagger damage for high-dexterity characters.

Jeez, about friggin' time! It was frustrating that the rogues in my party were not holding their own! Even backstabbing with modifying passives AND Dirty Tactics was not doing as much damage as a regular swing from my main warrior, and I was keeping them HELLA equipped with enchanted weapons and everything! I was basically just keeping them around for opening chests!

* During combat, mana or stamina reserves now correctly regenerate more quickly when reserves are low. This allows players to occasionally use an talent or spell in the later stages of lengthy fights.

Nice.

* When exploring, mana and stamina now regenerate more quickly at higher character levels. This reduces downtime between fights.
Nice again.

* The spells Force Field, Crushing Prison, Cone of Cold, and Blizzard now have shorter durations and/or longer cooldowns. This ensures that combatants can no longer stun-lock each other by repeatedly casting the same spell.

Yeah, having a mage hit you with one of these was an exercise in frustration.

* The cooldowns for several low-level sustained abilities are now shorter. This ensures that players are not penalized for accidentally deactivating them.

Now THIS one I needed. You have no idea how many times I've deactivated Indomitable by mistake only to be hit by friggin' FIREBALL >_<

* Certain battles were not scaling properly, resulting in excessively difficult fights.
They now scale as intended.

DEFINITELY noticed this. I'm around level 11 right now, and just now I started noticing some battles become downright brutal. The battles in Denerim for the sidequests(specifically the abandoned house) and the bounty hunters in Orzammar become party killers all of a sudden. I had to basically tell the rest of my party to hold position and lure the enemy in little by little to be able to handle it.

* Enemy corpses now drop health poultices and money more appropriately, resulting in less clutter in the player's inventory.

I've honestly never had TOO MANY health poultices. God knows I certainly go through them like water.

Overall, yeah, good patch. Nice tweaks and some good fixes. If only other companies were as generous (*COUGH* Bethesda! *COUGH*)

So...the console versions were perfect while the PC ones had all the problems? Riiiiiggghhhttt...

Are consoles being ignored here? Its not like the 360 and PS3 can't get updates.

I spent most of the two weeks of my paternity playing this as my PC is closer to the bassinet than my consoles. I played an elf thief and built up my character with almost nothing but Dex, Con and Cunning so this fix should make me unstoppable. The worst battle was the forge of the void battle for me. I played it 10 times before winning. However, scaling back Morrigan's crushing prison will limit me a bit, I used to use that to take at least one enemy out of the equation for a little bit. I never really had a problem with mages in the later levels as I would just run Tyrone (my Mabari hound) up to them first thing to overwhelm. Wow, reading this again I noticed that I seem to be a nerd. Oh well.

Are these patches for 360? Or just PC?

Might've been answered in a comment above but I'm too lazy to read them all.

btw the patch isnt available for the consoles yet

The need to patch in an item box that doesn't cost $7.

Otherwise great game though.

those achievements are easy.. I did a speed run with a mage, and still hit level 22 by the credits

why is this under the Xbox tag? seems as if this patch was for PC only. Where is the console one, or....is there one coming?