The Dragon Age: Inquisition website has posted 11 Tips for Better Crafting, I found it very informative especially for gamers that have no clue how to craft items.
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DA:Inquisition - Tips for Better Crafting
- Thread starter Couchpotato
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Crafting usually feels like a distraction to me--a piddling way to spend game time creating some potion of only minor usefulness. (The exception being Witcher, where it felt essential.) I'd like to just hand it off to a lackey.
lostforever
SasqWatch
I am not big fan of crafting in games as well. I get miffed when you can only get the best items via crafting. Whats wrong with good old fashion mob looting?
ChaosTheory
Virtual Reality Hero
I enjoy crafting weapons and armor (prefer armor, if forced to choose stat tree). The crafting in DAI wasn't all that fun or complicated, and required no skill at all… which is odd. I continued doing it only after realizing the stats I could come up with were far superior to anything I found at my level.
Speaking of armor, they really made some awesome-looking stuff for the game, so kudos to whomever at BioWare designed it…
Speaking of armor, they really made some awesome-looking stuff for the game, so kudos to whomever at BioWare designed it…
Ovenall
SasqWatch
DA:I is one of the few games where I actually like the crafting. Most game crafting is to make garbage just to level up the ability or make money. You can make useful things in this game, which is great.
Thrasher
Wheeee!
I am spending an inordinate amount of time replacing/switching/crafting companion equipment and upgrades every time my inventory becomes full. It's becoming a rather tedious equipment treadmill…. The "fun" only lasted for a short while.
If Biware unified and streamlined the inventory - merchant - crafting UIs it might actually be fun.
If Biware unified and streamlined the inventory - merchant - crafting UIs it might actually be fun.
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Is the crafting as good as it was in Divinity OS? It was really fun and creative in that game and the stuff you made not only didn't suck some of the items made a lot of sense. For example if you combine nails with shoes you get traction shoes that prevent you from slipping on ice. And there were a number of slippery ice environments in Divinity OS.
Thrasher
Wheeee!
Hmmm, I think the DA:I crafting is much more structured (not assorted things put together like in Ultima and Arx Fatalis). You can create and upgrade armor, helmets, and weapons. You also have recipes for potions, bombs, and tonics and their upgrades. Did I miss anything?