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Originally Posted by Hawke
The rest of the game is fully voiced and motion-captured so those lines need to be too or else it breaks the immersion.


Nonsense. Though I'd appreciate differentiation between Sorcerer/wizard, cleric/paladin, druid, warnock and bard.

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xD true
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Originally Posted by Minsc1122
The voice acting does not have to be, that "unique" in my opinion. Let say, that only priest/paladin, druid, wizard/sorcerer/warlock needs this.
That is 3 class only as spells are the same.


Don't you ever forget bards again buddy grin


wizard/sorcerer/warlock/bard

xD xD true, but I think they also use mage spells...

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I do hope they add some incantation sounds and effects. I mean, TB combat can already be rather....sloggish and plodding (personal opinion mind, RTwP adds a certain agency and energy I find TB lacks), so having those incantation sounds and effects would go a long way (hell, rip 'em out of the previous games...I can accept some dissonance in voices to add some flair and energy to combat...immersion's great and all, but I'll take a little less immersion if it can contribute to alleviating the general boredom inherent to TB combat....again, only my opinion, I don't present that as fact in any way).

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Originally Posted by ZeshinX
I do hope they add some incantation sounds and effects. I mean, TB combat can already be rather....sloggish and plodding (personal opinion mind, RTwP adds a certain agency and energy I find TB lacks), so having those incantation sounds and effects would go a long way (hell, rip 'em out of the previous games...I can accept some dissonance in voices to add some flair and energy to combat...immersion's great and all, but I'll take a little less immersion if it can contribute to alleviating the general boredom inherent to TB combat....again, only my opinion, I don't present that as fact in any way).


Here we go again, the eternal debate ....

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Originally Posted by AbiDalzim
Here we go again, the eternal debate ....

Quite. Please use the pinned topic for TB/RTwP discussion.


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Originally Posted by Adgaroth
Originally Posted by Minsc1122
Interrupting might be hard to implement, I think it is not something which goes well, with this turned based style.
The voice acting does not have to be, that "unique" in my opinion. Let say, that only priest/paladin, druid, wizard/sorcerer/warlock needs this.
That is 3 class only as spells are the same.
If voice action is only for group of spells maybe 30-35 different 6 sec voice line. (male/female as it was mentioned)

Making animation is harder, although I have no idea, what stage they are at, maybe it would take too much resource to change existing animations or to make them a bit more complicated or longer.

Regarding enemy spellcasting letting them animate is harder, without making fight longer:
If it is about enemy and team initiative, I would consider moving like 2 enemies at the same time (depending how much we face), to make combat a bit faster.
Same way you move 2 character when playing in multiplayer, with your friend.
That way you can have longer casting animation, when one warrior and one wizard moves the same time.
That is an other AI stuff, that might be also very-very complicated, and it might have compatibility issues. smile




6 seconds is a long ass time considering the game is TB and you're going to be casting spells a lot,I'd say 2 to 3 seconds max.


True, thats why mentioned, that if enemy moves to attack, AI would start casting animation with the other character, and shoot it after couple of sec.
Same way we make casting animation, after choosing from menu bar, when you click your wizard shoots it, and goes to end animation of chanting.
Of course it might look a bit less authentic, if we mix not sure...


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I've no intention of derailment. The mentioning of the "Topic Most Feared" was necessary to support the 'why' of my comments regarding spellcasting, nothing more. I'll not be relating or referring to it in any further regard in this thread. smile

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Originally Posted by ZeshinX
I've no intention of derailment. The mentioning of the "Topic Most Feared" was necessary to support the 'why' of my comments regarding spellcasting, nothing more. I'll not be relating or referring to it in any further regard in this thread. smile

Fair enough. Unfortunately it's become the forum's own coronavirus and infects every topic if it's not quarantined!


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