Over the past 48 hours,
I have tried to play Dragon Age: Inquision on 4 separate occasions.
I kept a list of glitches I encountered.
When I had to leave the game, I will mark it in red.
When someone other than me had to leave, I will mark it in
yellow.
When the game completed without issue, I will mark it in green.
ATTEMPT 1:
Game
1: Key Bug, host left
Game 2: Key Bug, host left
Game 3: Key Bug, host left
------ Key Bug 2nd time, I was host, had to leave
Game 4: Can't move, had to leave
Game 5: Ok
ATTEMPT 2:
Game
1: Key Bug, host left
------ Key Bug 2nd time, I was host, had to leave
Game 2: Key Bug, host left
Key Bug 2nd time, I was host, had to leave
Game 3: Infinite Black Loading Screen, exit to Dashboard
Game 4: Can't move, exit to Dashboard
Game 5: Ok
Game 6: Ok
Game 7: Infinite Black Loading Screen, exit to
Dashboard
ATTEMPT 3:
[color=#FFFF00]Game
1: Key Bug, host left[/color]
[color=#FF0000]------ Zone 5 Boss Fight Stealth
Troll Mob, I was host, had to leave[/color]
[color=#00FF00]Game 2: Played something else (this
doesn't really count but eh)[/color]
ATTEMPT 4:
Game
1: Key Bug, host left
------ Key Bug 2nd time, host left
------ Key Bug 3rd time, I was host, had to leave
Out of 15 attempted
games (not including the "Play something else"), 3 of them
completed without issue. That's 20%. 80% of the games resulted in game-breaking
glitches that forced players to drop out. In 15 attempted games, 17
players had to quit. That's more than a 1:1 ratio. Whenever a game of
Dragon Age MultiPlayer begins, there is an astronomically high
probability that someone will be forced to drop out with a game-breaking
bug.
Bioware's official
forums are quiet about any of this. No official word on what is broken,
what is being looked at, when could we expect any kind of fix. The one
CSR that was communicating with us was a condescending bitch who banned
a bunch of us for talking about the problems, and is very likely about
to lose her job over the way she has responded to people. It really
blew up a few months ago. I'm pretty sure the 17-page thread is gone,
I can't check because I'm permanently banned for having participated
in it, even though I've been an active member of BSN for 5 years now
and have had 0 Warning Points on my account up until now.
How is any of this
acceptable for a Game of the Year by a AAA developer? It's time to find
a new favourite developer, because after ME3, SWToR, and
now DA:I, it's apparent that EA has finally succeeded in ruining
Bioware. The quality is just no longer there, and the employees are
as toxic as anyone else on the forums.
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