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“On the experiential side, we wanted you to feel like you are Rook,” Busche explained.

“You’re in this world, you’re really focused on your actions.

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They make their own decisions.”

It is more technically demanding on the player.

Busche references returning rogue Lace Harding, saying that “she is her own realized individual.

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But you’ll be able to direct her in combat by activating her abilities from the wheel.”

Those abilities are part of BioWare’s big push towards combo-based combat.

Busche says that she thinks about “this strategic layer to combat as a huddle.

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