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Does destiny change the loot you get? If you take sorcery destiny will that make it so most items you get in the game world are weapons/armors mages use, or if you choose finesse destiny would it make it so that you mostly get finesse weapons/armors?
I am playing as pure warrior at the moment and most items I find in chests or dead bodies are warrior weapons (Greatswords,Longswords,Hammers) and warrior armors. I do get items for other "classes" but not as much/often as warrior items.
As with most EA games, Amalur does contain some online component through an EA account. As far as I know, it isn't some sort of DRM but rather a way for EA to unlock content for you between games without the need of save files, in the case of Amalur, it unlocks objects for you in the full game and in the upcoming Mass Effect 3.
A similar thing was with Dragon Age 2, where playing the demo, compelting some actions on Dragon Age's website and the Facebook game, Dragon Age Legends, unlocked stuff on your EA account which was available in the full game.
EA/38 studios did confirm there will be day one DLC (which I believe isn't included on disk) and will be free for purchasers of new copies of the game. I'm not sure if the DLC will be tied to your EA account or will be like in most cases a code redeem in the PSN store/XBLM/Origin.
The maximum level you can gain is 40. This gives you 120 maximum ability points as you get 3 pre-picked ones in the beginning (as pointed out by RavenDreamer) and 3 with each level up.
This can be confirmed by a hands-on preview that appeared on NZGamer Feb. 1st.
Also by this image from the in-game manual:
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No, not from my experience. The loot drops appear to be random, and not impacted by your choice of skills or destiny. I have no points in Might, yet I find heavy armor, swords, and hammers with alarming regularity.
I ran a test with my "current" destiny, which is Finesse/Sorcery, and before filling my inventory I found:
(along with other assorted junk)
I then changed my Destiny to the default level 1 Might destiny, and went forth and looted again, and I came away with:
If destiny played a significant role in determining loot drops, I'd expect to see a much larger bias towards Sorcery/Finesse in the first category, and Might in the second. As it was, I found roughly similar amounts of items from each category, regardless of my destiny. This is not an exhaustive test, and probably a much larger sample size could be taken, but I think this is at least somewhat representative of a random loot drop system.
Do note that even if you have a weapon or piece of armor that you can't use due to your skill choices, you can still break it down at a blacksmith workbench to recover components you can use to build armor or weapons for your chosen skill tree. Not all components will be reusable in other items, but more often than not you'll find something you can use.
Also, since you can respec at any time, if you find something overpowered that's not for your chosen class, you can stick it in your stash in case you decide to re-roll later.