This can be done on the fly and mid battle so you can quickly mix up strategies in the heat of combat. Every player has two battle stances - one for close combat and one for ranged.
I played through most of the game as Katarina, she utilizes guns as her main weapons. It really is quite impressive and there’s a good variety of environments to boot. There’s almost no visible loading while playing save for a few slight pauses or doors in your path. Graphically the game is a standout - there’s continuous sweeping environments with huge draw distances, plenty of colors and effects, and solid fighting animations.
All the ingredients are there - XP, hit points, abilities to unlock, and plenty of loot with slick names to collect. Right from the get go you are introduced to a solid action/rpg experience. The story takes place long after the events of the first game in the kingdom of Ehb and 30 years after Jeyne Kassynder all but wiped out the Legionnaires who were the protectors of the kingdom. Players can choose to play as Lucas (melee), Katarina (ranged/guns), Anjali (magic/fighter), or Reinhart (magic). Each character is filled with their own back story as the role of a member of the 10th Legion. Dungeon Siege 3 places players in the role of one of four distinctly different characters.