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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 9:29:37 GMT
Why Cole with Dorian? I tried Cole and ended up with Sera as my rogue instead. Cole's too much trouble. Is there some good dialogue? He was mostly silent for me. Cole much more interesting than Sera (as Nightscrawl also wrote), not mentioned, that Sera's annoying (to me ofc). And I already know Varric, but his dialogues can be interesting too. I think it's about combat. If you don't manage your DW rogues and 2H warriors properly, they die like flies
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 13:13:16 GMT
Oh, Okay. Cole never really talks in my game, and if he does, it's really hard to understand what if at all he is about. Sera is much the same way, but at least she shoots well. Rogues in Inquisition are not my fav characters usually, well, save for Nathaniel and Sebastain. I overall basically got no banter between companions in Inquisition. Too bad, it might have helped some. I gather it's buggy in that respect.
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Post by arvaarad on May 13, 2017 15:39:56 GMT
Cole much more interesting than Sera (as Nightscrawl also wrote), not mentioned, that Sera's annoying (to me ofc). And I already know Varric, but his dialogues can be interesting too. I think @carefull was referring to combat. I do agree that it's sometimes annoying to keep tabs on Cole in certain situations, like dragon fights. I just power through it, though. Heh... on some dragons, I have 3 melee -- my Inquisitor tanking, Cassandra, and Cole -- with Dorian as the lone ranged. It can be frustrating. Oh man, dagger assassins can be beast mode against dragons. Hook and Tackle + It Beats Walking to latch on to the dragon like a lamprey. Dragon jumps back to breathe on party -> hook and tackle and whoops, now I'm at your hind leg again. Dragon flies to the other side of the field -> hello dragon, nice to meathook you! Dragon tries to do the wing-flappy thing -> surprise I'm inside the circle now. Backstab + Skirmisher for extra assassin crits, and backstab is great for switching legs. Dragon about to kick? Denied, I'm on the other side now! Oh, a ring of fire? Let me just backstab my way out of this. And nothing gives me more joy than skipping past all the hard phases with a well-timed Mark of Death. What's that you say? You plan to raise guard twelve times, summon your babies, and strafe me from above? Nah, how about I take you straight from 80% to 40% with a Mighty Offensed, Pincushioned, stealth-critical, fully sunder-stacked Mark of Death. Where are your phases now? Of course the real fun is two assassins... then you can go from 80% straight to 0, because the second Mark of Death quadruples the previous damage, and doubles the first Mark of Death's crit damage.
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Post by Joey on May 14, 2017 7:49:55 GMT
I suggest tank to avoid the situation when you have to bring Iron Bull with you. Iron Bull will start his annoying flirt banter with Dorian pretty early in the game, when you still won't be able to romance Dorian.
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Post by Nightscrawl on May 14, 2017 8:05:53 GMT
I suggest tank to avoid the situation when you have to bring Iron Bull with you. Iron Bull will start his annoying flirt banter with Dorian pretty early in the game, when you still won't be able to romance Dorian. Uh... Cassandra and Blackwall are the primary tanks in the game. Even if you tell Blackwall to take a hike, Cassandra will always be there, since you can't get rid of her.
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Post by arvaarad on May 14, 2017 11:28:32 GMT
I suggest tank to avoid the situation when you have to bring Iron Bull with you. Iron Bull will start his annoying flirt banter with Dorian pretty early in the game, when you still won't be able to romance Dorian. Uh... Cassandra and Blackwall are the primary tanks in the game. Even if you tell Blackwall to take a hike, Cassandra will always be there, since you can't get rid of her. I've never taken Blackwall with Dorian, but I've heard their banter. It sounds pretty entertaining. Cass has really nice dialogue with Dorian too. That being said *pushes glasses all the way up nose* tanks fill a crowd control role which, in the Dragon Age games (yes, even Origins) can be handled just fine by CC-specced mages. The purpose of a tank is to clump enemies together and prevent them from hitting anyone else. The purpose of static cage, pull of the abyss, glyphs, walls, etc. is to clump enemies together and prevent them from hitting anyone. I say this not to discourage people from bringing tanks, but to encourage folks to be more creative with party comp. I promise, you won't get flattened if you bring only mages and rogues. My favorite party on Nightmare was 3 dagger rogues and a rift mage.
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Post by Nightscrawl on May 14, 2017 17:06:54 GMT
Uh... Cassandra and Blackwall are the primary tanks in the game. Even if you tell Blackwall to take a hike, Cassandra will always be there, since you can't get rid of her. I've never taken Blackwall with Dorian, but I've heard their banter. It sounds pretty entertaining. Cass has really nice dialogue with Dorian too. That being said *pushes glasses all the way up nose* tanks fill a crowd control role which, in the Dragon Age games (yes, even Origins) can be handled just fine by CC-specced mages. The purpose of a tank is to clump enemies together and prevent them from hitting anyone else. The purpose of static cage, pull of the abyss, glyphs, walls, etc. is to clump enemies together and prevent them from hitting anyone. I say this not to discourage people from bringing tanks, but to encourage folks to be more creative with party comp. I promise, you won't get flattened if you bring only mages and rogues. My favorite party on Nightmare was 3 dagger rogues and a rift mage. All that's fine, and people can play with whatever comp they want. My response was more a reaction to Iron Bull being in a tank role, like it's necessary, which isn't even his primary role, and for which there are two other tanks if needed; you have to spec him into tank, away from 2h damage.
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Post by arvaarad on May 14, 2017 17:23:50 GMT
I've never taken Blackwall with Dorian, but I've heard their banter. It sounds pretty entertaining. Cass has really nice dialogue with Dorian too. That being said *pushes glasses all the way up nose* tanks fill a crowd control role which, in the Dragon Age games (yes, even Origins) can be handled just fine by CC-specced mages. The purpose of a tank is to clump enemies together and prevent them from hitting anyone else. The purpose of static cage, pull of the abyss, glyphs, walls, etc. is to clump enemies together and prevent them from hitting anyone. I say this not to discourage people from bringing tanks, but to encourage folks to be more creative with party comp. I promise, you won't get flattened if you bring only mages and rogues. My favorite party on Nightmare was 3 dagger rogues and a rift mage. All that's fine, and people can play with whatever comp they want. My response was more a reaction to Iron Bull being in a tank role, like it's necessary, which isn't even his primary role, and for which there are two other tanks if needed; you have to spec him into tank, away from 2h damage. Oh for sure, that part was more directed at the previous poster.
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Post by Norstaera on May 15, 2017 16:52:33 GMT
Oh, gee, now I want to make a Trevelyan warrior templar to romance Dorian!
My first playthrough was a rogue archer Lavellan who romanced Dorian. I planned on it being my 'throwaway' pt as I got used to the controls and got a feel for the game. I don't usually play as other than a straight female, race unimportant, but I love my Dorian romance. I plan on an Inquisitor for each romance before going back to my favorites. So much game to play, so little time. Sigh.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 17:16:25 GMT
I think @carefull was referring to combat. I do agree that it's sometimes annoying to keep tabs on Cole in certain situations, like dragon fights. I just power through it, though. Heh... on some dragons, I have 3 melee -- my Inquisitor tanking, Cassandra, and Cole -- with Dorian as the lone ranged. It can be frustrating. Oh man, dagger assassins can be beast mode against dragons. Hook and Tackle + It Beats Walking to latch on to the dragon like a lamprey. Dragon jumps back to breathe on party -> hook and tackle and whoops, now I'm at your hind leg again. Dragon flies to the other side of the field -> hello dragon, nice to meathook you! Dragon tries to do the wing-flappy thing -> surprise I'm inside the circle now. Backstab + Skirmisher for extra assassin crits, and backstab is great for switching legs. Dragon about to kick? Denied, I'm on the other side now! Oh, a ring of fire? Let me just backstab my way out of this. And nothing gives me more joy than skipping past all the hard phases with a well-timed Mark of Death. What's that you say? You plan to raise guard twelve times, summon your babies, and strafe me from above? Nah, how about I take you straight from 80% to 40% with a Mighty Offensed, Pincushioned, stealth-critical, fully sunder-stacked Mark of Death. Where are your phases now? Of course the real fun is two assassins... then you can go from 80% straight to 0, because the second Mark of Death quadruples the previous damage, and doubles the first Mark of Death's crit damage. Yeah, I am more about "how can we grind through the mobs on Normal Difficulty as soon as possible so we can get to the next story instance ASAP". There are games where I did build my character all by myself and learned to play them, or where I enjoy melee, but Inquisition is not one of them. I've just copied over the "best" builds from Internet. DA2 and Andromeda are the games that I really enjoy build/battle wise because I feel I can figure it out, and whatever I do, I am not making huge mistakes, it's all gonna work. But I don't like the Dragon/Architect fights anyway. I have used cheat console in older games because fights bored me. Modern games are easier to understand, but both origins and Inquisitions are still far too much for me to figure the builds on my own. And when I can't figure it out on my own, I stop caring, copy paste builds, read the rotation, and just do what the gurus do, and play a ranged DPS with CCs or a heals.
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Post by arvaarad on May 15, 2017 17:45:45 GMT
Oh man, dagger assassins can be beast mode against dragons. Hook and Tackle + It Beats Walking to latch on to the dragon like a lamprey. Dragon jumps back to breathe on party -> hook and tackle and whoops, now I'm at your hind leg again. Dragon flies to the other side of the field -> hello dragon, nice to meathook you! Dragon tries to do the wing-flappy thing -> surprise I'm inside the circle now. Backstab + Skirmisher for extra assassin crits, and backstab is great for switching legs. Dragon about to kick? Denied, I'm on the other side now! Oh, a ring of fire? Let me just backstab my way out of this. And nothing gives me more joy than skipping past all the hard phases with a well-timed Mark of Death. What's that you say? You plan to raise guard twelve times, summon your babies, and strafe me from above? Nah, how about I take you straight from 80% to 40% with a Mighty Offensed, Pincushioned, stealth-critical, fully sunder-stacked Mark of Death. Where are your phases now? Of course the real fun is two assassins... then you can go from 80% straight to 0, because the second Mark of Death quadruples the previous damage, and doubles the first Mark of Death's crit damage. Yeah, I am more about "how can we grind through the mobs on Normal Difficulty as soon as possible so we can get to the next story instance ASAP". There are games where I did build my character all by myself and learned to play them, or where I enjoy melee, but Inquisition is not one of them. I've just copied over the "best" builds from Internet. DA2 and Andromeda are the games that I really enjoy build/battle wise because I feel I can figure it out, and whatever I do, I am not making huge mistakes, it's all gonna work. But I don't like the Dragon/Architect fights anyway. I have used cheat console in older games because fights bored me. Modern games are easier to understand, but both origins and Inquisitions are still far too much for me to figure the builds on my own. And when I can't figure it out on my own, I stop caring, copy paste builds, read the rotation, and just do what the gurus do, and play a ranged DPS with CCs or a heals. There's no shame in reading build guides, I definitely incorporate them too. I suck at combat. My reflexes are terrible. And, like you, I get tired/make mistakes in longer fights. So if I learn about someone's discovery that Pincushion works for dagger attacks, or about the existence of Pitch Grenades and Mighty Offense tonics, those discoveries help me out a lot. Once bosses are at 0 health, I've found that they stop attacking me. I like when that happens.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 17:51:15 GMT
Yeah, I am more about "how can we grind through the mobs on Normal Difficulty as soon as possible so we can get to the next story instance ASAP". There are games where I did build my character all by myself and learned to play them, or where I enjoy melee, but Inquisition is not one of them. I've just copied over the "best" builds from Internet. DA2 and Andromeda are the games that I really enjoy build/battle wise because I feel I can figure it out, and whatever I do, I am not making huge mistakes, it's all gonna work. But I don't like the Dragon/Architect fights anyway. I have used cheat console in older games because fights bored me. Modern games are easier to understand, but both origins and Inquisitions are still far too much for me to figure the builds on my own. And when I can't figure it out on my own, I stop caring, copy paste builds, read the rotation, and just do what the gurus do, and play a ranged DPS with CCs or a heals. There's no shame in reading build guides, I definitely incorporate them too. I suck at combat. My reflexes are terrible. And, like you, I get tired/make mistakes in longer fights. So if I learn about someone's discovery that Pincushion works for dagger attacks, or about the existence of Pitch Grenades and Mighty Offense tonics, those discoveries help me out a lot. Once bosses are at 0 health, I've found that they stop attacking me. I like when that happens. Yeah, me too, but I rather drop to Casual and power through with what I have & what's easy in Inquisition. hence, Sera vs Cole, and I can't stand the idea of wasting time on crafting too. It's easier to list what is not a time sink in Inquisition than what is, so... I dunno. It borders on the verge of weird how much I liked Dorian vs how little I liked everything else in the game. Usually, I like the game, but I don't like the romances all that much & want them changed/substituted/modded etc.
Anyway, I've played Inquisition to the end really only to romance Dorian, and I found it worked well/was simple with a Knight Enchanter, Sera and Cassandra, on Normal, and nothing but gathered gear, no crafting, no fiddling.
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Post by Nightscrawl on May 15, 2017 22:08:18 GMT
Oh, gee, now I want to make a Trevelyan warrior templar to romance Dorian! My first playthrough was a rogue archer Lavellan who romanced Dorian. I planned on it being my 'throwaway' pt as I got used to the controls and got a feel for the game. I don't usually play as other than a straight female, race unimportant, but I love my Dorian romance. I plan on an Inquisitor for each romance before going back to my favorites. So much game to play, so little time. Sigh. Considering it will be a while for DA4, I think you have plenty of time.
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Post by Jarovbees on May 31, 2017 21:48:49 GMT
I romanced Dorian with a qunari mage, so I'm a little biased toward that pairing. But I've also been getting thoughts of romancing him with a warrior Cadash since I almost never see any content for that. Either way, the size difference is cute.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2017 22:40:56 GMT
I just stumbled into this
This is why you should romance Dorian as Templar Trevelyan
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Post by Ean'Harel on Jun 14, 2017 18:03:38 GMT
Assassin Lavellan here, and it's fun. I about died laughing when Dorian told me, "I'm surprised you didn't kill someone walking up the stairs" or some such after I took my spec. Also, our detonators/debuffs play well together: most bad guys end up cowering in fear, or revived as allies (especially nice when it's an elite one).
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