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Post by Iddy on Nov 5, 2019 11:51:14 GMT
I mean, never mind that even if DAI and DA4 were a year apart they'd have to remind people of the franchise and where we stopped at anyway. Realistically, majority of players won't remember most of the stuff beyond the fundamentals regardless how good the story/game was. The world now moves at insane pace and most would still need some help to zone in on the story/world/mood. If you're going to go this long between releases, changing protagonists is a good idea. You're going to have to do all the intro stuff anyway; might as well have it make some sense. It's hard to do even in best cases. Remember ME1 Shepard maybe not knowing who the Protheans were? Particularly enraging since you needed to ask that dopey question for an achievement. Maybe, but the Inquisitor must be involved in some capacity. It would be wrong not to.
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Post by Iddy on Nov 4, 2019 17:45:30 GMT
dude, how do you hold a staff...? With my butt? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Post by Iddy on Nov 4, 2019 17:45:18 GMT
What about using your... staff? dude, how do you hold a staff...? Vigorously.
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Post by Iddy on Nov 4, 2019 13:21:06 GMT
It's enough time for a lot of people to move on from Dragon Age. When DA4 finally comes out, people will be like "Oh right, that thing I played years ago."
If they want to keep this franchise alive until then, they had better not stop releasing books and comics.
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Post by Iddy on Nov 4, 2019 11:35:02 GMT
a. mages can do magic without hands. this dude clearly knows nothing of magic. b. casting spells with your butt is usually frowned upon so this practice is generally avoided. hence why mages stick to hands. What about using your... staff?
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Post by Iddy on Nov 3, 2019 0:50:45 GMT
Had my ass kicked by the Gamordan Stormrider, which is pretty bizarre because my team was lvl 18 and the dragon is lvl 15.
Still managed to win in the end though, with no potions left and my Inquisitor being the only party member remaining. That was pretty epic.
On a side note, when I'm bored I like playing with character creation even if I'm not really going to do a pt. I made a hornless Qunari since they're considered special, but it looked so wrong to me.
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Post by Iddy on Nov 2, 2019 17:47:17 GMT
You bastard, I turn 32 in less than two weeks!
If someone had told me I would be 35 when the next installment came out I would have cried from shock and disappointment.
LOL! that's heck a lot better than turning 69 I think turning 69 is pretty epic ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Post by Iddy on Nov 1, 2019 17:17:45 GMT
One of us. One of us. One of us.
Sorry. I must acknowledge every other FF14 player I run in to outside the game. Its in the TOS. Also, don't story skip, and do the CT raids when you hit 50, they're impoooortaaaant~~~ And I'm on Cactuar, if you need an FC, feel free to PM me. My Au'Ra I would never story skip, the thought of it is just inconceivable to me. I'm on Adamantoise! We're in the same Cluster! I already found a FC, but thank you. Man, I hope you know just how long its going to take you to catch up. There's A LOT of content to go through. Good luck, the game is awesome. Yeah, I heard it's long, but I don't mind. Thanks. Who's the cute blue grill?
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Post by Iddy on Oct 31, 2019 23:45:33 GMT
Tfw no one catches the reference Skyrim or Morrowind? Skyrim, kinsman.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 31, 2019 22:29:48 GMT
Waking up in a carriage, as a prisoner being taken to execution. While an interesting start point for our character, I'm not sure how it becomes repeatable to keep players engaged after finishing the story? Tfw no one catches the reference
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Post by Iddy on Oct 31, 2019 18:26:37 GMT
Waking up in a carriage, as a prisoner being taken to execution.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 31, 2019 11:35:35 GMT
You bastard, I turn 32 in less than two weeks!
If someone had told me I would be 35 when the next installment came out I would have cried from shock and disappointment.
*pats the bunny* I'm 34 since 21 days so I'm gonna be 36/37 when DA4 comes out. Now the question is, how old are we gonna be when DA5 comes out. It was said that they were planning to have 5 games, right?
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Post by Iddy on Oct 30, 2019 16:54:18 GMT
SIGH I'm 65 with health issues hope I get to experience it You will, through the sheer willpower that comes from "Can't die without resolving my unfinished business on Earth".
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Post by Iddy on Oct 30, 2019 16:39:38 GMT
When dwarves are named paragons they always start a new house, yes? This is the case with a Brosca warden, but according to the wiki not so with an Aeducan. I get why in terms of gameplay it'd be too difficult to name a new house based on warden Aeducan/Brosca's first name, but does anyone have a lore or headcanon reason to justify an Aeducan warden not leaving House Aeducan to found a new house? Dwarf noble is my favorite origin but it bugs me to hear them referred to in Inquisition as Paragon Aeducan of the original House Aeducan instead of following the naming conventions of all the other Paragons and Houses. You'd think that they'd have added some kind of epithet to differentiate between the two;
Paragon Aeducan "the Younger", "Archdemon-Bane", "The Grey", "Endrinson", "Blight-Breaker", etc.
Ohhh... so Nordic.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 30, 2019 16:38:30 GMT
There is something that has puzzled me for a very long time.
Zevran: You never did answer my question about that filth you so enjoy. Oghren: That's right, I didn't. Zevran: How is it that you never seem to run out? Are you purchasing it somewhere? Oghren: Bah. Nobody sells the good stuff. Zevran: Then are you making it? I don't see a still at the camp...And you aren't walking around with a keg, so unless you're... oh no... Oghren: What? Where has that perverted elven mind of yours gone? Zevran: That... would explain the smell... Suddenly I'm not so interested in trying a sample...
Was he implying that Oghren drinks his own piss?
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Post by Iddy on Oct 30, 2019 14:30:07 GMT
Killed the dragon from Frederic's quest, with Iron Bull in the party.
I gotta say, making that big kid happy is more rewarding than the slaying itself.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 30, 2019 13:07:09 GMT
Yeah, it definitely indicated to me that the clan is putting down some roots in Wycome for a while. Kinda hard to remain part of the city's council without living there. They could of course use it as a base of operations and still send out some travelers or allow those that want to stay nomadic to go off and be so, I suppose. I still wish they'd gone just a little more into detail about that. The clan could be either camping near the city or living inside, like city elves. It's kinda vague.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 30, 2019 11:47:25 GMT
Well, I've been waiting for TES VI since 2011.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 29, 2019 15:16:04 GMT
Does clan Lavellan's membership in Wycome's council mean that the clan lives there now? No more moving from place to place?
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Post by Iddy on Oct 27, 2019 21:07:10 GMT
Loving the Cullen romance. Some people might find it bland since it is so normal, but that's what makes it endearing to me.
The progression feels so natural and human. Some displays of mutual support here, some discreet smiles there, a little game of chess... and then a kiss.
On another note, I did some Exalted Plains quests and I gotta say, the undead just bore me to death. Their design is really bland and they aren't remotely threatening.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 25, 2019 16:38:14 GMT
Vivienne: So, an apostate?
Solas: That is correct, Enchanter. I did not train in your Circle.
Vivienne: Well, dear, I hope you can take care of yourself, should we encounter anything outside your experience.
Solas: I will try, in my own fumbling way, to learn from how you helped seal the rifts at Haven. Ah, wait. My memory misleads me. You were not there.
Solas my guy, I do like you, and I can relate to wanting to tell Vivienne to go fuck herself. But this is just strawmanning.
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Post by Iddy on Oct 25, 2019 12:43:04 GMT
Fenris' opinions on Solas outta be... interesting. lol (Assuming we get them, of course.) Oh, you know. "As expected from a mage "
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Post by Iddy on Oct 24, 2019 16:28:21 GMT
All this sounds like a big "What if?" to me. Er... hang on The reason we're all still here - 5 years after DAI's launch - and discussing Solas and potential future of Theads is precisely because we don't know how this will end This is literally how this story was designed to be. So I'm not sure why suddenly there's an issue with "What if?" when a large chunk of things we're discussing are supposed to be exactly that - which is also the reason why I caution against thinking that things will have very specific course or outcomes, like some people already seem convinced they will. He's also destroyed the world of the elves, yet at the same time both world and the elves still survived, even if not how they were before. Clearly, we can't really say what he means by an "end" - or whether it's really necessary given that he's looking forward to being proven wrong on the whole destruction part. And yet there was great destruction regardless. An entire civilization fell. I also didn't see him correct the Inquisitor when s/he says "You don't have to destroy this world. I'll prove it to you." But really, what scenario are you imagining? DA4's protagonist will find out that it was all a big misunderstanding and realize there is no need to stop Solas?
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Post by Iddy on Oct 24, 2019 11:46:38 GMT
I never said that they wanted to keep Thedas as it is, or that the Inquisitor is forcing their view on them. I said they are fighting for the world to evolve as it chooses. Meanwhile Solas is forcing his want on everything without their consent. I got the conviction that such is the case by using simple logic about everyone not wanting to die is a magical apocalypse. Something to do with everyone uniting to stop some other ancient megalomaniac with a messiah complex trying to do the same thing a couple years ago. How can one "fight for the world to evolve as it chooses" when we don't know many things about the world or it past/potential future in the first place? For all we know our perspective may change depending on what we learn. Denying that possibility - just like denying the fact that there's no unified 'everyone' we fight on behalf of - means potentially denying the informed choice and perhaps a potential better path forward (nobody said that we're going to be presented with a binary choice)... I mean, you're basically doing what you accuse Solas of You just assume that you are already entirely right on this and what has to be done - something that certain other ancient megalomaniac with messiah complex was definitely guilty of and something the does indeed smells of forcing one's view on everyone. So, you are right to call your logic very 'simple' - as in, simple enough to really oversimplify things, when this particular conflict already has all the hallmarks of not being a case of 'some ancient megalomaniac with messiah complex'. I mean, we already know that not everyone was happy with a magical apocalypse when the Veil has been lifted, just like Solas must've been entirely unhappy to push away his beloved Fade from the world... But, if it did indeed prevent something worse from happening, then one can see how such choices can be justified - OR how one could be very motivated, beyond just selfish reasons, to try and do something about a choice that wasn't much of a choice to begin with (especially if they still know more than we do). And there's no way of telling if we won't have to make similar tough choices, especially given all the suggestions of Inquisitor succeeding Solas in some way. So watch out, because your wish may be granted - Inquisitor will be back and put front and center of the story or its conclusion, only to be forced to pick between decisions you may really not like. BW does like to be trollish that way sometimes... Anyway - this seems to be going in circles so I probably won't be participating in this particular back-and-forth much longer. The gist of the disagreement is the usual anyway, which is that I don't share your confidence in the idea that this is a relatively simple case of the good guys/everyone vs. some evil, selfish a-hole. I guess it's a good thing that this is a fictional world in which we can safely explore such scenarios and I'm definitely hoping for something more intellectually and emotionally stimulating than yet another simple black-and-white tale. All this sounds like a big "What if?" to me. Personally, I'll work with what we're given. And Solas said it plainly, "I take no joy in this, but the return of my people means the end of yours."
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Post by Iddy on Oct 23, 2019 19:58:26 GMT
Solas says that Lavellan (romanced) is a wise person, but it's hard to imagine like him not seeing her as a child. Then again, he spent the last thousands of years sleeping. So you could say he is no more experienced than a 40 year old man. Well... assuming he was sleeping-sleeping and not walking the Fade. I don't know. the question is how many years did he live in his previous life before he went to sleep? it could be a lot more than forty, no? The question is whether he was fully unconscious during his Uthenera slumber or not. If the answer is yes, then being thousands of years old doesn't make him more experienced than anyone.
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