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Post by Iddy on Mar 22, 2023 22:23:33 GMT
Isn't Strife supposed to be a skinny old man? He looks more like Sten. Same personality, too (book Strife was very snarky).
I'm also curious as to why do they think they're more special than the average Dalish. Surely it can't be just because they're Veil Jumpers.
In any case, I find it interesting that Varric and Harding still introduce themselves as Inquisition members. Isn't it disbanded in this story? I guess @gervaise was right. Whatever happens, there will be at least a shadow Inquisition.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 22, 2023 0:35:41 GMT
I feel like I probably should play as a rogue in DA4.
Many stories in Tevinter Nights, which lead up to the next game, revolve around heist plans and assassination. And let's not forget that DA: Absolution had a rogue as a protagonist.
Lastly... it seems like there will be a great deal of effort into keeping a low profile to avoid information leaks. The whole thing is made for a knifey-stealthy hero.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 21, 2023 18:50:45 GMT
So its mentioned in the myth that Solas tempted the gods and the forgotten ones with a blade that would end the war, the in-game cinematic has him holding up a knife/blade when wanting to tear down the veil. Same blade? I don't think it was said to be specifically a blade.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 21, 2023 14:14:53 GMT
You know... there is this moment when ""Bann Teagan"" storms into the Inquisition's room to complain that he wasn't told about the dead Qunari, and the Inquisitor can reply with "Thank you for bringing me this information, gentlemen".
I can't tell if the devs intended this dialogue to be polite or sarcastic, because s/he technically already knew about the Qunari infiltration. Personally, I roleplayed it as her acting all Orlesian and playing coy.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 17, 2023 22:49:59 GMT
I've recreated my very first Inquisitor from years ago, from back when I played DAI on the PS3. Before I played any other DA game. I changed the name and the basic class, but she is still going to be a reaver and romance the Iron Bull. And well, I'm excited because we didn't have the DLCs back then, so her story was never truly finished. But I won't go all the way just yet, because I need to rest from the last playthrough.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 17, 2023 13:48:18 GMT
So for me, the thing with Solas being convinced that he destroyed the world when he put up the Veil, and that to restore it, he must destroy it again, is patently false. The world still exists. There are still people and animals that are recognizably ones that existed before the Veil was created. Indeed, they are descendants of the people and animals that existed back in Solas' time. Solas destroyed his world - his society and culture. But he did not destroy THE world. And chances are The world will still exist if he succeeds in his current plan to drop the Veil again. The current societies and cultures will be lost or irrevocably changed, but considering what those societies and cultures are, I'm not sure that's the worst thing ever. The survivors and their descendants will get a chance to create something new, and, one can hope, better. Do you remember Vir Dirthara, the library? It was destroyed in quite the literal sense. The place was sundered and there were memories of elves falling because the floor was gone. The physical world continued to exist, yes, but their spiritual realm did not. Quite literally. As told by Solas: "There were various other marvels. All intrinsicallly tied to the Fade, all destroyed". Their society wasn't only damaged in a social, cultural sense. Does anyone expect DA4 to end with the protagonist going "Ohh gee, we totally misunderstood what you meant! Sorry, Solas. Please, continue."
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Post by Iddy on Mar 16, 2023 23:13:32 GMT
Oddly enough Charter didn't say it would be world ending so much as causing massive destruction. Was that the writers clarifying the information in Trespasser or Charter being unwilling to reveal just how deadly it would be? However, when talking to Solas direct, Charter returns to the assertion that his plan would destroy the world and he doesn't deny this, so I'm guessing the latter is how the Inquisition are framing his threat when talking to others. His agents would also seem to reinforce such a narrative since they seem to be promising modern elves a return of elven glory and destruction of their enemies, rather than simply destruction of the world. I always found "world ending" too dramatic, the world will change that is for sure but we don't know how. I wonder, will all elves be reconnected to the Fade and become immortal and able to use magic? what about other races? Solas says "as this world burned in the raw chaos", does this mean tearing the Veil will turn some spirits into demons, so instead of small rifts here and there the whole world will be flooded with them? or is he referring to the Evanuris taking action? Sooooo many questions ....This again. It is not "dramatic" or a metaphor. It is a question that has been presented to Solas in a literal sense, and he responded the same way. "Why bother disrupting the Qunari plot if you're going to destroy the world regardless?" "Because I'm not a monster. If they must die, I'd rather they die in comfort."
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Post by Iddy on Mar 16, 2023 0:24:34 GMT
It's been ages since last time I played, but it is common knowledge that the Dreadwolf and Solas are the same? May be it is known that the Inquisitor had a relationship with an apostate elven mage, that he was Fen'Harel's agent even, but that he was Fen'Harel himself? And if it is known, once the Veil is destroyed, could it be that the remaining Evanuris target the Inquisitor as revenge? (assuming they somewhat think Solas still loves her) I am also curious about this. We know people are aware that the Inquisition had an apostate mage named Solas (if Maryden's song is any indication in Trespasser) and we can reasonably assume that most national powers are aware of a "Fen'Harel Cult" existing ( and maybe that the same Solas from the Inquisition is in charge of it?). But i'm not too sure if they really believe he was the same elvhen 'god' of legend as opposed to a particularly skilled elf just taking on the name. But if any groups are going to make that connection first, it would be the Qunari and the Mortallitasi on account of having run-ins with them, but I'm not too sure if they actually acknowledge him as an ancient elf from the time of Arlathan as opposed to, for example, an elvhen experiment from the time of Old Tevinter or an odd necromancer experiment. Or maybe even something closer to DAO's Zathrian who was widely acknowledged by the Dalish (although I am unsure how many people believe in his existence outside of the clans). Did either of those groups ever explicitly say they believed Solas to be the same Fen'harel of legend? I believe that what really matters is whether they consider him to be a world ending threat.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 15, 2023 16:28:39 GMT
I would add that every area we visit is nothing but forest or wastelands. Rarely civilization proper.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 14, 2023 20:10:18 GMT
If the Inquisitor has romanced the Iron Bull and was betrayed by him, we are told by Trespasser's epilogue that s/he is then ridiculed by tavern songs and Orlesian plays for years.
S/He is also blamed for the Qunari threat, as s/he was too "blinded by lust" to see it approaching.
That got me thinking... if the Dread Wolf's threat was common knowledge, as well as Lavellan's relationship with him, and the Inquisition remained publicly active, she could have been subjected to the same level of scorn.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 13, 2023 23:07:35 GMT
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Post by Iddy on Mar 13, 2023 13:15:01 GMT
Just start another dwarven warrior, Kardan Cadash Kaca for friends.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 12, 2023 1:11:36 GMT
So... how exactly does awakening work for ancient elves?
Solas tells us that he "woke up" one year before the events of Inquisition, but did he simply will it? Does it have a timer that automatically ends uthenera when time's up?
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Post by Iddy on Mar 11, 2023 19:06:54 GMT
So, I'm thinking on how to switch up my YouTube world state a bit more Hawke of course is going to go into the opposite direction with supporting the Templars, but I'm pondering whether to romance someone else this time around as well I tend to go for Fenris, and doing a Templar supporting playthrough would make him perfect...but I'm thinking of switching him out for someone else...maybe Sebastian? Oh and, should I stick Bethany in the Circle or go for the Wardens this time around? Could be interesting, plus she'll get to meet Nathaniel that way...so, there's that too Also for my Inquisitor...I'm wondering what to do with Orlais this time around, and wonder how that'll affect my Divine choice, generally I have the three-way truce with Florianne alive because the way I have it set up, I'll likely end up with Leliana as my Divine, and if I were to go with what I did on my previous Adaar Inquisitor I'll end up with Viv...which could also be interesting, but I hate Champions of the Just So yeah, I still want to support the mages on my Inquisitor, but wondering what to do with Orlais, could be interesting to have Celene be shanked ...there are people who allow Celene to live?
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Post by Iddy on Mar 10, 2023 19:50:07 GMT
Kinda feels like, with everything going on in the world right now "video game might be bad" should be low on people's lists of 'legitimate concerns'. Lol. They haven't said anything about this yet, but personally I'm already fully expecting gay guys to get screwed over on the romance options again. I agree. Ranting about the game is quite amusing in these times. There are more pressing issues than getting irritated about game not releasing sooner. Maybe they don't have these threatening issues? In that case, I envy their privileges. I love Bioware and will never stop supporting them ( please don't mind that one instance I flat out refused to play Anthem ). One thing Dragon Age irked me is locking sterotypically handsome characters like Alistair, Sebastian and Cullen behind straight romance. I still remember them paying Reyes Vidal stans dust. Please don't repeat this ugly history. I think that was true back in DAO, because all you had was Zevran. However, DA2 blessed gay players with freakin' Fenris. It doesn't get better than that. And well... Dorian is undeniably handsome. But I get it, you want your knight in shining armor. Can't blame you for that.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 10, 2023 16:24:31 GMT
Why would there be only two? "The First of my people do not die so easily." If they are connected to the Evanuris in some way, then my theory up to now is that each of them split their soul with a dragon (like Corypheus did) as an insurance against dying. The reason Mythal was consigned to the Fade on death is that they simultaneously killed her dragon. Meanwhile, with the others, when the dragon half is killed, the piece of the soul goes to wherever they are imprisoned and reunites with them, perhaps making them stronger, which is why Solas wanted to prevent the remaining two Old Gods from being killed. Otherwise, the reason there are two is simple; they are not related to the "First of my People", so the previous risings as Arch-demons did result in their death. Thus, there are now only two left, or three technically if the Warden did the Dark Ritual, although that depends on what happened to the OG soul when Solas "killed" Flemeth (although technically that may have been Mythal if she voluntarily left her host to join with him). The latest cinematic did seem to point towards a definite connection between the Old Gods and the Evanuris if there was a significance between the number of blacked out discs versus golden ones in the earlier trailer. It also seemed to hint that the Golden City became Black on the creation of the Veil, at the least on the inside, even if outwardly it still appeared golden until the invasion by the Magisters. Was the Veil necessary to contain the Taint away from both the Fade and the Waking World, so the breach back in ancient times was what allowed it to escape? I would go with option A as the explanation for why is Solas so strongly against killing the Old Gods. After all, if the rise of archdemons resulted in the death of the Evanuris, he would be happy to sit back and watch. The question that remains is, why does he think that eliminating the Old Gods will not end the Blights?
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Post by Iddy on Mar 10, 2023 13:49:49 GMT
Why would there be only two? "The First of my people do not die so easily."
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Post by Iddy on Mar 10, 2023 12:16:20 GMT
Just finished the second run with my canon Inquisitor. Freaking 135 hours.
I'm a little peeved that the color I chose for her armor ended up being pink and not purple like I thought, but it is what it is. The Darvaraad's dark enviroment certainly didn't help.
On another note, it is odd that the companions don't follow you through the eluvian the leads to Solas. That's either just plot or the eluvian got deactivated after she entered, which would open a lot of questions about how she got back to Skyhold.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 8, 2023 19:25:05 GMT
My deepest wish, above proper lighting, would be a full dialogue interface that still retained the Investigate format. The problem with DAO's dialogue interface was that you couldn't tell which options were questions/answers that "looped" the conversation and which were options that ended or progressed the conversation to its next phase. So, you had to reload and skip through dialogue to get to where you made the "mistake." DA2 fixed that problem, but its way of doing so then created the problem that you couldn't tell what your character was going to say; you had to rely entirely on paraphrasing and tone icon. So, you still had to reload due to the interface's trial and error. Basically, I want this: I feel like you could still find a way to implement tone icons, as well. Little icons next to the options (laughing mask for jokey) or having the dialogue options get a colored highlight (ex. purple for jokey) when you hover over it. Maker, how I hate default MHawke's minecraft head.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 8, 2023 19:00:12 GMT
Even if DA:D ends up being great, I believe it is gonna flop hard.
There has been little to no effort into generating hype, and many gamers would already dismiss this game purely for being a Bioware product. Best case scenario, it gets average sales when it finally comes out.
Either way, this may very well be the last Dragon Age game.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 8, 2023 1:31:41 GMT
Started DA2 as a rogue (imported a Gibbed Save of my male Rogue from DAO thanks olnorton ) using default Male Hawke just could not be bothered mucking around with the CC. Plan is to romance Merrill but often Isabela has her way with Hawke regardless of my plans but I am planning to romance Isabela with Female Hawke. First things first got the Console Commands working and am rich!!!! Yet to get to Kirkwall, RL keeps distracting me. Bethany hogging the limelight To this day, I still think that spells looked better in DA2.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 5, 2023 19:17:23 GMT
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Post by Iddy on Mar 5, 2023 18:21:49 GMT
Part 51, Battle for Denerim Whatever you do, don't do the devil pact. Spit right in the witch's face.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 5, 2023 15:30:51 GMT
Final sprint towards the end of Trespasser. But first I need to know... Which color scheme looks better?
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Post by Iddy on Mar 4, 2023 23:26:18 GMT
My Inquisitor always does, really depends (mostly) on who ends up as the Grey Warden. Loghain always gets left behind, Alistair not so much and Hawke pretty much never. Allow me to rephrase the question: When the Inquisitor says Hawke or the Warden's name, is s/he actually telling them to sacrifice themselves?
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