Schmooples' Den! The DA News Discussion Thread

so, we need a really good explanation to why the Inquisitor is not in this cutscenes with Solas

since Varric and Harding started their investigation, the Inquisitor wasn't even mentioned, if I'm not mistaken

Why? The Inquisitor may doesn´t know where Solas is and is looking somewhere else. Or the Inquisitor would be so much of a VIP that he / she isn´t a big help.

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Maybe a cynic or two are coming around...?

Those factions all look cool.


... Is it really accurate to say the Grey Wardens have "supernatural powers", though? I mean, yeah, okay, they tap into the hivemind and can therefore feel the presence of darkspawn. Which is supernatural, I guess. (And it strikes me now that the fact its a hivemind at all is another hint the blight originates in Titans, isn't it?) But I hear supernatural powers, I think something more flashy. Maybe the wardens are getting an upgrade? 

So I think I may have settled for my main playtrough direction.
Male Human, Warrior with Sword and Shield, Grey Warden and gonna romance Emmrich.

I wanted to play as Tevinter for years on my first run, but Shadow Dragon faction feels more like a faction for Mages and Rogues. While Lords of Fortune sounds fitting, it's not a vibe I'd go with on my first main run.

Otherwise it is tradition for my main run to be human warrior, don't think I'll break it in the end.

Now Emmrich would break my tradition, as not only I'm going for a woman, but also for an elderly gentleman. Look he sounds like a sweet guy.

yeah, if it was to say those exact same things, maybe it is better that they save their meeting to later in the game 

Judging by the online comments on YT, Reddit, etc - one would think people played DA just for the skill based combat and the games were some epic Bloodborne/Dark Souls twitch skill masterpieces

Have to look at a game at higher levels to judge the combat.

Using Cyberpunk 2077 as an example, at low levels its combat is average. At higher levels though it has one of the most fun combat of any game.

It seems to turn into her bow. And maybe other things?

Executors also love their triangles...

So it looks like we have one companion from each faction. Are the unique companion skills faction related? So the faction we pick for Rook will affect the companions we will need in the party? (Sorry if this has been answered in a previous post. The forum's moving fast today).


He's BUSY, ok?

Honestly though, he does sound pretty stressed during the encounter. His poetic lilt is completely gone.