Schmooples' Den! The DA News Discussion Thread

Hopefully we'll still have the Packmaster's Amulet available so we don't have to kill them all. 

Automatic-attack wild animals like wolves and bears are the ONE thing I wish game companies would stop doing. Wolves and bears don't automatically attack people in the real world. They usually disappear long before you see them. If you happen to surprise one because you are being too quiet or the environment is being too loud (wind, rain, rushing streams, etc.), they will usually try to warn you off because they are not actually interested in getting in a fight with you. If you are dumb enough to approach them, or their hard-won food source, or their offspring still, THEN they might attack you. Attacking is a last resort, though.

(I teach safety in bear country as part of my job.)

Yeah. You could say that's a pet peeve of mine. And so many people are urban these days, with little to no experience in a natural environment, and so many movies portray animals as these terrifying things out to get you. It would be nice if video games had animals act like they actually do in the wild so as to help reduce peoples' fears about going into the woods.

Yeah, it'd be nice if those animals at least gave a warning growl. Even Skyrim has this. (With bears, at least. If you actually have eyes on a wolf, it means its about to try to eat you. But I suppose that's what Kyne's Peace is for.)

(Also, a fellow LOTRO player? o.o)

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But wouldn’t it be funnier if after being exposed to red lyrium he switched to the rhythms of the Beastie Boys’ “Fight for Your Right”?

Automatic-attack wild animals like wolves and bears are the ONE thing I wish game companies would stop doing. Wolves and bears don't automatically attack people in the real world. They usually disappear long before you see them. If you happen to surprise one because you are being too quiet or the environment is being too loud (wind, rain, rushing streams, etc.), they will usually try to warn you off because they are not actually interested in getting in a fight with you. If you are dumb enough to approach them, or their hard-won food source, or their offspring still, THEN they might attack you. Attacking is a last resort, though.

To be honest, I'm sure Solas could shapeshift into a dragon if he wanted to but it may be that he wouldn't because of the association of that form with the false gods, so the big black wolf was his alternative, particularly as it played into the fearsome reputation they had given him.

I've mentioned on other threads how much that quest in the Emerald Graves annoyed and upset me when they asked me to deal with a troublesome bear. When I got to the cave the bear had cubs. No wonder it was attacking anyone who came near. My lot should have shifted their camp further away instead of killing her. Every subsequent play through I deliberately ignored that request.

The bears are just godless killing machines, however.

Sera and Solas are similar in some regards, weird as it may sound... I mean, we are talking about the guy who's decided to troll the Evanuris with a monicker they invented specifically to insult him.

Care to point me towards some understanding? I have no idea what he's speaking about.