OK, this time I'm determined to complete this danged game.

Yeah Corypheus is a bit of an easy fight in theen dthankfully the final bossin Trespasser is tougher which tbh I think of that as the final boss now.

I spam that chain as soon as it's available. Love dragging enemies to me then clunking them in the face with my sword hilt.

yeah it certainly makes it easier than chasing enemies half way across the map though I've been finding the lunge and smash ability quite fun too in my current playthrough. No0one likes a rampaging Qunari in my current game. I ge tthe feeling her friends aer only nic ebecause they'er scared what she might do to them if they're not.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that - but now you mention it, I can recall it happening constantly during my first playthrough.

You have 3 waves o fwnemies to defeat in that as for Cass getting brought down welcome to the DLC's. The DLC's in DAI aer quite challenging compared with what the main game throws at you. That's why it recommends being at least level 20 befoer starting them. Ther's alsoa couple of rifts that can be awkward one of them a rift in the river that spits out Pride Demons so yo umight wantto watch for that as that one can be an especially awkward one to deal with I definitely got my ass handed to me firsttime I played the DLC's as well. But I must admit they are definitely fun additions to the game. Although I've opened them up in my current playthrough I've not done that muc hin them yet but once I'm finished with the main game shard doors I plan on going in and doing some more in those areas. You can go in lower than level 20 but you have to be prepared for a fight if you do.

Party is level 26, so no worries on that score. Fortunately I closed all the rifts last night. The one with the Pride Demons wasn't so bad actually, as Cassadra was able to tank them all at once without taking any real damage. The Fear and Despair Demons in other rifts caused me more problems - those frost attacks again. Resistances don't seem to mitigate against it very much.

The arena event spat out something like 15 waves of enemies for me before I finally grew tired of it and reloaded an earlier save. Clearly it was bugged. Second attempt correctly spawned the three waves.

My Inquisition journey is almost over.

Finished The Descent last night. Quite a nice final boss fight, resembling the Rock Wraith from DA:2, but with fewer (but nastier) mechanics. Fight was quite challenging, and required quite a bit of party micromanagement to beat. It was a satisfying conclusion to the DLC.

Also some very nice new Tier 4 schematics from the DLC. New bow for Sara, both my Inquisitor and Dorian have new staves, and Inquisitor has a wicked-cool new set of Tier 4 armor, which is quite possibly the best looking in the game.

I have studiously ignored sigils throughout the course of the game. I find them utterly, utterly pointless, largely doing more harm than good if used. I guess that if I made a very, very specific, specialised build for a character which focused on one specific attribute or attack to the exclusion of all else then some sigils might be useful, but I just do not play that way.

... But I digress I enjoyed most of the actual Deep Roads section of Descent, given that I'm a bit of a Deep Roads fan anyway - I find the Deep Roads quite fascinating, and it's one of my favourite sections in Origins. It was good to re-fight some of the Darkspawn breeds from Legacy, mixed in with some of their Origins counterparts. Also I confess some relief that the Genlock Alphas had been somewhat nerfed from their Legacy counterparts, causing me nowhere near as many headaches.

The second stage in the Bastion of the Pure was a bit duller. Sure it looks great, but the combat against the Sha-Brytol started to get pretty tedious and repetitive. One section in particular, just before the final camp, where I'm fending off wave after unending wave while blowing open the doors with the Earthshaker device was tedious in the extreme. The Earthshakers themselves have about 600 quazillion hitpoints, and seem to be immune to all elemental damage and there were absolutely dozens of them, all who largely just stand ther, not really doing any real damage to my party, but soaking up my attacks like an absolute sponge.

Blowing the doors mercifully ends the waves of attackers.... unless you revisit that area as I stupidly did, in which case the waves appear to be infinite.

The Builders' Tower puzzle can GDIAF, it is impossible.
There appears to be no proper walkthroughs or solutions anywhere on the internet, only a couple of video walkthroughs exist, but all feature people just clicking stuff at breakneck speed, without any real context or explanation, and are thus impossible to follow. I just gave up. Sod the damned Builders.

Got some of the gears, but not all. They are basically collectibles, and I've no real interest in them; save as a means to open the locked doors - which I did, there were more than enough gears, even without me collecting all of them.

The only real thing that bothered me was that I was unable to find the final note for Chronicles of The Forgotten War. I suspect it might be in the room with the endlessly spawning Earthshakers, so I think I'll pass. If I ever play the DLC again I'll make a point of finding them all.

As in Jaws of Hakkon, I found the Inquisitor and her companions to be a little bit flat. Inquisitor's dialogue didn't have a great deal of spark, she sounded tired and subdued, which was perhaps accurate, given what she's gone through - but it didn't make for compelling story and gameplay. Companions had very little to say, save for a couple of token generic lines here and there. Shaper Valta absolutely stole the show. I really liked her, and was always interested in what she had to say


Afterward entered the Winter Palace for the final DLC Trespasser. Very, very, very bad start when the first person I had to speak to was Mother sodding Giselle... sorry.... I meant "Mocccchcccchcthhhhher Gcccccccchiselle".

NooooOOOOOOOO!

After resignedly wiping all the phlegm and spittle from my formal attire I went in search of bearable companionship, and all my companions were great! Really enjoyable, sparkling, witty dialogue and amusing little diversions. My Inquisitor also had reclaimed her mojo, and her own banter was equally bright and engaging. Very, very pleased so far, and looking forward to getting back into it this evening. I logged out standing next to Cullen and his strange, rather alien-looking hound.

I'll try to explain. This is the 'classic' Towers of Hanoi puzzle that also occurs in both KOTOR and ME1.

The goal is to move the stack of (whatevers) from one column to another, keeping them in the same order, usually smallest on top, biggest on the bottom.

You can only move one at a time and they can only be stacked one way. In the example below, A can sit on top of B,C, or D, but can never be below them.

To move:

Col 1      Col 2        Col 3

A

B

C

D

from Col 1 to 3, you have work in steps.

Move A to 2, then B to 3.

Move A to 3 (on top of B.)

Move C to 2 and A back to 1

Move B to 2 (now on top of C), then A to 2 

You should now have A,B,C all in Col 2 and Col 3 empty.

Now you can move the base, D, to column 3, which is where you want to end up, and Col 1 is empty.

Move A to 3, B to 1, A to 1, C to 3, A to 2, B to 3, and finally A to 3.

If I did this right I should now have:

Col 1 Col 2 Col 3

                   A
                   B
                   C
                   D

I forgot all about the Aegis of the Rift. Never used it once after getting it, and it just stayed forgotten in my spellbook.

Using it means I have to sacrifice one of the other spells on the hotbar though, and I really don't know which one I can do without as I regularly use them all. Curse whoever decided that we should all be limited to only 8 spells and abilities.

Yeah I just follow the steps in the DAO strategy guide fo rgetting through that I'd have never figuerd tha ton eou on my own either But yeah I recognised the Tower of Hanoi puzzle thing as I remembered it from ME1. Most of the time I use omni gel to fix that one if I've got enough to sparebut othrewise I pretty much solve it vut it depends on how much Omnigel I've got based on how much damage the Mako an dstuffhas taken over the game when I get to it.

I know exactly how you feel. Not only the game is a chore, but none of the choices from side quests and map quests did not affect the narrative of the main game. And Sera is a very annoying character, and her self hatred really turned me off. Look at the bright side: At least is not as worse as Andromeda.