What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

@domi

playing a rogue and having Varric in the group is very doable. I find rogues very easy to play in DA2 and I mostly have either Varric or Isabella in the group, even when playing a rogue.

I never noticed, that the imperial agent and female Hawke share the same voice actress, I love her, she is great (plus, I love the accent), but no one tops female smuggler ( in voice and in class - sawbones forever ... ahem... off topic)

phoray

Yeah, I saw those threads too and did respond in one of them, but it is like talking to a wall. I like exchanging arguments, but they don't even recognise the arguments of others.

I'm tired of reading about TW. Every time it's trotted out against the DA horse, it's the same batch of TW feed which gets more trampled, more stale and rotten.

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I had a stress free time in the previous PT because I had two tanks on perma duty : Cass and BW. This PT, I switch out BW for IB and he's performing worst than my greatsword warrior. He's always the one to get injured first and getting mauled the most.

Iron Bull my @$$!  More like "Papier Machete" Bull!  Always get crushed like a cheap piñata!   (Maybe I should try "Kitty's Collar" on him next time?)

after a long long long time i've returned to DA:I , Mage build.
i just got to Skyhold Scaffold.
I'm skipping some side quests and probably won't bother with most dragons and will probably ignore The Descent and Jaws of Hakkon , dunno yet.
Will certainly do Trespasser .
And finish in time for Andromeda .

Ok, I'll ignore the reaver specs. Honestly, he bulls through the potions like a fish.    I'm very annoyed with him. 

Sometimes I can't figure out how the quests trigger. Take Federic (western approach) for example. I didn't talk to him but swept through his area, rather near to him earlier. Apparently, it's enough for me to pick up the bait ingredients quest and signs of dragon feeding. Sometimes when I talk to him, I get the White Claw quest; removing their bait for the dragon. This time, I don't get it even after talking to him.    It's so inconsistent.  

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The Fade Haven

The transition was never shown but I always imagined that Solas led the Inq to any of the two doors at the rotunda and once they went through, they were in Haven. It always bugs me the Inq didn't catch on at once; but we were just at Skyhold?! Did he sort of cloud her mind? I'm rather suspicious maybe he did because I chose the romance option but did not choose to kiss him. His reply : Even here, you throw me off. It implied he could not predict her reaction / action. If he did cloud her mind, perhaps even attempt to influence her to closer relations, she threw it off. This is at best a guess / interpretation of his words. If it's the latter, then I must say he's not really that nice a guy. 

Further thoughts on the assumption he clouded her mind :

- he is attracted to her and imposed /shaped that desire on her. It would serve dual purposes. A brief dalliance so he could get close to her, he could study / influence her. If it was so, his behaviour later suggested it backfired on him. 

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The fight with the WA high dragon almost went out of the arena. I've never seen a fight raged from one end to the other end before. I thought the dragon would retreat all the way to the Chantry cave. I was very worried about it because I had a feeling the fight would reset. The dragon was popping lots of fire and IB was swigging potions, Cass was down to half HP and Solas had to play the hero by standing too close. Me, I was at the farthest range I could go and ducked behind anything once a fireball roared in my direction or when the dragon went into her whirlwind.

I cheated for the Hinterlands dragon.   I dragged everyone up to the ledge the dragon always go when she's down to the last bit of health except that she didn't land on it, for some reason. So she's down there and we're up there...I gave the Hold command to the party and then take potshots at the dragon. She didn't like it and shot fireball after fireball. Some got to me and I had to use a potion. Her babies also failed to come up to us. In the end, all the potshooting won. 

Yes it does, for me. None of them went down to fight the dragon all the while I was shooting it to death. Even in other situations; not wanting them to crowd / climb a ladder, not following me up / down a ledge when I get a shard, the elven puzzle at Exalted Plains, they held still. If I switch to one of them, the Inq will auto follow since she's not given the hold command, so I give the command again. Every toon will hold. 

domi I went to the "Faces of Gaming" website and saw pics of characters they had created.  Is that all they do?  Post pics?  They mention mods used, but do they post sliders?  Also, why would anyone post anything racy?

This website is fine. I take it does in miniature what the larger websites for MMO do, allowing people upload to share their presets (there are literally hundreds and thousands of images for one game I tried). In MMOs like BnS and Revelation, you can actually easily save and import the presets right in the game, no backroom folder snooping. The collection they have is pretty limited, and no better than what I can do on my own. Heh, actually, I think I did.

It's other websites that come up on the searches that may bring up a variety of questionable and embarassing materials if you search line concerns oriental females.

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It never shows how we leave skyhold to go anywhere. I'm at my War Table, and then bam, walking into the Gates of the Winter Palace.

I totally accepted that we were back at Haven. And since I'd never seen it destroyed, my brain didn't make the connection that it should be buried in 20 feet of snow. So, yah, Solas totally got me.

But one can't complain about the scene of going to Haven and not complain about all the other dramatic arrivals with no visible traveling.

heh. Well, as I said, I've gotten a hang of the sliders, so I really like my faces now. I also decided to play with a Rogue this time, because I always play mage. Even though in the intro, the Ogre just fell over in a split second when I played a mage. Not sure if that's due to Carver being a more awesome warrior than my Warrior (who took the longest to put the Ogre down). I just liked how fast a rogue moved, even though some of his stuff was farmed out to AI, like gap closers and backstab positioning. But I can learn to live with it. I am thinking also, if I play melee rogue, I can carry Anders and Merrill in the party or Varric as a ranged rogue. So, it should be all good. Meaning, I will have another session with the Character Creator. But now I know how to make a face only Domi can love. :)

You'll have to post a pic of Domi Hawke, the rogue!

That's one you can experiment with. If you set behaviour to defensive, they won't attack the target you're hitting on unless you specify it. They'll probably stay still if they're not on follow tethers. 

The party is set to follow, for me. I rarely change their behaviour. Unless the tether range stretch for too long a distance, they stay where they are. If I go too far, the group will auto appear behind me, not walking / climbing / following. They still keep to the hold command. Switching to one of them will break the hold. 

I also use the "auto pull". Take Forbidden Oasis. Some of the shards are located on ledges. If I don't particularly want to drop down, pick up shard and go trudging the long way up agan, I tell the party to hold. I'll drop down to pick up the shard, switch to one of the party, release the party from hold and move away. The Inq will appear in the party once the tether line is played out.