What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Oh, gosh, did I have a gamegasm over Legacy!

I had no idea I missed Revel and his crack team that much. I loaded post game save, saw his bedroom tidied up, and nearly tested up. Then it took me all of half a second to fill in the group with Varric, Anders and Fenris.

Call me shallow, but the warm soft lighting conditions in Legacy made the colours on the character's so rich, and all of them look so handsome, it was a welcome respite from Inquisition. I love the landscape and character appearance way better in DA2, I can't really help that. It's way more fantasy like to me, and, yes, yes, I can't deny it. I love my characters looking gorgeous! By my personal standard.

Revel looking vaguely Asian fit right in with the Silk Roadish vibe landscape.

And then, the chit-chat, omg, the chit-chat. Sooo good. The four guys talked like they've known each other for years, and been through thick and thin.

I was laughing at Varric making fun of Revel's penchant for finding trouble. The day you go to the beach, Hawke, is the day demonic haunted pirates are going to land there...

And a brilliant repartee between Anders and Fenris. Run away from the Circle, run away from the Wardens, always running, Anders. Run from your family, run from Denerius, run from Hawke... another one with Anders lamenting going back into a Deep a Roads for the tenth or so time. Remind me, why we came here? To which Varric replies: oh, I like to travel, you think Hawke is cute.

Good writing, amazing voicing.

I made it in Deep Roads with more companion banter, and enjoying Hawke's easy flowing battle abilities. Unfortunately, the AI works against both Varric and Anders the way it positions the 300 archers out of Anders' LoS and makes Varric run right into them while seeking a ranged location. I will have to pay attention to Varric, or we'll run out of injury kits with him.

I stopped at a point where we are about to follow a crazy Warden. Which, according to Varric (giving a side glance to Anders) is one of Revel's habits, running after madmen.

In short, thank you very much, Origins CS.

Thank you for the spoiler, I appreciate that. It makes me wanting to play ME again. Shepherd is still a soldier in my playthrough, but I guess, the humans have to win the trust of the council back first. I had choosen a vanguard in the first pt, but that is much too military for my taste. I will probably make an engineer or infiltrator (more rogue based)

Bethany has an outfit with chain mail at the start of the game (outside Lothering) which she keeps from Prologue to the end of Act 1. When she is taken to the Circle after Hawke returns from the Deep Roads (if Bethany was left in Kirkwall) she is indeed wearing a Circle robe.

But her original outfit is just ridiculous. It`s basically a dress with heavy chain mail attached loosely at the front and back (under her breasts). The heavy chainmail`s weight is unsupported at shoulders (obviously) and waist (she have a very loose belt); so she practically shouldn`t be able to move too much really. I have read several books of military history about Republican Rome describing the chainmail outfit used by the Roman legions - how heavy it was, how the chainmail`s weight was supported by the shoulders and a waist belt.

Bethany wears this outfit in the Prologue, regardless what class is Hawke:



And you`re right about the anime style. Since DA2 Bioware started to slide toward that style with most of the armors, weapons, and some hairstyles. Not that Morrigan`s or Velanna`s robes were much better in DA:O ... As for the thorny hairstyles and confused gender look, they are still not there, but armor design is closing in - just look at all those spikes ...

Maybe it`s just me, but I really dislike to see RPG characters going into battle and being constantly injured while wearing some ridiculous outfit which offers practically no protection, or is so unpractical that nobody would be capable moving or fighting while wearing it.

Has you Cullen bi mod?

If not, the flirt option only work in Haven, if the Inquisitor speak with him first. Later he offer his friendship instead of love, and no more flirt option.

In DA:I you can try early flirts with basically everyone, but they will respond differently to an eligible vs not eligible protagonist. Some of this early flirts are basically a way to just be complimentary, rather than OMG, I am smitten by you!

Ah, no. I still believe that your experience is incomplete without Jade Empire. Hugs, and hope everything will be well.

Kung Fu screaming of attacks? Uh... Probably not... Also, it definitely won't have a controller mod.

*Squinty suspicion of game* is it going to try to make me cry?

"The mages cannot be treated as people…" "We have dominance over mages by divine right" Cullen? Nice person, yes... (Ignore me, I'm just jealous...)