What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

@domi

What that choice COULD have been, was GW Alistair vs your Hawke.

Considering I had romanced and adored Alistair and loved my Hawke, that would have tore my little gamer heart in two.

As it was, I had incidentally imported my Queen Fereldan married to King Alistair world state first, before my GW Alistair with GW city elf import. My Hawke was stressing the Grey Warden importance really hardcore, which felt like the game was telling me something. And after ten minutes, I saved Stroud. But then Varric's grief scene destroyed me, and I reloaded. Killed Stroud.

So you can see where it could have been heart wrenching. And even with a love for Hawke, playing Blind, you could have been concerned about the GW

Going from DA2's combat to DAI's combat it's always hard. I know in a couple of hours I'll be fine, but I'm still in the "I hate it" phase.

Also, my first hours playing DAI never feel like really playing. Yesterdar I spent a lot of time in the CC, and ok, that's always fun, though I still can manage to make an Inquisitor who looks good and elfy. Can have one or the other, but not both I'll keep trying

But after that, and taking strenght from those first dialogues in Haven with Varric and Solas, what I did it's basically get ready to actually start playing today, running around Haven like a locust, gathering, well, everything there's to gather tedious, so tedious, but I already got two good staves, one for me and one for Solas, and good armor for Casandra, and I just need to pick some drakestone to get a staff with fire damage and some onyx to get a staff with ice damage, and I'll probably be good to go until I get to a region with tier 3 materials to get better equipment for the last part of the game. If, I get enough materials without suffering too much to make good weapons for the rest of the companions, fine, but otherwise loot will do.

So, I'm hoping I can start to really play today, doing all of Corporal Vale quests, trying to get as much power as I can in the Hinterlands, so I can focus more on the story after the first travel to Val Royeaux.

And, now that I'm on ps4, I thought I could share a picture, here's my girl!



She's friendlier than it looks like there though Also, she  used used to look very different

But then I decided to make all my DA girls look the same, and took Hawke, with her Targaryen blonde hair and her zombie-like white eyes, as reference And now my Ryder is going to look a little like my warden used to

And, just because I'm such a huge fangirl I'm leaving here also a picture o her first conversation with Solas , bonus points for Solas laughing, which doesn't happen a lot  

I just got clan Lavellan killed :sob:

It happens when you pick Josephine. Not too sure if Leliana and Cullen both rescue the clan but at least one of them does because I've never gotten this result before.

While I could never sacrifice one of my Hawkes, I have a hard time leaving Stroud in teh fade - he is just so nice and honourable. I normally play with Loghain or Alistair as the GW, because I'm not attached to eitehr of them, I can leave them in the Fade without a glance back, but Stroud is surprisingly hard.

Ha.

You might be in the minority. At least for leaving Alistair in the fade