What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

I have had the same dialogues with Solas as with Dusk Fell till we have arrived to Skyhold (except I did not smooch him, even though I could thanks to the romance unlock). He could not wait to give Dusk Fell all of his quests at once.

I think the huge difference is that Sin Fell have done Templar's Quest and made Templars full partners in Inquisition. That probably cuts you off Solas' good graces even if you do everything else to his liking. But I sealed my fate by accepting Wardens into the Inquisition, another Greatly Disapproves, so he now greets me with "Inquisitor", so, yeah, he hates Sin Fell.

I'll live with it, as I am spoiled to know he is some sort of a god host that wants to free the Elves through a Fade Apocalypse or some such.

I don't recruit Sera any more except for the PTs in which I want to know how she interact with Solas; I barely tolerated her presence.

I'm always receptive towards Solas, irregardless whether the Inq is an elf or not. Switching on the devices and helping to save his friend, listening to his tales of his discoveries / travels, etc. I tend to get slight approval in all the dialogue responses. The only time his disapproval is incurred is the templar choice of ally instead of conscript; I never do conscript. And of course, the wardens. I always retain them. I got back the lost points real quick after that, when I do Cole's personal quest; I always strengthen his spirit form and I didn't let him kill the templar.

The one thing that annoys me very much is the Arbor Wilds aftermath dialogue with Solas. I really really wish they had fixed that because I'm pretty sure some other dialogue options was available. I had Solas removed the vallaslin btw.

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I wished they had done something extra at the end of Trespasser. The reaction to the revelation on Solas. Especially clan Lavellan since it involved the elves in a huge way. Keeper Istimaethoriel's response / discussion / impact on the clan, on other Dalish. How would they respond to the coming crisis? Accept Solas and support him or deny his intentions? 

Welcome to the halla statuette-haters' numerous team. I'm the leader. I knew, you will hate it!

Morrigan IS important. V.I.P.! Understood?   Now she is your advisor.

C'mon, not that terrible person is she. Vivienne is much more unbearable. (I know, this will not convince you, but I tried my best...)

Oh. *cringe* Guess you found out who [cameo] was. If I'd known tit would have been so negative for you, I would have just told you.

Okay, well, skip talking to her in Skyhold's Garden then. You really only do the one mission with her, then there is a scene that has cameo's of the COOLEST lady of the Triology and that's really it with Morrigan. She'll walk in with the other advisors every time you go to the War Table but won't say anything.

I liked Morrigan (not loved) just liked. But her and other cameo's actions have always been some of the best acting of the game. And that scene (you haven't gotten it yet) can be very different depending on whether or not the Dark Ritual was performed. Also, if you had had Alistair as the GW, he could have met up and chatted with Morrigan in the garden. It's interesting to see two people who hated each other ten years prior ..."catch up."

P.S. I've never walked on the beams. Using the table, I jump to the candlebra, and just grab it and go. So much faster.

More DA2 for me... Yesterday I completed Mark of the Assassin for the first time. It was very enjoyable, although it was a shame that there wasn't more of the mingling part. I really like attending parties in DA games But the companion banter might have been the best part of the DLC. In the main game, Hawke rarely responds when the companions say something, but in MotA Hawke no longer kept silent and she had some great lines with Tallis, Merrill (love interest) and Fenris. "Hawke is nice to many people. Bossy, but nice." Thanks Merrill "Ah, Hawke stepped into the poopy" Very mature, Fenris Tallis was pretty cool as well, although my Hawke took every opportunity to disagree with her about the Qunari. Having sided with Petrice, I had little patience for the Qun. Arishok is a great villain but I'm starting to feel sick whenever I hear anyhing about the Qun, let alone when I have to help a Qunari.

In the main game, I'm currently in the beginning of Act 3. I killed the high dragon for the first time ever and got the Robes of the Champion, which btw is the coolest piece of apparel there is. Default Hawke with the Robes, that's really the look to die for. I'm also surprised by the amount of options the aggressive Hawke gets. I think they might in fact have the best options. The red Hawke actually gets to side with Petrice against the Qunari, which is quite relevant in the context of the plot. I didn't realise that it was impossible unless you were a red Hawke. The red Hawke also has the option of shocking Isabela when taking her to Velasco Good times.

I think the motto of DA2 should be "a crazy protagonist tries to survive in a crazy city filled with crazy people". At times I feel that the whole game was made completely tongue-in-cheek style. For example, just how many times a purple Hawke says a variant of "you are crazy" when meeting a villain? I've lost count. The writers must have had fun writing all those lines. I think it's a shame that they toned down the humorous stuff in DAI, which I think is part of the reason why DAI is so bland. It didn't really occur to me how much I appreciate the humour of DA2 before they took it away in DAI. And all the companions in DA2 are "batshit crazy" or "barking mad", as Hawke would say. Except for maybe Aveline, whose presence I really appreciate when I have to deal with crazy people all the time. The interaction between Aveline and Hawke are among the best in the game. I think they stand as truly equals, and with Aveline Hawke can act all grown up and sensible, unlike with other companions.

I'll probably play the first main quest now and then move on to Legacy DLC. It's really exciting to discover the DLCs for the first time.

I went to Val Royeaux and the Storm Coast and did in Hushed Wispers, so now I got everyone except Cole, and I've decided to go back to the classics for this last (for a while) pt, and make Solas, Cassandra and Dorian my main party. I won't be picking any locks, and I might miss something cool because of that, but I want to enjoy my favourite companions once more

And rogues are useful, but taking three mages for me makes everything much easier (I barely used health potions yesterday in Redcliffe ), much more convinient (we all three can share staves) and, more than anything else, much more fun I still don't have a lot of spells, but I'm already having a great time completely abusing Winter's Ruin

Btw, ice spells are always usefull and fun, but even if I have to diversify a little because of elements resistance, my ice queen is definitely Lavellan The warden would be my electricity queen, spamming SotC all around, and Hawke my fire queen In fact, I've always wanted to see that reflected in DAI's Hawke, I'd love to see her throwing fire all around her

Also, normally  I go wih KE and by the time I leave Redcliffe Castle I usually have the 3 wisp essence, but this time I finished it with only two :/ I've decided to take it as a sign that I should try a different specialization for once I always think that it would be nice to give Rift Mage another try, because I only picked it once and the truth is that it sounds cool for the Inquisitor. Only problem is that the idea of going to Fallow Mire just to get more wisp essence is totally off-putting, but searching for venatori tomes sounds even worse

I am now a Knight Enchanter. Tomorrow, I will become a Day Enchanter. Get it? Neither did I. That's why I never became a comedian.

Went to the Filmore district to rescue the soldiers

Went and did some ballroom dancing. Its too bad the Inquisitor doesn't have the opportunity to dance with Celene. Here's an idea. Forget DA4. Remake DAI and include a  scene with the Inquisitor and Celene dancing. Whatever. The best part is my Inquisitor asking Josephine for a dance

You know those fancy masks the player gets after dealing with Celene? Its too bad there isn't any schematics for them.

For now, I'm heading to Crestwood.

Haha, I like your passion against her! (And some characters.)

Probably weird to you, but I really like Morrigan's romance, and her reaction when Inquisitor asked her about the Warden.
Solas isn't Anders. Solas don't annoy me, I find him a bit arrogant, but I don't have a problem with him really. It's interesting, what he says about the Fade and the spirits, and I like him in my group, because I don't like Vivienne in my group... so Dorian and he remain. I switch them, or bring both of them, depend on the Inquisitor's spec.

I would probably do it before, even you are going to keep the Wardens around. But then, I like to have as much time in the romance as possible.

For Cass, yeah, that was the only time I got that scene as well, with the trial turned on. It really made Cass come across as a big ol' hypocrite though, since 5 minutes before she's singing your praises in front of everyone. Then, in private, she lays into you for everything going wrong so far.

Went to Crestwood. Help the village by closing the rift in the lake. Met with Stroud. Lets go to the Western Approach even though we'll be approaching from the East.

Everyone stopped to get their picture taken. What a bunch of showoffs


Cassandra looks good wearing that mask. She even has a smirk.


The woman is waiting for the plane carrying her husband and kids. It should be arriving shortly. Not sure how long it takes to fly from the Hinterlands to the Western Approach.


Will be going to Adamant shortly