What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Well, I did two unexpected things yesterday. The first one was finishing the game Emprise du lion, was a lot of fun as usual, particularly Suledin Keep, and then went to the winter palace. Lately I've been totally giving in to sheer peer pressure and have been reconciling Celene and Briala Honestly, I've been doing it only because most companions seem to prefer the peaceful resolution and who doesn't? That's always cool! But, I wanted to replay my canon as it used to be, and that means Briala leads in the shadows. It also means, no searching for hallas, and that makes the quest super straight forward, so I finished it pretty fast. It was also a lot of fun, things are much more dramatic this way and I like fighting the duchess. I remembered why this is my canon, and it's definitely not only about liking better Briala on her own and hating having to support either Celene or Gaspard

Since I finished the Winter Palace faster than I expected, I thought I had time to play a little more So after learning about the eluvian and before going to the Temple of Mythal, felt like a good moment to go all elfy and do the temple of Dirthamen, and even though I did all kind of mistakes there (first, I didn't take a rogue with me, so halfway through I had to come back for Varric , but I was also getting lost all the time and my set up for combat was meant for three mages and I suffered with only two), I had everything ready to start What Pride Had Wrought and it was still more/less early... And because I was having so much fun, and because I like so much that last part of the game, I got completely carried away and decided to finish the pt, even if meant losing sleep

This is probably the reason why I did the second unexpected thing: letting Morrigan drink from the well I never do... for a lot of reasons, being incapable of resisting temptation and not trusting Morrigan in the slightest being the main ones But I think I was tired, and I remember discussing here in a thread how little you gain from drinking and how much you're risking... I was there thinking, am I really going to let her drink? And I asked my companions their opinions, and both Dorian and Cassandra told me not to drink. And I didn't. So, after all, this pt is not my canon Or it might be, who knows, I'm a shameless metagamer and I don' have high hopes for an Inquisitor who drinks, I'm fearing someone is going to die because your will is not your own. In fact, this might not be my canon, but I think it's going to be the first worldstate I'll use in DA4, because in both my completionist pts I drink and I don't want that risk in my first pt

Even if it's the safe option, I have to say that I still don't like letting Morrigan drink, and it's not only about how much I don't trust her and how much I want to drink myself. I like having a real dragon fight with me and I like fighting her to tame her or win her respect or whatever that fight it's about And I don't like the dialogue with Solas if you don't drink, it seems a little off to me, I had to headcanon that it went differently. The good thing is that you get inmediately the break up scene so I forgot quickly about it. Btw, I still love the break up scene, it so cool.

Also, about Rub Some Dirt on It, in case it's of any use for anyone and as note for me for future pts, it took me some time to realize that it makes health potions completely useless, as in it's better to set it so that no one ever drinks, because it's just a movement wasted You have to completely rely on heal on kill and life drain to restore health, and more than anything else avoid damage. So now I know for the next time I try it, that it's pointless to pick the perk to get 12 health potions or to spend resources in upgrading them, and that I should care more about grenades, because I definitely could have used more grenades against Imshael and Samsom and good armor, of course, that goes without saying Also, next time I'm turning Travel Light on too because, since health potions are completely useless, it's shoudln't make any difference.

Still, I managed to go through with it up until Corypheus, when I failed my first try, I reasoned that it was to be expected since there's not a lot of ocassions for heal on kill, and turned it off. Kind of regreted later though, becasue the second time was as easy as usual and I thought that maybe if I would have tried again, being more careful to recieve the least damage possible, maybe I could have managed. Anyway, I like to have a challenge set for when I come back to play DA

Speaking of which, today I'll do Trespasser and that will be the end of DA for a while, I'm feeling kind of nostalgic already Tresspaser is great way to say good bye, though

And one last picture, after saving the world

So, I was halfway through The Descent when I had to reboot my PC ... at which point my computer became stuck in a 'Performing Automatic Repair' death spiral . I have tried everything up to and including reinstalling Windows, but I'm pretty sure my C: drive is toast.

Fingers crossed it's only the C: drive, and not the E: and F: as well, which is where my save files are. Reinstalling everything is going to be enough of a pain without losing my current saves. (I only put them safely in the cloud after I finish a character.)

Have you looked through this archive of tech support problems?

help.ea.com/en/dragon-age/dragon-age-inquisition/

You may be able to find someone who had the same issues.  I'd still complain to customer service that a DLC bought separately doesn't work with your original game.  They might find it easier to give you the GOTY download rather than troubleshoot the problem.

Nothing like an American who thinks he knows a foreign language!  (Then again, would it have been a Canadian?)  I'd say contact customer service again.  Tell them their previous solutions didn't work.  Eventually, I believe they'll just give you the GOTY download.  Message domi and see what she did. 

Starting a thread here is also smart.  (You know I've done that more than once!)  We all play the same games and frequently have the same problems!    But misery loves company!

After all the problems, I want to make a positive post: I can play again (still have Origin download issues, but I worked around that for now) and Riyas adventures can continue: She saved poor Storvacker and chatted a bit with Scout Harding (the Mayhem talk was great). And the group found a creepy skull in the swamp.