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Post by Catilina on Mar 30, 2017 21:11:42 GMT
fylimar , phoray . deadlydwarf : Leliana fine to me: I like that she is a little bit weird. I don't know which Divine version I like better: the diplomat or the murderer... Morrigan is great. From the beginning at the end. I never found her evil, and seems I was right. Her romance is pretty good, especially when in Inquisition she speak about her love. With Circle mage Wynne's standpoint was unacceptable, but I liked her past, behavior, and humor. Alistair is fine as long as Warden wants to execute Loghain. But I don't have any problem with drunk Alistair. I think, better way to harden him. He will be a good ruler. Loghain is a good teammate, and good "father", I like when he accept his "son" at the coronation ceremony, and also like him in DAI. I like Merrill in DA2, I see funny the contrast between her behavior and his obsession about the Eluvian and interest in the blood magic and spirits/demons. She not too wise, but not a naive, innocent girl. In DAO, DAA and DA2 I like all, included this vengeful choirboy. Who annoy me in DAI is Vivienne and Sera. Sera less, she just a little jerk, she has a chance to grow to a fine, big jerk, but Vivienne too old to change. I never lost Fenris. Wow, how do you managed not to loose Fenris? Being pro mage and all. <i got into DA2 without knowing anything about the companions - it was a really bad surprise to see Fenris fighting me in the end. At first I tried to be on good terms with everyone. I didn't take Fenris at "dangerous" place he was on ~80%. So: was easy to convince him to join us. But I lost Carver. Anders said, he hates Deep Roads, but Carver wanted to join to expedition... |
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Post by fylimar on Mar 30, 2017 21:19:17 GMT
Wow, how do you managed not to loose Fenris? Being pro mage and all. <i got into DA2 without knowing anything about the companions - it was a really bad surprise to see Fenris fighting me in the end. At first I tried to be on good terms with everyone. I didn't take Fenris at "dangerous" place he was on ~80%. So: was easy to convince him to join us. But I lost Carver. Anders said, he hates Deep Roads, but Carver wanted to join to expedition... Ouch - loosing the sibling is hard, too |
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Post by Catilina on Mar 30, 2017 21:32:48 GMT
At first I tried to be on good terms with everyone. I didn't take Fenris at "dangerous" place he was on ~80%. So: was easy to convince him to join us. But I lost Carver. Anders said, he hates Deep Roads, but Carver wanted to join to expedition... Ouch - loosing the sibling is hard, too I just saw that he doesn't squeak anymore ... later I started to like him. Fenris also annoyed me in this playthrough, despite I tried to save him. |
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Post by phoray on Mar 30, 2017 23:05:43 GMT
Wow, how do you managed not to loose Fenris? Being pro mage and all. <i got into DA2 without knowing anything about the companions - it was a really bad surprise to see Fenris fighting me in the end. The first time, I think, it must be luck because the friend rival system is so different. It's also possible to have gotten his rival up so much- the game does help you snowball the points in Act 2 if you're far enough along either path. I study the Wiki and can, carefully, friendmance Fenris as a pro mage character. He's 100% locked in (for me, everyone is) by end of Act 2, and then I can take anyone I want in Act 3. |
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Post by Catilina on Mar 30, 2017 23:17:22 GMT
Wow, how do you managed not to loose Fenris? Being pro mage and all. <i got into DA2 without knowing anything about the companions - it was a really bad surprise to see Fenris fighting me in the end. The first time, I think, it must be luck because the friend rival system is so different. It's also possible to have gotten his rival up so much- the game does help you snowball the points in Act 2 if you're far enough along either path. I study the Wiki and can, carefully, friendmance Fenris as a pro mage character. He's 100% locked in (for me, everyone is) by end of Act 2, and then I can take anyone I want in Act 3. Yes, needed some luck, and I constantly watched all characters' reaction, and give more moderated answers. As I said, he was on ~80%. And was not romance. In fact, I didn't like Fenris so much. First time Isabela also came back, and when he died, Carver also liked Hawke better, than the future Carvers. (I had one more Carver, who liked Hawke, on my Templar-end run.) Later I tried push the envelope. |
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 31, 2017 11:01:34 GMT
Talk to Hawke. Bliss. *jumps about* Broke up the fight between Varic and Cass. Bliss #2. *woot* I feel alive on seeing beloved chars again. *dances* Now listening to Two Steps From Hell and others while working on fic based on MET. *dives in happily*
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Post by deadlydwarf on Mar 31, 2017 12:27:54 GMT
and phoray I admit - my little treehugging heart likes to be on the good side with most companions. I have exeptions: I don't care about approval with Alistair, Morrigan and Oghren in DAO, Merrill and Sebastian in DA2 and Sera and Solas in DAI. But I never got Solas to the point, where I can hit him, because all my characters are kind of curious about things and since you get approval with Solas by simply asking questions, he is always on my good side. I kicked all of the above mentioned DAO companions out at some point (mostly Morrigan) and I managed to get Merrill to really hate me (I took her to all the quests involving blood magic and always decided against the blood magic - was not intentionally, but was fun) and Sebastian always gets the boot in the end. I have a hard time doing that to companions, I actually like (which is mostly the rest ... well... Leliana is a bit in between, but mostly ok). The exeption is Solas - I like him, I just love it, when he gets mad - he is acutally kind of cute when he is getting all puffed up about something (had such a scene with RIya, after she made the wardens allies)  Oh and I completely forgot, but I mangaed to loose Isabella and Fenris in my first DA2 playthrough. With Isa, I didn't have enough approval, so she just left with the tome of Koslun and Fenris joined the templars in the end, when I joined the mages, so Ihad to kill him. Isa was kind of fun, because it was so in character for her, but Fenris was really sad. I love Alistair, Morrigan, and Oghren has a redeeming charm in his final speech before the Archdemon. Whereas Wynn really began to irritate me, especially playing a circle hating mage. Leliana is just crazy on a variety of things, I kinda hate her.  I've done her personal quest two different ways and I think she's more true to herself when she admits she likes to murder people. It's her default go to resolution to all problems. I also rivaled Merril my second game and I felt like I was kicking a puppy. So, uh... Not going to bother doing that again, although it is rather easier than the friendship path considering those tomes. Sebastian amuses me- I like to rival him, and make him revel in his power hungry sin as he turns his back on the Chantry. Mwuahhahaha. But in the end, he wants you to kill Anders *sigh* and ruins all the fun. The one time I played with him, I was playing sociopath Aggro Male Hawke and killed Anders. The only time Sebastian will ever be pleased by the ending of DA2. And Fenris! I've also accidentally killed Fenris my first PT. But now I'm in lurve with him, so no way is that happening again. The only "I hate the Quiz" scenes I've gotten are from Vivienne. I love Viv hating me! Her scenes are so much better when she is biting you with her sharp words; she's so honest when she's not pretending to be your mom! All it takes is one conversation after allying the mages; argue that circles are not the way! The conversation itself is frustrating, but all the rest is gold. And then you don't have to do a single quest for the woman. ^^ Her quest is pretty dumb anyway. I've gotten close to getting Sera's hate scenes. She just hates you in such a childish way, from your pictures, it makes me laugh. I think rivaling Cassandra leads to an OOC scene for her. She is too strong minded and firm in her resolve to be falling apart like that. Like, geez, Cass. Get it together, it's not that bad. I wish I could get Jose to hate me, that'd be interesting to see how she gets angry at you. But alas, Advisor status. You can kinda get one scene with Leliana where she insults you, but it doesn't stick. Egads, I hate the woman. Maybe I should kill her in Origins, so she's a tragic ghost that fades away in Trespasser. And I've not gotten Solas angry except for the two convos about keeping the Wardens and drinking from the well. He's actually quite easy to please. But I've seen some of his angry scenes on Youtube and I like him losing his composure and saying too much. fylimar Catilina Hmmm...generally like all the characters in DAO despite themselves. Nothing highlights the differences between the characters than having them deliver condolence letters to widows as one of your Blackstone Mercenaries quests. The "good" companions - Alistair, Leliana, and Wynne all gave thoughtful condolence messages to the widows. The "bad" companions - Morrigan, Sten, Zevran, and Oghren all gave not so good messages to the widows. (Sten's message was really hilarious!) My Wardens generally romance Leliana. Given her background, I cut her some slack; despite her background as a bard, she's trying to be a better person. Her dilemma is trying to balance ideals with being practical and ruthless. In DA2, I preferred female companions over males with the exception of Varric. I'm not a fan of either Fenris or Anders. It's kind of odd thinking of the three Acts of DA2: your biggest challenge, really, is managing your friends - and YOU DON'T SUCCEED! Isabela's shenanigans bring down the wrath of the Qunari on Kirkwall, getting innocent people killed. You spend much of the game trying to keep the peace, fighting both extremist Templars and blood mages - and then Anders conducts a terrorist attack against the Grand Cathedral, possibly even implicating your Hawke in the crime if you were foolish enough to collect manure for him! Anders figuratively stabs your Hawke in the back and your only possible way to punish him is to literally stab Anders in the back? For those who choose to remain loyal to Anders after that, shouldn't you start Inquisition with Hawke and Anders being suspects in the explosion at the Temple of Sacred Ashes? Rather than wanting Hawke as a possible leader of the Inquisition - in this particular case - shouldn't Leliana and Cassandra be hunting Hawke down as a criminal? As to the companions of Inquisition, I don't truly hate any of them, but I do find certain companion combinations annoying. mixing Blackwall or Sera with Vivienne always results in class warfare. Putting both Sera and Blackwall on a team is also annoying. If you really want to annoy one of the companions - Blackwall in particular - bring your target and Cole along! Cole's mission is to "help the hurt," but mostly, he just rubs salt into old wounds. |
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Post by deadlydwarf on Mar 31, 2017 12:46:58 GMT
Revas went to the Hissing Wastes to defeat the last large group of Venatori. In addition, she closed a number of rifts and explored some mysterious dwarven tombs, uncovering some magnificent schematics and enchanted equipment. She also ran into some stray bands of Red Templars and a dragon.
She then went back to Empris de Leon to kill the three dragons that threatened the population there.
On the Storm Coast, the Blades of Hessarian, now agents of the Inquisition, were rebuilding the old dwarven port that Revas liberated from the Red Templars. To ensure the success of this project, she went to explore a nearby island - and found another dragon that needed to be dealt with.
Gamer Note: From the vanilla game, all that is left are some rifts in the Exalted Plain and the area across the bridge. Also, all the side missions - the Temple of Dirthamen, the Elven ruins, the Sulevin Blade, etc. I'm not sure if I want to finish those or move on to a DLC. As to the DLC, I know I want to do Trespasser to see how relations are with Cass, Sera, and Viv two years later. (Amazing that the Fair Weather Friends trial put me at war with all the female companions!) Also want to see how the Blackwall romance finishes. OTOH, I'm not sure if I want to bother with Descent or JOH, both of which I've done twice. I'll be away from my desktop for the next two days, so I'll see what I'm in the mood for on Monday.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Mar 31, 2017 12:53:44 GMT
Talk to Hawke. Bliss. *jumps about* Broke up the fight between Varic and Cass. Bliss #2. *woot* I feel alive on seeing beloved chars again. *dances* Now listening to Two Steps From Hell and others while working on fic based on MET. *dives in happily*
OG, how did your foray into Andromeda go? Worth getting? (Are the glitches minor? Or do they ruin the game?) For those new to Mass Effect, should they do the Trilogy first? Also, how rough are the PC system requirements? (I have a two year old Alienware desktop. Also a PS4...) And welcome back to Thedas! (The Venatori and the Red Templars would like to have a word with you...) |
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Post by Catilina on Mar 31, 2017 14:19:05 GMT
I love Alistair, Morrigan, and Oghren has a redeeming charm in his final speech before the Archdemon. Whereas Wynn really began to irritate me, especially playing a circle hating mage. Leliana is just crazy on a variety of things, I kinda hate her. I've done her personal quest two different ways and I think she's more true to herself when she admits she likes to murder people. It's her default go to resolution to all problems. I also rivaled Merril my second game and I felt like I was kicking a puppy. So, uh... Not going to bother doing that again, although it is rather easier than the friendship path considering those tomes. Sebastian amuses me- I like to rival him, and make him revel in his power hungry sin as he turns his back on the Chantry. Mwuahhahaha. But in the end, he wants you to kill Anders *sigh* and ruins all the fun. The one time I played with him, I was playing sociopath Aggro Male Hawke and killed Anders. The only time Sebastian will ever be pleased by the ending of DA2. And Fenris! I've also accidentally killed Fenris my first PT. But now I'm in lurve with him, so no way is that happening again. The only "I hate the Quiz" scenes I've gotten are from Vivienne. I love Viv hating me! Her scenes are so much better when she is biting you with her sharp words; she's so honest when she's not pretending to be your mom! All it takes is one conversation after allying the mages; argue that circles are not the way! The conversation itself is frustrating, but all the rest is gold. And then you don't have to do a single quest for the woman. ^^ Her quest is pretty dumb anyway. I've gotten close to getting Sera's hate scenes. She just hates you in such a childish way, from your pictures, it makes me laugh. I think rivaling Cassandra leads to an OOC scene for her. She is too strong minded and firm in her resolve to be falling apart like that. Like, geez, Cass. Get it together, it's not that bad. I wish I could get Jose to hate me, that'd be interesting to see how she gets angry at you. But alas, Advisor status. You can kinda get one scene with Leliana where she insults you, but it doesn't stick. Egads, I hate the woman. Maybe I should kill her in Origins, so she's a tragic ghost that fades away in Trespasser. And I've not gotten Solas angry except for the two convos about keeping the Wardens and drinking from the well. He's actually quite easy to please. But I've seen some of his angry scenes on Youtube and I like him losing his composure and saying too much. fylimar Catilina Hmmm...generally like all the characters in DAO despite themselves. Nothing highlights the differences between the characters than having them deliver condolence letters to widows as one of your Blackstone Mercenaries quests. The "good" companions - Alistair, Leliana, and Wynne all gave thoughtful condolence messages to the widows. The "bad" companions - Morrigan, Sten, Zevran, and Oghren all gave not so good messages to the widows. (Sten's message was really hilarious!) My Wardens generally romance Leliana. Given her background, I cut her some slack; despite her background as a bard, she's trying to be a better person. Her dilemma is trying to balance ideals with being practical and ruthless. In DA2, I preferred female companions over males with the exception of Varric. I'm not a fan of either Fenris or Anders. It's kind of odd thinking of the three Acts of DA2: your biggest challenge, really, is managing your friends - and YOU DON'T SUCCEED! Isabela's shenanigans bring down the wrath of the Qunari on Kirkwall, getting innocent people killed. You spend much of the game trying to keep the peace, fighting both extremist Templars and blood mages - and then Anders conducts a terrorist attack against the Grand Cathedral, possibly even implicating your Hawke in the crime if you were foolish enough to collect manure for him! Anders figuratively stabs your Hawke in the back and your only possible way to punish him is to literally stab Anders in the back? For those who choose to remain loyal to Anders after that, shouldn't you start Inquisition with Hawke and Anders being suspects in the explosion at the Temple of Sacred Ashes? Rather than wanting Hawke as a possible leader of the Inquisition - in this particular case - shouldn't Leliana and Cassandra be hunting Hawke down as a criminal?
As to the companions of Inquisition, I don't truly hate any of them, but I do find certain companion combinations annoying. mixing Blackwall or Sera with Vivienne always results in class warfare. Putting both Sera and Blackwall on a team is also annoying. If you really want to annoy one of the companions - Blackwall in particular - bring your target and Cole along! Cole's mission is to "help the hurt," but mostly, he just rubs salt into old wounds. Oh, I would like to see this version, would be fine, yes. But Cassandra desperately looks for someone, who can handle this situation. If Hawke supported mages, Cassandra would be able to acquit him/her, because she sees a chance than Hawke can handle the rebel mages. Perhaps difficult to understand this position, but somehow imaginable. About Anders: just as the Seekers, the Chantry failed, undoubtedly. Anders' act can't call "terrorism", that was an effective final solution, and Anders won: the rebellion started. Based on my first origin, I never see the Circle as some kind solution, I was able to see just as an incredible cruel tool of the abuse of power. Later, in Inquisition this confirmed: it was not the original intention. So: from this perspective, Anders' act is understandable and acceptable, the Chantry's not. Yes, if Hawke's goal to save the city, s/he seems fail: Normally the "protective knights in shining armor" would be a good choice, but s/he don't have any logical reason to support Meredith, because Meredith (and Elthina's impotence/malevolence) is the biggest threat to the city, even without red lyrium knowledge (she have too much power, and she and her Templars hinder Aveline's work – for example), these Knights sadly serve the "dark side". Therein a case, however, if Hawke supports the mages, the city can get rid of the every burden: Mages, Templars, and (thanks to Anders too): Elthina. If Hawke executes Anders, Sebastian's army doesn't threat the city. Then: a protective Hawke can lose his/her property, but save the city. This is the ideal end for a protective Hawke (I think, this is your choice). (But if Hawke spares Anders' life don't forget: s/he not responsible for Sebastian's future actions, only Sebastian's responsible for his own crime, just as Anders/Hawke for his/her own.) |
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 31, 2017 14:31:52 GMT
OG, how did your foray into Andromeda go? Worth getting? (Are the glitches minor? Or do they ruin the game?) For those new to Mass Effect, should they do the Trilogy first? Also, how rough are the PC system requirements? (I have a two year old Alienware desktop. Also a PS4...) And welcome back to Thedas! (The Venatori and the Red Templars would like to have a word with you...) *sigh* For me, MEA is a lot lot less than MET. This is just me, others probably like it. The story and the chars are bland. The writing is questionable and lacking. There are many things I can say but I'll just say I enjoyed the exploration on the planets that can be landed on, the combat and crafting. Will I play a second PT? I tried but after making the char, I couldn't go on because I felt bored. I played ME 1 and 2 many times and I never felt bored. ME2 the most. Why? Because of the story and love / attachment to the protag; I always play femShep, never guy Shep as he's just not appealing. The ME2 chars are interesting / fascinating / engaging. ME2 is the best of the ME series in my book. The MEA glitches are minor / mild, I didn't get any major freeze or anything for single player. For those new to ME, they can do MEA, there's little connection to MET. That's the entire point to MEA, Bioware ME team want to distance themselves from the trilogy. How do I feel about the premise of MEA? Utter stupidity / not impressed. Here's the PC requirements. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350 MEMORY: 8 GB RAM VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space DIRECTX: DirectX 11 RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD FX-8350 MEMORY: 16 GB RAM VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 480 4GB HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space DIRECTX: DirectX 11 |
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Post by Catilina on Mar 31, 2017 14:49:28 GMT
OG, how did your foray into Andromeda go? Worth getting? (Are the glitches minor? Or do they ruin the game?) For those new to Mass Effect, should they do the Trilogy first? Also, how rough are the PC system requirements? (I have a two year old Alienware desktop. Also a PS4...) And welcome back to Thedas! (The Venatori and the Red Templars would like to have a word with you...) *sigh* For me, MEA is a lot lot less than MET. This is just me, others probably like it. The story and the chars are bland. The writing is questionable and lacking. There are many things I can say but I'll just say I enjoyed the exploration on the planets that can be landed on, the combat and crafting. Will I play a second PT? I tried but after making the char, I couldn't go on because I felt bored. I played ME 1 and 2 many times and I never felt bored. ME2 the most. Why? Because of the story and love / attachment to the protag; I always play femShep, never guy Shep as he's just not appealing. The ME2 chars are interesting / fascinating / engaging. ME2 is the best of the ME series in my book. The MEA glitches are minor / mild, I didn't get any major freeze or anything for single player. For those new to ME, they can do MEA, there's little connection to MET. That's the entire point to MEA, Bioware ME team want to distance themselves from the trilogy. How do I feel about the premise of MEA? Utter stupidity / not impressed. Here's the PC requirements.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350
MEMORY: 8 GB RAM
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space
DIRECTX: DirectX 11
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD FX-8350
MEMORY: 16 GB RAM
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 480 4GB
HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space
DIRECTX: DirectX 11 The MEA reminds me to the Inquistion, and this isn't my favorite DA-game. I also liked the MET better. |
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Post by phoray on Mar 31, 2017 14:49:32 GMT
Talk to Hawke. Bliss. *jumps about* Broke up the fight between Varic and Cass. Bliss #2. *woot* I feel alive on seeing beloved chars again. *dances* Now listening to Two Steps From Hell and others while working on fic based on MET. *dives in happily* I tried 8 hours of the trial after playing ME2 and ME3. I had a handful of complaints about Femshep as a protagonist but have quite a lot more about the Ryder protagonist. Couldn't wait to finish ME3... Felt relieved when, at 8 hours, I told myself I'd given an honest try and I could stop playing. The prologue was Excellent but unravels from there and the battle mechanics were worse than ME3 IMO. I was super excited about the family element reminding me of DA2 but it goes to waste to try to make the protagonist be a the special snowflake they needed Ryder to be. I think DA has got the right of it, with different protagonists, better writing, and a relationship system that doesn't depend on the binary choice of whether or not you did their loyalty mission. Also prefer people being a shit and leaving vs the only way of getting rid f people in ME seem to be killing them off. That all said, I recommend one play of the OT, possibly skipping ME1 and starting off with ME2. It's a ride and I don't regret a minute of it. Am I going to replay the MET more than twice? Probably not. DA is my world of darkness and magic and elves melbella may have a more positive review @domi definitely has a positive review Edit add: there is a minor review of Turian career expectations, the Krogan genophage, and Salarian "think outside the box." I saw no explanation of Asari stuff, except from a Human of all things. I kinda think they TRIED to help players who had never played MET but I think they fell short. I wouldn't have caught anything as the genophage as being particularly explanatory if I were a new player. But I hear they recommend you read their ten books of codex...ugh |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 14:59:55 GMT
Yeah, I certainly do, but you guys all know that ME is my gamegasm, while DA world was less of an attraction to me from the get go. Andromeda is also very SWTOR like, so it's my two loves combined, and I can also play gorgeous Asian characters and I am notoriously insensitive to the flaws that drive the folks nuts, so yeah...
I have nothing but bubbly, genuine excitement.
plus, yeah, MP that I adore got a new lease on life in Andromeda, and felt was completely inaccessible to me in DA:I at this time to even try once, which annoyed me deeply, even though I did not share it here, since you folks are all SP crowd really.
Anyway, yeah, I can't make myself to go finish Trespasser, even though it's probably half-way done, I just cannot tear myself from Andromeda. It's so my game, it's not even funny.
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Post by Catilina on Mar 31, 2017 15:06:46 GMT
Yeah, I certainly do, but you guys all know that ME is my gamegasm, while DA world was less of an attraction to me from the get go. Andromeda is also very SWTOR like, so it's my two loves combined, and I can also play gorgeous Asian characters and I am notoriously insensitive to the flaws that drive the folks nuts, so yeah... I have nothing but bubbly, genuine excitement. plus, yeah, MP that I adore got a new lease on life in Andromeda, and felt was completely inaccessible to me in DA:I at this time to even try once, which annoyed me deeply, even though I did not share it here, since you folks are all SP crowd really. Anyway, yeah, I can't make myself to go finish Trespasser, even though it's probably half-way done, I just cannot tear myself from Andromeda. It's so my game, it's not even funny. I also enjoy MEA, but I have similar MMO feeling, as in the case of Inquisition. The exploration makes more sense, but tiresome, especially the mining system. And still, I hate the stupid road blocks. I like to go fast and straight forward... Instead/behind the Nomad, I would prefer an air vehicle... |
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Post by phoray on Mar 31, 2017 15:11:35 GMT
Yeah, I certainly do, but you guys all know that ME is my gamegasm, while DA world was less of an attraction to me from the get go. Anyway, yeah, I can't make myself to go finish Trespasser, even though it's probably half-way done, I just cannot tear myself from Andromeda. It's so my game, it's not even funny. I also enjoy MEA, but I have similar MMO feeling, as in the case of Inquisition. The exploration makes more sense, but tiresome, especially the mining system. And still, I hate the stupid road blocks. I like to go fast and straight forward... Instead/behind the Nomad, I would prefer an air vehicle... I love that in Trespasser I can just buy what I need to craft. So freeing. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 15:21:50 GMT
I find locomotion way better than the Inquisition though, and those "on hold" quest markers are a blessing, plus the clear direction what to do next... it's frigging awesome compared to Inquisition's complete disregard for hand-holding.
I also do like the team more. Dorian was awesome, but the dark side of being able to play various races but not really if you want to say romance Solas really hit me hard in Inquisition.
I also like the looks of everyone way, way, way better than in Inquisition. I know, it's really shallow, but between Blackwall, Solas and Iron Bull, I seriously was taken aback by all of them being so ugly. I mean, they actually went into troubles of giving the IB menboobs and bleached Solas into some sort of a stomach parasite look. Blackwall is plain terrifying.
In Andromeda, yeah, Liam is not that handsome, but when they do a close up on him when he does push-ups, and then do a close-up of his eyes, yeah, they cared for him being attractive if not in a conventional way. Imo that's a correct approach, he is not an Abercrombie man flesh, but he has nice features to notice. Or at least he is not revolting.
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Post by Catilina on Mar 31, 2017 15:41:54 GMT
I find locomotion way better than the Inquisition though, and those "on hold" quest markers are a blessing, plus the clear direction what to do next... it's frigging awesome compared to Inquisition's complete disregard for hand-holding. I also do like the team more. Dorian was awesome, but the dark side of being able to play various races but not really if you want to say romance Solas really hit me hard in Inquisition. I also like the looks of everyone way, way, way better than in Inquisition. I know, it's really shallow, but between Blackwall, Solas and Iron Bull, I seriously was taken aback by all of them being so ugly. I mean, they actually went into troubles of giving the IB menboobs and bleached Solas into some sort of a stomach parasite look. Blackwall is plain terrifying. In Andromeda, yeah, Liam is not that handsome, but when they do a close up on him when he does push-ups, and then do a close-up of his eyes, yeah, they cared for him being attractive if not in a conventional way. Imo that's a correct approach, he is not an Abercrombie man flesh, but he has nice features to notice. Or at least he is not revolting. In my eyes, Solas' only benefit that he's not really attractive. If Solas would be attractive, that would make me sad... Dorian is a walking stereotype with some good kind patriotism. The latter that I like about him. Iron Bull's also not so attractive too, but I can live with his flaws. His nature (as Tal Vashoth) is attractive – for me ofc. I like Blackwall. I like Andromeda's squad mates. I like the staff. I don't like, that Gil have little content. (My personal problem...) |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 15:48:21 GMT
I did not want all of them to be attractive, but at least one of them. Between the racial restriction on Cullen, and Dorian being gay, on my female PC I was out of If not good-looking, then at least not downright revolting men to court. In Andromeda both squadmates don't look scary, and Reyes is actually handsome.
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Post by phoray on Mar 31, 2017 16:10:00 GMT
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Cullen: I am lucky in that I don't mind the racial restriction due to the fact that I am a city elf 1st, human 2nd, and Dalish Elf/Dwarf are about equivalent for me. Also, he was added on, we almost didn't get him at all. I'm not a fan of his fur shrug or the close up in Val Royeux where you can see his facial hair scragglies.
Solas: Find his lack of content to detract from the romance entirely. Only his Elven God Status gets him a place in one of my 4 canon worlds and if they ditch his importance in DA4, then I may kick him from my canon world rotation. I don't see him like a pale vampire like other folks, but he is so distant that it's hard to feel like he's attracted at all. Like, he comes pre friend zoning you with no fliker of heat anywhere, and you have to intentionally flirt with him then eat his face before his tone changes.
Blackwall: I liked him for his passionate kisses and Warden Idealism that reminded me of Alistair. Regardless of gender, he comes to SKyhold holding you up to his ideal and he already respects you and thinks you can do great things. Except he'd also seen the dark side of people, so he wasn't totally naieve like Alistair. I definitely do NOT find his Beard, Santa Clause Cheeks, or Quilt clothing to be attractive
Iron Bull: OMG, why the BDSM. The closest I've ever gotten is an intentional one night stand. But also, his head doesn't match his body. I actually had that problem every time I crafted a Qunari woman. The ratios would be so far off, I'd have to try again in the CC. I also don't like casual romances (Iron Bull, Garrus?). I like the story of love at first sight (Alistair, Cullen) and passionate confessions from the ones who don't believe in love at all or for themselves. (I'm thinking Zevran, Fenris, Anders, Thane, Isabella.)
Cullen was passibly attractive, the lens of the romance improves him, but honestly, I think Josephine is the closest to conventionally model like attractive- they did better with all the women, except Sera.
Edit Add: MEA is weirdly full of a lot of humans. More than I feel like was in the other ME games. Suvi, Cora, Liam, Gil, Reyes as romance options. 5 humans to date, one of them has to be attractive to someone.
Whereas in ME2, my options were Jacob the Human, Garrus the Space Cockroach, and Thane the Space Lizard as straight female options.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 16:26:26 GMT
Well, Liam looks like a fairly normal human face-wise, with a great body and beautiful eyes. Jaal is one of the most attractive male aliens they have build, despite the color scheme. Reyes is very handsome. By definition, no racial restrictions. So, I feel that I at least have options.
(Shrug) I did not mind playing a gay for two games in a row in DA (voice in DA2, romances in Inquisition), but I like it that both male and female protagonist are appealing to me in Andromeda (and were in MET as well). So, that's two play-through right there.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Mar 31, 2017 18:01:39 GMT
Well, Liam looks like a fairly normal human face-wise, with a great body and beautiful eyes. Jaal is one of the most attractive male aliens they have build, despite the color scheme. Reyes is very handsome. By definition, no racial restrictions. So, I feel that I at least have options. (Shrug) I did not mind playing a gay for two games in a row in DA (voice in DA2, romances in Inquisition), but I like it that both male and female protagonist are appealing to me in Andromeda (and were in MET as well). So, that's two play-through right there. I'm glad you're enjoying Andromeda! Just curious how you'd compare it with the original ME trilogy? Or is it too early in your first PT? phoray Thanks for your insights! I'm probably more DA than ME myself. If the trial version is still available, I may give it a shot too. |
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Post by fylimar on Mar 31, 2017 18:34:41 GMT
I love Alistair, Morrigan, and Oghren has a redeeming charm in his final speech before the Archdemon. Whereas Wynn really began to irritate me, especially playing a circle hating mage. Leliana is just crazy on a variety of things, I kinda hate her. I've done her personal quest two different ways and I think she's more true to herself when she admits she likes to murder people. It's her default go to resolution to all problems. I also rivaled Merril my second game and I felt like I was kicking a puppy. So, uh... Not going to bother doing that again, although it is rather easier than the friendship path considering those tomes. Sebastian amuses me- I like to rival him, and make him revel in his power hungry sin as he turns his back on the Chantry. Mwuahhahaha. But in the end, he wants you to kill Anders *sigh* and ruins all the fun. The one time I played with him, I was playing sociopath Aggro Male Hawke and killed Anders. The only time Sebastian will ever be pleased by the ending of DA2. And Fenris! I've also accidentally killed Fenris my first PT. But now I'm in lurve with him, so no way is that happening again. The only "I hate the Quiz" scenes I've gotten are from Vivienne. I love Viv hating me! Her scenes are so much better when she is biting you with her sharp words; she's so honest when she's not pretending to be your mom! All it takes is one conversation after allying the mages; argue that circles are not the way! The conversation itself is frustrating, but all the rest is gold. And then you don't have to do a single quest for the woman. ^^ Her quest is pretty dumb anyway. I've gotten close to getting Sera's hate scenes. She just hates you in such a childish way, from your pictures, it makes me laugh. I think rivaling Cassandra leads to an OOC scene for her. She is too strong minded and firm in her resolve to be falling apart like that. Like, geez, Cass. Get it together, it's not that bad. I wish I could get Jose to hate me, that'd be interesting to see how she gets angry at you. But alas, Advisor status. You can kinda get one scene with Leliana where she insults you, but it doesn't stick. Egads, I hate the woman. Maybe I should kill her in Origins, so she's a tragic ghost that fades away in Trespasser. And I've not gotten Solas angry except for the two convos about keeping the Wardens and drinking from the well. He's actually quite easy to please. But I've seen some of his angry scenes on Youtube and I like him losing his composure and saying too much. fylimar Catilina Hmmm...generally like all the characters in DAO despite themselves. Nothing highlights the differences between the characters than having them deliver condolence letters to widows as one of your Blackstone Mercenaries quests. The "good" companions - Alistair, Leliana, and Wynne all gave thoughtful condolence messages to the widows. The "bad" companions - Morrigan, Sten, Zevran, and Oghren all gave not so good messages to the widows. (Sten's message was really hilarious!) My Wardens generally romance Leliana. Given her background, I cut her some slack; despite her background as a bard, she's trying to be a better person. Her dilemma is trying to balance ideals with being practical and ruthless. In DA2, I preferred female companions over males with the exception of Varric. I'm not a fan of either Fenris or Anders. It's kind of odd thinking of the three Acts of DA2: your biggest challenge, really, is managing your friends - and YOU DON'T SUCCEED! Isabela's shenanigans bring down the wrath of the Qunari on Kirkwall, getting innocent people killed. You spend much of the game trying to keep the peace, fighting both extremist Templars and blood mages - and then Anders conducts a terrorist attack against the Grand Cathedral, possibly even implicating your Hawke in the crime if you were foolish enough to collect manure for him! Anders figuratively stabs your Hawke in the back and your only possible way to punish him is to literally stab Anders in the back? For those who choose to remain loyal to Anders after that, shouldn't you start Inquisition with Hawke and Anders being suspects in the explosion at the Temple of Sacred Ashes? Rather than wanting Hawke as a possible leader of the Inquisition - in this particular case - shouldn't Leliana and Cassandra be hunting Hawke down as a criminal? As to the companions of Inquisition, I don't truly hate any of them, but I do find certain companion combinations annoying. mixing Blackwall or Sera with Vivienne always results in class warfare. Putting both Sera and Blackwall on a team is also annoying. If you really want to annoy one of the companions - Blackwall in particular - bring your target and Cole along! Cole's mission is to "help the hurt," but mostly, he just rubs salt into old wounds. I always thought of Zevran as more of a good guy. Certsinly not a bad one. He might have doubtful morals, but even Leliana has that and she is generally considered the good girl in the party. Once Zevran commits to the warden, he is actually a very loyal and true friend/lover with a refreshing lack of drama. I must say, companion wise, DAO is the weakest for me, I like Zevran, Wynne, Sten and Dog and that's it. I have mostly no problems with the DA2 and DAI companions, Merrill and Sera, I explained already, still, they find their place occasionally in my groups, and Sebastian does not exist. About Hawke being the main suspect with the temple of sacred ashes: I think Cullen might have threw in some good words about Hawke, I mean, Hawke never was directly involved with blowing up the church and letting Anders live does not mean, one agrees with him. My Hawkes are always mad at him, but he is a friend and he is in trouble and needs help. If Aveline or Meredith (or Sebastian) disagree, they should act themselves and not ask the bystanding citizen to do their jobs. SO I think, a mage supporting Hawke , who is not fond of blowing up churches, might be someone, the mages might trust, when it comes to peace talks with the chantry, so I kind of get, why Cass and Leliana tried to find Hawke. And it seems, Cullen is kind of fond of Hawke regardless of her choices, my Hawke even told him, that he is a douchebag for his opinion, that mages are not people and he still greets her as a good friend - it's kind of realistic, they could agree on a lot of things, just not about mages. Inara traveled into the future with Dorian (and I still hear the theme song from Doctor Who every time that quest begins ). She took Blackwall and Varric with her and allied the mages in the end. They deserve a chance. After that some of the companions voiced different opinions, but they are not the Herald of Andraste so they can shut it (Inara was a bit more polite though and even got some approval out of them) |
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Post by fylimar on Mar 31, 2017 18:43:13 GMT
OG, how did your foray into Andromeda go? Worth getting? (Are the glitches minor? Or do they ruin the game?) For those new to Mass Effect, should they do the Trilogy first? Also, how rough are the PC system requirements? (I have a two year old Alienware desktop. Also a PS4...) And welcome back to Thedas! (The Venatori and the Red Templars would like to have a word with you...) I tried 8 hours of the trial after playing ME2 and ME3. I had a handful of complaints about Femshep as a protagonist but have quite a lot more about the Ryder protagonist. Couldn't wait to finish ME3... Felt relieved when, at 8 hours, I told myself I'd given an honest try and I could stop playing. The prologue was Excellent but unravels from there and the battle mechanics were worse than ME3 IMO. I was super excited about the family element reminding me of DA2 but it goes to waste to try to make the protagonist be a the special snowflake they needed Ryder to be. I think DA has got the right of it, with different protagonists, better writing, and a relationship system that doesn't depend on the binary choice of whether or not you did their loyalty mission. Also prefer people being a shit and leaving vs the only way of getting rid f people in ME seem to be killing them off. That all said, I recommend one play of the OT, possibly skipping ME1 and starting off with ME2. It's a ride and I don't regret a minute of it. Am I going to replay the MET more than twice? Probably not. DA is my world of darkness and magic and elves melbella may have a more positive review @domi definitely has a positive review Edit add: there is a minor review of Turian career expectations, the Krogan genophage, and Salarian "think outside the box." I saw no explanation of Asari stuff, except from a Human of all things. I kinda think they TRIED to help players who had never played MET but I think they fell short. I wouldn't have caught anything as the genophage as being particularly explanatory if I were a new player. But I hear they recommend you read their ten books of codex...ugh Maybe I should try MEA. I never really warmed up to Shepard, but liked the universe and wished, I could play someone else than Shepard (sorry Shep-fans), maybe Ryder would be more my cup of tea. I'm still mad though, that they still stick to human protagonists, but I guess, the majority of players want that. I would love to play an Asari or Turian (in the single player game, I know, I can play those in multi player) or Salarian @domi Being a bit like SWTOR is actually a good thing for me. I played SWTOR a long time and loved it, so maybe MEA could become the first ME game, I actually finish (I'm resolved to play through ME2 at least though, because of the Garrus romance, he was one of the few companions from ME1, I actually really liked) Edit: oh and I defintively more of a DA than ME gal too, though I like the universe of ME. I would love to play ME as a pen & paper roleplaying game |
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Post by phoray on Mar 31, 2017 18:46:35 GMT
fylimarIs Inara going for Jose? that seems to be a flirt line I spy there. I'm curious about the Jose romance- she seems to ignore the flirts of a female entirely. What is absolutely the last minute flirt you can take to start the romance? I guess I'm wondering when her soft lock is.
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I've done her personal quest two different ways and I think she's more true to herself when she admits she likes to murder people. It's her default go to resolution to all problems. 
