What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Is there a thread to talk about Knight Errant or does nobody care?

And, there we go, the official end of DA2 for Blaze, the Mage-Tyrant of Kirkwall

The two things where RP did not quite push the game where I wanted it to go were:
- I did not accumulate enough Rivalry Points to hand Isabela over to Arishok. That still annoys me
-At one and only one point I did not pick the “I support Meredith” option, telling Orsino and Meredith they are both wrong. Which made sense at the time, but from that point on, the game assumed Blaze supported mages, despite her always acting in concert with Templars. I guess that’s what lost Blaze the title of the Viscountess too.

EDIT: Apparently I got the title! Thanks, Catilina for pointing it out.

I am still not sure which romance would have been better for Blaze, Sebastian’s or Fenris’, but since she did not get the title, Sebastian’s final “in another life” words, and the fact that he kept responding to her flirts while she was still committed to Fenris (and got that big “I can’t imagine life without you” kiss scene in the end) ultimately was more believable, seeing Sebastian should not overlook obvious viciousness of her character.

EDIT: Will throw it into the missed RP opportunities pile, b/c I did not know I would get Sebastian.

Despite my years in the West, and my deep respect for medieval spiritual leaders, seeing the Chantry blow up always connects me with the deep-set childhood belief that church stands for darkness and oppression, so I could not help but feel joy and triumph when the explosion leveled the Chantry.

By contrast, while the cutscene with Anders sitting there and the follow up conversation is brilliant, killing Anders is as understated as it comes. Either they were trying to keep the rating down from mature (I have no idea what DA2 was rated at), or all the resources went into the explosion animation.

Still, it had a profound impact. I thought I’d cry over Anders, but I guess the foreknowledge softened the blow, but it’s going to eat at me for days. Props to Merrill, the only one who spoke against executing Anders. That makes me forgive her every dumb-ass, egotistic and idiotic thing she did.

As a quest sequence, siding with Meredith in the aftermath actually made the Last Straw a far more logic flow imo.

Something that I did not expect at all was Carver’s re-appearance, and his dialogue had enough impact for me to put him in the party, and going to the ending with Fenris, Carver, and Merrill. It was mostly feels, but I also wanted to see if this party was viable for Legacy. It very much is (okay, I play on normal, but I appreciate the powarz!) Carver grew up nicely, and his personal tree is full of goodies that really compliment Merrill and my Spirit Healer when it comes to large groups of mages and other-wordly creatures.

Having had played Inquisition and read a lot of discussions here on the forums, I was way more alert to pick up on interesting references.

When Orsino mentioning learning blood magic (but not using it) from Quentin, this time I fully remembered that it was him who killed Leandra. So, Blaze was righteously outraged. And, Cullen’s character and story really shined this time. If I ever add an Inquisition run to follow up Blaze’s story, Cullen’s sickness and his breaking free of Templars and lyrium will be well justified. Blaze made him kill the mages who surrendered.

Then, of course, Blaze told Meredith, that she’s the terrible bitch, and got through the final battle as a savior (again) of Kirkwall.

Yep, there ends the story of Blaze, a cruel Apostate who almost got to rule Kirkwall after eliminating every other mage in the city and made Templars bent the knee to her.

I'll leave Legacy for later, to use it as a bait to give Inquisition a try to romance that unfortunate, but unbroken Cullen.

May 18, 2017 13:35:31 GMT Catilina said:

May 18, 2017 12:51:08 GMT @carefull said:

And, there we go, the official end of DA2 for Blaze, the Mage-Tyrant of Kirkwall

I don't understand. Blaze isn't Viscountess of Kirkwall?

Nope. I must have missed out on the title by saying that both Orison and Meredith were wrong in Orsino vs Meredith #2 Fight, in th ebeginning of act 3 when Ethina separates them eventually. I assume that you only to get to be a Viscountess if you support Meredith each and every time.

I suck at getting titles in DA games.