What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Oct 8, 2016 6:27:44 GMT shaqfu said:

So I decided to just start up a trilogy run. Was curious before I get too far into Origins, was there ever a fix for that game slowing down after a few hours of play?

Are you talking about the memory leak? No, I don't think so.  

Oct 9, 2016 2:07:52 GMT phoray said:

I'm doing Origins side quests before I head on to Denerim and the Landmeet stuff. Shayne going in and on about knowing herself and being able to plan for the future has not lifted Surana's mood at all.

Who is Shayne?

Oct 9, 2016 2:49:18 GMT dragontartare said:

If you actually find something to buy with all that gold, let me know. I ended up with a huge stash both times that I could do nothing with by the end of the game. I wish it were like DA2 where you could stock up on potions and grenades with all that coin.

I have that problem too. I basically collect gold all game long, then never buy anything except the upgrade tomes, backpacks, and gifts. The one time I bought a fancy staff in Awakening, it was basically rendered obsolete when I got the staff dropped by the First during the inferno golem fight. Sigh.

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Nathan was a busy man today. I've got Anders, Fenris, Varric, and Aveline all at 100% friendship. Isabela is at 80%, I think. Only Merrill and Sebastian are still below 50%. I have the hardest time with Merrill for some reason. I guess I can take her with me find all the "evil tomes" and read them instead of destroy them this time. Having higher stats is always a good thing with a duel with the Arishok looming in the near future. I don't usually worry much about Seb since his end game decision isn't based on it at all. Still, I like to at least get the stat boosts that 50% provides.

Anders finally admitted he had the hots for Nathan.  And Nathan, purple one that he is, asked Anders if he wanted a sandwich after their night of passion together. Hey, he was hungry! 

As for mission results:

-Saved Ella and sent her back to the Circle.

-Helped Fenris take out Hadriana and learn of his sister in the process. Hired Orana as a cook.

-Helped Feynriel master his Dreamer skills (took Aveline for maybe the first time and she didn't get tempted by a demon; also took Isabela just so I could get a ton of friendship points by forgiving her).

-Found Javaris and followed his lead back to a crazy elf with "mysterious backers" who sound a lot like Sister Petrice.  I'm having fun being cheekier than usual with the Arishok. I didn't talk to him much in Act 1 so he's a bit more annoyed with purple Hawke than he normally is.

-Helped Varric confront Bartrand; the latter was driven mad by the idol but, with Anders' help, regained a bit of his sanity.

-Followed up on Emeric's information about the murders, only to learn that his suspect, DuPuis, was also looking for the killer (will try really, really hard this time to not turn in DuPuis so Varric can shoot him like the dog he is later on).

-Helped Sebastian figure out why the Harrimans killed his family. Also returned the family bow to him.

Next up: checking out what's new on the Wounded Coast and trying to increase Merrill's friendship enough to trigger her quest.

Oct 9, 2016 4:19:58 GMT phoray said:

I like Fenris torturing people a lot more. You prefer the Varric over that one?

Not sure what you are referring to here? When does Fenris torture anyone?

Oct 9, 2016 4:25:31 GMT phoray said:

Oct 9, 2016 4:21:33 GMT melbella said:

Not sure what you are referring to here? When does Fenris torture anyone?

The Slaver for Information.
Adriana for information.
Du Pois to make him fess up.

1. At Hawke's request. I always take that option, then kill the lot of them.

2. ?? He kills her. There is no torture.

3. Never seen this. When does it happen? He was in my party so it doesn't happen at the estate. In fact, he doesn't even object when you let DuPuis go, which seems very OOC.