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Post by vonuber on Oct 11, 2017 20:15:52 GMT
Last night, in-between looking after an 11month old girl who had a cold and is teething and finally got to sleep at 2 O'CLOCK IN THE BLOODY MORNING and was up again at 7, Calistyn went to a Ball. Few points: - Couldn't remember if I needed a high approval or not (or it just shouldn't go to zero) so I could have spent a lot more time exploring. It's not entirely clear whether it needs to be high or not - Only found 8 statues; I assume you can't open all the doors - I'm surprised I didn't get an option to dance with Sera at the end, only Josie. Turned her down - Some of the arbitrary ways you gain and lose approval is aggravating, for example Sera got annoyed that I was actually talking to people. I mean come on girl, what did you expect? Also Cole greatly disapproved of the end decision, which was annoying - and Sera again disapproving of pardoning the Briala. If she hates Elves so much what is she doing banging one, eh? Bonus: 01:30 am - WHY ARE YOU NOT ASLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 20:31:15 GMT
More Noob Inky adventures... after making everyone cry in Cullen romance thread I have better make up for it. Day 41: Noob Inquisitor Log - Dear Prisoners: 'I've poisoned my colleagues with the red hallucinogenic substance that sold their souls to the devil and I'm not very sorry,' is not a good way to ask for pardon. It will get you fed to the crickets. Sincerely, not sorry for letting the Templars cut your head off, Judge Inquisitor. - Leli says she gots useful information about the shardy thingies I've been collecting. Better check it out for what it's worth. - Hmm.... a wool sweater, Santa Clause boots, roaster silverite armour... I appear to be overdressed for this deserty looking location. A pack of hyenas roaming about certainly found it funny until they ended up as coats. - Encountering lots of ladders via seeking shinies. Why do party people always want me to slide down the ladder first, so they can have the pleasure of landing onto my head? - Whelp nothing like rock climbing and rock climbing and more rock climbing with a mouth full of sand sunrise to sunset. At least I'll be able to see a giant said to be roaming these parts from an elevated position in order not to go into his direction unwisely. Approval meter: + 11 neutral Why does all the fun stuff seem to always happen in your PTs? The hyenas never laugh at me.. And where are the schematics for the Santa boots? Must get a pair for my next Western Approach outing. That's because those hyenas are too busy tripping over themselves running from Snowball. Can't remember exactly, must have been one of those foreign politics war table missions. You'd have to convince a bunch of Alianage elves to stage a rebellion against some guy in a red winter coat. Prolly one of those moral choice thingies...
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Post by cmoe on Oct 11, 2017 20:57:22 GMT
Few points: - Couldn't remember if I needed a high approval or not (or it just shouldn't go to zero) so I could have spent a lot more time exploring. It's not entirely clear whether it needs to be high or not - Only found 8 statues; I assume you can't open all the doors - I'm surprised I didn't get an option to dance with Sera at the end, only Josie. Turned her down - Some of the arbitrary ways you gain and lose approval is aggravating, for example Sera got annoyed that I was actually talking to people. I mean come on girl, what did you expect? Also Cole greatly disapproved of the end decision, which was annoying - and Sera again disapproving of pardoning the Briala. If she hates Elves so much what is she doing banging one, eh? Bonus: 01:30 am - WHY ARE YOU NOT ASLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!! You've had some impressive screenshots but that bonus one definitely wins.. So adorable. But sorry about not getting any sleep. I have never tried it but I think you get booted from the ball if your approval hits 0. The only benefit I know of to have approval 85+ is you can end things with Florianne peacefully avoiding further bloodshed.
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Post by Curious Crow on Oct 11, 2017 21:04:32 GMT
I just had to accidentally run into this right after our conversation. -snip Aimo's comic- Where'd you get this? This is great! This used to happen all the time for me! Now, fortunately not so much, though on this PT (Human Noble) Tyrna Eleanor - the mother - appears naked in the hallway just after Howe's attack starts. Where'd you find this? It's one of Aimo's comics. She's got a bunch of cute Aeducan/Alistair stuff and Cadash/Blackwall and dwarf stuff. And just everything. She's great. link to her deviantart. aimo.deviantart.com/
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Post by Gilli on Oct 11, 2017 21:31:47 GMT
So, I finally started a new PT. (even tho I should finish Kitty's and Pike's PT first, but shhhh )Meet Namaki Lavellan, Archer, future Artificer and Seramancer. If Dalish had punks, she'd be one. Only wears her Vallaslin because it looks cool and does not care for the elven gods at all. After the initial misunderstanding with Cass, Namaki fought alongside her against some demons. There she saw something that Cass called a "Rift", before she could react to it, a weird elf took her hand and used it to close the Rift. After that the elf and a dwarf introduced themselves as Solas and Varric. Together they went to a bridge and talked to an annoying chancellor. Then they made their way over the mountain and rescued some soldiers from demons. They made their way to the Temple of Sacred Ashes, where they had to fight a Pride Demon and Namaki closed another Rift. Exhausted she passed out and woke up some time later in a small hut in Haven.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 21:45:38 GMT
cmoe Ehh? What happened to your 20? @curious Crow Ahh! Gocha! Many thanks! Gilli A very impressive work! Am I the only one who thinks she looks Tevinter?
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Post by cmoe on Oct 11, 2017 22:04:43 GMT
cmoe Ehh? What happened to your 20? @curious Crow Ahh! Gocha! Many thanks! Gilli A very impressive work! Am I the only one who thinks she looks Tevinter? The slippery lil bastard just ran away... I started without it so eh.. I actually miss the 20 though.. And I agree, I love Gilli's screenshots!
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Post by Liadan on Oct 11, 2017 22:12:49 GMT
Finished my DAO playthrough! The wardens went to Redcliffe to prepare for the battle. On the eve of the battle Riordan explained that in order to kill an Archdemon, a warden must strike the fatal blow but will die in the process. Morrigan, who was waiting in the warden`s room, offered an alternative: a ritual, adquired from Flemeth, that would prevent the death of the warden that strikes the fatal blow. The wardens accepted the offer and Morrigan performed the ritual with Alistair. The wardens marched to Denerim with the army they gathered. They fought the generals in the Denerim districts and Riordan tried to kill the Archdemon but failed, although he managed to injure one of the Archdemon wings and the dragon crashed onto the top of Fort Drakon. The wardens finally arrived at the Top of the Fort and after a long battle they end up defeating the Archdemon. Lady Cousland striked the final blow and the fifth Blight finally ended. Alistair was crowned King and the Hero of Ferelden received the Teyrnir of Gwaren as a reward and as an engagement present. Then it was time to celebrate their victory.
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Post by Gilli on Oct 11, 2017 22:21:06 GMT
Gilli A very impressive work! Am I the only one who thinks she looks Tevinter? Thank you :smiles: She does? It wasn't intentional, but I won't disagree with it. cmoe Ehh? What happened to your 20? @curious Crow Ahh! Gocha! Many thanks! Gilli A very impressive work! Am I the only one who thinks she looks Tevinter? The slippery lil bastard just ran away... I started without it so eh.. I actually miss the 20 though.. And I agree, I love Gilli 's screenshots! Omg, thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 0:06:18 GMT
Waaaittt whaaat? Is Alistair/Anora wedding modded??? Noooooo! Part of the reason I made them marry was to see that scene!
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Post by cmoe on Oct 12, 2017 0:14:29 GMT
Waaaittt whaaat? Is Alistair/Anora wedding modded??? Noooooo! Part of the reason I made them marry was to see that scene! If you mean Liadan's post. I am pretty sure she was using the mod Dahlialynn's Alistair Epilogues - The Royal Wedding. It's so you can see your warden marry Alistair. DAO has some awesome mods. You should try it..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 0:32:15 GMT
Waaaittt whaaat? Is Alistair/Anora wedding modded??? Noooooo! Part of the reason I made them marry was to see that scene! If you mean Liadan 's post. I am pretty sure she was using the mod Dahlialynn's Alistair Epilogues - The Royal Wedding. It's so you can see your warden marry Alistair. DAO has some awesome mods. You should try it.. No. Not my Warden. A scene where Alistair marries Anora and she yanks her hand away. Is it modded? I just finished the bloody nightmare game and I made Alistair marry Anora, but I didn't get the scene. I am not amused.
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Post by phoray on Oct 12, 2017 0:34:22 GMT
If you mean Liadan 's post. I am pretty sure she was using the mod Dahlialynn's Alistair Epilogues - The Royal Wedding. It's so you can see your warden marry Alistair. DAO has some awesome mods. You should try it.. No. Not my Warden. A scene where Alistair marries Anora and she yanks her hand away. Is it modded? I just finished the bloody nightmare game and I made Alistair marry Anora, but I didn't get the scene. I am not amused. No, she's just petty like that. I'm pretty sure that's the vanilla scene, although I've never seen it myself. hmmm.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Oct 12, 2017 0:40:15 GMT
Where'd you get this? This is great! This used to happen all the time for me! Now, fortunately not so much, though on this PT (Human Noble) Tyrna Eleanor - the mother - appears naked in the hallway just after Howe's attack starts. Where'd you find this? It's one of Aimo's comics. She's got a bunch of cute Aeducan/Alistair stuff and Cadash/Blackwall and dwarf stuff. And just everything. She's great. link to her deviantart. aimo.deviantart.com/Yes, I looked up both sites: deviant art & her own site. Definitely very talented and very into Dragon Age! I didn't find the comic that Adonniel posted though. And she's from Malaysia! DA truly has an international falling!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 1:19:08 GMT
cmoe hmph It's always the spiders that are treacherous... Am I the only one thinking about WOW comic where an imp chews through his blood bond with a necromancer and spends the rest of the comic trying to murder its former master? What did 20 represent? Your age? phoray Aww man ;( After I did nightmare mode too. You mean I wasn't awesome enough for a scene like that.
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Post by phoray on Oct 12, 2017 1:23:39 GMT
cmoe hmph It's always the spiders that are treacherous... Am I the only one thinking about WOW comic where an imp chews through his blood bond with a necromancer and spends the rest of the comic trying to murder its former master? What did 20 represent? Your age? phoray Aww man ;( After I did nightmare mode too. You mean I wasn't awesome enough for a scene like that. I'm not certain how the scene is triggered to be honest. I watched a video of it and both Ali and Warden seemed to be alive. so Dark Ritual performed or Loghain did the US. But the video I watched, Anora didn't mention her daddy.
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Post by cmoe on Oct 12, 2017 1:29:12 GMT
cmoe hmph It's always the spiders that are treacherous... Am I the only one thinking about WOW comic where an imp chews through his blood bond with a necromancer and spends the rest of the comic trying to murder its former master? What did 20 represent? Your age? phoray Aww man ;( After I did nightmare mode too. You mean I wasn't awesome enough for a scene like that. My age? I knew my sense of humor was immature but geez, I didn't know it was that bad.. Also how could you want to see Alistair marry that witch Anora.. It's like I don't even know you...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 1:48:35 GMT
Soooo... about what I did today. Didn't have the best rl day and then tried playing DAO to make me shake off the grumpiness. The game reflected this 'not the best day.'
First of all - HURRAY! Yes, please feel free to be clapping. I have been able to finish my DAO Nightmare game. (and I'm never doing another nightmare game again)
Why this wasn't great.
The death toll to get to the tower entrance was BRUTAL. Only 7/50 dwarven allies survived. I've used Redcliffe troops for a fight at the gate where the dragons were. Only 1/50 soldiers survived.
Loghain is such a racist. He was a lot more polite to my human noble male warden, whereas he's so rude to my elven female mage. Almost made me load before Landsmeet to execute him, and instead of Anora/Alistair wedding have Alistair rule.
Speaking of Anora/Alistair wedding, apparently it is vanilla game, but for some reason I wasn't awesome enough to be shown their wedding scene. Not happy since this scene was part of a reason why I didn't set up Alistair as sole ruler.
Had the worst Cullen epilogue where he goes insane and murders mages. I hate it even if in DA2 this was revealed to be slander/rumours.
General Game Results:
Warden gets to elope with Zevran. Anora gets a package that includes boring paperwork, spiffy crown and doofus husband. Mages get independence. Alistair gets to sulk. Loghain gets sex with Morrigan (though he prefers to die). AD gets to be dead.
The ending is good for Thedas because epilogue said how Anora was surprised that Alistair is willing to learn from her and she grows to respect that. Apparently if Alistair is hardened, he actively gets involved in Ferelden affairs and she can't sideline him. They draw from each other's strengths.
I haven't finished mage origins before. I didn't know it was possible to do, but I'm glad that it's available. This option where Anora says that she will use her influence to allow the mages to govern themselves without the Templars. But, she also says there will be people at the Chantry who will oppose her decision.
Personally, I'm getting a meh feeling about the ending maybe because Alistair breaks off friendship with my Warden and I still feel like a slimy traitor for letting Loghain live.
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Post by phoray on Oct 12, 2017 1:55:42 GMT
adonnielIn my Warden mage play through, letting Loghain live was reverse psychology to keep her best friend alive and off the front lines. I find that reason very meaningful, especially since it nearly destroys their friendship. So that was her sacrifice- losing her second best friend.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 1:57:31 GMT
cmoe hmph It's always the spiders that are treacherous... Am I the only one thinking about WOW comic where an imp chews through his blood bond with a necromancer and spends the rest of the comic trying to murder its former master? What did 20 represent? Your age? phoray Aww man ;( After I did nightmare mode too. You mean I wasn't awesome enough for a scene like that. My age? I knew my sense of humor was immature but geez, I didn't know it was that bad.. Also how could you want to see Alistair marry that witch Anora.. It's like I don't even know you... Sadly, the witch is a lot nicer to me than Alistair at the end of the game. I can't blame him though. When my Warden talked to him I used a line about how she hoped it will not destroy their friendship and he said 'It's too late for that.' And then in epilogue he's like I hear you intend to travel... good. It's not a best idea for you to remain in the capital. LOL?? I miss da joke again? I still don't get it.
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Post by phoray on Oct 12, 2017 2:00:38 GMT
My age? I knew my sense of humor was immature but geez, I didn't know it was that bad.. Also how could you want to see Alistair marry that witch Anora.. It's like I don't even know you... Sadly, the witch is a lot nicer to me than Alistair at the end of the game. I can't blame him though. When my Warden talked to him I used a line about how she hoped it will not destroy their friendship and he said 'It's too late for that.' And then in epilogue he's like I hear you intend to travel... good. It's not a best idea for you to remain in the capital. LOL?? I miss da joke again? I still don't get it. If you let Loghain make the sacrifice, Alistair is more like, "I'm severely hurt by what you did but I'm not mad at you." But he was still quite chilly in awakening, so my head canon is that it took years for them to regain the same level of friendship they had from before.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 2:06:19 GMT
adonniel In my Warden mage play through, letting Loghain live was reverse psychology to keep her best friend alive and off the front lines. I find that reason very meaningful, especially since it nearly destroys their friendship. So that was her sacrifice- losing her second best friend. That's fair enough to want more Wardens to raise Alistair's chances to live, but I don't believe having one more would have kept Alistair away from battle since we don't know he'll leave the Wardens. We still spare Loghain before our Warden knows about the killing blow, which is still stabbing him in the back. Also, I talked to Teagan pre-battle after arranging marriage, and he says that Alistair will fight in battle and expresses regret that he cannot keep Alistair safe. So, even if he's no longer in Warden's group if he's King, Alistair still fights with the Ferelden army. If you let Loghain make the sacrifice, Alistair is more like, "I'm severely hurt by what you did but I'm not mad at you."It might be different for me because I made Loghain do Morrigan's ritual.
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Post by cmoe on Oct 12, 2017 2:32:12 GMT
Spent some more time at the Winter Palace. It's taking so much longer than I remember trying to do it with a completionist PT. Those dang coins have a small search radius... Pictures are easier.. too lazy to use my words. Rather be anywhere but dancing with this crazy person.. The advisors look so good dressed up.. Esp the commander
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Post by melbella on Oct 12, 2017 2:34:28 GMT
I've never found all the coins or all the secrets. I just don't have the patience for it.
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Post by cmoe on Oct 12, 2017 2:39:28 GMT
I've never found all the coins or all the secrets. I just don't have the patience for it. I used a guide to help. It's annoying because you can miss your chance between dinner bells or something.. Though with all the servants dead or spies, who had time to clean up all the coins and secret letters laying about?
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