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Post by q9j9p on Feb 6, 2018 1:48:39 GMT
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Post by Sokemis on Feb 6, 2018 2:02:42 GMT
Today Naliea Tabris resigned as Warden Commander and left to go join her husband in Antiva. Seriously though, whatever the current state of things is with the Crows, it has to be better than this shit she's had to deal with lately..
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 6, 2018 2:23:53 GMT
Looks more like the remains of a giant Gurn. Which are the best type of Gurns. What he was doing out there is anybodies guess. Maybe he got tired of eating sand? That makes more sense. Although, yeah, it's still really big, if it's a Gurn. At least compared to these less-bony Gurn remains: On that note, Herah stopped Corypheus from getting Elven artifacts today, then ran over to the Hissing Wastes to stop him from getting Dwarven ones, too. All that's left in her run is the DLC now. I'm thinking of taking her into the Descent next as a follow-up (headcanon sorta thing that the Inquisition suspects the earthquakes might relate to more Venatori activity hunting for relics, that it might be a lead on Corypheus after he disappeared in the Arbor Wilds). With that in mind, since I'll actually have Solas available for this run...is there any point to taking him? From what I recall, the vanilla companions don't do/say much, if anything at all, and I feel like there are better choices on the whole.
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Post by melbella on Feb 6, 2018 2:45:36 GMT
Solas doesn't say much at all because - spoilers! Probably everyone's best lines are on the elevator ride down. Is there anyone you haven't taken yet besides Solas?
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 6, 2018 2:55:11 GMT
Solas doesn't say much at all because - spoilers! Probably everyone's best lines are on the elevator ride down. Is there anyone you haven't taken yet besides Solas? I basically always take Blackwall + Cole in my post game runs because they're immune to Darkspawniness, and for my third member in my previous runs, I had a elf Mage who took Varric (because Dwarves) and a Human Rogue who took Dorian (because I needed a Mage, and he was the only one available!). Herah's a Reaver, so I'm gonna need some decent ranged support this time (especially since she's prolly gonna die straight out on the final boss!), and Blackwall isn't a Warden at this point anyway. I'm leaning towards bringing Sera (because romance, even though that doesn't get factored in anyway) and Varric (because the Nug King story on the elevator is one of the best lines in the game), but I'm not sure which Mage. I've been leaning towards Vivi because even in melee, she might be able to survive that danged boss with all her Barrier, and I recall from my Mage run (where I played a Rift Mage) that a lot of enemies were immune to my status effects, so I'm not sure Solas is a useful choice, if he doesn't get to chime in anyway.
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Post by melbella on Feb 6, 2018 3:06:04 GMT
Iron Bull has one line when you encounter the first group of darkspawn and Renn says "Everyone's got their favorites." Not everyone comments at the end about Valta's choice to stay behind - in fact, I was quite surprised neither Bull nor Sera said anything there since they usually comment on everything.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 6, 2018 4:58:06 GMT
^ Dorian has a comment about Valta's decision. I remember that much.
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Post by House Targaryen on Feb 6, 2018 5:43:01 GMT
80 is better than 20 which is what my other armor is at. Did you get Aegis of the Rift from JoH yet? That's the best ammo vs them bolters 'cause it sends their bolts right back at 'em. Any other time I would but I haven't yet. My double daggers rogue wouldn't stay in one place for too long for that to be effective.
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Post by House Targaryen on Feb 6, 2018 5:45:38 GMT
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Post by olnorton on Feb 6, 2018 14:33:44 GMT
I had just tee'd up a young Elven girl for the night when Howe's men bust in and killed the girl. (He's a dead man!)
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Post by q9j9p on Feb 6, 2018 19:44:54 GMT
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 7, 2018 1:23:58 GMT
Guys. Watching this is like watching a soap opera.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 7, 2018 6:00:55 GMT
DAAAAMMNN IIIIITT
My playthrough was going so well! I hardened Alistair, arranged for him and Anora to rule jointly, won the popularity contest found favor at the Landsmeet, and decided to spare Loghain and make him a Warden. Hurrah! Except.... nooo....... after Al threw his fit I was able to mention the arranged marriage but my only options were to give the crown to Alistair or Anora?
WUT. HAPPEN.
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Post by Sokemis on Feb 7, 2018 7:43:27 GMT
DAAAAMMNN IIIIITT My playthrough was going so well! I hardened Alistair, arranged for him and Anora to rule jointly, won the popularity contest found favor at the Landsmeet, and decided to spare Loghain and make him a Warden. Hurrah! Except.... nooo....... after Al threw his fit I was able to mention the arranged marriage but my only options were to give the crown to Alistair or Anora? WUT. HAPPEN. What was your approval rating with Alistair and persuasion level at the Landsmeet? I'm not really sure what might have gone wrong since the only time I've spared Loghain so far I had Alistair executed (let's just say that Warden and Alistair made Alistair and Morrigan look like bffs...). I do plan on sparing Loghain (then probably throwing him at the Archdemon) while also arranging a marriage between Alistair and Anora on one of my next playthroughs. I'm interested in knowing what you find out.
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Post by House Targaryen on Feb 7, 2018 18:07:49 GMT
Completed the Deep Roads a couple of days ago. Now I'm screwing around in the Frostback Basin. So this Paragon is that important to you? Last chance to step back. I really don't want to go down there into the unknown. Nug king. Now I've seen it all. Well aren't you a big... thing. You can't stay down here, Valta, its dangerous. Lets get out of here. I've had enough of these not dwarves.
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Post by davkar on Feb 7, 2018 18:32:31 GMT
It started with a cityelf warden. It's been a while (T4, before the release of DAI) since I played cityelf. Pff, this is still some good stuff, I really miss these ballsy, darker themes (dwcommoner is another favorite). The warden was quick to move on after the origin. He killed that rapist ahole, got the chance to be a hero, life isn't so bad. He also fell in love with Leliana, Alistair was his best friend and made him king (sorry buddy). He also befriended Morrigan and when she presented him with the ritual he convinced Alistair to do it (sorry buddy 2). He'll need an heir and...ah fine I don't have a detailed walkthrough for this WS. I only had the basic ideas. The usual default good choices, cityelf for race and class variety, Leliana was also a fix choice. Alistair having the baby with M was just a pleasant opportunity. T7 (the numbers are just the order of the world ideas, not the actual playing order) will have a Lelimancer Amell and since that character is the template for canon B (still waiting for DA4) he is a little more detailed. I had the idea that after a short talk Leli would agree to the ritual, but while they 'cast the spell' she would cry in the chantry because, well you know... Morrigan. And suddenly she would feel a hand on her shoulder, surprise, it's Amell. B-but it's only been a few minutes, *insert banter with dirty jokes, sly smiles, tears and a hug* "nah, asked Alistair to do it". Headcanon stuff. But I digress, tldr, this choice is an experiment, I'm curious about Leli's lines about Keiran (although I guess it's the same as the warden-did-the-ritual lines). Well it turns out in this scenario Leli just says the default ogb Keiran lines (weird boy, good influence on Mori). So she approves if the warden does the ritual himself which is surprising after all the love triangle banters in DAO but also kind of an in-character DAI-Leli attitude (she can be the official mistress to the king/queen of Ferelden). I might rewrite the headcanon but gameplay-wise HoF-dad is fine. It'll save time. As for HerahT18. This was my quickest pt yet. Sera-bas, leashed mages, kept the wardens, the usual+ for the companions. Wicked E&H was a bit tricky. The original idea was a CeleBri outcome (empress and the inqi have elven lovers, scandalous!) but I changed it to Celene alone. I also think about 'diplomatic pairings' too and I haven't done an Alistair+Celene before so... that's it. (And I'm a bit disappointed that Solas is race-gated. I like it, it enriched the story but a canary romance would have been fun, Herah could have crushed that little man. )
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Post by melbella on Feb 7, 2018 20:52:01 GMT
DAAAAMMNN IIIIITT My playthrough was going so well! I hardened Alistair, arranged for him and Anora to rule jointly, won the popularity contest found favor at the Landsmeet, and decided to spare Loghain and make him a Warden. Hurrah! Except.... nooo....... after Al threw his fit I was able to mention the arranged marriage but my only options were to give the crown to Alistair or Anora? WUT. HAPPEN. What was your approval rating with Alistair and persuasion level at the Landsmeet? I'm not really sure what might have gone wrong since the only time I've spared Loghain so far I had Alistair executed (let's just say that Warden and Alistair made Alistair and Morrigan look like bffs...). I do plan on sparing Loghain (then probably throwing him at the Archdemon) while also arranging a marriage between Alistair and Anora on one of my next playthroughs. I'm interested in knowing what you find out. I don't think it's an approval thing. I had really low approval with Al in my last game (just enough to trigger the Goldanna quest) but was able to make him keep his word on the arranged marriage after sparing Loghain. He did have to be hardened though. Does convincing him at the end require a persuasion check? I don't remember.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 7, 2018 23:24:39 GMT
Alrighty guys, I just checked my game and I have max persuasion, I know I hardened Alistair (Gunna Aeducan's a hardass, Al gets upset about his sister and she's all "SHIT HAPPENS, YOU SHOULD MEET MY BROTHER"), I definitely spoke to Anora, Alistair, and Eamon about the marriage and they were all on board, my approval with Alistair is +55 Warm...
The only thing I can think of is that my approval is too low, but as far as I know that's not factored into this outcome.
*sigh* Off to fight Loghain again. Maybe I chose a buggy dialogue option.
edit: Tried it, still doesn't work. My only options here are Queen Anora/drunk Alistair/Loghain lives or King Alistair/imprisoned Anora/Loghain dies. Grrrrrr.
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 7, 2018 23:52:05 GMT
I have such mixed feelings about the Descent. The whole "titans" aspect of the world lore was pretty uninteresting to me. I dislike how it's basically just Valta's story, with the Inquisitor sort of tagging along (and the fact that the companions are so...limited in it, at that, as discussed before). On the other hand, I love forging through dark, isolated caves, not knowing what's around the next corner, knowing "I" am entombed in the earth with...something but not knowing what that something is. Even for a direct tunnel, it just feels like there's so much to explore. I love and hate the start of the second half, where you have no choice but to keep moving forward (can't even save, etc), knowing on replay that in just a few more steps, I'm going to trigger the cutscene where Renn takes a bolt to the gut. Knowing it, hating it, and having the game make it my fault. For what I dislike about it in terms of story and lore, it just makes up for so much in terms of atmosphere and gameplay. Oh, did I mention Herah finished The Descent today? I think I'm gonna skip Hakkon, though. I'm about ready for Herah's adventure to be over, so it's on to Corfishystix and then straight to Trespasser, probably. Maybe I'll go back and do JoH while I'm missing her Reaver-y adventures somewhere down the line.
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Post by olnorton on Feb 8, 2018 1:23:42 GMT
Soldier's Peak got us a nice suit of armor. But I think I'll let Alistair have it. I did drink the old mages potion to enhance my tainted blood though. Wynne had no sooner saved us from a darkspawn ambush, when we were ambushed by assassin's in the employ of Leliana's ex girlfriend. We went to Denerim and had it out with Marjolaine. So then I kicked him in the head 'til he was dead. Ha Ha Ha. (Sorry, wrong game.) i.imgur.com/rRVbDKc.jpgLeliana would never say that, but I've noticed, she does like the violent solution, sometimes. We had to nip back to the mages tower and pick up the dragon slaying sword. (You never know when you might need one.) Bob thought something was amiss in Haven... Off to Orzammar, I entered the provings, while Leliana went shopping. She couldn't find the shoes she wanted, and settled for some clunky fur-lined leather boots. Ugg. She wanted to get Morrigan in some new clothes, but she thought she was insane and would rather let Alister dress her.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 8, 2018 2:02:06 GMT
^ Leliana kicking someone in the face is hilarious, but I gotta say I'm deeply disturbed by super young spilling-out-her-top Wynne. :gasp:
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 8, 2018 2:02:49 GMT
spilling-out-her-top Wynne. Something-something Magical Bosom?
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 8, 2018 2:06:13 GMT
spilling-out-her-top Wynne. Something-something Magical Bosom? I don't think that works on her wrinkles or grey hair, though...
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Post by olnorton on Feb 8, 2018 3:25:14 GMT
^ Leliana kicking someone in the face is hilarious, The kick in the head reminded me of those mercs in Baldur's Gate. but I gotta say I'm deeply disturbed by super young spilling-out-her-top Wynne. :gasp: Super Young! She's got grey hair and wrinkles and is very old. At least 40 (shiver) i.imgur.com/ykwvJ2J.jpg
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Post by phoray on Feb 8, 2018 3:33:36 GMT
Husbando just finished Family Matters in Act 2. So after non spoiler coaching him he made the choice to use Anders' healing magic to give Bartrand his moment of licidity. Then told Varric he had to die anyway, because he was a danger. Then Varric turned to the screen, with sadness on his face, and said, "Goodbye brother." Then shot him in the heart. I was so certain that scene went differently the time I'd done it or maybe I just forgot the fine details. The fact that he shot his own brother just punched me in the gut.
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