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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 2, 2018 7:11:49 GMT
I finshed this round of DAI. Not sure how I feel about it. Tried to reform Solas. Iron Bull betrayed me and died. Dorian went to take his father's place in the Magisterium but kept in touch with the Inquisitor. The Inquisition became the person guard of Divine Victoria, mocking the Exalted Council with the writ from Justinia to exist. The Inquisitor lost a forearm and his mark. Vivienne created a new Circle, which really pisses me off. I don't believe she has the authority to do so. Cullen helped care for Templars who lost their minds and let Templars who wished to get off lyrium do so. Cassandra restored the Seekers. Leliana smacked down a rebellion. Josephine went back to Antiva and Dagna took her place. (I so didn't realize she was from DAO.) Interestingly, Leliana remained an advisor. She kind of kicks ass and I'm glad she's the Divine. The Inquisitor did say his days of adventuring were over since he lost a hand. Perhaps he'll serve instead as an advisor to the new protagonist in DA4.
I have my thoughts about the state of things. The Qun lost and so took their war to Tevinter. We also have Solas corralling the elves to him. I think DA4 has to address both of these things but I'm not sure how it could tie together. Maybe an elven artifact is in Tevinter? Something left from when Corypheus stormed the Golden City? Could be an interesting way of tying things together, or even something as simple as warring against the Qun. Anyway, I'm hoping that DA4 picks up on this stuff rather than do a reboot like I'd seen in one article (which was, even there, suggested as a possible thing the writers might do).
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Jul 2, 2018 18:24:25 GMT
I have my thoughts about the state of things. The Qun lost and so took their war to Tevinter. We also have Solas corralling the elves to him. I think DA4 has to address both of these things but I'm not sure how it could tie together. Maybe an elven artifact is in Tevinter? Something left from when Corypheus stormed the Golden City? Could be an interesting way of tying things together, or even something as simple as warring against the Qun. Anyway, I'm hoping that DA4 picks up on this stuff rather than do a reboot like I'd seen in one article (which was, even there, suggested as a possible thing the writers might do). Gervaise21 suggested that we might need to choose between getting either Tevinter or Qunari support for our war against Solas. I think that's most likely of the various theories I've heard. Also I really hope they don't do the reboot thing. I have a whole bunch of world-states I was looking forward to importing into DA4. On-Topic: Saar'Kata Adaar allowed Florianne to kill Empress Celene, so that Gaspard could be the strong ruler Saar'Kata feels Orlais needs.
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Post by MarilynRobert on Jul 2, 2018 19:24:27 GMT
I'm playing my Hawke as a laidback guy who wants to be rich. Do you think these traits clash? Is it possible to be a super chill dude and ambitious at the same time? Sounds kind of clashy to me. It'd be interesting to hear how it works out with the dialogue choices. Can you really make it work? Let us know.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 2, 2018 20:59:01 GMT
So I started Dragon Age Inquisition. Can I just say how much I HATE the game's Character Creator now? I mean back in the day I was rather wooed by how impressive it was but after Andromeda's *shivers*. Its going to be one of the things that will really make it difficult to go do another Inquisitor other then my two 'canon' ones because I do not want to go after the headache of doing it. But after I got the Brocholi out of the way I started having fun, and boy do I love this game. Not five minutes in however, I already had my first minor role playing issue. See, as I have mentioned before I am rather fond of Cassandra personally, and my Inquisitor and her sort of became best friends, sisters...I like that head canon. So in the dialogue option where she asks me to help I think I chose an option I have never done before, at least with Kara, the 'I'll do what I can'. My reasoning was despite her wanting to be a loner and not liking the Chantry she isn't really Selfish, and recognizes what is going on with the breach is a threat. Also later on though I did go on and have her express her more reserved attitude about leading, IE when Leiliana was bitching about the Maker and his lack of...Making? Anyways I also have always liked Kara's ocassional bit of perpetual surprise. 'what you think I'm innocent?!' *chuckles* Anyways I also really missed the combat and I really missed the bow strings, though it is annoying how weak your character is in the beginning. I wanna be raining down 4000 critical hits and like 400 K Mark of Deaths already man. Also my intention is to do a bit of a 'video essay' from time to time, a lot of people share their photos so, if everyone will humor me I kinda want to do a 'previously on Dragon Age' thing as I go through these with what is the 'new canon' Inquisitor. So previously on Dragon Age Inquisition:
For the future I am wondering if I will recruit Vivienne this time. First time I didn't because Kara is not a big fan of the Circle but then in subsequent playthroughs I did because I do like how Kara, despite her issues, can forge together a chain of really different and disparate people some with ideologies she personally finds loathsome, that and for more meta reasons I do not like carying around one mage which at the end of the game after Solas vanishes...is just Dorian. However then I usually end up using Dorian for Descent and Tresspasser anyways so its just like, do I really want to have Kara carry someone she might despise especially at the beginning? I mean sure later on Kara would probably grow as a character to accept her, but its the beginning of the game FCOL.
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Post by Syv on Jul 2, 2018 21:50:49 GMT
Gaining money. Again, again, and again. That was Rand Hawk's obsession. Whatever it would take. And to help him, he had at his side, his new lovely friend, the lonely elf Merill, who was absolutely willing to follow him everywhere, his sister Bethany devoted to his elder brother and sharing the same fate, and his smart and charming partner, Varric, very useful, who knew everything that happened into the city. Funnily enough, that road led him to Meeran again, his fucking former chief into the Red Iron mercenaries. As predictable as it was, Meeran mocked Hawke, happy to considerate he was nothing without him, mocked his situation that was absolutley miserable. According to him, he should never have left the Red iron, nobody could become someone and rich alone, especially without the Red Iron. Shit, Rand didn't miss that asshole, but there was gold at stake. So he just heard what that dirty bastard had to tell and offer. A few of his men disappeared, surely killed, after a mission. Rand Couldn't help but laugh while Meeran cringed. Without him and his sister, the Red Iron were nothing, their effectiveness severely reduced. No, no one would ever become someone with them. He didn't regret one bit his choice. His target, Lord Harriman. Someone big, from an ancient and powerful family in Kirkwall. That was no joke this time though. Meeran wanted him dead in the name of another noble family hidden, and more than that, if he could, he wanted him to save one of his men, Gustave that Rand knew very well when he was still in the Red Iron. At dawn Hawk rejoined the harbor where the mercenaries were supposed to be, killed the dangerous minions of the noble Harriman, and found Gustave. What a satisfaction to find him alive. Injured but alive. Gustave had always been a good guy, friendly unlike Meeran. Lord Harriman also appeared, impressed and curious. And offered a deal to Hawk, warning him about consequences. That was Hawke's response. Varric was mortified. Killing a powerful noble man with influence was bad for business and dangerous for the killers that would be purchased. Lord Harriman promised that his sons would avenge him. That didn't please him at all to hear such thing, considering that they could try to negociate something, while Hawk simply burst out laughing, before sending his sharp dagger. For sure, it wasn't really easy to impress Rand Hawk. Meeran was satisfied, even if he was still the asshole he was. Hawk spat on the ground. Seeing that piece of shit again gave him a bad taste in the mouth, a taste of shit. But at least he had a lot more gold. Also, Rand fell on Harrowmong trapped by the Carta trying to kill him. He saved him and abruptly killed the ambushers. The dwark thanked him, and told him that he was purchased by the new dwarf king of Orzammar, Belhen. Once he was someone, now he was nothing. He still had some gold though. He promised Hawk that he could give a few golden pieces if he killed the other assassins that were waiting for him, giving even more once he would be in safety. Hawk was okay and was looking for the Carta's mens. But the Carta found him, before he found them. They were smart. They knew he was going to be a big problem, someone you can't fuck with that easily. They offered him a deal much better than Harrowmont, twice more money and immediately unlike the Lord Harrowmont. Hawk, a smile on his lips was okay with he deal and came back to the lord Harrowmont that meant nothing to him. The dwarf purchased, betrayed, became a dead dwarf with his last loyal dead mens. The last of the Harrowmont, his lineage vanished. Gloomily killed by the hands of a mere fereldan refugee, by the same man and his friends that saved his life a few hours ago, an arrow stuck in his eye, his body burnt, his head half torn off by a sword.. The carta ecstatic paid his assassin, and the gold in his hands, Hawk wished glory and long life to the king Behlen and left them with these words, feeling it was a great day today.
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 3, 2018 3:36:07 GMT
Gervaise21 suggested that we might need to choose between getting either Tevinter or Qunari support for our war against Solas. I think that's most likely of the various theories I've heard. Given that Dorian and Maevan(?) are among those trying the reform the Magisterium in Tevinter, I'd saying getting Tevinter support would make the most sense. We've seen the Qunari made attacks in Fereldan, Orlais and now Tevinter. There's no world in which they're the best option. The Qun is the equivalent of a massive cult that devours everything in its path. I'd rather be dead. Started a new DAI run. Human mage, which is more interesting than I thought it would be since I tend to prefer rogue. It's still an effort to not try to throw a hook at an enemy and slam forward into it. I closed the big rift, the Inquisition was founded by the Inquisitor, Cassandra, Leliana and Josephine. Some Chantry wannabe got his panties in a bunch because the Inquisition used a writ made by Justinia to allow its existence and we don't listen to the Chantry because they're currently leaderless. Went into the Hinterlands and met Mother Giselle. She joined the cause. By this time, I was able to head to Val Royeaux, which is what I'll cover next post. Off-topic again: Really don't think I want to romance Dorian again. He's nice and all but...eh, I want something else, but definitely not Iron Bull. I do find this a significant limitation to DAI. (Technically that's also true of the MET but I'm a Kaidanmancer so I can deal with it.) I could try the Cullen mod, if I can figure out how to install it, but I guess I just wish there was another option out there.
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Jul 3, 2018 6:05:48 GMT
Gervaise21 suggested that we might need to choose between getting either Tevinter or Qunari support for our war against Solas. I think that's most likely of the various theories I've heard. Given that Dorian and Maevan(?) are among those trying the reform the Magisterium in Tevinter, I'd saying getting Tevinter support would make the most sense. We've seen the Qunari made attacks in Fereldan, Orlais and now Tevinter. There's no world in which they're the best option. The Qun is the equivalent of a massive cult that devours everything in its path. I'd rather be dead. Yeah. I'm planning to do at least one playthrough of each if it really works this way, but as far as which I personally would rather work with? The choices would need to be the very best of the Qun vs. the very worst of Tevinter before I'd think it was even difficult.
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 3, 2018 8:18:06 GMT
Recruited Blackwall and Vivienne. Despite being a Circle mage, my Inquisitor is more aligned with Vivienne than Solas. The result is that I chose an alliance with the Templars. Not sure how it's going to play out since I'm stuck at the spot with the green fire (Veilfire?) but I'm sure I'll figure it out when I play next time.
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Post by Iddy on Jul 3, 2018 15:54:40 GMT
>Mage Hawke, Merrill and Anders help Cullen defeat demons >Cullen doesn't notice they're apostates
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Post by Sokemis on Jul 3, 2018 18:10:23 GMT
>Mage Hawke, Merrill and Anders help Cullen defeat demons >Cullen doesn't notice they're apostates Wat Always loved this one: I wish DA2 had had an Arcane Warrior-ish type build that could make even more use of the staff as a polearm (we have staff blades, lets make even more use of them). At least then, when around Templars we could have hidden our magic behind melee combat better.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 4, 2018 0:25:06 GMT
So I pretty much did all the stuff I usually do before going to Val Royeux, plus the first bit of Val Royeux, Farmland Defense, Master of Horses, the one with the demon wolves.
An embarrasing thing happened on the way to doing all of this though. I was trying to look through an ocularum and get the first couple of Shards, but instead I long shotted one of Dennet's Druffalo, I do not know why it did not piss off the rest of the heard, thank God, but eventually I had to isolate the thing far away from it and then kill it away from the group.
The other day I had a thought which I wanted to share with everyone but then forgot about it, not sure its worth its own thread though so here we go. One of the things I have been muling over for a long time was the need to have the Inquisition be an organization with potentially the Templars the Grey Wardens and several other organizations running around. Then I realized that the Inquisition is vital to the future of Thedas because each of the other major international organizations does something, or sacrifices something to make them 'meta human. The Inquisition is the only one whose membership is open, not only to those people and Qunari, but the average Joe too.
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Post by Iddy on Jul 5, 2018 22:18:51 GMT
So I was doing Sebastian's Repentance quest when I came across some guy getting head from a Dalish elf. And considering that Dalish elves leaving their clan often happens due to extraordinary circumstances, I really would like to know her story.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 5, 2018 23:22:35 GMT
Previously on Dragon Age Inquisition: So I got Blackwall! Which means I am now caught up on everybody until I get to the last two missions of the first act which means I can basically start playing the game. I think this is the first time Ihave really bee lined through everyone all in one go like this. But now I gotta figure out which kinds of quests Kara will focus on. Right now kind of leaning towards doing a lot of the help people quests but stay away from the things that sound too 'demony' or occult. Though she might do the 'Ballad of Sir Woolesy' later since that quest is rather fun and a talking ram would interest her, but she will expose the demon. I mean at least at first because part of the reasoning is she is going to freak out when she hears that the Tevinters have basically shanghaied the rebel mages into serving them, but then I will definitley do 'Still Rift in the Ruins'. Also got her personal build figured out this time. First row: Longshot/Explosive Shot/ Mark of Death/ Evade Second row: Stealth/ Full Draw/ Poison Weapons/ Mark of the Rift. Edit: Oh I just realized from an RP reason it was also the time magic that really freaked her out and caused her to seek out the Templars over the mages.
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 6, 2018 16:14:24 GMT
I generally find Dragon Age to be so much A. better written then Mass Effect and B. so much more philosophically engaging.. Mass Effect may be generally the better series of games overall but I can't help but love Dragon Age, easily my favorite video game series of all time. Maybe. Mass Effect reached me in ways that I never thought possible. DA is lots of fun but I don't quite connect on the same level. Part of it is that I prefer sci-fi over fantasy (if it's magic and stuff I prefer a modern setting), so sci-fi is likely to win out for me any time.
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 6, 2018 16:16:45 GMT
Edit: Oh I just realized from an RP reason it was also the time magic that really freaked her out and caused her to seek out the Templars over the mages. My pro-Circle human mage is at odds with both Solas and Dorian. I want to romance Dorian so you can see how this could be problematic. Meanwhile, Vivienne, who I've always despised, has a high approval rating. My mage also sided with the Templars because it's necessary to have them for Circles to return.
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Post by Sokemis on Jul 6, 2018 17:19:39 GMT
Started part 2 of my canon worldstate on the PC - Aenorea Marian Hawke. I'll be using her first name if I use her given name, but most use her middle name as her given name - since that's the name her mother insists on using. Apparently, when Leandra found out what Aenorea meant (when Hawke was almost a year old), she didn't find it as funny as Malcolm did when he named her What can I say, my little purple Hawke comes by her questionable sense of humor honestly, lol. (I like to think her companions don't even realize that Marian isn't her first name until at least Act 2, more likely sometime between acts 2 & 3.) Not sure if it's technically correct, but how I pronounce Aenorea: eye-NOOR-ee-ah When I originally played her on the PS3, she was a DW rogue. My canon Warden is also a DW rogue, so I decided to change her up just a little and make her an archer rogue - we'll see how it works out (first time playing an archer in DA2). One thing I was worried about was that making her an archer would take away from a part of her personality/style that she had as a DW - she has a habit of getting closer to the middle of the fighting than a rogue probably should, especially in the prologue & act 1. (What do you want, she was trained by/with two warrior brothers *. She "embraces her rogueness" more in the second two acts after she's had some time to train with Varric and Isabela.) I knew that mages would switch to using their staff like a melee weapon when enemies get too close, I was pleasantly surprised to see that archers do something similar. So her personality/starting fighting style will get stay the same. I'll start posting her story so far later when I have more time, just wanted to introduce her for now. *"two warrior brothers" explanation When I first played DA2, I started with a warrior, mostly purple, Garrett. I liked him well enough, but it just didn't feel right - so a little bit into Act 1 I restarted with a rogue, purple, female Hawke. She just felt right so I continued with her, but I didn't want to entirely remove Garrett from the worldstate. Somewhere along the line Garrett worked his way into my canon worldstate as the eldest Hawke child who died in the battle at Ostagar, (or did he?.... yeah okay I'm 99% sure he did... but then Warden Cousland thought the same thing about their brother...), and Aenorea is the second eldest of the siblings. At some point(s) in her narrative I might mention a second brother or the eldest of the 4 children - that would be Garrett #AenoreaHawke
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Post by colfoley on Jul 6, 2018 23:13:32 GMT
So last night went from extreme frustration to extreme joy, it was very cathartic.
I did 'Apostates of the Witchwood' last night to finally clear out the Crossroads. Not always sure how the trials effect combat though. First time I went in I manged to fight up to the barrier, through some resistance, but when I got in the Rebel Mage was really tough, couldn't drain his barriers and he was doing extreme damage. Had to retreat. On attempt two I was confronted by wavves of bad guys just coming in from all sides. Again their barriers were very difficult to do anything to. But when I penetrated the barrier, despite being down to like 3 health potions, they just went down, like that.
Afterwards I went back to Haven, chatted with Blackwall and crafted a bow. With level 1 mats, me at level 7, even with all that in mind I crafted a Lyrium reinforced longbow...item level 22. Taking back into the Hinterlands I was doing up to 1100 points of damage. This is the earliest I have done that much damage. It might be interesting going back to the Dragon bow tier 2 after Skyhold, but then I know the damage with that bow is about the same too...so...should still work out.
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Post by House Targaryen on Jul 7, 2018 4:22:59 GMT
I'm far into this game but haven't posted anything in this topic. Same stuff different character. Just finished the Under Her Skin quest. Kept Magister Erasthenes alive and brought him back to Skyhold for questioning, since he's in that spell bubble that forces him to tell the truth. Nymerial is ruthless like that. (Smug look) I'm not going to kill you, that would be a waste and I wouldn't get any information from you. I'm sure it is painful being stuck in that spell. You know the old saying, "pain is weakness leaving the body."
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Post by fylimar on Jul 7, 2018 8:35:43 GMT
I generally find Dragon Age to be so much A. better written then Mass Effect and B. so much more philosophically engaging.. Mass Effect may be generally the better series of games overall but I can't help but love Dragon Age, easily my favorite video game series of all time. Maybe. Mass Effect reached me in ways that I never thought possible. DA is lots of fun but I don't quite connect on the same level. Part of it is that I prefer sci-fi over fantasy (if it's magic and stuff I prefer a modern setting), so sci-fi is likely to win out for me any time. I guess it is just a matter of personal taste. I'm with colfoley in that I love DA and can connect better with that fandom, but I like the idea behind ME and the universe. I have my problems with ME, because a) combat system and b)you play a human, when there are such interesting races out and on top of that a soldier. And I like fantasy a bit more than scifi (also Babylon 5, a scifi show, is my favorite tv show of all time ). I think, both games had a lot of influence and have good and bad moments (or things you like and things you don't like - like most games, I guess) and they are both objectively good games with very faithful fans and can be considered modern classics (well... the first parts maybe even classics in video game terms ).
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Post by fylimar on Jul 7, 2018 8:40:56 GMT
Edit: Oh I just realized from an RP reason it was also the time magic that really freaked her out and caused her to seek out the Templars over the mages. My pro-Circle human mage is at odds with both Solas and Dorian. I want to romance Dorian so you can see how this could be problematic. Meanwhile, Vivienne, who I've always despised, has a high approval rating. My mage also sided with the Templars because it's necessary to have them for Circles to return. Funnily enough, I had high approval with all three, despite me not liking Solas and not always agreeing with Viv. But I guess it is enough, to ask Solas tons of questions and to agree with Viv about bringing back order, which is common sense, regardless, if you are mage freedom supporter or templar/circle supporter. After seeing what goes on in the Hinterlands, all my inquis want to end the mage/templar war. Dorian is usually the first with full friendship in my playthroughs and I really want to do the romance one day, because he is such a great character. I normally play female characters and I have yet to find a concept for my potential Dorian loving male character, that I like, but it will happen
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 7, 2018 8:45:53 GMT
My pro-Circle human mage is at odds with both Solas and Dorian. I want to romance Dorian so you can see how this could be problematic. Meanwhile, Vivienne, who I've always despised, has a high approval rating. My mage also sided with the Templars because it's necessary to have them for Circles to return. Funnily enough, I had high approval with all three, despite me not liking Solas and not always agreeing with Viv. But I guess it is enough, to ask Solas tons of questions and to agree with Viv about bringing back order, which is common sense, regardless, if you are mage freedom supporter or templar/circle supporter. After seeing what goes on in the Hinterlands, all my inquis want to end the mage/templar war. Dorian is usually the first with full friendship in my playthroughs and I really want to do the romance one day, because he is such a great character. I normally play female characters and I have yet to find a concept for my potential Dorian loving male character, that I like, but it will happen As an FYI, I'm going to tell you that my pro-Circle, Templar-loving Inquisitor did successfully romance Dorian. It seemed like Dorian had been giving me the cold shoulder but I just had to be persistent. It's gonna suck when he leaves for Tevinter. My only hope is that the Inquisitor plays some role in DA4 and that it takes place in Tevinter. I assume we'll have a new protagonist, in keeping with the previous three games.
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Post by fylimar on Jul 7, 2018 8:49:22 GMT
Funnily enough, I had high approval with all three, despite me not liking Solas and not always agreeing with Viv. But I guess it is enough, to ask Solas tons of questions and to agree with Viv about bringing back order, which is common sense, regardless, if you are mage freedom supporter or templar/circle supporter. After seeing what goes on in the Hinterlands, all my inquis want to end the mage/templar war. Dorian is usually the first with full friendship in my playthroughs and I really want to do the romance one day, because he is such a great character. I normally play female characters and I have yet to find a concept for my potential Dorian loving male character, that I like, but it will happen As an FYI, I'm going to tell you that my pro-Circle, Templar-loving Inquisitor did successfully romance Dorian. It seemed like Dorian had been giving me the cold shoulder but I just had to be persistent. It's gonna suck when he leaves for Tevinter. My only hope is that the Inquisitor plays some role in DA4 and that it takes place in Tevinter. I assume we'll have a new protagonist, in keeping with the previous three games. I find Dorian is one of the companions, that are mostly ok with different opinions. I think it stops being ok, when you are cruel or downright evil, but he has a better tolerance than other companions. Iron Bull is similar in that regard imo.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jul 7, 2018 17:55:06 GMT
I'm currently replaying the series I started on 26th of May with Origins & Awakening, finished that playthrough on 17th of June my newest(and hopefully finally canon) Warden (seen in my avatar) is Eirian 'Eir' Cousland she's a sword and shield warrior with champion and guardian spec. (also berserker 'cause I needed to fill in her talents ^^ after years and years of only romancing Zevran, I went back to my first romance Alistair what can I say, I'm a sucker for sappy romance and becoming Alistair's queen is very cute ^^ (ol' ball and chain and all that) I recruited the mages, cured the werewolves, made Bhelen king and destroyed the Anvil, also made Alistair do the Ritual...sorry Al I pretty much did all the side quests aside from a few of the Mage collective ones (they somehow bugged out on me this time around *shrug*) as well as the more 'illegal' quests (smuggling lyrium and all that, Eirian wouldn't let me >_<) during Awakening I recruited all of the available companions, and was able to protect both the Keep and Amaranthine (yay for completists xD) As for her personality, she's well...the brutally honest kind of person. She also has a good sense of what people want from her so she isn't fooled very often. When she does get fooled she'll curse herself for her own stupidity. Eirian also has a weak spot for kids, and puns...oh and naming weapons (I sort of head canon she nicknames the family sword 'Truthiness' after Oren's exclamation in the origin story) I also head canon she has this whole thing that she glares at whoever dares to give Alistair a bad time (especially at court), and that most of the nobles are scared of her because of it A few days later I started on a playthrough for DA 2, which I finished with my pure support mage who I named Sinéad though after I finished it I came to the conclusion that I really miss Bethany (I also have enough of one grumpy brother in real life) and also 'cause I couldn't think of what my Quizzy should look like I thought...let's replay DA 2, again XD so I remade my Hawke this morning and made her a rogue this time around, I plan on making her have the Shadow spec. but I'm not really sure yet, it's been a while since I've played a rogue in 2, so I've forgotten which of the specs works better at present I'm still in Act 1, just arrived in Kirkwall and recruited Varric and Aveline I've done a few side quests for now, and will probably do some more today ^-^
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Post by colfoley on Jul 7, 2018 23:07:16 GMT
So lets see here. I didn't actually get much done in Inquisition last night, well majorly speaking. Only highlights was did 'Strange Bedfellows', did 1900+ points of damage to a demon, and also closed up some rifts.
But I did finish Awakening. I don't know if I mentioned this before but another thing Dragon Age is really good at writing wise is give you very similar situations and characters but yet elicit very different reactions. Not for the first time i have been struck by just how similar Adrian's actions were to those of Anders. Yet I tend to view Adrian as an unjustified monster who killed an innocent for her own personal gain, while Anders, what he did was still horrible...but I do have some sympathy with it. Hell I suppose the same could be said for Solas and Corypheus too. Anyways, food for thought.
Also a couple of quick questions: One are there any tier 2 or 1 mats that can make armor either red, silver, or black? Also is there anyway to put Gaspard on the throne with Briala pulling the strings behind the scenes with Celene alive? I really like the scene where you can pwn the Grand Duchess verbally but I kinda either want Celene dead, or off the throne. No, I do not think making peace between the three is a viable option either through Role Playing or my own personal judgement.
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Post by Sokemis on Jul 7, 2018 23:41:08 GMT
One are there any tier 2 or 1 mats that can make armor either red, silver, or black? I'm assuming you mean metal, but I'll what I found for give all three materials - you can see more hereFor red: Bloodstone (tier 2 metal); Dragonling Scales (tier 1 leather); Highever Weave (tier 1 cloth) For black: Obsidian (tier 2 metal - more of a very dark grey ); Fennec Fur (tier 1 leather - more or a dark grey, but the actual black leather is tier 3); Lambswool (tier 1 cloth), Darkened Samite (tier 2 cloth) For silver: Paragon's Luster (tier 2 metal), Blue Vitriol (tier 1 metal); Nugskin (tier 1 leather - actually white); Silk (tier 1 cloth - shiny silverly cloth, maybe slight pale green tint) ETA: Also is there anyway to put Gaspard on the throne with Briala pulling the strings behind the scenes with Celene alive? As far as I know, the only way to have Gaspard/Briala is to let Celene be assassinated. Or have a three-way truce, but you already said you don't want to do that.
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