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Post by Rascoth on Oct 1, 2020 5:28:28 GMT
1) Ah, yes. Evil mage that was actually the only person to doubt what they were doing And it was actually dwarves, not Tevinter that proposed using Casteless. Small TN spoiler: I wouldn't be surprised if one of those mentioned 11 places like Hormak was under Ghilan'nain's Grove, considering comments Cole can make about that place and overall feel of it. "So many eyes, peearing from undearneath." Or one about things no longer being alive but remembering being alive? Damn, I didn't write that one down 2) Her diplomatic ways extend to relationship as well! She was Solasmancer and one of 2 Inquisitors (out of maaaaaaaaaaaany) that declared stopping Solas at all cost.1) Hah, I've been mostly jesting... or did you take me as a templar apologist? But you are right about the mage. She was hesitant, with "the dudes" I meant the dorfs. Possible. Uuuh, I have to make a full-Cole run once. (My Lavellan used Varric, then Sera and after getting fed up with her, Varric again. Next was Adaar, commiting Heresy by giving Cole the bow and make him the go-to rogue for her party. Cadash doesn't count, as she is a rogue and I tend to never use more rogues than I have to. ) 2) Oh... that sound serious. Clear case of "Woman Scorned"? While I went for the other option, I'm not quite decided on what my one is going to plan. I do play with the thought of her getting to know someone else pretty quickly. And no, it isn't Cullen "we have dominance over mages by Divine Right!" Rutherford, but a murderous city elf.
1) You're not?! But you're sooooo quick to defend them everywhere else! You should, you should. Cole has many great comments and not all of them are on Wiki to check. (I had so many runs, it'd be hard to say who brought who. Not only that, my last oldBSN trip proved I forgot about many of my early pts But I usually make sure to have at least one of each class + 4th whoever I feel like bringing). 2) She was more of a case "You first disappear on me, then come back and threaten my family? Think carefully about your next words..." Though she's not hell-bent on that. It really depends on what we'll learn next and how BioWare lets us react (or maybe I should say if BioWare lets us react).
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 1, 2020 6:22:44 GMT
1) I suppose this is more of a writing issue, with BW just forgetting to add proper checks. I mean, I know tht Bioware was lazy in the base game and had most circle-related dialogue check for the class instead of the origin, making dialogue overhauls necessary for alternate mage background mods. For Awakening, it seems as they did not even try at times, as with Anders recognising and orleasian warden "from circle times". I call BS. Orlais is pretty large, mage class plus Dalish Vallaslin is allowed in the CC and even then Anders was most certainly not paying a visit to each orlesian circle. I found a fix mod for Anders the other day, but never came across something for Sigrun.
2) If you just care about armour, I could make/tell how to get rid of the class restrictions, either by editing a .uti file for a more permanent solution or via editing savegames with pyGFF - though I don't know how to access the DLC .uti files, as they are encrypted somehow, so for DLC items, it would only be via save editing. Also, for the Fugitive's Mantle, Chantry begone.
3) Regarding warrior clunkyness... what is your deal-breaker? I personally dislike the damage-force disparity early game. I mean, you run for some critter-rank short health bar dude, attack him, knock him back, have to catch up again... it is vexing.
I tried to mess around with dual-wield a bit as well, what put me off again this time wasn't my dislike for invisibility stealth or teleport backstab with awkward camera turn, but the lack of AOE damage, so I'll leave that to Isabela again. As of my latest shenanigans, she was going to play A:TLA Jet since I gave her two daggers using longsword model variation 120.
We don't want to let all these curvy sharp things go to waste. 1) mhm, I've found where the Awakening dialogue trees were hiding, but as it turns out you can't open them up in the toolset to check them for dialogue trees and script checks like you would for the Origins dialogue trees. Instead you get a wonderful list with just numbers that make your head spin...I did find out there's a 3rd party program that might allow one to view the files as an xml file instead, should work in theory. I'll get back on this (cue Hades laugh)
2) all I've ever done with pyGFF is to look for the party approval, so I doubt I'd get any further with that...too many numbers ...*snatches mod* gimme I personally like the Rogue Champion armor more then the mage one (even if it's a pain to draw with all them buckles), but I'm more partial toward Carver then I am to Bethany
3) the reason you posted is exactly mine as well, especially in Inquisition , I mean...I've no trouble playing warrior types in Elder Scrolls games, but for some reason in Dragon Age they somewhat vex me. Plus the other classes have way more interesting specs. (at least imo.) then the warrior with their endless need to recycle Templar and Reaver Ah, so you're a A:TLA fan as well? I always found they did Jet dirty...he could've been an interesting character to have interact with the rest of the gang, maybe they could've given him a similar redemption arc to Zuko. (plus Azula's final scene always makes me wanna sob, poor girl) I missed out on the original run on tv, so watched it several years ago on the internet, I've watched it twice now (I also tried Korra, but stopped half-way through season 2 because I just couldn't like some of the characters...Korra included (loved the air-bending kids and the twin (Mako and Bolin) though) I personally always give Isabela the axe-daggers when I'm not playing a rogue myself, if I am I tend to give her the hands of the carta (the ones from the dlc pack, not the regular ones) and keep the axe-daggers for myself...they're nifty
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 1, 2020 6:53:09 GMT
3) the reason you posted is exactly mine as well, especially in Inquisition , I mean...I've no trouble playing warrior types in Elder Scrolls games, but for some reason in Dragon Age they somewhat vex me. Plus the other classes have way more interesting specs. (at least imo.) then the warrior with their endless need to recycle Templar and Reaver As someone who used to play warrior almost exclusively before DA, but started branching out because I was disappointed with it (DAI solved some of my personal problems with it, but it's still far behind mages and rogues), I'm not surprised you may have hard time with it. #BringBackSpiritWarriorLegend of Korra lost a lot of original's magic. 4th season was the best (in no small part thanks to Toph ), but I had hard time getting there Also, "Chapter Seventeen: The Ember Island Players" is the best recap episode ever and no one can convince me otherwise.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 1, 2020 8:04:00 GMT
3) the reason you posted is exactly mine as well, especially in Inquisition , I mean...I've no trouble playing warrior types in Elder Scrolls games, but for some reason in Dragon Age they somewhat vex me. Plus the other classes have way more interesting specs. (at least imo.) then the warrior with their endless need to recycle Templar and Reaver As someone who used to play warrior almost exclusively before DA, but started branching out because I was disappointed with it (DAI solved some of my personal problems with it, but it's still far behind mages and rogues), I'm not surprised you may have hard time with it. #BringBackSpiritWarriorLegend of Korra lost a lot of original's magic. 4th season was the best (in no small part thanks to Toph ), but I had hard time getting there Also, "Chapter Seventeen: The Ember Island Players" is the best recap episode ever and no one can convince me otherwise. I'd love to have Spirit Warrior (haven't tried it yet in DAO...something to consider for a future playthrough) get a come-back
I tend to start out with the easier classes when I first get a game, but tend to default back to my favorites quite easily (them being mage of any kind ('cept the more questionable type like blood mage and such) and sneak archers) though have to say I had a blast a while back with my two-handed mercenary Altmer in Skyrim, she was fun Oh yes totally, that episode was hilarious ( Zuko: the scar is NOT on the wrong side ) also any line from Toph is gold, 'cause it's Toph Toph: *excited* there it is! everyone: *looks* Toph: that's what it'll sound like when one of you sees it *waves hand in front of her face* everyone else: I loved Uncle Iroh...he's imo. one of the best characters in the entire series
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 1, 2020 8:35:57 GMT
1) I suppose this is more of a writing issue, with BW just forgetting to add proper checks. I mean, I know tht Bioware was lazy in the base game and had most circle-related dialogue check for the class instead of the origin, making dialogue overhauls necessary for alternate mage background mods. For Awakening, it seems as they did not even try at times, as with Anders recognising and orleasian warden "from circle times". I call BS. Orlais is pretty large, mage class plus Dalish Vallaslin is allowed in the CC and even then Anders was most certainly not paying a visit to each orlesian circle. I found a fix mod for Anders the other day, but never came across something for Sigrun.
2) If you just care about armour, I could make/tell how to get rid of the class restrictions, either by editing a .uti file for a more permanent solution or via editing savegames with pyGFF - though I don't know how to access the DLC .uti files, as they are encrypted somehow, so for DLC items, it would only be via save editing. Also, for the Fugitive's Mantle, Chantry begone. 3) Regarding warrior clunkyness... what is your deal-breaker? I personally dislike the damage-force disparity early game. I mean, you run for some critter-rank short health bar dude, attack him, knock him back, have to catch up again... it is vexing. I tried to mess around with dual-wield a bit as well, what put me off again this time wasn't my dislike for invisibility stealth or teleport backstab with awkward camera turn, but the lack of AOE damage, so I'll leave that to Isabela again. As of my latest shenanigans, she was going to play A:TLA Jet since I gave her two daggers using longsword model variation 120.
We don't want to let all these curvy sharp things go to waste. 1) mhm, I've found where the Awakening dialogue trees were hiding, but as it turns out you can't open them up in the toolset to check them for dialogue trees and script checks like you would for the Origins dialogue trees. Instead you get a wonderful list with just numbers that make your head spin...I did find out there's a 3rd party program that might allow one to view the files as an xml file instead, should work in theory. I'll get back on this (cue Hades laugh) 2) all I've ever done with pyGFF is to look for the party approval, so I doubt I'd get any further with that...too many numbers ...*snatches mod* gimme I personally like the Rogue Champion armor more then the mage one (even if it's a pain to draw with all them buckles), but I'm more partial toward Carver then I am to Bethany 3) the reason you posted is exactly mine as well, especially in Inquisition , I mean...I've no trouble playing warrior types in Elder Scrolls games, but for some reason in Dragon Age they somewhat vex me. Plus the other classes have way more interesting specs. (at least imo.) then the warrior with their endless need to recycle Templar and Reaver I personally always give Isabela the axe-daggers when I'm not playing a rogue myself, if I am I tend to give her the hands of the carta (the ones from the dlc pack, not the regular ones) and keep the axe-daggers for myself...they're nifty 1) Perhaps you need to import a list that turns numbers into proper names? pyGFF has this, showing ut files as "4463nkgkhgkfd"-something if you don't import a string list. Might also be encryption issues. Hah, your persistence is great. 2) Buckles! Buckles! Everywhere! When I played DA2 with DLCs on a friend's PC, my Hawke ran around in rogue champion with switched stats for a long time. The short-haired redhead I'm so fond of lately... well, her hair colour messes badly with that red, and I liked the "Leap of Fate" set too much for her to switch to a recoloured champion armour. I had a tutorial for editing items in savegames which I learned from, will see if I can find it.
3) Well, I think some rogue-based "moar damage" specs (Assassin) are kinda dull, but since 1) I personally rather dislike the Templar Order and 2) Holy Smite was always lore-breaking even in DAO 3) Tevinter has no lyrium powers on their templars (I honestly hate that BW made Tevinter have templars at all. Could they please drop southern andrastian perspective at least once or at least gave them a different name?), so would like to see the Templar spec go away for DA4 if pressed to decide between it and Reaver. For the latter, Tevinter might still have some soft spot for dragons and their blood and the Qunari-Reaver connection still seems to be a thing.
Uhh, that's were those fat-ass skeleton hand cleavers come from (I've seen them in DAI first). But yeah, these look soooo Carta. Reminds me how I liked to ask Beraht right into his face if he f*cks Jarvia as a Brosca.
1) Hah, I've been mostly jesting... or did you take me as a templar apologist? But you are right about the mage. She was hesitant, with "the dudes" I meant the dorfs. Possible. Uuuh, I have to make a full-Cole run once. (My Lavellan used Varric, then Sera and after getting fed up with her, Varric again. Next was Adaar, commiting Heresy by giving Cole the bow and make him the go-to rogue for her party. Cadash doesn't count, as she is a rogue and I tend to never use more rogues than I have to. ) 2) Oh... that sound serious. Clear case of "Woman Scorned"? While I went for the other option, I'm not quite decided on what my one is going to plan. I do play with the thought of her getting to know someone else pretty quickly. And no, it isn't Cullen "we have dominance over mages by Divine Right!" Rutherford, but a murderous city elf.
1) You're not?! But you're sooooo quick to defend them everywhere else! You should, you should. Cole has many great comments and not all of them are on Wiki to check. (I had so many runs, it'd be hard to say who brought who. Not only that, my last oldBSN trip proved I forgot about many of my early pts But I usually make sure to have at least one of each class + 4th whoever I feel like bringing). 2) She was more of a case "You first disappear on me, then come back and threaten my family? Think carefully about your next words..." Though she's not hell-bent on that. It really depends on what we'll learn next and how BioWare lets us react (or maybe I should say if BioWare lets us react). 1) I have a reputation to uphold, you know. By that standard, you new user title denotes you as a Dalish hater (a.k.a. designated Varterral/Halla food). I have definitely a to-do list, like taking another look at Madame de Fer. Lavellan did not recruit her due to Bioware making her one of the mouthpieces for what I call the "Mineave BS". On my Adaar, I tried to have her behave like a kickass KE, but the AI seems to be exceedingly bad with KE. No Fade Step rush in, no dropping mine triples into enemies' faces... 2) That's a pretty good argument. Eh, if Bioware makes us call an Exalted March on the wolf butt with some Chantry fucks winning the day again, they won't get much more of my money on that front. 3) the reason you posted is exactly mine as well, especially in Inquisition , I mean...I've no trouble playing warrior types in Elder Scrolls games, but for some reason in Dragon Age they somewhat vex me. Plus the other classes have way more interesting specs. (at least imo.) then the warrior with their endless need to recycle Templar and Reaver As someone who used to play warrior almost exclusively before DA, but started branching out because I was disappointed with it (DAI solved some of my personal problems with it, but it's still far behind mages and rogues), I'm not surprised you may have hard time with it. #BringBackSpiritWarrior Heh, before starting with DAO, I was more about sneaksy assassins than mages actually. Though more often than not, these had immobilising spells and stuff like that, so... +1 for wanting Spirit Warrior back.
Ah, yes, that dumb Zuko cosplayer. Also, full agreement on Iroh. Love that guy.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 1, 2020 8:56:41 GMT
1) Perhaps you need to import a list that turns numbers into proper names? pyGFF has this, showing ut files as "4463nkgkhgkfd"-something if you don't import a string list. Might also be encryption issues. Hah, your persistence is great. 2) Buckles! Buckles! Everywhere! When I played DA2 with DLCs on a friend's PC, my Hawke ran around in rogue champion with switched stats for a long time. The short-haired redhead I'm so fond of lately... well, her hair colour messes badly with that red, and I liked the "Leap of Fate" set too much for her to switch to a recoloured champion armour. I had a tutorial for editing items in savegames which I learned from, will see if I can find it.
3) Well, I think some rogue-based "moar damage" specs (Assassin) are kinda dull, but since 1) I personally rather dislike the Templar Order and 2) Holy Smite was always lore-breaking even in DAO 3) Tevinter has no lyrium powers on their templars (I honestly hate that BW made Tevinter have templars at all. Could they please drop southern andrastian perspective at least once or at least gave them a different name?), so would like to see the Templar spec go away for DA4 if pressed to decide between it and Reaver. For the latter, Tevinter might still have some soft spot for dragons and their blood and the Qunari-Reaver connection still seems to be a thing.
Uhh, that's were those fat-ass skeleton hand cleavers come from (I've seen them in DAI first). But yeah, these look soooo Carta. Reminds me how I liked to ask Beraht right into his face if he f*cks Jarvia as a Brosca.
1) Persistence is good right? Besides I love learning new things, I've also been looking into some easy to learn 3d modeling programs...but haven't really found any cheap ones yet I mean, aside from Blender...and apparently for Origins you need to work with this old version that I already tried working with in the past but find a pain to work with. So looking for an alternative, but said alternatives cost money...which I currently don't have a lot of...ah well, maybe something for in the future.
2) Depends on which red hair color you went with, if you went with Aveline red...then yeah, it'd clash horribly. There's also a red-brown option that does work well with that armor. Also, I've received your e-mail (turns out the malfunction didn't take as long as I'd feared). Still haven't decided yet between mage or rogue though... (Rogues get more fun cutscenes)
3) I vote for Paladin as alternative name...it's basically the same thing in the fantasy setting (though Paladins are more about 'holy light' and stuff like that)
Also, your Brosca sounds brutal...only bad things mine ever did was burn down Amaranthine and keep the Anvil of the Void
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 1, 2020 9:08:01 GMT
1) You're not?! But you're sooooo quick to defend them everywhere else! You should, you should. Cole has many great comments and not all of them are on Wiki to check. (I had so many runs, it'd be hard to say who brought who. Not only that, my last oldBSN trip proved I forgot about many of my early pts But I usually make sure to have at least one of each class + 4th whoever I feel like bringing). 2) She was more of a case "You first disappear on me, then come back and threaten my family? Think carefully about your next words..." Though she's not hell-bent on that. It really depends on what we'll learn next and how BioWare lets us react (or maybe I should say if BioWare lets us react). 1) I have a reputation to uphold, you know. By that standard, you new user title denotes you as a Dalish hater (a.k.a. designated Varterral/Halla food). I have definitely a to-do list, like taking another look at Madame de Fer. Lavellan did not recruit her due to Bioware making her one of the mouthpieces for what I call the "Mineave BS". On my Adaar, I tried to have her behave like a kickass KE, but the AI seems to be exceedingly bad with KE. No Fade Step rush in, no dropping mine triples into enemies' faces... 2) That's a pretty good argument. Eh, if Bioware makes us call an Exalted March on the wolf butt with some Chantry fucks winning the day again, they won't get much more of my money on that front. 1) *fakes Orlesian accent* Take those elven savages away from me! *faints dramatically* I'd never, ever feed our Halla with haters. What if they got sick from all that bad food?
I used to not recruit Vivienne, but nowadays I'm companion hoarder and recruit everyone. I may not like her as much as other companions, but she grew on me a bit. Like fungus. Her banter with Dorian is quite the show. In one of their banters Inquisitor can even say they should charge for it (and if you have Varric with you he'll chime in saying he's taking notes) Overall AI can't handle movement skills that well *flashbacks to Iron Bull using Charging Bull to charge from the cliff* Huh, this turned into interesting sentence...2) No Exalted Marches, at least not for southern Chantry. But Tevinter Chantry? Seeing one from them could actually be interesting
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 1, 2020 9:20:52 GMT
^ I should note that Halla are herbivores...Varterral on the other hand Also about the whole defend this or that debacle I've said it before, and I'll say it again #eternalHufflepuff, aka. I like giving characters however dubious second chances Buckeldemon yes, yes that includes as you put it Cullen "we have dominance over mages by Divine Right!" Rutherford (which sometimes makes me wonder, how much of this was Cullen's own words and what was Varric embellishing his own projections I mean, still isn't right, but it does make you wonder because it's Varric telling all this) which is why I'm willing to give one to Solas too...
third chances though
Tabris: *cocks crossbow* lemme at them Lavellan: oh dear Hawke: *sharing popcorn* this should be fun
-- So been dubbing a bit more on my whole 'which class to pick for Hawke' thing, and I'm going to try and bite the bullet (as it were) and give yet another try to Warrior with that in mind, which specialization is the most fun to do? To clarify, unlike in Origins I tend to focus on just one specialization in DA2 as opposed to 2 or 3
Or maybe I'll leave warrior for Inquisition...hm...decisions decisions
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 1, 2020 9:32:03 GMT
1) Perhaps you need to import a list that turns numbers into proper names? pyGFF has this, showing ut files as "4463nkgkhgkfd"-something if you don't import a string list. Might also be encryption issues. Hah, your persistence is great. 2) Buckles! Buckles! Everywhere! When I played DA2 with DLCs on a friend's PC, my Hawke ran around in rogue champion with switched stats for a long time. The short-haired redhead I'm so fond of lately... well, her hair colour messes badly with that red, and I liked the "Leap of Fate" set too much for her to switch to a recoloured champion armour. I had a tutorial for editing items in savegames which I learned from, will see if I can find it. 3) Well, I think some rogue-based "moar damage" specs (Assassin) are kinda dull, but since 1) I personally rather dislike the Templar Order and 2) Holy Smite was always lore-breaking even in DAO 3) Tevinter has no lyrium powers on their templars (I honestly hate that BW made Tevinter have templars at all. Could they please drop southern andrastian perspective at least once or at least gave them a different name?), so would like to see the Templar spec go away for DA4 if pressed to decide between it and Reaver. For the latter, Tevinter might still have some soft spot for dragons and their blood and the Qunari-Reaver connection still seems to be a thing. Uhh, that's were those fat-ass skeleton hand cleavers come from (I've seen them in DAI first). But yeah, these look soooo Carta. Reminds me how I liked to ask Beraht right into his face if he f*cks Jarvia as a Brosca.
1) Persistence is good right? Besides I love learning new things, I've also been looking into some easy to learn 3d modeling programs...but haven't really found any cheap ones yet I mean, aside from Blender...and apparently for Origins you need to work with this old version that I already tried working with in the past but find a pain to work with. So looking for an alternative, but said alternatives cost money...which I currently don't have a lot of...ah well, maybe something for in the future. 2) Depends on which red hair color you went with, if you went with Aveline red...then yeah, it'd clash horribly. There's also a red-brown option that does work well with that armor. Also, I've received your e-mail (turns out the malfunction didn't take as long as I'd feared). Still haven't decided yet between mage or rogue though... (Rogues get more fun cutscenes) 3) I vote for Paladin as alternative name...it's basically the same thing in the fantasy setting (though Paladins are more about 'holy light' and stuff like that) Also, your Brosca sounds brutal...only bad things mine ever did was burn down Amaranthine and keep the Anvil of the Void 1) Of course. 2) This red And I'm not giving it up! Okay, giving mages a chance to knife-kill Varian Il. is out of of my skill range. Might ask someone with script or cutscene experience, like sapphim. 3) I've read at some point that templars (or at least Alistair) are actually called "paladins" in the toolset. Actually, templars are closer to the historical use of Paladin, as in a high-ranking knight with administrative duties in the HRE. Ah, well, you know what I think of the "holy warrior" stereotype. I'd have given these Tevinter forces some fancy latin name, similar to "perrepatae". Eh, this was just one origin story. Beraht and Jarvia are so full of themselves, I enjoy mouthing off to 'em. It is kinda similar to a Tabris going "a lord raped my cousin" on Cailan. 4) Also about the whole defend this or that debacle I've said it before, and I'll say it again #eternalHufflepuff, aka. I like giving characters however dubious second chances Buckeldemon yes, yes that includes as you put it Cullen "we have dominance over mages by Divine Right!" Rutherford (which sometimes makes me wonder, how much of this was Cullen's own words and what was Varric embellishing his own projections I mean, still isn't right, but it does make you wonder because it's Varric telling all this)
5) So been dubbing a bit more on my whole 'which class to pick for Hawke' thing, and I'm going to try and bite the bullet (as it were) and give yet another try to Warrior with that in mind, which specialization is the most fun to do? To clarify, unlike in Origins I tend to focus on just one specialization in DA2 as opposed to 2 or 3 Or maybe I'll leave warrior for Inquisition...hm...decisions decisions
4) Because of Solas? I know you might kill me for this, but... I don't think Varric is completely of the rails, since Varric is more of a quiet templar supporter himself (so why should he ramp up Cullen's speeches?) and Cullen still rails about mages quite a bit in DAI. What I dislike is that the game treats him as if he has somehow redeemed himself completely, but we see him acting on his biases quite often early on and not apologising directly (when he does, he makes it about himself, like "that was unworthy of me", otherwise he either defends Meredith with factually wrong claims or changes the subject). Apart from that, we cannot really call him out, on the contrary, the game seems to frame it as if a mage Inquisitor is sorry for being a mage. That and his insistence on control is pretty off-putting to me. Compare this to Blackwall or Zuko, who own up up their shit and the other characters (rightfully) grilling them over it and not automatically accepting it, they need to work for it. Leliana is pretty much the only one calling him out at times. In essence, Cullen doesn't really have a completed redemption arc in DAI, he is more making steps into the right direction, but still has a long way ahead. The writers really wasted potential here and I hope that doesn't happen with Solas.
5) I'm not that experienced, but from what little I know, I think Berserker requires the most planning-ahead (much like Blood Mage), since it is so focused on stamina. Is you warrior more meant to be defensive or offensive? DA2 does not really seem to reward overly defensive playstyles, and it shows in warrior Hawke's spec choices.
1) I have a reputation to uphold, you know. By that standard, you new user title denotes you as a Dalish hater (a.k.a. designated Varterral/Halla food). I have definitely a to-do list, like taking another look at Madame de Fer. Lavellan did not recruit her due to Bioware making her one of the mouthpieces for what I call the "Mineave BS". On my Adaar, I tried to have her behave like a kickass KE, but the AI seems to be exceedingly bad with KE. No Fade Step rush in, no dropping mine triples into enemies' faces... 2) That's a pretty good argument. Eh, if Bioware makes us call an Exalted March on the wolf butt with some Chantry fucks winning the day again, they won't get much more of my money on that front. 1) *fakes Orlesian accent* Take those elven savages away from me! *faints dramatically* I'd never, ever feed our Halla with haters. What if they got sick from all that bad food?
I used to not recruit Vivienne, but nowadays I'm companion hoarder and recruit everyone. I may not like her as much as other companions, but she grew on me a bit. Like fungus. Her banter with Dorian is quite the show. In one of their banters Inquisitor can even say they should charge for it (and if you have Varric with you he'll chime in saying he's taking notes) Overall AI can't handle movement skills that well *flashbacks to Iron Bull using Charging Bull to charge from the cliff* Huh, this turned into interesting sentence...2) No Exalted Marches, at least not for southern Chantry. But Tevinter Chantry? Seeing one from them could actually be interesting 1) Well, right about the food. I'm a bit of a fan of the man-eating unicorn cliché though. ( LadyofNemesis ) In case of the Varterral, well not all being eat for food. Which could bring us back to the harvester. That's the other way around for me. I used to be a hoarder and placater. Not so much these days, thanks to people like Sera. Orlesian-Tevinter crossover theatre play sound amusing though. I guess that was before CB was patched? At least I read (and face-palmed) about characters over-shooting targets in earlier versions. These days it is better, but they still don't always use it for closing in quickly (my main reason for having them learn it)
2) Blood Mages! Everywhere! *faints*
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Also about the whole defend this or that debacle I've said it before, and I'll say it again #eternalHufflepuff, aka. I like giving characters however dubious second chances Buckeldemon yes, yes that includes as you put it Cullen "we have dominance over mages by Divine Right!" Rutherford (which sometimes makes me wonder, how much of this was Cullen's own words and what was Varric embellishing his own projections I mean, still isn't right, but it does make you wonder because it's Varric telling all this) which is why I'm willing to give one to Solas too... third chances though I also like giving characters second chances. If I didn't, I wouldn't get to know most companions (during my first pts of each DA game I booted/not recruited a lot of them, because of bad first impressions) 1) *fakes Orlesian accent* Take those elven savages away from me! *faints dramatically* I'd never, ever feed our Halla with haters. What if they got sick from all that bad food?
I used to not recruit Vivienne, but nowadays I'm companion hoarder and recruit everyone. I may not like her as much as other companions, but she grew on me a bit. Like fungus. Her banter with Dorian is quite the show. In one of their banters Inquisitor can even say they should charge for it (and if you have Varric with you he'll chime in saying he's taking notes) Overall AI can't handle movement skills that well *flashbacks to Iron Bull using Charging Bull to charge from the cliff* Huh, this turned into interesting sentence...2) No Exalted Marches, at least not for southern Chantry. But Tevinter Chantry? Seeing one from them could actually be interesting 1) That's the other way around for me. I used to be a hoarder and placater. Not so much these days, thanks to people like Sera. Orlesian-Tevinter crossover theatre play sound amusing though. I guess that was before CB was patched? At least I read (and face-palmed) about characters over-shooting targets in earlier versions. These days it is better, but they still don't always use it for closing in quickly (my main reason for having them learn it)
2) Blood Mages! Everywhere! *faints*
1) Sera can be hard to tolerate, that's true She was another companion I used to not recruit, but she got a lot of points from me, most of them thanks to her Trespasser dialogue and journal. Nowadays pretty much all my Inquisitors see her as that weird sister you go prank people with. Maybe. It's been ages since I gave anyone CB. No plans in changing that though, my warriors have other priorities *puts Horn of Valor's Fortifying Blast on pedestal* 2) I give that faint 4/10, not dramatic enough.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 1, 2020 10:53:20 GMT
1) Of course. 2) This red
And I'm not giving it up! Okay, giving mages a chance to knife-kill Varian Il. is out of of my skill range. Might ask someone with script or cutscene experience, like sapphim. 3) I've read at some point that templars (or at least Alistair) are actually called "paladins" in the toolset. Actually, templars are closer to the historical use of Paladin, as in a high-ranking knight with administrative duties in the HRE. Ah, well, you know what I think of the "holy warrior" stereotype. I'd have given these Tevinter forces some fancy latin name, similar to "perrepatae". Eh, this was just one origin story. Beraht and Jarvia are so full of themselves, I enjoy mouthing off to 'em. It is kinda similar to a Tabris going "a lord raped my cousin" on Cailan. 4) Because of Solas? I know you might kill me for this, but... I don't think Varric is completely of the rails, since Varric is more of a quiet templar supporter himself (so why should he ramp up Cullen's speeches?) and Cullen still rails about mages quite a bit in DAI. What I dislike is that the game treats him as if he has somehow redeemed himself completely, but we see him acting on his biases quite often early on and not apologising directly (when he does, he makes it about himself, like "that was unworthy of me", otherwise he either defends Meredith with factually wrong claims or changes the subject). Apart from that, we cannot really call him out, on the contrary, the game seems to frame it as if a mage Inquisitor is sorry for being a mage. That and his insistence on control is pretty off-putting to me. Compare this to Blackwall or Zuko, who own up up their shit and the other characters (rightfully) grilling them over it and not automatically accepting it, they need to work for it. Leliana is pretty much the only one calling him out at times. In essence, Cullen doesn't really have a completed redemption arc in DAI, he is more making steps into the right direction, but still has a long way ahead. The writers really wasted potential here and I hope that doesn't happen with Solas.
5) I'm not that experienced, but from what little I know, I think Berserker requires the most planning-ahead (much like Blood Mage), since it is so focused on stamina. Is you warrior more meant to be defensive or offensive? DA2 does not really seem to reward overly defensive playstyles, and it shows in warrior Hawke's spec choices. 2) ah, the Aveline red...or is Aveline's lighter? Your Hawke does look pretty though
4) no no...I'll not kill you *points to Lavellan* she is ( Lavellan: *summons magic* tell me where it should hurt ) Though I agree that Cullen is not completely redeemed, Inquisition is about him wanting to redeem himself, his actions and the things he said in the past. What I think isn't that Cullen is a bad man (no more so then Blackwall who killed an entire family for money and then ran because he regretted it), but it's because of the mind set that the chantry drilled into him and pretty much any person who worships Andraste + The Maker and works for them aka. priests and templars
I often feel like there's a missing step between DA2's epilogue and Inquisition in which Cullen could've gotten a redemption arc, and then have him be redeemed in Inquisition or at least close to it. With Inquisition giving him this final push by helping him get rid of his lyrium addiction (aka. the last shackle binding him to his past)
I've looked at Blackwall's romance a few times, and was contemplating on trying it out for my next DAI run...but I haven't decided yet. After all...I need my mabari, and only Cullen gets a mabari in the end
5) ugh don't remind me, I once did a playthrough of a Spirit Healer mage who focused purely on healing and support. While she was fun to play, the lack of attacking skills was often a bit boring. The Arishok battle was interesting though. I prefer doing offense in DA2, it's more entertaining that way.
I also like giving characters second chances. If I didn't, I wouldn't get to know most companions (during my first pts of each DA game I booted/not recruited a lot of them, because of bad first impressions) I always tend to recruit everyone during my first run, said first run generally isn't my first official one, since I'm known to delete them before I reach the ending.
for example, for my Lavellan I had thought of not recruiting Sera or Vivienne...but ended up recruiting them anyway because I just knew I'd end up feeling bad in the end and Sera started to grow on my in my last playthrough, especially after playing Trespasser where she expresses concern for Lavellan even after all the times she ridiculed them for believing in the elven gods.
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Post by azarhal on Oct 1, 2020 13:00:43 GMT
I usually always recruits everyone in my first run that has a place where all the collected companions go. If it doesn't (like BG1), I don't bother.
What happens is that I just don't talk much to the ones I'm not interested in for that PT. The reason why I collect everyone is degenerative gameplay: I want to get all the rewards and XP.
See, BioWare introduced a bit of degenerative gameplay tied to companions over the years: - trying to please everyone so you get all their quests/interactions instead of sticking to your character role-play/decisions - recruiting everyone to access exclusive content/rewards - no penalty to recruit everyone (even if they hate each others, they still stick around)
For Ewyr, I was thinking of not recruiting Vivienne, Sera or Bull. I wasn't planning in using them this PT and I actually don't care if they are around. The thing is, I don't even have to talk to them to get stuff from them. The war table missions appears just because you recruited them. I believe they give you their personal quest even if they don't like you too. So you recruit and stash them like pokémons.
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 1, 2020 20:54:38 GMT
I checked the wiki and there are a frost (despair) and electricity (pride) variant, but they are all limited to Trespasser (no schematic, technically despair is a trial reward, but you know RNG). So maybe out of boredom, stubbornness or curiosity (or mix of all 3), I did some testing on that. Switched on all trials, took party to Fallow Mire and started killing to get reward. Once I got it, back to Skyhold and started quick save -> quick reload. I got Heart of Despair on 39th attempt, but it's worth noting that I got 9 other epics on my way there. It took me less than 5 minutes, so if you want that staff, I'd say try
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 1, 2020 21:03:35 GMT
1) That's the other way around for me. I used to be a hoarder and placater. Not so much these days, thanks to people like Sera. Orlesian-Tevinter crossover theatre play sound amusing though. I guess that was before CB was patched? At least I read (and face-palmed) about characters over-shooting targets in earlier versions. These days it is better, but they still don't always use it for closing in quickly (my main reason for having them learn it)
2) Blood Mages! Everywhere! *faints*
1) Sera can be hard to tolerate, that's true She was another companion I used to not recruit, but she got a lot of points from me, most of them thanks to her Trespasser dialogue and journal. Nowadays pretty much all my Inquisitors see her as that weird sister you go prank people with. Maybe. It's been ages since I gave anyone CB. No plans in changing that though, my warriors have other priorities *puts Horn of Valor's Fortifying Blast on pedestal* 2) I give that faint 4/10, not dramatic enough. 1) For sure. I'm not one for fart jokes though. I do know about her Trespasser reactions, I'd just say that is a bit late after getting trashed by her for like 80 hours worth of game time; to get there is awkward. That brings up another thing: In the same vein as not being able to call out Cass' "take the Maker into your pantheon" BS or Cullen's attitudes on mages, quite a lot of options regarding Sera boil down to calling her crazy. I want to challenge her "logic", not write her off as dumb. I mean, she's a pretty good observer, her mental blockade stemming from her internalised racism just prevents her from recognising that her anti-elf harrassing is essentially "punching down". I don't know what you are talking about. *quickly puts away the memory of a Bull who learned no weapon talents until Foritfying Blast and Vanguard&Challenge were ready* 2) Eh, nobody tops the German performance of Lily during the magi origin. " Beim Erbauer, Blutmagie!" This has become some sort of a generic comment for me whenever tons of blood are involved with something supernatural. 1) Of course. 2) This red
And I'm not giving it up! Okay, giving mages a chance to knife-kill Varian Il. is out of of my skill range. Might ask someone with script or cutscene experience, like sapphim. 3) I've read at some point that templars (or at least Alistair) are actually called "paladins" in the toolset. Actually, templars are closer to the historical use of Paladin, as in a high-ranking knight with administrative duties in the HRE. Ah, well, you know what I think of the "holy warrior" stereotype. I'd have given these Tevinter forces some fancy latin name, similar to "perrepatae". Eh, this was just one origin story. Beraht and Jarvia are so full of themselves, I enjoy mouthing off to 'em. It is kinda similar to a Tabris going "a lord raped my cousin" on Cailan. 4) Because of Solas? I know you might kill me for this, but... I don't think Varric is completely of the rails, since Varric is more of a quiet templar supporter himself (so why should he ramp up Cullen's speeches?) and Cullen still rails about mages quite a bit in DAI. What I dislike is that the game treats him as if he has somehow redeemed himself completely, but we see him acting on his biases quite often early on and not apologising directly (when he does, he makes it about himself, like "that was unworthy of me", otherwise he either defends Meredith with factually wrong claims or changes the subject). Apart from that, we cannot really call him out, on the contrary, the game seems to frame it as if a mage Inquisitor is sorry for being a mage. That and his insistence on control is pretty off-putting to me. Compare this to Blackwall or Zuko, who own up up their shit and the other characters (rightfully) grilling them over it and not automatically accepting it, they need to work for it. Leliana is pretty much the only one calling him out at times. In essence, Cullen doesn't really have a completed redemption arc in DAI, he is more making steps into the right direction, but still has a long way ahead. The writers really wasted potential here and I hope that doesn't happen with Solas.
5) I'm not that experienced, but from what little I know, I think Berserker requires the most planning-ahead (much like Blood Mage), since it is so focused on stamina. Is you warrior more meant to be defensive or offensive? DA2 does not really seem to reward overly defensive playstyles, and it shows in warrior Hawke's spec choices. 2) ah, the Aveline red...or is Aveline's lighter? Your Hawke does look pretty though
4) no no...I'll not kill you *points to Lavellan* she is ( Lavellan: *summons magic* tell me where it should hurt ) Though I agree that Cullen is not completely redeemed, Inquisition is about him wanting to redeem himself, his actions and the things he said in the past. What I think isn't that Cullen is a bad man (no more so then Blackwall who killed an entire family for money and then ran because he regretted it), but it's because of the mind set that the chantry drilled into him and pretty much any person who worships Andraste + The Maker and works for them aka. priests and templars
I often feel like there's a missing step between DA2's epilogue and Inquisition in which Cullen could've gotten a redemption arc, and then have him be redeemed in Inquisition or at least close to it. With Inquisition giving him this final push by helping him get rid of his lyrium addiction (aka. the last shackle binding him to his past)
I've looked at Blackwall's romance a few times, and was contemplating on trying it out for my next DAI run...but I haven't decided yet. After all...I need my mabari, and only Cullen gets a mabari in the end
5) ugh don't remind me, I once did a playthrough of a Spirit Healer mage who focused purely on healing and support. While she was fun to play, the lack of attacking skills was often a bit boring. The Arishok battle was interesting though. I prefer doing offense in DA2, it's more entertaining that way.
2) Hah, thank you. 4) Eh, do you think your Lavellan could take mine? Now I've got an idea. Bioware could do some "battle of the Lavellans" minigame. Though I think your idea of young elf falls for the first human prettyboy is somewhat fitting. I guess most of my Inquisitors are older. I'd say my Lavellan is about 30, Adaar somewhat younger (24-ish) and I picture my Cadash as around 40, with a fair bit of experience in fighting and command matters, just from the other side of the law. Some say he took the propaganda to well... but given what I wrote about Sera above, that can even take really contradictory levels. Shitty andrastian brainwashing.
Yeah, I agree. Either that, or having him go better on-screen, potentially with the option of, say punishing him if it doesn't work, i.e. by the College of Enchanters for example, if you have a mage alliance. Show actively that he overcomes that prejudice. Heck, I've read some comments about Cullen fans saying his potential was wasted. And it doesn't help that Bioware seemingly likes to pull "twitter retcon" on him at times. I don't care if they say certain things don't exist. That just cheapens the character. Though, I wonder what Cassandra was thinking... "Yes, I will take mages who were part of the rebels into the Inquisition and I'm putting frickin' Meredith's second-in-command as the army leader... that will absolutely not raise any eyebrows." I mostly brought up Blackwall as a counter-example on what could have been.
So you take him for the pup? Ooooh, that's terrible. 5) Well, even as a Spirit Healer, I went to target specfic opponents one-by-one (more like an archer would do) and all the Glyphs everywhere...
I usually always recruits everyone in my first run that has a place where all the collected companions go. If it doesn't (like BG1), I don't bother. What happens is that I just don't talk much to the ones I'm not interested in for that PT. The reason why I collect everyone is degenerative gameplay: I want to get all the rewards and XP. See, BioWare introduced a bit of degenerative gameplay tied to companions over the years: - trying to please everyone so you get all their quests/interactions instead of sticking to your character role-play/decisions - recruiting everyone to access exclusive content/rewards - no penalty to recruit everyone (even if they hate each others, they still stick around) For Ewyr, I was thinking of not recruiting Vivienne, Sera or Bull. I wasn't planning in using them this PT and I actually don't care if they are around. The thing is, I don't even have to talk to them to get stuff from them. The war table missions appears just because you recruited them. I believe they give you their personal quest even if they don't like you too. So you recruit and stash them like pokémons. Yes, limited total game XP is really shitty in that regard. Absurdly, DAI doesn't have that much combat-related XP from companion quests, but there are always bears to kill. Ahaha, that reminds me of a shiny meme I've seen once, something along the lines of
"Ooooh, a shiny Crobat!!!" *catch successful* "Off to the box you go, forvever." Crobat: "Nooooooooooo!"
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 1, 2020 21:25:10 GMT
2) Hah, thank you. 4) Eh, do you think your Lavellan could take mine? Now I've got an idea. Bioware could do some "battle of the Lavellans" minigame. Though I think your idea of young elf falls for the first human prettyboy is somewhat fitting. I guess most of my Inquisitors are older. I'd say my Lavellan is about 30, Adaar somewhat younger (24-ish) and I picture my Cadash as around 40, with a fair bit of experience in fighting and command matters, just from the other side of the law. Some say he took the propaganda to well... but given what I wrote about Sera above, that can even take really contradictory levels. Shitty andrastian brainwashing.
Yeah, I agree. Either that, or having him go better on-screen, potentially with the option of, say punishing him if it doesn't work, i.e. by the College of Enchanters for example, if you have a mage alliance. Show actively that he overcomes that prejudice. Heck, I've read some comments about Cullen fans saying his potential was wasted. And it doesn't help that Bioware seemingly likes to pull "twitter retcon" on him at times. I don't care if they say certain things don't exist. That just cheapens the character. Though, I wonder what Cassandra was thinking... "Yes, I will take mages who were part of the rebels into the Inquisition and I'm putting frickin' Meredith's second-in-command as the army leader... that will absolutely not raise any eyebrows." I mostly brought up Blackwall as a counter-example on what could have been.
So you take him for the pup? Ooooh, that's terrible. 5) Well, even as a Spirit Healer, I went to target specfic opponents one-by-one (more like an archer would do) and all the Glyphs everywhere...
2) you're welcome
4) depends...mine's a Rift Mage I do head canon my Lavellan as being pretty young...as in barely twenty, my Adaar though...I picture him about 40 (he's starting to go grey )
I do like Cullen's ideas for mages and templars working side by side in for example clinics. 'Course in this type of scenario I'd subjugate both parties to serious psychological tests to determine if they are genuine. So as not to get situations where we put a Ser Alrik together with an Ella I mean, if Cass can put the Seekers through psych reviews, we can do the same to the people who want to be Templars or are already templars...
and I'm a dog person...Cullen having the pup is a bonus
5) I've finally (after several restarts) settled on a new Hawke, went with a mage after all...but this time Force Mage I'll figure something else out for my Lavellan...seeing as imo. Rift Mage and Force Mage are kinda alike in terms of gameplay powers
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 1, 2020 21:31:39 GMT
That brings up another thing: In the same vein as not being able to call out Cass' "take the Maker into your pantheon" BS or Cullen's attitudes on mages, quite a lot of options regarding Sera boil down to calling her crazy. I want to challenge her "logic", not write her off as dumb. I mean, she's a pretty good observer, her mental blockade stemming from her internalised racism just prevents her from recognising that her anti-elf harrassing is essentially "punching down". Yeah, we got way too few occassions to challenge/question our companions' views, especially if they stubbornly refuse to acknowledge our opinion. I can neither confirm nor deny this ever happening in my pts This speaks to me on spiritual level *looks at shinies in storage box*
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 1, 2020 21:46:11 GMT
So as said above, finally decided on a new Hawke Her name is Elena, she's a mage...will be taking Force Mage as spec. (will grab a better screenshot tomorrow) Bethany and Wesley died (as did several darkspawn), got rescued by Flemeth and just arrived in Kirkwall.
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 1, 2020 22:17:40 GMT
4) depends...mine's a Rift Mage I do head canon my Lavellan as being pretty young...as in barely twenty, my Adaar though...I picture him about 40 (he's starting to go grey ) I do like Cullen's ideas for mages and templars working side by side in for example clinics. 'Course in this type of scenario I'd subjugate both parties to serious psychological tests to determine if they are genuine. So as not to get situations where we put a Ser Alrik together with an Ella I mean, if Cass can put the Seekers through psych reviews, we can do the same to the people who want to be Templars or are already templars...
and I'm a dog person...Cullen having the pup is a bonus 5) Bethany and Wesley died (as did several darkspawn), got rescued by Flemeth and just arrived in Kirkwall. 4) Haha, mine was a KE (so she's essentially immortal anyway), but I don't know if that will change when I replay her. The thing I have with his suggestion is that "military service" (non-voluntarily) is already a thing with the circles and his example of clinics is undermined by the fact that he refuses to let go of the "must be controlled!!!!" view the Chantry is so fond of, that will have templars breathing down the necks of the healers constantly. I don't work in the medical field, but I've read someone who supposedly does call BS on this idea. Also, Cullen makes this sort of... throwaway line and then changes the subject to templars exclusively. That's understandable, but it also shows were his true loyalties and care seem to lie (Cassandra does a similar thing). Of course they should be reviewed, though these days, I'm usually of the opinion that a group which preaches this much hate as the Chantry and the Qun do cannot be trusted to organise a training regimen for mages. In essence, bye bye templars. But this is a general writing or character flaw (DA4 might tell which exactly) coming up with DAI, that everythings is viewed from a southern andrastian perspective. "Whut u guies don't have templarz?!?!?!???" Hmpf... puppy eyes bribery. 5) That's such a beautiful use of zeugma, mentioning the two humans in one go with Darkspawn. ("Neither Dudley nor the hedge were in any hurt.") Also, taking Force Mage and not wanting overlap with Rift Mage in your playstyle, you made yourself another rabbit hole. *shamelessly waves blood magic sign* That brings up another thing: In the same vein as not being able to call out Cass' "take the Maker into your pantheon" BS or Cullen's attitudes on mages, quite a lot of options regarding Sera boil down to calling her crazy. I want to challenge her "logic", not write her off as dumb. I mean, she's a pretty good observer, her mental blockade stemming from her internalised racism just prevents her from recognising that her anti-elf harrassing is essentially "punching down". 1) Yeah, we got way too few occassions to challenge/question our companions' views, especially if they stubbornly refuse to acknowledge our opinion. I can neither confirm nor deny this ever happening in my pts 3) This speaks to me on spiritual level *looks at shinies in storage box* 1) Sometimes we do not even get to state our view I feel. Someone else really having to get the proverbial last word. I hated this in ME2/3 with TIM and I hope that does not bleed over anymore. 3) Glad to help. I think I spent about 500 hours in total playing a Pokemon game with shinies (mostly Gen. II) and all I got was a single grey Golbat, not counting the guaranteed red Gyarados of course. So maybe out of boredom, stubbornness or curiosity (or mix of all 3), I did some testing on that. Scientific sacrifice.
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Post by azarhal on Oct 1, 2020 22:48:41 GMT
I checked the wiki and there are a frost (despair) and electricity (pride) variant, but they are all limited to Trespasser (no schematic, technically despair is a trial reward, but you know RNG). So maybe out of boredom, stubbornness or curiosity (or mix of all 3), I did some testing on that. Switched on all trials, took party to Fallow Mire and started killing to get reward. Once I got it, back to Skyhold and started quick save -> quick reload. I got Heart of Despair on 39th attempt, but it's worth noting that I got 9 other epics on my way there. It took me less than 5 minutes, so if you want that staff, I'd say try 39th attempt???? I don't have the boredom or stubbornness for that. Thanks for the scientific research sacrifice. Now I need to mentally prepare myself to choose Ewyr's specialization. To Rift Mage or not to Rift Mage, that is the question.
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 1, 2020 23:10:54 GMT
3) Glad to help. I think I spent about 500 hours in total playing a Pokemon game with shinies (mostly Gen. II) and all I got was a single grey Golbat, not counting the guaranteed red Gyarados of course. Hah, I have 500 hours in current Gen alone. Don't even want to think about previous ones Prior to current Gen, I only got one random shiny and it was on ROM of all places, so I couldn't really keep it So maybe out of boredom, stubbornness or curiosity (or mix of all 3), I did some testing on that. Switched on all trials, took party to Fallow Mire and started killing to get reward. Once I got it, back to Skyhold and started quick save -> quick reload. I got Heart of Despair on 39th attempt, but it's worth noting that I got 9 other epics on my way there. It took me less than 5 minutes, so if you want that staff, I'd say try 39th attempt???? I don't have the boredom or stubbornness for that. Thanks for the scientific research sacrifice. As I said, it took me less than 5 minutes of F5/F9, so it wasn't really sacrifice
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 2, 2020 9:14:11 GMT
4) Haha, mine was a KE (so she's essentially immortal anyway), but I don't know if that will change when I replay her. The thing I have with his suggestion is that "military service" (non-voluntarily) is already a thing with the circles and his example of clinics is undermined by the fact that he refuses to let go of the "must be controlled!!!!" view the Chantry is so fond of, that will have templars breathing down the necks of the healers constantly. I don't work in the medical field, but I've read someone who supposedly does call BS on this idea. Also, Cullen makes this sort of... throwaway line and then changes the subject to templars exclusively. That's understandable, but it also shows were his true loyalties and care seem to lie (Cassandra does a similar thing). Of course they should be reviewed, though these days, I'm usually of the opinion that a group which preaches this much hate as the Chantry and the Qun do cannot be trusted to organise a training regimen for mages. In essence, bye bye templars. But this is a general writing or character flaw (DA4 might tell which exactly) coming up with DAI, that everythings is viewed from a southern andrastian perspective. "Whut u guies don't have templarz?!?!?!???" Hmpf... puppy eyes bribery. 5) That's such a beautiful use of zeugma, mentioning the two humans in one go with Darkspawn. ("Neither Dudley nor the hedge were in any hurt.") Also, taking Force Mage and not wanting overlap with Rift Mage in your playstyle, you made yourself another rabbit hole. *shamelessly waves blood magic sign* 4) sorry not sorry
also, technically with Leliana as Divine and if the Inquisitor recruits the mages...aren't all the templars simply poof by default? (aside from the ones that were smart enough, or lucky enough, to join the Inquisition that is) And yes yes, you're not fond of Cullen...got it, more for me then eh?
5) *bows* you're welcome ...I, don't understand what you mean with rabbit hole in this scenario and yes, I know I could use Blood Mage...but given Hawke's whole 'I hate blood magic' stick in Inquisition...yeah
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 2, 2020 10:18:09 GMT
Rascoth: Okay, can't top that. Though my Lavellan had around 320 hours in DAI at the end of Trespasser. Is that competitive? It was my first PT with some learning curve though. 4) sorry not sorry also, technically with Leliana as Divine and if the Inquisitor recruits the mages...aren't all the templars simply poof by default? (aside from the ones that were smart enough, or lucky enough, to join the Inquisition that is) And yes yes, you're not fond of Cullen...got it, more for me then eh? 5) *bows* you're welcome ...I, don't understand what you mean with rabbit hole in this scenario and yes, I know I could use Blood Mage...but given Hawke's whole 'I hate blood magic' stick in Inquisition...yeah 4) Yeah, they aren't mentioned in that case. Kinda odd. I'm also a bit confused by the focus on "independent templars=good", because they had like mostly no oversight before (much less a useful or fair one) and now they are left on their own? To me, it doesn't really matter how nicely they are painted (same goes for Cassandra and her restored Seekers) If their mindset doesn't change, we might as well get Lam(e)bert/Hinterlands 2.0. Eh, you should know my opinions on certain matters by now. But you can have his hair. I just wonder why some compare it to noodles. Because of the colour? 5) Well, you do have trouble deciding on you worldatates, right? So if you take Force Magic for DA2, but don't want a double-up with Rift Mage in DAI, it might leave you pondering on the DAI spec. Unless you decided already. We won't speak of this Envy Demon disguised as Hawke here.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 2, 2020 10:36:32 GMT
4) Yeah, they aren't mentioned in that case. Kinda odd. I'm also a bit confused by the focus on "independent templars=good", because they had like mostly no oversight before (much less a useful or fair one) and now they are left on their own? To me, it doesn't really matter how nicely they are painted (same goes for Cassandra and her restored Seekers) If their mindset doesn't change, we might as well get Lam(e)bert/Hinterlands 2.0. Eh, you should know my opinions on certain matters by now. But you can have his hair. I just wonder why some compare it to noodles. Because of the colour? 5) Well, you do have trouble deciding on you worldatates, right? So if you take Force Magic for DA2, but don't want a double-up with Rift Mage in DAI, it might leave you pondering on the DAI spec. Unless you decided already. We won't speak of this Envy Demon disguised as Hawke here.
4) more like people comparing the mesh texture of his hair model to that of uncooked noodles (especially in DAO and DA2) I always hate how the kinder templars are the first ones to die (Bryant, Otto, Emeric, Thrask, Barris)...and Bioware still wants you to support the templars. How am I going to want to do that if you kill of the nice ones and make the rest of the 'nice' ones hypocrite? Bioware tries to sell a 'the world is tints of grey' kind of idea, but the more I play the games I can only see black and white choices
5) why must you remind me of that? but yes...you're right I was thinking of giving a try to Knight Enchanter...I could go with Necromancer as well...probably closest thing I'll get to 'blood magic'
makes me wonder...given the fact we're probably going to 'blood magic central' next game...think they'll bring back Blood mage as a spec? Especially given the fact Solas is probably going to get the monopoly on spirits
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 2, 2020 10:55:16 GMT
Rascoth : Okay, can't top that. Though my Lavellan had around 320 hours in DAI at the end of Trespasser. Is that competitive? It was my first PT with some learning curve though. That wasn't competition, just observation that I've spent unholy amount of hours in Pokemon franchise You have me beaten on longest pt. My longest was around 180h(?), with everything done. She wasn't my first pt tho, in fact none of my saves from couple of first pts survived. I don't even remember half of them makes me wonder...given the fact we're probably going to 'blood magic central' next game...think they'll bring back Blood mage as a spec? Especially given the fact Solas is probably going to get the monopoly on spirits Not a fan of spec myself, but it'd make sense to bring it back. It'd also make quite a few people happy.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 2, 2020 11:00:38 GMT
makes me wonder...given the fact we're probably going to 'blood magic central' next game...think they'll bring back Blood mage as a spec? Especially given the fact Solas is probably going to get the monopoly on spirits Not a fan of spec myself, but it'd make sense to bring it back. It'd also make quite a few people happy. Same...I'm not a huge fan of blood, so I don't take Blood Mage as a principle. Which probably also explains my need for playing ranged characters...no cut of limbs and stuff like that
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