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Post by flyingsquirrel on Oct 11, 2023 16:06:10 GMT
I just got to the Well of Sorrows yesterday with my Dalish warrior Inquisitor and played through both letting Morrigan drink and having Ellana Lavellan drink, then did a separate save after each. I'm still debating which one to use. While I'm playing Ellana as a believer in the elven gods who will tell anyone asking that she is *not* the Herald of Andraste, I also figure some of her perspectives and priorities are evolving as she interacts more with people from outside the Dales, such that learning the truth about elven history or recovering what was lost may not be at the top of her agenda any more.
In favor of letting Morrigan drink, all three of the present companions (Cassandra, Cole, and Solas) expressed serious reservations about Ellana doing it, with Cole warning of many voices in the head of whoever does it. Ellana understands that the Inquisition has become very important to the world at large, and so potentially sacrificing her own free will to whoever or whatever Mythal may be could cause serious problems down the road. Morrigan does seem like she's prepared to take the risk, and as a mage, she probably is well-prepared to resist any negative influences from the Well. And if the whole thing does somehow go south, restraining a rogue, Mythal-controlled Morrigan might still be easier than restraining a rogue, Mythal-controlled Inquisitor.
In favor of Ellana drinking, neither I as player nor Ellana as a character find Morrigan entirely trustworthy, and at the same time Ellana isn't sure she can ask someone else to take this risk even if Morrigan is volunteering. Morrigan seems to kind of shrug off the possibility of mind control and appears to think that Mythal is either entirely fictional or is at least less powerful than elven lore would suggest. My previous two human Inquisitors assumed the same, but Ellana takes the possibility of a still-extant and powerful Mythal much more seriously. So for her, it's an open question who would be better equipped to resist being mind-controlled - Morrigan with her experience as a mage, or herself with her knowledge of elven history and belief in Mythal (and her friends and advisors who could potentially stop her if she got out of control).
Did anyone else play a Dalish Inquisitor and find this choice perplexing? I'm also indecisive because I think Ellana might be my favorite of my Inquisitors so far, and from a metagaming perspective, I don't want to make a choice that will turn her into a villain when Dreadwolf comes along. Has BW said much about what, if any, role the Inquisitor will play in Dreadwolf?
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Post by flyingsquirrel on Oct 18, 2023 14:54:17 GMT
So did I miss something in the acquisition for Jaws of Hakkon, or are we really only going to the Frostback Basin because there might be information about the former Inquisitor? I understand that the Jaws will later be revealed to be planning an invasion, but without that knowledge, I don't think I would want Inquisition soldiers engaging them in combat right off the bat. It's not the Inquisition's land, and my Inquisitor isn't trying to annex territory or set up a new permanent body politic in Orlais or Ferelden. I know there are always mooks in action RPGs, but it seems like there's a good argument that the Jaws would be justified in deciding that the Inquisition isn't welcome there.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Oct 18, 2023 17:51:10 GMT
So did I miss something in the acquisition for Jaws of Hakkon, or are we really only going to the Frostback Basin because there might be information about the former Inquisitor? I understand that the Jaws will later be revealed to be planning an invasion, but without that knowledge, I don't think I would want Inquisition soldiers engaging them in combat right off the bat. It's not the Inquisition's land, and my Inquisitor isn't trying to annex territory or set up a new permanent body politic in Orlais or Ferelden. I know there are always mooks in action RPGs, but it seems like there's a good argument that the Jaws would be justified in deciding that the Inquisition isn't welcome there. That was the main reason for going there I believe yes. As for the Jaws they aren' texactl ylocals either. The Stone Bear group are the only locals in the area. THe Jaws are just a group of angry Avvar that wanted to hit back because of wha thappened during the Blight back when they lived in Ferelden. Which the Inquisition had nothing t odo with but they don't care about that. That was down to the crappy leadership Ferelden was under at that time which unfotunately is another mess our Inquisitor is forced to clean up while looking for Ameridan. Also tempers could have also been amplified due to the rifts and such in the area. We do know a lot of the groups were on edge because of that as they were fighting each other whic hwas why the Inquisition was called in the first place as a means to try to restore order.
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Post by flyingsquirrel on Nov 3, 2023 15:52:11 GMT
Anyway, I just recently finished Trespasser on my Ellana Lavellan playthrough. I think I definitely have a better appreciation for the Dragon Age universe than I did before, as well as for Inquisition itself, which I used to view as far too bloated. I do still think some of the combat in DA games can get repetitive, and I purposely skipped some of the more mundane sidequests like the shard collections and the astrarium puzzles (I'd give them a shot if I came across them, but was OK with not solving it quickly and moving on). Maybe a combination of feeling more invested in the story and knowing ahead of time which sidequests were just going to be all combat helped me avoid feeling disappointed.
I found the final cutscene of Trespasser a little strange - Ellana disbanded the Inquisition and supported Cassandra to become the new Divine, but then the cutscene shows Ellana presumably back at Skyhold, with Cassandra in her default "warrior" garb, talking about what "we" should do next. And I'm thinking, "Who exactly is 'we' with the Inquisition disbanded? And Cassandra, don't you have a monumentally complex organized religion to lead?" I also thought that there should have been a scene, either in the main game or in the DLC, where Lavellan visits her old clan and is asked whether she ever intends to return to her former life. I think "my" Ellana probably wouldn't, but it's not far-fetched to think she'd consider it, especially given that the Inquisition is finished and she had done her best from Day 1 to get people to stop calling her the Herald of Andraste. I'm thinking of creating a Tapestry where the Warden and Hawke are much more "pro-establishment" than I tend to play them, i.e. more sympathetic to Templars, orthodox Chantry believers, and not necessarily all that considerate towards underdogs/outsiders such as the Dalish elves, and then do a run through Inquisition where the Inquisitor is a human who does believe that he's the Herald of Andraste, sides with the templars over the mages, and pushes for Vivienne to become the new Divine. As you can probably guess, those sorts of viewpoints are *not* my own, so I'm not sure I want to invest the time in actually playing all three games this way, but I might want to give one of them a shot and set it up as an importable world state for Dreadwolf.
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Post by Zikade on Dec 1, 2023 18:27:05 GMT
Continuing my sort of re-play. Glitches bring me joy. The Inquisitor did not let this bother him and actually became a Reaver.
"Ser, I heard there's abominations among you."
"Oh god, they are transforming. Can't train you sorry bye."
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Post by Psychevore on Apr 24, 2024 4:28:26 GMT
Well, this thread is pretty dead, but I started a new run on my PS4 Pro to finally get that stupid platinum Will play a Knight Enchanter. Will try to romance Cassandra, but it'll be hard considering I have fair weather friends turned on and I will do a lot of stuff she disagrees with. Let's see how this goes.
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