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Post by correctamundo on Jan 7, 2017 21:02:51 GMT
The continuing adventures of Inquistor Sienna Cadash! Skyhold of course is a ruin but we can make it work. Our artisans and workers started reconstruction immediately. The place is huge! As we settled in people were arriving daily. Cass, Leli, Josie, and Cullen were up to something. The arguing from the march had stopped now they seemed to be very much in accord. Cass called me over and asked to come with her on a stroll. As we climbed the stairs up to the keep we met Leliana there holding a big sword in her hands. Very ceremonial in stature. They wanted me to lead the Inquisition. They wanted me to be the new Inquisitor! As I had already been the one leading for a while. It is true I had been aiming for control for a while now but my reasons have changed along the way. From pure self-preservation to something more altruistic. Looking into the eyes of the people in the courtyard I could see their distress, their need for me to be their savior, their respect and maybe even love for me. So, I had to accept, For Order! Regarding Corypheus Varric wanted me to see someone who might be of help. He had invited The Champion of Kirkwall to Skyhold. Emerald Hawke didn’t have much to add. She had killed Corypheus. Really killed him so him being “alive” now is very alarming. Hawke had more information on the disappearing wardens however. She wanted us to meet a warden friend of hers out in Crestwood. I agreed to go. Cassandra would probably be mad at Varric when she eventually found out though. I took a round of the castle to see how everyone settled in. Solas wanted to go somewhere secluded to talk and took me to Haven. Haven looked surprisingly undamaged. Well, it turned out we were in the fade. I was sort of dreaming for the first time ever! It was awesome! Humans and elves do this all the time. I’m getting a little jealous. Next order of business was judgement. I had to pass judgement on criminals. My first one was Movran the Under. Avvar chieftain and father of The hand of Korth. Crime? Throwing goats on the walls of Skyhold. His son was supposed to have gone and found glory fighting Venatori but got feisty as Movran put it. Movran had to smear my house in goat’s blood for his honor. I therefore banished him and his tribe, with as many weapons they could carry to Tevinter, to our mutual pleasure. Our next prisoner was Knight-Captain Denam whose crimes were actual crimes. It is true I am a criminal myself. My crimes are some of the worst you can think. I am a murderer, arsonist, burglar, extortionist etc. So, who am I to judge? I guess I must differentiate between my personal past and the office I now hold. Denam had betrayed his office, betrayed those dependent on him and murdered the Knight-vigilant. He showed no remorse and he wanted justice. Well, he got it, at the end of a rope. During my round about Skyhold I ran into a young man who had signed on because he wanted to help. He called himself Sutherland. Will remember that name. I had to save Varric from being bruised by Cassandra. I managed to calm the seeker down before we got more damage than a simple blemish on a piece of furniture. Next stop Crestwood. To reach Hawkes Warden friend, we had to fight through undead and bandits. The situation was like in the Fallow mire. A big rift in the lake. Apparently, the lake was the old Crestwood village that was flooded during the blight. Per the Mayor it was the darkspawn that had destroyed the dam controls. A whole village and a large group of blight refugees were drowned there and none had received proper burial rites. Sod the stone. We had to get rid of the bandits and end Crestwood’s demon an undead problem. As we did it became clear that no one had destroyed the dam controls. The Mayor was not being forthright with us and as we went to his home to clear things out we found he had fled. He left a note in which he admitted his guilt and took full responsibility. We sent out patrol to apprehend him. Time to meet Hawkes friend who turned out to be a Gray Warden called Stroud. As we feared the warden situation was volatile. Apparently, all Orlesian Wardens have been summoned by Warden-Commander Clarel in one last desperate attempt to end all blights forever, but he suspects some form of foul play involving Corypheus. All wardens were hearing the “calling”. A signal that they were about to die leaving southern Thedas without protection from future blights. Thus, Clarel decided to mount a huge expedition into the deep roads to find and destroy the last of the old gods. Stroud said they were going to do this with demons and blood magic. This is some serious nug shit. The warden believed Corypheus killed by Hawke but Stroud had been suspicious of that. Ha smart guy and the old darkspawn had now revealed himself to us at Haven. He had to be connected somehow. Stroud had a lead out in the western approach. He knew of a large group of wardens gathering out there in an old Tevinter ritual tower. Time wasting so we’re hasting. Pushing out into the approach we found proof of re templars collecting slaves and somehow farming re lyrium. The whole procedure was unclear and they had moved the operation to Emprise de Lion. But there was no end to crap going on in the world now. We ran into some Venatori ass well and it was clear that they deep into some archaeological digs all over the approach. Trying to uncover artifacts for Corypheus. No doubt connected to his search for another way to breach the veil now that the anchor was out of the question. We reached the ritual tower and interrupted a blood magic ritual. It was led by “Lord” Livius Erimond of Vyrantium, a magister of the Tevinter Imperium and an agent of the Venatori. A true snake. We were too late to save these wardens. They were sacrificing soldiers so the warden mages could bind demons to them. The mages themselves were then bound to this Erimond character. He showed serious signs of over confidence. He had a weapon against my mark but altogether he was too weak and I opened a rift on the demons and mages. We beat them but Erimond not being very valorous fled the field. He fled in the general direction of Adamant fortress per Stroud. Hawke and Stroud scouted the terrain to be sure. (Another failed Hawke, one day I will take the time, one day...) We found a keep in the way so we there and ousted the Venatori squatters. (The Inquisitor passing as recruit - In the army now) The desert between Griffon Wing keep and Adamant fortress was a poisonous wasteland. There was no way we could move an army through there now. We put our engineers on the problem. As soon as we can move the army through we march!
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 7, 2017 23:10:16 GMT
I noticed a dodge skill in the specialisation tree and picked it up. I thought the Inq would dodge backwards when I used it. Imagine my consternation when she went forward instead, directly towards the mob coming for her. No, that's not what I want you to do! Get out of the way! Playing a inq archer rogue reinforced a suspicion; rogue companions are unreliable in combat. Varric has the same spec tree but he never did the amount of dmg the Inq is doing. Wtf was he doing the whole time? Thinking up stories to write? * Adamant Fortress With all eyes on her, Elvene had to think quickly. Though she could not see the warden's face, his dejection and grief was clear as day. Her decision would not be popular but in consideration of the Blighted nature of Corypheus, the chances of an outbreak was high. The wardens were still needed. They deserved a chance but they need to see that it was high time changes were made in their Order. She would have to grab the most senior of them and thrash out the problem with him, along with Blackwall. The warden was shocked when she declared them allies. His shoulders straightened and he stood taller when it sank in that they were being given a chance to redeem themselves. He saluted, vowing that he and his fellow wardens would do their utmost to help the Inquisition in the fight against Coryhpeus and correct Clarel's tragic mistake.
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Post by melbella on Jan 7, 2017 23:21:15 GMT
I noticed a dodge skill in the specialisation tree and picked it up. I thought the Inq would dodge backwards when I used it. Imagine my consternation when she went forward instead, directly towards the mob coming for her. No, that's not what I want you to do! Get out of the way! Playing a inq archer rogue reinforced a suspicion; rogue companions are unreliable in combat. Varric has the same spec tree but he never did the amount of dmg the Inq is doing. Wtf was he doing the whole time? Thinking up stories to write?
Heh, pretty much! The fact that Varric fails so bad at Artificer is what put me off it initially, but I'd already played Assassin and Tempest so wanted something new for my DW. I ended up liking it so much I played it a second time as archer!
What dodge skill are you talking about? There's Evade in the purple tree, and Leaping Shot in the archer tree.....the only thing I can think of in Artificer tree is Fallback Plan?
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Post by phoray on Jan 8, 2017 2:09:30 GMT
correctamundoErimund looked like he was lounging very comfortably. It made me laugh.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 8, 2017 2:17:58 GMT
I noticed a dodge skill in the specialisation tree and picked it up. I thought the Inq would dodge backwards when I used it. Imagine my consternation when she went forward instead, directly towards the mob coming for her. No, that's not what I want you to do! Get out of the way! Playing a inq archer rogue reinforced a suspicion; rogue companions are unreliable in combat. Varric has the same spec tree but he never did the amount of dmg the Inq is doing. Wtf was he doing the whole time? Thinking up stories to write?
Heh, pretty much! The fact that Varric fails so bad at Artificer is what put me off it initially, but I'd already played Assassin and Tempest so wanted something new for my DW. I ended up liking it so much I played it a second time as archer!
What dodge skill are you talking about? There's Evade in the purple tree, and Leaping Shot in the archer tree.....the only thing I can think of in Artificer tree is Fallback Plan?
Misremembered. It's the evade skill for Subterfuge. I saw it and thought it'd be something like the combat roll of the warrior. Well it is similar except that she does a leap forward and then roll. The warrior rolls immediately and can deal dmg. Some say the warrior combat roll is ridiculous because the dmg can be really high. With the greatsword at max crit of 5-6k combined with the roll that can deal 5k (max crit at 8k), that's 10k in a single combo. With master cooldown amulet, it's continuous dmg. With combat limitations in DAI, I'm not surprised at all dmg is put into the combat roll. It doesn't mean it's wrong, one can still deal out dmg with the sword while rolling and the target within reach. I never tried to give Cass the combat roll because she's a very good tank. The defensive guard stance for a greatsword wielder is truly dumb, imo, because it has a bludy cooldown. That means the warrior is doomed to stay in that pose and will not return attack until that stupid cooldown goes off. That is one skill I discarded quick. If I see an attack coming, I want to use the greatsword as a shield to ward it off and then attack, not stand there like a dummy. I really hope they change combat in DA4. I want it to be more dynamic and responsive. It's time they change it with all the more realistic combat styles appearing in other games. They'll look like mothball eaten devs if they continue with the DAI style.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Jan 8, 2017 2:42:51 GMT
Okay finished all the backgrounds. The dwarven commoner (I played as a male warrior & it worked great) had my favorite temporary companion from the lot, Leske, and a fun story, also tying into the game well. My only qualm was that at the end, the Warden has no information or a chance to wonder what is going to happen with his sister and Leske. I am hoping it's covered in the later game. I know that the sister shows up in the noble background, so I assume she is safe, but Leslie, I dunno. Would have preferred him to Og... what-s-his name as a permanent companion, because O just did not have enough character background to stretch into a companion I chose to play human noble with a female rogue, and it worked fine. I also can see how it would have absolutely worked wonders with Alistair's story-line, particularly since she is the only Warden that has a shot at marrying Alistair. It was awesome to get the Dog's background. The only thing I don't know is how the game handles pc's brother and his wife/kid, as I assume that the brother dies at Ostagar. I guess the family dies - maybe I missed their bodies or something while running through the castle. I think that overall, story-wise, dwarven princess was my favorite, followed by the dawrf commoner & City Elf & mage & human, and dalish elf being the weakest imo. Nice job! The two dwarven origins show you two radically different perspectives. I came out of dwarven noble wanting to kill little brother Behlen. After doing the dwarven commoner story and the city guards disdainfully call me "brand," you're willing to cut a deal with Behlen, however sleazy he is, in an effort to overthrow the system. As to human noble, your sister-in-law and nephew are murdered. You find them in one of the bedroooms, the room where you said goodbye to your brother, Fergus. Note, Fergus and his men left before the attack. Did your PC spend the night with Iona or Darien?
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Post by deadlydwarf on Jan 8, 2017 2:49:46 GMT
I noticed a dodge skill in the specialisation tree and picked it up. I thought the Inq would dodge backwards when I used it. Imagine my consternation when she went forward instead, directly towards the mob coming for her. No, that's not what I want you to do! Get out of the way! Playing a inq archer rogue reinforced a suspicion; rogue companions are unreliable in combat. Varric has the same spec tree but he never did the amount of dmg the Inq is doing. Wtf was he doing the whole time? Thinking up stories to write?
* Adamant Fortress With all eyes on her, Elvene had to think quickly. Though she could not see the warden's face, his dejection and grief was clear as day. Her decision would not be popular but in consideration of the Blighted nature of Corypheus, the chances of an outbreak was high. The wardens were still needed. They deserved a chance but they need to see that it was high time changes were made in their Order. She would have to grab the most senior of them and thrash out the problem with him, along with Blackwall. The warden was shocked when she declared them allies. His shoulders straightened and he stood taller when it sank in that they were being given a chance to redeem themselves. He saluted, vowing that he and his fellow wardens would do their utmost to help the Inquisition in the fight against Coryhpeus and correct Clarel's tragic mistake. What can you say, the companion AI is terrible! The more complex the specialization, the more likely the AI will make the companion totally useless in combat unless you aggressively control him. Iron Bull's Reaver specialization is even worse in that regard. I'm far into a PT and don't think I've given IB one Reaver skill yet.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Jan 8, 2017 3:43:46 GMT
Man, I somehow always forget just how overwhelming it is when you first arrive at Skyhold and NINE MILLION THINGS are suddenly demanding your attention. And then I managed to spend all of my accumulated power unlocking areas before I spoke to Hawke, and had to go out and do side quests for a while before I could access Crestwood. I am really pleased with how Dana Hawke turned out in Frostbite. Better than she looked in DA2!That haircut really suits her. Hoping I get a few better screen shots of her when we go to the Fade ... Mostly by coincidence, this is the second playthrough in a row where Loghain is the Warden. I think he's even going to live this time, instead of being fed to a giant imaginary spider! By contrast, iconic female Hawke is a total disappointment! And taking control of the CC to "fix" her doesn't help; she never looks right!
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Post by Merrill on Jan 8, 2017 7:50:30 GMT
Today I discovered that if you left Stroud in the fade he survives and joins a band to sing Macho macho man
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 8, 2017 8:31:01 GMT
Finished Arbor Wilds. I'm pretty shocked by Abelas's vehement rejection to the Inq's appeal to help the elves regained the knowledge that was lost. The elves were not the People. Wow. Yet he responded to Solas, clearly recognising that he is one of the People. He didn't reject Dorian's suggestion to help the elves. I wanted to give the finger to him; why the bloody rejection to the Inq but not to those guys? Maybe he was shocked and furious that an elf was leading an invasion force, hence, the fierce response. But when he was resigned to lose the thing he guarded, he was all ready to accept the suggestion. Still leaves a bad taste. I forgot to do IB's personal quest and thought it was lost but fortunately, it was still around after Arbor Wilds. So now, all that is left is to do his quest and talk to everybody. I expect Solas to have something to say. Maybe bye bye Inq? I'm just guessing but I think that's what he's going to do. With all the other zones completed, it will be Trespasser after the final battle. That is one I will complete, as much as I'm not looking forward to it. After this PT, maybe I'll do another one. There're no new games at the moment so if not another PT, probably a revisit to Dishonored II or Banished or Rise of the Tomb Raider.
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Post by correctamundo on Jan 8, 2017 9:01:46 GMT
correctamundo Erimund looked like he was lounging very comfortably. It made me laugh. And he's got that lazy, somewhat drunk look on him. I'll just chill over here while you guys kill my people. It is fun to catch those fleeting moments when out screenarching .
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Jan 8, 2017 10:05:35 GMT
Carathir Lavellan officially became an Artificer, hooray! It's the last rogue spec I haven't played, so I'm looking forward to trying it out. I was lucky enough to have one of the Alpha Quillbacks drop two sets of spines, so the quest wasn't even particularly tedious. What can you say, the companion AI is terrible! The more complex the specialization, the more likely the AI will make the companion totally useless in combat unless you aggressively control him. Iron Bull's Reaver specialization is even worse in that regard. I'm far into a PT and don't think I've given IB one Reaver skill yet. Amen to that. The AI manages tanking OK, and Dorian and Solas's specializations basically work even if you don't watch them all the time. Tempest is so good that Sera kicks butt even though the AI doesn't use her abilities optimally. The other rogues, Vivienne and Iron Bull ... not so much. This is why the lack of proper, customizable If > Then tactics is my biggest problem with Inquisition. Next up for me is Here Lies the Abyss, but I think I'm a little under-leveled to attempt it on Nightmare. Maybe I should go back to the Western Approach for a bit before I tackle Adamant Fortress. (I rushed out of there like I was on fire the instant I got those Quillback Spines so I could unlock the specialization.)
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 8, 2017 11:32:30 GMT
I never saw this Solas card before but it's no surprise since I resisted playing an elf for so long. To reiterate, not because I dislike the elves but because the devs cannot do them justice in the story tapestry. I also chose to have Solas remove the vallaslin so it's kind of odd to see a clear face when I've already gotten used to the tattoo. Tis so lonesome at the balcony. Solas may have said what they had was real. He could try to force it away but he would never forget it. ..on to Trespasser. ... can I kill him later in DA4? I was fancying a dramatic scene in which she takes a killing blow for him to give him a kick in the butt. I wouldn't want her to die however.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 8, 2017 13:27:48 GMT
*sigh* I guess the mods is the cause. I'm stuck at the first eluvian (Trespasser), the eternal loading black screen. Do I have to disable all of the mods? If so, I think some of the weapons will disappear. The Inq is using a special bow.
P.S. I disabled some mods, then put the game in window mode. That got it through.
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Post by correctamundo on Jan 8, 2017 13:57:51 GMT
Skyhold 90210! Meanwhile back at Skyhold people are settling in. I decided to check up on things. Cole was still troublesome for Cass and Viv whereas Solas feels an attachment to him. It doesn’t matter who or what Cole is. He stays. Even so I must get to know him better myself to be sure I’m not making a grave mistake. Cole’s thing seems to be helping people. Out of compassion for them. Sometimes however it can be ending their life. He admits to being too fast with the knife at times. If that happens again he wants us to end him. Cullen is ever busy with fortifications and training. He’s doing a magnificent work and soon he will need to march out. Blackwall is also putting his expertise in military matters to good use regarding our defenses. The Iron Bull wanted to show me something special. So, he took me out to meet the troops one night disguised as recruited mercenary. I let Bull do the talking. It was interesting to hear the soldiers. Their devotion to the cause, to the idea of a righteous Inquisition. It was sobering. Sutherland was proving useful and expanding his group of irregulars. I will keep supporting the lad. Sera…yes, I must admit I’m beginning to feel more for her. She seems inclined the same way. Anyway, she wanted help with a march through a village. A show of force, one thing led to another and we ferreted out rather unpleasant “noble” schnob. It didn’t end well for him. In short, he should’ve had treated the commoners better. Killing a defenseless farmer in front of our eyes was not a smart move. Sera may have gone a little overboard with his face though. Leliana had a lead on the Venatori. She had found a merchant in Val Royeaux that traded with them we decided to pay him a visit. We found him dead, killed by the Venatori. It seemed Calpernia didn’t take kindly to him mistreating the slaves he sold her. We killed the Venatori present and found some pieces of a broken crystal in the house. Our archanist Dagna studied the crystals. One could be used to record activities and through magic send the memory to the other. We had our spies plant the recorder in Calpurnia’s camp and then we waited. We struck gold. There was a small crack between Corypheus and Calpurnia. They were preparing her for being “the vessel”. Unclear reference. For unclear reasons Corypheus refused her entrance to the shrine of Dumat. We had to break in there. The Crestwood mayor had been captured. He didn’t really resist. His claimed the blight sickness had spread in the village of Old Crestwood. The sick could not be saved and the healthy relatives would not abandon them. If he hadn’t done what he did even more would be doomed. That may be true but all we have is his word. Still many innocents died when the village flooded. Despite his defense, he had to die by the axe man. Josie was working to much so I had to lure her away for a couple of hours. It was great to just spend time together like friends. I had tea with Solas. Funny how dislikes tea just as much as me. He had a problem he wanted my help with. One of his spirit friends had been summoned to Thedas from the fade. Solas was worried so I promised to consider it. Later I took a stroll in the garden and came upon Cullen and Dorian playing chess. After Cullen beat Dorian I accepted the challenge. We went at it and traded matches. In the end, I won the day but Cullen is no doubt my equal in this game. A dragon residing close to Redcliffe village was beginning to be a serious problem for the surrounding countryside so we had to go there and put it down. It was me Bull, Sera, and Dorian. The fight was long and fierce but in the end, we were victorious! So back at Skyhold it was drinks! Bull filled the mugs with some Qunari liquor the burned like dragon fire! I wasn’t about to back down and several mugs later I had a marvelous buzzzzzzzzz. Sutherland is expanding! He is proving useful. Sera likes pranks. It’s a good way to weld the group so I’m in. And our stern Seeker…she likes romances. Particularly Varric’s romances. She is ashamed of it. So, I decide to persuade Varric to write a new chapter for Cass, dedicate it. Ha. Varric is in on it so long as he can see her face when she gets the book. Deal! Group building is important. Friendship as well. So, I spent some time with Sera. She baked some cookies. It was great sitting on the roof eating cookies with her, even if the cookies weren’t top notch. It’s the thought that counts though! I got to meet the chargers more informally. Great gang Bull’s got there. There is a lot of “me” in the Chargers. Same goes for Sera’s Jennies I guess. And I made sure Sutherlands crew got top of the line equipment. Later I found Cassandra restless in the war room. She had been looking into the Illusive Lord seeker Lucius Corrin. We had found no trace of him at Therinfal. Now she had a lead, Caer Oswin, a castle in Ferelden. No reason to idle about so we went there post haste. At Caer Oswin we met the order of the fiery promise. A crazy cult dogging the seekers for centuries. Lucius had revived them. All the seekers had been sent out there one at a time to be tortured and killed. This had been done because they were resistant to red lyrium. We found Cassandras apprentice Daniel there. He was on the brink of death, dying in agonizing pain. Cassandra help him pass on and ended his suffering. At last we found Lucius. Mad as a hatter. Even so there was some method there. When he had become lord seeker he had been given a book with all the seeker orders secrets. The secrets of the seekers of truth? He felt Cassandra would understand if she would just read the book. Too late Lucius you die now. We read later. GRAAAGH! “The big’n’old dusty Tome of the secrets of the Seekers of TRUTH” revealed the truth of the ritual of tranquility as well as the seekers vigil. We did find some papers discussing the reversal of the rite of tranquility out in the Western approach. This book however, describes the method in detail because that I what the seekers have been doing to their apprentices all this time. Turned them tranquil and then reversed it by having them possessed by a spirit of faith at just the right time. A revelation that brought Lucius over the edge. Thank the maker (yeah, I know, weird huh?) Cassandra is made of tougher stone, more like bedrock. After reading the book Cassandra was ready to just forget about the seekers altogether. We discussed it thoroughly and in the end, we agreed that the idea of the seekers still was good. Cassandra would be just the person to make that idea into reality. I would support her. Thus, she would seek out any survivors and they would read the book as well. Then decide if they would want to continue in the order. Then finally the Ben-Hassrath made their move. They wanted to do a combined mission against the Venatori on the Storm coast. An openly cautious agreement on my part. Still, it will be interesting to see them in action. Everybody has a problem with something it seems and Josie is not spared. She needs me to escort her to Val Royeaux for family reasons. She is trying to get her family back in on the Orlesian trading routes. However, her agents have all been killed. A nobleman in Val Royeaux may have some information as to why. I’ll escort her as a precaution. Then Mother Giselle approached me. She had received a letter from a Magister Pavus, Dorians father. The Magister and the Mother wanted me to lure Dorian to a secluded place to meet some retainer. There Dorian would be asked to return to Tevinter. I smell a fish here and it isn’t me. So, naturally I went straight to Dorian and gave him the letter. It is probably true that The Magister had been trying to contact Dorian for a long time and that Dorian had kept himself out of reach, but still, kidnapping 101, I have read it. Anyway, we decided to make the appointment end the first rule in trap handling is to know about and prepare accordingly. The meeting was at the Gull and Lantern in Redcliffe and when we got there we were greeted by magister Halward Pavus in person. No retainer at all. They had had a falling out because Dorians refusal to conform with tradition. Halward had the betrayed his sons trust. There was still la lot of love there between them, and instead of pouring salt in the wound I led them on the road of reconciliation. Dorian would, however, stay with me in the Inquisition. The House of Pavus would have to wait. Mother Giselle was still concerned about the gossip surrounding young Pavus and inquisitor Cadash. Baaah. I say let them. Varric came by to let me know he had just finished the next chapter of “Swords and shields”. We could not let Cassandra wait. The look on her face when she got the book in her hands! Yes, it was worth it. Life in Skyhold is good! Who would have thunk ten years ago, me? Here? Now?
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Post by correctamundo on Jan 8, 2017 14:01:16 GMT
Carathir Lavellan officially became an Artificer, hooray! It's the last rogue spec I haven't played, so I'm looking forward to trying it out. I was lucky enough to have one of the Alpha Quillbacks drop two sets of spines, so the quest wasn't even particularly tedious. What can you say, the companion AI is terrible! The more complex the specialization, the more likely the AI will make the companion totally useless in combat unless you aggressively control him. Iron Bull's Reaver specialization is even worse in that regard. I'm far into a PT and don't think I've given IB one Reaver skill yet. Amen to that. The AI manages tanking OK, and Dorian and Solas's specializations basically work even if you don't watch them all the time. Tempest is so good that Sera kicks butt even though the AI doesn't use her abilities optimally. The other rogues, Vivienne and Iron Bull ... not so much. This is why the lack of proper, customizable If > Then tactics is my biggest problem with Inquisition. Next up for me is Here Lies the Abyss, but I think I'm a little under-leveled to attempt it on Nightmare. Maybe I should go back to the Western Approach for a bit before I tackle Adamant Fortress. (I rushed out of there like I was on fire the instant I got those Quillback Spines so I could unlock the specialization.) I hate setting uo if>then tactics. It reminds of the super boring computer science class I took years ago in school. *shudders*
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Post by phoray on Jan 8, 2017 14:47:16 GMT
correctamundoI just wish they were an option instead of totally off the table.
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Post by correctamundo on Jan 8, 2017 14:59:13 GMT
correctamundo I just wish they were an option instead of totally off the table. Oh yes, what we got was to little.
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Post by fylimar on Jan 8, 2017 20:03:51 GMT
I have not much troubles with my archer companions, the only one being, that they tend to die more often than the others, but damagewise, they are great. I just realised, that Crestwood might be my favorite map in this game. It's so much fun, even the side quests. Riya met Hawke and Stroud (formerly known as Loghain thanks to a bug ) in the hiding place. After that, she conquered the keep and closed the fade rift beyond Old Crestwood, found some suspicious looking corpses and decided to confront the mayor about it. Hawke and Stroud And the two ladies
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Post by phoray on Jan 8, 2017 23:21:38 GMT
After deciding that I would never part from Cole again, I was looking forward to the thing he says about the Mayor of Crestwood after you open the dam gates. And then Varric says something instead. I was very grumpy. On the positive side, I'd never brought Varric to Blackwall/Thom reveal in Val Royeuox. Varric totally saw it coming from a mile away and said, "ah shit." Hilarious delivery in a very serious moment.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 8, 2017 23:38:48 GMT
The Halamshirial eluvian is a very jinxed portal. It looks like every time I use it, I have to repeat the process of taking out mods and putting game in window mode.
P.S. The second entry (mirror shifted to a secured room) is now completely failing. I don't get the companion selection. When I forced a shutdown and reload the game, the Inq is alone at the other side. Spent 30 mins at this and nothing works. The devs made an error with Trespasser; they should put a party selection node at the Crossroad even if it's out of place when there were reports of glitches with the dlc years ago.
P.S. I'm likely to give up Trespasser altogether. It's refusing to work. The only thing that is possibly clotting it up is the extended influence and the inventory capacity. The latter mod has been removed but the game is not moving forward. The other is the influence, of which, I cannot affect at this point.; I think it's around 25. I tried a repair. Still doesn't work. I cannot say why the game moved forward during the first eluvian entry and now stubbornly refuses to progress. Actually, I can, if I want to leg it alone but I'm likely to spend a lot of time dying since Trespasser is horde mode times three.
This first elven PT will have no "resolution". The only good thing is that decisions can be made at Dragon Keep. That's DA's saving grace, otherwise I'll be extremely pissed. The bad thing is that I will not experience the final dialogue with Solas as an elven Inq; I expect some slight dialogue variation due to their relationship but everything else about the elven gods, the fade and the past will still be the same.
After this, I can only say in future PTs, I have to limit mods. At the most, eyebrows, athletic bodies, bigger money returns when selling. Weapons schematics and so on have to keep to in game properties. Inventory capacity, Skyhold armor and formal wear I think, can still be used in the main story but for Trespasser, everything has to be reset to default before the DLC is launched.
At the moment, I'm considering whether to delete the PT and try again. Or leave it and start a fresh elven PT tho I may not want to do the Solas romance again.
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Post by dragontartare on Jan 9, 2017 1:38:02 GMT
The Halamshirial eluvian is a very jinxed portal. It looks like every time I use it, I have to repeat the process of taking out mods and putting game in window mode. P.S. The second entry (mirror shifted to a secured room) is now completely failing. I don't get the companion selection. When I forced a shutdown and reload the game, the Inq is alone at the other side. Spent 30 mins at this and nothing works. The devs made an error with Trespasser; they should put a party selection node at the Crossroad even if it's out of place when there reports of glitches with the dlc years ago. P.S. I'm likely to give up Trespasser altogether. It's refusing to work. The only thing that is possibly clotting it up is the extended influence and the inventory capacity. The latter mod has been removed but the game is not moving forward. The other is the influence, of which, I cannot affect at this point.; I think it's around 25. I tried a repair. Still doesn't work. I cannot say why the game moved forward during the first eluvian entry and now stubbornly refuses to progress. This first elven PT will have no "resolution". The only good thing is that decisions can be made at Dragon Keep. That's DA's saving grace, otherwise I'll be extremely pissed. The bad thing is that I will not experience the final dialogue with Solas as an elven Inq; I expect some slight variation due to their relationship but the end will still be the same. After this, I can only say in future PTs, I have to limit mods. At the most, eyebrows, athletic bodies, bigger money returns when selling. Weapons schematics and so on have to keep to in game properties. Inventory capacity, Skyhold armor and formal wear I think, can still be used in the main story but for Trespasser, everything has to be reset to default before the DLC is launched. On an additional note, the final power of the Mark is received in Trespasser. I remember using it set off a tremendous explosion with a loud sound efftect with my numerous human warrior Inqs. This does not happen in the present failed PT. The animation and sound are the usual closing rift effect. I think that, if anything else, is an indication of a glitch. At the moment, I'm considering whether to delete the PT and try again. Or leave it and start a fresh elven PT tho I may not want to do the Solas romance again. Do you have an old save from Skyhold that you could load? Maybe load it, disable all mods, then start Trespasser and see how it goes?
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Post by deadlydwarf on Jan 9, 2017 1:56:28 GMT
Carathir Lavellan officially became an Artificer, hooray! It's the last rogue spec I haven't played, so I'm looking forward to trying it out. I was lucky enough to have one of the Alpha Quillbacks drop two sets of spines, so the quest wasn't even particularly tedious. What can you say, the companion AI is terrible! The more complex the specialization, the more likely the AI will make the companion totally useless in combat unless you aggressively control him. Iron Bull's Reaver specialization is even worse in that regard. I'm far into a PT and don't think I've given IB one Reaver skill yet. Amen to that. The AI manages tanking OK, and Dorian and Solas's specializations basically work even if you don't watch them all the time. Tempest is so good that Sera kicks butt even though the AI doesn't use her abilities optimally. The other rogues, Vivienne and Iron Bull ... not so much. This is why the lack of proper, customizable If > Then tactics is my biggest problem with Inquisition.
Next up for me is Here Lies the Abyss, but I think I'm a little under-leveled to attempt it on Nightmare. Maybe I should go back to the Western Approach for a bit before I tackle Adamant Fortress. (I rushed out of there like I was on fire the instant I got those Quillback Spines so I could unlock the specialization.) It is surprising that Origins allowed you to set up reasonably sophisticated macros to tell your companions what to do during a fight but the more advanced Inquisition engine dumbed the whole thing down instead of trying to improve on it. Go figure...
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Post by melbella on Jan 9, 2017 4:44:29 GMT
After this, I can only say in future PTs, I have to limit mods. At the most, eyebrows, athletic bodies, bigger money returns when selling. Weapons schematics and so on have to keep to in game properties. Inventory capacity, Skyhold armor and formal wear I think, can still be used in the main story but for Trespasser, everything has to be reset to default before the DLC is launched. At the moment, I'm considering whether to delete the PT and try again. Or leave it and start a fresh elven PT tho I may not want to do the Solas romance again.
I am quite perplexed on why you are having such difficulty. For the record, I did not change out or remove any mods and Trespasser worked just fine. I wonder if it might be a graphics thing? I had all kinds of issues with the game at all stages before I got my settings just right. Have you played Trespasser before with no issue when no mods were installed? If a mod is the culprit, I would bet it's one used permanently on the character (eyebrow or body type). Did you double-check all of them to make sure they are DLC friendly?
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 9, 2017 5:01:55 GMT
After this, I can only say in future PTs, I have to limit mods. At the most, eyebrows, athletic bodies, bigger money returns when selling. Weapons schematics and so on have to keep to in game properties. Inventory capacity, Skyhold armor and formal wear I think, can still be used in the main story but for Trespasser, everything has to be reset to default before the DLC is launched. At the moment, I'm considering whether to delete the PT and try again. Or leave it and start a fresh elven PT tho I may not want to do the Solas romance again.
I am quite perplexed on why you are having such difficulty. For the record, I did not change out or remove any mods and Trespasser worked just fine. I wonder if it might be a graphics thing? I had all kinds of issues with the game at all stages before I got my settings just right. Have you played Trespasser before with no issue when no mods were installed? If a mod is the culprit, I would bet it's one used permanently on the character (eyebrow or body type). Did you double-check all of them to make sure they are DLC friendly?
I wish they would categorize (eyesbrows, hair, face sliders in their own segments so I don't have to laboriously go through each page) and update the mods (friendly to which DLCs) because I cannot recall where one of the eyebow mods came from. There seemed to be two sets. The other (released in 2015 and titled eyebrows for women and katherine something), I just checked, is solely unfriendly towards Trespasser. The problem with the second eluvian, as far as I can make out, is the failure of the party selection to appear. How tough is that? I have no problems at all with Trespasser before the mods. My graphic settings is set to ultra, always has been. This Elven PT is the first time I'm doing Trespasser with mods. I seriously don't feel like slogging through another two hours trying to push it through. Even without mods, the thing refused to move. Which means, somewhere along the line, something glitched up farting big. P.S. Here's the list of mods I use eyebrows for women alldoorsofHalamshirial inventorycapacity moreinqlevels medium Inq scout armor for Skyhold / formal wear no fog of war for main game, JOH, Descent athletic body for elven female atheletic body for human female war table no waiting prologue outfit retextured more banter HD eye textures lore friendly Trepasser schematic revised TMM rare weapons shaved side hair I also used cinematic reshade and this file exists in the main folder.
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