What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Elena Lavellan went to the Boring Oasis, killed some spiders, opened a door - just the one though.

Went to Therinfall Redoubt, got Envy out of her head.

It's... really evil!   

Hawke can let Meredith kill Bethany.

I was sort of neutral about that choice when I heard about it. When investigating the mind of Murder Hawke a few things come up. He sees everyone in the group as a possession. He is severely irritated that the Templars have kept him away from one of his possessions, Bethany.  He was annoyed that a mage Bethany kind of cramped his style, but he didn't hate her and she was max friendship when they parted. (even playing as Angry Hawke, I got 15 friendship points off the bat when I told Ser Wesley to back off from possession, Bethany in the flight from Lothering.) So, she thinks the moon of Murder Hawke, but only because she didn't see all the evil things he did and liked how he protected her; even if it was out of a sense of "mine" rather than love. Anyway, as I recall, but I haven't seen it yet on this play through, Meredith actually threatens Bethany to get her to go along with a request. Not to mention how she tries to order him about and speak for him. So, he hates Meredith. And when it comes to siding with the mages or the Templars, that will be his guiding point on it. He wants to kill Meredith, not help her; he definitely doesn't care about the conflict or choosing which side is actually the good one. And when Anders blows up the Chantry, his "Possession" has shown that he is permanently off Hawke's leash and must be put down.

So, unfortunately for me in that I don't get to see more content, Murder psychopath Hawke will not be siding with the Templars and killing Bethany. I will have to craft a new sort of psychopath just for that, I guess.

Eh, my first playthrough in DA2 was that - a good hearted female mage hawke that helped Anders blow up the chantry    I've grown a lot more evil on DA2 as of late...     

So, third PT of DA2. Had never played Sebastian stuff.

Elthina told us it wouldbe difficult to get into the Viscount's locked room since they'd closed it off.

So, I go to Hightown at night...and see a guard right outside. So, I'm like... okay, some scene with a guard is going to happen. But nothing. I go right in. Then the whole place is filled with guards. uh oh... battle? What? No. Nothing happens. I literally walk right up to a guard.

"Oh, hello, there Champion." All cheery like. I laugh. Seriously? Okay, maybe it's just the Viscount's room that will be "difficult". But then those guards do nothing either. Don't even join the battle against the Resolutionists.
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My first PT, I didn't know Cullen existed outside of the two scenes he was in. Because 50% of NPCs have little bubbles over their head and don't really say anything. It wasn't until my 2nd PT that I talked to him extensively.

This is my 3rd PT and I discovered you can have quite the extensive conversation wtih Seneshal Bran in Act 3. He thinks of you as a headache; but what it really tells you is the political situation in Act 3. I never got that in either of my two previous play throughs. Wonder who else I didn't know I could talk to.

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If you look out the Windows on your Hawke Mansion Estate, you can see Eagle Statues on the outside of your own home through medium size slites. But then if you go outside and look at your house, there isn't even a ledge by the tiny slits.
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After talking to the De Laucents, The Comte tells the Comtess to lie down. As I went through all the rooms to take their stuff, I actually wandered into their bedroom. The comte was sitting and the Comtess was actually lying down on the bed. NEAT.

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Also, the entire feeling of the game is different if you are Evil Hawke. As a do gooding Hawke who just wanted her family to have a better life, the whole game was super frustrating and sad. The sense of failure kept rising until you finally got to leave that stupid place as a refugee.

AS Evil HAwke, I don't like Kirkwall. I am bummed Mom died. But I am PART of the chaos. I am absolutely doing nothing to make the situation better, sometimes I make it worse, and it doesn' tmatter so long as my Hawke gets some sort of improvement. Whether it be the thrill of the kill, money, or just to annoy his companions.

Being part of the chaos instead of trying to fix it has been rather rewarding.

Welp, last night I booted up DAI for the first time in many many months. Picked up where I left off with my fem Lavellan mage. Swung by the Black Emporium first, then fixed my weapons/armor back at Skyhold, my companions gear, went to the war table etc. Then talked to Vivienne, she's gonna be the Divine in this playthrough, goddammit, forgot I messed up awhile back in this run. Eh, I can fix that in the Keep anyway.

Rescued the lost patrol at Fallow Mire, recruited the Sky Watcher, then I started the Descent. Really enjoying that DLC again. I'll also have to goggle how to solve that bloody tower puzzle, again.

I met the Nug King today *squees*











I also just finished The Descent. Now I'm off to the Western Approach, gotta reclaim that stronghold and kill a dragon.

After freeing the Emprise du Lion and solving the riddles of the Tomb of Fairel, I headed out to face Corypheus in the Arbor Wilds. After getting to the Well of Sorrows before him, from which Morrigan drank, it was off to a final confrontation with him. The Inquisition triumphed, of course.



After finishing the main plotline, I really have to say that there really aren't that many main quests. Could have been more in my opinion. Looking forward to the Frostback Basin and the Deep Roads next, after playing my least favorite game. Finding out which mods work and which don't. And then Trespasser, which I'm really, really excited for.

Towers of Hanoi is like the one puzzle I know how to solve going-in, but that doesn't keep me from initially piling all the cones or whatever in the wrong stack nearly every.single.time.




Ooh, I like that fur-lined armor in the second pic under the spoiler. Is that standard or a mod?

I actually played some DAI MP today.

Last match got bumped into Nightmare, and I didn't embarrass myself until the last wave where I got chain ragdolled and promptly died with my Avvar.

I wish it had been a mission to find out who sold out Bethany to the Templars. Despite game mechanics, I figure she's not openly casting spells out in the streets in broad daylight, so it wouldn't be a case of Templars simply seeing her. But I'm sure she and Hawke pissed off plenty of people during their first year in Kirkwall, and I'd love to have found the bottom-feeder who turned her in so I could show them exactly what I think of them.