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Post by Sokemis on Sept 5, 2018 22:45:57 GMT
My first PT of the game, I didn't even get the sleep with Fenris scene until Act 3 (don't ask me how I managed to miss out in Act 2 - guess I didn't go home enough; I also finished the game at level 15) and then the next convo is after 3 years passing in the meantime and I was like, "Uh, what? That was just yesterday, dude." Okay, yeah... that one wins in the awkward department, lol. (I didn't even realize you could still get that scene in Act 3) One of the hardest things I found coming back to DA2 after 5 years was trying to figure out what to do and when and in DAI when I arrived in the Hinterlands for the first time I was so overwhelmed. But its all starting to come back now thank the gods!!!!! I like that you have to do certain things before other quests will open up, but I've forgotten what unlocks what. Origins was easier when it came to the saves - save at camp between each "treaty" and a couple other times and pretty much good. DA2? I've been saving at the beginning of the Act, sometime mid-game-ish (depends on when I remember) and just hope for the best, lol. My biggest problem with Inquisition I think is probably hitting the Hinterlands for the first time and having an internal fight going on between the part of me yelling "Find/Do all the things!!" and the part that keeps chanting "Skyhold! Skyhold! Skyhold!" *********** Passed judgement on Erimond. He thought he was going to die for his false god, but Dany gave him a fate worse than death. Zombie land. Took over the fort from the choice spirit in Emprise. I don't think I've ever chosen Tranquility in the Judgments.... but if I was going to it would be on him.
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Post by dazk on Sept 5, 2018 22:57:42 GMT
One of the hardest things I found coming back to DA2 after 5 years was trying to figure out what to do and when and in DAI when I arrived in the Hinterlands for the first time I was so overwhelmed. But its all starting to come back now thank the gods!!!!! My biggest problem with Inquisition I think is probably hitting the Hinterlands for the first time and having an internal fight going on between the part of me yelling "Find/Do all the things!!" and the part that keeps chanting "Skyhold! Skyhold! Skyhold!" Thanks for reminding me, when's the best time to trigger going to Skyhold? I have done the majority of the Hinterlands and what I can on The Storm coast and am Level 9. I am still undecided on whether to side with the Templars or Mages, slightly leaning to the Templars.
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Post by phoray on Sept 6, 2018 0:19:46 GMT
Last night, Meraad finished exploring the Wellspring and something weird happened to Valta (in fact, the way she talks at the end reminds me of Larius/Janeka in Legacy...I somehow expect bad things to result from that). Glad I'm not the only one!!!
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Post by melbella on Sept 6, 2018 0:30:54 GMT
My biggest problem with Inquisition I think is probably hitting the Hinterlands for the first time and having an internal fight going on between the part of me yelling "Find/Do all the things!!" and the part that keeps chanting "Skyhold! Skyhold! Skyhold!" Thanks for reminding me, when's the best time to trigger going to Skyhold? I have done the majority of the Hinterlands and what I can on The Storm coast and am Level 9. I am still undecided on whether to side with the Templars or Mages, slightly leaning to the Templars.
I usually do Fallow Mire before Skyhold, just because so much opens up after you get there, getting one zone permanently out of the way is nice. You can do it after recruiting either side but before closing the breach. I head-canon the rest of the troops need time to arrive and we need time to get ready for 'em. Meanwhile, I've got nothing to do but be in the way, so may as well go rescue some soldiers (and pick blood lotus....don't forget the blood lotus!!)
Do you have the Open Locks perk to get Blackwall's Warden trinket in the fort? Otherwise you will have to go back later (or not get it).
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Post by melbella on Sept 6, 2018 0:36:35 GMT
Okay, yeah... that one wins in the awkward department, lol. (I didn't even realize you could still get that scene in Act 3)
Well, I tend to have structure/timing issues my first PT of many a game. Andromeda was a train wreck for me as far as pacing went. It got a lot better by my 3rd PT. I still mess up sometimes in DA2 though, because things are so structured.
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Post by phoray on Sept 6, 2018 0:41:04 GMT
My biggest problem with Inquisition I think is probably hitting the Hinterlands for the first time and having an internal fight going on between the part of me yelling "Find/Do all the things!!" and the part that keeps chanting "Skyhold! Skyhold! Skyhold!" Thanks for reminding me, when's the best time to trigger going to Skyhold? I have done the majority of the Hinterlands and what I can on The Storm coast and am Level 9. I am still undecided on whether to side with the Templars or Mages, slightly leaning to the Templars. I do everything I'm going to do in the Hinterlands (everything that mother Giselle complains about), the storm Coast is limited to getting iron bull and the cult, and the Fallen Mire entirely before I call it and go to Skyhold.
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Post by dazk on Sept 6, 2018 1:41:35 GMT
Thanks for reminding me, when's the best time to trigger going to Skyhold? I have done the majority of the Hinterlands and what I can on The Storm coast and am Level 9. I am still undecided on whether to side with the Templars or Mages, slightly leaning to the Templars.
I usually do Fallow Mire before Skyhold, just because so much opens up after you get there, getting one zone permanently out of the way is nice. You can do it after recruiting either side but before closing the breach. I head-canon the rest of the troops need time to arrive and we need time to get ready for 'em. Meanwhile, I've got nothing to do but be in the way, so may as well go rescue some soldiers (and pick blood lotus....don't forget the blood lotus!!)
Do you have the Open Locks perk to get Blackwall's Warden trinket in the fort? Otherwise you will have to go back later (or not get it).
Thank you, will do Fallow Mire next then. LOL I picked so much damn Blood Lotus, Elfroot, Embrium in Hinterlands and Blood Lotus, Elfroot in Storm Coast I could become a herbalist!!!!!! Don't have the perk yet, but I am happy to go back and get Blackwalls token later. Got any recommendations re who to take to get some good banter?
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Post by dazk on Sept 6, 2018 1:43:19 GMT
Thanks for reminding me, when's the best time to trigger going to Skyhold? I have done the majority of the Hinterlands and what I can on The Storm coast and am Level 9. I am still undecided on whether to side with the Templars or Mages, slightly leaning to the Templars. I do everything I'm going to do in the Hinterlands (everything that mother Giselle complains about), the storm Coast is limited to getting iron bull and the cult, and the Fallen Mire entirely before I call it and go to Skyhold. Thanks. I have done virtually everything in The Hinterlands except for the Rift near the river where you find Druffy and the area where the Dragon is.
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Post by Sokemis on Sept 6, 2018 1:46:20 GMT
My biggest problem with Inquisition I think is probably hitting the Hinterlands for the first time and having an internal fight going on between the part of me yelling "Find/Do all the things!!" and the part that keeps chanting "Skyhold! Skyhold! Skyhold!" Thanks for reminding me, when's the best time to trigger going to Skyhold? I have done the majority of the Hinterlands and what I can on The Storm coast and am Level 9. I am still undecided on whether to side with the Templars or Mages, slightly leaning to the Templars. If I was doing a minimalist pre-Skyhold run: recruit everyone and talk to all companions/advisors at least a few times, use the wiki to remember what missions/quests/agents need to be done while still in Haven and prioritize them, clear out the renegade templars/apostates in the Hinterlands before picking a side, and sprinkle in whatever quests I stumble across in the field for immersion/xp/gold/loot sake (without going out of my way for them). That's the plan anyway. The reality is more like: "Oh look a new marker, it's so close I'll just grab it real quick." "Oh look another one right over there, I can get that one." Rise, lather, repeat until suddenly it's 3am and most of the Hinterlands are cleared, lol.
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Post by dazk on Sept 6, 2018 2:14:19 GMT
Thanks for reminding me, when's the best time to trigger going to Skyhold? I have done the majority of the Hinterlands and what I can on The Storm coast and am Level 9. I am still undecided on whether to side with the Templars or Mages, slightly leaning to the Templars. That's the plan anyway. The reality is more like: "Oh look a new marker, it's so close I'll just grab it real quick." "Oh look another one right over there, I can get that one." Rise, lather, repeat until suddenly it's 3am and most of the Hinterlands are cleared, lol. Oh yeah that's the reality for me too, as well as oh I wonder what's behind that rock/hill/tree etc cause I am just sure the dev's would have hidden something there. Better check it out.
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Post by melbella on Sept 6, 2018 2:26:47 GMT
Oh yeah that's the reality for me too, as well as oh I wonder what's behind that rock/hill/tree etc cause I am just sure the dev's would have hidden something there. Better check it out.
And then you run away fast because, "Oh shit, it's a bear!"
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Post by dazk on Sept 6, 2018 3:08:03 GMT
Oh yeah that's the reality for me too, as well as oh I wonder what's behind that rock/hill/tree etc cause I am just sure the dev's would have hidden something there. Better check it out.
And then you run away fast because, "Oh shit, it's a bear!"
Poor Vivienne (not) got killed by bears at least 4 times the other day
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Post by phoray on Sept 6, 2018 8:35:59 GMT
I just realized that Sera is more useful than Viv. Viv literally gets you nothing.
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Post by Iddy on Sept 6, 2018 22:50:59 GMT
>Elthina says to Sebastian: "Who would dare attack me?
>Anders is standing right next to her
Me: "Mmm... who indeed?"
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Post by dazk on Sept 7, 2018 1:47:14 GMT
So yesterday Karaas went to Redcliffe, spoke to Connor, recruited a new agent for the Inquisition, spoke to an old widower, got some herbs for the healer and then sent her to the Crossroads. So headed back to the Hinterlands and rounded up Ser Wolsey, placed some flowers on a grave, entered Vallamar and eliminated the Carta, got a flaming sword out of the lake and then returned to Haven. Whilst in Redcliffe I bought lots of crafting supplies and so back at Haven did a fair bit of crafting so all the current crew have new crafted gear. Next step is The Fallow Mire and then I think I'll go with the mages simply because melbella reminded me of the timed mission if you do the Templar quest and I hate timed missions. Some pic's Blackwall and Karaas show off their new armour. The Sword from the Lake
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Post by jaerick243 on Sept 7, 2018 2:17:48 GMT
The Sword from the Lake I do not know why, but I love the Arthurian reference here.
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Post by dazk on Sept 7, 2018 23:04:05 GMT
The Sword from the Lake I do not know why, but I love the Arthurian reference here. I like how the Witcher did it too, with the lady of the lake.
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Post by dazk on Sept 7, 2018 23:58:23 GMT
So no DAI yesterday for me thanks to the joy of my teenage son. He is a wonderful kid but was definitely in my bad books yesterday after deciding he wanted to change the keyboard language to type in Russian. To do this he needed to download the Russian Language pack for Windows as I had ages ago deleted lots of language packs to free up space on my C:\ Anyway what he actually did was change the windows operating system language to Russian so that things like the menus and control panel etc were all in Russian, I speak and read no Russian, I was very unimpressed It was doubly frustrating because I knew what I had to do but couldn't read the options and after guessing incorrectly a few times and rearranging my desktop among other things I gave up. The PC is old and about to be replaced and it was straining hard for some reason and so I decided to restart it again guessing what was the right option to restart the PC. The PC restarted and like magic it was fixed!!!!! He'd already started downloading the fix (reinstalling the English language pack for some reason) but ran out of time before he had to go to school to wait for it to complete. Anyway cost me my gaming time and caused a lot of stress but no one died so all's well that ends well.
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Post by pensieve on Sept 8, 2018 8:45:46 GMT
So no DAI yesterday for me thanks to the joy of my teenage son. He is a wonderful kid but was definitely in my bad books yesterday after deciding he wanted to change the keyboard language to type in Russian. To do this he needed to download the Russian Language pack for Windows as I had ages ago deleted lots of language packs to free up space on my C:\ Anyway what he actually did was change the windows operating system language to Russian so that things like the menus and control panel etc were all in Russian, I speak and read no Russian, I was very unimpressed It was doubly frustrating because I knew what I had to do but couldn't read the options and after guessing incorrectly a few times and rearranging my desktop among other things I gave up. The PC is old and about to be replaced and it was straining hard for some reason and so I decided to restart it again guessing what was the right option to restart the PC. The PC restarted and like magic it was fixed!!!!! He'd already started downloading the fix (reinstalling the English language pack for some reason) but ran out of time before he had to go to school to wait for it to complete. Anyway cost me my gaming time and caused a lot of stress but no one died so all's well that ends well. I want to be a teacher and when I read things like this I'm not sure if it makes me more motivated to become a teacher because teenagers can be awesome, or if it makes me scared of what they're going to put me through
Anyway, no DAI here either. I've been trying to play Andromeda again after my last DAI run, but for some reason I just can't be arsed to play it again, even though I really want to try the other romances (wasn't very impressed with Gil). So I'm thinking of doing a new DAI playthrough, with a sarcastic chevalier named Philippe. But school will probably get in the way, so we'll see what I can get done over the weekend.
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Post by Catilina on Sept 8, 2018 17:32:37 GMT
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Post by House Targaryen on Sept 8, 2018 17:53:04 GMT
Did Varric's quest with Bianca and then sealed the deal with Iron Bull back at Skyhold. Went to the Deep Roads and I'm almost done with that. I think she's up to something, Varric. Guess I'm all yours now. No more flirting with others. So not impressed with the Storm Coast Lots of burning darkspawn Such a lovely place. I have nasty dwarf blood on my beautiful golden dragon armor.
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Post by Sokemis on Sept 8, 2018 21:35:47 GMT
Didn't really do anything new, just figuring out what I had done up to the point of my last hard save after last weekends mix up, and uploading the screen caps from it... Broke up a fight between the Dalish and some Templars. Charming lady that Templar. Luckily the hunters in the clan get sarcasm and didn't call my bluff when I talked the templars into leaving. <iframe width="22.22" height="22.2" id="MoatPxIOPT0_10722140" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 91px; top: 66px; width: 22.22px; height: 22.2px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="22.22" height="22.2" id="MoatPxIOPT0_31528207" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 1128px; top: 66px; width: 22.22px; height: 22.2px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="22.22" height="22.2" id="MoatPxIOPT0_25290388" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 91px; top: 1105px; width: 22.22px; height: 22.2px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="22.22" height="22.2" id="MoatPxIOPT0_73899998" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 1128px; top: 1105px; width: 22.22px; height: 22.2px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> Visited the Fade to save Feynriel, got betrayed by some friends - but it's okay they apologized later. (I did this quest while Fenris' story about the Fog Warriors was still fresh in my brain. I think Fenris betraying you, and his thoughts on it, gives more insight into another part of why he leaves after "A Bitter Pill" - he's not only worried about Danarius hurting Hawke to get to him, but he's worried about he himself hurting Hawke). Who needs a desire demon when you have Sexy Torpor? I'm already regretting this.... Yes I realize that Fenris and Merrill can't both get tempted (and the Fenris is tempted by the pride demon) - but I had somehow ended up going into the Fade twice, and must have deleted Isabella and Aveline's screencaps. So for the sake of story and images I stuck Fenris with the desire demon (he's one that I think would have made sense with either demon actually). {Oh, and piece of advice: don't take either of your warriors into the Fade unless you (a) like reloading fights or ( plan on disarming them of weapons and jewelry before the fight. Aveline and Fenris both kicked my ass a few times before I beat them >.<} Did Blackpowder Curtesy, managed to keep at least the entire city from being poisoned. Reported back to the Viscount, of course as soon as one problem is solved, another pops up. Turns out a delegation of Qunari has gone missing, and of course he wants me to help find them. While we were at the Keep, went to talk to Aveline and somehow got involved in her (attempt at a) love life. Ended up agreeing to get Donnic to go to the Hanged Man tonight to she could talk with him. I love how not even Merrill had to think twice about the answer to that question, lol We have met, haven't we I think poor Aveline has been out of the dating game a little too long Highly suggest taking Isabella along when starting this quest I love Aveline and Isabella's relationship - they are more like sisters than either of them would ever admit. As much as they may go at each other, I have no doubt they would each take down anyone that tried to hurt the other Met up at the Hanged Man, was ready to kill Aveline after that awkward drink with Donnic, but she made up for it by entertaining us by threatening the Guardsman responsible for letting the Qunari delegation get kidnapped. Also found out Varric's brother is back in town... Varric and I took Fenris and Sebastian with us when we went to visit Bartrand (Fenris wanted to "catch up" as well), then to check out this Dupuis character for Emeric. {After poking around in everyone else's mansions, I'm very disappointed in how little of the Hawke-Amell estate we actually get to explore } I felt a little like an ass giving Fenris a book as a gift, didn't even think about the fact that he may have never learned to read. At least he was gracious about it and accepted when I offered to teach him. I guess this means we'll get to spend more downtime together And some random images: Okay guys, easy on the foreshadowing there.... Love these "home-wear" mods by Valesmod Do you want to tell her or shall I? At least she's smiling, so I guess she approves? And now I think I'm just going to leave poor Emeric's body in that Lowtown back alley until I'm actually ready to trigger "All That Remains" this time....
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Post by azarhal on Sept 9, 2018 0:22:43 GMT
So it took me a few days of not much playing to get through the rest of the game.
Meraad made it to the Frostback basin, explored the whole place, discovered that the Avvars were weird, that last Inquisitor was still alive, sorta, and she and her party had to defeat a dragon god.
Then it was time to go in the Arbor Wild, discover an old elven Temple with elves from back then...like way back. And also Corypheus's cronies. Calpernia was told the truth about being the Vessel. She didn't take it too well and left without fighting. Then Abelas, one of the old elves, wanted to destroy what Corypheus's went to get from the temple, but Morrigan wanted to preserve it. Meraad let Morrigan drink from the well.
Then there was some travelling in the Fade, physically again, to go after Morrigan's son which resulted in an awkward family reunion. Once that was dealt with, Morrigan had the tools to defeat Corypheus...but Cory wasn't in the mood to wait and went back to the Temple of Sacred Ashes.
Battle ensued and he was defeated (also thrown in the Fade in chunk, I'm not sure if that was a good idea). Vivienne became the new Divine (What!?). The End...or is it... Solas disappeared and Trespasser await.
----- I forgot how pretty the Arbor Wilds are. Also, Jaws of Hakkon and the stuff about Mythal makes me think that the elven gods might have a bit in commons with the Avvar "gods". In term of what they are (not who they are). They probably started as "people", then they ended worshiped so some spirits started to impersonated them and grew in power. And spirit can be reborn, so Solas had to imprisoned them like Hakkon.
There are some suspicious stuff in that mission (I didn't even bring Solas with me this time). Like why would one person drinking from the Well use it all...it is as if the elves there were guarding it until someone came to drink from it, as if Mythal had planned it all...hmmm.
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Post by Catilina on Sept 9, 2018 16:48:48 GMT
So it took me a few days of not much playing to get through the rest of the game.
Meraad made it to the Frostback basin, explored the whole place, discovered that the Avvars were weird, that last Inquisitor was still alive, sorta, and she and her party had to defeat a dragon god.
Then it was time to go in the Arbor Wild, discover an old elven Temple with elves from back then...like way back. And also Corypheus's cronies. Calpernia was told the truth about being the Vessel. She didn't take it too well and left without fighting. Then Abelas, one of the old elves, wanted to destroy what Corypheus's went to get from the temple, but Morrigan wanted to preserve it. Meraad let Morrigan drink from the well.
Then there was some travelling in the Fade, physically again, to go after Morrigan's son which resulted in an awkward family reunion. Once that was dealt with, Morrigan had the tools to defeat Corypheus...but Cory wasn't in the mood to wait and went back to the Temple of Sacred Ashes.
Battle ensued and he was defeated (also thrown in the Fade in chunk, I'm not sure if that was a good idea). Vivienne became the new Divine (What!?). The End...or is it... Solas disappeared and Trespasser await. ----- I forgot how pretty the Arbor Wilds are. Also, Jaws of Hakkon and the stuff about Mythal makes me think that the elven gods might have a bit in commons with the Avvar "gods". In term of what they are (not who they are). They probably started as "people", then they ended worshiped so some spirits started to impersonated them and grew in power. And spirit can be reborn, so Solas had to imprisoned them like Hakkon. There are some suspicious stuff in that mission (I didn't even bring Solas with me this time). Like why would one person drinking from the Well use it all...it is as if the elves there were guarding it until someone came to drink from it, as if Mythal had planned it all...hmmm. Morrigan says in the Origins, she thought Flemeth is an abomination, but it's a bit different. I think, they're strong "abominations". FleMyth in the Fade: " Inq: Then you carry Mythal inside you? FleMyth: She's a part of me. No more separate than your hearth from your chest." Anders and Hawke in Act1: " Hawke: So you have this spirit of Justice living in your head? Anders: It's not like that. He's gone now, he's a part of me. [...] Not even the greatest scholars could tell you, where I end and he begins." So: FleMyth is probably an ancient "abomination" – or something similar. (Another interesting thing: She's the Justice and Vengeance according to the elven mythology...)
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Post by azarhal on Sept 9, 2018 19:58:44 GMT
And finished
Meraad went to the Exiled Council 2 years after killing Corypheus and had enough of politics so she disbanded the Inquisition. Not before stumbling on a Qunari plot and Solas along the way. Oh and she married to Sera.
--- First time playing Trespasser (I was spoiled about the story since it released). That was interesting. Especially the part where the Shattered Library has giant "tevinter statues" like the bridge in Emprise du Lion..which I guess means they aren't Tevinter in origin at all, lol. Also, the Archivist being called Ghil-Dirthalen aka "one who guides seekers of knowledge true", Hmmm, knowledge true as in truth so "one who guides seekers of truth"...hmm.
edit: thinking about the last line, I said a few weeks ago that the Seekers original goal was bringing down the Veil after doing the Promise of Destruction quest. Well now, after hearing the Archivist, I wonder if the first Seekers might not have been elves trapped in the Library that ended up finding a way out of there.
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