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Post by fylimar on Feb 20, 2019 5:27:08 GMT
I'm a bit stuck in my Lavellan pt because I'm struggling to decide whether she is gonna romance Solas or Cullen. I've watched both romances on Youtube and I find Cullen's vastly more enjoyable. But in terms of plot relevance and general premise, Solas' romance is more special. Decisions, decisions... I did both and would suggest Cullen. Solas might be more relevant to the plot, but I found him boring as hell. Cullen was surprisingly enjoyable and fun, despite the fact, that I really didn't like his character before DAI
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Post by Noxluxe on Feb 20, 2019 9:36:53 GMT
I'm a bit stuck in my Lavellan pt because I'm struggling to decide whether she is gonna romance Solas or Cullen. I've watched both romances on Youtube and I find Cullen's vastly more enjoyable. But in terms of plot relevance and general premise, Solas' romance is more special. Decisions, decisions... I've done the Cullen romance too, and while it really is lovely, it fits a human or hypothetical city elf Inquisitor much better than a Dalish one. The way I see it, a Dalish Inquisitor is far from home and surrounded by people she has only more or less learned not to regard as hostile by default, let alone trustworthy. And Cullen used to be a member of the order that has regularly tried to hunt the Dalish leadership down for captivity or execution, and often advocates that order. It's plausible for Lavellan to inform herself about the history well enough to understand the rational underpinnings of his arguments, and recognize him as decent and disciplined man and well-trained and respected warrior. But that's still a lot of bias to overcome to start a relationship in the middle of a fairly hectic prolonged crisis. Besides which, it's not obvious to me that a born and bred Dalish huntress or keeper-in-training would necessarily find a human man physically attractive. Human women resemble elven ones a lot more than human men do male elves, and women are generally a lot more selective in their sexual attractions than men are. And I absolutely don't find Solas or his romance to be boring. I love history. I'd kill for his ability to go into the fade and watch powerful moments of emotion or conflict from the deep past written into the texture of reality. And history - and the ability to acquire lost knowledge - obviously has a special meaning for the Dalish. Especially Keepers. And looking at him from the perspective of an elven woman, he really is a bit of a hunk. Clearly a powerful mage - again, associated directly with leadership in Dalish culture - with vast worldly experience and knowledge, including lots of little tidbits that Lavellan would relish bringing back to her clan as tiny pieces of their birthright. Also no pushover, he's dignified and obviously still alive without having to identify as Dalish or eating the scraps from humanity as the flat-ears do. That's very unusual and impressive. And he showed up for the huge and dangerous crisis exclusively to offer his help, and his unique expertise is at least as much to thank for initially sealing the breach and giving the world a fighting chance as the Inquisitor's mark is. And he's a party member, meaning that you spend a lot more time with him traveling and camping and bantering and figuring each other out than you ever do with Cullen. Lavellan probably didn't come to Ferelden or join the Inquisition looking for love, but if she did start crushing on one or the other I sure know which one I think more plausible and likely. Also, you get to decide to potentially try to have your ex killed for the greater good at the end. That's a pretty cool twist to the whole thing.
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Post by copper on Feb 20, 2019 12:48:07 GMT
I'm a bit stuck in my Lavellan pt because I'm struggling to decide whether she is gonna romance Solas or Cullen. I've watched both romances on Youtube and I find Cullen's vastly more enjoyable. But in terms of plot relevance and general premise, Solas' romance is more special. Decisions, decisions... I did both and would suggest Cullen. Solas might be more relevant to the plot, but I found him boring as hell. Cullen was surprisingly enjoyable and fun, despite the fact, that I really didn't like his character before DAI Based on Iddy's original quote, I'd agree. Plot relevance is nice, but only if you actually enjoy romancing the character. And assuming the inquisitor doesn't return as a protagonist, Cullen could be more satisfying in that his romance has a conclusion. Until DA4 comes out, we don't know how well the inquisitor/Solas romance will be handled.
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Post by pensieve on Feb 20, 2019 13:36:04 GMT
I did both and would suggest Cullen. Solas might be more relevant to the plot, but I found him boring as hell. Cullen was surprisingly enjoyable and fun, despite the fact, that I really didn't like his character before DAI Based on Iddy's original quote, I'd agree. Plot relevance is nice, but only if you actually enjoy romancing the character. And assuming the inquisitor doesn't return as a protagonist, Cullen could be more satisfying in that his romance has a conclusion. Until DA4 comes out, we don't know how well the inquisitor/Solas romance will be handled. I'd go for Cullen as well. Assuming the Inquisitor's story is pretty much over, it depends a bit on whether you want a happy ending for her or not.
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Memoirs Chapter 9
Jeth: Say hi to my best customer if you see her. She might be giving personal attention to a Templar who was also asking questions.
Hawke: One min more and there would have been no Emeric to ask questions.
Eme: How come asking questions about the lilies maniac on the loose makes local wildlife attack you. Getting too old for this shit. Check the foundry if you care. I'm getting back to the safe Gallows to wait for retirement.
Hawke: The Templar instincts were right. This foundry is crawling with abominations.
Varric: A pile of limbs and a wedding ring. I take it all those missing women cannot be recovered.
Eme: I'll go tell the city guard I told them so.
Ghest: I guess we won't need to visit the family psychologist. Good luck on your adventures.
Jeth: Way more sorry than husband about Ninette's demise.
Thrask letter: Need to smuggle out more mages. Come coast.
Hawke: How did everyone get past this horde of dragonlings to get lost in the spooky caves?
Thrask: There are friendly if misunderstood mages inside these caves who will slay me on sight if I try to help them. Can you go talk to them before Karras comes and chops them into breadsticks?
Hawke: Talking is what I do best.
Apostate: Zombies chasing me. I don't want to play blood mage.
Hawke: Go hide behind the friendly Templar while I find your blood mage friends.
Decimus: Go forth my boneful army and slay intruders.
Grace: I was totally against this idea.
Ave: Against the idea of getting caught while looking guilty?
Grace: Cut my wrist and swear to die, I didn't do no bloodmagic. Can you slay the helpful Templar for us so we can run away?
Hawke: I rather inform him that sky is green.
Grace: Good luck finding a sucker to believe that.
Karras: Hey, the sky is green! Thanks for enlightening me stranger and pointing out a fake direction the mages went into.
Ath: Hey, I won't be dealing with you myself after my cargo went missing mysteriously, but there's a dwarf who wants to do business.
Hawke: Is this about lyrium again?
Anso: Yes, well no, ok yes, it's about lyrium. A bunch of perfectly reasonable smuggles have yoinked my shipment. I'm looking for someone more persuasive than me to ask them nicely to give it back.
Hawke: I'm very nice, especially when I get paid.
Varric: So, where were those perfectly reasonable smugglers? So far all we found was an empty chest.
Tevinter Thug: Congratulations, you're the first people to exit this trapped house. You die as a reward.
Anders: Why couldn't they have offered us cookies instead.
Tevinter Captain: mwuhaha! You are surrounded even though you killed the first bunch of our guys.
Fenris: You mean, were surrounded.
Hawke: Who are you, oh helpful stranger?
Fenris: Your employer. There is one slave master that needs to be put out of business, meet you at his place.
Anders: I love freedom fights.
Hawke: It figures Tevinter Magister would be a blood mage and trap his entire mansion with shades.
Fenris: Nuts. He got away.
Hawke: Another person with a dark past secret, welcome to the club, apply if you need to ambush your x-owner again.
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Post by michaeln7 on Feb 21, 2019 11:00:21 GMT
I played Red Alert 3 (Go Allies!) and seeing Greg Ellis reminded me of Cullen, and I realized I hadn't done the siege on Adamant to free the Grey Wardens.
So I boot up DA:I, do the siege, and then I saw that I was waiting for Commander Giles to send in a squadron of Apollo fighters to shred Corypheus' dragon to ribbons...
That's the downside to knowing the names and faces of voice-actors, your media takes on a whole new meta.
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Post by pensieve on Feb 21, 2019 11:34:59 GMT
That's the downside to knowing the names and faces of voice-actors, your media takes on a whole new meta. I'm watching The Crown and everytime Martin Charteris is on screen I think 'hey, it's Inquisitor Charteris'
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 21, 2019 11:35:34 GMT
So I think I've finally (hopefully) figured out my canon world state
Switched my Amell for Surana to have a simple yet (for me) effective rhythm of elven mages and human rogues (all ladies) also all of them have color coded specializations to the 'canon' colors of the protagonists my Surana has Spirit Healer and Battlemage (both of which have icons which are primarily blue, also Warden armor is canonically blue) Hawke has Assassin (which in DA2 has icons that are primarily red, plus the champion armor is red) and my Inquisitor has Rift Mage (which coupled with the mark gives her the primary green theme)
Also I just really like those specializations, there's that too
Here's a few screenshots of my Surana (basically I tried making her look like my Amell with a few alterations) I really like that tattoo on a mage her hairstyle comes from over here > link tiny elf is tiny meeting Bowen (went with the gray mabari from the Mabari Madness mod) (sadly kaddis overrides his color so I had to install another mod that removes the coloration...but it also removes all kaddis patterns from other mabari...*sighs* )
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Post by Garo on Feb 22, 2019 19:49:14 GMT
I'm playing Inquisition for the first time and I love it so far. Pleasantly surprised because I thought it is going to be just "meh" like Andromeda. Recently ended the "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" quest and damn, that was fun. Some quick thoughts about companions: - Cassandra is shaping up to be my favorite romance option in a BW game so far - Well, that would be changed if Vivienne was romanceable - There should be more Vivienne - I don't understand Sera and I can't tell if even she understand herself - Solas in annoyingly vague about his motivations - Dorian is fab I like them all tho, at least so far.
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Post by Iddy on Feb 22, 2019 22:41:32 GMT
I was doing quests in the Hinterlands when Varric said "Mages and templars fighting each other. Nice job, Blondie."
It's a small thing, but it gives a wonderful feeling of connection between games.
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Post by Sokemis on Feb 23, 2019 1:58:41 GMT
Just been playing around on the Toolset tweaking my canon warden, Naliea Tabris, a bit. I loved the hairstyle she had, but found one last weekend that I think fits her a little better. (Still wish there was a BE type feature for Origins, so I could give her old hairstyle for special occasions. Maybe I'll keep it for her almost wedding in the origin part, then reload with her current hair for the rest of the main game...). Also took your advice LadyofNemesis regarding her nose and think I finally have one I'm happy with. The top two pics are her old version, the lower two are the new version:
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 23, 2019 10:09:46 GMT
Just been playing around on the Toolset tweaking my canon warden, Naliea Tabris, a bit. I loved the hairstyle she had, but found one last weekend that I think fits her a little better. (Still wish there was a BE type feature for Origins, so I could give her old hairstyle for special occasions. Maybe I'll keep it for her almost wedding in the origin part, then reload with her current hair for the rest of the main game...). Also took your advice LadyofNemesis regarding her nose and think I finally have one I'm happy with. The top two pics are her old version, the lower two are the new version: nice work on her, I like her new look
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 23, 2019 12:12:20 GMT
so I've arrived back at the tower, and Wynne destroyed the barrier, and received this little gem of dialogue
Wynne: be on your guard, I don't know what manner of beasts lurk behind this barrier Zevran: do not fear, my good lady. Our Grey Warden is very good at fending off attackers. Speaking from experience here... (I had recruited Zevran prior to coming to the tower, making it a very funny nod to his first encounter with my Warden )
now it's off to rescuing the tower, again...for the umpteenth time (I've yet to annul the circle, but I can't for the life of me create a character who would go with the more 'darker' choices )
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Post by Catilina on Feb 23, 2019 12:43:16 GMT
I was doing quests in the Hinterlands when Varric said "Mages and templars fighting each other. Nice job, Blondie." It's a small thing, but it gives a wonderful feeling of connection between games. He's angry at him, but still calls him 'Blondie'. Something never change, and he's a very interesting dwarf. Seems he blames Anders for everything, like there would 'peace' without him, what is not right, but at least he doesn't steal Anders' role in the rebellion. These moments are really good, yes.
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Post by sandwichtern on Feb 23, 2019 16:19:07 GMT
I continued my Cadash playthrough after having taken a break to play ME:A with Sara Ryder. So here are the highlights from three of my most recent gaming sessions: I needed Felandaris to upgrade my potions, so I decided to head to Emprise du Lion with the intention to capture the Suledin Keep. On the frozen lake the game inexplicably decided to spawn 10 great bears one after another. When I checked my inventory afterwards, I had a total of 107 hides. Baffled but glad my group consisting of myself, Dorian, Blackwall and Iron Bull continued on. Capturing the keep was a nice experience because I got to exprerience a lot dialogue that I hadn't heard before: - Right when I was crawling in one of the deepest bushes of the Keep, Blackwall decided to comment Dorian's drinking habits. I know the Inky is programmed to look the whichever party member who is currently speaking, but I found it extra hilarious when Dorian mentions "disgusting dwarven ale" and Cadash just gives this look to him. - Bull and Dorian talked about a building in Vivazzi Plaza in Tevinter. - After finishing a group of red templars Bull decided to extol the virtues of "No Pants Fridays." Like with my first playthrough with Trevelyan, Imshael ended up dead, but I decided to try one of his bribe options to see what would happen. Him turning into a raven/crow? was cool as well as the flashy animations that killed the two templars in the corners. Then it was time to raise the flag. I missed the chance to talk to the injured red templar again, but I decided to not reload because literally a second before I was supposed to press the "Place the Inquisition Flag" button, Iron Bull and Blackwall decided to chime in: "How do you sleep with your horns?" "Soundly, propped up on a bed of oiled writhing virgins." The day ended with Dorian and Blackwall discussing why Blackwall had asked about the Inky and Dorian's relationship at the tavern. That left me thinking does Blackwall criticise any of Inky's relationships? With Trevelyan and Bull I never managed to get him comment on Bull in any way, so I wondered does he do it every romance. * * * After the Keep we headed out to get the Ardent Blossom flower crown I had missed out on my first playthrough. Honestly speaking I wouldn't have found it without knowing about it and then watching Youtube videos about. Who knows what else I've missed behind walls that look like real stone. I've played the Ni no kuni which used the same tactic, but I guess I just aren't suspicious enough to suspect walls of being something else. On my first playthrough I also ended up buying all my druffalo hides from merchants: I assumed you couldn't kill the ones in the Hinterlands village (they're behind fences, they obviously belong to someone) and couldn't bear to kill the ones in Crestwood because they helped me against bandits. One other thing I hadn't seen close up before was templar being turned into a red lyrium popsicle, and when it cracked a red templar jumped out. After this I changed Bull out to Varric and went to Storm Coast. So apparently salty liquorice exists in Thedas, I approve. Varric: So you're not in the Magisterium? Dorian: For the last time: Not everyone in the Imperium is a magister. Varric: But they pretty much hand out seats like they're candy. Dorian: Yes, but it's that black liquorice candy with salt on it, not the good kind. In the Dwarven port in the north western caves we found three wax figures with all of them a wheel or a slice of cheese near them. Why is my first thought that there exists a cursed cheese in Thedas with the power to turn people into wax? Can they be turned back like people have speculated with people turned into stone statues? This also ties into this nagging crackpot idea I have with all those broken urns we find with corpses in them, that their contents were perhaps meant to wake up some time and then something went wrong. In short: perhaps Uthenera means they stick you in "flower pot" with etheric oils like the bandits in the Ali Baba story. I know, that's insane. In the caves I also decided to try if it's possible jump on the stone formations with white driftwood you see in the horizon. I tried it with my mount and ended in the bottom of map. You could see trees and mountains floating on nothing. And in the background Varric kept making drowning noices. Then I couldn't do anything because the game glitched, I had start the game over. After a restart I went back to Skyhold, and with the help of The DA wiki tried to steer Leliana towards becoming the Divine. * * * At Skyhold Cadash met Morrigan's son and tried all the conversation options because I don't know when I'm next going to play as a dwarf and I didn't have Kieran during my first run. The one thing I found a bit jarring with Kieran is that while there's nothing wrong Odin Black's acting, the voice is too young sounding to belong to a boy who is 10 years old. I'd expect that sort voice to come from a 6- or 7-year-old boy. After talking with Morrigan I continued my campaign to get Leliana the seat of the Divine by having a chat with Cassandra. Since I had dragged at least one warrior with me to everywhere I decided to change things up: I crafted Cole a templar armor with the ability walking fortress and headed to Western Approach with Dorian, Cole and Solas. On the way there we stopped by Val Royeaux and apparently the merchants comment on it if you have taken the Sterling reputation perk. At Western Approach we hunted Alpha Quillbacks which make the regular ones following them look like their babies. We also found a note detailing that Tranquility can be reversed in a cave and a skeleton with a pickaxe stuck through their skull. It made me think of a skeleton, chained into rock like a Thedas version of Prometheus, which we can also come across. After navigating with my team through the Coracavus, I found the Holy Grail I had heard mentioned in the forums. At first I was like "where is that glittering coming from??" and after taking a closer look I understood what I was seeing. The day ended with team of Cassandra, Dorian and Cole in the Shrine of Dumat. That was nice because everything was completely new to me.
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Post by jli84 on Feb 23, 2019 18:18:15 GMT
Just started another run. Realised that anthem won't scratch that BioWare itch for me, so might as well... Going for human 2h warrior this time around:
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Memoirs Chapter 10
Merrill: This city is grand, people get mugged on the streets.
Varric: What do you know, the Viscount's real son is missing.
Winter: Get your wallet ready. You don't need to bring all kidnapped pieces right?
Bran: I'll hold my breath.
Aveline: Isn't this my job finding kidnapped citizens?
Seamus: Since when do I need to be saved from my friends? You're not getting paid for murdering them.
Winter: I'll cut out your tongue and say the Qunari did it.
Hawke: You're not getting paid. I am.
Winter: I hate when people say that.
Seamus: Dad never liked my friends.
Viscount: I liked the pot plant you were talking to.
Hawke: I can see how renegade qunari were a friend list improvement.
Visc: Haven't you been paid yet and with our gratitude escorted out?
Dalish Assassins: Looking for WW pelts.
Hawke: Won't they get cold in the winter if you take their skin off?
DA: If you're not with us, you're against us.
Like in DAO, WW offer another shabby reward of gratitude.
Merrill: Hurray! I found a grateful listener for my Dalish stories, all the rats have already ran away.
Mabari wags tail.
Magistrate: Everyone's sons are missing these days... where was I... oh yes, find a hardcore criminal in the zombie infested ruins and bring him back.
Ave: Why again nobody brings escaped criminal issues to me?
Merchant Elf: Nobody will mention conveniently that this criminal is known for pawing children during the past twenty years and he has my daughter.
City Guard who did not pass Aveline screening: The magistrate will make you his fireplace rug if you don't follow the 'bring his son back alive' part.
Ave: Whelp, since I'm here in unofficial capacity my blade might slip.
Hawke: You heard the woman.
Arcane Horror: Rawr!!
Hawke: How come he didn't eat the pedophile and was trapping the rooms to ambush us instead?
Elf Girl: My kidnapper is Gollum, he says precioussss wants juicy children... no precious... let pretty children go!
Hawke: Don't you worry I'll go talk to both of them.
Ave: I'll help your dagger slip.
Shabby Guard: Magistrate problems for you.
Mabari: If you don't take me out more, I might start cuddling to uncle Gamlen.
Mother: Then he'll kick us out for sure. Let's go give local scoundrels a fright via walk.
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Post by Sokemis on Feb 24, 2019 2:58:13 GMT
Spent the morning in Lowtown with Isabela, Merrill, and Varric before going to the Alienage to talk with Huon's wife, Nyssa. Turns out he came to see her after the Templars did and plans on coming back to see her tonight. Nyssa seems worried, so we'll come back tonight to ensure that meeting goes smoothly. In the meantime, I'm going to go see what I can find out about Evelina. I think I remember her trying to help some Ferelden orphans a while back, before she ended up in the Circle. If nothing else I want to warn her that the templars are after her and see if Anders might be able to help her get out of town. Why is that the ones I want to help apparently are the ones that don't want saving? First Alain and now Evelina. She had already, unfortunately for everyone involved, accepted a demon's help to get away from the Templars. By the time we found her, there was no more Evelina left, just the demon to get rid of. After taking care of her it, I gave some money to Walter to help the orphans for now. Tomorrow I'll talk with both Varric and Lirene some more to see what can be done to help them on a more permanent basis. Right now it's time to grab Fenris and head back to the Alienage, Merrill and Aveline are already planning on meeting us in Lowtown. The fight with Evelina's demon delayed us longer than anticipated, and we were too late to protect poor Nyssa. Not too late though to kill her blood mage husband. {still trying to figure out how Merrill managed to lure a shade all the way into one of the back alleys...} The de Launcet's are out of town until sometime next week, so we'll just have to wait to follow up on Emile. {AKA, I still need to decide what I want my official decision to be regarding him. On one hand he's not a danger to others, but on the other he'd probably get himself killed within a fortnight if left on his own. He's probably one of the few mages that actually is safer in the Gallows. Leaning towards letting him sleep with the barmaid and then turning him in, but Hawke hates the idea of doing Meredith's dirty work for her. Decisions, decisions...} While waiting for the de Launcets to get back, decided to go check up on the workers at the mine. After hearing where I was going, neither Fenris nor Anders would let me go without them - something about me always getting into trouble out there. I don't know what they could be talking about I worry about Anders, he still seems even worse than normal after we had to deal with Evelina - not even Varric's Templar jokes were able to cheer him up during the trip. {speaking of anders, I must not have taken him around enough after dealing with "The Tranquil Solution" - I'm getting banter triggered between him and the others that should have happened in Act 2} Well that's not good Yup, definitely not good Everyone is dead, we fought and killed the high dragon responsible. Hubert was an ass as usual, only worried about his equipment. I was only involved in the mine to help the Ferelden workers - with Hubert out of the mine now, I'm just going to let the place rot. Not going to risk even more lives trying to re-open it. That site has seen enough death. Good riddance to you too So you know all those scrolls I've been finding and the arcane horrors that have been kicking my butt? Turns out they unlocked a giant demon in a tunnel right outside my basement door and Anders' clinic. Because why not, it's not like I had anything better to do tonight... like get healed and rest after killing a Maker damned high dragon. Thankfully we were practically right outside Anders' door - I think we could all use it after the last fight, including Anders. Heard the de Launcets are back in town. Good, Meredith can just wait. I'm not planning on getting out of bed for the next week...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 16:27:09 GMT
Fenris mage romance is so contradictory it's amusing. Mages! mages mages! They're all evil!! Say Hawke... should you be hanging around the Gallows? There are so many Templars... Fenris stares at Templars in a paranoid manner to stab a couple should they suspect anything. ___ This new DA2 game I'm doing was Nightmare mode. I made it to the end of Act 1 of the Deep Roads and switched to Hard mode. This mode is not nightmare because the monsters are stronger or because I can't control Hawke's aoe, but because your party members are extremely dumb. OK. Game. IF you are making aoe harm other party members then program them with enough sense to NOT use their freaking AOE when their party members are in the affected area. I found a way to adopt Hawke's style to use aoe smartly, but I can't keep pausing the game every second to discourage every single party member from using their aoe in some idiotic manner. The only way to stop them is to turn off all their skills, leaving them to auto attack to do less damage vs their own party. DA2 combat is much worse than DAO in terms of micro management. I can't babysit every single party member as soon as each one uses some kind of skill and goes for another skill. Carver and Fenris are absolute nightmares with their bashing skills, they just do a windspin wipeout on the entire party the second I turn away from them to discourage Varric from using a grenade that will subdue the entire party. The non-controlled heroes are programmed to be extremely dumb on their own because they keep spamming aoe on each other. Nor do characters distinguish that sleep grenades don't work on shades, stop using it Varric you're just stunning your own party. Also, WHY are the mages so dumb? They never keep distance from the boss your tank is tanking. Anders ALWAYS runs up to hug the frikken boss. Boss aoe is his fav place to stand. I switch to him to lead him out and use some skill. He does that and then runs straight back to the boss. I could just CHOKE him. I've also learned that Varric has more than half of his skills as aoe. I thought archers were more pinpoint. This is very annoying on nightmare mode too. Anyway, if the game expects me to use the friendly fire feature, then it needs to make non-controlled heroes smarter because they wipe each other out the second you blink your eye and turn away. That's just retarded and frustrating after several fights.
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Post by Rascoth on Feb 24, 2019 22:17:36 GMT
Also, WHY are the mages so dumb? They never keep distance from the boss your tank is tanking. Anders ALWAYS runs up to hug the frikken boss. Boss aoe is his fav place to stand. I switch to him to lead him out and use some skill. He does that and then runs straight back to the boss. I could just CHOKE him. It's possible he has some short range spell/aura set in tactics and just runs to use it. First that comes to mind is Mind Blast.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 1:17:36 GMT
It's possible he has some short range spell/aura set in tactics and just runs to use it. First that comes to mind is Mind Blast. That's a good theory. He has mind blast on surrounded by enemies though. It doesn't explain why he needs to run to the boss while standing far from the boss with nothing hitting him. Unexplained masochism right there. Or maybe he just wants to surround himself with enemies first and then use it.
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Post by Rascoth on Feb 25, 2019 9:44:54 GMT
It's possible he has some short range spell/aura set in tactics and just runs to use it. First that comes to mind is Mind Blast. That's a good theory. He has mind blast on surrounded by enemies though. It doesn't explain why he needs to run to the boss while standing far from the boss with nothing hitting him. Unexplained masochism right there. Or maybe he just wants to surround himself with enemies first and then use it. It might as well be the case. No spell shall be unused. No occasion to use it? Create it!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 15:12:20 GMT
Memoirs Chapter 11Unlucky Lucky: Since you don't want to give us reward for work imitation I'll grab your boobeys. Hawke: He's missing a few fingers now. Isabela: You don't look like the bums I've hired before. Feel like supervising a duel that will be fought most unfairly? Hired Thug performs a very poor imitation of an ambush and spills his guts metaphorically and literally about where his employer is hiding. Hawke: Church is a great place for duels. You don't need to go far to repent your sins. Hayden: There better be The Relic hidden in your cleavage. Casti wants it badly. Hawke: The cleavage or the relic? Isabela throws a knife and we don't get to find out what Casti wants. Fenris is wall redecorating via wine bottles. Hawke: Inventing creative ways to kill Danarius? Fenris: You're a woman of great wit. Hawke: Flattery will get you everywhere. Macha: Shaking here that Templars have boiled my brother in stew after he became their recruit. Hawke: Perhaps we should ask his friends first whether he got lost at the BR. Templar Recruits: Maybe Meredith really did boil in stew all those who aren't willing to murder mages on sight. Anders: I believe every word of this theory. Recruit: Wilmond came back and he didn't look stewed. He just went for a lovely coast walk with Captain Cullen stalking him. Coast: Captain Cullen is doing an abomination initiation ceremony into Templars. Hawke: Strange how you still get volunteers considering face redecoration. Wilmond Abomination: RAWR!! Cullen: Why do they all come back as abominations after visiting BR. I'd interrogate the employees but their advances make me run away. Hawke: I'll go ask their member of the month, Idunna. Idunna: I'm going to pick on the wrong mage to mess with, but if convincing them to die doesn't work I'll just give out the name and address of my abominations ruling employer. Hawke: Yergh... this employer of the month has the ugliest lipstick. Isa: It's a fashion crime for sure. Tahorne: I'll use you along with the last Templar recruit we caught as lipstick ingredients before ruling the world with abominations army. Cullen: Thank you for saving Kirkwall from the abominations army. Keran: I didn't join their club honest. Hawke: Just look at him. He looks so trustworthy. Cullen: Fine. You get to keep a nearly non-paying job for ten years until we check your story. It might as well be the case. No spell shall be unused. No occasion to use it? Create it! I'm actually the most suspicious of the invisible pebbles on the ground. It's like oh noes, something stabbed my pinky, my line of sight to the boss is blocked. I shall run up to the boss and hit him with my magical stick at the point blank range so no pesky invisible walls block me.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 25, 2019 22:05:58 GMT
Today I kicked 'Weylon's butt (he was being shifty, and I didn't feel like hiking all the way to Lake Callenhad and back) finished up some civil war quests, cleaned out some thieves in Denerim and went down to the Brecilian Forest it's funny how Swiftrunner reacts to an elf who isn't a Dalish 'they send one of the Dalish to defeat us' dude...just 'cause Minerva has a tattoo on her forehead doesn't mean she's a Dalish elf I am surprised how kind the Dalish themselves are toward an elven mage (either this is due to Qwinn's mod or I'd simply forgotten how nice they are to a non Dalish elf) anyway, got the werewolves cured and the support of the Dalish elves
All that's left for me to do is finish up the Sacred Ashes quests, get the last few of the companion quests done (Leliana's and Wynne's) clear out Ostagar, 'kill' Flemeth, clear out Soldier's peak...and some other side quests
I've also finally figured out how I can fix some broken/glitched quests by use of the console (and toolset, yay for me)
And I've started up Zevran's romance
This time I went without the blatant flirting in order to get his 'do you stare at everyone like that?' dialogue option, imo it feels a bit more natural for my Warden to do that
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Post by themikefest on Feb 26, 2019 0:10:32 GMT
Just started a DA2 playthrough. Not sure if I will finish it. Anyways. In character creation, I chose a different preset from the one I've used for all my previous playthroughs. Doing that made Bethany look different with a different hairstyle. The same for mother and Carver, who had a ponytail. Even Gamlen had a ponytail. Cool.
Ok. So I'm playing an archer. Carver was killed. Went to Kirkwall. They won't let me in. The nerve of them not letting an important person like me in. How dare they. I spit on their ground. How about that. I kill a few people, I can get in the city. Cool. Who would I have to kill to get out of the city? hahahahaha. Met a dwarf calling himself Varric. I will keep an eye on him since he seems be a bit of a talker. Look at that, Home sweet home. Sweet? Hmmm. Lets rephrase that. Home smelly home.
Ok. Now its time to look around the city.
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