Does anyone else have a spot they love to visit, just for the view?
Bioware created such a beautiful world that it`s almost impossible not to stop and enjoy the scenery . I can`t chose just one but i love to stop to look at the sea in the Storm Coast, the moon in the Hissing Wastes and the snowy mountain in Emprise du Lion, among so many others.
My husband resumes Inquiring about the Age of Dragons. He's out leveling Cory at this point, so I pushed him towards the Arbor Wilds; What Pride has Wrought.
He brought his "A Team" which is Blackwall, Sera, and Cole.
He chose the Petitioner's Path (as a Keeper's first), did not pick a fight with the ancient elves.
When it came to The well of sorrows he declared that the role-playing concerns were complex. It depended on what he thought his character knew about Morrigan. Morrigan was being deceitful about her knowledge of the well. He thinks his character would agree the Morrigan was the better vessel of the well's knowledge, but she didn't trust Morrigan. So she drank.
He played on Nightmare, so by the time he reached that point, he was ready for bed.
Blackwall's big to do hasn't triggered, which I find odd. Perhaps the Arbor Wilds being done will finally scootch some of these folks into their scenes.
Post by LadyofNemesis on Jul 13, 2019 11:01:22 GMT
So Narah made her way past Lothering the other day, and today we'll be heading to the first area
now...I'm wondering if I should stick with the choices I made last time, or revert back to my older playthroughs
on one hand, doing so will make Alistair like me more, but on the other hand they are the more cliché and boringly good actions
to clarify, last time I played Narah I had Isolde kill Connor and we sided with Branka during Anvil of the Void, letting her keep the Anvil in the end generally though, I tend to ask the Circle for help dealing with Connor and destroy the Anvil as Caridin requests
however, despite the horrid actions these options encompass, I do feel they fit Narah quite well
Narah is the type to take the Grey Warden teachings to heart, doing what is necessary to ensure the Blight is defeated
to quote both Ser Gilmore and Alistair himself, it means making hard decisions and sometimes doing some pretty terrible things
also, to quote papa Cousland, a Cousland always does their duty first, I head canon that as Narah interpreting it as doing what is needed to ensure the survival of Ferelden
so yeah...we'll be headed to Redcliffe today, that should be fun
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in other news, I was finally able to import a mesh into Blender, now I just gotta figure out how to make something new
*shrugs* it's progress, and I'll take any I can get
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
Post by House Targaryen on Jul 13, 2019 15:58:16 GMT
Venturing in my favorite part, the Deep Roads. Made it through the nasty Dark Spawn and now I've entered the area of the not-dwarves. Its a favorite place to explore, because I like dwarven ruins and the pure fighting of a dungeon crawl.
Me: What's happening? Husband: Cullen is telling Orathwyn "I must send you to him." Me: *gasp* It's so romantic. -pause- Do you know what it all means? Husband: Ya. Me: He's the commander of your armies! everything in him tell him to protect you! but you're the hero, the only one who can stop Corypheus! He has to send you into danger. Husband: A Bromantic Tragedramedy if there ever was one. ME: Shhhhhhhhhh. I'm going to be quiet. You be quiet too, you gotta focus on the romantic scene.
Vegan, polyamorous, pre-med. Zevran, Fenris, Cullen, and Thane.
Me: You gotta finish some some serious companion quests. Blackwall has got to trigger this time, I hope he doesn't bug out on you. Mostly silence for a while, can't hear his side of the phone. Me: Are you getting a drink with Blackwall? Husband: ya Me: He's going to tell you a terrible story. Husband:*silence for a bit* ya, he told me the story about the dog. Me: Wasn't it terrible?! It's like, I don't want people to follow me. What if I told the most disgusting pathetic story of my life? Husband: It was more terrible for being particularly uninteresting. Me: Some people romance him just to never hear that story. I dunno about uninteresting, its more interesting if you think it was told to scare you off. *Time for gettings Blackwall's note* Husband: He told it because it's a story about how he stood by and let something bad happen to somebody. And now he's going to VR to make up for it; he won't stand by this time and allow violence. the captain is the dog. ME: *mind blown* ...whhaaaaaaaaaaa how did I not see this. Husband: *laughing* This is what a BA in English gets you. makes you want one doesn't it? Me: But no one else had written about this! Maybe they didn't...? Husband: no, it was just so obvious it didn't even need to be written. ME: How did I not see this, it's so obvious now...
Vegan, polyamorous, pre-med. Zevran, Fenris, Cullen, and Thane.
Happy Wedding Anniversary! My husband has finished DAI base game! he still has Descent and Jaws and Trespasser but!
Orathwyn sided mages; They formed a College.
Celene and Briala were reunited
Wardens were not disbanded. (we all know that Civil War was dropped as a plot point.)
Stroud bit the bullet, Male Rogue Hawke lives on to kiss a Fenris
Drank from the Well of Sorrows. Morrigan, mother of an ex old god son, was glad she would would be hooking up with the Dwarven Warden again without that tying her down.
Hardened Leliana became Divine ( "blood runs through the halls of the cathedral." his response. "Neat!")
Romanced sweet Cullen.
Orathwyn did not get rooftop cookies with Sera. Too much disapproval from being an elfy elf that drank from the well.
Viv got a white wyvern heart
He can't remember if Varric played cards with his female elf but he met Bianca and thought she was okay.
Cole was made human and he scoffed at Cory's attempts to bind him.
Iron Bull left the Qun; said he'd stick around (did not romance Dorian.)
Pardoned Thom Rainier (incidentally, remanded Samson to Kirkwall. Wonder what that fate is.)
Sunderland's crew was assembled.
Orathwyn was okay with Solas.
Dorian said he'd return to his homeland to fix it.
Cassandra is going to lead the seekers
Josephine's family was cleared
Orathwyn's clan is part of the Wycome City council
Base Game finished at level 18 at 162 hours. He still has a lot he wants to putter around doing. like killing all the optional dragons. DLC Order plan: Descent, JoH, Trespasser
Me: You gotta finish some some serious companion quests. Blackwall has got to trigger this time, I hope he doesn't bug out on you. Mostly silence for a while, can't hear his side of the phone. Me: Are you getting a drink with Blackwall? Husband: ya Me: He's going to tell you a terrible story. Husband:*silence for a bit* ya, he told me the story about the dog. Me: Wasn't it terrible?! It's like, I don't want people to follow me. What if I told the most disgusting pathetic story of my life? Husband: It was more terrible for being particularly uninteresting. Me: Some people romance him just to never hear that story. I dunno about uninteresting, its more interesting if you think it was told to scare you off. *Time for gettings Blackwall's note* Husband: He told it because it's a story about how he stood by and let something bad happen to somebody. And now he's going to VR to make up for it; he won't stand by this time and allow violence. the captain is the dog. ME: *mind blown* ...whhaaaaaaaaaaa how did I not see this. Husband: *laughing* This is what a BA in English gets you. makes you want one doesn't it? Me: But no one else had written about this! Maybe they didn't...? Husband: no, it was just so obvious it didn't even need to be written. ME: How did I not see this, it's so obvious now...
!! Your husband is pretty sharp. I'd never thought of that, either!
I can't stand the story about the dog. It made me feel sick when I heard it on my first play-through. Now, if I recruit Blackwall, I pretty much never talk to him again, just to avoid that story.
*hugs all doggos of the world*
Just saw your last post, so edited to add: Congrats to your hubby on finishing the game! Sorry that he never got his roof time. I still haven't made it through Trespasser with my male Lavellan because I keep crying (don't judge me - I'm a wuss)! I'll probably end up doing it right before DA4 is released.
Another vote for hating the dog story though. I've avoided Blackwall's quest just to not hear it, and also romanced him twice.
I guess the story bothered me too much to think on its subtleties for long. Or, I'm just a simpleton. It's a toss-up!
*slinks shamefully into the corner wearing her dunce cap*
*pats head* don't feel bad, I never caught on to it either (then again, I've only played Inquisition twice so...yeah)
I did have a very obvious one during my first playthrough of Origins though...
I'd seen the trailers and such, so I knew who Alistair was, came to Ostagar and met Cailan and was like...why does this guy look like the other one?
then later Alistair reveals the big 'he was my half-brother' thing and I was like...I knew it
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Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
I'd seen the trailers and such, so I knew who Alistair was, came to Ostagar and met Cailan and was like...why does this guy look like the other one?
then later Alistair reveals the big 'he was my half-brother' thing and I was like...I knew it
LOL. In the world of DA, one never knows, though! It could very well have turned out to be Alistair in a wig... for, reasons.
heh, fair enough
once saw a confession of someone who said some npc in Awakening looked like Alistair with a mustache
(there's also people who used to say Anders was Alistair with magic, but I never saw the comparison myself though )
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
I guess the story bothered me too much to think on its subtleties for long.
I think it was the same for me. First PT, I romanced Blackwall/Thom, so didn't hear it. Then the story made me so uncomfortable, the story so random and different from the scene I'd had with him on the romance, that I was like.. Maybe he's just feeling down and telling me something random because he doesn't secretly wish a NOT romanced inky to follow him. ya, so he's trying to gross me out so I don't save him.
I'm just moderately pleased to be learning new things about a game I've played 4 ish times. So much subtlety
Vegan, polyamorous, pre-med. Zevran, Fenris, Cullen, and Thane.
The subtleties (and I'm sure I've missed as many as I've noticed) are what makes this my favorite game of all time. I only just finished my second play-through this past week. It took me forever because I didn't want to create a third inky until I did every single tiny little thing available to do, lol.
One of my inquisitors has low approval with Cassandra while the other one is quite close with her. Although I chose the same response during a particular cut-scene on both characters, the low-approval inky got a long, silent glare from Cassandra before she responded. On my high-approval inky, Cassandra's face was much more relaxed (well, as much as Cassandra CAN look relaxed), whereas low-approval inky got angry eyebrows and a terse expression.
I also noticed something interesting with Dorian. My male Lavellan, Flynn, romanced him on my first-ever play-through of the game and really took his time with the relationship. Brought him along on every mission, always stole kisses in the library, chatted about redundant things for no reason other than to hear him talk. When they finally got to their love-scene, Dorian had a very soft expression on his face throughout.
After defeating Corypheus, I went back to an old save a couple weeks later (to when we'd first arrived in Skyhold) because I wanted to try a different route with Vivienne. I sped right through the content and, although I think I generally chose all the exact same options with Dorian for all cut-scenes, I didn't do a whole lot of questing with him (replaced him with Viv) or go as often to the library for kisses/quality time. When the love-scene popped up, his eyebrows were furrowed, almost as if he felt incredulous or suspicious of the suddenness of the situation. It was just another little touch from the writers that really stuck with me. You can see the stark difference below, in these screenshots I took of the same moment, all the same dialogue choices:
Slow romance, soft Dorian
Rushed romance, apprehensive Dorian
And I know I mentioned this in another post, but I seemed to have a much easier time becoming close with Sera and Cassandra as a female inquisitor...
There are also all the little things that will suddenly strike me as I'm out questing somewhere. Something someone said earlier, which was actually a thinly-veiled allusion to another situation that I didn't catch at the time... or a double-entendre... or just something that makes sense NOW but didn't make sense then. The amount of thought and care they put into this game amazes me. (Well, except for Solas' hat at the Winter Palace. WTF? )
I love that the tiniest little variations in the choices you make can literally change the course of your entire adventure and the interactions you have with people. I feel like I could play this game forever and still never find out all of its secrets. I know you guys understand how I feel.
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I made an ugly barret in the end I hope to make it into a skullcap for a hairstyle
(and in case anyone wonders...yes it's a Qunari male as a base... I'm hoping to create a hairstyle for Sten )
the program I'm using here is called Hexagon, I tried Blender but couldn't really figure out the controls, then I found out both Hexagon and Blender can import certain file formats...
so...I decided to try and figure out how to work in Hexagon, then export the finished product into a format Blender understands and make the finishing touches in there
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
I had the guards in Trespasser use their swords as bows. You imbeciles are embarrassing the Inquisitor in not knowing how to use your swords.
Dingbats aren't only to be found amongst sword-wielders!
are we sure there aren't any abominations hiding among the members of the Inquisition? 'cause that guy seems to be possessed
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
Post by House Targaryen on Jul 15, 2019 19:14:39 GMT
Went to the Hissing Wastes and found most of the tombs there, just one more to finish it. Went to the Exalted Plains to get the snowy wyverrns heart for Viv. And went off to the Storm Coast and fight that dragon there. This time I came prepared for this game and the dragon went down fast. So did Bull, that weak ass. I think his energy was zapped from his night with Dorian.
You morons put my l00t chest in the muck? Just you wait until your next assignment.
Ugh what's this about you and Dorian last night? I thought we had a thing on the side? Josie, well yeah, we're a thing, but she can't do things that you can do.
The Lord of Light will penalize me greatly for using a staff that does cold damage.
Post by House Targaryen on Jul 15, 2019 19:59:18 GMT
I just started Here Lies the Abyss and its not a good start. Bull's HPs are less than half and we just walked into the gates to fight the demons at the beginning. I'm going to regret taking him.
I think the AI just sucks for two-handed weapon warriors. I get better results from Bull when he's a single weapon and shield warrior. And yes he has good armor, better armor rating than what I have Cass wearing.
Now back to the game.
Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye...
Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon ye who enter here.