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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 5, 2019 16:48:46 GMT
Killed a couple of dragons and then celebrated it with Bull back at Skyhold by getting drunk. Intercepted some Vints in the Storm Coast which resulted in losing a Qunari dreadnaught and any alliance we could have gained with them. After getting back at Skyhold some would be assassins tried to take out Bull be he easily took them out. Mel remembered a statement Sera made about how elves and Bull would "work". She decided to find out first hand. Feels like someone is staring at me from behind. Wonder if it has anything to do with this tight outfit I'm wearing? So are you going to show me how you and elves "work"?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Aug 7, 2019 13:56:46 GMT
anyone ever run into that moment where they no matter how they make a character they just can't bring themselves to like them?
I'm asking because, I've been trying for the past few weeks to make a Hawke that I like and that I want to consider as my "canon" Hawke, but she just doesn't come out the way I want her to I suppose I could try making a male Hawke, but I fear I'll just run into the same problem with a male one as that I'm currently having with a female one
or this simply means I need to take a break...that's also possible
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Post by amalthea on Aug 7, 2019 15:42:41 GMT
anyone ever run into that moment where they no matter how they make a character they just can't bring themselves to like them?
I'm asking because, I've been trying for the past few weeks to make a Hawke that I like and that I want to consider as my "canon" Hawke, but she just doesn't come out the way I want her to I suppose I could try making a male Hawke, but I fear I'll just run into the same problem with a male one as that I'm currently having with a female one
or this simply means I need to take a break...that's also possible Have you tried some of the mods on Nexus? There are some really good ones that give you a wider range of character creation options (eyes, hair, complexion, additional sliders, etc). It took me numerous tries to get my favorite canon Hawke and Inky. Also... if you have the Black Emporium, tweaking them after creation becomes relatively easy! It took me about 5 or 6 tweaking sessions to create my dream Inquisitor. I thought he looked adorable in the character creator, but then he looked like a shambling hillbilly the first time I saw him in the opening scene with Cassandra! (A hair mod from Nexus made a huge difference, too.)
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Aug 7, 2019 16:55:18 GMT
Have you tried some of the mods on Nexus? There are some really good ones that give you a wider range of character creation options (eyes, hair, complexion, additional sliders, etc). It took me numerous tries to get my favorite canon Hawke and Inky. Also... if you have the Black Emporium, tweaking them after creation becomes relatively easy! It took me about 5 or 6 tweaking sessions to create my dream Inquisitor. I thought he looked adorable in the character creator, but then he looked like a shambling hillbilly the first time I saw him in the opening scene with Cassandra! (A hair mod from Nexus made a huge difference, too.) yeah I have, and I also have access to the Emporium, though I admit I hardly ever use the mirror (generally I just hope to capture the look of my Hawke and Inquisitor from the first go in the initial CC)
though my problem isn't the appearance of my Hawke (9 out of 10 times though), but more the choices (class as well) and the story in itself
I generally tend to end up making the same choices; blue or purple personality, side with the Mages, romance Fenris/Isabela (female and male Hawke respectively), Bethany joins the Circle and Carver the Wardens
but I'm so rusted in the way of playing my characters that whenever I try something new I end up hating it , even trying new romances is difficult for me in DA2 anyway, I love all of the Origins ones so I tend to change those often (though poor Leliana doesn't get chosen enough I fear, even though as a character she's one of my faves, maybe I could do a male Warden next time that romances her), and I've only finished Inquisition twice so I've only done two of the romances there (Cullen and Cassandra)
so yeah, I need some ideas for the RP story
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Post by amalthea on Aug 7, 2019 18:01:05 GMT
Have you tried some of the mods on Nexus? There are some really good ones that give you a wider range of character creation options (eyes, hair, complexion, additional sliders, etc). It took me numerous tries to get my favorite canon Hawke and Inky. Also... if you have the Black Emporium, tweaking them after creation becomes relatively easy! It took me about 5 or 6 tweaking sessions to create my dream Inquisitor. I thought he looked adorable in the character creator, but then he looked like a shambling hillbilly the first time I saw him in the opening scene with Cassandra! (A hair mod from Nexus made a huge difference, too.) yeah I have, and I also have access to the Emporium, though I admit I hardly ever use the mirror (generally I just hope to capture the look of my Hawke and Inquisitor from the first go in the initial CC)
though my problem isn't the appearance of my Hawke (9 out of 10 times though), but more the choices (class as well) and the story in itself
I generally tend to end up making the same choices; blue or purple personality, side with the Mages, romance Fenris/Isabela (female and male Hawke respectively), Bethany joins the Circle and Carver the Wardens
but I'm so rusted in the way of playing my characters that whenever I try something new I end up hating it , even trying new romances is difficult for me in DA2 anyway, I love all of the Origins ones so I tend to change those often (though poor Leliana doesn't get chosen enough I fear, even though as a character she's one of my faves, maybe I could do a male Warden next time that romances her), and I've only finished Inquisition twice so I've only done two of the romances there (Cullen and Cassandra)
so yeah, I need some ideas for the RP story Oh! I understand where you're coming from. As of now, I've done a handful of play-throughs of DAI, and am on my second play-through of DA2. I often find myself falling back into a lot of the same choices I made the first time around. It was only a few days ago that I decided on a whim to reload an earlier save and go Full Crazy in Act 3. I sided 100% with Meredith on everything, killed ALL the mages (as a Dorian fangirl, my soul wept bitterly), killed Anders and basically finished the game RPing a deranged anti-mage zealot. I thought it would be fun to try something I normally wouldn't have done. Well.... it just left me feeling shitty inside. LOL. (No offense to anyone who likes Meredith and the templars, BTW.) So I get your dilemma. The game isn't as fun if you force yourself to make choices that you feel bad about, or that go against your personal beliefs... RP or not. Maybe try making a bunch of smaller changes in the storylines that aren't necessarily an affront to your morals. Do some quests out of order or with little changes to them... take different companions with you (even if you have ones that have always been your true-blues and gone with you everywhere, every play-through). In DAI, I would not go ANYWHERE without Dorian, no matter what, for my first 2 play-throughs. 3rd play-through, I forced myself to leave him behind and take Viv and Iron Bull and it ended up being really interesting and fun! So... sometimes small changes, coupled with head-canons for each scene and maybe even little ficlets scrawled down, can spice things up a little. I like to do a questline and then spend some time filling in head-canons about what happened between battles and banter and etc. Did someone make a comment that rubbed my Inky the wrong way? Will he use a snippy response with them next time, as a result of that head-canon, instead of his usual good-natured response? Did Isabela's constant flirting with my romanced Fenris finally piss off my Hawke to the point that they had a cat-fight? (You can then use that head-canon fight to make an in-game choice that you might not have made otherwise... such as refusing to do Isabela's quests and thus making her abandon your party.) Anyway, I know that you already do this to an extent, but these are the best little pieces of advice I can give, and unfortunately, not much more.... because I do understand what you mean about finding it hard to break old routines!
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Aug 7, 2019 18:21:11 GMT
Oh! I understand where you're coming from. As of now, I've done a handful of play-throughs of DAI, and am on my second play-through of DA2. I often find myself falling back into a lot of the same choices I made the first time around. It was only a few days ago that I decided on a whim to reload an earlier save and go Full Crazy in Act 3. I sided 100% with Meredith on everything, killed ALL the mages (as a Dorian fangirl, my soul wept bitterly), killed Anders and basically finished the game RPing a deranged anti-mage zealot. I thought it would be fun to try something I normally wouldn't have done. Well.... it just left me feeling shitty inside. LOL. (No offense to anyone who likes Meredith and the templars, BTW.) So I get your dilemma. The game isn't as fun if you force yourself to make choices that you feel bad about, or that go against your personal beliefs... RP or not. Maybe try making a bunch of smaller changes in the storylines that aren't necessarily an affront to your morals. Do some quests out of order or with little changes to them... take different companions with you (even if you have ones that have always been your true-blues and gone with you everywhere, every play-through). In DAI, I would not go ANYWHERE without Dorian, no matter what, for my first 2 play-throughs. 3rd play-through, I forced myself to leave him behind and take Viv and Iron Bull and it ended up being really interesting and fun! So... sometimes small changes, coupled with head-canons for each scene and maybe even little ficlets scrawled down, can spice things up a little. I like to do a questline and then spend some time filling in head-canons about what happened between battles and banter and etc. Did someone make a comment that rubbed my Inky the wrong way? Will he use a snippy response with them next time, as a result of that head-canon, instead of his usual good-natured response? Did Isabela's constant flirting with my romanced Fenris finally piss off my Hawke to the point that they had a cat-fight? (You can then use that head-canon fight to make an in-game choice that you might not have made otherwise... such as refusing to do Isabela's quests and thus making her abandon your party.) Anyway, I know that you already do this to an extent, but these are the best little pieces of advice I can give, and unfortunately, not much more.... because I do understand what you mean about finding it hard to break old routines! Hm, I suppose I could maybe change around what I tend to do with Carver and Bethany, I have had a playthrough in the past where Carver became a Templar, but never one where Bethany joined the Wardens (mostly because she becomes so damn bitter when you do) or one where the sibling dies in the Deep Roads (can't get it over my heart to do that)
a few playthroughs back for Origins I made my female Warden betray some of my own morals by keeping the Anvil of the Void (I tend to destroy it) and betraying Alistair by recruiting Loghain...and then betraying him again by letting him survive due to having him make a bab with Morrigan (I made it up to Alistair in my canon playthrough by romancing him and letting him execute Loghain , I also destroyed the Anvil...that thing is evil)
One thing that I found interesting to do a few plathroughs back in DA 2 was dealing with Isabela's quest in Act 2, generally my Hawke's go "sure, you get to have the book" but that time I was like "you started this shit, the book belongs to the Qunari and you're giving it back to them!" Boy was she unhappy, she still came back (which imo. does make the scene a lot better) but it was still a nice touch to bad Isabela doesn't address the fact you romance Fenris during her final Act 3 quest (for Anders and Merrill you can say you can't abandon them when she asks you to join her crew, but with Fenris there's no option to do so (which appears to be a bug that was never addressed), so I tend to say I need to remain in Kirkwall... if I were able to romance someone else I would be able to say "sure I'll be a pirate" to her, that could be fun
I've also generally had Varric do the talking during Act of Mercy (generally because a blue Hawke can't talk down Ser Karras), a few playthroughs back I killed Karras...but it doesn't feel right. Sure Karras is a big piece of sh*t, but it turns out even if you kill him it changes nothing (for characters like Alain I mean)
so yeah, I often do make some minor tweaks and changes to change the story itself, so I might be able to make a more interesting story by jotting down some ideas and thanks for hearing me out with my rambling and for the tips
now to decide on a class...I think I'll go with a rogue, I just love that one dialogue option during Wayward Son Hawke: (I don't need a step) this is as close as I'll get *throws knife, instantly killing the slaver*
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Post by amalthea on Aug 7, 2019 20:06:56 GMT
Oh! I understand where you're coming from. As of now, I've done a handful of play-throughs of DAI, and am on my second play-through of DA2. I often find myself falling back into a lot of the same choices I made the first time around. It was only a few days ago that I decided on a whim to reload an earlier save and go Full Crazy in Act 3. I sided 100% with Meredith on everything, killed ALL the mages (as a Dorian fangirl, my soul wept bitterly), killed Anders and basically finished the game RPing a deranged anti-mage zealot. I thought it would be fun to try something I normally wouldn't have done. Well.... it just left me feeling shitty inside. LOL. (No offense to anyone who likes Meredith and the templars, BTW.) So I get your dilemma. The game isn't as fun if you force yourself to make choices that you feel bad about, or that go against your personal beliefs... RP or not. Maybe try making a bunch of smaller changes in the storylines that aren't necessarily an affront to your morals. Do some quests out of order or with little changes to them... take different companions with you (even if you have ones that have always been your true-blues and gone with you everywhere, every play-through). In DAI, I would not go ANYWHERE without Dorian, no matter what, for my first 2 play-throughs. 3rd play-through, I forced myself to leave him behind and take Viv and Iron Bull and it ended up being really interesting and fun! So... sometimes small changes, coupled with head-canons for each scene and maybe even little ficlets scrawled down, can spice things up a little. I like to do a questline and then spend some time filling in head-canons about what happened between battles and banter and etc. Did someone make a comment that rubbed my Inky the wrong way? Will he use a snippy response with them next time, as a result of that head-canon, instead of his usual good-natured response? Did Isabela's constant flirting with my romanced Fenris finally piss off my Hawke to the point that they had a cat-fight? (You can then use that head-canon fight to make an in-game choice that you might not have made otherwise... such as refusing to do Isabela's quests and thus making her abandon your party.) Anyway, I know that you already do this to an extent, but these are the best little pieces of advice I can give, and unfortunately, not much more.... because I do understand what you mean about finding it hard to break old routines! Hm, I suppose I could maybe change around what I tend to do with Carver and Bethany, I have had a playthrough in the past where Carver became a Templar, but never one where Bethany joined the Wardens (mostly because she becomes so damn bitter when you do) or one where the sibling dies in the Deep Roads (can't get it over my heart to do that)
a few playthroughs back for Origins I made my female Warden betray some of my own morals by keeping the Anvil of the Void (I tend to destroy it) and betraying Alistair by recruiting Loghain...and then betraying him again by letting him survive due to having him make a bab with Morrigan (I made it up to Alistair in my canon playthrough by romancing him and letting him execute Loghain , I also destroyed the Anvil...that thing is evil)
One thing that I found interesting to do a few plathroughs back in DA 2 was dealing with Isabela's quest in Act 2, generally my Hawke's go "sure, you get to have the book" but that time I was like "you started this shit, the book belongs to the Qunari and you're giving it back to them!" Boy was she unhappy, she still came back (which imo. does make the scene a lot better) but it was still a nice touch to bad Isabela doesn't address the fact you romance Fenris during her final Act 3 quest (for Anders and Merrill you can say you can't abandon them when she asks you to join her crew, but with Fenris there's no option to do so (which appears to be a bug that was never addressed), so I tend to say I need to remain in Kirkwall... if I were able to romance someone else I would be able to say "sure I'll be a pirate" to her, that could be fun
I've also generally had Varric do the talking during Act of Mercy (generally because a blue Hawke can't talk down Ser Karras), a few playthroughs back I killed Karras...but it doesn't feel right. Sure Karras is a big piece of sh*t, but it turns out even if you kill him it changes nothing (for characters like Alain I mean)
so yeah, I often do make some minor tweaks and changes to change the story itself, so I might be able to make a more interesting story by jotting down some ideas and thanks for hearing me out with my rambling and for the tips
now to decide on a class...I think I'll go with a rogue, I just love that one dialogue option during Wayward Son Hawke: (I don't need a step) this is as close as I'll get *throws knife, instantly killing the slaver*
If you ever decide to play an archer rogue (as opposed to the dual-wield which gets you the cool scene you mentioned above) just be warned... sometimes your bow and arrows will quite literally block out half the screen in cut-scene close-ups! I love ranged classes, but my first-ever Hawke was an archer and there were multiple times when I had to reload saves and remove my bow and quiver in order to redo the cut-scenes and not miss anything. Also, if you play a rogue, there will be a very different story arc for Carver. Not sure if you know what happens or not... so I guess I'll leave that spoiler out. But if you've only had play-throughs with Carver present, that will be a change-up for you! I loved Isabela on my first play-through, and although I didn't join her crew, I often had her with me on adventures. But I didn't even agree to START her quest on my recent play-through because she wouldn't stop hitting on Fenris. He and my Hawke, Muffin, were exclusively romancing each other and he clearly told Isabela, "I suggest you keep your distance" when she was coming on strong to him. Instead of respecting his wishes, and her alleged friend Muffin's feelings, she pressed that she was just going to keep trying harder until he gave in. Finally, Muffin couldn't take her inconsiderate B.S. anymore and said she wasn't helping her with her quest. Isabela got pissed and left and didn't come back. Well, adios, hooker!! Keep your grubby hands off of my elf. (See ya next play-through, though...) If you've never played a warrior in DA2, I'd recommend giving it a try. I'm almost always a ranged class in anything I play, but I decided to try 2-handed warrior for my current DA2 game. I'm really having a blast just chopping the absolute crap out of everything. Varric and Bethany (or Anders) stand back and hurl long-range attacks while Fenris and Hawke sweep in with their gigantic swords and wipe the floor with anything in front of them. So much fun. LOL! Good luck with your new play-through!
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Aug 7, 2019 20:28:56 GMT
If you ever decide to play an archer rogue (as opposed to the dual-wield which gets you the cool scene you mentioned above) just be warned... sometimes your bow and arrows will quite literally block out half the screen in cut-scene close-ups! I love ranged classes, but my first-ever Hawke was an archer and there were multiple times when I had to reload saves and remove my bow and quiver in order to redo the cut-scenes and not miss anything. Also, if you play a rogue, there will be a very different story arc for Carver. Not sure if you know what happens or not... so I guess I'll leave that spoiler out. But if you've only had play-throughs with Carver present, that will be a change-up for you! I loved Isabela on my first play-through, and although I didn't join her crew, I often had her with me on adventures. But I didn't even agree to START her quest on my recent play-through because she wouldn't stop hitting on Fenris. He and my Hawke, Muffin, were exclusively romancing each other and he clearly told Isabela, "I suggest you keep your distance" when she was coming on strong to him. Instead of respecting his wishes, and her alleged friend Muffin's feelings, she pressed that she was just going to keep trying harder until he gave in. Finally, Muffin couldn't take her inconsiderate B.S. anymore and said she wasn't helping her with her quest. Isabela got pissed and left and didn't come back. Well, adios, hooker!! Keep your grubby hands off of my elf. (See ya next play-through, though...) If you've never played a warrior in DA2, I'd recommend giving it a try. I'm almost always a ranged class in anything I play, but I decided to try 2-handed warrior for my current DA2 game. I'm really having a blast just chopping the absolute crap out of everything. Varric and Bethany (or Anders) stand back and hurl long-range attacks while Fenris and Hawke sweep in with their gigantic swords and wipe the floor with anything in front of them. So much fun. LOL! Good luck with your new play-through! my Warden is already an archer rogue (I like having differences between characters), and I tend to find Sebastian and Varric to be better archers in DA2
and I have played both in the past, so I know about Carver's fate (poor Carver... , same for Bethany regardless), but I do tend to play more mages then the other classes I have tried warrior as well, but didn't really like it...for me personally I find playing a warrior works better in Origins and Inquisition, also I don't really like any of the DA2 specializations for warriors (plus I'm terrible at builds, generally I tend to just grab some abilities and hope for the best)
I find dual-wield rogues so much fun because they get to jump from target to target, makes me think of frogs
I almost forgot recruiting Fenris during my first playthrough, had to go back to an earlier safe to grab him but yeah, I've romanced him in every playthrough since my first (unless I play male) first time I romanced Sebastian, and was a mage...didn't really make much sense) I often don't put Isabela in my team during Act2 until after I've had Fenris' romance scene specifically for the "keep your distance" comment from Fenris toward her, otherwise he makes a comment that he wouldn't mind if she came on to him...dude, what about Hawke hm? I think the only time Isabela ever left my team was during my first playthrough when I didn't know how all the friendship/rivalry stuff worked and she ended up leaving my team
at present I've created a new Hawke, and keeping in the theme of Greek mythology for naming my Hawke I've named my new one Rhea (in case you don't know, Rhea is a titan (daughter of Gaia and Uranus) and the wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus, Hades and Poseidon (among others) she's often nicknamed the mother of the gods)
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Post by phoray on Aug 8, 2019 3:11:50 GMT
My hub's blurbs on Descent:
"Being stoned makes you strong."
*sounding pleased* Renn called me a woman of action! Stopped after going down the elevator and finding some of the gears. Couple of Darkspawn fights. time for him to hit the hay. I asked him how he liked it so far, and he said it felt like one of the bigger more important quests in the game but otherwise nothing special so far.
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 8, 2019 4:04:15 GMT
Asked Solas some questions, some more personal questions and found ourselves back at Haven, which it wasn't, it was Fade Haven. That sweet talker, Mel kissed him and woke up. Did his personal quest to help his spirit friend, but we arrived too late, it was corrupted into a demon. He left the party for a bit. When we returned back to Skyhold he showed back up. We had some more discussions and stuff later on back at Mel's quarters. Watched the whole world change? Sweet talker. The bed is right over there. After a battle with some Mabari, I killed this one and all of a sudden it came back to life, not hostile. Too bad we didn't get a dog companion in this game.
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 9, 2019 17:10:52 GMT
Finished Wicked Eyes... Made all three parties worked together and for once I let Florian live. She's my new fool now. Care to dance? It brings a smile to my face to see nobles be made into fools. Literally.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Aug 10, 2019 19:51:02 GMT
So in the past few days I've been working on my new Hawke, and I'm roughly half-way through Act 1 now I still need to recruit Merrill, which I'll be doing tomorrow, today I recruited Isabela, Fenris and Anders we've also done a lot of side quests and a few companion ones
anyway, please meet my new Hawke Raye (at first I wanted to go with Rhea, but I found Raye sounded better ) and before anyone asks, no...I didn't model her hair and eye color combination after Yennefer from the Witcher I actually did them after her namesake, Rei Hino aka. Sailor Mars (Raye being her English name) from the anime series Sailor Moon (granted neither characters have freckles, I just find freckles cute ) one of my favorite Sailor Scouts I could've gone the full nod toward Rei by making my Hawke an archer, but I already have an archer Warden and felt that 3 archers in the team was a bit overkill (since Sebastian and Varric are also archers)
anyway, right now I'm dubbing on what path I want to take with Bethany for my current playthrough, I generally have her go to the Circle, but I always though Cassandra's comment about the sibling being a Warden was also appropriate (especially given Inquisition's plot) Cassandra: so the Champions brother/sister was a Grey Warden Varric: yes, but that's not the connection you're looking for Cassandra: isn't it? The involvement of the Wardens makes perfect sense
I'm aware Bethany turns into a rather bitter person if she becomes a Warden, but I wonder if it'd be interesting to go this path for once
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Post by phoray on Aug 11, 2019 4:56:24 GMT
Hubs continuing to play Descent with his Dalish elven mage:
"The fights are good. I think they do a better job making the protracted fights because the extra bad guys show up behind rocks or walls or they walk in from behind while you're not looking rather than dropping in [ala DA2]. They made a larger playable area for the combat, so it makes big fights more realistic. They can give you the feeling of being surrounded in a desperate all-out fight, which they fed into by having Valta say not to let them get behind you, but then you can't avoid it (which is also realistic). I think this game design perfectly expresses the mindset and lifestyle of the Legion of the Dead."
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"I'm having trouble with "clear the darkspawn" because I didn't know there were supply caches and didn't see them. It's the one that doesn't let I you save. I thought not saving was a bit unfair without supply caches, like that's not usually the way Bioware does their games. I looked it up, and there are supply caches at places I can fight my way to, I just didn't see them."
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Post by amalthea on Aug 11, 2019 17:15:06 GMT
So in the past few days I've been working on my new Hawke, and I'm roughly half-way through Act 1 now I still need to recruit Merrill, which I'll be doing tomorrow, today I recruited Isabela, Fenris and Anders we've also done a lot of side quests and a few companion ones
anyway, please meet my new Hawke Raye (at first I wanted to go with Rhea, but I found Raye sounded better ) and before anyone asks, no...I didn't model her hair and eye color combination after Yennefer from the Witcher I actually did them after her namesake, Rei Hino aka. Sailor Mars (Raye being her English name) from the anime series Sailor Moon (granted neither characters have freckles, I just find freckles cute ) one of my favorite Sailor Scouts I could've gone the full nod toward Rei by making my Hawke an archer, but I already have an archer Warden and felt that 3 archers in the team was a bit overkill (since Sebastian and Varric are also archers)
anyway, right now I'm dubbing on what path I want to take with Bethany for my current playthrough, I generally have her go to the Circle, but I always though Cassandra's comment about the sibling being a Warden was also appropriate (especially given Inquisition's plot) Cassandra: so the Champions brother/sister was a Grey Warden Varric: yes, but that's not the connection you're looking for Cassandra: isn't it? The involvement of the Wardens makes perfect sense
I'm aware Bethany turns into a rather bitter person if she becomes a Warden, but I wonder if it'd be interesting to go this path for once Give it a go with Warden Bethany. She and Hawke have a moment before the final battle that is very moving, despite her initial cool demeanor when she and your Hawke meet again for the first time since the Deep Roads. To me, it really shows the warmth and depth of Bethany's heart. (I'm not sure if you have to side with the templars or not, like I did, in order to get this particular dialogue, though.)
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Post by Iddy on Aug 11, 2019 18:10:43 GMT
Just a minor question.
If you skip the rituals in WPHW and then kill the sentinel elves, there are no approval changes for the companions since you never had the chance to ally with them.
Is that right?
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Post by melbella on Aug 11, 2019 18:31:21 GMT
If you skip the rituals in WPHW and then kill the sentinel elves, there are no approval changes I think there are approval changes for skipping the rituals, just like there are approval changes for doing them. But since skipping them bypasses the conversation with Abelas, there shouldn't be approval changes for fighting the elves in that scenario.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Aug 11, 2019 18:36:13 GMT
Give it a go with Warden Bethany. She and Hawke have a moment before the final battle that is very moving, despite her initial cool demeanor when she and your Hawke meet again for the first time since the Deep Roads. To me, it really shows the warmth and depth of Bethany's heart. (I'm not sure if you have to side with the templars or not, like I did, in order to get this particular dialogue, though.) I have to admit I've never really sided with the Templars (or Meredith for that matter) during Origins or DA2, I have done a playthrough during Inquisition where I sided with the Templars but I didn't really like it. on that note, I still need the achievements related to siding with the Templars as well (the only two achievements I have left for DA2 to be exact)
I know some of the dialogue during the ending makes more sense if you're siding with the Templars (especially Orsino's revelation) but yeah...Meredith is a little to crazy for me
I also know there's a small dialogue during the Legacy dlc with a Warden Bethany that's cute ( Carver's jig)
and I also have a few more instances where Bethany will appear, seeing as I have a world state where I have Nathaniel as a Warden she'll also appear during that quest
anyway, I suppose Warden Bethany is preferable over dead Bethany...or dead sibling in general for that matter
but I still have several quests left to do, so it's still up for debate what'll happen to Bethany when the time comes
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Post by Iddy on Aug 11, 2019 18:49:26 GMT
If you skip the rituals in WPHW and then kill the sentinel elves, there are no approval changes I think there are approval changes for skipping the rituals, just like there are approval changes for doing them. But since skipping them bypasses the conversation with Abelas, there shouldn't be approval changes for fighting the elves in that scenario. You do still talk to Abelas. You just can't ask him to help you.
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Post by amalthea on Aug 11, 2019 19:27:25 GMT
Give it a go with Warden Bethany. She and Hawke have a moment before the final battle that is very moving, despite her initial cool demeanor when she and your Hawke meet again for the first time since the Deep Roads. To me, it really shows the warmth and depth of Bethany's heart. (I'm not sure if you have to side with the templars or not, like I did, in order to get this particular dialogue, though.) I have to admit I've never really sided with the Templars (or Meredith for that matter) during Origins or DA2, I have done a playthrough during Inquisition where I sided with the Templars but I didn't really like it. on that note, I still need the achievements related to siding with the Templars as well (the only two achievements I have left for DA2 to be exact)
I know some of the dialogue during the ending makes more sense if you're siding with the Templars (especially Orsino's revelation) but yeah...Meredith is a little to crazy for me
I also know there's a small dialogue during the Legacy dlc with a Warden Bethany that's cute ( Carver's jig)
and I also have a few more instances where Bethany will appear, seeing as I have a world state where I have Nathaniel as a Warden she'll also appear during that quest
anyway, I suppose Warden Bethany is preferable over dead Bethany...or dead sibling in general for that matter
but I still have several quests left to do, so it's still up for debate what'll happen to Bethany when the time comes That little Carver jig is so cute... but also really bittersweet. Bioware is really good at strangling you right in the feels. I do sometimes wish they'd offer a HAPPY ENDING FOR EVERYONE option in the Dragon Age sagas... but alas, it wouldn't be Bioware if they did that. If siding with the templars makes your heart feel barfy, you could do it in an exploratory save just for the achievements and then delete the save file immediately afterwards, lol. I've done that during my "morbid curiosity" moments... or times when I hit the wrong key. I'm still trying to forget the time I accidentally asked a fully-romanced Cullen to end our relationship. *shudder* The wounded puppy-dog eyes will haunt me to my grave.
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Post by amalthea on Aug 11, 2019 19:41:41 GMT
I started over from scratch with inky Flynn. He just arrived in Skyhold this morning after escaping from Corypheus and the avalanche. He was able to rescue everyone but Minaeve during IYHSB. Celebrating too early... Impending doom... Elvis who? Finding the camp...
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Aug 11, 2019 20:06:40 GMT
That little Carver jig is so cute... but also really bittersweet. Bioware is really good at strangling you right in the feels. I do sometimes wish they'd offer a HAPPY ENDING FOR EVERYONE option in the Dragon Age sagas... but alas, it wouldn't be Bioware if they did that. If siding with the templars makes your heart feel barfy, you could do it in an exploratory save just for the achievements and then delete the save file immediately afterwards, lol. I've done that during my "morbid curiosity" moments... or times when I hit the wrong key. I'm still trying to forget the time I accidentally asked a fully-romanced Cullen to end our relationship. *shudder* The wounded puppy-dog eyes will haunt me to my grave. True enough, 'sides it's not a good story unless it makes you feel things whether good or bad
I have attempted some more "evil" playthroughs in the past, but could never really go through with them...I have done more evil characters in other games (mostly Elder Scrolls by joining the Dark Brotherhood), but for some reason I just can't be evil in Bioware games
and I never tend to break up with characters, they tend to break up with mine I remember my first time playing a male Warden, I wanted to romance Morrigan but got Leliana instead...then Morrigan started feeling jealous and more or less seduced my Warden which ended with him having to make a choice between Morrigan and Leliana, choosing the former in the end...Leliana was really sad after that, I felt bad for her
it's also to bad that Kieran has started to grow on me, which leads me to mostly having Wardens who have a relationship with Morrigan, or having Alistair do the ritual (which also makes me feel bad ) I kind of want to make a playthrough where Morrigan doesn't have a child...well I have, I had Loghain take the blow back then, but Morrigan was so bitter during Inquisition even though she and my Warden had been friends and I deleted that world state
so yeah, I like happy endings too, generally I try to find the happiest endings I can for my characters, their love interests and the companions it isn't always perfect, and maybe it's even boring...but I love creating stories like that
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Post by Catilina on Aug 11, 2019 22:13:33 GMT
That little Carver jig is so cute... but also really bittersweet. Bioware is really good at strangling you right in the feels. I do sometimes wish they'd offer a HAPPY ENDING FOR EVERYONE option in the Dragon Age sagas... but alas, it wouldn't be Bioware if they did that. If siding with the templars makes your heart feel barfy, you could do it in an exploratory save just for the achievements and then delete the save file immediately afterwards, lol. I've done that during my "morbid curiosity" moments... or times when I hit the wrong key. I'm still trying to forget the time I accidentally asked a fully-romanced Cullen to end our relationship. *shudder* The wounded puppy-dog eyes will haunt me to my grave. True enough, 'sides it's not a good story unless it makes you feel things whether good or bad
I have attempted some more "evil" playthroughs in the past, but could never really go through with them...I have done more evil characters in other games (mostly Elder Scrolls by joining the Dark Brotherhood), but for some reason I just can't be evil in Bioware games
and I never tend to break up with characters, they tend to break up with mine I remember my first time playing a male Warden, I wanted to romance Morrigan but got Leliana instead...then Morrigan started feeling jealous and more or less seduced my Warden which ended with him having to make a choice between Morrigan and Leliana, choosing the former in the end...Leliana was really sad after that, I felt bad for her
it's also to bad that Kieran has started to grow on me, which leads me to mostly having Wardens who have a relationship with Morrigan, or having Alistair do the ritual (which also makes me feel bad ) I kind of want to make a playthrough where Morrigan doesn't have a child...well I have, I had Loghain take the blow back then, but Morrigan was so bitter during Inquisition even though she and my Warden had been friends and I deleted that world state
so yeah, I like happy endings too, generally I try to find the happiest endings I can for my characters, their love interests and the companions it isn't always perfect, and maybe it's even boring...but I love creating stories like that I also love the happy end – sadly seems my red!Hawke wants to fight with the Nightmare... Not like he wants to sacrifice himself, or has a deathwish, or feels any responsibility about that Corypheus – but seems this is the greatest challenge he ever met, how can he resist? (And Stroud saved his brother's life) Also I'm sure he's not that kind who would wait for anyone else's decide about his fate. Eh... he's stubborn, leads my hand. I didn't bring him to the Inquisition yet – so, his fate still open, but I wrote that story already as a possible outcome.
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 12, 2019 4:05:39 GMT
If you skip the rituals in WPHW and then kill the sentinel elves, there are no approval changes I think there are approval changes for skipping the rituals, just like there are approval changes for doing them. But since skipping them bypasses the conversation with Abelas, there shouldn't be approval changes for fighting the elves in that scenario. Depends on who is in the party. If Solas is with you, he disapproves of the rituals being skipped.
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 12, 2019 4:15:35 GMT
Been all over the place today. After all the games I've played I'm still finding stuff. This is the first time I've found this treasure area on the island that has the spirit in the Jaws of Hakkon DLC. Bull is making me regret saving the Chargers. His worthless ass was the first to fall and Cole was next, leaving us ranged fighters to deal with the Hakkonites. Barely survived. After this I went back to Skyhold and crafted Bull some better armor with better defenses. Leave it to the Fire Queen to burn these pesky dead that keep being resurrected. I have to say, that has to hurt.
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