Dragon Age: Inquisition

[ClockShot]

Save the date. October 7th, 2014. Pre-order now, get goodies.

Trailer here to go along with the announcement.


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Aaaaaaaaaaaaand GO!

[DaveBrawl]

Looks so awesome.

[ClockShot]

Judging by that last scene in the trailer, there's a lot of allies you could recruit in this one.

[Fignuts]

No one expects Dragon Age Inquisition!

[alvarado52]

Stoked. I was admittedly late to the DA party, but fell in love with it...I actually really enjoyed DA2, even if it was a bit linear.

Either way, cant wait to pick up and see where this series goes.

[ClockShot]

The super duper "Collector's Edition":




Available to pre-order at GameStop in the UK (http://www.gamestop.co.uk/DragonAgeInquisition) and US (http://www.gamestop.com/browse?nav=16k-Dragon+Age+Inquisition+Collector+s+Edition), the Dragon Age: Inquisition Collector's Edition packs the following into a collector's chest or 'Inquisitor's Case':


Copy of Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition steelbook
Lockpick Set
Inquisitor Badge
Tarot Card Set
Ink and Quill Set
Orlesian Coins
Sketch Book
War Table Pieces
Thedas Map

The Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition bundles the following bonus content:


Skyhold Throne – Every ruler should sit in a place of high honor, but as the Inquisitor you will have the greatest of all, fashioned from an ancient dragon skull.
Red Hart Halla – Traverse the perilous, living world atop this great-horned beast.
Bog Unicorn – Once belonging to an evil marauder, this unique mount has returned to inspire fear into those who would oppose you.
Bring the world of Thedas wherever you go with the digital soundtrack.
Bonus digital content – to be announced!
Flames of the Inquisition gear!

Multi-class Weapons – Smite your enemies with the Flames of the Inquisition weapons arsenal. Whether staff or daggers, greatsword or war hammer, these weapons will make short work of your foes.
Inquisitor Armor – Protect yourself against the onslaught of enemy attacks by suiting up in the Flames of the Inquisition Armor.
Armored Mount – Flames of the Inquisition gear also includes a valiant steed, complete with its own set of Inquisition Armor forged from the flames of battle.



Dragon Age: Inquisition is coming to PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC on October 7th in North America and October 10th in Europe. The Collector's Edition is available to pre-order from GameStop for $169.99/£129.97.
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[Kris P Lettus]

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I loved both og the first two, pumped up for this one.

[Destor]

DA:O is one of my all time fav games...DA:2 broke my heart. Awful streamlined piece of shit. The devs have sworn that theyre going to back to thier root-ish so...I pre-ordered mine last month.

HOWEVER this could be it for Bioware and I.

[Kris P Lettus]

Yeah 2 def wasnt on par with Origins but I enjoyed them both.

[Destor]

The story of 2 was excellent.

[Kris P Lettus]

Yeah I just hated i couldnt be a battle tank Dwarf

[Destor]

Or effect the outcome. Or need to have any tactical gameplay out side of SPAM ATTACK. Or visit unique maps.

But hey...I banged so many elves.

[Destor]

:heart: +1 DA:2

[alvarado52]

I enjoyed both. Actually sorta enjoyed 2 more because it felt more like Mass Effect, gameplay wise. Also, with the exception of Fallout, a mute protagonist sorta bugs me.

[Heisenberg]

Bioware and I also share a love/hate relationship as well, Destor. I hold onto hope that they revamp the Jade Empire series, I thorougly enjoyed that game

[Destor]

Great game! Fuzz too easy to kit enemies via hope over + strike but I really loved it.

[Swiss Ultimate]

DA:O is one of my all time fav games...DA:2 broke my heart. Awful streamlined piece of shit. The devs have sworn that theyre going to back to thier root-ish so...I pre-ordered mine last month.

HOWEVER this could be it for Bioware and I.

At the end of this game they make you choose between killing all the dragons or making everybody into dragons.

[Destor]

Will...will I get to fly??? :eek:

[Destor]

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getting way too hyped for this...hope bioware doesnt break my nerd heart. about to play through 1 & 2 again to get my hype on.

[ClockShot]

Friendly reminder. Dragon Age Keep beta kicked off today. For those of you who want your choices from Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, and II to carry over, sign up and get started.

[ClockShot]

Oh, and if a mod would be so kind as to merge this Dragon Age thread and mine. It would be much appreciated.

http://tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=126469&highlight=dragon+age

[Destor]

I will start my keep once I finish 2 again I dont want to "spoil" anything ive forgotten

[DaveBrawl]

Friendly reminder. Dragon Age Keep beta kicked off today. For those of you who want your choices from Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, and II to carry over, sign up and get started.

Awesome it does seem to tie in to your origin account and remember what you did. For some reason I was thinking I would have to manually enter everything, knew I had forgotten so much.

[DaveBrawl]

I didn't play Origins though so I do have to make my choices for that.

[ClockShot]

Awesome it does seem to tie in to your origin account and remember what you did. For some reason I was thinking I would have to manually enter everything, knew I had forgotten so much.

Yes. It found all my data for Dragon Age 2. Had to do a tweak here and there for Origins.

To be honest, you can rewrite everything if you want.

[DaveBrawl]

I'd definitely want to keep things carried over, that was one thing that kind of made me sad about this game the thought I had to do it all from scratch as there is no way I will remember everything. Loved that about Mass Effect even though my dude in ME1 ended up looking like Chuck Norris with a flat top in ME3.

[alvarado52]

The Keep webpage is open. In case you dont know what it is, its basically the website that will transfer your games (as long as you sign in with the same email as your Origins linked account). It also lets you make adjustments to your decisions, and at the end you can play a video that will go through all your decisions as a way to remind you of everything.

https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/

[Destor]

The Keep webpage is open. In case you dont know what it is, its basically the website that will transfer your games (as long as you sign in with the same email as your Origins linked account). It also lets you make adjustments to your decisions, and at the end you can play a video that will go through all your decisions as a way to remind you of everything.

https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/
you should probaly read the thread champ

[alvarado52]

you should probaly read the thread champ

Was on the way out of the house, didnt have time but thought i'd throw it in to help out since the game release was so close.

Thanks for taking the time and giving enough shit to actually neg rep for my failed attempt at helping, it reallllllyy hurt.

[Destor]

ONE WEEK :heart:

[ClockShot]

Nothing but great reviews over on Metacritic this morning.

[Destor]

Legit this game is killing it on the review scores

[drave]

Are they LEGIT reviews though??!?!!?!

I want to ensure that reviewer A is not/has not/will not be fucking developer B or any combination thereof. If that happens, I will..... KEEP PLAYING GAMES!

[Destor]

Are they LEGIT reviews though??!?!!?!

I want to ensure that reviewer A is not/has not/will not be fucking developer B or any combination thereof. If that happens, I will..... KEEP PLAYING GAMES!
To compromise with #gamergate all reviewers and developers now have biannual orgies.

[Destor]

#EQUALITY

[drave]

LMAO!

[dronepool]

Been thinking about getting this.

[drave]

Having played through about 60 minutes of this game, it is definitely worth it on current gen. Gameplay is super fun, especially the combat. Thus far, no complaints but I know I have much further to go.

[Destor]

I still have 20 hours or so in two before I start 3. Really glad I decided to play through the series again I'm enjoyed 2 more than I ever have in the past.

Forgot to raise Isabella's disposition before the fight with the Arishok and I lost her so when I do the keep I will def be correcting my error.

[drave]

I never finished DAII so I made all my keep changes on the fly, more or less. Could not stomach II after about 8-10 hours, kept putting me to sleep.

[ClockShot]

Gotta go to the Keep and lock all my choices in.

Got some vacation time coming up and hope to crack this open and get started soon.

[Emperor Smeat]

PC version supposedly the buggiest out of all the platforms with EA offering as the only solution to delete and re-download/install the game until a patch (or a few) arrives.

[Destor]

Finished 2 and just finished my keep state. Ended up not fixing my previously mentioned error. felt it added flavor to the playthrough. Dunno. Will fire up DA:I once I get home. Likely only going to make my inquisitor and then stop at the first logical save point.

VERY EXCITED THOUGH.

[drave]

Game keeps getting better. Shortage of potions, or lack of way to heal so far. Two more levels and my mage follower (wtf ever the bald dude is called) will have a healing-type spell.

HOORAY for poisoned daggers - makes a shit ton of difference as a rogue.

[Destor]

LACK OF TACTICS MENU MAKES ME SAD

[Destor]

Skyhold is really amazing

[whiteyford]

How similar is this to Skyrim, keep seeing the two put together in comparisons for reviews, just they have dragons?

[drave]

Not that similar, honestly. I mean, you have a party and heavy RPG elements, but that is about it.I would say the story is MUCH more detailed and has a ton more substance. The gameplay is completey different though and more MMORPG'ish in the sense of cooldowns and minumum resource for casting.

[drave]

Example of the combat AND dragons.....

Dragon fights are much more "epic" in the sense you really cannot approach a dragon and just melee his facehole and expect him to keel over. You have to target limbs, incapacitate him and then do the major damage.

They sound and look cooler too :P

[Destor]

Not even remote similar. Both great games tho

[Fignuts]

Have a 4 day weekend, so I'm picking this up today. Can't wait.

Heard there is so much content that it is overwhelming. Love that feeling though. Makes me feel like the game is going to last, and that I got my money's worth.

[drave]

Definitely a fuckton to do. I have put about 10 hours in it and only opened 2 new "zones". Granted, one of them starts with enemies around level 12, which is above what I can currently handle, so I am still playing in the starting area + coast.

You will see "LEAVE HINTERLANDS ASAP" on the webs a lot. Just don't leave TOO quickly like I did. Lotsa fun stuff in the game, hope you enjoy it.

[Destor]

Just slayed my first high dragon. Had the hardest time keeping my party alive past the half way point. Ended up tanking her by myself lol

Super tense fight tho

[Destor]

Oh and to the hinterlands stuff: stick with the main story quests until you open up the specialization classes. Thank me later

[Fignuts]

Can I go back to the hinterlands once I've left? And how long before these specialization classes open? Just got to hinderlands and freed the crossroads.

Also, holy shit, you know it's gonna be a long game when an hour in you finally get the title screen.

[drave]

You can go back to the Hinterlands, yes. That is what I had to do because I left too soon and was getting beat down everywhere I tried to go.

No idea about specializations, level 10 maybe?

[Destor]

Its a few main quests in. 4-5. You'll be. Around level 10

[Destor]

Go ahead and explore and have fun with thw sandbox but keep focused on the main questline until then. You dont want to have to respec your inquisitor just because you got distracted hunting elfroot for 18 hours

[drave]

Go ahead and explore and have fun with thw sandbox but keep focused on the main questline until then. You dont want to have to respec your inquisitor just because you got distracted hunting elfroot for 18 hours

So guilty of this. Like god damn World of Warcraft. There was a great Shenmue line for this behavior, something along the lines of...

"I will avenge my brother's death!!
After I play this game, go to work
and pet this kitty."

[Fignuts]

Oh, well my dudes are only like level 5-6, so I can prolly hang out a bit more. Went to those marshes and a couple zombies almost killed a couple members of my party. Was like Noooooooooope. Back to the fuzzy bunny infested forest.

[drave]

LOL!

Did the same thing. Used tactical to see the lowest level was 12 and my party max level was 8.

Haven't had a chance to play all week. Spent around 10 hours or so picking elfroot up to now :|

[Destor]

The fiirst respect pot (sold by your armorer) is only 1g so its obviously affordable by the specializations do make the game better. Plus you unlock the focus system which is a big plus.

[Heisenberg]

I respect your guy's opinions. Would I enjoy this game?

Shenmue was mentioned

I like Mass Effect

been playing any kind of RPGs since the NES days. Not really glued down to one type of RPG, I love the story and character build. I love fire,saving bitches in distress and dragons.

[Heisenberg]

I know I can just get on someone's Twitch and watch them play it, but I don't know those people that well.

[drave]

I think you would enjoy it if you enjoyed Mass Effect. Deep character development + main story complete with party member side stories, a la ME2.

Think of it as ME without guns and stuff and with more RPG elements added. I can set up a twitch broadcast tonight or this weekend if you like. I am not far into the game, so you may not see much, but you will get the idea of combat, which I love as a dagger wielding backstabbing rogue.

[Heisenberg]

I'm stacked on games, but I can see myself enjoying it. I'd love a clip if you deem something worthy of me viewing.

I haven't got to play all week as part of my Father Mission. Trying to build some cred to throw in my father's face, plus it's just best for business

[drave]

It is definitely a MAJOR time sink. There are some who claim they have logged 60-80 hours and ignored the main mission (up to a point) so they still have stuff to work through.

Definitely a massive game.

[Destor]

Im almost 50hours in (took a vacation the week it dropped..then got sick this week and was sent home. ..WIN) and ive barely scratched the surface of this game.

So if you're like me and dont buy a lot of games this is one youll get your money out of.

[Destor]

The rewards for completing a regions astrariums are very worth it. About to complete my first regions worth of shard collecting. WILL REPORT BACK.

[Fignuts]

Fucking Dragon in the Hinterlands kicked my ass 3 times now. This last time I thought I leveled up enough to take him, especially since the elf mage dude maxed out his healing abilities, but after getting him down to less than a quarter of health, he starts spamming his fireball attack and toasted my party.

BUT

Just unlocked enchantment stuff, so I'm gonna craft some fire resistant armor and wreck his shit.

[Fignuts]

Also, jesus fuck this game is huge.

Think it was Requiem who recently said no single player experience is worth $65.

Dragon Age says UP YOURS Req.

[Destor]

Fucking Dragon in the Hinterlands kicked my ass 3 times now. This last time I thought I leveled up enough to take him, especially since the elf mage dude maxed out his healing abilities, but after getting him down to less than a quarter of health, he starts spamming his fireball attack and toasted my party.

BUT

Just unlocked enchantment stuff, so I'm gonna craft some fire resistant armor and wreck his shit.
complete the astariums in the hinterlands and you'll get a unique belt that gives 30% fire resistance. it was a HUGE help.

[Fignuts]

Oh shit, forgot about that. I actually had completed that already, but I just threw the belt on a random party member to keep their pants up.

God I hope I didn't sell it.

Also, great as this game is, there are a ton of bugs in this. Like, PS3 Skyrim bad. Nothing game breaking, but my dude's voice changed for some reason.

[Destor]

yeah if you edit hawke's default face it will change the voice to the primary voice slot. I had to load back about an hour worth of gameplay to fix it.

is that what you did?

[Destor]

also: collected all the shards in a view regions. No reward. It would seem that there a singular reward for collecting them all. Which i apporove of.

I cant confirm this but it seems like they are tied to a dungeon in one of the desert regions.

[Fignuts]

Yup.

Also, might want to spoiler tag that.

[Destor]

edited, they advertised that character making a cameo so I didnt think it was a spoiler but edited all the same

[Destor]

So for the past hour i have been locked in battle with Vinsomer the high dragon who is a LVL 19 to my LVL 16. She wiped my party pretty quicky but my inquisitor is practically unkillable. Sword and shield champion with 2% heal on strike weapon and gear that increases the heal% and tons of ways to generate guard (and with the champion skill tree damage invulnerability for 8seconds every 32 seconds [-1sec cooldown of all skills per being hit {so that a lot of chances to heal with no damage being taken basically.}]) thing is Vinsomer generates a guard worth her entire 21k of HP. So once you deal 21k damage you have...15-30 seconds to actually pull from her HP. I have her down to 15k presently. Im gonna kill her...but this will take another 4 hours...

[Destor]

sorry its not 20k

[Destor]

its 200k

[Destor]

...138k to go

playing on hard ftr...i think on my nightmare run I will out level her a bit lol

[Destor]

120k

so yeah. almost 20k an hour...thats 6 more hours...on the up and up I was needing to stay up all night tonight to work a midnight monday...so...yay? #fuckme

[Destor]

88k

[Destor]

65k... >_>

[Destor]

35k

[Destor]

DONE

that was brutal

[Destor]

about 7 hours

[drave]

Were the spoils worth the effort?

[Destor]

Not for my build or prefered party. High level dagger and a ring for 30% flanking damage. Obviously the dagger goes to cole. Put the ring on Sera. Dunno how much she'll benefit from it but she's my dps queen so it cant hurt... plus the average crafting jazz you expect. I did get the Master Dragon slaying rune blue print. so thats a plus.

[drave]

WTB a high level dagger xD

I am only level 8, nearly 9. Had a bit more play time yesterday and accomplished quite a bit, acquired a horse as well. Need to go progress the main story a bit more.

Encountered a dragon in Hinterlands and had to run like hell. She managed to take down half my party but lolrogue vanish FTW.

[Destor]

Wtb?

And there ain't no shame in running from dragons! So fierce. So scary.

[drave]

Sorry, "want to buy". Stuck in my head from my mmo days :(

Using some decent daggers I guess.... I can one shot things 4-5 levels higher than me usually (twin fangs from stealth). I believe they are rated around 150ish DPS. I have armor pen on one and bleed damage on the other, both have +6 to dex.

[Destor]

Just so you have an idea what the future holds:
Wyvern Tooth

28th DPS
111 DMG
25% armor pen
3% bleed on hit
8 Dex

Rune slot open

[drave]

Armor pen is niiiiiiiiiiiiiice especially since I am going to side with the Mages. Think I have 2% bleed now.

Had my first experience with the undead last night, holy hell. They made my poison weapons moot so I was throwing fire grenades. Sooooooooooooo satisfying with the visuals.

[Destor]

Shoulda been 285 dps lol

[Heisenberg]

I'm usually a two handed berserker warrior in all the RPGs I play. I think I'd be suited to be a ranged class. I have so little time to play all my games, but that's a good problem. I'll never bore for the next year.

[Destor]

I'm usually a two handed berserker warrior in all the RPGs I play. I think I'd be suited to be a ranged class. I have so little time to play all my games, but that's a good problem. I'll never bore for the next year.
On that topic what class/party is everyone using?

Im playing a full tank amd while i mix it up my preffered party is ranged. Dorian using necro/electric solas using ice/fire/barriers and sera with her alchamey maxed and archery.

I draw aggro and then just have them maul everyone from the rims.

[drave]

I am dual-wielding daggers.

Party consists of Blackwall to tank, Sera being a beast with ranged and Solas going barrier/cold. I had him as lightning but was not impressed. Game became 100x easier when I made him cold instead.

Will probably make Cassandra more aggressive instead of tankish. Vivienne (or wtf ever her name is) will be my barrier/fire. Those are the only members I have so far. Oh yea, the 2h Warrior (cannot recall his name atm) sits out for now until I get a better hold on things.

[Destor]

I struggle keeping Iron Bull from taking too much damage. Hits hard but hes a glass cannon. Thee are some good 2H weapons that add guard but its not enough. He's fun and i take him out with Vivian because their banter is amazing but for the big fights he goes back to the keep.

[Destor]

And lightning eats too much mana. Might respec dorian based off that alone

[Destor]

Gameplay wise blackwall >>>>>>> casandra. Her specialization is nice but not half the tank he can become.

[drave]

It's because he has a penis. Penis = + 10 to tanking probably.


I love the banter between Sera and Solas. He was saying some shit in Elvish or something and she interrupted him and it was along the lines of:

Sera: *PFFT*
Solas: WHAT!?
Sera: I mean, if you are going to say something, use actual words that mean something. Like what I am saying now.... real.... words.
Solas: It is a tradition to say a prayer when....
Sera: *PFFT* again.

Had me cracking up since they are both Elves and should share the same cultural things.

[Destor]

Haha YES. Sera with anyone is gold. Her asking Bull about Qunari women was laugh out loud funny. Shes my fav so far.

Cole is my least fav.

[drave]

Have not yet met Cole. I am going back to Redcliffe next time I play to progress the story a bit further.

[Destor]

They give you the party very early. If you check the inner circle tab in the quest log you may already have the quests and havent realized it.

[drave]

I get so lost in quests in that game. I really enjoy all the side quests though. They aren't too many of the fetch quests (bring me x amount of y item, etc) which is great. I end up with intentions of progressing the main quest but always become sidetracked.

Such a great game, one of the best RPG's I've ever played, and that is not exaggerating.

[Fignuts]

I've been going with Blackwall, Cassandra and Vivienne. Solas when I know it's going to be a tough fight, since I maxed out his healing/barrier tree.

Having two tanks as well as having the stealth perk that makes the enemy ignore me, is working great.

Don't know if I'll ever use Sera or Cole. Will have to check their specialty tree. I know Sera has some exploit that makes killing anything a cinch but fuck that.

I've actually started playing as my other party members for extended periods so I can experience the other classes, because I realized early on that there is no way I'm doing a second playthrough. It's just way too big and way too long.

[Fenix122]

Now thanks to this thread I have to get this....Thanks a lot guys. :shifty:

[drave]

YOU'RE WELCOME!
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[Destor]

I've been going with Blackwall, Cassandra and Vivienne. Solas when I know it's going to be a tough fight, since I maxed out his healing/barrier tree.

Having two tanks as well as having the stealth perk that makes the enemy ignore me, is working great.

Don't know if I'll ever use Sera or Cole. Will have to check their specialty tree. I know Sera has some exploit that makes killing anything a cinch but fuck that.

I've actually started playing as my other party members for extended periods so I can experience the other classes, because I realized early on that there is no way I'm doing a second playthrough. It's just way too big and way too long.

I dont know about an exploit but i will say if i was playing a rogue inquisitor i woukd def be taking alchemy for sure.

[Destor]

Also the double tank approach would work well for a low defense melee character. I wouldn't have thought of that. :y:

[Fignuts]

I'm a rogue archer, and I have put a lot into the the poison tree. Into stealth as well. Haven't even touched daggers though.

[Destor]

Ohhhhhh very nice. I can see that working out

[Fignuts]

It really does. I usually take a spot above the fray (got a "do more damage from above" perk) and just poison everything, then shoot enemies with the really hard hitting archery perks. If any of the enemies start heading my way, I just use the stealth cloak perk and they turn around and go back to getting their face smashed in by my tanks.

Only problem is those fucking tall skinny demons that teleport directly on top of me and knock me down.

[drave]

Only problem is those fucking tall skinny demons that teleport directly on top of me and knock me down.

So much hate for those fockers! :rant: :fu:

[Big Vic]

Yeah they suckkkkkk

[Destor]

If any of your tanks have challenge use the tactical cam and draw them in. Turn its tactics off so they dont waste it on some grunt

[drave]

Sided with the Mages last night and completed the first quest chain leading up to the fight with Alexandrius. Holy shit the game just got waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more interesting and that was an awesome fooking fight.

Looking forward to a 3 day weekend this weekend, HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drave]

Made it to Skyhold, holy content Batman.


Destor (or anyone else that has progressed far enough). Is the main character stuck with the Inquisitor speciaization, or can I obtain a class spec on top of the inquisitor spec? I was half asleep and baked and don't remember choosing anything :|

Another reason, kids, to just say NO.

[Destor]

You get one on top of it. Check the inner circle quests and you should have the specializationquests available

[Destor]

Take each party member out with you and it will give them their specialization. Check each of the three of your class amd see which you would prefer for your inquisitor

[drave]

I dinged 9 and all my other party members automatically received theirs.

I saw that once I dinged 10 I was given the option to pursue quests for said specializations. I just didn't want to progress too far if I fucked it up.

Thanks Destor.

[Destor]

Those quests can take about 2 hours to complete.

Out of curiosity which one are you leaning toward?

[drave]

The Assassin tree. I gained Cole and played as him for a couple of hours to get a feel. I already do pretty good damage without the spec, I can only imagine when I jump into this tree how much improved things will become.

Not sure how it scales, but from (level 10) stealth I can crank out 700 damage, per hand, per use. Insta 1400 dmg + Deathblow makes most fights end rather quick.

[Sepholio]

Bout to start playing this finally wooooooo.

[Fignuts]

Which path would be best for archery?

[Destor]

Check the alchemy tree. Its almost a no ckntest for archery.

Also skyhold is the most impressive base in the history of gaming.

[drave]

Also skyhold is the most impressive base in the history of gaming.

This man is being Quoted For Truth.

[Fignuts]

Took me over an hour to explore everything in skyhold.

[Destor]

It was prolly 20 hours in i noticed there was a dungeon.

Its just staggering.

[drave]

Executed a judged fuckhead last night. He deserved it!

[Destor]

Had to respec bulll the last two moves of reaver are just not worth it.

[drave]

I gave bull a few skills on the defensive tree and then found a ring that generates 10% guard on hit. He reminds me of Juggernaut now. Devastates the shit outta everything while taking minimal damage.

[Destor]

I ended up giving him thebreaver tree up until the last two moves and filling the two handed tree. Works well now. Much less baby sitting.

[drave]

BEAVERTREE

[Destor]

Ha! Well...he goes both ways...

[drave]

Haven't had the chance to play since I managed to finish the Assassin quest. Was able to find a vendor for the Deathroot but 100% had to google maps for the god damn tokens. Probably roamed around Crestwood for a good 2 hours before looking it up. Very specific spots, seems like they would be difficult to find without looking.

Going to start talking to my party in Skyhold, hopefully develop a few things. Gotta admit though, not a single character seems very interesting at this point.

[Destor]

The specialization quests arent cakewalks thats for sure. They make you work for it.

The party has grown on me. My first 40 hours I felt underwhelmed by them (and maybe still do but less so.)

[whiteyford]

First 40 hours? Get your moneys worth then?

[drave]

First 40 hours can seem like 40 minutes, really. I can't believe I have sunk a little over 20 and have done so little (level 12).

[Destor]

Im 104 hours in...

[Destor]

Still not hit the level cap

[drave]

Looking forward to some play time over the next 4 days off.

Going to play through a 2nd time as a nice guy and a warrior. Being a complete fuckhead to people this playthrough.

[Destor]

Haha very nice! Will you be dps or tank?

When i play again i will change my world state. I wish i had Alistair as a warden and not on the throne. Also i will be a cunt rogue.

[drave]

Haven't decided just yet, tank probably. After changing a few things around on Bull, I am reeeeeeeeally thinking about 2h dps.


Being a cunty rogue is the best :D

[Destor]

Haha i can really see the potential!

[Destor]

Finished the shard collecting. Well worth the effort.

Also 1 Dragon left. Fought two back to back without going to camp. I plan on saving the last one for right before i go into end game mode. I have three zones to wrap up andd then its time to end it.

[Destor]

Beat it. 120+ hours. Great game.

[Destor]

HOLY SHIT.

Stay after the credits.

[drave]

Managed to get a few more hours in on this one. Did some major campaign quests, including assaulting a keep in the Western Front. That was by far the coolest fucking sequence in the game so far, from the Ritual Tower down to the actual assault.

Also questing through the fade was unreal. Lotsa good stuff in all of the "stashes". Took my time through it and picked up a ton of shit. The boss fight was a tad bit confusing as the boss kept going in and out of stealth as well as teleporting, unless that was a visual glitch.

Managed to get a couple daggers over the 300dps mark, reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally melting shit now and only expect it to get better but tougher too.

[drave]

Very impressed at the sheer size of this game, still.

So many different environments. I like how they incorporate elements from the war council table into questing. What I mean is that some of the little quests on the table lead to opening new areas of already unlocked maps, like the Darkspawn areas in the Western Approach. So much to do in this game.

[Destor]

The size of the game is amazing. With my job i end up working part time through the holidays and i just got absorbed in it

And the quest you mentioned was really really good. All the main story quests were excellent.

[drave]

After you complete the campaign, can you muck about in the world still? Generally don't bother as a completionist, but this is a great game that I absolutely do not mind spending tons of time in.

I would search for it myself, but do not want to come across spoilers.

When Morrigan shows up, gonna ask her about our baby and WTF he is doing.

[Destor]

Yes you can.

[drave]

Obtained deft hands yesterday and opened up my first door. Received some badass loot, including a major helm upgrade for me. My Rogue crits for around 1500 with twin fangs, ridiculous.

Also in awe at the beauty of some of the maps. Just arrived in the frozen one last night. Can't remember it because I literally arrived, went through the intro speech with the scout and saved/shut down.


Also disappointed that my character cannot "romance" Sera because of her love of hot lesbian action. My cunty rogue pisses off Cassandra and Vivienne, and isn't a butt pirate.

Not sure if that needs tags, but did it to keep people from having a fit.

[Destor]

Bioware announced all romance options prerelease so id say its not. Also viv isnt romancable.

Emprise du Lion is like a maze but might be my favorite map. The Hissing waste is so incomprehensibly big that i had to use a mount to map it.

[Destor]

Its a desert though lol

[drave]

Emprise du Lion - that is the name I was looking for. Absolutely LOVE that map based off the visuals thus far.

Sucks about the romances. Guess if you are a hetero male, your only choice is Cassandra then. She seems nice when she's drunk and talking to Varric but she doesn't approve much of what I do because I decapitate people and stuff. I also sided with the mages so she is pretty seriously pissed for that one too.

[drave]

Hell, the Western Approach has 25 zones on the map, is the Hissing Wastes map bigger than that?

[Destor]

Emprise du Lion - that is the name I was looking for. Absolutely LOVE that map based off the visuals thus far.

Sucks about the romances. Guess if you are a hetero male, your only choice is Cassandra then. She seems nice when she's drunk and talking to Varric but she doesn't approve much of what I do because I decapitate people and stuff. I also sided with the mages so she is pretty seriously pissed for that one too.Casandra and Josephine. But yeah.

[Destor]

Hell, the Western Approach has 25 zones on the map, is the Hissing Wastes map bigger than that?

The hissing waste is so large they hadd to change the scale of the map. Its not the number of zones that makes it big though its that if you traveled 30 paces north on both maps you would have traveled 30% as far on the map in the hissing waste.

Its a huge vast desert and you really feel like it is when you have to cover ground there.

[Destor]

The romance options for anyone interested in spoiler tags just incase youre weird about that stuff:



Straight females: casandra

Straight male: Cullen (not dwarves or Qunari,) Solas (only elves,) Blackwall

Bisexual female: Josephine

Bisexual male: Iron Bull

Gay female: Sera

Gay male: Dorian

[ClockShot]

I'm gonna start this at the end of this week, I promise.

Just gotta spend an hour on the computer here and plug in all my decisions into The Keep and upload.

[drave]

The hissing waste is so large they hadd to change the scale of the map. Its not the number of zones that makes it big though its that if you traveled 30 paces north on both maps you would have traveled 30% as far on the map in the hissing waste.

Its a huge vast desert and you really feel like it is when you have to cover ground there.

Completed the rifts in the Hissing Wastes last night. I panned around the map to see how big it was and it felt small. Then I started traveling through it and shit.... they did change the scale for this one, but it isn't apparent until you are actually moving around on the map.

Rifts are starting to become challenging, sometimes spawning two pride demons and a despair demon all in the same round. I can nearly one shot the despair demons with my rogue, but then they do their spinny jump 100 feet away thing, which is just annoying :P

[Destor]

Yeah to deal with them i actually respec'd to give my self some single target control moves. I ran one tank and three glass cannons so of they got off my tank it was bad news fast. Plus everything in the hissing wastes in lvl 19 or so there theyre especially rough.

Side bar: why did they do away with genlocks and desire demons? They added fear demons and despair demons but removed other staples.

Also no ogres.

[drave]

No Ogres, but giants.... though they aren't as deadly as ogres were.

Maybe the other demons will be some sorta awesome DLC?

[Destor]

Giants were a great addition! The one on the storm coast was the coolest :D

[Destor]

Im patiently waiting for the dlc too. I will pay all the monies

[drave]

The one fighting the dragon? You know, outside of Hinterlands, I have yet to come across one. I am questing in the Western Front and have some shit to take back to the Dragon hunter fella.

I have heard plenty of them, but generally GTFO of dodge before I see them. They do hurty things to me and mah party.

SHould go back to hinterlands and kick that dragon's ass. Think it was level 12 or something. I am level 15 now.

[Destor]

Yea didnt wanna spoil how cool that was :p

The dragon in the hinterlands is the lowest level and the one in the western front is the second lowest. I think the western front dragon would be easier but either way youre ready to kill em think

[drave]

Gonna give it a go after watching some Sons of Anarchy tonight. In-laws are keeping the boy, FFFFFFRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!

[drave]

Ran through the "royal party" part of the campaign last night. Without giving anything away, my Rogue isn't quite as cunty as I thought, as I chose to

Save the Empress, oust the Duke. I let the Elvish sister live though, to utilize her assassins. I guess the most cunty thing to have done would have been to let the Empress die, and oust the Elf - whatever. Maybe I will do that with my warrior since I will be a quinari and they look like demons and stuff

Also met Morrigan again :D She has no effing idea where our kid is, should have known she would have been a deadbeat mom.

[drave]

Game gets soooooooooooooooooooooo much better the more I play through it. 2nd playthrough will be better I think, since I have a more firm hold on what I am doing. Also obtained some unique daggers (Knightslayer is one of them) that completely changed my attack animations. I do some jumping, spinning ninja style shit now. Pretty sweet.

If anyone is on the fence, I highly recommend getting this game.

[ClockShot]

Started last night. Combat should be pretty quick to pick up. It's a nice blend of the systems of Origins & 2.


Rolled out a Rogue Archer, we'll see how this goes.

[drave]

Rogue Archers are EZ mode, no doubt. They can also hit hard as shit though.

Combat is definitely fun, but can seem repetitive until new enemy types are introduced. Stick with it though, it is a great experience.

[ClockShot]

Yeah, reeeeeeeeeeally fucking around in The Hinterlands longer than I should be. I'll track down "that guy" and be on my merry way.

[drave]

Just went back there at level 18 and did quests for my level. There is a shit ton to do there.

[Destor]

Yeah, reeeeeeeeeeally fucking around in The Hinterlands longer than I should be. I'll track down "that guy" and be on my merry way.

Dont be afraid to ignore the main story though

[drave]

Just finished the story this morning, and HOLY SHIT is right for the after credit sequence.

Going to keep playing on my Rogue, but also started a sword/shield warrior who I will respec many times to 2H depending on gear and stuff. Also made it female to get some of that elven poon.

Love this game, going to play it still, for quite some time. Still a ton to do.

[ClockShot]

Dont be afraid to ignore the main story though

Yeah. When I get home from work, I'm going forward. Done in The Hinterlands for now.

[Destor]

Just finished the story this morning, and HOLY SHIT is right for the after credit sequence.

Going to keep playing on my Rogue, but also started a sword/shield warrior who I will respec many times to 2H depending on gear and stuff. Also made it female to get some of that elven poon.

Love this game, going to play it still, for quite some time. Still a ton to do.

Ive got a few other games to play so I'll do my multiple playthroughs after some dlc is out BUT IM SO EXCITED

A,nd as a lore enthusiast there is so much to discuss about the end scene.

like does this mean that flemith and solas were lovers? or wass it Mithal and the Dread Wolf? Based on what she saod to morrigan was she a willing subject? Does this mean the maker isnt real?

[drave]

Started my 2nd playthrough and upped the difficulty. I do miss my insane damage with my rogue, but there is something extremely satisfying about bashing enemies with your shield and causing them to shatter (ice combo) or explode (FIRE! FIRE!!! FIRE!!!!!!!!!). I had not seen the slow motion shatters before, looks very cool. Now if they had a "screenshot" mode like Shadow Of Mordor....

[Fignuts]

Ive got a few other games to play so I'll do my multiple playthroughs after some dlc is out BUT IM SO EXCITED

A,nd as a lore enthusiast there is so much to discuss about the end scene.

like does this mean that flemith and solas were lovers? or wass it Mithal and the Dread Wolf? Based on what she saod to morrigan was she a willing subject? Does this mean the maker isnt real?

I think we're going to see a return of more elven gods in DA4. Also, something to think about. Did Dread Wolf kill Flemeth and steal her power, or did Flemeth invade Solas' body and take over?

[Destor]

interesting theory worth a ponder for sure. I def think theres going to a greater focus on the elves going forward. However im not sure if any of the elven gods are gods at all but legends past down through the generations.

How this connects to the maker is going to be interesting. We know that the golden city exists corypheaus went there. But the maker wasnt there. Exactly like the chantry claims. However i think these two stories will connnect somehow.

Also lyrium is alive? Could this lead to dwarven mages?

[drave]

Playing through a 2nd time, knowing what I now know, makes the game even more interesting, as it pertains to the main story.


Updated my warrior to 2H smash things. Much more fun than sword n board.

[ClockShot]

Spending a lot of time doing side missions so I can muster up the courage (and firepower) to take on my first High Dragon.

Went through the Fallow Mire today. For being such minor quest oriented map, it took way too long and the payoff kinda sucked. On my way to the Forbidden Oasis now, I hope there's something awesome at the end.

[ClockShot]

Just finished and clocked in at 99 hours. Longer than I thought this would go.

Aside from hitting the dragon counter glitch and a save killer glitch at the very end of the game. This was great.

Totally called Solas being more than he let on. Leading me to Skyhold, knew what the Orb was, all those gadgets he had me activate. Should make for an interesting next chapter probably centered around the Elves.

[KIRA]

Assembled a badass all rogue squad it's amazing sometimes I just sit back and let them stealth kill EVERYTHING!

Favorite memory so far

After a few battles and some nice leveling Me:"Ah I feel my power has grown! Stay here my assassins I shall venture back into the hinterlands and solo the dragon!"
10 mins after barely escaping: DO NOT try to solo the dragon!

[Sepholio]

lol the tiniest cave

[ClockShot]

DLC is inbound. Trailer for 'Jaws of Hakkon' will be released tomorrow. XB1 and PC get the DLC first.

[drave]

Need to start playing this again, just gotta find the time.

[ClockShot]

DLC is inbound. Trailer for 'Jaws of Hakkon' will be released tomorrow. XB1 and PC get the DLC first.

Trailer.

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[KIRA]

Why am I stuck at some fancy royal party when I could be outside chopping the heads off demons? argh

[drave]

THat Royal party is an amazing part of the game. Let it play out.

Unless you are referring to another party in the DLC?

[KIRA]

THat Royal party is an amazing part of the game. Let it play out.

Unless you are referring to another party in the DLC?

Nope thats the one bunch of assholes who think murder is a game and like to wear masks and be super pretentious.

[drave]

What did you decide at the end of the event?

[KIRA]

Not there yet I will probably finish up on the week end I was late back to the ball and "while I didn't dazzle the court I didn't look foolish either."

[ClockShot]

Tip, Kira. Move fast. You're on a clock on that mission.

[KIRA]

Tip, Kira. Move fast. You're on a clock on that mission.
Is it OK to ask who I should back(don't answer if its too big a spoiler)

[drave]

It doesn't matter, just your preference. You don't really hear the outcome of your selection until the epilogue.

[ClockShot]

Is it OK to ask who I should back(don't answer if its too big a spoiler)

The best scenario (and to get approval from most of your party) is to get all 3 on the same page. But you gotta do some extra work for that to happen.

[drave]

DLC is much too short :(

An awesome area to explore (I will try to find the screenshots I took), amazing equipment upgrades and interesting lore, but too short.

Should have been cheaper on the $$$ but admirable none the less.

[Emperor Smeat]

Timed exclusivity was given as the reason for why the Jaws of Hakkon DLC pack hasn't arrived yet for the PS4, PS3, and Xbox 360 versions of the game. Won't arrive until some point in May for those waiting.

http://www.destructoid.com/dragon-age-s-jaws-of-hakkon-dlc-is-holding-off-on-ps4-ps3-and-xbox-360-until-may-289739.phtml

[Sepholio]

Oh well by the time the DLC comes to PS4 I'll be too busy for it. Your loss EA.

[Destor]

Refought vinsomer, the dragon that took me 7 hours the first play throug, this time i had leveled my party with her in mind. Despite the fact she was lvl18 and i was only lvl14 it only took 90min.

[ClockShot]

Vinsomer was a surprise early on. Went in there thinking I could drop her like I did the Frostback. Instead, she was like 5 levels ahead and I put her off until the end of my journey.

[Destor]

My first playthrough indidnt really have many means of dealing with guard. As a knight enchanter this playthrough guard is almost a boon.