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

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.

Those quests can take about 2 hours to complete.

Out of curiosity which one are you leaning toward?

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.

Bout to start playing this finally wooooooo.

Which path would be best for archery?

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

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

This man is being Quoted For Truth.

Took me over an hour to explore everything in skyhold.

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

Its just staggering.

Executed a judged fuckhead last night. He deserved it!

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

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.

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.

BEAVERTREE

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

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.

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.)

First 40 hours? Get your moneys worth then?

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).

Im 104 hours in...

Still not hit the level cap

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.

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.

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

Haha i can really see the potential!

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.

Beat it. 120+ hours. Great game.

HOLY SHIT.

Stay after the credits.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Yes you can.

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

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

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.

Its a desert though lol

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.

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

Casandra and Josephine. But yeah.