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I also would swap varric in for tougher fights, and aveline would be dropped for Fenris, but after a particularly nasty exchange between him and merril I uhh left him at his mansion.
Vsove thats glorious.
This happened to me when I was playing. Just make sure to save before you take the potion if you're looking to avoid the glitch.
That's not my ranking, except Varric, because Varric is awesome
I actually like Anders - as a fellow apostate mage we have a lot in common (other than the crazy demon possession thing
One I hate the most is probably Fenris just because he is so whiny. GOD, OK I GET IT. You don't like mages because one mage was a dick to you. I took him out of my party as soon as I realized he was just going to be constantly starting shit over this (with Hawke being a mage especially). Aveline is kind of annoyingly "paragon" (like, TOO paragon) and disapproves of everything, and Carver has attention issues.
The answer to that is always "No".
Also, good work, sir. Good work.
"Is she about to... no.... No... NO!!! Haha! That's greatness"
I'm about to finish Act 1, and I still have not picked him up as a companion. I completed his Chanter's Board quest, received the reward from him, and then he wandered off.
Am I am able to pick him up as a permanent companion before the end of Act 1, and if I am able, must I do it before going to the Deep Roads in order to have him as a permanent party member?
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Yeah, I don't really care what people outside of these threads think because I won't really be interacting with them much. Besides, its still dangerous to say you like this game on some areas of the internet. If I was doing an overall ranking out of everyone who will play this game...
1) Varric
2) Merrill
3) Isabela
4) Fenris
5) Bethany
6) Aveline
7) Carver
8) Sebastian
9) Anders
Which is a lot closer to how I actually would rank them. I basically made this list from bottom up though, I don't think Merrill would be ranked at two but I honestly have no idea who the hell would be ranked over her.
Act 2 brosef, don't have to worry about it until act 2.
Where the hell is Isabella?
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You speak the truth. My preference in these sorts of games is to build a 'fire-and-forget' character who is basically death on wheels from his passives alone. My philosophy is "He should still be fuckoff deadly in starter equipment" because I have an inferiority complex. :wink:
I'm curious if/how yours differs. I'm not at home but my 2H Hawke dinged 20 before I left town and is roughly as follows:
Build/specialization spoilers.
Atts:
35ish str/con and the rest into willpower, heavy armor duh.
Abilities:
Berserker: Everything except for Adrenaline's upgrades because the stam-to-damage ratio is so terrible compared to reaver/vanguard buffs that it just isn't worth the extra points. I never use Adrenaline anyway.
Reaver: All skills, no upgrades to the aura or to the cooldown on Blood Frenzy because it does just fine as it is.
Battlemaster: Full lower path, no upper path.
Warmonger: upgraded Taunt and Bravery
Vanguard: Might aura with upgrade, the "- physical resist" skill, upgraded Cleave and the two passives (deathblow and one other). I didn't touch the bottom-right skill.
2H - all the core abilities, and am using the last couple level ups to max out whirlwind and mighty blow. With this much damage, whirlwind's guaranteed crit makes it a room-clearing ability.
Stamina regen = +20 base, not factoring in equipment. +5% bonus on top of normal kill bonus.
Anders is specced to keep Haste and Heroic Aura up at all times as consistently as possible. Aveline has that Synergy skill (which does stack with Bravery if two different characters are using them.) When everything is going the game actually has to add a second column of buffs above my skill buttons.
Using The Build
Pretty easy to figure out. Berserker, Bravery, Might and the Haste/Synergy are always active. This eats up a big chunk of stamina, but my Hawke is sitting around 199 base so it doesn't matter much, especially with the regen boosts.
1. See enemy.
2. Pop Cleave (+100% damage), pop Barrage (+50% attack speed on top of Haste), pop blood frenzy (+200% base, up to 400% when frenzy is active) if/when my health is low.
3.Kill the nearest mook to activate the reaver skill that boosts attack speed another 30%, then use Taunt.
4.Whirlwind, then mash A, using skills as necessary. Bolster/Second Wind if I run out of stamina but to be honest I rarely drop below 50% (of whatever is not used up by sustains) in a normal fight. Larger battles/boss fights are different, obviously, but basically achieve the same result.
5.Within about 10 seconds of starting step 1, my button mashing accidentally loots a mook which lets me know the fight is done
6.Repeat.
I first hit dudes for over 1000 damage sometime around level 8, though that was just incredible luck. On average Hawke is hitting 250-500 a hit, AoE because it's 2H, and he's close to if not exceeding double his normal attack speed because of the buffs/haste. Melee enemies get burned down fast but the real treat is clearing out their entire mage/rogue support lines in seconds.
Amazingly, Aveline still holds aggro like a champ. Hawke does so much damage I respecced her out of strength and just boosted con and willpower so the cost of her sustains is basically meaningless. She's still got more stamina than she can spend before the cooldowns reset.
tl;dr - This isn't a game about maxing trees, it's a game about cherry-picking and good lord are the cherries tasty in Kirkwall. Hawke can near, but probably not exceed, 800-1000dps to everything around him. If he crits, it just gets worse for anyone who isn't Hawke. Hawke is a goddamn lawnmower.
In case people haven't been (ab)using Runes this time around, they scale with the quality of your equipment. One element resistance rune grants ~70% if it's in an endgame chest piece. By the way, does anyone know where the fire resistance rune is? I have the others.
You pick him up in Act 2.
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Sure would be nice to have a mage that wasn't completely insufferable in your party, but them's the breaks I guess.
I still maintain that Carver, Fenris, Sebastian, Isabella, and Anders at the very least are more insufferable. And I like half of them.
"OH NO DEMONS HAVE RUINED EVERYTHING WAIT I KNOW HOW TO FIX IT THE ANSWER IS MORE DEMONS"
Because I totally got the big romantic kiss in the Gallows, but she was definitely in the same outfit throughout the last segment.
Maybe the other characters you romance get new gear, but unless Isabela's is insanely specific, I'm not sure she's one of them.
But... demons didn't ruin everything. And demons give you free stuff if you're a protagonist. I'm seeing more of a problem with people in these games than demons.
She does get a new outfit, or did for me when I platonically friendshipped her 100%. It had more black and a spikey thing on her shoulder.
Yeah, can someone post a spoilery-surrounded explaination of how to get that?
No, he doesn't like Mages because Tevinter is an unspeakably corrupt magocracy that makes some of the worst excesses of the Roman Emperors look tame.
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so uh go to the hanging man
Well, if anyone wants to know about the comically simple infinite exp/gold cheat, just open this spoiler. It's so simple and effective you'll wonder why you never found it while doing a normal play-through. This is for 360 version by the way. I recommend finishing the game without it the first time. The mobs will scale with you, so this is more for playing with skill combos and free gold than anything else. I like to think they left this in on purpose in leu of a proper NG+.
Step 2. Walk up to the NPC and un-sheath your weapon.
Step 3. Press A ONCE to turn in the quest and nothing else. Don't move, turn, or even spin the camera
Step 4. Wait for your character to automatically sheath his weapon.
Step 5. Press A again to get the reward again...and again...and again. This will end once you press any other button.
Step 6. Enjoy your NewGame+!*
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Wha? How did you manage that? I 100% frendshipped her and romanced her, but got nothing. wtf.
Its to do with the conversation options, if you pry to much or make too much out of the sex you won't get it.
She's at the bar in the Hanging Man after you finish the Main Plot quest Tranquility.
I've found myself frequently alternating between parties of Aveline/Merril/Isabella and Varric/Fenris/Anders. It's odd.
Oooh. So
Well, now that I know it all comes down to one dialogue option, I'll have to be more careful next time.
Though, man. I maxxed Isabela, Merrill, and Varric, but didn't get a single costume change. Kinda makes me a sad panda!
I think Merrill only gets her change if you romance her, and Isabella only gets it if you don't romance her. Anders got his when I friendshipped him, but Fenris didn't get anything for 100% rivalry.
I have no idea how or why, but thats how it worked in my game.
I'm conflicted about this sort of thing. On the one hand, I love the idea that there is so much to figure out about the little interrelations between the members. On the other, it is painful to think of how many playthroughs it would take to actually get everything sorted.
If you want to just know you could always reload a save.
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I vaguely recall this - empty chest with a crafting recipe in it. Haven't tried to reopen it though.
The first time I opened it I got the rune without any fanfare, going back through it highlighted again and when I opened it it just gave me the codex.
Clearly this is the work of some sort of malevolent Fade entity.
I couldn't remember if I'd gotten something from it already, but maybe I did. I'll have to go look through my runecrafting station and see if it's in there tonight.
I blame Blood Magic. Especially if it was in the room I'm thinking it was in