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Those quests are different. You also get different armor depending on which one you pick!
No massive effects, but whatever.
Guys, guys. Just because someone disagrees with doesn't automatically make them a troll.
Unless they have the smallest critique that differs from saying UI is an absolutely flawless masterpiece, in which case they're always categorically 110% wrong and should be always shunned 8-)
While that's definitely true, this thing's no Diablo.
Like, this middle ground where you get a shitload of stuff, but also gear isn't really the focus, is no fun.
Getting 20-30 items, but having 20-25 be unusable, is so boring. It's like playing a slot machine that spits out mostly slugs.
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Actually, I've worked for the smugglers on both playthroughs so far... and only ever got ONE quest out of them in the second Act. After completing the quest, the NPC mentions that her books are kept right there and to return if you want more work... but there's never anything available.
Bugged? Or is that just the way it is?
-Z
You totally didn't say that until WAY later though
Actually I had no trouble at all with the tactics screen this time around. If anything, how they worked was clearer to me.
But yeah, I'm not going to freak out about "worst game ever" or anything, but I just didn't like how the UI was laid out for certain screens. The inventory, for one, was really difficult for me to navigate. The lack of a camp mechanic where you could equip your whole crew at once was also a major drawback.
I also felt like a pretty big asshole when the Keeper gave me a priceless elvish cultural relic, and it went directly to my vendor trash screen.
"Seriously, Hawke?" I said.
She got indingnant, "What? Nobody can read Dalish anyway."
"Yes, but when your girlfriend's clan leader gives you something of extreme importance to their entire race, you don't sell it to the first vendor that will give you ten silvers for it," I admonished.
"Fah, I have trouble enough keeping track of my +19 attack rings, much less some book that doesn't even give me a stat bonus," she snarked back.
I sighed, "I'm going to make you wear that pewter pendant of wolves howling at the moon until Act III, then see how sassy you are."
Man, rogues are ridiculous as boss killers. By the end of the game you get that +37% attack speed rune, with the speed sustain on, it's like have a automatic rile the way you just pew pew pew everything to death, and when you see a boss you do mark of death and then assassinate and it's like a headshot sniper rifle hit.
As for then ending.
I almost feel like they should have changed the mage ending to where you fight Meredith first, and then when she dies Orsino wants to kill all the Templars and you step in and put a stop to him.
I specifically mentioned the nesting and humongous text sizes in like the 2nd or 3rd post.
That probably would have been way better.
But it's not like 2's was unusable or anything. It fell under the category of "good enough that it didn't bother me."
I felt he wasn't criminally liable, and that the fault is with his damn father. The worst part is that, likely, the father will ignore it and the guy will only carry on doing it. Therefore, wouldn't the best choice have been killing him since he wouldn't have gotten any help anyway? Uggggh. :?
The last line about doing anything to protect your family was very poignant in light of the fact that Bethany is an aspostate. Bravo Bioware.
Ed: Holy fuck, the Enemies Among Us quest in the blooming rose... holy shit.
Killing him is 100% the right thing to do.
Ironically,
Yes the tactics interface is still good. Equipping a dual weaponed character in the equipment interface however makes me barf.
my name is Garrett
It's "Serrah." It's an extended version of "ser." It's like when you go to the store and the cashier calls you "sir" even though you're you.
This is all the funnier because I named my Hawke Sarah.
Ahhh the limitations of voice acting + customizable character names...
It actually fits with your brother. You just know he's stewing that his name is Hawke too.
He's "Little Hawke."
It's because Hawke introduces himself/herself as "Hawke" and not Garret/Marian/Whatever you named your character.
It's pretty clever how the siblings refer to you as "brother/sister" and Leandra refers to you as "my son/daughter/child"
anyway, I'm doing her recruitment mission about 6 hours into my second play, and her quest locks up right outside The Chantry. Can't go in, can't talk to her, can't finish the quest. And this is on the PS3.
Urgh.
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Bethany is "apostate," or "mage."
I don't think I could ever play a Dragon Age game as anything other than a mage. I try, but it never feels right.
Never, in any video game I've ever played in all my years on this planet, have I ever wanted an NPC dead so badly.
There are a couple of people later on and you may feel... similarly.
Well...
Act 3, Merrill's Quest end...
So *blink* it's time to chew Merrill out because *blink* what did she *blink* THINK was going to happen when you-
*blink* *blink*
I saw that, Keeper! Someone put another one through her head! She's still alive!
-Z