Also I want to point out I really don't like how significantly slower your party gains XP compared to the Inquisitor. That shit is annoying when trying to get people in your party caught up so they can use gear at YOUR level.
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Dr. ChaosPost nuclear nuisanceRegistered Userregular
Good lord at the sound the hart mounts make when they sprint..
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You know, I expected a spell called "virulent walking bomb" to be pretty awesome but the fact that it actually makes NPCs explode into a gory mess is even better.
Oh my God, this Casandra conversation where you catch her
reading one of Varric's novels
is beyond hilarious.
"Pretend you don't know this about me"
Wait till you finish the quest that gives you,
"Guilty Pleasures"
. It's one of my favorite scenes thus far.
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This game is completely excellent. It is just a shame I can only play it when I am at my friends and have his ps4.
This means I will complete it some time towards the end of 2015! I do love it very much though, it has fixed so many issues with Bioware RPGs for me that it isn't funny. What a great game. Total redemption for everything I disliked about DA2.
This game is completely excellent. It is just a shame I can only play it when I am at my friends and have his ps4.
This means I will complete it some time towards the end of 2015! I do love it very much though, it has fixed so many issues with Bioware RPGs for me that it isn't funny. What a great game. Total redemption for everything I disliked about DA2.
Yeah, after finally getting a few abilities, my 2 handed warrior clicked with me. It strikes a nice balance between DA:O and DA2's combat.
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And dragon number 1 (Hinterlands) is down!
That was intense as hell, thank god for stacking Fire Resistance and having me and Cassandra (she's descended from dragon hunters, seemed fitting) keep it turning in circles by attacking different sides.
Lots of pretty purples, one of which I can't even use for 3 more levels
No matter where you go...there you are. ~ Buckaroo Banzai
I'm curious to know what level people are taking on dragons at. I first went to Lady Shayla's at level 8 IIRC and she two-shotted my entire party... haven't been back since.
So. Bears suck. And when you're level 4, it's probably inadvisable to take on a camp full of level 8 bandits.
So when you find an area filled with Templars & apostates pounding the holy hell out of each other, can you ever actually clear it, or do they just keep respawning?
So. Bears suck. And when you're level 4, it's probably inadvisable to take on a camp full of level 8 bandits.
So when you find an area filled with Templars & apostates pounding the holy hell out of each other, can you ever actually clear it, or do they just keep respawning?
There's a Templar camp and an Apostate camp. Clearing them will end the battle.
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I'm curious to know what level people are taking on dragons at. I first went to Lady Shayla's at level 8 IIRC and she two-shotted my entire party... haven't been back since.
I did it at level 11 by abusing the AI. The one time I messed up and the dragon started attacking it was still doing ridiculous amounts of damage. I definitely would have been wiped in a fair fight. The things have an absolutely retarded amount of hit points.
I'm curious to know what level people are taking on dragons at. I first went to Lady Shayla's at level 8 IIRC and she two-shotted my entire party... haven't been back since.
I think I did the Ferelden Frostback at 11. I'd definitely get your focus power first (story mission), and then save it to deal with the dragonling swarms. Otherwise, most of the fight's a fairly standard tank and slash. When she flies about, be sure to dodge the fireballs (I've found always running towards her to work). When she lands on a perch to shoot down fireballs, stand directly under the perch and she can't hit you. Always keep a tank on her, otherwise she starts spitting fire.
You can bring TWENTY regen potions to help with the long fight if needed.
Someone on Reddit said that when she starts doing her Wing Buffet attack, if a Rogue can stab her for a lot of damage, it'll cancel that attack (!). Otherwise, run into the circle to avoid damage, pop a regen potion after. (Or, some people recommend always staying within the Wing Buffet distance radius, but slightly out of melee.) On the other hand, two Mages with Barrier will help your tank survive really well.Though again, the difficulty I found with the fight was dealing with the dragonling adds and my inability to move Cassandra about to taunt those properly while dealing with the dragon (since leaving melee from the dragon results in fiery burning) - Cass was almost always the last to die.
On your approach, if you run along the right side, there's an area where you fall out of combat, near where the mining tower is. That lets you quick save there, so you don't have to start again at the beginning of the valley.
You can also, apparently, cheese the crap out of her.
As I've typed this, a bunch of wolves have walked into the Inquisition camp I'm in. However, it does look like there's an invisible wall blocking them from coming in. Still, it's a bit unnerving.
So. Bears suck. And when you're level 4, it's probably inadvisable to take on a camp full of level 8 bandits.
So when you find an area filled with Templars & apostates pounding the holy hell out of each other, can you ever actually clear it, or do they just keep respawning?
There's a Templar camp and an Apostate camp. Clearing them will end the battle.
Also, a bandit HQ that you can clear to stop them from respawning (though it's a lot more involved than the other two).
Man, replaying through the Mage quest again, I recall someone mentioning how they didn't give you enough potions in this dungeon, and now after looking around the second time through, I disagree. They're literally CHOKING me to death with supply caches for potions. Like one for every big battle through the dungeon.
So I want to point out that using your search function during story quests is VITAL if you want to make sure you don't miss a supply cache. This way you'll rarely run out of potions.
Yeah, after I finished the one fight that was giving me endless trouble I found two potion caches that would have been very handy earlier, if I hadn't been too dumb to see them.
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edited November 2014
Duncan. I know you want me to drink this Darkspawn blood. There's no reason to be coy, we're both reasonable adults with beards, you're not going to make us go fetch 3 vials of blood so we don't drink it in a weird ritual.
Alistair is going for something. I'm not sure what, yet.
I am going to spend a lot of conversations covered in strawberry jam.
Ok yeah, "Guilty Pleasures" companion quest is probably the best thing I've seen in this game so far. Giving Cassandra a hard time was way too much fun.
I don't suppose anyone knows roughly how many Inquisition perks you'll earn over the course of the game? I'm trying to decide if I want to get stuff like expanded search and that forward scouts thing, or just focus on the straight up mechanical benefits.
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BassguyGhost Ride the DragonRegistered Userregular
Man, I was just browsing the trophies for this game, and there are mechanics I still haven't seen yet. I AM 25 HOURS INTO THIS GAME. DA:I is crazy in the best way.
Taking over keeps is a thing, I guess. Been too busy specializing and macking on Josephine to progress the plot much since Skyhold.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
Question for people further along than I am re: approval and romance:
Can you still romance Cassandra if you side with the mages?
Also as a general note how much does approval matter? Does it affect romance possibilities/can you lose party members? Do you need a certain threshold to get loyalty missions? It seems very opaque this time around.
Took over a cult on the stormcoast, now all their patrols throughout the zone are friendly to me and their fort is a fast travel point.
Love stuff like that. That gradual feeling of making a region your bitch.
I've got to start paying attention to quests more. I just ran in and completely slaughtered everyone. Oops.
Also, I have no idea what everyone is talking about with Haven when it's attacked. I just remember fighting off some red Templars and shooting some trebuchets. What's this about saving people?
Edit: oops. Damn tags didn't work.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
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@Heir Spoilers dude. I had not gotten that far in the plot yet.
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Took over a cult on the stormcoast, now all their patrols throughout the zone are friendly to me and their fort is a fast travel point.
Love stuff like that. That gradual feeling of making a region your bitch.
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ve got to start paying attention to quests more. I just ran in and completely slaughtered everyone. Oops.
Also, I have no idea what everyone is talking about with Haven when it's attacked. I just remember fighting off some red Templars and shooting some trebuchets. What's this about saving people?
Yeah, I didn't see anything to save people either. However, a bunch of the merchants/staff got murdered and replaced by the time I got to Skyhold. If that's the only difference, I do not care at all.
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BRIAN BLESSEDMaybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHHRegistered Userregular
edited November 2014
I am a little ashamed to say I made a male Inquisitor probably solely for the purposes of romancing Cassandra
Character creator hype get!
I think I did okay making a handsome cad with a little bit of character (wears hair long and stubble rough to hide his battle scars on the side of his face because he's a diva like that) BUT like many before me I will have to go back and redo it because I put in a lip color and even though I turned it to the lowest setting BioWare somehow went apeshit with all the reflections in game so against a direct light source like he's got super dusky eyeshadow (which is fine, I can deal with my Inquisitor being a tryhard male model) but somehow the orange-brown lip color comes out deep red.
I don't suppose anyone knows roughly how many Inquisition perks you'll earn over the course of the game? I'm trying to decide if I want to get stuff like expanded search and that forward scouts thing, or just focus on the straight up mechanical benefits.
People have said 10-15. But you can do infinite requisitions. That being said, each level of influence costs another 1000 influence, and requisitions each only are 200, I think. Still, I've gotten 10 and I'm level... 17, having cleared 4 zones and 2 story missions. (2 story missions? I'm in Skyhold is what I'm trying to say.)
Took over a cult on the stormcoast, now all their patrols throughout the zone are friendly to me and their fort is a fast travel point.
Love stuff like that. That gradual feeling of making a region your bitch.
I'
ve got to start paying attention to quests more. I just ran in and completely slaughtered everyone. Oops.
Also, I have no idea what everyone is talking about with Haven when it's attacked. I just remember fighting off some red Templars and shooting some trebuchets. What's this about saving people?
Yeah, I didn't see anything to save people either. However, a bunch of the merchants/staff got murdered and replaced by the time I got to Skyhold. If that's the only difference, I do not care at all.
That's basically it. Some influence. Maybe some exp. Also, they get replaced in Skyhold no matter what - I assume the devs didn't want to deal with you having TWO quartermasters, TWO smiths, TWO whatever etc etc the whole game. The originals are still around, just doing "other stuff".
Which is a shame, cuz Minaeve was in the running for my favourite side character.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
edited November 2014
So I just fought my first dragon.
Party was my Reaver, Cassandra, Viv, and Varric.
Cassandra was basically tanking with her face while my Reaver and Varric dealt out the damage.
I took control of Viv for that round because barrier support was of the upmost importance and some of those well-timed barriers just before my team got roasted alive by fireballs really saved the day.
The only person who went down was Varric and that was because the AI decided at the end of the fight that it would walk into a pool of fire.
I mean I had Viv chugging fire resist tonics like a champ and I ended the fight with one potion but all and all it went well.
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But there's a fast travel point in almost every area?
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I thinks its to suggest the castle is just a wreck. And it forces you to at least kind of learn your way around.
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It's like finger nails on a chalk board.
Serves her right TBH.
To be specific she refused the position because...
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Wait till you finish the quest that gives you,
~ Buckaroo Banzai
This means I will complete it some time towards the end of 2015! I do love it very much though, it has fixed so many issues with Bioware RPGs for me that it isn't funny. What a great game. Total redemption for everything I disliked about DA2.
Yeah, after finally getting a few abilities, my 2 handed warrior clicked with me. It strikes a nice balance between DA:O and DA2's combat.
That was intense as hell, thank god for stacking Fire Resistance and having me and Cassandra (she's descended from dragon hunters, seemed fitting) keep it turning in circles by attacking different sides.
Lots of pretty purples, one of which I can't even use for 3 more levels
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So when you find an area filled with Templars & apostates pounding the holy hell out of each other, can you ever actually clear it, or do they just keep respawning?
There's a Templar camp and an Apostate camp. Clearing them will end the battle.
I did it at level 11 by abusing the AI. The one time I messed up and the dragon started attacking it was still doing ridiculous amounts of damage. I definitely would have been wiped in a fair fight. The things have an absolutely retarded amount of hit points.
http://game-maps.com/DAI/Dragon-Age-Inquisition.asp has maps of a few zones. Also, Leliana's Forward Scouts perk will identify them for you.
I think I did the Ferelden Frostback at 11. I'd definitely get your focus power first (story mission), and then save it to deal with the dragonling swarms. Otherwise, most of the fight's a fairly standard tank and slash. When she flies about, be sure to dodge the fireballs (I've found always running towards her to work). When she lands on a perch to shoot down fireballs, stand directly under the perch and she can't hit you. Always keep a tank on her, otherwise she starts spitting fire.
You can bring TWENTY regen potions to help with the long fight if needed.
Someone on Reddit said that when she starts doing her Wing Buffet attack, if a Rogue can stab her for a lot of damage, it'll cancel that attack (!). Otherwise, run into the circle to avoid damage, pop a regen potion after. (Or, some people recommend always staying within the Wing Buffet distance radius, but slightly out of melee.) On the other hand, two Mages with Barrier will help your tank survive really well.Though again, the difficulty I found with the fight was dealing with the dragonling adds and my inability to move Cassandra about to taunt those properly while dealing with the dragon (since leaving melee from the dragon results in fiery burning) - Cass was almost always the last to die.
On your approach, if you run along the right side, there's an area where you fall out of combat, near where the mining tower is. That lets you quick save there, so you don't have to start again at the beginning of the valley.
You can also, apparently, cheese the crap out of her.
As I've typed this, a bunch of wolves have walked into the Inquisition camp I'm in. However, it does look like there's an invisible wall blocking them from coming in. Still, it's a bit unnerving.
Edit:
Also, a bandit HQ that you can clear to stop them from respawning (though it's a lot more involved than the other two).
Yeah, after I finished the one fight that was giving me endless trouble I found two potion caches that would have been very handy earlier, if I hadn't been too dumb to see them.
Alistair is going for something. I'm not sure what, yet.
I am going to spend a lot of conversations covered in strawberry jam.
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Love stuff like that. That gradual feeling of making a region your bitch.
And maybe just let me auto-attack.
But everything else has been fun.
Also as a general note how much does approval matter? Does it affect romance possibilities/can you lose party members? Do you need a certain threshold to get loyalty missions? It seems very opaque this time around.
I've got to start paying attention to quests more. I just ran in and completely slaughtered everyone. Oops.
Edit: oops. Damn tags didn't work.
Character creator hype get!
I think I did okay making a handsome cad with a little bit of character (wears hair long and stubble rough to hide his battle scars on the side of his face because he's a diva like that) BUT like many before me I will have to go back and redo it because I put in a lip color and even though I turned it to the lowest setting BioWare somehow went apeshit with all the reflections in game so against a direct light source like he's got super dusky eyeshadow (which is fine, I can deal with my Inquisitor being a tryhard male model) but somehow the orange-brown lip color comes out deep red.
BioWare pls
People have said 10-15. But you can do infinite requisitions. That being said, each level of influence costs another 1000 influence, and requisitions each only are 200, I think. Still, I've gotten 10 and I'm level... 17, having cleared 4 zones and 2 story missions. (2 story missions? I'm in Skyhold is what I'm trying to say.)
Which is a shame, cuz Minaeve was in the running for my favourite side character.
Party was my Reaver, Cassandra, Viv, and Varric.
Cassandra was basically tanking with her face while my Reaver and Varric dealt out the damage.
I took control of Viv for that round because barrier support was of the upmost importance and some of those well-timed barriers just before my team got roasted alive by fireballs really saved the day.
The only person who went down was Varric and that was because the AI decided at the end of the fight that it would walk into a pool of fire.
I mean I had Viv chugging fire resist tonics like a champ and I ended the fight with one potion but all and all it went well.