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Dragon Age: Origins: Dragons and Dalish and Darkspawn Oh My! (Gameplay tips in OP)

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  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Unbound quest.
    I didn't pay a lot of attention to the codex entries for this quest or any of the names mentioned. So when I heard the main bad guy say "Witness Gaxkang" I slammed the space bar down pretty hard because I knew that fight would be tough as nails. (luckily Gaxkang is no Kangaxx)

    Isorn on
  • RanadielRanadiel Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    No, she'll always come back and make the offer, since...
    ...her real mission was to come away with the God-baby anyway.

    Ranadiel on
  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Tag wrote: »
    jack eddy wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    I hate you, BioWare. I just heard a banter between Leliana and Alistair about my relationship with her and they both kept referring to my character as he and him.

    BioWare ruins everything about everything.

    I'm glad someone else plays as their own gender in RPGs. I can't stand people who go all "Haha, I only ever play as the other sex, cause then I'll get to stare at their hot ass when I play the game for hours on end." I fucking hate those idiots. Hate em, hate em, just wanna gouge their eyes out. Seriously, who stares at their third person avatar when they actually play? What, you're just fixated on that polygonal body of yours and never look around at anything else? Shouldn't you actually be looking around at the environment and enemies ahead and where you're going and all that?

    Where did that even come from? I'm confused.

    I usually just alternate from time to time given the info I know. Last played as a male protagonist? play as a female. They are just characters...

    Yeah, its an RPG. Its not like people are crazed master swordsmen or can shoot fire from their hands either. The whole point of the story element is to fall into a different role.

    Well, some people do treat their characters like masturbation fodder, which is kind of weird. I just don't know what brought that up.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I was kind of disappointed at the lack of

    Ending spoilers
    An option to kill Morrigan after refusing her Dark Promise offer, just to be safe. Suffer not the witch to live!

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    On gender. I only play as a dude because if I'm going to be staring at someone's ass the entire game...

    ...wait, I think I did it wrong.

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  • Toxic PickleToxic Pickle Thash grape! Registered User regular
    edited December 2009

    I heard:
    that in the Prima guide, it says if you do the Mages Tower the Templar way and Morrigan is in your party, you can oust her as an apostate and she'll leave for good.

    Wow, I totally didn't know that.
    I believe I know the part where it would probably happen, too... but I never noticed any of the dialogue options that would lead to such an event. Then again, I usually take that opportunity to praise her and get a huge rep boost, since she's almost always my main mage and healer, since Wynne always ends up headless. Might just do that next time, if I can manage a next time.

    RE: Morrigan endgame
    I do agree that there should be an option Like what Fiaryn said, not letting Morrigan live. I mean, for some characters it would truly not make sense, once they realize what her ultimate objective was all along, to just let her walk away.

    Just another example of how in love with Morrigan the devs were, but ultimately not that big a deal to me.

    Toxic Pickle on
  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?

    As far as stats go I mainly upgrade spell power and throw some odd points in willpower and I've been taking the mage talents at the top, lightning spells, and the odd stuff like paralyze and shit. I'm not a min/maxer by any means I just would hate to have a gimpy dude at the end of the game.

    troublebrewing on
  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I don't see why you'd kill her. I mean, that seems like going too far the other direction.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I don't see why you'd kill her. I mean, that seems like going too far the other direction.

    Simple, she has access to
    Flemeth's grimoire and is quite possibly capable of working the exact same scheme for hundreds of years until she gets another shot at an Old God soul. If one is of the opinion that the Old God scheme of hers is risky enough, it would be warranted to remove her as a factor entirely. Sure, Morrigan claims the body swap is only doable for an abomination such as Flemeth but she's also the only one who can read the damn grimoire.

    Not an option I'd take in most games, but it would be a nice option to have.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You guys are so violent. Every other post is about how you wish you could kill someone.

    Stop with the killing. There's a Blight on.

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  • aBlankaBlank Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?

    As far as stats go I mainly upgrade spell power and throw some odd points in willpower and I've been taking the mage talents at the top, lightning spells, and the odd stuff like paralyze and shit. I'm not a min/maxer by any means I just would hate to have a gimpy dude at the end of the game.

    There's a handful of spells that are almost too good to pass up. Pretty much the cold line to cone of cold (blizzard isn't half bad either), and the entire mind-blast to crushing prison line. 1 point in heal is also pretty helpful.

    Hexes are good, sleep line is too. Mana Clash 1 shots casters but it's rank 4 and the rest of the line is kinda "eh". Spell might can be used in 2 (?) spell combos though for whatever that's worth.

    aBlank on
  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    jdarksun wrote: »
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?
    Nah, not really. There are some more effective spells, and some that are definitely less effective.

    As long as you have Cone of Cold (or Sleep), you'll be fine.
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I don't see why you'd kill her. I mean, that seems like going too far the other direction.
    Mages are walking nuclear weapons. Are you really going to leave one just wandering around? It could explode and kill everyone at any second.

    thanks!

    I will look into these cone of cold and sleep spells you speak of.

    thanks to you too aBlank!

    troublebrewing on
  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I don't see why you'd kill her. I mean, that seems like going too far the other direction.

    Simple, she has access to
    Flemeth's grimoire and is quite possibly capable of working the exact same scheme for hundreds of years until she gets another shot at an Old God soul. If one is of the opinion that the Old God scheme of hers is risky enough, it would be warranted to remove her as a factor entirely. Sure, Morrigan claims the body swap is only doable for an abomination such as Flemeth but she's also the only one who can read the damn grimoire.

    Not an option I'd take in most games, but it would be a nice option to have.

    She can't work the same scheme...
    He moms body snatching routine only works for abominations, and Morrigan is absolutely horrible at sharing anything, much less her mind/body with a demon. So no immortality for her.

    Decomposey on
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  • RanadielRanadiel Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The only reason to "kill" Morrigan was if you absolutely didn't believe anything that comes out of her mouth.
    You can engage her regarding the powers of the True Grimoire and what she can do with it, specifically on the subject of the body-swap ritual. She tells you flat out that only a "centuries old abomination" can successfully perform it - meaning Morrigan wouldn't be able to. So unless you just think she's lying, there's no reason to assume she'll try to take over the god-baby.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    aBlank wrote: »
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?

    As far as stats go I mainly upgrade spell power and throw some odd points in willpower and I've been taking the mage talents at the top, lightning spells, and the odd stuff like paralyze and shit. I'm not a min/maxer by any means I just would hate to have a gimpy dude at the end of the game.

    There's a handful of spells that are almost too good to pass up. Pretty much the cold line to cone of cold (blizzard isn't half bad either), and the entire mind-blast to crushing prison line. 1 point in heal is also pretty helpful.

    Hexes are good, sleep line is too. Mana Clash 1 shots casters but it's rank 4 and the rest of the line is kinda "eh". Spell might can be used in 2 (?) spell combos though for whatever that's worth.

    Whatever that's worth? Storm of the Century is incredible.

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  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    aBlank wrote: »
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?

    As far as stats go I mainly upgrade spell power and throw some odd points in willpower and I've been taking the mage talents at the top, lightning spells, and the odd stuff like paralyze and shit. I'm not a min/maxer by any means I just would hate to have a gimpy dude at the end of the game.

    There's a handful of spells that are almost too good to pass up. Pretty much the cold line to cone of cold (blizzard isn't half bad either), and the entire mind-blast to crushing prison line. 1 point in heal is also pretty helpful.

    Hexes are good, sleep line is too. Mana Clash 1 shots casters but it's rank 4 and the rest of the line is kinda "eh". Spell might can be used in 2 (?) spell combos though for whatever that's worth.

    Whatever that's worth? Storm of the Century is incredible.


    Improved Raise Dead is pretty cool too, find a dead emmisary and that 4 mage party everyone dreams of is possible.

    Decomposey on
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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Decomposey wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I don't see why you'd kill her. I mean, that seems like going too far the other direction.

    Simple, she has access to
    Flemeth's grimoire and is quite possibly capable of working the exact same scheme for hundreds of years until she gets another shot at an Old God soul. If one is of the opinion that the Old God scheme of hers is risky enough, it would be warranted to remove her as a factor entirely. Sure, Morrigan claims the body swap is only doable for an abomination such as Flemeth but she's also the only one who can read the damn grimoire.

    Not an option I'd take in most games, but it would be a nice option to have.

    She can't work the same scheme...
    He moms body snatching routine only works for abominations, and Morrigan is absolutely horrible at sharing anything, much less her mind/body with a demon. So no immortality for her.

    You may have noticed I addressed that issue.
    Morrigan claims that it can only be done by an abomination. Morrigan. Whom is the only one who can read the grimoire. We have no way of verifying the truth and she has every reason to want us to not believe she can perform such a ritual. While I believe she is telling the truth personally, I can see how one might doubt her word.

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  • RanadielRanadiel Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Decomposey wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I don't see why you'd kill her. I mean, that seems like going too far the other direction.

    Simple, she has access to
    Flemeth's grimoire and is quite possibly capable of working the exact same scheme for hundreds of years until she gets another shot at an Old God soul. If one is of the opinion that the Old God scheme of hers is risky enough, it would be warranted to remove her as a factor entirely. Sure, Morrigan claims the body swap is only doable for an abomination such as Flemeth but she's also the only one who can read the damn grimoire.

    Not an option I'd take in most games, but it would be a nice option to have.

    She can't work the same scheme...
    He moms body snatching routine only works for abominations, and Morrigan is absolutely horrible at sharing anything, much less her mind/body with a demon. So no immortality for her.

    You may have noticed I addressed that issue.
    Morrigan claims that it can only be done by an abomination. Morrigan. Whom is the only one who can read the grimoire. We have no way of verifying the truth and she has every reason to want us to not believe she can perform such a ritual. While I believe she is telling the truth personally, I can see how one might doubt her word.

    Shale actually picks up on this and brings it up in a random banter after getting it. Morrigan offers to teach Shale how to read it, but she declines.

    Ranadiel on
  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Well you have to admit, it's a fairly meaningless offer. If Morrigan offered to direct Shale to a neutral third party with the knowledge requisite to read the book, it'd be a more compelling offer.

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  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Hmmm, well then, someone needs to bribe Shale to let Morrigan teach her to read the book when Morrigan offers. Then we'll know for sure!

    Decomposey on
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  • CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I don't see why you'd kill her. I mean, that seems like going too far the other direction.

    You could easily be playing a character who subscribes to the Templar way of though. If she'd mentioned her plan to a group of Templars they'd murder her on the spot.

    Cabezone on
  • templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Agh! I just started this game (level 8 or so mage), and it's painfully difficult for me not to click these spoilers.

    I'm just stumbling in here with my hand over my eyes to ask a mechanics question. Is it possible on the 360 to target a non-party ally with heal or a poultice?
    I did the battle at redcliffe, and the mayor got skeleton'd. I couldn't figure out a way to target him with a heal.

    Also, is it possible for my active character to target allies with a poultice, or only himself?

    Edit: Is it possible to have the active character just follow the tactics without intervention a la FFXII?

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Well, some people do treat their characters like masturbation fodder, which is kind of weird. I just don't know what brought that up.

    I really don't know either. Just kinda came to mind.
    Approval values for sexytimes vary based on the character in question as well as your PCs gender. It happens at camp and you only get to see the cutscene once (thank god).

    Now see, I'm just the complete opposite on this. It's very disappointing. Why should that love scene only play the first time you trigger it? Every subsequent time you select that dialogue option, the game just skips and you never get to see it again. WTF? I selected it, that means I wanna see it damnit.

    I don't wanna press Start whenever I boot up the game, but I'm somehow forced to do it. On the other hand, if I do want to see the love scene again, that's somehow not important enough? Pressing Start at the Start Menu... absolutely required and somehow necessary but respecting the wishes of the player to have sex again... can't be done? Where are the priorities here? What's going on with the developers? Do they know anything about human beings and playing a game? It's ridiculous. This is like, common sense here.

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    templewulf wrote: »
    Agh! I just started this game (level 8 or so mage), and it's painfully difficult for me not to click these spoilers.

    I'm just stumbling in here with my hand over my eyes to ask a mechanics question. Is it possible on the 360 to target a non-party ally with heal or a poultice?
    I did the battle at redcliffe, and the mayor got skeleton'd. I couldn't figure out a way to target him with a heal.

    Also, is it possible for my active character to target allies with a poultice, or only himself?

    Edit: Is it possible to have the active character just follow the tactics without intervention a la FFXII?

    You can't poultice them, but you SHOULD be able to heal a non-party member with the Heal spell. Not 100% how the 360 version works, though.

    Rainfall on
  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    aBlank wrote: »
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?

    As far as stats go I mainly upgrade spell power and throw some odd points in willpower and I've been taking the mage talents at the top, lightning spells, and the odd stuff like paralyze and shit. I'm not a min/maxer by any means I just would hate to have a gimpy dude at the end of the game.

    There's a handful of spells that are almost too good to pass up. Pretty much the cold line to cone of cold (blizzard isn't half bad either), and the entire mind-blast to crushing prison line. 1 point in heal is also pretty helpful.

    Hexes are good, sleep line is too. Mana Clash 1 shots casters but it's rank 4 and the rest of the line is kinda "eh". Spell might can be used in 2 (?) spell combos though for whatever that's worth.

    Whatever that's worth? Storm of the Century is incredible.

    More like an incredible crutch for people too feeble to actually fight their way through the game.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    aBlank wrote: »
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?

    As far as stats go I mainly upgrade spell power and throw some odd points in willpower and I've been taking the mage talents at the top, lightning spells, and the odd stuff like paralyze and shit. I'm not a min/maxer by any means I just would hate to have a gimpy dude at the end of the game.

    There's a handful of spells that are almost too good to pass up. Pretty much the cold line to cone of cold (blizzard isn't half bad either), and the entire mind-blast to crushing prison line. 1 point in heal is also pretty helpful.

    Hexes are good, sleep line is too. Mana Clash 1 shots casters but it's rank 4 and the rest of the line is kinda "eh". Spell might can be used in 2 (?) spell combos though for whatever that's worth.

    Whatever that's worth? Storm of the Century is incredible.

    More like an incredible crutch for people too feeble to actually fight their way through the game.

    Not really. A lot of the fights where it would be most useful are in areas too small to use it without the very real risk of killing yourself with it.

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  • TagTag Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Rami wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    aBlank wrote: »
    I'm playing through as a mage and just kind of picking stuff that seems cool. Is there any chance of making my guy suck?

    As far as stats go I mainly upgrade spell power and throw some odd points in willpower and I've been taking the mage talents at the top, lightning spells, and the odd stuff like paralyze and shit. I'm not a min/maxer by any means I just would hate to have a gimpy dude at the end of the game.

    There's a handful of spells that are almost too good to pass up. Pretty much the cold line to cone of cold (blizzard isn't half bad either), and the entire mind-blast to crushing prison line. 1 point in heal is also pretty helpful.

    Hexes are good, sleep line is too. Mana Clash 1 shots casters but it's rank 4 and the rest of the line is kinda "eh". Spell might can be used in 2 (?) spell combos though for whatever that's worth.

    Whatever that's worth? Storm of the Century is incredible.

    More like an incredible crutch for people too feeble to actually fight their way through the game.

    Not really. A lot of the fights where it would be most useful are in areas too small to use it without the very real risk of killing yourself with it.

    Forcefield / Rune of Nullification party member, nuke everything, stand up and go. Bonus points if you have the injury curing aura ;)

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  • templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I don't wanna press Start whenever I boot up the game, but I'm somehow forced to do it. On the other hand, if I do want to see the love scene again, that's somehow not important enough? Pressing Start at the Start Menu... absolutely required and somehow necessary

    Actually, the start button thing is pretty important. It does a couple of things, including avoiding bugs that involve a HDD + MU setup.

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    templewulf wrote: »
    I don't wanna press Start whenever I boot up the game, but I'm somehow forced to do it. On the other hand, if I do want to see the love scene again, that's somehow not important enough? Pressing Start at the Start Menu... absolutely required and somehow necessary

    Actually, the start button thing is pretty important. It does a couple of things, including avoiding bugs that involve a HDD + MU setup.

    Ummm... I guess I'll just take your word for it? Cause I dunno what the hell pressing start has to do with an HDD + MU setup. Like, I don't even know what MU stands for. It's a big mystery. But apparently it requires the pressing of the start button. Though some games can have you press A instead of the start button. That'll work too. Maybe that calibrates the flux capacitor as well. Who knows.

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  • Toxic PickleToxic Pickle Thash grape! Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    templewulf wrote: »
    I don't wanna press Start whenever I boot up the game, but I'm somehow forced to do it. On the other hand, if I do want to see the love scene again, that's somehow not important enough? Pressing Start at the Start Menu... absolutely required and somehow necessary

    Actually, the start button thing is pretty important. It does a couple of things, including avoiding bugs that involve a HDD + MU setup.

    Ummm... I guess I'll just take your word for it? Cause I dunno what the hell pressing start has to do with an HDD + MU setup. Like, I don't even know what MU stands for. It's a big mystery. But apparently it requires the pressing of the start button. Though some games can have you press A instead of the start button. That'll work too. Maybe that calibrates the flux capacitor as well. Who knows.

    More crazy? I thought we were full up.

    Toxic Pickle on
  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Approval values for sexytimes vary based on the character in question as well as your PCs gender. It happens at camp and you only get to see the cutscene once (thank god).

    Now see, I'm just the complete opposite on this. It's very disappointing. Why should that love scene only play the first time you trigger it? Every subsequent time you select that dialogue option, the game just skips and you never get to see it again. WTF? I selected it, that means I wanna see it damnit.

    I don't wanna press Start whenever I boot up the game, but I'm somehow forced to do it. On the other hand, if I do want to see the love scene again, that's somehow not important enough? Pressing Start at the Start Menu... absolutely required and somehow necessary but respecting the wishes of the player to have sex again... can't be done? Where are the priorities here? What's going on with the developers? Do they know anything about human beings and playing a game? It's ridiculous. This is like, common sense here.

    What's more disappointing than that is that the romances all lead inevitably towards sex. And once you get to the sex, there's very little left to see or hear from your partner. And there's not very much mention of it outside of a couple banters and a little bit of dialogue with a select few party members.

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  • templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    templewulf wrote: »
    I don't wanna press Start whenever I boot up the game, but I'm somehow forced to do it. On the other hand, if I do want to see the love scene again, that's somehow not important enough? Pressing Start at the Start Menu... absolutely required and somehow necessary

    Actually, the start button thing is pretty important. It does a couple of things, including avoiding bugs that involve a HDD + MU setup.

    Ummm... I guess I'll just take your word for it? Cause I dunno what the hell pressing start has to do with an HDD + MU setup. Like, I don't even know what MU stands for. It's a big mystery. But apparently it requires the pressing of the start button. Though some games can have you press A instead of the start button. That'll work too. Maybe that calibrates the flux capacitor as well. Who knows.

    MU is the memory unit. If you have both a hard drive and memory unit, you can run into bugs when asking the user for storage. I forget the details, but I think pressing start on the controller before loading essentially guarantees that the game has booted up past a certain point and is safe to load.

    Edit: A more technical explanation is in the spoiler
    Problem:
    If (like me) you're displaying the storage selection screen before doing anything else, checking Guide.IsVisible to prevent a GuideAlreadyVisible doesn't work like I would expect. When starting the game with the guide open, you'll notice that it says you're being logged in and out of xbox live a couple of times pretty quickly, and the guide flickers, which seems to me that it's going between visible and not visible states quickly. (This is likely not exactly what's happening, but it's obvious to me by watching it that there's some complicated stuff going on under the hood. Also, since it does the same log in/out and flickering with XBLA titles, this doesn't seem to be a bug, just something we need to watch out for.)

    Also, if you have more than one controller
    Note that thumbsticks on some controllers do not register [0,0] even when not actively moved, and guitars (or other controllers) will make the right thumbstick register != [0,0] due to whammy bar and tilt. Therefore, such controllers and guitars can cause trouble if you try to determine the active controller not only by polling button presses, but also by polling thumbsticks (see http://forums.xna.com/forums/t/40701.aspx). The general advice is therefore not to do this. Instead, make a start screen that checks for "Start" and "A" button presses to determine the active controller.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I wouldn't mind them toning down mages a bit (by making rogue and warriors better, that is). Its perfectly feasible to beat Baldur's Gate (or even 2) with none.

    Because priests are rolled into mages in this, it does seem that they steal everyone's thunder. And then kill them with it.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    jdarksun wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    What's more disappointing than that is that the romances all lead inevitably towards sex. And once you get to the sex, there's very little left to see or hear from your partner. And there's not very much mention of it outside of a couple banters and a little bit of dialogue with a select few party members.
    It's a western RPG, not a Japanese relationship simulator. While, yes, it'd be nice to more content, it's probably going to remain peripheral to the main plot.

    It's not a dating sim? I'm going to go get a refund from Valve for this travesty.

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I wouldn't mind them toning down mages a bit (by making rogue and warriors better, that is). Its perfectly feasible to beat Baldur's Gate (or even 2) with none.

    Because priests are rolled into mages in this, it does seem that they steal everyone's thunder. And then kill them with it.

    And I've beat Dragon Age with no mages, twice now. It's really not that hard.
    Four people specced archery is holy shit awesome.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pancake just wants everyone to tell her what a great job she did at BANGING THAT DUDE.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    jdarksun wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    What's more disappointing than that is that the romances all lead inevitably towards sex. And once you get to the sex, there's very little left to see or hear from your partner. And there's not very much mention of it outside of a couple banters and a little bit of dialogue with a select few party members.
    It's a western RPG, not a Japanese relationship simulator. While, yes, it'd be nice to more content, it's probably going to remain peripheral to the main plot.

    It's not a dating sim? I'm going to go get a refund from Valve for this travesty.

    Maybe if Mr. Newell hadn't been busy stuffing himself with doughnuts, this vile deceit would not have happened.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Klyka wrote: »
    Pancake just wants everyone to tell her what a great job she did at BANGING THAT DUDE.

    Yes, totally.

    But really, as it is, it feels like your romanceable party members are just there to get to the sex and then they're just... not there anymore. It happens with all the characters, I know, but it feels worse when they only have anything to say as long as we're not having sex.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'd be just as happy if Bioware just...stopped doing romance options, I think.

    I can't think of an instance in which they've added anything to the game.

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  • TagTag Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    I'd be just as happy if Bioware just...stopped doing romance options, I think.

    I can't think of an instance in which they've added anything to the game.

    They added a bit to BG2.
    The kidnapping and such.

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