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Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening Expansion Announced (March 16th)

DashuiDashui Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Games and Technology
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A lot of the information below was taken from the unofficial wikia page, sometimes directly because I'm a cheap and terrible person, and you can get all of it and a lot more at the following address: http://dragonage.wikia.com

If you want to know more about the game, I advise you to check their site out as well as BioWare's official site. They detail and explain things much better than I can, as well as lots of features I couldn't fit in below. This is a deep game with a lot of lore behind it, and not a typical fantasy game with elves and dwarves and magic. At the very least, I hope I can get you slightly interested in this very large RPG.

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News

01/05/2010 - Awakenings addon announced for March 16, 2010. The addon takes place after the original game ended, and sees you rebuilding the Grey Wardens to fight a new threat. "When the Darkspawn talk, the war is far from over." You can view the trailer at the following link: Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening Trailer

11/19/2009 - Return to Ostagar addon announced for this holiday season. You can view information on this addon and others at the following link: http://dragonage.bioware.com/addon

11/03/2009 - Dragon Age: Origins is now available for purchase!

10/22/2009 - Dragon Age: Journeys is now available to play.

It's a 2D flash game, free to play in your browser, and set in the Dragon Age: Origins world. Playing the game will allow you to earn exclusives items for use in Dragon Age: Origins. http://www.dragonagejourneys.com/

10/13/2009 - BioWare's Social Network website is now live! http://social.bioware.com/

From here you'll be able to access friends, groups, uploaded character information, and more, as well as being able to download the Character Creator. You can make a character, save it for use with the full game, and even upload your character to the Social Network website.

You can also download the Character Editor directly from the following link: http://files.bioware.com/dragonage_cc_dl/DragonAgeOriginsCharacterCreator_en.exe

About

Dragon Age: Origins is an upcoming BioWare RPG for the PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. Hailed as the spiritual successor to the Baldur's Gate series and a return to BioWare's roots, it's set to be a heroic, dark fantasy tale to stop a terrible blight unleashed upon the land through 80 or more hours of tactical gameplay. Players choose their sex, race, class, and origin story, presenting them with a wide range of options to customize their character. Who and what you are will impact your story not just in the beginning of the game, but throughout your entire journey.

The PC version of the game will have access to an editor, allowing players to create entirely new content, from new weapons and armor to lands and quests and campaigns. A community site will be established to easily browse and share these creations.

It will also be released digitally through such services as Steam, Stardock's Impulse, Direct2Drive, Gamersgate, and EA Store. All new copies of the game will also include The Stone Prisoner downloadable content free of charge, featuring a new party member, quests, environments and items. For further information on the various editions, check the Standard, Collector's, Digital Deluxe Edition? section below.

The intro cinematic, further detailing the plot and the dangers you'll face, can be viewed below.

Gameplay

Dragon Age: Origins features a tactical, play and pause combat system in the vein of Baldur's Gate. You can zoom in or out and play from an over-the-shoulder view, or high above the field of battle. You can pause, give orders, or take direct control of any of the other characters in your party. If you would rather not constantly issue commands, a scripting system is available in which you can place different orders or rules for a character to automatically follow. For example, if an enemy closes the gap between one of your ranged characters, you can create a script for him or her to automatically switch to melee weapons.

You can watch a tutorial explaining the mechanics of the combat system and the journal for the PC version below.

(Taken from Wikipedia) There is no tracking of alignment as in previous BioWare games, but the moral choices of the main character throughout the game will still affect the story. You may save the world whether you are good or evil, but the decisions that you make in the process will change the world around you – deciding who will become King, for example, and affecting nations and races and their places in the world. These decisions will also influence your companion NPCs, possibly causing an NPC to leave your party or even attack you.

Xbox 360 Controller Layout

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For a look at the console controls, Giant Bomb has released a 20 minute long video showing the game in action on the Xbox 360.

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-dragon-age-origins-360/17-1528/


Gameplay Tips

Camp Chest - BioWare has added a storage chest you can download for your party camp.
Dexterity Hotfix
Dagger Hotfix
Less Blood
Character Respecialization

The full info about the Dexterity/Dagger 'hotfixes':

In the game as it ships, and in the 1.01 patch, daggers take 100% of their damage bonus from strength, instead of the 50% str / 50% dex mix that they are supposed to. Both of these hotfixes fix this issue. The 'dexterity hotfix' also contains a first pass at rebalancing archery to make it more useful, however, this also applies to enemy archers, so it can greatly increase the difficulty of some areas of the game.

These aren't just some random person's idea of how things should be; they're provided by Georg Zoeller, lead systems designer of Dragon Age.

Where do I find specific class specializations?

Specializations are taught by NPCs, and some can be learned from books bought in stores. Once you have learned a specialization it is unlocked in every game on your profile, including previous iterations of your current game (earlier saves.)

Rogue:
Assassin: Learned from Zevran (if you don't kill him), or a tome in Alarith's Store in Denerim (after the Landsmeet starts)
Bard: Learned from Leliana (companion) or a tome Alimar sells (Orzammar).
Duelist: Learned from Isabela (The Pearl in Denerim). Either have a high dexterity and beat her at cards, or bring one of your companion rogues and they'll help you. Apparently you can also sleep with her and get it if the PC is male, but I'm not sure how this works.
Ranger: Learned from a tome in Bodann's Wares (Party Camp).
Mage:
Arcane Warrior: Learned from The Presence in Brecilian Ruins. He's trapped in a phylactery that you'll find; just do what he asks. ("Nature of the Beast" quest line).
Blood Mage: Learned from Desire Demon in Fade during the Recliffe sequence. After entering the Fade via magic ritual, either bargain with or intimidate the desire demon and it will teach you ("Arl of Redcliffe" quest line).
Shapeshifter: Learned from Morrigan (companion) or a tome Varathorn sells (Dalish Camp).
Spirit Healer: Learned from a tome in the Wonders of Thedas (store in Denerim).
Warrior:
Berserker: Learned from Oghren (companion) or a tome Gorim sells (Denerim Market).
Champion: Learned from Arl Eamon automatically (at the end of the "Urn of Sacred Ashes" quest line).
Reaver: Learned from Kolgrim (Wyrmling Lair). When you get a chance to talk to him, you must offer to finish the Urn quest the evil way. If you do this, he'll teach you to be a Reaver.
Templar: Learned from Alistair (companion) or a tome in Bodahn's Wares (Party Camp).
Where do I find specific party members for recruitment?
Wynne: You meet Wynne on the first level of the Circle Tower. She joins your party as soon as you get locked in the tower, and will join the party permanently after you save the tower in the “Broken Circle” quest.

Sten: Release Sten from his cage in Lothering before the town gets invaded by darkspawn (see the “Lothering” section of the Walkthrough chapter for complete details).

Shale: After you leave Lothering, journey to Sulcher’s Pass and get the golem control rod from Felix. Travel to the Village of Honnleath and follow the clues to discovering Shale’s activation phrase.

Zevran: After you complete at least one major world quest line, you will eventually meet Zevran in a random encounter.

Oghren: When you meet Oghren at the entrance to the Deep Roads, he will volunteer to join you and track down his lost wife, Branka.

Leliana: When you enter Dane’s Refuge in Lothering, Leliana will join up with you after you smack around some mercenaries causing a ruckus.

Morrigan: When you seek out the Ancient Treaties in the Korcari Wilds, Morrigan will find you. After the battle at the Tower of Ishal, Morrigan will join your party.

Alistair: When you arrive at Ostagar, Duncan asks you to seek out Alistair, a fellow Grey Warden. Once you talk to Alistair, he joins your party and will stay with you for the duration if you choose.

Dog: Side quests in the Human Noble origin story or Ostagar unlock your Mabari friend.

Secret party member:
You must first defeat Loghain in combat after the Landsmeet, then invite him to join the Grey Wardens.
Gift Information

Gifts are special items that can be given to your companions to raise their approval of you. Give them by viewing that character's inventory and either dragging it onto their paper-doll or choosing 'gift' from the item's radial menu.

Everyone likes every gift, even the disgusting ones, except for certain special plot-related gifts that will be refused by every character except the one they are intended for.

Regular gifts give approval equal to 1 + (5 if the gift is in the category the person particularly likes) + (4 minus the number of gifts you have given to that character previously, or 0 if that number is less than 0).

Most gifts in the game fall into one of several categories, and each of these categories is particularly desired by one party member, and is worth 5 extra approval when given to them (on top of the base approval for any gift). When you reach 25 approval rating with any character, their codex entry will be updated with a short paragraph describing their gift category.
Alistair likes statues, runes, carvings, and other artistic pieces of rock.
Morrigan likes jewelry.
Leliana likes religious symbols (and fashionable shoes).
Sten likes paintings.
Wynne likes books.
Oghren likes rare booze (and stuff like tankards).
Zevran likes money in the form of gold/silver bars.
Shale likes 'remarkable' gemstones.

Secret party member spoiler:
Loghain likes maps.
There are also gifts that seem dog-specific, particularly the bones and some of the things he finds you (good boy!), but his approval is locked at 100 so they don't do anything for him.

Origin Stories

Origin stories are several hour long segments of gameplay which introduce you to the world and your motivations for joining the Grey Wardens, an elite but now near extinct organization dedicated to the extermination of the Darkspawn. Your origin story, race, and your decisions made in those early hours, will determine how people react to you. Paths will be opened and closed, and you will be constantly seeing the consequences due to your origin and your choices.

There are six origins to choose from.

Human Noble
City Elf
Dalish Elf
Human/Elf Mage
Dwarf Commoner
Dwarf Noble
Characters & Companions
(Taken from Wikipedia)

Duncan – The dedicated warrior leader of the Grey Wardens who serves as a mentor of sorts to the player character. He has been entrusted with the task of leading the Grey Wardens in Ferelden. This is considered a difficult task because the Grey Wardens were exiled from Ferelden 200 years ago.

King Cailan Theirin – Son of the legendary King Maric Theirin who drove the Orlesian Empire from Ferelden. The young and naive Cailan was the first King born into a Ferelden freed of foreign occupation in three generations.

Teyrn Loghain – Loghain served as the right hand of King Maric in the war against the Orlesians and now hopes to help guide Maric's son Cailan in defense of the realm from the Blight.

Arl Rendon Howe - (Voiced by Tim Curry) Bioware: "Howe is the calculating villain, cultured and charming, with an insatiable lust for power, who never hesitates to harm anyone who gets in his way."

Flemeth - (Voiced by Kate Mulgrew) Flemeth is a powerful witch, and mother to Morrigan, who maintains immortality through dark means.

Known party members include:
Wynne – One of the most prominent mages of the Circle of Magi. She is a powerful spirit healer. She often cautions young or arrogant mages of the innate dangers of calling forth magical forces from the Fade. Dangers which justify the common fear of mages and the horrible powers and creatures they can free from the Fade, intentionally or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sibKH5ViVyw

Alistair – This young warrior was recruited by Duncan from his ill-suited placement into training to become a templar for the Chantry (the dominant religion of Ferelden). Alistair has seen a hard childhood since his mother died in childbirth. He was raised in service of the lord at the castle in Redcliffe. His experiences have hardened him and created a wry and irreverent sense of humor. He is a romance option.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i2KkWJLLco

Morrigan – (Voiced by Claudia Black) Morrigan is a shapechanging mage, taught by her mother in the wilds of Ferelden. She is a romance option for male characters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJLSdZLdhLo

Oghren – (Voiced by Steven Jay Blum) Oghren is a dwarven warrior.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hx6U7Bvpm0

Sten– An elder, powerful warrior of the Qunari people who is seeking atonement for unknown sins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEDeMSg_phY

Leliana - Leliana is from the Orlesian Empire and is classed as a rogue. She is a romance option for male and female characters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFohuh72u48

Zevran - A male elf who excelled the ranks in one of the most infamous guild of thieves and assassins in all of Thedas, The Antivan Crows. When he was young he was sold to the Crows, although he resisted the brutal training at first. He became one of the Crows' most promising assassins. He accepts a most dangerous commission yet, a target far-off Ferelden which he hopes would bring him unimaginable rewards. He is a romance option for male and female characters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db_HJa_5RN4

War Dog - Mabari War Dogs are a prized and essential part of the Fereldan miltary. These trained hounds easily break the lines of pikeman, pull knights from horseback and with a pack of Marbari dogs, they can cause panic to even the most hardened infantry soldiers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtpLJNtMxQ0&feature=related

Shale - Shale is a mighty stone golem that comes from The Stone Prisoner downloadable content pack. Shale will be available freely to all owners of a first-hand copy of the game. Those who purchase a previously owned copy have the option to purchase him for $15 USD.

Reviews & Articles

Witch Hunt the Penny Arcade Dragon Age comic

5/5 - Giant Bomb review - "However, as the sort of guy that has lovingly played an Infinity Engine game at least once every year for the past decade, I can think of no higher praise for this throwback than to say that Dragon Age: Origins leaves me feeling fairly confident I won't need to dig out the classics for this ritual next year."

9.5/10 - GameSpot video review - "If you're hungry for a fantastical original fantasy setting, an awesome story filled with memorable characters, and fun multi-layered questing, Dragon Age will fill you up. This is the RPG you've been waiting for, the one that's going to keep you up at night and invade your dreams."

94/100 - PC Gamer UK - "Roleplaying games now have a great deal to live up to."

9.2/10 - UK IGN PC - "Bioware’s achievements in all this are incredible. It cannot be stressed enough at the depth of the universe they have conjured. Every corner you look, there is a sense of age, of something old. Entire mythologies for multiple cultures have been brewed up, entire religions mapped out in their own belief systems, history that stretches back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Cities look lived in, worn – majestic and squalid places that spill with times gone by and a sense of place. The castles look like they have been there for centuries, and truly, there is an uncertain sense that they have been. That Ferelden and its inhabitants were waiting patiently in the wings for all this time, waiting for their chance to shine. Well, like the Grey Wardens, their time has come. Let us unite then, and in the words of an old friend: We shall show those cursed Darkspawn our hearts – and then show them theirs."

92/100 - Absolute Games review - "It has everything that is sought by the most jaded fans of the genre..."

9.1/10 - Gametrailers video review

90/100 - Game Informer review - "Even more than Mass Effect, the nation of Ferelden feels like a fully realized setting with its own history, conflicts, and power groups."

8/10 - Eurogamer PC review - "In its desperation to infuse this setting with 'maturity' - be it of the sober, political kind, or the game's painfully clumsy gore and sex - BioWare has forgotten the key ingredient of any fantasy: the fantastical. Without it, you're still left with a competent, often compelling, impressively detailed and immense RPG, but it's one that casts no spell."

The People of Dragon Age: Origins – An Interview with Sten, Wynne and the Tower Guard


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PC System Requirements
Windows XP Minimum Specifications

* OS: Windows XP with SP3
* CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) single core running at 1.4Ghz or greater
* AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8Ghz or greater
* RAM: 1GB or more
* Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater
* NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater
* DVD ROM (Physical copy)
* 20 GB HD space

Windows Vista Minimum Specifications

* OS: Windows Vista with SP1
* CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) single core running at 1.6Ghz or greater
* AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 2.2GHZ or greater
* RAM: 1.5 GB or more
* Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater
* NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater
* DVD ROM (Physical copy)
* 20 GB HD space

Recommended Specifications

* CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent
* RAM: 4 GB (Vista) or 2 GB (XP)
* Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
* NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
* DVD ROM (Physical copy)
* 20 GB HD space

Standard, Collector's, Digital Deluxe Edition?

All new copies of the game include free Blood Dragon Armor for use in Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. The code can be used for any platform. If you buy the game for the Xbox 360 but want to use the Blood Dragon Armor for Mass Effect 2 on the PC, you can.

All new copies of the game include The Stone Prisoner downloadable content, featuring a new companion (Shale, a dwarven golem), new quests, new items, and new environments. It can be bought separately for a price of 15 USD.

If you had pre-ordered any version of the game, you will have received the Memory Band, a special ring which adds an extra 1% to your experience gain or can be used to add a single point into a character's skill set.

If you pre-ordered at participating retailers, you will have received one of five in-game items. For example, Amazon.com offered the Lion's Paw boots, which adds to armor, dodge, and evading missiles.

The Collector's Edition will include a special tin case, a cloth map, a making-of DVD, a soundtrack, trailers and wallpapers and concept footage, and three in-game items. These items include Bergen's Honor, a massive helmet made of dragonbone; Grimoire of the Wastes, a special book that adds +3 attributes points when read; and Final Reason, a magical staff of immense power. You can view an image of the Collector's Edition and further details of these in-game items below.
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The Digital Deluxe Edition, available at participating online retailers such as EA Store and Direct2Drive, will include all of the in-game items in the Collector's Edition, but obviously none of the physical items. Because of this, purchasers will receive The Warden's Keep downloadable content, a player keep featuring new quests, items and abilities, free of charge.

The Warden's Keep downloadable content is available for purchase on all platforms.

The Stone Prisoner Trailer

The Warden's Keep Trailer

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I just woke up and my head is all fuzzy, so you ladies can think of a humorous thread title! GET TO WORK!

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    [Dragon Age] It has witty party banter in spades

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  • YougottawannaYougottawanna Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    [Dragon Age] Fourth day they return and it's another thread's turn

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    jdarksun wrote: »
    Dragon Age: OP will be LOOOONG forever

    Alternatively:

    Dragon Age: Dashui woke up just to post the OP

    :twisted:

    You have no idea how true that second one often is. Seriously, someone else can make it. Stop awakening me from my slumber! Don't you fools know it's winter? Hibernation!

    But you're right, it still is big. The game has been out long enough for most of us to have already beaten it several times, so I'll start cutting out huge swathes.

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  • KlatuKlatu Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi OiRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Is it time to start trolling deviant art for OP filler images? :)

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    [Dragon Age] Fourth day they return and it's another thread's turn

    I'm pretty sure that's the best suggestion anyone could ever make.

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  • XyyzXyyz Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Well I just finished my second full playthrough.

    Some truly spoilerific stuff coming up, just so you know.
    'The Bride' female city elf run. That was pretty awesome, even though I don't normally play female characters. (I was kind of tempted to call her 'Beatrix').

    I chose to induct Loghain in the end. Alastair's voice actor is good, but there's no way I'm passing up the chance to get motherfucking Kain in my party at least once.

    As for Al's reaction, I already knew that sparing Loghain caused him to leave, but I think he comes across as 'petulant child' rather than the 'righteous angry knight' I believe he's aiming for. I can't believe the bastard didn't even turn up to the final battle even though I'd made him king...

    Anywho, Kain Loghain is a badass of the highest order and I wish you could get him from the start of the game. It'd be fascinating to see what nightmare he got in the Sloth demon's realm, and what questions the guardian in the urn of sacred ashes quest asks him.

    I took the 'Dark Promise' route for the ending, but it was more just to see what it was like than personal preference. I don't care how much Morrigan likes you by the end of the game, I don't fucking trust her with a reincarnated god to raise however she likes. (If she was even telling the truth and she's not just going to bodyhop into it as soon as it's old enough)

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  • YougottawannaYougottawanna Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yay I named the thread!
    Xyyz wrote: »
    Well I just finished my second full playthrough.

    Some truly spoilerific stuff coming up, just so you know.
    'The Bride' female city elf run. That was pretty awesome, even though I don't normally play female characters. (I was kind of tempted to call her 'Beatrix').

    I chose to induct Loghain in the end. Alastair's voice actor is good, but there's no way I'm passing up the chance to get motherfucking Kain in my party at least once.

    As for Al's reaction, I already knew that sparing Loghain caused him to leave, but I think he comes across as 'petulant child' rather than the 'righteous angry knight' I believe he's aiming for. I can't believe the bastard didn't even turn up to the final battle even though I'd made him king...

    Anywho, Kain Loghain is a badass of the highest order and I wish you could get him from the start of the game. It'd be fascinating to see what nightmare he got in the Sloth demon's realm, and what questions the guardian in the urn of sacred ashes quest asks him.

    I took the 'Dark Promise' route for the ending, but it was more just to see what it was like than personal preference. I don't care how much Morrigan likes you by the end of the game, I don't fucking trust her with a reincarnated god to raise however she likes. (If she was even telling the truth and she's not just going to bodyhop into it as soon as it's old enough)
    I was thinking it would be a good idea to make the deal with Morrigan and then throw her in a cell somewhere so she can't just take off after I kill the archdemon. You get to be a backstabbing bastard but for a good cause (I don't want her wandering around doing who knows what with a godbaby)

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  • XyyzXyyz Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yay I named the thread!
    Xyyz wrote: »
    Well I just finished my second full playthrough.

    Some truly spoilerific stuff coming up, just so you know.
    'The Bride' female city elf run. That was pretty awesome, even though I don't normally play female characters. (I was kind of tempted to call her 'Beatrix').

    I chose to induct Loghain in the end. Alastair's voice actor is good, but there's no way I'm passing up the chance to get motherfucking Kain in my party at least once.

    As for Al's reaction, I already knew that sparing Loghain caused him to leave, but I think he comes across as 'petulant child' rather than the 'righteous angry knight' I believe he's aiming for. I can't believe the bastard didn't even turn up to the final battle even though I'd made him king...

    Anywho, Kain Loghain is a badass of the highest order and I wish you could get him from the start of the game. It'd be fascinating to see what nightmare he got in the Sloth demon's realm, and what questions the guardian in the urn of sacred ashes quest asks him.

    I took the 'Dark Promise' route for the ending, but it was more just to see what it was like than personal preference. I don't care how much Morrigan likes you by the end of the game, I don't fucking trust her with a reincarnated god to raise however she likes. (If she was even telling the truth and she's not just going to bodyhop into it as soon as it's old enough)
    I was thinking it would be a good idea to make the deal with Morrigan and then throw her in a cell somewhere so she can't just take off after I kill the archdemon. You get to be a backstabbing bastard but for a good cause (I don't want her wandering around doing who knows what with a godbaby)
    It's just such a completely and utterly insane plan. On my first human noble rogue run (Where I was even romancing the backstabbing swamp witch) I could almost hear him reacting after every sentence of her explanation.

    Morrigan: So I've got this idea.
    Me: ...Okay.
    Morrigan: I've known from the start one of the wardens would have to die
    Me: Huh. Well you could have tol-
    Morrigan: But I can save you!
    Me: Well that's awes-
    Morrigan: First you impregnate me
    Me: ...What?
    Morrigan: Then we draw the old god out of the archdemon and into the child
    Me: What!?
    Morrigan: Then you both survive, I bugger off with the godbaby and never return
    Me: WHAT!?
    Morrigan: Oh, and this was my plan from the moment we met
    Me: WHAAAAAT!?

    I don't care if I was romancing her. Had I the option, it would have been an immediate 'dirty fighting' and then swift backstabby death right there.

    Actually, I had pretty much the same reaction during The Pitt in Fallout 3
    when the rebel fella finally decided to tell me that what he'd actually wanted me to do all along was STEAL A FUCKING BABY.

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  • WolfprintWolfprint Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Sooo... Apart from the little glitch at Redcliffe, does anyone have a good way of earning money in this game? Selling items to merchants is at a quarter (I think) of their purchase price; that's hardly a way to make myself a rich man. Compounding this problem is that all the good stuff in this game are on merchants! At this rate I will never afford myself a Rose's Thorn.

    Edit: First page!

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  • ZeroCowZeroCow Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Wolfprint wrote: »
    Sooo... Apart from the little glitch at Redcliffe, does anyone have a good way of earning money in this game? Selling items to merchants is at a quarter (I think) of their purchase price; that's hardly a way to make myself a rich man. Compounding this problem is that all the good stuff in this game are on merchants! At this rate I will never afford myself a Rose's Thorn.

    Edit: First page!

    What's this Redcliffe glitch that you speak of?

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    jdarksun wrote: »
    [Dragon Age] Fourth day they return and it's another thread's turn

    D:

    I'd lime that smiley, I'd lime it so hard.

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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I like using Sten and Morrigan in combat, but damn are they whiny. I help everyone for the XP and loot you assholes. Quit disapproving.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    I like using Sten and Morrigan in combat, but damn are they whiny. I help everyone for the XP and loot you assholes. Quit disapproving.

    I see the concept of roleplaying in a roleplaying game is lost on you.

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  • XyyzXyyz Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    I like using Sten and Morrigan in combat, but damn are they whiny. I help everyone for the XP and loot you assholes. Quit disapproving.

    Sten is not whiny! Sten is a true bro!

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    langfor6 wrote: »
    I like using Sten and Morrigan in combat, but damn are they whiny. I help everyone for the XP and loot you assholes. Quit disapproving.

    I see the concept of roleplaying in a roleplaying game is lost on you.

    I kinda wish Bioware didn't include the meter...sometimes its hard to tell if a member responded positively or negatively. It would make certain events more surprising....

    Egos on
  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pretending to give a shit about people's problems for a reward seems like playing a role to me.

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Man, I'm already planning a second playthrough as a City Elf rogue assassin with Morrigan, Sten and Shale as my regular party members, and just pick all of the asshole options in dialog.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    Pretending to give a shit about people's problems for a reward seems like playing a role to me.

    Bioware secretly helping Nerds improve their social skills via in-game rewards :)

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Social Lessons we can take away from Dragon Age
    1. If you want to bed a male virgin, buy him plenty of action figures and Magic the Gathering cards.
    2. The bitchy hot girl will eventually sleep with you if you buy her enough jewelery
    3. Listening will get you laid with the overly talky girl.
    4. Don't sass the guy with an Ingrained Cultural Mentality
    5. If you want to be friends with a drunk. Get drunk with him.
    6. If someone has misanthropic tendencies. Humor them.
    7. Sometimes people will be hired to kill you, but then you can have sex and its all good.
    8. If you come across a Darker Shade of Gray Human, its best to remain firm but understanding.
    9. If all else fails get a Dog.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    Social Lessons we can take away from Dragon Age
    1. If you want to bed a male virgin, buy him plenty of action figures and Magic the Gathering cards.
    2. The bitchy hot girl will eventually sleep with you if you buy her enough jewelery
    3. Listening will get you laid with the overly talky girl.
    4. Don't sass the guy with an Ingrained Cultural Mentality
    5. If you want to be friends with a drunk. Get drunk with him.
    6. If someone has misanthropic tendencies. Humor them.
    7. Sometimes people will be hired to kill you, but then you can have sex and its all good.
    8. If you come across a Darker Shade of Gray Human, its best to remain firm but understanding.
    9. If all else fails get a Dog.

    I see nothing wrong with that list.

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  • fmz65fmz65 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    My goal for this coming week: Beat Dragon Age and then beat it again.

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  • WolfprintWolfprint Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    ZeroCow wrote: »
    Wolfprint wrote: »
    Sooo... Apart from the little glitch at Redcliffe, does anyone have a good way of earning money in this game? Selling items to merchants is at a quarter (I think) of their purchase price; that's hardly a way to make myself a rich man. Compounding this problem is that all the good stuff in this game are on merchants! At this rate I will never afford myself a Rose's Thorn.

    Edit: First page!

    What's this Redcliffe glitch that you speak of?
    You have to intimidate Lloyd in the tavern to fight for the militia when you first get to Redcliffe. His serving wench Bella will then run the tavern and give you items away for free. Every time you leave the tavern and re-enter, she restocks. So you can get infinite free items to sell from that alone.

    The console version has a higher rate of return because Bella carries several Brilliant Crystals if you have the Stone Prisoner DLC installed. Oddly enough it does not appear to work on the PC. I have the DLC but she never sells crystals.

    I'm not sure if v1.02 has done away with this, but I doubt it. Feels like cheating, and too much work though.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    There isn't really a good way to make money aside from doing all the chanters/mages/interested parties sidequests and looting and selling everything.

    Buy backpacks as early as you can, because they'll let you carry more out of places like the urn temple.

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I was unimpressed with the Dwarf Noble origin.

    But then shit got real and it was pretty awesome, I'm not sure if I like it more then the casteless though doing hilariously illegal shit and getting away with it is pretty awesome.

    I need to actually beat this game before I start a second play through though ><.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You play as a jerky Dwarf Noble or a nice Dwarf Noble? Just out of curiosity.

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  • XyyzXyyz Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    You play as a jerky Dwarf Noble or a nice Dwarf Noble? Just out of curiosity.

    Mmm... Jerked dwarf.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    You play as a jerky Dwarf Noble or a ____? Just out of curiosity.

    You say it like there's actually a choice. :winky:

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  • GMaster7GMaster7 Goggles Paesano Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    You play as a jerky Dwarf Noble or a nice Dwarf Noble? Just out of curiosity.

    I too am interested in hearing the answer. From the words "hilariously illegal", I'm going to assume that he's slightly above the law. And therefore abuses it. Often.

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I was nice enough.

    I meant hilariously illegal as in the Casteless one. Well Illegal for Dwarves.

    What does being a prick do? Make it even better?

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    What does being a prick do? Make it even better?

    Nah more that being nice makes what happens more tragic.

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  • WolfprintWolfprint Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Being a prick, especially in Orzammar, (almost always) makes things better.

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  • LingxorLingxor Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Just beat the game at 57:14:16.

    I can easily say that it's the most epic game that I've ever played and that Bioware doesn't get nearly enough credit for their stories and characters.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Their Characters > Stories

    imho

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Wolfprint wrote: »
    Being a prick, especially in Orzammar, (almost always) makes things better.

    I mean, I try to do the 'good' option everywhere else, but it's just something about that place that makes being a dick so much more appealing

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  • LingxorLingxor Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    Their Characters > Stories

    imho

    Except Sten, that guy was a dick.

    Probably cuz I was a lady rogue.

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  • WolfprintWolfprint Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Spoit wrote: »
    I mean, I try to do the 'good' option everywhere else, but it's just something about that place that makes being a dick so much more appealing

    I agree. Under the veneer of honour and civility, there is something very unpleasant about dwarven society.
    Which means that my current MC - a Dwarf commoner - will take great pleasure in supporting Bhelen, and dismantling the whole traditional caste system.

    As it happens, being a prick and supporting the other prick-with-dreams-of-kingship will net you a better outcome than if you did things the other way around.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So did anyone else use the XP bug to get the achievements for having a level 20 of each class?

    I feel dirty.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Figgy wrote: »
    So did anyone else use the XP bug to get the achievements for having a level 20 of each class?

    I feel dirty.

    Unless you're speedrunning, or achievement whoring, you should hit 20 multiple times for each class easily to get the 'all talents in a specific tree' achievements

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2009
    So I got this game the other day and now my Dalish elf rogue is in Lothering pootling about getting herself sorted for some bandit killing.

    It's pretty good.

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