Alfred J. Kwakis it because you were insultedwhen I insulted your hair?Registered Userregular
edited March 2011
I like about Dragon Age 2
that the game systematically kills off of your whole family. So much for finding your luck in the big city. Oh and in the end, all your effort for making it big was in vain because you have to leave Kirkwall anyway.
Anyone getting the bonus items for playing on Facebook?
I think so. I sure get notified of them when I load up.
I think they are in a box in your house maybe? I'm away from my PC.
EDIT: Forgot about bootcamp on my MBP, and the fact that DA2 doesn't require the disc to play. So, yes, there is a 'Special Deliveries' chest in your house.
Anyone getting the bonus items for playing on Facebook?
Yeah, I think I have all the facebook unlockables.
None of them are really GOOD, per se, but they provide a nice little pickmeup right at the beginning.
I just wish the facebook game wasn't so irritating to play.
Then again, after the signature edition items, the free black emporium stuff, all the bonus items from being on the bioware website, following them on twitter, etc. etc. It just feels like white noise.
I've sorted out why I dislike the new combat mechanics. It's way, way too easy to just walk away from damage.
Pause, backstep from anything truly dangerous, continue autoattacking, spam CC when necessary.
Effective, easy, sometimes super tedious.
As much as I like the combat, I have to agree with this a bit.
What most baddies seem to be missing is some way to either attack at range or close the distance and garrantee (or at least vastly improve thier chances of getting) a hit, like how you and all your companions can charge/leap in with melee attacks.
Not thinking everyone should get it all the time though; mooks should still be mooks, and some enemies (Rock Wraith comes to mind) are challenging enough without more tricks. Maybe an extra ability with a cooldown, given out based on enemy rank and the difficulty?
I've gone through the game twice so far, once as SnarkRogue(tm) and once as a blood-thirsty blood mage (who used her companions as walking slurpees), and now I'm going through as a goody-twoshoes warrior. Only since I've done the game "for realz" twice now, this time I went and installed that mod that gives all skills a 1 second cooldown.
You know the Berserker's skill that does +50% attack speed? It stacks. With the upgrade it lasts 20 seconds. Pop it a couple times, and Hawke buzzes so fast attack animations don't even really complete, it's just sort of a whirling spasm of death.
Does anyone know the year in Dragon Age? I don´t know if they go by earth´s 365 day year but assuming they do and an age is 100 years and the blight of DAO started in 9:30 age of the dragon (i think I read that is when it happened) does that mean by the end of DA2 it is around year 937?(of recorded history at least) or am I way off base here??
Also possible spoilers:
I found all the enigma of kirkwall´s this time and I am a bit confused. Does DA2 ever reveal just why all these slaves were being sacrificed and all this blood drained down underneath the city?
I've gone through the game twice so far, once as SnarkRogue(tm) and once as a blood-thirsty blood mage (who used her companions as walking slurpees), and now I'm going through as a goody-twoshoes warrior. Only since I've done the game "for realz" twice now, this time I went and installed that mod that gives all skills a 1 second cooldown.
You know the Berserker's skill that does +50% attack speed? It stacks. With the upgrade it lasts 20 seconds. Pop it a couple times, and Hawke buzzes so fast attack animations don't even really complete, it's just sort of a whirling spasm of death.
Rock Wraith? 15 seconds.
I tried that mod and thought it was retarded. After one fight I deleted it and switched to a mod that reduced all the cooldowns by 30-40% or so. Much better.
The ending felt a little lackluster. So everyone dies. I was hoping Meredith would turn into something else, like Orsino, but Carver and Fenris made it too easy. 2H warriors really rule.
Does anyone know the year in Dragon Age? I don´t know if they go by earth´s 365 day year but assuming they do and an age is 100 years and the blight of DAO started in 9:30 age of the dragon (i think I read that is when it happened) does that mean by the end of DA2 it is around year 937?(of recorded history at least) or am I way off base here??
DAO and DA2 start in 9:30 Dragon. The actual gameplay events of DA2 end in 9:37 Dragon and Varric is being interrogated by Cassandra in 9:40 Dragon.
So, I'm having an ongoing discussion with my friend about this.
At the end of the game, Varric mentions to Cassandra that the Templar Order has rebelled against the Chantry, and gone off hunting mages.
Does this makes sense? I'm of the opinion that it makes perfect sense, but my buddy insists it's nonsense.
Thoughts?
It's not obviously nonsense. In Kirkwall at least, the Chantry is shown as a moderating influence on the Templars, and the very existence of Cassandra's order suggests the need for the Templars to be kept in check. I don't think we're told enough about the numbers of mages and templars, the effectiveness of templars at combating mages or the amount of discontent between mages and templars outside Ferelden and Kirkwall to make any comments on the likelihood, however.
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GoodKingJayIIIThey wanna get mygold on the ceilingRegistered Userregular
edited March 2011
I loved my force mage, and I miss directing the shape of a battle with her skills on my rogue and warrior, but I have to say, the fact that virtually none of my skills worked on spirits demons was utter nonsense. Gravitic Ring was the only one that actually functioned. Telekenitic Burst, Pull of the Abyss, the knockdown from Fist of the Maker: nuthin'. That's a pretty heavy investment to be able to do anything to half the enemies in the game.
TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited March 2011
Beat the game yesterday, and while the ending was a bit disappointing, what really annoyed me was the amount of bugs in this game. It's something that has been chipping away at my patience with modern games, the way they ship a bugged product out and will fix it a month or two later. Just, you know, get the game fixed the first time.
This is vague but I'll spoil it just in case, the list of bugs that occurred on my first playthrough
The Sebastian achievements didn't unlock, Varric's face completely disappeared in the end which was so distracting I couldn't pay attention to what he was saying (mainly because I was all "how did this get through QC?), during the final fight at the Gallows there was a bug where Sandal was supposed to be there but I never saw him (I was walking around and saw his name highlight but couldn't see him, right where that big Ogre is in the hallway) along with his enchantment and storage box, there was that Isabela slow bug that I got hit with, the well known Merrill Act 3 bug, someone mentioned the Isabela bug earlier about not getting into the chantry to recruit her (happened to me), there is that Wounded Coast sidequest in Act 3 that just won't trigger with the kid being kidnapped, and at the very end it says Isabela stays with me despite me romancing Merrill.
That's like, six bugs too many.
As far as the ending goes, I liked it, sided with the
Templars the first run through because DIE ANDERS, that guy is going to be killed no matter what side I pick in the next run through, the son of a bitch. I never liked him really in DA2 and this will always stay with me now.
And while at first everyone's upset about me siding with the templars (Merrill and Bethany), I like as it goes on you see the mages aren't so nice after all (they probably do the same thing if you side with the mages) and that prick Orsino actually knew the bastard who killed my mom , oh yes, shit just got real.
I didn't have Varric on my final battle run through, might do that again later to see his reaction to the lyrium idol
But yeah the ending felt way too short. If this is going to be a trilogy like Mass Effect, ME2 still had a pretty badass way to end the game, this felt more like "oh hey none of what you did really mattered"
Also, where did Flemeth go? I was expecting it to all be her fault, the civil war.
I didn't mind the game taking place all around Kirkwall and the repetitive dungeons because the combat system and the characters carried the game, and the story until the last two minutes was fun and I liked having to actually make some tough choices, I just wish there weren't so many bugs in the game.
It's not obviously nonsense. In Kirkwall at least, the Chantry is shown as a moderating influence on the Templars, and the very existence of Cassandra's order suggests the need for the Templars to be kept in check. I don't think we're told enough about the numbers of mages and templars, the effectiveness of templars at combating mages or the amount of discontent between mages and templars outside Ferelden and Kirkwall to make any comments on the likelihood, however.
My feeling is this: the Templars outside Kirkwall weren't there, obviously. So they didn't see Meredith start out crazy and get crazier, and didn't see her pretty much force the mages into rebellion. All they have is rumor and stories to go on. All they heard, probably, was that the mages of Kirkwall rebelled, a revolt that started with the destruction of the chantry and murder of the Grand Cleric, and ended with the killing of the Knight-Commander. They already are predisposed to hate, fear, and distrust mages. They're not going to be keen on peaceful resolution now.
Obviously, if the Order had to split from the Chantry to fight the rebel mages, the Divine told them they couldn't. And we know that Leliana was in Kirkwall acting as a Seeker prior to the destruction of the chantry. She clearly wasn't there just to talk to Hawke and Grand Cleric Elthina, and she probably wasn't the only Seeker there. It stands to reason that the Divine knew that the situation was more complicated than uppity mages who needed to be put down, and thus denied the Templars permission to, essentially, carry out a Thedas-wide Rite of Annulment.
I think it's also important to remember that the Templar Order didn't start out as part of the Chantry, but as an independent violent and brutal Inquisition that sought to root out everything it saw as heresy. They were later grafted onto the Chantry proper to calm them down. So institutionally, the Order has a history and a mindset of seeing itself as the true arbiters of holiness, even in defiance of the established Chantry.
Also, I think about this too much.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
I loved my force mage, and I miss directing the shape of a battle with her skills on my rogue and warrior, but I have to say, the fact that virtually none of my skills worked on spirits demons was utter nonsense. Gravitic Ring was the only one that actually functioned. Telekenitic Burst, Pull of the Abyss, the knockdown from Fist of the Maker: nuthin'. That's a pretty heavy investment to be able to do anything to half the enemies in the game.
Yeah, I don't know if this was a bug or whatever, but damn was it annoying.
I gotta say, that's something I miss about the silly over-complexity of D&D-based settings.
You can have a lot of variation in terms of statistics and abilities to make a given person or group unique.
The enemies in this are pretty much one of three classes, then varying levels of health. Even the goddamn spiders conform to class restrictions. I guess that has to save an incredible amount of time, though.
I really wish I didnt have to play with Anders, but if you play on hard and you are not a mage you've got to have the healing. Dammit Merril why couldn't you have the heal tree!
There are mods to allow any character, including yourself, to access all the trees from their class including the companion only ones. I downloaded it just for Aveline's tank tree on my Hawke.
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KirbithI appear to be made of delicious cake. Registered Userregular
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Well just beat Dragon Age 2 this morning and got my Platinum trophy. Gotta say, it's rather satisfying to get that nice little platinum trophy for both DA:O and DA2.
I loved my force mage, and I miss directing the shape of a battle with her skills on my rogue and warrior, but I have to say, the fact that virtually none of my skills worked on spirits demons was utter nonsense. Gravitic Ring was the only one that actually functioned. Telekenitic Burst, Pull of the Abyss, the knockdown from Fist of the Maker: nuthin'. That's a pretty heavy investment to be able to do anything to half the enemies in the game.
Yeah, I don't know if this was a bug or whatever, but damn was it annoying.
It would be such an enormous bug, I just assumed it was intentional. But maybe. I would really like to hear the purpose of the design decision if it was intentional.
I really wish I didnt have to play with Anders, but if you play on hard and you are not a mage you've got to have the healing. Dammit Merril why couldn't you have the heal tree!
i've played through hard twice now, without a healer. you don't need one unless you're horrible.
according to that flow chart i'm supposed to add a "oh snap!" now, right?
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I loved my force mage, and I miss directing the shape of a battle with her skills on my rogue and warrior, but I have to say, the fact that virtually none of my skills worked on spirits demons was utter nonsense. Gravitic Ring was the only one that actually functioned. Telekenitic Burst, Pull of the Abyss, the knockdown from Fist of the Maker: nuthin'. That's a pretty heavy investment to be able to do anything to half the enemies in the game.
Yeah, I don't know if this was a bug or whatever, but damn was it annoying.
It would be such an enormous bug, I just assumed it was intentional. But maybe. I would really like to hear the purpose of the design decision if it was intentional.
Yeah...I mean...are fade spirits resistant to force? I never did take the time to check when I was playing with my two-hander.
I loved my force mage, and I miss directing the shape of a battle with her skills on my rogue and warrior, but I have to say, the fact that virtually none of my skills worked on spirits demons was utter nonsense. Gravitic Ring was the only one that actually functioned. Telekenitic Burst, Pull of the Abyss, the knockdown from Fist of the Maker: nuthin'. That's a pretty heavy investment to be able to do anything to half the enemies in the game.
Yeah, I don't know if this was a bug or whatever, but damn was it annoying.
It would be such an enormous bug, I just assumed it was intentional. But maybe. I would really like to hear the purpose of the design decision if it was intentional.
Yeah...I mean...are fade spirits resistant to force? I never did take the time to check when I was playing with my two-hander.
if spirits are immune to "force" then they're immune to kinetics and therefore immune to swords and other sharp objects. assume a bug! or, you know, that they're really really heavy. this isn't exactly cow tipping.
I'm having the hardest time in the world even starting a Mage Hawke. Mostly because I have an undying, considerably large hatred for Carver. Moreover, considering the plot-line of the game, if I
Side with the mages
Then there's essentially no way that my Hawke can seem unbiased. Plus. Champion wearing a dress say what?
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But it doesn't! That scene is proof!!
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I'm waiting for the mod that adds the weapon in with some hideous base damage.
Eh, if you play it right you make it out with one.
Pause, backstep from anything truly dangerous, continue autoattacking, spam CC when necessary.
Effective, easy, sometimes super tedious.
Honestly, it annoyed me when I would be out of the hit range of a move and still get hit by it post-animation..
This just feels too far to the other extreme to me.
I think so. I sure get notified of them when I load up.
I think they are in a box in your house maybe? I'm away from my PC.
EDIT: Forgot about bootcamp on my MBP, and the fact that DA2 doesn't require the disc to play. So, yes, there is a 'Special Deliveries' chest in your house.
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Switch: SW-0653-8208-4705
Yeah, I think I have all the facebook unlockables.
None of them are really GOOD, per se, but they provide a nice little pickmeup right at the beginning.
I just wish the facebook game wasn't so irritating to play.
Then again, after the signature edition items, the free black emporium stuff, all the bonus items from being on the bioware website, following them on twitter, etc. etc. It just feels like white noise.
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I can't get the head piece that goes to my Champion's Armor because someone decided not to leave a corpse for me to loot.
As much as I like the combat, I have to agree with this a bit.
What most baddies seem to be missing is some way to either attack at range or close the distance and garrantee (or at least vastly improve thier chances of getting) a hit, like how you and all your companions can charge/leap in with melee attacks.
Not thinking everyone should get it all the time though; mooks should still be mooks, and some enemies (Rock Wraith comes to mind) are challenging enough without more tricks. Maybe an extra ability with a cooldown, given out based on enemy rank and the difficulty?
How cool is that?
You know the Berserker's skill that does +50% attack speed? It stacks. With the upgrade it lasts 20 seconds. Pop it a couple times, and Hawke buzzes so fast attack animations don't even really complete, it's just sort of a whirling spasm of death.
Rock Wraith? 15 seconds.
Also possible spoilers:
I tried that mod and thought it was retarded. After one fight I deleted it and switched to a mod that reduced all the cooldowns by 30-40% or so. Much better.
Time for a Rogue Hawke run!
DAO and DA2 start in 9:30 Dragon. The actual gameplay events of DA2 end in 9:37 Dragon and Varric is being interrogated by Cassandra in 9:40 Dragon.
Thoughts?
This is vague but I'll spoil it just in case, the list of bugs that occurred on my first playthrough
That's like, six bugs too many.
As far as the ending goes, I liked it, sided with the
And while at first everyone's upset about me siding with the templars (Merrill and Bethany), I like as it goes on you see the mages aren't so nice after all (they probably do the same thing if you side with the mages) and that prick Orsino actually knew the bastard who killed my mom , oh yes, shit just got real.
I didn't have Varric on my final battle run through, might do that again later to see his reaction to the lyrium idol
But yeah the ending felt way too short. If this is going to be a trilogy like Mass Effect, ME2 still had a pretty badass way to end the game, this felt more like "oh hey none of what you did really mattered"
Also, where did Flemeth go? I was expecting it to all be her fault, the civil war.
I didn't mind the game taking place all around Kirkwall and the repetitive dungeons because the combat system and the characters carried the game, and the story until the last two minutes was fun and I liked having to actually make some tough choices, I just wish there weren't so many bugs in the game.
Aveline: I think your shoes are just fine.
Obviously, if the Order had to split from the Chantry to fight the rebel mages, the Divine told them they couldn't. And we know that Leliana was in Kirkwall acting as a Seeker prior to the destruction of the chantry. She clearly wasn't there just to talk to Hawke and Grand Cleric Elthina, and she probably wasn't the only Seeker there. It stands to reason that the Divine knew that the situation was more complicated than uppity mages who needed to be put down, and thus denied the Templars permission to, essentially, carry out a Thedas-wide Rite of Annulment.
I think it's also important to remember that the Templar Order didn't start out as part of the Chantry, but as an independent violent and brutal Inquisition that sought to root out everything it saw as heresy. They were later grafted onto the Chantry proper to calm them down. So institutionally, the Order has a history and a mindset of seeing itself as the true arbiters of holiness, even in defiance of the established Chantry.
Also, I think about this too much.
Yeah, I don't know if this was a bug or whatever, but damn was it annoying.
You can have a lot of variation in terms of statistics and abilities to make a given person or group unique.
The enemies in this are pretty much one of three classes, then varying levels of health. Even the goddamn spiders conform to class restrictions. I guess that has to save an incredible amount of time, though.
It would be such an enormous bug, I just assumed it was intentional. But maybe. I would really like to hear the purpose of the design decision if it was intentional.
i've played through hard twice now, without a healer. you don't need one unless you're horrible.
according to that flow chart i'm supposed to add a "oh snap!" now, right?
Yeah...I mean...are fade spirits resistant to force? I never did take the time to check when I was playing with my two-hander.
if spirits are immune to "force" then they're immune to kinetics and therefore immune to swords and other sharp objects. assume a bug! or, you know, that they're really really heavy. this isn't exactly cow tipping.
Then there's essentially no way that my Hawke can seem unbiased. Plus. Champion wearing a dress say what?
You know...the actual in-game stat.