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Dragon Age II |OT| The Revenge of Shit Mountain
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Basileus777
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Kyoufu said:
Potions are a better healing method anyway, especially the potions you get through crafting. I'm playing through nightmare with a team of a DW rogue, Aveline, Varric, and Merrill...ie no one who can cast heal and am having no real problems. Proper aggro management and good damage prevention is key though.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Mr_Zombie said:
Oh, it says 'summoning' so I thought it was pulling my DA2 character, since I thought the games were linked. Don't you unlock actual DA2 items for playing?
Either way, it never loaded, so it's probably borked. Bad launch!
Square Triangle
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The signature edition, is the content on the disc or a voucher?
fizzelopeguss
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FINALBOSS said:
Merril (Ms brain damage) is complete derpy derp derp fanfic wank.
Basileus777
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Kyoufu said:
Only buy crafted potions and burn through normal health potions first. Enemies drop health potions more when you are low on them.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Oh, I know he does. But if Merril at least had the creation tree, she'd be great with an upgraded heal spell as the last resort.subversus said:
Reluctant-Hero
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Console Peasant, right here.Durante said:
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Actually,LOZLINK said:
that initial "rutting" is a part of her active romance plot, If you make the right responses towards her. Banging her is just the beginning of her romance.
I know I'm a bit late to the character discussion, but I just wanted to say for the record that I think Alistair is the best character in the Dragon Age series. :>
I generally enjoy the DA2 companions but there's nobody that approaches him. Say what you want about Alistair, but he was a companion through-and-through. What I mean is he wasn't just some party member you pick at the selection screen - he felt like an actual companion to you throughout the entire adventure, with ups and downs and strife and joy, etc. He came off as quite naturalistic even given the style of dialogue, and he was amusingly sardonic most of the time.
I generally enjoy the DA2 companions but there's nobody that approaches him. Say what you want about Alistair, but he was a companion through-and-through. What I mean is he wasn't just some party member you pick at the selection screen - he felt like an actual companion to you throughout the entire adventure, with ups and downs and strife and joy, etc. He came off as quite naturalistic even given the style of dialogue, and he was amusingly sardonic most of the time.
RiderKairuu
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I keep hearing about this Fenris fellow. How do I get him?
RiderKairuu
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I would skip the quest that netted me another party member...Zeliard said:
Wolves Evolve
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Question:
In the console demo, the skills were on one big page. In the final version, each branch is on its own page and you flip between them. Is there any way to get it back to the whole-screen version? I like it a lot more.
I have a Mac, so no, the PC version is out of the question. (as is the terrible Mac version.)
In the console demo, the skills were on one big page. In the final version, each branch is on its own page and you flip between them. Is there any way to get it back to the whole-screen version? I like it a lot more.
I have a Mac, so no, the PC version is out of the question. (as is the terrible Mac version.)
RiderKairuu
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Im deep into Act 3Zeliard said:
Watched my friend go through the demo earlier today. Hell, he's not even big into RPGs but he liked DA:O enough to play through it twice and spend a few hours going through the different origin stories. He was pretty excited about DA2 going into it, but man, the look on his face when he started playing the game was actually rather depressing. Despite my thoughts on the game, I tried to give it a far shake of what it does well and what it doesn't.
He liked the simplified dialogue wheel, but the combat was what did him in. He played as a rogue and described the combat as "soulless". And... well... I couldn't exactly say that the combat gets any better as a rogue, given how I rolled mage. I'm just slightly curious here, are rogues more fun to screw around with as they were in DA:O? (Ie; setting traps, using stealth in combat, etc)
He liked the simplified dialogue wheel, but the combat was what did him in. He played as a rogue and described the combat as "soulless". And... well... I couldn't exactly say that the combat gets any better as a rogue, given how I rolled mage. I'm just slightly curious here, are rogues more fun to screw around with as they were in DA:O? (Ie; setting traps, using stealth in combat, etc)
DodgyGeezerFella
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HixxSAFC said:
Looks like the beta patch is now official -
http://social.bioware.com/page/da2-patches
I'm starting to turn on this. I can see where the complaints about this game being too much like an MMO came from.
Combat is too mashy (partly due to the fights pretty much always taking place in confined spaces), was playing on hard but got frustrated by the time it took to take stuff down so dropped it to normal.
Lots of visiting similar looking areas (didn't really happen till bout my 8th hour in).
Finally, the quests are too mundane and despite the abundance of them, starting to get boring.
I'll definitely finish it but I'll probably cut corners (read, not get close to doing all the side stuff) and won't, as I originally planned, be doing a second play through.
Ah, well, looks like ME is the only Bioware series I am going to love.
Combat is too mashy (partly due to the fights pretty much always taking place in confined spaces), was playing on hard but got frustrated by the time it took to take stuff down so dropped it to normal.
Lots of visiting similar looking areas (didn't really happen till bout my 8th hour in).
Finally, the quests are too mundane and despite the abundance of them, starting to get boring.
I'll definitely finish it but I'll probably cut corners (read, not get close to doing all the side stuff) and won't, as I originally planned, be doing a second play through.
Ah, well, looks like ME is the only Bioware series I am going to love.
This game has flashes of brilliance. I loaded it up, and felt like it was going to be a laborious task to get the game finished so I can start Homefront and play Crysis 2 next week. Lo and behold I played the game for almost 3 hours straight and had to pull myself away. This would be the perfect expansion pack to the real DA2. I really like what they've done with the combat.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I don't think I hated any of the companions, although Anders got on my nerves a few times, especially with his DBag move in the third act. Can someone tell me if he still does that thing he does if you don't assist him in doing it?
Merril was great to have in your party, some of the dialog was highly amusing imo. My standard party for practically the whole game was Mage Hawk + Varric + Merril + Aveline.
Merril was great to have in your party, some of the dialog was highly amusing imo. My standard party for practically the whole game was Mage Hawk + Varric + Merril + Aveline.
ThoseDeafMutes said:
You missed out. Some of the best party banter was from Isabella, especially with her prodding of Aveline. I also really like how the party banter advances with the game and the relationships.
But the winner has to be Varric and his crime novels written based off of Aveline. Loved the nod to Lethal Weapon he does in there.
Aveline complains someone is going to find out its her in the book, so Varric agrees to retire the main character, "though it might be a tough three chapters. He's getting to old for this shit."
Gamer @ Heart
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*sigh* This is going to be weird playing a mage build and siding with
Questions:
Whats the fastest way to get a character to rival?
How will the 360 patch work for the glitched achievements? Will i earn them after the patch or will i have to go through those parts again?
Its unacceptable how many achievements are glitched and the buggynes of the game. The last hour of my play through a certain enemy type i was battling against, of which there where alot, didnt even show up. They where flying helmets with swords. It was weird.
the templars
Questions:
Whats the fastest way to get a character to rival?
How will the 360 patch work for the glitched achievements? Will i earn them after the patch or will i have to go through those parts again?
Its unacceptable how many achievements are glitched and the buggynes of the game. The last hour of my play through a certain enemy type i was battling against, of which there where alot, didnt even show up. They where flying helmets with swords. It was weird.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I think the funniest bit I played was near the end, a fight with a giant pride demon. The game thought it was in non-combat mode, and so Aveline and Varric were practically immortal (while my other two were dead). As soon as they'd get hit, they would instantly regenerate. The annoying thing was that I had to constantly tell Varric to fire, because otherwise the game would have him holster his crossbow.
Hope so. It's so absurd seeing Mage Hawke talk to Templars. "Those mages...!" says Cullen, "Haha, those mages!" says Hawke, wearing a robe. With a staff on his back*. You'd think the MAGE UNIFORM would tip someone off, or expect word to get around, but no... We'll just act like he's not one. Alright then.X-Frame said:
*floating near it, in any case.
I keep thinking of those DA:O machinima clips. Why can't the cut scenes be that well directed...?
Sir Garbageman
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zmoney said:
Wasn't a particularly effective character in combat and the lack of any real dialogue. To be fair he did have decent interactions with other characters. I much prefer the way DA2 handles your mabari.
Side Note, The Long Road quest
Aveline's Act II companion quest where she needs your help romancing the guard
HadesGigas
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Rufus said:
It's absurd no matter what. If you're not a mage then Bethany is there making loud comments about how we shouldn't act suspicious.
Also in my game I gave Anders a staff that has a big human skull on the end of it. Totally inconspicuous.
Lostconfused
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Eventually the templars just say that they don't care that Hawke is a mage.HadesGigas said:
But then again the things the mages say in the game are equally ridiculous "You have money and a fancy mansion, you don't really know what its like to be mage. You don't know the plight of the oppressed oh noes"
Edit: jeez sometimes I can't even believe some of my typos.
ThoseDeafMutes
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My mage bodycount in kirkwall was ridiculous. Aren't mages supposed to be rare or something? I must have killed five hundred during the game. The number of people who threw themselves into the Hawk meatgrinder was also absurd. At least in the first game most of your kills were darkspawn and people from a variety of different locations around Fereldon and beyond. This is just one city.
WickedLaharl
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can you only have one romance? i was a little too nice to anders and he threw himself at me :/