have you played other DA games? lol
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Dragon Age: Inquisition |OT2| Leave the damn Hinterlands!
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have you played other DA games? lol
Seriously. This was my experience too. He just died constantly. So I stopped using him.
Holy crap Thousand Cuts is broken. Was fighting the Crestwood dragon on Nightmare and when I was moving Sera away I noticed she had enough focus to use it, so I did and she took it from around 60% to 0%. Completely destroyed it. Next time I'm going to put on the two Thousand Cut rings I got and just use it from the getgo, see if I can oneshot...
So I have a bug where quick travel and warping to Skyhold are grayed out, am I totally stuck in Emprise du Lion? Apparently the game thinks I'm still in a dungeon even though I can run all over the map and rest at camps, just can't teleport to them.
I just killed the boss and claimed
for the Inquisition, need to talk to
to complete the quest, but can't find him. I also unlocked the
operation before doing this quest and apparently it makes the game glitchy?
http://forum.bioware.com/topic/527596-mystery-quest-in-suledin-keep/
I just killed the boss and claimed
Suledin Keep
Michel
Judicael's Crossing
http://forum.bioware.com/topic/527596-mystery-quest-in-suledin-keep/
anexanhume
Member
Okay, so level 24 may be a little overpowered for the final fight. Crafting OP equipment from dragon materials probably didn't help. That said, 120 hours and completely done. Bring on the DLC.
It's irritating that some of the more infuriating aspects of the game could've been solved with just a bit of thinking.
South-west Hinterlands between the camp and the mercenary fortress on Nightmare mode, there are just way too many mobs to get anything done.
You'll be fighting a bear, then get ganked by assassins, then another bear will come at the end of the fight until you're in a endless cycle of just surviving your last fight.
South-west Hinterlands between the camp and the mercenary fortress on Nightmare mode, there are just way too many mobs to get anything done.
You'll be fighting a bear, then get ganked by assassins, then another bear will come at the end of the fight until you're in a endless cycle of just surviving your last fight.
a secret-boss
Banned
I actually played the first one and skipped 2
I mean you can change tone every game
Its not called "Mage Vs Templar: end of the world" Age
there are thousand cuts rings?
what difficulty are you playing on? I've tried TC on dragons at least 23 on Hard and definitely was not doing 60% damage. And that's even with lightning flask and two 450 damage daggers.
Full focus on nightmare Sera 1 shot dragons for me with Thousand cuts. Dragons in general are super easy anyway. Either do that or throw on some damage buffs and just auto attack it to death with lightning flask.
Yes there are thousand cuts rings, I have two. I'm playing on Nightmare difficulty as mentioned in my post.
My Sera was level 14 when I did it, using a bow I crafted for her. She had the fire flask buff on at the time if that makes any difference. It was a full level 3 focus.
I dunno what else was going on that caused that much damage, as I said I just kinda did it randomly when I was moving her away from the dragon.
sorry somehow missed Nightmare in your post. That's crazy.
The DAI tavern songs sung by the bard are being made available free on PC from now until Feb 9th, after which they can be purchased.
Link: http://www.dragonage.com/en_US/news...-sust&cid=34382&ts=1422302431352&sf35803400=1
Link: http://www.dragonage.com/en_US/news...-sust&cid=34382&ts=1422302431352&sf35803400=1
Nice. Grabbing that right now.
thechristoph
Sir!
I felt the same way.
Go to the war room at the back of the Chantry. That's how you unlock new places to explore using the Power you've build up by closing rifts and completing quests. Then you can access the map screen and hit Y to access the world map and fast travel to any of the new places you've unlocked.
I know this... but now I have like 3 places that need 20 power each and I"m all like 'Hrmm okay which one..."
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Finished it last night, just over 60 hours. Did the romance but no companion side-quests aside from Leliana's, spent very little time in the Hinterlands (went back for the mounts and to find Redcliffe), fully mapped a few areas (left 3 unexplored), did the final boss fight at level 19, slew two dragons. Sandy Howler wrecked me with its Dragonling summoning every time I got it low and the one in the Storm Coast was skipped since I was underleveled. Went dual-dagger rogue with assassin (didn't know about tempest cheese).
Questions:
Thoughts on the game:
-PC interface sucked. Tactical camera was useless besides analyzing dragon weaknesses (couldn't queue attacks). Navigating inventory/skills was terrible. I imagine it worked really well on a controller though.
-I ran out of War Table missions at the end. The length of operations didn't really bother me as I played almost every day but not for very long. Some days I'd just login to check on my plants and operations.
-Inquisition Perks didn't seem that helpful. Skipped the merchant ones and the codex XP wasn't retroactive. I did a few of the combat ones, the inventory increase, and enough Secrets perks for the lock-picking.
-I was almost always at inventory capacity. At least schematics and crafting materials didn't count. There should've been a bank/storage system.
-Melee combat is maddening. I'd be holding down left-click to go through an attack sequence only to find out the enemy is slightly too far away. Lack of feedback for skills that don't trigger doesn't help, skill bar is too small for the number of skills you get, and targeting can be iffy (I'd be attacking a dragon leg and suddenly it's targeting another one).
-Gold was pretty useless to me. I usually hoard anyway, but there was nothing really worth the cost. And what's with the war table operations that gave <100 gold late-game?
-The Winter Palace quest was interesting but too long. What happened to all the secrets I acquired? Why aren't there enough Halla statues around to unlock all the doors? Should I backtrack? Is there a map? Where should I go next? Why are they rushing me through the outside areas by decreasing my court approval? Why does Leliana look so much better with a hood on?
-Initial loading time was poor, but otherwise it ran well on auto-detect settings (averaged around 30fps with the stress test). Ran into a few unexpected crash-to-desktops but no major bugs encountered.
-Only tried multiplayer a couple times but the lag was atrocious. Completed one scenario where all I did was run and still lagged behind my teammates who killed everything.
Questions:
I drank from the well. I assume if Morrigan drank there would be no dragon-taming (she'd be the dragon)? Was there any way to actually destroy it?
Who was the lady in the lake (last to go through the Eluvian before it closed)?
I did the demon baby in DA:O so I saw the Flemeth scene. What happens if he didn't exist/ didn't have the archdemon soul?
Is the only difference between continuing with the game (as opposed to booting up a pre-final save) the absence of Solas?
Who was the lady in the lake (last to go through the Eluvian before it closed)?
I did the demon baby in DA:O so I saw the Flemeth scene. What happens if he didn't exist/ didn't have the archdemon soul?
Is the only difference between continuing with the game (as opposed to booting up a pre-final save) the absence of Solas?
Thoughts on the game:
-PC interface sucked. Tactical camera was useless besides analyzing dragon weaknesses (couldn't queue attacks). Navigating inventory/skills was terrible. I imagine it worked really well on a controller though.
-I ran out of War Table missions at the end. The length of operations didn't really bother me as I played almost every day but not for very long. Some days I'd just login to check on my plants and operations.
-Inquisition Perks didn't seem that helpful. Skipped the merchant ones and the codex XP wasn't retroactive. I did a few of the combat ones, the inventory increase, and enough Secrets perks for the lock-picking.
-I was almost always at inventory capacity. At least schematics and crafting materials didn't count. There should've been a bank/storage system.
-Melee combat is maddening. I'd be holding down left-click to go through an attack sequence only to find out the enemy is slightly too far away. Lack of feedback for skills that don't trigger doesn't help, skill bar is too small for the number of skills you get, and targeting can be iffy (I'd be attacking a dragon leg and suddenly it's targeting another one).
-Gold was pretty useless to me. I usually hoard anyway, but there was nothing really worth the cost. And what's with the war table operations that gave <100 gold late-game?
-The Winter Palace quest was interesting but too long. What happened to all the secrets I acquired? Why aren't there enough Halla statues around to unlock all the doors? Should I backtrack? Is there a map? Where should I go next? Why are they rushing me through the outside areas by decreasing my court approval? Why does Leliana look so much better with a hood on?
-Initial loading time was poor, but otherwise it ran well on auto-detect settings (averaged around 30fps with the stress test). Ran into a few unexpected crash-to-desktops but no major bugs encountered.
-Only tried multiplayer a couple times but the lag was atrocious. Completed one scenario where all I did was run and still lagged behind my teammates who killed everything.
-Being able to convince Calpernia to rebel against Corypheus was nice, though it was funny that you were carrying that scroll all along.
BigJonsson
Member
I think I can leave the Hinterlands now, finished pretty much all the quests I think
I was trying to get the south west camp in the Hinterlands on nightmare and had to fight 1 Bear, 2 Great Bears (due to quest) 3 Hounds and 2 Wolves all in one battle.
Still the most annoying enemies on Nightmare are Lesser Terrors and Wraiths due to their insane damage as it bypasses armor.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Lesser Terrors and Rage demons at low level is literally rage inducing. Wraiths are annoying when they focus on you in bulk.
Quoting myself, patch came out today and fixed my issue. Lucky me!
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Well that's disappointing. I killed the Highland Revenger dragon and the trophy didn't appear for killing all dragons. This is the first time a trophy ever glitched on me. I'll do it again in my next playthrough.
BigJonsson
Member
Crap, I think I missed out on recruiting
Oh wait, I did trigger the quest, never mind
iron bull?
Oh wait, I did trigger the quest, never mind
Arjen
Member
Reload a save and do it again, that seems to work for most people.
So, after finally getting through the first part of the Mage's mission on Nightmare when you are separated with Dorian, the game gives me the 'can't select conversation options so you've gotta reset the game' bug. Infuriating to say the least.
I've enjoyed this game for the most part but I'm going to think twice before buying another bioware game. A lot of this feels rushed and some of the bugs are so detrimental to gameplay, I'm surprised they got through testing.
I've enjoyed this game for the most part but I'm going to think twice before buying another bioware game. A lot of this feels rushed and some of the bugs are so detrimental to gameplay, I'm surprised they got through testing.
backflip10019
Member
Well, I killed the final high dragon and the achievement didn't pop. Stupid Xbox Live.
Yep, that was the last one I killed, too. Lame.
Yep, that was the last one I killed, too. Lame.
it's a bug. Go back to a previous save and beat another dragon, and it should pop.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Is it just me or is there a serious lack of Qunari in this game? Outside of Iron Bull (and his companion quests) I don't think I saw any.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Haha first time I went into western and south western Hinterlands about 2-3 levels underleveled, I was getting destroyed by bears and assassins... was barely surviving, hanging onto dear life through parries and my two tanks... and every single time I thought I almost had the last enemy dead, I would get flanked again.
I refused to try escape the area and restock on potions... and I barely hung in there and god I was happy to finally reach that last camp site haha
actually one of my most memorable moments in the game (up there with giants in Emprise du Lion)
sometimes there's 1 up on the castle wall beside Cullen's tower!
....that's about it though lol
sometimes there's 1 up on the castle wall beside Cullen's tower!
....that's about it though lol
DA2 had more than enough. I'm ok with it.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Iron Bull basically outlines why the Qunari are laying low. The war is in full swing and they want Bull and agents like Bull to tell them where the wind blows. You even get the option during an act 2 dialogue with Bull to accept Qunari troops.
Forgive my ignorance, Inquisition is my first proper Dragon Age title (I played parts of DA:O & DA2). Just read on the 2015 RPG thread that Origins had 6 unique prologue chapters depending on race & class? Were these genuine?
Inquisition could've used some spiced up prologues besides for "What's that green thing on your hand, you *insert derogatory racial term*?!"
Inquisition could've used some spiced up prologues besides for "What's that green thing on your hand, you *insert derogatory racial term*?!"
true
Each race and some classes had their own unique origin story, was a really nice little system and added something more personal to each character.
Problem is I think Bioware looked at the metrics and saw that the majority of people played as a boring human and decided it was not worth implanting in future games.
seriously? who the F would play as human?
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Dalish elf master race
hemtae
Member
They had the best landmeet options.
you're not going to know what a landsmeet is when you're starting up the game.
Melchiah
Member
So this happened after I crafted my latest greataxe :
The pommel is just here next to me, floating in the air, at all times. Tried unequipping the axe, giving it to another character... nothing works. It only gets back into place during cutscenes.
I've come to get used to it. Kinda reminds me of my time with Destiny.
The Destiny remark gave me a smile.
I had a similar bug with the armor that I crafted, which stretched the inquisitor's arms in cutscenes as seen below.
Luckily, I found schematics for another armor later on, which didn't have the issue.
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
So guys I got round to playing this game and I'm not sure how I feel about it.
I mean I guess I'm Enjoying it, I'm at the farm area just now but I just seen to be dying all the time, especially at the rift where the west roads are just before the farm.
I decided to roll as a rogue archer but yeah I dunno what's going on >.<
I mean I guess I'm Enjoying it, I'm at the farm area just now but I just seen to be dying all the time, especially at the rift where the west roads are just before the farm.
I decided to roll as a rogue archer but yeah I dunno what's going on >.<
Icefire1424
Member
I just got into this as well (finally). Check the level of the baddies you're trying to fight. There are a few rifts in the Hinterlands with enemies North of level 10 that will mess you up pretty quickly. The rift in the river near the farm comes to mind immediately.
Personal thoughts having played Origins and DA:2? I love this game. At times it almost feels like a hybrid of Dragon Age and WoW. Love how much more open it is that Origins, and I'm having a lot of fun with the crafting system. I missed being able to customize everyone's loadouts from 2, really glad that came back.
backflip10019
Member
Leave. The. Fucking. Hinterlands.
There are a ton of higher level bad guys that you pretty much can't beat at a low level. Go to other areas and level up. The Hinterlands is pretty much just an intro level -- most of the quests are bad. You're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't move on by like level 6/7.
I plan on picking up Dragon Age 1 & 2 on the xbox live sale, they're going for like $4 each.
My question - is the Legacy DLC for DA2 good? The game itself is $4 but the DLC is $10. I know about the boss in that DLC and how important he is but is the DLC itself good enough to justify spending double of what I'm paying for on the actual game?
My question - is the Legacy DLC for DA2 good? The game itself is $4 but the DLC is $10. I know about the boss in that DLC and how important he is but is the DLC itself good enough to justify spending double of what I'm paying for on the actual game?
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
Thanks
Yeah I'm level 6 now so I'll move onto the other areas now. I've unlocked loads in the war room so I guess I should put it to good use!
One last quick question as this is my first Dragons Age game, should I be buying Schematics/weapons/armour from vendors or does armour etc drop as I progress?
I'm used to games like wow/Diablo where I can get things from just drops and not necessarily having to buy stuff but I'm unsure if it's the same process in this game!
backflip10019
Member
Decent armor drops occasionally, but I found that crafting your own armor/weapons every few levels yields the best equipment. A good way to tell if you need to craft again is once you start finding better equipment than you currently have.Thanks
Yeah I'm level 6 now so I'll move onto the other areas now. I've unlocked loads in the war room so I guess I should put it to good use!
One last quick question as this is my first Dragons Age game, should I be buying Schematics/weapons/armour from vendors or does armour etc drop as I progress?
I'm used to games like wow/Diablo where I can get things from just drops and not necessarily having to buy stuff but I'm unsure if it's the same process in this game!
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
Sweet thank you!
Is the Botanist trophy glitched for anyone? Just wondering because I'm pretty sure I've harvested more than 50 at this point, but I'm going backwards and forwards to do it as it's the last trophy I need before the final story ones on Nightmare.
Already killed 11 dragons and had to hit level 20 twice for those trophies, so thought I'd ask before I lose my sanity in going backwards and forwards from Skyhold.
EDIT: of course, after I post that, it pops the next herb I grab. Onwards to the platinum!
Already killed 11 dragons and had to hit level 20 twice for those trophies, so thought I'd ask before I lose my sanity in going backwards and forwards from Skyhold.
EDIT: of course, after I post that, it pops the next herb I grab. Onwards to the platinum!