Oh man. Fallow Mire was the best part questline/area of the game, but you're way overleveled for it now. There's nothing in the Forbidden Oasis but the shard exchange and generic quests.
Should have left the Hinterlands earlier.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition |OT2| Leave the damn Hinterlands!
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Oh man. Fallow Mire was the best part questline/area of the game, but you're way overleveled for it now. There's nothing in the Forbidden Oasis but the shard exchange and generic quests.
Should have left the Hinterlands earlier.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Finally 35 hours later i will leave the hinterlands.
MuddyDonut
Member
Is Sera worth romancing? Might choose her on my second play through.
You get titties and ass unlike Josephine, I say go for it.
Tempesta di Fuoco
Banned
Only if you want to sex up the grossest, most annoying character in BioWare history, right?
MuddyDonut
Member
So since when did reverents come out of rifts?
On my second play through and kicked it off today after the patch. Was messing around in the swamp at level 8 and hit a rift where one of those fellows came out and proceeded to paste my mages very fast.
I never saw one my first time through the game, but maybe that was just strange rng.
On my second play through and kicked it off today after the patch. Was messing around in the swamp at level 8 and hit a rift where one of those fellows came out and proceeded to paste my mages very fast.
I never saw one my first time through the game, but maybe that was just strange rng.
I have no idea what to make of her. To me she is like Jack from Mass Effect series. Nothing really endearing about either of them.
Sara and Tiny Tina would get along swimmingly.
Some high level rifts kick them out not sure if rifts are random. I had a rift that spat out 4 pride demons which was laughably easy but next one spat out 5 despair demons and I got wrecked hard.
figadapaura
Member
No accounting for taste.
Nothing in this game beats Dorians ass even Cassandras high quality boobs could not compete against Dorians Mage buns
figadapaura
Member
Haha if I ever get around to playing a male inquisitor, I'd probably end up romancing him.
Sera actually has some really sweet romance moments. Love her awkward quirkiness.
(plus her accent makes me homesick so I'm biased).
chrominance
Member
That's kind of weird to me because if I remember the character creator correctly, that implies Bioware had only two age settings: "supermodel young" and "grandmother's corpse." Surely that can't be right. Or maybe there were less severe aging patterns that blended in Ultra to nothingness?
Deified Data
Banned
To me there was a very clear distinction between young, middle aged, and old. Not sure where middle aged got lost in that.
LurkerPrime
Member
Not yet.
I finally got passed
Do all of the interesting sidequests occur after you get Skyhold? I have unlocked the Storm Coast, The Fallow Mire, and Forbidden Oasis and they all seem to have fetch quests like the Hinterlands. Will I miss any cool questlines if I move the story along?
Alexius after three fights since the game crashed twice during the post fight cutscene. That was a cool questline and fight despite the technical issues I've been having. Those slowdown and speedup circles were a neat idea.
I am very happy that even though I picked the mage quest I did not have to endorse their goals. Cullen pitched a fit when I decided to strike a deal with the mages then was almost giddy after I imprisoned them while Leliana and Josephine were angry with me. Sorry guys, the mages are too dumb and dangerous to let out on their own now. Maybe we'll talk about freedom once they get some competent leadership.
I am very happy that even though I picked the mage quest I did not have to endorse their goals. Cullen pitched a fit when I decided to strike a deal with the mages then was almost giddy after I imprisoned them while Leliana and Josephine were angry with me. Sorry guys, the mages are too dumb and dangerous to let out on their own now. Maybe we'll talk about freedom once they get some competent leadership.
Do all of the interesting sidequests occur after you get Skyhold? I have unlocked the Storm Coast, The Fallow Mire, and Forbidden Oasis and they all seem to have fetch quests like the Hinterlands. Will I miss any cool questlines if I move the story along?
Ploid 3.0
Member
Finally got robot bow, I think I'm going to start saving for 5+ chests before I start opening them from now on. It seems better, or at least you get an effect of loot-splosions. I still want a awesome awesome staff though. Using ilvl 20 Base DMG:65 Staff of the Void for now which is good with the 10% chance to activate Walking Fortress for 2 seconds but that thing never really helps me out I don't think.
Archer with Punched by the Maker.
Hunter with Robot bow.
I really hope they do something for assassin and alchemist, I have nice weapons for them but they seem too prone to get killed in perilous. Same for Reaver and Katari, Reaver just need a fix on an ability not working.
Archer with Punched by the Maker.
Hunter with Robot bow.
I really hope they do something for assassin and alchemist, I have nice weapons for them but they seem too prone to get killed in perilous. Same for Reaver and Katari, Reaver just need a fix on an ability not working.
Wandering around Griffin Keep, come across squad of recruits.
Sergeant: "Who can tell me the primary weapons of the Inquisition?"
Recruit 1: "Surprise, sir?"
/dead
Fucking LOVE this game. I knew that there would be a Monty Python joke in there somewhere, didn't expect it to be relatively subtle.
Sergeant: "Who can tell me the primary weapons of the Inquisition?"
Recruit 1: "Surprise, sir?"
/dead
Fucking LOVE this game. I knew that there would be a Monty Python joke in there somewhere, didn't expect it to be relatively subtle.
PooBone
Member
I beat this game earlier today. It's my game of the year. Final playtime was 97:40 I was pissed that the dialogue with Scout Harding implied I could romance her right up until the end and then just sort of stopped. Blackwall was my favorite of the party characters. EDIT: Three times I had to restart main story missions due to bugs.
Parmadillo Marshmallow
Member
Fade touched ring velvet says 10% chance to use Hidden Blades. If I put this on heavy armor, will my warrior actually do Hidden Blades?
CrichtonKicks
Member
Did Leliana's personal quest and, damn, that was
grim and kind of depressing. Having her resigned to life as a spymaster and assassin is just a sad outcome after her start in DA:O. Was there any way to get a different outcome?
Ended up going with Reaver for my specialization again. Everything else for warriors is so slow. They really needed another dps spec.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Deified Data
Banned
So guys where do I get spiritual essense for the tempest quest? Have been closing rifts but hadn't found anyalso what else I need? I got the containers and the book.
The quest specifies to find certain roving packs of demons in the Storm Coast. They drop them.
Edit: Or am I thinking of the containment apparatus? Can't remember.
Wow, same thing happened to me. I had a fight
Alexius
figadapaura
Member
Yeah.
You can stop her killing sister whatshername and she realises that killing isn't the only option. You have to stop her killing that traitor dude right at the start in Haven or you can't stop her at the temple.
Yup the I found the containment on storm coast, can't find the essense tou.
I used to have it on windowed fullscreen but instead of that DirectX crash it would freeze during cutscenes. I'll try disabling AO also to see if that will help. Thanks
figadapaura
Member
How did you have her before winter palace? she seems to always approve of me, Ive done all her side quests, always take her with me, she wont talk to me that much, I only after WP got everyone's final sidequest...
UnObtainium17
Member
Shut yo mouth right now. You're sounding blasphemous. She is the best side kick in the game.
Ok I feel really dumb now
After 53hours in I just realized that I'm not sure I understand the Focus mechanic properly? lol
I was looking at the video for the ritual thing and the guy was playing with keyboard and mouse and you can clearly see the three bars for the three levels of focus...
However, I'm playing with a controler and I feel like I only see one level of Focus? Like I see the bunch of small gems that fills up and then it becomes one full bar that does about 25% of the circumference of my ability circle on the right side... Is that it?
After 53hours in I just realized that I'm not sure I understand the Focus mechanic properly? lol
I was looking at the video for the ritual thing and the guy was playing with keyboard and mouse and you can clearly see the three bars for the three levels of focus...
However, I'm playing with a controler and I feel like I only see one level of Focus? Like I see the bunch of small gems that fills up and then it becomes one full bar that does about 25% of the circumference of my ability circle on the right side... Is that it?
LurkerPrime
Member
You think too much.
Go meet the Iron Bull in
Storm Coast
Speaking of the Bull, I just learned that Freddie Prinze Jr. voices Iron Bull. He's way more talented than I ever would have guessed... he's done a fantastic job with the character, as have the writers.
There's three focus levels. One is unlocked from story progression, and the other two are unlocked by Inquisition perks.
The focus bar is, simply put, the three lines just above the ability bar.
Right so I only have one bar but that's normal since I don't have the perk... phew lol.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Apparently the hotfix is out?
Can anyone confirm?
Can anyone confirm?
Just finished it myself, I think its a great character arc, wouldn't have it any other way really.
I didn't realize until extremely late in the game that each character had their own focus bar. Prior to that realization, I hadn't even bothered to have most characters learn their focus abilities (only Inquisitor, Viv, and Sera).
But even after I figured them all out, I only actually used focus on dragons. :/
But even after I figured them all out, I only actually used focus on dragons. :/
figadapaura
Member
what did she do to you?
Do you have the inquisition perks that unlock additional focus levels? There are two, and they're in Cullen's path. As you add them, you'll gain additional sections of yellow bar around the circle.
No idea what the gems represent, but I've got them also.
Also, can someone tell me the best way to farm spirit essences?
LurkerPrime
Member
I think the hotfix just released.
Unfortunately, I've got no idea how check whether Origin downloaded something or not...
Unfortunately, I've got no idea how check whether Origin downloaded something or not...
Deified Data
Banned
Haha, gonna need some good impressions before I take Origin back online. Who's gonna be our guinea pig?