Ovek
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24 I think but I might have levelled up in the final battle so I could have ended up on 25.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition |OT2| Leave the damn Hinterlands!
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24 I think but I might have levelled up in the final battle so I could have ended up on 25.
Lies, it's two hundred percent fun.
Ovek
7Member7
I wouldn't know I played it on dirty casual mode and steam rolled my through enemies like they were made of paper haha!
Marvel
could never
haha! why didn't I do that.
And I've already mapped out my two extra playthroughs class, response and race wise.
The only time i had problems with Normal difficulty is when i went after the first dragon and i didn't know what to expect other than that it was pretty damn free, especially mid game and after
Nightmare on the other hand...you have to plan everything as precisly as possible, if the tank is off position or doesn't keep the aggro perfectly a single enemy can fuck up the rest of the party extremely fast
If you can keep your tank alive that is lol
I need to get Dorian asap, it's impossible without two barriers available
Anyway just got to level 4 now...i can't even close a lvl 4 rift tho lmao
disastermouse
Banned
Playing on normal I just beat a level 19 dragon as a level 16 Knight Enchanter. Whole party died (except me) very early. Just kept wacking away.
KE is...a little OP.
KE is...a little OP.
Scrupulous
Banned
Man ignoring all discussion on specialities I went and picked Necromancy and damn is it lacklustre. Even when I raise an enemy to fight for me it just stays in one spot glitching until I have to dismiss it. I wish we still had bloodmagic.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
I think my biggest issue with this game is that on normal the combat is to basic and easy and on nightmare you need to use good tactics but the tactical mode is terrible.
I'm hoping the patch in a better tactical camera and the ability to stack commands. Would make the game ten times more fun. In its current state I didn't really enjoy the combat at all.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Same. There was a brief period in between having to run back to camp after every other battle or so and before just holding down the button to win where the combat shines, but a honest to god tactical mode would make this basically the bar by which all other console-first WRPGs are measured against.
Basileus777
Member
And bring back DA2's tactics/ai programming options. That alone would fix so much.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Origins did it, as well. This is the first of the series without it.
It's not bad. I find myself using everyone though
DragonKnight
Member
I know ive asked this a few times but once more wont hurt: is it safe to boot this up and play now? Im on ps4 and i want to play with as few bugs as possible from the start.
Level-wise on Nightmare:
Last boss at 20 (or 21?)
Platinum (all 10 dragons) at 23 (well, I am farming a last throne upgrade, technically still).
Still could have ~10 hours of tearing through things. I did nothing of merit in the Hissing Wastes, have two dungeons in Graves to do, and a whole bunch of the smalls temples/shrines/caves scattered around. I'll save them for another playthrough.
A giant surplus of content is a nice way to put in replay value, at least.
People are wildly overstating Nightmare's difficulty as well as the poorness of the AI. Even without KE, it isn't that hard to go through battles without taking any damage. Just set your AI skills to the settings appropriately. Set them to follow themselves, favor their stuns/status moves, etc. Honestly, the only AI thing that I would actually "program" in settings is to keep at X distance if they're a Mage or Archer.
Last boss at 20 (or 21?)
Platinum (all 10 dragons) at 23 (well, I am farming a last throne upgrade, technically still).
Still could have ~10 hours of tearing through things. I did nothing of merit in the Hissing Wastes, have two dungeons in Graves to do, and a whole bunch of the smalls temples/shrines/caves scattered around. I'll save them for another playthrough.
A giant surplus of content is a nice way to put in replay value, at least.
People are wildly overstating Nightmare's difficulty as well as the poorness of the AI. Even without KE, it isn't that hard to go through battles without taking any damage. Just set your AI skills to the settings appropriately. Set them to follow themselves, favor their stuns/status moves, etc. Honestly, the only AI thing that I would actually "program" in settings is to keep at X distance if they're a Mage or Archer.
mr stroke
Member
Just finished the game at level 16 at 32 hours on normal.
I don't know how some of you guys are putting in 70-100 hours? Most of the side stuff is MMO type filler BS-"collect 10 of these" "deliver this here" etc.. Only side stuff I played was to power up or to get more party members. Game is pretty easy overall so I can only imagine finishing the game at max level is a cake walk?
The game could have been a shorter tighter experience. Fantastic game though. Probably my GOTY
I don't know how some of you guys are putting in 70-100 hours? Most of the side stuff is MMO type filler BS-"collect 10 of these" "deliver this here" etc.. Only side stuff I played was to power up or to get more party members. Game is pretty easy overall so I can only imagine finishing the game at max level is a cake walk?
The game could have been a shorter tighter experience. Fantastic game though. Probably my GOTY
There's a lot to appeal to different tastes. Hissing Wastes and Emprise di Leon are fun to explore. Upping the difficulty can keep things interesting. There's tons and tons of caves and dungeons that don't follow the MMO quest structure. People like the plot, or scenery, or music, or atmosphere. Dragon Age is great world design, so picking up codex entries, letters, or War Board events really help flesh the world out to a ridiculous degree. All of that adds up and pulls people to extreme playtimes.
Personally, I do think that it could be "tighter", but much of the appeal of the Skyrims, GTAs, and now Dragon Age are that they're so huge, and different people with different tastes can tailor their experience to their own interests. Cutting content may help increase the polish of same areas, but the final product may end up less appealing.
Exploding8
Member
The only reason I spent so much time with the game was because I thought the sidequests might have an impact on the outcome of the main story. None of them seemed to play much of a role, it seemed like the decisions that mattered were ones you make during the main story missions. So if anyone is in the same boat as I was, I would say just do the companion quests and story quests and only do the sidequests if you're in the mood to do so, don't worry about missing out story-wise. Think I would have enjoyed the game waaay more if I'd known
Finished the story at about 31 hours.
Loved the game, easily GOTY for me. I still have so much to do, there are a few areas I still haven't even unlocked.
My only gripes are the occasional bugs, and that you need to do the MMO style quests to get enough power to go through the story.
Still, great game, and I really hope to get either a sequel or a huge add on (or both).
Loved the game, easily GOTY for me. I still have so much to do, there are a few areas I still haven't even unlocked.
My only gripes are the occasional bugs, and that you need to do the MMO style quests to get enough power to go through the story.
Still, great game, and I really hope to get either a sequel or a huge add on (or both).
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Inquisition#Low_frame_rate
It lowers the visual fidelity though but greatly increases the fps
theusedversion
Member
30 hours? I don't think I had even left the Hinterlands at 30 hours. Haha. Finished with around 200 hours on one playthrough. I did everything.
Phat Michael
Banned
Those puzzles in the mythal ruins killed any small shred of interest I had left in this game. This game really went from incredible to absolutely dogshit by the end. So much wasted potential.
A Serious Man
Member
DA:I really needs a harder difficulty setting, Nightmare isn't hard at all if you just mind your barriers/CC.
Optional puzzles = "dogshit at the end"?
Skip them, or look at a guide. It's like 2 minutes total for the set of them.
Nameless
Member
Seriously. 35 hours in and I haven't even done the Empress Celene mission.
No it won't, you'll die easy on Nighmare (2 shots from a archer kill me and I'm a mage, this happened a lot before I got my class specialization), and the only good specialization for 2 handed warrior is the Reaver, it gets even more dangerous since you'll need to be weaken to get full advantage of Reaver.
Every fight for me went from "how many potions am I holding" to "just chain barrier lol". Ranged classes putting in work. I would much rather return to the old system of having a healer.
You can buy power in Skyhold. Hand in any requisitions you can. Close rifts.
Quite wrong, Reaver specialize is a beast. You can easily attack for
1000-2000 cleave
rapidly
At around level 10, difficulty becomes a joke. The real struggle is with the tactical cam.
70 hours in so far and it's still on my to-do list. Only just getting through the
Grey Warden
SuperSonic1305
Member
Filthy casual. Did you even read the codexes?
80 hours in and haven't done the Celene mission.
How would that even work when s/he can die in the first game?
Then again I guess Leliana can too...
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
Spoiler question related to Cassandra immediately following the ballroom mission:
I've been struggling with the choice between romancing Dorian or Cassandra but the latter just revealed that she may become the next divine, which would put her kind of off limits. My question is (and please be vague): is this something that is seriously considered in the story? Like, at some point will I have to choose between Leliana and Cassandra as the next Divine?
I don't want to choose Dorian on account of Cassandra's ambitions only for them to not pan out and I would also support her decision, even if it meant an end to our relationship.
I don't want to choose Dorian on account of Cassandra's ambitions only for them to not pan out and I would also support her decision, even if it meant an end to our relationship.
Schweinehund
Member
I'm up to level 10 on my characters (second playthorugh, first on hard), I'm using two warriors/two mages for my part (sucks I can't get lockpicking). It's been fine, the real test is fighting dragons though. Eventually I'm going to try to tank on my Knight Enchanter and add a third mage or maybe a ranged rogue to the party. Tank doesn't seem to be too important for the dragon fights because they usually do attacks directed toward ranged or a non specific tail swipe/claw attack.
The important thing is to grab some guard generating abilities (charging bull and the non taunt that generates guard seem useful) and setup class combos. I have disabled things like pommel strike and mighty blow and use them manually with winter's bite and the magic missile type spell.
hemtae
Member
Finally finished the game yesterday. I felt it wasn't as good overall as Dragon Age: Origins. The average companion writing was better but Origins didn't have anything as bad as Cole. It was a really good apology letter for Dragon Age 2, I'll give it that much. Also crafting was really neat.
Who becomes Divine is decided by many of your choices in the game. Most important are the major choices (Did you conscript or ally with mages/templars? Who did you support at the Winter Palace) followed by general dialogue choices regarding what to do with the Chantry and also who you decide to support with the War Table mission.
I really liked Cole...his Inner Circle quest is one of the best in the game.
Also, Oghren.
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
I conscripted the mages and saved Celene, I've been generally pro-Circle but fairly neutral towards the Chantry. I've been persuading Cassandra to go ahead and dissuading Leliana. How are things likely to fall for me?
You might not even realize it but there's a third Divine option and your choices probably support her...go talk to a certain pro-Circle companion. 
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
You might not even realize it but there's a third Divine option and your choices probably support her...go talk to a certain pro-Circle companion.
Oh dear, that does nothing to help my torn heart...
After reading everything about leaving the Hinterlands, I began to get nervous that I was going to ruin my gaming experience by playing the game the wrong way. Then I read that there are only like eight main missions? Is this the case? Is the main quest pretty short? Is there a right way to space out the missions? I'm getting way too nervous about this stuff. Someone please calm me down. Thanks.