Scrooge McDuck
Member
I ignore most of the little sidequests and the levels are mostly just right for me aside from when I went to Fallow Mire just before the final story quest. If you are having it too easy, try bumping it to Nightmare?
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Dragon Age: Inquisition |OT2| Leave the damn Hinterlands!
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I ignore most of the little sidequests and the levels are mostly just right for me aside from when I went to Fallow Mire just before the final story quest. If you are having it too easy, try bumping it to Nightmare?
FF Seraphim
Member
I do not know if I would agree with this... I mean I am about 40 hours in and I just hit level 15 and I haven't done the
Winter Ball
I guess it really depends on how many side quests you do since missions get your more EXP than killing random stuff.
RageWaffles
Member
Yes. It definitely is. I'm level 23, and the last story mission I did was at the Winter Palace... Seems great for those people who like to speed through things, though.
texhnolyze
Banned
I won't ignore side quests, I just can't.
I did Winter Palace a while ago, at level 18. I've yet to visit Emprise du Lion and I'm already level 20. And from what I've read on the internet, the zone is recommended for level 16+. I guess switching to Nightmare is the only way to go.
I think the exp bonus perks for reading codex also a big source of exp besides side quests. But those are somewhat important for unlocking additional dialogue options.
Deified Data
Banned
I kinda have this issue too on the same difficulty, but I'm not sure if it's my fault or the game's for feeling compelled to complete most of an area's side content before progressing. The underrated Kingdoms of Amalur had a similar problem albeit in a much more pronounced fashion. I don't think the devs anticipated that people would want to be completionists so early on. Perhaps they should have, I don't know. What I do know is that the only real alternatives to static levelled zones are scaled ones (which reduce your sense of progression) or drastically reducing the exp awarded by quests and enemies (which would force you to grind and disrupt the pacing).
I'll probably bump it up to nightmare if things get too easy.
Edit: I agree that simply ignoring side content isn't really an option here. Ideally the game would have challenges appropriate for characters lv. 25 and beyond.
Nightmare + FF.
I really dislike how much of the game is geared toward a balanced party.
Takes a lot of fun out of experimenting.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
So I just finished
How far am I till the end? 63 hours in to be precise.
both of the act 2 quests and am about to start What Pride Had Wrought.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I think the game was definitely designed for non-completionists... I truly would welcome a bit more level scaling to be honest, if it meant not over-levelling so many areas.
I'm level 17 at the moment and just finished the Ball mission.... at least I'm on par with the Dragons now though (killed the first 5) - god damn, I love Dragon hunting in this game!
chrominance
Member
Apparently I'm the only person who thinks leveling in this game takes too LONG. For some reason I'm always entering main story quests near the bottom of the level range, which was doable up until the final mission, whereupon I get totally destroyed.
A few hours later and I'm so fed up with the game giving me experience in tiny dribs and drabs that I'm about ready to drop to medium or easy and get the final fight out of the way so I can shelve Inquisition for a long while.
If this game were twenty hours shorter, it'd be a lot better. I'm getting perilously close to doubling my Dragon Age 2 time.
I find that fight requires way too much micromanagement thanks to the bullshit red lyrium walls and the lyrium ray of doom, and the awful tactical camera just makes it worse. I've made it to what I think is the second stage exactly twice, whereupon everyone gets murdered by demons because it takes all my attention just to keep my mages alive without them being pounded by demons while attacking Corypheus.
If this game were twenty hours shorter, it'd be a lot better. I'm getting perilously close to doubling my Dragon Age 2 time.
Okay, so here's a question about a particular character. I'm on Here Lies The Abyss and have just met up with
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My special ally
Stroud
My special ally
Hawke had the comical/sarcastic personality in Dragon Age 2 but so far he hasn't said anything remotely funny. Is it normal for him to be so serious up to this point?
chrominance
Member
I don't recall anything in the Keep asking if your Hawke was sarcastic or not, and since your DA2 save doesn't carry over directly, I don't know how Inquisition would know what kind of personality your Hawke had. Hell, it doesn't even keep your Hawke's appearance. For reference, my Hawke was pretty serious too, though I played her more straight in DA2 personally.
hemtae
Member
There is definitely something in the keep asking what Hawke's personality was like. I found my Hawke to be a bit more serious than I liked but he still said some sarcastic quips from time to time.
OniBarubary
Banned
You tell me how to get this and you tell me now. I'll tell you where to find the easter egg of a skeleton washed up on some rocks with a broken boat and nothing but wheels of cheese around his corpse.
Managed to kill the Hinterlands Dragon with the help of Fade Touched Obsidian and it rewarded me with some T3/T4 mats.
Managed to get rid of a rift +5 levels higher than me and now that I have some Silverite (I've heard that it lets mages and rogues equip Heavy armour though I'm probably wrong on that) I should be able to just steam roll everything.
Nothing says OP like a KE with gear crafted with high level mats and fade touched Obsidian.
Need to see if that Silverite thing works tomorrow.
Managed to get rid of a rift +5 levels higher than me and now that I have some Silverite (I've heard that it lets mages and rogues equip Heavy armour though I'm probably wrong on that) I should be able to just steam roll everything.
Nothing says OP like a KE with gear crafted with high level mats and fade touched Obsidian.
Need to see if that Silverite thing works tomorrow.
It was a huge piece of cheese on a random table in Crestwood. You can't miss it.
OniBarubary
Banned
I somehow did. Aw man. I'm running back there now.
How are people fighting in combat and upgrading abilities? The game is good but think the combat system is too convoluted.
As controlling one person, I am fighting and selecting main abilities and just letting my squad do what they want. Seems to be working. Yes, you can freeze to control others but think it takes too long.
And when upgrading abilities, I think there is too many especially to map as a button and a pain to tell which can be mapped or not. For example, Sora's Revival ability, you can't map as I assume he does it on his own? So I just run around as one guy selecting the front abilities and let my squad do their thing. Common?
As controlling one person, I am fighting and selecting main abilities and just letting my squad do what they want. Seems to be working. Yes, you can freeze to control others but think it takes too long.
And when upgrading abilities, I think there is too many especially to map as a button and a pain to tell which can be mapped or not. For example, Sora's Revival ability, you can't map as I assume he does it on his own? So I just run around as one guy selecting the front abilities and let my squad do their thing. Common?
PIXTARS TIME
Scrooge mcduck?
This is the area in Storm Coast where you can find the mighty strength tonic. lvl 11
Where the fuck was this when I could have used it? This is badass
holy shit lol
Favorite 1h weapon
You know that secret quest? The boss
I will pick this option next time (warden story spoilers)
Where to find that 1h weapon I mentioned:
cheeeeeze
and more...
I think she has a gravity problem...
SO MUCH CHEESE
Well, yeah.
They don't let you chose if you harden her or not in the Keep. If you want to do something that requires her being hardened in the Keep, they just check if you did her quest it not, which you can set.
I will say, though, that
they go out of their way to give her a role that embraces both routes she could have taken.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
I haven't actually played a playthrough that has
Sarcastic Hawke. But my Diplomatic and Aggressive Hawkes do say different things in Inquisition
Oh my, where is this?PIXTARS TIME
Scrooge mcduck?
We do get to choose in the Keep between
Leliana not meeting Marjolaine at all, meeting her but sending her away, or killing Marjolaine. Those effectively determines whether she's hardened or not, yar?
There's something about the Exalted Plains that I'm just not a fan of. I feel like I have to power through that area despite the quests there not being much different from any other zone.
SamuelSupreme
Banned
This game is massive....Anyone else feel like the Knight-Enchanter specialization is just a little too OP?
Ever wanted to know where your bottles were being stored? enter the doors outside jose's room, then take a hard left before the second door.
Yes, there is a path into the basement there that opens up to a side door outside.
It took me 100 hours to realize there was even a path there in the first place.
Thats bananas.
I've been playing around with the Knight Enchanter since I unlocked it and I feel a little ridiculous. I was having some difficulty on Hard beforehand, but now it's like a cakewalk.
irfaanator
Banned
I really wish you could break down items. That would be nice
Yes, quite frankly KE still needs to be nerfed a little more
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I'm about to start my second playthrough... what's the best Rouge specialty class for Nightmare?
Before Haven? There's not that much before...
I mean before skyhold. Just do the story quests and skip skyhold entirely, like you can skip the beginning of FNV or FO3 with a mod.
Basileus777
Member
The prologue is really boring to play through after the first time.
Deified Data
Banned
Probably tempest. Not quite as broken as KE but easily the second most powerful spec in the game.
theusedversion
Member
Don't spoiler tag links like that. It's very annoying.
Ok that makes more sense. Although I'm still looking forward to starting a second time, because I hardly did any side quests my first playthru
Got it, thanks for the info!
Probably just a bit early. The Hinterlands is the easiest one I think so start there.
Should I have posted it inline? Also the spoiler tag doesn't seem to hide the actual link but at least you know it's a spoiler
banefirelord
Banned
Generally enjoying the game (combat's a bit dull and trite, but eh, whatever). I think my biggest nitpick is that I find it really odd that your character can model any type of armor when you're modifying/crafting gear, regardless of whether or not your class can actually use it. I found it particularly strange that my dwarf rogue can be shown wearing a mage robe, despite the fact that the garment is locked to mages only and dwarfs can't be mages.
texhnolyze
Banned
There are actually non-class restriction materials later in the game. You can craft a heavy armor for your mage, leather armor for warrior, etc.
banefirelord
Banned
That explains a lot. Thanks!
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Few more.
Then you can hit a Sell All button at a merchant
Where do i find a merchant? only at haven?