JeffG
Member
There are research items there. Always turn them in before using "Sell All".
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Dragon Age: Inquisition |OT2| Leave the damn Hinterlands!
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There are research items there. Always turn them in before using "Sell All".
Sorry to intrude, I'd like to know if I can buy it on say, origin.ru using a vpn ?
I did it once on the mexican origin for another game but I don't know it it is different since this time it'd not be in US dollars.
22 after conversion is tempting.
I assume I can still play in english.
I did it once on the mexican origin for another game but I don't know it it is different since this time it'd not be in US dollars.
22 after conversion is tempting.
I assume I can still play in english.
JeffG
Member
Done it twice on my XBone. Not sure what you are talking about?
anexanhume
Member
It did ~600K in the US in two weeks, #11 on NPD chart. Bioware and EA seem happy so far.
I believe it's Russia and Poland that don't allow you to play in English after purchasing from their store, unfortunately. I could be wrong though.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Seems to be doing pretty dang good I mean this is probably the most active thread on gaf.
NeoGAF is hardly a representative population.
But I'd also guess it's doing pretty good, even some casual gamers colleagues picked it up.
Khaos_Knight
Banned
Man the Emerald Graves has to be my favorite region so far. It's so beautiful and I got into so much shit in an hour.
Blackwall didn't even flinch throughout all of that.
I'm enjoying my rogue a lot more after respec-ing him into an archer with points in the assassin, sabotage and subterfuge trees. I originally wanted to be an archer rogue but I changed my mind and went dual wielding in the beginning because I wanted to be a DPS beast.
I exterminated a local militia, closed a bunch of fade rifts, just massacred five bears and a bunch of autumn rams, and got into a royal rumble with red templars, three giants, wolves, a bear, and a couple of brontos but I dipped when a dragon show up.
I'm enjoying my rogue a lot more after respec-ing him into an archer with points in the assassin, sabotage and subterfuge trees. I originally wanted to be an archer rogue but I changed my mind and went dual wielding in the beginning because I wanted to be a DPS beast.
Oh well, after googling it it seems you're right. Thanks, without you I would have made a huge mistake
I should have known something like this was implemented.
http://www.dragonage.com/?sf3471130...cks-prev-site-sust&cid=32348&ts=1418760021045
Free multiplayer map upgrade and $9.99 deluxe upgrade for standard edition.
Free multiplayer map upgrade and $9.99 deluxe upgrade for standard edition.
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
I am about eight hours in, and I am scared to leave the Hinterlands. It is my home now.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Very true. I am just trying to find a reason to believe it is getting the sales it deserves. Love this game so much.
Haha I feel you bro but leave! You will get burned out I promise go do some main quests.
Psychoward
Banned
So maybe I'm just dumb but why exactly are people saying Dispel is so crucial for tackling rifts? All it does is remove beneficial effects from enemies and hostile effects from allies right?
Oh well, after googling it it seems you're right. Thanks, without you I would have made a huge mistake
I should have known something like this was implemented.
No problem!! Glad I could help
I know there is so much to do but definitely leave! There are many more interesting locations to visit as you level up! I've played so much of the Hinterlands that now every time I start a new game I cringe a little because I just want to get out of there lol.
Sanctuary
Member
It's because the "tactical" view in this game is pure garbage and needs to be able to zoom out three times as much at least. You almost barely see more than two of your party members at any given time, if even that.
My favorite part is how whenever you switch characters the camera zoooooms on top of them all the way away from the enemies so you have to scroll it back each time. Its fun and never gets old!
You can use it on enemies before they materialize to erase them preemptively so you don't have to fight them. It really only works on the second wave though (you won't have a chance to use it when you first approach the rift), and you only have a short timeframe to use it.
It's useful if you're lucky enough to dispel some of the more annoying enemies (e.g. Desire Demons), but sometimes you only end up dispelling wraiths. Also, sometimes you're lucky and enemies are close enough together that you can take out more than one with a single spell, but often they're spread out so it only works on one enemy.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Cast it on top of spawn points, it removes the enemy from spawning during a rift fight.
EDIT: I have Dispel, plus Cassandra's templar skill, so rifts are obscenely easy.
Between Phase 1 and Phase 2 of rift fights, the spots where Demons will spawn glow green. Dispel those area and the enemies will instead instantly die.
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
Haha. . .thanks. I have collected about 6 power; I may yet gain the courage to leave the Hinterlands.
Don't listen to these quitters and their thread titles! I stayed in the Hinterlands and damn near finished it before I left. I think I was ~lvl 11 or 12?
Deified Data
Banned
I played on hard with it on for about 12 hours on my first playthrough and got wiped out by Solas more than the actual enemies, so no, I wouldn't say it's very well implemented. The AI and tactics menu just isn't versatile enough to work and still be fun with FF on. In my opinion the game just isn't very fun when played 99% of the time from the tactical camera, which would pretty much be a requirement with FF on higher difficulties.
Full disclosure, I have not been to the Hissing Wastes and have only spent like 20 mins in the Forbidden Oasis.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Is today's DLC known or is it out of the blue?
There's a reason why it defaults to off. The game is clearly not meant to be played with it
I cant get the poetry book from the dwarf in the Hinterlands
. He just keep saying he doesn't like the surface. Never promotes me a dialogue to get the book.LurkerPrime
Member
I began playing with friendly fire, but it's simply no fun. You're essentially fighting against party members instead of the enemies. Since the battles are basically all about guard/shield & potion management to begin with, friendly fire makes combat a great deal more frustrating. Any mage or two-handed warrior will cause mass party-side destruction by simply doing anything in battle, resulting in effortless, straightforward battles that leave your party's healing resources strained. The bottom line is that friendly fire makes the shallow combat even more of a bummer than it already is.
The problem with FF is that it's impossible to coordinate your party's movements with enough precision to avoid friendly fire. There's no action queue, an extremely limited tactical overview, and very rudimentry party commands, all of which lead to your party members relying on their primitive AI to engage enemies. The AI is, unfortunately, completely unaware of what friendly fire (or AOE attacks in general) are capable of, resulting in a lot of highly unnecessary party-side damage.
DAI seems like a pandora's box of potential... one that Bioware is oddly reluctant to unleash. It would've been great if they'd done a bit more than merely scratching the surface.
I cant get the poetry book from the dwarf in the Hinterlands
In case there's a misunderstanding: he doesn't actually
have the book,
located in the Hinterlands somewhere.
JeffG
Member
Have you looked at your journal?I cant get the poetry book from the dwarf in the Hinterlands
Have tried to get the flowers or candles yet?
wolfhowwl
Banned
It's a small multiplayer expansion. It just popped up on the Xbox store last night and Origin today.
Yeah, i got everything except that fucking book :/. I was hoping the latest patch would fix it.
So where i find the book? it says at a vendor.
What happened to me was that talking with the dwarf vendor in Redcliff opened a quest to get his goods back. The location was marked on the map.
I don't think it has anything to do with it but i'll for it.
Yeah, some bandits stole it or some such, scour your Hinterlands map for a quest indicator or an !.
In future playthroughs I am skipping shards entirely (which precludes a reason to go to the Oasis) and beelining right for my class's T3 schematics in Hissing Wastes and that's it. About 10 hours of fat cut off right there.
jim2point0
Banned
Wait what? Did I miss something?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Something called the Destruction MP Pack downloaded today.
It apparently adds new areas to pre-existing maps and a fuckton of bears.
It's literally just extra areas for the existing multiplayer maps, not a big deal but yeah pretty much just out of the blue.
Couple new posts by BioWare today:
Poster: 'Selling better than previous games' is wonderful news, however, and simple to understand
BW: Also "exceeding expectations"
So all in all very encouraging news.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Little bit underwhelming, IMO. Still, more variety is always welcome, and free is free.
Anybody know if they tweaked the Demon Commander?
Couple new posts by BioWare today:
Poster: 'Selling better than previous games' is wonderful news, however, and simple to understand
BW: Also "exceeding expectations"
So all in all very encouraging news.
That was the same thing Capcom said about Dragon's Dogma...
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
This news makes me incredibly happy.
I started a completionist Nightmare run and I'm still going to skip the shards and the constellation devices, ain't nobody got time for that.
anexanhume
Member
Who posted the exceeding expectations quote?
Rodney McKay
Member
I'm worried this game might be TOO long for me to consider replaying it as much as I usually like to with Bioware games.
Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 1+2 I played through probably 6-7 times EACH (only played DA2 once since I hated it, and only played ME3 twice+DLC since I loved the gameplay but needed time to get over the shitty ending). Different characters, different classes, different Origins, different difficulties, different systems (had them on 360 then moved to PC), different sexes, and different choices. And each of those times I tended to 100% the games (or as close as possible) most of the time. Truth be told, I was in college at the time and had way more free time than I currently have, but those games I could still play through in 20-30 hours depending on how I played.
But this game just seems to go on forever. The open-world style areas are often huge and take forever to traverse and the missions you do are all pretty fetch-questy and are extremely numerous. The war table missions were cool at first, but got annoying over time; you really need a way of accepting them and starting new ones from within an area (sending a crow/pigeon with a message or something) and I don't know why they limited it to just having the 3 main people to do most of the stuff.
Maybe if I just focus on the main mission(s) of the open-world areas and just do the main story missions I might be able to plow through the game a lot faster, but where I currently am in the game I can't say whether or not skipping the seemingly less important stuff could bite me later on. Looking online I apparently only have 2 more main story missions to do, so I might be able to finish this playthrough at 60 hours having done most if not all of the side stuff.
Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 1+2 I played through probably 6-7 times EACH (only played DA2 once since I hated it, and only played ME3 twice+DLC since I loved the gameplay but needed time to get over the shitty ending). Different characters, different classes, different Origins, different difficulties, different systems (had them on 360 then moved to PC), different sexes, and different choices. And each of those times I tended to 100% the games (or as close as possible) most of the time. Truth be told, I was in college at the time and had way more free time than I currently have, but those games I could still play through in 20-30 hours depending on how I played.
But this game just seems to go on forever. The open-world style areas are often huge and take forever to traverse and the missions you do are all pretty fetch-questy and are extremely numerous. The war table missions were cool at first, but got annoying over time; you really need a way of accepting them and starting new ones from within an area (sending a crow/pigeon with a message or something) and I don't know why they limited it to just having the 3 main people to do most of the stuff.
Maybe if I just focus on the main mission(s) of the open-world areas and just do the main story missions I might be able to plow through the game a lot faster, but where I currently am in the game I can't say whether or not skipping the seemingly less important stuff could bite me later on. Looking online I apparently only have 2 more main story missions to do, so I might be able to finish this playthrough at 60 hours having done most if not all of the side stuff.