Rabbit Lord
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Where did the dwarfs in my camp go!??
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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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Deleted member 17706
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Sinatar said:
Yeah I got exactly 50% completion with my first playthrough.
Your warrior sounds awesome. I plan on playing a Dwarf Noble dual-wielding warrior next. Can you link your Bioware Social Network character profile so I can see what build / equipment you went with?
Basileus777
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Fakto said:
The % is basically how many achievements you've unlocked.
Masta_Killah
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Archaix said:
What you need to do is take control of your tank at the beginning of the match. ALWAYS start off with your tank. Run into the crowd and use taunt to aggro the mobs to you (make sure you go for this skill as soon possible). Then select the strongest enemy and have your tank attack it. From there, switch off to your dps and have them attack whatever enemy is NOT being targeted by the tank (tank will hold the mobs attention due to the aggro move).
You also want to make sure you have lots of health potions, even if you already have a healer(have one of your characters go for the herbalist skill as soon as possible). Make sure you get at least 2 different tiers of potions(lesser/regular, regular/greater, etc), since you can use both at the same time(they don't share the same cooldown timer). I personally have 3-4 different tiers of potions, but that's just me.
As for AI tactics, have all of them (except the healers) start off with:
Self: Health < 50% Use health poultice: least powerful
This should give you enough time to switch characters and pop a stronger potion if the characters are getting pummeled.
And finally, throughout the fight, make sure you constantly go to your tank in order for him/her to pop taunt. You can create a tactic for it, but I find it easier to manually activate the skill.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
I haven't had time to play it, but finally popped it I. Today and played for over 8 hours after work. I'm loving it so far, it's just a shame I have so many games to play and not enough time. 
nelsonroyale
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Attack on Redcliffe at Night = rubbish mission
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
BeeDog said:
You find bones of a demon or some shit. I never completed that quest though. And yeah, I was a little confused myself.
nelsonroyale said:
Yeah that attack on Redcliffe...I kept waiting around thinking something was supposed to happen. Nothing did so I just lured the buggers out myself with rogue and stealth.
rainking187
Member
I had a question about the ashes quest
I wanted to get the Sacrilegious trophy on this playthrough, but I've been using Leliana a lot and I heard if you do it she'll freak out and attack you. If I take her out of my party for that part and replace her with Zevran would that be alright? Or is she just going to flip out later?
rainking187
Member
Fakto said:
Well fuck, there goes half my party.
goddamn, Orzammer quests and dungeons were just awesome and massive. Easily the best part of the game so far.
In other news, I have Leliana at near max approval (got her the piglet) yet I still can't bed her. I gave up and boned Zevran... And that was enough DAO for tonight...:lol
In other news, I have Leliana at near max approval (got her the piglet) yet I still can't bed her. I gave up and boned Zevran... And that was enough DAO for tonight...:lol
NaughtyPrawn
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Really need some help on this. I'm around lvl 14 and have used Shale as my tank for most of the game but am now swapping back to Alistair but for some reason he absolutely hates me, like -33! What is the best way to get a good approval if its even possible at this point?
I'm at the Circle of Magi and this Fade quest/dungeon where you constantly have to switch between
is turning me off from the game. It's terrible. Not to mention the fact that the enemies are buggy and cheap here, mages just shoot their spells and projectiles through walls...
the shapeshift forms
Masta_Killah
Member
Saya said:
Protip:
Your casters can also shoot through walls. Helps with pulling small groups from larger ones.
Also, the golem is your best friend.
Masta_Killah said:Protip:Your casters can also shoot through walls. Helps with pulling small groups from larger ones.
Also, the golem is your best friend.
How do you shoot through walls? Every time I try I get the message that the target is not in line of sight and then my mage automatically moves to a position that is in sight.
I'm at the part where you play solo, I have to save my other party members in different locations in the fade.
Btw, not sure if it matters, but I'm playing the 360 version.
Some useful info regarding talents and spells here
http://dragonage.gulbsoft.org/doku.php/abilities
Most spell descriptions aren't very useful, but talents have stuff like damage listed
e: seems a bit incomplete though
http://dragonage.gulbsoft.org/doku.php/abilities
Most spell descriptions aren't very useful, but talents have stuff like damage listed
e: seems a bit incomplete though
Yeah, find them all and you can do something with them, it adds the Asunder quest into your log.BeeDog said:
You summon a big demon and fight/deal with him
That's actually my favourite part of the game so far, the sidequests you pick up on your own from reading the codex/exploring. The summoning ones in the Mages' Tower for instance, and there're a bunch in the Deep Roads. Really dig those since it adds so much to the world.
Saya said:
Actually, for me it was quite opposite, I liked the new gameplay that switching brings, when you get all forms its actually pretty nice and refreshing. Switching through 3 forms in a single fight is awesome. As for mages, do not be afraid to lure them out of the room they are in, often you will just aggro only few of the pack, making a fight much easier.
Pro-tip:
since HP in Golem form is much higher than in a human form, you can get a free healing for golem just switching back and forth between the forms.
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
I'm missing like 95% of the party banter, because I only get like one conversation every 1/2 hour or so. I wish there was a key I could hit that would automatically trigger some banter.
Finished the game last night on about 39 hours, but I didn't get Shale, do Warden's keep, kill Flemmeth or the Dragon in Haven and there are still a few quests I didn't complete so I could see stretching to 45-50 hours no problem. I'm depressed though that the game is over.
Quick quest about the characters. Do each of the characters have their own special side mission? Morrigan has the grimmoire/flemmeth quest, Leilana has the Marjole quest, Sten has something about finding his missing sword, what about the others?
Quick quest about the characters. Do each of the characters have their own special side mission? Morrigan has the grimmoire/flemmeth quest, Leilana has the Marjole quest, Sten has something about finding his missing sword, what about the others?
bigdaddygamebot
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Man...those four "revenants" in the Brecillian Woods are no joke.
Exploring dungeons and many of the battles in this game really feel like I'm playing an Infinity Engine game, particularly in iso mode. And that's pretty much the highest praise I can bestow on any RPG.
I disagree. I think I posted a few pages ago about how I thought it was really hard (particularly if you don't want to lose any named NPCs) and really awesome.nelsonroyale said:
Yeah, sadly it keeps up the Infinity Engine tradition even in that aspect. For the IE games there eventually were mods to increase banter frequency, I hope this will be the case here as well.Chairman Yang said:
Danne-Danger
Member
This game has a real nasty habit of spawning in enemies from nowhere.
I'm in the dwarven mines right now and every encounter seems to have at least a few enemies pop-up from behind in a previously explored area.
I'm in the dwarven mines right now and every encounter seems to have at least a few enemies pop-up from behind in a previously explored area.
Shouta said:
. The conversations are so amusing. I saw a conversation where Alistair basically whined about his shirt until Wynne gave in and said she'd repair it for him. Another situation is where Wynne found Alistair's dirty sock in her stuff. He puts it on right away because his current one is wet.[/QUOTE]
There's a ton more conversations Alistair and Wynne have about your relationship(s). Both of them are very nosy, it's great! :lol
There's a ton more conversations Alistair and Wynne have about your relationship(s). Both of them are very nosy, it's great! :lol
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Chairman Yang said:
Conversations seemed to be triggered when you walk over certain areas. Like the bridge in Lothering. Almost every time i went across a banter took place.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
Bridge in orzammar is great for it.
BattleMonkey
Member
Game is so good, making me completely ignore everything else. Even MW2 MP can't hold me away from this.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
painey said:
A few hours left yet.
BattleMonkey
Member
Doc Evils said:
The world while I find somewhat generic looking and could easily be considered D&D if you toss the names on it, still has some unique and awesome monster design. The demons are really cool looking.
Hari Seldon
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BattleMonkey said:
I know. I cannot stop playing it. When I'm at work I think about it. I haven't had an addiction this bad to a game since the World of Warcraft launch.