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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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Yeah they shot fire all at the same time OUCH!!!, in order to get past the doors with fire underneath them you need to go to another area in the fade and get the fire shapeshifting ability which will allow you to walk through fire, can't remember which part had it though.Philthy said:
fizzelopeguss
Banned
They fixed the blood dragon armour for female elves yet?
slayn said:
I'm on the 360 so I can't edit anything (yes, yes, I know, I know).
ElectricBlue187 said:
1.) I think so? One is an experience+ ring, so if you're like me and enjoy assigning points when you level up, you level up faster (I ended up at level 21). The other is a pretty good piece of armor that gives you + all attributes. You can see them on my character here (the helm and the ring).
2.) I think so? I didn't see them until 1-2 days after I started playing the game which I'm attributing to the stop-start-ish nature of the integration with the beta social website that Bioware set up and which is getting its first big stress test with this game (I'm guessing this is the case). They should probably show up nearly immediately now that the website servers have caught up with the backlog.
3.) Yes. TOTALLY. GOTY (IMHO, which is saying a lot given the awesomeness that was Uncharted 2).
Great to hear about the new DLC. Even with the authentication stupidity, I'll still be getting it. Love this game so much.
Ok, I'm about to lose it.
I'm at the
as a mage with Morrigan and 2 warriors but keep getting my ass kicked. I've tried everything--having Morrigan and my character act as healers, to what crap forms of CC I have, to micro managing the whole battle.
Any advice? I'm about to throw the game in the pisser.
I'm at the
Caridin fight
Any advice? I'm about to throw the game in the pisser.
lorddarkflare
Banned
Steve Youngblood said:
If you do not have Wyne, either make Morrigan a healer, or go to the tower asap
crowphoenix
Banned
Ok, so I've activated both codes, and steam flashed a message saying it had downloaded the bonus CD. I think it at least, it popped up right as I was loading the game.
Unfortunately, I can't tell if Steam installed it, it's not in the downloadable content menu, and the merchant is not yet at my camp.
My profile on Bioware's Community page says I have Warden's Keep, the Collector's Edition, Blood Dragon Armor, and the Stone Prisoner, so I'm pretty sure I activated the codes right.
Unfortunately, I can't tell if Steam installed it, it's not in the downloadable content menu, and the merchant is not yet at my camp.
My profile on Bioware's Community page says I have Warden's Keep, the Collector's Edition, Blood Dragon Armor, and the Stone Prisoner, so I'm pretty sure I activated the codes right.
Danne-Danger
Member
That's the Bioware DLC solution for you. If it's not in the in-game menu it's not in the game (and you should have a Blood Dragon chest plate in your inventory if it's working).crowphoenix said:
Things you can do now is register an EA account, register your game there, link the EA account to your Bioware account and see if that resolved it.
If not, go to "run" in your start menu (or windows button + R), type in "services.msc" and see if you can find "Dragon Age: Origins Updater" listed, if you can, make sure it's activated (start it up manually if you have to) and see if the DLC is working.
If it isn't on the list it becomes a lot more complicated.
crowphoenix
Banned
I found the DA:O Updater. It's set to manual and wasn't running. I tried to start it, and got Error 1053: The service did not respond in a timely fashion.Danne-Danger said:
I changed the start up to automatic, and I'm going to restart my comp to see if that helps.
My friend hit a snag in the PC version of DA.
"So I'm at the Landsmeet section. I escaped the Fort by convincing everyone I was a guard. Once I returned to Arl Eamon's estate, I had all my equipment back - but the rest of my inventory is gone! All I have is the stuff I picked up in the fort! How do I get my stuff back?"
Apparently there is a chest around the cell that contains the inventory but he didn't pick it up, now either he loses his inventory or he loses his equipment he's wearing atm.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Is there a way to fix it?
"So I'm at the Landsmeet section. I escaped the Fort by convincing everyone I was a guard. Once I returned to Arl Eamon's estate, I had all my equipment back - but the rest of my inventory is gone! All I have is the stuff I picked up in the fort! How do I get my stuff back?"
Apparently there is a chest around the cell that contains the inventory but he didn't pick it up, now either he loses his inventory or he loses his equipment he's wearing atm.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Is there a way to fix it?
Returners said:
Yeah, it's a known issue with the DLC (if that's what he's talking about). Tell him to quit out to the menu, disable all the DLC, go back into the game, save again with DLC disabled, quit again, enable DLC, re-enter game.
And tell him that's what he gets for being a dwarf.
malingenie
Member
Ok, this game is awesome. Gaffers in this thread have not been exaggerating with their stories of playing for 6-10 hours without realizing it. It is THAT good! The depth of the conversations are amazing and unbelievable. The graphics are way prettier than I expected (which was really little) and some of the moments/character remarks made in this game have been EPIC.
I expected a good WRPG, not the BEST WRPG in CONSOLES (So far... in my mind, anyway).
Full disclosure: Have not played mass effect.
I expected a good WRPG, not the BEST WRPG in CONSOLES (So far... in my mind, anyway).
Full disclosure: Have not played mass effect.
Peronthious
Member
LosDaddie said:
Some here are saying 26 hours, but I don't see how they're doing it. I've got 40 hours now and nowhere near the end.
RPGCrazied
Member
bout time we hear about new dlc.. altho this might be the shortest dlc ever. Watch it only be 30min long. ;p but 5dollars for the kings armor is enough I think
Woo-Fu
Banned
Peronthious said:
Main quest line can be done in 20-25 hours. If you do everything you're looking at at least 50+ hours on your first playthrough. I just finished my 2nd playthrough. 1st was around 70 hours on normal, 2nd was around 50 hours on hard.
I wouldn't pay extra for the King's armor, there are already more sets of heavy armor than most parties will ever need. Might pay extra for some real sets of rogue and/or mage armor, though.
crowphoenix
Banned
I think this kind of issue might require a person far smarter than I to fix it.
You do go into that fort again near the end of the game, might be his gear will still be in the chest, but I doubt it.MirageDwarf
Member
AstroLad said:
Log on to social website. From home page, click on Profile > Your registered game promotions or http://social.bioware.com/user_entitlements.php
Works only for PC version.
Basileus777
Member
MirageDwarf said:
Does it really? It has 360/PS3 entitlements (the items from the flash game) listed there for me.
Danne-Danger
Member
This should help: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/58/index/81613crowphoenix said:
Start at section 3.2.4 Uninstalling and reinstalling Dragon Age Updater Service. I went through the same shit before. Though that description isn't the way I did it, it should solve your problem.
crowphoenix
Banned
Thanks, man. I found that topic about an hour ago from you mentioning it. I had to install Microsoft.net Framework on my comp, since it just wasn't there.Danne-Danger said:
The DLC is downloading as I type this.
Alright, just finished it...
Overall, while I had some issues here and there with the game - awful loot, somewhat major UI problems (no action queuing among other things), simple side quests, dragging parts, difficulty problems and so on - it's still a massive game and infinitely better than Mass Effect. This game excels when it comes to awesomely written and INTERESTING characters and dialogue, and I can't wait for additional content and a sequel or two!
A spoilerific question; what endings are there? I (massive spoilers)
The end was very fun I think, although some of the pre-rooftop areas were a bit of a drag. Overall, the end parts were handled very well, all the choices laid to you from the Landsmeet and onward were well-written, and I had a hard time deciding how to do the shit. :lol Also, Bioware are great at making endgames (the best thing about ME1 was certainly the endgame), and this is no exception; the coronation and all the discussions with your party members was very well done, I think. I also don't mind text epilogues at all, and the stuff I got was cool.
Overall, while I had some issues here and there with the game - awful loot, somewhat major UI problems (no action queuing among other things), simple side quests, dragging parts, difficulty problems and so on - it's still a massive game and infinitely better than Mass Effect. This game excels when it comes to awesomely written and INTERESTING characters and dialogue, and I can't wait for additional content and a sequel or two!
A spoilerific question; what endings are there? I (massive spoilers)
killed Loghain and chose Anora to be the queen without Alistair (eventhough he was still referred to as King at parts, wtf?). Then I also convinced Alistair to impregnate Morrigan, so both me and Alistair survived. One bad thing though is how the death of Riordan is handled, they should've done a bit more than just let us see him fall to his death.
MirageDwarf
Member
Basileus777 said:
Oh okay. That's good. I was confused by this on the page:
Danne-Danger
Member
BeeDog said:
I had Alistair duel Loghain and he executed him straight after without me being able to interject (this was after a reload where I fucked up the aftermath when doing the duel myself). That queen wouldn't marry her fathers murderer so I let her rule the throne by herself. I also let Alistair sacrifice himself in the dragon fight since he seemed eager to do it. Afterwards I said fuck you (kinda) to the queen and went out wandering with Leliana while the Darkspawn was still a threat. This was with an all out good character.
Oh and I dissed Morrigan and her offer, she was "last seen at the royal court in Orlisia" or something like that.
It was pretty funny how everyone would say "oh no no, you're the hero here!" when I said that Alistair was the one who sacrificed himself. Poor guy. :lol
Oh and I dissed Morrigan and her offer, she was "last seen at the royal court in Orlisia" or something like that.
It was pretty funny how everyone would say "oh no no, you're the hero here!" when I said that Alistair was the one who sacrificed himself. Poor guy. :lol
And yeah, apart from the one-hit enemies (which would run to a trigger-point before dying if you killed them too soon), I thought the last sections were pretty good.
lorddarkflare
Banned
MirageDwarf said:
I was doing the Dalish quest today and kept wondering why this game reminded me so much of FF 12(aside from the gambits) and it hit me: The pacing is shit.
And i mean, worst than FF12 bad. The thing that saves it is that while the prose may be on similar terms, the plotting and characters of this game are vastly superior and engaging when the ridiculous dungeons lets you get to them.
lorddarkflare
Banned
Pankaks said:
I have never played WoW ([place Non-GW MMO hate here], etc), but i see the similarities.