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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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Zod the Bear
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Dwarf noble's been the number one origin for me, and led to my best definitive ending. How's it gone for the rest of you?
K.Jack said:I find the number of enemies here hilarious:
I just wanted to share that before I get massacred.
Put some points in Morrigan's Entropy tree (whatever one that is, the bottom one) and you can easily handle huge groups like that.
Waking Nightmare / Sleep is a godsend. That and get Blizzard or something and just hold your units out of it. Throw in some Cones of Cold or whatever and it's all groovvvvvvvvvvy.
Peronthious
Member
Zod the Bear said:
I went with City Elf and nothing else so far, but I've enjoyed the effects that's had on the main plot.
The encounter with 'Shianna' in front of the Urn was very well done, as were the guilt trips along that sequence. From what I've heard of the other origins I'm not sure how they could pull off something similar.
The Gauntlet
Zod the Bear
Member
Peronthious said:
Human and dwarf noble origin and other Orzammar spoilers.
For human noble, your father appears. The Guardian guilt trips you for having left your parents behind, but your father's encouraging.
Dwarf noble has your older brother appear. The Guardian guilt trips you over that, and Trian rightfully seemed annoyed with me (I'd already done Orzammar and put Bhelen on the throne to get my son properly instated as an Aeducan) but then just wanted to not be forgotten.
Dwarf noble has your older brother appear. The Guardian guilt trips you over that, and Trian rightfully seemed annoyed with me (I'd already done Orzammar and put Bhelen on the throne to get my son properly instated as an Aeducan) but then just wanted to not be forgotten.
Hey Gaf, I've got a bit of a dilemma, I'm not sure if I should get the game for my laptop or for my 360. My laptop specs are the following:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9400 @ 2.53GHz
ATI Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3650 512 MB
Will it even run on this machine or would I have a better experience on my 360? The character creator runs fine on my laptop, but I don't know if that's any indication of how well the game itself will run.
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9400 @ 2.53GHz
ATI Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3650 512 MB
Will it even run on this machine or would I have a better experience on my 360? The character creator runs fine on my laptop, but I don't know if that's any indication of how well the game itself will run.
Clever Pun
Member
AstroLad said:
It may be a firewall issue. I can login fine at home, but at work it won't connect to the EA servers.
RoodyPooUS
Member
Woohoo! Finally beat the game yesterday. I think I will do all the origins this weekend and then take a break until they release the winter Ostagar content.
I did almost all the sidequests and ended up at level 22.
I did almost all the sidequests and ended up at level 22.
kyo_daikun
Member
Just want to say thanks to Sony for putting up all the limited dlc on the PSN yesterday :lol
I got all of it (including a mark of vigilance which I never even saw at any shops)
Really like the sound of the wicked oath ring!
I got all of it (including a mark of vigilance which I never even saw at any shops)
Really like the sound of the wicked oath ring!
ElectricBlue187
Member
Do you mean V-Sync?K.Jack said:
lorddarkflare
Banned
ElectricBlue187 said:
No, there is an option to turn off frame buffer effects.
I really wish that they did not lump all thos effects together, as i wan to keep some, but not all of them.
Rabbit Lord
Member
Any word on a soundtrack release for DA?
dreamer3kx
Member
Having some trouble with Kolgrim and his crew in the "Urn of the Sacred Ashes" quest, any tips, he's really my first pretty hard encounter.
Danne-Danger
Member
It's just 3 guys isn't it? What are you having trouble with?dreamer3kx said:
Killing the minions first is the best way to go, use any stuns/lockdown spells you have on Kolgrim in the meantime.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I'd take out the mages first, they cause the real problem.dreamer3kx said:
Make sure you have a tank on Kolgrim, then just burn down his party members. Micromanaging the healer can get you a lot further in hard fights. Keep Regeneration up on the tank and spam Heal when needed.dreamer3kx said:
Just wait until you fight what Kolgrim's horn summons!
dreamer3kx
Member
Danne-Danger said:
No, I believe there's two mages, Kolgrim himself with two other soldiers, Kolgrim is a beast, his weapon is just pounding the shit out of my guys.
ElectricBlue187
Member
It comes with the collectors editionRabbit Lord said:
Danne-Danger
Member
Ah... well then, depending on your crew, put Kolgrim and the melee guys to rest with sleep/petrifies/waking nightmares and focus on the mages first. Or you could divide the melee guys between your tanks (Kolgrim on 1 and the 2 other guys on a lesser tank) if you have more than one. Either way focus on killing the mages first, then the melee guys, and last Kolgrim. Throw everything that reduces attack and damage on Kolgrim, though after the mages.dreamer3kx said:
I had Mana Clash at that point so the mages may as well not have been there at all.
Zod the Bear
Member
For my first playthrough,
I set a tank up against him that couldn't be knocked down, used a mage to keep the tank up. Other party member held the random melee guys while the last one burned the mages down.
Once the mages are out of the picture (Dog did wonders against them,) he can team up against something else and it'll collapse alright.
Just need a good healing mage with a decent amount of mana pots as backup.
I set a tank up against him that couldn't be knocked down, used a mage to keep the tank up. Other party member held the random melee guys while the last one burned the mages down.
Once the mages are out of the picture (Dog did wonders against them,) he can team up against something else and it'll collapse alright.
Just need a good healing mage with a decent amount of mana pots as backup.
lorddarkflare
Banned
Hmm, i retreated to the door way and ganked them, simply.
Funny that this battle is harder than the one that comes after it.
Funny that this battle is harder than the one that comes after it.
dreamer3kx
Member
Ok beat kolgrim somehow, : o at right after him. : (
Ok I assume Im late to the party on this, but it does it annoy anyone else that content like 'The Wardens Keep' is not incorporated into the game? Having DLC ready at launch is one thing, but to have such an obviously cool premise for a quest that relates directly to the character you play in the game as DLC just annoys me.
Not to mention they include a chest to save loot in.... maybe that would have been a good idea for the main game. (unless Im missing something and there already exists a chest to store items in?)
And why the sweet fuck does 'The Stone Golem' cost 1200 pts!?? You have got to be shitting me!
Not to mention they include a chest to save loot in.... maybe that would have been a good idea for the main game. (unless Im missing something and there already exists a chest to store items in?)
And why the sweet fuck does 'The Stone Golem' cost 1200 pts!?? You have got to be shitting me!
Zod the Bear
Member
voltron said:
Because it comes free with every new purchase of the game?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I must say, with the GTA episodes coming in at 20 bucks, it sets an unreasonably high bar.
Then again, Shale is like the best character in the game, so maybe it's worth 15 bucks. :lol
Then again, Shale is like the best character in the game, so maybe it's worth 15 bucks. :lol
It was for like half a day maybe a few weeks back? Maybe it was 55, I might be overly fondly remembering. Just remember it was like 10+ bucks less than it's been anywhere before or since.rhfb said:When was the deluxe edition 45 on steam? I'm hoping something similar happens this BF so I can grab the game for a good price
MirageDwarf
Member
voltron said:
I'll give benefit of doubt to BioWare in this because of few things. First, BioWare isn't known for screwing gamers for DLC. This is first time.
Circumstances surrounding both DLCs have been explained. Stone Prisoner was part of the game but removed later on due to design constraint. It was decided to cut it completely. Small team still worked on it and redesigned it to make it work as standalone DLC so it if fails it won't affect main game. Since it was part of original game design, BioWare is giving it away free. They said Warden's Keep content was developed by different team. It was not possible to include this in main game due to time constraint. Luckily they got it ready on release day.
finished as a Human Noble. got a good ending i suppose. i played a good guy and helped everyone. pretty satisfying. i can sorta tell what Bioware has in mind for the sequel. they leave some stuff pretty open.
edit: holy crap, DAO must have the longest credits roll in game history :lol i'm still letting it roll cuz i like all the music.
edit: holy crap, DAO must have the longest credits roll in game history :lol i'm still letting it roll cuz i like all the music.
So Human Noble Warrior / Templar / Champion finished.
78 hours, L23, halfway to L24 (and I sincerely doubt L24 would have been possible).
Did almost everything. Did not find all the love letters (missing one). The last Blackstone Irregulars quest bugged out on me as well (the NPCs would not appear).
On to some kind of Mage or Rogue.
78 hours, L23, halfway to L24 (and I sincerely doubt L24 would have been possible).
Did almost everything. Did not find all the love letters (missing one). The last Blackstone Irregulars quest bugged out on me as well (the NPCs would not appear).
On to some kind of Mage or Rogue.