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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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I'm in the middle of Awakening now and I'm actually thinking about going through the whole thing on easy.
I'm not having any trouble with the combat, it's just the least interesting part of the game for me. There's not really anything wrong with it, but I've really started to see it as just a barrier between me and getting to do more interaction with the characters.
I'm not having any trouble with the combat, it's just the least interesting part of the game for me. There's not really anything wrong with it, but I've really started to see it as just a barrier between me and getting to do more interaction with the characters.
I bought the PC version of Dragon Age quite a while back but haven't gotten around to actually playing it yet. I wanted to start the game but I am thinking about buying the ultimate edition because that's the best deal for getting all the DLC. Is the PC version the way to go or is the 360 version also a good option? (since my console setup has big screen and better sound).
Should I buy the ultimate edition for PC, is it possible to start playing on my regular PC version until it arrives and carry over the save game?
Should I buy the ultimate edition for PC, is it possible to start playing on my regular PC version until it arrives and carry over the save game?
TheUsual
Gold Member
Looks like anyone trying to play this on PC side can't access their DLC because of server issues. Just loaded up to see that, and yep, I can't touch it. Hope Bioware does one more patch to fix that junk and do something similar to what they did for DA2.
More info at the link
More info from Ars Technica
More info at the link
More info from Ars Technica
RoninChaos
Member
I felt the momentum from this leave me about half way through awakenings. I'm slogging through the DLC just cause I have the ultimate edition.
Great game, but the DLC and everything was so fragmented. I felt handicapped throughout.
Great game, but the DLC and everything was so fragmented. I felt handicapped throughout.
electroshockwave
Member
I got a little tired of my human warrior and I made some bad choices with his skills so I decided to start over with a Rogue. Any tips for which stats to focus on and skills to get?
Also, I think I'm going to be an elf. Is Dalish or City elf the better origin?
Also, I think I'm going to be an elf. Is Dalish or City elf the better origin?
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Deleted member 17706
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kai3345 said:
I can second this. I just started up another game of Origins recently and the City Elf was the only one I'd never done. It's definitely the best or second best origin in my opinion.
electroshockwave
Member
Is Bard-assassin a good specialization set?
Sir Garbageman
Member
RedSwirl said:
Yes, you can skip Golems no problem.
electroshockwave
Member
Is the Warden's Keep DLC any good? I mainly want it for the storage chest but if I were to get it just for that I'd feel like I was rewarding Bioware for withholding something so basic from an RPG.
Also, does anyone have any tips for romancing Morrigan? Do you have to reach a certain point in the main quest or something? I've got her approval somewhere in the 80s which I thought should be high enough and I'd heard she won't sleep with you if she loves you so I'm not sure what to do.
Also, does anyone have any tips for romancing Morrigan? Do you have to reach a certain point in the main quest or something? I've got her approval somewhere in the 80s which I thought should be high enough and I'd heard she won't sleep with you if she loves you so I'm not sure what to do.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
kai3345 said:
I'd argue that the human female rogue/warrior is the best. Since it leads to the best possible ending and that the Arl Howe story arc actually has some emtional punch.
electroshockwave said:
I liked Warden's Keep. It was fairly short, but it had a pretty interesting story in its own right, has some good rewards (most notably the item box), and has an event where you can get an extremely powerful and unique sword (unfortunately, it doesn't quite transfer over to Awakening in any way you would expect if you ever intend on playing that)
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
kai3345 said:
You can't get married at the end, which means you can't be the ruler alongside Alister and you don't get to avange your family. It carries a better emotion wrap-up for me.
Lostconfused
Member
Right but apparently the warden can be come a chancellor and ends up running the country since Alistair doesn't really care to rule. That last part is an assumption on my part because the epilogue can get kind of convoluted and not make any sense at all.kinoki said:
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Just picked it up, finally. Here's my girl:
Not bad for a BioWare game. When are they going to learn that people grow hair from all over their head, not just the top? All the long hairstyles look so weird with the single sheet of hair draped over their skull.
Commence mission "Find armor that doesn't look stupid and a bow"
Not bad for a BioWare game. When are they going to learn that people grow hair from all over their head, not just the top? All the long hairstyles look so weird with the single sheet of hair draped over their skull.
Commence mission "Find armor that doesn't look stupid and a bow"
good luck doing that as a rogueDice said:Just picked it up, finally. Here's my girl:
Not bad for a BioWare game. When are they going to learn that people grow hair from all over their head, not just the top? All the long hairstyles look so weird with the single sheet of hair draped over their skull.
Commence mission "Find armor that doesn't look stupid and a bow"
I got the Ultimate Edition in the Christmas Steam sale, thinking of installing this 23gig behemoth for after finals are over. Any required mods that I should get? I played up to the end of the first area/battle when I first bought it and enjoyed it but no time to play, and wanted to make a new dude, hopefully a archer rogue. I've heard archers are mostly useless though, is that true?
PatrickLyons
Member
InertiaXr said:
your mileage may vary, but I didn't find rogue archers to be useless, though they start out weaker and get stronger as you go along, or at least that was my impression. By the end of origins, leliana did quite a lot of damage and was also effective as a secondary source of crowd control. Playing an archer PC might suck at times though, but honestly the first few levels have that D&D "well great, i've got 2 abilities. how boring" feel to them no matter what class you are, and you'll have few if any AoEs or CC, both of which are the bread and butter of a strong party. (edit) i'd add that this is one of the great thing about the Origins theme because the first few levels also have really cool backstories that distract from the obnoxiousness of being weak and learning the mechanics.
If anything, I'd say that the game discourages melee classes other than a single tank. I never used the non-shield-spec warriors in my party because they didn't do enough damage and generally got in the way of my nukes. It's a shame really because all the best dialogue is with the melee classes so far as i can tell.
that said, enjoy the game. It's freakig amazing and the best game bioware have made since kotor, though it's honestly not really like that game.
How far away do you sit from the monitor?Dice said:
Anyway, there's a mod for that: http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=73
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
My head is usually 3 1/2 feet away. I sit back with my feet up like a boss with a wireless keyboard and a trackball mouse. Even if I used a desk, I wouldn't want my whole field of vision to be swallowed up by my 24" monitor, and I have bad eyesight anyway. I can still read tiny fonts like the small descriptions in Steam but it's annoying, so I use the NoSquint extension in Firefox and set Windows to a custom DPI.Rufus said:
Yessss! I love PC gaming.
Now, is there a fix for the wonky DoF effect?
Thanks to the Steam sale, I've started playing this again. First time on PC and it's basically an entirely different game. The iso view alone is amazing.
I'm playing as an Elf Mage and enjoying some of the total dick responses that they let you use. So good and I have sooo much to play with Awakenings and all the DLC.
I'm playing as an Elf Mage and enjoying some of the total dick responses that they let you use. So good and I have sooo much to play with Awakenings and all the DLC.
Late reply, but you don't have to worry about her not sleeping with you as long as you've managed to romance her before doing her Black Grimore quest. Personally, I managed to bed Morrigan on the first time you access camp. She's not terribly difficult, just be prepared to not always keep her in the party if you feel like being a goody-two-shoes. And lots of saves...electroshockwave said:
She also doesn't munch on carpet.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I'm finally to the point where I can respec my characters with this mod I got. I should have gotten the mod that prevents characters from being auto-leveled when they join. I mean what's the point of Morrigan if she's spreading her skills across every branch of magic to end up with weak, redundant spells? And it's nice that Leliana can open some locks that I couldn't, but I'm the archer around here, and why does she have those skills if she's walking around with a sword, anyway? Reeeespeeeec!
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
It's like I'm playing an entirely new game, it's called "how much of a hardass can I be without Alistair leaving"
I have three rules:
1) If you were killing innocents for any reason, I will kill you.
2) If you try to kill me, I will kill you even if you stop to beg for your life. At the end of the world you should be smart enough to know who not to mess with.
3) If you're just going to be a bitch waiting for the world to end, I won't help you. We're Grey Wardens, not the Red Cross.
Feels good telling all these whiny bitches to shove it. Also, the PC version is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
I have three rules:
1) If you were killing innocents for any reason, I will kill you.
...if you won't join my party.
3) If you're just going to be a bitch waiting for the world to end, I won't help you. We're Grey Wardens, not the Red Cross.
Feels good telling all these whiny bitches to shove it. Also, the PC version is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
I completely freaking obliterated the Ogre at the beacon. He gave me so much trouble on PS3.
Nice, I'm playing as a total dick too. They let you be pretty damn evil. I liked siding with the profiteer in the first town because the starving townspeople wouldn't beat his price, then killing him afterwards just for fun.
Alistar is always a bitch about it but I don't mind if he leaves. He stays back at camp with Wynne and Leilana anyways.
Alistar is always a bitch about it but I don't mind if he leaves. He stays back at camp with Wynne and Leilana anyways.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I took a discount but I didn't kill him because I had a lot of stuff I wanted to sell that moment. I told the townspeople to screw off because if they had so much money to cover his ridiculous prices, they could have hired someone
to kill him. I gave them a chance, but they refused. They probably would have gone for it if I had come earlier when they had more money. Idiots.
like me
I've searched the Nexus site and didn't find much, so do you guys know of any good Mage outfits made by the mod community? The rags they give you in the game are embarrassing and all the mods are for female mages (creeps).
I have to use the respect mod as well because I accidentally made my character learn to be a shapeshifter. I don't want to be a goddamn shapeshifter
.
Anyways, I'm enjoying the hell out of this.
I have to use the respect mod as well because I accidentally made my character learn to be a shapeshifter. I don't want to be a goddamn shapeshifter
. Anyways, I'm enjoying the hell out of this.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
These are all I found:
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2092
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=423
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=589
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=118
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1935
What I really need is a non-Xena female rogue outfit. Something like what you find in Divinity 2. If I remember correctly, the elves have light armor with pants, right? Maybe I should go to the forest next...
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2092
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=423
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=589
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=118
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1935
What I really need is a non-Xena female rogue outfit. Something like what you find in Divinity 2. If I remember correctly, the elves have light armor with pants, right? Maybe I should go to the forest next...
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Is it possible to play this in fullscreen with no window border? With TF2 that was the key to being able to alt+tab out of it more quickly while still being fullscreen, but with that I just added -noborder and I don't think that will work here since the game has its own launcher.
These BioWare achievements are super lame and I wish I could turn them off. I mean, achievements are normally kind of worthless to me, only functioning as an occasional guide for extending gameplay a bit, but having them only exist in their own little BioWare club? SUPER lame.
These BioWare achievements are super lame and I wish I could turn them off. I mean, achievements are normally kind of worthless to me, only functioning as an occasional guide for extending gameplay a bit, but having them only exist in their own little BioWare club? SUPER lame.
kai3345 said:
Surprisingly the Dalish Origin story does tie into DA2 somewhat. Or at least it ties heavily into one of your companion's storylines. Can't imagine many would have even picked up on that since it is the most crapped on Origin story from the original game.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I've been too busy with sidequests to get to the actual story, finally arrived at Redcliffe.
Persuade has been neglected so I ended up killing Dwyn. That's what he gets for being a little bitch. I love being a hardass.
I just turned off the blood.wilflare said: