Lostconfused
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yes, actually any future character you make and your party members. Linked to your bioware social account though or some one said that.Zzoram said:
Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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And I'm only level 10
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Deleted member 17706
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Has anyone found any of the specializations to be particularly useful? Other than the final ability of the spirit healer line, I can't say I have used many of the specialization class abilities. Arcane Warrior does sound pretty damn good, though, but I'm not sure I would want my magic users in the front lines.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Any word on a 360 patch yet?
bengraven
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Zeliard said:
I got Shapeshifter from Morrigan right after we left the first camp. I hadn't even received a single approval rating, I believe. Maybe just 2 or three points.
In fact, I think I pissed her off twice before, so I was -20. :lol
Also, taking your advice and throwing Shale in there.
TheFightingFish said:
I was a huge (literally, see my thread) binge gamer before I became a fiancee and father. I once played 25 hours of Oblivion in 48 hours.
So it's hard to get a huge RPG and remember that it will take you MONTHS to even beat the main story. Though I supposed I beat Fallout 3 in just a month I believe, 75 hours in.
Lostconfused
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You can always just buy the manual in your camp.Dead said:
Basileus777
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Spirit Healer is the only Mage specialization that I've found useful. Shapechanger is terrible, blood mage is meh (though maybe it could be decent if you pumped con for your mage), and Arcane Warrior just trades spellcasting ability to become a decent tank and a warrior with no combat skills. With a proper setup, mages rarely need to worry about taking damage, so I haven't found that the ability to wear armor is worth all the fatigue penalties.
Pyke Presco
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BeeDog said:
It might be a little bland just running the dungeon, but there's a sweet payoff battle at the end, so don't get too frustrated with it.
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Fredescu said:
I didn't even realize those three were part of the spirit healer line since Wynn just started with them. Yeah, you are right. All of those spells rock and I use them all the time. Plus the final aura in the line makes it so you never really have to worry about injury kits.
There are a lot of battles I never would have won without Wynne. Unfortunately I don't really like her character. Maybe I'll make a spirit healer magi as my next main character.
disappeared
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I'm loving this game but jesus christ is it taking a toll on my rig. At best I'm pulling off 30 frames and that's on medium everything with AA and Vsync shut off. But since I can't afford a new setup at this point, i'll just enjoy the game looking fucking awful. :lol
Silent Death
lemme get one or two licks
What's with all the bitch'in about duel wielding sucking? I'm a level 8 Rogue and I'm plowing through shit left and right. Maybe people were referring to duel wielding Warriors, but Rogues are a power house.
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K.Jack said:
I never bothered using poisons or traps and the materials take up way too much inventory space. I'm still playing on normal, though, and I'm sure they would be a lot more useful on the harder difficulties.
AndersTheSwede
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Loving this game. I worshiped at the feet of Baldurs Gate 2 (IMHO the greatest RPG ever made by man), and while this isn't as good... it's still damn good.
The graphics still vary from outright terrible, to very good. And the overall plot and theme are pretty staid and sterotypical (all of which keep it below Baldur's Gate 2). But god damn is the writing good, the pacing good, the combat good, the characters good, the badassness badass.
In fact, I think the combat model is highly superior to Baldurs Gate 2, outside of pause customization and formation control.
Restarted as a Mage... gotta say they seem pretty overpowered, but god damn are they fun to play.
The graphics still vary from outright terrible, to very good. And the overall plot and theme are pretty staid and sterotypical (all of which keep it below Baldur's Gate 2). But god damn is the writing good, the pacing good, the combat good, the characters good, the badassness badass.
In fact, I think the combat model is highly superior to Baldurs Gate 2, outside of pause customization and formation control.
Restarted as a Mage... gotta say they seem pretty overpowered, but god damn are they fun to play.
Silent Death
lemme get one or two licks
Tobor said:
That must be why my build works. I've been putting a ton of points into strength the whole time to be able to use better swords.[/QUOTE]
Why would damage come from ones Dex? I assumed all physical attacks drew from strength. Dex determines if you hit or not. You can have 100 strength but if you have a low Dex it won't matter as you will be missing a good part of the time. Anyhow, I've invested equally in Dex and Strength and flip flop between Constitution and Cunning with my last point. Sounds like we could be playing the same character cause I too am rocking the longsword/axe combo.
Wiggum2007
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Can mages get fatality kills?
Silent Death said:
It's RPG tradition, Rogues usually derive damage based on dexterity or dexterity/strength.
There is a talent you can take as a Rogue that will use cunning in place of strength for damage calculation, so anyone who shirked on strength can take that and become an instant powerhouse, assuming their cunning is high.
bengraven
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I have to say this is easily the RPG with the best dialogue and characters I've seen in 10 years. I love watching them talk and banter, not even just the comedy bits. I still think Witcher had a much better story, but the women are cuter in DA:O. 
I will be playing this a lot, probably more so than any other straight RPG since Morrowind.
I will be playing this a lot, probably more so than any other straight RPG since Morrowind.
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Odious Tea
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:OFredescu said:
Ugh I cannot believe this;
I come to a room where two mages have blocked themselves with barrels in a corner with doors behind them. Because seeing the mages automatically puts you in combat there is no way to open the door to reach them through another room to mele, so if you have no range you just stand there like an idiot and die. Its little things like this that makes me furious about the game
I come to a room where two mages have blocked themselves with barrels in a corner with doors behind them. Because seeing the mages automatically puts you in combat there is no way to open the door to reach them through another room to mele, so if you have no range you just stand there like an idiot and die. Its little things like this that makes me furious about the game
paranoidfortean
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So many times when playing I make myself stop and just look around. I hate rushing past things that people spent time making look so good.
Woo-Fu
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As far as dual-wielding goes warriors shit all over rogues. I say this having played both as main character. What the rogue can only do from behind or to a stunned character the warrior does from any angle and with better weapons.
Going through the Fade sequence I had to be careful with the rogue, pulling this and that, setting up traps in good spots, making very sure to never get more than 1 mob on me at a time. With a dwarf warrior I just ran through killing everything. Going through that area as a rogue I probably had to reload 10 times. Going through as a warrior I reloaded once when I got a little to close to a fire in my normal form.
oh, and I played through with the rogue on normal, I'm playing through on hard with the warrior and he still does better. I bumped it up to hard for second playthrough and am going without Wynne and without any multi-target crowd control just to make it interesting.
Going through the Fade sequence I had to be careful with the rogue, pulling this and that, setting up traps in good spots, making very sure to never get more than 1 mob on me at a time. With a dwarf warrior I just ran through killing everything. Going through that area as a rogue I probably had to reload 10 times. Going through as a warrior I reloaded once when I got a little to close to a fire in my normal form.
oh, and I played through with the rogue on normal, I'm playing through on hard with the warrior and he still does better. I bumped it up to hard for second playthrough and am going without Wynne and without any multi-target crowd control just to make it interesting.