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Lord Cyrahzax posted:Nope, you can kill the Mabari at Ostagar, and get Oghren to hate you so much that he will fight a duel to the death with you. Is it even possible to solo the game with just Alistair? That'd make for an interesting playthrough...
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oatgan posted:Listen, man, we just want to know if we can gently caress the ghost. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8dmQ-N9luQ
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Deltasquid posted:Is it even possible to solo the game with just Alistair? That'd make for an interesting playthrough... I wonder how the big battle at the end winds up. I think someone said you just control generic mooks? Mung Dynasty posted:I'm pretty sure most of the cast can be killed in some way, either directly or indirectly as a result of your actions. Morrigan is the only companion guaranteed to survive DAO, other than those brought back to life in future installments.
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Apr 16, 2014 16:45
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It's a long time ago, but I thought you could also sacrifice Alistair by letting him kill the dragon?
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Apr 16, 2014 16:49
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Man, the end of the game hardly counts.
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Apr 16, 2014 16:52
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Wolfsheim posted:Man, the PLAYER CHOICE AND FREEDOM!
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:
Ahaha. I know there's a lot of dislike for Alistair but goddamn this one just seems salty as heck. I only ever saw him as like a dumb lost puppy and/or or your own personal fan so I just imagine him going to pieces when you request his execution.
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Is there any extra interesting bits if you let Loghain live through the end game? I guess that would mean you were dead, never tried it to see though.
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He replaces Alistair as a companion, so that's a net win. You get to talk with him a bit about what happened, and Return to Ostagar can be pretty interesting with him around.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I wonder how the big battle at the end winds up. I think someone said you just control generic mooks? So it's possible to do practically the entire game with just you and one other companion. Talk about gimping yourself.
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:Is there any extra interesting bits if you let Loghain live through the end game? I guess that would mean you were dead, never tried it to see though. You get some stuff in Awakening about how he's being reassigned to Orlais. Plus he's considerably more chilled out. Deltasquid posted:So it's possible to do practically the entire game with just you and one other companion. Talk about gimping yourself. But equally, it's awesome that they let you do that.
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CottonWolf posted:But equally, it's awesome that they let you do that. Yeah, that's pretty great. Mass Effect also lets you horribly murder all of your teammates but that takes serious effort.
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Deltasquid posted:So it's possible to do practically the entire game with just you and one other companion. Talk about gimping yourself. No no, in a Bioware game you need another character to be the gimp.
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Torrannor posted:It's a long time ago, but I thought you could also sacrifice Alistair by letting him kill the dragon? Yes. And if you're in a romance with him and haven't done the ~~dark ritual~~ he won't even give you an opportunity to choose - he says goodbye and goes and kills the dragon himself. There really are a lot of little things in DAO that helped make it special.
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My favorite example of being able to kill off all of your party members is in Mask of the Betrayer where doing so even rewards you with the most hilariously overpowered amulet in the game (it doesn't make up the difference for having no party members though).
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Clever Spambot posted:My favorite example of being able to kill off all of your party members is in Mask of the Betrayer where doing so even rewards you with the most hilariously overpowered amulet in the game (it doesn't make up the difference for having no party members though). Well, Mask of the Betrayer was a seriously great game, with companions that were quite unique. In DA:O you get a Mabari, in MotB you get the ghost of an intelligent bear-god!
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Deltasquid posted:Is it even possible to solo the game with just Alistair? That'd make for an interesting playthrough... Pretty sure, since my ex-husband's boss mentioned that he hasn't gotten to do that on Nightmare like he really wants to.
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Deltasquid posted:So it's possible to do practically the entire game with just you and one other companion. Talk about gimping yourself. How would the pressure puzzle in the Ashes sequence even work though? I thought you needed four players for that.
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monster on a stick posted:How would the pressure puzzle in the Ashes sequence even work though? I thought you needed four players for that. Ash Wraiths apparently fill in the empty slots
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monster on a stick posted:How would the pressure puzzle in the Ashes sequence even work though? I thought you needed four players for that. We should test this. For science. Ekusukariba posted:Ash Wraiths apparently fill in the empty slots Wait, what?
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So I seem to have run into a game-breaking bug in Origins. During the duel with Loghain, no matter who I choose to fight him, nobody gets removed from the party and it ends up a four-on-one, and it doesn't end when he gets to 1 hp. He just keeps fighting forever. I tried uninstalling all my mods except the DLC and reverting to an earlier saved game in the Alienage, but it sill happens. Anyone have any advice?
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Deltasquid posted:Wait, what? Yeah, don't ask me but: DA Wiki posted:If your party does not consist of 4 members, ash wraiths will join as temporary companions and once the bridge is complete and the party moves to the next trial, they will vanish. The ash wraiths have Heavy Chainmail equipped on them which can be moved to the inventory and will remain there even when they vanish. personally I think they missed a trick by not using the ghosts of the other Grey Warden candidates that Duncan knifed in the Joining. And Duncan's Ghost if you need a 3rd.
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Deltasquid posted:Wait, what? If you don't bring the number of party members required to fill the spots, you get ash wraiths as temporary party members. You can bug this out to make them permanent party members, though. Dragon Age Wiki posted:There is a bug where ash wraiths can be added to the party (permanently). During the Urn of Sacred Ashes quest, select only one player. At the bridge puzzle during The Gauntlet, two friendly ash wraiths are added to the party to assist. Immediately walk back out and select a different party. From now on, the ash wraiths will be available as players.
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Are they decent as fighting companions or do they suck balls?
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And can you romance them
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Gnome de plume posted:And can you romance them I think that was a part of my question already. 
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Drifter posted:I think that was a part of my question already. Oh God. Do they sing at the campfire?
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I hope Inquisition adds banter between all the party members that you have with you. The only one I've ever seen was between Zevran, Ohgden and Morrigan with Zevran flirting with Morrigan repeatedly and getting shut down until finally she accepts a compliment...only to have Ohgden pipe up with a complaint that he has to pay Zevran for winning a bet. I never managed to find any other 3 way banters.
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dPB posted:I hope Inquisition adds banter between all the party members that you have with you. The only one I've ever seen was between Zevran, Ohgden and Morrigan with Zevran flirting with Morrigan repeatedly and getting shut down until finally she accepts a compliment...only to have Ohgden pipe up with a complaint that he has to pay Zevran for winning a bet. I never managed to find any other 3 way banters. There are a couple in DA2, actually, some that even changed based on who you have in your party.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:There are a couple in DA2, actually, some that even changed based on who you have in your party. There are a metric ton of them and they are all horrible
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ElrondHubbard posted:There are a metric ton of them and they are all horrible They aren't all bad, but far too many are either bad jokes, or just your party members (mostly Fenris and Anders) snarling at each other.
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Geostomp posted:They aren't all bad, but far too many are either bad jokes, or just your party members (mostly Fenris and Anders) snarling at each other. It could have done with a "for the love of god shut up both of you!" option.
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The three way banters between Anders, Fenris, and Merril were the best. It was just Anders and Fenris constantly making GBS threads on Merrill.
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Kimaka posted:The three way banters between Anders, Fenris, and Merril were the best. It was just Anders and Fenris constantly making GBS threads on Merrill. See, those would entail me tolerating Fenris and Anders together. Merrill, while a little annoying to me, was tolerable like a dumb little sister (i.e. in small doses). Fenris and Anders, however, I absolutely hated. Giving them an excuse to get even more self-righteous or bark at each other over a complex issue is the last thing I want.
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The best one was Bioware's explanation for how Merrill survived nine years in Kirkwall: Varric nearly bankrupting himself paying off lookouts and thugs to watch her back.
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DrakePegasus posted:The best one was Bioware's explanation for how Merrill survived nine years in Kirkwall: Varric nearly bankrupting himself paying off lookouts and thugs to watch her back. Varric's really is the best--he's looking out for the family and does a better job than Hawke, by far.
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