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Finished my first play-through as a KE two days back. Liked the game, wasn't crazy about the KE specialization, as mentioned in this thread. Now I'm thinking of starting a second play-through next week and I'm wondering if it would be a huge miserable mistake to play as a mage AGAIN but specializing toward rift magic. Is there anyone in this thread whose beaten the game as a rift mage? How were dragon fights? Did you feel too squishy? Do you advise it?
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How much of the hinterlands quests should I try and complete? I'm completely overwhelmed by the amount of sidequests here, and I really don't know if it's worth doing them all. Did you guys do a few and move on? Do all of them? Or simply do the story quests?
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Nov 25, 2014 20:51
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CrusherEAGLE posted:How much of the hinterlands quests should I try and complete? I'm completely overwhelmed by the amount of sidequests here, and I really don't know if it's worth doing them all. Move on from the Hinterlands. It makes the game better.
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Nov 25, 2014 20:51
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Dorkopotamis posted:Finished my first play-through as a KE two days back. Liked the game, wasn't crazy about the KE specialization, as mentioned in this thread. Play as Solas for a bit. It's like a super crowd-control spec. Veil Strike is incredibly satisfying to use even if it doesn't do damage. It's just a "You all get knocked down now" button. edit: Stonefist is loving awesome too. AngryBooch fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Nov 25, 2014 |
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Nov 25, 2014 20:57
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HIJK posted:Evidence of executive meddling in my opinion. I'm not so sure of that, ME2 had a similar structure and is largely considered to be the best game in the series. The difference, I think, is that DA2 was just a rushed mess from the getgo and 18 months is not a long enough development cycle to put out a Bioware game. Also, it was just not very good.
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Nov 25, 2014 20:57
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CrusherEAGLE posted:How much of the hinterlands quests should I try and complete? I'm completely overwhelmed by the amount of sidequests here, and I really don't know if it's worth doing them all. I did every single one I was capable of doing before I moved on, but I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.
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Nov 25, 2014 20:59
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Move on from the Hinterlands, if you wish. Just know those golden exclamation points and pyramids are silently judging your noob rear end from half a world away.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:01
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Levantine posted:I did every single one I was capable of doing before I moved on, but I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. Me too. Did that make you overleveled/ruin the rest of the game for you?
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Nov 25, 2014 21:01
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CrusherEAGLE posted:Me too. Did that make you overleveled/ruin the rest of the game for you? No, doing that just barely squeaked me over level 10 which is decent for the final story mission of Act 1. I touched on the desert area and the fallow mire, but I suspect if I'd really explored them too I'd have been overlevelled.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:03
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Harrow posted:What material did you use to do that Guard-generating thing? Might be fun to try out on a Knight Enchanter, as if I'm not immortal enough already. it went into the masterworks slot; it was a fade-touched something or other. Slightly related, I loving hate the stupid 20% masterworks success bullshit. let me craft it or not, none of this will it/won't it bullshit. It's on my mage, but putting it onto a rogue's hat or something would make your rogue loving hardcore because I don't think they have many guard generating things.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:03
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Drifter posted:it went into the masterworks slot; it was a fade-touched something or other. Slightly related, I loving hate the stupid 20% masterworks success bullshit. let me craft it or not, none of this will it/won't it bullshit. Yeah, it's just going to make me savescum it if I fail. The items are rare enough that the % feels really tacked on.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:04
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Dorkopotamis posted:Finished my first play-through as a KE two days back. Liked the game, wasn't crazy about the KE specialization, as mentioned in this thread. Play as someone else, but bring Solas along for a few fights to check it out. Make your main dude a completely different playstyle - otherwise you're kinda wasting a playthrough with the reactions (albeit mostly minor) it brings. edit: Cassandra just spoke to Blackwall while I was adventuring!!!!! Oh MAN! One time in two hours!
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Nov 25, 2014 21:05
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Happy Blue Cow posted:Will my Companions ever get along? Dorian and Vivienne may snark at each other but I don't think they hate each other. Blackwall however distrusts Vivienne because she's a power-hungry manipulator, and she fully agrees with him. Not paired up Blackwall and Dorian yet. Shall have to get on that.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:05
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Cythereal posted:I don't care about spoilers. Same. Elf supremacy! Or not, it's Dragon Age. 
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Nov 25, 2014 21:06
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I think it was in this thread someone was wanting to Play the previous Dragon Ages. Well, Dragon Age 1 is $5 again on Origin. https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/deals/pages/blackfridaysale-seventyfive Along with the first two Mass Effects and the Witcher 2 all for $5 dollars. I loving LOVED the Witcher 2's systems, and it was a loving great story as well. I don't think Mass Effect 1 holds up very well in terms of it being a repetitive slog outside of combat, but ME2 is still great.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:10
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Isn't that only with the critical success masterwork items though? I find those to not be really worth it compared to the other effects (fade-touched), but that really depends on your build. The guard on hit is always guaranteed if you put it on a slot. I have two on daggers for a tempest spinning blades build. A big tempest bug (it completely breaks the game): when using flask of fire, you don't spend focus to use the focus ability. Spam tier-3 thousand cuts all day everyday. .
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Nov 25, 2014 21:10
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Dont know if its been covered somewhere else but, I did a really stupid thing and used the wrong username when I signed into origin on PS4. No matter what I do I cant't seem to reset it. Anyone know of a work around?
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Nov 25, 2014 21:11
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Levantine posted:Yeah, it's just going to make me savescum it if I fail. The items are rare enough that the % feels really tacked on. I've had no success actually savescumming those and theres a lot of speculation on the bioware forums that they somehow seed them to prevent it.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:12
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Cool I finally get a proper robe and then I sync to cloud and my save progress is like 2 hours behind, I have no idea if I'll get it again, and the game keeps crashing after and during cut scenes making it really hard for me to progress.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:24
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Grondoth posted:Cool I finally get a proper robe and then I sync to cloud and my save progress is like 2 hours behind, I have no idea if I'll get it again, and the game keeps crashing after and during cut scenes making it really hard for me to progress. Craft a coat and use a bloodstone so you'll be a badass santa claus.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:25
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Drifter posted:Craft a coat and use a bloodstone so you'll be a badass santa claus. Is that a recipe somewhere? I'd love to have a guarantee to get this model.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:26
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I told Cole to gently caress off as soon as I could. What a weird and dumb idea for a party member.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:29
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omg chael crash posted:I told Cole to gently caress off as soon as I could. What a weird and dumb idea for a party member. He has some interesting perspectives, but is it weird to say that the hat just annoys the hell out of me?
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Nov 25, 2014 21:30
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Yeah, Cole might actually be a pretty OK companion but his hat is just so loving stupid that I don't want to talk to him.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:33
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Kainser posted:Yeah, Cole might actually be a pretty OK companion but his hat is just so loving stupid that I don't want to talk to him. Turn off helmets, problem solved.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:34
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I don't see people saying much about the multiplayer, is there a separate thread I missed? Either way, has anyone found a decent strategy to beat the envy demon commander that isn't just "Hope you brought a keeper!"? The other stuff is easy enough but that thing is just unfair. Specifically in the multiplayer.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:35
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Cythereal posted:Turn off helmets, problem solved. He always has that poo poo on when you talk to him in skyhold though, no avoiding it. Also Cole looks *exactly* like this dumb stoner I know so he weirds me out.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:39
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Restarted the game as a mage and I'm enjoying it much more, even though I should probably respec out of barrier and dispel while Solas is in my group. I'm playing normal so I probably won't need to micro manage everyone's abilities anyway. Gameplay aside, being a mage is just fantastic for the storyline. Most people hate me, and even though I'm taking my usual good-guy-but-not-totally-trusting-and-optimistic approach to morality in RPGs, threatening to obliterate anyone who threatens my group is amazing.  I'm kinda embarrassed to say I'm enjoying this after all the poo poo I gave Bioware for DA2 and ME3.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:42
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Nov 25, 2014 21:42
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I like Cole but I never put him in my party since I couldn't bring myself to force that poor gentle soul to go out and stab people with knives.  Re: Party banter: Putting all the mages together in one party is hugely entertaining, since Solas, Dorian, and Vivienne all have... um... differences of opinion about magic.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:42
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Grondoth posted:Is that a recipe somewhere? I'd love to have a guarantee to get this model. That looks like the Orlesian Army Battlemage Armor, which you can buy a schematic for in Val Royeaux.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:42
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Rincewind posted:I like Cole but I never put him in my party since I couldn't bring myself to force that poor gentle soul to go out and stab people with knives. Oh but you see, he's helping them. 
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Nov 25, 2014 21:44
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Any dagger rogues beat the dragons yet? How was that fight? Did you die (a lot)?
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Nov 25, 2014 21:47
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I've only just beaten the Haven Siege but Cole's dumb hat is amazing and immediately left a good impression on me.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:48
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Hi, anyone know what's up with the "You have lost your connection to the session" error when trying to do matchmaking in multiplayer? I've tried 25 times and out of those I've only ever been able to join a match once. I'd really like to play it but I can't find a clear answer anywhere on if it's happening to a lot of people or few, and why.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:48
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Tokubetsu posted:Any dagger rogues beat the dragons yet? How was that fight? Did you die (a lot)? Beat the one in Crestwood. Barely died at all thanks to health regen potions and just staying to the side of it, not behind or in front of it. Cassandra tanked it like a champion. I don't think her guard ever dropped below about 1/3rd.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:49
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Harrow posted:That looks like the Orlesian Army Battlemage Armor, which you can buy a schematic for in Val Royeaux. Excellent. Thank you. Now I'm not so devastated I lost it.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:49
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Rincewind posted:I like Cole but I never put him in my party since I couldn't bring myself to force that poor gentle soul to go out and stab people with knives. Juvenalian.Satyr posted:Oh but you see, he's helping them. In Asunder, stabbing miserable people was his main idea of "helping". It took several people telling him otherwise to get him to figure out other options. Cole's severely screwed up for a confused Compassion spirit and has the mentality of a maladjusted preschooler.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:50
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Rosalind posted:Beat the one in Crestwood. Barely died at all thanks to health regen potions and just staying to the side of it, not behind or in front of it. Cassandra tanked it like a champion. I don't think her guard ever dropped below about 1/3rd. Yeah, just micromanage the opening moments of the battle so your tank gets lots of Guard. Bee Grenades and Focus abilities really help too.
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Grondoth posted:Is that a recipe somewhere? I'd love to have a guarantee to get this model. You won't be ALL read, but there would be lots of red in your armor if you use a red colored stone, yeah. It is more pronounced with heavier armors, but you'll get some red in a coat. It won't be as Santa Clausy as you'd like, but eh.
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