Dragon Age

[rattran]

I saw somewhere that the %Complete is merely %achievements.

[Brogarn]

The percentage of content completed directly relates to the achievements you've acquired. Or so I'm lead to believe.


EDIT: Damn. Beaten to it. *shakes fist*

[gryeyes]

That also what I believed but ive heard it also factors in major "plot" points as well. I couldn't tell as I played through. I had 30% completed very early in the game.

[Tebonas]

In this game you get Achievements for reaching major plot points, so its the same difference really...

[Sky]

Exchanged Alistair with Oghren for the Orzammar part, and damn does 2h-survivability suck compared to sword'n'board. If he draws aggro, he is toast. And damage output isn't that much higher either.

That might be due to getting him with abilities already picked. My 2h has all but one 2h skill plus the first warrior line (death blow), and he's a badass. Throw on Indomitable and open with sunder arms and armor, most mobs are dead in two swings (technically four swings, I guess). He also has a chance to stun, both from talents and a rune I put on his sword (GM rune), and a fairly quick recharge on his knockdown to keep a second mob occupied.

He also has 40 str + bonuses (maybe 50 total) and 31 con, so a decent bucket of hps and good damage per (slow) swing. I usually just throw Al into Shield Wall mode to soak up arrows while I clean out the melee mobs.

The only face I had a real problem with was Lelani, who was an attractive girl whose facial expression made her look like she was constantly being violated in a most unpleasant way.

She's french, that's how they look.

[jakonovski]

What is that cool armor Al is wearing? In my first playthrough I never found anything better than the Plate Armor of Preordering.

[Brogarn]

Lookin' sharp, Sky!

[Rasix]

What is that cool armor Al is wearing? In my first playthrough I never found anything better than the Plate Armor of Preordering.

Looks like Warden Armor from the Warden's Keep DLC.

Only suit I found in game that's better than the Dragon Plate as a whole is the Juggernaut suit you find in the Brecalian Forest.  Still, with the Dragon Plate I'm only wearing the helm and BP (midway, play #2).  Some other pieces make mixing it up quite worth it.

[jakonovski]

I hate DLC. But maybe I'll have to buy it anyway.

[Sky]

Yar, Warden's Keep. Al doesn't have the str for the dragon armor. I'm using the Honnleath village helm, I think it's +2 to all stats, looks like the basic winged open-faced helm.

Is there a way to tell what the set bonus is for armor?

[Rasix]

Yar, Warden's Keep. Al doesn't have the str for the dragon armor. I'm using the Honnleath village helm, I think it's +2 to all stats, looks like the basic winged open-faced helm.

Is there a way to tell what the set bonus is for armor?

Look at stats.  Equip final piece. Look at stats again.    There's a really, really nice helm you can get for an archer if you attempt a certain encounter.

[Slyfeind]

Finished last night. Normally I wouldn't go for more playthroughs, but those achievements are rather inviting. I really need up upgrade, because those endless loading screens really screwed with the Final Battle pacing. "Wooo things are getting exciting! Now look at this tooltip for five minutes!"

And here's how I ended!

[Sky]

Spoiler fail.

[Rasix]

Spoiler fail.

Fixed.  Abuse of power!

[Threash]

Finished last night. Normally I wouldn't go for more playthroughs, but those achievements are rather inviting. I really need up upgrade, because those endless loading screens really screwed with the Final Battle pacing. "Wooo things are getting exciting! Now look at this tooltip for five minutes!"

And here's how I ended!

Golems i believe.

[Sky]

Sly, your gripe continues to be with your pc, not Dragon Age.

[rattran]

I fixed my eternal loading screens by setting the affinity to 1 core instead of 4. Nothing else was changed, but loading times went from 5-10 minutes to 45 secs max.

[Jherad]

Mentioned earlier in the thread, but .Net framework 4 beta 2 sorted out all my loading time problems...

[Slyfeind]

Sly, your gripe continues to be with your pc, not Dragon Age.

Agreed. And sorry for SpoilerFail!

[Ingmar]

Yar, Warden's Keep. Al doesn't have the str for the dragon armor. I'm using the Honnleath village helm, I think it's +2 to all stats, looks like the basic winged open-faced helm.

Is there a way to tell what the set bonus is for armor?

The wikia page for DA is starting to shape up, I think one of the things they've got done is the set bonus info.

[lac]

Is there a way to tell what the set bonus is for armor?

It says what stats get a bonus in the description of the armor but you can't see the exact values in game (unless you wear the full set).

[Sky]

Ooo, I missed some prose!

[caladein]

If anyone's still thinking of picking it up: $38 today* on Steam and Digital Deluxe Edition at $49.

*Countdown on sale page says 41 hours from 3pm Pacific.

[Ratman_tf]

Sly, your gripe continues to be with your pc, not Dragon Age.

I already pitched some upgrade options to him a week or two ago. 

[Tannhauser]

Finished the game yesterday, after an epic 14 hour cat-ass-a-thon.   


Great game!  I have a few minor complaints but I clocked in 56 hours of stellar gaming.  I've already re-started as a human noble warrior who is going dual strike/reaver, looks like fun.  Running with Al, Morrigan and Sten.  God is it hard to keep them happy!  Heck I even pissed off all three of them in Redcliffe Village!   

I like Sten in my party but he's getting on my nerves.

Me:  (To NPC) Sure I'll help you but I want a reward
Sten:  THIS IS NOT HELPING US DEFEAT THE DARKSPAWN FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

But dual wield warrior is lots of fun.  But we'll see after a couple of bosses. 

[NiX]

I think Al is on the verge of leaving my party. I can never keep that guy happy, I didn't think Templars would be such tight asses.

[Strazos]

Hey, do you get a dog if you pick a background other than human noble?

[Tebonas]

Yes, you get a quest to heal one of the Dogs in the Warcamp (before the Grey Wardens get wiped out). The healed dog is grateful and imprints on you.

[Xilren's Twin]

Playing a female dwarf fighter with a noble background this time.  Am very curious to see how the story plays out with this origin as i can already see potential for major plot differences just from this background alone


Has anyone made it far enough into the game on a second go to see if the differences are truly there or merely cosmetic?

[Merusk]

Xilren's in my brain.. playing the same characters in the same order as I am.  OUT, OUT DAMN YOU!

[Threash]

Playing a female dwarf fighter with a noble background this time.  Am very curious to see how the story plays out with this origin as i can already see potential for major plot differences just from this background alone


Has anyone made it far enough into the game on a second go to see if the differences are truly there or merely cosmetic?

Yeah as far as being female goes remember you are not the only grey warden.

[stray]

Some little things change with different types of characters, but not much. Like, if you are mage, you might take the route of going into the Fade to accomplish something.

[Threash]

What does giving stuff to your armies in the camp do?

[Sky]

Some little things change with different types of characters, but not much. Like, if you are mage, you might take the route of going into the Fade to accomplish something.

Alistair is a good friend with my character, but I'm a good guy. He's on the bench next playthrough, he wouldn't like that one imo. Funny how it's difficult for me to choose non-good guy dialog options, though.

[Xilren's Twin]

Xilren's in my brain.. playing the same characters in the same order as I am.  OUT, OUT DAMN YOU!

"Resistence is futile. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.."