Dragon Age III: Inquisition

[Mabster]

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Man, skyhold is kind of overwhelming, and unfortunately not in a good way as I think running all over this place will become unbearable (it's already annoying). On the positive side you can't die, so jumping from the ramparts is slightly amusing.

Take advantage of the fast travel spots.

[Kearnzo]

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Take advantage of the fast travel spots.

This. Took me forever to realize that the fast travel locations in Skyhold were actually for traveling around Skyhold itself.

[Matty Aqua]

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Clocking in at 110 hours gameplay now!, Iv'e almost completed everything just have to slay 5 more dragons, unlock 1 more astrarium, close some more rifts and collect about 10 more shards...

I've just completed the What pride has Brought, and heading into the final few chapters of this epic game!, I am currently a level 21 Assassin Archer!

So far I really like the Characters Cassandra, Iron Bull (tho he is to weak in combat), Blackwall,Dorian,Solas,Varric and Leillana.
I found Josephine, Cullen, and Cole,Viviene kinda boring, and I din't like Sera at all!, and don't really find Corypheus all that bad-*** in terms of Villans!
As someone who has played through all the previous DA games, I will never trust Morrigan.

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No way in hell I was letting her drink from that Well!

I kinda miss the old characters, and wished they atleast make cameo appearances, would have been good to have more interaction with Hawke, have Alistair involved, Sten and Zevran side quests, and whatever happened to Shale the Golem, Wynne the Mage Healer, and Ogrhen the alcholic Dwarf?, I know there names pop up in a few quests on the War Table, but still some nice cut scenes would have been good, these characters from Origins would have been great too see again!. I'm pretty disapointed in lack of references to DAII characters like Fenris, Aveline, Bethany/Carver, Isabella, Merril and Sebastian it's like these guys never existed and DragonAgeII was a waste of time expect for Anders blowing up the Chantry!.

I've enjoyed the game so far and looking forwad to seeing how it all plays out in the ending, I just hope Bioware kinda run with these characters in the next game!

[kingkilla56]

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^did you customize your world with the Dragon Keep?

[Burns11]

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Early on, Iron Bull is very fragile, but a 2h warrior does a lot of DPS. Using him with AI isn't easy, you have to make him use abilities that add guard (especially things like charging bull) by favoring those abilities. Also, go into the weapon and shield tree, even though he's not using S&B, and give him Bear Mauls the Wolves so he can't be flanked. Once he has Reaver unlocked, you'll have consume available that will heal 40% of his lost health. He's still squishier than a S&B, but not as bad as a mage or rogue.

[Matty Aqua]

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^did you customize your world with the Dragon Keep?

Absolutely, like I said there have been some references to the old crew on the War Table, and Dagna went into depth about how the Grey Warden killed the Arch Demon but I definetly haven't come across King Alistair or Sten!.

Early on, Iron Bull is very fragile, but a 2h warrior does a lot of DPS. Using him with AI isn't easy, you have to make him use abilities that add guard (especially things like charging bull) by favoring those abilities. Also, go into the weapon and shield tree, even though he's not using S&B, and give him Bear Mauls the Wolves so he can't be flanked. Once he has Reaver unlocked, you'll have consume available that will heal 40% of his lost health. He's still squishier than a S&B, but not as bad as a mage or rogue.

Yeh I have given him some Vanguard abilities, I might have to Re-Tool his ability tree i'll definately start adding some points in the other trees, The AI does a horrible job of handling Iron Bull.

[Burns11]

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The romance options for a male kind of suck this time around

[kingkilla56]

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Absolutely, like I said there have been some references to the old crew on the War Table, and Dagna went into depth about how the Grey Warden killed the Arch Demon but I definetly haven't come across King Alistair or Sten!.



Yeh I have given him some Vanguard abilities, I might have to Re-Tool his ability tree i'll definately start adding some points in the other trees, The AI does a horrible job of handling Iron Bull.

If you had King Alistair then his involvement in 3 was pretty small. Like 2 lines small. If your keep was a little different he would have a more hands on role in your story; not getting to spoilery. I feel like they didnt go too far into old characters so you would get into the new ones.

[Matty Aqua]

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If you had King Alistair then his involvement in 3 was pretty small. Like 2 lines small. If your keep was a little different he would have a more hands on role in your story; not getting to spoilery. I feel like they didnt go too far into old characters so you would get into the new ones.

Well, I do have King Alistair and I haven't even seen King Alistair to get my 2 lines haha, So maybe he might turn up at some stage throughout the game tho i am closing in on the end!, I feel he could have replaced Commander Cullen really as although I didn't mind Cullen just DA fans would have really enjoyed seeing some of there old favourites return and have a connection with Alistair...I think Mass Effect done this pretty well regarding older characters!...

I also think DragonAge has alot of things that people miss because alot of usefull information is int he form of codex, which is cool but I think they rely to much on codex and there should be more cut-scenes.

[gbeazy]

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I've started over at least 12 times to switch my class. I look at people who spent 80+ hours and feel like I don't want to get stuck/bored later in the game. What class would you pick?

[Burns11]

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It doesn't really matter much, since the companions run the gamut of classes and you don't have to control the one you create.

[AshamanCarnage]

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It doesn't really matter much, since the companions run the gamut of classes and you don't have to control the one you create.

He may be like me, I can only play as my character. For whatever reason I can't use anyone but the person I created.

[LionsFanNJ]

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I wish I could control just my character, but the builds I made for a few are just some damn destructive forces....especially Sera. Flask of flame + thousand cuts lvl 3 = death to everything.

Though my main mage is finally set the way I want so she puts a world of hurt on things too.

[Matty Aqua]

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Ok, Can someone please explain the ending i'll place it all in spoilers!..

PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE GAME!

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So Solas is upset about the orb that Corypheus was using got destroyed, why?, then Flemeth seems to show alot of respect to Solas and says he is an old friend? She refers to him as Dread Wolf, then Solas seems to take Flemeths power leaving Flemeth what looked like dead!...like really dead this time!...

I really liked Solas as a character, I generally like the elfs, but I just could not have put the pieces together that Solas may have an agenda of his own for joining the inquisition!.
The last battle against Corypheus was under-whelming, but as I said in an earlier post too much information is stored away in codex, that you miss out on some important moments an information!.

[Burns11]

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Ok, Can someone please explain the ending i'll place it all in spoilers!..

PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE GAME!

Spoiler

So Solas is upset about the orb that Corypheus was using got destroyed, why?, then Flemeth seems to show alot of respect to Solas and says he is an old friend? She refers to him as Dread Wolf, then Solas seems to take Flemeths power leaving Flemeth what looked like dead!...like really dead this time!...

I really liked Solas as a character, I generally like the elfs, but I just could not have put the pieces together that Solas may have an agenda of his own for joining the inquisition!.
The last battle against Corypheus was under-whelming, but as I said in an earlier post too much information is stored away in codex, that you miss out on some important moments an information!.

About ending

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Solas is an old elven god, the one who sealed the other gods away a long time ago, then he went away and hibernated. Once he awoke, he wasn't powerful enough to charge the orb, so he gave it to corypheus to charge, hoping to take it back before corypheus could use it. That's why he didn't like seeing it destroyed. Perhaps he was planning on using it to unseal the old gods, the game doesn't specify.

Flemeth is possessed by one of the old gods that was murdered, and it seems her spirit was passed on from Flemeth to solas.

With Tevinter playing a part in this game, and solas being who he is along with the old God he absorbed from flemeth, I get the feeling they are setting up the next game being in or about tevinter and the old fallen elven capital city of arlathan.