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[Thandal]

DP FTW?

Forum-speak for "double-post". Usually done by accident or because the poster's client didn't refresh to reflect that the "submit" was accepted, so hit it a second time.

(And I got it, Tikkidew -- "pertinent", because the caves repeat themselves! )

[DGVictus]

I know what it meant, I was the one who posted it before the edit. Lol. Was implying an innuendo with it too.

[Thandal]

Ahhh... since the timestamps don't reflect that, I thought you were posting the question to the revised dp.

(But in that case... does yours still make sense after Tikkidew's edit?)

[DGVictus]

Yes, cause it's still DP. And it's possible to DP caves. XD

[Salona]

You were able to make it through a second play through? Sheesh, you must be very tolerant. Personally, I thought the game was super boring in all areas. The caves, ah yes the caves. The moment I first realized I was in a cave that I had been before I was like ... "hmm, they probably just reused this cave only because it's a filler quest, that's gotta be the reason".

The second time I hit the same cave I was like "Umm .. what's going on here? What's this? That same cave yet again? That same open area where I got ambushed twice before, could it be? Ahh, yep, another ambush".

Finally, when some irrelevant filler quest sent me back, I just turned the difficulty to easy and let my party take care of the mobs while I folded laundry and watched Dexter reruns. This game has some of the lamest dungeon encounters of any RPG I've played, ever. :[

Im on my fourth playthrough

[VicGeorge2011]

Something from the Fridge page on Dragon Age II at TV Tropes:

The repetitive nature of some of the dungeons is initially annoying, until one remembers the entire game is essentially being retold by a storyteller who can't help but embellish a few things or cut corners in exposition. The reused dungeon interiors are essentially Varric saying "We went to a cave/warehouse/hovel and kicked some asses." and leaving it at that. He doesn't bother explaining what it looks like, leaving Cassandra to fill in a generic location. A generic, reused dungeon interior is now a part of the story that reinforces the narrative being told by Varric!