Mlai

I'm glad that DAO isn't 1st person. I absolutely detest 1st person games where the only thing you see of your chara is a sword or a gun. Half of the game's personality is drained off right there. I always play DAO in zoom-in view (the PC). So I get plenty of surprise/startle moments.

@ Roninsoul7: That's a convenient generalization, but it's not the day-to-day reality. If the Blight happens everyday (as it does for the dwarves), then yes Wardens can do whatever they want with the "We're in eternal war with the Darkspawn" excuse and people have to swallow it. But Blights happen once every few centuries. To give you a time frame: "Before Columbus sailed to America, there was a Blight." Do you expect people/kings/nations to swallow the GW crap for that long between Blights? The DAO warden gets away with so much because he's in the middle of a Blight. Doing stuff like that during non-Blights gets your entire order kicked out of the country for generations -- see Warden's Keep. The same thing applies to recruiting during non-Blights. Do you really want criminals and other unreliable folk (who have problems with authority and social graces) inside your organization? Are you sure you want that person at your back when you're neck deep in Darkspawn? What does it do to the integrity of chain-of-command? To public relations with low and high classes? These are practical, not moralistic, concerns. If I was recruiting during non-Blights, I'd take professional soldiers and knights. Guild assassins are okay, because they also understand structure. Bards are okay for public relations.

In this game, your raw stats with level increases ***don't really matter***, because your enemies level up with you. What's important is the skills/abilities you gain as you level up. Therefore, your STR based rogue will be weaker because a lot of his abilities are critically based on other attributes, while warriors get more out of STR (pre-req, and bonuses) with their abilities. Ofc, if you want to totally ignore your rogue skills tree, and just concentrate on lock-picking and the dual-wield tree, you can do that. Weapons get same bonuses regardless of class of chara.

Ah, so it is long-discarded early concept art, then. Probably drawn back when the artists were told "Make something like Baldur's Gate." Because obviously DAO later went in a completely opposite artistic direction (low fantasy).

That can't possibly be official concept art. And since it's not, you're better off playing WoW.

I think your question is poorly worded. You probably meant to ask: "Who would you like to make love with, if the characters were real people?" I agree with the poster who said, "Without mods, none of them."

Huh? What's that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balin_(Middle-earth) Here's a female elf mage... I based her on Yorda. She ended up looking like she walked off a Final Fantasy... :p http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/MiLai/Screenshot20100408220527671YORDAA.jpg

LOL Balin, son of Fundin, Lord of Moria?

[Landsmeet Spoiler] If you spare Loghain, you can take him with you to the final battle, and have him kill the Archdemon. Then either Loghain sacrifices himself, or he lives but he was the one to do the ritual with Morrigan the night before. And if you hardened Alistair, he won't run away even if you spared Loghain. But needless to say he won't be happy with you.

I'm a bit more lenient towards WK, RtO, and TSP. Granted I think they're 20% overcharged, but at least they're bonafide dungeons with a real quest tree, real story, and real new voice-overs. This "few gifts for the same price as RtO" is complete bs. If I want to manipulate approval without regard for roleplay, I can do that myself with the toolset or console, I don't need joke gifts that offers no new story/dialogue. The problem with crap DLC is that they're painless for EA/Bioware in the short term. Even if only 20% of the fanbase buys it, it doesn't hurt EA/Bw because the joke gifts literally took one dev 30 minutes to make. If few ppl buy RtO, which took real development, then EA/Bw would hurt. So why would they take the risk to make real DLC when they can make the risk-free garbage DLC instead? That's the problem.

It is my understanding that the gamesave files have no such values, to be found on the toolset. It is a common question: Can I transfer my morph from the CC to the Toolset for additional tweaking? The answer was always No. I'll check the toolset myself tonight to see if you're right.

Yes, I don't want to be called Dwarven anymore! I like this new word! DRAWFERN!

It's not just "a business is a business." Think about it. If Bioware/EA puts out a crap DLC like "A few new items for $5!" and ppl buy it... then what incentive is there for them to take the time to make an actual DLC like WK or RtO for $5 payback? Why hire VA for new lines? Why make a new dungeon? Just make a few crap items and ppl will pay the same money! The only way to ensure that we actually get real DLC in the future, is to let them know with our wallets.

If you used the in-game character creator, then no. The character's appearance is not saved in any stand-alone file that you can copy/paste. You have to recreate him/her again. If you used the free-download Chara Creator demo, then yes. The chara was saved, and can be imported again to your new game. If you used the free-download Toolset, then yes also.

Emi Amelle. Female Human Magi. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/MiLai/Screenshot20100404005537546EMI.jpg I made her in preparation for my 3rd playthrough. She's going to be my go-to girl to finally snagging that Blood Mage specialization. I kind of feel sorry for her; she looks so innocent but I have to force her to go Blood Mage...

Definitely NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY. This is the kind of small throw-away DLC that companies usually give you for free, as thanks or as a holiday gift. EA/Bioware is trying to charge you $5. If you buy into this, expect all future DLCs for DAO to be garbage like this. Hold on to your money in order to ensure you get true DLCs in the future.

What are your expectations? 1. You want to see new areas open up with new choices? There are none. 2. You want new combat dynamics? You can do that by tailoring your charas differently from last playthru. 3 You want new story? There are variations based on choices but no brand new story. 4. You might have missed things like quests and seductions, but they won't change the big story. 5. There are some companions and their quests that you may have missed.

Bought the game but not re-installing it? Doesn't matter.... EA already has your money, and is telling Bioware to not waste time on patches... I won't be buying Awakening or installing 1.03... until a patc 1.0x comes out and fixes more than it breaks, at least on par with 1.02a... or until enough mod fixes come out to fix everything in Awakening to my satisfaction...

B = Better than A, its counterpart. Ppl thinks A looks better but don't realize in-game, A will look like a squashed small head on huge shoulders, while B will be more proportional. It's not modder's fault it's Bioware's body mesh. L,N = One is more lore, and one has better hair overall, but both get points for giving her a cold hostile demeanor. But I think tan is better, because a woodsy elf should be tanned. They're no longer magical elves who remain white in sunlight.

I've never understood using Tactics extensively. If you make the game setting hard enough for you, and don't exploit min-maxing, how can the Tactics AI possibly play good enough to ensure survival?? For example, when combat starts I would predict enemy mob movement, and move Morrigan into position in advance to throw a CoC hitting most enemies without hitting allies. The AI can't do that. The AI also can't differentiate 1 lieutenant from another lieutenant. Yes I do use Adanced Tactics mod.

Thought I'd share this here also: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/MiLai/Screenshot20100324003153734aa.jpg At the Circle Tower, Snotra teaching Sten the victory dance boogy woogy. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/MiLai/Screenshot20100324003206093bb.jpg Unfortunately... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/MiLai/Screenshot20100324002423859cc.jpg ... Qunaris can't dance. Lesson to yous: Do not try to teach Qunaris the victory dance boogy woogy.

Even with the Combat Tweaks mod, taking Arcane Warrior made my vulnerable weak Wynne into Iron Maiden Granny. No longer a potion drainer; she just never got hurt anymore.

I believe that there are now mods available, which allow you to continue your DLC gear into Awakening.

From what I heard at Bioware Social, DAA is too easy. That's the consensus there.

That's just substituting the word "God" with the word "aliens." It's not all that surprising. If you read a college text on the theory of relativity (as many of us had to do for class), you find that you, an average Joe, understands it perfectly well. Humans are very smart creatures. And humans of ancient history are *just as smart* as you are. Hence they can build pyramids, hence they can sail the oceans, make steel, etc. There is no miracle. Simply human ingenuity.