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There is so much choice I suppose as we have an entire continent...Tevinter Imperium. Something that goes deeply into the lore OR something more personal. Remember the Mask of the Betrayer or Baldur's Gate 2/Throne of Bhaal? I loved how so much there was personalised. Even Irenicus (to date the best PC villain ever imo) was personalised..yes, the enemy or danger can threaten the world but make the story personal...in the Tevinter Imperium. Practically I don't see how DA2 could possibly be a direct continuation after reaching level 30+...unless they up levels again...which I guess they could do. Now I am just rambling. Most importantly I hope by that time that I have a machine that can handle the game and that I never experience a lag again...

You are one of the mod gods...just so you know. Yes, it is all quite 'grey' with the Grey Wardens. That is one thing I love about this game. NOT black and white.

If there have been 5 in total, including the one you have stopped, when did the ones take place prior? I know that Garahel ended the 4th Blight 400 years ago but for some reason it has been implied that the first Blight took place only 1,000 years ago? But how is that possible, a Blight every 200 years? Then some place else I saw it said that the first Blight was 3,000 years ago. Does anyone have an idea of the real timeline? This gets me thinking that an expansion and/or game in the Tevinter Imperium could be interesting...anyway...what exactly is the timeline for the different Blights? Cheers

I forgot where I read it but I think Bioware said DA was inspired in part by Song of Ice and Fire...

"We aren't judges. Kinslayers, blood mages, traitors, rebels, carta thugs, common bandits; Anyone with the skill and mettle to take up the sword against the darkspawn is welcome among us." -Riordan This kind of philosophy stands in stark contrast to the preachy Wynne and her take on the Wardens. Are Wardens protectors of the good? or are they just darkspawn killers...?

The Grey Wardens have NEVER pretended to be knights of any sort, let alone ones in shining armour. This quote from Riordan sums it up: "We aren't judges. Kinslayers, blood mages, traitors, rebels, carta thugs, common bandits; Anyone with the skill and mettle to take up the sword against the darkspawn is welcome among us." ANYONE, knights AND murderers...

Ser Jory is a coward, through and through. I hate him. I am sad that Daveth died though; he is wily, funny and in his own way brave. He is the real tradegy. I would have loved to have had him as an NPC to take along.

thin air, i.e. the handle is WAY too short. THIS IS ALL BIOWARE'S FAULT. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT A MOD BUT ABOUT VIGILANCE AS IS IN THE GAME. It needs to be lengthened. I am sure someone skilled could do that? Also, it is in essence, a giant scimitar, look at the way it is swung; the actual blade is facing the other way when you swing it, with the curve going outwards. I might be knitpicky but I think aesthetics are important and the Vigilance great sword would look so great if these two things were fixed. I hope I am not the only one who thinks this. Please, one of you mod gods, make a mod or a fix that fixes this. Thank you

This! I just finished saving redcliffe and Connor on my first play through as a human noble and was sad to see that I couldn't put her in her place. I'm a Cousland. A potential Teyrna and she, an Arlessa dares speak to me in such a tone? :verymad: The closest you can come to putting her in her place is choosing to kill the demon in the castle, i.e. Connor directly. She begs you and sobs, screams, kicks and shouts; you have a couple of dialogue options; one is to punch her in the face and knock her out. You then proceed to gut Connor. Great scene and I love doing it this way. Sten approves as well as Morrigan and Zevran and that wussy Alistair is angry at you in camp after that. Anyway...that is a nice way of dealing with her.

WELL, you do punch her and knock her out.

It was her fault that all of the bad things happened to Redcliffe including her husband being poisoned, yet she doesn't feel any real remorse and thinks she was right about it all, incorrectly putting all the blame on Jowan. To this end, as much as I try to do the 'good' thing on a 'good' playthrough, i.e. going to the Circle to get lyrium for the ritual to save the entire family, when playing a more neutral or evil character there is no more satisfying feeling that knocking that female dog out as she begs for the life of her abomination son. Man, I hate her. Anyone else feel this way?

That's my problem. I am always moving round so a laptop is most practical. But I guess these days one can get PCs that aren't too clunky. Yeah, I have seen some of the alienware prices; insane. Well, I am stuck with my shitty laptop for now and in the forseeable future as I have no money for anything new. I guess I will have to start all over with mods and everything else once I have a new computer, etc...especially with DA 2 coming out. And especially if there is carry over content though that seems unlikely. oh well.

I use a mod that always gives you messy kills but like I said; axes and maces get ripped off; dagger/long sword=decapitation one swing, stab+decapitation, one slash, three slashes; everything else just slashes...

If you talk to the Redcliffe knight in Lothering he will tell you that the Arl fell ill BEFORE the king was killed at Ostagar; this suggests that Loghain was planning it from the start.

Willpower? May I ask why? Why not cunning? at medium to higher levels it creates a huge damage output? Why willpower? For the reason I stated, the stamina. I tend to be heavy handed on the talents and like having a large pool of stamina. I don't neglect my cunning nor my strength, but they aren't my main focus. OK. I pump everything into dex and cunning; 60/40 breakdown... I am a sneaky backstabber...

I will look into this. So, in a fantasy world where I could afford a nice new computer and I am primarily interested in a gaming laptop, what would you recommend to be able to run DA on max settings very smoothly with no problems? Alienware gaming laptop? Also, will Dragon Age 2 bump up the requirements even more? Thanks

Willpower? May I ask why? Why not cunning? at medium to higher levels it creates a huge damage output? Why willpower?

dexterity and cunning... Now I tend to just wear leather because I don't think it is work spending 30+ points in strength just to wear armour... What do you do? I would be interested in hearing opinions... thanks

but I am sure others have noticed that whilst swords have 4 different animations, mauls and axes (and maces) only have two which are shared with swords. Why can't axes also decapitate for example? Why are there these limits? Is there any modding genius that can fix this? You know, make a maul animation with the head being squished (exploded)...ah well. Does anyone else have this problem?

Too many; I think I have lost count...ugh. Oh well...will remove some now...

Well, I have been waiting for some time for Phaenan who made Winter Forge to update it and Noob767 wants to but cannot until Phaenan lets him. There is also the upgrade wand but it doesn't work for me for some reason. Are there any mods that anyone out there might know about that would allow me to upgrade? I find it really stupid that Stormchaser armour among others are made with mismatching materials...why did Bioware ever do that?

Aesthetically either dual daggers or swords looks best, provided they are the same kind...I am into aesthetics. Maybe some person with more expertise can do a mechanical analysis....

or what is going to happen in any of it? More stuff with Morrigan? What of the romances, etc? Does anyone know something I don't? cheers

I think I remember Sigrun saying something smart when at the end and confronted by the Architect; do you really want more intelligent darkspawn? Regardless of his intentions, more intelligent darkspawn are a dangerous thing...at least with a blight...well, you kill the archdemon and they go back...and only 2 archdemons to go so then there will be no more blights, I guess at least.

So many people say that dual wielding two full sized weapons is just for fighters...I kind of agree; daggers are faster, have a higher crit chance and better armour penetration rate but still, nothing beat the aesthetic of say, wearing Storm Chaser armour and dual wielding two orlesian long swords, I have tried some experiments; using the Winter Forge to put improved attack speed on all my equipment and then using two momentum runes+ dw momentum but daggers just seem to be faster no matter what. I guess I no Dragon Age expert but what is the general expert opinion here on DW rogue+daggers vs. DW rogue+two long swords?