Dragon Age: Origins & Awakening & DA2 : Othor Games

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:30 pm

I mean, it's not like we had a predefined last name in Origins.

Oh, wait...

True, true. I forgot about that. At least it varied depending on your origin. =)

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:56 am

True, true. I forgot about that. At least it varied depending on your origin. =)

The only difference is that the PC will be called Hawke instead of the Warden. It doesn't bother me at all.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:27 am

I'm finding AoE grinding really fun on my mage, I'll have a rogue stealth through a bunch of enemies, exit stealth, and bring them back to me all clustered, then Virulent Walking bomb on one enemy, normal walking bomb on another, throw in a chain lightning on stragglers.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:55 am

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/07/16/exclusive-dragon-age-ii-desktop-wallpapers.aspx

So now we know who Flemeth is.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:06 pm

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/07/16/exclusive-dragon-age-ii-desktop-wallpapers.aspx

So now we know who Flemeth is.

My left toe on that this is actually Morrigan. ^_^

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:52 am

My left toe on that this is actually Morrigan. ^_^

So BioWare named the file "yyyDA2_Flemeth" to trick us?

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:58 am

So BioWare named the file "yyyDA2_Flemeth" to trick us?

Nope, but you know what the problem is with Flemeth, do you not? ^_^

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:35 pm

If that is Flemeth, and it may well be - she sure cleaned up awesome!

I like the deep roads shot too. Is that the Architect silhouetted in the archway at the end?

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:11 pm

I like the deep roads shot too. Is that the Architect silhouetted in the archway at the end?

Doesn't really look like him. Then again, he might have used one of the helmets the model for this statue wore to form his own one. Looks kind of similar.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:56 pm

Nope, but you know what the problem is with Flemeth, do you not? ^_^

I'm afraid I don't know what you're referring to. Care to explain?

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:56 am

I'm afraid I don't know what you're referring to. Care to explain?

That

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Flemeth is not bound to one body, that is what I mean.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:23 pm

That

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Flemeth is not bound to one body, that is what I mean.

Ah, I see. That's exactly what I'm thinking.

So you're saying Flemeth has taken control of Morrigan's body?

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:44 am

Something to that extent. Maybe she's just taking that identity. Who knows. ^_^

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:08 am

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Does anyone know how Alistair reacts to the Warden in Awakening if he and Anora rule Ferelden, and Loghain becomes a Warden?

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:24 am

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Does anyone know how Alistair reacts to the Warden in Awakening if he and Anora rule Ferelden, and Loghain becomes a Warden?

Not much different if he ruled otherwise from what I remember.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:20 am

Not much different if he ruled otherwise from what I remember.

All right, thanks.

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IMO, having Alistair and Anora rule, and having Loghain do the Joining seems like the best thing to do.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:46 am

All right, thanks.

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IMO, having Alistair and Anora rule, and having Loghain do the Joining seems like the best thing to do.

Feh.

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Loghain is the worst warrior. I did that ending once, he got killed constantly all the way up to the rooftop. Besides, Alistair is right - it's a travesty to allow Loghain to live.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:09 am

Feh.

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Loghain is the worst warrior. I did that ending once, he got killed constantly all the way up to the rooftop. Besides, Alistair is right - it's a travesty to allow Loghain to live.

Indeed.

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How can I expect Logy to go through the whole soul-obliteration thing for me when he keeps tripping on his own intestines? Hero of River Dane my ass!

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:20 am

I honestly don't know why they said "You will be shocked when you find out who it is! SHOCKED, I tell you!", when everyone assumed it will be Flemeth right away. Anyway, the first time we see Flemeth in DA2 is in the form of a dragon, as she approaches Hawke and says "Well, well. What have we here?".

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/141/index/3149188/1

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:06 am

Feh.

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Loghain is the worst warrior. I did that ending once, he got killed constantly all the way up to the rooftop. Besides, Alistair is right - it's a travesty to allow Loghain to live.

I did each of the other endings once. Now if I'm doing another run through, I go for the Alistair/Anora and "him" as a Warden. Of course I make sure I set up his tactics for healing potions and give him a better weapon at the very least. An iron sword isn't going to cut it at the end of the game. I haven't had that much of a problem with him. At the very least he isn't the trap magnet that Alistair is; no matter where my party was, if I heard Leliana say "trap right ahead" and I heard the trap go off, it was always Alistair standing there trying to get out of it. That wolf ambush? He found almost every single one of them; I ended up leaving him unconscious until we cleared out the wolves because he was getting mauled while stuck in the traps more than he was helping with the wolves.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:16 am

Heh I remember back in the day there was plenty of fanfic around Imoen, and when BG2 came around and it turned out she was your sister, hillarity ensued.

I sure that decision was made just to mess with the fanfic writers, I just know it

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:59 pm

I honestly don't know why they said "You will be shocked when you find out who it is! SHOCKED, I tell you!", when everyone assumed it will be Flemeth right away. Anyway, the first time we see Flemeth in DA2 is in the form of a dragon, as she approaches Hawke and says "Well, well. What have we here?".

Points to the nagging dark broad alright...

€: Okay, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xO3wGvPIE#t=2m10s.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:45 am

I did each of the other endings once. Now if I'm doing another run through, I go for the Alistair/Anora and "him" as a Warden. Of course I make sure I set up his tactics for healing potions and give him a better weapon at the very least. An iron sword isn't going to cut it at the end of the game. I haven't had that much of a problem with him. At the very least he isn't the trap magnet that Alistair is; no matter where my party was, if I heard Leliana say "trap right ahead" I heard the trap go off, and it was always Alistair standing there trying to get out of it. That wolf ambush? He found almost every single one of them; I ended up leaving him unconscious until we cleared out the wolves because he was getting mauled while stuck in the traps more than he was helping with the wolves.

Really? Alistair does seem to get caught in traps pretty regularly after the fact, which I find hilarious, but in almost every one of my playthroughs he has been a rock-solid tank. In fact he very rarely dies. My favorite landsmeet conclusion

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is to have him fight Loghain one on one - by that point, Al is badass. It seems very fitting, and he dispatches Loghain like a warrior should. I cannot see any reason to let Loghain live after he abandoned his king, his best friend's son, his daughter's husband, on the field at Ostagar. None of the reasons the ardent Loghain supporters have come up with about "why" he did that take away the fact that this supposedly amazing war leader quit the field. If he was so intelligent and supporting of the crown, he would not have needed to wait for the signal fire anyway... And then he grabs the regency - why? If Anora was fit to rule, she was certainly of age not to need her father as regent. Heh - sorry, I feel like the writers really flubbed the whole ending triangle there, with trying to basically retcon Loghain in order to allow an "ending" that doesn't really gibe well with the story they were telling. Having Alistair run off in a snit does such a disservice to what may arguably be the best developed character in the game. It breaks his character, basically, which was really disappointing. And which is why Loghain always gets offed in my games.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:40 pm

Points to the nagging dark broad alright...

€: Okay, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xO3wGvPIE#t=2m10s.

I have to replay this game keeping in mind that Flemeth is Morrigan. Sadly, I no longer have it... Ebay it is, then.

edit: Mike Laidlaw just said Awakening decisions will also carry over.

» Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:56 pm

Feh.

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Loghain is the worst warrior. I did that ending once, he got killed constantly all the way up to the rooftop. Besides, Alistair is right - it's a travesty to allow Loghain to live.

I liked having him around just to hear more of Simon Templeman's lines, myself.