I'd say the only thing that's been improved are the quality of the animations, but when they have such a vastly different style (which I don't like). Agreed completely on the Darkspawn in any case. And I hate the whole art direction, period.


The key to using two-handed weapons successfully is to spam their activated abilities. They're generally cheaper than the other weapon talents, and have significantly shorter cooldowns. The two Sunder skills in particular have the effect of hitting twice, so using those every chance you got will increase the warrior's DPS significantly.


Nicholas Boulton voices male Hawke. He was Bann Vaughan in Origins. You can hear a few quips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgWq3DJny0c.

in may this year,i am sorry you cant play 1 one,or better to say you would be if you new what you are missing
witcher is game like no other
there is no good and bad in this game there is bad and badder -)
the game is for advlts the story is incredible

Yes, Arl Vaughn.

ME2 has its own issues for me. I really dislike the obvious railroading. I dislike the "thermal clip" retcon. I dislike the obvious railroading. I dislike the way they cut out dialogue with your team. Did I mention the railroading? Planet scanning. I'd better stop. It is, however, the middle of the story of Shepard, and I want to see what the ending is going to be. And what happens with the new Shadowbroker, if you played that dlc. That one was definitely worth it, although I admit I'm biased, since Liara was my Shepard's LI in the first game.

The story in DA2 sounds interesting. Its the game's updated changes that I'm not thrilled with. EABioware's marketing didn't help any. "Think like a general, fight like a spartan.", "hot-rod samurai style", and "Push a button and something awesome happens". Then it turns out you can't pull the camera up into a tactical view, but I won't go there. Like I said, Ill probably get it someday, but it isn't a preorder/track the deliver truck with gps type of thing.

Yeah, the changes for DA2 do seem quite weird to me.

They seem to have taken a load of things from ME2 that I didn't particularly like(dialogue system; NPC gear, or lack thereof; predetermined protagonist) but tolerated because I was enjoying the game anyway and ME was designed with those in mind so they kinda fit, and moved them into the sequel to a game that had systems I preferred.

My character was a Grey Warden. He was, however strange he might have been, a darkspawn. Why on Thedas would my pc not kill him?

I'm more disappointed that you can only play a human in DA 2. For some reasons, a lot of DA players apparently weren't willing to play an elf or a dwarf, even though they had some of the more interesting backgrounds in the game. And the mage spells are extremely powerful. But too many players just want to be a human noble, I guess. Still, I took a gamble and preordered DA 2; I feel as if it makes up for all the games I waited to play until the price dropped, sometimes years.

Yeah, my character didn't really take the whole warden thing seriously. You're basically forced into the damn position anyway, so she went along for the ride since there wasn't much choice and it seemed a good way to gain some wealth and power after what happened to her family. The whole "sworn to the fight against the darkspawn" part didn't mean a whole hell of a lot.

Strange choice, for a main character actor. Because he was just a minor role in DAO.






I jsut found it stripped away to many RPG elements. The story is good, but I dont expect anything original, so I will just save money and watch the end on youtube. Unless they suprise me by making ME2 more like 1.
I played LoTSB, and while it was fun, it didnt leave much room for replay value, all my characters just feel the same (except vangaurd) due to how the new system works.

I dislike the new changes greatly.
I can never tell what I am going to say with the wheel. I dont see why the text was a problem in the first place. In ME1 I told garrus "why not disable the ship" that led to a preachy lecture about how if he lets innocnts get hurt he was a terrorist with a badge... Right after I just finished the dlc and let hostages die to kill balek... Yeah that was bad. If its anything liek MEs wheel it will also make moral choices black and white, evil will be red and bottom option, blue is the good one on top. That would ruin lots of things. I found some choices in DAO to be quite good e.g the anvil. Allthough the ending changed my mind...
Also npc gear is worrying indeed. NPC gear was part of the customisation and helped with that characters playstyle. If I can give armour that has different effects, it makes me concearned that characters are much more limited. E.g I could give Morrigan blood magic robes, to help a blood mage, but if I couldnt then that kinda nerfs her character, and hinders my playstyle. I dont like the direction the game is going. And that is made worse when you realise no one asked for these changes, and people actually opposed them in ME2, and now they are back in DA" aswell. Just seems like the devs arent listening.


I usually played as human noble. I dont like dwarves at all. I just dont like the look of them, they look out of place if you give them arour and a 2H weapon and se a 3ft guy running around with a claymore. And if you didnt have a beard then you looked pretty young. So yeah didnt liek dwarves. I am making an elf or two, but I can only play female elves. Male elves dont look right for me (mainyl becuase my male characters have short hair, and that dosent go well with elf ears imo). I will mak some elf characters, but mostly I play human noble.
One thing about DA2s default character bothers me though, why the hell dose Hawke always have a blood smear across thier face ? All the time...

So how do you put a weapon in the shield spot so you can dual wield? I'm in the menu but I can't do it. I'm on ps3.

when you leveled up, did you put a point on dual wield?

Yes.

ok so i guess you have 1 sword and 1 dagger. you can place it in the shield section. its been awhile but i think you click it and on the left of the character screen (your character) it should display a button in order to dual wield.

You can only use a dagger in your off-hand until you get the third dual wield skill I think. Check the descriptions on the skills, it will tell you.

Ok I got the dual wield to work thanks guys. How come in the equipment menu under alistair he is the only one with a meter with a broken heart on the far left and a full heart on the far right and the marker is sitting pretty much right in the middle? What does this represent?

it represents his love for you :hubbahubba:. doesnt matter if your character is a girl or a guy bioware includes everyone. it will also do it with all characters. if you have the dog, it will automatically be all the way to the right.

didn't realize ther ewas 6 pages. oops.

There's an approval system in this game for your party members that affects how much they like you. For example, with Alistair he's generally going to approve if you choose to help someone or do the "good" thing. You can also gain approval by giving your companions gifts. When characters have a high enough approval rating you get their companion quest, which gives more insight to their background. If you have a low approval rating your companions can decide to just leave you. High approval rating will also give stat bonuses while that character is in your party.

That's the Approval meter, it measures how much the character likes and respects you. Depending on what you say and do in the game, it will fluctuate. If it gets high, the character in question can get some minor stat boosts, a personal quest opens up, their ending can change, and some can be romanced. If it goes down to low, then the character might get so frustrated with you, they'll leave.

EDIT--

Ninja'd.

the low approval ratings may result in a fight with 1 character.... perhaps its time to move to the dragon age thread.

Its not thete for daveth or jory though?

This is what we call an "interface spoiler."

Only if you make the first move And play with a female

So in other words, it means how much the character likes you. Obviously positive means he likes you and negative mean he doesn't like you. When they like you enough they get stat bonuses, for example Alistair gets constitution bonus. Also when you get a character like you enough you can pursue a romance with them. For male characters the available one are Morrigan, Leliana and Zevran, for female characters you can choose from Alistair, Leliana and Zevran. Yes, same six relationships are avilable for both genders. If you dislike the idea of M/M six scenes, do not accept a backrub from Zevran. You have been warned.

Thanks guys for all the help appreciate it. How do you give gifts to party members?

or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNRaTejGNps :rofl:

you have misc stuff like books and jewelry so hover over it and switch characters (using lb and rb i think) in the camp and it will give you an option to give it.