ArabellaQ In reply to ap0state-x [2011-08-22 00:26:45 +0000 UTC]

hmm... well Back to Ostagar gets you some really good armor (king Cailen's Armor)Its heavy if you dont wear everything, but if you wear the whole armor outfit the fatigue is lowered alot so even a rogue could probably wear it. It gets you some cool weapons too. PLUS: you get some juicy info on King Cailen and Anora's "problem". I dare not say what her "problem" is for I fear she may materialize beside me and slit my throat D: .... But *spoiler* *hint hint* Cailen does not have an heir and I now the real reason why Loghain dislikes the Orlesians *spoiler over*
Wardens Keep is pretty cool, if you drink the concoction the Avernus made you get two new abilities. They remind of blood magic, I know warriors get one new ability (sustained) and one attack (activated), and that Rogue's get one new ability (passive) and one new ability (sustained. idk what the mage gets, havent done that yet. You get some good Grey Warden-branded stuff too. And a bottomless chest so that you can actually store stuff. SO if you get something valuable you dont need at the moment you can store it there.
I wouldnt really recommend Darkspawn Chronicles. It's only the Battle at Denerim, Alistair and your other normal companions are WAY too easy to beat. And I almost cried when I killed Alistair D': He was like, my favorite character. The only up in my opinion is the sword that transfers into your normal Origins game. its called Blightblood, and it can be equipped with... 3(?) runes and is precoated in venom. You have it in your inventory from the start (or at least Ostager cant really remember)
So.. I would recommend Back to Ostagar or Soldiers Peak.
P.S.: *sigh* I have yet to actually buy Dragon Age 2 D: I wont have enough money til September 8th. Which isnt long, but it feels like forever. I watched some youtube videos and fell in love x3

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ap0state-x In reply to ArabellaQ [2011-08-22 00:59:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, I know why Loghain hates the Orlesians. I bought the books. I cried like a freaking baby when I read those. Darkspawn Chronicles didn't even sound/look interesting to me. Who the hell wants to see what happens when the darkspawn win? lol
I don't know how critical you are with your games, but you may be disappointed with 2, especially if you were really in love with Origins, like myself. I mean, I got a lot of game play out of 2 because of moral choices, different classes.. things like that. I absolutely HATE the conversation wheel.. but if I had extra money, I would totally donate a copy of DA2 to you. If you're looking up stuff on youtube, I hope none of the story was spoiled for you. I'm very weird about that.

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ArabellaQ In reply to ap0state-x [2011-08-23 01:30:29 +0000 UTC]

nah, I only know about what Anders does and Fenris' story. Thats about it. Hmm, in my opinion I like the conversation wheel. I had trouble figuring out the intentions of the dialogue choices in Origins. I screwed up the playthrough I made to romance Zevran because I was like, "Okay, am I saying yes, call me beautiful, or no? Ehh.. D:" I like knowing whether Im insulting someone or not xD I did hear that DA2 doesnt have as many choices that severely impact. Like Origins. Everything you did played some big part in the game. Like the first playthrough I did, Anora betrayed me at the landsmeet cause I was like "CCCHHH NO. Your not gonna be Queen. I am." So, that would be a dissapointment... I like the chance of figuring out what would be different with every little thing I do. :/ eh, oh well. I JUST WANNA KILL CULLEN FOR REJECTING ME IN MY MAGE ORIGINS PLAYTHROUGH. ^-^ Oh, and yes, I was in love with Origins, but after 30 playthroughs I had learned just about everything possible xD SO it got boring...

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ap0state-x In reply to ArabellaQ [2011-08-23 02:00:45 +0000 UTC]

lol Cullen is so adorable that it makes me sad, but yes. I always play a mage and I wanted to kill him for rejecting me. But you heard right, there's nothing in DA2 where you make a serious, impacting decision.

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ArabellaQ In reply to ap0state-x [2011-08-23 11:22:56 +0000 UTC]

Ah, that svks D: Maybe its because some decisions you made in Origins make some differences in DA2. Ah, let us just hope DA3 is better.

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ap0state-x In reply to ArabellaQ [2011-08-23 14:30:05 +0000 UTC]

Agreed. I mean, there are some forms of decision making but it's basically picking sides between people. It doesn't change the story. Which I suppose is similar to Origins. Like, Harrowmont and Bhelen, Dalish and the werewolves, templars and mages. It's like that but it doesn't feel unique like Origins did. I found a link yesterday that I thought you may be interested in. [link]

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ArabellaQ In reply to ap0state-x [2011-08-24 04:27:29 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. like you chose sides on Origins but they also made an impact at the end. Like, i had troubles with the all those ogres without Golems at the end. Emissary+6 Ogres-golems=dead. So, in that case they did make a difference, and at the end when they show what happens to Ferelden, the littlest things, like Connor show that whatever you chose made some difference. It seems as if DA2 isnt like that at all. And that is very interesting, so they are combining the best from both... I cant wait for this. Hopefully, they can put everything everyone liked, that way almost everyone can find something they like in the game, if not the whole game.

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ArabellaQ In reply to ximena07 [2011-08-21 02:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank for the welcome. And thank YOU. Your comics are awesome. I wish the game went like that. ^-^

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