[ALL] Dragon Age 2 USE SPOILER TAGS

[Diivox]

If you arent enjoyed this game just play as a mage.... Worked for me.

i think if you are playing the game above normal difficulty, you almost have to play a mage, or spend most of your time controlling whatever NPC mage you adopt. the sheer power is devastating and needs to be controlled alot more than your warrior taunting, and with the new speed of combat, a mage can actually kite very well, running away and then turning and burning a fireball in someones face or popping a mind blast to buy time. I don't mind the imbalance ; pay attention to the dialogue. the whole intellectual property is based on mages, controlling mages, the effects of mages being bad, etc etc.

best tip im going to give yet:

You guys need to learn the R key.

the R key targets and begins attaching the nearest enemy. if you are a warrior, this actually lunges you forward toward them, allowing you to intercept bad guys as they chase down your mages (and you end up tapping it throughout the fight bouncing off bad guys). as a mage, this lets you run away from someone and turn and pop off a staff shot then keep running.

 

[Maynard]

the R key? nobody is playing this on the PC. any idea what the R key would be on the consoles

 

[killgod]

Can't really argue with any of that. I definitely see what you mean...I like the direction that DA2 went in, but I think that the fact that it is so recycled does scream "rushed". Despite not minding that fact.

I think that I'm also a biased person because I played DA:O so much I can't honestly remember if I was absorbed. This is the damage that 'cheevo's can do.

All of that said, I can appreciate your frustration with it. I personally am okay with the corners they cut, for whatever reason. It's bad development, definitely, but I can look the other way. Maybe I'm officially too much of a Bioware fanboy at this point, I don't know. I just love the game.

Just out of curiosity, 2 questions: 1) what is your gamertag on 360 (no homo); and 2) did you play DA:O on PC or 360/PS3?

360 = Commander Chron

All my DA is on PS3.

I should also say that I think a large percentage of my love for DA2 comes from the fact that I think that Varric is one of the greatest characters ever (just after Mordin from ME2, my absolute favorite, non-Planescape character). That's not entirely true, but I just wanted an opportunity to say how awesome Varric is.

Varric seems cool, maybe I need to get deeper into the game to enjoy him that much cause Mordin was a pretty epic character!

 

[j.hen]

I've had Varric with me the entire time. I love when it gives you the option to ask him what he thinks. Like at the end of expedition for example...

 

[JayDizzle]

I got to the point where I was given the option to save up for a spot on the Expedition... then the game's audio shit out on me in the middle of the conversation you have with Varric.

Will retry later.

 

[j.hen]

Anyone play as a Warrior/Rogue? Which is better? I might play through a little bit as one of the two after I beat it as a mage. I'm gonna have Anders with my at all times instead of Varric.

 

[wingsfan77]

I've stated a few times in this thread that I've always played as warriors before but right now I'm doing an archery rogue and it's pretty fun, I'd like to get another tank though, right now it's me,Anders, the warrior chick and the chick mage.

 

[JayDizzle]

Anyone play as a Warrior/Rogue? Which is better? I might play through a little bit as one of the two after I beat it as a mage. I'm gonna have Anders with my at all times instead of Varric.

If you play as a Rogue, you can get access to locked chests early in the game and fire arrows like Wingsfan said.

Anyone else can't.

Also, you can deal ridiculous amounts of damage if you put points in the right skills.

Just use Anders to keep whoever your Tank is alive while you go around stabbing dudes in the face.

 

[trojan49er]

i like dual dagger rogues a lot, actually. some tactics involved and you have to go with the right skills, but they can be pretty damned good.

 

[JayDizzle]

After fiddling around on the game for a little bit, I found that while there's a lack of dialogue trees, you can now talk to your PC if you switch characters out of combat.

Depending on how your dialogue choices were previously, Hawke either responds sarcastically (sometimes breaking the 4th Wall), harshly (pretty much have to hit all the Red choices) or otherwise.

It doesn't effect the game at all really but it's nice that they thought enough to put it in there.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

This game is fucking amazing

Warrior Hawke/Anders/Aveline/Varric fuck shit up.

I'm not very far into the game, so I'm not sure if there are better party members yet.

 

[j.hen]

Pretty far with my mage. Decided to try out a rogue. But I'm not really feeling archery, is there any way to redo your abilities? I wanna take points off of Archery and put em on Dual Wield. Do I gotta start over?

 

[JayDizzle]

Pretty far with my mage. Decided to try out a rogue. But I'm not really feeling archery, is there any way to redo your abilities? I wanna take points off of Archery and put em on Dual Wield. Do I gotta start over?

If you got the game brand new and truly want to move around points you've already used...

 

You should get a letter in the shack/house you start out with in Lowtown...

It'll be on the table next to your Uncle.

...read the letter marked "The Black Emporium" and then either find a way out of Lowtown to get you to the overworld map screen (the one that lets you switch between Day/Night and out towards Sundermount and the Wounded Coast).

From there, look for a spot in Kirkwall called "The Black Emporium" and go there.

Search around the room until you find a spot on the floor with crystals on it (they'll be big and light blue), click on it, and look through it's contents until you find a potion called "Maker's Sigh."

Buy this "Maker's Sigh" and use it to respec whoever you want.

 

[j.hen]

If you got the game brand new and truly want to move around points you've already used...

 

You should get a letter in the shack/house you start out with in Lowtown...

It'll be on the table next to your Uncle.

...read the letter marked "The Black Emporium" and then either find a way out of Lowtown to get you to the overworld map screen (the one that lets you switch between Day/Night and out towards Sundermount and the Wounded Coast).

From there, look for a spot in Kirkwall called "The Black Emporium" and go there.

Search around the room until you find a spot on the floor with crystals on it (they'll be big and light blue), click on it, and look through it's contents until you find a potion called "Maker's Sigh."

Buy this "Maker's Sigh" and use it to respec whoever you want.

What about the Wonder Emporium?

 

[JayDizzle]

What about the Wonder Emporium?

I hear they sell stylish ties.

 

[j.hen]

"opinions are like testicles, kick them hard enough and it doesn't matter how many ya got"
- wise words from Varric

 

[JayDizzle]

Lowtown SPOILERS

 

Dunno if anyone above Level 7 has seen this but after beating the shit out of the Sharps Highwaymen crew that come out at Night in Lowtown but...

I picked up a sidequest note called "Sharp Little Pinpricks."

...apparently after getting shot with arrows all damn day, I now get a chance to go to their base and kill their boss.

Should be fun.

 

[riley420]

Extraordinarily disappointed. Why dumb down such an amazing game to the point of stupidity?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Good story, beautiful graphics...but I prefer DA:O controls and management system head and shoulders over this abortion. I can't change armor on NPCs? GTFO.

 

[j.hen]

Battle Mage armor + Overseer's Cowl. My dude looks like a fucking badass. (Level 17)

 

[JayDizzle]

Extraordinarily disappointed. Why dumb down such an amazing game to the point of stupidity?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Good story, beautiful graphics...but I prefer DA:O controls and management system head and shoulders over this abortion. I can't change armor on NPCs? GTFO.

Figured that this game wasn't going to grab everybody...

The controls and management are still there with the Tactics screen as you can tell your dudes to drink health poultices/stamina draughts/lyrium potions when they need to amongst other things.

You can still also micromanage your team to the point where you switch dudes and tell them to do whatever action you want, every single second if you're OCD about it (general statement, not a sweeping accusation :shifty: ).

As for the armor, it seems Bioware trained us to want to play "dress-up" with all the suits of armor you could get throughout the game...

DAII just simplifies it to you so you don't need to worry about lugging around Juggernaut Armor now when you really want to carry more arrows or better weapons you find.

They even give you a chest to put your stuff in this time so you don't even have to do that anymore.

But I digress... not saying you have to like it but until Skyrim hits, this might be the RPG of the Year so far (that isn't a cookie-cutter JRPG or a mobile phone app).