Dragon Age: Origins

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

But see, I have today, Monday and Tuesday off. Wednesday back to work.

So you will be very very tired coming into to work thursday.. lol

Must Drink coffee to survive.

[dk3dknight]

Well I got my mage into the full set of blood dragon plate.

Current stats:


Marle
Level: 15
Origin Story: Mage XP: 81099

Stats
Last updated 2009-11-13 17:31:35
Strength 18 +1
Dexterity 15 +3
Willpower 33 +4
Magic 42 +7
Cunning 19 +1
Constitution 20 +3

Heroic Stats
Kills: 476
Damage dealt: 126246
Friendly-fire damage dealt: 0
Greatest damage dealt: 106
Contribution to party damage: 46
Hit rate: 95
Most powerful foe slain: Revenant
Injuries: 3

Now im going to wait a bit and see people looking at my characters strength and going wait a minute you cant equip plate armor...

[CasualKiller]

I think everyone has figured out you can equip +stat items to bypass the req by now.

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by CasualKiller

I think everyone has figured out you can equip +stat items to bypass the req by now.

Nope.. my strength is in fact 19 with stat items, the armor set requires I think 43 or somewhere around that.


I picked up the arcane warrior specialization it lets mages use there magic stat in lieu of strength to meet strength requirements. By that as far as the game is concerned my mage has 49 strength for purposes of equiping armor and items.

Very cool as that is a skill or talent always on.

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

So you will be very very tired coming into to work thursday.. lol

Must Drink coffee to survive.

Indeed! But still not the same. I forgot to mention that not only do I have the time off work, but the wife's out of town. In the old days, when BG, BG2, Icewind Dale and such were state of the art, my wife had a job with in house call. I would have entire weekends at home alone with my PC. She's rarely gone anymore, and never on the weekends.

My coffee is roasted fresh by me every third day, ground minutes before brewing with 200F water in a French press. I am unable to enjoy coffee away from home anymore. I prefer dry process coffees from Indonesia and Africa.

To remain on topic, the feeling I am having now, as I wait for my CE copy of Dragon Age to arrive is the same as I had in early October while I waited for my copy of UC2:AT to arrive. BUT, then I had the pleasure of replaying UCF, just to get into the spirit.

[dk3dknight]

I must admit im come to prefer Komodo Dragon Blend coffee, Asia/Pacific I dunno, I kinda like the herbal taste it offers, but im also a big herbal tea fan. (Celestial Seasons)

But stay away from the fbo coffee even those who say they drink only black coffee place lots of sugar and crreme that is just to make it drinkable.. nasty stuff.

I stay away from maintenance coffee it usually reminisces of armpit.. I dont know what the **** they do to the coffee but its nasty perhaps worse then the dalfort coffee.

(Shudders)

How did I get distracted...

I can understand your unique problem, have to say maybe you should see if there is local best buy with a collectors edition..

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstempl...&pagetype=page

This is find bestbuys near me with dragon age collectors edition for ps3.. it should say if they have it and phone numbers to call...

Kinda convenient.

Cheers and best of luck.

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

Indeed! But still not the same. I forgot to mention that not only do I have the time off work, but the wife's out of town. In the old days, when BG, BG2, Icewind Dale and such were state of the art, my wife had a job with in house call. I would have entire weekends at home alone with my PC. She's rarely gone anymore, and never on the weekends.

My coffee is roasted fresh by me every third day, ground minutes before brewing with 200F water in a French press. I am unable to enjoy coffee away from home anymore. I prefer dry process coffees from Indonesia and Africa.

To remain on topic, the feeling I am having now, as I wait for my CE copy of Dragon Age to arrive is the same as I had in early October while I waited for my copy of UC2:AT to arrive. BUT, then I had the pleasure of replaying UCF, just to get into the spirit.

[Beefbowl]

Just got this in the mail today. Didn't realize it was a steelbook. Sweet!!

[Gamma_Winstead]

Put in 3 hours last night. I chose the human noble origin as a warrior. Allistar and Morrigan crack me up. Also, did any one find it hysterical how ugly the dog is in the game?

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

I can understand your unique problem, have to say maybe you should see if there is local best buy with a collectors edition..

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstempl...&pagetype=page

This is find bestbuys near me with dragon age collectors edition for ps3.. it should say if they have it and phone numbers to call...

Kinda convenient.

Cheers and best of luck.

Our nearest Best Buy (about 45 minutes away, if that is near) almost never has new releases. There were a couple of stores in the Twin Cities that had them, and my wife was down there all week; she would have picked one up. But as I described, I expected the FedEx guy to drop one off here yesterday. She was already on the way home.

BUT, I am in luck! Just for grins, I called the store in Duluth, and they had one, just one, in stock. I paid for it on the phone, and my wife will pick it up for me later today. I will not cancel my Amazon order, however, until I have it in hand.

[jsteinhauer]

IN HAND!

Need one bit of advice. What difficulty should I select? In PS3 shooters these days, I'm somewhere in the normal/medium to crushing/impossible range, depending on the game. I want to have fun, but I don't want it to be lame, yet I don't want to be continually frustrated.

[CasualKiller]

I'm on normal and I'm wishing I would have selected hard.

[Beefbowl]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

IN HAND!

Need one bit of advice. What difficulty should I select? In PS3 shooters these days, I'm somewhere in the normal/medium to crushing/impossible range, depending on the game. I want to have fun, but I don't want it to be lame, yet I don't want to be continually frustrated.

I'm trying to figure out the combat sysem and found myself button mashing and hacking away. I think if I played it on hard, I would find myself hacking away at my allies.

I keep changing my characters. Can't figure out what I want to play.

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by Beefbowl

I'm trying to figure out the combat sysem and found myself button mashing and hacking away. I think if I played it on hard, I would find myself hacking away at my allies.

I keep changing my characters. Can't figure out what I want to play.

I think I will start out on the most difficult and change downward, if needed. That should keep a platinum trophy intact from the outset. I already know what character I will play the first time. As always, I will play a warrior dwarf first. Just my favorite. I think I recall the user book saying that on HARD, you are still immune from friendly fire. I'm here at the PC, because the DLC is taking forever. By the way, what's the Dragon Plate? I didn't get a code for that, and I don't see it at Playstation Store.

Actually, I was just checking out the trophies, and it looks like it doesn't matter what difficulty you play to get platinum. I'll probably just start on hard. Like I said, I don't want to be frustrated.

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by CasualKiller

I'm on normal and I'm wishing I would have selected hard.

That is always a dilemma. I played Uncharted 2 on normal the first time through, then needed to play hard to unlock crushing, so I could win a Platinum. Normal was pretty easy. But DA:O, it seems, can be played through on the most difficult setting the first time.

[CasualKiller]

Sooo ummm

[Show spoiler] I selected the Queen instead of Alistair to take the throne and he had a hissy fit and stormed off. Not a big deal but it auto saved he was wearing my full suit of downloaded dragon armor and some nice items. Do you get him back later? Because they never turned the items he had back into my inventory

[Terjyn]

I was on hard till I started running into later boss fights. Later boss fights either require really specific builds, drop luck, lots of backtracking, or just plain luck. As a result, I'm now playing on normal. If you try above Normal on your first run through without reading FAQs, prepare to be incredibly frustrated, because there are fights that tactics alone will never win.

[jsteinhauer]

Level 3 at this point. NFL games got in the way today. It sure is a change from how I'm used to playing games of late. No dexterity/reflexes required. Just set the tone and let it go. First few fights were luckily very easy, since I was buttong mashing out of ignorance. At least I know better than that by now. I'm still not sure I've got a good grasp on the controls, and the menu system is a bit cumbersome, but that will improve. For instance, I've encountered a locked chest with my Dwarf Warrior that I don't apparently have skills to open. At this point, I'm not yet confident that I have tried every angle available.

The environments are not rendered as nicely as I think they could be, and that's slightly disappointing, but not every game can be one of the best in its generation, and the story is developing nicely. That is enough to keep the interest. Games like this are like reading fantasy fiction.

Looking at the trophies, a platinum could take a very, very long time.

[Terjyn]

Only rogues can open chests, unless they are opened with a key.

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

I was on hard till I started running into later boss fights. Later boss fights either require really specific builds, drop luck, lots of backtracking, or just plain luck. As a result, I'm now playing on normal. If you try above Normal on your first run through without reading FAQs, prepare to be incredibly frustrated, because there are fights that tactics alone will never win.

That's good to know. I started on hard. It hasn't been too hard, but I'm only level 3. So you're saying I need a game guide to get me through tough spots? I just hate to do that on a first playthrough.

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Only rogues can open chests, unless they are opened with a key.

In your experience, then, there will be chests, doors you can't open at all, unless you're a rogue? There is no key here so far. I have just accepted an invitation into the Grey Wardens, and I am newly on the surface as a recruit simply wandering around. I don't want to waste time looking for things I won't find.

[Beefbowl]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

That's good to know. I started on hard. It hasn't been too hard, but I'm only level 3. So you're saying I need a game guide to get me through tough spots? I just hate to do that on a first playthrough.



In your experience, then, there will be chests, doors you can't open at all, unless you're a rogue? There is no key here so far. I have just accepted an invitation into the Grey Wardens, and I am newly on the surface as a recruit simply wandering around. I don't want to waste time looking for things I won't find.

You probably don't need a guide on you're first playthrough but I would recommend one if you're planning on getting a plat.

YOU don't have to be a rogue to open chest, you can just have a rogue in your party. Even then if she's not skilled enough she won't be able to open all the chest that you encounter.

The more important question is, is having a rogue in your party to open chest more important than having a Mage to heal you're party during battles or a Warrior as a tank or a DSPer? I couldn't have a rogue fit in my squad as I thought the other characters were more useful.