I'm planning on starting a new character to import into DA2 over winter break! Can't decide between rolling a Elven Mage again or doing something quite different though. To be completely honest, I only finished the game once. But hopefully, you know... I'll keep interest. Eh, I bet it's a lot funner on PC...
Anyway, how many times have you played through Dragon Age? How did your characters end up?
Once more! With feeling!
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 05:26
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I've made about ten different characters but only three of them actually finished the game. Oddly enough, all three of those did the Dark Ritual, so I've trying not to steer that way as long as possible.
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 05:31
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I would totally suggest doing another origin. I recommend Human Noble or Dwarf Noble. Or City Elf.
Dalish Elf was boring.
Dalish Elf was boring.
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 05:53
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I'm in the same boat as Sneelonz. I've only ever completed one playthrough, a Human Mage who did the US which I ended up deleting the save for. Where I differ from him is that I've made about 20+ characters since then and have completed at least one story mission then deleted them for one reason or another.
My main problem is I don't know if I want to play as a male or female character. If I play as a male I know I'm just going to end up playing as "myself" whereas if I were to make a female Warden I feel as though I could actually RP her as her character and not an extension of myself. But suddenly having my bestest buddy Alistair trying to sleep with me and talking about my butt kinda freaks me out. That may say something about how secure I am with my sexuality but so be it.
Just a little encouragement in one way or the other would help me out a ton.
Sneelonz I think you should play each of the Origins once and see which one you like, if you haven't already. Also don't disregard Two-Handers as they can be a ton of fun to play, at least from what I experienced early game. They supposedly get a lot better end-game.
My main problem is I don't know if I want to play as a male or female character. If I play as a male I know I'm just going to end up playing as "myself" whereas if I were to make a female Warden I feel as though I could actually RP her as her character and not an extension of myself. But suddenly having my bestest buddy Alistair trying to sleep with me and talking about my butt kinda freaks me out. That may say something about how secure I am with my sexuality but so be it.
Just a little encouragement in one way or the other would help me out a ton.
Sneelonz I think you should play each of the Origins once and see which one you like, if you haven't already. Also don't disregard Two-Handers as they can be a ton of fun to play, at least from what I experienced early game. They supposedly get a lot better end-game.
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 07:51
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I've made tons of different characters - finished the game only with a handful of them, though.
@OP: There's nothing wrong with playing as a mage again, other than you're missing out on the other great origins. The Human Noble origin can probably be seen as the 'canon' origin, so why not try out that one? If you're not into humans, I'd suggest the Dwarf Noble or the City Elf (if you do feel like playing an elf again. City Elf I'd recommend playing as a female character, though... that'll really get your emotions boiling).
If you do decide to go for the mage again, there are other options to keep it interesting. Specialise in one school of magic - try out a combination of classes you didn't use before (Arcane Warrior/ Blood Mage is one of my favourites) - rp your character in a completely different way to exerience the other ingame possibilities...
As for my characters, I finished the game with two human nobles, a City elf, and two mages. Am currently working on a Dwarf commoner. With the rest of my characters I sort of lost interest halfway through for no particular reason at all... The characters were rp'd in a totally different manner (ranging from goody-two-shoes noblewoman to bloodthirsty Necromancer), so the playthroughs were completely individual each time.
@Setre: I've never managed to finish a game with a male character, farthest I got was probably halfway through^^ But from what you're describing you seem to have a hard time immersing into a character that doesn't reflect your actual personality. It can be tough, trust me, but keep working on it and you'll get there. (It's occasionally still tough for me, aswell. Making truly vicious choices in the game always left a stale taste in my mouth and made me want to reload & replay, simply because I felt so bad afterwards^^)
@OP: There's nothing wrong with playing as a mage again, other than you're missing out on the other great origins. The Human Noble origin can probably be seen as the 'canon' origin, so why not try out that one? If you're not into humans, I'd suggest the Dwarf Noble or the City Elf (if you do feel like playing an elf again. City Elf I'd recommend playing as a female character, though... that'll really get your emotions boiling).
If you do decide to go for the mage again, there are other options to keep it interesting. Specialise in one school of magic - try out a combination of classes you didn't use before (Arcane Warrior/ Blood Mage is one of my favourites) - rp your character in a completely different way to exerience the other ingame possibilities...
As for my characters, I finished the game with two human nobles, a City elf, and two mages. Am currently working on a Dwarf commoner. With the rest of my characters I sort of lost interest halfway through for no particular reason at all... The characters were rp'd in a totally different manner (ranging from goody-two-shoes noblewoman to bloodthirsty Necromancer), so the playthroughs were completely individual each time.
@Setre: I've never managed to finish a game with a male character, farthest I got was probably halfway through^^ But from what you're describing you seem to have a hard time immersing into a character that doesn't reflect your actual personality. It can be tough, trust me, but keep working on it and you'll get there. (It's occasionally still tough for me, aswell. Making truly vicious choices in the game always left a stale taste in my mouth and made me want to reload & replay, simply because I felt so bad afterwards^^)
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 11:30
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I've completed the game with a Human Noble and a Dwarf Commoner. Both were immense fun, and the DC was the one to really hook me into the game. Right now, I'm doing simultaneous Dwarf Noble and City Elf runs. Both very fun thus far.
Highly recommend either of the Dwarf origins. (Side note: Dwarf Templars rock.)
Highly recommend either of the Dwarf origins. (Side note: Dwarf Templars rock.)
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 12:26
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I ran a human noble (WC), a city elf (DR), a dwarf commoner (US), an elven mage (LR), a Dalish elf (DR), and a solo human noble (DR) to completion; the first noble and the Dalish did Awakening and Witch Hunt. Solo noble will one day do Golems (have to keep the lyrium flowing, you understand). DC and DE were probably my favorites.
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 05:55
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Hm....let's see...completed for Origins on 360: male Dalish Elf (relationship with Morrigan, refused DR, Loghain sacrifice), female City Elf (relationship with unhardened Leliana, refused DR, Ultimate sacrifice but got mysteriously resurrected in Awakenings), male Human noble (relationship with Leliana, DR, became Chancellor), female Human noble (relationship with Alistair and Leliana (bugged) DR, married Alistair and got letter from Leliana in Awakenings, met up with Morrigan again because Dog missed her), male Human mage (relationship with Leliana, DR, went travelling) female Human mage (relationship with Alistair, refused DR, Alistair sacrifices himself), female Elven mage (relationship with Zevran, DR), female Dwarf noble (relationship with Alistair, DR, stayed as mistress and through Awakening), male Dwarf commoner (relationship with Morrigan, DR, took over Gwaren, went off with Morrigan through the looking glass....).
Started and won't finish on 360: female Dalish elf, male Dwarf noble, male Human noble, female Human noble.
Started and will try to finish on PC: female Human noble (intending to marry Alistair to become Queen/Princess-Consort but no relationship with him beyond friendship, relationship with Leliana, DR obviously), male City elf (undecided).
Started but may not finish on PC: female Dwarf noble.
Intend to go through on PC: male Dwarf noble, female Dwarf commoner, female City elf (by far my favourite origin followed by the human noble's), male Human mage and female (race undecided) mage.
I think that's all of them.
Common themes: Leliana as love interest and tend to take the Dark Ritual.
Hm...Dwarf Templar actually makes some sense given their innate resistance to magic. Might have to give that a go. Bugger.
Started and won't finish on 360: female Dalish elf, male Dwarf noble, male Human noble, female Human noble.
Started and will try to finish on PC: female Human noble (intending to marry Alistair to become Queen/Princess-Consort but no relationship with him beyond friendship, relationship with Leliana, DR obviously), male City elf (undecided).
Started but may not finish on PC: female Dwarf noble.
Intend to go through on PC: male Dwarf noble, female Dwarf commoner, female City elf (by far my favourite origin followed by the human noble's), male Human mage and female (race undecided) mage.
I think that's all of them.
Common themes: Leliana as love interest and tend to take the Dark Ritual.
Hm...Dwarf Templar actually makes some sense given their innate resistance to magic. Might have to give that a go. Bugger.
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 10:38
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Setre2796 wrote...
I'm in the same boat as Sneelonz. I've only ever completed one playthrough, a Human Mage who did the US which I ended up deleting the save for. Where I differ from him is that I've made about 20+ characters since then and have completed at least one story mission then deleted them for one reason or another.
My main problem is I don't know if I want to play as a male or female character. If I play as a male I know I'm just going to end up playing as "myself" whereas if I were to make a female Warden I feel as though I could actually RP her as her character and not an extension of myself. But suddenly having my bestest buddy Alistair trying to sleep with me and talking about my butt kinda freaks me out. That may say something about how secure I am with my sexuality but so be it.
Just a little encouragement in one way or the other would help me out a ton.
Sneelonz I think you should play each of the Origins once and see which one you like, if you haven't already. Also don't disregard Two-Handers as they can be a ton of fun to play, at least from what I experienced early game. They supposedly get a lot better end-game.
Hehe, I have played through all of the origins... except for the Dalish Elf one.
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 11:45
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Sneelonz wrote...
Hehe, I have played through all of the origins... except for the Dalish Elf one.
I actually really like the Dalish Origin. There's quite a bit of lore there and it makes you question just what's up with the Elven Gods. I think you should give it a shot or watch a playthrough of it on YouTube.
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Posté 16 décembre 2010 - 11:51
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complete playthroughs... keep in mind a lot of these were basically QA runs (yes, many different scenarios actually looking for bugs), but at least 25.
Yeh. 25. At least. Probably 30. Maybe more. Good god...
/hides my head now...
Edit: All but one survived. All ended up with Zevran in love. My HNFs all ended up as queen -- most purely for political reasons, but at least one where Alistair was still in love with her.
City elf female is my favorite. Human noble female is a close second.
Yeh. 25. At least. Probably 30. Maybe more. Good god...
/hides my head now...
Edit: All but one survived. All ended up with Zevran in love. My HNFs all ended up as queen -- most purely for political reasons, but at least one where Alistair was still in love with her.
City elf female is my favorite. Human noble female is a close second.
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Posté 17 décembre 2010 - 02:34
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Setre2796 wrote...
I'm in the same boat as Sneelonz. I've only ever completed one playthrough, a Human Mage who did the US which I ended up deleting the save for. Where I differ from him is that I've made about 20+ characters since then and have completed at least one story mission then deleted them for one reason or another.
My main problem is I don't know if I want to play as a male or female character. If I play as a male I know I'm just going to end up playing as "myself" whereas if I were to make a female Warden I feel as though I could actually RP her as her character and not an extension of myself. But suddenly having my bestest buddy Alistair trying to sleep with me and talking about my butt kinda freaks me out. That may say something about how secure I am with my sexuality but so be it.
Just a little encouragement in one way or the other would help me out a ton.
Sneelonz I think you should play each of the Origins once and see which one you like, if you haven't already. Also don't disregard Two-Handers as they can be a ton of fun to play, at least from what I experienced early game. They supposedly get a lot better end-game.
I've only played through with the Female City Elf, but I kept backing up to the Landsmeet and making different choices so I ended up playing out all the endings (I'm dead, he's dead, we live, we're apart, we're together, he's king, he's not king, Loghain lives, etc.) I think doing that sort of quashed any desire I had to play the whole thing over again, although I've done the HN, Elf Mage and Dalish origins and will do the Dwarf ones eventually.
Of course, I'm biased, but I really loved the Female City Elf origin. If you're uncertain about romancing Alistair, then don't. You can shut him down almost immediately (I think I'll do this with my Dalish if I continue playing her) and then he'll just be your "big brother." The first time he starts hinting just choose the "I'm not into you. This just won't work" option. If you do it early you don't even get much of an approval loss.
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Posté 17 décembre 2010 - 03:38
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Shinobu wrote...
Setre2796 wrote...
I'm in the same boat as Sneelonz. I've only ever completed one playthrough, a Human Mage who did the US which I ended up deleting the save for. Where I differ from him is that I've made about 20+ characters since then and have completed at least one story mission then deleted them for one reason or another.
My main problem is I don't know if I want to play as a male or female character. If I play as a male I know I'm just going to end up playing as "myself" whereas if I were to make a female Warden I feel as though I could actually RP her as her character and not an extension of myself. But suddenly having my bestest buddy Alistair trying to sleep with me and talking about my butt kinda freaks me out. That may say something about how secure I am with my sexuality but so be it.
Just a little encouragement in one way or the other would help me out a ton.
Sneelonz I think you should play each of the Origins once and see which one you like, if you haven't already. Also don't disregard Two-Handers as they can be a ton of fun to play, at least from what I experienced early game. They supposedly get a lot better end-game.
I've only played through with the Female City Elf, but I kept backing up to the Landsmeet and making different choices so I ended up playing out all the endings (I'm dead, he's dead, we live, we're apart, we're together, he's king, he's not king, Loghain lives, etc.) I think doing that sort of quashed any desire I had to play the whole thing over again, although I've done the HN, Elf Mage and Dalish origins and will do the Dwarf ones eventually.
Of course, I'm biased, but I really loved the Female City Elf origin. If you're uncertain about romancing Alistair, then don't. You can shut him down almost immediately (I think I'll do this with my Dalish if I continue playing her) and then he'll just be your "big brother." The first time he starts hinting just choose the "I'm not into you. This just won't work" option. If you do it early you don't even get much of an approval loss.
Yes, I have that same problem. Except that I went back after every "area" (woods, dwarves, redcliffe) and played through the choices.
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Posté 17 décembre 2010 - 05:43
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I have played Origins all the way through over 30 times and Awakenings over 20 times. I first went through about10 or 12 times as a mage. Was my favorite! Especially as arcane warrior. I love the armor...lol! Then I tried a rouge. Made a couple runs through, enjoyed it. Then I tried a warrior PC and oh man! that was the bomb...lol! I've played through all the origin stories and about all the various paths the game can take. I have to say, I have yet to finish as a dwarven PC. I dunno, I prefer to play as an elf. I really enjoy this game...lol..and with to much time on my hands, well, I get to play lots of DAO. I play on ps3 and pc. I prefer the ps3 version, but maybe I just need a better monitor and a joystick type thingy for my pc game.
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Posté 17 décembre 2010 - 07:13
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I'd suggest a Dwarven Commoner, it seems to be the most neglected, and while a tad depressing can be pretty fun if you play a more "Out for yourself/have a good time" kind of character. You feel kinda awesome kicking Dwarven Noble ass.
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Posté 17 décembre 2010 - 08:19
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I... I... I don't think I *actually* can play DA differently. 
I keep making "new" characters, and about three hours in, I realise that they have the same face, name, race and class... and they are making all the same choices.
Oddly, it keeps being enjoyable.
I keep making "new" characters, and about three hours in, I realise that they have the same face, name, race and class... and they are making all the same choices.
Oddly, it keeps being enjoyable.
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Posté 17 décembre 2010 - 12:19
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Stoomkal, I feel exactly the same 
might help if you really work out a plan to play through in a real rpg mode (decide whether you want to be trade focussed merchant kind, or "out there for yourself" or the "helping everyone and suffering in silence kind" I am working on a plan now for my elf.
might help if you really work out a plan to play through in a real rpg mode (decide whether you want to be trade focussed merchant kind, or "out there for yourself" or the "helping everyone and suffering in silence kind"
I am working on a plan now for my elf.
