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[Notfalling]

Pretty epic build. Enjoying it on my current playthrough.

[Graunt]

Seblun wrote...

Can someone explain what the difference is between +10% Attack and +10% Damage. How are attack and damage different and which stat is better for Vanguards? Should we be looking for gear that gives us damage or attack?

Attack is simply your chance to hit, while Damage is exactly what it sounds like.  And since this is in the spoiler section anyway, may as well list all of the tomes and locations.  


Black Emporium (any act)
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Elixir of Arcane Technique
Elixir of Physical Technique
Greater Elixir of the Mortal Vessel

Act 1
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Tome of Technique - Hubert's Fine Goods (Hightown Day).

Act 2
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Greater Tome of the Mortal Vessel - Trinkets Emporium (Lowtown Day)
Tome of Technique - Ilen's Crafts (Dalish Camp, Sundermount)

Act 3
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Arcane Tome of the Mortal Vessel - Korval's Blades (Hightown Day)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Modifié par Graunt, 10 mars 2011 - 01:17 .

[Ace Attorney]

Luke Barrett wrote...

MColes wrote...

Luke Barrett wrote...

I would fully love to dig in to this topic as I regularly play on Nightmare but I'll wait a few days as to let the excitement and exhilaration of a new game settle before I ruin it with my facts and numbers

Rest assured, I will be heavily involved in discussing Nightmare related topics in a few days. But, as a little teaser, I'll say that I typically play as a Warrior and only used ranged companions (for reasons made obvious by your video)

NOW that has me excited! I always love playing outside the box tanks, that don't use shields. 

Shields are for warriors that are trying to hide. I swing my two-hander with extreme prejudice

Big weapons are used by people who want to compensate for something,

Seriously though, I like Shields and Big weapons.

[Graunt]

Wissenschaft wrote...

I just do the whole kitting style with my archer.......they just seem made for it. And man is it necessary to kite even on hard.

They certain up the diffuclty for this squeal.

Not to sound flippant, but how far into the game are you?  I haven't found anything yet that requires kiting on Hard.  So far, most of the game has been so easy that my Warrior could pretty much solo everything by himself other than the true bosses if I wanted to just down health potions all of the time.  This is especially true in any of the fights within the city, or caves that have narrow passages.  The AI is so bad that all you need to do is herd them with line of sight and then start hitting 5-6 enemies per swing (yeah, I know what I said earlier, and that's still true if you don't abuse the AI).

The difficulty was also actually lowered for all but Nightmare, in which now it's actually a moderate challenge sometimes.

Modifié par Graunt, 10 mars 2011 - 02:08 .

[haveth]

Thanks for your great guide!! Could I know your weapon and armor setting? Are hayder's razor and blood dragon armor good to play on nightmare? I didn't buy signature edition.

[Beknatok]

Excellent guide, thank you very much for taking the time to put it together!

[enhancedhpb]

SpezXVII wrote...

I just found a glitch regarding the Maker's Sigh potion.

• Use the potion
  
• Immediately save without using any Ability Points 
  
• Reload the save file
  
• The game will have issued you a default skill (Gave me Giant's Reach for my warrior and Fireball on my mage)
  
• You will notice you will have 5 Ability Points still at Lvl 5 but essentially you got a free skill

At step 5 repeat steps 1-4 and you can get an infinite number of Ability Points, assuming you have enough money to buy potions.

(This was tested and found on the PS3, unsure if it works on Xbox 360 or PC)

It happens on PC also.  I was wondering how I ended up with extra ability points after respecs. Thanks, now I know.

Modifié par enhancedhpb, 10 mars 2011 - 03:51 .

[AnxiousManatee]

 Just wanted to add some praise on Sabre

I'm by no means "pro" but your vanguard guides and videos for Mass Effect 2 bring out a new level of fun in the game that I doubt I would've been able to without.  Right now I'm playing through as a "trailer" mage Hawke on normal for the story and fun, but I look forward to trying this out my next playthrough. I imagine it'll be as much of a night and day difference as it was for me in Mass Effect.

Look forward to picking the fruits of more of your playthroughs. 

[Selectric]

Were you able to beat the Ancient Rock Wraith on NM without pausing? I was eventually able to beat him with my Hawke/Merril/Anders/Varric team w/o any DLC items and w/o having any being knocked out during the fight, but I had to pause. Took about 10 or so tries before I got my process down and got him.

I don't see how it's possible without pausing as you need to constantly be shifting the group around to avoid the ARW, and one small mistake can wipe half or more of the party.  Fight took me 20 minutes because of his insane HP/defense and all the micromanagement.

Modifié par Selectric, 10 mars 2011 - 04:13 .

[Xerxes8933A]

enhancedhpb wrote...

SpezXVII wrote...

I just found a glitch regarding the Maker's Sigh potion.

• Use the potion
  
• Immediately save without using any Ability Points 
  
• Reload the save file
  
• The game will have issued you a default skill (Gave me Giant's Reach for my warrior and Fireball on my mage)
  
• You will notice you will have 5 Ability Points still at Lvl 5 but essentially you got a free skill

At step 5 repeat steps 1-4 and you can get an infinite number of Ability Points, assuming you have enough money to buy potions.

(This was tested and found on the PS3, unsure if it works on Xbox 360 or PC)

It happens on PC also.  I was wondering how I ended up with extra ability points after respecs. Thanks, now I know.

It works a little differently on Xbox.  It gives you all the points for the respec, but doesn't remove any of your spent ones.  Doubling your current ability and specialization points.

Modifié par Xerxes8933A, 10 mars 2011 - 04:47 .

[Sabresandiego]

Added new video

The Ultimate Vanguard: Mature Dragon

Modifié par Sabresandiego, 10 mars 2011 - 05:08 .

[Johanry]

Sabresandiego wrote...

Added new video

The Ultimate Vanguard: Mature Dragon

Nice, how many tries did that take in the end?

It seems petrify really saved your ass when the Dragon was about to stunlock you to death

[Selectric]

Sabresandiego wrote...

Added new video

The Ultimate Vanguard: Mature Dragon

Impressive that you did with it without pausing.  How did you manage to keep the dragon's aggro on Hawke?  In my game half the time he'd go for either Varric or Anders, so I had to kite him until he stopped.

I'm waiting until you get to the Ancient Rock Wraith to see if your no-pause strategy is viable.  The first two dragon bosses are pushovers compared to it (though I didn't use "freely given" DLC items so undoubtably that'll make it easier for you).

Modifié par Selectric, 10 mars 2011 - 05:38 .

[Sabresandiego]

Johanry wrote...

Sabresandiego wrote...

Added new video

The Ultimate Vanguard: Mature Dragon

Nice, how many tries did that take in the end?

It seems petrify really saved your ass when the Dragon was about to stunlock you to death

Petrify did save my ass. Unfortunately the music I attached to this video (indestructible) is copyrighted. Thats the reason I was gonna have that song for this fight.

[Sabresandiego]

Selectric wrote...

Sabresandiego wrote...

Added new video

The Ultimate Vanguard: Mature Dragon

Impressive that you did with it without pausing.  How did you manage to keep the dragon's aggro on Hawke?  In my game half the time he'd go for either Varric or Anders, so I had to kite him until he stopped.

I'm waiting until you get to the Ancient Rock Wraith to see if your no-pause strategy is viable.  The first two dragon bosses are pushovers compared to it (though I didn't use "freely given" DLC items so undoubtably that'll make it easier for you).

Kept aggro by unloading on him, and with Varric constantly using Goad.

[Johanry]

What behavior are you using for your ranged folks? I find that putting them on Ranged makes them do the strangest things like running to the other side of the dungeon, is default or cautious or something better?

[Sabresandiego]

Ranged. And I have a key bound to "select all teamates" so I can issue them move orders without pausing if they are being strange.

[Wissenschaft]

Graunt wrote...

Wissenschaft wrote...

I just do the whole kitting style with my archer.......they just seem made for it. And man is it necessary to kite even on hard.

They certain up the diffuclty for this squeal.

Not to sound flippant, but how far into the game are you?  I haven't found anything yet that requires kiting on Hard.  So far, most of the game has been so easy that my Warrior could pretty much solo everything by himself other than the true bosses if I wanted to just down health potions all of the time.  This is especially true in any of the fights within the city, or caves that have narrow passages.  The AI is so bad that all you need to do is herd them with line of sight and then start hitting 5-6 enemies per swing (yeah, I know what I said earlier, and that's still true if you don't abuse the AI).

The difficulty was also actually lowered for all but Nightmare, in which now it's actually a moderate challenge sometimes.

Oh, I haven't gotten a 2h warrior yet. Must get Fenris asap and give him bravery. Hehe.

[Sabresandiego]

Lately Ive been bringing Fenris along instead of Merril. He is much less effective then her, but his voice acting is awesome and Ive been able to design him in a way that he is somewhat useful. I also like bring him with Anders since I get friendship with anders and rivalry with fenris almost every dialogue.

[mesmerizedish]

How well does this guide translate to Hard difficulty? I haven't worked up the courage to try Nightmare yet, especially on my first playthrough, but I'm having a lot of fun on Hard, and am playing a 2-h weapon warrior.

[Johanry]

Hard makes your life a lot easier. mostly because your warrior won't accidentally gib your party anymore, this means that it's a lot more viable to start bringing melee team mates a long (Like Aveline, Fenris and Isabella),

[Ace Attorney]

Sabresandiego wrote...

Lately Ive been bringing Fenris along instead of Merril. He is much less effective then her, but his voice acting is awesome and Ive been able to design him in a way that he is somewhat useful. I also like bring him with Anders since I get friendship with anders and rivalry with fenris almost every dialogue.

<SPOILERS>


I've hear if later on you side with one specific side and Fenris is a rival, he may leave.

[Wanzer88]

Ah, I see, you gotta craft them

Modifié par Wanzer88, 10 mars 2011 - 08:39 .

[implodinggoat]

Johanry wrote...

Hard makes your life a lot easier. mostly because your warrior won't accidentally gib your party anymore, this means that it's a lot more viable to start bringing melee team mates a long (Like Aveline, Fenris and Isabella),

I've been playing on hard and I'm enjoying it.  Its not as challenging as DAO was; but its not a cakewalk like Normal is.   I'll probably up it to Insanity for a second playthrough; but right now my tactical RPG skills are a little rusty so hard is still keeping me entertained.

I just wish that on hard you could get friendly fire from spells; but not melee attacks.  I liked having to aim my spells carefully in DAO (even though that was a challenge playing on 360); but with a 2 handed warrior anything near me is going to die and there isn't much I can do to conveniently keep my melee allies from getting smacked.

Does anyone know if there is a way to program the AI of a melee wielding ally to stay the hell away from my whirling dervish of death warrior while still engaging enemies?

[implodinggoat]

Xerxes8933A wrote...

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It works a little differently on Xbox.  It gives you all the points for the respec, but doesn't remove any of your spent ones.  Doubling your current ability and specialization points.

Yikes, I play on 360 and I was thinking of giving this a go; but that's a little extreme.  I'm down with a little cheating; but doubling my ability and specialization points is some pretty hardcore cheating.

Modifié par implodinggoat, 10 mars 2011 - 09:57 .