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[Graunt]

Who thought it was such a stellar idea to chage you FIFTEEN gold for a measly 1000xp?  Is this just another issue of someone not putting a decimal point into the correct spot, when we should have been charged 15s?

Modifié par Graunt, 27 mars 2011 - 08:18 .

[The Angry One]

I thought there'd be some profit out of it later. But noooooooooooo. Apparently your highly profitable mine generates thin air as revenue.

And don't get me started on that smith. I love how in a game with multiple options for just about anybody, you have no option to beat the smarmy little jackass untill he gives you the pickaxes for free with a smile.

Modifié par The Angry One, 27 mars 2011 - 08:24 .

[S Atomeha]

you shoulda seen the look on my face when 15 sovereigns went out my pocket.

[Meathooks333]

Heh, I was wondering what that smith was for, when I talked to him he just said, "Yep" or "Nope" or something like that. Guess I missed something, and overall I was disappointed with the entire Bone Pit section of the game. Owning the mine seemed to do nothing, in fact Hubert in Act 3 seemed to forget I even owned half of it. It seemed that it was there so the game could have dragons in it. The only thing I got out of it was some roleplaying satisfaction that I was helping out my fellow Fereldens who were working the mines.

[Lithuasil]

The Mine is run by an Orlesian, what did you all expect?

Also, there's minor rp-benefit, for having a perfectly valid explanation how Hawke can feed 4-5 people and keep up an estate over seven years without loosing a single copper

Modifié par Lithuasil, 27 mars 2011 - 08:31 .

[Alexein]

The whole bone pit storyline was a monumental let-down.

The only thing that came out of it was the champion armor you get off the high-dragon. But at that stage in the game you can easily find armor just as strong elsewhere in the game.

As much as i'd like to see one... Somehow i don't think bioware is going to make a DLC that expands the bone pit storyline.


1. become a partner in the bone-pit
2. Waste money, time and effort in deal with monsters, looters, lack of equipment and dragons.
3. ???????
4. PROFIT!!!

Somehow i missed 3 and 4 in my playthrough.....

Modifié par Alexein, 27 mars 2011 - 08:29 .

[AngelicMachinery]

I bet they'll be some DLC that gives you a nice mining simulation game if you own the bone pit.

[Demx]

The Angry One wrote...

I thought there'd be some profit out of it later. But noooooooooooo. Apparently your highly profitable mine generates thin air as revenue.

And don't get me started on that smith. I love how in a game with multiple options for just about anybody, you have no option to beat the smarmy little jackass untill he gives you the pickaxes for free with a smile.

I thought I completely missed a letter or didn't talk to an NPC. So the whole point of taking over the mine completely was basically just to say you own a mine?

[SexBomb]

I actually mouthed out "you win this time, you bastard."

[Lord Gremlin]

Lithuasil wrote...

The Mine is run by an Orlesian, what did you all expect?

Also, there's minor rp-benefit, for having a perfectly valid explanation how Hawke can feed 4-5 people and keep up an estate over seven years without loosing a single copper

Ah, it all makes sense now.

[Warlock of the Wilds]

I paid the stupid 15 soveirngs to see if at least that would unlock a trophy of some kind but nothing! I think this was some sort of Bioware prank.

At least reward the player with something other than some measly 1000xp. How about 3000xp. Some nice armor. A nice weapon. A tome.

Maybe a Moth-Eaten Scarf and a Moldy Rag Doll at the very least!

[Sussurus]

To be fair 5 gold gets you 200xp in chapter one.
15 sovereigns for 1000xp is a bargain, just game the game with items that add to gold and item drops.

That 1000xp is going to push you closer to another talent which is about the only real advantage in game.

This said the whole money and reward system, and pay off an npc was very fouled up.

Take the quest about woodrows wharehouse, the bribe is two gold, the quest reward is 2 gold.
You pay more for less, npc's get more for nothing.

Modifié par Sussurus, 05 mai 2011 - 12:31 .

[Maria Caliban]

Alexein wrote...

The whole bone pit storyline was a monumental let-down.

Indeed.

The only thing that came out of it was the champion armor you get off the high-dragon.

You don't need to do the bone pit for this to happen.

[IanPolaris]

Filament wrote...

I don't remember ever paying anyone anything for expenses regarding the mine.

You didn't do all the optional quests.  I've discovered you are better off doing the first two and then never coming back to the mine for the third.

Basically in Act 2, after you complete "Inside Job" for your "partner", if you go to the mine, you will have three optional quests.  Two are your typical (and short) run and slay for a handful of XP quests.  The third is highway robbery (by act of greedy smith).

-Polaris

[berelinde]

I considered it an expatriate tax. And I grumbled.

It bugged me no end that in Act 3, when all was laid waste, all the money I spend on safety equipment and miner morale was basically meaningless. It would have made me much happier to know that What's-his-name... you know, the cute red-haired miner... escaped.

Edit: Jensen. I wish Jensen escaped the Act 3 slaughter. Or quit before it all went down. Something. I would have loved to have run into him in Act 3, when he was drunk, probably, and had him go "I should have stopped at 'bigger dragons.'"

Modifié par berelinde, 05 mai 2011 - 03:25 .

[Paeyne]

So much for the rewards from all those find and deliver quests we wasted our time with.

[lrrose]

Mining in a monster infested hellhole isn't a very good way to make a profit. Hubert is blatantly engaging in the sunk costs fallacy; he's invested too much into the Bone Pit to stop investing now, even though he knows that he's only going to lose more money, because of his vain hope that the mine will turn a profit.

[IanPolaris]

lrrose wrote...

Mining in a monster infested hellhole isn't a very good way to make a profit. Hubert is blatantly engaging in the sunk costs fallacy; he's invested too much into the Bone Pit to stop investing now, even though he knows that he's only going to lose more money, because of his vain hope that the mine will turn a profit.

Yep and so are you if you do all three quests.  The best (optitum) approach is to demand payment upfront to be a partner, and then after "Inside" job, visit the mine TWICE for a small amount of loot and decent XP...and leave it at that.

-Polaris

[Rifneno]

Oh stop complaining.  You can pay for it easily with all the money you get from selling the priceless Tome of Slumbering Elders book.   

[Foolsfolly]

How stupid am I that each playthrough I've done has paid the 15 gold instead of not getting the quest?

What's wrong with me?

....I'll still do it for the XP. ...sigh.

[Razor_Zeng]

AngelicMachinery wrote...

I bet they'll be some DLC that gives you a nice mining simulation game if you own the bone pit.

DragonMine AgeCraft - Combines Dragon Age and Minecraft.

Quests include:

• - Mining
• - running away from Dragons
• - running away from the Undead
• - More mining

Only 560 BioWare points!



Actually now I have that written down I think I would buy that ...

[Andraste_Reborn]

I think the only explanation for this quest is that one of the writers enjoys trolling us. (Well, OK, maybe more than one.)

It was one of only two times during three play-throughs that I reloaded a game because I was unhappy with the outcome of a decision.

[Envor44]

So much for the coins and future profit *sigh* about 95% of the game, Hawke need to babysitting everything in Kirkwall. The Bone Pit quest series...is a bad joke, well, there goes another downside of DA2 quest not enjoyable and wasting of time.