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[Yankee23]

fightright2 wrote...

Thor Rand Al wrote...

Persephone wrote...
Soooooooooo..........might I suggest the next DLC?

The LI DLC. With lots of romance based dialogue/quests/RPGing etc?

No?

Dammit. I was so sure that would work!

 Since there's no thumbs up lol.  I'll support this, would love to see a DLC
that does this, heck ya

Double that for me!

How much do you want for this? $10...$20? Wait, let me get my wallet!

[Heather Cline]

Yeah I will probably play it towards the end of my mage run and my post save rogue run.

[Sith Grey Warden]

I wish there was a better introduction to the DLC. We're just told, not shown that the Carta has been going after the Hawkes. It's a minor problem, but still a problem.

[TEWR]

Sith Grey Warden wrote...

I wish there was a better introduction to the DLC. We're just told, not shown that the Carta has been going after the Hawkes. It's a minor problem, but still a problem.

That's one of Bioware's biggest problems in the DA series. They tell but don't show.

[Jamie9]

Is the Varric-Cassandra conversation supposed to take place after all of the other Varric-Cassandra conversations? Or some point during?

[Jamie_edmo]

The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...

Sith Grey Warden wrote...

I wish there was a better introduction to the DLC. We're just told, not shown that the Carta has been going after the Hawkes. It's a minor problem, but still a problem.

That's one of Bioware's biggest problems in the DA series. They tell but don't show.

It is a problem but like many of the other big problems with the DA2 and the series in general, probably wont be fixed with DLC, an expansion pack however might. But most likely we will have to wait for DA3

[TEWR]

what I don't like about the Varric-Cassandra dialogue I saw is that Cassandra says "I just received a report", but we don't see any paper in her hand or another Seeker walking out.


It's minor, but I would've liked to see something like that.

[leeboi2]

anyone seen this on youtube? the link doesnt work on my failstation3 and my pc has exploded

[Pendragon993]

Does anyone else think that this ''new''darkspawn is actally one of the Tevinter magisters that went went to the golden city?I believe so because they mention the chanterys lore and stuff like that

[elfdwarf]

funny fairy tale of chantry
dwarves tell other tale about darkspawn

[MisanthropePrime]

The link on the first post gives me a video about cosplayers. Can anyone tell me where I can watch the actual demo?

[TEWR]

http://www.livestrea...medium=ui-thumb

[elfdwarf]

well you don't need see every event
it was just rumor that she remembered.

[xScarecrowX]

No, I don't think that's been answered, but it's a good question. I only get to level 24 at the end of the game, which makes me upset. I have a little bit of OCD and can't stand numbers that don't end with a zero or five, so 24 bugs me.

Modifié par xScarecrowX, 17 juillet 2011 - 04:39 .

[devSin]

The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...

what I don't like about the Varric-Cassandra dialogue I saw is that Cassandra says "I just received a report", but we don't see any paper in her hand or another Seeker walking out.

What's to say there aren't any breaks in the interrogation (lord knows she's not going to let Varric talk uninterrupted for the whole ten-year tale)? If she just received a report, maybe she just received when she left the room. Why would she bring it back?

And what's a piece of paper going to prove? Should she read it too? "Hey, Varric, I just received a report. AND HERE'S THE PROOF--THIS IS IT, RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND! THE REPORT! THAT I RECEIVED."

Some things actually can be left unspecified.

Although I personally think they should cut "breaking news" preamble garbage out. No crap it's breaking news. You broke from the schedule to bring it to me; what, I'm going to think it's last week's news? It's bad writing. "I totally wasn't going to say anything before I came into the room, but I just heard this right now, right this very moment, and now I'm going to ask you about it, because I just heard it right now."

[Lilunebrium]

I'd like to be able to say I'm level-headed enough to wait and see customer reviews before buying Legacy, but who am I kidding. BioWare had me as soon as they mentioned Grey Warden involvement. Plus I adore my Hawkes and can't wait to play more with them. 

Luke Barrett wrote...
[jacob]Heavy risk...but the prize[/jacob]

Lilunebrium approves (+10)

[TEWR]

devSin wrote...

The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...

what I don't like about the Varric-Cassandra dialogue I saw is that Cassandra says "I just received a report", but we don't see any paper in her hand or another Seeker walking out.

What's to say there aren't any breaks in the interrogation (lord knows she's not going to let Varric talk uninterrupted for the whole ten-year tale)? If she just received a report, maybe she just received when she left the room. Why would she bring it back?

And what's a piece of paper going to prove? Should she read it too? "Hey, Varric, I just received a report. AND HERE'S THE PROOF--THIS IS IT, RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND! THE REPORT! THAT I RECEIVED."

Some things actually can be left unspecified.

Although I personally think they should cut "breaking news" preamble garbage out. No crap it's breaking news. You broke from the schedule to bring it to me; what, I'm going to think it's last week's news? It's bad writing. "I totally wasn't going to say anything before I came into the room, but I just heard this right now, right this very moment, and now I'm going to ask you about it, because I just heard it right now."

I'm not saying there aren't any breaks. There have to be. But seeing another Seeker walking out would've been nice.


like I said, it's a minor gripe for me to have, but still. It's not a gamebreaker, as I'm not that petty.

[Morgora]

Persephone wrote...

Soooooooooo..........might I suggest the next DLC?

The LI DLC. With lots of romance based dialogue/quests/RPGing etc?

No?

Dammit. I was so sure that would work!

I support this!!! :wub:

[devSin]

PresidentCowboy wrote...

LOL! People complain about the strangest things

To be fair, I would also complain about it, but I complain because it's abysmal writing. Cliches like "I just received a report" or "This just landed on my desk" and crap like that are literary poison. Poison. The Live Team is trying to kill me.

What on earth possesses her to say that? Why would she say it to him? It she going to fill us in on the rest of her itinerary? Is she going to have to qualify every single line of questioning now?

I hope Varric at least grabs his junk and responds "Read this report." Because if you're going to be writing at that level anyway, you may as well make it fun.

[macrocarl]

I think this looks great!
Personally the whole 'I just received a report' thing and her not having a report or a little whisperer lady/man come up to her is so not a big deal. I mean, new areas, fully integrated from any point in DA2, new VO, fixed waves, combat looks way more fun, new weapons, more story........ Totally awesome BW! High 5's!

[Firky]

@devSin Well, the line does make sense, in that it allows the DLC to slot in wherever you are up to in the game.

If you wanted to integrate the frame narrative thing in, for consistentcy, how else would you do it? (Not being confrontational, just interested in how else it could be handled and too early in the morning to think up a line myself.)

[devSin]

Firky wrote...

If you wanted to integrate the frame narrative thing in, for consistentcy, how else would you do it? (Not being confrontational, just interested in how else it could be handled and too early in the morning to think up a line myself.)

Note that I haven't seen the video (and won't ever see it), so I don't have much context beyond the paraphrase that was posted. If it's just her typical "tell me what happened" interrogation, I personally wouldn't do it at all. There's no need for a statement like that, just like there's no need for her to preface any of her other questions with nonsense.

The player is already engaging in or has just finished the content additions. That is your lead-in. She's talking about it because you just did it (or are just about to do it). As for where to slot it in, she doesn't need to start lobbing cliches just to open a new line of questioning. "And what about...", three simple words that don't imply any imagery, don't force a specific timeline (if you just received a report, it likely happened recently, meaning you're questioning him... while he's in my party? and if it didn't happen recently, what on earth reason would I have to care that you just got the report now?), and don't make her sound like a bad television drama series robot cop. *Whir* *Click* "Mmm. Report received." *Click* "Mmp. Report acknowledged." *Whir* *Sputter* "Mmn. Interrogation started."

Modifié par devSin, 17 juillet 2011 - 10:50 .