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[Nyreen]

The Fortress armor is by far my favorite armor of all, and I would like to use it as long as possible. At what point would finishing Legacy give me Fortress armor adjusted to my level, that I could use for several levels? (Meaning its stats are better/same/almost as good as other armors for the longest duration.)

PS Should I side with Larius? Janecka's crazy, but leaving that creepy old Warden-creature hobbling around just seems like a bad idea...

[Nyreen]

31 views and no replies. :[ It's not the most difficult question people.

[Myusha]

I'd say a bit into Act 2. Maybe after Varnell, but be skimpy on Sidequests. Then enjoy your fortress armor, kill the Arishok in it, and then collect the Champion's Armor.

[Jamie9]

I'd go almost at the end of Act 1. If you take your sibling, there is some lovely foreboding in there. Legacy = Darkspawn = Act 1.
Mark of the Assassin = Qunari = Act 2.

[OMTING52601]

If I were to play it during one of the first two acts - I don't - I'd agree with with Myusha. Toward the end of Act 2 so you can use the armor pieces, which are much better than the collection for Act 2, in the battle with the Arishok.

[Sharn01]

I prefer act 3 for both the DLC, its well placed for both of them and it breaks up the terribleness that is the totality of the whole 3rd chapter.

[Auroras]

I prefer to play Legacy during the third act, actually, but if I had to choose, I'd probably go with Act II. There are some difficult fights that would be easier if your character were a higher level.

[placentiatao]

I agree, the 3rd Act is best for Mark of the Assassin. I am going to attempt to do Legacy just before I end Chapter 2 right now. We'll see how it goes. I don't like any of the armor in Chapter 2 for Rogues.

[Johnsen1972]

Act 1 is best, because your mother still lives and Bethany Carver are still there.

[placentiatao]

Johnsen1972 wrote...

Act 1 is best, because your mother still lives and Bethany Carver are still there.

Is their any added dialog with Leandra regarding her late husband? That would be interesting!

[bigSarg]

I always do Legacy before I do the deep roads expedition (Act 1), there is some pretty good cut scenes/dialogue at the end with the Hawke family and some good dialogue with the other sibling during the DLC. Even if you don't like the other sibling I suggest taking them along for this DLC.

I do MotA in Act 3 but it could be done in Act 2, I do it in Act 3 because of the LI dialogue, I romanced Isabella and did all her companion quests and the last "questioning beliefs" and then did MotA, it shows a whole new side to Isabella (a little jealous/possessive of hawke during the end scene if you have been flirting with Tallis), I won't tell you what is said or how to get that response but it does add a whole new depth to Isabella that I didn't know was there, you don't get that type of response if you go earlier in the game at least not from her, she has to be committed to you and up till Act 3 shes really isn't.

[Kenshen]

I do Legacy about half way through act 2 while mother is still alive. I prefer talking to her at the end of that DLC instead of ghost mother. MotA is better done in act 3 I suppose since I don't remember anyone saying anything to me about the destruction of Kirkwall when I have used a saved game that was finished with the story. Considering some of the people you run into at the party this depressed me.

[Gegliosch]

What will be the most profitable time to complete MotA and Legacy? I understand that you'll get higher lvl items and more gold during act 3. However, if you complete them during act 1, you'll get more money and better equipment from the upcoming main game encounters, right?

[Kenshen]

I haven't paid a lot of attention to the amount of cash made with each DLC but I would say Legacy as more loot so more cash to be made with that one. I have never had any problems making money before heading to the deep roads. I would say you are right about getting better loot in the main game quests just because you would be a higher level than you normally would be however I am not sure the difference would be that great.

[bigSarg]

Gegliosch wrote...

What will be the most profitable time to complete MotA and Legacy? I understand that you'll get higher lvl items and more gold during act 3. However, if you complete them during act 1, you'll get more money and better equipment from the upcoming main game encounters, right?

I would say, do Legacy in Act 1, anytime before doing the DRE, you'll still get some good gear and lots of coin and that gear can help during the DRE, if not you can sell it and still make good coin from it.
MotA can be done anytime, if your only looking for better gear then I would do it early  or in the middle of Act 2.  All the gear and coin are connected to your level, so regardless when you do them the gear and coin is going to be adjusted to fit whatever level you do them at, so your not going to make any more coin or get better gear if you do them in Act 3 instead of ACt 1. What I mean is getting 1g in Act 1 is equal to getting 5g in ACt3, I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.

I personally have all the weapon/armor pack DLC's (1 & 2) so none of the gear that I found in either DLC was worth keeping, I do them mainly for the extra level , dialogue and change of scenery.

[Gegliosch]

As you already said, the item packs and shops offer better gear than what I've seen from the dlc, so there's no need to rush anything for that purpose.

However, I think it would indeed make a difference whether you get 1g during act 1 or 5g during act 3. I made about 40g completing MotA in act 1, so I expect that to be a lot more in act 3, which would enable me to buy 1 more high end item from the shops.

The question is, what will most likely give me more money/exp by the end of act 3, completing the dlc early to approach the main game at higher levels or the other way around?

[bigSarg]

I guess my question is why would you bother buying anything from the shops? The loot you find while questing is going to be better than most everything in the shops, I never buy anything from the shops, unless its an upgrade for my backpack or companion armor or runes (which I get done at the Hawke Mansion) by the time I get to Act 3 I usually have about 400-500g or more, but I don't buy anything , I sell 90% of everything I find, by the time I get to the Deep roads Expedition in Act1 I usually have over 100g.

But anyways to answer your question, if your looking to maximize your coin then, yes, you would most likely gain more coin doing the DLC's in Act 3 and your only going to gain 1-2 levels doing the DLC's no matter what Act you do them in, so it doesn't matter when you do them for XP.

The reason I said it doesn't matter what Act you do the DLC's in, as far as coin is concerned, is because its all comparative, the reason 1g (in Act 1) is worth the same as 5g (in Act 3) is because of the price difference of items in the stores, Act 1 the items aren't as good so they are cheaper but your making less coin per loot/quest so 1g seems to be a lot , in Act 3 the items are more expensive but your getting more per quest/loot so 5g doesn't seem to be a lot, but those figures are just an example.

[Gegliosch]

Well, I guess we simply approach this differently. I'm trying to maximize my stuff by the end of act 3 while you are looking to improve the current status. In your case buying "cheap" stuff in act1 will probably result in a similar momentary boost than buying something expensive in act 3 at that point. However, in my case buying something cheap that's worthless in act 3 is just a waste.

I know that from my point of view the dlc alone will net me more money in the end, if I do it in act 3. What I don't know is how the main game is affected by completing it at higher levels. Maybe doing the main game 2 levels higher will result in even more money. Do the drops scale for the main game aswell? I guess the common ones do, but the unique ones probably not, as they're listed with fixed stats in every wiki or guide.

The same thing bothers me with exp. So you say I'll gain 2 levels no matter when I approach the dlc. This means I gain a lot less overall exp when I do it in act 1, because I'll need less exp to level up. In this case, will I get more exp during the main game to even this out? In other words, will my total exp be exactly the same by the end of act 3, no matter in which order I complete stuff?

[bigSarg]

I agree and there is no wrong way to approach or play this game, I haven't really paid that much attention to the base game items/coin/XP to see if they scale to the level of the character if you played the DLC's prior to Act 3 or in Act 3, I am going to venture a guess and say they do not, I don't think the DLC's have any affect on the game-play of the base game at all, as far as scaling the armor/weapons/coin/XP to match the characters level, the only things that would be affected would be any items that have a level-up bonus, but none of the items you get in-game have that. but don't quote me on that because like I said I haven't really paid that close attention to the affect the DLC's have on the base game, but it does seem like the game is a little easier after I gain the extra levels from the DLC's. If there is an affect it is so minor that it's not very noticeable. Sorry I'm not able to answer your question with any certainty, hopefully someone else will have experienced this.