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[ruudg]

with ser cautrien, i get a cutscene when i enter the room, and all precast gliphs are gone after that cutscene. .
So precasting glyphs wont work.

this is on the pc

Modifié par ruudg, 25 janvier 2010 - 09:47 .

[soteria]

I get the same cutscene; I edited it out in the video. My guess is the glyphs expired while you were talking. When I did that, I cast the glyphs, ran in, and attacked with the first dialogue option.

[ruudg]

ok thanks,

il try that next time

[soteria]

This one is a little different; it's on using chokepoints tactically.

[tetracycloide]

RE: Ser Cuthrian



Scattershot has enough of a charge time for a mage to get two spells off before the first scatter shot hits. Waiting for auto-pause does waste a few moments of time so try to pause as soon as the conversation ends. A blood mage, for example, should have enough time to activate blood magic and cast blood wound before being stunned. After the first AoE stun use a mage to flank a line of archers and chain case cone spells until they go down. Flame + cold is all my mage needed but with less spellpower a mage might need a third cast. Popping affliction hex on Ser Cuthrian can help take out the minions faster as well since it will debuff almost all of them. Once the first AoE stun wears off use another one on whichever line of archers is still up, anything you can muster, warcry, mind blast, glyph combo/blood wound (whatever you didn't use first), cone of cold, ect.

[x-president]

soteria wrote...

Finally: Spell Combos. Hopefully this is helpful to some people.

Nicely done.


Future video suggestion.  Use alternative spell combos or strategic spell casting other then what the game suggests.  Basically I mean a chain of spells that deals high amounts of dmg.

[dkjestrup]

Just like to say that these videos are well done and of professional quality.



Consider filming videos for different solos, or your no healer/pot playthrough?

[x-president]

Glyph of Repulsion is also very good way to protect your mage if oyu get caught in a bad situation.  Cast it right on the mage or yourself.  This can also give you time to cast more spells, heal, or gain mana.

I've also placed it on warriors low on health to give them breathing space in a crowd.

[soteria]

I'll say it again; I'm glad to hear people enjoy watching these. Maybe it sounds silly, but I frequently have doubts as to whether I should continue this project, just because posting these feels so pretentious.



Anyway. tetra, affliction hex has to be the spell I overlook the most. In the chokepoints video I even mention that it would have been useful. I don't think hexes even require a line of sight to cast. I found out recently that death hex doesn't, at least. Oh, and you mentioned earlier that Broodmother can be killed fast enough/CC'd so she never screams. Jarvia is the same way. An overwhelm and a paralyze later, she was dead without ever calling buddies. I reloaded, naturally.



It will be interesting to see what happens when I reach Cauthrien with no healer or potions. I'm honestly not sure I can do it, since Morrigan doesn't have blood magic, spell might, or PC stat boosts to overcome the nightmare spell resists. Or glyphs. I bet I can kill Cauthrien herself in less than 30 seconds, though. One comment on using cone spells on the archers--I flank them in my video, and you mentioned doing the same thing, but watching someone else do it I saw you can actually hit all 4 from the front.



dkjestrup, I'm willing to post videos from my current playthrough, but I don't think they would be very "instructional." I'd probably just dub over music and edit for quality, with some text added in. Ingahootz mentioned earlier in the thread, and I partially agree, that if you post a video where your min/maxed characters are using great gear and just mauling everything, new players are as likely to wonder how you're doing so much damage as they are to learn a new strategy.



x-president, if I don't do street thugs in Denerim (high level ones) next, what I was thinking was something on spells that work differently from what you might expect. Glyph of Repulsion, for example. I think many players [me] read the description and think, "Ok, that probably kinda sucks, cause it can't possibly be that good." I never expected Virulent Walking Bomb to do that kind of damage, and I used to be afraid that using death syphon or raise dead would destroy the loot. That sort of thing. I'll bring up how to do a lot of damage in a hurry, as well.

[Poopsock]

Nice videos. I find Ser Cauthrien the most challenging encounter including the Archdemon every play-through. I've never been able to do it without leaving the room on Nightmare.

[Nayiliu]

Thank you so much for taking the time to create these videos. They are very well done and very informative. I appreciate what you've done for the Dragon Age community.

[soteria]

[soteria]

All right, here's a few new ones. The entrance to the Tower of Ishal, and a couple from my no healer/no potions playthrough. I am using Morrigan for CC and minor damage, though. This first one is the random encounters with guards in Denerim that you have a chance to get if you do quests for Slim Couldry. The second one is a couple boss fights, Jarvia and Kolgrim namely.



I finally bought Warden's Keep, but didn't find the abilities too useful for this character. Tainted blade *does* add a lot of damage, but I can't afford the 10 damage/second to myself in any fight long enough for the extra damage to be important.



Doing these has really gotten me excited to see what happens when I face off against Ser Cauthrien. Style question for the last two videos, would people prefer to just see unedited footage with the game sounds?

[x-president]

soteria wrote...

Doing these has really gotten me excited to see what happens when I face off against Ser Cauthrien. Style question for the last two videos, would people prefer to just see unedited footage with the game sounds?

Guess it really doesn't matter to me. 

[soteria]

Well, here's Ser Cauthrien from that same playthrough. The way I *wanted* to do this was just have Dog overwhelm her and kill her in like 15 seconds, but she has too much health, and the scattershot interrupts overwhelm anyway. I did use a buttload of consumables--swift salves on dog and myself, incense of awareness on everyone, rock salve on morrigan, dog, and Alistair. And poisons and bombs, of course. I really found myself missing fireball and walking bomb.... of course, I did kill her in less than half the time, so maybe I didn't miss them that much.

Modifié par soteria, 30 janvier 2010 - 02:04 .

[x-president]

Here's a vid on the trap before you fight Branka.  I noticed one wasn't posted so I figured I'd put it up.  There have been some threads on it, but here it the tactic that I use.

It is a very easy fight on any difficulty and takes little effort. 

www.wegame.com/watch/anvil-of-the-void-trap/

[Sylvius the Mad]

soteria wrote...

Sylvius, I don't remember from the tooltip, but for some reason I thought magebane poison drained mana and did damage.  No?

Yes, it does damage, but the mana drain is a wasted feature against Gaxxkang.  I think you'd be better off with a poison that does damage and stuns or just does more damage.  But it worked, so it can't have been that bad an idea.

Sylvius, I finally did Caridin. It's not pretty, but there you have it.

That was nice.  Good job.

Was that Blackmore's Night as the music track at the end?

[Ako80]

Great video's, I've watched most of them. I never paid much attention to the ground so it was nice to discover your tactic for dealing with the Broodmother.



What program did you use to record the video's?

[soteria]

I added your video to the OP, x-president, and put a link to your shapeshifting guide in there, too.



Sylvius - Yes, it was "World of Stone." That was a challenging fight, with very little room for error. I should have disabled my tactics for using blood sacrifice. Normally it doesn't matter since I'm keeping everyone topped off, but it was kinda funny to watch Morrigan revive my mage, only to get killed by him seconds later: "Thanks for the revive, but one more thing..."



Ako80, I use wegame to record the video, and windows movie maker to do the voiceover and rendering. Glad you enjoyed them.

[x-president]

soteria wrote...

I added your video to the OP, x-president, and put a link to your shapeshifting guide in there, too.

Cool, thanks.

[Sylvius the Mad]

soteria wrote...

That was a challenging fight, with very little room for error.

Yes, you offered very good advice there.  If Shale is your tank, don't do this.

[dkjestrup]

Did Broodmother recently. This time I tried to stop being the man and ignoring the trash, focusing on killing the Broodmother. I moved everyone on to the rock at the back (Lel, Morrigan, PC Mage and Shale) and just let my ranged attackers pound away at Broodmother till she screamed (shale lobbing the occasional rock). I found that rather than let Shale attack her, it's much much much easier for her to stay on the rock, dealing zero damage, because when she screams, she gets knocked down, and that meant I had to go without a tank for a bit (the darkspawn spawn near the rocks) which hurt me on my first attempt.



Also, I can't remember if you covered it, but have shale or your tank stand on the middle rock, so the spit doesn't hit your whole party (40 damage versus 160 damage).

[x-president]

dkjestrup wrote...

Did Broodmother recently. This time I tried to stop being the man and ignoring the trash, focusing on killing the Broodmother. I moved everyone on to the rock at the back (Lel, Morrigan, PC Mage and Shale) and just let my ranged attackers pound away at Broodmother till she screamed (shale lobbing the occasional rock). I found that rather than let Shale attack her, it's much much much easier for her to stay on the rock, dealing zero damage, because when she screams, she gets knocked down, and that meant I had to go without a tank for a bit (the darkspawn spawn near the rocks) which hurt me on my first attempt.

Also, I can't remember if you covered it, but have shale or your tank stand on the middle rock, so the spit doesn't hit your whole party (40 damage versus 160 damage).

Another good tactic with Shale is to activate Stone Aura right from the beginning.  If the line is completely filled out he gives really good boosts and draws good aggro for the entire team.

[ransompendragon]

Good stuff here thanks. I find human enemies to be the most interesting in nearly all games. I sure with Ser Cauthrien had been recruitable. I would take her over Alistair any day!

[soteria]

Only if she's romanceable! And killable, still. I have a hard time deciding which I'd rather do.



I added a video by request, the "Caravan Down" encounter on the world map. See this thread for the (rather bizarre) discussion. Also updated OP with playlists from the random videos in my last two runs.