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[TJByrumProto]

I'm new to this game and need some questions answered.

First, the dialogue options.  Is the first selection considered the 'good' choice, and the bottom is 'bad' while th emiddle of 'neutral', or does none of that matter?  I know sometimes Alistair and Morrigan like me more if I pick certain things.  How do I see my moraility?

Second, I need to know the best way to tackle the main quest.  In what order should I do it?  I don't care about side quests cause I just want to hurry up and get it over with so I can play Dragon Age II (already got it too).

And third, I'd like to know who can be companions, where to get them, how to get them, and please give me any tips and pointers to keep me from doing something bad and runing my game.

[caradoc2000]

TJByrumProto wrote...

First, the dialogue options.  Is the first selection considered the 'good' choice, and the bottom is 'bad' while th emiddle of 'neutral', or does none of that matter?

In general yes. However, each companion has their own individual likes and dislkes and react accordingly to your actions/responses.

Second, I need to know the best way to tackle the main quest.  In what order should I do it?

Mage tower and Redcliffe are generally considered to be more suitable to lower level characters. Brecilian Forest and Orzammar/Deep Roads are more difficult.

I don't care about side quests cause I just want to hurry up and get it
over with so I can play Dragon Age II (already got it too).

Note that you play a different character in DA2

And third, I'd like to know who can be companions, where to get them, how to get them, and please give me any tips and pointers to keep me from doing something bad and runing my game.

If you don't mind spoilers, the DAwiki has lots of useful info so you might want to check that site.

Modifié par caradoc2000, 16 octobre 2013 - 04:06 .

[TJByrumProto]

Thanks Caradoc. I know I play a different character in DA2, I just have DAO and figured I'd beat them in order.

The wiki will definitely come in handy.

[caradoc2000]

TJByrumProto wrote...

I know I play a different character in DA2, I just have DAO and figured I'd beat them in order.

Still, you do yourself a favor if you take time to play DAO thoroughly.

[TJByrumProto]

I actually dislike DAO already. Don't like the auto-attack combat, not my style. I like the more action-oriented combat in DA2. Just my preference is all.

But I'll still try to beat it.

Modifié par TJByrumProto, 16 octobre 2013 - 08:17 .

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

I think you can turn off auto-attack if you prefer to micromanage combat. At the least you can remove all the tactics for your PC, but combat is different in speed and style to DA2, yes.

[dainbramage]

TJByrumProto wrote...

I don't care about side quests cause I just want to hurry up and get it over with so I can play Dragon Age II (already got it too).

DA2 is a far inferior game to DAO. Everything about that game is tedious, I didn't even finish it (and I ****ing love DAO). Combat is faster for individual attacks sure, but after the 4th wave of random mooks in Every. Single. Fight. you get kind of tired of it. Plus there's no thought required, you click your character once and then watch. It should also get a special award for being uglier than its predecessor.

DAO's speed is balanced on the assumption that you're controlling all of your characters, so if you are just using one character and watching then yeah, it'll seem slow.

The rest of what you asked for can easily be found on the wiki.

[TJByrum]

I just like real-time combat. You know, I choose when and how to attack, I choose when to block, I choose when to dodge, that sort of stuff. There's nothing wrong with the combat in DAO, but I just prefer a more realistic and real-time approach, you know?

I know DA2 isn't exactly real-time, but it is a lot more action-oriented.

But now I'm wondering if I am playing DAO right... perhaps I ought to look up some tactics and whatnot. All I do is control my character, I never switch into anyone else.

Only real strategy I've used is using a talent to make big bosses focus on me while everyone else in my party shoots it with arrows or spells while I run around.  I bottlenecked enemies once by forcing Alistair and my character to hold position while Morrigan spell-attacked them and Dog flanked them, but I don't think it worked out to good.

Perhaps there is some hope in all this after all. I'm just playing the game wrong. I used a lot of strategy and tactics in Mass Effect, and I haven't really done anything on that level in DAO yet.

Modifié par TJByrum, 17 octobre 2013 - 03:36 .

[keeneaow]

You ought to try out Spellforce 1, a mix of RPG & RTS,
best game ever with endless ways of specializing the avatar skills

[Shinobu]

TJByrumProto wrote...

I'm new to this game and need some questions answered.

First, the dialogue options.  Is the first selection considered the 'good' choice, and the bottom is 'bad' while the middle is 'neutral', or does none of that matter?  I know sometimes Alistair and Morrigan like me more if I pick certain things.  How do I see my moraility?

Pick whatever you think your character would do, not what you think is the "right choice" for gaining approval points. Then deal with the consequences. It's more immersive if you look at it as a role playing experience rather than a game that can be min/maxed. There is no morality gauge in DAO, just an approval system. The NPCs will pretty much let you know what their morality is and you'll gain approval if you do things that they agree with. For example, the good characters will disapprove if you kill innocents, while the cynical ones will disapprove if you give money to the poor. Talk to the NPCs to figure out what they like and dislike.

TJByrumProto wrote...
Second, I need to know the best way to tackle the main quest.  In what order should I do it?  I don't care about side quests cause I just want to hurry up and get it over with so I can play Dragon Age II (already got it too).

I like to start with Redcliffe because it seems to make sense for the characters to run to the first place they're likely to get help.

Also, I wouldn't suggest rushing to DAII. DAO's combat is slower, but the rest of the game is much richer and more fun. I found DAII boring and annoying because I pretty much hated the characters (including Hawke) and the plot, especially the ending. The combat was fun for the first few hours but then became tedious for me.

TJByrumProto wrote...
And third, I'd like to know who can be companions, where to get them, how to get them, and please give me any tips and pointers to keep me from doing something bad and runing my game.

Dog - Ostagar - get the flower for the kennel master
Leliana - Lothering - refuse her at first then pick her up when you leave town.
Sten - Lothering - get him out of the cage.
Wynne  - Mage's Tower - Don't kill the mages.
?? - the road - don't kill the assassin.
Oghren - Orzammar - let him tag along

Don't offend the religious ones if you want to keep them around.

[lyriumaddict104]

Origins is a lot harder to rush through, and I may have tried a few times for characters I either didn't like or was too eager to see the ending for even though I didn't actually want to finish the game, if that makes sense. DA2 is the game easiest to rush through as it just doesn't seem to be as content-heavy. When you go through different areas, to make it go faster, you could avoid making return visits to just pick up missed items. If you care about that sort of thing, like collecting gifts you'd find only in the Circle Tower or Brecillian Forest, for example. If you have the Soldier's Peak DLC, I recommend doing that first, for the sake of getting the party storage chest, if you don't want to fill up your inventory while traveling or going to a new area, and then have to destory or sell items you wanted to hang onto. And as Caradoc said, putting the Deep Roads off til later is a good idea. I've done it for roleplay reasons, going to Orzammar early, and it was understandably much harder, and time consuming, to get through it with a lower-level character.

It might be kind of an obvious, or silly piece of advice to give (since you have played ME, I was just new to roleplaying when I found Origins) but perhaps playing a Warden who's more like yourself might make it go a little faster since you pretty much already know how you feel about certain situations and can make quick decisions in game based on what you want to happen in that moment. For characters not like myself, I've gotten stuck worrying over what my Warden might do and still stay true to his/her character. For example, some are greedy and self-serving but not so terrible that they'd kill or condone killing an innocent child yet it's taken me a while to find a solution that doesn't make him/her a goody-two shoes but not necessarily evil either. It might help with Origins' unique dialogue system, or unique as compared to ME and DA2, to play as yourself. The dialogue wheel is worse in DA2, where Hawke doesn't always say what you reasonably could expect him/her to say. It seems like Origins' is more realisitic and intuitive, especially the more you get used to it. At least it's not misleading. In Origins, you may also have to avoid dialogue that could lead to a surprise romance later on. There are some questions you could ask your companions that at first might seem harmless enough, just minor flirtation, if even that much, but then you find out later that that character is jealous of a budding relationship you have with another companion and you don't even know how it all happened in the first place. Leliana's ninjamance is scary sometimes.

I've played ME2 and ME3 and the fighting style and tactics are different but with time I think you'll find that you can use tactics in Origins as well, it's just...different. It's fun and weird switching between the two playstyles, me thinks. Aside from major boss battles, I think Origins requires much more thought going into how you fight your battles, all throughout the game. Once you figure out what works for you, it can even be more enjoyable. I've found that I can't survive without at least two tanks in my party. I'm not so good at building up my rogues to badass stage yet, so I try to avoid having the party dominated by the two "weaker" classes (mages and rogues), and it works for me. It's just fun when you figure out what tactics and playstyles work for you and find yourself surviving more battles often, or even winning without a companion or yourself getting knocked unconcious.

I hope that over time you'll come to find more things you like about Origins, and that perhaps it'll win you over and make you want to go back and roleplay some more. It's a great game and shouldn't be missed, me thinks. It's the best Western fantasy, RPG I've found for the PS3. (Console players are really missing out.)

Modifié par lyriumaddict104, 18 octobre 2013 - 05:16 .

[ElementalFury106]

dainbramage wrote...

TJByrumProto wrote...

I don't care about side quests cause I just want to hurry up and get it over with so I can play Dragon Age II (already got it too).

DA2 is a far inferior game to DAO. Everything about that game is tedious, I didn't even finish it (and I ****ing love DAO). Combat is faster for individual attacks sure, but after the 4th wave of random mooks in Every. Single. Fight. you get kind of tired of it. Plus there's no thought required, you click your character once and then watch. It should also get a special award for being uglier than its predecessor.

DAO's speed is balanced on the assumption that you're controlling all of your characters, so if you are just using one character and watching then yeah, it'll seem slow.

The rest of what you asked for can easily be found on the wiki.

This. ^