Nope you are not alone. Had fun exploring and finding them all and got some great stat boosts and equipment. And it was a way to explore but sadly many people don't seem to care how pretty this game is
I'm another one who enjoys the shards, it's a nice distraction to have, especially in the Hissing Wastes which is just rocks and sand.
Nah, he seems nice, just easily frustrated by the occasional toxic elements that permeate all fandoms. I don't really blame him, it's got to be tough writing your arse off for this game and the fandom and then having some trolls tell you that you suck for ____ reason?
Theres a toxic element on Tumblr. They are bullies and they think they are BETTER than anyone else in the fandom. They also think they are speaking for everybody. Theres Tumblr Social Justice and Real and TRUE Social Justice.
Am I the only one who doesn't despise the shards? i feel like they are there to get you to explore other places. Many times, hunting for a shard, I have found campsites with interesting or funny codexes, for example. Or little mini quests. Not, that I will do all the shard in EVERY game, but i just assume that if a shard is there, there is probably some interesting tidbit there to explore. And there usually is...
I hate them! Well...some of them. They just seem so damn impossible to get. Controls are iffy in this game (at least I find). I do like the challenge of picking them up and unfortunately, I have wasted too much time on them.
I hate to open a can of worms, but he didn't basically call people who wanted to romance dwarves and qunari fetishists? Granted, this is all I'm hearing second-hand as I live in the stone age and don't bother with tumblr or twitter.
Oh that one's from a while back. He was specifically addressing straight male players who want to romance a qunari woman because qunari women are "hot." I think he could've been more polite about how he said it. I think at that point he was getting pissy and feeling like forumers were telling him what to do. He's very easily riled.
Ok, good to know then.
the people who spewed that rumor read something out of context and he had to debunk it
Am I the only one who doesn't despise the shards? i feel like they are there to get you to explore other places. Many times, hunting for a shard, I have found campsites with interesting or funny codexes, for example. Or little mini quests. Not, that I will do all the shard in EVERY game, but i just assume that if a shard is there, there is probably some interesting tidbit there to explore. And there usually is...
I love the shards for the same reason. They give me reason to go waaaaay over there at the end of the map, or find a way to climb this mountain that seems impossible to overcome, or find an entrance to a cave I hadn't seen yet, etc. I love the bottles, because each one tells a whole story in itself.
I would love the mosaics a lot more if the Hinterlands one wasn't broken. 
As it is, it really makes my OCD cry, seeing that 10/12 there, forever incomplete.
Wanted to post a little sneak peek of what i am working on. Oh, the angst....
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Granted, I called him "sir", and was really, really polite.
Well that's nice but you don't exactly have to throw cat poop in his face to get him to go off on you lol Let's see, the one I remember best was a post where someone (or someones) was/were discussing the confusing issue of male/female equality (or lack thereof) in DAO, and he just kind of jumped in all snarky like and said he never meant to make Thedas a non-sexist haven, so there lol
He can just have a snotty attitude sometimes, but don't we all.
Sorry, I just remember reading people ranting about it on BSN last year so I thought that was what Artemis was referring to *shrugs*
Nah I'm mostly talking about his presence on Tumblr, though he snarks off on Twitter, too. Mr. Gaider is a snarky dude, simple as that lol I still bow down before him for writing my bebe (Fen-Fen) and I bet in person he's a lovely individual. He seems like a great friend.
Theres a toxic element on Tumblr. They are bullies and they think they are BETTER than anyone else in the fandom. They also think they are speaking for everybody. Theres Tumblr Social Justice and Real and TRUE Social Justice.
Why am I getting flashbacks to Monty Python's The Life of Brian, with the battles between the "People's Front of Judea" and "Judean People's Front" over who's the true voice of the people and their fight for independence from the Romans? 
I love the shards for the same reason. They give me reason to go waaaaay over there at the end of the map, or find a way to climb this mountain that seems impossible to overcome, or find an entrance to a cave I hadn't seen yet, etc. I love the bottles, because each one tells a whole story in itself.
I would love the mosaics a lot more if the Hinterlands one wasn't broken.
You can get #11 but it is a HUGE pain in the butt!! It is bugged, but you have to climb up over a weird ledge and jump (and fall like 50 times), then use your horse to get up to it. Google it if you want to do it. i did it last night and it took forvever! But at least it is now only missing one...
I'm another one who enjoys the shards, it's a nice distraction to have, especially in the Hissing Wastes which is just rocks and sand.
Once I get my computer fixed (crosses fingers) I think I will enjoy the little things (fetching and such) in my current playthrough; I'm playing a female character so I won't be as invested in the character and story and can focus on combat and builds and quests.
Nah I'm mostly talking about his presence on Tumblr, though he snarks off on Twitter, too. Mr. Gaider is a snarky dude, simple as that lol I still bow down before him for writing my bebe (Fen-Fen) and I bet in person he's a lovely individual. He seems like a great friend.
Alistair, Morrigan, Fenris, Zevran, Cassandra. As far as I'm concerned, he's the patron saint of writing!
Once I get my computer fixed (crosses fingers) I think I will enjoy the little things (fetching and such) in my current playthrough; I'm playing a female character so I won't be as invested in the character and story and can focus on combat and builds and quests.
Class picked out yet?
I'm another one who enjoys the shards, it's a nice distraction to have, especially in the Hissing Wastes which is just rocks and sand.
I always do the shards when I don't feel like doing anything else. 
I find it relaxing to search for them when I just want to take it easy after a long game and I like how they force you to think when it comes to looking for them.
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Thanks...I am trying to an artsy kinda chapter, but it may sound kinda stupid. Still working on it though, so hopefully I can get it to work. Plus, i live in the Midwest so tend to use alot of storm imagery anyway...so I figure why not just dump it all into one chapter?
Class picked out yet?
Oh yes, she's a S&S warrior 
I loooove using the grappling hook LOL COME OVER HERE! *scorpion face*
Alistair, Morrigan, Fenris, Zevran, Cassandra. As far as I'm concerned, he's the patron saint of writing!
Yeah, Zevran 
Oh that one's from a while back. He was specifically addressing straight male players who want to romance a qunari woman because qunari women are "hot." I think he could've been more polite about how he said it. I think at that point he was getting pissy and feeling like forumers were telling him what to do. He's very easily riled.
Ah, I see. Yeah, like I said, this is all second-hand knowledge for me because I don't use twitter or tumblr (though I did send a couple tweets to Patrick Weekes on my old twitter account my sister forced me to make).
You can get #11 but it is a HUGE pain in the butt!! It is bugged, but you have to climb up over a weird ledge and jump (and fall like 50 times), then use your horse to get up to it. Google it if you want to do it. i did it last night and it took forvever! But at least it is now only missing one...
Yeah, I know about that one. I did the pony trick once, but on this latest playthrough I was like... nah, since the last one doesn't exist anyway I'm not gonna spend three years trying to climb onto that ledge again.
I'm glad they at least fixed the issue with being unable to complete the songs collection if you side with the Templars, or the banner collection if you built the Chantry garden instead of the herbs one. Those were even worst than the missing mosaics - missing on collections for gameplay choices, lol.
Oh yes, she's a S&S warrior
You ever need help, I can easily make a build for you. Picked out a specialization yet?
You can get #11 but it is a HUGE pain in the butt!! It is bugged, but you have to climb up over a weird ledge and jump (and fall like 50 times), then use your horse to get up to it. Google it if you want to do it. i did it last night and it took forvever! But at least it is now only missing one...
Really? Huh... I got that piece inside the cave itself, not in the weird area above it? I figured that bug had been fixed?
Thanks...I am trying to an artsy kinda chapter, but it may sound kinda stupid. Still working on it though, so hopefully I can get it to work. Plus, i live in the Midwest so tend to use alot of storm imagery anyway...so I figure why not just dump it all into one chapter?
Nonetheless, it`s interesting. Looking forward to reading the rest (as well as the rest of the submissions). I never bothered reading fanfic until I got on here.
Really? Huh... I get that piece inside the cave itself, not in the weird area above it? I figured that bug had been fixed?
Nope...did it yesterday after patch 3...still not fixed...
Wanted to post a little sneak peek of what i am working on. Oh, the angst....
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I'm out of LIKE again, but it's really good!
It's the one for 5K celebration? I look forward for reading that: Oooh the angst is good
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