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[madrar]

I am somewhat perplexed by all your science bibble-babble-drabble, but I heartily approve.  My favorite high school biology teacher and I had to talk about ancient human migration patterns and tracking it via DNA as opposed to his field or my liberal arts fascination because of how terrible I am with science. But I do love science.

The only thing I can point out in your hypothesis that's off is that the kossith weren't devastated by the Blight. They had a single colony in the Korcari Wilds which was wiped out. And the Blight was localized to Thedas, not wherever the kossith homeland is. (The Qunari seem thrown by the idea of Blights and darkspawn, judging by Sten's mission. A Blight sounds like one of the things the priesthood would remember and inform the Arishok of.) The women were turned into broodmothers, producing the first ogres and greatly helping them besiege dwarven kingdoms. There could be some other genetic bottleneck though, right? Just going off of Barindur, maybe the Equator of Thedas has more active volcanoes? (I'm going to go ahead and say that the kossith homeland is hot, judging by the Qunari's in-game weakness to cold in Origins.)

And don't worry about approaching theories from a science perspective. That's your background. I approach it from a social studies perspective because that's the only useful way I can contribute.  Madrar has physics and mind-boggling complexity. Lizasaurus has art and literature, and so on. Team Mordin. 

 

I am somehow still out of likes, but  theory-face for both of you.  Any explanation behind the location of the Korkari Wilds colony, Caddius?  It seems an awfully long way in the wrong direction from where I thought the Kossith were... but maybe my concept of the larger layout of the planet is skewed.  

 

Also, the thought of all of us joining Thundercats-style to create a huge mecha Mordin is amazing.  @w@   YEAH.

[Rabbitonfire]

Naaaa! All pretty chatty here. Just set up some forum.

" So how about new suggestions for the rules?" .... *no replies for another 3 hours*....*Suggestions are in form of walls*

 

Doesn't mean the walls are concrete but they're walls.

[MaidenM]

That'd be problematic, wouldn't it?

We'll all just.. sit in silence.. have a very small circle of friends... keep to ourselves..

It won't be easy creating new regulations, they'd be like "so.. got a new suggestion for rule?" "yes.. But I'm too shy to bring it up"

 

Jk, introverts =/= shy.

Still, the image amused me.

 

I feel this is somewhat relevant.

Starts at 0.45 if you don't like Jesus preaching to dinosaurs.

[flabbadence]

For fic writing purposes, how many months/years do you think DAI took for your playthrough?

[Siha]

" So how about new suggestions for the rules?" .... *no replies for another 3 hours*....*Suggestions are in form of walls*

Doesn't mean the walls are concrete but they're walls.

IRC then? Oh, those were the days.

[Mims]

For fic writing purposes, how many months/years do you think DAI took for your playthrough?

 

I'd say there's no way it took under a year. Things do seem to happen fairly quickly though.

 

As much as I like to spread storylines out, I don't see it as being longer than two years. I believe the chantry had been in debates for several months for the next divine. They were having problems picking, but they probably wouldn't go much more than a year-two years without a divine. 

[Rabbitonfire]

For fic writing purposes, how many months/years do you think DAI took for your playthrough?

If the origin lasted only a year, so did the event in inquisition. If years passed, they would have stated it like they did in DA2.

 

Really hard to believe the blight was only a year but that is canon...

 

edit: look at timeline if you don't believe me.

[Kittn]

Re: Riftmage
 
I never once used firestorm, not ever.

I did. Once.

When I read the description, I got stupid excited. I thought I'd get to see Solas do this:



I was disappointed.

To be honest, I don't like any of the mage specs we have. Don't like KE just because I figure if I wanna get in the thick of it, I'll roll warrior or rogue. I really just want to explode things when I play mage, and none of the specs seem to do that with any degree of satisfaction to me.

Speaking of personality tests, whenever I take a "Which muppet are you?" quiz, I always get the Bolshevik muppet who likes to blow things up. I guess it all makes sense now...

[madrar]

Well, at least one other INTP present

 

INTP represent, yo!   The squishy-soft psych side of Cog Sci is very much not my thing, but Meyers-Briggs typing does seem to produce results that are consistent and accurate enough to be useful in many cases.

 

"They are intensely interested in theory, and will put forth tremendous amounts of time and energy into finding a solution to a problem with has piqued their interest.  It's important that the INTP place importance on expressing their developed theories in understandable ways. In the end, an amazing discovery means nothing if you are the only person who understands it."

 

*awkward laugh* 

[flabbadence]

Oh, and INTP/INFP here. I always shift between these two when I take the test. Probably depends on my mood or whatever outside influence I had lately.

[Adynata]

I did. Once.

When I read the description, I got stupid excited. I thought I'd get to see Solas do this:



I was disappointed.

To be honest, I don't like any of the mage specs we have. Don't like KE just because I figure if I wanna get in the thick of it, I'll roll warrior or rogue. I'm a simple girl. With simple tastes. I really just want to explode things when I play mage, and none of the specs seem to do that with any degree of satisfaction to me.

Speaking of personality tests, whenever I take a "Which muppet are you?" quiz, I always get the Bolshevik muppet who likes to blow things up. It all makes sense now...

 

I'm with you there. I always play blm in FFXI & FFXIV b/c I like to feel the POWER!! And although I didn't feel quite as powerful as a mage in DAI, I really was pretty invincible, and that was as a necro mage. Even though the necro skills aren't that great, the general mage spells are pretty powerful, and it was way easier to take down dragons as a mage than with my rogue assassin.

[Rabbitonfire]

To be honest, I don't like any of the mage specs we have. Don't like KE just because I figure if I wanna get in the thick of it, I'll roll warrior or rogue. I really just want to explode things when I play mage, and none of the specs seem to do that with any degree of satisfaction to me.
 

Exactly! And if you don't like explosions, why are you a mage? Alternatively you just like healing but we don't have those in the inquisition! Just poutines and potions!

[DrTeatime]

INTP represent, yo!   The squishy-soft psych side of Cog Sci is very much not my thing, but Meyers-Briggs typing does seem to produce results that are consistent and accurate enough to be useful in many cases.

 

"They are intensely interested in theory, and will put forth tremendous amounts of time and energy into finding a solution to a problem with has piqued their interest.  It's important that the INTP place importance on expressing their developed theories in understandable ways. In the end, an amazing discovery means nothing if you are the only person who understands it."

 

*awkward laugh* 

 

Last I checked I was also INTP.

[Patchwork]

This bit on flags I feel sums up how the Inquisition rose to power. 

 

 

This post is so unworthy of being top of the page that I need to go and find a nice Solas pic.

 

Spoiler

 

Lithiel 

 

More heartbreaking than nice but it looks gorgeous. 

[Shari'El]

Naaaa! All pretty chatty here. Just set up some forum.

 

Hmm another image.

The president/prime minister, members of the parliament, more Ps, all sitting in a room and chatting via a forum.

 

Theorizing about the probability of a Wolf Hunt DLC. 

[Mims]

This bit on flags I feel sums up how the Inquisition rose to power. 

 

 

Haha. I kept thinking to myself, "Inquisitor, you can't just claim stuff like that! It isn't yours!" 

[Shari'El]

I feel this is somewhat relevant.

Starts at 0.45 if you don't like Jesus preaching to dinosaurs.

 

I love Eddie Izzard XDXD

[DrTeatime]

Have you all heard this soundclip btw? It's pretty amazing.

But what if instead of leaving, Solas died?

[Siha]

Hmm another image.
The president/prime minister, members of the parliament, more Ps, all sitting in a room and chatting via a forum.

Theorizing about the probability of a Wolf Hunt DLC.

...chatting with their Illuminati friends to pull the right strings to make the DLC happen?

[dragondreamer]

Exactly! And if you don't like explosions, why are you a mage? Alternatively you just like healing but we don't have those in the inquisition! Just poutines and potions!

 

There's a special joy in being able to hit things with a sword *and* nuking them from space.  Sometimes often at the same time.

[Kittn]

I'm with you there. I always play blm in FFXI & FFXIV b/c I like to feel the POWER!! And although I didn't feel quite as powerful as a mage in DAI, I really was pretty invincible, and that was as a necro mage. Even though the necro skills aren't that great, the general mage spells are pretty powerful, and it was way easier to take down dragons as a mage than with my rogue assassin.

I went necro with my first playthrough. I did not have a very easy time of it but it was my trailblazing pt and I didn't know what I was doing. However, I'm playing hard mode with Tiger Festival. And with Tempest I am able to take down every dragon I meet in less than a minute. I haven't tried the highest one yet. It feels ridiculously overpowered. I'm no pro, but I use it thusly:

Tier 3 inquisitor focus > blow all archer cooldowns except full draw > thunder elixer > full draw, run into very close range and pew pew for stamina until elixer runs out > fire elixer > 3 x leaping shot. It's usually half dead by now. Rinse repeat.

I'll probably be using this same build for my nightmare playthrough. I'm hoping I'll be able to run it as a dwarf, because I'd really like to see a dwarf perspective. Dear Solas, please stop being so damn addictive so I can get through at least one stinkin playthrough without your affection.

[Shari'El]

This bit on flags I feel sums up how the Inquisition rose to power. 

 

 

This post is so unworthy of being top of the page that I'll go find a nice Solas pic.

 

ROFL XD

 

That reminds me of how the inquisition flags start popping once you took over an area.

"This area is protected by the inquisition"

 

Well, that's good to know.

But why is this appearing in my 'search' radar? I'm looking for herbs!

 

Edit: I just love Eddie Izzardddddddd

"You're a plumber? What on earth is that?"

[Wheels]

Have you all heard this soundclip btw? It's pretty amazing.

But what if instead of leaving, Solas died?

 

What...?

I... WHAT? Why would you post such a thing?!  :'(

NOT OKAY! *SOB*

 

What show (?) is the clip from...?

[Siha]

I'm playing hard mode with Tiger Festival. And with Tempest I am able to take down every dragon I meet in less than a minute. I haven't tried the highest one yet. It feels ridiculously overpowered. I'm no pro, but I use it thusly:

Tier 3 inquisitor focus > blow all archer cooldowns except full draw > thunder elixer > full draw, run into very close range and pew pew for stamina until elixer runs out > fire elixer > 3 x leaping shot. It's usually half dead by now. Rinse repeat.

I only understand half of it. :-/ But I don't really know how to use Tempest correctly anyway.

About the Dwarf PT: load a Solas-romance save whenever the respective event *should* happen with your dwarf and imagine it were the same PT? :-)

[madrar]

That makes super sense, I've thought about it but I had nothing to support it...

But if we look at it realistically... Mythal & the rest of the pantheon are not real gods, so I highly doubt Mythal could've created the real moon, plus! It would've affected sooo many things, it's not like "I created a massive rock and put it in the sky", it would've affected the tides. Imagine if we had no moon and somebody decided to put one, MAYHEM XD.

 

We should look into moon as a symbol, maybe it'd make sense in relation to the veil.

 

Unrelated - moon symbolizes femininity, sun - masculinity. I'm amused.

 

Crap.  I hadn't factored in the Moon.  Could be the Earth/Sun's first attempted creation, its surface literally burned to ashes by the Sun.  Or if we're working from a maybe-Elgar'nan-isn't-elven standpoint, could be the empty shell of Mythal's first Child.  The two aren't even necessarily contradictory: maybe the first Child hatches, lives on the surface of his own empty egg, then the jealousy, the epic fight, the Sun gets tossed into the Void, and Mythal / Elgar'nan raise the veil and start again from scratch with Thedas.

 

Hmm.  Possible, but relies on far too many assumptions.  There are at least a dozen equally plausible possibilities given the information we have, and that one might be too deep in tin-foil-hat territory even for me.  =w=