I've just seen this thread and I chuckled because I thought...I am not alone!
I preordered this game and played it on release. I currently have 336 hours in this game but have not played it since before Christmas. I played "Adam Ant Four Dress" (see what I did?
) for the first time and thought "wow that was amazing but I so want to do it with a different char". I'm sure I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said that around 250 hours of that total was playing different races/class combinations upto Sky Hold. In the end I got the look, class, race and everything I wanted all set even the char settings I wanted for body/face/ etc, but I was so emotionally drained of that first (awesome) chapter of the game that I could not give it another go.
I'm currently re-installing it after around 6 weeks off it and I can't wait for my first full play through. As you can see from my post count I've avoided these forums like the plague and I don't know how it all ends but I have a week off work starting tomorrow and I can't wait to get into this finally.
So, for everyone out there whose having a belated exploration of Thedas, I wish you much enjoyment!
HF^^