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[Valkra]

So I bought DA:I on release and put about 50 hours into it, before I quit. I fell into the "Hinterlands Trap" where I completed every single objective, being the completionist that I am. This left me overleveled for future content which sucked, as the game got too easy. I eventually did get out of the Hinterlands and got to Skyhold, but my experience doing a ton of boring fetch quests in the Hinterlands left me burnt out and I took a long break. Now here I am again, just starting up a fresh play through. Recently, I read the reddit post about leaving the Hinterlands to get to the real meat of the game and the fun part, which is a relief as I did not have much fun in my initial experience. However, I also read somewhere else that pretty much most game areas have a bunch of fetch quests and the like. So what do I do after I leave the Hinterlands? Do I execute the same strategy and leave those new areas when my level gets too high, from doing all the side quests? I've been playing video games for most of my life and it's hardwired my OCD brain into having the urge to complete all objectives before leaving. It's hard enough for me to just up and leave the Hinterlands with all those objectives on the map.. I can't imagine doing that for the entire game on every map. Ideally, I don't want to level too high for the content I'm suppose to be engaging in. A lot of people say to skip the side quests and do them after you beat the main campaign. I fear I just won't have the motivation to do that. I just beat the campaign, why would I want to go back to herd some druffalo? oh, no spoilers about the campaign please!

 

So what has been your way to engage the game? For my new play through, I'm going to do the *important* Hinterland stuff like getting horses for the Inquisition and acquiring agents, and then I'll leave after that. I don't know how to approach the rest of the game though..

[Suledin]

I just go straight through all the quests to reach Skyhold. After that I do everything else. 

[wolfsite]

My play style was to just move around and not treat optional content as required.  I went around focusing on main and party quests while doing optional side quests if they were nearby, and if I explored I did it for the sake of exploring and not because of a side quest, it was more to find out of the way loot or resources.

[midnight tea]

Hello fellow completionist

Anyway, even if you do plan to finish everything eventually, personally I suggest doing main zone quests first and then doing everything else in subsequent visits in the zone. Whether you focus on some quests or complete portion of it is a matter of your personal preference as well as set difficulty - some areas can be more challenging, especially on Nightmare, if you're low level.

 

Anyway, I personally complete most low level zones before I unlock Skyhold, because I'm just unsufferably OCDish like that - but that means I don't really have to go back to pick smaller missions scattered here and there after and focus on other zones. Usually I focus on main zone quests first and pick quests/complete them along the way - most smaller 'fetch-quests' are designed to be finished along the way anyway...

[Inex]

This game is not completionist friendly, unless you like doing all those boring/uninteresting quests and being overleveled. Since this is not your case, i suggest you skip A LOT of content in each area, you won't be missing much anyway. Companion quests (not the ones like Varric's 'seeing red') are interesting so i suggest you complete these quests while exploring and doing nearby sidequests.

 

Each area has an interesting initial quest (scout Harding usually tells you what it is, like the missing scouts in the storm coast) so i usually do them too, but not all of them in a single playthrough.

 

I usually skip most of the boring quests in all areas. Sadly you won't know which of them are boring without doing them at least once. I also skip most of the requisitions. It doesn't really matter if you skip most of the content in the game. If you REALLY want to do quests you skipped, then just make a new character and do different quests and explore areas your previous character didn't.

[AshenSugar]

I carefully travel through each zone and do every single thing it's possible to do before moving on to the next zone, carefully checking the Wiki to ensure I've not missed any hidden quests. Thus far the only things I've not completed to date is the patrolling NPC in the mines of the Forbidden Oasis, (seriously screw that place!) and the obscure hidden quest in Emerald Graves, which is the area I'm at right now. Outlevelling the zones does not bother me at all.

 

I suspect that the kinds of people who like this kind of thing are those who are used to MMOs, ex-WoW players, and that kind of thing. I number myself among them. I suspect those who dislike all these fetch quests are a) Elite hardcore theorycrafter types who always play on Nightmare, and won't touch any content unless it's ultra-difficult and challenging, and b.) Those who prefer the DA:O model, with less open world exploration, less busywork, and more plot-driven gameplay. From your comments I'm assuming you fall more into catefory a) and are a bit more of a hardcore player who prefers things to be very tough and challenging at all times.

 

 

I suspect that the best way for those people who hate busywork and fetch quests to play is ignore most if not all of the fetch quests, and concentrate mostly upon closing rifts. This will ensure you always have enough power to undertake the main storyline, combine that with a small amount of farming so that you are able to craft the best gear, and the game should feel much better.

[JeffZero]

and b.) Those who prefer the DA:O model, with less open world exploration, less busywork, and more plot-driven gameplay.

 

Can confirm. More of this needs to replace some of that fetchiness in DA4, darn it.

[Cheviot]

When you find that the quest you're doing is too fetch-questy, drop it and move onto the next side quest.  This is something I learned from Origins.

[Sylvius the Mad]

If one does like being overleveled, as I do, then this game is very friendly to completionists.

For the OP, look at the power requirements for the story quests, and try not to exceed those.

Alternatively, you could roleplay it, and only complete the quests your character thinks are important.

[Lethaya]

I'm a completionist, too, so I feel your pain with this one. XD

 

Personally, I just tried to mix things up. Accomplish a certain amount of side quests before allowing myself to do the next main quest objective, since I was more invested in the main questline. I also fully explored each region as they unlocked, collecting every quest I could there for my journal's sake, and establishing every camp. Then I'd allow myself to move regions or do... whatever, really. But that, especially camp establishment, made completing side quests in quick succession easier later on.

 

Cheviot's advice on dropping something if it's becoming an annoyance is a good tip, too, I think. Better yet at that point, switch regions. New surroundings can help, too.

 

Best of luck! Hope you find this runthrough more enjoyable.

[c0bra951]

I much prefer open-world freedom over a more linear rigid path and plotline.  But this requires treating side content as optional.  The more OCD among us will drive themselves crazy with all the shards, elven devices, red lyrium, etc.  I think a mix of advancing the plot and chasing the more interesting optional content is the best way to go.  After getting to Skyhold, mix it up.  If it gets old, just play out the storyline.  Level 19+ seems like where you want to be for the endgame.

[Renessa]

I am trying out a "shorter" PT (after 2 very thorough ones) and I really like it. 

 

I just try to follow the main quest for each zone.  A lot of zones, you enter with a special goal or mission. Just concentrate on that and leave everything else, that does not interest you, to the side. (you can always come back and do more, if you need to level up)

 

I would also try and do the Companion quests for content and feels, but that's just me. I want everyone to be happy....

 

You don't even have to do all the zones, although that is a step too far for me! 

 

It is actually quite refreshing to play DAI like this. Takes the pressure off. I find it also more realistic. I mean, I don't think, my IQs really would have the time to collect strange shards or mosaics etc. 

 

I do tend to try to set up all the Camps, because I think, that is something my IQs would do to consolidate the power of the Inquisition. I do not go out of my way to close rifts (I find them boring. They are stirring up bad memories of Oblivion) I only do them, when I come across them "naturally".

 

In the end, just go with the flow and try to concentrate on the stuff you really enjoy, no one is goint to test you on all the content after the final boss battle....

[Qun00]

Try pressing the buttons!

[Thandal N'Lyman]

But not THAT  one!!! 

[SpiritMuse]

Alternatively, you could roleplay it, and only complete the quests your character thinks are important.

This is what I do most of the time. I use the side quests as a way to roleplay. My current Inquisitor is a Dalish who doesn't have very much patience for human affairs, so she will go get the horses for the Inquisition and she'll also do the basic stuff for the Crossroads refugees (not because she really cares about these people but because it'll help spread the Inquisition's power and good name) but anything else she isn't interested in doing. She is interested in the shards though so I will be collecting those in this playthrough.

Interstingly, it makes the game more fun if I ignore certain things because it's not in character for my Inquisitor to do them.

[Char]

Generally I start off by curling up on the sofa with a large supply of caffeine to hand. Sometimes I don't actually get any further than that part, but I'm wiling to offer the baby up as an excuse.

Essentially I just go wherever I feel like/do whatever I feel like at the time and ignore levels unless something starts handing my arse to me. It works alright for me

[DragonAgeLegend]

At first I left Hinterlands and everything but on my second playthrough I actually completed everything there. Lot's of fun since I really feel like I'm in Ferelden there.

[Aren]

I will never understand of why people are so obsessed to be a completionist ,when a game clearly offers only a ridiculous amount of fetch quests,this type of attitude will only grant to you headache.

My DAI experience  was about 35-40 hours no more, i cannot stand  the tremendous amount of fetch quests.

[CronoDragoon]

Focus on the main side quest for each zone, IE what Harding talks about when you unlock it. Seal Rifts, do quests, conquer Keeps, etc on the way. Don't go out into zones with the mindset of "I'm completing this fetch quest." Explore zones and completing quests will come as a secondary benefit.