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[Fearsome1]

The timer can be rather unnerving. Not for me regarding the Winter Palace. I memorized that damn place and can do it with my eyes closed now (even got all 11 Halla Statues), but the Templar Quest makes my nerves sing unpleasantly. Not only are the doors tricky to maneuver, if you are trying to keep Ser Barris alive and are a completionist like me, you can go mad!

 

First of all, kudos to you on the halla statues. Not managed all of those in one go yet. As for those thrice-damned great hall doors - definitely a high blood pressure inducing experience. I can't tell you how many times I've pushed A to enter, only to have it instantly flip to the other option and launching me into spin cycle to end up right back where I started, even as the ticker keeps windind down. All that I can say to Bioware over this gaffe, is  you deserve a Death to Smoochy moment yourselves over this grating experience!!

[Wynterdust]

I'm completely indifferent to most of the side quests and enjoy most of the main quests.

 

But druffalo and halla herding? Sod those quests.

[Torgette]

I've played through a fairly large percentage of the game at least 6-7 times, but I've only ever completed it once because I can't bring myself to even start the Winter Palace a second time. I just play up until that (and its subsequent missions, obviously) is about all that's left, then lose interest and start over the next time I fire up the game.

I tend to avoid complaining too much about design decisions since the more entitled younger gamers tend to have that more than covered, but I have to say I really ****** hated that mission.

 

I actually liked that mission, one of my favorites even 

[NickyBarb]

First of all, kudos to you on the halla statues. Not managed all of those in one go yet. As for those thrice-damned great hall doors - definitely a high blood pressure inducing experience. I can't tell you how many times I've pushed A to enter, only to have it instantly flip to the other option and launching me into spin cycle to end up right back where I started, even as the ticker keeps windind down. All that I can say to Bioware over this gaffe, is you deserve a Death to Smoochy moment yourselves over this grating experience!!

I agree with you on the doors. Very annoying.

[Patchwork]

First of all, kudos to you on the halla statues. Not managed all of those in one go yet. As for those thrice-damned great hall doors - definitely a high blood pressure inducing experience. I can't tell you how many times I've pushed A to enter, only to have it instantly flip to the other option and launching me into spin cycle to end up right back where I started, even as the ticker keeps windind down. All that I can say to Bioware over this gaffe, is  you deserve a Death to Smoochy moment yourselves over this grating experience!!

 

Worse is the timer still counting down while you're stuck in loading screen hell waiting for Morrigan to show up. 

 

My least favourite is Doom Upon The World, you just go straight to the final battle without any build up. The dragon is an easy kill compared to other dragons you can face and Cory isn't all that impressive either. 

[KaiserShep]

Worse is the timer still counting down while you're stuck in loading screen hell waiting for Morrigan to show up. 

 

My least favourite is Doom Upon The World, you just go straight to the final battle without any build up. The dragon is an easy kill compared to other dragons you can face and Cory isn't all that impressive either. 

 

 

I think the build up is the big thing. The archdemon in DA:O was a total pushover compared to either Flemeth or the sacred ashes high dragon, but there was certainly a long road to get there, albeit quite a lot of low-powered trash mobs, even the ogres, but it certainly didn't lack for drama. The hardest parts, I felt, were getting defending the alienage and getting past the gates of Fort Drakon. Everything else seemed to be occupied by low-HP enemies. I'm pretty sure that the archdemon itself has lower health than Gaxkang. My Warden made the killing blow to both, and Gaxkang is still listed as the biggest enemy slain. The temple of sacred ashes should have had a similar path to what we dealt with in the prologue, only this time it was infested by demons and perhaps what remains of the Red Templars or even Venatori. Like, if he didn't have an army to set upon Thedas anymore, he'd at least have enough to cover his ass while he went apesh*t with the elven power ball. It's weird because every other major story quest had a multi-stage buildup to a boss battle, Adamant's I felt being the best, since you had a big battle at the fortress and then dealing with the Fade.

[Torgette]

I think the build up is the big thing.

 

Yep, as I said in another thread, I expected a grand buildup... not "walk outside, kick butt, walk back inside". Take the same fight and make me fight to get to it and it'd be more satisfying.

[Patchwork]

I think the build up is the big thing. The archdemon in DA:O was a total pushover compared to either Flemeth or the sacred ashes high dragon, but there was certainly a long road to get there, albeit quite a lot of low-powered trash mobs, even the ogres, but it certainly didn't lack for drama. The hardest parts, I felt, were getting defending the alienage and getting past the gates of Fort Drakon. Everything else seemed to be occupied by low-HP enemies. I'm pretty sure that the archdemon itself has lower health than Gaxkang. My Warden made the killing blow to both, and Gaxkang is still listed as the biggest enemy slain. The temple of sacred ashes should have had a similar path to what we dealt with in the prologue, only this time it was infested by demons and perhaps what remains of the Red Templars or even Venatori. Like, if he didn't have an army to set upon Thedas anymore, he'd at least have enough to cover his ass while he went apesh*t with the elven power ball. It's weird because every other major story quest had a multi-stage buildup to a boss battle, Adamant's I felt being the best, since you had a big battle at the fortress and then dealing with the Fade.

 

In one of promos Varric says "it's raining demons" and the vid has all the companions fighting enemies in a similar looking area to where the final battle takes place. Some sort of horde mode, DOA's Denerim Gates with demons would be better than what we got.

[KaiserShep]

In one of promos Varric says "it's raining demons" and the vid has all the companions fighting enemies in a similar looking area to where the final battle takes place. Some sort of horde mode, DOA's Denerim Gates with demons would be better than what we got.

 

The funny thing is that twice in the final battle, Corypheus does set a couple of demons on you, like literally just two or three. I had Varric, Sera and Cassandra pretty well-spec'd with some great weapons and I didn't notice they were there until I saw one of the Shades fall, since I was busy just hitting Cory. None of them even touched me. You'd think that he would at least summon more than what basically every rift threw at us.

[berelinde]

Golden Halla

Where the Druffalo Roam

 

Which strikes me as odd. I usually like animals. Maybe it's just that I don't like herding them.

 

Unlike almost everyone here, I actually liked Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts and I kinda liked the Exalted Plains. I hated the scenery of the Exalted Plains because it was all pastures and trenches and burned-out buildings, but that was kinda the point. It's a war zone, and it certainly looked the part.

 

And the Hissing Wastes and the Emprise du Lion were two of my favorite zones in the game. Mostly, because of the scenery, but I didn't mind the quests.

 

Honorable mention for "Most Disliked Quest" goes to Not Everyone is Free. If that woman shouted "Not that way!" at me one more time, I would have left her there. Now I just grab the key on the way in to save myself from having to hear it anymore.

[berelinde]

She's almost on par with those slaves in Emprise du Lion. "Let us out!!!" I want to tell Varric or Cole to wheel them off a cliff...

Seriously. It's a pity there's no option to say "How 'bout you let us kill these templars first, okay?" At least the slaves in the Hissing Wastes just sit there and wait for you to get on with saving them.

[Forsythia77]

Main quest wise, Wicked Eyes Wicked Hearts makes me stabby.  Side quest wise, the Golden Halla can suck it.  In fact, I killed it in my last two PTs just to be contrary (golden halla leather is also a masterwork crafting material, FYI).

[berelinde]

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Can you still complete the Dalish Favor quest if you do that?

 

Seriously, the only reason I go near that thing is because I want access to the Dalish shop and its quillback leather and schematic-y goodness. But now that you can get both crafting materials and schematics from the Black Emporium...

[Forsythia77]

Shoot, I hate Orlesians, but I find it kinda adds to my enjoyment of that quest. Only thing I wish was that we could mess with some of those frilly NPC's and take part in their petty shenanigans, or outright rob them if you're a rogue.

This would make that quest so much more enjoyable.  What kind of dirt is in their pockets that you can give to Leliana?  How much money is on them?  LOL!

[Forsythia77]

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Can you still complete the Dalish Favor quest if you do that?

 

Seriously, the only reason I go near that thing is because I want access to the Dalish shop and its quillback leather and schematic-y goodness. But now that you can get both crafting materials and schematics from the Black Emporium...

 

Yep.  You do not need to chase after that damn halla to get enough dalish favor to recruit lorenil. It also does not affect your ability to shop from them.  Don't loot the graves, and be understanding with Valorin's sister. And give the red crossing stuff to Hawen.

[badkenbad]

There must be something wrong with me, because I like most of the quests that everyone is saying they hate.

 

I guess the exception would be the timed parts of Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts. Timers are just a cheap way to add tension to a poorly  written quest. It's especially bad in that quest because the timers don't stop during load screens, and the doorways have bugs that can also cause you to lose time.

 

Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts would have been much better as a kind of social puzzle-solving quest with some measure of character development of some of the nobles. It should have required the player to play "The Game" to some extent, instead of just some poorly executed exploration and hide-and-seek side quests.

[Yggdrasil]

Any and all non-plot requisitions, especially since they're entirely unnecessary and superfluous.

[DreamSever]

def the herding drufallo one, moved so slow I had to keep stopping and moving for it to catch up

[turuzzusapatuttu]

I think the build up is the big thing. The archdemon in DA:O was a total pushover compared to either Flemeth or the sacred ashes high dragon, but there was certainly a long road to get there, albeit quite a lot of low-powered trash mobs, even the ogres, but it certainly didn't lack for drama. The hardest parts, I felt, were getting defending the alienage and getting past the gates of Fort Drakon. Everything else seemed to be occupied by low-HP enemies. I'm pretty sure that the archdemon itself has lower health than Gaxkang. My Warden made the killing blow to both, and Gaxkang is still listed as the biggest enemy slain. The temple of sacred ashes should have had a similar path to what we dealt with in the prologue, only this time it was infested by demons and perhaps what remains of the Red Templars or even Venatori. Like, if he didn't have an army to set upon Thedas anymore, he'd at least have enough to cover his ass while he went apesh*t with the elven power ball. It's weird because every other major story quest had a multi-stage buildup to a boss battle, Adamant's I felt being the best, since you had a big battle at the fortress and then dealing with the Fade.

 

 

Yep, as I said in another thread, I expected a grand buildup... not "walk outside, kick butt, walk back inside". Take the same fight and make me fight to get to it and it'd be more satisfying.

 

After I defeated Corypheus I was 100% sure it was all a dream. Like some kind of genjutsu, if you know what I'm talking about.

[NickyBarb]

Ever kill Lord Woosley? Would be funny if the same thing happened with the Halla.

I killed that damn goat multiple times in one playthrough. He is there everytime I go back to the lake. Apparently he is immortal...