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[mademan2]

Honestly, this has bothered me from the start, i understand that this story is supposed to be about something else but this is still weird, in the previous games it was very easy to catch the blight, so it was in the books etc, its basically like zombie apocalypse, how the hell none of our companions caught it when fighting the Darkspawn. Was this explained somewhere in some tweets or something?

 

Also, i reaplayed the dlc tonight, while it was ok i have to say that the Deep Roads do not feel like deep roads at all, its all clean and save, its basically just a cave, not like the frikin creepy, scary, big and threatening deep roads from DA Origins, whats up with that?

 

Also, Valta is wierd, way too obsessed and creepy  Why the hell would you actually just leave her there at the end of the DLC, what is she now, how come that she can cast "accidents" as she says, instead of spells. She is deffinately gonna come back to bite us in the ass, we have no answers to any of our questions and just her word that everything is going to be fine now  

[Evamitchelle]

Nobody caught the Blight in Origins despite spending most of the game fighting darkspawn, so I wouldn't say it was very easy to catch the Blight in previous games.

[TeffexPope]

Nobody caught the Blight in Origins despite spending most of the game fighting darkspawn, so I wouldn't say it was very easy to catch the Blight in previous games.

True, but Renn (i think thats his name, the male dwarf companion in the DLC) gives an anecdote about a guy getting darkspawn blood in his mouth and dying of the corruption. 

 

I think the answer here is: PLOT ARMOR. Need to figure out how to get some of that IRL...

[In Exile]

There are people naturally resistant to the blight. And it can't be that easy to catch, or else it would be impossible to fight. It seems to take actually ingesting blood, which is hard to do (or it getting mixed into wounds). 

[katerinafm]

It's not like the zombie apocalypse, otherwise the dwarves would have probably perished if it was so easy to catch the blight. From what we've seen you can catch the Blight from the blood, it's not something you catch if you're just near darkspawn or touch their stuff. Also we've seen that people that have caught the Blight don't turn into darkspawn, they usually die first and rarely turn into ghouls. Not even in the books did I get the impression that the Blight was so easy to catch or anything, only people that caught it were the people that were in the deep roads constantly and that was from magic. Only Rowan died by the Blight and like we've seen in the game, it's a long sickness that's not contagious (she even gave birth apparently and even her child was fine). The people that die by the Blight are usually because they die from darkspawn attacks, not from infection. What actually spreads is their corruption that taints things like the ground and makes areas inhabitable.

[Darkly Tranquil]

Because the Blight is a plot device. People only catch it when it advances the story.

[DuskWanderer]

The Legion of the Dead fight darkspawn constantly, and that guy seemed to be pretty careless. The others seem to be much better about being careful. Wesley had the darkspawn blood mix with his own, which probably made it much worse (the fact that he had probably lost a lot of blood probably didn't help)

[BansheeOwnage]

Blight-sickness isn't my main issue here. I'm more vexed about the insane amounts of raw lyrium your party is near for the last half of the DLC. Raw lyrium can outright kill a mage if they're too close, and yet... everyone's fine. No mention of it. Not even a handwave

[Lumix19]

Blight resistance potions probably.

[BansheeOwnage]

Blight resistance potions probably.

Those don't exist.

[ComedicSociopathy]

Bioware responds thusly...

 

[NoForgiveness]

I think you only catch it after a alot of contact(like several days) or by getting it in your bloodstream. This means getting blood in your mouth or getting wounded. People in Thedas always keep their mouth shut(unless they're stupid) when fighting darkspawn. All of this explains some of why no one gets infected.. the rest would be good ol' plot armor.

[CoM Solaufein]

Probably because the people who went down there kick ass.

[Lumix19]

Those don't exist.

They do in The Calling.

[Eyes_Only]

I figured it was because we all took the advise given. "Don't fight with your mouth open." followed by the take of the rogue dwarf who joined the legion of the dead. Who became ill with the blight because his own daggers made such a mess that he got it in the face. I imagine my inquisitor kept her distance (being a mage this was not hard) and her fellow companions made sure to breath through they're noses and kept their full faced helmets on.

[caradoc2000]

She is deffinately gonna come back to bite us in the ass

Judging by the many dwarven LI threads, people are kinda expecting something like that...

[thats1evildude]

During the Fourth Blight, Garahel's lover - the mercenary captain Amadis - spent over a decade killing darkspawn without ever getting sick. She killed so many ogres she could make a necklace from their teeth. An Antivan mage named Calien did the same.

The Blight is as much a metaphysical ailment as much as it is a physical disease. That's how the darkspawn cause plants to wither and the skies to blacken with their presence. While ingesting darkspawn blood can result in infection, the darkspawn can corrupt others just by being in their presence.

So how do these non-Wardens keep from being infected? As I said, the Blight is a metaphysical ailment. It seems that strength of will is as important as anything to resisting the Blight.

To out it bluntly: provided they don't decide to drink hurlock blood smoothies, the heroes of Thedas don't get infected because they're too badass.

[Serza]

Nobody caught the Blight in Origins despite spending most of the game fighting darkspawn, so I wouldn't say it was very easy to catch the Blight in previous games.

 

They were originally intended to catch it by the Landsmeet, with you having a choice to put them through the Joining.

 

It was scratched for some reason, and instead reused to some degree in Awakening.

 

It's not like the zombie apocalypse, otherwise the dwarves would have probably perished if it was so easy to catch the blight. From what we've seen you can catch the Blight from the blood, it's not something you catch if you're just near darkspawn or touch their stuff. Also we've seen that people that have caught the Blight don't turn into darkspawn, they usually die first and rarely turn into ghouls. Not even in the books did I get the impression that the Blight was so easy to catch or anything, only people that caught it were the people that were in the deep roads constantly and that was from magic. Only Rowan died by the Blight and like we've seen in the game, it's a long sickness that's not contagious (she even gave birth apparently and even her child was fine). The people that die by the Blight are usually because they die from darkspawn attacks, not from infection. What actually spreads is their corruption that taints things like the ground and makes areas inhabitable.

 

Maric THINKS she died of the Blight. Nobody knows for sure.

 

Considering that the last time we saw someone die from the Blight, their looks changed to reflect it within hours if not minutes, I'd say he'd know for sure if it was the case.

Remember how Bethany/Carver and Ser Wesley looked after catching the stuff...? Yeah.

[Nixou]

Because all your character had the +255 luck Plot-armor buff for the duration of the game

[OdanUrr]

Vitamins.

[MaxQuartiroli]

It's not like the zombie apocalypse, otherwise the dwarves would have probably perished if it was so easy to catch the blight. From what we've seen you can catch the Blight from the blood, it's not something you catch if you're just near darkspawn or touch their stuff. Also we've seen that people that have caught the Blight don't turn into darkspawn, they usually die first and rarely turn into ghouls. Not even in the books did I get the impression that the Blight was so easy to catch or anything, only people that caught it were the people that were in the deep roads constantly and that was from magic. Only Rowan died by the Blight and like we've seen in the game, it's a long sickness that's not contagious (she even gave birth apparently and even her child was fine). The people that die by the Blight are usually because they die from darkspawn attacks, not from infection. What actually spreads is their corruption that taints things like the ground and makes areas inhabitable.

 

Bethany (or Carver) was very unlucky then...

[vbibbi]

Blight-sickness isn't my main issue here. I'm more vexed about the insane amounts of raw lyrium your party is near for the last half of the DLC. Raw lyrium can outright kill a mage if they're too close, and yet... everyone's fine. No mention of it. Not even a handwave

 

Well it's not like we could walk across raw lyrium in the final areas of the Descent...wait...

 

I figured it was because we all took the advise given. "Don't fight with your mouth open." followed by the take of the rogue dwarf who joined the legion of the dead. Who became ill with the blight because his own daggers made such a mess that he got it in the face. I imagine my inquisitor kept her distance (being a mage this was not hard) and her fellow companions made sure to breath through they're noses and kept their full faced helmets on.

 

Aww, that's discrimination against mouth breathers!

 

They were originally intended to catch it by the Landsmeet, with you having a choice to put them through the Joining.

 

It was scratched for some reason, and instead reused to some degree in Awakening.

 

 

Maric THINKS she died of the Blight. Nobody knows for sure.

 

Considering that the last time we saw someone die from the Blight, their looks changed to reflect it within hours if not minutes, I'd say he'd know for sure if it was the case.

Remember how Bethany/Carver and Ser Wesley looked after catching the stuff...? Yeah.

 

I still dislike how the super-secret-don't-read-this-no-I'm-serious Joining ritual is performed by a non-Warden in Awakening. They couldn't have plausibly had one surviving Warden from the attack on the keep, but too injured to go into the field? But yeah, there is inconsistency in the nature of Blight sickness. Carver/Bethany have caught it by the end of the expedition, but they could have been infected at any point upon entering the Deep Roads. Wesley COULD have been infected before we even met him and Aveline, but the game suggests it's when he's stabbed after we meet him. Then the ghoul Adria in Awakening had a very fast time between being infected (presumably during the initial attack, which was recent) and when we meet her. It must have taken more time to dig out that basement than I thought!

[FKA_Servo]

Bethany (or Carver) was very unlucky then...

 

The plot demanded it.

[Babelas]

Honestly, this has bothered me from the start, i understand that this story is supposed to be about something else but this is still weird, in the previous games it was very easy to catch the blight, so it was in the books etc, its basically like zombie apocalypse, how the hell none of our companions caught it when fighting the Darkspawn. Was this explained somewhere in some tweets or something?

 

Also, i reaplayed the dlc tonight, while it was ok i have to say that the Deep Roads do not feel like deep roads at all, its all clean and save, its basically just a cave, not like the frikin creepy, scary, big and threatening deep roads from DA Origins, whats up with that?

 

Also, Valta is wierd, way too obsessed and creepy  Why the hell would you actually just leave her there at the end of the DLC, what is she now, how come that she can cast "accidents" as she says, instead of spells. She is deffinately gonna come back to bite us in the ass, we have no answers to any of our questions and just her word that everything is going to be fine now

They ate their veggies and drank orange juice Orange juice is the official cure for the Blight. Didn't you know? I agree to an extent. It does feel like the Blight has been watered down a bit.

[MaxQuartiroli]

The plot demanded it.

 

Indeed...

Plot requests are stronger than any odds.