Liso66 wrote...
I thought i'd mention. I used one of those re-spec books with Oghren, I completely changed his skills and he quit being a target for gashing wounds all the time. I can not stand two handed warriors. I've yet to figure out how to make them effective and not dead all the time.
lol I did the same today and went even further and commited the ultimate Dragon Age sin!!!

I respecced Oghren to be a pure tank and dressed him in Cailans armor!!!

BostonVamp wrote...
Never figured out the gift system this time - have very little idea who likes what.
This is a big problem with the new conversation system... I was talking to Twiggles yesterday and she mentioned a gift to me for Velanna and how she responded weirdly. To me Velanna responded the same but I had an answer that made her completely turn around and be nice about it... Twiggles missed a conversation with her and did not have the answer... TERRIBLE SYSTEM!!!
BostonVamp wrote...
Did you know the cat had some special powers? Not sure what it was, but he was clickable once he was given as a gift.
Well if you click on the item in the keep, then you hear Anders playing and talking to the cat... Not sure if thats the special power!

shedevil3001 wrote...
hmmmmph not liking the chat system in awakening its too stripped down from in dao not much oppertunity to get connection with companions :{
1000% in agreement with you SheDevil!!! (And yes I know 100% is the maximum but I go beyond maximum on this one!)

BostonVamp wrote...
I wasn't even thinking about that (although I might now be paying more attention - thanks for that...grrr.). It's just that developers have one set of goals and writers have other sets of goals and they aren't always compatible. I also get the impression he may offend easily.
I agree!

The man is a genius when it comes to writing and developing characters and stories but he's not very strong on the forums. Although he has the ability to step in and clear up a confusion in 1 post... HE does anger too quickly to control the masses.
He also likes to zoom in on small things, like zooming in on the fact that one person used "we" in a post and that he interprets that as if she thought she spoke for everyone when there where multiple interpretations possible. He also comes forward as "rigid" sometimes, Bioware for example stated they where testing this new conversation system which means they want feedback, however he started shooting most of it down to fight for the current system... Testing means you don't fight for something you just listen and perhaps give a hint here and there, if you've already decided this is how its going to be there's no need for testing...
BostonVamp wrote...
IMO, Bioware kinda painted themselves into a corner with DA:O. The way I see it, there are only 3 options: maintain the level of DA:O (which is hard to do), exceed previously attained goals (again, hard to do) or fall below previously met expectations (which is very easy to do). Having to do this in my job, the first two are very challenging and imo harder than creating anything new from scratch. Most things unfortunately fall into the 3rd category. I wish Bioware all kinds of luck to try and stay in option 1 or 2.
Even if DA2 wouldn't be as great as DAO it can still end up being a very good game... If you look at movies, the 2nd part is almost never as good as the first, however its still good and close to the quality... I would be happy with that too!
What Bioware has to watch for is not to get ****ey... They produced a winner now, but the mighty can fall very quickly and from the posts sometimes I get a feeling as if they don't really remember that its the fans that make them big.
Okay Character Opinions:
Nathanial Howe: Not had much chance talking him yet, my first character let him go free and the rest I haven't played beyond the keep yet hehe!
Anders.: Quite funny and yes he reminded me a lot of Alistair!

Loved it how he handled Oghren in banther!
Justice: Not got him yet, still working on the game hehe!
Sigrun: She's my 2nd favorite character, she's funny and highly innocent... Loved it when she told Anders to burn that bush over there cause it was an evil bush hehe!

Agree though that she comes across as a child, like I said innocent... That however made her funny for me...
Oghren: He was... well Oghren... Some of his banther was funny especially when he tells Velanna about why Dwarves say they come from stone... but for the rest he's still the same Oghren, if not worse than before.
Velanna: I liked Velanna, she was my favorite companion in the game... not that that says much since we barely got to know our companions so really having a favorite is hard. Velanna I think was well done, but I agree she's not even close to Morrigans shadow... She does remind me of Morrigan every now and then how her facial features react to certain answers so in that case she was good to keep my wardens eyes on the only really important goal... MORRIGAN!
Mihiari: Don't even get my started, I won't spoil anything but this one really has my knickers in a twist!
Modifié par TheLion36, 20 mars 2010 - 05:28 .