HoonDing

Concerning Redcliffe...

I've been buttering up Shale, Alistair & Leliana mostly, but surprisingly have good approval with Sten too. He's not the Canderous Ordo type I had expected him to be. With Morrigan it's just a pain to prevent her approval from sinking constantly.

I have an enchantable Tier 3 & 4 longsword, there's only one slot though.

I think it depends on where one goes first after Lothering. Some areas may drop lots of good loot compared to others.

You need a special weapon with enchantment slots I guess. I only managed to do it with one sword & one dagger sor far. But I'm only level 9. I don't know whether armor can be enchanted.

Are you roleplaying as Alistair's twin brother?

I've been playing for 20 hours and according to the in-game statistics only completely 13% of the game and explored 18% of the world... this is definitely going over 100 hours.

When I'm replaying as an Elf I'm going to insult that King Kaidan like there's no tomorrow.

I play the game on 1280x1024 but the game saves them at 600x480 for some reason..

Random encounters where one is suddenly surrounded by wolves in a small space stink. I always lose a party member due to their annoying Overwhelm ability. It stinks because you're basically thrown into a huge mess without any chance to prepare beforehand.

Eh... the screenshots the game is saving for me are not at such an enormous resolution...

During large battles my mages always run out of lyrium potions and have to resort to their staffs of pew-pew. Pretty annoying. Haven't found a merchant that sells tons of lyrium dust so far.

So eager for the triple/quadruple romance shtick? I know I am.

Shale could probably solo the entire Mage Tower. On a next playthrough as a mage, I'm going to use him from start to finish. He's a stone version of HK-47.

Mage Tower = awesome. I actually had to reload once because

I'm interested... could you spoiler tag it in this thread? I'm considering getting the DLC.

I'm getting so annoyed with that Dryden (sp?) dude standing around in my camp with the puppy-eyed look that I'll probably feel compelled to purchase Soldier's Keep sooner or later... darn clever in-game marketing. Stone Prisoner was totally worth it, btw. Shale cracks me up everytime I talk to him.

The Mage Tower is a really cool level and all, but I've been stuck there for two hours, running around in circles. The spirit of Hordes of the Underdark is strong in this level.

I hear the +9 Sword of Dragon Slaying helps.

When I toggle Shield Wall or Indomitable, shouldn't I be completely immune to knockdown effects? According to the descriptions of the talents I should be, but I find that wolves (lulz) still manage their knockdown with the Overwhelm ability and when that happens, the knocked down character is usually toast.

I wasn't sure where to go first after Lothering, so I went to fetch Shale instead. Pretty cool quest.

If the Blight consisted of a horde of wolves instead of Darkspawn, Ferelden would be doomed for sure.

I thought the rogue dude in the Korcari Wilds was pretty useful, actually. Stun enemy with Dirty Fighting, run behind enemy and kick their ass. Very low cooldown for the talent too. Anyway, meeting Leliana wasn't as ridiculous as I thought it would be. Save for the blood. I also happen to like Morrigan, despite her snide wisecracking. And the Dog is just cute:

That Ogre was not overly difficult. I lost Alistair when he got picked up and bashed to death after a stun failed, but that was just a golden moment.

Best dialogue so far: -"Come, join the Grey Wardens. Fight the Darkspawn!!" -[intelligence] "So these Darkspawn are really bad?"