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DArtagnan
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Dragon Age with all DLC.
Tried going Rogue Archer (previously played with Dual Wielding) - but found it tremendously boring, and it's like all the goodies are meant for dual wielders. So I went back to that - and I've been having a good time.
I played on Hard last time, and found it a decent challenge. But, since I grew REALLY tired of the endless fights towards the end - I'm going with Normal to alleviate some of that. It does seem a bit easier - but I think that has more to do with my experience with building characters than anything. I say that, because I had one "key" fight dealing with the climax of a certain Urn quest - and it seems to have gotten harder. Maybe it's because I don't have two healers - but the extra damage should have helped. Took me 3-4 tries, which is surprising.
I meant to try an entirely different party, but there's only really one tank besides Shale - and that's Alistair. I had him for 50% of my last playthrough - but now I'm going to focus on him exclusively - and I know now to focus on strength right away for the armor.
I need a healer, and I had both Wynne and Morrigan last time - so I know them both, and I just went with Morrigan because she's there early.
That leaves me with just one spot for a new member, and I've chosen Leliana so I can experience the ranged powers - which I missed last time.
I could, of course, rebuild one of the other warriors as a tank - but I don't really enjoy changing their style too much, and Bioware likes to force you to play with certain characters for extended periods - and since I know Alistair is a key character - I might as well accept he's part of my game.
Pretty counterproductive to their intention of the game being very replayable with the various characters, but it's not so bad.
Maybe one day I'll play a mage and go Arcane Warrior - so I can have an entirely different party make-up, but I tend to play for the gameplay more than the story, so I'll likely be bored. Since WoW, I haven't been able to play anything non-rogue - so I've been utterly spoiled
I used to play Warriors in RPGs - but once you go stealth, you never go back.
Anyway, the game remains solid - but I find myself much less invested in the story - which is hardly surprising. But I do enjoy the new banter related to Leliana - but I have to say I find her a rather dull person overall.
I'm playing primarily because I never played Awakening. Supposed to be really good, so I'm looking forward to that. As for "new" DLC - I've only tried "Return to Ostagar" and that was sort of pointless, except for the delicious gear
So far, so good.
Tried going Rogue Archer (previously played with Dual Wielding) - but found it tremendously boring, and it's like all the goodies are meant for dual wielders. So I went back to that - and I've been having a good time.
I played on Hard last time, and found it a decent challenge. But, since I grew REALLY tired of the endless fights towards the end - I'm going with Normal to alleviate some of that. It does seem a bit easier - but I think that has more to do with my experience with building characters than anything. I say that, because I had one "key" fight dealing with the climax of a certain Urn quest - and it seems to have gotten harder. Maybe it's because I don't have two healers - but the extra damage should have helped. Took me 3-4 tries, which is surprising.
I meant to try an entirely different party, but there's only really one tank besides Shale - and that's Alistair. I had him for 50% of my last playthrough - but now I'm going to focus on him exclusively - and I know now to focus on strength right away for the armor.
I need a healer, and I had both Wynne and Morrigan last time - so I know them both, and I just went with Morrigan because she's there early.
That leaves me with just one spot for a new member, and I've chosen Leliana so I can experience the ranged powers - which I missed last time.
I could, of course, rebuild one of the other warriors as a tank - but I don't really enjoy changing their style too much, and Bioware likes to force you to play with certain characters for extended periods - and since I know Alistair is a key character - I might as well accept he's part of my game.
Pretty counterproductive to their intention of the game being very replayable with the various characters, but it's not so bad.
Maybe one day I'll play a mage and go Arcane Warrior - so I can have an entirely different party make-up, but I tend to play for the gameplay more than the story, so I'll likely be bored. Since WoW, I haven't been able to play anything non-rogue - so I've been utterly spoiled
I used to play Warriors in RPGs - but once you go stealth, you never go back.
Anyway, the game remains solid - but I find myself much less invested in the story - which is hardly surprising. But I do enjoy the new banter related to Leliana - but I have to say I find her a rather dull person overall.
I'm playing primarily because I never played Awakening. Supposed to be really good, so I'm looking forward to that. As for "new" DLC - I've only tried "Return to Ostagar" and that was sort of pointless, except for the delicious gear
So far, so good.
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