Recommend it to G*mers
That’s a lot of info, thanks!
The mod list is highly useful, the war table made me feel like I was playing an mmo last time lol.
That’s good advice on the don’t 100% hinterlands, I was a hardcore completionist last time I gave it a shot.
Is artificer like a rogue? Crit stacking is always cool.
You’re right on about mellowing out with “everything needs to be like the worst parts of antiquity in order to be realistic” vibe.
My origins character almost undoubtedly left ferelden a worse place, but can you really blame an elf for burning it down? I still wish we got a direct sequel tbh, but you’ve definitely pointed out the things to look for and appreciate. I look forwards to seeing why so many people are obsessed with Solas as a companion on the sub.
Have fun being a completionist in jaws of hakkon. If you decide you want to do more open world stuff before the final battle you always can. Avoid the western approach, it has the weakest main quest and the worst art.
The amount of people who crush on the egg is honestly hilarious to me.
Yes! Rogue class artificer specialization. Artificer is the fan favorite because of the throw 10lbs of explosives that regen stamina when they crit (if you pick the right passive in the poison tree I think). Each class has 3 specializations. Warrior is only fun with templar, mage is fine as long as you avoid necromancer, rogue is good all around but artificer is clearly the best. Save playing warrior for a templar playthrough reaver is bad and boring, champion is broken and boring
You’ll have fun playing an elf in this one. The main story is best for a human but everything else is best as an elf. There are some great choices you can make in some parts of the story. You might want to look up a guide to make sure you get the result you want in halamshiral though, its complicated.
thanks for the tips, human noble revenge saga was pretty goated in origins, but so was city elf.
What’s your opinion on blood mage in inquisition? In origins it really fit those “apostate anti-cleric” vibes
I loved those origins too, the dwarf ones were great but those two gave you the most story connection.
You learn some interesting things about blood magic lore wise in inquisition but there is no blood magic spec. You can’t really be the leader of a chantry organization while doing the worst sin in the book. Rift mage, knight enchanter (arcane warrior), necromancer are the 3 specs. The necromancer spec is terrible and not that fun, but knight enchanter is literally ancient elvish magic so its the best for being full elfy. I haven’t actually played it though, I did rift mage for my 1 mage playthrough. I thought it was neat and thematic and the animations and mechanics are great.
Dragon age 2 has a blood mage companion and a blood mage spec for hawke. Killing templars as a bloodmage in 2 is neat.
It’s unlikely there will be a blood magic spec in Dreadwolf. The devs have said that they don’t like the bloodmage option because realistically using it would draw enormous attention and its too much work to do that honestly. We might get a blood mage companion again, but I’d say that’s unlikely. It’s heavily implied by this point that there is no elf blood magic tradition. It’s mostly a tevinter thing or an apostate thing. Dreadwolf is going to be a very rah rah fight the power game, based on leaks, and so any tevinter we get will be against the magisters and therefore unlikely to use blood magic.
We could get an apostate blood mage but I mean think about how many characters would just leave the party if someone was doing blood magic. Like, shale, morrigan, sten are probably the only ones who would stick with a blood mage in origins. In dragon age 2 only merill, varric, isabella. The whole inquisition would fall apart if you were a blood mage but the only companions who would tolerate it would be cole, solas, varric, dorian. The devs don’t like that kind of immersion breaking where you are cutting open your hand to cast a spell right next to a former templar and two devout andrastians.
fuck, writing this makes me want to do a knight enchanter playthrough
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