I dont mind it, truth be told. I just thought it was funny how my whole crew managed to get drenched in the stuff during every fight.
I’m kinda torn on what to do in my second play through. I’m fairly far with my human Bow rogue and I’ve down the Dorf Noble origin as a Warrior already.
I’m thinking either two hander warrior Dalish elf or Human Mage.
I’m doing that area now. I did Broken Circle first because I needed a healer. Orzammar doesn’t seem hard, but it is tedious. Admittedly, I may change my mind before it’s done. Broken Circle (the only post-origin arc I’ve completed so far) was long and hard to me. Prolly whatever place you head to first will be hard since you’re low level?
[spoiler]I have to say, I recommend doing Broken Circle first even if you don’t need a healer. I got 4 Strength, 4 Dexterity, 4 Willpower, 2 Magic, 5 Cunning, and 2 Cunning in free attributes for my character. Really comes in handy early in the game.[/spoiler]
Ruin my role play with helpful advice why don’t you.
I’m Dwarf Warrior Noble this time out. Using two-handed weapons for the damage even though I prefer dual wielding from Baldur’s Gate 2. I’ll prolly dual wield an Elf Warrior some day. I might go Human Magi next. Dunno.
Leaving Rogue Ranger last prolly. Leliana’s damage output doesn’t impress me.
Bow rogue is REALLY consistent damage. At like level 15ish it’s like 35 an arrow crits around around 70-80. But if you get a good rotation going on a single enemy like. Multishot(around 35) to stun then Arrow of Slaying (Around 150-200 damage)then Shatter shot (Around 35) to knock them off their feet then Crit show (80) you wreck most non-bosses.
Also I did Red Cliffe first up till right before the end then went to Broken Circle and came back to you know
Leliana is only lvl 12(.5) for me, but I intend to finish fleshing out her arrow talents. I only notice what kind of damage she (and everyone else) doing on tough bosses like revenants (man, they take forever to kill). So, maybe that’s biasing my opinion of rogue ranger.
To be fair, she was hitting for 16 while the others were hitting for 4-6…when they hit. d:
I haven’t gotten that far. But unfortunately, I do know who. (:
my advice for anyone is to do the Mage Circle first…you get a healer party member from there (I don’t think that’s too much of a spoiler?)
but I did every other area first and now the bit I’m doing after picking up the healer is MUCh easier, seriously I was going nuts with frustration so many times before running out of healing potions
Buildin an army[spoiler]Ain’t nothing gonna stand in my army’s way. We got mages we got knights we got zealots we got golems we got dorfs. We rockin and rollin gonna pick up some elves asap. Who knows maybe some werewolves too =D[/spoiler]
Perhaps it’s a subtle warning about numbness and tingling due to video-game-related repetitive stress injuries. 
I like to use it on purpose, emphasizing it to a ridiculous degree to make the mockery clear. Sadly, few people even seem to notice. 
Done.
Since everyone seems so obsessed with this game lately, I got curious about it and found something… surprising. Anyone stumble across this yet?
(somewhat NSFW) Sex and the Single Dragon Age Hero
Cool, now can we have a spoiler thread? (:
I haven’t watched the vid because I wanna get there on my own, but I already know about the difference romances. Does it include the spoof romance from the collector’s edition DVD?
[spoiler]A male PC getting it on with a Genlock. ^^[/spoiler]
Man I’m so tired of leather armor. I hate looking like a guardsman, I want some ranger looking gear! Like a badsorrybarb hooded cloak
Friendly word of advice. When/If you setup tactics for poultice use, make sure its set to less than and not the other one or you may find one guy using every single poultice in your inventory at the beginning of the fight.
Sorry! 
Re: Rogues and Specializations
[spoiler] I very highly recommend learning the Duelist specialization for any rogue, and then combine it with very high dexterity, light armor and blades (e.g. Wade’s Superior Drakeskin Set / Starfang / Rose’s Thorn). I especially love the ‘Precision Striking’ talent paired with Dual-wield’s ‘Momentum’.
I used that for my first specialization and Ranger for the second, though Assassin/Duelist would be pretty formidable as well.
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Same for lyrium potions.
No you’re not! d:
My first run through, I was DW Dwarf warrior. Made it to lvl 8 and about 90% through the mage tower before I read that I was hurting my damage output trying to max Str and Dex and not maxing Dual-Weapon Mastery ASAP. Then, I sat down for about 2 hours plotting my skill trees for my current two-handed warrior and my parties levels. I still made mistakes, but now it’s adjusted for my next play through.
I’m not even sure I’ll ever play Rogue because it’s a play style I don’t usually enjoy. I just keep Leliana in the back and leave her alone mostly. But if I do, he’ll prolly be Ranger. I doubt I’ll train him for backstab, etc., because too many monsters have AoE and I prefer only having 1 or 2 characters to heal.
Found it!
Watch from 2:11 to 2:30. But the entire video is funny and mostly spoiler free if you played through half the game so far.
Watch it before Bioware gets the video taken down due to copyright. d:
Yeah I do range, rogue. I can’t imagine doing a melee rogue even though they’re apparently pretty damn good. Next character…def thinking Mage next character
Sorry for the Spam, but at lvl 12-13 and before, I’ve been having gold issues in the game. I currently have 32 gold and change, but I want so much stuff (armor, weapons, and those tomes) that I find myself just hoarding it because I don’t want to spend it then get something better in the very next dungeon. Of course, I used a lot of gold buying backpacks (I can hold 120 items now).
Is there a point where gold becomes irrelevant like in BG2/KOTOR? Am I the only one with gold problems? Freaking Darkspawn influenced recession…
[spoiler]Yes, I killed that Asunder spirit instead of taking the gold. Letting him go doesn’t sit well for me even in a game. d:[/spoiler]
I just dumped my rogue play through. I specced hoping to become a Bard but it never happened. Ended up in Redcliffe without money or potions, my archery sucked and that big oaf Sten had no armor. Needless to say I lost repeatedly in that gorram fight. Just started a mage playthrough and Im loving it, I think Ive had one guy fall in battle so far (admittedly Im not very far in).
Also heard if you respec Leliana (is that how you spell it?) she is fantastic. Havent used her yet, didnt need a second rogue in my first party.
With my noble dwarf war, I am taking wynne, leliana, and alistair as my main party. Leliana’s Song of Valor is nice for extended battles or just to recoup mana before moving on.
[spoiler]By respec, do you mean “toughen”? You can toughen her and Alistair through various dialog.[/spoiler]
I read somewhere that someone reset her talent points. Not sure how or if its even a standard game feature. I also have no idea what ‘toughen’ means in DAO, guess I havent come to that yet. Only thing Ive done so far is go from Ostagar to whatever the next little town is and then on to Redcliffe, where I promptly got spanked.
That happened to me until I went Morrigan (healer, I have her one talent in healing), me (DPS), Sten (DPS), and Alistair (tank). Then, I reconfigured the party by a camp outside my destination.
A bit unbalances, but my normal party didn’t have the DPS or armor for an extended fight so soon into the game.