I wish we had a spoiler thread JUST so I could talk about the final choice before the last battle. Man, that had me staring at my screen for at least five minutes.
http://forum.galacticwatercooler.com/showthread.php?t=9142
Here. We can finally stop using spoiler brackets. d:
Leliana rocks the Arrow of Slaying now. Thanks for the tip. I’m trying to Achieve Heavy Hitter (Main character inflicted 250 damage with a single hit). I’m up to 206. I think I got a chance with Berserker’s Final Blow if I get more Strength and Stamina at level 21.
What kind of names are people naming their dogs? For some reason, I picture a lot of Ravage out there.
I named my first one after pet NPC I had in FFXI Online. Then, I read that the developers have their own name for him and I’ve stuck with that.
[spoiler]They call him Rabbit and I like it. Seems to fit.[/spoiler]
my first two play throughs here I just named my dogs after my real life dogs because I’m just that creative =P
Bah, I accidently refreshed instead of clicking Submit.
I made a Warrior Dalish Elf Archer build and a Warrior City Elf Dual Weapon build. The Dual Weapon build kills stuff faster and that play through seems easier than the Archery build so far. The Archery build has higher spike damage though I haven’t hit 250+ damage in one hit yet with Arrow of Slaying, but the Dual Weapon build has higher sustained damage output and a higher accuracy.
Only two more origins to complete and they’ll be complete play throughs.
On an aside, I thought I wouldn’t like the City Elf origins. But, the responses you can give to Cailan made it worth while. (:
I think I just figured it out. I was using the skill Tainted Blood earlier in the game. It gives a bonus to damage in exchange for your HP. 
On my current playthrough I named my dog Bastion, I forget what my other 2 were but I have a feeling they were lamer than that. 
Did anyone else get a License Agreement pop-up when they fired up DA:O today?
Also, has anyone been able to “access your online profile storage” since Wednesday?
I did not get an error message about my profile on my 360 yesterday for my excruciatingly short sessions with the game. But it also seems to be unsure about whether or not I downloaded my rightful free DLC content.
I have anaming system I always follow. Pets get named Orion. My character gets namd Jarathen, or other spellings for alternates. Once I get past the structured first act on my current guy I’m going to make sure I can access my DLC.
http://social.bioware.com/page/da-patches
You do not need to download patches prior to Patch 1.02. Downloading Patch 1.02 contains all previous patches. Downloading Patch 1.02 will provide you with all patch data available.
Balance
Daggers now apply 0.5 points of damage per additional point in dexterity and 0.5 points of damage per additional point in strength, as originally intended. This increases dagger damage for high-dexterity characters.
During combat, mana or stamina reserves now correctly regenerate more quickly when reserves are low. This allows players to occasionally use an talent or spell in the later stages of lengthy fights.
When exploring, mana and stamina now regenerate more quickly at higher character levels. This reduces downtime between fights.
The spells Force Field, Crushing Prison, Cone of Cold, and Blizzard now have shorter durations and/or longer cooldowns. This ensures that combatants can no longer stun-lock each other by repeatedly casting the same spell.
The cooldowns for several low-level sustained abilities are now shorter. This ensures that players are not penalized for accidentally deactivating them.
Certain battles were not scaling properly, resulting in excessively difficult fights. They now scale as intended.
Enemy corpses now drop health poultices and money more appropriately, resulting in less clutter in the player’s inventory.Gameplay
In rare cases, enemy corpses were selectable when they contained no loot. This no longer occurs.
Party members whose combat tactics were set to defensive behavior no longer stop attacking after using a spell or talent.
In rare cases, combat tactics conditions could fail to determine whether a character had enough mana or stamina to use an ability. This no longer occurs.
The Rally talent no longer repeats its audio effect if it is active during certain conversations.
The Rally talent no longer deactivates upon area transitions or conversations.
The Shimmering Shield spell now deactivates when the character is out of mana.
And, more.
I dont think Ill patch till I do a rogue playthrough. Im currently enjoying that darkspawn vial xp glitch for messing around with talents and spells.
dragon age just stole 7 house of my life; it felt like 3
any news on when that new DLC is coming guys? I don’t want to fnish my current play through before that hits because I don’t want to be in the middle of a run through when ME2 comes out 
Which DLC? They seem to be dribble drabbling out DLC quite regularly. I havn’t purchased anything (Shale came with) and I have completed the play through. I might consider it after Xmas.
Upcoming DLC is ‘Return to Ostagar’, but far as I know they havent announced a release for it yet.
well I think they said ‘holiday season’ which is uh…right about now! c’mon BioWare!
ostagar is hitting this week for 360 and pc as i understand it, later in the month for ps3.
i just beat the game and it’s really just incredible. there were some parts i didn’t love, but the main quest missions were far more fun than those found in mass effect (which i also love to death). i’m looking forward to the second playthrough i’ve just cracked open. i feel like my entire first run was a get-familiar run with my standard altruistic character (though that itself was a re-roll after 7 hours as a different character), and i’m ready to try to really dig into the more advanced side of battle tactics. it’s too bad the 360 is less strategy-oriented, though as a whole the experience on the console is one i think i’d prefer anyway.
Well it looks like Return to Ostagar got pushed back. I’m not sure there’s any word on how far. On the other hand, an official EXPANSION has been announced, due out in March (bad timing for me ).
Check out Dragon Age™: Origins – Awakening if you haven’t heard already.
Just finished with the dwarves (after a 2 week break), going to the elves and finish with the city with the elves closed off (can’t remember its name). The only thing with this game is with the consumation of the relationship. My character made it with Morrigan and she’s wearing more clothes than she does walking around.
I hope I’m strong enough to take on her mother now.