**The Dragon Age Origins Thread **
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Been playing this all day, I now have hand cramps 
It is a difficult game in places. I wandered into what only can be described as a mage's hideout, man that was a difficulty spike. Being double-teamed with a combination of fireball and chain lightning continually wiped my party until I thought of a few better tactics.
Still finding it hard to micromanage my party and fights can get a little messy when suddenly you're surrounded by 10 bandits. On the plus side Morrigan with mind blast and cone of cold can shut down vast swathes of the opposition in a couple of shots.
It is a difficult game in places. I wandered into what only can be described as a mage's hideout, man that was a difficulty spike. Being double-teamed with a combination of fireball and chain lightning continually wiped my party until I thought of a few better tactics.
Still finding it hard to micromanage my party and fights can get a little messy when suddenly you're surrounded by 10 bandits. On the plus side Morrigan with mind blast and cone of cold can shut down vast swathes of the opposition in a couple of shots.
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Called my hound Alfie 
Difficulty on normal is mental though. Im about 20% through now and in denerim or whatever its called
The fights now there are about 10 bad guys if not more
Archers miles away firing away and I end up getting surrounded by fighters
Enjoying every minute of it though
Difficulty on normal is mental though. Im about 20% through now and in denerim or whatever its called
The fights now there are about 10 bad guys if not more
Archers miles away firing away and I end up getting surrounded by fighters
Enjoying every minute of it though
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Mines is called yourichi
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Have I missed getting the dog, I've only just left the mage tower and gone to Osgiliath (or whatever it's called)?
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Mines called Colin 
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ROFL isn't that a place from LOTR?
You mean Ostagar? Don't worry you can't miss the dog, as long as you do the quest for the kennel master in Ostagar.
Spend some time on the AI Tactics screen.Been playing this all day, I now have hand cramps
It is a difficult game in places. I wandered into what only can be described as a mage's hideout, man that was a difficulty spike. Being double-teamed with a combination of fireball and chain lightning continually wiped my party until I thought of a few better tactics.
Still finding it hard to micromanage my party and fights can get a little messy when suddenly you're surrounded by 10 bandits. On the plus side Morrigan with mind blast and cone of cold can shut down vast swathes of the opposition in a couple of shots.
It's really worth spending ten minutes setting up tactics, I've got my group set up really nicely and well balanced now, albeit with 2 rogues and a healer.Called my hound Alfie
Difficulty on normal is mental though. Im about 20% through now and in denerim or whatever its called
The fights now there are about 10 bad guys if not more
Archers miles away firing away and I end up getting surrounded by fighters
Enjoying every minute of it though
If you mean Leilani (girl), you get her from the chantry in the first village you come to. If you mean the old woman Wynne, you get her from completing the Mage Tower.
Use some fire resistance potions and have your party on hold (H) round a corner and try to pull fighters first with a bow.
Hardest fight I've had so far, 40% in, is a mage with several spiders which web and immobolise.
However I wouldn't recommend using the distance pulling tactic too much because it makes a lot of encounters trivial and spoils the fun a bit.
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Oh the dragons are cool. Have come across two so far. Won't spoil it for anyone, but wow. Two great, great fights!
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I restarted as an elf rogue and enjoying it much more than my human fighter. Currently at Redcliffe about to enter the castle.
Oh I called my dog biscuit.
Oh I called my dog biscuit.
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I named the dog Guybrush...
(I'm betting nobody gets that...)
(I'm betting nobody gets that...)
Thx I skipped past that bit and went straight to der...something. Although even when I unlock her I don't know if I can sacrifice anyone from my group. The dog, shale, morrigan and my main (shield warrior) are an excellent team (I think the key component is that they all have some form of AoE stun/cc, plus good survivability).
Also, I was wondering how you pick a specialization for your class. Is the only way via finding training manuals that seem to be scattered around with merchants, or is there a place full of actual trainers?
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