Willow ,'Beneath You'
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BSG (Apollo)
Hey gang, I haven't done anything about my move yet. I'm still in shock about ita and it's been a lot to just concentrate on getting some work done today and now I need to head out the door for some meetings with students on shows where I am the mentor so I just haven't had any spare mental space. My move will come soon.
maybe we should hit the pause button for a few days.
Yeah. Take all the time you need.
yes to pausing.
Finally finished Dragon Age: Inquisition today. Total playtime: 165 hours. Finished pretty much every side quest (though I apparently missed a few companion quests because they're bugged), killed every dragon (but didn't get the achievement, because again, bugged) and thoroughly explored every zone. Enjoyed it a lot, despite the bugs. Will definitely give it another, less completionist play-through after they release some more patches so I can make different choices.
I played a Dalish elf mage, and I felt like, other than one or two situations, that they did a good job of having my race and class make a difference in how people treated my character. I'll probably play a human warrior next time through who actually follows Andraste and the Maker to get a different perspective.
I'm playing Inquisition right now as a dwarf warrior - race/class definitely makes a difference. I'm so impressed by the expansiveness of this world.
Qunari rogue, and I strongly suspect we've all had very different games.
I'm tempted to do a Qunari run at some point. That would definitely be a different perspective. I am curious about a dwarf run, since the two dwarven origins in DA:O were so well done (I've played through all the origins in DA:O but stopped after reaching Ostagar with all except my elf mage and human rogue, whom I completed the game with.)
Right now I'm replaying DA2 and enjoying having a different perspective on certain events and dialogue after finishing DA:I.
Right now I'm replaying DA2 and enjoying having a different perspective on certain events and dialogue after finishing DA:I.
I never played the first couple - tried the first one and didn't get into it, just skipped the second one. But I had fun going to the Dragon Age Keep website and making all the choices from the first two games.
What character did you try to play in DA:O, Kiba? I know some people initially didn't care for it until they tried a different origin and/or class.
I liked all of them, though I felt like the Dalish elf was the weakest and had the least tie-ins to the plot. (Which is funny, as the default Warden if you don't use The Keep is a Dalish warrior.)
Both Dwarf origins gave a very different perspective once you get to Orzammar. The human origin gave you a very personal stake in the story and the mage origin gives you a lot of information about the setting as a whole. The city elf ties into a later plot and being an elf in general makes a difference in how people treat you. The Dalish, unfortunately never encounters anyone or anything from their origin. (Though a plot point from it does come up in the later two games.)