'Serenity'
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Dudes! I have a repair card!
That said, I think firing on the crystals is the best idea. We are getting hammered with every activation. If we take much more damage, I'd say a nuke is in order, with or without raiders. But for now, XO so Weapons Control can be activated!
Mass Effect. Awesome. Beat it once as a "nice guy", going for "asshole".
Cool. I picked it up cheap (either $5 or $10, I forget) during a Steam sale awhile ago, but I haven't had time to play it. I think it will be sucking up my limited play time once I get done with DragonAge, probably no time soon.
I played a bunch of Dragon Age during the snowpocalypse. Every time I start it up, Mal asks if this is the time I fight the dragon.
I'm starting to worry a little bit, when he tells me what I need to do to kill undead, or bad people, or darkspawn. And I really worried at this exchange:
Mal: Wow, that's a lot of blood.
Me: Yes, yes it is.
Mal: What happened?
Me: I blew up.
Mal: Why'd you do that?
Me: Because I'm a rogue, trying to fight a level boss by myself.
Mal: You shouldn't do that. Only warriors can really fight by themselves. You should shoot arrows at it.
Me: I don't want to be a fighter. Fighters are boring.
Mal: But that's the only way to play these games. And you shouldn't explode anymore.
And you shouldn't explode anymore.
This is good advice in general, really.
I like my rogue, I made a fighter character, but I've played the rogue a lot more. Rogues can deal some serious damage.
I've lost two companions now, one I didn't mind, but the second kinda hurt.
Me: Because I'm a rogue, trying to fight a level boss by myself.
Ask me why I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. Yeah.
Also, what Gud said: Rogues in Dragon Age can be pretty damned badass. I'm very fond of double-weapon with the rogue fight moves (all the stunning stuff, basically) pretty buffed. (I find archers as boring as straight-up fighters.)
Gud: who'd'ya lose? I'm ridiculously attached to my crew. The game isn't perfect, but damn if I'm not finding the story and characters really emotionally strong where I @@ my way through most games I've played when they try to act like they care.
I think I hit the Fade maze either a little too early or without enough buff. I'm doing it over, this time with more than 3 healing potions. And I haven't exploded this time.
I have to admit I've been trying to pull off the "party swap;" and having viable romances with both Alastair and Morrigan. No one's ever pulled off the party swap before. But I think I've pissed off Morrigan too much.
And I do agree, it's not a perfect game but the story and characters are really good. It felt a little "Game of Thrones" at the start, but my fears were unfounded. It's maybe not BGII, but what is?
amych: I lost Zevran, not part of my regular crew, and now Alistair who has been part of my crew forever.
Gud: yeah, ouch on the latter.