Dragon Age: Origins

[Miaoww]

Yeah I'm turning down the difficulty. The werewolves jump through the door, jump on my characters and pound on them on the floor - I even had it just now where one got off Sten only for a second one to jump on him before he could get up. Silly.

[Mesmer]

Those Dead Trenches in the Deep Roads were definitely a bish. I finished that up last night. That final battle is absolutely insane and took me 3 or 4 tries to get it right. Basically it ended up being me tanking everything while Wynne scrambled for small bits of mana to keep me up the whole time. I just slowly took down the boss and all the other enemies lol. Must have taken 10 minutes as those rock guys have a lot of physical resistance.

I have a question regarding Wynne though. I have her set as a "Healer" and have built her as such. The one thing I changed was for her to not cast that Regen spell and not to use Arcane Bolt so I could help her mana problems. However, she still manages to use it all almost every fight.

Is there a talent I should get that I'm missing or something else I'm doing wrong? Or am I supposed to be manually switching to her every 3 seconds in fights to chug mana pots?

Other than that I've been shredding the poo out of everything, but it's always the matter of keeping her mana up.

[Miaoww]

Ha, you can't even pull them piecemeal to your party because they all charge through the door at once. Bloody hell.

Edit - I take it back, though it involves a lot of luck.

[Sultan33g]

Those Dead Trenches in the Deep Roads were definitely a bish. I finished that up last night. That final battle is absolutely insane and took me 3 or 4 tries to get it right. Basically it ended up being me tanking everything while Wynne scrambled for small bits of mana to keep me up the whole time. I just slowly took down the boss and all the other enemies lol. Must have taken 10 minutes as those rock guys have a lot of physical resistance.

I have a question regarding Wynne though. I have her set as a "Healer" and have built her as such. The one thing I changed was for her to not cast that Regen spell and not to use Arcane Bolt so I could help her mana problems. However, she still manages to use it all almost every fight.

Is there a talent I should get that I'm missing or something else I'm doing wrong? Or am I supposed to be manually switching to her every 3 seconds in fights to chug mana pots?

Other than that I've been shredding the poo out of everything, but it's always the matter of keeping her mana up.

had the same problem...youll just have to have as many lyrium as possible...make sure and get herbalism and you can make lyrium too

[stankowalski]

I started another game. I originally started out as a human noble warrior. But I misspent some skill/stat points. I hate to do it but it's frustrating having a warrior with trapmaking skills when you can't really set traps as a warrior too effectively. Not to mention all the chests I'm missing out on because I don't have any good lockpickers. So I restarted as a Dalish elf and I'm going to try and do it right this time.

[natty]

Don't worry about lockpicking that much. I never found anything worth a crap so I stopped bringing a rogue. If you want you can always come back later and get all the chests.

Anyone else get the ashes yet to save the Redcliff guy? I thought the puzzle was clever. And damn that dragon had tons of stuff on it.

[WildBill559]

Don't worry about lockpicking that much. I never found anything worth a crap so I stopped bringing a rogue. If you want you can always come back later and get all the chests.

Anyone else get the ashes yet to save the Redcliff guy? I thought the puzzle was clever. And damn that dragon had tons of stuff on it.

Yeah, my rogue hasn't found much in chests. Usually the same type of armor for an area that is below what I'm wearing. Not everything is junk, but the good stuff is definitely rare enough to ignore. It's just like looting an extra npc you've killed. Still, I enjoy that and stealing. Pickpocketing guards is a solid source of health potions.

I did the ashes immediately, but I never summoned the big dragon that flies around. I'm still carrying around the horn to summon him. It just seemed pointless at the time and I was in a hurry to take the ashes back. If you meant the dragon inside, it's supposedly got the best bow in the game. That last puzzle took me quite a while. Much better than the fire puzzle when getting Shale.

[Fiz]

finally picked this up because of you fine young males

if it sucks you owe me 60

although the ME armor is worth it because I'm literally gay for mass effect

[WildBill559]

When I recommend games I still expect people to check into the basics on their own.

Update for the PC players...

Always wanted to store your precious items in a chest? Every roleplaying game is also about collecting items. That’s why it is important to have a place where you can store your loot and such. If you happen to have downloaded the DLC Warden’s Keep such place is available for you. If you have not then there is now a solution.

On the Social Network site BioWare published a small mod which lets you store items in a chest in your main camp. Download it for free (Size: 8.59kB).

http://social.bioware.com/project/463/

[Fiz]

i made a feisty rogue slum lord bitch elf

will that be cool

[Mesmer]

although the ME armor is worth it because I'm literally gay for mass effect

word

[PanthersAlv]

I picked this game up a week ago, and I've loved it!

I just finished the the Anvil of the void quest, and OMG that "Broodmother" was a pain in the ass!

I've got all my treaty people in place, and move'n on.

I'm started and elf mage, missed getting Sten cuz the lady wouldn't free him, so I moved on. LOL Oh well, he sounds like a weakling anyway.

[Fiz]

im watching my parents dogs today and i didnt bring my xbox and im literally shaking

[Sultan33g]

I am finally at the archdemon....*** i gave up last night....very difficult to say the least