Dragon Age: Origins QuestionFollow

No, that's the Stone Prisoner DLC. Golems of Agmarrak is a DLC designed for level 20 characters. It has you going back to Orzammar to do something for House Dace. There is some story there, but no clue if it will be important. And it's all deep roads stuff.



A. He's already started Redcliffe. If he leaves now, bad things will happen.
B. The levels of the zones are structured so that Redcliffe is easier. I never had any Mage but Morrigan in Redcliffe (with heal, of course), and I always did fine.
C. The reward sucks anyways. It's strength requirement is too high for it to be useful to Rogues, no one else wants Dex, and 10% fire resist is nothing--if you are on higher difficulties, you should plan to use poultices anyway.

I agree that Redcliffe to Mage Tower just flows better. It just seems WAY too easy (event wise) to have the MT done first.

Spoiler
If you free Jowan and order him to leave, or kill him, and destroy the circle, killing connor will be your only option.

If you free Jowan, tell him to help, and destroy the circle, you get either of the first two.

Looking at the level ranges, the intended order (which is still ultimately up to the player, of course) is: Ostagar->Lothering.....Orzammar+Denerim.

The stuff in the middle is awkwardly shuffled. Like I think Mage Tower comes first (by one level in the range), but it makes a better story to go after Redcliffe. Likewise, Haven is one level higher than the Bracilian Forest, even though it makes better sense to do it ASAP. You can obviously travel to Denerim whenever without fear--you only need to worry about switching districts and having to deal with the bandits that can appear.

Still, I always go to Redcliffe first. It just makes so much more sense, RP wise, to me.

Yay, my thread is popular!

I actually did go back to an old save and head to Mage Tower last night just 'cause I got stuck on a fight in Redcliffe and frustrated. I then also started employing better tactics than "bang on mob, trust NPCs to act semi-intelligently" which made a bit of difference. I killed a revenant! Hooray!

(after only six tries)

Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting requires 22-24 strength, doesn't it?

So an option for Zevran, if nobody else.

Apparently, these boots are the reason.

/shrug

I think it was more of a suggested option for rogues that put most of their points into cunning rather than dexterity. You won't have the same ridiculous evasion and critical chance making them slightly worth more.

After a bunch of set-backs with getting the DLC authorized, I've started up a new game Have a rogue, trying it on Hard (first game was Easy, second was Normal, this is my third). Majorly considering traps and poisons this time; never did much with them before. It's interesting to see how my gameplay has evolved.

First game...
Character: Human mage (male). Ended up being specced as a Blood Mage and... Shapreshifter, I think (just for the bonuses; never used the spells, but I missed the quest for Arcane Warrior and accidentally killed Wyenne. Oops).
Party: Alistair, Morrigan, Leilana.
Difficulty: Easy
Tactics: Let Alistair run in, then just AoE the heck out of everything. Until I got Blood Mage (I did MT second-to-last, Orzimmar last) I just set up a storm of the century on every fight and cackled as everything died while my characters were immune. Only fight I had trouble with and had to reset was the one you're encouraged to lose. Didn't realize that you could lose it without repercussions. I used a decent amount of potions but that's about it.

Second game (unfinished)...
Character: Dwarf Commoner warrior (male). No specs as of yet, as I never unlocked any. Set him up as a tank.
Party: Wyenne, Morrigan, Leilana.
Difficulty: Normal
Tactics: My character would play tank; the ladies would single-target enemies down with spells and arrows. I also made use of enchantments, finally.
Notes: I made this harder for myself than I meant to. I forgot to give Leilana high cunning and/or more skill in the Def Hands tree in rogue... end result, I can only open every other locked chest, it seems. I didn't realize how necessary Combat Training was for rogues and warriors, so I was stuck with first tier talents for several levels. I also never picked up taunt. Yes, fail tank is fail.

Current game (just started)
Character: Human noble rogue (female). I have bard and duelist unlocked; might go with both of those, although I could hold out for assassin. Might do that; it looks like one of the best.
Party: Unknown so far, but tempted to try a no-mage party. Want Oghren for sure, and tempted to get both the Alistair and Zevrhan achievements in one go.
Difficulty: Hard. The origin story was kinda tough.
Tactics: Sneaky sneaky. I've never used traps and poisons before, and want to fully exploit both. I find that while I've enjoyed Mage the most as a class thus far, rogue seems like the one with the most RP potential and strategy. You get more talent points, and more interesting options due to a high persuasion skill, stealth, poison-making, and trap-making.



So, anyone use traps? Worth it? It seems like they can be fun, but expensive. I watched a youtube video where someone placed around 25 Tier 3 traps and then summoned a high dragon: instant kill. I want to try it!

I never found traps worth it. They require too much set up AND you need to draw enemies into them. If there were more fights that allowed you to properly set up an ambush, I probably would have used them more.

Poisons are good though, you just need to remember to use them.

Also, the new DA2 DLC trailer is up. Looks interesting.

I love giving Alistair the King's armor, it just seems... right that he should wear the king's armor, and the armor itself is fairly good too. And you can get it pretty early in the game too.

Thanks to you guys and this thread, I'm heading out to buy DA:O tomorrow for my 360. Now, from what I'm seeing there is a special edition that has the DLC right?