Game: Dragon Age Origins

[rockmanj]

I just got started...I have an elvish rogue (even though I kinda wanted a warrior mage). It keeps sucking me in, even though I was skeptical. At first I was strictly dual wielding, but lately I have taken up archery and more of a support role; seems to be working out better than I thought

[Penner]

Ye its way easier to play with a ranged character, gives you a better overview of the battlefield and much more control during fights ^_^

[rockmanj]

I have been playing for about 20 hours now, but it still feels like I'm at the beginning. I just saved Connor by going into the fade. I was then subsequently murdered by a cadre of assassins. I know that weird blonde one joins you at some point, no?

[Ryllharu]

Awakening is great. I carried over my [Princess-Consort/Queen] human warrior from DAO and I have to say, it has been even more satisfying than the regular game. The new characters have a tremendous deal of personality, and their interactions with each other seem to be even more frequent. A lot of those are hilarious, especially between a certain elf and a certain human. Or a certain dwarf and...everyone else. I've taken a real shining to a number of them. I'd elaborate, but I don't really want to lessen the experience for anyone.

The quests are fun too. They seem very rich. Some of the themes are similar to quests from first game, but the come off more fleshed out. There are a lot of side quests to play around with in the city and keep, and even the joys of politics.

I haven't really changed my equipment from the Warden armor that came from Warden's Keep and I'm still using Starfang as well, so the equipment can be hit or miss from an imported character. I did upgrade my shield. There are some great rings though.

Nor have I found a reason to upgrade runes using the new trace system. I'm sure I will sooner or later, and Starfang could use some of the Paragon (beyond Grandmaster and Masterpiece) Runes, but the necessity hasn't really been there. Same goes for the new armor runes. The Warden armor set is still pretty kickass (and it looks the best on her too) even if it doesn't have any slots. It's only Tier 4, but my main character has only died once, due to a rather unfortunate Overwhelm attack.

If there is a downside, it is that gold is almost too plentiful. You need a lot, but at the same time, even a Genlock will give you 20 silver at the absolute minimum, and a lot yellow named ones will give you at least 3 gold. I've got 260 or so in pocket, and I've spent at least 150. One Chantry Board quest gave me 20 gold!


I also made a new Orlesian Warden for fun. They start you out a level 18 and give you decent equipment. The equipment is a great boon to a new character. You can also buy a lot of the old special equipment from merchants in town. New characters definitely benefit the most from the new equipment in the game.

EDIT:

I did have to install a mod to make the DLC items import over with my character. I started Awakening the first time and the Warden Armor and Starfang were gone. Stark naked and with no sword in front of angry darkspawn. Bioware and EA haven't been too keen on fixing it thus far.

[Archangel]

When mods go horribly wrong

Animus fears cocks

I had a good immature laugh out of this

[animus]

I'd say that's probably NSFW.

[Archangel]

It's a guy so it's funny, not nsfw

[animus]

I'd qualify a dude with a boner as NSFW.

Otherwise, we'd be able to link boner and penis pictures everywhere on the boards.

[KrayZ33]

Good news everyone:

Funimation declared that they are going to create an Anime featuring
Dragon Age Origins


http://www.ea.com/news/anime-movie-d...-age-franchise

[Penner]

That is (possibly) awesome!