Is there any reason to not just go 4 mages? The other classes

There are just 3 (if you are on yourself) and you really need a tank....hm.

>>322659586
You might want to open stuff, so you might want to consider bringing along Leliana.
>>322660012
>implying mages don't make the best tanks with Arcane Warrior

>>322659586
Rogues are the only ones who can open chests. But yes, mages are far better than anyone else in combat.

>>322659586
4 mages is cheesing the game, and making it trivial and boring, put the difficulty to nightmare and use an mmo style party that compliments each other eg, tank healer, support, and dps.

Game is now 10x better.

>>322659586
Backstabs are a miracle of the universe - rogues put out insane single-target damage. Also pick locks, but locked chests usually don't have any particularly good items.

>>322661195
>4 mages is cheesing the game, and making it trivial and boring
Cheesing, yes, but it's definitely not boring. Rolling with 3 mages is pretty damn fun.

>>322659586

roleplaying, the dwarf noble origin is the best of the origins and Sten is by far the best companion

Hey guys. I finished Origins about a month ago and I absolutely loved it. What's the correct order to play the DLC in so that my save file imports correctly into Dragon Age II? I only have the vanilla game; I plan on buying the version that contains all of the DLC.

Also, if I'm playing DA:O and DAII on 360, is there a way to import my save file into the PS4 version of Inquisition? I plan on getting a PS4 and Inquisition eventually.

I participated in an Origins thread a few weeks ago and it was one of the greatest /v/ threads I've ever come across. It was strange. Trolls were ignored, there was extremely deep insight into the characters and story, and everyone got along even when opinions differed. I hope this thread is like that.

>>322662842

DA2 really isnt worth playing. You'd be better off watching an LP. It really is as shitty as the memes said.

>>322662842

No, you cannot import saves between proprietary closed systems ("consoles")

Who did you all romance?

I fucked Morrigan, but I ultimately decided that I would prefer to stay with Leliana. I couldn't imagine breaking her heart. Morrigan was pretty cool about it.

I killed Zevran when the Crows attacked me in Denerim. Fuck that guy.

>>322659586
You choose companion characters based on who you find more interesting as a companion, not for their combat skills.

Don't tell me you need group optimisation to beat this game.

>>322663317
Spent the whole game trying to fuck Morrigan and I succeeded in the end. Leliana left me after I chose to destroy the dragon shrine or something, didn't really give 2 shits about her so yeah.

>>322663221

So basically I should buy the 360 version of Inquisition? I heard they're not releasing the DLCs on the older consoles, which is bullshit.

>>322663080

I've heard, but I really dislike Let's Plays. I enjoy seeing how games are for myself because often times my opinion differs from this board. For example, I enjoyed Dark Souls 2 just as much as the first one. Even I don't like II, I'd at least like to experience the story firsthand.

You can cheese with statuses and shattering and shit but rogue puts out more deeps end game and has more survivability.

>>322663415

With that being said, who did you guys have in your party generally? Or, if it's easier, who did you rarely use?

I liked Oghren as a character, but I acquired him so late that I never ended up using him because I was already used to using Sten as my tank. I never used Zevran either; why use him when I have Leliana, who I recruited earlier and I enjoy better as a character? I'd hate to be gay and have him as my only romance option.

>>322661195
>put the difficulty to nightmare
Nope. Difficulty scaling is shit on this game.

>>322663784
so are you saying nightmare is too hard? it really isnt.

Reminder that elf killed the dwarf forefathers the titans so that they could get more land the greedy cunts.

>>322663714
Shale
Oghren
Zevran
These were my most probable. Morrigan and Lelliana (hardened) are ok too.

>>322663832
No, it isn't hard, but it fucks you over everytime someone that has fireball show up.

>>322663520
You really don't understand how poor Dragon Age 2 is compared to Origins. It's no joke. Before DA2 came out in 2011 this board used to be a haven for Bioware discussion. Mass Effect and Dragon Age threads were filled with people trading opinions and stories about characters, builds and playthroughs. This is a game so incompetent, lazy and deceptive that it fueled a hatred for EA that still burns today.

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>Sten only gets one Specialization while everyone else gets two
Why? Why does the best party member get shafted?

>>322663317
Morrigan's romance is actually kinda cute if you follow it all the way through.

Something about making the friendless, emotionally vacant, reluctant party member experience love and kindness for the first time makes me happy.

>>322659586
Nope, you still need a rogue to unlock shit and disamr traps. Also if you are playing on harder modes you need a warrior to be the tank for the group until you get the magic warrior specialization.

>>322664339
Because he's actually pretty bad, he's just a grumpy bastard.
Both Alistair and Oghren are better than him as characters and warriors.

>>322664367

Yeah. I found that Morrigan is actually a really good person when you get to know her. She just acts cold because she's afraid of her feelings, I think.

>>322659586
Main - Arcane Warrior, tank buffs, debuffs
Wynne - Healer, buffs
Leliana - Bard, buffs dps
Zevran - Assassin dps
Trust me i've played this game far too much

>>322663221
True but you can upload into the da keep and get the same effect. Get the PS4 version.

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>>322662842
>correct order to play the DLC
Awakening, then Witch Hunt.
Amgarrak doesn't affect anything, but it might break some save flags, as far as I know. Just play it at some point without keeping the save from it.

>>322663714
Oghren, Shale and Top Lel (stabby, because fuck archers) is by far my favorite party and companions. Have to do Orzammar /Deep Roads early, but it's worth it.

>>322664674
she was also raised to be a cold pragmatist by an evil swamp witch, i imagine that would kinda fuck you up for a while

>>322661195
>Morrigan hexing the shit out of everyone, with the eventual damage spell if needed
>The Warden using pure damage magic
>Wynne healing and buffing
>Alistar as tank wearing the best gear
>Boring

>>322662842
>playing DA2 on a 360

>>322666753
>Alistair
>not boring
Just go ham. You don't need a tank or healing spells if you just kill everything before it gets anywhere near you, do you?

>>322667573

What's the problem? My PC is shit and I can't afford a new one.

>>322663317
Leliana. I had Alistair fuck Morrigan for the Ritual because they had been tsun towards each other all game and needed to hatefuck it out.

>>322668364

That's hilarious. I didn't even know that was an option. Does Alistair need to be hardened? That must have been some fucking awkward sex if he wasn't.

>>322668717

What's the origin of this? It's pretty cool. Is the text character descriptions or something?

>>322668731
It'd be pretty awkward if he wasn't hard, naturally.

>>322669185
I can't read moonrunes, but from some of the illustrations, it looks to be various quotes from the characters. Such as Leliana pestering Morrigan about giving her a makeover or Wynne trying to tell Alistair where babies came from.

>>322662842
There is an online tool that lets you set up world states and import them into Inquisition via your EA account.

Search for Dragon Age Keep.

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>there are people right now in this thread who didn't spare Loghain

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>>322663080
I don't get this. DA2 is bad. I get that. But it's not unplayable bad. It's tedious and the story is poorly written in a lot of ways but I've played some actual unplayable games and DA2 doesn't come close.

I do have to admit though that I had to mod it with as much shit as I could to soften the blow when I decided to play through Origins/Awakening/2 after DA:I came out. Didn't make the game good because there are no mods that make it a different game but it was relatively more fun with than without.

>>322660308
They don't hold aggro for shit.

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>>322672564
>Have to choose between Loghain and Alistar

>>322672564
He's the biggest dindu in the game.

Fuck him.

>>322672564
Talk shit, get hit, Loghain

>>322673052
>put Alistair on the throne
>hang out with Loghain
Easy.

No easy way out of that one choice in DAI, though.

>>322673445
>>322673454
I bet you sissies play as elves, too.

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>>322674463
I haven't played DAI
>Not being a sassy brown city elf walking around and telling shemlen to check their privilege

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>>322674631
Won't spoil it then. For all its fuck ups, I thought DAI had some tough choices in the main quests.

>brown elves
If there's one thing worse than an ordinary elf...