Denerim and Haven

[slutbunwalla]

I've been playing more than blogging so let me catch you up. I finally decided to go to Denerim. And then I also keep picking up all these sidequests which great for leveling but like ugh for story forwarding sometimes. Also if I want to play my other playthrough I kinda don't want to have to do all everything again. Maybe just leave some for later

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[itches]

Goldanna

This is important. What did you say to Ali afterwards?

"Learned" dueling from a chick at the Pearl, she was cool. I was kinda hoping I could hang out with her more... oh well.

Really ... ummm ... [Behind a Spoiler tag incase you're trying to avoid any and all spoilers]She's a party member in Dragon Age 2. Also, in that game she looks like this

Now I've decided that every damn merchant I encounter I take all elfroot and health pots.

Go back to the elves, they have an infinite amount of elfroots. I can't remember off the top of my head who has all the bottles, I'm sure someone else will mention it.

Other things I'm too lazy to copy-paste

There's no way to my knowledge to undo point distribution on characters, once it's there it's there forever. Which sucks when you're doingit for the first time and make stupid mistakes. And you'll understand what I mean when it happens, but you don't need to fight the Dragon to keep the plot going. You can come back to it later on when you're higher level.

[slutbunwalla]

I think I said--- Aurelia said-- I'm sorry it turned out that way but we have each others' back... or something. I mean she's not as into him as I am. But she wasn't cynical with him, it kinda totally sucked.

That's cool, that gives me yet another incentive for DA2. At this point I feel like a certain amount of spoilers is going to happen. And games are different than movies or tv shows since we're so much more a part of it. But she has a fucking ship and that's bad ass.

Well, darn. I guess my other play through I'll be more circumspect about point allocation from the get go. s

And sorry, I think I edited my post like 5 times while you were replying. I really need to private post and then when I'm done public post to make sure I have it all the way I want.

[itches]

Okay with Ali, you have the option to "Harden" him. No, not like that. If after he meets his sister you tell him to that people are shit and he needs to realise it, his personality will change. He becomes less naive, more assertive, as well as some other things like being willing to have a 3some with Isabella.

I don't remember if you've spoken on this, but what quests have you done with Leli?

'But she has a fucking ship'

[Spoiler (click to open)]Bwahahahahahahahaha. You'll understand why that's funny later. Also I'm just assuming you're playing DA2.

I wouldn't worry too much about point allocation. It's really difficult to do something that totally screws you. You'd have to do something like I did and try to build a character who only uses a single 1-handed sword. And I saw the edits, don't worry about it. I'm sure you sure mine.

[slutbunwalla]

welp, we're way past that so I guess my next playthrough. Also I'm--- Aurie is trying to be nice but not giving him any signals. She doesn't want to hurt his feelings, they are kinsmen in battle for sure.

I mean. I can't believe I 'm agonizing over whether I want my character to fall for him or not. I am le stupid.

ok Leili... I've just started taking her out so some field stuff and then denerim...and now Haven ruins. I mean I know she's all arrowy, but they have archers... I just don't know if I should switch her combat tactics from song of valor to song of courage...and then she automatically goes into rapid fire or whatever and she has other sustains but they are all like 30 to 45 stamina---- but even when I shut those she might still have life but no stamina and I don't know how to help her.

[itches]

It's almost impossible to get ninja romanced in DAO, and most of that comes from a bug that occurs if you raised their approval too fast (like with feast day gifts). Even then you can just break up with them, no harm done.

Song of Valor is at the best if you have a heavy caster mage, I tend to just use Courage for the extra damage it gives you. As for Archers, don't worry too much about not having much stamina left over. It's fine to let them turn on the sustains you want and then just let them shoot things.

Leli, if you've only just started taking her out and about you havn't taken her to see Marjolaine yet?

[slutbunwalla]

I have not! I don't think. I"ve only had her talk about Cicilie or whatever, stupid names.

And yeah I totes fucked up approval with the feastday gifts. Like why would I want them to not approve? I don't get it. Now I think I could just forcefeed them cakes till they like me again, but I haven't done that yet.

[itches]

Take her with you when you travel from place to place on the mini map and you'll unlock something. Same thing with Wynne.

As to approval, you can miss out on important conversations. Say there is a conversation that happens in the +40-70 range. If you take someone all the way to 100 without talking to them, you miss out on that convo. And that can mean you never unlock a bunch of stuff about the character.

[slutbunwalla]

well dang I didn't think about it that way.

[itches]

I told you to ignore them on your first game. Maybe I should have explained why.

[slutbunwalla]

I'm getting a lot of advice, sometimes I forget things!
Good thing I have another playthrough already going.

[itches]

But this wasn't just any old random advice. It was my advice, that makes it better.

[slutbunwalla]

forgive me. I will try to be more patient and circumspect and ... listeny.