Dragon Age Countdown

Cubit · 2009-11-06T10:25:17.000Z

Looks like the first patch is out:

Dragon Age Patch Out, Targets Difficulty Issue

Dragon Age playing masses, the 1.01 patch is out, and it’s likely essential. Those who’ve seen my PC Gamer review, and indeed very many others saying the same, will have noticed complaints that the Easy difficulty level at certain points isn’t...

mkozlows · 2009-11-06T10:34:25.000Z

unbongwah:

I don’t know if the in-game tooltips or whatever mention it, but the wiki entry on skills under Coercion mentions, “Strength contributes to a more intimidating character, whereas cunning contributes to a more persuasive character.” You sure it isn’t in the manual or level-up screen somewhere?

Okay, um, apparently I suck. I change my statement to “I wish they had said it somewhere other than in the manual, the UI, and some wiki thing.”

Maybe a developer could have come to my house and told me in person?

zengonzo · 2009-11-06T12:38:09.000Z

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Sean_Tudor · 2009-11-06T12:38:18.000Z

Stridergg:

I don’t understand all this hoopla about DLC and inventory space.

You do know this is Qt3 where serial complainers gather to stroke and console each other about the gaming evils of the world. Sit back and enjoy the show. ;)

unbongwah · 2009-11-06T12:58:08.000Z

Just a heads-up for anyone still looking for the physical Collector’s Edition: Amazon has it back in stock. Well, the PC version is listed as “in stock;” the console versions are listed as “ships in 10 to 14 days.”

Matt_Perkins · 2009-11-06T13:00:29.000Z

unbongwah:

Just a heads-up for anyone still looking for the physical Collector’s Edition: Amazon has it back in stock. Well, the PC version is listed as “in stock;” the console versions are listed as “ships in 10 to 14 days.”

I got all crazy and went down to BB a day after it was released and bought a CE version right off the shelf.

CRAZY!

Mordrak · 2009-11-06T13:08:41.000Z

zengonzo:

Penny Arcade Comic

That’s more sad and pathetic than funny.

zengonzo · 2009-11-06T13:17:36.000Z

More like a dramic.

Skipper · 2009-11-06T13:52:43.000Z

I liked the blood splatter. A nice touch considering some of the completely off the wall conversations you have in the game where the entire party is covered in blood spatter.

divedivedive · 2009-11-06T14:27:45.000Z

I particularly enjoy flirting with the female members of my group while we’re all covered in gore.

Lunch_of_Kong · 2009-11-06T14:33:25.000Z

mkozlows:

Maybe a developer could have come to my house and told me in person?

Our company has that! It’s called telephone support. For a few thousand dollars per year, you can ask a tech support specialist to read to you from our selection of manuals. And you know, you pay for this service, so if you want us to read it out to you, we certainly will!

Murbella · 2009-11-06T16:56:45.000Z

So anyone figure out how to edit companions (likely with the toolset) so a bunch of them don’t have illogical skill/talent/spell picks?

Equisilus · 2009-11-06T18:35:57.000Z

Murbella:

So anyone figure out how to edit companions (likely with the toolset) so a bunch of them don’t have illogical skill/talent/spell picks?

Do you mean to turn off the autoleveling so that you can choose those things? That’s right on their character screen, if so.

Shimarenda · 2009-11-07T06:12:35.000Z

I turned off the “persistent gore” after the first time it appeared. It bothered me that its distribution on my character had nothing to do with his positioning in the fight. It also made him look he had rusty armor and a case of the measles.

Murbella · 2009-11-07T07:18:11.000Z

Equisilus:

Do you mean to turn off the autoleveling so that you can choose those things? That’s right on their character screen, if so.

Nope, turn off crappy customization before they join you. Such as leilana focusing heavily in archery and every warrior except one being two handed focused.

Lizard_King · 2009-11-07T08:39:43.000Z

Murbella:

Nope, turn off crappy customization before they join you. Such as leilana focusing heavily in archery and every warrior except one being two handed focused.

I would use the hell out of that.

merryprankster · 2009-11-07T08:47:30.000Z

Lizard_King:

I would use the hell out of that.

Me too!

Murbella · 2009-11-07T09:10:26.000Z

I’m probably just going to see if i can use a console command to give sten extra skill points to put in shields to replace his two handed skills because allister annoys the hell out of me when i do evil stuff. Or maybe i will just see how viable a two handed tank is, but doesn’t seem likely given my shield user has trouble on harder stuff even. I’d likely do the same thing with the bard since for the life of me i can not figure out how archery even starts to compare to dual wielding for rogue.

Alistair · 2009-11-07T09:10:57.000Z

Hmm. Enjoyment just fell of a cliff in the Fade. A maze, really? With Nautilus holes? These are okay until I get lost, which takes oh… a minute or so.

Blackadar · 2009-11-07T09:17:11.000Z

Well, I can confirm that the Warden’s Keep takes only an hour. I had exactly $7.18 in Pay Pal funds, so I don’t feel like I spent any “real” money buying it. But if I had, I would feel sorely disappointed almost to the point of feeling ripped off. It’s not that “epic” of an area, the quest is only OK and it feels like a cheap ploy to get you to buy it for storage and a decent vendor. Hell, you don’t even get the keep in the end.

On the flip side, the ending of the Redcliffe quest (and the choices you’re given) is one of the best quests I’ve done in 30 years of gaming. thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup