Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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No, that town never shows up on my map. All I get is the Crystals, and merchants have gems.
Too bad. I like the game a lot, but I'm now really leery about downloading any of the other expansions.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Very strange. I hope a solution appears somewhere along the way for you, Hagatha. I wonder what an uninstall and a re-install would do; however I realise you've already spent a lot of time on this, and probably you've reached your limit of hassle that you can stand with just meeting up with frustration.
Maybe one day when you have a lot of time and patience at hand...
`Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Yes, I should probably let it go. I even tried installing the DLCs manually and that didn't work, either. There's something that just doesn't work.
But thanks so much for trying to give me a hand. I do appreciate it.
Edit: EUREKA! Jenny100 found a solution to a technical issue with manually installing the downloads, and I now have Blood Armour. It may be too late for Shale in this game, as I don't have the GOlem Rod, but maybe next time.
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I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Hagatha just a thought but have you gone back to the merchant and checked to see if you have the dialogue trees still to get the rod?
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Oldman, I don't, but rod or no, Shale is active and ready to go.
Obviously the problem I was having was a Vista issue. Something else downloaded, very fast, just before all of this started working. As though I only had part of the downloads and the rest installed just now.
Anyway, Shale is unexpected. How interesting, a golem, um, girlfriend, to swap fashion tips with. And how easy to get her approval rating up to max. I might take her back with me into the Deep Roads along with Morrigan and Oghren, for that final fight.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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02/12/10 11:20 AM
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Definitely take Shale with you into the Deep Roads; most specifically for the Anvil quest as things are revealed about her origin there
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Only problem is that my party with Oghren, Shale Morrigan and Self (rogue/duellist) is not strong enough to get past TWO stone golems, let alone the whole bunch. I don't know how to use Shale's skills, but none of them look very useful so far.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Hagatha,
I remember that room too well... and not fondly. I brought Wynne - specced with Cone of Cold - instead of Morrigan. That way, not only could she heal the party (needed quite often) but she could freeze the golems as the rest of the team took them on. Moving through the room slowly, I was able to have only 2-3 golems attacking at the same time - couple of times I got lucky and only had one attacking. Made the battle much easier. In the end, only Shale was left standing.
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Sounds like a good strategy!
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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Shale was always my strongest warrior. I never saw her down. Pity you never had a chance to try out her powers. Her slam is good, her throwing rocks is good, and her buffing powers are also good. I always found Morrigan rather indispensable. If you had Morrigan, you could always throw a shield around someone who can draw aggro (like herself, for instance), and have Shale slam them as they attack her. Or you can have her put a paralyze on the boss while you clean up the rest of the room; ..-and so on.
`Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice
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Re: Dragon Age: Hints and Helps Here
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In this game I wanted only one mage so that I could have a well-balanced party. I gave Morrigan Spirit Healer at level 14. She is now on the third tier of that specialty and is pretty much unbeatable, with her Healing and her Mind spells and the four levels of Cold and Electricity. By the time we get to the end of the game she will be a real powerhouse, and Wynne can rest her old bones.
My dual-wielding Assassin/Duelist/Thief is also unstoppable. I gave her an iron Constitution so I can send her into combat with Alistair without worrying too much.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Dragon Age The Awakening
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Oh no ... help me help me! I am completely in love with this game, I've played thru twice already. I'm on my third time and I have to ask this ... does that dog bark non-stop thru the whole game?? The first time I played, I was an elf and missed my opportunity at Ostagar. The second time, I acquired him and at camp he barked so non-stop that I had to actually start over and not accept him. I'm playing this time as a human and I have him from the start. I love this dog, he's a great warrior! And I love dogs, but I'll be darned if I want to hear a dog barking all the time! When I go to camp, I want to talk to my new friends but I can't think straight because of the barking. Does he stop barking, ever?? I just realized I posted this on the awakening announcement instead of the regular thread ... oops! Sorry! It's the dog, the barking is driving me to distraction!
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Re: Dragon Age The Awakening
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Thanks Karsten, you're right, there are alot of people complaining about the bark bark bark. It really is just awful. I guess I'll start over and this time I'll just leave the dog in the kitchen!  Thanks for moving me MaG, you're a doll! Just in case anyone else wonders about this, I've tried 3 times to do the Human Noble without getting Dog the Barker and it doesn't seem possible. No matter where I go, the subject pops up and the quest is added on. This is really sad because I just can't take it. This doesn't make me a very Noble Human does it?
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Re: Dragon Age The Awakening
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I quite like the dog and make a point of talking to him every time I went to camp. And the party member's reaction to him is funny.
I'm a bit miffed that after the coronation Dog is the only party member you can't speak to. Tht seems odd, to me. But I always get the suspicion that Dog is going away with Sten. He is a war dog, and Sten is a soldier for life, and a Mabari would never be happy settled down in a castle. Sten and Dog understand each other, and they would make good comapanions for one another. So I just pretend that Dog has switched allegiance and is going away, and that's why he doesn;t greet me at the end.
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Re: Dragon Age The Awakening
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I've not started the game myself yet but one of my pals, who was complaining about the dog, found this ....
[I don't know where she found it and I haven't been in touch with her again yet to know if it solved the problem.]
"When present as a 5th party member, you can tell the dog to leave or call him back by using a new Dog Whistle item which will appear in your inventory after you aquire the dog as a companion."
Does it mean you can maybe be without the dog - even if only on a temporary basis ??
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Re: Dragon Age The Awakening
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As far as I know, David Gaider (the lead writer) has said on the Bioware forums that Dog isn't going anywhere. And yes, you can tell the Dog to leave, to go on searches for you...and then call him back again. Many people on the Bioware forums are very sad  about the fact that Dog, their most trusted companion, wasn't there to greet them at the end of the game...
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Re: Dragon Age The Awakening
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I love my war dog barking, reminds me of my own puppies. LOL I also send him to search for things and he comes up with some good things. I love the way he rolls over on his back and you tickle him. I love the war paint. Will the new extension still waiting for more news be released in March still? Will the war dog be in it also? Yes, the new expansion will still be released in March (actually today in the US and CAN and on Friday in Europe). Sadly  - the war dog is not in the expansion. The expansion - Awakening is set in Amarathine (to the north of Ferelden). Here's a (short) preview of DA: Awakening http://www.atomicgamer.com/articles/1003/dragon-age-origins-awakening-preview. ( Source: http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10131 ) Note that can't use any of the DLC from Origins in Awakening... Rumor has it that more dragon age will be released in 2011, I think...
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Re: Dragon Age The Awakening
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Did you know that the people in Ferelden celebrates April 1st,too? It is called Satinalia. (according to a post from Bioware's Victor Wacter). In honour of this Bioware has released a DLC that contains 1) Prank Gifts or 2) Gift Packs. You can also buy a combo with both of those. There's a hand puppet you can give to Alistair and watch him do a puppet show. Here's a snip from Victor's post: (source: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/94/index/2017890/1) Satinalia, a day of wild celebration and sumptuous holiday feasts celebrated across Thedas, has arrived! In Ferelden tradition, gifts and pranks are exchanged on Feastday among friends, family and lovers. Now you'll be able to join the festivities and surprise your companions with gifts that may touch their hearts or offend their sensibilities.
Feastday gifts and pranks offer the player a chance to explore the approval system in Dragon Age: Origins at greater depth by making your companions despise or adore you. These packs are available for purchase individually or as a combo back containing both the Gifts and Pranks.
Personally, I can't wait to see what kind of puppet show, Alistair would stage...
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