User:Hollowness

Summary
Ex Endgame WOW Vet (it broke my heart) with currently too much time on my hands and Dragon Age: Origins is my new game/love. So far once full run through of the Game and countless 1/2 way games (no respec'ing and plot mistakes do that to a perfectionist). I hope to add what I can to help the site out that has helped me so much with the game and add other tid bits here or there.

Character Summary

 * Female Human Mage
 * Magi Origin
 * Arcane Warrior
 * Spirit Spells / Entropy Spells
 * Notable Equipment/Gear:
 * Weapons Spellweaver and The Rose's Thorn
 * Rings Wicked Oath and Key to the City
 * Neck The Spellward and Belt Andruil's Blessing
 * Notable Skills
 * Coercion 4 Points, Combat Training 2-4 Points, Poison-Making 1 Point

I know best Arcane Warrior uses a sword and board but I have customized my Mage as dual wielding caster using multiple poisons and find it overpowered. Skill priority: Max Coercion, 2 points Combat Training, 1 point Poison Making, then Max out on Combat Training, lastly Survival 2-4 points and 1 point Stealing to open quests. Wearing Clothing and/or Light/Medium Armor dodge/resistance gear and runes, to reduce squishiness without having to equip heavy armor. Main/Priority Spells are Virulent Walking Bomb, Crushing Prison and Curse of Mortality. Also with Combat Magic, Telekinetic Weapons and Miasma on reserve. Crowd Control with spells that weapons don't have to be sheathed (Check out Arcane Warrior Spellcasting) is a plus. I do feel like a Caster Rogue but found this much more enjoyable than a regular Rogue or regular Mage (if I was able to further customize I'd steal the Rogues Talents like Below the Belt easy, really, any humanoid should be able to manage that with out Class Specification :P).

This Character is on run through "double digits" now, through trail and error of not being allowed to respec and optimal gear while leveling and I am starting to get to know this personalized spec/gear/play style with more and more ease. Though she is very boring (cool downs on spells and staff auto attacking isn't very interesting) but once I get my main/priority spells and unlock my first specialization at level 7 and go Arcane Warrior spell/melee balance is when I truly fall in love with this class. If I didn't need a healer and/or rogue to unlock, I'd 2 man everything with Alistair his Warrior taunt/threaten and Templar talents (Holy Smite ftw) and with my crowd control/support/mass damage, very overpowered.



Role playing wise, I back stab Jowan ever time with no regrets. If I can't get Cullen, then he can't have Lily. With polite, I'll help everyone but alway be obliged to fight if they think they can take me, demon bullying attitude, I ensure party manipulation to make minimal disapproval during plot dialog. I romance Alistair because I have a thing for templars (corrupting what was to be forbidden fruit), once I find out he is heir I keep his as far from the throne as I can, he made it clear he doesn't want it. I lead Zevran on till he wants to get intimate, then end it with lets be friends. I don't romance with Leliana (too much baggage) instead, I play the "omg I love shoes!!!" with her. If there was a "toying with people's emotions" achievement, I'd definitely get that every play through. I did both A Dark Promise and Warden-Commander, I disliked both, I wanted to do The Ultimate Sacrifice but with a romance with Alistair (which I want) he doesn't allow it... and I want both... damn! But at least an expansion will remedy that. :D

Summary
An adult fantasy RGP including: gore, sexual content, humor, character creation, character customization, worth watching cut scenes and strategic combat. Its as if Final Fantasy finally finished high school and went less anime. Best Graphics in a game with the most flexibility that I have seen in a long time.

Pros

 * Multiple possible Romances
 * Unique Origin stories
 * Dialog and Gift options for approval
 * Natural companion on companion dialog
 * Combat "pause" tactics
 * Plausible tactics consequences(blood spatter,injuries and friendly fire)
 * Character choice dialog
 * Fun references (ie superman)
 * Downloadable content
 * Expansions

Cons

 * Unable to respec hero or companions (being fixed in Expansion :D)
 * Really, really hard to find Codex's
 * It ends 100hours isn't nearly as long as I want this game to be (Pro: Expansion)

Suggestions/Wish List

 * More comprehensive and detailed character statistics/resistances/accomplishments
 * Add new and more classes and customizations to character creation
 * Optional Co-Op
 * Ability to lvl grind
 * Easier ways to get gold
 * More gear/equipment or customization