Ok, so Skyhold has this cagey little merchant who will sell you all kinds of treaties and crap. However, all I've gotten out of it were Power Points; I ended the game with over 150 power points.
I'm desperate to find a way to increase Influence. I don't think I unlocked half of the skills available; and now that I'm done, I'm looking at the left overs and thinking, "why are they even there?" Given the necessity saving the world... wasting points in gardening? Or bureaucracy? Thank you no, there are plenty of skills which have more impact to the problems at hand. I can see the benefit they would have; just not at the cost of combat essentials.
I think I bought, at least 50 points of power. And even though I bought the cheap treaties, they still cost me a ton. Just doing after game cleanup, I'm now more than 250 power points. Points which are useless to me now; unless I can exchange them for influence. Shadizar666 (Ruck Rules) 02:39, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
- The treaties sold by the merchant in Skyhold do nothing but give you additional Power. They're a complete waste of money because you can complete Requisitions over and over to get as much Power as you need without spending a dime. Unlike Power, Influence is a limited resource in the game. There is enough from doing everything in the game to get you to Inquisition rank 10 or 11 tops, but that's it. We were never intended to get every available Inquisition perk.184.57.236.69 (talk) 05:43, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
- The treaties also increase your influence (albeit not by much). But the in-game (i.e not purchasing it) amount of influence is much higher than getting you to only rank 10 or 11. I was at rank 15 before going to the Arbor Wilds, and was at rank 16 before the final battle with Corypheus. Doing the war table missions, completing collections and collectioning and using the shards help get you up there. 90.220.144.68 (talk) 09:30, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
- Seriously? I bought several treaties in an earlier playthrough and got no increase to Influence at all. I was sure they were useless. Maybe my game was bugged.184.57.236.69 (talk) 21:07, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
I bought one of those things for 6k gold or so and received +1 Power and 3000 Influence. I'm level 24 at end game, so for me this is one of the best ways to gain more Inquisition Perks. --Elshiro (talk) 11:54, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
That's odd, there's an exploit involving those treaties that got me to level 20 influence for free (Buy the expensive ones and sell them back without closing the vendor window), they should give you some grain of influence...--82.20.90.47 (talk) 14:29, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
I have something going on with the requisition requests repeating over and over every time I finish one. I have seen the plague antidotes, boats, and anti-venom elixirs numerous times now, and each time I complete them they give me more influence. Does this not happen for anyone else? All that said, the power thing sucks. There should be an option to trade power for influence. Believe it! (talk) 18:24, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, when I complete the locations set of requisitions, the little bastard OCD's on geological surveys. It would be nice if he would shut up; teleport, twoof, "I got news for you ser," "no, no you don't, pick your own fucking rocks." Cuzz of course, you got to the table and click click click all the whites; hand in a geological survey, exit, "got news for you ser." Think I tallied up another 20 power with that prick. I don't recall any influence though. Shadizar666 (Ruck Rules) 23:04, January 6, 2015 (UTC)
- I remember getting influence from it. I purposely did it to reach the next level and get a perk point. Believe it! (talk) 15:22, January 7, 2015 (UTC)