# Dragon Age: Inquisition - One Week Away!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 13, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505 "2014-11-13T04:55:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/121 "2014-11-21T15:28:09Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Also, We need a magic mirror item in this game! > > Didn’t realize I gave my character Hamster cheeks until it’s too late. Now those darn cheeks are killing me!!! I got two hours into the game where my character had poofy lips like he had a collagen injection and had just put vaseline all over them. I do not remember him looking like that at all in character creation. In all other respects I liked my character’s looks but I couldn’t get passed that and had to restart. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/122 "2014-11-21T15:34:54Z")
> [@Zorkmid](#): > > And at least I found the lip shine control Uggghhhh wish I had found this. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/123 "2014-11-21T16:17:25Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > When I read that I thought maybe you were being overly critical and picky. > > Boy was I wrong. I was amazed at how lifeless and spartan Val Royeaux was. I was _really_ trying to like it and be ok with it but I just couldn’t get over how disappointing it was. > > I think what cinched it for me is the audio is that of the hubbub background white noise of a busy city. I was hearing all this hustle and bustle but it was nowhere to be seen. It seriously yanked me out of my immersion big time. Really not happy with that. It is not game breaking for me but it is a big disappointment. > > I have found that audio not matching in other places too. I found my first “dungeon” by accident. It wasn’t much of a dungeon really…just like three big rooms on three levels. I loved, loved, loved that the dungeon was dark as one would expect it to be and not somehow lit despite being old. > > It was very creepy walking around with only my lantern in my hand. The audio was suggesting some action going on elsewhere. Like up ahead in the dark somethings were moving and running about. Turns out there was never anything there…nothing whatsoever. Was disappointing to learn it was just atmospheric sound that had nothing to do with anything. > > Ah well…nothing’s perfect I guess. I’m still having fun and overall enjoying it very much. Yeah, they nailed the dungeons in terms of atmosphere and lighting, IMHO, but as per reviews I’ve read, there are no big dungeons ☹ These are a staple of the genre, Bioware, hell you were the ones that made them an art-form, IMHO. There should always be at least one, big, memorable dungeon in a game like this. Completely optional (or at least have completing it optional, with maybe some story related quest centered around the first level or two or in the vicinity), and vast and difficult, and with tons of puzzles and rewards to be found. I’m hoping that that is the first DLC, kind of like a throw back to “Tales of the Sword Coast” for BG1 which gave us Durlag’s Tower. Maybe a neat side quest plus an expansive dungeon. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/124 "2014-11-21T16:22:42Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I got two hours into the game where my character had poofy lips like he had a collagen injection and had just put vaseline all over them. I do not remember him looking like that at all in character creation. > > In all other respects I liked my character’s looks but I couldn’t get passed that and had to restart. I’m so OCD about this stuff, but I don’t want to restart the game 14 hours in. I already restarted once when I realized I made my character’s ears too small and hair was clipping through them. He looked like the grandpa from the Adam’s family. Maybe a save game editor will pop up. Or maybe I’ll start a new playthrough and keep two of them going at the same time. I’ll just put in my two weeks notice at work, should be no problem. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/125 "2014-11-21T16:42:43Z")
> [@Zorkmid](#): > > Forgot to put this in my first post, sorry. > > Is anyone else having trouble with their characters and records loading into Dragon Age Keep? It picked up my DAO achievements and DLC, but only one warden, and none of my DAII stuff. Same for me. Only DA:O info, none of the DA2 info. I started to do it manually and realized I barely remembered the plot of DA2 (and I liked the game!). ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/126 "2014-11-21T16:57:13Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > \Canine leather \ Srsly? Dog leather? Is it Mabari? ☹ I have not been able to play even 1/2 an hour since I bought the game! It kept crashing during Character Creation, so I updated the graphics drivers. I was finally able to get through that, then another crash right when I’m heading into the city, but before the first save!!! I said “the hell with this” and went to bed. Four days of working late and family issues later, and I haven’t had a chance to even turn my pc on. I’m begging for two free hours! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/127 "2014-11-21T17:02:40Z")
Dropped from Black Wolves, actually. But it’s just called “Canine Leather” so maybe other dogs drop it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/128 "2014-11-21T17:04:16Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Srsly? Dog leather? Is it Mabari? > > ☹ I have not been able to play even 1/2 an hour since I bought the game! > It kept crashing during Character Creation, so I updated the graphics drivers. I was finally able to get through that, then another crash right when I’m heading into the city, but before the first save!!! I said “the hell with this” and went to bed. > > Four days of working late and family issues later, and I haven’t had a chance to even turn my pc on. I’m begging for two free hours! That sucks, what are your specs? The game has been rock solid for me in terms of performance and stability. No crashes whatsoever. BUT, there are some obvious game bugs. I routine see NPC’s and monster just materialize out of thin air. NPC’s zooming accross the screen, teleporting. Characters climbing on boxes and railing and getting stuck in animation loops during conversations. We definitely need a patch. Bioware said they are working on some fixes for all platforms soon. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/129 "2014-11-21T17:05:31Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Dropped from Black Wolves, actually. But it’s just called “Canine Leather” so maybe other dogs drop it as well. Yeah I ran into a couple of wild Mabari dogs. Tough suckers! And they did drop that. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/130 "2014-11-21T17:16:37Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > That sucks, what are your specs? > > The game has been rock solid for me in terms of performance and stability. No crashes whatsoever. > > BUT, there are some obvious game bugs. I routine see NPC’s and monster just materialize out of thin air. NPC’s zooming accross the screen, teleporting. Characters climbing on boxes and railing and getting stuck in animation loops during conversations. > > We definitely need a patch. Bioware said they are working on some fixes for all platforms soon. I haven’t had a chance to try again since Tuesday. I’m going to try some graphics tweaks I found. The defaults maxed everything. I’m pretty sure it’s the graphics card, Nvidia 660. Everything else is solid i7 16gb ram and an SSD drive reserved for games. I expect to actually be playing by Saturday. In the meantime I’m just tweaking the Keep. I’m surprised at what I missed (and/or forgot) in DA:O, I never came across this Mardy dwarf. ETA: didn’t occur to me that wolves are also canine. ---
**Author:** ![Zorkmid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e68b1a/32.png) [@Zorkmid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorkmid)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/131 "2014-11-21T17:33:37Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > I’m surprised at what I missed (and/or forgot) in DA:O, I never came across this Mardy dwarf. She’s from the noble dwarf opening. She was a prostitute trying to get pregnant with a nobleman’s child so she could join his family, and a male noble can sleep with her and get her pregnant but after he gets exiled she and her child are considered casteless. I think there’s a quest you can do to fix the situation once you go back to Orzammar but I never played a dwarf noble that far. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/132 "2014-11-21T17:43:14Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > BUT, there are some obvious game bugs. I routine see NPC’s and monster just materialize out of thin air. To be fair some baddies are stealthed and sneak up on you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/133 "2014-11-21T17:47:54Z")
I haven’t had much issue with pop-ins or bad animation loops (well, except when you quick travel and and everyone pops in) but I did slam a Templar into a boulder last night and he shot out of the side as if launched by a cannon. Any why on earth can my chain harpoon thingie (which is _awesome_, btw) not pull a nug to me? I can accept not pulling a ram or those mountain cows but a nug?? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/134 "2014-11-21T19:48:50Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > my chain harpoon thingie (which is _awesome_, btw) Totally awesome. I didn’t pick it up for a few levels, and then immediately kicked myself for waiting. Not only is it fun and awesome, but it’s great for starting fights on your own terms. You can have Varric snipe an enemy, then immediately follow up with a chain pull/freeze/shield bash combo for stupid damage. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/135 "2014-11-21T21:56:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Totally awesome. I didn’t pick it up for a few levels, and then immediately kicked myself for waiting. > > Not only is it fun and awesome, but it’s great for starting fights on your own terms. You can have Varric snipe an enemy, then immediately follow up with a chain pull/freeze/shield bash combo for stupid damage. I just chain pull + mighty blow on my own, no need to combo with other people. Depending on the level difference between you and the target, it can often one-shot an archer or a mage. You do need 2 points in Chain to do the stun/knockdown kick right after it. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/136 "2014-11-21T22:01:36Z")
I usually target the trap casting mages first with the chain since they like to stay back. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/137 "2014-11-21T23:41:32Z")
I’ve become convinced that my Warder must have eff’d Leliana’s head up good in their post DA:O romance. She certainly is a surly one these days. Also, I demand to know what happened to Schmooples. 1/10 rating for DA:I until I get answers. More seriously, is anyone playing a rogue? Seems like most people went warrior or mage. Rogues had it worst in DA:O in some ways: worthless traps and poisons, archery skills did less DPS than auto-fire, the character AI had NO clue how to play a melee rogue making Zevran a waste of a companion slot (and Leliana would charge into melee eight times out of ten regardless of settings unless you just took her daggers away), etc. Hopefully they’ve gotten some love in DA:I. ---
**Author:** ![Zorkmid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e68b1a/32.png) [@Zorkmid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorkmid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/138 "2014-11-22T00:38:56Z")
It is a bit jarring to see the change in her considering what a Pollyanna she was in Origins. Maybe Oghren ate Schmooples and that’s why she’s so grim! :eek: I’ve got a few hours to burn so I thought I’d create a rogue just to see how they work with the new combat system, plus I’m curious to see how the female qunari look. ---
**Author:** ![Zorkmid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e68b1a/32.png) [@Zorkmid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorkmid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/139 "2014-11-22T02:00:19Z")
Rogue update: The fighting was just as annoying as I feared in the beginning when it was just my rogue and Cassandra, but once you have a full party and can use the tactical camera it’s a godsend. Once you lock onto a target you follow it around the battlefield automatically and hack the shit out of it without button-mashing, then go right to a new target without having to walk yourself over to it. Even better, you can interact with objects (loot stuff, close rifts) from a distance without having to finagle yourself right on top of it. It works out of battle, too, if you prefer to point & click yourself around the map, only it’s way slower than using the WASD keys and you can’t use the V key sonar thing in tactical mode. Still, I loves me some tactical camera now. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505/140 "2014-11-22T03:48:13Z")
Man, just had my first really epic fight. two sell swords, which should of been easy picking, but supported by 4 mages, one of them elite. They kept throwing barriers on them and ice mines/runes on the ground, preventing me form getting close. Used up all my potions but managed to take them down by alternating between grabbing a mage with chain and beating him to a pulp while Cassandra kept the sellswords at bay. For a moment didn’t think I’d make it. The whole thing was just a huge pyrotechnics show too. Taking on mages is fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition-one-week-away/704505.md?page=8)