You don't have to wait. You can surrender, then sneak out dressed as guards after a fairly amusing side quest. Or you can surrender and THEN fight your way out, if you prefer.
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Yeah, that's the one. I used to always just punch faces until I left the estate.
I went the "surrender, lure the guard in with offers of tawdry sex, beat him up and sneak out dressed as guards" way this time. Was an amusing diversion.
I did that once, and it was hilarious. But it only worked for me that one time; every subsequent attempt was so badly bugged I had to restore from a save and go a different route. If/when it works, you get to choose two companions to come and save you, and depending on which two you choose the dialog is pretty great. (Oghren and Zev are Orlesian acrobats come to entertain the troops, for example, or Leliana and Morrigan are bards. You play as them while your "hero" sits daintily in the cell, but eventually you all join up and fight your way back out.
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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Haha again. After several playthroughs, last night I just noticed that there's a ballista during the final fight with the archdemon so you can pepper him with fire rather than pinking him with arrows and spells until he returns to the fight.
Haha again. After several playthroughs, last night I just noticed that there's a ballista during the final fight with the archdemon so you can pepper him with fire rather than pinking him with arrows and spells until he returns to the fight.
Derp derp derp....
You're talking about DA the original now versus DA2?
Cuz this is the fight I remember from Origins. I used the ballistas whenever the beasty was in range. I did the entire fight ranged which really made the final dragon-slaying cut scene look ridiculous. The final fight with the Archdemon was easy compared to some of the other battles.
I just rolled up DA again over the weekend. I'm being a she-dwarf Rogue. I'm gonna work on endearing myself to Sven (he's a tough nut to crack!). I'm already having difficulty though with Zathrian in his final encounter vs the werewolves - at least i quit last night after about my 4th unsuccessful attempt. Two tanks doesn't seem to provide me with enough damage. Alistair is gonna have to go.
Haha again. After several playthroughs, last night I just noticed that there's a ballista during the final fight with the archdemon so you can pepper him with fire rather than pinking him with arrows and spells until he returns to the fight.
Derp derp derp....
LOL, yeah. I always save the elves or mages for the Archdemon, and then use the Ballistas during his ranged phase. Works well--the squishies stay out of the dragon's AoE range (though fall to the soldiers if I don't pick them off), and can attack from afar when he flies to the other platform.
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IDrownFish wrote:
Anyways, you all are horrible, @#%^ed up people
lolgaxe wrote:
Never underestimate the healing power of a massive dong.
Save the elves and mages? I think I used one of those armies the entire time and only 3/50 died, so i just spammed them during the final fight. I could barely tell there were enemy soldiers in the area.
I cleverly managed to both destroy the Circle and slaughter the elves this run so my final fight army selection was pretty melee limited. My Templars had bows but didn't seem especially skilled with them. In retrospect, I believe the Redcliffe guys have bows as well but it was no big deal.
Anyway, the big lizard died easily enough aside from the game crashing the first time I jumped on his head for the final blow and having to re-do the battle.
I cleverly managed to both destroy the Circle and slaughter the elves this run so my final fight army selection was pretty melee limited. My Templars had bows but didn't seem especially skilled with them. In retrospect, I believe the Redcliffe guys have bows as well but it was no big deal.
I seem to recall using Storm of the Century(or whatever that combo is called) quite freely when he teleported away like that, since there was little chance of hitting allies too. I also recall it making short work of him.
I cleverly managed to both destroy the Circle and slaughter the elves this run so my final fight army selection was pretty melee limited. My Templars had bows but didn't seem especially skilled with them. In retrospect, I believe the Redcliffe guys have bows as well but it was no big deal.
Anyway, the big lizard died easily enough aside from the game crashing the first time I jumped on his head for the final blow and having to re-do the battle.
After I killed the skyrim dragon the first time, I was messing around and fell off a very high cliff - before i'd saved. I think these things happen for a reason.
Anyway, the big lizard died easily enough aside from the game crashing the first time I jumped on his head for the final blow and having to re-do the battle.
Does it crash on you often? I get random crashes. I go days without one then I'll get 2-3 in one day.
Yeah, it's fairly crashy for me especially during larger fights. The first time I played, I looked around and it was a pretty common complaint with rebooting usually delaying the next crash for some time (a day or more). One they start though, they seem to slowly become more frequent until I reboot again. But I can usually crash, refight the fight that made me crash without incident and play for another hour or two without crashing again so I'm not sure what triggers it. It's the only game I have that acts that way so I don't think it's a hardware issue.
The game has a memory leak, which was partially fixed in a patch. When it starts to get laggy, save and restart. But yeah, I've had the "big fight" crash as well as the "what the hell, it crashed AGAIN?" series of crashes. Some areas are more prone than others, I've noticed.
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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Anyway, the big lizard died easily enough aside from the game crashing the first time I jumped on his head for the final blow and having to re-do the battle.
Does it crash on you often? I get random crashes. I go days without one then I'll get 2-3 in one day.
Yeah, the crashing has made me very click-happy with the save button. I'm always paranoid loading the next area, or looting the next corpse will cause all my effort to go *poof* on me.
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That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
My game LOVES to crash during the same boss fight, over and over, just before I get the kill. If not that, then it will crash in the subsequent, unavoidable conversation which comes before the game autosaves.
I left off with Wynne in the Fade confronting the Desire Demon. That fight is hard enough with her pathetic Spirit Healer setup, but after it crashed for the third time when I was going to win, I got fed up.
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IDrownFish wrote:
Anyways, you all are horrible, @#%^ed up people
lolgaxe wrote:
Never underestimate the healing power of a massive dong.
I've only had my game crash once so far. I don't even remember what I was doing specifically, I just remember I was very annoyed because it'd been about 30 minutes since the game had auto-saved. I've tried to make a habit of doing the quick save every 10 minutes or so since then.
Also, I've been thinking about what kind of set up to do in a second run through as a rogue. I'm curious to see what would happen choosing some of the more "evil" plot options, like killing off the mages instead of helping them, and siding with the Andraste cult and stuff like that. However, I know if I do that I'll only have Morrigan as a mage/healer, and I'll lose Leliana as well. I do like the current party set up I have now, of the tank and three ranged people, as it makes it a lot easier to avoid AoE damage and stuff like that. But I guess having two melee and two ranged wouldn't be that bad.