Dragon Age 2, still not riftFollow

I haven't had my game crash at all.

Yeah, I'm not so much concerned at the idea of losing Leliana, as I am losing out on two potential ranged characters, given that I don't think there are any others. Zevran is the backstabbing variety of rogue, Alistair is a tank, Sten and Oghren are both dps warriors (although Sten could be used as a tank as well I suppose) and I'm not sure what Shale does since I haven't gotten her yet. Waiting until after I finish Orzammar so I don't have to worry about her getting pissed at me. I was actually thinking of making Sten my tank, since he's not a goody goody like Alistair, so I guess if I felt particularly strong about having three ranged, I could either respec Zevran or Oghren. I'll probably just stick to doing half and half though, that way my play style will be a bit different.

Shale has capable ranged attacks and a combat mode where nearby ranged characters are buffed.

Zevran already has the Dexterity to work as an archer. You probably won't fill out all the archery skills by the end of the game with him but that's not important. I've seen people report that sustained plink-plink-plinking with Rapid Aim is actually better DPS than using things like Critical Shot or Arrow of Slaying due to their activation times. Plus Zevran sort of sucks as a melee due to the AI not really understanding how rogues should work.

Herbalism can negate some of the need for a healer; just crank out the poultices. Morrigan can spot heal as required in tougher fights. I made it through the last game with my character just using Heal & Group Heal (yeah, had to take the healer spec for that). Maybe add Revive to the mix. Unless you wanted to spec Morrigan as a blood mage you shouldn't need Wynne at all.

Can Morrigan spec as Arcane Warrior? I never bothered to look at it for her. Morrigan dressed in Warden Commander armor and swinging that Arcane sword would be pretty lulzy.

Edited, Apr 24th 2012 2:05pm by Jophiel

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Oh I know Sten isn't evil, but he's not as goody goody as Alistair is. He comes with the Champion specialization though, doesn't he? That's the default tanking tree, so I'm not too worried about it. Does seem kind of odd that he's the only humanoid who only gets one specialization though. I'm pretty sure there's a mod out there to fix that, so if it ends up being an issue it's not a big deal.

Oh and protein, if you change Wynne's "mode" in the tactics menu to Ranged instead of Default, she won't follow your tank around so much. You want to do that with all your ranged toons really.

Annulling the circle will lose you Wynne, but I'm pretty sure you can get around losing Leliana as long as she isn't with you for her crisis points (though she might leave later, if you don't choose the right dialogue options).

The dog can use potions, but he doesn't taunt very well. He is always on your side, though.

I usually set him to defend the healer/mage.

Sten is unspecced to begin with, and can use any of the warrior specs - but only one. I haven't seen a mod to fix that, but I haven't looked that hard. His two-hander damage is too good to pass up.

Is it? I never used him, actually. Don't like his personality, didn't like him only having one spec. *shrug*

I think I do remember thinking about that, actually, thinking about it. Just looked it up on the wiki:

1. Recruit her after you defile the urn. Doesn't seem like you can reason with her about this, even if she's not in the party.
2. You let Uldred kill Irving, but don't openly agree to Annul the circle when Cullen asks. Whether or not you actually try to save them doesn't matter, as long as you promise to. So the circle gets destroyed, but Wynne stays with you. Without Irving, you get Templar support.

I haven't actually Annulled the Circle, so no clue what happens to the other mages. I really need to get around to trying that out...

Did she not turn on you there? The wiki page might be missing something, then, or poorly worded.

And yeah, I always get her before the Urn. Not because the Urn is always last, but because I always do the Mage Tower first. Access to those stats is just nifty, particularly so I don't have to invest in Cunning for non-Rogues, or as much in Dex for my Arcane Warriors. Also helps me meet stat reqs for gear/skills.

After that, I almost always go to Redcliffe, to the point where you get to Connor.

Next is either Brecilien Forest or Haven.

Orzammar is pretty much always last, which is actually what the Devs "intended" because the minimum level for mobs there, iirc, is 10-15.

I just did it as well, and like you, have no idea how. I didn't even mean to kill them all off, but apparently that's the route I took. Then when it was over, she still asked Gregoir to let her go with me.

I used it (multiple times in fact) and they all got Abominitized. Sucked to be them.

It was amusing to go back and ask about Whats-her-dwarf-face (Dagna?) joining the (non-existent) Circle. Gregoir was not down with that.

Doesn't Wynne shout at you a couple times mid-fight to use it?