re: dragon age

[skyrend]

Main dislike over Dragon Age thus far is I am playing a male character, and of my potential romance choices one is boring and has a bizarre, impossible to place accent but she sounds incredibly like the Asian character in Metal Gear Solid that was always quoting proverbs at me instead of doing anything useful. The other is a heartless shrew of a

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[classic1st]

It's gotten to the point that I just take Morrigan out of the party whenever I go into a town.

Also, Leliana. I had such high hopes for her from her introduction. I love that what's normally a standard RPG excuse for someone to join your party is treated with comical one-liners (thanks, Alistair!) to outright speculation of her sanity. It's a shame she's got the worst AI I've seen. Honey, you're built like an archer. That means you don't switch to a dagger the second a fight starts and proceed to die in increasingly record times.

What class are you playing? I decided to go against what seems to be every guy's gut reaction and play a fighter and rolled a mage. Fireball is amazing... until it's turned onto you.

[skyrend]

Same. The one time I pleased her was when I more or less stole a sword from a kid and his sister (but to be fair, she said as thanks for returning her brother, I could have the sword). She cackled and Alistair made a snide comment about becoming a Grey Warden and stealing from the needy, so I got his disapproval and Morrigan's approval. I finally told her that she was a heartless shrew and I almost wanted to add on to stop being such a bitch, but I figured that would give me -50 disapproval, and I don't really want her betraying me. She's a decent mage to have along

[classic1st]

I've actually managed to get a romance going with her. I'm not quite sure how it happened. Apparently being open-minded towards magic that exists outside of the Circle of Mages goes a REALLY long way with her. I like having her along, but I've found her a little redundant since I'm MCing a mage. Her shapeshifting's useful since she just got the bear form, but it prevents her from taking part in conversations. :\

Sten is someone I thought I'd like but is pretty much annoying the crap out of me whenever I put him in. He's benched for the time being. The best way I've found to treat Leilana is to just take away any melee weapons she has. She's still a little thick, though. She's likely to get dropped once a suitable replacement shows up.

Lame admission: my mage's name is Gialaca. Maybe that's why the romance with Morrigan is working...

Wynne joins up with you later when you start going around trying to get allies.

[skyrend]

btw, Wynne in Ostagar -- I didn't get her to join me then. Did you? I'm wondering if I can find her elsewhere later.

[sidecharacter]

I have to say that I found the idea of your character having amazing chemistry with Alistair adorable.