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I found the final boss underwhelming, but not for difficulty reasons, just...well, all that time we spent building our army up and gathering allies and then to not see anyone fight but your own party was a let down. ME3 wasn't perfect (hahaha) but the end run did feel more epic than just appearing before the big bad then having a perfectly typical no-frills boss fight. It was easy, but by that time I was like level 23 or something anyway, so...

If difficulty is something you care about then I can understand the mood being ruined. I always play these games on easy or normal because I want to get through ASAP and mainly care about the story and characters, but did you up the difficulty this time? (Or were you already playing on nightmare?) An archer should be a bit more difficult. It certainly was in DA2 anyway... (Oh man, solo'ing the Arishok with an archer in DA2 was...not good times.)

I heard that for some people Dorian's personal quest won't trigger, Solas's last personal quest is almost impossible to trigger as well, that Cullen can become glitched and never talk to you again after a cutscene with Sera, and that Cassandra's cutscenes won't always play properly. I'm scared to play until the game is patched, but I want to... Had a hard time turning down Dorian to romance Bull, and I don't regret it but I really loved the way Dorian's romance turned out. Looking forward to trying it out.

The haunted mansion was great! See, that's a great example of a decent side quest, and if the game had more of those Inquisition would have more replay value. Exploring by itself IS fun, I just feel like once I've completed a map once or twice a lot of the appeal will wear off.

I will say this though: I agree about the cast. For me this is actually one of BioWare's stronger, more likable casts and they are by far my favorite part of Inquisition. I wish I wasn't having issues with banter because I love seeing their relationships progress. Cole in particular had some outstanding convos with people, but I don't think there were two party members whose relationship didn't grow in some way over the course of the game and it was fantastic to watch.

Yeah, I was really surprised that we just... appeared there. And then Corypheus started talking, and then the fight started, and I was like "did I accidentally skip something?" I think I was about lvl 19 at the time of the boss fight, definitely not over the recommended lvl.

I started my first playthrough on hard, and then switched up to nightmare about half-way through. Atm, I'm playing hard on the archer, but probably going to switch that up pretty quickly after I get my specialization. I might try one playthrough with friendly fire on, though I'll probably regret that pretty quickly, it was the only reason I didn't play nightmare on DA2.

I heard about the Dorian's personal quest. That seems to be mostly an issue for those who sided with the templars without doing the first part of the mage-quest (i.e. going to Redcliffe, talking to Alexius, meeting Dorian at the Chantry).
That makes me wonder if I missed some cut-scenes on my first play-through. I guess I won't know until it's fixed.

Well, I'm only on my second playthrough, so it's hard for me to say how many replays the maps will take for me. I probably won't ever do as complete playthrough as I did with my first, where I collected all the bottles and everything. I'll be having a friend come over for my third playthrough, so that should spice it up a bit.

I had the party banter bug for a while, and tried couple of fixes (some had better success than others). The latest patch fixed it for me.
Cole was fantastic, and heart-breaking, especially since I spent about 50 hours dragging him and Dorian around. Their conversations were such a delight.
I do agree that the cast was fantastic. They felt very thoroughly thought-out, and like they had their lives outside Inquisition/Inquisitor, and I really dug the personal quests.
This was the only Dragon Age -game where I didn't have a party set on stone (except for Dorian, had to take BF with me always), but kept switching it up quite a bit, since I really wanted to see all the character dynamics.

Corpypheus appearing was very anti-climatic. I guess there was initially an "Oh shit, I don't have my army" moment, but it felt like poor timing and was not at all what I figured the game was building up to.

lol, if you try the game with friendly fire on I bet your option on the difficulty will change rather fast! Your companions will probably be more dangerous to your health than your enemies.

Hmm, IDK about everyone else, but I've sided with the mages both times; I got his quest on my first play-through and didn't on my second. It was disappointing, but I can only hope it works out next time. (Don't you need that quest to romance him? I can't remember, but of course it's incredibly important so it would be damn bizarre not to complete it.)

Having someone else sit in or help with your playthrough should be fun! I've never done that before, but I wouldn't be opposed. I hope you continue to like the open world maps.

People have so many different issues with this game, lol. I've heard some folks say the patch fixed the bug, but there are tons of others that are still having it. Mine wasn't terrible until I patched the game. So unlucky.

I always take my LI with me (unless, well, in the case of this game, they aren't part of the party) and switch the other two members up, which is why I'm looking forward to other playthroughs. At least once the banter is working again. I'm really excited to see how everyone who didn't get to interact much in my game get along and grow. (Especially more Varric and Cole, and Sera and Solas.)

I 100% agree on Corypheus. He never really felt as threatening as when he did when he destroyed Haven. After that the game was just kicking him in the head all-day every-day. I wish he would have gotten some minor victories, I felt bad for the dude.

I did play something like 2 hours on nightmare on DA2 (during Legacy DLC) and my party just kept on getting wiped, and I had no idea what was going on, until I realized that it was Sebastian who kept killing everyone else. In fact he kept one-shotting my tank. So yeah... Probably will regret that. But I'll try, I mean, I'll have to adjust builds for it, but re-speccing is so cheap I won't lose anything for trying.

I'm going to try templars this time, just out of curiosity, although I really loved the mage quest.
And yeah, you cannot start Dorian romance unless you reconcile him and his father. So that bug really sucks for everyone who wants to romance him. Super-glad I didn't get it.

It's very much fun. My first playthrough I played next to my friend on separate computers. He romanced Iron Bull with a dwarf warrior and I romanced Dorian with human mage, but other than that we played pretty same. It was still nice to have someone to talk to while playing. I recommend it 100%.

Yes, I've heard the horror stories. And my heart goes out to all the people who can't even play the game because of the amount of bugs. My biggest problem has been that trying to open Inquisition crashes my computer about 50% of the time, but other than that, I've been very very lucky.

It really does keep the romance alive, don't you think? Dragging your LI half-way across the country and occasionally into the Fade... It will be weird for me not have LI with me, when I someday get around romancing Josie or Cullen, but I guess that will just give me more party slots to shuffle.
Right now, I'm enjoying Solas and Iron Bull dynamics with my rogue, but Sera and Solas is something that I definitely need to get around to at some point as well, since they seem like they'd have really interesting conversations.

Hahaha, yea, by the end of the game Cory was beaten at every turn, but since so many of your victories felt somewhat removed from him it just wasn't the same. I really wanted a few more scenes with him. It would've been great to have a fight with him around mid-game where he surprises your party and leaves you barely alive and then you take your revenge later.

Fucking Sebastian. Why is this so amusing?

I want to try templars too, as I hear you get a cool new character that way. (Though the mage quest was great, and I quite liked the outcome. Switching things up is fun. I want a different Divine, too.)

:( Poop. Not that I could romance him with my female Inquisitor anyway (or would even want to), but I want to help Dorian every way I can; he's my bro! (...I still flirted with him though. Dorian is the best flirt.)

Awww, I romanced Iron Bull with a dwarf rogue! It was great, I wouldn't mind doing it again at some point. I'm going to romance Dorian with a sword and shield carrying elf (weird combo, I know), but I love hearing about other people's experiences. There are so many ways you can play these games.

50%?! Well, that's terrible. :/ I've had some crashes to desktop (pretty rare, but for a couple days), but other than that I've been pretty lucky as well.

It does! It's unthinkable for me to play without my LI. I've been doing it with my Cullen playthrough and it's weird and kind of lonely. I love Cullen so it's worth it, and it DOES mean you have more room for however else you're interested in, but it's sad. Oh so sad.

Bull and Solas have some great dialogue together! Bull and Vivienne are also surprisingly awesome together; they never fail to crack me up. Also, Bull and Blackwall. And basically Bull and everyone... Cole is great to have around too, again, especially if your LI is in your party. (Cole and Bull's conversations about the Inquisitor damn made near made me blush.) Sera and Solas I've only started using, but they are hilarious. (On that note, I hear Sera/Solas/Blackwall is even better.)

That would have been awesome, or at least some other really really big unavoidable failure. It would have been great humbling experience for the Inquisitor. Because by the time the ending rolled around, I just felt like my Inquisitor could do anything and it would still all work out somehow.

I am glad you find amusement in my miserable failure. Let me tell you, Explosive Shot was the worst. Blood everywhere. Everyone dead. Except Sebastian, who got maimed pretty quickly afterwards anyway.

I have seen pics of the cool new character. They look very cool. I hope they are as cool as they look.

I definitely want a different Divine too. I was aiming for Cassandra, but got hardened Leliana instead, which was bit of a bummer. On my second playthrough, I'm aiming for Vivienne.

I saw all the Iron Bull romance scenes. Mostly because we always paused our own games when there was a romance moment on other's game. It's not my kind of romance (as an asexual the BDSM sex aspect just doesn't do it for me), but I'm glad I saw it anyway. And it was entertaining to watch. Especially for my friend's reactions.
I do like that, at least with Dorian, there's different points where to start the romance. I didn't start mine right after the personal quest, but instead at the conversation with Mother Giselle where Dorian mentions that there's rumors going around about him and the Inquisitor. That whole scene was too cute to pass up. When you get around romancing Dorian I recommend at least checking the scene out.

If it crashes then I have to re-start my computer 1-3 times. But when I get it to open it works like a dream, so I ain't complaining.

I'm sure Cullen misses you as much as you miss him.

My friend's party was Bull, Vivienne and Cassandra/Cole for the most part of the game, so I've heard a lot of that banter as well. I completely agree on Vivienne and Bull. I'm sad I couldn't drag Vivienne with me on my first playthrough, since I had enough mages already, because I'd love to hear her and Dorian together. The few banters I did catch were pretty interesting.
I had Sera and Blackwall with me for a long stretch, and I did enjoy their banter a lot. Blackwall+Dorian is still probably my favorite combination. I had them with me so much that they ran out of banter.

Anyway, I seriously need to get to bed, since it's 6 AM here. It was a real pleasure talking with you. I'll be checking this thread in the morning err... day when I get up.

I know it doesn't make much sense but I felt the same way. Even though both Hawke and the Warden felt more accomplished in some way, the Inquisitor never really lost. I liked them anyway, but it would've been nice if things weren't quite so easy for them.

Oh goodness, I can just imagine Sebastian's face after he' inadvertently killed his entire party. It does bring me lots of joy to imagine him screaming in sadness or disbelief.

I was super confused about who to go with my first game! I ended up with softened (?) Leliana which was what I wanted. Cass was my second choice though, and I think she'll make a great Devine.

And I feel you on the Iron Bull romance. It did it for me but if you don't care about the sexual aspect of their relationship it probably won't be as interesting. There was def more to it than just sex, but there was a lot of sex!

Also, I totes tried that part of the Dorian romance before reloading because I'm weak and love Dorian. It was incredibly cute and I love his reaction to being flirted with. It's neat that you have multiple moments you can trigger the romance.

That sounds like a long, frustrating process. :( I guess at least it works? I feel really bad for the people who can't even start the game. That would be torturous.

I'm going to need to bring Blackwall and Dorian together! They were never in my party for long before, but given Blackwall's comment on Dorian I feel like they would have some interesting conversations. I've been bringing Dorian and Bull in my Cullen romance (since I know they start a relationship if you don't romance either of them) but everyone has been silent in this playthrough.

Sorry for the late reply, but it's been good talking to you as well! I've been itching to discuss this with someone for a while.

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