Dragon Age 2

[Devolver]

I have capped out elemental, and worked to get Entrophic Cloud (which I enjoy). I capped my 2nd playthrough mage at 50, but those are what I use the most. Then for the lol's I'll use Fist of the Maker/Telekenetic Burst every now and again in the Force tree. The other 2 specialty trees seemed useless to me.

Also, I heard that fucking *ding* again. This time in the wounded coast. I play with a clamshell-type headset, so I know its not coming from anywhere else. It's driving me insane.

[Zeb]

What's the ending like if you play as a mage but side against them?

[Souj]

The same.
except that if you side with the Templars

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you become the viscount for a short time before disappearing. Though that happens no matter what class you are when you side with the templars.

[Minardi]

Oh, here's a fun thing that happened to me; I was a force mage, and decided that I needed to respec since I just simply needed more damage; the pull was amazing, but I just didn't have the offensive oomph I needed. So, I take a Maker's Sigh, and respec. I realize that I forgot to grab crushing prison (And any points in that tree..), and only put enough points into force to get the resistance to knockback. As I look at my spells.. I notice that the game bugged out, and kept my points that I had spent before in Force, and gave me crushing prison and the defensive bubble despite not having any points in that tree at all.. it's sort of hilariously bad.. But very handy <<!

So now I have a full elemental tree, those 5 points in force, and the benefits of crushing prison and bubble without having it. Ha!

....Sadly, I think i'll probably have to respec again for the end of act 2 fight. Perhaps i'll try out the walking bomb and that tree. Also, the fight at the end of the evil tome's quest? Bullshit.

Regards to end of the game:

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On my second playthrough, I sided with the Templars since that was what I was going to do... I then felt like total shit when I had to kill anders :I.

[Katlan]

So I romanced Isabella and she said she didn't want a relationship.. How do I get her to stay at my place? And can u do merril and Isabella in one playthrough, to have em both live w/u?

[Krazy]

Isabella doesn't stay at your place.

[ClarkSammich]

Oh, here's a fun thing that happened to me; I was a force mage, and decided that I needed to respec since I just simply needed more damage; the pull was amazing, but I just didn't have the offensive oomph I needed. So, I take a Maker's Sigh, and respec. I realize that I forgot to grab crushing prison (And any points in that tree..), and only put enough points into force to get the resistance to knockback. As I look at my spells.. I notice that the game bugged out, and kept my points that I had spent before in Force, and gave me crushing prison and the defensive bubble despite not having any points in that tree at all.. it's sort of hilariously bad.. But very handy <<!

So now I have a full elemental tree, those 5 points in force, and the benefits of crushing prison and bubble without having it. Ha!

....Sadly, I think i'll probably have to respec again for the end of act 2 fight. Perhaps i'll try out the walking bomb and that tree. Also, the fight at the end of the evil tome's quest? Bullshit.

Regards to end of the game:

Spoiler: show

On my second playthrough, I sided with the Templars since that was what I was going to do... I then felt like total shit when I had to kill anders :I.

Respec potions is bugged. Any passive bonuses on your character at the time of use are inverted and applied permanently to the character.

Unfortunately, I learned the hard way when I realized I had -1% crit rate on a rogue at level 19. There's more information about the bug on the DA wiki. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news : (

[TacoTaru]

So I romanced Isabella and she said she didn't want a relationship.. How do I get her to stay at my place? And can u do merril and Isabella in one playthrough, to have em both live w/u?

It's not until the third act that she actually states that she's fallen for you and is in love with you; up until that point she treats it largely as a fling; oh and yeah, she never stays at your place.

[Atreides]

Respec potions is bugged. Any passive bonuses on your character at the time of use are inverted and applied permanently to the character.

Unfortunately, I learned the hard way when I realized I had -1% crit rate on a rogue at level 19. There's more information about the bug on the DA wiki. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news : (

wow that is fucking shitty, does that apply to teammates too? I've kept my hawke with the skills I started with, but I respec'd Merill, Anders, Sebastian, and I think at least one other person... I'd hate to think that all those people are gimped now

[Elcura]

The best Force skill is the gravitational pull one. Great AoE, slows everything down to a crawl so you can get away and not take any damage. Other than that, force skills are pretty useless.

[ClarkSammich]

wow that is fucking shitty, does that apply to teammates too? I've kept my hawke with the skills I started with, but I respec'd Merill, Anders, Sebastian, and I think at least one other person... I'd hate to think that all those people are gimped now

I believe so yeah : /
It happened to me on PC version, so idk about xbox/PS3, and maybe it's fixed via patch/mod? It nearly made me uninstall the game when I found out lol. bye 20+ hours!

[Minardi]

Hahaha, oh shit. That's not good! I play on the PS3, but I don't know how it would affect the mage.. I guess i'll see later on. That's a really bad bug to have out there! I didn't know about it, thanks. I've respecced Merril once with it too... Wonder if there's a way to avoid it or something... Beh.

The gravitational pull one is amazing, but I do agree most of the others are just mehish. You'd think Fist of the maker would do more... Nope.

[Uzor]

Dual wield Rogues are just so damned strong later on. My rogue did over 200 damage per hit without skills in act 3 . Had 58% crit rate, 250% crit damage, using daggers with 82 damage per hit and +36% attack speed (even more with Haste...), and +125% damage against anything not engaging me. On critical hits my damage would go through the roof (250% damage +125% against anything not engaging me)

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.1up.com/features/dragon-a...pager.offset=0

6 page afterthought.

[Fieros]

6 page afterthought.

Article was a good read. After playing the demo I realized DA2 was not for me, but the developer's insights are interesting from your link.

[Devolver]

For some reason, I thought it was a good idea to take the tomes instead of destroying them in act 2 for the exorcist trophy, and wont let me in the last place in darktown. Am I fucked?

[ClarkSammich]

For some reason, I thought it was a good idea to take the tomes instead of destroying them in act 2 for the exorcist trophy, and wont let me in the last place in darktown. Am I fucked?

yup. you can only take the last one for the stat bonus.

[Devolver]

yup. you can only take the last one for the stat bonus.

Well...fuck.

[Insanecyclone]

Hopefully a slap mod for DA2 will be made

[Atreides]

if crafting materials show up in the Black Emporium (lyrium and spindleweed are showing up there for me, in act II) does that mean you missed them in the previous act?

Also if you run to the top of Sundermount in Act I (you fight a Mature Dragon there in act II) past the point where Merill's recruitment quest is, you can come across a cave entrance with a force field protecting it. Is there a way in here? I don't seem to remember going in