Dragon Age III : Inquisition

[sam_738844]

You mean I have to be 9-10 to challenge Frost back?

Arent there any dragons I can fight at this point of time? What about that one who was fighting a giant in Coast?

Ok assuming you have already acquired Blackwall/Iron-bull/Vivienne. I say you take Cassandra/Blackwall for tanking. and Ironbull for you will control him as your primary damage dealer. Now re-spec iron bull in two handed warrior as you see fit. In battle master you have to go upto combat roll. Then invest in War Cry, Challenge in the other tree.

These first three are important to generate guard which is absolutely critical. Now being a mage you will have to invest a lot in your Ice Element tree for Frostback is fire type. Max out Freezing touch, and also take ice armor. Blizzard is also a good move, and phase shift is a must ( teleport skill) You will have to keep the mage at distance (you) and set his ice spell tactics as preferable.

When the attack starts, keep Cassandra and black-wall close within the vortex radius near the feet and command to attack freely. You being ironbull must keep spamming challenge and war cry every time the cooldown completes. Stack up fire resistant potion or armor if possible for all party. And use the combat roll when the dragon lifts its claws for the physical damage attach or the tail-swipe. That should get you somewhere. Keep yourself alive while doing this, and when it start to fly around in the mid-battle and hurl dragon fire ball at you, constantly move around, jump take shelter, and phase out whenever possible. Avoid the vortex with the teleport skill too.

 

[Piyush]

What are the default world without Dragon Keep ??
Some insight would be useful.

I researched a bit before starting the game about Dragon Keep. Yes it sure have some good things about it fo those who have played DAO and DA2 but many people who have played with Keep saying that once you are into story, it wont matter much. And many things which I dont know coz I didnt play DA2. So I'd say the default world is as much attracting as it can be.

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Ok assuming you have already acquired Blackwall/Iron-bull/Vivienne. I say you take Cassandra/Blackwall for tanking. and Ironbull for you will control him as your primary damage dealer. Now re-spec iron bull in two handed warrior as you see fit. In battle master you have to go upto combat roll. Then invest in War Cry, Challenge in the other tree.

These first three are important to generate guard which is absolutely critical. Now being a mage you will have to invest a lot in your Ice Element tree for Frostback is fire type. Max out Freezing touch, and also take ice armor. Blizzard is also a good move, and phase shift is a must ( teleport skill) You will have to keep the mage at distance (you) and set his ice spell tactics as preferable.

When the attack starts, keep Cassandra and black-wall close within the vortex radius near the feet and command to attack freely. You being ironbull must keep spamming challenge and war cry every time the cooldown completes. Stack up fire resistant potion or armor if possible for all party. And use the combat roll when the dragon lifts its claws for the physical damage attach or the tail-swipe. That should get you somewhere. Keep yourself alive while doing this, and when it start to fly around in the mid-battle and hurl dragon fire ball at you, constantly move around, jump take shelter, and phase out whenever possible. Avoid the vortex with the teleport skill too.

I have Blackwell and Vivienne. Lets see how it goes then. Thanks for tactics

 

[Nerevarine]

The default dragon age state :

Spoiler

HeroEdit
Lyna Mahariel: Dalish Elf Warrior
Warden Died Killing the Archdemon
CompanionsEdit
Romanced No One
Recruited Dog
Loghain Executed by the Warden
Persuaded the Revered Mother to Free Sten
Recruited Sten
Did not Return Sten's Sword
Nathaniel Alive and Well
Recruited Zevran
Zevran Alive and Well
Recruited Wynne
Wynne Alive and Well
Alistair Became King
Warden and Alistair were not Lovers
Leliana Alive and Well
Morrigan Did not Have a Baby
Did Not Acquire Flemeth's Grimoire
PrologueEdit
Ostagar Prisoner Left Alone
Cured Mabari
The Arl of RedcliffeEdit
Helped Redcliffe Fight
Helped Redclliffe Prepare for Battle
Connor Killed
Bella Left Redcliffe
Did not Help Bevin
Valena was Killed
Isolde Survived
The Urn of Sacred AshesEdit
Urn Not Poisoned
Broken CircleEdit
Mages Supported
First Enchanter Survived
Disagreed with Cullen's Request
Nature of The BeastEdit
Brokered Peace Between the Elves and Werewolves
Did Not Encounter Cammen and Gheyna
Could Not Help Elora
Did Not Tell Athras About Danyla
Did Not Bring Varathorn Ironbark
Did Not Find Deygan
A Paragon of Her Own KindEdit
Warden Destroyed The Anvil
Bhelen Crowned King
Did Not Encounter Dagna
Did Not Encounter Mardy
Did Not Conceive with Mardy
Did Not Speak to Filda
Did Not Prove The Legion of The Dead's Connection to Nobility
Did Not Look Into Stolen Tome
Did Not Help Burkel Create Chantry
Zerlinda Remained in Dust Town
Did Not Complete Rogek's Lyrium Deal
Did Not Help Orta Reinstate House Ortan
DenerimEdit
Ser Landry Alive
Did Not Tell Bann Sighard about Oswyn
Did Not Bring Lost Verses to Sister Justine
Did Not Complete Slim Couldry's Crime Wave
Did Not Clear the White Falcons out of the Pearl
Did Not Handle the Crimson Oars
Did Not Give Bann Alfstanna Iminric's Ring
Did Not Return Amulet to Elven Beggar
Could Not Find Goldanna
Did not Encounter Marjolaine
Did not Complete Master Ignacio's Assassinations
The LandsmeetEdit
Alistair and Anora Rule Together
The Battle of DenerimEdit
Warden Killed Archdemon
AwakeningEdit
Architect Killed
Keep Protected
Recruited Oghren
The Warden Did not Help Oghren and Felsi
Witch HuntEdit
Warden Did not Go Through the Eluvian
Warden's KeepEdit
Gained Power of Blood
Killed Both Sophia and Avernus
The Stone PrisonerEdit
Shale is Alive and Well
Mattias and Amalia Both Alive Neither Possessed
Shale Recruited
Dragon Age 2Edit
HeroEdit
Garrett Hawke: Male Mage
Diplomatic Personality
CompanionsEdit
Romances No One
Bethany Died Escaping Lothering
Bethany Did not Live to See the War
Carver Became a Templar
Bartrand Killed
Helped Varric Discover Cause of Haunting
Red Lyrium Fragment Destroyed
Fenris Alive and Well
Did not Recruit Isabela
Isabela Never Recruited
Did not Give Isabela the Arishok
Merrill Stayed with Hawke
Merrill Survived
Merrill Repaired the Eluvian
Merrill's Clan Survived
Did not Approve of Anders' Actions at the Chantry
Anders Survived
Aveline Stayed Single
Aveline Stayed with Hawke
Befriended Tallis
Did Not Kiss Tallis
Did Not Recruit Sebastian
Befriended Varric
PrologueEdit
Joined the Smugglers
Act 1Edit
Fought the Templars
Did Not Return Martin's Cargo
Killed Kelder
Did not Return Seamus
Did Not Encounter Ginnis
Killed Danzig
Never Looked for Ninette
Did Not Help Hubert
Blackmailed Ser Thrask
Idunna Killed
Sent Feynriel to the Dalish
Keren Reinstated with the Templars
Defended Ketojan from the Qunari
Karras Killed
Act 2Edit
Gascard Killed
Did Not Side with Varnell
Did Not Side with Mother Petrice
Did Not Help Hubert
Did Not Help Yevhen
Killed Javaris
Did Not Encounter Lieutenant Harley
Feynriel Freed
Act 3Edit
Did Not Encounter Nuncio
Did Not Encounter Zevran
Nathaniel was Not Encountered
Reunited Gamlen and Charade
Handed Conspirators to Orsino
Let Emile go Free
Let Keran Go
Did Not Kill Bone Pit Dragon
Sided with the Mages
LegacyEdit
Sided with Larius
Found Malcolm's Will

Default world state sucks IMO ..
some gaping plotholes in default story lines :
warden was female dalish elf who never romanced anyone and ended up dying
Hawke never recruited isabella (Wtf ?)

would anyone be kind enough to generate a world state for me ? I can share my own worldstate via Keep and all i need is a savegame for the starting location

 

[gameranand]

I researched a bit before starting the game about Dragon Keep. Yes it sure have some good things about it fo those who have played DAO and DA2 but many people who have played with Keep saying that once you are into story, it wont matter much. And many things which I dont know coz I didnt play DA2. So I'd say the default world is as much attracting as it can be.

Thanks for the info. Right now my bag is full, actually more like waiting for this game to get the damn DLCs so that I would have to download everything in one go. Downloading things one by one for DA2 was a pretty bad experience.
If only EA changes their fckin selling policies. I'll start buying EA games as well before playing.

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The default dragon age state :

Spoiler

HeroEdit
Lyna Mahariel: Dalish Elf Warrior
Warden Died Killing the Archdemon
CompanionsEdit
Romanced No One
Recruited Dog
Loghain Executed by the Warden
Persuaded the Revered Mother to Free Sten
Recruited Sten
Did not Return Sten's Sword
Nathaniel Alive and Well
Recruited Zevran
Zevran Alive and Well
Recruited Wynne
Wynne Alive and Well
Alistair Became King
Warden and Alistair were not Lovers
Leliana Alive and Well
Morrigan Did not Have a Baby
Did Not Acquire Flemeth's Grimoire
PrologueEdit
Ostagar Prisoner Left Alone
Cured Mabari
The Arl of RedcliffeEdit
Helped Redcliffe Fight
Helped Redclliffe Prepare for Battle
Connor Killed
Bella Left Redcliffe
Did not Help Bevin
Valena was Killed
Isolde Survived
The Urn of Sacred AshesEdit
Urn Not Poisoned
Broken CircleEdit
Mages Supported
First Enchanter Survived
Disagreed with Cullen's Request
Nature of The BeastEdit
Brokered Peace Between the Elves and Werewolves
Did Not Encounter Cammen and Gheyna
Could Not Help Elora
Did Not Tell Athras About Danyla
Did Not Bring Varathorn Ironbark
Did Not Find Deygan
A Paragon of Her Own KindEdit
Warden Destroyed The Anvil
Bhelen Crowned King
Did Not Encounter Dagna
Did Not Encounter Mardy
Did Not Conceive with Mardy
Did Not Speak to Filda
Did Not Prove The Legion of The Dead's Connection to Nobility
Did Not Look Into Stolen Tome
Did Not Help Burkel Create Chantry
Zerlinda Remained in Dust Town
Did Not Complete Rogek's Lyrium Deal
Did Not Help Orta Reinstate House Ortan
DenerimEdit
Ser Landry Alive
Did Not Tell Bann Sighard about Oswyn
Did Not Bring Lost Verses to Sister Justine
Did Not Complete Slim Couldry's Crime Wave
Did Not Clear the White Falcons out of the Pearl
Did Not Handle the Crimson Oars
Did Not Give Bann Alfstanna Iminric's Ring
Did Not Return Amulet to Elven Beggar
Could Not Find Goldanna
Did not Encounter Marjolaine
Did not Complete Master Ignacio's Assassinations
The LandsmeetEdit
Alistair and Anora Rule Together
The Battle of DenerimEdit
Warden Killed Archdemon
AwakeningEdit
Architect Killed
Keep Protected
Recruited Oghren
The Warden Did not Help Oghren and Felsi
Witch HuntEdit
Warden Did not Go Through the Eluvian
Warden's KeepEdit
Gained Power of Blood
Killed Both Sophia and Avernus
The Stone PrisonerEdit
Shale is Alive and Well
Mattias and Amalia Both Alive Neither Possessed
Shale Recruited
Dragon Age 2Edit
HeroEdit
Garrett Hawke: Male Mage
Diplomatic Personality
CompanionsEdit
Romances No One
Bethany Died Escaping Lothering
Bethany Did not Live to See the War
Carver Became a Templar
Bartrand Killed
Helped Varric Discover Cause of Haunting
Red Lyrium Fragment Destroyed
Fenris Alive and Well
Did not Recruit Isabela
Isabela Never Recruited
Did not Give Isabela the Arishok
Merrill Stayed with Hawke
Merrill Survived
Merrill Repaired the Eluvian
Merrill's Clan Survived
Did not Approve of Anders' Actions at the Chantry
Anders Survived
Aveline Stayed Single
Aveline Stayed with Hawke
Befriended Tallis
Did Not Kiss Tallis
Did Not Recruit Sebastian
Befriended Varric
PrologueEdit
Joined the Smugglers
Act 1Edit
Fought the Templars
Did Not Return Martin's Cargo
Killed Kelder
Did not Return Seamus
Did Not Encounter Ginnis
Killed Danzig
Never Looked for Ninette
Did Not Help Hubert
Blackmailed Ser Thrask
Idunna Killed
Sent Feynriel to the Dalish
Keren Reinstated with the Templars
Defended Ketojan from the Qunari
Karras Killed
Act 2Edit
Gascard Killed
Did Not Side with Varnell
Did Not Side with Mother Petrice
Did Not Help Hubert
Did Not Help Yevhen
Killed Javaris
Did Not Encounter Lieutenant Harley
Feynriel Freed
Act 3Edit
Did Not Encounter Nuncio
Did Not Encounter Zevran
Nathaniel was Not Encountered
Reunited Gamlen and Charade
Handed Conspirators to Orsino
Let Emile go Free
Let Keran Go
Did Not Kill Bone Pit Dragon
Sided with the Mages
LegacyEdit
Sided with Larius
Found Malcolm's Will

Dafaq so many decisions imported. I wonder how many will actually make a change in world or nature of characters towards the protagonist.

 

[Nerevarine]

Yeah, there are so many decisions, you should login to DA: keep from your origin account and see for yourself the tapestry.. the amount of information is huuuuuge.. Either way, i dont care how many decisions are in game as i wont play the game without my own worldstate

 

[Piyush]

Sera is soooo funny character. She adds life to the adventure time especially if Solas is around, havent tried her with Vivienne.
[MENTION=150630]sam_738844[/MENTION]
I am a Qunari dual hand weapon hero. Now which combination will be the best?

Me + Bull + Sera/ Varric + Solas/Vivienne
Me + Bull + Cassandra/Warden + Solas/ Vivienne
Me + Bull + Solas + Vivienne

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Also, I never played a mage in either DAO, DA2, DAI, KoAR, etc etc

But what I think is a mage should have some barrier/ dispel/ powerup spells as well along with some dmg spells too. And now since my both mages are level , how do you think I should level up them. Most probably;y I'll be taking only 1 of them along with me. Or do you think both of them in the party along with 2 warriors is a good thing?

 

[sam_738844]

Sera is soooo funny character. She adds life to the adventure time especially if Solas is around, havent tried her with Vivienne.
[MENTION=150630]sam_738844[/MENTION]
I am a Qunari dual hand weapon hero. Now which combination will be the best?

Me + Bull + Sera/ Varric + Solas/Vivienne
Me + Bull + Cassandra/Warden + Solas/ Vivienne
Me + Bull + Solas + Vivienne

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Also, I never played a mage in either DAO, DA2, DAI, KoAR, etc etc

But what I think is a mage should have some barrier/ dispel/ powerup spells as well along with some dmg spells too. And now since my both mages are level , how do you think I should level up them. Most probably;y I'll be taking only 1 of them along with me. Or do you think both of them in the party along with 2 warriors is a good thing?

1. When you are doing side quests, max out each character's play -style and experience with them as much as possible and mix em up for awesome humor, varric+cassandra, bull+serra, solas+viv they all have banters back and forth with keen wits and sometimes slapstick fun.
2. When you are raiding a demon infested area, have at least Cassandra or Blackwall with you.
3. When you are up against human foes. Take Solas/viv for Crowd Control and turn the battle.
4. When you are exploring a dungeon, make sure you at least have Cole/Varric/Sera with you to unlock secret doors ( also get deft hand, fine tools perk from war room ASAP) for lucrative loots.


OK I almost squeezed every bit if Tier3 Schematics and Runes as much as possible, I will now veer hard toward the story. Before I do, here how Stuff looks like on me now.

Dark Side of the Blunt force

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Specially made for beheading dragons...

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My Favorite Sword in the history of Gaming remade.

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Sera's Bow

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Tier3 Armor Set

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More Awesome loot incoming...

And [MENTION=60024]NVIDIAGeek[/MENTION]

I know this can be frustrating but...there is the high dragon

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and there's the loot. Feel sorry for the loss.

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[Piyush]

Them items....

Back to topic... Cole is awesome man, I never expected him to show up in council room like that. Actually I never expected him to join us in the first place. I thought of him as a spirit but he turned out to be an assassin!!

Ok now Im gonna try Me + Bull/ Cass + Cole (Actually Im gonna play him and let AI play my hero) and lastly a mage. I sooo wanna try some daggers coming out of shadows.

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Holy Hell!!! Being a rogue dual dagger assassin is so awesome. I know it may not be the best against dragons and big demons but ... damn.... against mortal races, this playstyle is so wicked. I've put my character on AI and been playing Cole with 1 unique and 1 rare dagger . He takes like 80% of health of enemy Spellbinders and Marksmen who are equal or 1 level ahead of him in 1 freaking strike!!
But.... he is so fragile...

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1 more question Sam
Why cant I unlock the Deft Hands perk even after having 4 points of inquisition perk?

 

[Cyberghost]

Cole is crap he is the first guy who get killed in every battle

 

[Piyush]

Cole is crap he is the first guy who get killed in every battle

On AI may be, but Im playing him on my own after giving my Qunari character some HP boost, so I can let him do as he pleases.

Cole is devastating with Stealth and flank attacks combos. But yea, I also dont let Cole take charge of the battle. I start with grappling chain of Qunari and when all the focus of enemies is on my other 3 party members, I start giving my regards to each enemy one by one by backstabs.

 

[Zangetsu]

why the graphics looking dull above...on you tube it looks splendid

 

[gameranand]

Yeah, there are so many decisions, you should login to DA: keep from your origin account and see for yourself the tapestry.. the amount of information is huuuuuge.. Either way, i dont care how many decisions are in game as i wont play the game without my own worldstate

Same here. This is the sole reason I haven't downloaded the game yet.

 

[Piyush]

why the graphics looking dull above...on you tube it looks splendid

In what way? Like.. washed out?
I feel the same with most of the image over the Internet but in game visuals are much much better.

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Progress: Cant figure out what to do in "Craft your first rune" quest.

 

[Zangetsu]

^^Hmm..let me know how much of hours u guys clocked to complete this game

 

[nomad47]

Managed to take the Fereladan Frostback's health down to 75%. And one miscalculated move and bam, my two mages are down. Now will have to start again

 

[sam_738844]

The Northern Hunter is dead.

 

[Piyush]

So I tried my first Dragon fight. Frostback.

I was lvl 12 and rest 11. Got served, so quickly. After many tries, we were able to deal dmg only 50% to his HP.

I think I have to make some fire resistance stuff and respec my mages to have points in Freezing skill tree. Both mages had only 2-3 points in freeze type tree and Dorian had all points in lightning tree.

 

[sam_738844]

another one bites the dust Hivernal The Ice Dragon is dead. Two more to go in Du lion. I killed 6 Dragons so far. Arch-demon, i'm coming for you one dragon at a time.

 

[nomad47]

I need to get past this fereldan frost back. Getting always killed at 75% by those dragonlins

 

[sam_738844]

I need to get past this fereldan frost back. Getting always killed at 75% by those dragonlins

Are you in nightmare mode?