#dragon age mechanics

[dragonageconfessions]

Full Confession under the cut due to length

Since someone else posted about how they didn’t understand the fighting/class mechanics about dragon age, I thought I’d share my story.

Basically, when I played origins for the first time, I had no idea how skills worked at all. I just kept slashing anybody who got close enough to my character, and that was it. I kinda just leveled up and added skill levels, only to remove them whenever I got another skill that looked cooler (btw this was for like bow/arrow skills, even though my Cousland fought exclusively with a sword and shield) so at the final battle, I messed up continuously. I ended up using cheats to win, not proud of that.

I role played my first play through as a lawful good little baby, so I never did anything illegal, which in turn meant no stealing or anything. I missed out on a good couple quests because of that so I went back on my second play through, I think I was a little smarter, but I accidentally removed the “stealing skill” from my hot bar which meant I couldn’t add it back. I wanted to die so bad when that happened lmao. And because of all the progress I had made within the time that I removed the skill and realized what I had done, it would’ve been such a chore to do that instead of just taking the L.

Moral of the story, I’m hoping my 15th play through doesn’t end that way.

#dragon age confessions #bioware #dragon age origins #dragon age classes #dragon age mechanics

[dosemakesthepoison]

Just saw a post about zevrans torturers in the fade being dalish elves that made me think about this.

I was listening to zevrans dialogue with the warden and other companions and zevran truly doesn't identify with or as basically any of the groups he could conceivably be a part of. He's left the crows so he's no longer a crow, he was rejected by the dalish and is not really a "true elf", he can't go back to being a kid in the brothel (last place he felt unconditional love). He's never had a lover which wasn't a contract or he didn't kill. He's just very dissociated from himself and everyone around him.

The only thing he consistently identifies as is being worth 7 gold coins. He says it to the warden more than once. He says it to some of the companions. My guys got 1 thing defining his self worth and it's that the crows bought him for 7 gold coins. And what does the warden give him to increase affinity? Gold bars. The warden is saying "You are worth so much more than what the crows paid for" in a quite literal sense. I'm emotional about the pixel man again.

#the bars also offer zevran financial security hes never had #he was a slave to the crows before this #i doubt they really paid him enough to start a savings account #the warden is giving him the ability to live independently #god zevran is such a good character thats some top tier writing and use of game mechanics #im gonna throw up #dragon age zevran #zevran #zevran arainai #dragon age origins #the warden

[dragonologist-phd]

Man I miss the DAO specialization methods, I hope they bring back that type of thing in DA4. I wanna become a blood mage by making a deal with a demon. I wanna become a reaver by joining up with a dragon cult. I wanna become a duelist by meeting a pirate in a random brothel.

Even the less wild ones are really good! Getting close enough to your companions that they teach you their unique skills? I love it!

It’s just so much more interesting and engaging than doing random fetch quests or being purely mechanical

#I get da2 was a rush job and dai did at least include companion reactions #but making them fetch quests in dai sucked so much as if that game needed more padding #I just love when the mechanics are incorporated into the story and it feels like an actual character choice #it’s neat #this rambling brought to you by me remembering how much I enjoy Isabelas cameo in dao #dragon age #q

[danielnelsen]

ok here's a poll:

feel free to explain why in the tags!

#dragon age #poll #polls #dragon age poll #dragon age origins #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #da #dao #da2 #dai #personal #for me: dao rogue; da2 warrior; dai mage #my reasoning is that da2 is the only really fun game to play a warrior and dao is more fun as a rogue than dai is #but that's in terms of mechanics. your reason can be story-based too #but for story purposes..............they're all the most fun as a mage (which is also true mechanically. so. rip)

[verygayandverytired]

i want to live in the world where dragon age inquisition got to have the in-depth strategy / political organization sim elements bioware obviously wanted it to have where your decisions in managing the inquisition actually meant anything for how it operates and had effects on the game world. sadly we live in the universe where art needs to make profit

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #you can see the remnants of their vision #like in the requisitions system #which obviously was originally intended to not just be meaningless crafting recipes that give you meager amounts of Influence and Power #even influence and power feel like stripped back abstractions of what they originally wanted #the early trailers of the game made establishing and managing keeps in each region look a lot more important than they ended up being #also the da2 resource system would've made infinitely more sense in inquisition than going around grabbing individual resources personally #as you walk around #and it is kind of there in the final game? like the logging stands and whatnot are similar in concept though they really are just for the #pointless shallow requisitions rather than anything of any actual impact #i remember also that early talk of the game included a mechanic where it was possible to overhunt wildlife or overharvest resources #which never actually manifested in the final game #but could've been interesting for things like the refugees in the hinterlands who need food #a mechanic like that could open up player choice of balancing providing for the refugees with responsibly managing the local resources #rather than how the quest is in the final game which is just “go kill 10 rams”

[prototypelq]

Things I know about BG3:

- almost nothing except basic DnD combat&characters knowledge, and I tried to avoid spoilers

- karlach x wyll is a ship the fandom is sleeping on

yeah, couldn't keep my hands to myself and checked out their story and how are people missing out on them? Oh, well, at the very least they are amazing BFFs, have personal stories very much tied to each other, and have great dynamic between the two. I am just choosing to see all of that through the shipping glasses, but lemme tell you, they enhance the show a lot

#they are great for each other i love them) #wish there was an option is games with companions to play the matchmaker pfff #though picking a character to play yourself is not the worst option to see that happen too thanks larian #tbh more rpgs need an option to just play As companion it's so cool #much better than custom nobodies the writers need to Try to account for #plus larian are much better at mechanics than they are at characters to be honest #not to say what I've seen is bad more like I was kinda hoping for dragon age kind of companion interactions between each others #but that is clearly not the case for bg3 and thats okay #still means i have a craving for party rpg with character interactions but oh well #(guardians of the galaxy are Looking at me now...feel like its going to be my new years holidays game) #for now I need to focus on dmc5 I Will beat SoS at the very least #bg3 #karlach #bg3 karlach #wyll ravengard #bg3 wyll #karlach x wyll #wyllach

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

I love how even at the start of Act 1 it feels like Hawke has already been in the city for a while, how some people know and greet them or make references to some job or encounter they had and have friendly banter with them

#idk. just feels nice :] #shoutout to worthy tomwise and lady elegant especially #you might just be here to offer game mechanics but idc #love how they banter with hawke like good buddies #da2 #laya plays dragon age

[crows-of-buckets]

Guys help I can feel new rpg brainrot taking over oh no (started playing pathfinder wrath of the righteous I am having a BLAST(

#pf wotr #i love daeran my evil little meow meow #idc if he kills people for funsies how dare anyone be mean to him ever #i would fucking kill for him #AND EMBER MY DAUGHTER #OH IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS TO HER ID KILL EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND THEN MYSELF #and lann. hes just a silly lil guy #guys im utterly fucked its dragon age all over Oh No #do i understand the mechanics of the game? fuck no but by GOD am i having fun

[ungodly-amounts-of-godly-trauma]

major bracket round 1 group a

#anders #dragon age #team mechanisms #the mechanisms #tournament poll #(un)godly trauma #major bracket round 1 #major bracket group a #i know the people voted on a different picture but i decided to make an executive decision

[tozettastone]

I think an interesting cultural factor about Ferelden, Orlais and the Free Marches is that the merchants' networks are so strong that any one of them will buy anything, ranging from like a carved animal to mushrooms to a full suit of armour, completely confident that they can trade it to someone else in turn. Truly the merchants' guild is a force to be reckoned with.

#'but toz that's obviously a game mechanic!' #consider: we can apply specific lenses to texts we read #dragon age

[flashhwing]

the sequence of events on this playthrough that is driving me insane:

hawke's mom dies

fenris comforts him. badly

next day, viscount calls him to his office. okay no better way to deal with grief than throwing yourself into politics, right?

viscount sends him to ask for seamus in the qunari compound

on the way out, pick a fight with aveline about his dead mum

feeling raw. on the way to the docks let's stop by darktown and flirt with anders about it

anders kisses him

the line "if we could die tomorrow ..." suddenly has a much different connotation than the other playthroughs i've done

follow the breadcrumbs to the chantry

seamus dies. hawke watches the viscount cradle his son's body the way he cradled his mother less than 24 hours ago

exhausted. burnt out. go home. anders is there

make love with anders

ask him to move in

there's coping mechanisms then there's whatever the fuck this was

#hawke is not well #also one mechanical thing is funny to me. because hawke romanced fenris first then isabela #so since isabela was more recent all like romance references shoudl be to her right? #but nope. fenris comforts me after leandra. anders asks about fenris before he sleeps with me #bioware said isabela is a fling fenris is the one you're messed up about #ash plays dragon age #handers #this has been a post

[crossdressingdeath]

Having been talking about desire demons and the one in Arl of Redcliffe in particular, I'm curious. (Note: if you picked arcane secrets just to unlock the blood magic spec and then reloaded to pick a different option/picked a different option on subsequent runs, please choose the option you picked on the second go; this poll is for character choices, not mechanical ones.)

#dragon age origins #that note is because personally i decided my warden learned blood magic somewhere else because that's more fun for me #but obviously when i first played the quest i picked arcane secrets just to unlock the spec #so if that's you i want your personal canon's version. not the version limited by game mechanics

[thunderboltfire]

I had a need to destress at the end of the week, so I've decided to see whether or not I still can fly a dragon in Century: Age of Ashes. And because of the new season the matchmaking put me with newbies, so at least I've managed to feel good about my skills XD

Anyway, it's still a fun game! The monetisation is pretty obnoxious, but it's F2P so It could be expected. The thing I really love in this game are the dragon animations and how organic the flight simulation is. I've also managed to get a few pretty dragons two years ago, before they've introduced the battle pass. Hence, a pretty dragons tax:

When it comes to playing Marauder, my dragon of choice is Valkür Ridges, followed closely by Smoldering Sands, which was the first dragon I've hatched from an egg.

I have a very limited choice of Ironwings, their drops don't like me too much XD but I was able to get the gamer dragon Rayless Depths. Its colors clash terribly with base Windguard skin, but I like its bioluminescent markings and sleek, dark coloring.

I play as Phantom only if I must, but surprisingly I have a few Nightsnaggers too. Their design is a little pointy for my taste, but out of all I have I think I like the Manorc'h Pasturages the best. Its butterfly-like pattern on its wings is pretty compelling and matches the muted body color nicely.

I think I've only played the Stormraiser one or two times, but I happened to have a battlepass when the class was first introduced, so I've collected a few extra dragons. The Stonesnouts' design is IMO the most ostentatiously based on HTTYD (the whole game has a very evident footprint in the very concept of it and in the gear aestetics), and my fave from my nesting ground would probably be Radkron the Thunderborn.

#Century: Age of Ashes #it's one of the only MP games in which I manage to consistently Not Suck #before the new season I've had a hard-earned k/d ratio of more than one XD #anyway dragon fire-powered dogfight is something both extremely fun and something I haven't seen anywhere else #the dodge mechanics take some getting used to but considering I've learnt how to avoid fireballs before it was introduced I'm doing fine XD #thunder plays games

[rhysnolastname]

BG3 is fun because your entire party gets routinely wiped off the board by a brain with legs

#listen I play games for the story #um I need a story mode difficulty becahse im just enjoying myself not using my brain to plan out a battle plan #at least not to start with #and your starting gear is so shitty 😭😭 #I’m like ahhhh LAY ON HANDS LAY ON HA - fucking dead my entire party is DEAD #ok will try again later #like I only put dragon age inquisiton on nightmare when I’m going to KE because I’m super comfy with the combat style and I know my build #it’s really fun because it’s challenging #but now that I picked sword and board I changed it to normal because I don’t know how to play #so the turn based combat in bg3 is hard for me and i still don’t understand the mechanics #so I want difficulty modes so I can put it on easy learn to play and get the story #I don’t want a challenge me personally I wanna see the story #so I am patiently waiting for difficulty options ♥️

[makerscockandballs]

*soaks canon material in hot water to make it nice and bendy*

#this is about surana first and foremost #hes my dilf. none of your dialogue can erase 25 years off his lifespan #but also about game mechanics negatively impacting characterization & lore #esp. in rushed games #dragon age #txt

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Liam being a rogue is so funny tbh cus like. I imagine he mentioned once in passing how he learned how to make some basic rat traps for around the farm or how that one time their neighbour showed him how to repair the stable locks because the goats kept getting out. And then everyone decided he obviously knows his stuff, he is now the Certified Lockpick And Trap Guy. And any time his buddies expect him to break into something he tries to tell them he as No Idea how this works and they're standing supportively in the back all nah man u got this👍

#i mostly regard it as just a gameplay choice but still #its funny to think of it as at least partially canon xdd #laya plays dragon age #oc: liam hawke #my ocs #i do like to think that he and varric are both lousy rogues in this regard and any time a lock needs to be picked #theyre both trying to figure it out together (with varying success) #(theyre successful more often than youd expect! no they dont know how they did that) #and to liams credit he does end up getting interested in how lock mechanisms work and does get better at it!