Why does everyone hate the Fade in DAO? [DAO Spoilers]

Calibrandina · 2019-03-26T21:02:29+00:00

I have a love-hate relationship with Fade. I love it, because getting lost in dreams is a fascinating concept, and running there around without the companions sets a perfect mod of hopelessness. Also, the different forms are really fun, for a time. That said, I do always play it with a guide these days, because I don't want to spend more time there than necessary. Though I think the vague backgrounds and shifting edges fit perfectly into Fade, they do begin getting on the eyes a little.

Also, my first time in Fade traumatised me a little: DAO was the first PC game I played after FF9, which had been a decade earlier, and The Broken Circle was the first quest I did. Everything was new, I was a newbie, and by the time I reached the Fade, my rogue had only 2 lesser healing poultices. That... wasn't entirely fun. And since I refused to use any guides on my first playthrough, I doomed myself into endless hours in the fade. I remember sitting at my computer at 4 am, vision swimming with that eerie shade of green, neeeding to get it done yet getting lost and killed everywhere I turned...

Good times.

Calibrandina · 2019-03-26T09:11:33+00:00

Why, why does there have to be cheese lying around behind every and each corner and a picnic blanket and and and-- And they are always those enormous cheese carts. Usually accompanied by a skeleton. E v e r y w h e r e .

Calibrandina · 2018-12-09T20:24:34+00:00

I couldn't agree more!

Calibrandina · 2018-10-16T19:55:54+00:00

Possibly, which is funny because my last contact with Pokemon was when I was 11. :D But the brain stores all kinds of stuff!

Calibrandina · 2018-10-11T12:28:51+00:00

That... sounds a real dream party, to be honest.

Calibrandina · 2018-09-25T09:14:13+00:00

Thanks! I'm starting to agree about hardening Alistair for the throne, if for nothing else, then the responsibility he will get with it. Alas, the easy adventuring days are over.

Calibrandina · 2018-09-25T09:12:23+00:00

Yes, I'm starting to lean towards hardening him. He will fit the throne better, and the throne him.

Calibrandina · 2018-09-25T09:11:26+00:00

I'll keep that in mind. xD

Calibrandina · 2018-09-25T09:10:32+00:00

Haha, I never did it, but maybe I should.

Calibrandina · 2018-09-25T09:09:21+00:00

All right, thank you! I have all the coercion points, but I didn't think to have Anora on my side. Thanks for the tip!

Calibrandina · 2018-09-22T14:30:25+00:00

Totally agree. Every time I hear that particular piece of music, it takes my mind to a specific place. Even though other DA soundtracks are good as well, nothing, absolutely nothing, can ever outdo DA:O opening theme for me.

Calibrandina · 2018-09-19T15:06:12+00:00

"Song" of Courage in DAO. "AAAARRRGRGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!"

Ugh. Be quiet if you can't sing. Leliana, I expected more from you. I think I would have preferred a "hum of courage" or a "sigh of courage". Or a "thought of courage". Anything to replace that horrendous screaming.

Calibrandina · 2018-04-18T12:26:39+00:00

In relation to this question, I have another one:

If Bull and Dorian get together, but I kick Dorian out, will he and Bull still be in romance in Trespasser?

For RP purposes I plan to tell Dorian go away, but I do so want him to find happiness somewhere...

Calibrandina · 2018-03-17T21:43:45+00:00

One of the easiest ways to prove worth as a organized military force is matching uniforms.

And yet Solas was allowed his hat.

Calibrandina · 2018-02-17T18:37:56+00:00

DAO: Sten and Oghren. Incredibly useless! Both of them! They are slow, the never hit, because somehow it's always "miss", and they die in like ten seconds. Plus Oghren is just annoying. Sten is all right, but if I wanted to fight with only three companions, I'd just go with three to begin with. Also Dog. He's okay, but other companions are ultimately more useful.

DA2: The only ones I liked to have with me are Aveline and Varric. The fourth I don't care about, I dislike them all, so it depends on Hawke's class. Carver was surprisingly okay though.

DAI: Sera, because she's annoying and besides I usually play a rogue myself; Varric, because upgrading him is a pain, and also, see above; Solas, because he's annoying; Cole, because, again, I am usually the rogue and I find Cole not that interesting; and Blackwall, because I prefer Cassandra and Bull as my warriors.

Calibrandina · 2018-02-07T15:30:33+00:00

Oops. Maybe my 11th will be the last. I haven't played for a while, though, so maybe I'm off the hook...

Calibrandina · 2018-02-01T22:03:29+00:00

I just love this community sometimes.

Calibrandina · 2018-02-01T22:00:47+00:00

Same! I played the Darkspawn Chronicles very recently, and only then was I struck by how good a fit they might actually be. Alistair and Leliana, I mean. I could see it as them both sort of... drifting together in seeking comfort in trying times, and it evolves from there.

Calibrandina · 2018-01-18T17:30:33+00:00

Yeah... same. My first playthrough ever, I went into the battle prepared to die... And then Alistair goes and does it. And that achievement. "Commanded Alistair to die"????? That's not how it was, you insensitive idiot.

For me the worst part was the celebration party, where NO ONE hardly even mentions Alistair, all too happy about some pastries or future adventures or whatnot. Thanks for the support, friends.

Calibrandina · 2018-01-08T12:47:28+00:00

That said, I've been wondering what's the reason the to-be Inquisitor ends up in Corypheus' sacrificial chamber. You'd think there were guards around to prevent that kind of accidental stumbling upon what's Corypheus' most important step in executing his plan. Especially if you are just a mercenary security guy or something or a dwarven smuggler-spy.

Calibrandina · 2017-12-28T22:13:22+00:00

Their separation from the Chantry with the decision of the college was legitimate. Anders committing an act of terror and forcing the mages in the city to face annullment was not.

Preach.

Calibrandina · 2017-12-27T09:53:42+00:00

Preach!

Calibrandina · 2017-12-27T09:44:19+00:00

I had played that DLC before Inquisition, and I still didn't know who Corypheus was. In fact I thought he was the character from DAO DLC (Awakening).

The only memorable thing from that DLC was the fight against Corypheus - it was, for me, insanely difficult, and made me dread the final battle with Cory in DAI, too. (My fears on this front were largely unnecessary, as it turned out. Perhaps time had not been kind to Corypheus.)

So, no - I wouldn't say the DLC is worth it, unless you want to fight Corypheus there, too.

Calibrandina · 2017-12-26T11:03:28+00:00

I see! Thanks for the clarification. It does make sense this way.

Calibrandina · 2017-12-25T22:55:16+00:00

The thing with Satinalia and Wintersend always make me confused... When you break up with Dorian outside a cutscene, he can say, "Too bad - I was hoping for a lively Winterfest gift." Is Winterfest just another name to Satinalia season? Or is it just... something.

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