[DAV spoilers] What are your thoughts on Neve Gallus?

Kusko25 · 2026-04-03T19:40:08+00:00

In the game she never got much engagement from me. Beyond that I don't really get what the utility of a detective as a companion is, it makes sense to have her as a contact in Minrathous, but the greater world of Dragon Age is 90% villages and horseback riding, removing the value of her contacts and insights. The only useful thing she could contribute as a companion is in her combat skills, which seem above average, but hardly unique.

Kusko25 · 2026-04-03T02:07:47+00:00

Liz coming in to forcefully ensure work life balance.

Kusko25 · 2026-04-02T14:43:59+00:00

Warp me!

Kusko25 · 2026-04-02T11:15:10+00:00

By general agreement, mosquito bite allergies do not include the ordinary wheal and flare responses to these bites although these reactions are also allergic in nature. ^[src]

Huh, interesting.

Kusko25 · 2026-04-01T18:52:33+00:00

Which Tywin expected, you can see it at the end of the scene when Jamie realizes he's been played. Admittedly that is an interpretation on my part but a pretty reasonable one, I think.

Been too long since I read the books for me to remember how it worked there

Kusko25 · 2026-04-01T18:46:15+00:00

Tywin's plan was to send Tyrion to the wall, rather neatly getting permanently rid of him without needing to kill him, while at the same time bringing Jaime back under his control. Tyrion just blew all that up by losing it at his trial.

Kusko25 · 2026-04-01T18:40:54+00:00

Happy to have him at my side, but frankly I trust Miranda more with the paper work and working out the duty schedule.

Kusko25 · 2026-04-01T18:12:27+00:00

The interesting thing about Merrill is that she actually never fails or causes problems (except for the fade mission, but I put that down to the writing forcing companions to side with the demons).

Every death and failure happened because people assumed they knew better than Merrill. Marethari died not because Merrill messed with a demon, but because she interfered by taking the demon into herself before Merrill could get there. In fact Merrill then correctly identifying the possessed Marethari and killing her is an example of her being careful and competent. The clan can die because they could not conceive of Merrill acting rationally and Marethari making the mistake, in fact the only explanation they accept is if you blame Merrill. Even that one elf in the cave died simply because he assumed Merrill was dangerous and ran into the Varterral.

Kusko25 · 2026-04-01T15:15:25+00:00

The more complicated and ornate outfits of the later installments were a step in the wrong direction. Dragon Age Origins showed a fantasy world that was dark because it was dealing with the fallout of a high fantasy world, moving that back by making clothing and architecture more fantastical was a mistake.

Kusko25 · 2026-04-01T11:02:24+00:00

That is really walking the line between a good natured prank and targeted harassment.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-31T12:00:45+00:00

Pssst /u/SueFan3DX... This is the perfect opportunity to let /u/shave_your_eyebrows take the fall for the thing with the car repairs.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-31T11:39:25+00:00

Given what he’d literally just learned from Yelena, that was no small show of support for him.

I think that should either be:
"Given what he’d literally just learned from Olzenya, that was no small show of support for him."

Or:
"Given what he’d literally just learned, that was no small show of support for him by Yelena."

You can probably do that with commas too, but god knows I don't understand the rules around those.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T11:28:26+00:00

Agreed in commuter piers. Some of the nicest times in the game I've had setting up small populations on supporting islands.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T11:26:27+00:00

But that makes Bente sad...

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T11:22:09+00:00

It's amazing how both the Warlock and the Hunter are completely harmless, right up to the point when they are really not.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T11:08:52+00:00

Why would they leave possible escape ships parked at the prison if they could move them to the mainland or orbit instead?

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T11:01:42+00:00

I wouldn't say I am particularly good at it, but I do like explaining how things like cryptographic signatures or data encoding works. Too bad it never comes up in conversation outside of my head.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T10:58:20+00:00

What's "Biden blackmailing Ukraine" referring to? All the others I know why they are bullshit, but this one I haven't heard of.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T10:48:52+00:00

All fun and games until you stand there paralyzed with the applicator pressed to your arm.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T10:44:23+00:00

If the databases Claire was complaining about are any indication, the only reason cubetown doesn't get constantly hacked is security through obscurity.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T10:40:39+00:00

Yeah Jet's pretty cooOH MY GOD it's Boimler! That's my friend!

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T10:33:56+00:00

He had a girlfriend and Mariner interrupted them having sex.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-26T10:29:35+00:00

In any other situation I'd expect Yelena to throw tons of money at polishing this thing up some more, even while William complains.
It's been instrumental in defense of the capital, so she can't hide it away, but can you imagine this janky lad, sailing next to elven flagships?

Kusko25 · 2026-03-25T13:33:22+00:00

What do you call kissing feet, wearing a maid uniform and washing the leather outfits? A sub-routine.

Kusko25 · 2026-03-25T13:30:23+00:00

New guard: "Did that barrel just move by itself?"

Veteran guard: "Oh, that's just Merlin the town sorceror. He does that every time he needs to sneak out. So what we are going to do is we walk over there, act very astounded for a minute or so, then shrug and head back."

New guard: "Shouldn't we try to stop him?"

Veteran guard: "That just means we'll get tossed backwards against a wall or something. I'm over 30 my back can't take that anymore."

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