tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353860428521025722.post7339277240805356455..comments2022-04-11T06:20:00.355+01:00Comments on I Whine About Games: Dragon Age RomanceWhinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03211731698182417270noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353860428521025722.post-84829667829119291822010-08-11T13:14:04.285+01:002010-08-11T13:14:04.285+01:00Hello! Yes, I'm still in the slightly obsessiv...Hello! Yes, I'm still in the slightly obsessive stage, although feeding most of my curiosity by just watching bits on youtube rather than playing it again. :)<br /><br />I don't mind Leli's religion because she's devout without being a zealot, which is nice. She *has* faith and it's clearly important to her, but she's not a huge bitch about it, she accepts that the church structure can be confining and sometimes wrong, and she's willing to listen to other people's perspectives. It's nice to have a religious character who's actually NICE. (And also gay!) <br /><br />Of course if you follow her plot enough she's not entirely sure how religious she is or should be, and how much she's just hiding from her past. <br /><br />All the more reason I think the thing I suggested in the other post regarding her in the main plot SHOULD actually happen. Would be a reasonable surprise for players who'd just left her stuck in camp and never spoken to her. :)Whinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211731698182417270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353860428521025722.post-31830777247227239322010-08-10T20:07:15.847+01:002010-08-10T20:07:15.847+01:00Hi there!
I'm a random commenter, and I just ...Hi there!<br /><br />I'm a random commenter, and I just saw that you have a <i>couple</i> of Dragon Age posts, which I basically fangirl over, right after my beloved otome games, so, uh.<br /><br />Actually, truth to be told, I was a bit turned off by Leliana, because of her religiousness. Most of the time (=always) I just left her at the camp and ignored her. Especially, since, as far as I remember, she's a bard which I wanted to be, and I was too lazy to pursue her to teach me, so I just bought the book instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353860428521025722.post-66939805773027373602010-08-06T11:31:20.789+01:002010-08-06T11:31:20.789+01:00Oh, I see what you mean. Then in that case, yes, ...Oh, I see what you mean. Then in that case, yes, you can totally miss Leliana, Sten, and Dog. I was lucky and got them all in my first playthrough (although if you play Noble origin, you get the Dog right away), but my roommate completely missed Sten her first time.<br /><br />Zevran, Wynne, and Oghren you have to meet, but don't have to recruit--and you can even kill the first two.<br /><br />Shale is totally optional, too, especially if you don't have the DLC.<br /><br />You have to recruit Morrigan, but you can tell her to get lost in camp, if you want. (You can do this with every character, save Dog and Alistair). You also have to recruit Alistair, but there is a single action you can take in the game toward the end that will make him quit the party forever. I don't want to spoil, though. You do get another character to replace him with, though.<br /><br />I found the best way to earn Morrigan's approval without being 'kick-the-dog' evil is to leave her at camp or bribe her with gifts. Morrigan loves jewelry, and I think she has more gifts in the game than any other character. So despite my LG Paladin style character, I still had her at 100 Approval by the end of the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353860428521025722.post-8774891823403712010-08-06T02:00:36.332+01:002010-08-06T02:00:36.332+01:00Zevran turned up on his own; I didn't have to ...Zevran turned up on his own; I didn't have to take him into the party but I don't think I could avoid meeting him? Wynne as well, you're pretty much guaranteed to bump into. (And Wynne might qualify as a backstory that's worked into the game, but she's not a romance option, and by the time I encountered her I was pretty set on my "standard party" so I've only used her for the Tower.)<br /><br />I comment on Leliana's optionalness specifically because some walkthrough/sites mention that you can miss her intro easily if you're not poking around in Lothering enough and then you never get the chance to go back so she's lost forever. (Rather like the dog, which I missed out on because I didn't realise I needed to finish that quest RIGHT AWAY.)<br /><br />She's a nice girl and I can see a meaningful story being written between her and my character concept... it's just not going to be this game. (I'm sure her intrigue skills would be helpful in leading the multiple rebellions my hero-of-the-downtrodden City Elf would like to!)<br /><br />I didn't realise at first that Morrigan was straight-only so I had vague ideas of romancing her when I first met her, but the complaining and the evil tendencies soon turned me off that plan (sadly a bit too late... I think I did some dumb things trying to get her approval and that helped cause my Alistair problem).Whinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211731698182417270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353860428521025722.post-9784954694766567712010-08-06T01:48:43.141+01:002010-08-06T01:48:43.141+01:00Actually, all of the characters are optional save ...Actually, all of the characters are optional save Morrigan and Alistair (and you can get rid of them later on, if you choose).<br /><br />My first playthrough (Human Male Noble Fighter), I had no idea what I was doing. I had planned on romancing Morrigan, because...well, she's voiced by Claudia Black. I mean, come on!<br /><br />But as I played through it, Morrigan kept getting on my nerves. She bitched about everything. Instead, I found myself growing to like Leliana more and more. I actually found the relationship with her to be very touching, especially when it reached the highpoint (Approval 100). It was very sweet, and to this day, Leliana is my favorite romance option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com