Import Perks from DA:O to DA2

[Zydrate]

Are there any? I was wondering if there were any bonuses. For example from Mass Effect 1 to 2, where you get various perks depending on level of import, achievements, etc. I was wondering if there was anything like this.

I tried looking on the Dragon Age wiki but all it talks about is how some decisions are simply mentioned, but I was wondering if there was anything more... direct.

 

[DEAD34345]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't check your save file at all, so no, there's no bonuses. I remember a lot of people being annoyed that certain characters who were dead in their game were suddenly alive again in DA2.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

There is one trophy/achievement that you can get for finishing the game using a carried over save the only other way to get it is finish the game twice. Also it changes some minor things in the story.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Double post sorry.

 

[GrayJester]

There are some minor changes in dialogues if you do so. But nothing more, just a few lines from a few characters.

 

[Subatomic]

There is one retcon (Zevran is alive even if you killed im in DA:O, though Bioware said that was an error with the importing and not intended). Other than that, all major decisions from DA:O carry over and influence some dialogues, for example who was crowned king of Ferelden, whether you sided with Bhelen or Harrowmont in Orzammar, and if you played a Dalish elf in DA:O it's frequently mentioned in DA2 when interacting with the Dalish (it's the clan from the Dalish origin story). You also get some different side quests depending on the choices from the first game.

 

[Agayek]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't check your save file at all, so no, there's no bonuses. I remember a lot of people being annoyed that certain characters who were dead in their game were suddenly alive again in DA2.

There are some key plot decisions in DA:O that are carried over to DA2.

There are just as many that are retconned instead in DA2.

The whole thing is very silly, and they did it quite poorly, but there is reason to use your DA:O save if you're going to play DA2.

 

[Mikeyfell]

The import perks are a headache from trying to keep up with all the fucking retcons they pull on you mid story.

 

[Zydrate]

Well, that's quite a shame. I was hoping for a couple extra levels or more money or something

 

[Greatjusticeman]

If you import a human mage then the Hawke family will bring it up often saying they are related to the Hero of Ferelden since they are cousins.

Other then that, it'll recognize other major decisions. But seems to retcon what you did with Zevran, Leliana, and Nathaniel as they all seem to come back regardless.

 

[Subatomic]

There are some key plot decisions in DA:O that are carried over to DA2.

There are just as many that are retconned instead in DA2.

The whole thing is very silly, and they did it quite poorly, but there is reason to use your DA:O save if you're going to play DA2.

Would you care to elaborate about the 'many' retcons (aside from the one with Zevran), because I must have totally missed those. The only other thing worth mentioning that comes to mind is Anders being bi and merged with Justice, which is a minor contradiction to the Awakening epilogue.

 

[Zydrate]

I sadly have not played Awakening, but it sounds like a pretty big deal. I'm so used to "smaller" DLC's. (Knights of the who?)

 

[Agayek]

Would you care to elaborate about the 'many' retcons (aside from the one with Zevran), because I must have totally missed those. The only other thing worth mentioning that comes to mind is Anders being bi and merged with Justice, which is a minor contradiction to the Awakening epilogue.

1) Leliana is alive, no matter what happened in DA:O (you could kill her if you desecrate the Urn of Sacred Ashes)

2) Zevran is alive

3) Anders is alive and/or possessed by Justice. Being bi isn't really much of a retcon as they make no mention either way of his sexuality in Awakening, but he can die at the end of Awakening.

4) Nathaniel is alive (see above, all the Awakening characters can die at the end of it)

5) Wynne is alive

They basically completely ignore your save file when it comes to the "state" of characters. I remember there being a few story retcons as well, but I can't recall the specifics of them off the top of my head.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

There are some key plot decisions in DA:O that are carried over to DA2.

There are just as many that are retconned instead in DA2.

The whole thing is very silly, and they did it quite poorly, but there is reason to use your DA:O save if you're going to play DA2.

Would you care to elaborate about the 'many' retcons (aside from the one with Zevran), because I must have totally missed those. The only other thing worth mentioning that comes to mind is Anders being bi and merged with Justice, which is a minor contradiction to the Awakening epilogue.

Spoiler

Leliana is back and seperated from the Warden. Did you kill or romance her? Too bad. Yeah, they did a poor job.

And the Awakening stuff listed above.

 

[Gennadios]

It's been ages since I bothered, but I found a crap ton of DLC Items in a chest the Character's Uncles house. I think a couple of them were rewards for completing DA:O

Aside from that, meh. It's the only BW game to date I just couldn't bring myself to replay for the perfect save game.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Would you care to elaborate about the 'many' retcons (aside from the one with Zevran), because I must have totally missed those. The only other thing worth mentioning that comes to mind is Anders being bi and merged with Justice, which is a minor contradiction to the Awakening epilogue.

1) Leliana is alive, no matter what happened in DA:O (you could kill her if you desecrate the Urn of Sacred Ashes)

2) Zevran is alive

3) Anders is alive and/or possessed by Justice. Being bi isn't really much of a retcon as they make no mention either way of his sexuality in Awakening, but he can die at the end of Awakening.

4) Nathaniel is alive (see above, all the Awakening characters can die at the end of it)

5) Wynne is alive

They basically completely ignore your save file when it comes to the "state" of characters. I remember there being a few story retcons as well, but I can't recall the specifics of them off the top of my head.

If Nathaniel survives Awakening, it explains how Anders got away even if he dies at Vigil's Keep. Records only showed that Ander's charred body remained, and since it was a mage, they assumed it was him. He used this as a cover to escape. So he was a jackass who ran off from the battle at the end of Awakening.

 

[Zydrate]

It's been ages since I bothered, but I found a crap ton of DLC Items in a chest the Character's Uncles house. I think a couple of them were rewards for completing DA:O

The chest only gives me 5 gold and 2500 experience, which is from something entirely different because I had been played DA2 before I ever had a complete save file from DA:O.

Still don't know what I did, but still very helpful.

 

[Agayek]

If Nathaniel survives Awakening, it explains how Anders got away even if he dies at Vigil's Keep. Records only showed that Ander's charred body remained, and since it was a mage, they assumed it was him. He used this as a cover to escape. So he was a jackass who ran off from the battle at the end of Awakening.

Fair, but that's a tortured attempt to explain away the inconsistency more than anything else. Anders, for all his faults, isn't a coward and wouldn't cut and run like that. Not to mention, what if Nathaniel died as well?