Honestly, a balance between the two can work wonders. And yeah, the rogue was a bit underpowered in the demo. The ogre fight felt like a death of a thousand cuts.this isnt my name said:
The class you will Play in Dragon age 2
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I for one am glad, since the only other "tank" option is Aveline, who looks like a transvestite...Bobbity said:
That being said, I'll likely play Warrior for my first playthrough, to get acquanted with the game. I also feel like smashing something, so yeah...
Mage for the second, since I'll want to powergame that one and Female Rogue for third, to cover that gender and class in one go.
I loved all of the classes in Origins. However, due to the massive changes to the combat system in the sequel and after playing through the demo a few times, I'll definitely be playing a dual-wield rogue. The other classes and builds just bored me visually, but I loved the rogue's fighting style.
Male Warrior, because true men slug it out. If Hawke is a hero, he must be a warrior! Silly people, mages or rogues can't be heroic! You must have big ass armor and even more big ass sword! Final Fantasy games? All the heroes were warriors! Ha, take that!
(But seriously, my heroes must always be up-and-close destroyers)
Second playthrough, Female mage.
(But seriously, my heroes must always be up-and-close destroyers)
Second playthrough, Female mage.
Might do a mage given how wildly improved the system seems to be, but I usually do rogue.
I will never understand why it always takes devs two games to realise that limited mana that can only be replenished with items is a bad idea - especially when the items are implemented such that they're very expensive early on and used to balance otherwise overpowered abilities by limiting how many times you can use them. I feel like we should have figured out that this sort of "limited use win button" design didn't work with PnP RPGs about 30 years ago.
I will never understand why it always takes devs two games to realise that limited mana that can only be replenished with items is a bad idea - especially when the items are implemented such that they're very expensive early on and used to balance otherwise overpowered abilities by limiting how many times you can use them. I feel like we should have figured out that this sort of "limited use win button" design didn't work with PnP RPGs about 30 years ago.
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Gonna go evil female twin-swords rogue on a first playthrough, good male mage on a second. After playing the demo, backstab is such a cool ability that I could not choose anything else. Plus picking locks/disarming traps is generally quite handy. 4 more days!
Female warrior for my first play through. I prefer the female Hawke (and I usually go for female main characters, especially in Bioware games) and I find warriors usually suit my reckless playstyle.
A male mage then a female rogue.
About getting the brother I intend to tell him to shut up every chance I get. What ever his opinion is it is the wrong one.
About getting the brother I intend to tell him to shut up every chance I get. What ever his opinion is it is the wrong one.
I think I'll play a blade fighting rogue, as I did in Origins. (I also noticed that the ogre fight took forever, though.)
The mage is also tempting, especially that they'll be an apostate (non-sanctioned spellcaster), so it seems to add an extra twist to their story.
Warriors are essential in a party, but their focus on dealing and/or soaking damage makes them pretty boring to play. Also, I want a reason to have Aveline around.
The mage is also tempting, especially that they'll be an apostate (non-sanctioned spellcaster), so it seems to add an extra twist to their story.
Warriors are essential in a party, but their focus on dealing and/or soaking damage makes them pretty boring to play. Also, I want a reason to have Aveline around.
There will be elves. And a dwarf. But the main character's race is fixed as human. It might be a bit disappointing, but it does fit the story they intend to tell.xFullmetalx said:
I originally thought of playing as a rogue...though i replayed demo as mage and found i enjoyed it more. Plus my pre-order has amulet of ashes so that will be handy.
Also going to play as a female character...almost always play as a male to sorta base it around myself but I found I liked the female voice (and her purdy eyes) in the demo....i am aware that you will be able to change appearance but the default female looked pretty awesome in my opinion
Also going to play as a female character...almost always play as a male to sorta base it around myself but I found I liked the female voice (and her purdy eyes) in the demo....i am aware that you will be able to change appearance but the default female looked pretty awesome in my opinion
I'll play Warrior first because they are the least interesting class.
I figure my first playthrough I'll be most interested in the story...future playthrough will benefit from playing the more fun classes.
I'd recommend Mage for one time play as it will likely be the easiest way to go through the game due to additional healing for the party.
I figure my first playthrough I'll be most interested in the story...future playthrough will benefit from playing the more fun classes.
I'd recommend Mage for one time play as it will likely be the easiest way to go through the game due to additional healing for the party.
I was going to do warrior, then it turns out that they took dual-wielding out as a set of skills. Man, I could do mad damage with my DAO build. So I'll probably try out rogue since I never finished that last rogue playthrough with DAO. Then Mage.