{"id":1125,"date":"2011-01-08T22:45:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T03:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benie.beniesbuilds.com\/games\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2011-01-08T22:45:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T03:45:55","slug":"playing-politics-and-kicking-darkspawn-ass-all-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2011\/01\/08\/playing-politics-and-kicking-darkspawn-ass-all-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing politics and kicking darkspawn ass all in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I said it before, I say it again. The life of a Grey Warden is never done.
\nBut I’m not just the Commander of the Grey Wardens, I’m also the new Arl (owner) of Amaranthine. As the Arl I have to protect my land from evildoers and the constant whining<\/a> of my people, and get trading moving again. The darkspawn threat is causing it. It’s almost like I’ve taken King Alistair’s job.
\nIMO, I don’t really care to rule over this area. My mission is to defeat any and all threats of the darkspawn, nomatter how small or huge it is. And from what I’ve seen, we’re faced with a problem even larger than the archdemon.
\nThere’s these… new worm-like things called “The Children<\/a>“, a new kind of darkspawn. What the Codex<\/a> says is they appear to be twisted mutations of darkspawn, if you couldn’t believe they could get even worse. If that’s not bad enough there’s evidence that the darkspawn are split into two factions. Pretty much fighting eachother. I found out why later.<\/p>\n

Now I know for sure I cannot fail with god mode by my side (having killed the archdemon), but it’s confirmed of a Mass Effect 2-like thing of upgrading Vigil Keep before the darkspawn are supposed to attack like a Blight (according to the wiki). The success of the final battle depends on it. However, after reading the extensive bug list<\/a> for Awakening, I’m feeling the desire to hide in Vigil’s Keep. As long as I do nothing, the darkspawn (scripted that is) do nothing.
\nThe main areas of concern seem to be at this Silverite Mine area in The Wending Wood, and one of the main plot quests tells you to go there. What happens is you can lose your gear permanently after being knocked out by The Architect. But it says the only way to avoid the bug is to take off everything equipped to you before entering the mine. I will be doing that.<\/p>\n

Another reason I’m not going gun ho on defeating this latest darkspawn menace and getting the keep fully upgraded is the fact, like Origins, there is no freeplay after the main quest. And since this is an EP, it’s 1\/3 of the main quest length as the original.<\/p>\n

After a long search, it appears these two quests, “The Siege of Vigil’s Keep” and “The Assault on Amaranthine”, both identical in what they do (I guess depending if you go defend the city or the keep), are the quests to watch out for. After completing all three main plot quests, it tells you to buy everything you can (but doesn’t mention to complete all optional quests). I’m still going to use either quest as the “point of no return”.
\nThere is a final quest after either defending the city or Vigil’s Keep. “Depths of Depravity”, where you got to kill The Mother (you also get to tango with another High Dragon, according to the wiki). Again, no word of doing all side quests before starting.
\nIt’s possible that you can get all side quests done before<\/em> the two identical quests I mentioned above. Probably why it doesn’t mention to get them all done.<\/p>\n

Once you kill The Mother, the Epilogue will immediately begin. At the end it doesn’t seem to matter what you do, as the player character mysteriously vanishes and never returns. It’s unknown if s\/he died or whatever.<\/p>\n

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\nIn Dragon Age 2 (awesome box art btw. I want that blood dragon as my Steam avatar), you play as another character. Dunno if its plot starts with the Sixth Blight. This “Signature Edition” is supposed to be released on the 11th of this month, with the main game being released either February or March.
\nMight get it if it shows up on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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