David Hingtgen

Any more of Sheryl in Mylene's outfit, or is there just that one?

Darth Talon is so "extreme" I dislike her character. She's every stereotype and fantasy rolled into one package that is flat-out ludicrous. Yuthura Ban is 1000x better and more interesting if you want a twilek sith.

I got EVA-01, but recognize Dom, Zaku, and Saiyan when they were mentioned.

The F-20 of course. (Northrop's other greatest fighter that was never made). Was supposed to be able to out-turn and out-accelerate a stripped-down F-16, with better high-alpha stability.

Ashley from Mass Effect's in it (and I don't think it's possible to miss her--you should recognize her in about 2 syllables). I know Shepard (male) is in it too, but I can't remember who it was. Also, Cree Summer is the "violent female elf" voice option. So yes, I have Blackarachnia in my party. My stats finally updated, and the profile pic works again, but it still shows everything with level 1 equipment. http://social.bioware.com/playerprofile.ph...;nid=2298482811 PS---level 6 medium armor takes 30 str, level 7 takes 34.

Fixed.

Sten never says much in my experience, though what he does is good. 2nd time around I plan to have him around a lot more, as now I know his likes/dislikes a lot better and will be able to actually get him more than 1 or 2 points about "neutral". I kind of suspect that since Alistair and Morrigan etc are "main" characters, the game kind of "prefers" to have them speak, and only does the others when the main ones are "out" of things to say for that area/situation. (because I hear a lot more Morrigan than I should, based on how much she's in my party---I don't put her in that much) Also--Mage tower revenant *is* nasty. But my personal rule is to never leave a revenant unvanquished---there's too many and you'll forget where they are trying to get then later. (there better be a good reward for finishing that quest--I've got 4 of the 6 "main" ones now, having killed maybe 7 revenants total)

Well, I beat Morrigan's side-quest. (trying to be spoiler-free here). I basically cheated---the improved drake-scale armor is nigh-flame-proof. So I just stood there shooting arrows, as you'll only encounter fire attacks when at a distance. Alistair just dies SO fast in melee it's not worth healing nor reviving--won't take any melee along for future similar situations. Arrows, arrows, and more arrows...

I am surprised at how much smaller the "uniboob" is on Bandai's version---I don't see any obvious reason why/how though.

That really doesn't look like her. Final in-game and concept art faces match each other much better.

Remember, when they tested Monster Ultra cables with "Magnetic Flux Tube for deeper, tighter bass" vs cables made from a couple old coat hangars soldered together---more people preferred the coat hangars, among those who could "tell the difference". And that was for ANALOG signals.

Re: Morrigan's quest. I think I just sold off my paralysis runes. Ice arrows--I'd need like 100 and that'd cost a ton of money. Leliana blows through the 20 I have like THAT. I spent big bucks getting a grandmaster frost rune, paired with a regular one, so my main sword is about as ice-damaging as it gets. I'm actually thinking about switching to being an archer just for that fight---while my PC has NO archery skills, I do have very high dex and can equip what I think is one of the best bows in the game (it's 99% equal to Leliana's quest bow). I'll just stay far away in my fire-proof drake armor.

You need more than 20s for good med armor. I have med silverite at the moment and I think it needs 28 or more, will check later. Really, med armor offers similar defense to heavy/massive, and requires almost as much strength to equip----its real advantage/difference is that it saps fatigue a lot less. Also, I encountered ANOTHER spoiler! Was looking up "gifting" lists as there's no other way I'll ever get Sten to "open up"---and the full list of recruitable characters is a heck of a spoiler, trust me. I thought Ohgren was the only one I didn't have yet..

They can mold THIS canopy in color, but not the VF-25's??!!?

My Leliana doesn't die very often---she's most likely to be the last one standing, due to being the "archer out of the way from harm", and she's the only one I have a tactic for self-healing set up for. (since she doesn't need/use them very often). BTW, her concept art rocks, if only she looked like this in the game: http://na.llnet.bioware.cdn.ea.com/u/f/eag...t-preview-1.jpg Tried Morrigan's personal side quest again---still not strong enough. Maybe level 16 or 17... (I've read people did it at 12, but I think that's mainly luck---I almost did it on 12, but have never gotten that close again--I'm at 15 now)

I've never gotten that, and I had those 2 in the party for a long time. Do you have to be in Denerim or something? Anyways---the further I go, the easier it is. Alistair/Dog/Leliana did very well in the Brecilian Forest area. Just hit level 15 (but everyone else is 14). So close to a lot of awesome abilities. BTW--anyone know how much STR is needed to equip the very best MEDIUM armor? That's my goal for my main character.

Typhoon makes a lot more sense for Japan though.

So, just how bright is the blue glow? I'm all about light-up stuff. (I've lit up my own starships) More specifically---is it a nice even glow, or are there obvious light/dark spots betraying the underlying sources etc?

Damn it, I was looking up the "romance options" in the game to try to plan future plays (to see as much as possible in as little time as possible) and someone put a HUGE spoiler in it--and it really didn't even need to be there. Also, Sten's hard to "gift" as he never says what he likes. I just guess, and still haven't gotten him to "one full bar past neutral".

I'd merge the threads, but the system is always "backwards" and it'd likely title the new all-encompassing thread as the "Dragon Age" threads. So it'll have to be closed.

Actually, one annoyance with Bioware games is that there's SO much interaction with so many pairs, that you could play the game 5 times and still miss a huge chunk of it. Luckily Leliana's easy to court, so I can try for the Leliana/Morrigan spat next time... (actually, I could probably still try to get it now) Sten is like Bao-Dur in KOTOR2 (not Bioware, I know) in that he just doesn't seem to talk past the initial conversation or two, and I think there's like 1 line that "opens him up" and if you miss it, he'll never say anything again.

That's a new one:

Just an FYI, but I just finished Redcliffe (I *think*, as it's the quest that never ends) in the longest, most roundabout, most goody-two-shoes way possible. So if you're going for a light-side character trying to do things the hard way and spare everybody, feel free to ask about rewards, difficulty of certain tasks, etc. (from looking around, it may be the only way to unlock a certain specialization) BTW---while Drake Scale armor has awesome stats, to the point that it may be end-game armor for Leliana, looks-wise it's just blueish leather. I was expecting, you know, scales... PS to people who have won or are more than half-way through: Are you skipping like every optional question and not reading any of the codex? I've got like 28 hours (Sat and Sun were non-stop playing), and am MAYBE getting to the half-way point. But I do ask every question I can, and read every codex. (hey, I paid for it, and people worked on it--so I read/ask/listen to everything there is) Of course, my 2nd playthrough will be MUCH shorter, as I'll have already heard and read most things---I'll only need to pay attention to the "new" stuff by being evil/mage/human or whatever. I remember this one set of books in Oblivion, that once I collected the whole set, I "sat down and read" in the game. Took an hour I think. But it was a good story.

There never really was supposed to be an A+/B model (not as we know it). Remember, the original F-14B had the F101, but nothing ever came of it past the prototype. Then the C was proposed, and also never happened. Then the D came and was approved---but the engines were ready long before the avionics were. So the decision was made (since the TF30 sucked so bad it was a safety issue) to immediately refit as many A's as possible with the new engines, while waiting for the avionics to be finished. When the avionics were finished, all the "half-converted" A's were to be "finished up" with a full conversion into D's. Similarly, they built new F-14s with the new engines intending them to be upgraded later as well. But, time/money/Cheney happened, and no plane ever got a "second" conversion to finish the job. Now, as the "re-engined A" was to be simply that, nothing more, and only exist as a TEMPORARY status while awaiting new avionics---it was called the A+. Nice and logical. B and C were already taken, and you couldn't call it an "F-14-interim-notD". But the Navy's ancient computers didn't like the "+" symbol at all, so they had to rename it SOMETHING, and B seemed fairly logical for a "slightly" modified A, as the original B never went into production and most people didn't know about the original one anyways.

Bringing along Wynne AND Morrigan has helped a lot, but I REALLY don't like that party. But can't deny the effectiveness. Morrigan status-attacks everything, and Wynne heals me. So I can go kill everything while they're helpless. Still, I either kill everything quickly, or my party dies even quicker. Prolonged fights just don't happen.