Denerim has some tricky encounters, for sure. Lots of mages, and encounters where you're surrounded by ranged attackers. I usually save it for after the Mage's Tower so I can get the stat boosts from that quest first.
I also burned out on combats. I took February off, hoping to generate more motivation.
...it didn't work - I fear I'm too
oldshort of attention span / busy for looooong, combat heavy RPGs... :/
I will dive back into it; it needs to be done - and I have fun when not in combats I'm not prepared for.
In my gampelay-adjusted headcannon the order is something like
1. One of the areas which are not Mage tower/Denerim/Redcliffe
2. Mage tower
3. All the other areas which are not Denerim/Redcliffe
4. Denerim
5. Redcliffe
Mage tower can be a bit challenging if you go there first, depending on class, but once you can handle it, it gives a nice boost for everything else.
Since you have already been to Denerim, mage tower is likely a perfectly fine choice now.
Ah, good to know, thanks! Maybe I'll go somewhere else then...
After Lothering, is there a generally recommended place I could go instead of Denerim?
Note: It was Redcliffe I was trying to avoid.
Denerim is more late game to be honest. When I leave Lothering my usual course of action is:
Mages Tower to get the stats boosts
Soldiers peak to get the storage chest, and also access to the best sword in the game (Seriously, you can pick this up early game and never use another weapon again for your tank)
The village where Shale is (I forget the name) to pick her up
Bresillain Forest because it's relatively straight forward and short(ish).
Redcliffe
Take a break before the Urn, and then I head to Denerim.
Once you've done as much of Denerim as you can, i head off to do the Urn
Then Orzammar
Then the end of the game.
To be sure it doesn't really matter that much though.
I'm going to switch this plan right away. I'm ON IT, thanks!
Does content scale to your level in some way?
And I was wondering about Soldier's Peak. I just got that quest a little while ago, but it was INTIMIDATING. Now that I know I shouldn't fear it, I'll go have a look see.
I think content scales yes, although honestly I don’t know for sure. Soldiers peak is hard early on, but it is doable.
My playthrough has been relatively similar to Sorbicol's. I didn't really have any hiccups in Soldier's Peak- difficulty wise I don't think it should give you too much trouble. I think the Urn and the second stage of a particular fight in Redcliffe gave me the most trouble, but again that's on "Hard" difficulty.
I believe the content scales within a particular range- each area has a lower limit and an upper limit that scales accordingly to your character's level.
Edit- Looks like I was 2 minutes too late and you already pulled the Wiki article that I just found!
In my current game, I went from Lothering to Soldier's Peak, then to Redcliffe Village & Castle, and now I'm in the Brecilian Forest. Once I'm done in the forest I think I'll hit up the Circle Mages, then proceed the rest of the way along GB's posted path.
I tried to stay enthusiastic but my momentum has petered out. This happened the first time around, and again with a brief return some time thereafter. Sooner this time. I may tend to think I gel with this one more than I actually do. I've exhausted my efforts, at least with the console version, I think.
One thing I usually do is make sure each character AI is never set to ‘aggressive’. That’s usually why they run off unexpectedly and pull a load more grief.
It can be a good idea to sneak a bit with your rogue ahead of your main party to see what’s ahead. Then you can open up with AOE spell and what not, and not get sprung too much.
GB: Dual-wielding is totally great. It's what I've rolled for my main character, and there's one skill you can pick up that widens the "back-stab angle" and makes it so much easier to maneuver for that sweet, sweet dmanage.
I wrapped up Orzammar:
I mostly remembered only the Brood Mother from the Deep Roads, and that fight wasn't too bad at all. At least it was nothing compared to the Branca fight at the Anvil of the Void. I had 2 or 3 party wipes since I was forced to pick up Oghren for the fight (booooo) and decided to drop Morrigan (since I felt I needed the healing from Wynne, and needed Alistair to be my tank commander). I destroyed the anvil, got the crown, headed back to Orzammar, and crowned Harrowmont. I sold a metric sh*tton of loot, dropped off the unique weapons at Soldiers Peak, and saved before lowering my graphics settings and heading back to Denerim.
I think I'm close to the Landsmeet but I can't 100% recall; I'm just happy to have wrapped up the Deep Roads. The game crashed to desktop a few times in the Deep Roads (mostly near the big "open" bridge areas) and the "setting graphics to low" trick worked there, too.
I'm hurting for some consumables, but other than that I'm ready to head into the weekend and wrap this game up. Outside of some Ghost Recon Wildlands and Deep Rock Galactic with some friends, this game has pretty much been my singular focus for the last few weeks. I'm pretty ready to move on, but that's less due to the quality of the game (it is great) and more due to my own impatience. I'm excited to see how horribly I can screw up the Landsmeet!
I started cutting through Denerim because I couldn't remember what I had to do before the Landsmeet.
Whewwwww boy! I forgot how you have to kill half the city just to take a scenic walk and see the sights!
I’ve been making some pretty good progress lately. Sorry I have not been updating.
I started with the Mage Tower, finished that and then went to Redcliffe.
I saved the boy and his mother so that was great! I think you can only do that if you complete the mages tower first in the right way
Most of my people are level 12 now. I’m playing an arcane warrior, and always have Allistair with me, as well as Leliana. Morrigan or Wynne tag along as well. I also used the mod to allow my dog to be the 5th party member. I’m enjoying being a mage in massive armour and shield, and am currently better equipped than Allistair.
I tried the big dragon in Haven and it seems I’m not ready for that, maybe I’ll try Morrigans questline instead....
The arcane warrior specialization allows a you to use magic as the str/dex requirements on weapons and armor and spellpower for combat damage. I start all battles with like half mana because of self/party buffs, but its nice to be frontline in a battle knocking almost every enemy down with a fireball (because all my allies are behind me.
I still use Allistair to draw aggro, but Im starting to wonder if I should bring a two handed warrior instead since I can tank better.
Jumping back in tonIght after a few weeks of XCOM. Turns out I’m still in the mage tower. Not looking forward to the “harrowing chamber”...
D'oh. Apparently the only way to become a blood mage is during part of the Redcliffe Castle quest? #missedopportunity
Well, no. I also found out that saving the boy blocked that, but it can be acquired...
It can be unlocked by purchasing the manual from the bartender at The Crown and Lion tavern in Amaranthine.
Tearing up the fade right now .. apart from everything looking fuzzy I’m not sure what all the fuss is about?
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