My favorite bit (Assassin) : Inquisitor : Skills involved are rather handy. Dorian : I should say, with the amount of killing you do, a bit of flair's a fine thing. Inquisitor : I don't kill that many people...... Dorian : Are you joking? I'm only surprised you didn't kill someone walking over here.
I like to pretend that Dorian and my femQuizy are best friends so he constantly makes comments poking fun at her assassin tendencies, affectionately calling her a bloodthirsty psycho in Tevine or something.
It's good to see character specializations finally commented upon by the other characters. It always bothered me that nobody called me out on being a blood mage and such in earlier games.
+Jay Well in Awakening you could make Anders a blood mage and he has a talk about hate being called a blood mage. You can then say "... But you are a blood mage." and he replies "Well I'm one *now*"
I had Hawke be a blood mage in DA2, and when he said "I've seen enough of blood magic for a lifetime" I was like "I'm sure you have, Kettle. Keep calling the pot black." I do wish there were more comments on being a Templar. You get 3-4 lines for any other specialization with a mix of approval and disapproved. Templar just gets disaproval from two people, and one of them is before you do it.
Brandyn Krol I haven't played Origins for years but I think Liliana leaves if defile andrastes ashes and Whynne automatically leaves if you become a blood mage, but as I recall there were bugs around you could utilise to avoid the auto dismiss scenes
Danny FitzGerald yeah, the achievements glitches, aka the load a back-up save right after the reward is given the amount of bullshit one does with a berserker reaver spirit warrior champion templar hybrid is nice, but i used dual sword so i only got like 200 dmg on each swing, unlike the 500 the two handed trucks out
Videos like these make me realize just how freaking massive these voice roles are. Ninety second conversations have literally dozens of possible outcomes and they need to voice separate lines for each one.
Game voicework is quite the slog, especially for a game of this size. That is why i really appreciate when a voice actor/ actress puts in a really strong performance (which most bioware games generally have good voice acting.)
I genuinely believe that is why DA games have such a strong following years after the games come out.there is so much care and attention that goes into each moment and thought that it adds into the fantastic game with replay value
To bw fair he has a point when he talks to my inquisitor ....o had over a 2k kills on my character alone...not counting party (my inquisitor needs help hehe)
I was under the impression she meant that her family were dragon hunters, and she was talking about reapers in general, not that her family were a bunch of reavers.
There are something like 16 Pentaghast lines and 5 lines of the related Von Markham family. That is so many people, I am sure *someone* in there has to be normal. Or well, as Sera would say, as normal as a nob can be.
"Don't do that, Kadan. You wanna put on perfume or something, go ahead. But don't ever change yourself for me." ... buy that man a mug of the strongest drink in the tavern. Also, Biancca and the inquisitor? I think I saw a spark there, and I'm pretty sure Varric saw it too. *grabs popcorn*
*becomes tempest* Me : "Lets see how my fellow rogues react!" *nobody gives a shit* Me : "WoW, nobody loves me, well, lets keep on going with Bulls Quest" Bull : "Your shit is worse than Gaatlok" Me: "Go fuck yourself game"
Exactly, why is that only Bull comments about the Inquisitor being a tempest? You'd think that either Sera or someone else would have a say in it. Hell, at least one of the mage companions should say something about it, since Bull did mention "alchemy".
You can talk to Leliana about wanting to being a bard. Her response is giving you a codex that is pretty much a large explanation of why you don't want to be one.
Yeah that feeling of shrugging off a dragon attack feels really good. Feels even better when you have a really good 2h weapon and one shot them with To The Death. For a subclass that sells itself on being built around defense its damage output is kind of overpowered.
@@stevie_ily So true. With 2H it's up there with Knight-Enchanter in terms of just how good it is with both DPS and survivability. You're a tank alright, just one with a very functional cannon.
@@NamelessPaladin They're both great but I've always prefered Champion to KE with the bigger focus on melee combat. 2h Champion is as close as I've gotten to a warrior-mage with this series. It's not like Arcane Warrior in Origins where you're just a mage in heavy armor, it feels like combining the warrior playstyle with the utility of mage spells. The 2h abilities already kind of look like spells with the earthquakes and walls of fire, alongside the champion abilities like Line in the Sand and Walking Fortress that summon glowing shields around you.
@@stevie_ily I totally get ya. I really want that battlemage/spellsword/gish fantasy too, it's one of my favourite archetypes. I'm hoping that if DA4 brings back Arcane or Spirit Warrior, they're able to nail the feeling properly this time. That small snippet of the sword and shield Warden (? I think? They looked like one) we saw in the recent behind the scenes trailer seemed really cool with the magical shields and such, and is the sort of stuff I'd like to see for a hybrid spec.
if I recall correctly, there is a line for a Champion inquisitor with Grand Duke Gaspard during "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" that nets you some extra court approval.
Rafael Iasbeck Dalcol Firstly, nice profile picture lol. Hail White Fang I guess Secondly, really? Is there a link to a clip? I’ve always gone Templar with warrior playthroughs, I enjoy being able to call down sky lasers to stun and annihilate my foes.
Well that depends on how you played origins hehe. But now that you mention it, her talking about that would have been funny. Or even better, Zevran being in it and saying it himself
lol When people call you "Inquisitor", "Warden", "Commander".. yea why not? But when people ask you to call them "Trainer" or "Ser" we all go "O.o?!" xDD
Ohhhhh! Cole was saying that about me becoming a rift mage! I thought he was talking about me going to that weird dimension with Morrigan. This makes it so much sweeter!
Something about how Cullen talks about Templar abilities feeling instinctual makes me think about how Elves are more tied to the fade but dwarves and maybe humans too may be more tied to the titans + underworld
Ow. So Dorian is supposed to be the fire mage. I always make him be the electric mage, because of the "sparkles" nickname. Even so I always find the Necromancer skills stacks with the Inferno panic skills. But now I'm too used with Dorian's lightnings and Solas's flames.
I find that Solas works best with fire, because its got hard hitting attacks that need crowd control that holds enemies in one spot. Rift mage does that. Viv is usually a strait up creation mage, increasing barrier potency can make the barrier you gain on hit much better, and to top it off she tanky as hell and doesn't take much aggro from peaceful aura. Tho I do use some ice for utility. Dorian is usually a lightning mage because fear works well with static cage. And that fire spells in general require enemies to be still (Especially fire mine). But honestly go with what suits you.
As Josephine says when you tell her you don't actually revive people, people are ignorant. It makes sense Cole not likining it much because it can be used to bind spirits but será or Blackwell are just ignorant
Cassandra has bad memories of it, Josephine doesn't want your reputation to take a hit from committing taboo, Sera kinda hates mages in general for the hell of it, Blackwall thinks you are a necrophiliac, Cole doesn't like other spirits getting jammed into corpses and Solas is mostly okay with it.
Am I the only one who thinks it would be freaking awesome to have a Reaver companion that went slightly mad, and had scales and dragony things in Dragon Age 4? Like, I dunno, maybe you meet them because there's a Bad Guy™ using them in exchange for dragon blood? Maybe after you defeat the baddie, you can recruit this person and as the story and your relationship with them progresses, you can help them with their addiction? Perhaps also cleanse their blood so they don't go totally nuts? Or be a douchebag and give them more dragon blood so they are more powerful? I think I spent too much time thinking about this...
Well, there is a theory that Qnaris were once elfs that, similar to the golems, were a war weapon that went bad. Maybe the tevinter imperium or even the elfs gave dragon blood to some elfs, that eventually went crazy. Would explain why IronBull is a raver, and why Qnaris are known for being violent and the Tal-Vashot mostly crazy and wild
There was actually a fanfiction I wrote a while back that had a character who was born into a family of Reaver cultists. She was forced through the rituals as a child, and was the only one of ten children her age to survive. Her willpower and anger attracted the attentions of a Rage demon, that attempted to possess her, but she overpowered it and subjugated it within her mind. Unfortunately, the result of going through so much shit so quickly left her with massive brain trauma, rendering her barely able to speak, and subject to violent tendencies from her inner demons (literally). Luckily, she finds her place with a group of other misfits that keep her sane. If I can find the stories I wrote, I'll be happy to post a link.
I wish there was more banter for the assassin spec. I thought there might be more comments from Josefine for every spec, but no. Or even your current romantic partner or companion with the highest approval rating or anyone else within your class, or even with the same spec. Varric: Inquisitor, I heard a little bird say you're an assassin now. Sera: You like sneaking up on people, yeah? Come in handy for pranks. Cole: You're like me. Hidden in shadow and then strike into the light. Josefine: People might get wary about the Inquisition's leader being a man/woman hidden in shadow.
"Hello, Inquisitor. Look at your Templar, now back to me, now back at your Templar, now back to _me._ Sadly, they aren't me. But by ingesting dragon's blood, they could _smell_ like they're me. Look down, back up, where are you? You're in the Storm Coast, with the Reaver your Templar could smell like. What's in your hand? I have it, it's two Amulets of Power meant for you. Everything is better when you choose the path of the Reaver and not a Templar, *I'm on a deer."*
I kind of wish there were more opportunities to snub the chantry side of knight enchanter. I picked that role on my Inquisitor mostly because I really like how it plays, but also because He's Dalish, and learning the path of the arcane warriors felt right for an elven inquisitor. I was so happy solas commented on it. But I kinda wish I could have told the more chantry sympathetic characters a more definitive "fuck off, I picked this one because I'm an elf".
Sera's dialogue is always so interesting. Most of our companions are 'special' people in some way, the average everyday peasant types working the fields aren't exactly going to be members of our parties, and as a Robin Hood figure she's the closest we ever really get to them. She speaks for the average person that we're fighting to protect more than any of the other companions. 'Most people are scared, there's lots of mages here, but most never see ONE. Never. You're weird. And I know you, so you're not scary. But a lot of people don't know you. I don't want you to be just a scary mage.' 'I don't understand that stuff, it's scary for anyone smart enough to think for a second. You shouldn't be scary, you're the Inquisitor.' The line 'it's not an arrow, you don't get to point it' is particularly insightful in a way I wasn't expecting from her. Overall she's saying you don't have any control over how people view you once you do something and put it out into the world; you have to consider your actions carefully in your position, certain forms of magic are especially scary to the average person, and practicing a form of magic that frightens them may harm the reputation of the whole organization.
She voices both Dagna and Bianca. Since there's A LOT of people are in this game, they can't hire so many actors. So like The Elder Scrolls, they voice multiple characters.
I really like to imagine my Inquisitor joined the Templars after the main story because it’s implied you could join, and then have Trespasser start while he’s on leave from his duties and he’d get the injury and have to resign.
I miss Arcane Warrior. Loved wading into battle and going "Ha ha!" as they tried to do any significant damage before I killed them. Even Flemeth kept swiping at me and did almost nothing.
Nathan Rivers yeah, it’s not as well explained in inquisition. They actually show people going mad from it in origins. They also show that red lyrium drives you crazy faster. It’s why dwarves have to mine lyrium. They are resistant to it and magic as a whole. I don’t want to spoil it for you, but Cullen has a story with lyrium addiction as well. It actually ties to the Templar story as a whole. Tho according to casandra the first step of becoming a seeker is the Templar stuff. However, the seekers don’t need lyrium to do the stuff Templar’s do. Which makes the Templar’s seen unnecessary.
Every time I hear her voice lines, I'm reminded of just how Orlesian she is. Whenever you agree, it's a "hell yes", but every other time, the most common words out of my mouth are "Fuck off, Vivienne." She's always just... too SMOOTH. She adapts to any change like every conversation is ice skating, and always comes out on top. It just irritates me beyond belief that Vivienne can't be outsmarted in a conversation.
arcane warriors in origins: armour clad chads capable of weilding giant 2 handed swords... arcane warriors in inquisition: medium armour is too heavy for me
I was really disappointed that they out Necromancer instead of Blood Mage. At any rate, i Would like to have a companion that uses blood magic and that is looked bad by almost everyone. I Would love Jowan As a companion in Dragon Age 4. It will Never happen, i Know but i still think that Would be cool.
Jowen is probably dead. But it is likely that blood magic will make a come back since it takes place in tevinter. While it's publicly denounced and probably illegal. Magisters used it.
Aha. I don't think it's a good idea for the herald to be a blood mage. lol plus, there's not a chance in hell Josephine, Leliana, Cassandra or Cullen would agree to finding a blood mage trainer x
interesting that solas talks about arcane warriors like it's a completely lost art when a warden amell/surana can become one. it's in an elvhen ruin in the brecillian forest, but still.
To be fair, there's no internet in theadas- and the Warden does find the knowledge by speaking to soul trapped in a jar in a lost elven ruin. Besides the Knight Enchanters- who are likely disinclined to acknowledge the ties to the ancient elves- Only a handful of Dalish clans, the inquisitor, one reclusive warden (and maybe two or three of their mage friends), and Solas himself- it's likely that the wider world has absolutely no idea that the techniques were invented by the ancient elves. It's a bit like how people will say stuff like "Hi man" "thanks, man" "sure thing, man" without ever realising that it entered the popular culture lexicon because predominantly black jazz enthusiasts and musicians started calling eachother "man" as a response to being called "boy" all the time by wider society. It survived, sure, but barely anyone really knows why.
I wish Rangers still existed! I miss my Master Puppers and Sir Bearington (yes unnamed my summons, don’t judge). But I like to think my warden as the “Master” of it and has some legendary summons or something.
Those are awesome names. And your Warden will probably be the one who is going to bring back Griffons, just saying. (Keep one egg for Merrill. She'll call him "feather")
@@Contevent There's a book (The Last Flight) where some wardens from Weisshaupt (or whatever it's name is) that had something to say about griffons. PD: I name mine as Finnegan and Messere Pointy-Face.
King Maric was "Reaver" (empowered by drinking dragon blood = reaver?) according to the comic... and Alistair have dragon blood in his veins as well. Its awesome spec... I am glad my Warden drinked "Andraste" blood :) I would play as a Warrior instead of a Mage if I would know that they can be Reavers but it was too late to change and noone will force me to suffer this boring gameplay (Story is fine) again :P And this Cassandra/Bull talk about scales and stuff... its clear as day that Qunari was Elven Reavers :P
It's really weird but none of my companions (except Sera and Vivienne) have reacted to me becoming a Knight-Enchanter. I had expected that Solas would react to but i dont know how to trigger it xD
Why was Blood mage not added and why was my Hawke (a fuckin blood mage in 2) suddenly clutching her pearls at the thought of Grey wardens using blood magic?
Varric: right, so it would be a Bad Thing for this Chantry-adjacent organisation (as much as they tell everyone they aren't, they're literally led by two Hands of the former Divine and a Templar) to have a Herald that's a blood mage, or for them to learn that you, Hawke, are a blood mage, because that's Immediate Persecution On Sight, especially with Corypheus and his cronies shifting into Blood Magic Ancient Tevinter Magisters mode, so like... can you lie for a bit? Hawke: right, Varric, hang on-- khm. BLAH BLAH, THE HORRORS OF BLOOD MAGIC! THE PRESSURE OF THE WORLD THINKING ALL APOSTATES ARE BLOOD MAGES!.. sounds good? Varric, already both hands in thumbs up: perfect! now keep the story straight, I apparently lied *so bad* about Orsino that everyone keeps questioning me about it, and we both know that Orsino turning into that monster from ghost stories about Amgarrak was *not* what happened
I've been an arcane enchanter and an assassin. I have not been a warrior but I was thinking of being a reaver in my first run. Then when I do another run-through of all three classes, I'll try tempest, Templar, and Rift Mage.
I've been the enchanter, an assassin, and a tempest. Of all of those, I think I like the tempest the most. If I ever play a Warrior, I might do Templar or Champeion.
same, I recruit her but I barely talk to her at all, especially as a Dalish elf she constantly mocking or insulting my culture makes me want to slap her, I find her stupid and annoying.
@@Abimin100 I try to appease her but I draw the line at letting her insult my elf's beliefs. When she said that Dalish gods and the Maker can't exist at the same time I just about threw my controller away.
@@prostheticballerina yep, and when she says that Dalish gods are demons, that was it for me, doesn't matter that later we discover what evanuris were, but I dislike that lack of respect for other's beliefs and that she thinks that what she believes is the ultimate truth, Im sure we might find something in DA4 that tells us that Andraste's story and the maker's are not quite like the chantry says too. Also her contempt for elves... No, I cant find any redeemable feature on her, not funny, not nice, intolerant and childish af
5:13 Yeah, hard to imagine what the ancient elves had to say about my Shemlen Circle Mage Warden fighting with the Arcane Warrior Specialization LMAO. And the worst part about what Sera said about the Chevaliers, is that she's right about them.
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My favorite bit (Assassin) :
Inquisitor : Skills involved are rather handy.
Dorian : I should say, with the amount of killing you do, a bit of flair's a fine thing.
Inquisitor : I don't kill that many people......
Dorian : Are you joking? I'm only surprised you didn't kill someone walking over here.
I like to pretend that Dorian and my femQuizy are best friends so he constantly makes comments poking fun at her assassin tendencies, affectionately calling her a bloodthirsty psycho in Tevine or something.
@@ThatKarin
Beautiful.
@@ThatKarin yeah well my male rogue is romancing him and I'm thinking maybe he finds it hot but friendship cool too .
What's not to love about Dorian? That sense of humor of his gets me through the day.
He said that to my elven female rift mage
**chooses Templar**
Dorian:**SNIFF**
Inquisitor: what are you doing?
**chooses Reaver**
Bull: **sniff**
Inquisitor: .... what?
+Manuel Sacha "sniff"
Manuel Sacha *sniff* You smelled like you just got off the battlefield, come here.......NOW.
Then bull and dorian sniff eachother and happily ever after happens
Manuel Sacha it’s good to be champion
@@TidesOfLight 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Don't do that, Kadan. You wanna put on perfume or something, go ahead. But don't ever change yourself for me." Oh my god Bull you freaking SWEETHEART
bull's romance route warmed my heart like no other route could.
Solas's romance route will tear your heart apart like no other route could.
@@matthewgaviola8885 so accurate 😅
@@sophienah4654 and it rips your heart out if you don't save the chargers :(
Its adorable
It's good to see character specializations finally commented upon by the other characters. It always bothered me that nobody called me out on being a blood mage and such in earlier games.
+Jay Well in Awakening you could make Anders a blood mage and he has a talk about hate being called a blood mage. You can then say "... But you are a blood mage." and he replies "Well I'm one *now*"
I had Hawke be a blood mage in DA2, and when he said "I've seen enough of blood magic for a lifetime" I was like "I'm sure you have, Kettle. Keep calling the pot black."
I do wish there were more comments on being a Templar. You get 3-4 lines for any other specialization with a mix of approval and disapproved. Templar just gets disaproval from two people, and one of them is before you do it.
Brandyn Krol I haven't played Origins for years but I think Liliana leaves if defile andrastes ashes and Whynne automatically leaves if you become a blood mage, but as I recall there were bugs around you could utilise to avoid the auto dismiss scenes
Danny FitzGerald yeah, the achievements glitches, aka the load a back-up save right after the reward is given
the amount of bullshit one does with a berserker reaver spirit warrior champion templar hybrid is nice, but i used dual sword so i only got like 200 dmg on each swing, unlike the 500 the two handed trucks out
@@nayrosnoflaalfonso1050 of that's right, specs were account tied rather than character tied. I remember that now.
That quick 'as I understand' from Solas, almost slipped up there, eh buddy?
Also the bit about the ancient elves not being around anymore.
I noticed he says that about a lot of things elven, it's a pretty good cover-up
"oops I wasn't supposed to know all that"
He’s such an awful liar, right down to having extensive knowledge of courtly intrigue if you bring him to the Winter Palace
... It was the fade where I learned this. Totally.
Videos like these make me realize just how freaking massive these voice roles are. Ninety second conversations have literally dozens of possible outcomes and they need to voice separate lines for each one.
Game voicework is quite the slog, especially for a game of this size. That is why i really appreciate when a voice actor/ actress puts in a really strong performance (which most bioware games generally have good voice acting.)
I genuinely believe that is why DA games have such a strong following years after the games come out.there is so much care and attention that goes into each moment and thought that it adds into the fantastic game with replay value
It's SUPER impressive. And the voice work is excellent on top of it. Good stuff.
not to mention whether they approve or disapprove of the quiz
I actually dislike Varric's voice actor, he sounds disinterested when he speaks (doing voice acting merely for the pay).
"I'm only surprised you didn't kill someone walking over here!" God, I love Dorian.
+Dillon Machado ''I don't see why not. Is that worse then coin from looting the people we kill?''
+Tiasung It's a valid point.
To bw fair he has a point when he talks to my inquisitor ....o had over a 2k kills on my character alone...not counting party (my inquisitor needs help hehe)
Killing criminals isn't the same as murdering innocent people
Quoting Solas here : « Most people do » Dorian is jewel
Lmao even tho he said that about Fen’Harel
Specialization times:
Mages
0:00 Rift Mage
3:24 Knight-Enchanter
7:00 Necromancy
Warriors
12:08 Templars
14:43 Reavers
18:20 Champion
Rogues
20:38 Assassin
22:29 Tempest
23:49 Artificer
Thanks mate.
WrittenInShadow thanks that's really helpful
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I kinda wished for a blood mage specialty.. Would be hilarious to see all the comments
Gita Yoanita Rachman the only dragon age game without blood magic. :(
neosaneo2 well, blood magic available for you to use in battle
***** yagh i keep forgetting theres a little more then dragon blood, in my mind i like to think of it dragon magic.
***** FEEL PUFF'S WRATH MORTALS
***** oh well please say something breathtaking too make m regret everything, goto prison too get reamed and kill myself
A Mortalitasi for an uncle and a whole bunch of Reavers...isn't there anyone in Cassandra's family who's just an average, everyday person?
*Disgusting Noise*
They're the pentaghasts. No.
King Markus is one that co mes to mindd because hes ruling nevarra
I was under the impression she meant that her family were dragon hunters, and she was talking about reapers in general, not that her family were a bunch of reavers.
There are something like 16 Pentaghast lines and 5 lines of the related Von Markham family. That is so many people, I am sure *someone* in there has to be normal. Or well, as Sera would say, as normal as a nob can be.
"Don't do that, Kadan. You wanna put on perfume or something, go ahead. But don't ever change yourself for me." MY HEART!!!
I know, right ?!!! >
Sarah: You shouldn't be scary. You're the Inquisitor.
Me (coming over from 40k fandom): ummm what?
Inquisitor: *watches Cullen suffer from lyrium addiction*
Also Inquisitor: lmao let me take a sip of that
"Don't do that, Kadan. You wanna put on perfume or something, go ahead. But don't ever change yourself for me." ... buy that man a mug of the strongest drink in the tavern.
Also, Biancca and the inquisitor? I think I saw a spark there, and I'm pretty sure Varric saw it too. *grabs popcorn*
you know the drink we were drinking when we killed that dragon? Give him a fem more mugs of that.
Excuse me, do you have any popcorn left?
*becomes tempest*
Me : "Lets see how my fellow rogues react!"
*nobody gives a shit*
Me : "WoW, nobody loves me, well, lets keep on going with Bulls Quest"
Bull : "Your shit is worse than Gaatlok"
Me: "Go fuck yourself game"
Exactly, why is that only Bull comments about the Inquisitor being a tempest? You'd think that either Sera or someone else would have a say in it. Hell, at least one of the mage companions should say something about it, since Bull did mention "alchemy".
I became a tempest and ran to all companions to get their reactions. Nobody gave a shit. I didn't recruit iron bull so litterly nobody gave a shit.
Cause Tempest Addar is canon lol
-Seriously Dual Blades(not Daggers) Tempest Female Addar makes a lot of sense.
*Becomes Tempest*
Companions: I've never met this man in my life
@@amauriherrera6022 and that's my character babey! Genuinely wished that there was more reaction to it tho
So we spend half our time in Orlais and we don't get to be bards? Shame.
I thought so as well. Who knows, depending on where the next game is gonna be, maybe they would bring back the bards and the others.
I was hoping there would be separate classes for archers and stabby rogues, maybe next time. I miss rangers
You could have blades and be a ranger in DAO, it just summoned animals.
EdgeOI what I meant is I I miss the specialization exisitng, which it no longer does
You can talk to Leliana about wanting to being a bard. Her response is giving you a codex that is pretty much a large explanation of why you don't want to be one.
"You can't really live forever can you?"
"I'll let you know"
"I want to take the hardest blow an enemy can land, look him in the eye, and laugh."
I was not expecting such a Iron Bull response from a champion and it’s GLORIOUS!
Yeah that feeling of shrugging off a dragon attack feels really good.
Feels even better when you have a really good 2h weapon and one shot them with To The Death.
For a subclass that sells itself on being built around defense its damage output is kind of overpowered.
@@stevie_ily So true. With 2H it's up there with Knight-Enchanter in terms of just how good it is with both DPS and survivability. You're a tank alright, just one with a very functional cannon.
@@NamelessPaladin They're both great but I've always prefered Champion to KE with the bigger focus on melee combat. 2h Champion is as close as I've gotten to a warrior-mage with this series.
It's not like Arcane Warrior in Origins where you're just a mage in heavy armor, it feels like combining the warrior playstyle with the utility of mage spells.
The 2h abilities already kind of look like spells with the earthquakes and walls of fire, alongside the champion abilities like Line in the Sand and Walking Fortress that summon glowing shields around you.
@@stevie_ily I totally get ya. I really want that battlemage/spellsword/gish fantasy too, it's one of my favourite archetypes. I'm hoping that if DA4 brings back Arcane or Spirit Warrior, they're able to nail the feeling properly this time.
That small snippet of the sword and shield Warden (? I think? They looked like one) we saw in the recent behind the scenes trailer seemed really cool with the magical shields and such, and is the sort of stuff I'd like to see for a hybrid spec.
if I recall correctly, there is a line for a Champion inquisitor with Grand Duke Gaspard during "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" that nets you some extra court approval.
Rafael Iasbeck Dalcol
Firstly, nice profile picture lol. Hail White Fang I guess
Secondly, really? Is there a link to a clip? I’ve always gone Templar with warrior playthroughs, I enjoy being able to call down sky lasers to stun and annihilate my foes.
It’s good to be champion
It's good to be champion
It's good to be champion
Legit. It's good to be a champion indeed. Makes you feel less like a loser in Nightmare.
What do you mean? I'm not *scary demon voice* SCARY!
lelianna talking about zevran awh :')
Well that depends on how you played origins hehe. But now that you mention it, her talking about that would have been funny. Or even better, Zevran being in it and saying it himself
+Manuel Sacha In DA 2 if you have isabela in your party when you meet lelianna she mentions it
I miss zevran
Would be hysterical if Leliana comments how suck Zevran is at lockpicking alongside sucking assassinating his mark.
lol When people call you "Inquisitor", "Warden", "Commander".. yea why not?
But when people ask you to call them "Trainer" or "Ser" we all go "O.o?!"
xDD
I’m Your Trainer
Oh man, Arcane Warrior was my favorite specialization in Origins, awesome when combined with Battlemage.
Too bad they nerfed all mages to garbage in Inquisition.
rift mage is still okay
I don't know Knight-Enchanter just tears through dragons its not even funny
what's legionnaire? do you mean champion or templar?
Kurt CoBane
Ah I meant the multiplayer class the Legionnaire, and yeah he's the Champion class.
Ohhhhh! Cole was saying that about me becoming a rift mage! I thought he was talking about me going to that weird dimension with Morrigan. This makes it so much sweeter!
Inquisitor saying, "What." Like a brainless idiot to Lilliana is probably more entertaining to me than it should be.
I prefer Dorian with fire, too. However, his necromancy comes in handy when it comes to regaining lost health :D
The two go well together because both inflict panicked condition and do bonus damage to panicked people
@@PsyrenXY I hate panicking because usually it just means it takes longer for me to kill someone, since my heavy hitters are then chasing them down
Something about how Cullen talks about Templar abilities feeling instinctual makes me think about how Elves are more tied to the fade but dwarves and maybe humans too may be more tied to the titans + underworld
Ow. So Dorian is supposed to be the fire mage. I always make him be the electric mage, because of the "sparkles" nickname. Even so I always find the Necromancer skills stacks with the Inferno panic skills. But now I'm too used with Dorian's lightnings and Solas's flames.
I never realized people had specialties. Solas became ice and barrier support and I also specced Dorian into lightning
I find that Solas works best with fire, because its got hard hitting attacks that need crowd control that holds enemies in one spot. Rift mage does that.
Viv is usually a strait up creation mage, increasing barrier potency can make the barrier you gain on hit much better, and to top it off she tanky as hell and doesn't take much aggro from peaceful aura. Tho I do use some ice for utility.
Dorian is usually a lightning mage because fear works well with static cage. And that fire spells in general require enemies to be still (Especially fire mine). But honestly go with what suits you.
How would you rate Rift Mage with _Spirit_ or _Lightning_ spells?
No matter what specs you go for mages always better put 4 poijts intonsupport tree for shield and lower aggro
I let them auto level-up and Dorian always goes for the fire spells
Why does everyone gotta get creeped out by me being a necromancer? I don’t see them complaining when I reanimate a giant to help us fight.
As Josephine says when you tell her you don't actually revive people, people are ignorant. It makes sense Cole not likining it much because it can be used to bind spirits but será or Blackwell are just ignorant
Cassandra has bad memories of it, Josephine doesn't want your reputation to take a hit from committing taboo, Sera kinda hates mages in general for the hell of it, Blackwall thinks you are a necrophiliac, Cole doesn't like other spirits getting jammed into corpses and Solas is mostly okay with it.
Quite insensitive and dense to your surroundings, aren't you?
Many of the trainers are so full of themselfs or their abilities. It's funny how Varric dis Three-eye.
My favourite trainer is "Your Trainer" XD.
@@varric she's the best!
That moment you find out Dorian is the plug for the all the hitmen In thedas
Am I the only one who thinks it would be freaking awesome to have a Reaver companion that went slightly mad, and had scales and dragony things in Dragon Age 4? Like, I dunno, maybe you meet them because there's a Bad Guy™ using them in exchange for dragon blood? Maybe after you defeat the baddie, you can recruit this person and as the story and your relationship with them progresses, you can help them with their addiction? Perhaps also cleanse their blood so they don't go totally nuts? Or be a douchebag and give them more dragon blood so they are more powerful? I think I spent too much time thinking about this...
Well, there is a theory that Qnaris were once elfs that, similar to the golems, were a war weapon that went bad. Maybe the tevinter imperium or even the elfs gave dragon blood to some elfs, that eventually went crazy. Would explain why IronBull is a raver, and why Qnaris are known for being violent and the Tal-Vashot mostly crazy and wild
There was actually a fanfiction I wrote a while back that had a character who was born into a family of Reaver cultists. She was forced through the rituals as a child, and was the only one of ten children her age to survive. Her willpower and anger attracted the attentions of a Rage demon, that attempted to possess her, but she overpowered it and subjugated it within her mind.
Unfortunately, the result of going through so much shit so quickly left her with massive brain trauma, rendering her barely able to speak, and subject to violent tendencies from her inner demons (literally).
Luckily, she finds her place with a group of other misfits that keep her sane. If I can find the stories I wrote, I'll be happy to post a link.
@@amberhernandez If you do find it, please share it! I'm interested :)
Gonna add this to a list of potential tales to write
(Solas on necromancy)
Why did you choose such a esoteric area of study?
I just wanted a goth inquisitor.
16:00 love Bull's reaction to the Inquisitor smelling like a dragon
Knowing who Solas is and what he did makes the game even better^^
I wish there was more banter for the assassin spec. I thought there might be more comments from Josefine for every spec, but no. Or even your current romantic partner or companion with the highest approval rating or anyone else within your class, or even with the same spec.
Varric: Inquisitor, I heard a little bird say you're an assassin now.
Sera: You like sneaking up on people, yeah? Come in handy for pranks.
Cole: You're like me. Hidden in shadow and then strike into the light.
Josefine: People might get wary about the Inquisition's leader being a man/woman hidden in shadow.
"I'm only surprised you didn't kill someone walking over here" 😂
I love how Iron Bull makes Reaver sound like it's just an Old Spice commercial 😆
p..p..p..p p p-power
"Hello, Inquisitor. Look at your Templar, now back to me, now back at your Templar, now back to _me._ Sadly, they aren't me. But by ingesting dragon's blood, they could _smell_ like they're me. Look down, back up, where are you? You're in the Storm Coast, with the Reaver your Templar could smell like. What's in your hand? I have it, it's two Amulets of Power meant for you. Everything is better when you choose the path of the Reaver and not a Templar, *I'm on a deer."*
@@Crimson_Sun2486 this is fucking hilarious, thank you
Vivienne is the snob loving rich aunt I never had
I have decided! On my next play, I will definitely be a reaver and romance Iron Bull.
"I want to take the hardest blow an enemy can give me, look into his eye, and LAUGH"
Cullen sounds so done with this templar shit
I kind of wish there were more opportunities to snub the chantry side of knight enchanter.
I picked that role on my Inquisitor mostly because I really like how it plays, but also because He's Dalish, and learning the path of the arcane warriors felt right for an elven inquisitor. I was so happy solas commented on it.
But I kinda wish I could have told the more chantry sympathetic characters a more definitive "fuck off, I picked this one because I'm an elf".
Bull's reaction to the inquisitor going reaver is priceless, so turned on!
Sera's dialogue is always so interesting. Most of our companions are 'special' people in some way, the average everyday peasant types working the fields aren't exactly going to be members of our parties, and as a Robin Hood figure she's the closest we ever really get to them. She speaks for the average person that we're fighting to protect more than any of the other companions.
'Most people are scared, there's lots of mages here, but most never see ONE. Never. You're weird. And I know you, so you're not scary. But a lot of people don't know you. I don't want you to be just a scary mage.'
'I don't understand that stuff, it's scary for anyone smart enough to think for a second. You shouldn't be scary, you're the Inquisitor.'
The line 'it's not an arrow, you don't get to point it' is particularly insightful in a way I wasn't expecting from her.
Overall she's saying you don't have any control over how people view you once you do something and put it out into the world; you have to consider your actions carefully in your position, certain forms of magic are especially scary to the average person, and practicing a form of magic that frightens them may harm the reputation of the whole organization.
as I understand from cole, necromancy is like spirit abortions.
I just realized Bianca is voiced by Laura Bailey, how did I not notice before
Niamh Corrigan most people just found that character really weak and annoying since it was created just for her to have a couple of lines
Yep and Morrigan is voiced by Claudia Black.
Yeah, and Krem is Female Shepard.
@@varric This I wasn't aware of! The more you know.
She voices both Dagna and Bianca. Since there's A LOT of people are in this game, they can't hire so many actors. So like The Elder Scrolls, they voice multiple characters.
I really like to imagine my Inquisitor joined the Templars after the main story because it’s implied you could join, and then have Trespasser start while he’s on leave from his duties and he’d get the injury and have to resign.
"It's always best to take charge, my dear." Vivienne is such an ENTJ and I'm here for it.
Vivienne gives me ESTJ more than ENTJ vibes but yeah. I know, I'm an ENTJ myself.
@@gzapray7203 You are right! She's an ESTJ 3w4 so/sp 386 LSE Lawful Neutral FLVE Choleric-Phlegmatic ET(S)
honestly I wouldn't mind a little bit of scales to show up when going with the reaver spec.
I wish Tempest had gotten more than just the one nod, but I did think it was the best conversational overall.
blackwalls got different responses on the mortalitasi part depending on your relationship with him, how interesting. i never knew
This video is 8 years old but i just realized that Sera is constantly doing it to em
I miss Arcane Warrior. Loved wading into battle and going "Ha ha!" as they tried to do any significant damage before I killed them. Even Flemeth kept swiping at me and did almost nothing.
The Arcane Warriors are goddamm OP. Combine them with Battlemage and you're a Walking Apocalipse.
@@varric Yup. That's exactly what I did. Add on Spirit Healer and "Lmao, okay."
I romanced Cullen and he did not like the fact of me becoming a Templar :/
That's weird
Nathan Rivers lyrium makes you go mad. That’s why he got upset
@@conradkorbol oh, thank you.
@@conradkorbol Also, I'll choose Mages over Templars since you said that.
Nathan Rivers yeah, it’s not as well explained in inquisition. They actually show people going mad from it in origins. They also show that red lyrium drives you crazy faster.
It’s why dwarves have to mine lyrium.
They are resistant to it and magic as a whole.
I don’t want to spoil it for you, but Cullen has a story with lyrium addiction as well. It actually ties to the Templar story as a whole.
Tho according to casandra the first step of becoming a seeker is the Templar stuff. However, the seekers don’t need lyrium to do the stuff Templar’s do. Which makes the Templar’s seen unnecessary.
4:15 I feel Solas was like: “yeah! Those abilities are what I’ve perfected my magic to overcome so I could be on top!”
"Are you a Reaver?"
Bull: Nah
Me unlocking dragon rage: "Aight then Bull"
Imagine a Blood Mage Specialisation comments
But Dorian doesn’t say anything about you becoming a Necromancer?
Well it's obvious for him that the best would follow his trail :D
Fuck I miss the origins specializations. That bear did most of my tanking
4:34
Inquisitor: what can you tell me about the arcane warriors?
Solas: WOAH WOAH INQUISITOR ONE QUESTION AT A TIME! 🙌🏻 😂
When I'm necromancing everyone's dancing
...well except for the party
Cole reminds me of the male version of drusilla from Buffy the vampire slayer and angel in the ways they communicate their thoughts.
Every time I hear her voice lines, I'm reminded of just how Orlesian she is. Whenever you agree, it's a "hell yes", but every other time, the most common words out of my mouth are "Fuck off, Vivienne." She's always just... too SMOOTH. She adapts to any change like every conversation is ice skating, and always comes out on top. It just irritates me beyond belief that Vivienne can't be outsmarted in a conversation.
I liked Cole's laugh at 1:10 ! Cute❤️
Huh... That's a rather interesting thing to note. Templars permeate the scent of Ozone, similar to a lightning strike. Quite intriguing. .3.
I’m playing an Assassin right now and your thumbnail just gave me a great idea. Thanks.
arcane warriors in origins: armour clad chads capable of weilding giant 2 handed swords...
arcane warriors in inquisition: medium armour is too heavy for me
dialogue from Sera is always gold
I was really disappointed that they out Necromancer instead of Blood Mage.
At any rate, i Would like to have a companion that uses blood magic and that is looked bad by almost everyone.
I Would love Jowan As a companion in Dragon Age 4. It will Never happen, i Know but i still think that Would be cool.
Jowen is probably dead. But it is likely that blood magic will make a come back since it takes place in tevinter. While it's publicly denounced and probably illegal. Magisters used it.
Aha. I don't think it's a good idea for the herald to be a blood mage. lol plus, there's not a chance in hell Josephine, Leliana, Cassandra or Cullen would agree to finding a blood mage trainer x
@@MyEyesWithin well the big issues like Dorian said people have a tendency of confusing blood magic with sacrificial Magic
Dude, you're leading an Andrastrian organization. It would obliterate your standing if Blood Mage is allowed.
Iron Bull, always awesome.
interesting that solas talks about arcane warriors like it's a completely lost art when a warden amell/surana can become one. it's in an elvhen ruin in the brecillian forest, but still.
To be fair, there's no internet in theadas- and the Warden does find the knowledge by speaking to soul trapped in a jar in a lost elven ruin.
Besides the Knight Enchanters- who are likely disinclined to acknowledge the ties to the ancient elves- Only a handful of Dalish clans, the inquisitor, one reclusive warden (and maybe two or three of their mage friends), and Solas himself- it's likely that the wider world has absolutely no idea that the techniques were invented by the ancient elves.
It's a bit like how people will say stuff like "Hi man" "thanks, man" "sure thing, man" without ever realising that it entered the popular culture lexicon because predominantly black jazz enthusiasts and musicians started calling eachother "man" as a response to being called "boy" all the time by wider society.
It survived, sure, but barely anyone really knows why.
Doesn't Cullen have specific dialog with a romance warrior with a templar trait?
Thumbnail:
Assassin's Creed: Inquisition
I can't wait for my reaver inquisitior to appear as a scaly madwomen in the next Dragon age game, please make it possible
dorian and iron bull: damn you smell good
I'm still surprised there was no comment from Doran or Cullwn aboute going necromancer, while blackwall seemed to care.
I wish Rangers still existed! I miss my Master Puppers and Sir Bearington (yes unnamed my summons, don’t judge). But I like to think my warden as the “Master” of it and has some legendary summons or something.
Those are awesome names.
And your Warden will probably be the one who is going to bring back Griffons, just saying.
(Keep one egg for Merrill. She'll call him "feather")
Or at least have a mabari as a companion you can summon like you could as a ranger.
@@ragnarokpxn5196 In the immortal words of our Saint Nexus: "There's mod for that."
@@Contevent There's a book (The Last Flight) where some wardens from Weisshaupt (or whatever it's name is) that had something to say about griffons.
PD: I name mine as Finnegan and Messere Pointy-Face.
I still don't know why Solas even flatout says Dorian uses Necromancy, but no one seems to care and he has ZERO lines about it.
Iron Bull is still my favorite character, he's so straightforward. Everything he comments is amazing.
My favorite is Knight Enchanter! 🔮
Its so OP. When playing nightmare mode I would solo everything lol 😆
"Ancient lying whispers." Oh. _oH._ Fuck.
Can I just say that I love the thumbnail for this is riffing on Assassin's Creed? lol
King Maric was "Reaver" (empowered by drinking dragon blood = reaver?) according to the comic... and Alistair have dragon blood in his veins as well.
Its awesome spec... I am glad my Warden drinked "Andraste" blood :)
I would play as a Warrior instead of a Mage if I would know that they can be Reavers but it was too late to change and noone will force me to suffer this boring gameplay (Story is fine) again :P
And this Cassandra/Bull talk about scales and stuff... its clear as day that Qunari was Elven Reavers :P
It's really weird but none of my companions (except Sera and Vivienne) have reacted to me becoming a Knight-Enchanter. I had expected that Solas would react to but i dont know how to trigger it xD
The most fucked up thing I ever did was romance Cullen and then go into the Templar specialization. I am downright terrible.
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
They mentioned zev
Why was Blood mage not added and why was my Hawke (a fuckin blood mage in 2) suddenly clutching her pearls at the thought of Grey wardens using blood magic?
Varric: right, so it would be a Bad Thing for this Chantry-adjacent organisation (as much as they tell everyone they aren't, they're literally led by two Hands of the former Divine and a Templar) to have a Herald that's a blood mage, or for them to learn that you, Hawke, are a blood mage, because that's Immediate Persecution On Sight, especially with Corypheus and his cronies shifting into Blood Magic Ancient Tevinter Magisters mode, so like... can you lie for a bit?
Hawke: right, Varric, hang on-- khm. BLAH BLAH, THE HORRORS OF BLOOD MAGIC! THE PRESSURE OF THE WORLD THINKING ALL APOSTATES ARE BLOOD MAGES!.. sounds good?
Varric, already both hands in thumbs up: perfect! now keep the story straight, I apparently lied *so bad* about Orsino that everyone keeps questioning me about it, and we both know that Orsino turning into that monster from ghost stories about Amgarrak was *not* what happened
Never heard any of these! Thank you so much for posting
*Becomes Knight-Enchanter*
Solas: this is my toy, you can't play with it...
2:07
“Not every tool is an asset”
Example: Solas
I've been an arcane enchanter and an assassin. I have not been a warrior but I was thinking of being a reaver in my first run. Then when I do another run-through of all three classes, I'll try tempest, Templar, and Rift Mage.
I've been the enchanter, an assassin, and a tempest. Of all of those, I think I like the tempest the most. If I ever play a Warrior, I might do Templar or Champeion.
Sera is a crazy B no matter what you choose to do. She exhausts me.
same, I recruit her but I barely talk to her at all, especially as a Dalish elf she constantly mocking or insulting my culture makes me want to slap her, I find her stupid and annoying.
@@Abimin100 I try to appease her but I draw the line at letting her insult my elf's beliefs. When she said that Dalish gods and the Maker can't exist at the same time I just about threw my controller away.
@@prostheticballerina yep, and when she says that Dalish gods are demons, that was it for me, doesn't matter that later we discover what evanuris were, but I dislike that lack of respect for other's beliefs and that she thinks that what she believes is the ultimate truth, Im sure we might find something in DA4 that tells us that Andraste's story and the maker's are not quite like the chantry says too. Also her contempt for elves... No, I cant find any redeemable feature on her, not funny, not nice, intolerant and childish af
Video so old but feels new after putting it down from finishing it's story +dlc
5:13 Yeah, hard to imagine what the ancient elves had to say about my Shemlen Circle Mage Warden fighting with the Arcane Warrior Specialization LMAO.
And the worst part about what Sera said about the Chevaliers, is that she's right about them.
Wish they were a sub class, would have signed up immediately
i didn't know SO MANY people commented on my specializations
20:20 Lmao 😂 Embarrassing ppl before killing them. Damn!
21:30 Aha!... So he DOES* know ppl 😈 😐
*le gasp* Aww~! Leliana mentioning Zevran ❣️❣️❣️
20:23 this just makes me want emotes in the game tbfh
every time I hear Sera Talk in this game I die a little inside
The "HA! Nice!" Never gets old.