Dragon Age

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Originally Posted by epmode

It's not an action game. If an enemy starts to swing at you, he's going to hit (unless the hidden accuracy die roll is unsuccessful). Same goes for arrows. Run away BEFORE they get a chance to swing.

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Running away doesn't always work, since enemies can still hit you from a distance due to the shitty collision detection.

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Press the H button to make everyone hold their ground. I'd also suggest leaving everyone at the Default behavior and instead just screw with the scripting.

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Yeah, I'll probably just put everyone on default and have them hold. I like to lure enemies into doorways to bottleneck them so I can nail them with CoC.

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And for god's sake, make sure you at least have someone who can cast Heal (if you're not a mage, go to the mage tower for a useful party member). It's very possible to get through most fights without potions.

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Which member, the old lady from the mage tower? Morrigan has her heal spell maxed out and it's good for shit.

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Originally Posted by Melf

Which member, the old lady from the mage tower?

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That's the one. Group Heal and Regeneration are so stupidly useful. I might even spec into Spirit Healing to go with Arcane Warrior.

edit: Oh hay, some Bioware guy put up an official mod that adds a storage chest to your camp. http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/8/index/132134

Sweet. I'll have to check over her magic again and see if I can swap her out for Morrigan. I still need the priestess for the romance achievement, but my dwarf has already rocked Morrigan's world.

On Wynne and Morrigan:

Actually Wynne and Morrigan are a powerful combo, earth fist + coc = instant dead enemy of white difficulty, + Petrify you have a wide arsenal of completely stopping enemies.

What epmode said. In the beginning I was dependant on poultice spamming until I got mages capable of healing, which helped out immensely on preserving my stash for the really difficult stuff.

Micromanaging goes a long way in here - particularly for the AoE effect spells like Cone of Cold. When you're controlling it and not letting it hit party members it's insanely good like the previous posters already mentioned.

Edit: Wow I'm late.

Also Sleep + Waking Nightmare = Godly as well.

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Originally Posted by VividAriah

Micromanaging goes a long way in here - particularly for the AoE effect spells like Cone of Cold.

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Yeah, it really does. I'm not sure how the console version controls exactly, or if it lets you, but I find that it works out a lot better if you just disable the AI tactics entirely. Yeah, it's a bit more work, but it's worth it -- having exact and precise control over what everyone is doing really helps.

Also, this is leagues above Mass Effect as far as I'm concerned. I am partial to the Forgotten Realms setting in BG2, but I think it's very likely that this is BioWare's best game.

Just picked this up, was only $50.

So it came with some "Fure of Shale and Blood Dragon Armor" code that people are paying $10-15 for on eBay.

Should I eBay it or is it actually worth $15?

Would be pretty tight to have only paid $35 which will be fully recuperated in 2 weeks when I eBay the game.

Shale is actually pretty awesome. One of the best characters (even though he's nothing more than a remake of HK-47).

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Originally Posted by epmode

Shale is actually pretty awesome. One of the best characters (even though he's nothing more than a remake of HK-47).

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BUT, is it worth $15. I have a hard time believing it is.