Damn man, where do you even find the time?! I spend almost every non-weekend day running left and right. Between my commuting (around 1.15h back and 1.15h forth) and my nightly activities (girl on wed, football yesterday, squash today, quiz tomorrow) I barely have any time left on normal weekdays.

I haven't forged one of the special weapons yet. Are they cool? I think I might have to actually create a run for use in one of them. Luckily Anders is good at that stuff.

yea, at least 2 of the special weapons requite a run be crafted. The weapons/armor are pretty good, though... tier 9 with great stats, plus sockets. I never actually put any runes in anything, though. The rune-crafting is stupid. I like the idea, but the fact you have to start out at novice, use 2 to make journeyman, then 2 journeyman to make expert, then 2 expert to make master, then 2 master to make grandmaster... then masterwork, then paragon... it's ridiculously complicated, time consuming, and expensive. Plus you can only buy the crafting utilities in the keep, but anders is my rune smith... so I have to remember the components I need, go into the keep, buy them, go back outside the keep and grab anders, have him craft and, if I forgot something, go back inside again and repeat. It's stupid.

It would be less of a problem if you could find high-level runes pre-made around the world. If regular adventuring were to net you 5 grandmaster fire runes, turning those into masterwork and then a paragon rune wouldn't be such a big deal. But you don't really. Plus there's some confusion as to where to get all the tracings and whatnot. *shrug*

Time... I don't have much time. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I have work, then a bit of time, then school, and usually that 'bit of time' is spent eating and doing homework. Weekends are spent being social, cooking, going grocery shopping, etc. I also squeeze exercise into my free time, plus more homework and studying. Taking a programming and math class together sucks... I'm so burned out on studying. Without school, it's not so bad.

I have the same problem with Anders being Rune Dude and me having to run in and out the castle to get him to do it. Annoying and a stupid design flaw, one that they could easily fix too. But minor problem really.

Finished the game on Sunday (see below) and didn't even craft one of the special weapons btw. Not because I didn't want to take the time/bothered too, but because I'd lost some seemingly unimportant items that were needed to craft them. Things like catgut, wool padding, etc. I must have destroyed or lost them somewhere along the way, thinking they were 'stock' items for crafting that could be bought again...guess not. I mean when it's shit like a dragon egg I know that it's worth something, but catgut? Sheesh.

you probably didn't lose the items... they're not in your normal inventory, they're in your quest items inventory. So you probably had them and didn't realize it.



At any rate, I'm through playing for awhile. I may run my final person through in a month or three, I don't know. I wonder if the next DA will be a continuation of the story, or a new story with new people.

I think you'll play as a new character but will be able to import a save with all the major choices you made to affect the world of DA2. The main 'thing' at the end of DA:O is Morrigan leaving the protagonist and vanishing into the woods, and every version (you slept with her, Allistair slept with her, no one slept with her) gives the same text ("it appeared as if she was with child") so they can build on that storyline.

It might be interesting to play Awakening with a new character, because you play an Orlesian grey warden instead of the Hero of Ferelden if you do. The same if your character from DA:O is dead.

lol @ the items being quest items. Yes, that's likely what happened. You won't believe how many merchants I checked, I even re-did the Wending Wood to look for anything I accidentally dropped. Dammit! Meh, at least i know it now for next time - thanks. I knew I didn't put that dragon egg anywhere but my inventory or personal stash at the keep, but couldn't find it...this makes sense.

Hehe, kk. And you're probably right about the Hero's story not necessarily being over.

I just checked my final save for quest items in the inventory...and lo and behold, there were the catgut, oil, wool padding etc. Of course I never carried the other 'common' parts around so I never got the option to craft them with Master Wade.