<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=222817.msg10958636#msg10958636">Quote from: Vergil Tanner on 06-02-2015, 13:48:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Huh...interesting. I always play through with a Male Rogue first (a habit I fell into with Origins when I would pass all those pesky locked chests in the Prologue and not be able to open them...they would sit there....taunting me....) and then a female warrior second. Honestly, I can't say anything about your personal playstyle, but I always commit to one playthrough and THEN start a second, whilst I know people that have three games on the go at the same time. *shrug* If you're playing as a female, I would suggest going after Cullen. He's utterly adorable AND awesome. He's probably my favourite male NPC in the entire Franchise. The Mulitplayer is kinda....meh for me. It's much the same as ME3's, and the thing is, it gets sorta samey and I play DA for the story. Plus, I can barely stand other people as it is...why would I risk the Online Play community when I can barely tolerate most people I know? :P <br/>Side note: I am currently on my FOURTH playthrough, ten hours in. Yes. I have, to date, spent THREE HUNDRED hours on DA:I. I didn't play through DA:O this many times! My first game was a Male Qunari Dual-Wield Assassin who romanced Cassandra (You're right, Vin, she's pretty awesome, and if you give her the skills to get Guard whenever she taunts an enemy, she should ALWAYS be in your Dragon Hunting crew), my second was a Female Human Sword and Board Champion who romanced Cullen (Because he's awesome), my third character was a Female Elven Knight Enchanter who romanced Solas (Fuck you, Solas) and my current character is a male Dwarf Archer who I plan to make a Tempest and pair with Iron Bull or Dorian. Haven't decided yet. Then I plan to make another female to romance Sera. <br/><br/>As for the party, my party always inherently depends on who my PC is. In my first game, I never used Vivienne...I didn't like her. She was a condescending bitch who disagreed with all of my first-run decisions, and given the right build, Solas and Dorian are much better for what I would want them for. I don't want an NPC Knight Enchanter. I want my Mages to stay at the back and use heavy artillery to support, not run in and bury their faces in a Dragons ass, especially given how squishy they are. My usual party for my main (first) character was Blackwall or Cassandra, Varric and Dorian or Solas. My second character usually took Cole (for the stabby stabby) or Iron Bull (for the smashy smashy), Dorian or Blackwall, and Sera. My KE either took Cassandra, Cole and Solas/Dorian, or Blackwall, Iron Bull and Varric/Sera. <br/><br/><br/>And haha, yeah, I can appreciate that. There is a LOT to penetrate, and whilst I will quite happily sit there and read the lore (as should probably be evident by now, haha), there's a lot there that I can understand people not wanting to wade through. XD<br/><br/>Well, we'll have to see on that one! If none of the female characters like Tankard, then none of them like him, alas. As it is, I don't see Kas "getting any action" with a PC any time soon. He's too cynical and snarky for any of the current female characters....at least, that's what I think. It's entirely possible that I'm wrong; I've been mistaken before, so you never know. XD<br/><br/><br/>As for fights, well, we'll see what happens! I doubt Kas will stoop to actually getting into a brawl with anybody in The Inquisition, though snarky snipes might happen depending on what Tankard says. :P Of course, he would have to have some pretty specific knowledge about Kas to get under his skin. XD<br/>And yeah, that's kinda what I imagined Taunt to be like. Just like I figured Kas's Stealth would be him dropping smoke bombs or flitting into a dark room or something. Like, not disappearing, just using a distraction to hide or something. XD<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Nice feedback.  Thanks a bunch.<br/><br/>For playstyle in combat, I switch between all the party members all the time, as opposed to playing only my character.<br/><br/>Cullen is definitely cool, but I haven't seen very much of him yet.  I'll probably aim for The Iron Bull.<br/><br/>Multiplayer is buggy, but there's something about it that keeps pulling me back in.  My brother plays, too, so the two of us can pull a bad team through.  I guess it's the fleeting feeling.  Spend about 15 minutes on a run, maybe upgrade the characters a bit.  Except for being unable to reset builds before prestiging, there's not a whole lot to mess up in a permanent way.  And beating a boss on threatening or even routine feels like an achievement, if only for the moment.  The loot system is terrible, but I'm not really into loot, just the fights.<br/><br/>On the other hand, with the campaign, every decision seems to matter in the long run, whether it's the dialogue option that's chosen to affect approval, the party members you bring along to witness fights/dialogues affecting approval, or even who you send on a mission from the war table affecting the reward.  I tend to keep only the most recent 5 saves since I don't want to replay hours to undo some mistake I think I made.  I get stuck wanting to do all the "right" or "optimal" things, so instead of actually playing I'm doing research.  All of that probably pushed me away from the campaign once I had to make the biggest decision so far of supporting mages or templars.<br/><br/>I'll keep your party member combinations in mind if/when I get back into the campaign.<br/><br/>