I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people’s experiences were like!

Is your favorite still around? Are they still the same, or did they “change directions under new management?”

  • Telorand@reddthat.comOP
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    11 months ago

    I’m enjoying heavily-modded DA:I, but I do feel like DA1 had some better writing and direction.

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      11 months ago

      The only thing I can remember from inquisition is trudging through some high level desert looking for high level rocks (which very blatantly cut their drop rate from earlier zones) so that I could make an armor and weapon that still sucked and looked like pajamas.

      also that the party loves to litter

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      11 months ago

      Any recommendations for mods? I’m putting together a new build for it ahead of my semi-annual replay of the trilogy

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, definitely!

        I’ll skip the skins, because I assume you’ll want to pick your own that fit your tastes, but you can find all of these at NexusMods. Some of my favorites are:

        • Speed Launch
        • 60 fps in cutscenes
        • No fall damage
        • Infinite Respec Amulet
        • Party At The Winter Palace
        • Shorter War Table Missions (75%)
        • Party Banter Time (5-10min)
        • All Bard songs for CC Music
        • Stay still in CC - Natural Edition
        • Face Ash Begone
        • Bugs Be Gone
        • Skills Enhanced by NinjaReborn
        • Inventory Capacity

        You’ll also need Frosty Mod Manager to set all those up (they seem to work for me in the order I listed) and Frosty Fix.

        • Set up the mods and load order in FrostyMM, and close.
        • Launch Frosty Fix.
        • Choose the profile/pack you want.
        • Mash go.
        • FrostyMM should open back up.
        • Open the pack you created.
        • The game should launch automatically with the mods correctly enabled.

        All these mods feel “vanilla-ish” and shouldn’t spoil the original experience to any significant degree.