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11-07-2009, 09:48 AM
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This, of course, assumes you've tried more than one of the backgrounds. If so, which one did you like best? Which impressed you the least? Why?
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11-07-2009, 12:07 PM
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I really liked the human noble. The turncoat friend attacking the castle; having to abandon your parents, seeing your nephew die. This one had a lot of stuff going on in it.
Least fave so far is the dwarf with no clan. Sisters a whore, you're at the slum lords whim. Probably didn't help that both characters were rogues (mine and the NPC you get paired up with early on).
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11-07-2009, 11:37 PM
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I've played three backgrounds now, and so far my favorite is the Human Noble as well. It felt like a chapter out of a George R.R. Martin book. I didn't think the City Elf origin worked out very well with a female character.
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11-08-2009, 11:01 PM
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I've only played as an Elf Mage (female). Not too bad, but as I've only played one, my opinion is highly skewed.
From what I read of City Elf, playing female, well..... Prostitute you might not be, but you do start in what would amount to the "poor Quarter"....
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11-09-2009, 07:57 AM
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I did the dwarf without the clan and it was ok. Being that his sister was a prostitute, I wonder if that would be you as a female dwarf or if it would still be "your sister".
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11-09-2009, 07:58 AM
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yeah well...let's face it! Nobody want's to be a slumdog during his escape in a digital fantasy world! The "noble" backgrounds hold an unfair advantage!
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11-11-2009, 01:17 PM
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elevoros: i probably is the best, but to be fair, i only usually play ranged human characters no matter the races included and the developers only allowed rogues and warrior the noble origin. i would have gladly tried orphan.
i haven't finished my first run through yet, but my next will probably be male elven mage. this is purely to get other endings for my 360 achievements.
btw, i am not a speciesist or anything, i just never wanted to be an elf or dwarf; a half elf - maybe....just maybe.
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11-11-2009, 08:41 PM
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OK. Did up a dwarf noble today just to do all the start stories. By far the best one in my opinion. Really enjoyed the storyline on it.
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11-12-2009, 05:43 AM
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I actually like all of the backgrounds (played them all - as male), and I do think they're rather well written, with some nice plot twists. Some obvious, but others well hidden and surprising.
My favorite seems to be the Daelish Elf - despite I never really liked elves in the other settings.
The human noble has a terrific ending I think and parts of it did surprise me a lot, as did the dwarf noble. I just can't get myself to play dwarf yet.
The Magi was the most boring and obvious in my opinion - and would properly be my least favorite if I were to pick one, but I still think the last third of it was very decent.
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11-12-2009, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Elevoros  yeah well...let's face it! Nobody want's to be a slumdog during his escape in a digital fantasy world! The "noble" backgrounds hold an unfair advantage! | I agree, in all the Pen & Paper D&D I've done everyone always wants to be noble, myself included.
On that note I think I find the Dwarf Female Noble background the most amazing. I didn't finish it completely, but I played up to the point where you're dumped in the Deep Roads, so I saw enough of it to judge it, I think.
What I find amazing about this background is the sense of impending doom that hangs over it. Almost from the outset you know that your position as a princess is one of great power, but also of great risk. You feel instinctively that it is not going to last. Everything you say or do can be used against you. Do you take the dagger from the merchant? Do you support the legitimazation of topside dwarves? One wrong word and you've sided with someone you shouldn't have sided with.
You can't just trample through that origin story thinking "I'll pick the lawful good option for every choice."
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11-12-2009, 06:23 AM
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I agree Revi. That storyline (dwarf noble) really gives some good insight into the dwarf lifestyle and the intrigue always going on that we've read about but probably never really understood.
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11-12-2009, 07:07 AM
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Having just played the last of all the origins I have to say there are no "bad" ones.
My favourite two have to be the Nobles origins, Human and Dwarven. In many ways I find the dwarven origin better for the sheer depth of intrigue and politiking that goes on, but both havig similar themes, being born into wealth and privilage, that advantages is used to train you well and them have it all lost except your skills and are plunged into a battle with an ancient evil to survive the betrayal of your own people.
That said I find that the human origin fits in best with the rest of the game, perhaps it's just me, but the games setting and "feel" seem to have a strong human warrior bias.
I do have to agree with Xandax, the magi route is the most predictable and I don't really have any desire to play through it again, not that it wasn't enjoyable, but I don't think it has much replay value in it (but at least mages are fun to play.) Likewise, the dwarven commoner route is quite bland in comparison to some of the others.
Both of the elven origins where enjoyable enough, but were still quite straight forward.
In short, IMO it goes:
Human Noble.
Dwarf Noble.
City Elf.
Dalish Elf.
Dwarven Commoner.
Magi.
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11-12-2009, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Xandax The Magi was the most boring and obvious in my opinion - and would properly be my least favorite if I were to pick one, but I still think the last third of it was very decent. | I'd agree, it was boring, simplistic and predictable. Not to mention putting the plotters against the Circle in the room next to the head of the Circle, presumably to save travel time, was a typically condescending "the 12 year olds won't notice it" Bioware decision. I'll definitely be trying a couple of the others.
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11-12-2009, 10:01 AM
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I've played Human Noble and City Elf, both as female. Gotta say that I saw the big plot point of Human Noble coming long before we got there, but I prefer it of the two.
City Elf was just a bit too over the top with the evil nobles and oppressed, defenseless women being taken advantage of, but I guess the point was to emphasize how abused elves are in human cities. I suppose. One thing I did like was that I could try to pick a fight with Duncan; that conversation was well done. 
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11-12-2009, 03:51 PM
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I enjoyed the Magi Origin, and played it thru so that I finished in a way that was barely hinted at in the walkthru.
Let's just say that I was sent with Duncan for my safety.
Next char should be Human Noble, but I wonder....
Why didn't Bioware add in a Human Commoner, like they did with the other races? Or was the Magi Origin supposed to be played as human, as seems to be himted at by all the codex entries there?
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