I really hate the fade.

[Dayve]

I'm playing through DA:O again for the first time in maybe 8 years or more. I love this game but I remember that my most hated part was the fade during the mage tower mission. It has been a long time since I played as I said, and I was sure the fade part happened when you meet the desire demon who is controlling a templar, making him think she is his wife and he has a happy life with children.

My memory tricked me. I mis-remembered. I believed that the fade happened when I conversed with the desire demon, who puts my group to sleep and makes me spend 3 hours in the damn fade maze. So I thought to myself "Instead of talking with the demon, I'll just choose the dialogue option to fight immediately". And so I did.

"Die, demon!"

And the fight happened and I killed the desire demon. I cannot describe to you my happiness and relief that I was going to be able to skip the 3 hour fade maze.

Then, of course, I walked into the next room. And I cannot describe to you my dismay when I remembered that it's the sloth demon who puts you into the fade. I almost cried. And here I am 3 hours later, exhausted. I just did the whole section in one go to get the ****ing thing over with.

[I Kinda Fail]

... I know it's a little late now, but if you're not opposed to using mods, there is a "Skip the Fade" mod that's pretty popular, since... lots of people hate the Fade. I'm pretty sure it also picks up all the stat boosts in there, too.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by I Kinda Fail:

... I know it's a little late now, but if you're not opposed to using mods, there is a "Skip the Fade" mod that's pretty popular, since... lots of people hate the Fade. I'm pretty sure it also picks up all the stat boosts in there, too.

Bleh, I've done it now anyway. There's only one more fade section to go in Redcliffe when the mage offers to go in and defeat the demon, and if I remember right it only lasts 5 minutes.

[2High2tell]

I think most dislike the fade, Your not out of line there If it makes you feel better, it gets real easy and fast. The mod mentioned above is a life saver to skip the fade. ALTHOUGH, I never used it because I wanted the stat boost. and again as mentioned above, apparently you get that.. so suck it me.

[LukanGamer]

just a warning can easily last more then 5 minutes (Depends what difficulty you doing it has you do a few overall easy but time consuming enough fights solo)

(no where near as bad or long as that maze which I think was their only oppsie great doing 1st time good 2nd time (least to see different party reactions)....3 tolerable just skip most stats... 4+ omg shoot me stupid maze and your dumb tiny stats)


O ya and there is some mods that make the fade funner or least the interactions

[Amanoob105]

I like the fade. Some of the more imaginative and creative parts of the game happened there.

A giant muti-part maze where you need to switch between four forms to navigate your way though? I'm happy. Though it also likely helps I was playing a mage with a lot of ice spells which most of the things to be found there are very weak to .

Though I can easily see why people don't like the deep roads part of the game. That got tedious very quickly.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

I like the fade. Some of the more imaginative and creative parts of the game happened there.

A giant muti-part maze where you need to switch between four forms to navigate your way though? I'm happy. Though it also likely helps I was playing a mage with a lot of ice spells which most of the things to be found there are very weak to .

Though I can easily see why people don't like the deep roads part of the game. That got tedious very quickly.

I always enjoy talking to demons in this game, so I enjoyed those parts of the fade. I also really liked showing my 3 party members that they were in a dream, not reality. That was fun. Especially Sten. He's so immune to bullschit that not even demons who can fool everybody can fool him.

But these parts are barely 2% of all of your time in the fade. The other 98% just makes me want to quit the game.

I always liked the deep roads though. I've been reading threads about what people hate in DA:O and I wasn't surprised to see so many people say they hate the fade, but I was amazed so many people hate the deep roads. It concluded with one of the weirdest, creepiest creatures and storylines in any game I've ever played.

[Bakinda]

Eh, I liked both of them.

Better than any story line segments in DAI

[robomagon]

https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/816
You're welcome.

[SpookyKikii ♥TTV]

Originally posted by I Kinda Fail:

... I know it's a little late now, but if you're not opposed to using mods, there is a "Skip the Fade" mod that's pretty popular, since... lots of people hate the Fade. I'm pretty sure it also picks up all the stat boosts in there, too.

Ive only ever played this on Xbox, and I didn't know there was a mod for this one part of the game that I hate. You've made my day.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by 💕Христя💕:

Originally posted by I Kinda Fail:

... I know it's a little late now, but if you're not opposed to using mods, there is a "Skip the Fade" mod that's pretty popular, since... lots of people hate the Fade. I'm pretty sure it also picks up all the stat boosts in there, too.

Ive only ever played this on Xbox, and I didn't know there was a mod for this one part of the game that I hate. You've made my day.

Don't install the mod until right before you go into the room with the demon that puts you into the fade, and uninstall the mod right before you fight the demon in the fade.

Also don't start any of the DLC missions before going into the fade with this mod, it can break them, but if you don't begin any of them first it won't break them.

So basically go right to the circle of mages when you leave Lothering, get to the room with the fade demon, save and quit, install mod, load game and go into the fade, save the game in the final demon-fight room of the fade, quit, uninstall mod, continue game as normal.

[LukanGamer]

^ don't be overlly afraid of that happening (mod breaking game) never had issues and many others have not either.

It possible a few do, but that may because of mod conflicts or just horrible luck. (assuming it not a very recent added bug or something as I am talking of back a little ways).

[Dayve]

Originally posted by LukanGamer:

^ don't be overlly afraid of that happening (mod breaking game) never had issues and many others have not either.

It possible a few do, but that may because of mod conflicts or just horrible luck. (assuming it not a very recent added bug or something as I am talking of back a little ways).

I did have a problem with the skip fade mod breaking my Warden's Keep DLC. It definitely was the skip fade mod because it's literally the only mod I use.

I accepted the quest from Levi Dryden to go liberate the Warden's Keep with him, but I didn't go yet. Instead I went to the mage circle and did that whole story (installing and then uninstalling the skip fade mod in the process). I could no longer travel to Warden's Keep. I had to disable and re-enable the DLC.

It was no big deal, I fixed it easily, but it did break it.

[2High2tell]

Originally posted by 💕Христя💕:

Originally posted by I Kinda Fail:

... I know it's a little late now, but if you're not opposed to using mods, there is a "Skip the Fade" mod that's pretty popular, since... lots of people hate the Fade. I'm pretty sure it also picks up all the stat boosts in there, too.

Ive only ever played this on Xbox, and I didn't know there was a mod for this one part of the game that I hate. You've made my day.

I dont own xbox so If you could answer a ??. Do you have the same access to mods as the PC users? And if so/ or not where do ou get them, from xbox store? can you use Nexus?

[LukanGamer]

No xbox does not have mods, mods didnt even come to console virtually at all until Skyrim Xbox one and even to this day very few console games have mods capability. (and nexus is not console, typically has its own thing or game developers)

(its why he said he was on xbox and therefore couldnt get mods >_> lol )