Should I Play DLC Campains First or Main Campain?

[Kaiser]

Hi I bought DAO UE few weeks back and been on and off. I already beat leliana's song and was thinking about beating the others. Mainly for the items that you get for completing them.

I had beat DA O before but I don't remember how long ago that was and back then I downloaded the game and use cheats. Anyways I wanna play leglitly this time and I actualyl own thie game this time.

I never did awaking before or any the other dlc.

I also plan on playing dragon age 2 after i beat all the above and then after that play DA I that i reecently bougt also.

I don't care much for spilors and even If the dlc spiol something I doubt I remember It or care much for It.

I mainly want to do Golems of A, for all the items epecially the items thats worth 300g or more,

[SwobyJ]

For best story:

1. Dragon Age: Origins
1a. Stone Prisoner DLC
1b. Warden's Keep DLC
1c. Return to Ostagar DLC
2. Leliana's Song DLC (once you get talking to Leliana about her backstory in DAO)
3. Darkspawn Chronicles DLC (once you finish Origins)
4. Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening EXPANSION (import from Origins)
5. Golems of Amgarrak DLC (import from Awakening)
6. Witch Hunt DLC (import from Golems of Ambarrak)

7. Dragon Age 2 (import from Origins/Witch Hunt campaign)
7a. Exiled Prince DLC (starts Act 1, continues Act 2 and Act 3)
7b. Mark of the Assassin DLC (happens any Act, but best in Act 2 or Act 3)
7c. Legacy DLC (happens any act, but best in Act 2 or Act 3)

8. Dragon Age: Inquisition (use Dragon Age Keep website with manually inputted story)
8a. To be Continued Soon


Origins, Awakening, Golems, and Witch Hunt follow an order in the story. You can't do them in the other way around.

[Strygald]

Originally posted by SwobyJ:

7. Dragon Age 2 (import from Origins/Witch Hunt campaign)

Wouldn't this ruin the story? haha. Though seriously I tried really hard to get into DA2, I even d/l a bunch of mods to make it more like DA:O yet I still couldn't stomach it enough to actually finish it..

DA2 was so bad that it made me shy away completely from DA:I which is a shame because I really loved DA:O

[SwobyJ]

Originally posted by cloven0angel:

Originally posted by SwobyJ:

7. Dragon Age 2 (import from Origins/Witch Hunt campaign)

Wouldn't this ruin the story? haha. Though seriously I tried really hard to get into DA2, I even d/l a bunch of mods to make it more like DA:O yet I still couldn't stomach it enough to actually finish it..

DA2 was so bad that it made me shy away completely from DA:I which is a shame because I really loved DA:O

Understanding 1/3 of DAI may (depending on how you think of it) require playing DA2 and its DLC.

Base game -- for Hawke
Legacy -- for the enemy and Wardens
Mark of the Assassin -- for Orlesian politics

It isn't outright essential, but DAI definitely acts as an extension of what is seen in DA2.

Though the world itself in DAI is more of a mix of DAO and DA2. And DA2 story matters less as DAI heads towards the end (Morrigan gets involved, etc).

[IVIAY[]]

Those items from dlc actually kind of ruin gameplay because they are OP. If you play this for first time it is good to play without any items which comes from dlc.

[K00lex]

I concur. The DLC reward items (from Leliana's Song, Golems of Amgarrak, Witch Hunt, and Darkspawn Chronicles) are a bit over the top and imbalance, since they are added to all saved & new characters upon unlocking. Some of the promo/free items (Lucky Stone, Guildmaster's Belt, Wicked Oath, Mark of Vigilance, The Edge, Pearl of the Anointed, Bregan's Bow,Helm of the Deep, and Bulwark of the True King) are useful for beginning players, but overtaken by better in-game items later one. The special items from Stone Prisoner, Warden's Keep, and Return to Ostagar are useful, not that over-powering, mesh in well with the campaign lore, earned after you play through the quests (not automatic), and scaled to your character's level.
I recently reinstalled the whole game and decided to not bother with promo items or these auto-reward DLC items.

[butterfingers158]

Chronological order is: Leliana's Song->Origins->Awakening->Golems of Amgarrak->Witch Hunt

I'd play the normal campaign through once before doing Leliana's song, as it won't make as much sense without already knowing her backstory.