haha) Apparently the commentators below are the same Velgard audience. Congratulations, you no longer need to listen to the "dirt" of the gnomes, now you can do 10 push-ups =)
Anders' banter with Velanna about tattoos being attractive would repeat because the developers forgot to flag the topic to only appear once per game; this has been fixed.
Sigrun would always tell Velanna that she was "the first elf [Sigrun] has ever known", even if the player was an elf and Velanna was not present for Sigrun's recruitment. The banter will now only play if the player is a human or dwarf.
I already had a similar mod for the first bit, but I'm liking the sound of the second bit since elf is my preferred race and that kept me thinking "what about me"
I wouldn't mind if Oghren and Sigrun had exactly one edited dialogue where he tried his misogynistic bullshit and she immediately cut him off and called him out for being afraid of women. Cause it's obviously true. But without having a special edit where she just cuts straight to dunking on him, I am pretty happy to never hear his filth again. Thanks for the mod.
I considered this, but decided against it for two reasons:
1. Without the build-up of Oghren harassing Sigrun 5-6 times (depending on whether he was present for Sigrun's recruitment), it comes out of nowhere. 2. More importantly, it's followed by a banter where Sigrun appears to reciprocate his feelings, reinforcing all the toxic tropes of (constant, repeated) SH being an appropriate way to court someone. The game ends up making a very confused statement about SH and Oghren's misogyny as a result. Copied from the wiki (emphasis mine):
Sigrun: All right Oghren, let's be serious for once.
Oghren: Oghren's gonna get serious all over-
Sigrun: Oghren! Why are you constantly so obscene? Do you really like me, or are you just obnoxious?
Oghren: What's with women's preoccupations with talking about feelings? Yeah, I like you! I thought it'd be obvious.
Sigrun: Well, good.Maybe we should discuss it, and this time, keep the dirty talk for later.
Especially given that neither character, or their epilogues, ever mention it again -- in stark contrast to DAI, where romances developed in banters between companions become actual plot points -- my solution was to just remove the whole thing and wash my hands of it, as Bioware themselves seem keen to do.
Wow i'm soooo getting this mod! Thank you! I was wandering if a dialogue between Anders and Oghren could be fixed also, you know, the rape joke one, “Oh no, big templar man! What are you going to do with that sword?”
In the vanilla game, Oghren was a womanizing drunk jerk, but he also suffered from depression and was very knowledgeable about Dwarf history and tended to have a low opinion of Ozammar's culture. Sadly, the people that wrote Awakening wasn't aware of this dichotomy and wrote him as a womanizing jerk first and foremost, which practically ruined character in the eyes of many people.
I was just getting annoyed hearing that tattoo conversation for the 40th time and here comes this mod, not even posted a week ago! Brilliant timing.
Thanks for the Oghren edit as well. I never have him in my party anyway, but he was a complete waste of a character in Awakening. He is gross in DAO as well but I'm used to it. However, he was absolutely not needed in Awakening. I would have rather had the dog.
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I already had a similar mod for the first bit, but I'm liking the sound of the second bit since elf is my preferred race and that kept me thinking "what about me"
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/5337
I've been using it too if that's the case. Does that mean it's obsolete if we decide to go for this mod instead?
1. Without the build-up of Oghren harassing Sigrun 5-6 times (depending on whether he was present for Sigrun's recruitment), it comes out of nowhere.
2. More importantly, it's followed by a banter where Sigrun appears to reciprocate his feelings, reinforcing all the toxic tropes of (constant, repeated) SH being an appropriate way to court someone. The game ends up making a very confused statement about SH and Oghren's misogyny as a result. Copied from the wiki (emphasis mine):
Especially given that neither character, or their epilogues, ever mention it again -- in stark contrast to DAI, where romances developed in banters between companions become actual plot points -- my solution was to just remove the whole thing and wash my hands of it, as Bioware themselves seem keen to do.
I was wandering if a dialogue between Anders and Oghren could be fixed also, you know, the rape joke one, “Oh no, big templar man! What are you going to do with that sword?”
Thanks for the Oghren edit as well. I never have him in my party anyway, but he was a complete waste of a character in Awakening. He is gross in DAO as well but I'm used to it. However, he was absolutely not needed in Awakening. I would have rather had the dog.