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Most of the content of Dragon Age Central has been developer posts to the official Dragon Age forums, first opened in May 2004. But all things must come to an end, and these forums were shut down on 2nd November 2009, the day before the game’s release in North America.

Since I haven’t had time to add much other content to the site for most of 2009, I’ve decided to also shut down Dragon Age Central as it was, leaving it here as an archive.

The new Dragon Age Central is now a much simpler (and fully automated) website dedicated to making developer posts to the new official forum (on Bioware’s social site) easier to find and search through.

It’s been interesting running this site, and in a way I’ll miss it... but hopefully I’ll be too busy finally playing the actual game to care :)
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Brian Chung ~
Talentless Hack

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Thread: Mounts  [+2]
Date: Sunday, 07 June 2009 09:27AM
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*twitch*
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Georg Zoeller ~
Senior Technical Designer

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Thread: Disillusioned about the dragons?  [+4]
Date: Sunday, 07 June 2009 05:25AM
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Quote: Posted 06/06/09 21:26 (GMT) by Sir Buliwyf

Quote: Posted 06/06/09 21:20 (GMT) by Georg Zoeller

Wynne is not a shapeshifter smile smile
To be fair, on the character's page on the website, it's spelled as Wynn.

Yea, we all know the website is infallible.
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Mary Kirby ~
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Thread: Character Updates - Alistair and Sten now with Sten & Alistair videos  [+28]
Date: Saturday, 06 June 2009 03:37PM
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Quote: Posted 06/06/09 13:28 (GMT) by levi.porphyrogenitus

Here's a question. Is Sten's apparent berserker rage unique to him, or do more Qunari suffer from a similar affliction? If the latter, could that be one factor that helped to shape the Qun?

Sten isn't a berserker. He just had what could probably be called The Worst Day Ever.
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David Gaider ~
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Thread: The way in which DA:O trailers are presented.  [+20]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 09:23PM
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Quote: Posted 06/05/09 19:47 (GMT) by eyesofastorm
I thought so too... and also a little disturbing on some level.
Yeah, no doubt. I think about half-way through that I would be shifting uncomfortably from foot to foot wondering in the back of my head if that console girl was still up at this time of night. look smile
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Sheryl Chee ~
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Thread: Morrigan in a bikini  [+6]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 09:08PM
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Quote: Posted 06/05/09 20:35 (GMT) by Sakkara_Rogue

Look up "strophium"...that was the Roman version of a bra.
No reason a "barbarian" couldn't have leather version rather then a "civilized" cloth one.

You mean a "brabarian?"

Ahahahaha... ignore smile Where's Mary when I need her to groan at my bad puns and glare at me?
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Bruce Venne ~
Quality Assurance

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Thread: Annoyingly Bloody?  [+9]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 08:18PM
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Quote: Posted 06/05/09 19:34 (GMT) by Beerfish

Ummm, Are we sure they mean Gore as in blood n stuff and not AL GORE!? Perhaps there is a former leader who has druidic tendencies and wants to stop global warming in Thedas that is one of the mystery party members and that is what they mean by being able to turn off gore?

You figured it out. We're going to have to cut him from the game now.
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David Gaider ~
Lead Writer

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Thread: About Zevran...  [+16]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 06:55PM
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Quote: Posted 06/05/09 18:52 (GMT) by BECC4
the romance thing just leaves me as a woman gamer feeling a bit redundant, I look at Morigans bikini thread and try as I might I'm just not interested, I feel a bit like I'm losing the will, maybe it's so that we'll be so grateful for whatever they throw at us they're hoping we won't complain *shrug* then again they can't possibly be that naieve evillol smile
Come now, no need to be so dramatic. Marketing knows that there's an interest in it, and it will deliver in time and you will be very pleased. If it's not right the heck now -- well, fine, gnash your teeth if you must, but don't say I didn't tell you so when it finally comes. wink smile
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David Gaider ~
Lead Writer

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Thread: There are more yet-to-be-revealed party members, right?  [+15]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 06:48PM
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Quote: Posted 06/04/09 20:04 (GMT) by Lotion Soronnar
*comes back*
You serious or was that a pun? Is that a confirmation that among the unrevieled party members there are no elven females?
So, what? You need double confirmation?

You're one sick little masochist, sir. razz smile
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David Gaider ~
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Thread: About Zevran...  [+16]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 06:40PM
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Ahh, they assemble with pitchforks and torches already. It's so cute!

Don't worry, girls. You'll get yours, in the end. smile smile

(Was that another dirty joke? I can't tell anymore.)
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Sheryl Chee ~
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Thread: Annoyingly Bloody?  [+9]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 06:04PM
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Quote: Posted 06/05/09 17:58 (GMT) by Shady314

Excellent! This developer confirmation should cut down nearly 50% of the whining on this board! Now we just need to know if there is a toggle that removes anything to do with sex and all the wailing and moaning will end.

As has been said by others, you don't ever have to do anything smecksy if you don't want to. If someone ever brings up tapping the midnight still*, you can just decline.

*"tapping the midnight still" - a curious way of describing smecksy behavior, made popular by certain people who you will meet... soon.

Edited By Sheryl Chee on 06/05/09 18:06

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Bruce Venne ~
Quality Assurance

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Thread: Thrown weapons?  [+0]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 02:01PM
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Quote: Posted 06/05/09 12:44 (GMT) by kar98

Throwing knives - are they in or out?

Nothing on the wiki that I could see. A forum search found these:

bow
crossbow
short sword
long sword
great sword
axe
great axe
mace
maul
dagger
staff (mages)

Are there any others you know that are not listed? (like throwing knives biggrin smile )

There are grenade-like items (acid flasks, fire bombs) that can be thrown but there are no weapons that can be thrown.
There are ranged weapons (including a staff for the mage)if you are the type of player who likes to play as a ranged fighter. And, Alistair makes a great meat-shield.
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David Gaider ~
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Thread: Jactancy Romance  [+1]
Date: Friday, 05 June 2009 04:07AM
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Quote: Posted 06/05/09 03:06 (GMT) by Sir Buliwyf
I'm still hoping they'll announce one!! you hope for zevran/alistair romance and i'll hope for female warrior, possibly romance..! /denial
*casts Dispel Hope*

That's especially fun when you cast it on a paladin, I have to say.
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David Gaider ~
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Thread: So about Morrigan...  [+0]
Date: Thursday, 04 June 2009 07:55PM
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Quote: Posted 06/04/09 19:51 (GMT) by Dark Specie
Well, there IS one E3 review that said that as a result of the PC rejecting Morrigan in favor of Leliana, Morrigan shapeshifted into a dragon and fought the PC's party.
eek smile

I think that previewer might have misunderstood what was happening when they switched over to the Flemeth encounter. Just saying.
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David Gaider ~
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Thread: E3 Dragon Screens  [+9]
Date: Thursday, 04 June 2009 06:03PM
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Quote: Posted 06/04/09 18:00 (GMT) by Sylvius the Mad
I miss magpies. I always quite liked them, but they don't live on this side of the mountains.

We have rats instead.
I think of magpies as flying rats. Pigeons, too, but magpies attack cats. mad smile
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Chris Priestly ~
Community Coordinator

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Thread: Preorder questions  [+15]
Date: Thursday, 04 June 2009 06:00PM
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Next, I change your account to be "LittleMissPrissyPants". evillol smile