Talking with Idunna the Blood Mage [Dragon Age 2]

[@mariusmitre492]

There is something that I noticed about Dragon age as a whole that doesn't make sense. It seems to me that spell casting isn't superior to ordinary weapons. So if it takes just one rogue/templar/warrior to fight a mage, then why would you even bother to master all kinds of spells when is easier to just shoot arrows or snort some lyrium? As I see it, the most OP ones out there are hot rogue girls. When it comes to them, everything else looks like a punching bag.

[@anodyneavian]

How does that not make sense with the lore, though? We know that the templars can overpower mages, that's what they exist for, it's why mages are in circles in most of Thedas. As for why they learn, well, if you're born with a weapon built in, might as well try using it, instead spending the time finding a weapon you can afford and physically use.

[@mariusmitre492]

@@anodyneavian I still don't get it. Fighting them head on would be like going up against a force of nature with just a shield and a sword. Its not like the shield could protect you from everything. The mages in witcher show a different perspective in which the witch hunters hunt them one by one in groups and they would still stand no chance if they don't use dimeritium which is a great weakness against them. In warcraft you got the mak'gora, in which 2 people fight to the death in hand to hand or with weapons. Until someone starts casting spells and murders the sht out of his/her opponent.

[@nkechi4635]

I figure magic is just a weapon like anything else in the DA universe. Outside of something like a gun, how powerful/deadly you are depends on your own skills and talents. That's why there are mages that are easy to kill and also mages that are near invulnerable, same for rogues, warriors, etc. The weapon you pick just depends on what you like/are best at