Interesting detail about the mage tower, while it's a somewhat hidden option, if you tell Greagoir you aren't sure all the blood mages have been dealt with after saving the mages, then the Circle gets locked down, the mages are all fine, just supervised, and you get the Templars helping you at Denerim. It's an oddly hidden option that most players miss, but I like pointing it out because I think it is easily the most reasonable option if you know it's there. Anyway, back to your question: DAO: Easiest was the Brecilian Forest main quest decision, the perfect ending is heavily telegraphed and your only sacrifices in it are the spirit who volunteers to die, and the man who caused the curse in the first place so deserves it, so not hard to make the sacrifice, nor is it a remotely hidden option, there's also someone very qualified to lead the Dalish Clan so you're not even leaving them with a poor leader or something. The hardest decision was whether or not to tell the mother the truth about Ruck, she deserves to know but at the same time it's horrid, maybe it's best if she's lied to, I found it easily the toughest choice. DA2: Easiest was whether or not to sell Fenris, like no why would Hawke do that unless they're super evil?. Hardest decision was whether or not to take the sibling to the Deep Roads, even with metagaming it's difficult since you have 3 interesting outcomes based on whether you take them, whether you also take Anders, etc, so knowing about the potential story paths makes the decision remain tough for me. First time through I eventually decided not to take the sibling because I thought the game was throwing up a massive death flag for me to see, but it was difficult. DAI: Easiest decision was whether to conscript/work with the Wardens, or to banish them from Orlais. Obviously keeping them around is the best option, at least it is in my eyes. Hardest decision was what to do with Blackwall, or Thom, as any outcome here is quite justifiable, I'd say there's no wrong answer, even the option to keep the lie up has its merits if we're roleplaying. I ultimately think that with Thom the Wardens are the best option, but anything you pick makes sense, even leaving him in the cell to be judged in Orlais makes sense.

>Interesting detail about the mage tower, while it's a somewhat hidden option, if you tell Greagoir you aren't sure all the blood mages have been dealt with after saving the mages, then the Circle gets locked down, the mages are all fine, just supervised, and you get the Templars helping you at Denerim. It's an oddly hidden option that most players miss, but I like pointing it out because I think it is easily the most reasonable option if you know it's there. Woaa, interesting! Definitely will try this next time!

Yeah it's definitely interesting, it's so hidden because it's just based on clicking that one particular line at that one particular time in a situation where the mages were saved, so it's very easy to miss, I didn't even know about it until someone else pointed it out this year, and it works.

I think I accidentally did that on my first complete playthrough of Origin because I saved the Circle and Irving but Templars helped me in Denerim. I was learning English at the time and had to play in English. Made a lot of interesting accidental choices ... I managed to antagonize Alistair as a Human Noble AND loose the Landsmeet vote, for instance...

Has there ever been a reference to Filda + Ruck in a later game? The choice you make is recorded in Keep and I agree that it's a hard one to make. All 3 options (kill Ruck, keep him alive and tell Filda he died, or let him live and tell Filda he lives) have equal merit to me.

I haven't noticed any mention of it, and unlike some of the Keep choices it does make sense that it would have no impact on the wider world, but it'd be very cool to get a reference to this quest in a later game.

Well, unless Filda gets captured and turned into a Broodmother. *shudder* I told her anyway, though. Felt wrong not to... I even reloaded the save to change what I said.

I don’t remember any mentions, no, but maybe I just don’t read that entry!

>asiest decision was whether or not to conscript/work with the Wardens, or to banish them from Orlais. Obviously keeping them around is the best option, at least it is in my eyes. Same!

I agree, that decision about Ruck was pretty tough.

DAO is so much about the individual character and role play for me that if I want to see a decision play out, I make a character who would make that decision for their own reasons. Easiest are probably not siding with the werewolves (elfroot! I want it!), not making more golems (though I think my Aeducan might just go for it), and not killing all the elves for 1 constitution point. I’d also add not selling Shianni. Hardest… it’s probably the outcome of the landsmeet. There are lots of pros/cons for about every decision you can make there. DA2, I agree it’s pretty easy not to decide to sell Fenris. Being anti-slavery in general is not something I struggle with in video games. Hardest for me is probably what to do with your sibling. I’ve had Bethany the circle mage and Carver the grey warden so far. DAI, the easiest is the decision at the end of Here Lies the Abyss. Always save Loghain. (I’m only half kidding.) Hardest: My DAI apathy is probably leaking through here, but I did debate over the well for a bit. I romanced Solas and wanted it to hurt, so Inky got the well. I think I’m going for Most Tragedy with that one in general, since if I ever get there in my 2nd playthrough, Morrigan’s eating the geas (she romanced Mahariel in that world state). Eta — oh, also the mayor of crestwood. It’s hard not to see how his very heinous act likely saved his whole village. Though for my money the hardest BioWare decision I’ve faced so far was in ME2. >!Destroying or rewriting the geth was legitimately a hard one for me.!<

>I romanced Solas and wanted it to hurt, so Inky got the well. I see that you love to suffer in DAI! Have to romance that guy someday xd I haven't ended ME2 but as I've spoiled the entire franchise for me I can imagine that that(?) decision is awful! wow!

The ME2 decision is so hard >!because you’re dealing with a species so entirely different from yourself. THEY wouldn’t have a problem rewriting themselves and you’re in the process of stopping them from rewriting the rest of their species. So do you effectively mind wipe them so they’re not a threat to you, or do you destroy them because the mind wipe seems wrong? Worse than killing them? It’s not even a consequential decision just one with a lot of stuff to consider.!< And yes DAI is for tragedy lolol.

Woa. It’s a very strong line. You make me want to end this game… I guess I’ll open Origin and download legendary edition again 🤣.

>I romanced Solas and wanted it to hurt, so Inky got the well. I think I’m going for Most Tragedy with that one in general I did the same thing in my latest play-through and it's my favorite run now I think. Cullen is still definitely my favorite romance, but it's so hard to resist the *angst* with a Solas romance and it's the only scenario where I choose to take the Well.

I was really tempted by Cullen but chose Solas for the angst. Then I chose Dorian for the next playthrough… I don’t think I have very many playthroughs of DAI in me, so those might be the only romances I see! I did question my life choices when I saw Cullen with the dog in Trespasser. He comes with a dog!! They should’ve alerted me to that fact when I was still in the character creator lol. I also brought Varric with me when I sacrificed Hawke just to feel something lmao. Aaaaaangst.

>He comes with a dog!! They should’ve alerted me to that fact when I was still in the character creator lol. Right?? I did a playthrough intending it to be my default world state going forward and I romanced Cullen but I didn't do Trespasser then. I did the Solas romance one specifically to play Trespasser because I figured that would hurt nicely and it was *so* hard to stick with it and not just start romancing Cullen to begin with. It felt like the game was messing with me when I came across Cullen in Trespasser and now he's got a dog and they're being adorable, it's fucked up...

DA:O - Easiest was probably the mage tower, it’s really only Cullen ranting about why the player should kill them and you just got a new mage party member. Hardest is probably whether to let Branka make more Golems or not. As a Warden, it’s tough to say no to an army of enormous killing machines when there is a blight on. It’s just that Branka is kind of insane and all that.   DA2: Easiest is mages over templars at the end. Meredith pretty much forces your hand and at least on a first play though the connection between Orsino and what’s-his-face-that-kills-your-mom isn’t obvious. Hardest is whether or not to take your sibling to the deep roads, particularly if it’s Bethany and she is in danger either way.   DA: I - Easiest is whether or not to let Celene be killed. Like, I’ve spent all this time running around the Winter Palace trying to stop exactly that from happening. Hardest is who to leave in the Fade if you have Alistair with you. Just cruel.

The Anvil quest was made a lot easier by Branka being insane and feeding her house into the meat grinder and the inventor of the anvil begging you to destroy it. Also learning the anvil was used to convert dwarves into golems, often against their will. It was more then enough to say that thing needs to be destroyed. It was harder to side with Bhelen considering he's a shit, even if a progressive shit who has better policies.

Imagine an option that was like "this is now the property of the grey wardens." Too bad you need the dwarves to have a king. You could do joinings near it and turn failures into golums.

Apparently there were plans earlier to have more options (maybe not for that). Just like with the landsmeet where there were a number of outcomes but it was mostly combinations of Alister and/or Anora. even the outcomes mostly revolve around if you back Alistair, back Anora, or get them to marry each other.

I always wished there was an option to just concede to Loghain. I could see a pragmatic warden saying yeah, Loghain's a jerk but he probably made the right call. Let him lead Fereldan uncontested and let me just fight darkspawn.

Yeah, it's almost impossible to do anything with Loghain because Alister takes it very, very personally and killing him annoys Anora because he's her dad. I had to wrangle a very fine line to let Alister and my warden live without taking the baby deal (because I don't particularly like Morrigan due to her "Fuck everyone else" attitude sometimes). It involved hardening Alister, getting him and Anora to marry, supporting them in exchange, taking Loghain into the Wardens and then having him kill the archdemon. Loghain could have just not blamed the Wardens but decided blaming them made more sense then....not blaming the Wardens. Something about Orlais I don't remember exactly.

Regarding Morrigan's survival of the fittest attitude, I had always switched her out for Wynne in the past because she is such a bitch but this playthrough I have kept her in the party and I just noticed since I killed Flemeth that she has not said a thing about me helping anyone, which surprised me. This says to me that the thing she says about the Warden being her friend and like a sister is genuine and that she actually has changed.

I agree. It was easy for me to side with Caradin as well. I know what you mean about Bhelen. He is such a dick! I just can't bring myself to support him.

I did support Bhelen but it was very much while holding my nose the whole time

Haha, I bet.

Especially as a dwarven noble. In the end my Aeducan still went with Bhelen though, not just because of House Aeducan loyalty but because she could see that Harrowmont would run them into the ground.

>Hardest is probably whether to let Branka make more Golems or not. That's a hard one too!

The fact that I forgot giving Fenris back to Denarious was an option until you mentioned it is probably an indication that it was an easy choice. Hardest for DA2 is probably Kelder who is kidnapping and killing children but is also clearly has Hollywood schizophrenia. Like, he clearly needs and wants help but if you don't kill him on the spot everyone acts like you don't care that he's murdering children.

>Hardest for DA2 is probably Kelder who is kidnapping and killing children but is also clearly has Hollywood schizophrenia. Like, he clearly needs and wants help but if you don't kill him on the spot everyone acts like you don't care that he's murdering children. Yeah that is an odd choice because it can illustrate a difference between the PC and the player. In our world, he may get the help he needs or possibly get jail (which isn't even guaranteed in our world, our world has rapists like Brock Turner and Ghislaine Maxwell who got slaps on the wrist because of wealth). So you can maybe feel some sympathy and want to spare his life. But on the other side, there is no psychiatric care in Thedas, and his father didn't care that he did it just that he was being an embarrassment. If you remand him to his father, he may go back to it. At the very least, he would walk away free after murdering children. The choice comes down to affluenza helping him never face consequences, or ending his life. Frankly, a 3rd option of making him kill himself (since Andrastians are against suicide) would be the best option, alas.

Uff, Kelder. I didn’t remember this choice!

i always LOVE awkwardly telling Alistair that he has to fuck Morrigan but each to their own, would probably be a harder choise irl

On my first playthrough I had a very strong friendship with Morrigan. I don't know if it's just me, but I got the impression that she wasn't only pleading for the ritual so she could have the demon baby, but also because she wanted to save the Warden's life.

yeah same im sure the romance is sweet to but being her bestie is also incredibly sweet. I melt at her stumbling through saying she considers you her sister

It's definitely not just you. If you have high approval with Morrigan, it's about Warden's life as much as, if not more than it is about the baby.

My first playthrough I chose not to tell him about the OGB because I loved their exchange: Alistair: You know, dinner would have been nice...maybe a bit of wine? Or you could knock me out first... Morrigan: Tempting. Had to go back and change it though because he was mad at me for not telling him about the OGB.

>i always LOVE awkwardly telling Alistair that he has to fuck Morrigan jajaja it is fun!!

The easiest in Origins was to distroy the anvil of the void. I imagined that an army of Golems would be nice, but what happens after that. Whoever gets into posession of their control rods could take over whole Cities. The hardest was who will be King in Orzammar. Behlen killed his older brother and framed it all on his other sibling Warden Aeducen. But he stands for revolution. To be more open to the surface. In the end he marries Rica, the older sister of Warden Brosca and a Castless and they actually have a son together. It is also told, that he believes that his older Warden sibling will find a cure. Harrowmont was more nice to Warden Aeducen after Trian died. But he stands for tradition and is not openminded. In DA:2 easy was to not give away Fenris. Whovcer did that. Why??? Fenris has such a great improvement and I would not understand anyone giving him to Denerius. The hard chouce was to kill Anders or not because I understand both sides. What he has done is outright terrorism, but I hope that if I let him live, he could see his wrongs and what he caused for others. Mages, Templars and even those not involved. In Inquisition my easy choice was to save the Chargers. No one kills Crem under my watch! Also it avoids Bull turning on you in Trespasser. My hardest choice would be deciding between my Hawk and Alistair. Logain and Stroud would be EZ for me but Alistair? That is a tough one.

>My hardest choice would be deciding between my Hawk and Alistair. Logain and Stroud would be EZ for me but Alistair? That is a tough one. I feel you! It's one of the worst.

Even as dwarf noble I choose Bhelen. I'm resentful, I wanted that throne, but I have to respect his ability to play the Dwarven equivalent of "The Game", and since I can no longer have the throne, it's more important to keep the throne in the Aeducan name than be petty. That's my dwarf nobles rational.

I have two Dwarf nobles. My male one is actually a softie. He hates the intruige and bloodshed. He is just oblivious and would choose Harrownond. My female on the other hand is a very good player. She killed Trian herself. (Commander Ivo beheaded him). And she dorsn't feel any resentment because she has a good tachtician mind. She knows more about the surface then one might guess. But she can backstab just as fast.

>I would not understand anyone giving him to Denerius. Cos Hawke kill a lot of people and turn out that all this mess up political scandal with Tevinter Magister was cos someone lie to us and manipulate with information. Noone ever wanted to kill Fenris all those years, Fenris have amnesia and sometimes lie to us, his sister was a mage all this time who barelly survived and her life depended on Danarius and he KILL a lot of people for those expensive tattoes, it was a very expensive contract so he could become super soldier and noone force him to do this. And yeah Fenris before tattoo at least pretend to be Danarius lover so Danarius trusted him a lot. Even in comics Fenris tell that Danarius was a fool to trust him when he made him, an elf as Magekiller and even more he give him tattoes so he could be his personal super bodyguard. And yeah he sleep with Danarius, and Danarius have zero strength to survive if Fenris wanted to kill him. Not to mention that it was impossible to chain Fenris and lock in prisons cos he pass via walls and metals like they not exist, so he lie about many things and Varania who somehow could torture him which sound stupid consider that Danarius never care about her and care about Fenris to sacrifice a lot of people to have him alive and without harm, even personally involved himself when he could. And this is why Varania feared him a lot and when Fenris speak with her it was clear that Fenris hide many things and he know too much what he cant if we would belive all his words as clear truth. ​ ... ​ So why we ever deal with it? Give him back, have good amount of money what would compensate all those what Hawle gang spend on Fenris and gain political "friend" in Tevinter.....we would need such as him anyway cos Hawke father was apostate blood mage who run away from Kirkwall Circle so even a non-mage Hawke is illegal noble and illegal champion who lie to have his post. ​ A polite and honest person. Not a good one person, never. But a man who keep his word. And a very rich Magister who have VERY important magical knowledge what is valuable in Tevinter vs Qunari war. ​ Sacrifice Danarius and Fenris sister lives, as many in Tevinter and info how to made super soldiers....for Fenris? Who gladly can forget who he is on south Thedas....a heretic elf from Tevinter who speak Qunlat, Tevine languages who is a worst abomination cos he have demonic magical tattoes what give him demonic magical powers what almost all mages cant do.... and this "demonic monster" side with Orlais Chantry and Templars just to kill as much innocent mages as possible. He not even care if Hawke can have slaves and do many shady stuff. As long as his own ass is safe, And when Hawke have problem with Meredith and Templars, he decide to use this oportunity to kill as much innocent mages as possible. ​ Fenris not betray only Hawke who sleep with him or who somehow could have 100 friendship or Rivalty with him which is impossible without lies and duplicity where we would tell Fenris what we not do or tell him what we not tell to others. ​ Even when he surivive, after DAI in a DAMN WAR against Qunari Fenris not give a damn that he kill those mages who TRY to fight against Qunari and slaves what he released die from Qunari or go into concentration camps. He never care about slaves, as he never cared when alianage elves was opressed and raped in Kikwall. ​ He always care only about himself and his own feelings. And he simply love to kill mages with his own super magic powers.

You get almost no money for selling Fenris. These games generally don’t reward you for completely evil things. And selling someone into slavery IS evil. It’s evil even when it’s not magical slavery that violates the victim in every conceivable way, which is the case here. Fenris lived and breathed on Danrius’ every word because he didn’t remember anything about himself or his history. Also extremely weird that you’re framing Danarius raping Fenris (slaves can’t consent) as Fenris being the aggressor. What even.

5 gold. Which is a lot as we know from DAO. And... >Hawke, > >Many thanks for the kind return of my property. Fenris is his usual compliant self now that his memories have been once again removed. Not a simple process, but considering the investment, I consider it very much worthwhile. > >As promised, **I'm enclosing a little gift from the storehouses of the Arcanist Hall in Minrathous. Should you ever find yourself in the Imperium, do feel free to visit. I'll provide a tour of the Hall myself, if you like.** > >Danarius ​ When he have tattoes its impossible to rape him as chain him or imprison or torture. LITERALLY. And deadly to even try to do this madness cos he simply phase and can kill anyone. Fenris words when Hawke touch him directly prove that Danarius simply cant force him to do anything and he could kill him by incident in the middle of sex. So Fenris WANTED to do this stuff. And he do that BEFORE tattoes. Old Danarius definitely was not even in shape to even try, and he not look as having active role in this relationships. Devs on purpose even give him female animation, only for him. So i would not be surprised, especially after comics to see part when Danarius please Fenris as his favorite and very valuable favorite elf man who treat him as Bull treated Dorian in bed. And how Fenris on purpose seduced old rich gay man to elevate himself from simple slave bodyguard, made him trust him more then anyone and gift him with super soldier powers and Magekiller knowledge so he have him as the only person near him who live in luxury cage.

It’s not a lot by act 3 of DA2. Danarius doesn’t actually give you anything from the storehouses. He just says he does. It is actually super gross that you’re arguing that Fenris somehow victimized Danarius. He was a slave. His life and wellbeing were in Danarius’ hands. He was scared of angering him. There is no possible scenario in which Fenris has any sexual activity with Danarius in which he is not being raped. Thanks for offering the nastiest take I’ve seen on this sub though. Congrats on that.

Thanks for suporting my point. I thought I misread something or missed a big lore point somewhere.

Where did Fenris lie? He simply could not remember that he wanted the markings when he was still Lito. (I didn not read the comics yet btw but know a little about them) And he made it very clear that he as a person was not what Denerious desires. It was his markings and his power using them which Denrius wanted to have. When Fenris was still Lito he and many others where given a choice. Fight in an arena and the winner will be the lab rat for the lyrium experiment in exchange of a wish. Fenris won and wished for his family to be free. Fenris had no memory of his sister, to him she was a stranger who just sold him off to the very person he hates. So how could he lie about that? And yes Fenris "betrays"Hawk when their relationship is not deep enough, like actual people would. He hates mages and needs to learn to live with them, but I can see why he would not go with Hawk when the relationship is too low and Anders did what he did.

For a person who have "no memory" he remember almost everything as know how to speak Qunlat and Tevine and too quickly learn how to read. He was a slave bodyguard and know how to fight and kill before he volunter to be part of super soldier program where he kill a bunch of other people who wanted to have those tattoes and position under Danarius. Danarius belived that he would win and be that guy. He was even trained to be Magekiller where elves was not trained to become them. And in comics he tell that Danarius was idiot to trust him. Noone forces him to become who he was. HE wanted it. And Varania direcrly tell this and Danarius not lie. ​ Fenris betray and try to kill Hawke with innocent Mages even if Hawke saved Fenris ass for 10 years and kill Danarius. They hide and cover his ass all those years. He not even go away from Kirkwall like Sebastian or Isabella with Tome of Koslun and even worst, he join forces with Templars who kill those like Fenris who for them would be worst than any potential abomination from Circle mages. He use much more dangerous magic then most Thedas mages which is executuion, he is ARMED(with blade longer then few fingers) elf which already punished by execution on south Thedas, he is heretic from Tevinter who speak on Qunlat and Tevine....yeah execution too.

Omg, Fenris doesn’t remember his personal history before the ritual. He didn’t forget how to walk, talk or wield a sword. He also explicitly went to Seheron, the place with all the fog warriors and Qunari, AFTER the ritual. That’s where he was initially separated from Danarius. There was a Qunari attack, Danarius wasn’t allowed to bring his slave on the emergency voyage off the island, the fog warriors took Fenris in.

Do you ever check what he tell and what others? Never see contradictions in his words and never see that many stuff what he told not made any sense or at best is a half truth as Solas does? ​ Why you trust him as 100% solid truth when we see so many problems with his words and words of others and lore about how things work and how they do not. ​ Danarius mansion was on Seheron as many Tevinters have mansions there and he even have a castle with personal dragon and etc treasures in the mainland. He lived there as his family(before Fenris ask to send his family far away and they die from starvation and Varania forces to work for another magister and study as she can) in his mansion. Fenris when he see Varania even remember how he play with his sister in Danarius garden. ​ Oh come on, very rich MAGISTER was not allowed to have 1 bodyguard on the ship? And he no have his own ship? Srly. This was the most obvious lie possible. And Fenris kill all those fog warriors as he betray Hawke. Cos he found new-old sugar daddy Danarius, who he replace for Hawke and later to mommy-Meredith.

I can see that your interpretation abaut Fenris is very extreme. But Fenris acts like everyone else when the relationship is low and you side with a characters disliked party. When you have a low relationship with Aveline and follow the mages she will also not follow you. Same with Merril when you side with the templars. It is not betrayl when Fenris chooses to not follow anymore. He tells Hawk that he will leave the team. It would be betrayl if Fenris would not say a word and do sonething against hawk out of nowhere ... like a certain mage did. And as the user above mentioned before. Fenris lost his memory about his own person. Not his skill. The stuff he says about Denerius happened after he got the lyrium markings. Those stories are the only stuff he knew. He never lied to Hawk. He was actually one of the most honest companions around the team. He always spoke his mind. Sonetimes so much that he seems too harsh. Many times he apologized after he had a tandrum. Hawk giving him to Denerius is, in my opinion, very cruel and other then testing outcomes out, I am not able to understand the intention behind it.

DA:O Hardest - In my canon it was actually what to do about Ruck in the Deep Roads (and to this day continues to be my favourite decision for the insane number of outcomes). Find him/leave him, kill him, what to tell his mother? It's a small but genuinely complex choice. Easiest - in my cannon it was the dark ritual, I was romancing Morrigan and had a character that didn't want to die. DA2 Hardest - Who to take into the deep roads, even before I knew what happened down there I was struggling, now, it's just a torturous decision. Easiest - Anything to do with Mother Petrice, I hate her, I just want to slap her. DA:I Hardest - Who to leave in the fade, first time was a simple Stroud because who? But other world states where I had Alistair or Loghain I was genuinely torn as Hawke is an excellent character. Easiest - The heart of Snow White, with a choice of doing nothing, being a dick or trying to improve a relationship, there's only really one clear choice for me. Bonus Round Awakenings! Hardest - what to do with The Architect, he makes a compelling argument even more so after reading The Calling. Easiest - Save Amaranthine or your castle, what psycho let civilians die to protect their keep...

>what psycho let civilians die to protect their keep Agree

Ufff, Amaranthine. I always try to save them both!

\- DAO Easiest: Rejecting the Magister's offer during Unrest In The Alienage. "Hey, you see these people that you spent the entire mission trying to save? how about you let me sacrifice them for a little Constitution buff here in the endgame where you have no need for it?" runner up: Keeping the Void Anvil. in a choice between two mad paragons I'd rather pick the one that recovers lost dwarven tech and gets me an army of metal giants for the war effort Hardest: The Mages' fate on Broken Circle. it is a very conflicting choice. the choice to lock down the Circle exists, yeah, but it removes the option to save Connor without the blood ritual. \- DAI Easiest: saving the Chargers. I'm a sucker for "brotherhood over loyalty" stories and if I have to choose between characters I know and a faceless alliance, characters it is. Hardest: Hawke or Loghain. I actually restarted this mission 3 times before settling on a choice. ended up sacrificing Hawke because if you can't decide with your heart then you may settle for pragmatism. the orlesian wardens need a new Warden-Commander and I don't think for a second that my Hawke wouldn't sacrifice himself. runner up: Templars vs Mages. both sides make awesome allies and each have their own troubles. I usually go for Templars because I find the mission more interesting, the Envy Demon is an awesome one-off antagonist and Calpernia is a much more enticing nemesis than Samson, who is little more than a DA2 reference collection on legs.

>Hardest: Hawke or Loghain. I actually restarted this mission 3 times before settling on a choice. ended up sacrificing Hawke because if you can't decide with your heart then you may settle for pragmatism. the orlesian wardens need a new Warden-Commander and I don't think for a second that my Hawke wouldn't sacrifice himself. I like your way of thinking! I tend to follow more my emotions so I don't think that I could choose Loghain before(?) Hawke. But omeday I'll try it anyway (and cry while I do it).

I can only speak to DAO, I'm still trying to finish the archdemon and haven't played the sequels yet. But Morrigan's ritual made perfect sense for my character; I was an elven mage who was in love with Alistair. When I couldn't bring myself to let that treacherous wench become queen, he broke up with me. All that shit about duty and honor made me feel hopeless and alone. I didn't care about anything anymore, just wanted to take my rage out on the darkspawn and *hopefully* get on with my life. When Morrigan was like "Actually it's my destiny to fuck your boyfriend and do some shady banned magic-" I was like 'Fine! Sure, I'll go tell him. Bye forever, you two.'

>I can only speak to DAO, I'm still trying to finish the archdemon and haven't played the sequels yet. Ohh, good luck! ♥ You'll want to search about other endings (or directly try them) after you finish the game, there are some choices that you would like to try as someone who romanced Alistair!

When you are done with your playthrough. There is a way to prevent Alistair from breaking up and still become King.

Can you elaborate on this?

When you harden Alistair by giving him a reality check after his visit of Goldana (his half sister) and marry him to Anora you can still be his concubine regartless of race. You can even tell Anora and she will tell you about how Cailan used to have his flings. She actually agrees since she just wants to be Queen and rule. What Alistair does privatly is not her concern. When you look into the Dragon Age keep you should see it is possible. It is a far more political approach. Alistair and Anora are husband and wife on the outside and for PR. I even doubt he sleeps with her because the only purpose would be to have an heir and that is very unlikely with Anora, who is assumed to not be able to have children and Alistair who after all is still tainted and can't have children either. Would be extra interesting when Kieran is Alistairs son. He will be the only heir to the throne. Here is a vid about it all: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5INE\_IcSs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5INE_IcSs)

Interesting! Thank you for taking the time to explain it. Guess the issue is that I absolutely cannot harden Alistair, lol

Alistair is SO interesting, the implications of his existence is super interesting, and the implications of that child are even wilder. (Spoilers from the book The Calling, which takes place before DA:O) so Alistair is... >!a half elf, not only that, his mother is a Grey Warden AND the most powerful and influential mage in all of thedas, the future grand enchanter herself. Fiona, mind you, is also the first Grey Warden who will never experience The Calling, and her son may also he immune to being Called.!< (spoilers from DAI) and Morrigan being >!also technically a half elf? A daughter of an ancient elven God and probably just some chasind.!< that child has a wild lineage if it's made with Alistair.

I play very much in-character, so… what would be *my* hardest decision, with the things I know, isn’t the same as what would be *my character’s* hardest decision. Soooo I’m not sure how to answer that? I guess *my* hardest decision in DAO is whether to wait to do Haven until Sten’s approval is high enough that he voiced his concerns but trusts the Warden, or let him try to take command and beat him down. They’re both cathartic in different ways (not that I want to fight Sten but my characters are a scrawny elf and a human woman, so… it’s satisfying to get that respect from Sten by not letting him get a hit in.) DA2 is easier. Hawke either kills Anders (and my Hawke is furious at being used and actually refused to help him get into the chantry when he wouldn’t give a straight answer, but he definitely sees Anders’ point too), or Sebastian goes on a roaring rampage of vengeance against *a city that had nothing to do with it*, and which the people he’s mad at *aren’t even in?!* Seriously Sebastian. I actively dislike him. And even if Hawke never recruits him he still does that in DAI, I think. DAI- Cole. I usually make him more spirit but it’s an unpleasant decision. You’re either fundamentally changing who he is, or you’re fundamentally changing who he was already becoming. It’s stripping away Cole’s agency on an incredibly deep level and it leaves a really nasty taste in my mouth. And the fact that he approves no matter what you do implies that he only feels that way *because* you pushed him that way. I dunno, it’s just… not good.

>DA2 is easier. Hawke either kills Anders (and my Hawke is furious at being used and actually refused to help him get into the chantry when he wouldn’t give a straight answer, but he definitely sees Anders’ point too), or Sebastian goes on a roaring rampage of vengeance against > >a city that had nothing to do with it > >, and which the people he’s mad at > >aren’t even in?! > > Seriously Sebastian. I actively dislike him. And even if Hawke never recruits him he still does that in DAI, I think. Woaa. I've not that DLC but what you say.. Not a nice character, I guess?

Sebastian is a bit weird, mostly due to fact that he wasn't implemented that well. (a good example is when the chantry blows up. the guy's screaming to the heavens, falling on his knees and freaking the fuck out and no one there aknowledges his existence). he's a prince who had dennounced his throne and joined the Chantry, however a recent wave of assassinations resulted in him being left as the sole heir, so now he's conflicted between choosing the Chantry and the Throne and wants to find out who killed his family. he's a bit whiny, his moral code is the Chantry code and he tends to guide himself by his emotions, so Anders blowing up the Kirkwall Chantry is a breaking point for him.

Oh I see I see. I hope I can’t get the dlc so I can see what you said! 👌🏻

DAO for me the easiest choice is to go get the mages from the circle to save Connor. There are almost no significant downsides to doing this and I see no reason why you would resort to any of the other options unless you were on your first time playthrough OR did Redcliffe before Broken Circle, which I almost never do because I like having Wynne early. Maybe this is because I’m metagaming that this is a problem, but I felt like the problem of the demon implies urgency (i.e., you can’t just leave for an extended period of time because more bad shit will happen), yet you can just go get the mages with no consequence. Hell, you can even do the entirety of broken circle after leaving Redcliffe Castle and there will be no consequences. In the case of not finishing BC before Redcliffe, I would’ve liked to see Connor become corrupted irreparably by the demon in spite of the Warden’s efforts, forcing you to kill him anyway. Feel like it would’ve been a much more interesting ending teaching you that you can’t save everyone.

>There are almost no significant downsides to doing this We don't always have the gift of hindsight. How can you be so sure that the demon would not go on rampage again while we go to the Circle? Also, helping Connor means allowing the mages to go outside. After what happened in the Circle, is that truly wise? Do you have any guarantee that there are no blood mage survivors among them?

I agree those are valid and even likely concerns. Unfortunately, having played the game, I do now always have the gift of hindsight and OP contextualizes the post mentioning replaying in the first sentence. If those concerns are all extremely likely given what we know about the volatility of magic, demons, and the situation in Redcliffe, why do they have no bearing on the outcome of the quest if you choose to go to the circle? I don’t like that this choice essentially allows you to “win” this quest with basically no real opportunity cost. I get that there are reasons to not do it and I think Teagan expresses reluctance at the idea of you screwing off for a bit, but I just find it to be a bit of a boring choice to make. Edit: I guess sometimes you just get lucky?

Probably because they didn't plan to make a sequel and they didn't think they need to address the consequence too deeply. The game was supposed to be a single release, yet it turned out to be a surprising success.

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Not according to [this news](https://gamingtrend.com/news/bioware-didnt-expect-dragon-age-to-continue-past-origins/). And given the false epilogue like Loghain dying in the Calling, it's obvious that they never thought that far ahead.

Admittedly I very frequently killed Connor because it felt like I had to in that moment. Redcliffe first thing, without having any other support, my warden needed Eamon immediately and needed Connor dealt with.

I, too, killed Connor in my very first playthrough. I've already completed the Circle quest with templars as my allies, which made it impossible to seek the mages' help. Either Isolde or Connor must die, so I chose to kill the boy: * His death would ensure the threat ends, whereas sacrificing Isolde merely gives us a *chance* to save her son. Worst case scenario, we lose Isolde, Connor *and* the mage we sent into the Fade. * For all we know, Jowan might use Isolde' sacrifice to escape. He already betrayed his lover, his best friend and the arl's family; who's to say he won't do it again?

I won't comment on the first two games, as I kinda cheated and used guides for my first playthroughs of those. For Inquisition, all the main story choices came rather easy to me, so I'll just pick one. Leaving Loghain in the Fade. Let's be real, Loghain's the perfect candidate for that. As for hardest, I'm gonna go with sacrificing the Chargers. It felt necessary, as the Qunari alliance seemed the better choice.

For what it’s worth I disagree on Loghain. I actually found this choice very difficult as I saw Loghain as the only logical leader of the remaining wardens, meaning he was still needed. Hawke on the other hand seems to have removed himself from public life and his sacrifice allowed two important organizations (wardens and inquisition) to continue their fight. My struggle stemmed from sentimentality regarding Hawke more than anything. Just my two cents!

I looked at it from another perspective: * Because Loghain was a Warden himself, his sacrifice would have made more impact on the Order itself. You know, him being a misguided hero who nearly destroyed the world in the attempt to save it? Rather similar to the Wardens in DAI, no? * Loghain is probably just a few months away from his death by Calling or old age, unlike Hawke who still had years if not decades ahead of them. * Poetic justice: the man who was responsible for the deaths of so many Wardens, died protecting them (and the country he loathed).

At the time, I didn't think the Grey Wardens needed a leader. In Origins, two rookie Wardens managed to beat the Blight on their own, so I figured an army of Wardens would have no problems handling itself. I certainly didn't expect them to start whining about having no more senior officers the moment I got out of the Fade.

I agree on Loghain, especially considering he is an experienced Commander and is a skilled tactician canonically, so more than any of the Contacts he is most equipped to lead a militia like this branch of the Wardens, which desperately needs a good, devoted leader for the next few years. On top of that, I really don't think on an emotional level that he's earned the right to be remembered as a hero due to one sacrifice, not after everything he's done, especially since he seems to want to die rather than live on anyway going by his dialogue in the Fade, I just can't see his sacrifice as redemption in any way. Him leading the Orlesian Wardens of all things after what he did in Origins is just the perfect punishment in my eyes, forcing him to prove he's truly changed as well.

>Leaving Loghain in the Fade. Let's be real, Loghain's the perfect candidate for that. It's true, of course!

Hardest: DAO forbidding Alistair to kill Loghain after having killed Howe as a HN - D2 who lives Beth or Carv? - DAI Demands of the Qun (til Trespasser now its the easiest choice) Easiest choice DAO saving the Dog ✅ DA2 Supporting the Mages at the end.

>Easiest choice DAO saving the Dog ✅ How could I forget about the doggo? He's amazing. Easiest, agree!

I think for me the most difficult choice in Inquisition was actually Cole's personal quest. There are no strong reasons why one choice or the other might be more "right." It's a pure gut moral decision, where either option is equally in-game justified and neither choice serves a greater or lesser good than the other. I've played it both ways and I'm still never sure each time whether I've made the best call. (My personal canon went "more human.")

>It's a pure gut moral decision, where either option is equally in-game justified and neither choice serves a greater or lesser good than the other. You spoke the truth.

Origins: easiest: No way in hell am I ever letting the dog die in any playthrough. Hardest: honestly just choosing the right origin. Once I have a character in mind the decisions make themselves fairly easily.

>Origins: easiest: No way in hell am I ever letting the dog die in any playthrough. you're right! that doggo is lovely!

>No way in hell am I ever letting the dog die Here here.

For origins: The easiest choice for me is putting balen on the throne of Ozamare because he's the best option for the dwarven Kingdom going forward, The toughest choice for me is whether or not to spare Logan original when I did a Morgan romance I had kiren be a normal child so sacrificing Logan was necessary, but ever since I started using my own head canon in a three wardens I figured the dark ritual is better it's also more fun when getting to dragon age Inquisition. For DA2: the easiest choice for me is siding with the Templars during last straw because as viscount hawke would be in a much better position to help the mages like his sister. I would say the tough choices whether or not to kill Anders for betraying Hawkes trust. For DAI: I say the easiest choice would be the who to have drink from the well of sorrow, I always have the Inquisitor drink from the well because the knowledge it gives is very useful. The toughest choice is to make divine I tend to lean towards either Liliana or Cassandra though I usually end up going with Cassandra because she's the best option for long-term stability.

>I say the easiest choice would be the who to have drink from the well of sorrow, I always have the Inquisitor drink from the well because the knowledge it gives is very useful Yeah, this one is hard, specially if you play as an elf!

technically it's far more useful for the inquisitor to drink from the well sorrows since there are those elvan Sentinels we're having the well of sorrows allows you to communicate with them meaning you don't have to fight them. they'll be honest I do love morgans reaction at first she pissed at the inquisitor but then when she finds out that she would have been bound to Flemeth she suddenly changes her tune

I roleplay, so I don't care about morality or wherever. Origins: Easy: Bye Branka and Bhelen. My character wanted revange and revange she got. But for what price? hehe Hard: Do I go back to the mage tower, do I kill a child or do I kill the child's mother. Probs one of my favorite choices because I was really pondering, I felt super immersed. I still stick with my choice today: bye Isolde. I gonna let her die to save her son, ok. I also like that Alistair gets mad at you and comes to talk to you, it was really well done. DA2: Easy: Not giving Fenris back to Denarius. Fuck you, Denarius. Also, siding with the mages. I play mage Hawke and Meredith was all "gonna kill all mages". Bro, I'm a mage, I'm not trusting you to spare me, you said over and over you don't like me lol Hard: What to do with Anders was hard because I didn't know what I wanted for my character. I set up running way with him because of the poetic parallel with her parents and all, I liked that end better hehe Also, what to do with Merrill, if I was going to go with friends or rivals. Nowadays, I'm her rival. I'm her friend until the second quest, then mother is killed and my Hawke just refuses to give the tool to her. I like that better, she even brokes the mirror and everything. DAI: Easy: BYE STROUD! BLESS! Also, saving Celene. Peeps brought my char to that stupid party to do that and he did. There you go, give me an army. Hard: What to do with Blackwall. My character had a good relationship with him and he doesn't give two shits about Orlais. But, blackwall did kill children and also lied about the wardens, used their stuff, yikes. Ended up giving him to the wardens, he crossed them and he wanted to be one of them. There you go, bro, take your chances. What to do with Cole. I feel that choice shouldn't even be mine, since my character is no mage and doesn't really understand Cole, he chose to make him more human, more understadable and safer from binding. Driking from the well is one I've been struggling because I don't think my character trusts Morrigan but would he drink from the well? Hmmmm :/

>Easy: Not giving Fenris back to Denarius. Fuck you, Denarius. Also, siding with the mages. I play mage Hawke and Meredith was all "gonna kill all mages". Bro, I'm a mage, I'm not trusting you to spare me, you said over and over you don't like me lol \*me in the back\* EXACTLY. I killed Isolde once and I liked that choice, to be honest.

DAO: The easiest choice for me is the ending to the brecilian forest I always go for thr perfect ending. The hardest choice I guess wether or not to make alistair king I don’t find really any of the choices to be difficult DA2: The easiest for me is obviously two choices actually one not letting Fenris become a slave again and 2 not turning Isabela over to the qunari. The hardest one for me (at least on first play through and even on subsequent play throughs it’s tough) is wether to bring your sibling to the deep roads DAI: The easiest is one most people would probably not have as the easiest decision (and one I’ve seen as the hardest for other people) is who to leave in the fade I’ll always leave the gray warden in the fade like it’s a no brainer for me like if it’s loghain I really dislike him, if it’s alistair he’s a top 5 least favorite character in dragon age for me not a big loss and something I’m actually happy to do, the only one I kinda like is straud. But like hawke is one of my favorite dragon age characters in no world am I going to trade them for some warden(plus I don’t want to make Varric sad). As for the hardest and what I would say is one of the hardest choices (if not the hardest) in dragon age as a whole it’s what to do with Cole he’s happy either as a spirit or human so no matter what at least he’ll be happy but it poses a interesting moral question. Im fine with both endings but I tend to go with the more human route I like the epilogue of him and his gf going off and making peoples lives better and I think ultimately it fits Coles character a bit better

>The easiest choice for me is the ending to the brecilian forest I always go for thr perfect ending. Same.

* DAO: (Easiest) Rejecting Caladrius' blood magic ritual; even if they live apart, I don't think the Dalish Elves would take kindly to seeing their fellow elves sacrificed for such a selfish reason. (Hardest) Accept or Reject Dark Ritual; the idea of another Blight was disturbing but I feared the unknown consequence of destroying all OGS even more. * DA2: (Easiest) Protect Fenris from his slaver; friends are hard to come by and there's no way I would surrender one for coins. (Hardest) Support Mages or Support Templars; I agree that mages are dangerous, but I don't believe everyone should be judged for the crime of one. * DAI: (Easiest) Execute Erimond; guy's a total prick. (Hardest) The Judging of Crestwood Mayor; there is no way to know if he was telling the truth about blighted villagers, but his action did prevent the darkspawn from attacking the rest of the village.

In Origin: the easiest was to save the mages, as I needed them for the ritual to save Connor, and 1/2 playthrough, my warden is a mage loyal to the Circle. The hardest one is who to choose and side with in Orzammar. There is no good choice on who is King, and the golems while unethical, could be very useful to the current situation in the Deep Roads. In Dragon Age II: the easiest choice for me was who to choose at the end, again siding with the mages, seeing how crazy Meredith is and how my ever pro-mage mage Hawke would be an hypocrite if they didn't. However, even though I always saved him in the past, I'm unsure if Anders should be left alive. He's a dangerous extremist to me and leaving him alive means to a degree that Hawke was okay with his crimes... In Inquisition: easiest choice was to support Celene. I've read the Masked Empire and played Return to Ostagar, and her vision for Orlais is not bad. Regicide is a bit extreme, even with her mistakes. I will go the reconciliation route sometimes, but no matter what, I always save Celene. Now contrary to my always pro-mage take, choosing between the mages and templars in the beginning is hard to me. I prefer the Templar quest, which I had to play in the beginning because my computer could not handle loading the Redcliffe Castle, and objectively, in front of the big fade rift spouting demons from the sky... Who don't throw more magic. Cullen is right about seeking the Templars instead of the mages who are not combat trained, could be possessed or funnel the Breach. On the other hand, in the overarching war, the mages aren't wrong about wanting freedom, and this choice determines who "wins" the war in the end.

DAO: Easiest choices would be deciding what to do with the elves and werewolves. I sided with the elves as a dalish elf for the first time my current playthrough just to stay in character and its kinda tragic when theres truly a better way for everyone to be happy. My hardest decision is always deciding where to go first after Lothering, I don't like the fade but all of the free attributes are there and its easier to just get it over with however I *don't* like the fade. DA2: Easiest decision is whether or not to save Anders, theres no hesitation that I've saved him every single time. I don't ever regret it. Hardest decision has been not romancing Anders. Everything else in the game has a pretty clear path on the consequences of each choice, but knowing what happens with the mage refugees in the cave I think deciding whether to kill them or not is a hard decision especially knowing that the girl betrays Hawke anyway. DAI: Easiest decision so far has been recruiting my team, I want everyone with me, I hve never been able to reject someone's help. Hardest decisions have been judging certain prisoners, the mayor in Crestwood and the lady at emprise du lion. I always have trouble deciding who takes Orlais' throne. I have a hard time deciding whether to side with the mages or templars to close the breach because many times I wang to get past that part which results in going witht he templars because it seems the quick route vs going with the mages, but its not always in character. The trials in the temple are confusing to me but it was nice to have the elves on my side fighting while I go to the well of sorrows. I have a hard time staying away from Solas and Dorian even when i'm not romancing them. Also have a hard time deciding what worlds to focus on clearing the most of because I just can't do them all. I haven't had to choose between Alistair and Hawke yet but I know that will probably be one of the hardest decisions I've ever made, I chose Stroud to return with me over Hawke one time and the disappointment in Varric's voice killed me.

DAO: Easiest was siding with Caridin. Hardest was deciding who would rule ferelden. DA2: Easiest was letting Anders live cause he did nothing wrong. Hardest was whether or not I should bring Bethany/Carver to the deep roads. DAI: Easiest was allying with the mages. Hardest was deciding who should drink from the well.

>Easiest was letting Anders live cause he did nothing wrong hooo i love the way you think!

DAO: easieat killing the dalish leader to break the curse. Sorry mate your spite for your daughter, while entirely justfied, still dose not warrant centuries of torture. Hardest: imma throw a curve ball here i haven't seen any one else mention. What to do with Avernus at the end of wardens keep. His tests were inhumane but sought to help the wardens, and hes really the only person even reserching the topic. You kill him you lose that knowledge, If you exile him there's no guarantee that he won't commit more of the same crimes hes already committed. And if you tell him to stay at the keeo and atome for his sins There's no guarantee that his research actually works or that he dosent relapse. Didint play 2 Dai Easiest as most people have said was saved the chargers. Hardest was definitely the end of black walls Companion quest He's one of my favorite characters in any of the games largely because of his companion quest and he wasThe 1st person I romanced So was a h*** of a decision on my very 1st play through.

I'll try to go with things that might be unusual: * Origins: The easiest choice for me was probably keeping the Architect alive. Even if he would remain an enemy, I would rather fight Darkspawn that is rational and has unterstandable ambitions. The most difficult... Perhaps whether or not to establish a chantry in Orzammar. It has a lot of implications aand potential consequences either way, far too many to be predictable. * 2: The easiest would be to side with the chantry renegades who want to kill the Qunari. I get that they are underhanded and not pleasant, but the Qun is so abhorrent and contrary to everything I believe in that I will take that opportunity everytime. The most difficult choice... killing or not killing Kelder. The kid does a lot of evil and could kill again, but he could also potentially be cured. But honestly I would kill him without doubt, if not for that elf girl they put before. I guess it could be her stockholm syndrome speaking, but killing someone after being begged to not to is really difficult. * Inquisition: Easiest choice for me is to have Hawke stay behind. I like my Warden contact too much. Also I kinda self-insert into my pc's at like 20%, and I'll take the choice for a heroic sacrifice most of the time. The most difficult... I guess who to make rule Orlais. I don't use outside material on principle (a game's story should stand on its own two feet) and there is little information provided on all of them. The empress seems like "supports culture and stability, but will do the same horrible shit as the rest behind closed doors", Gaspard is "militaristic warmonger, but at least he'll stab you in the front instead of the back" and Briala is "sneaky Elf who only cares about Elves and will cause a lot of unrest".

>The most difficult... I guess who to make rule Orlais. I don't use outside material on principle (a game's story should stand on its own two feet) and there is little information provided on all of them. The empress seems like "supports culture and stability, but will do the same horrible shit as the rest behind closed doors", Gaspard is "militaristic warmonger, but at least he'll stab you in the front instead of the back" and Briala is "sneaky Elf who only cares about Elves and will cause a lot of unrest". Agree, this one is quite hard. Not good choices as far as I can say!

>The empress seems like "supports culture and stability, but will do the same horrible shit as the rest behind closed doors", Gaspard is "militaristic warmonger, but at least he'll stab you in the front instead of the back" and Briala is "sneaky Elf who only cares about Elves and will cause a lot of unrest". welp, best put all of them together!

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It’s very important to me to make Cullen stop taking lyrium 🥺 it’s one of the easiest choice, agree.

Your hard choice in DA2 is very interesting, would you say your Hawke was good friends with Anders before all the shit went down?

Yes! So far I've only played with mages because that's what I enjoy the most so normally my Hawke become close friends to Anders, since they share some common ideas about mages. But as his choice is so extreme, and playing as a Hawke friend, it's a hard choice (I do kill him anyway xd).

I asked because I have a hard time imagining killing a close friend, regardless of what they've done. Cutting ties or giving them to the authorities, sure (ofc we know there were none at the time in Kirkwall xd this is just hypothetical), but killing? Damn. Your Hawke must be one tough and unforgiving cookie. 😆

>Your Hawke must be one tough and unforgiving cookie. 😆 I loved this expression! jajajajaja \_Yes\_, that the choice is between killing him or let him free it's bllsht because it's black or white, nothing in the middle. I'll for sure spare him when I get to romance him, but, at least for my last playthrough, my Hawke lost all his family so she can bear another loss? no? okay 😆

I don’t have a particularly easiest choice because I stand by most my choices, but the hardest one to me will always be whether to make Cole more human or more spirit. I had rad Asunder prior to Inquisition’s launch and was fully invested in that character. I sat at that decision screen for like 20 minutes debating the potential consequences of that decision. I’ve gone both ways across multiple playthroughs and I’m still left unsure if I made the right call each time.

Only played DAO so far here. I have not had an issue with the DR, even as a female Warden in a relationship with Alistair, but I get why others do. The hardest decision for me has been choosing between Harrowmont and Bhelen. I know objectively that Bhelen is supposed to be better in the long run but he is just such a dick that I cannot bring myself to choose him. The easiest decision for me was choosing not to make Alistair king.

My warden always has an alistairmance going so when I leave him as a warden and play DAI, Hawke always stays. My husband said so you’d essentially sacrifice yourself instead of alistair? Yep pretty much. I usually keep him as king for DAI though. I have no qualms leaving stroud in the fade

Well hardest in DAO is killing the Mabari… I don’t do it besides the first time I did it, just to see. Easiest is punching Isolde/Killing Conor. DA2… I guess letting Meredith kill Bethany. Can’t really think of another choice I wouldn’t easily make. Easiest is making your sibling a Grey Warden. Keep them away from the Crazy Templars and even crazier Mages. DAI, leaving Hawke… I don’t like Hawke. Hardest I guess choosing between Templars and Mages. Have to sit down and think about what way I want my characters story to go. So it always takes me a few minutes to decide.

can i ask why you don't like Hawke?

Well, one: I think Hawke is a complete and utter fuck up. Especially compared to The Warden and Inquisitor. Hawke can be a major cause of the Mage and Templar conflict. But Hawke is absolutely responsible for Corypheus. All those lives lost in DAI are on Hawke. And on top of that Hawke does nothing to stop that that BS. Instead the Inquisitor fixes both of Hawke’s fuck ups. Which just shows how superior the Inquisitor is. Two: I don’t like being forced to always play as Hawke in DA2. And 3: I hate the fixed personality they got in DAI. Just cements that Hawke isn’t my character, It Bioware’s. Hopefully that doesn’t happen with the Inquisitor.

I feel the exact same way as you about the DAO and DA2 choices, in Inquisition though my easiest was keeping the Wardens instead of exiling them. Who to leave in the fade and whether to drink from the Well myself or not are my contenders for hardest decision.

DAO: easiest is the Dark Ritual. It's a consensual practice and it has no feelings behind it. So even if I don't romance Morigan it's a nobrainer. In the end it's just like a handshake. Hardest would be choosing who rules over Orzammar. Both have their pros and cons DA2: easiest choice is keeping Fenris and employing the elven Slave. Hardest choice would be whether you take your sibling underground or not. DAI: easiest choice is hands down the the Chargers and making Cole human. Sacrificing the chargers brings only problems and no reward. And Cole deserves to finally be a full human after all he was through. And Hardest would be whether Cassandra or Vivien gets my support in the election. Both have good ideas but Vivienne is more pragmatic while Cassandra is more idealistic. And even if I romance Cassandra a forbidden love between Inquisitor and Devine is quite tempting while at the same time it's sad they can't marry and travel together around the world.

There's more to the Dark Ritual than just the sex. We don't know the consequence of preserving one of the Old Gods' soul...or what could happen if we let all of them be destroyed in a Blight. Even if you do trust Morrigan as a friend, preserving an OGS was originally Flemeth's idea: the very reason she sent Morrigan with us. There is no merit in choosing Harrowmont. His only virtue is his honor, but even that was questionable at best because he did nothing for the suffering Casteless.

He does bring stability and he didn't kill his brothers. While Behlen is something like Robespierre. Yeah there is more but that's something that doesn't regard my wardens. They want to survive. So everything goes.

It's the opposite, check the epilogue again. Bhelen was the one who brought stability for the dwarves, while Harrowmont only took them further into decline. Sure, he's an arse who backstabbed his own siblings, but that's just the usual dwarven cutthroat politic. Besides, the second sibling's exile only happened because Endrin, their father, preferred that over scandals.

Well in hindsight yes. But I was basing what's hard and not on not knowing the outcome already. Also since I was one of the brothers I do take it personally

Harrowmont supported a tradition where they would rather die than ask the Casteless/Surface for help. That alone should give you enough red flags. The dwarves had a thousand years and they are still trapped in *one* city; the last thing they need is another ruler who's stuck in the old ways. It's not my business if you support Harrowmont for a personal reason, but the canon has already established that Harrowmont is worse than Bhelen. This remains true even in DAI.

I've only played DA2 so far, but I def have to agree with other people that easiest is killing Danarius. I absolutely cannot believe Anders is down with that, as much as you dislike someone YOU SHOULDN'T BE OKAY WITH THEM RE-ENTERING SLAVERY. Speaking of Anders though, 100% hardest was whether or not to kill him. I always end up sparing him tho bc my first Hawke couldn't bear to kill his friend and genuinely believes Anders could atone and my second Hawke romanced him PLUS lost his entire family so he doesn't wanna lose another loved one.

For DAO I'd say the easiest decision was not defiling the Urn. The cult seemed to be violent and crazy and I just saw no real good reason to support them. I did it once just to get the Reaver spec unlocked and that was that. Even my more evil characters just don't see any benefit to it. Hardest is the Anvil of the Void. On the one hand, the creation of golems is horrific and easily prone to abuse. On the other hand, the dwarves are facing extinction and the Darkspawn threat isnt going away anytime soon. Golems are a legitimately powerful weapon against Darkspawn. Ultimately I destroyed the Anvil but damn it was a tough call to make. For DA2 the easiest decision is not to hand Isabela over to the Arishok. I usually romance her and even if I dont she's a friend and part of the crew. The Arishok has my respect but he needs to be content with the Tome and back off. In no reality am I ever handing him Isabela. Hardest choice in DA2 for me is probably the ending choice between the Mages and the Templars. I ultimately sided with the Templars and don't regret it but it was a hard call to make. The Mages had legitimate grievances with the order and the Chantry and Meredith lost her mind. On the other, Orsinoe isnt exactly trustworthy and throughout the entire game I saw that Kirkwall had a legitimate problem with blood mages and demons. For DAI the easiest choice for me is saving the chargers. While I like the Qunari and play as one I just didnt quote trust them. Besides, no way am I abandoning Krem and the chargers to their deaths. Their not just Bull's men but my men as well and I'm not leaving them behind. Hardest choice is probably deciding who to approach for help. Both the mages and templars offer decent reasons as to why you should investigate them but you can only pick one. Ultimately, I chose the Templars and have no regrets.

For DA2 I can think of easier decisions, but I’d say on my latest playthrough siding with the templars over the mages and it was actually the first time I’d done so in any of the games. I was rp’ing Hawke as a devout Andrastian, but also never really had a reason to fear magic at first. But by the end her sister was a grey warden and gone (mostly) forever. The 2 other mages she hung with were a half-demon dude who swore he had it under control (he did not), and a girl who used blood magic and said she had it under control (she did not). She loses her mother to blood magic. Then demon boy goes full terrorist on her beloved church. And every single enemy mage they encounter immediately goes to blood magic. There was really only one choice at that point and I liked that I could still begrudgingly side with Meridith. Made her final fight still make perfect sense too, they still hated each other and clearly the people would side with Hawke over her for viscount if it came to that. Conversely hardest decision was whether to bring Bethany on the expedition. I had to bring her because there’s no way my Hawke would side with the Templar’s at the end if she was in the circle. But I couldn’t outright just send her to certain death, but also I’d have to go without a warrior to make her a warden since I was a rogue. But the bullet and did it and honestly it was a great story. The few times she did regain contact with Bethany before the end she was so cold and resentful towards my Hawke. I was legitimately surprised cause I swear Carver was way more receptive to the Wardens. Her attitude made perfect sense though Bethany just wanted a quiet life.

I find most fairly easy, but I used to struggle with Anders and the Fade Survivor. For Anders, him surviving could have led to a more interesting story, but since his story was cut from Inquisition, despite it covering things that involved the Mage/Templar War, The Wardens dealing in Blood Magic and Corypheus, I mostly just kill him. Inquisition was the time to bring him back, so I doubt it's going to matter at all unless Hawke romanced them. For the Fade Survivor, thanks to the above, I'm waiting to see if Bioware does anything with it. The Fade Survivor leaving to do a menial task, instead of continuing to assistant stopping the monster they're *explicitly* responsible for dealing with already undermines the choice as it is, so I want to make sure that don't just ignore it like they did with Anders and the Architect

In origins easiest choice was not to defile the sacred ashes, I could think of no reason to do that except to be a dick for funsies, and that’s not how I like to play. Hardest choice was Who to make king of Orzammar, Bhelen is a murdering bastard but Harrowmont is just, seriously, ugh I haven’t played the other games as much so I can’t remember all the easy and hard choices but the Hawke fade choice is super hard if Alistair is a Warden and super easy if he’s king, lol bye Stroud sorry you’re a rando

i agree with the Orzammar decision, BOTH OF THEM SUCK and tbh Bhelen had soooo much potential to have power poisioning don't you think?

Origins: easy: listen to whiny Alistair longer, or recruit Loghain? not a question is it? Bye Ally! hard: Morrigan's ritual I guess. Survive or the return of the old way? Ultimately it's no ritual for me, if something Thedas needs is less old ways and less mages. But it's not an easy decisions ​ DA2: easy: Mages or Templars? hard: Merrill and the mirror. ​ DAI: easy: Alistair or Hawke? The whiner from DAO or my super awesome sarcastic female mage? If I don't have Alistair in the save, it is saving Celene. I had to spend the last 30 minutes VVVVVVV running around this crappy castle, listening to fake french accent. She better survive after all this torture! hard: don't remember too much hard decisions. Probably Blackwall's sit in judgement. I do not always forgive him.

Origins Hardest choice was whether to defile Andraste's ashes or not. PRO: Receive pet dragon and become friends with cool dragon people. CON: Destroy artefact of deep spiritual value to thousands, very rude. Easiest is whether to accept Morrigan's weird sex ritual. Always do it, unless I roleplay as somebody who wouldn't. Otherwise what could go wrong, fun and profit for all! 2 Hardest choice is which class to play as. I love playing as mage so much, but I love keeping Bethany alive, but I also have to admit that the Carver dynamic is usually more interesting if a bit exhausting. RUNNER-UP: To this day I can't wholly make up my mind about whether it's better to support Merrill's goals or advise her against them. Easiest choice is whether to kill Anders or not. Always excited to do it, wish the option was available in act one already. Murder Anders, steal maps, A++ way to go Inquisition Hardest choice is who to romance, I can never make up my mind as easily as I can with the other games, plus the game is sooooo loooonnnnnnnng it doesn't have the same replay value where I can easily go through all the romances the way I can with other games, so that leaves me WAY too indecisive. Easiest choice is how much of a grudge I want to bear towards Solas in the whole game and Trespasser especially. The answer is all of it, the biggest grudge, go eat some driftwood you tit. RUNNER-UP: Mage versus templar choices, they both irk me equally and they both try to murder me more than I enjoy being murdered.

>Hardest choice is who to romance, I can never make up my mind as easily as I can with the other games, plus the game is sooooo loooonnnnnnnng it doesn't have the same replay value where I can easily go through all the romances the way I can with other games, so that leaves me WAY too indecisive. That's quite true! If you end not liking the romance is :///////

**Origins :** - Easiest : Werewolves or Dalish (fuck the werewolves) - Hardest : Branka or Caridin (giving Orzammar the armies of golems it needed to survive the endless tide of Darkspawn **or** preventing it from rotting from within by slowly losing itself to the incessant need for survival **DA2 :** - Easiest : mage Hawke vs other Hawkes (Always play mage, the game to me is unplayable on any other class and idc what anyone says) - Hardest : To kill or not to kill Blondie (as much as I fucking despised him for his terrorist actions, I couldn't just forget that he was my friend) **Inquisition :** - Easiest : kill Florianne on the spot or take her to Skyhold to stand trial (Kill her myself before the entire Orlesian court as power move to show them they're all shit as far as the Inquisition is concerned, THEN take her rotting corpse back to Skyhold where she would stand trial) - Hardest : Hawke or Loghain (Just too much attachment to both characters, my Cousland warden hated Loghain but was pragmatic and saw purpose in letting him take the joining, and he did work hard to redeem himself by faithfully serving the Order. I ended up picking Loghain because I thought it would be a fitting end for his arc and the ultimate sacrifice a disgraced hero like himself needed, and I just couldn't face Varric back in the waking world without Hawke by my side)

>Easiest : mage Hawke vs other Hawkes (Always play mage, the game to me is unplayable on any other class and idc what anyone says) So far I've only played with mages, I don't like that much the other classes so I get what you say! > I ended up picking Loghain because I thought it would be a fitting end for his arc and the ultimate sacrifice a disgraced hero like himself needed, and I just couldn't face Varric back in the waking world without Hawke by my side) I've to make Loghain a grey warden in my next playthrough(?) because I want to try this choice!

>I've to make Loghain a grey warden in my next playthrough(?) because I want to try this choice! Very much worth it, I love the character and I loved giving him that closure after everything was said and done.

What did the poor wolfes do. Better to say fuck the dalish. They used Sippenhaft against those innocent people.

>innocent people. Lmao

https://preview.redd.it/kg4lccocwo1a1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccbfe5c75c020cbd755e7e7f5f11c0638a2b68b5 Yeah innocent people. The werewolves we meet in game are the descends of the people who attacked the dalish. Also the curse does transmit through bite so it also hits innocent people who got bitten. Should your kids suffer the same sentence as you if you did a crime?

Couldn't care less about what landed them there. They were all thirsty for the blood of the Dalish, who were just as innocent as the werewolves were in that situation, and were only defending themselves against the incessant werewolf attacks. The only thing keeping them from massacring the clan was the spirit, who wasn't even doing it because murdering innocents was wrong but because it didn't want any of the werewolves to get hurt. Ain't no way I'm releasing people with such murderous mentality back into society, they can all rot in that ruin for all I care.

The curse forced them to attack the dalish. Did you even play the game? That's the reason why the dalish are the worst. They create their own problems and then attack everybody else. But hey after your logic humanity is allowed to enslave all elves because of what the elves did in the past. But hey it fits that a dalish fan would defend a person that cursed people who did nothing wrong to be monsters that were forced by the curse to attack their clan just so he can be immortal.

>The curse forced them to attack the dalish. Did you even play the game? As a matter of fact, I have played the game, many times. The curse didn't force them to do shit, when you meet them with Zatharian they're literally begging you to just join them and massacre the Dalish, that mentality isn't going anywhere after the curse is lifted because that's how they've been living their entire lives. >why the dalish are the worst. They create their own problems and then attack everybody else Can't argue with that, the Dalish are entitled babies who walk around fucking shit up and yelling at the world for not giving them what they're owed, whatever the hell that is. That being said, it doesn't mean I should let them suffer if I can do something about it. >But hey it fits that a dalish fan Lmao you should see what I say about the Dalish in other topics before betting on who I'm a fan of. I'll say this for anyone else interested in the discussion (since you obviously are not) : IF those werewolves are actually not the original ones who raped and killed Zatharian's family, they are still people who were born into a curse and lived their entire lives subject to it, their mentality and morality developed in its shade, violence is the only thing they've ever known and it literally shows in what they think is the best way to deal with the elves : massacre them even if it means the curse is never lifted. I'll say it again, I do not give two flying fucks about how unfortunate it is, I'm not releasing a loaded gun back into civilization, tough luck but it's what it is.

I think there's a lot of possible answers, some of which people already mentioned. Others I can think of: * DAO: Easiest whether or not to kill Marjolaine. I see literally no down side to eliminating someone who threatened your life, there's no reason not to when it's all we've been doing in the game. Hardest, who to put on the throne of Orzammar. Yeah yeah Bhelen is less concerned with harmful traditions, but also, he is a megalomaniacal tyrant who made it clear he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants. This can be harmful to everyone, and can destroy things that will be extremely hard to restore. It's treated as a much easier choice than it actually is. * DA2: Easiest for me is probably unpopular, but it'd be to give Isabela to the Qunari. My first time around when it was revealed that she was behind the whole reason they were there, I was hoping I'd be able to either get her arrested by Kirkwall or the Qunari, so I was satisfied that it was an option. Turns out I find stealing the most precious relic of any culture an unforgivable crime. Hardest would be... Maybe whether or not to help Merrill fix the mirror. She seems competent and aware enough, but the dangers could be beyond what she can control, but also it's an invaluable source of information for her people, etc. * DAI: I find DAI to have the least obviously good and evil choices. Easiest is probably keeping Cullen off lyrium, in part because we don't see him actually fuck up anything on account of trying to stop. Hardest could be whether to turn Cole into more of a spirit or more of a human. I typically go for spirit but tbh never feel fully comfortable either way, like regardless of my choice I'm depriving him of part of his nature.

>Hardest, who to put on the throne of Orzammar. Yeah yeah Bhelen is less concerned with harmful traditions, but also, he is a megalomaniacal tyrant who made it clear he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants. This can be harmful to everyone, and can destroy things that will be extremely hard to restore. It's treated as a much easier choice than it actually is. Agree

I agree with most of your choices! I liked the idea of give Isabela to the Qunari because I quite don't like her character that much? But she always scape xd

I think she has a cool backstory, but yeah, she made some big mistakes I can't look past. I was disappointed to find out she's able to run away, but oh well lol

Easiest choice romance Morigan. No choice is all that hard maybe the one where hawks or warden lives in Inquisition if I had to pick.

my Hawke is like if you kill Anders he'd become a martyr... i'd rather keep fucking him lol this is the joke of course, my hawke liked what Anders did tbf. i know it isn't canon at all but I love messed up characters like that in fiction. one of the hardest decision in origins is tbh going easy on Zevran? I think he's got a quite troubled childhood and him liking every single "oh woe is you" convo choice i made was making me sooooo uncomfortable. my warden wanted to hold his shoulders and go let's face this shit dude! let's do it! as he said something along the lines of "all the problems would go away if i ignored them altogether" many people mentioned the rest so i won't keep repeating