Hi I'm in some kind of cathedral or castle or something. I basically have to fight this creature that keeps going into the ground and coming up at a different location, and then in between fighting him he spawns other npcs. My characters are not ready for this battle, but I can't seem to find a way out of this place so i can continue my adventure. This is my first time on a Dragons Age title, and I did not know to back up older save points. so I have none - I've been using the same save the entire time.What can I do?

You may wander over into the main Bioware forums and look/post in the strategy and tactics forum and see if you can get help on how to fight them at lower un-optimal levels. I know all the green glowing quests do show a recommended level below them and ask are you sure before starting them...The BioWare ForumThere are people there who claim they can beat just about everything at incredibly low levels.Have you looked into the load feature of the game, instead of the continue button?? It may have surprised you with an auto save...just something to ck.

Without other saves, you cannot get out of a story mission to just play in the world. The only thing you can do is lower the difficulty setting to casual and hope that is enough.If you are not in a story mission (these are selected at the war table and have a green rift over them), then you should be able to fast travel by selecting the world map from the pause menu (press Escape). Select the map from the menu, then in the top left there will be a button called world map. Then choose a new area to travel to.To make more saves, go into the pause menu and select "Save game." In an RPG, you should usually keep about 10 saves going so you can backtrack if you have to.For tactics, make sure your toughest fighter always approaches enemies first. They will focus on the first person they see. Try to focus everyone on killing one enemy at a time-use the tactical camera to give orders. You can often ignore the toughest enemy, just stay away from them if you can. Kill the smaller enemies first - they are easier to finish off, and less enemies attacking makes it easier to survive.

I tried lowering the difficulty, and that's not enough. I'm in a story/mission. This is so unfortunate and a really stupid thing for the developers to have left out. Now I'm stuck, and I will never buy another Dragon Age game again. Well thanks for your input - I'm gonna sell the game, and be sure to stay away from BioWare and this series. Moronic move to require people to keep 'back saves' to get out of a dungeon or missions, and have no way on leveling your characters within the mission to defeat the boss.

@gjustinj wrote: This is my first time on a Dragons Age title, and I did not know to back up older save points. so I have none - I've been using the same save the entire time. You don't even have an autosave before this happened? To be fair, I don't see how this is on BioWare. You are always warned before starting a main story missions what the recommended level is so you can prepare in advance.

Nope, I've been using the same save the entire time.

Help! I went into a dungeon with characters unleveled and can't beat the boss!

12 Replies

INsaneyAC
11 years ago
Without other saves, you cannot get out of a story mission to just play in the world. The only thing you can do is lower the difficulty setting to casual and hope that is enough.
If you are not in a story mission (these are selected at the war table and have a green rift over them), then you should be able to fast travel by selecting the world map from the pause menu (press Escape). Select the map from the menu, then in the top left there will be a button called world map. Then choose a new area to travel to.
To make more saves, go into the pause menu and select "Save game." In an RPG, you should usually keep about 10 saves going so you can backtrack if you have to.
For tactics, make sure your toughest fighter always approaches enemies first. They will focus on the first person they see. Try to focus everyone on killing one enemy at a time-use the tactical camera to give orders. You can often ignore the toughest enemy, just stay away from them if you can. Kill the smaller enemies first - they are easier to finish off, and less enemies attacking makes it easier to survive.
gjustinj
11 years ago
I tried lowering the difficulty, and that's not enough. I'm in a story/mission.
This is so unfortunate and a really stupid thing for the developers to have left out. Now I'm stuck, and I will never buy another Dragon Age game again.
Well thanks for your input - I'm gonna sell the game, and be sure to stay away from BioWare and this series. Moronic move to require people to keep 'back saves' to get out of a dungeon or missions, and have no way on leveling your characters within the mission to defeat the boss.
Fred_vdp
Hero+
11 years ago
@gjustinj wrote:

This is my first time on a Dragons Age title, and I did not know to back up older save points. so I have none - I've been using the same save the entire time.

You don't even have an autosave before this happened?

To be fair, I don't see how this is on BioWare. You are always warned before starting a main story missions what the recommended level is so you can prepare in advance.
gjustinj
11 years ago
Nope, I've been using the same save the entire time.
gjustinj
11 years ago
I understand your argument, but really how hard would it have been for them to add a 'leave dungeon' (spawn outside) option? Doesn't matter, I guess I'm screwed, and I've made my decision not to support this company/game anymore - I'm not very happy, regardless if I it was my mistake to go into a dungeon that is a bit too high for me (that I don't ever recall seeing mind you).
INsaneyAC
11 years ago
You can start a new game, and learn from your mistakes. If you were enjoying the game, you will enjoy it the second time.
But unfortunately the developers gave you the safety net of save games. It is tough to blame them if you ignored the systems they put in place for this kind of thing. But I hope you are able to enjoy other RPGs in the future. But you should always take advantage of multiple saves in any game you play. Many games, not even RPGs can run into bugs that make you lose all your progress if you rely on just one save or autosaves. It is a new mindset you should try to get into to enjoy future games.
Good luck!
ThandalNLyman
11 years ago
Unless you somehow deactivated the "Autosave" function, you MUST have Autosaves or (Milestone saves) from before you entered the dungeon. It's simply not possible to arrive at such a location without the game making at least a couple.

EDIT: Oh, wait. What platform are you playing?
gjustinj
11 years ago
PS4
mcsupersport
Hero+
11 years ago
You may wander over into the main Bioware forums and look/post in the strategy and tactics forum and see if you can get help on how to fight them at lower un-optimal levels. I know all the green glowing quests do show a recommended level below them and ask are you sure before starting them...
The BioWare Forum
There are people there who claim they can beat just about everything at incredibly low levels.
Have you looked into the load feature of the game, instead of the continue button?? It may have surprised you with an auto save...just something to ck.
Anonymous
11 years ago
It would help to know what mission you are trying to do, what level you are and who is in your party. I'm one of those that can beat things at lower than recommended levels in this game but, I need to know the details before I can tell you how to do it.