Thiiiis.
It’s super frustrating how many cool armour sets and weapons have garbage stats or nothing like the versatility of the NPC versions. For the utter monster Briar Knight is, his armour, shield and sword all feel massively lacklustre? Same with Bloodhound Knight armour 
Yet you get god stats on something, and it looks like Bullgoats set; hideous. Where’s my Havel set darnit?!
Additionally:
Rump
Booty
Bum
Rusty dusty
Sit-upon
Fart box
Caboose
Edit: forgot Trunk (as in junk in the trunk)
If you wanna get fancy: Gluteus Maximus.
“All that junk inside that trunk”.
Fellas I don’t think I’m going to make it to the end of Inquisition. I got to Skyhold and there’s just so much stuff. I’m not high enough level to carry on with the main story and there’s so many zones and side quests and noise that it’s just overwhelming.
I seem to remember this is why I quit last time.
Oh NOW I remember. It’s your fault I’ve been watching Dragon Age lore videos on youtube for the last couple days. (And companion banter compilations)
I’m afraid you’ll have to go finish DA:I now. Because this is way too early to be doing this without at release date for DA:D 
(
) in sight and honestly it’s rather rude.
(I think Fallow Mire was a pretty short and self contained area if you haven’t done that yet?)
Stop considering it all. Compartmentalise. Ignore stuff that’s irrelevant.
And then if you can go there, do the Fallow Mire because it’s the coolest zone in the game imho.
Crestwood calls and says you are wrong.
Following up on Elenthas advice, one thing you 100% dont need to do in any zone is the thing with the skulls to collect shards. The ultimate reward for it is you get a new zone/demon dungeon where each boss gives you some resistance buffs and like + to each stat.
But doing them basically doubles the length of the game.
Fallow mire+Crestwood should get you enough level to continue the main story.
Crestwood was good but Fallow Mire was spookier, and the spawning mobs in the Mire were less annoying than Crestwood.
Also the draining water thing I recall annoyed me at the time.
Taking the castle was cool though.
Crestwood is where I am at the moment trying to close the breach for the Hawke quest. I attacked the bandit fortress and got shreked.
Haven’t done Fallow Mire so maybe that’s my next stop. It’s hard to compartmentalise when I don’t know is and isn’t important.
Finally, the opportunity I needed to post this for the people who started From games at Elden Ring.
Fret not, I will re-post my big list but with some updated pointers!
Hinterlands(Level 4+)-Only do the quests just around the crossroads/until you get enough power to do the main story. Then do the main story up until “In your Heart Shall Burn”.
After that:
The Fallow Mire(Optional, very short zone. Level 8+)
First half of the storm coast(Level 5+)
The rest of the hinterlands(Optional, but good to get mounts, also optional though)
Crestwood(Level 10+)
Western Approach(Level 10+)
Exalted Plains(Optional, Level 10+)
Emerald Graves(Optional aside from companion quest, Level 12+)
The other half of the Storm Coast(Optional, Level 12+)
Emprise du Lion(Optional, Level 16+)
Hissing Wastes(Optional, Level 16+)
Forgotten Oasis(Optional Level 8+, only if you decide to 100% all shards. Otherwise it is completely pointless to go there.)
The Descent can be slotted in at any time around lvl 16. Jaws of Hakkon after the main story, or after Hissing Wastes. All DLC are also optional with the exception of Trespasser which is the final DLC/after base game.
Dammit Mito, making me want to pick up DA:I now right after finally getting my FO4 mod list perfected.
I make no apologies.
Sounds like this is where I need to be.
Definitely not.
The only zone you actually need a mount in is Hissing Wastes since it’s one of the biggest maps in the game. Otherwise its just niche/fluff. And not mandatory to the story.
I already have a horse. Is that not enough?
If you have the horse then it’s fine!
That is what I meant. It means you got the mount.
Other mounts are just purchased from the stablemaster if you recruit him to Skyhold.
Imagine not having the bog unicorn lmao
I like using the Hallas. The elk noise they make when you gallop is really funny.
(Also Nug mount is best).
Akamito has no unicorn. Akamito needs no unicorn.