Dragon Age Origins: What is the best character to tackle the game with?

I haven't got the game yet but I will be. I've heard there's a wide variety of customization at the start and I heard it's a long game. I'm just wondering what best class, race and other options to make it easy.Dragon Age Origins: What is the best character to tackle the game with?
As with all RPG's, choosing your class depends mostly on the style of gameplay you prefer. In terms of how powerful each class is, there is an overall balance somewhat, but, at least as far as I've played, the mage class is pretty brutal. However, it becomes apparent that a lot of the mage's abilities are hindered on any difficulty above easy (for the PC version that is, since friendly fire doesn't occur on the console versions of the game). A mage with an arcane warrior/blood mage dual spec is both resilient and damage-dealing, making it a very versatile class.

Just as well, a warrior with dual wield with berserker/templar (champion) specializations works for itself very good.

A rogue with an assassin/duelist specializations slices and dices very well and can effectively crowd control most enemies (except bosses).

In terms of race/class combos, in the end it all depends what physical aspect you prefer and what origin story appeals to you. The differences in bonuses are not so relevant but if you were to go by those I'd say the following work best:

Warrior/Dwarf

Rogue/Human

Mage/Elf



As general tips:

Warrior:

- If you plan on being the tank, max out weapon and shield skills, and punch up a lot of constitution early on, then focus on strength. I recommend Templar/Champion spec.

-If you plan on dual-wielding, it's a little more tricky, as you'll have to crunch some points into dexterity until level 12 when you can use 2 large weapons in each hand (until then you can only use daggers in off hand and their damage depends on depends on dexterity). I recommend Champion/Berserker or Berserker/Reaver.

-Two-handed weapons just need a lot of strength to master, and you can sacrifice some constitution, so long as you don't wear very heavy armor (your enemies tend to be more aggressive toward more heavily armored opponents, something which you should keep in mind if you want to tank as well). Berserker/Reaver is what I recommend.

Rogue:

-If you specialize in dual-wield and not archery then you need both dexterity and cunning for damage and ability effectiveness respectively. I recommend Duelist/Assassin spec.

-Archery specialization requires much of the same attributes, since cunning also affects armor penetration which is useful for both specs. I recommend Range/Duelist or Ranger/Bard.

Mage:

Your main attributes will be magic and willpower so try and maintain a balance between them. In terms of which tree of skills to choose, I found a mix between Primal and Entropy to be a good mix between damage and resilience. Also, spend one point in the heal ability since it will be worth a bunch.

Possible combinations depend on your play style so I'll list them with a slight description

Arcane Warrior/Spirit Healer (endurance given by both powerful heals and the ability to wear heavy armor)

Arcane Warrior/Blood Mage (versatile combo, both resilient and higly damaging through the Blood Wound Ability.



Hope this helps and I hope you enjoy Dragon Age as much as I did :)