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[joriandrake]

saruman85 wrote...

joriandrake wrote...

saruman85 wrote...
Also, he's a workaholic. Who answers forum posts at this hour?

those who don't live on a mountain

And those who don't live in Britain! It's like 7am here. Which leads me to - shouldn't YOU be asleep?

heh, here it is 08:00, I am awake since 4 or 5 hours (yes my inner clock is messed up due to having a 2 week long vacation in california not long ago)

[Tirigon]

David Gaider wrote...

I was a bit sad that the plot that delved more into his motivations got cut. Lamentable part of game development, I'm afraid. That was part of the motivation behind going more into it in the Stolen Throne. Overall, yes, I'm very happy with how he turned out. I prefer villains who do things because they believe they are right-- in my opinion, that's exactly the sort of villain you're bound to find in real life.

Then I´m surprised you liked his presentation in the game. Personally, I found it was clear since Ostagar that he´s the monster that´s going to get killed sooner or later.

Only after I read The Stolen Throne I could appreciate him as an interesting person who has more to contribute to the story than being a sort of "mini-endboss" and understandable motivations, and frankly I´m a bit disappointed with how Loghain was shown in the game.

[Lara Denton]

I would love to read a book before DA2 comes out that would offer some background for some of the characters we might encounter and a glimpse of the new world we are going to explore. 

[KethWolfheart]

rexil wrote...

David Gaider wrote...

RosaAquafire wrote...
Would love to see you develop your prose-writing skills. I really, really enjoyed the DA books, and like I said, I'm a very tough critic.

Thanks. I'd love to write more books, but we shall see whether or not that happens. We have a pretty short development cycle on DA2 (as you can see) so time really is the limiting factor, here. Maybe someone else might write some DA novels, who knows?

Mary Kirby should write one.  <3

Or  both of them should do a dual story - Mary and David.  I sometimes like when two authors write as yuo get a nice flavor between the characters and narrative.

I would buy more books from either of them.

[joriandrake]

I wonder how a book written by Priestly would look like, probably it would have at the bottom of every page an evil grinning devil face.

[ilara]

Since we are talking about the books, I have been very confused on the ending to which Fiona presents Maric with his son. I am confused as to whether this child is allistair or another child. Considering Alistair believes that his mother was a maid in the king's palace to which Goldanna was his sister, it doesn't line up with the Dragon Age: Origins story line, since they were written at about the same time as the game was being developed I wonder if this is not a mistake but a cover-up tactic through Duncan. Duncan was supposed to be the guardian of the child, and yet Arl Eamon took care of Allistair. This makes me wonder.

[Delta_Pizza]

I agree, more books please David – I loved reading them.

[Arttis]

I would like these books to be free to read...

[The Hardest Thing In The World]

Mr. Gaider your books aren't available locally here! Get your publisher to do some work!

[David Gaider]

Arttis wrote...
I would like these books to be free to read...

I assume most library cards are free.

[II Relics II]

I hope you do get some time to write some more novels, I loved your work.



Also, will we be getting a DA FanFic forum anytime soon??

[Arttis]

David Gaider wrote...

Arttis wrote...
I would like these books to be free to read...

I assume most library cards are free.

Key word *most*

[Daerog]

David Gaider wrote...

Arttis wrote...
I would like these books to be free to read...

I assume most library cards are free.

Library card?  What is this card that is library? You say it grants access to free books, movies, magazines, newspapers, and other forms of media and entertainment? Impossible!

[Arttis]

DaerogTheDhampir wrote...

David Gaider wrote...

Arttis wrote...
I would like these books to be free to read...

I assume most library cards are free.

Library card?  What is this card that is library? You say it grants access to free books, movies, magazines, newspapers, and other forms of media and entertainment? Impossible!

No he just said the card was free you crazy person.geez.<_<*most* cards...He *assumes*

Modifié par Arttis, 22 juillet 2010 - 05:38 .

[The Hardest Thing In The World]

You didn't pick "Sarcasm" on your last level -up, Arttis?

[Arttis]

You should not take a Devs Post out of Context Must Be Very Careful.

[joriandrake]

The Hardest Thing In The World wrote...

You didn't pick "Sarcasm" on your last level -up, Arttis?

since when is that a class?

[Arttis]

Its a specialization I have yet to unlock. lol

[Johnny Shepard]

David Gaider wrote...

Arttis wrote...
I would like these books to be free to read...

I assume most library cards are free.

I just think its funny that some people want Dave to work for 100+ hours whriting books on his spare time to give away free, without getting payed.
As yourself, would YOU do it.

[Arrtis]

You want 100+ hours of my writing for free?Look at these forums you have it already.

combining my posts i reach 4k+ posts.

[2papercuts]

David Gaider wrote...

Majin Paul wrote...
While you're here David, I'm wondering, do
you like how Loghain turned out? In your books, he was an interesting
character who was patriotic but he turned quite paranoid and quite an
ass, would you say he's one of your favourite characters?

I was a bit sad that the plot that delved more into his motivations got cut. Lamentable part of game development, I'm afraid. That was part of the motivation behind going more into it in the Stolen Throne. Overall, yes, I'm very happy with how he turned out. I prefer villains who do things because they believe they are right-- in my opinion, that's exactly the sort of villain you're bound to find in real life.

It does make villains more realistic if they do things because they believe they are right, but it doesn't necessarily make them a better villain. Sometimes the best villains are ones you can't understand.

[TheSpaceKraken]

I still have yet to read these books. Guess I'll look for them at my local library.

[JasonPogo]

ilara wrote...

Since we are talking about the books, I have been very confused on the ending to which Fiona presents Maric with his son. I am confused as to whether this child is allistair or another child. Considering Alistair believes that his mother was a maid in the king's palace to which Goldanna was his sister, it doesn't line up with the Dragon Age: Origins story line, since they were written at about the same time as the game was being developed I wonder if this is not a mistake but a cover-up tactic through Duncan. Duncan was supposed to be the guardian of the child, and yet Arl Eamon took care of Allistair. This makes me wonder.

I can't speak for David but I think Alistair is not Fiona's son.   I mean she gave the boy to Duncan and said she did not want him to know he was Meric's son and have a "normal" life.  Well if Alistair is her son Duncan failed hard at all those things.  First Alistair always knew he was Merics kid.  And then Duncan made him a Warden.  If you read The Calling I think Fiona would not want her son to be one.

[Tirigon]

David Gaider wrote...

Arttis wrote...
I would like these books to be free to read...

I assume most library cards are free.

You must live in a wonderful world, where your books (or any other fantasy stuff beyond LotR, Harry Potter and Twilight, for that matter) are to find in a library. Where I live this is impossible.
And I´m not even sure if they are available in German at all, I ordered them in the internets in english.

[David Gaider]

Tirigon wrote...
And I´m not even sure if they are available in German at all, I ordered them in the internets in english.

Well that much I can answer-- they are indeed available in German. I just received my copy of "Der Ruf der Grauen Wächter" yesterday.