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[AbsolutGrndZer0]

Ok, I can see where Shale was not so bad as DLC, the only scene where she really MATTERED was if you took her to the Deep Roads.  Aside from that, there was no story reasons why you would need her.

However, Sebastian and his relationship withte Chantry and the Grand Cleric is very much shown throughout the game.  He's much more involved in the story than Shale was.

So, why was he made a DLC? Why not have an additional character for the DLC that isn't so obviously MISSING?

[David Gaider]

AbsolutGrndZer0 wrote...
So, why was he made a DLC? Why not have an additional character for the DLC that isn't so obviously MISSING?

Because he was concepted and written after the rest of the game. It's great that you find him so integral-- when we considered what kind of additional companion we could include, our idea was that someone who put a bit more focus on the Chantry (and Elthina in particular) could potentially work really well.

But insofar as "missing" a la cut from the rest of the game-- no, that's simply not the case.

[David Gaider]

Darian Tylmare wrote...
So the game was finished the day the SE was announced? Because how cut you otherwise advertise this character?

I'm not sure what you're asking. There was a point well into production where it was decided we would begin work on an additional party companion as DLC, something we could write and create as additional content but which could work on a different certification process than the main game (which takes much longer) but be otherwise seamless.

So there was nothing to "cut", it was always built as additional content.

And another question: Who wrote him? I think he fits in quite nice with the rest of the cast.

Jennifer Hepler wrote him.

[David Gaider]

Demon Velsper wrote...
Funny how you managed to put him on the disc then. Or do you seriously expect me to believe all of his content was in that 30 MB file? 

Perhaps you mistunderstand. He was concepted and written after the rest of the game was concepted and written... not after the rest of the game was fully completed and put onto a disc. He was built on a separate timeline and only the parts that needed to be on the disc itself (ie. the parts where he interjects in other conversations) were required to be completed by the time the main game entered certification. DLC has a much shorter certification process, so we could finish the rest of the work afterwards and still be completed on the same time.

Which is perhaps meaningless to you, particularly since some people insist on seeing a conspiracy. The fact remains, however, that if it were not for DLC then Sebastian would never have existed at all.