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[TheCharmedOne]

CrimsonZephyr wrote...

We need to shake up the characterization of mages in DA3. Instead of idealistic, freedom-loving rebels, give us a mage who is a rich, gentleman and scholar type of high birth who is a racist towards elves, believes in absolutist government, is a slave to PR, and a terror to maleficarum everywhere. Basically, someone who wants to replace templars oppressing mages with mages in their own rigid hierarchy.

this right here!!! love the entire idea

[CrimsonZephyr]

Arius23 wrote...

CrimsonZephyr wrote...

We need to shake up the characterization of mages in DA3. Instead of idealistic, freedom-loving rebels, give us a mage who is a rich, gentleman and scholar type of high birth who is a racist towards elves, believes in absolutist government, is a slave to PR, and a terror to maleficarum everywhere. Basically, someone who wants to replace templars oppressing mages with mages in their own rigid hierarchy.

So, a Tevinter?

A Tevinter being a terror to maleficarum? I was thinking more like a Fereldan nationalist with imperial ambitions for his country, but still a die-hard adherent to mages being the servants of the people and the monarch, rather than being oligarchs themselves.

Oh, and if he's racist, make it a "white man's burden" kind of racism. It's still repugnant, but not cartoonishly villainous. And he's not greedy or cruel, just ruthlessly pragmatic, and has an unerring eye for PR, so he will always behave like a gentleman. Like, he's rich as all hell get out, but he's also a sponsor of education, charity, infrastructure, and business, and a master manipulator, which makes people like him even though, say, he just had a band of Alamarri tribesmen put to death on the orders of a local bann in exchange for political support.

Oh, and make him a cold, cold bastard, with ironclad impulse control. Think Octavian from HBO's Rome, give him long black hair, a long coat, a mage's staff, a sword, and a crap-ton of gold, and bam, you have your anti-heroic mage.

Modifié par CrimsonZephyr, 09 décembre 2011 - 10:05 .

[King Cousland]

Cullen, Cassandra, Rhys, Gleam, Tallis, Shale (in dwarf form).

Out of those, I'd LIKE to see Cullen, Gleam and Shale (possibly Rhys, depending on how Asunder goes).

[CrimsonZephyr]

harkness72 wrote...

Cullen, Cassandra, Rhys, Gleam, Tallis, Shale (in dwarf form).

Out of those, I'd LIKE to see Cullen, Gleam and Shale (possibly Rhys, depending on how Asunder goes).

I kind of would like them to stay away from previous NPCs. May 3 max. They should have a larger stable of possible party members, but you can only have like 6 at a time in your roster.

[Chun Hei]

To be honest I would like to see a whole new cast and even the cameos kept to a minimum.

[Complistic]

I'd love for them to do something CRAZY and actually rely on new characters to create an interesting story and not just fall back on terribly weird feeling cameos that totally pull me out of the experience.

See: The Witcher 2 to see how to make a new game while still giving a nod to players of the old one.

[SkittlesKat96]

I'm thinking that Charade could be a companion in a future Dragon Age game. Bioware picked up characters from DA:O as companions in DA 2 so I don't see why not, Charade was an interesting character.

Mind you though they will probably redesign her a bit and give her another voice actor, or maybe not, depends on whether they change up the graphics for DA 3 (which they might.)

[Arken]

Rawgrim wrote...

A 12 year old school-girl, looking like she has been scanned in from a jrpg, complete with a 2 meter long sword that is weightless.

Well claymores, two-handed swords, pretty much are weightless.

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I don't understand why people think swords are heavy. It's illogical. Why would a weapon meant for convenience be heavy?

This is off-topic, but I just want to destroy an illusion very quick.

Swords are meant to be light weight and maneuverable otherwise that combat style is pointless. Why make a heavy sword? Heavy medieval weapons were meant for breaking armor. Swordsman fought on foot and if their weapon was too heavy they wouldn't be very effective in a fight.

Not targeting you in any way. It is just general information I thought should be posted since it was brought up.

Though I agree with the idea behind your statement, that Bioware took a JRPG approach with DAII, and I hope that this is remedied soon.

On-Topic:

CrimsonZephyr wrote...

A Tevinter being a terror to maleficarum? I was thinking more like a Fereldan nationalist with imperial ambitions for his country, but still a die-hard adherent to mages being the servants of the people and the monarch, rather than being oligarchs themselves.

Oh, and if he's racist, make it a "white man's burden" kind of racism. It's still repugnant, but not cartoonishly villainous. And he's not greedy or cruel, just ruthlessly pragmatic, and has an unerring eye for PR, so he will always behave like a gentleman. Like, he's rich as all hell get out, but he's also a sponsor of education, charity, infrastructure, and business, and a master manipulator, which makes people like him even though, say, he just had a band of Alamarri tribesmen put to death on the orders of a local bann in exchange for political support.

Oh, and make him a cold, cold bastard, with ironclad impulse control. Think Octavian from HBO's Rome, give him long black hair, a long coat, a mage's staff, a sword, and a crap-ton of gold, and bam, you have your anti-heroic mage

I guess he wouldn't be the comic relief. Morrigan style comic relief of course. Sounds more like the dead serious type.

Think it would give an interesting view in the game.

[Atakuma]

Complistic wrote...

I'd love for them to do something CRAZY and actually rely on new characters to create an interesting story and not just fall back on terribly weird feeling cameos that totally pull me out of the experience.

See: The Witcher 2 to see how to make a new game while still giving a nod to players of the old one.

The Witcher 2 was a direct sequel with the same protagonist, it's hardly comparable to DA2. I do agree however that the majority of cameos were awkward and pointless.

[ReallyRue]

I'd love a Tal-Vashoth companion, though not in the same mould as Anders (with the Qun being the equivalent of Anders' Chantry, of course). I think I've had enough of 'rebel' type characters. Obviously the Tal-Vashoth would have to technically be a rebel in terms of not adhering to the Qun, but they wouldn't have to be all "I want to kill all the Qunari" about it.

Edit: In regard to 'returning' companions, Nyree. Because she is a familar face (to those who watched Redemption), but is not a leftover from the Warden/Hawke's experience.

Modifié par ReallyRue, 09 décembre 2011 - 11:46 .

[Bullets McDeath]

I'll just leave this here

[InfinitePaths]

I can bet you a 100 sovergins that Talis will be a companion either in DA2 expansion or in DA3
As for others:
Cassandra:She is a seeker.In DA3 u will try to save the world from the fight Mages v.s Templars...Umm isnt that exzactly waht sekers do?

Leliana:Same reason as above,and she has been introduced in 2 DLC's,she said she is going to Orlais that's one of the places where DA3 will take place

Cullen:Maybe bioware is hearing from the comunity and put Cullen as a companion,i wlod actualy prefer Keran or a Hot female templar.

Morrigan:IDK,maybe she will join you in the fight against the evil Flemeth,with the aid of her little son the archdemon?

[Rawgrim]

How do we know Flemeth is evil?

[jbrand2002uk]

I'd like to see Hawke with his/her LI and either Tallis or Varric

[BTG_01]

I get the strong impression that Cassandra will be returning in some capacity.

[Sylvanpyxie]

Sebastian Vael.

He's going to turn up eventually. It's more blind faith than an actual educated guess at this point that he might be a companion.

Sebastian has so much potential as a character, considering the options available for shaping his future in Dragon Age 2, and if Bioware disregard that and just turn him into a cameo quest giver i will stop.

I will just stop.

Modifié par Sylvanpyxie, 11 décembre 2011 - 02:08 .

[CuriousArtemis]

I've been thinking about Cullen. How old is he at the end of DA2? I'd like to believe he is in his early to mid-30s at the latest. My fear is that by DA3 he will be considered "too old" to be a love interest and will just be a Companion. (Note: I'm not ageist; I'm 31 myself and a pushing 40 Cullen is definitely up my alley!)

Other possibilities: Alain (we never really see his face or hair fully), Keran (like Alain, he lives no matter what Hawke does), Charade (less likely since the result of her story will be closely tied to Hawke's ... potential for bugs galore), and Lia (she joins the guard; I wonder what happened to her in the fight against the templars?).

Another possibility, as someone mentioned, is the kossith (Maraas) who warns Hawke away from the Tal'Vashoth.

[LinksOcarina]

See now, I am hoping that, considering the whole war thing that is going to be involved somehow (and let's not fool ourselves, we all know it will be) that the companions in-game depend on the choices from previous games.

What do I mean by this? Well, Fenryel, for example, should be a companion if only he survived the events of Dragon Age II, an actual Tevinter magistrate. Same with, dare I say it, Zevran (although they need to fix that bug right now...) or even Harrowmont's surviving heir if you put Behlen on the throne in game 1.

That would make the companion selection more dynamic, and would actually change the story of Dragon Age III more because the makeup of the party will be different each time.

Of course a few characters need to be permanent in this though, which is where I think characters like Cullen might come into play; being involved in two events in two games is no coincidence. To be honest I want to see how he has evolved as a character, because from game 1 to game 2 he went from being a quasi-Templar zealot to a more calmed, practical person, seeing both sides of the madness in two different games. It would be interesting to see him become more cynical as we go.

Oh, and the Darkspawn who survived the battle of Amaranthine needs to make an appearance again, a darkspawn perspective would be...interesting to say the least.

[LinksOcarina]

Double Posted for some reason...request deletion if possible, sorry.

Modifié par LinksOcarina, 12 décembre 2011 - 11:39 .

[Demx]

I dread the thought of returning companions. Bioware might want to "fix" them so they can fit the story, instead of creating a character from scratch.

[Kail Ashton]

"you know who else else is gonna be a future companion?....MY MOM! WOOOOO! *high5*

Also i'd say Cullen is the most likely

[FaWa]

I forsee this in Dragon Age's future: