Yeah, I just find it completely messed up. I mean, I don't even like Liara's mindmelding. The Asari are the most alien of the ME species to me.. despite the Hanar looking weirder.
I also took too many drugs when I was young. So maybe I have outside reasons. When I was done with that, I enforced a more grounded view on life in general. If I lived in the DA world, I'd have massive mental resistance or something. 
I'd assumed that Kieran wouldn't have any other soul, since this ritual was designed to get around a problem caused when there were two souls in one body.
You mean Kieran is soul less? That doesn't make sense.
Before Inquisition came out I'd assumed that the Old God soul was Kieran's soul. That doesn't make sense now that Inquisition has revealed that the two have separate minds and that the Old God soul can be removed without harming Kieran, but makes more sense than what Inquisition establishes if all you know is that the DR is meant to avert a problem arising from two souls in one body.
I get the sense that there's tragedy to any of these choices. OGB Keiran, Mythal Well..
One way or another you're gonna either lose Keiran, Morrigan, or the Quiz to something....
And I still doubt there's a silver lining to the OGB being removed. I'd just rather avoid the prob completely. If I was in a Morri romance, I would far prefer raising regular Keiran. But then, if you want a whole happy family, then it's Quizzy drinking from the Well. Don't count on it being a good thing for Morrigan.
That's part of what makes it confusing. Morrigan says "The child will bear the taint and the Old God's soul will be drawn to it like a beacon".
Except that the whole reason the Grey Warden process works is because two Souls cannot share one body.
I think the player was pretty much misinformed by the narrative in DAO.I'd assumed that Kieran wouldn't have any other soul, since this ritual was designed to get around a problem caused when there were two souls in one body.
1.My impression is that Urthemiel left him enough control of his own mind and body to develop normally, and mostly only manifested as a voice in Kieran's head that told him stuff he wouldn't otherwise know
2.Surprisingly enough Urthemiel was a fairly pleasant "roommate" who shared the body with Kieran peacefully.
I think he will share somehow the same issues of the Ancient elves.I don't see how anything else in your head is truly peaceful, but that's just me.
I just expect him to be mentally deficient now, whatwith not developing properly for 10 years from birth.
Sigh... there are so many things that could be solved if David Gaider were not such a colossal, antisocial *******.
I believe he once described answering questions from fans as "being treated like an on call source of encyclopedic information to settle headcanon disputes".
Of all the times I've tweeted him, the only time he replied back was when it was not, in fact, a question.
And some of the topics I've humbly brought to him in the past were related to the DR. Could the archdemon emerge from Kieran? What was this world changing plan Morrigan spoke of in Witch Hunt?
Mysteries for the ages, as Gaider rarely speaks to fans at all.
I think he'll be better off just writing the storylines or characters at Beamdog. Instead of building another world/campaign. He doesn't seem to like the responsibility. This way he doesn't have to answer big questions.
He's answered me once about DAI... and it sounded like he was giving up even back then. I had some questions about the backgrounds and he just told me to ignore the codexes and make up whatever story I want. That's nice and all, but if I wanted that, I'd be a bigger fan of Skyrim. I play Bioware games for different reasons.
I'll play along, but bear in mind that all of this is rendered moot by canon not allowing it.
Catching a shapechanger is a harder task than you seem to think. All she needs is a second's distraction to go bird, and then she's as good as gone unless you can change into a bird form capable of nonlethally capturing her. (Or at least I assume "nonlethally" is the plan.) And once she's gone, her shapechanger abilities make tracking her down again next to impossible. The Warden caught up to her in Witch Hunt because they followed a hunch that she was behind a stolen book, and because she chose not to turn into a bird and be out of there by a route that leaves no footprints to follow. (Whether or not the eluvians are an argument I can raise depends on how metagame we're getting. If they are, this just isn't an option.)
And if you do catch her during your one reasonable chance, holding her requires you to have Templars on her 24/7 (if she turns into a bird, she's gone,) and runs the risk of stressing her out to the point of causing miscarriage. If that's an acceptable outcome, you might as well just induce it on the spot at Fort Drakon. It's chancier than you give Morrigan credit for, but simpler than any other such trick you could pull.
But I'll give you the actual point, that the Wardens might be interested in the magics involved in the DR. Or I would, if they hadn't shown a stunning lack of curiosity about Fiona's condition after her cure in The Calling. Fiona's seeming immunity to the Taint is a magical phenomenon that they should absolutely want to replicate, or at least use. And yet they don't. So the DR, which they probably have less practical use for, they'd almost certainly ignore. I'm not saying that's how it should be, just that it seems to be how it is.
I have to agree, the Wardens seemed to be using the Dumb Stick like a relay baton in DAI; Fiona's immunity and the DR were missed opportunities but perhaps we will see more about this in future Warden gated DA games or DLC. Hopefully the Cure for the Calling won't be another missed storyline op.
I think he'll be better off just writing the storylines or characters at Beamdog. Instead of building another world/campaign. He doesn't seem to like the responsibility. This way he doesn't have to answer big questions.
He's answered me once about DAI... and it sounded like he was giving up even back then. I had some questions about the backgrounds and he just told me to ignore the codexes and make up whatever story I want. That's nice and all, but if I wanted that, I'd be a bigger fan of Skyrim. I play Bioware games for different reasons.
Sigh... there are so many things that could be solved if David Gaider were not such a colossal, antisocial *******.
I believe he once described answering questions from fans as "being treated like an on call source of encyclopedic information to settle headcanon disputes".
Of all the times I've tweeted him, the only time he replied back was when it was not, in fact, a question.
And some of the topics I've humbly brought to him in the past were related to the DR. Could the archdemon emerge from Kieran? What was this world changing plan Morrigan spoke of in Witch Hunt?
Mysteries for the ages, as Gaider rarely speaks to fans at all.
No offense, but that sounds exactly like you guys are treating him. The story has mysteries. Not once has it ever occurred to me to personally badger the writers for details I'm not satisfied with. Jesus.
The actual mechanics of the Dark Ritual are also relayed to you by Morrigan while she's trying to wheedle a baby god out of your, Alistair's or Loghain's loins. I wouldn't put too much stock in her explanation.
I've seen him answer other people with "up to you" a few times. That's his way of saying "I don't care. Use your imagination".
It seems like he gave up on caring after DA2... because his stories were more of a shared experience before. At least with the player character. DAO had it's origins and DA2 was practically a whole origin story.
No offense, but that sounds exactly like you guys are treating him. The story has mysteries. Not once has it ever occurred to me to personally badger the writers for details I'm not satisfied with. Jesus.
The actual mechanics of the Dark Ritual are also relayed to you by Morrigan while she's trying to wheedle a baby god out of your, Alistair's or Loghain's loins. I wouldn't put too much stock in her explanation.
lol.. it's not badgering. And it's not like he's Elvis. He's an RPG writer. And he used to be very accessible and came on these forums plenty. He used to answer a lot of people. After ME3 and DA2, things noticably went downhill. With all of the developers and writers, it seems.
It's no different than a PnP campaign. If someone creates a setting, it's only fair they explain it. Most of these people are enthused to do so. It's just geek talk.. and it's usually fun.
lol.. it's not badgering. And it's not like he's Elvis. He's an RPG writer. And he used to be very accessible and came on these forums plenty. He used to answer a lot of people. After ME3 and DA2, things noticably went downhill. With all of the developers and writers, it seems.
It's no different than a PnP campaign. If someone creates a setting, it's only fair they explain it. Most of these people are enthused to do so. It's just geek talk.. and it's usually fun.
OTOH, if someone uses a preexisting campaign, then they don't have to explain anything.. they just write adventures, in that case.
Bombarding a writer with questions about his game and then complaining about him not baring the story's skeleton to you anymore just for asking seems entitled to say the least. It's his decision what to reveal and what not to, and as a reader/player you get what you get. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but what you're talking about crosses some serious boundaries between artist and audience. It's great if you guys had fun with it back in the day, but I'm 100% on his side if he doesn't want to do it anymore.
Bombarding a writer with questions about his game and then complaining about him not baring the story's skeleton to you anymore just for asking seems entitled to say the least. It's his decision what to reveal and what not to, and as a reader/player you get what you get. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but what you're talking about crosses some serious boundaries between artist and audience. It's great if you guys had fun with it back in the day, but I'm 100% on his side if he doesn't want to do it anymore.
I don't know what you mean by bombarding. I haven't seen the questions. And, I, personally, only had one question for him. What are you talking about?
It isn't exactly about artists and audience. Not with RPGs. PnP specifically is a community endeavor. CRPGs are a little different (especially since these are single player games), but a world builder should always be a little accessible. Even the guys who created big DnD campaigns discuss things with people. They'd be lost without them.
And like I said, he isn't Elvis. That kind of relationship isn't even relevant. It isn't even like the relationship of a novelist either...where he's just telling stories and can leave it at that.
Just to add, I don't think I'm guilty of whatever his deal is. I don't appreciate this at all.
I think, if anything, people who called out death threats and said horrible things in the past, is what bummed most of these developers out.
There are far worse things than me asking for a clarification on a PC origin. lol
Just to add, I don't think I'm guilty of whatever his deal is. I don't appreciate this at all.
I think, if anything, people who called out death threats and said horrible things in the past, is what bummed most of these developers out.
There are far worse things than me asking for a clarification on a PC origin. lol
I know he's like that. I don't mind it myself.
Just imagine he's Shale... and it's more palpable.
I don't know what you mean by bombarding. I haven't seen the questions. And, I, personally, only had one question for him. What are you talking about?
It might be that he's getting enough people asking just one question each that it becomes too much. Not to blame any one or any five of those people, you understand, since if that is the problem it would still exist without that one or those five, or maybe even any given ten.
It might be that he's getting enough people asking just one question each that it becomes too much. Not to blame any one or any five of those people, you understand, since if that is the problem it would still exist without that one or those five, or maybe even any given ten.
Maybe. It doesn't explain his answer though. He wasn't in the business of just telling everyone to make up their own stories before. That's more of a Bethesda thing.
Anyhow, I doubt the questions bugged him in themselves. He closed his blog around the same time (this is where he was HAPPY to answer questions before). People were pissing him off for other reasons at the time. He was sick of the blog, because of SJW people on Tumblr. And he was already getting onery for the other reasons I mentioned earlier.
Maybe. It doesn't explain his answer though. He wasn't in the business of just telling everyone to make up their own stories before. That's more of a Bethesda thing.
Anyhow, I doubt the questions bugged him in themselves. He closed his blog around the same time (this is where he was HAPPY to answer questions before). People were pissing him off for other reasons at the time. He was sick of the blog, because of SJW people on Tumblr. And he was already getting onery for the other reasons I mentioned earlier.
I was responding to Qun00's post more than yours. Not accusing you of anything personally, but it sounds like the fans have collectively mobbed him with questions for years. I can easily imagine him enjoying explaining about the game's setting early on, and that eventually becoming a chore. Just saying that he shouldn't be expected to continually satisfy everybody's curiosities after the game is released and he's moved on, much less be called anti-social and worse for not being at our beg and call.
And I really don't see what the difference is between a game writer and a book writer in this regard, no. Why should game writers in particular be expected to mix with their fan communities and answer questions left and right long after their games are out the door?
Bombarding a writer with questions about his game and then complaining about him not baring the story's skeleton to you anymore just for asking seems entitled to say the least. It's his decision what to reveal and what not to, and as a reader/player you get what you get. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but what you're talking about crosses some serious boundaries between artist and audience. It's great if you guys had fun with it back in the day, but I'm 100% on his side if he doesn't want to do it anymore.
I put myself in his shoes and didn't see the issue. When someone asks me something, I only refuse to answer if it was rudely asked or if it's an absurd question.
But let's say it is wrong. Would it be too much to ask for the courtesy of a single reply saying "I can't/won't answer because [insert here]"?
Just once would suffice. To literally ignore you 100% of the time seems a little excessive.
Of course, no way sending individual messages to hundreds of curious fans who can't take a hint would in any way be bothersome. You totally have the right to expect that from him and should definitely take it personally. Not like he's just a normal person with a life of his own and the same amount of spare time and patience for social interaction as everybody else.
Of course, no way sending individual messages to hundreds of curious fans who can't take a hint would in any way be bothersome. You totally have the right to expect that from him and should definitely take it personally. Not like he's just a normal person with a life of his own and the same amount of spare time and patience for social interaction as everybody else.
You're being a little dramatic.
It used to be fairly normal.. given some time and courtesy. He WELCOMED IT. He had a blog dedicated to player questions (and other things, like sharing your art). You're treating it like he's some lofty person and we're all just uppity for presuming to talk.
Community relations went sour for worse things. Understandably, he got tired. People can't have good things. 
You're being a little dramatic.
It used to be fairly normal.. given some time and courtesy. He WELCOMED IT. He had a blog dedicated to player questions (and other things, like sharing your art). You're treating it like he's some lofty person and we're all just uppity for presuming to talk.
Community relations went sour for worse things. Understandably, he got tired. People can't have good things.
So what? I'm not saying it wasn't great while he welcomed it, but he still doesn't owe you guys anything and you have no right to take it personally if he doesn't want to play anymore. You're the ones being dramatic, as well as entitled. "The writer won't respond to all our questions" has to be the most ridiculous complaint I've ever seen on a fan forum.
So what? I'm not saying it wasn't great while he welcomed it, but he still doesn't owe you guys anything and you have no right to take it personally if he doesn't want to play anymore. You're the ones being dramatic.
There you go again. Reading too much into what happened. First you assumed we "bombard" him with questions. Now you think I'm taking what Gaider did personally.
I didn't.
I'm taking you a little personally though. When you said you were "old fashioned" or something, it makes it sounds like I lack character. Just for asking a guy a question. He was cool with communicating with people once. He simply got burned out and some people probably spoiled it for him. But don't think it was regular people asking questions. If you have a bone to pick, find the people who hurl death threats at the devs. You should read RPGCodex, when Gaider used to post there.
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