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Buffs and Debuffs linked with Affection


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Chiramu

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 This was touched on in Dragon Age 2 but you had to get right to the end to get any sort of buff. But this is an idea that works on that, and also to bring a touch of realism to the emotions. 

Firstly, this is idea is about the thought that you make one of your companions really hate you, like full rivalry Fenris or Anders for example. If they really really hate you and if you really really hate them, then travelling with them should be a chore. They should not be happy about travelling with you in your party if they hate you. So if you ever should take a companion with you they you are hating, then you should get a debuff to their fighting abilities. 

The abilities could be unlocked at certain stages of the bar, like notches that indicate where one buff or debuff sits on the guage of friendship or rivalry (similar to when the companion quests are activated in SWTOR).

Heres some examples that could be given to a companion that is hating the main character (the PC/player);
Reduced Attack Speed
Low Concentration (sort of, easy to interrupt their abilities)
Friendly Fire activated (if they hate you, they won't care if they end up hitting you)

Or if the character likes you they should get buffs for being in your group;
Increased Attack Speed
etc etc, pretty much the reverse of what the buffs/debuffs are on the hatred side.

It's just people have no reason to be friends with the companions, and the companions should be treated like real people so you should have a reason to be friends with them (unless of course they never ever listen to you and if another one of those characters are coming I don't care if they hate me, friendship is about listening to each other too). But for realistic and normal characters we should all want to be friends with them. So adding buffs and debuffs to give people incentive to treat them like real people would make the emotions seem more plausible, and less of a number.

Again, this is just an idea that adds to the already established affection bar.