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So we've had two male qunari party members in DAO and DAI. Any chance of a strong female qunari next?
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Patrick Weekes @PatrickWeekes
Definitely a chance. We like doing character types we haven't done before, and that would be a biggie in hypothetical future game.
Now I kinda wonder if they'll bring Rasaan in for the next game...
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@BioMarkDarrah what kinds of scenes do you like writing the most as a writer?
not actually a writer. I like to make @PatrickWeekes not use the letter T
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I very much dislike such heavy excision, as words come slowly in said fashion.
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oh bravo, sir.
Muppet Camel Express @mel_f_lem
now do it without the three act structure or the hero's journey
That's not really true. Just off the top of my head: we haven't had a Tal'Vashoth who's a Tal'Vashoth from the start of the game, a Fog Warrior, an Ash Warrior (with a hound!), a Rivani Seer, a Nevarran dragon hunter or Mortalitasi, an Avvar, a Chasind, a person from the Anderfels who actually lived there and talks about it, a dwarf from Kal'Sharok or the Tevinter Ambassadoria.
Which is not to say I don't want to see a Chevalier companion, if it makes sense for the story, but there are many other groups and factions that also aren't represented yet.
Those factions are local and have no reason to interfere in incoming "humans-elves" conflict.
Those factions are local and have no reason to interfere in incoming "humans-elves" conflict.
1) There's not necessarily going to be a "humans-elves" conflict.
2) Most of those factions Andraste_Reborn mentioned are human, so they'd actually be half the conflict.
3) Chevaliers have some vested interest that's greater than the others', how???
Those factions are local and have no reason to interfere in incoming "humans-elves" conflict.
The next game won't just deal with a conflict between humans and elves. We're probably going to Tevinter, and the war with the Qunari might be heating up. A Tal'Vashoth, Fog Warrior or Ambassadoria dwarf would certainly have a view on that conflict, and the Anderfells are right next door to Tevinter. I agree that Ash Warriors and Avvar and Rivani and so on are less likely possibilities, but I was just listing examples of groups that haven't been represented as companions yet.
And how are Orlesian Chevaliers not a local faction, just like most of the groups I mentioned?
Yet one of the Judgments places an Avaar clan in Tevinter borders, so....
Patrick Weekes @PatrickWeekes
2000-ish words, many of them non-sucky, I think! Later will do pass to hit my characters' emotions more explicitly, as I always botch that.
Patrick Weekes @PatrickWeekes
Down-side of game writing: used to great cinematics and VO, so I tend to write lines in novel and assume that VO, staging will sell them.
Patrick Weekes @PatrickWeekes
Then people go, "I had no idea your char was sad here," and I'm like, "But can't you imagine how she sounded when she said she ohhh right."
Patrick Weekes @PatrickWeekes
/hashtag writing-in-multiple-mediums-problems
So, that's the most upfront admission he's writing a new videogame character we've gotten so far, right?
So, that's the most upfront admission he's writing a new videogame character we've gotten so far, right?
No, he tweeted earlier that it's "novel writing" time.
https://twitter.com/...545580379254784
Ah. That actually makes more sense with what he's tweeting above. Thank you.
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Any chance it might be a new DA book? I'm not really up to date with what to expect in the next 2-3 years.
Any chance it might be a new DA book? I'm not really up to date with what to expect in the next 2-3 years.
I'm not sure? But I suspect it might be his own novel.
Any chance it might be a new DA book? I'm not really up to date with what to expect in the next 2-3 years.
I haven't heard either way... But I'm gonna to cling to the thin thread o' hope that it is until I hear otherwise. 
I haven't heard either way... But I'm gonna to cling to the thin thread o' hope that it is until I hear otherwise.
I hope so too. Much as I appreciate them releasing the Magekiller series, what I really want while I wait for DA4 is a full-length novel to get immersed in and hyped about. Plus Weekes was fantastic when he wrote The Masked Empire.
I hope so too. Much as I appreciate them releasing the Magekiller series, what I really want while I wait for DA4 is a full-length novel to get immersed in and hyped about. Plus Weekes was fantastic when he wrote The Masked Empire.
Who knows he might do a novel about Tevinter before DA4 like he did with Orlais.Some groundwork to explain the political situtaion and tension with Qunari.
That's what I meant by the past three. They're boring and I hope they make the next one better than Witcher.Me too; hope it is as fun as the past ones.
That's what I meant by the past three. They're boring and I hope they make the next one better than Witcher.
Call me crazy, but if I played the first three games in a series and considered them boring, I would not cross my fingers and hope that the fourth title would suddenly start appealing to me.
I found Grand Theft Auto IV to be pretty boring myself, so I didn't go out and buy Grand Theft Auto V thinking, "Surely the next installment in this popular franchise will change its gameplay to suit my tastes!"
I would really enjoy a new Dragon Age novel. I enjoyed The Masked Empire, and I have also been reading Patrick Weekes The Republic Series. I really enjoy his writing and character development.
To be honest...I just need anything Dragon Age related (except Heroes of Dragon Age, I can't stomach it.)
That's what I meant by the past three. They're boring and I hope they make the next one better than Witcher.
You don't like DA and The Witcher was not satisfying enough? You don't ask for much, do you?
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