I'd be somewhat miffed at Ellis if I was a dev right now but that's just me.
Hmm possibly, but that would be largely dependant on if this was planned or not, since he said legal issues were preventing him from saying anything before now then maybe they gave him the green light to reveal the information which is possible and they did indicate that they might do something like tweet about companion reveals.
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@Mike_Laidlaw @BioMarkDarrah Can you reveal if Cullen is a companion yet ?
1:56pm - 15 Feb 14
Mike Laidlaw
User @BioMarkDarrah When companion reveals happen, we will tweet about them.
2:03pm - 15 Feb 14
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No no Cullen go away! I don't want another warrior! Come on 3-3-3 balance, I've been dreaming of this! You want to be an LI, that's fine, go be an NPC LI.
I never really saw them going for a 3-3-3 balance, i've always speculated that the balance would be 4-3-2 in some way with it having more warriors and either mage or rogue would get 3 and the later would get 2.
Question: why would Cullen upset that balance?
Warriors- Cassandra, Cullen, Iron Bull
Rogues-Varric, Sera, Beardy Warden
Mages-Vivienne, Solas, ???
Grey warden is a warrior considering he's always been shown with a shield and sword, and that the weapons are class restricted.
Cassandra, Iron Bull, Cullen, Grey Warden Warriors
Varic, Serra Rogues
VVivienne, Solas Mage
With one unknown likely either a mage or rogue, though if Iron Bull is a rogue than it would be warrior or mage
Beardy dual-wields. He's a rogue.
Err, he's not a dual welding rogue, nor has he been shown with 2 swords.
Haven't we seen screen shots of Feathers with a shield? Whereas BioWare has conspicuously avoided saying anything about Iron Bull's class.
Yes we have, one screen shot from one of the game informer videos and some concepts of him.