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[Solas]

I'd like to see:

- new characters
- an elf
- a decent amount of choice

I don't understand the Cullen thing but there's nothing wrong with it.

[Skye Evergreene]

As long as they're funny, they don't constantly complain, and they aren't a carbon copy of Alistair, I'm happy.

[Shinobu]

Nathaniel Howe

A bit broody, but with a sense of humor and good manners.

[Amirit]

Shinobu wrote...
Nathaniel Howe

A bit broody, but with a sense of humor and good manners.

We are getting Cullen already, why would you need more religious fanatics? No offence, I just mean they are quite close in their archetype.

[BBK4114]

mya11 wrote...

A great character I like it IORVETH in The witcher 2 a bad men but so sexy strange et sexy

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I heartily concur!    Iorveth is the ultimate BA!  He's so ruthless - he actually equates killing d'hoine (human) ****s in the game as his favorite kills; so easy but "strangely relaxing, like pulling weeds.") but has a good side as well. With the horrible way elves are treated by humans (while roaming around in the game you frequently see elven corpses hanging in trees) it's easy to see why he hates them so much! He's the only pixelated character I've ever written fan fiction for (although it's only in my head, lol.)  So masculine, sexy, annnnd beautiful!  *sighs* 

Modifié par BBK4114, 03 décembre 2012 - 04:17 .

[Herr Uhl]

Amirit wrote...

Shinobu wrote...
Nathaniel Howe

A bit broody, but with a sense of humor and good manners.

We are getting Cullen already, why would you need more religious fanatics? No offence, I just mean they are quite close in their archetype.

When did Nathaniel become a religious fanatic?

[brushyourteeth]

Herr Uhl wrote...

Amirit wrote...

Shinobu wrote...
Nathaniel Howe

A bit broody, but with a sense of humor and good manners.

We are getting Cullen already, why would you need more religious fanatics? No offence, I just mean they are quite close in their archetype.

When did Nathaniel become a religious fanatic?

Yeah, I don't see that either. Respectfully disagree on that.

I also think there's a big difference between someone who has faith and someone who is a fanatic. To me a fanatic is someone who's generally always talking about it and/or trying to convert those around you. You'd also likely be willing to go to any extreme to see that religion spread and rival religions crushed. Cullen's job is tied to the Chantry, but he doesn't reference Andraste or the Maker in conversation any more often than the other humans we've met in Thedas (not that we've seen, anyway, which hasn't been a lot to go on). He seems a lot more interested in keeping recruits alive than trying to morally police them (as he showed with his handwave of their visits to the Rose).

Leliana was a bit more of a fanatic, as she tried to convince Morrigan to believe several times. Even Sebastian didn't do that.
Anders was a textbook fanatic, but about a cause rather than a religion.

... anyway, just saying. Having strong belief and being open about it =/= fanaticism.


... by to stay on-topic, I agree with others that I'd really like to see a romanceable male who is less absorbed in his own problems than Fenris and Anders were. Not that they weren't monumental issues, and not that companions shouldn't be allowed to have their own story, but I felt like neither of them were able to really be there for Hawke for even a moment, because their issues were all-consuming. Nor was Hawke really able to do much to help either of them find much closure.

If drama happens in a relationship, I'd personally rather most of it come from outside forces, rather than "I have this thing eating me inside and I just can't fully love you." I really appreciated that both Alistair and Zevran, while having complex backstories and issues, were able to lend their strength and support to the Warden when she needed it. 

Modifié par brushyourteeth, 03 décembre 2012 - 05:50 .

[Amirit]

 

brushyourteeth wrote...
Yeah, I don't see that either. Respectfully disagree on that.

I also think there's a big difference between someone who has faith and someone who is a fanatic. To me a fanatic is someone who's generally always talking about it and/or trying to convert those around you.

 

You are right and I am sorry for my rush words. Nathaniel with his constant preaching (at least it looked like a non-stop preaching from him) was a DAA Sebastian to me (no surprise, since Sebastian was supposed to be Nathaniel, afaik). And since Sebastian _is_ a religious fanatic hence Nathaniel was labeled as one in mine mind too.

Still, if we have Cullen - Nathaniel is the same type of character. Would be a little too much of the same.

I suspect it is just easier to write a character whose main definition of character is his obsession with something. And since DA2 did not have a luxury of time and length of DAO, they had to chose that road of character making. Hawke is everyones errand boy anyway, why not to be the same for companions? The only supportive character there is Varric. This is why I say again and again - please, give us Varric\\Garrus in a form of LI. Pretty please?

Modifié par Amirit, 03 décembre 2012 - 07:39 .

[brushyourteeth]

Amirit wrote...

 

brushyourteeth wrote...
Yeah, I don't see that either. Respectfully disagree on that.

I also think there's a big difference between someone who has faith and someone who is a fanatic. To me a fanatic is someone who's generally always talking about it and/or trying to convert those around you.

 

You are right and I am sorry for my rush words. Nathaniel with his constant preaching (at least it looked like a non-stop preaching from him) was a DAA Sebastian to me (no surprise, since Sebastian was supposed to be Nathaniel, afaik). And since Sebastian _is_ a religious fanatic hence Nathaniel was labeled as one in mine mind too.

Still, if we have Cullen - Nathaniel is the same type of character. Would be a little too much of the same.

I suspect it is just easier to write a character whose main definition of character is his obsession with something. And since DA2 did not have a luxury of time and length of DAO, they had to chose that road of character making. Hawke is everyones errand boy anyway, why not to be the same for companions? The only supportive character there is Varric. This is why I say again and again - please, give us VarricGarrus in a form of LI. Pretty please?

Hey, no problems here. 

And I definitely agree that Cullen and Nathaniel would be very similar, what with their deep *I have a sense of humor but it's buried waaay down deep and subtle enough to be nonexistent* ways, plus the sense of duty and righteous indignation if anyone challenges either of their previous conceptions. So I definitely would prefer to not have both of them, but would totally be cool with having either of them in our party!

I also have to SUPER agree with Varric/Garrus. When I think of supportive boyfriend material, Varric is the perfect guy. He was one of the only companions to show genuine concern for Hawke, and maybe the only one who didn't respond to her with the "buck up - your life is easier than mine" schpeel when she was hurting most deeply (which, if you can't tell, still makes me mad). She never had to baby him like she did Anders or Fenris. If anything, Varric was constantly trying to be strong for her. In that sense he felt more like her equal to me than the others did.

I think if the world were falling apart and I were the glue holding it all together, I'd want a boyfriend who could make me smile and let go of all my cares for a moment, or none at all (which is actually the option my canon Hawke chose).

[Amirit]

If we play as an inquisitor, it might be hard to come across someone really supportive to the course

[Isaantia]

Hmmm.

Definitely Cullen.
A few have mentioned the bookish type. I would go for that. Hot nerdy guys FTW.

It might be interesting to have an "out of party" romance too with a Doctor Who-esque personality. A guy who swoops in from time to time and when he's there its AMAZEBALLS but then disappears for awhile. But the AMAZEBALLS part seems to make up for it somehow.

[Amirit]

Isaantia wrote...
A few have mentioned the bookish type. I would go for that. Hot nerdy guys FTW.

Really? You would go for that?

I mean... Have you played SW:TOR? There is a character there, a companion - Talos Drellik. The very essence of "cute bookish nerd". The character itself and VA are both brilliant, incredible, absolutely awesome. The only comparable character I can think of is Dr. Mordin Solus (and I dare you to find one ME payer who did not like Mordin).

Yet, for the life of me, I can not imagine Talos as LI. It would feel as weired as love scene with Mordin (though Talos is totally 100% human).

I mean, as a companion - sure, but as a LI... Would not really want it.

[Phate Phoenix]

Here are my previous Bioware preferred men:

DAO: Zevran
DA2: Anders... kinda. I much preferred him in Awakening, and mostly chose him out of nostalgia.
ME: Joker. (Shut up. I know. XD)

So, I guess I'd like a character with a dark sense of humor, a bit of self-loathing (but isn't focused on it), and was a complete person even before meeting my character. I don't want an LI to need me beyond my being the Chosen One, or whatever reason we originally chose to travel together. I want them to have scars, but no longer stuck in their moment of creation.

I should mention I am totally cool with non-combat LIs.

Now, to step towards the more cliche, I want to romance a villain, or someone who opposes you in some way. Someone you aren't fighting with, but actively fighting against. I want to get to know this person through conflict, through working to stop him as opposed to working with him. Whether you end up swaying him to your side, or offering him a chance to escape, or even having a final duel to the death with him. Probably not the Big Bad, but an underling of sorts. (It's so cliche but I want it.)

[Isaantia]

Amirit wrote...

Really? You would go for that?

I mean... Have you played SW:TOR? There is a character there, a companion - Talos Drellik. The very essence of "cute bookish nerd". The character itself and VA are both brilliant, incredible, absolutely awesome. The only comparable character I can think of is Dr. Mordin Solus (and I dare you to find one ME payer who did not like Mordin).

Yet, for the life of me, I can not imagine Talos as LI. It would feel as weired as love scene with Mordin (though Talos is totally 100% human).

I mean, as a companion - sure, but as a LI... Would not really want it.

Well considering my husband is a nerdy hot guy - yes! I love me some brains... not in a zombie way. 
But he's nothing like Talos (yes I played swtor) maybe what I'm looking for is something between Talos and Tharan. Like a kinda shy guy but who could make some wicked puns in his area of expertise. That would be amazing. 

But thats why there are multiple LIs... people like different things. 

[Amirit]

Oh, but Tharan is a completely different thing. Actually, you are asking for Joker - smart, skillful and funny (plus, a looker) And I am totally with you on it.

[FenrirBlackDragon]

^ A Joker like character would rock my socks. I really wanted him to be an LI in one of the Mass Effect games, and that never happened because he hooks up with EDI and turns you down. But, a character like him in Dragon Age would probably be a new character, and I would appreciate if said character were an LI.

I think Bioware could also take inspiration from other games. What comes to mind for me... Ezio Auditore from AC series would be a really good idea to work from, in my opinion. Granted, he's got a lot of similarities with Zevran, but he has a layer of complexity Zevran doesn't (Sorry, Zev, you know I love his character too)... and older Ezio has better experience and judgement on his side (though he's still a shameless skirt chaser...). I don't know, maybe I just want a male character who's got some experience under his belt and can be a mentor to the female character if he's not the chosen LI (or even if he's not an LI at all, an awesome mentor character would make my day).

The Mass Effect series would work too, since that is a Bioware game. I know Garrus was a popular choice (I haven't even played ME2 yet so I can't say for myself what my preferred LI is yet- working through ME1).

[Lenimph]

Clark Gable...

Or Wrex

Yeah Wrex is good. 

Modifié par Lenimph, 06 décembre 2012 - 04:33 .

[gonzalez.melissa53]

PsychoBlonde wrote...

I want them to take whatever character they give Mary Kirby to write and make him the romance please.

Oh oh This!!!

[Lenimph]

gonzalez.melissa53 wrote...

PsychoBlonde wrote...

I want them to take whatever character they give Mary Kirby to write and make him the romance please.

Oh oh This!!!

I wouldn't mind that.  Especially since I haven't cared for Gaider's romances much. 

I wouldnt mind to see Sheryl Chee do a male romance  either.  

Modifié par Lenimph, 06 décembre 2012 - 04:47 .

[cowoline]

As for romance options (if the rumours are true about the characters so far), three male companions would be Cullen, Connor (from Asunder) and
Dorian ( a tevinter magister), I hope all three of them are avalible for romance and I don't mean the Sebastian type romance.

Btw can someone please explain the Cullen fascination for me? (and I don't mean to seem condescending.)

To me he seems like this:

• Shy like Alistair
• Broody and derange like Anders, just supports the templars.

There seem to be no humour in him what so ever and though he seems sweet he doesn't seem to have that kindness, that made me like the characters above. Dont' get me wrong. Cullen is adorable when you play female mage and I have great sympathy for what he went through, to me he just seems like Alistair and Anders mixed together with none of the qaulities that made me love them, not just like them. Edit: post messed up my smilies for some reason.

Modifié par cowoline, 06 décembre 2012 - 05:10 .

[Isaantia]

I'm shallow. It's pretty much just Cullen's voice. Well that and I'm certain he's going to be crazy pants. And I mean every heroine needs a crazy pants party member to sleep with right? The crazier the better!

This is what I have learned from video games.

[Manic Sheep]

Preferably someone not too heavy on brooding, angst or being overly romantic and not having the only option being a guy like Anomen but I don’t really mind. I think Bioware stated elsewhere that they don’t write characters for a romance, they write characters and then decide which ones should be romancable which is the best way to do it.

Modifié par Manic Sheep, 07 décembre 2012 - 01:04 .

[Amirit]

 

Isaantia wrote...

I'm shallow. It's pretty much just Cullen's voice. 

 

Isaantia, I wanted to write an answer about Cullen and his fan club full of sarcasm and good laugh. But you answered first and made me realize I am no better here. In TOR Zenith (totally unromasable, as you might know) hit me so hard that infamous badly written and awfully misplaced Kai Leng in ME3 made me all "awww", just because he talks with Troy Baker's voice (Zenith's voice). So, I am, actually, the same and have no right to judge someones addiction

Modifié par Amirit, 06 décembre 2012 - 08:00 .

[Nefla]

What I want:

-Physically big/muscular
-Strong and manly
-Emotionally well adjusted like Varric and Aveline
-Not a pansy that needs you to make all his decisions and always follows your lead
-Not a whiner who angsts all the time
-Not promiscuous
-Intelligent

Other than that, just someone well written and not a stereotype/boyband reject/etc...

Modifié par Nefla, 07 décembre 2012 - 01:39 .

[LittleBee]

If you think of it, so far in DA series we can not complain about lacking of variety and originality. All four LI were very different and interesting. I am sure DA team will keep it this way!