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[Rpgfantasyplayer]

I don't know if I am excited that I can own a castle or not. I guess it depends on if I have to do up keep to it. If so not quite so excited. To be honest I am not into playing games where I have to constantly do up keep on properties. I am out doing more important stuff like trying to save whatever I have to save and can not be bothered with property value. Now on the other hand if I have to defend it against whatever at some point (like Awakenings) then I can understand upgrading. Otherwise I will probably only go back to it if it ends up being like a camp.

[Tootles FTW]

I hope they have a forge where you can upgrade your weapons and armor, something relatively similar to Skyrim. I hated having to get rid of armor that I loved the look of, simply because I outgrew the stats.
It would also be nice if you could utilize "junk" loot items for weapon/armor-smithing...pelts or ores, for example.

I also love the ME2 & ME3 souvenirs you could pick up along your adventures - whether they're tied to a particular quest (we have a mounted head of a High Dragon in our house after defeating it) or something you purchase via a shopkeeper (paintings, vases w/ flowers, etc).

[happy_daiz]

We get a castle? Wow, I'm really out of the loop. This idea is intriguing to me, though. Especially if we get an advisor named Gnarl, and the ability to customize it.

I love it when games allow you to make your dwelling your own. Having an actual forge, and the ability to create or destroy items (for the castle, or otherwise) would be pretty awesome.

Modifié par happy_daiz, 22 octobre 2012 - 03:58 .

[The_11thDoctor]

Customization for theme of my castle, furniture styles, ability to fortify it against attacks, party camp, interactions/ activities, dancing, banquets,armory, raise an army,moat to toss enemies in, ridiculous expansion that defy logic, but look cool and a Helipad to ride my pet dragon off from!!

[Wolf]

Maclimes wrote...

Gaiden96 wrote...

Antivan Inquisition? 

No one would expect that.

Exactly.

[DragoonPK]

I think I would turn it into a fortress to protect the week, cuz I'm awesome like that.

[MilaBanilla]

Able to eat cheese. I want to see my character to sit in their bed and eat cheese while looking at a fireplace.

[Darth Krytie]

I want it to be explorable. Hawke's mansion had very few areas we could go into...I'd like to have most of it open to me. And I'd like stuff to do in there, too. And the ability to house/not house people. To have staff. Possibly. I'd like to be able to upgrade it. Sorta like in Amalur, where you could expand/upgrade your various houses. I wouldn't mind if you could get a place to grow stuff. Deathroots and elfroots and stuff like that.

I wouldn't want to fully decorate it like a sims thing or anything, but the ability to add a picture or a statute from a quest or a special item from a vendor. In a very limited fashion would be cool.

[Ayanna Thalis]

Letting us name the castle might be an interesting touch.

[ledod]

hire an architect from one of the visited kingdoms retrofit the castle in the theme of said architect's respective kingdom.


Some sort of economy minigame


Host political dignitaries from foreign lands to forge alliances, etc...

[Riverdaleswhiteflash]

Question... do you guys think the plan is that we're given a castle in a certain area, or that we pick an area?

The latter would make the game a bunch more replayable. I've gotten pretty bored of the same old camp in my time playing Origins, which otherwise allows a whole lot of variety in playthroughs. (Race options, character appearance, specs, equipment allotments, etc.)

Modifié par Riverdaleswhiteflash, 23 octobre 2012 - 09:07 .

[Peranor]

 

When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.

[Riverdaleswhiteflash]

Well, a castle surrounded by swamp could be pretty hard to beat: the usual medieval strategy for fortresses was to surround them until they starve, since getting through stone was somewhat difficult without cruise missles. Yeah, it could be done, but waiting until they starve is pretty low effort, plus less expensive to rebuild if you intend to take possession of it. The problem with camping around a swamp castle is that the environment will make you inanely uncomfortable. If this is too much effort, I suppose an enemy could knock the castle down... by bringing his various weapons designed for the purpose through the )#*@)ing swamp.

The problem with this arrangement is that castles were usually built to guard a village, with the idea being that the peasants give food to feed the lord's soldiers and the lord himself. The lord also took extra to fill his granaries if he has to hole up in there, since not only would he have to feed himself and his soldiers, but the peasants would be in there hiding from whoever's trying to harm their lord. (Killing a lord's peasants would ruin him, so any enemy peasants caught would probably be killed as an economic attack.) But how would peasants farm in a swamp to any extent that can support their lord and his rainy-day-fund? (Peasant hunting was strongly curbed, since the lords tried to keep most of the game for themselves.)


Then there's the problem you already mentioned, of course.

Modifié par Riverdaleswhiteflash, 23 octobre 2012 - 10:23 .

[labargegrrrl]

DragoonPK wrote...

I think I would turn it into a fortress to protect the week, cuz I'm awesome like that.

i think you're the first person i've seen who actually DESERVES their castle.  good for you!  (everyone else seems to want to turn theirs into rendon howe's denerim torture special, or a total piece of fluffy staus symbol.)

[Fredward]

I am soooooooooooOOOooooooOooo excited that I'm getting a castle! I LOVED Crossroad Keep in NWN2 (yesimawarethatwasaobsidiangameitisjustanexample ) and if it is ANYTHING like Crossroad Keep I will be happy as a clam! Btw I've never understood that expression. How are clams happy? Do they smile a lot? I'm pretty sure they don't since they're basically slime creatures. Do they "hap" a lot? What is happing?

Anyway a castle that I can build up from a piece of crap to something truly magnificent, organizing "every day" stuff like patrols and trade routes, my companions making requests for specific features and making comments on changes, the ability to lose the castle either through a battle or through being outsmarted/betrayed and winning the castle either through a battle or through cunning. All this would make me happy as aforementioned clam.

A bit off topic but what I'd really like to see in DA3 is the ability to outsmart the bad guys instead of just killing them. Or outsmarting them AND killing them. Or killing them BY outsmarting them. Like more options in dialogue to manipulate someone or interacting with their diaries and using the info as blackmail, things like that.

[Plaintiff]

I'd like it to work similar to the Keep in Dragon Age Legends; a handy facility that provides a variety of useful, upgradeable services like potions crafting. It could also serve the function of 'party camp'.

[Scott Sion]

Mila-banilla wrote...

Able to eat cheese. I want to see my character to sit in their bed and eat cheese while looking at a fireplace.

That's reasonable.

Foopydoopydoo wrote...

I am soooooooooooOOOooooooOooo excited that I'm getting a castle! I LOVED Crossroad Keep in NWN2 (yesimawarethatwasaobsidiangameitisjustanexample )

I'm proud to say that I was able to read that.

Modifié par plnero, 24 octobre 2012 - 07:25 .

[labargegrrrl]

so i'm just reflecting on castle a little bit...

i seem to remember someone saying we might have to take it to get it. like, combat wise. (or am i getting confused again?)

IF that's the case...

just gazing at the art again, it looks as though that might be an extraordinarily difficult task! both the terrain around it and the bridge make it look pretty defensible. difficult to attack well, and very tricky to sneak into as well. of course, it looks as though a long siege could easily take care of that, given that it would be difficult to supply properly. but, in general, HOLDING a castle is always easier than TAKING one.

not that it wouldn't be worth the effort! especially if someone tells us to "have fun storming the castle." always a classic!

[NRieh]

Well, a castle surrounded by swamp could be pretty hard to beat: the usual medieval strategy for fortresses was to surround them until they starve, since getting through stone was somewhat difficult without cruise missles. Yeah, it could be done, but waiting until they starve is pretty low effort, plus less expensive to rebuild if you intend to take possession of it. The problem with camping around a swamp castle is that the environment will make you inanely uncomfortable. If this is too much effort, I suppose an enemy could knock the castle down... by bringing his various weapons designed for the purpose through the )#*@)ing swamp.

Sorry, I can't help it, but you reminded me of this Should be taken as DA3 intro movie and caslte feature promo.

[TEWR]

Maria Caliban wrote...

Mike says we'll be in charge of a castle in DA III.

Horrible image of castle.

Does this please you?

What are you hoping to see?

I'd like something like NWN 2's upgrade system or BG II's strongholds. I'd also like the castle to reflect your class.

Edit:

Johnny Jaded wrote...

Perfect image of castle:



From the BioWare blog on Inquistion concept art.

I'd like something akin to Suikoden IV/Assassin's Creed 2/better Vigil's Keep/what I posted that Soldier's Peak should've been.

I'd like to be able to get a Dwarven Blacksmith at the Castle, a Doctor, some Enchanters, etc. It could serve as the place where we craft things. We gather the supplies together and bring them to the appropriate people, and some of these supplies could be done DAII style where you see people working to gather them.

Example: I find a lyrium node and collect it. I can then return to this area a few quests later and see Dwarves mining it, singing "Heigh-Ho!" in the process.

Created 7 months ago, Modified 7 months ago
The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...

I actually wish Soldier's Peak had been renovated and we could explore it.

Were it me, I would've made it so the player had a new base they could explore anytime they were there. The player would always have the Camp and if they went to Soldier's Peak all of the companions would be doing their own thing:


Wynne and Morrigan would be in the library reading books

Alistair, Dog, and Oghren would be in the kitchen

Sten would be on the bridge overlooking the mountain, staring off into the horizon

Leliana would be practicing Archery while also singing

Zevran would be..... Zevran!

Shale would be chasing the birds

And Loghain would be in another room looking over old maps.

The PC -- who is effectively the Warden Commander -- would have Sophia Dryden's office become his office. At least until Amaranthine

I would've also allowed the player to send certain people there to become Wardens. If Jowan could've been recruited like it was originally intended, he would be made a Warden there. Even if he couldn't be a party member, that doesn't mean he can't be a Warden. Then there's also that Dwarf in Orzammar that the player can recruit, though nothing came of it.

Levi and Mikhael would be there still, and the player could even upgrade the base however they wanted. This way, the Warden makes a Warden outpost that has fallen into disrepair usable again.

Modifié par The Ethereal Writer Redux, 24 octobre 2012 - 09:11 .

[AlbinaTekla]

mini game that allows us to BUILD said castle!

[EmperorSahlertz]

I loved the way Crossroad Keep was done in NWN2, so somehting similar to that would be wonderful.

[Riverdaleswhiteflash]

labargegrrrl wrote...

DragoonPK wrote...

I think I would turn it into a fortress to protect the week, cuz I'm awesome like that.

i think you're the first person i've seen who actually DESERVES their castle.  good for you!  (everyone else seems to want to turn theirs into rendon howe's denerim torture special, or a total piece of fluffy staus symbol.)

This is Dragon Age. What you deserve and what you get have at best a passing correlation, or less than that if you're a PC.

[Sarquindi]

I would absolutely love it if the castle had an armoury that allowed you to display weapons and armour you have collected throughout the game!  I hate it when I wear armour because of the stats but love another set's looks.  The cool set ends up sitting in a chest.    I would love to display it!