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[Orian Tabris]

In Dragon Age, the group of active companions and the PC are in what is known as a "party." While in Mass Effect the group of active companions and the PC are in a "squad." This means that when talking about Dragon Age, you call them "party members" or "companions." As opposed to Mass Effect, where you call them "squadmates" or "squad members."

This does not cross over, so calling Dragon Age's companions and future companions "squadmates", is incorrect. The same applies to calling Mass Effect's squad members "companions." It's wrong, like calling Isabela a mage.

This is not Mass Effect, this is Dragon Age. There's a difference.

So please, in the future, call them "companions," not "squadmates." I find this seriously annoying and abhorable!

[LPPrince]

Squadmates, companions, same thing.

Personally, I loved my DAO squadmates and my classic ME1 companions. They were cool.

[daftPirate]

Well you've found a fantastic way to ensure that people do the exact opposite of what you want. Welcome to the internet.

[Celene II]

This is a pet peeve others dont feel this strongly about this issue. But you do, which is good because you are invested in the game.

I dont mind people calling squad members, companions and vice versa.

My biggest pet peeve is when people focus on the reusing of maps/lack of space for why DA2 was not as good as DAO. That clearly was not the biggest reason why DA2 was worse then dao, it was lack of rpg elements.

That is my biggest pet peeve

[Fiddles dee dee]

Orian Tabris wrote...

abhorable!

Nice suffix choice, I don't usually see those two together. Regardless, you're technically correct, I just forsee lots of nitpicking statements incoming.

[Orian Tabris]

daftPirate wrote...

Well you've found a fantastic way to ensure that people do the exact opposite of what you want. Welcome to the internet.

Asking people to get it right, was just to expand on the clarification, that there is in fact, a difference.

As far as I can tell, people are being stupid (and NOT for stupidity's sake), as they might tell me.

[Knight of Dane]

 I'm so sorry.... [smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/crying.png[/smilie]

Modifié par Knight of Dane, 14 janvier 2013 - 05:35 .

[Orian Tabris]

The Bleepinator wrote...

Don't look know but one hair is 1/8th an further to the left then it should be.

Is this trolling? Or just a roundabout way of saying I'm "splitting hairs"... which I'm not?

Modifié par Orian Tabris, 14 janvier 2013 - 05:21 .

[Genuine UK]

this is like saying is it a tomato or tomatoe in the end no one really gives a dam

[Plaintiff]

Seems pointlessly nitpicky.

[Icesong]

henchmen

[Fiddles dee dee]

Genuine_666 wrote...

this is like saying is it a tomato or tomatoe in the end no one really gives a dam

NO! That is not an acceptable similie! You could have said it's like calling a potato a vegetable or a tomato a vegetable they're not. Spelling is about good communication NOT general information.

[Neoleviathan]

Nothing wrong with having "companions" in Mass Effect. It doesn't conflict with the sci-fi aspect at all, just ask the Doctor.
I would question wether all the characters would be a fit for the squad term. Some of them just don't strike me as being very combat orriented & I'd be suprised if ME1 Liara had ever touched a gun aside for gameplay's sake. I do think squad is the best fit, but still its a matter of preferance.
And there is a bit of a military aspect to Dragon Age that might find the term appropriate depending on how your roleplaying the character, & well... Just how old is that word anyway? Maybe its perfect for a midieval setting.

Modifié par Neoleviathan, 14 janvier 2013 - 06:00 .

[Maria Caliban]

Genuine_666 wrote...

this is like saying is it a tomato or tomatoe in the end no one really gives a dam

I'm going to disagree. One is an obvious misspelling and so wrong. The other is questionable terminology, but there's no authoritative, comprehensive cultural database that says whether it's a misuse.

Fiddles dee dee wrote...

Genuine_666 wrote...

this is like saying is it a tomato or tomatoe in the end no one really gives a dam

NO! That is not an acceptable similie! You could have said it's like calling a potato a vegetable or a tomato a vegetable they're not. Spelling is about good communication NOT general information.

A tomato is a vegetable. All plants are vegetables.

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 14 janvier 2013 - 06:05 .

[Paul Sedgmore]

Both terms can be applied to both games as they amount to the same thing, but if you want to get technical - what is used in Mass Effect is also not a squad as there isn't enough people as a squad consists of 8-13 people and is actually closer to a fireteam

[Fiddles dee dee]

Maria Caliban wrote...

Fiddles dee dee wrote...

Genuine_666 wrote...

this is like saying is it a tomato or tomatoe in the end no one really gives a dam

NO! That is not an acceptable similie! You could have said it's like calling a potato a vegetable or a tomato a vegetable they're not. Spelling is about good communication NOT general information.

A tomato is a vegetable. All plants are vegetables.

Even beans?

[Masha Potato]

I just call them all "my eyetatas"

[Paul Sedgmore]

Maria Caliban wrote...

A tomato is a vegetable. All plants are vegetables.

That depends on if you are using the biological or culinary definition 

Fiddles dee dee wrote...
Even beans? 

Yes

Modifié par Paul Sedgmore, 14 janvier 2013 - 06:18 .

[Faust1979]

They aren't Companions are my squad they are my mates

[Orian Tabris]

Fiddles dee dee wrote...

Maria Caliban wrote...

Fiddles dee dee wrote...

Genuine_666 wrote...

this is like saying is it a tomato or tomatoe in the end no one really gives a dam

NO! That is not an acceptable similie! You could have said it's like calling a potato a vegetable or a tomato a vegetable they're not. Spelling is about good communication NOT general information.

A tomato is a vegetable. All plants are vegetables.

Even beans?

Maria is right, a tomato is a vegetable. However, this is only true because while a tomato is actually a fruit, all fruit are vegetables.

Underline: There is NO typos, spelling errors or letters left out, in what I typed above! See what I'm referring to Americans?

[Masha Potato]

Masha Potato wrote...

I just call them all "my eyetatas"

Except Alistair, he's a squadmate