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[Adela]

Cullen was only 2 handed in origins after that they made him s&s in da2

[Aoba]

Gonna delurk long enough to offer who I believe will be following our Inquisitor to the Fade and beyond:

1. Cassandra - 2H Warrior - Human Female
2. Grey Warden - S&S Warrior - Human Male
3. Cullen - S&S Warrior - Human Male
4. Iron Bull - 2H Warrior - Tal-Vashoth Male
5. Dorian - Mage - Elven Male
6. Vivienne - Mage - Human Female
7. Sera - Rogue - Elven Female
8. Varric - Rogue - Dwarven Male
9. Cole - Rogue - Male Spirit/Demon

So, that would give us 4 warriors, 3 rogues, and 2 mages. Breaking it down further, we have 2 human males, 2 human females, 2 elves, 1 dwarf, 1 spirit/demon, and 1 Tal-Vashoth. Now, if we're talking about Fancy 'Stache and Scribe Girl, they're probably what you'd call the "hired help," likely in regards to the upkeep of your castle or somesuch. Don't take my word as gospel, however. Maker knows I'm wrong more times than I'm right. 

Modifié par ACWolfe, 21 août 2013 - 07:47 .

[Sylvianus]

ACWolfe wrote...

Gonna delurk long enough to offer who I believe will be following our Inquisitor to the Fade and beyond:

1. Cassandra - 2H Warrior - Human Female
2. Grey Warden - S&S Warrior - Human Male
3. Cullen - S&S Warrior - Human Male
4. Iron Bull - 2H Warrior - Tal-Vashoth Male
5. Dorian - Mage - Elven Male
6. Vivienne - Mage - Human Female
7. Sera - Rogue - Elven Female
8. Varric - Rogue - Dwarven Male
9. Cole - Rogue - Male Spirit/Demon

So, that would give us 4 warriors, 3 rogues, and 2 mages. Breaking it down further, we have 2 human males, 2 human females, 2 elves, 1 dwarf, 1 spirit/demon, and 1 Tal-Vashoth. Now, if we're talking about Fancy 'Stache and Scribe Girl, they're probably what you'd call the "hired help," likely in regards to the upkeep of your castle or somesuch. Don't take my word as gospel, however. Maker knows I'm wrong more times than I'm right. 

There are only 3 female characters, and 6 male characters in your list. I don't believe it at all.

Modifié par Sylvianus, 21 août 2013 - 07:49 .

[Caellis]

daveliam wrote...

Caellis wrote...

Cullen is two handed. Always has been

He's sword and shield in DA2.  See in this video:



But it looks like he's two handed in DA: O.  Here's another video:

Oh, I remembered him with a TH sword, my bad

[Caellis]

Sylvianus wrote...

ACWolfe wrote...

Gonna delurk long enough to offer who I believe will be following our Inquisitor to the Fade and beyond:

1. Cassandra - 2H Warrior - Human Female
2. Grey Warden - S&S Warrior - Human Male
3. Cullen - S&S Warrior - Human Male
4. Iron Bull - 2H Warrior - Tal-Vashoth Male
5. Dorian - Mage - Elven Male
6. Vivienne - Mage - Human Female
7. Sera - Rogue - Elven Female
8. Varric - Rogue - Dwarven Male
9. Cole - Rogue - Male Spirit/Demon

So, that would give us 4 warriors, 3 rogues, and 2 mages. Breaking it down further, we have 2 human males, 2 human females, 2 elves, 1 dwarf, 1 spirit/demon, and 1 Tal-Vashoth. Now, if we're talking about Fancy 'Stache and Scribe Girl, they're probably what you'd call the "hired help," likely in regards to the upkeep of your castle or somesuch. Don't take my word as gospel, however. Maker knows I'm wrong more times than I'm right. 

There are only 3 female characters, and 6 male characters in your list. I don't believe it at all.

Me neither, I don't think Cole will ultimately be a companion. I hope the last companion will be a woman... A lady dwarf would be awesome

[Sylvianus]

Caellis wrote...

Sylvianus wrote...

ACWolfe wrote...

Gonna delurk long enough to offer who I believe will be following our Inquisitor to the Fade and beyond:

1. Cassandra - 2H Warrior - Human Female
2. Grey Warden - S&S Warrior - Human Male
3. Cullen - S&S Warrior - Human Male
4. Iron Bull - 2H Warrior - Tal-Vashoth Male
5. Dorian - Mage - Elven Male
6. Vivienne - Mage - Human Female
7. Sera - Rogue - Elven Female
8. Varric - Rogue - Dwarven Male
9. Cole - Rogue - Male Spirit/Demon

So, that would give us 4 warriors, 3 rogues, and 2 mages. Breaking it down further, we have 2 human males, 2 human females, 2 elves, 1 dwarf, 1 spirit/demon, and 1 Tal-Vashoth. Now, if we're talking about Fancy 'Stache and Scribe Girl, they're probably what you'd call the "hired help," likely in regards to the upkeep of your castle or somesuch. Don't take my word as gospel, however. Maker knows I'm wrong more times than I'm right. 

There are only 3 female characters, and 6 male characters in your list. I don't believe it at all.

Me neither, I don't think Cole will ultimately be a companion. I hope the last companion will be a woman... A lady dwarf would be awesome

I'd certainly play a dwarf if there was some lady dwarf romanceable. There's no reason Varric should be the only one, right ? 

[daveliam]

Caellis wrote...

Sylvianus wrote...

ACWolfe wrote...

Gonna delurk long enough to offer who I believe will be following our Inquisitor to the Fade and beyond:

1. Cassandra - 2H Warrior - Human Female
2. Grey Warden - S&S Warrior - Human Male
3. Cullen - S&S Warrior - Human Male
4. Iron Bull - 2H Warrior - Tal-Vashoth Male
5. Dorian - Mage - Elven Male
6. Vivienne - Mage - Human Female
7. Sera - Rogue - Elven Female
8. Varric - Rogue - Dwarven Male
9. Cole - Rogue - Male Spirit/Demon

So, that would give us 4 warriors, 3 rogues, and 2 mages. Breaking it down further, we have 2 human males, 2 human females, 2 elves, 1 dwarf, 1 spirit/demon, and 1 Tal-Vashoth. Now, if we're talking about Fancy 'Stache and Scribe Girl, they're probably what you'd call the "hired help," likely in regards to the upkeep of your castle or somesuch. Don't take my word as gospel, however. Maker knows I'm wrong more times than I'm right. 

There are only 3 female characters, and 6 male characters in your list. I don't believe it at all.

Me neither, I don't think Cole will ultimately be a companion. I hope the last companion will be a woman... A lady dwarf would be awesome

YES!  I hate how under represented Lady Dwarfs are!  Sigrun was amazing and was pretty popular.

Of course, I haven't seen any evidence for a lady dwarf at all outside of the race selection model, so I think it's unlikely again.  Boo.

[Eidolion]

My theory on companions;

1. Cassandra: 2h Weapon Warrior.
2: Grey Warden: S&S Warrior. (Probably of a more Neutral Alignment)
3: Unknown Warrior: 2h Weapon. ( Probably tankier then Cassandra, Mustache Trident maybe?)
4: Varric: Bow Rogue. (Will he still use Bianca? Or use other Bows now, too?)
5: Elf Girl: Dagger Rogue. (Seen her with a bow, but I think she'll rely on Daggers_
6: Qunari: Dagger Rogue. (Be Melee, but use traps and stuff. He's not like other Qunari)
7: Vivienne: Damage Mage. (Elementalist, Fire and Ice, grr! Mage)
8: Dorian: Healing Mage (I think he'll be interesting as a Magister who uses Healing)
9: Unknown Mage: Control Mage (Probably use more controlling spells)

I really think they'll go with the 3x3 Class to Members this time around. I strongly believe our Qunari will be a Rogue, as the screens we've seen with him show him wearing little armor. I have seen a Qunari with a hammer instead of daggers, but maybe he was dual wielding much like how some DA2 DLC had you Dual Wield axes.

I think every companion will have a bit of a "role". Cassandra will be Damage based, Grey Warden will be tanky, and the third Warrior will be able to kind of do both if built right while still using a 2h Sword. Varric will be ranged, Elf will be a Melee, and I think the Qunari will be like a Bruiser Rogue using traps and brute force over stealth and back stabbiing. Like, an Archer, VS an Assassin, VS a Pirate. Now, with the Mages I think it could be interesting. Have our damage dealer be Elementalist/Primal, and deal tons of damage. Have our Healer be a mix of a Spirit Healer and Blood Mage for his specialization, especially if he's a Magister since they seem to always have Blood magic. Our last one is all about the control, like a Force Mage combined with Entropy and stuff. I dunno, I think it'd be really interesting like that.

[Dhiro]

Eh, not wearing much armor doesn't say a lot. I mean, look at Conan!

A huge, built-like-a-house Qunari sneaking around with daggers would be fun to watch though.

[Angrywolves]

I'm still hoping for Tallis, as I know it will irritate some players.
Don't want Cole.
Agree there should be an even balance of males and females, so only 9 doesn't make sense.

[DarkKnightHolmes]

Sylvianus wrote...

ACWolfe wrote...

Gonna delurk long enough to offer who I believe will be following our Inquisitor to the Fade and beyond:

1. Cassandra - 2H Warrior - Human Female
2. Grey Warden - S&S Warrior - Human Male
3. Cullen - S&S Warrior - Human Male
4. Iron Bull - 2H Warrior - Tal-Vashoth Male
5. Dorian - Mage - Elven Male
6. Vivienne - Mage - Human Female
7. Sera - Rogue - Elven Female
8. Varric - Rogue - Dwarven Male
9. Cole - Rogue - Male Spirit/Demon

So, that would give us 4 warriors, 3 rogues, and 2 mages. Breaking it down further, we have 2 human males, 2 human females, 2 elves, 1 dwarf, 1 spirit/demon, and 1 Tal-Vashoth. Now, if we're talking about Fancy 'Stache and Scribe Girl, they're probably what you'd call the "hired help," likely in regards to the upkeep of your castle or somesuch. Don't take my word as gospel, however. Maker knows I'm wrong more times than I'm right. 

There are only 3 female characters, and 6 male characters in your list. I don't believe it at all.

DAO had 6 males, 4 females. Awakening had 4 males, 2 females. DA2 had 5 males, 4 females. I wouldn't mind more female but I doubt that's gonna stop Bioware.

[Sylvianus]

I don't expect the same number since there are nine companions. I just think that 3/ 6 is a bit too much and so unlikely.

Modifié par Sylvianus, 21 août 2013 - 09:00 .

[wright1978]

Sylvianus wrote...

ACWolfe wrote...

Gonna delurk long enough to offer who I believe will be following our Inquisitor to the Fade and beyond:

1. Cassandra - 2H Warrior - Human Female
2. Grey Warden - S&S Warrior - Human Male
3. Cullen - S&S Warrior - Human Male
4. Iron Bull - 2H Warrior - Tal-Vashoth Male
5. Dorian - Mage - Elven Male
6. Vivienne - Mage - Human Female
7. Sera - Rogue - Elven Female
8. Varric - Rogue - Dwarven Male
9. Cole - Rogue - Male Spirit/Demon

So, that would give us 4 warriors, 3 rogues, and 2 mages. Breaking it down further, we have 2 human males, 2 human females, 2 elves, 1 dwarf, 1 spirit/demon, and 1 Tal-Vashoth. Now, if we're talking about Fancy 'Stache and Scribe Girl, they're probably what you'd call the "hired help," likely in regards to the upkeep of your castle or somesuch. Don't take my word as gospel, however. Maker knows I'm wrong more times than I'm right. 

There are only 3 female characters, and 6 male characters in your list. I don't believe it at all.

I'd be amazed & disappointed if there were only 3 female characters in the 9. Surely it will be 5-4.

Modifié par wright1978, 21 août 2013 - 09:03 .

[Sylvianus]

Yeah, too much testosterone.

[Nethalf]

I actually think there should be two dwarves in the party cuz Varric's kinda old-- I don't think he can tell us something new about dwarven culture.
There always are new dwarves/elves representing new factions of these races in every DA game:
DAO: dwarves - 1 (Orzammar, warrior cast), elves - 1 (city elf, Antiva, Crows).
DAA: dwarves - 2 (old one + one from the Legion), elves - 1 (dalish elven mage).
DA2: dwarves - 1 (surface dwarf), elves - 2 (dalish elven mage + slave elf from Tevinter).

See? If we get an old elven/dwarven faction, we actually get two factions.

And that means Varric won't be the only dwarf in the party. There should be a dwarf uncovering completely new side of the dwarven culture. My money's on a Kal'Sharok dwarf. And I also bet it's a female because of lack of females in the party. Can't tell if she's gonna be a DLC companion or not, but I think she's not.


So my speculation is--

Confirmed teammates:
1. Cassandra (warrior, human, Nevarra, Chantry, two-handed weapon)
2. Varric (rogue, dwarf, Neutral, archer/unique crossbow only)
3. Vivienne (mage, human, Orlais, pro-Circle)

Others:
4. Grey Warden (warrior, human, one handed weapon + shield)
5. Iron Bull (warrior, kossith, Tal-Vashoth, two-handed weapon)
6. Sera (rogue, elven female, archer)
7. Dorian (mage, human (?), Tevinter, anti-Circle(?))
8. Elven male mage from one of the last screenshots (really doubt it's Dorian)

Unknown class:
9. Kal'Sharok dwarf (possibly a rogue, dwarven female, dual weapon, Red Lyrium plotline)

DLC dudes:
10. Cole (it's very likely he's a rogue with daggers).


Cullen is an enigma for me. Devs keep silence on him and he's a shield dude, just like Grey Warden-- and that's bad news for Cullen as a teammate. There never were two shield tanks in the party at the same time. Don't be such a crybaby, Cullen, you still have chance!

I think Cullen will replace one of the warriors (possibly Grey Warden) at some point of storyline. And he doesn't have to go pro-Chantry cuz we still need someone belonging to the rebel templars splitted from the Chantry. Cullen is the only templar companion we know, so it's very likely he's not a Chantry boy anymore. I see some fights between him and Cassandra :happy:


So, I sum up.
11 companions, 4 warriors, 4 rogues, 3 mages, 4 females, 7 males.

Chantry - check.
Anti-Circle mages - check.
Pro-Circle mages - check.
Non-Chantry templars - check.
Tired of all that crap - check.
Qunari plotline - check.
Red Lyrium plotline - check.

Modifié par Nethalf, 21 août 2013 - 09:13 .

[Quatre]

Janus198 wrote...
A healing Magister sounds a bit too strange.

Why? I assume that in a Nation, which is ruled by mages and threatened by the Qunari, Creation Magic and Healing Spells are as important as Blood Magic.

[Caellis]

I wonder, if Cullen is a companion, if they'll go back to making him a two handed warrior or stick to sword and shield from DA2

[Heimdall]

Caellis wrote...

I wonder, if Cullen is a companion, if they'll go back to making him a two handed warrior or stick to sword and shield from DA2

I suppose it'll depend on Cassandra.

[Bogrot]

Quatre04 wrote...

Janus198 wrote...
A healing Magister sounds a bit too strange.

Why? I assume that in a Nation, which is ruled by mages and threatened by the Qunari, Creation Magic and Healing Spells are as important as Blood Magic.

The problem with that is not lore related, but, instead, gameplay related. A blood mage uses his hitpoints to cast spells, so if a healing spell restores more life than its casting cost we end up with overpowered characters.

[Caellis]

Bogrot wrote...

Quatre04 wrote...

Janus198 wrote...
A healing Magister sounds a bit too strange.

Why? I assume that in a Nation, which is ruled by mages and threatened by the Qunari, Creation Magic and Healing Spells are as important as Blood Magic.

The problem with that is not lore related, but, instead, gameplay related. A blood mage uses his hitpoints to cast spells, so if a healing spell restores more life than its casting cost we end up with overpowered characters.

Hum. Dorian is an outcast from Tevinter society, because he wishes to rid Tevinter of its corruption, and I suppose that includes blood magic. He certainly won't be a blood mage, and I can definitly see him as a spirit healer

[DarkKnightHolmes]

I hope Dorian isn't a spirit healer. It seems like every male mage we get has been a healer. Anders was a healer, Finn was a healer, Sketch was a healer and then Anders was pretty much a healer again in DA2. It would be nice to have one male mage that can do something else.

[Eidolion]

Bogrot wrote...

The problem with that is not lore related, but, instead, gameplay related. A blood mage uses his hitpoints to cast spells, so if a healing spell restores more life than its casting cost we end up with overpowered characters.

In the game though, if you're using blood magic you can't be healed unless you turn the stance off. The way I see it is he's a Blood Mage, he uses Health instead of Mana for healing his allies but he can't heal himself unless he turns his stance off. The stance had a Cooldown in DA2, and typically made it so he was stronger while in that stance. So as a healer it comes with pluses, and negatives.

Pros;
Deal more damage/heal allies for more.
Conserve Mana

Cons;
Consumes Health
Can't heal yourself
If you get focused you're losing health at a faster rate

Now, I feel as he got stronger he could get passives in his specialization to kind of counter balance some of these. Like while in Blood Stance whenever he healed an ally he gained a bit of the healing on himself, while in Blood Stance enemies might deal less damage to him with his mana acting as a bit of a shield. I don't find any of this overpowered for a healer, it lets him be a bit more strategic with his healing. Lots of damage coming in at a tank? Switch to Blood stance and throw your health at him for bigger heals. Enemies coming after you? Take a few hits to your mana and then switch out of stance to heal yourself up while people kill them off. I really think a character based around that kind of healing could be really interesting, it's a high risk, high reward healing.

[ElitePinecone]

ManchesterUnitedFan1 wrote...

Hold on, in that description pf the iron bull, they say he is a Qunari, but also the head of a merc company?

Jeez, if they're going to conflate the race with the religion, why can't we do it too? -.-

They're writing for a *marketing survey*, not for hardcore fans. "Qunari" is the word that comes to mind when looking at Iron Bull, no matter his actual allegiance. If they used "Tal'Vashoth" or "kossith" how many people outside the most grognardy fans would even know what that meant?

Besides, the writers have pointed out dozens of times that people in Thedas see all of the horned people as Qunari - even if they don't belong to the religion. Qunari is shorthand for "giant tall horned guy", and I don't see why that's a problem in this case.

[Caellis]

Eidolion wrote...

Bogrot wrote...

The problem with that is not lore related, but, instead, gameplay related. A blood mage uses his hitpoints to cast spells, so if a healing spell restores more life than its casting cost we end up with overpowered characters.

In the game though, if you're using blood magic you can't be healed unless you turn the stance off. The way I see it is he's a Blood Mage, he uses Health instead of Mana for healing his allies but he can't heal himself unless he turns his stance off. The stance had a Cooldown in DA2, and typically made it so he was stronger while in that stance. So as a healer it comes with pluses, and negatives.

Pros;
Deal more damage/heal allies for more.
Conserve Mana

Cons;
Consumes Health
Can't heal yourself
If you get focused you're losing health at a faster rate

Now, I feel as he got stronger he could get passives in his specialization to kind of counter balance some of these. Like while in Blood Stance whenever he healed an ally he gained a bit of the healing on himself, while in Blood Stance enemies might deal less damage to him with his mana acting as a bit of a shield. I don't find any of this overpowered for a healer, it lets him be a bit more strategic with his healing. Lots of damage coming in at a tank? Switch to Blood stance and throw your health at him for bigger heals. Enemies coming after you? Take a few hits to your mana and then switch out of stance to heal yourself up while people kill them off. I really think a character based around that kind of healing could be really interesting, it's a high risk, high reward healing.

Well, if it's like that I wouldn't really mind...

[Dhiro]

I'm so here for ways to make healing more interesting.

I think Blood Magic healing could benefit a lot from leech healing. For example, in The Secret World a certain percentage of your assault rifle damage could be turned into healing. In Neverwinter, a Devoted Cleric can put a holy symbol on an enemy, and any ally who damages this target would receive some healing.

I think that this kind of healing where you have to spill the blood of your enemies would be very fitting!