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[Han Shot First]

Morocco Mole wrote...

This isn't a dating sim, etc

Pretty much this.

Besides, unless DA:I follows the DA2 model and the game spans years it wouldn't make much sense for characters to get married. If it is more like DA:O where there aren't leaps forward in the timeline, the characters wouldn't have been together very long. A few months perhaps?

[Cyberstrike nTo]

animedreamer wrote...

 I think relationships should go the whole mile in game, and you should marry your LI (assuming you can LI). I know it sounds kind of silly, but maybe they work it into the story better than I could explain it. It's cool that the Inquisitor can be a self proclaimed badass and do things that legends are made of, like forming your own organization and saving the world, but what keeps them grounded? What's their rock? If marriage to a LI is to much then perhaps marriage to a NPC who isn't involved directly with your organization, a spouse you left at home? 

Maybe they interact with you in other ways, like sending you letters that you can read back at the base?

Maybe they move from base to base which ever one you spend the most time at, or you can move them yourself from base to base. Maybe if a base falls under enemy occupation you could lose them, (assuming they are NPCs and not important party members), maybe you have to rescue them if they are party members or a npc. Maybe if they get captured more than once they get killed out right.

Of course only if it makes sense to work it into the development of the character, I wouldn't want it forced in or left meaningless like in Skyrim.

I feel the same way.
In my head and heart my Warden stopped the Blight for Leliana (and stop Allistar's crying before she met her) and the chance to be with her. My Hawke saved Kirkwall so she could have a home for her and Isabela. Their first concerns were their love interests.

For me it gave them a personal stake in what was going on around them and makes saving the world "real" for them. Saving the world is great but it's like Mordin said in ME2 it's hard personalize a whole galaxy or world but can think of family and it becomes easier.

Now chances are there are already those who chime in with the tied old line "DON"T WANT A LIFE SIM!" Well I don't either! I want the PCs to have the option to get married and start a family and that can be used for dramatic and heartbreaking choices like saving a town or your family. If my Inquisitor can married and even have kids than make them part of the overall narritive and make me work to keep the marriage together or save my PC's family.

It also makes the game more grounded and gives my character a reason to get up in the morning and keep fighting. 

What I dont want to see is marriage treated as a joke like Skyrim and the Fable series.  

[dreamgazer]

Will I be able to get divorced, too? Will the game make me pay alimony?

Will there be couple's counseling? Can I get out of arguments with diamonds?

Will I need to discuss purchases at the shops with my spouse?

[dreamgazer]

greengoron89 wrote...

I agree. Somebody needs to cook and clean around the keep while we're out demon slaying.

"Do you need anything, my love?" 

[AresKeith]

If that character is Serana then I'll marry her

[Ajosraa]

Though Mjoll is a kick ass follower also..not exactly a complete stay at home wife type.

[dreamgazer]

greengoron89 wrote...

Damn right. All that talk of adventuring and dwarven ruins...

...the only adventure she needs to worry about is having my supper on the table when I get home. Know your place.

"Wouldn't want you to go into a fight on an empty stomach!"

[dreamgazer]

Ajosraa wrote...

Though Mjoll is a kick ass follower also..not exactly a complete stay at home wife type.

Definitely. Mjoll's my spouse in my warped Skyrim play-through, where she's unknowingly married to the leader of the Thieves' Guild that she hates so desperately (as well as the Dark Brotherhood) and stays at home as a shopkeeper---in full armor.

[Gwydden]

Are you people aware that relationships formed in intense times, such as in DAO and ME, rarely survive said times for long? Without the adrenaline rush, those relationships quickly fall into the standard category, and what made them special vanishes, leading to bitterness and eventual separation.

[zMataxa]

greengoron89 wrote...

In all seriousness, I don't get why you would wanna get married. Isn't the end of the world bad enough already?

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Because some people play for different motivations than you? 
For some people celebrating emotional connection is more important than the end of the world.
It's a humanity diversity thing.
Neat thing is they are paying fans - so their voice counts as well.

[AlexanderCousland]

Meh. I only want to be married If I can gain a Title and Some Extra funds/War support, beyond that there Is not much to gain out of Marriage. (Hell, I suppose that stands true in reality as well lol)

[Abraham_uk]

Mecha Elf wrote...

Morocco Mole wrote...

This isn't a dating sim, etc

this. I like romances but marrying seems to do nothing for the story in my eyes. And it isn't the games whole purpose. I like to think of the romances as a plus.

Does anyone remember how Skyrim handled marrage?

[daveliam]

I'm pretty "meh" on this idea. While I love to do the romances in the games when possible (i.e., there are m/m options available), I don't see the need to have a marriage option. I wouldn't be opposed to it either, though. If this is something that the writers feel would benefit the story, then I'd be happy for them to include it and I would certainly take part in it. If they chose not to include it, I wouldn't be upset.

And, of course, I think that those who are bringing the "not a dating sim" argument should just stay out of threads like this. It won't help the situation at all and will just cause a bunch of people to argue back and forth over something that has been argued about for years.

[zMataxa]

greengoron89 wrote...

zMataxa wrote...

greengoron89 wrote...

In all seriousness, I don't get why you would wanna get married. Isn't the end of the world bad enough already?

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Because some people play for different motivations than you? 
For some people celebrating emotional connection is more important than the end of the world.
It's a humanity diversity thing.
Neat thing is they are paying fans - so their voice counts as well.

You've obviously never been married. My wife and I were happy for 23 years.

Then we met. *rimshot*

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I didn't get the argument flow.  Can you elaborate?

[Gileadan]

dreamgazer wrote...

Will I be able to get divorced, too? Will the game make me pay alimony?

Will there be couple's counseling? Can I get out of arguments with diamonds?

Will I need to discuss purchases at the shops with my spouse?

Don't you dare come home with a new two-hander without asking for approval to spend so much money first.

And "I gotta kill demons and close that tear in the veil" is a really lame excuse when the in-laws are visiting.

[zMataxa]

greengoron89 wrote...

zMataxa wrote...

I didn't get the argument flow.  Can you elaborate?

Certainly. But first you must develop a sense of humor and an eye for incredibly lame jokes.

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Modifié par zMataxa, 12 octobre 2013 - 06:30 .

[Shadow Fox]

Gwydden wrote...

Are you people aware that relationships formed in intense times, such as in DAO and ME, rarely survive said times for long? Without the adrenaline rush, those relationships quickly fall into the standard category, and what made them special vanishes, leading to bitterness and eventual separation.

Tell that to Alistair and Leliana.

[Iakus]

@OP I have no objection to this as a potential culmination in a romance.

[elvici]

MasterScribe wrote...

Why not feed the poor?

Why not give a kidney?

Why not adopt a dog?

Why not get high?

Okay, so...

Why not feed the poor? - done that (the condemned man in gibbet at Ostagar)

Why not give a kidney? - yup, check that too (both kidneys, entire renal system, and the body supporting it, if Warden made Ultimate Sacrifice

Why not adopt a dog? - Mabari; nuff said

Why not get high? - should be easy enough, with all the lyrium powder sprinkled about Kirkwall


Not too fussed about the marriage idea, but hey - if it works within the context of the story, count me in! To be honest, anything short of having my PC's mum get kidnapped, tortured, beheaded and reanimated would be just... no, wait. We did that already too. 

Modifié par elvici, 12 octobre 2013 - 06:47 .