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[GreyLycanTrope]

Forgive me if this has been brought up before but I had a thought.

Now I understand one aspect of an RPG such as dragon age is the loot drop and payments you get for completing quests. However it always struck me as a bit odd that a character saddled with the responsiblity of world preservation essentially has to do it out of his/her own pocket or out of whatever coin they can scrounge up or earn from odd jobs. Now what we've learned from Awakening is that Grey Wardens apparently get a stipend, don't really remember seeing that money though, and it certianly could have been useful for paying of the Dark Wolf, or improving Vigils keep or whatever. Similiar situation with Hawke, supposedly you make a fortune selling stuff from the deep roads but really all you get is a nice new house and whatever you grabbed while in the deeproads, meanwhile act 3 has some nice and expensieve items so basically horde your loot until act 3 if you want somethng nice for you and your team.

Let's be clear I don't think this should be like say Fable, where you can basically buy up the entire kingdom near the end of the game and I do think the loot drops in DA:O were pretty generous. However a few coins for sake immersions and maybe help you buy that one neat overprice item from that one war profiteering merchant (you know there'll be at least one). Say you finish a main quest as you proceed throughout the story and in addition to whatever rewards you get from the people involved and loot grabbed from corpses, whoever was in charge of making you the inquisitor sends a few coins your way to help outfit your soldiers in your fight to maintain some semblence of order. "Good job old sport, here's 10 sovereigns to help fix up your keep."

I can greatly appreciate everyone investing their hopes and faith in my character's success, but could we actually see them invest something a bit more substantial?

Hell maybe even a sandwich once in a while, Inquisitor's gotta eat.


Your thoughts, s'il vous plait.

[AresKeith]

I do hope over time in the game we can get a source of income for owning stuff

[cjones91]

I'll love it if my Inquisitor got paid for her services like saving a town.Hell,they should give me my own land and a bag full of gold for my help.

[cjones91]

AresKeith wrote...

I do hope over time in the game we can get a source of income for owning stuff

Like the Saint's Row games?

[AresKeith]

cjones91 wrote...

AresKeith wrote...

I do hope over time in the game we can get a source of income for owning stuff

Like the Saint's Row games?

And GTA, and other games

[Senya]

Perhaps you can tax the peasants? It could create interesting dilemnas such as if you should tax peasants and, if so, how much? Then there is the question on what you're obligated to do in exchange

[Angrywolves]

Supposedly some of the keeps the Inquisitor captures / takes possession of can be dedicated to commerce.
Have no idea how that will work though.

[GreyLycanTrope]

Angrywolves wrote...

Supposedly some of the keeps the Inquisitor captures / takes possession of can be dedicated to commerce.
Have no idea how that will work though.

This I haven't heard. Wonder if they're revamping the whole loot system if that's the case.

[GreyLycanTrope]

MasterScribe wrote...

Who is supposed to pay us?

The Inquisition Revenue Service?

If they made us the leader of this operation, sure.

[DooomCookie]

I thought DA:O worked really well in terms of how it handled money. Maybe not realistic, but money was tight and you had to manage your inventory carefully. Very traditional RPG.

[AresKeith]

Greylycantrope wrote...

MasterScribe wrote...

Who is supposed to pay us?

The Inquisition Revenue Service?

If they made us the leader of this operation, sure.

Buying businesses and lands lol

[Blackout62]

Greylycantrope wrote...
"Good job old sport, here's 10 sovereigns to help fix up your keep."

Wait! I'm being paid and the man paying me is Jay Gatsby! I am all on board for this.

Modifié par Blackout62, 13 octobre 2013 - 02:07 .

[Gwydden]

We could also gain money through blackmail, I mean, payment for services lent. That is, this group wants us to help them in this thing? We could make them empty their pockets. We could also ask it of the factions and towns we help and sack it out of those we stand against. Taxes are also not a bad idea.

What I'm sure of, no organization of the apparent size and importance of the Inquisition is able to function out of loot from random rooks only I doubt even demons carry a lot of coins around. The Fade currency is most likely immaterial.

[Maria Caliban]

You're the head of the Inquisition. You pay yourself.

[GreyLycanTrope]

Gwydden wrote...
What I'm sure of, no organization of the apparent size and importance of the Inquisition is able to function out of loot from random rooks only I doubt even demons carry a lot of coins around. The Fade currency is most likely immaterial.

The fade creates things from though, so they just create money through thought? Inflation rate must be a nightmare.

[GreyLycanTrope]

Maria Caliban wrote...

You're the head of the Inquisition. You pay yourself.

So we're broke?

[Mr.House]

Greylycantrope wrote...

Maria Caliban wrote...

You're the head of the Inquisition. You pay yourself.

So we're broke?

Chop some wood.

[CaptainBlackGold]

The OP has a point. The idea of earning money through questing/selling off plunder makes perfect sense in "old school" RPG's because you were always an adventurer and that was how you made your living. Now, the loot system is so ingrained in our thinking, that we seldom ask, "Does that source of revenue actually make sense anymore?"

In DAO, it did make sense because you were separated from your colleagues and had to depend on your own resources. In DA2 it made sense at the start of the game since you were starting off as a penniless refugee - but as the OP pointed out, that became a bit irrelevant after the Deep Roads expedition.

In DA:3 it makes no sense to start off as a penniless wanderer if we are going to be entrusted to do some important, world saving mission. It also makes no sense to depend on loot/plunder to finance your mission. Don't get me wrong, I love plunder but it just does not seem to fit the world, as we presently understand it.

The whole ME series was ridiculed for holding to the "plunder/.loot" model when you were supposed to be an official agent of the Council as well as a member of the Armed Forces. I do hope the Dev's find a more creative way of letting us earn money.

The idea of having to manage lands/properties to acquire mission funds seems like a good idea - sort of adding a little RTS to our RPG.

[Dr. Doctor]

Cassandra: You can't be serious.

Varric: What? The Dwarven Merchant's Guild's been doing it for Maker knows how long and they have more coin than they know what to do with.

Cassandra: Who in their right mind would fall for this inane scheme?

Varric: Inane scheme? Seeker, you wound me, we're talking about insurance here. You convince the local nobles that demons could start raining from the sky at any minute and they'll be more than happy to shell out a few thousand sovereigns if it means that their friendly neighborhood Inquisition will come running in to save the day.

[Killdren88]

As the Lord of the land can we " Take possession" of various things in the name of the inquisition and have the peasant get pissed at you for doing it too much?

[khariuade]

i prefer confiscation as an income source...oh hello young lady....SHES A WITCH!!!!!!.. free land.