Going 6 to 3 would be grossly overbalanced compared to past games.
Asides from Shale where you can't tell her gender, DAO has 3 as well, Morrigan, Lelianna, and Wynne. Dragon Age 2, asides from determinant sibling who only available in 1 Act and the last part of the game, we have Aveline, Merrill, and Isabela. All the games so far had only featured 3 female companions.
Asides from Shale where you can't tell her gender, DAO has 3 as well, Morrigan, Lelianna, and Wynne. Dragon Age 2, asides from determinant sibling who only available in 1 Act and the last part of the game, we have Aveline, Merrill, and Isabela. All the games so far had only featured 3 female companions.
Because previous games only had 3 females, doesn't mean they were unbalanced or that there had 6 full time party male. Counting it your way we end up with
DAO 4 males: Zevran, Alistair, Sten and Oghren (Loghain is limited to the end of the game replacing Alistair and Dog doesn't count).
DA2 3 males: Anders, Fenris, Varric (Sebastian is DLC and only available on act2 forward + Carver).
It's impossible to have 9 party members at the same time in the previous games without DLCs.
Asides from Shale where you can't tell her gender, DAO has 3 as well, Morrigan, Lelianna, and Wynne. Dragon Age 2, asides from determinant sibling who only available in 1 Act and the last part of the game, we have Aveline, Merrill, and Isabela. All the games so far had only featured 3 female companions.
And three male companions in DA2 (4 if you count Seb), and 4 in DAO....
So 1 more male companion that female companion.....
I'm standing by my thought of 5 males and 4 females for DAI
(Not that I care if there are 6 guys to 3 females.....but can you IMAGINE the complaints from the straight guys if they only have a couple of LIs to chose from the companions while there is the impression that the female/gay males get more 'options'.........Just from that fan art of 'companions' there have already been comparisons of this game to sausages.....or from the females/gay males if we have all these male companions but only 2 of the 6 are romanceable? (assuming here that not all of the companions will be romanceable))
What if the Surpize Meatball Companion is......a Quanri Female?!?!?! (ha....not likely)
It's worth keeping in mind that World of Thedas included concept art for Tevinter battlemages that specifically had them holding swords.
I just don't think that looks like a pike that would be used. It's pike-like to the point where I could see it being part of an artist's conscious effort to make a magical staff that looks like a spear.
That entire character looks like someone went to an artist and said to draw a martial mage. Robed, but with bits of armour, wielding a staff that looks like a spear, and holding a sword.
And three male companions in DA2 (4 if you count Seb), and 4 in DAO....
So 1 more male companion that female companion.....
I'm standing by my thought of 5 males and 4 females for DAI
We all are just speculating, but I'm just saying that relying on gender distribution number is not a good way to go since almost all non-otaku games have higher male numbers. We just don't know how much higher this time. I'm thinking 4 to 6 with one being a female DLC character.
And three male companions in DA2 (4 if you count Seb), and 4 in DAO....
So 1 more male companion that female companion.....
I'm standing by my thought of 5 males and 4 females for DAI
(Not that I care if there are 6 guys to 3 females.....but can you IMAGINE the complaints from the straight guys if they only have a couple of LIs to chose from the companions while there is the impression that the female/gay males get more 'options'.........Just from that fan art of 'companions' there have already been comparisons of this game to sausages or from the females/gay males if we have all these male companions but only 2 of the 6 are romanceable? (assuming here that not all of the companions will be romanceable)
What if the Surpize Meatball Companion is......a Quanri Female?!?!?! (ha....not likely)
Considering that ME3 gave hetFemsheps a grand total of TWO options... (and both are available ONLY if Kaidan was alive or you romanced Garrus in ME2. It's entirely possible not to have ANY male LIs for Femshep...) I don't really give a crap if male players have a problem with their lack of options. =p
That said... this concept art...
Early Sera, pre-blondness? Or another Elven rogue?
We all are just speculating, but I'm just saying that relying on gender distribution number is not a good way to go since almost all non-otaku games have higher male numbers. We just don't know how much higher this time. I'm thinking 4 to 6 with one being a female DLC character.
Already been said.....no DLC characters for this game. (if you trust what was said)
If one of the slots gets filled by Anders or Merrill, I will fly to Canada and cover the Bioware offices in poo, Saints Row style.
Well, i can promise you that Anders won't be a companion in DA:I, since some dev (Gaider?) told us that if you sliced Anders in the end of DA2, he won't be back, he is dead for sure ( if i remeber this correctly).
Considering that ME3 gave hetFemsheps a grand total of TWO options... (and both are available ONLY if Kaidan was alive or you romanced Garrus in ME2. It's entirely possible not to have ANY male LIs for Femshep...) I don't really give a crap if male players have a problem with their lack of options. =p
I don't think they expected so many female players for the game, just my thought there....since it's sci-fi and shooter type.
Even my Hubs said that fShep in ME kind of get shafted compared to straight mShep.
Guess it plays into the whole Captain Kirk fantasy.....go explore space and diddle all the blue babes you can.
Because previous games only had 3 females, doesn't mean they were unbalanced or that there had 6 full time party male. Counting it your way we end up with
DAO 4 males: Zevran, Alistair, Sten and Oghren (Loghain is limited to the end of the game replacing Alistair and Dog doesn't count).
DA2 3 males: Anders, Fenris, Varric (Sebastian is DLC and only available on act2 forward + Carver).
It's impossible to have 9 party members at the same time in the previous games without DLCs.
In all those instances, whether you count the special companions, male is always higher than females. It wouldn't be out of place if there are 6 to 3 ratio or 6 to 4 if there's a DLC.
I don't think they expected so many female players for the game, just my thought there....since it's sci-fi and shooter type.
Even my Hubs said that fShep in ME kind of get shafted compared to straight mShep.
Guess it plays into the whole Captain Kirk fantasy.....go explore space and diddle all the blue babes you can.
Very true. Since according to the art book every female character design was supposed to be about how to make them look the sexy. *face palm*
I don't think they expected so many female players for the game, just my thought there....since it's sci-fi and shooter type.
Even my Hubs said that fShep in ME kind of get shafted compared to straight mShep.
Guess it plays into the whole Captain Kirk fantasy.....go explore space and diddle all the blue babes you can.
While I sympathize with the female Shep short-coming for ME3, only 18% of people play female Shep, so it's not that high on a sales perspective, so I can understand (Not saying it's justified) to pay more attention to male players.
While I sympathize with the female Shep short-coming for ME3, only 18% of people play female Shep, so it's not that high on a sales perspective, so I can understand (Not saying it's justified) to pay more attention to male players.
I have a feeling that the telemetry data was really inaccurate and skewed. Since so much of it is completely different than what real life knowledge of Mass Effect players that I know.
Already been said.....no DLC characters for this game. (if you trust what was said)
Didn't know that, I'm leaning more toward 6-3 at this point though.
While I sympathize with the female Shep short-coming for ME3, only 18% of people play female Shep, so it's not that high on a sales perspective, so I can understand (Not saying it's justified) to pay more attention to male players.
This, basically.
I'm not saying that Female (Shepard) players have no right to be annoyed, because you do. However, data BioWare collected did suggest that FemShep players were in the minority. It doesn't excuse the lack of options presented to those players, but there it is.
DAO with the DLC Companion:
(4) males- Zevran, Sten, Alistair, Oghren
(4) females- Wynne, Morrigan, Leliana, Shale*
DA2 with the DLC Companion IF you played as Rogue or Warrior:
(4) Males - Sebastain, Varric, Anders, Fenris
(4) Females - Aveline, Isabella, Merril, Bethany
DA2 with the DLC Companion IF you played as a Mage:
(5) Males - Sebastain, Varric, Anders, Fenris, Carver
(3) Females - Aveline, Isabella, Merril,
Considering that ME3 gave hetFemsheps a grand total of TWO options... (and both are available ONLY if Kaidan was alive or you romanced Garrus in ME2. It's entirely possible not to have ANY male LIs for Femshep...) I don't really give a crap if male players have a problem with their lack of options. =p
That said... this concept art...
Early Sera, pre-blondness? Or another Elven rogue?
She looks really cool, but I think that's a, early design for Sera based on some early Merril designs for DA2.
(and the funny part about that pic, is I had gotten done writting a character bio, back ground, and a chapter for a story....AND drawn a picture about a month b4 I saw that picture for the first time (or the DA2 Merril stuff).....and my character had that same hairstyle.....I scraped the picture....no one would belive I did that look without having seen that picture.)
I have a feeling that the telemetry data was really inaccurate and skewed. Since so much of it is completely different than what real life knowledge of Mass Effect players that I know.
The people you know and the people you're interact with are usually not a good way to measure the number. The survey pool would either be too small or confirmation biased to accurately determine to actual numbers of people who play the game as fem Shep.
You know, just because the past to Dragon Age games did not always, under every circumstances, entirely regardless of DLCs or which class you play or whether you consider Shale female, have a perfectly balanced gender ratio doesn't mean they shouldn't make an effort to reach some sort of gender equality as much as possible in Inquisition.
(And yes, the class imbalance in Origins was ridiculous. Having four/five warriors, two mages and two rogues really... doesn't make sense at all.)
DAO with the DLC Companion:
(4) males- Zevran, Sten, Alistair, Oghren
(4) females- Wynne, Morrigan, Leliana, Shale*
DA2 with the DLC Companion IF you played as Rogue or Warrior:
(4) Males - Sebastain, Varric, Anders, Fenris
(4) Females - Aveline, Isabella, Merril, Bethany
DA2 with the DLC Companion IF you played as a Mage:
(5) Males - Sebastain, Varric, Anders, Fenris, Carver
(3) Females - Aveline, Isabella, Merril,
If you want to count special cases then Dragon Age would be 6-4 ratio with Loghain and dog. Either ways, males have always been outnumbered females
You know, just because the past to Dragon Age games did not always, under every circumstances, entirely regardless of DLCs or which class you play or whether you consider Shale female, have a perfectly balanced gender ratio doesn't mean they shouldn't make an effort to reach some sort of gender equality as much as possible in Inquisition.
(And yes, the class imbalance in Origins was ridiculous. Having four/five warriors, two mages and two rogues really... doesn't make sense at all.)
With how the combat worked, the warrior pool was so large I THINK because they had tank warriors and dps warriors.
I can understand the disappointed for some at the 6/3 ratio, but the "only three love interests" argument is a bit silly. When has anyone ever gotten more than three love interests? It's more likely that both sides will only get TWO.
Asides from Shale where you can't tell her gender, DAO has 3 as well, Morrigan, Lelianna, and Wynne. Dragon Age 2, asides from determinant sibling who only available in 1 Act and the last part of the game, we have Aveline, Merrill, and Isabela. All the games so far had only featured 3 female companions.
I never even thought of it like that, wow...
I don`t mind the ratio at all. Only 3 female comanions? So be it. No biggie. And this is coming from a straight male.
We could still have love interests and whatsnot that arn`t companions, too. Just something to keep in mind.
I have a feeling that the telemetry data was really inaccurate and skewed. Since so much of it is completely different than what real life knowledge of Mass Effect players that I know.
Just pointing out: the data gathered automatically from millions of people is almost certainly more statistically accurate than any variation of "I asked people I know".
An anecdote is not a very good argument to disprove something like telemetry.
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