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[QueenofFereldan]

For the most part, I think they are retconned. But I guess it depends on the events that occur in the game. Hopefully, there is a third option that carries on with Knight Commander where he rules fairly.

[Galagraphia]

Ok, let me give you diabetes now, because I won't be online tomorrow:

[HurricaneGinger]

Ok, let me give you diabetes now, because I won't be online tomorrow:
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oh god please let him have a dark sense of humor. XD

[notouchy]

Having been gone for the last week, I finally got the chance to see the new trailer. And when Cullen said "For your lives, for all of us!", I heard "For you wives, for all of us!"

 

Not gonna lie, my first thought was, "Wow, either there are no women in his army, or Thedas is more progressive than I thought."

[Hellion Rex]

Having been gone for the last week, I finally got the chance to see the new trailer. And when Cullen said "For your lives, for all of us!", I heard "For you wives, for all of us!"

Not gonna lie, my first thought was, "Wow, either there are no women in his army, or Thedas is more progressive than I thought."

Lol, I think it's the latter.

[ClassicBox]

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@Mike_Laidlaw I noticed a timer for some of the war table missions. Is it gonna be real time? Or is it faster than real time?

 

Mike Laidlaw ‏@Mike_Laidlaw 7m

The war table is real time, but there are ways in the game to speed it up. Those was are NOT "money", before anyone asks.

 

 

Curious! : o

[LolaLei]

I hadn't noticed the timer thing, good catch!

[Potato Cat]

I hadn't noticed the timer thing, good catch!

Neither had I. Is there a picture for it?

[Hellion Rex]

Neither had I. Is there a picture for it?

Probably. It's underneath the picture of the Serpent of Nevarra mission, once you click on Josie to assign her to the mission.

[Potato Cat]

Yeah, just saw it in the video. Realised where I'd find it. 3-4 hours seems a bit excessive to me. I suppose it'll stop saving just before the choice and then picking the most beneficial option.

[QueenofFereldan]

So wait we can speed the time up if we met some requirements?

[Aunty Social]

Josie's said 4:00:00 and Leli's said 3:12:00 (I think off the top of my head).  My speculation of that tweet is:

 

1) Perks for Inquisition power to speed up the time taken for missions by advisors/scouts/agents  (This is my optimal GIMME one)

 

2) Certain side missions lower the time required for other missions (Im ok with this one, but it can be complicated figuring out the min/max for it and I am a min/maxxer >.>  )

 

3)  Multiplayer missions to lower time required for side missions in game (Id really not like this, if there is even MP in the game)

 

I noticed in another video (Ill find it) where when going over Cullens, there was no time listed, or I just missed it because Cullen...

 

 

Edited:  On the IGN extended gameplay that released today, at the very beginning, they send Josie out to a mission, and then go to a different mission wherein they choose Cullen, and it only says Power Cost: 4, however it also says that for Leli, so (assumption) it's a different type of mission?

[LolaLei]

When they say it's timed, is it for how long you have to complete the quest before if becomes permanently unavailable? Or is it the time it takes for the advisor sent out on the quest to return? OR, is it the time you have to wait before you can access the mission?

[Milan92]

It seems I did everyone a favor by sending that tweet

I do expect maybe some perk that will shorten the time.

Also, the timer continues even when the game is turned off!

[QueenofFereldan]

Well that's good to know! So I can have them do a long mission during the night or when I am at work.

[Hellion Rex]

Ummm, guys?

Interview with the writers:

http://www.dragonage...riting-villains

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"[DRAGON AGE]: Before we begin, who is your favorite villain from the previous Dragon Age games, and why?

[DAVID GAIDER]: I'd say Loghain in Dragon Age: Origins, primarily because I couldn't blame him for feeling as he did. Was he paranoid and ultimately wrong? Yes, but I could imagine myself stepping into his shoes and taking some of the same actions he did… which is a little frightening.

[SYLVIA FEKETEKUTY]: Meredith from Dragon Age II, and the tragedy that unfolded out of her stubborn paranoia. As Hawke, I enjoyed butting heads with her, and Meredith's voice actor was terrific. Jean Gilpin brought this wonderful, thunderous gravitas to the role—I really believed Meredith thought she was doing the right thing, even up to the end.

[LUKE KRISTJANSON]: This is a tough one because I have never been able to play a BioWare game unspoiled. I've written at least part of almost every villain we've served up.

I really enjoyed writing Commander Harwen Raleigh of the Leliana's Song DLC. A good old-fashioned hardline jackass, and you just want to punch the sneer off him.

Also (so long as I'm not kite-dueling him), the Arishok in Dragon Age II. That's a good "we are at an ideological impasse, and this only ends one way" kind of match-up. Good fun.

[DA]: In your opinion, what makes an evil character truly memorable?

[DG]: When the word "evil," as it applies to that character, can be reasonably argued.

[SF]: A good dynamic foil. A viewpoint that fascinates, even if it's self-serving or covering an agenda. (There's a reason everyone remembers the cuckoo-clock speech from The Third Man.) The antagonists who stay with me typically change a story's protagonists when they clash, whether by forcing them to adapt or by irreversibly altering their entire worldview.

[LK]: Give them flaws they know and defend, and flaws they don't know and ignore. That gives them understandable reasoning and unexpected blind spots. Villains are often just heroes taken to an internally consistent logical/emotional extreme.

[DA]: What is your process for creating characters? Do you start with their role in the game and work backward, or do you find it helpful to flesh out their backstory first?

[DG]: When it comes to major characters, there's always an element of the role they play in the overall story, which comes first. Then we start coming up with concepts for that character and fleshing out the backstory, at which point their role may start to change. Neither the overall story nor the character is completely static during early development, though a point eventually comes when we've nailed down exactly what we want from both.

[SF]: For me, their role in the game tends to suggest the backstory, if they're a character we know we want from the get-go. For more minor characters coming out of whole cloth, I'll sometimes think up a concept I like ("Wouldn't it be fun if the Shadow Broker's lair had one of those little drones floating around, acting as a secretary?") and then see if there's a place for them in the game.

[LK]: You need to be able to do both because it really depends on when you join a project. If you're in early enough, you can craft the character along with the role, but a lot of times the role and/or plot is necessarily defined already. I prefer knowing where they need to fit because then I know the pieces I have to work with. A lesson from growing up with LEGO: limitations breed creative solutions. The freedom to make stuff up also comes with the uncertainty of what will need to be cut. In either case, I can't do anything without keeping the needs of the overall game in mind.

[DA]: Does seeing early concept art of the characters ever inspire your creation or spark any new ideas?

[DG]: It can. Sometimes, we'll have a concept artist such as Matt Rhodes sitting in on our concept meetings, and as we discuss ideas, he sketches away and actually has pictures for us to look at by the time we're done. Sometimes, they're pretty amazing and will make us incredibly excited at the possibilities.

[SF]: Definitely. The concept art is really when a character starts solidifying into a person. You ask why the character dresses the way they do, why they carry themselves with a certain posture, etc. Those questions need answers, so the threads start coming together.

[LK]: Oh, hell, yeah. Plenty of times, I've gone to one of our concept artists with a description, and they have hit back with something great I never would have suggested. Maybe they seized on a word I didn't mean to emphasize, or just bring their own unique understanding of an archetype. Or maybe it even seems "wrong" initially, but it makes me think about the character in a new way.

Not related to villains, but an early concept for Sera had dangly metal earrings (ultimately we didn't get them), and I was concerned that an archer would find them annoying. Then I pictured someone in-world asking Sera exactly that, and it helped define how she would react to critiques of her choices and what she likes. "No. Do they annoy you? (Shakes head vigorously.) It's like music!"

[DA]: Is your process for writing enemies the same for writing heroes, or do you have to approach them differently?

[DG]: Very differently. The story is largely from the hero's perspective, so you have to account for the villain's presence from that hero's viewpoint. The player is only aware of who the villain is and what they're doing insomuch as their character is aware of it, and you have to write the villain with the core idea of motivating the player to care about stopping them.

[SF]: It's complementary. You want an antagonist worthy of the hero and vice versa. They can't be separated out on a macro level without some consequences because that's usually the core of your drama.

That said, I think people "permit" some supervillain-esque characters to be more theatrical because that pompousness speaks to a tragic weakness in their own perceptions, which in turn makes them larger than life to those who cross them. And also because it's really fun.

[LK]: In a BioWare RPG, the "villain" is defined, and the "hero" is more of a blank slate.

The risk, then, is that the hero can be less relatable than the villain. I have to try to accommodate as many internal motivations for the player character as I can, stated and unstated. The motivation for the villain is always consistent, even if his or her actions have to adapt to the variables of the player character.

[DA]: Is it tough for you to get into the mindset of a villain?

[DG]: Not if you've done your job. If you have, then you can inhabit a villain's mindset the way you would any other character—it's just going to be more extreme.

[SF]: Not really. It's the old "everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story" chestnut. The important thing is to ground their motivations in something believable for the character and the tone of your story.

[LK]: There's a reason the writing pit has a NSFW sign on the door. All those nasty things that can happen in the game? We have to think them up, talk them out, figure out what's mean, too mean, satisfying, etc. I focus on their flaws, find their rhythm, and try to let them talk. Sometimes it's just a question of asking yourself, "What if you had no doubt about X?" That doesn't mean correct. It means no doubt.

[DA]: In any story of good and evil, you have to have a powerful foe to stand in the hero's way. How would you describe the "Elder One" from Dragon Age: Inquisition in one word?

[DG]: Relentless.

[SF]: Let's go with "ambitious."

[LK]: Arrogance. Not "arrogant"—that's somehow not enough. He has a confidence born of absolute certainty that in his estimation no others can comprehend. He will do what needs be done.

[DA]: We debuted a new trailer, "The Enemy of Thedas," this week at Gamescom, giving players their first look at the Inquisition's foes. How does it feel seeing all that hard work come together?

[DG]: It's hard to describe just how exciting that is. The first time I saw the new trailer, I think I peed a little.

[SF]: Pretty good! We're all kind of tired, but still. It's good. I'm really enjoying playing through the game, which is my main task at the moment, so I think that's a good sign.

[LK]: At this point in a project, I'm kind of numb. It's hard to parse the game as a whole. When you see a solid trailer of your own work, it makes you sit back for a second and consider how it's all come together. So, excitement and relief?

[DA]: If you had to pick, which one is more fun to write: heroes or villains?

[DG]: Villains, without question. They get to break all the rules.

[SF]: Everyone always says villains, and they are fun. They're the ones who bring the propulsive friction that catalyzes your story and stakes. But if your other characters aren't popping the same way, that's a good reason to step back and ask why not and if those character are working. In that sense, villains can be the "fun" element by which other story elements are measured.

[LK]: Copout answer: Mid-plot villains, when it's starting to unravel. End-game heroes, when it's all coming together.

 

[LolaLei]

Might wanna put that in a spoiler, lol.

[Hellion Rex]

Might wanna put that in a spoiler, lol.

[Hellion Rex]

Anywho, this is the real important bit:

 

[DA]: In any story of good and evil, you have to have a powerful foe to stand in the hero's way. How would you describe the "Elder One" from Dragon Age: Inquisition in one word?

[DG]: Relentless.

[SF]: Let's go with "ambitious."

[LK]: Arrogance. Not "arrogant"—that's somehow not enough. He has a confidence born of absolute certainty that in his estimation no others can comprehend. He will do what needs be done.

 

Sounds like we really are facing some sort of god level deity creature.

[Hello-Nurse]

Anywho, this is the real important bit:

[DA]: In any story of good and evil, you have to have a powerful foe to stand in the hero's way. How would you describe the "Elder One" from Dragon Age: Inquisition in one word?
[DG]: Relentless.
[SF]: Let's go with "ambitious."
[LK]: Arrogance. Not "arrogant"—that's somehow not enough. He has a confidence born of absolute certainty that in his estimation no others can comprehend. He will do what needs be done.

Sounds like we really are facing some sort of god level deity creature.

So he took a leaf out of the reapers book.

[Milan92]

Awesome. Bring it on, Elder One!

[wiccame]

I just noticed in the video, Templars dropping to their knees. Maybe in reverence to the PC as the herald and I was just thinking how weird it could be for a circle mage. For most of their lives they have been under the control and at the mercy of templars and now the templars are bowing and worshipping the ground they walk on so to speak.

 

Also there is a building that looks like it's being raised, could that be Arlathan being risen?

[Hellion Rex]

I just noticed in the video, Templars dropping to their knees. Maybe in reverence to the PC as the herald and I was just thinking how weird it could be for a circle mage. For most of their lives they have been under the control and at the mercy of templars and now the templars are bowing and worshipping the ground they walk on so to speak.

 

Yes....they shall worship me as their new god!!!!!!!! ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR.

 

 

Also there is a building that looks like it's being raised, could that be Arlathan being risen?

I thought the building was falling, not rising...and I don't think Arlathan is going to be raised again from the earth.

[AresKeith]

I just noticed in the video, Templars dropping to their knees. Maybe in reverence to the PC as the herald and I was just thinking how weird it could be for a circle mage. For most of their lives they have been under the control and at the mercy of templars and now the templars are bowing and worshipping the ground they walk on so to speak.

 

Also there is a building that looks like it's being raised, could that be Arlathan being risen?

 

They were Templars?

[LolaLei]

I just noticed in the video, Templars dropping to their knees. Maybe in reverence to the PC as the herald and I was just thinking how weird it could be for a circle mage. For most of their lives they have been under the control and at the mercy of templars and now the templars are bowing and worshipping the ground they walk on so to speak.

Also there is a building that looks like it's being raised, could that be Arlathan being risen?

Also, when Cullen orders the Inquisition soldiers to "go with the herald", behind him you can see one of them with a Templar shield. Dunno if that's just one of the many Kirkwall Templars that he had join him when he was recruited into the Inquisition, or if that particular inquisitor in the trailer had chosen to side with the Templars and thus they were working with us.