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Okay, okay...so what's the popular theory?  That Solas is a Tevinter magister AND a somniari?  Completely okay with that, yes I am!  Make him a love interest and I am a happy, happy lady. :lol:

 

If Dorian is still in the game I doubt they'd have two Tevinter mages. 

 

Solas is an apostate, it looks like. Whether he's actually from Solas (the city) is up for debate, it might just be a coincidence, or that his name and the city's name have the same roots in elven language. 



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If Dorian is still in the game I doubt they'd have two Tevinter mages. 

 

Solas is an apostate, it looks like. Whether he's actually from Solas (the city) is up for debate, it might just be a coincidence, or that his name and the city's name have the same roots in elven language. 

As I recall, "Anders" is not Anders' real name.  He's from the Anderfels.

 

It's possible they're implementing another tradition, like having a companion from a previous game in the next one (Anders/Varric) and having player characters being kin to someone in a previous game (Amell/Cadash).



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I really don't think Solas is not a dreamer, and if he isn't Dorian, that Dorian is not in the game.

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But I guess Dorian is out of the picture? Three mages seems... odd? Or if Dorian is there, he must be the healer aka same as Anders.



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Or rather, I think Dolas is not a dreamer and Dorian is gone, since Solas is not him.

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But I guess Dorian is out of the picture? Three mages seems... odd? Or if Dorian is there, he must be the healer aka same as Anders.

 

They won't do three mages I think, since that could make for a full-mage party.

Also... my guess was that Solas is the healer.



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Or rather, I think Dolas is not a dreamer and Dorian is gone, since Solas is not him.

 

David Gaider says Solas was never the character called Dorian - so it wasn't the case that they changed Dorian to Solas. 

 

(Which means, I suppose, that they could've scrapped Dorian then created Solas from scratch)

 

At this point I think that if Dorian isn't the moustachioed robed man doing jazz hands in the War Room scene, he won't be in the game. 


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They won't do three mages I think, since that could make for a full-mage party.

Also... my guess was that Solas is the healer.

 

Feel the same way. And Solas possibly is Dorian, but.. not. Same same, but different. We need a healer in the party, and its not Vivienne. So either Solas is a healer, or another mage will join the party. Is it friday the 4th of april we will have new info about a new companion? possibly Solas? Or Vivienne, since its already confirmed its not Varric and Cassandra.



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They won't do three mages I think, since that could make for a full-mage party.
Also... my guess was that Solas is the healer.


Aren't there supposed to be nine companions? They could, hypothetically, provide three mages, rogues, and warriors.
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Aren't there supposed to be nine companions? They could, hypothetically, provide three mages, rogues, and warriors.

 

Yes, of course, but traditionally, they haven't done that, and I think that it would be for the best if tehy don't now. Think of how OP three mages and a mage protagonist, of which three could possibly be destructive mages, would be together.



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Aren't there supposed to be nine companions? They could, hypothetically, provide three mages, rogues, and warriors.

 

Yes, there are nine. Maybe ten, if there's a DLC character.

 

If Dorian is a companion as well as Solas, that would mean we know all of the warriors already (Cassandra, Iron Bull, the Warden), all of the mages (Vivienne, Solas, Dorian) and two of the rogues (the blonde elf 'Sera', Varric). 

 

That would mean there's only one more companion who is completely unknown (unless it's Cole as the third rogue, who was mentioned in the survey), and that there's a 6:3 gender ratio.


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Yes, of course, but traditionally, they haven't done that, and I think that it would be for the best if tehy don't now. Think of how OP three mages and a mage protagonist, of which three could possibly be destructive mages, would be together.

 

Combat and exploration are different though now, remember. I think that's the way they'll encourage - or mandate - a diverse party.

 

If it's the case that ordinary enemies require certain skills to be beaten, playing as an all-mage party won't be any help if you get destroyed by an enemy resistant to magic. We saw the Venatori wielding those huge shields which were impervious to certain attacks, and I'm sure there are other enemies like that which require cross-class teamwork.

 

And exploration skills are confirmed to be in the game, which means it'll probably be impossible to access certain content and parts of the map by only using mages. 


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Combat and exploration are different though now, remember. I think that's the way they'll encourage - or mandate - a diverse party.

 

If it's the case that ordinary enemies require certain skills to be beaten, playing as an all-mage party won't be any help if you get destroyed by an enemy resistant to magic. We saw the Venatori wielding those huge shields which were impervious to certain attacks, and I'm sure there are other enemies like that which require cross-class teamwork.

 

And exploration skills are confirmed to be in the game, which means it'll probably be impossible to access certain content and parts of the map by only using mages. 

 

Hadn't thought of it that way, maybe you're right.

 

Oh and don't get me wrong, I'd love to have three mages as companions for a change.



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Yes, there are nine. Maybe ten, if there's a DLC character.

 

If Dorian is a companion as well as Solas, that would mean we know all of the warriors already (Cassandra, Iron Bull, the Warden), all of the mages (Vivienne, Solas, Dorian) and two of the rogues (the blonde elf 'Sera', Varric). 

 

That would mean there's only one more companion who is completely unknown (unless it's Cole as the third rogue, who was mentioned in the survey), and that there's a 6:3 gender ratio.

 

I don't know if I'm convinced that we're getting a 3x3x3 model, so I'm not sure that we can say that we know "all of the warrior already".  Plus, we're not even sure if Iron Bull is a warrior, right?  Couldn't he be a rogue?

 

Also, if I remember correctly, I thought that they said that "some of" the characters from the survey weren't even in the game anymore.  And, if I also remember correctly, I thought that the only ones with bios were Sera (semi-confirmed, provided that she's the blonde elf), Iron Bull (confirmed), Dorian, and Cole.  So, if all of that is true, then Dorian and/or Cole won't be in the game. 

 

Back to Solas, however, I don't know why, but I'm definitely not getting "healer" vibes from him.  Since we know that Viv is an offensive mage gal (or at least can be specc'd that way), do we think that this means: (a) that Solas is a healer spec; (B) we're getting another mage who is the healer spec; or © you can spec all of the mages however you see fit from the ground up?



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I'm starting to feel bad amount myself, self esteem crumbling.......I have the bald look quite often.  :(   :crying:


I think baldness is attractive.

Facial hair just makes everything worse.
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I am... not enamored of facial hair.

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Same here hehe. 

 

Don't be like that Moxxi D:



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But I guess Dorian is out of the picture? Three mages seems... odd? Or if Dorian is there, he must be the healer aka same as Anders.

 

Unless he's that guy with the mustache 



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About the healer thing, Solas is clearly shown using fire/offensive spells in the magazine.
I think that it's likely that there'll not be a 'fixed' role for the mage companions, as warriors and rogues aren't locked in a certain weapon like in DA2. The skill tree are probably available to everyone..

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It's also possible that it is nine companions, but some may be mutually exclusive. (which some have already pointed out)

As for the mage spec's, I am starting to consider that they may not have a designated Healer. Just as Elitepinecone points out: Since the combat/exploration is getting some changes, and we will need to consider the environment more so than in the past, this may change things up for the likes of specializations. Or at the very least, our companions starting specs.

It's funny.....you know you play too much Dragon's Dogma, when you look at that spell that Solas is envoking, and think, "Oh look! He's going to hit the enemy with High Bolide!" :lol:

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As for the mage spec's, I am starting to consider that they may not have a designated Healer.

 

Many people theorized that with the no-health regen health system and health potions being rare that mage healer were just out of the picture.


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I don't think it's too far-fetched that we'll be getting a 3x3x3 set-up because remember-- we had one in DA2. Well, when you include the DLCs, but still. We just couldn't have all those companions in our total party at the same time because there were two cases of mutually exclusive companions. But yeah, if you played as a warrior or a rouge, you could, in Act 1 and other very specific circumstances, almost put together an all-mage party. Anyway, that kind of model makes most sense to me if we're going to have nine companions, so I think it's very likely that it's what we'll be getting.

 

Of course, that also brings the question of whether Inquisition will have mutually exclusive companions, (probably, considering how it's practically a tradition at this point) when the split will happen in the game's storyline itself, and under what circumstances, and what their classes will be, but naturally, since that's a spoiler, there's no way of knowing. And whether "nine companions" includes the potential DLC one is also a question we don't know the answer to yet that will affect the total party roster...



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Unless he's that guy with the mustache 

 

I think this is still very possible.



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Many people theorized that with the no-health regen health system and health potions being rare that mage healer were just out of the picture.


For companions, or as a specialization? Given the emphasis on herbalism and healing for the Dalish in WoT, I'd find it unusual to bar healing for the Dalish mage.

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I don't think we should assume Solas is Dalish, though.



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@ElitePinecone Are you sure, that the German Preview actually states, that he is a dreamer? Afaik someone wrote this by mistake and it kinda spread.