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[RebbyWriter]

OMG PRAYER CIRCLE FOR LI ANNOUNCEMENT!

Probably not though, but damn that's like the only thing left that I wanna know

At this point, that's the only thing I care to know. I mean, there's 2 left! Just tell us and then we can accept that it's not possible, in the case that Solas is not LI. I remember playing DA2 the first time just waiting for the moment Varric would let me in. NOPE. Made me want to roast Bianca over an open fire! So, that was a Nomance playthrough. It's okay, though. My Olivia will always love him.

 

I just don't want to wait for something that will never be, again.

 

*goes to flirt*

Solas: Oh, I'm sorry to break this to you but..I'm kind of seeing someone. Yeah, she's a spirit in the fade. Wants to introduce me to her demon parents so, it's getting pretty serious.

[DragonRacer in Mourning]

At this point, that's the only thing I care to know. I mean, there's 2 left! Just tell us and then we can accept that it's not possible, in the case that Solas is not LI. I remember playing DA2 the first time just waiting for the moment Varric would let me in. NOPE. Made me want to roast Bianca over an open fire! So, that was a Nomance playthrough. It's okay, though. My Olivia will always love him.

 

I just don't want to wait for something that will never be, again.

 

*goes to flirt*

Solas: Oh, I'm sorry to break this to you but..I'm kind of seeing someone. Yeah, she's a spirit in the fade. Wants to introduce me to her demon parents so, it's getting pretty serious.

 

Yes, at this point I am actively trying to no longer think about the two dangling LI announcements because doing so causes sand to suddenly appear in my panties and I get very cranky. 

 

Also, your work-in-progress painting is lovely and I cannot stop laughing at the "... and God pees on you" bit!   It makes me think of this crackgif:

 

[manabloom]

http://www.destructo..._medium=twitter

 

This ends with the line: "There's more Inquisition coverage on the way later this month, including a big announcement that I can't wait to share."

 

WHAT [SCREECHES + AGGRESSIVELY READS]

 

oh. ohohoh. okay. that articular, considering how short it was, got me entirely too excited.

but THAT IS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR, COMBAT. not fast and easy. not nonsensical. no winging it. yes this. yes.
and man, i never play warriors; i find them boring. but their stuff is sounding and looking pretty great for Inquisition. and if boring warrior got awesome, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR MAGES??? [starry eyed]

 

also yesyesyes on choices yes. no more DA2 illusions pls. no more. not ever.
also what race changing the core story a bit huh?? YES PLS. THIS SOUNDS PROMISING. i cannot overstate how much i do not want to play as a dalish and then get treated like a human in regards to andrastianism ahhhhhh.

and it looks so prettttty and NO MORE C/P WALLS ugh yes. [weeping]

but WHAT IS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TELL ME NOW I MUST KNOW. [falls over]

 

eeeeeeeee

breathe, sera, breathe

i can't tho

[mindoirs]

I just wanna know the last two LI, as well. I'm good with not knowing much else. I'd like it to be sooner than later.

Hoping they release this demo without commentary like they did with the E3 one! I can hear his voice clearly despite Aaryn Flynn speaking over it but I'd like to hear it perfectly.

[Nika]

Solas: Oh, I'm sorry to break this to you but..I'm kind of seeing someone. Yeah, she's a spirit in the fade. Wants to introduce me to her demon parents so, it's getting pretty serious.

I laughed and then I cried a little

But our chances aren't too bad right?

I wasn't around when the QA thing with Gareth David Lloyd happened, but what he said makes me very hopeful

[manabloom]

ah, the remaining LIs...

i'll be honest, i don't even know how they'd go about telling us now.
i mean, the time for companions and romances has passed. we've moved on to gameplay stuff and story bits. it'd be so weird to back peddle.

it's DUMB and i hate it a LOT and i don't know what the F*** they hoped to accomplish with this "mystery" bs other than pissing people off (the hardcores who goddamn wanna know, the people who don't care and are sick of hearing us whine, and, inevitably, the people who don't get what they wanted and had NO TIME TO GET OVER IT), but welp. they did it. it's done.

 

i would very much like them to get it over with and just hurt whoever is gonna be hurt so they can let it go and actually just enjoy the game without being upset by surprise!disappointment but meh. let's just say i'm... pessimistic about it at best. 

[RynJ]

Yeah at this point I'm thinking they'll take pity on us and reveal them on twitter in an uneventful moment or they simply just won't tell us and we'll have to find out when the game comes out.

 

I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment, since character information time seems to have come and gone. Though now I'm pretty confident that Solas is in so it's not as frustrating as it was before. I could be completely and utterly wrong but optimism is the name of the game now.

 

Also, I've been watching that gameplay over and over again! Solas is quite a badass considering he's not supposed to have too much interest in fighting! And I definitely could hear his voice and it sounds maybe a slight bit deeper than GDL's normal? It could have to do with the seriousness of that moment in the game, too, and Solas sounds very in control. I dig it!

 

I've also decided that I'm going to try to keep Solas in that color blue whenever I can. It's my favorite color and he looks very handsome in it! Though he looks less like our lovable hobo than usual in that outfit. 

[scintilla]

Just throwing my agreement of the marketing decision to withhold the last two LIs being weird and nonsensical.  My guess is that they won't be telling us who they are.  I'd like to know before the game comes out but like manabloom said, I just don't know how they'd do it now that characters aren't a central feature in the marketing.

 

I'd be more all right with it if they hadn't given the other six.  If it was an all or nothing thing, well, I'd have wanted to know but it wouldn't feel quite as much like being told that we get no cookie because we like Solas more than Iron Bull.

[Solas]

put closeup of Solas party icon in OP.

 

OP has reached img limit lol any new images after this post will be linked instead.

[Roxy]

I ain't gonna hold my breath on them telling us anytime soon....but since GDL said what he said not to long ago I'm optimistic on Solas being an LI, it's this "mystery" game that marketing decided to do that upsets me and it boils my blood just thinking about it. Oh so the rest get a piece of the LI pie but we are left with crumbs....stay classy Bioware marketing! 

[RynJ]

So I've been watching the trailer again and looking at Solas's scene with the Inquisitor.

 

And I'm starting to think that the explosion after that is NOT the same scene as the rift-closing one with Solas. When I watch the whole thing slowly, it looks like a different setting and situation where that blue explosion is going on. It could be a case of them editing things to try and confuse us. It's possible Solas really does just help the Inquisitor close the rift without any bad outcome 

[RebbyWriter]

 

 

Yes, at this point I am actively trying to no longer think about the two dangling LI announcements because doing so causes sand to suddenly appear in my panties and I get very cranky. 

 

Also, your work-in-progress painting is lovely and I cannot stop laughing at the "... and God pees on you" bit!   It makes me think of this crackgif:

 

*le snip*

Yeah. I got the phrase from tumblr a while back. People were going "GPOY" and instead of Gratuitous Picture of Yourself, someone asked if it meant God Pees on You and I laughed so hard I got a good ab workout.

 

I chose the blue shirt because I love how it brings out the blue (violet? periwinkle?) in his eyes. The green is nice but da blue...I dig it.

 

Thanks. Glad you like it! I just added stripes to his shirt. Next, I'm gonna color his pants and then start working on Cole (the other guy in the picture). I wonder if I will be okay to drop in on Cole's thread and paintingbomb them, when it's done...Hmmm..

[Phate Phoenix]

On the remaining two LI's: while I agree it's a bit... odd to decide to withhold that particular bit of information, I can understand why they'd want to do so, even if I think it's a bit too late to implement something like this. Perhaps they should have revealed, say, Josephine and the Iron bull as bisexual LI and that was that.

 

Personally, I'd want there to be no LI announcements beyond, "There will be a-number of gay men LI, b-number of gay women LI, c-number of bisexual women LI, d-number of bisexual men LI, e-number of straight men LI, f-number of straight women LI." And that would be it. Assure your fans that they will be represented and they will have choice, but let them find out who in game. That way everyone is on the same boat. Alas!

 

I'm thinking the big announcement will probably be some form of multiplayer. I hope it remain cooperative, because I think it could be kinda fun creating a character and doing a mission with other people in real-time online. I'd have to see how it would be implemented.

 

Anyway! Solas! Yes, Solas.

 

I wonder if there will be other moments like the one in the trailer, where he either gets fed up with someone or just does something because it's taking far too long to come to a decision.  I wonder if he's impatient? 

[scintilla]

On the remaining two LI's: while I agree it's a bit... odd to decide to withhold that particular bit of information, I can understand why they'd want to do so, even if I think it's a bit too late to implement something like this. Perhaps they should have revealed, say, Josephine and the Iron bull as bisexual LI and that was that.

 

Personally, I'd want there to be no LI announcements beyond, "There will be a-number of gay men LI, b-number of gay women LI, c-number of bisexual women LI, d-number of bisexual men LI, e-number of straight men LI, f-number of straight women LI." And that would be it. Assure your fans that they will be represented and they will have choice, but let them find out who in game. That way everyone is on the same boat. Alas!

 

I'm thinking the big announcement will probably be some form of multiplayer. I hope it remain cooperative, because I think it could be kinda fun creating a character and doing a mission with other people in real-time online. I'd have to see how it would be implemented.

 

Anyway! Solas! Yes, Solas.

 

I wonder if there will be other moments like the one in the trailer, where he either gets fed up with someone or just does something because it's taking far too long to come to a decision.  I wonder if he's impatient? 

 

I don't get why they'd want to.  They're not keeping the entire fandom on the edge of their seats or bringing in lots of new players or something.  They just singled out a small subset of fans and said, "you guys have to wait."

 

I'd be totally okay with that too.  Being assured of having representation and options would be good enough.

 

Edit:  I should add in here that I'm okay with Solas not being an LI.  He'll be a fantastic character regardless.  It's the not being told that gets on my nerves.

 

I think whether or not Solas is impatient probably depends on the situation.  Closing the rifts is important and only the inquisitor can do it - if they back down, everyone is screwed and I can see Solas not being there for that.  In other less urgent matters, I could see him not being bothered or even encouraging the Inquisitor to think things through rather than leap to a decision.

[mindoirs]

So I've been watching the trailer again and looking at Solas's scene with the Inquisitor.

 

And I'm starting to think that the explosion after that is NOT the same scene as the rift-closing one with Solas. When I watch the whole thing slowly, it looks like a different setting and situation where that blue explosion is going on. It could be a case of them editing things to try and confuse us. It's possible Solas really does just help the Inquisitor close the rift without any bad outcome 

It's not! The one right after is just merged with it. The one with Solas and Cassandra seems to be at the sight of the initial blast, while the second one's color wasn't green and it was in a more sunny and different area with Iron Bull, Morrigan, and the Inquisitor.

 

I think Solas was just teaching the Inquisitor for the first time like HEY DON'T BE SCARED, JUST DO IT.

 

As for the LIs, since there's two to be revealed, I'd really like for them to be revealed soon. If they didn't reveal any in the first place, it would have been different.

[RebbyWriter]

I agree with everyone here (hence, the likes)

 

I've been watching the demo and noticed that the wisp things are also on the Inquisitor at one point. We've seen him with lightning type spells (the static cage), there was some healing going on, and this seems like a buff of some sort. I know they probably selected which spells to upgrade for the demo and what not, but maybe Solas is a healing/creation/spirit kind of mage? I'm curious to see if certain companions have exclusive level upgrades or have their first tree rooted (lol) in them from the beginning.

[RynJ]

I agree with everyone here (hence, the likes)

 

I've been watching the demo and noticed that the wisp things are also on the Inquisitor at one point. We've seen him with lightning type spells (the static cage), there was some healing going on, and this seems like a buff of some sort. I know they probably selected which spells to upgrade for the demo and what not, but maybe Solas is a healing/creation/spirit kind of mage? I'm curious to see if certain companions have exclusive level upgrades or have their first tree rooted (lol) in them from the beginning.

 

I'd bet we haven't seen any of the characters' specific abilities yet, if they have their own unique specializations. Since it's said that Solas "has a few tricks up his sleeve", I imagine he has his own set of spells. Perhaps that wisp thing isn't one of them, though! 

 

It's possible that Solas is a healer type and I can see him having more of a creation/spirit-based tree.

[manabloom]

Also, I've been watching that gameplay over and over again! Solas is quite a badass considering he's not supposed to have too much interest in fighting! And I definitely could hear his voice and it sounds maybe a slight bit deeper than GDL's normal? It could have to do with the seriousness of that moment in the game, too, and Solas sounds very in control. I dig it!

 

I've also decided that I'm going to try to keep Solas in that color blue whenever I can. It's my favorite color and he looks very handsome in it! Though he looks less like our lovable hobo than usual in that outfit. 

 

Yeah, I thought that too! Then again I only watched a Torchwood montage to get an idea of him since Idc about Doctor Who or anything. But who knows. All I know is that I LIKED it. 

& Agree about the blue! But I really loved the... red?... from the trailer too. I LOVED THEM BOTH. I'll probably be crafting him something in every color to see what I like best, heh. I always spoil my favorite followers with the best equipment.

 

put closeup of Solas party icon in OP.

 

OP has reached img limit lol any new images after this post will be linked instead.

 

Oh, cool! I was of assistance to the thread. Yaaay ~ 
I was just on the phone for like, an hour, but if I find anything else relevant I'll post 'em. 

[Dracarys]

I'll just love the irony if all these Chantry people are calling my Dalish mage the Herald of Andraste.   If Solas calls me on it, I'll probably come clean with him and I'd like to be able to say "Don't believe it but sshh, keep it to yourself, this is so much fun!"

 

I feel like my Dalish mage might just pull a Loki.  Just for fun, of course. 

 

 

 

 

This ends with the line: "There's more Inquisition coverage on the way later this month, including a big announcement that I can't wait to share."

 

 

I'd bet money it's multiplayer.  I don't know how much I'd play it, not having much (okay, any) experience with MP, but I'd be willing to give it a go. I just hope it isn't tied to the main campaign in any way and is just there as a fun thing for those who want it.

 

Yes, at this point I am actively trying to no longer think about the two dangling LI announcements because doing so causes sand to suddenly appear in my panties and I get very cranky. 

 

Also, your work-in-progress painting is lovely and I cannot stop laughing at the "... and God pees on you" bit!   It makes me think of this crackgif:

 

 

This may be my new favorite gif.  I'm also going to incorporate "God pees on you" into my life because it's hilarious, so thanks Rebby!

 

I've managed to mostly quit worrying about Solas as LI. Thank the Maker for GDL and his twitter chat! I really love the blue thing Solas is wearing in the demo too. And the voice. And his profile and his tight pants and...everything. *dreamy sigh*

[Nika]

his tight pants and...everything. *dreamy sigh*

I just realized that his pants are always the first thing I look at...

[manabloom]

I've been watching the demo and noticed that the wisp things are also on the Inquisitor at one point. We've seen him with lightning type spells (the static cage), there was some healing going on, and this seems like a buff of some sort. I know they probably selected which spells to upgrade for the demo and what not, but maybe Solas is a healing/creation/spirit kind of mage? I'm curious to see if certain companions have exclusive level upgrades or have their first tree rooted (lol) in them from the beginning.

 

I'm not so sure he healed himself, actually. I was staring intently at the demo for a long time after I found the one I posted, and I think I may've seen him down a potion but I'm not sure. He's glowing green like Cole when he drank his, but I couldn't tell if it was a potion or his fairy wrists because the camera was panning away from him as it happened... I'm gonna go digging around in the frames to see if I can get a more solid answer!

 

It's possible that Solas is a healer type and I can see him having more of a creation/spirit-based tree.

 

I'm not sure about this either. He was using a looot of primal/elemtal spells... We obviously all saw Static Cage and I saw him use Flashfire and Fire Mine at one point, too. Though I also caught him using Barrier which is an... erm... Arcane spell in DA2? And Barrier is just the nerfed Force Field ([cries about her beloved]) from Spirit in Origins. Though in 2 Anders does take Arcane stuff (like Barrier) as well as Creation if you auto-level him and he's obviously the healing mage, sooo... IUNNO.

 

Yeah, def gonna go investigate the maybe-potion frames. Inspector Sera is on the case! [salutes and scurries off]

[Dracarys]

I just realized that his pants are always the first thing I look at...

*snip*

 

I'm pretty sure that's a thread-wide problem. And anyway...how can you NOT look?! He obviously works out. 

[Dr. Doctor]

Solas: It will be alright. Like poking a puddle of water with a stick. Except the puddle is a tear in the fabric of reality...and the stick is your arm.

Inquisitor: Wonderful. (draws from a flask)

Solas: Are you sure that's wise?

Inquisitor: There's no way I'm looking into that thing while I'm sober.

[RebbyWriter]

Manabloom is our official investigatory journalist on all Solas magic. WEEEE!

 

I'm not good on remembering which trees have what (mage is my least played class) but weren't there some trees in DA2 that incorporated a few elements? Was it Primal that had earth spells in it? Also, like I said, they could have possibly just given him one spell from a tree just to show it in the demo. I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of his own, however. Blue seems to be a theme with his magic (one action shot has a blue aura on his staff. The electricity/lightning is blue. His hand and wrists glow blue) But, it could be a crazy coincidence.

[SurelyForth]

I think that simply not announcing the last two LIs would be ridiculous, if only because it ultimately gains them nothing (who is going to pre-order a $60/$70 game with a 50+ hour main campaign solely to unravel the mystery of which of the remaining companions is an LI?). Never mind the fact that those hoping to romance Cassandra, Cullen, Sera, or Dorian might be unexpectedly locked out because of race. This game is a not unsubstantial time commitment, and some people only get one real shot to play due to RL commitments- if they completely withhold information that impacts how some players create their characters, more than a few could end up not getting their ideal playthrough and for literally the dumbest of reasons. 

 

And I don't know if I want MP or not. I'm terrible at the action oriented sections of RPGs, but what little I did of ME3's MP was so much fun (granted, the first time I played was with two friends and Mike Laidlaw, who probably thought my constant self-destruction was a deliberate attempt to sabotage our team effort). I'm keeping an open mind about it for DAI, but I won't be broken-hearted if it's not in.

 

As for Solas, I am 95% certain the screenshots from the Gamescom demo were meant to taunt us. Between THIGHS and that one where the play of light deliberately accentuates his ass, it's like a plot to make us the thirstiest thread on the BSN and not just the fuzziest.