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[Stakrin]

There's no one for me.

Let us be forever alone together.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

Post #1 -- http://forum.bioware...ame/?p=16747904

Post #2 -- http://forum.bioware...ame/?p=16748066

 

He says that not all race/gender combinations will have equal options but that they've tried not to slant anything towards "real life" groups. He also explains that equal options for races isn't as important to him as equal options for gender/sexuality. 

[Ianamus]

Same. Dagna seemed great.

 

Really not liking all the female companions being romances =/ especially not when there's so few of them.

 

Same. The fact that all of the female advisors are also romanceable, or in the case of Leliana were romanceable in a previous game, only makes it even worse. 

[Grieving Natashina]

Thank you for digging that up Mort.  I'm going to bookmark those for later.  

[Ryzaki]

Same. The fact that all of the female advisors are also romanceable, or in the case of Leliana were romanceable in a previous game, only makes it even worse. 

 

Yeah =/

 

Personally why I'd prefer if there was only 6 or 7 LI's

 

I don't mind the amount but there really should've been an extra non romanceable female companion.
 

[Nocte ad Mortem]

Thank you for digging that up Mort.  I'm going to bookmark those for later.  

My Google-fu is strong.    

[daveliam]

There's no one for me.

 

Factually incorrect.  You just don't like your options.  There is a difference between "I have no options" and "I don't like my options".

[Hanako Ikezawa]

I swear there was a developer comment saying that all of Dragon Age 2's LI's were bisexual, so I don't get what all of this "ambiguous" stuff is.

 

Besides, "ambiguous" isn't a sexual orientation.

It isn't? What do you call the sexuality of people who don't know what they are then? 

[Bugsie]

Personally why I'd prefer if there was only 6 or 7 LI's

Can I ask why?

[In Exile]

It isn't? What do you call the sexuality of people who don't know what they are then? 

 

Awesome. 

[Ianamus]

It isn't? What do you call the sexuality of people who don't know what they are then? 

 

I don't call them anything. I say that I don't know what their sexuality is.

[Stakrin]

Factually incorrect. You just don't like your options. There is a difference between "I have no options" and "I don't like my options".

Fair, but I thought that is what was meant by the original post since it highlighted that there were 8. You only need two bisexual characters, one of each sex, to say there is something for everyone.

[s-jay2676]

Let us be forever alone together.

I'll drink to that.

[Arachlia]

Oo-kay, after all these reveals, speculation etc., my interest was piqued enough to make some calculations about LI choices. These are hypotheses, facts and assumptions I worked with:

 

* There are 2 L/G, 2 straight and 2 Bi LIs unaffected by racegating. This includes all known romances and one bisexual male.

* Two choices are affected, but I don't make quesses about races, and it is not included in my calculations.

* Cole & Leliana are No-No.

* I also do not make any quesses for who remaining male LIs are.

 

Choices per orientation without racegated ones:

•  L: 2
• G: 2
• Straight F: 2
• Straight M: 2

Chart of choices with racegated ones (hoping that I didn't miss/miscalculate anything & shortenings are understable):

 

So, going with this, my wish for Solas&Varric&Iron Bull -romances being available for F!Quizzy seems bit of selfish one.

[AresKeith]

Can I ask why?

 

I just feel that the number is too big, and as a few already said don't really like the idea of all the female companions being a romance option

[azarhal]

Post #1 -- http://forum.bioware...ame/?p=16747904

Post #2 -- http://forum.bioware...ame/?p=16748066

 

He says that not all race/gender combinations will have equal options but that they've tried not to slant anything towards "real life" groups. He also explains that equal options for races isn't as important to him as equal options for gender/sexuality. 

 

I'm not sure where you get the "equal" from these posts. I guess you are taking the "slanting " a bit too literally.

[Grieving Natashina]

I'm not sure where you get the "equal" from these posts. I guess you are taking the "slanting " a bit too literally.

The words "fairly and evenly" seem to imply equal, so that's where Mort was coming from:

 

 

The very last sentence-

 

 

[Neesa]

Post #1 -- http://forum.bioware...ame/?p=16747904

Post #2 -- http://forum.bioware...ame/?p=16748066

 

He says that not all race/gender combinations will have equal options but that they've tried not to slant anything towards "real life" groups. He also explains that equal options for races isn't as important to him as equal options for gender/sexuality. 

 

Ah, I see. Thanks (you too, Phate Phoenix). It's pretty much the posts I thought you might have been referring to but I honestly didn't come away with the same impression, which was why I thought he said something more recently.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

I'm not sure where you get the "equal" from these posts. I guess you are taking the "slanting " a bit too literally.

I very well be wrong in my interpretation, but I believe the final count will be 2/4/2 and a few races will be down to 2 options from 3. I think a lot of what's said in his posts imply that. You're free to disagree, but my reasoning is..

 

- He specifically says there's no guarantee that all "race/gender" combinations will get equal options. 

- He says there's no slanting towards any particular (in real life) group and it's all over the map (in context of race gating).

- He makes it pretty clear he's alright with worrying about gender and sexuality, but not so much race.

 

This line;

 

"Which is why I'm saying you will have options, but you may not have the same number of options depending on what race you select."

[Lady Nuggins]

Same. Dagna seemed great.

 

Really not liking all the female companions being romances =/ especially not when there's so few of them.

 

This is the problem with having so few female companions.  I want every one of our current female companions to be a romance option, but I wish there were a fourth additional female companion who was not.   

 

The writer (in this case Mary Kirby) decides if the character (in this case Vivienne) is romanceable, nothing else (especially not the possibility of disappointing anyone).

 

However, I do hope that Vivienne is romanceable.

 

I can't imagine that only the character writer decides that.  If they want fair distribution of LIs, that means they need to figure that out as a team.  

[GVulture]

This is the problem with having so few female companions.  I want every one of our current female companions to be a romance option, but I wish there were a fourth additional female companion who was not.   

 

 

I can't imagine that only the character writer decides that.  If they want fair distribution of LIs, that means they need to figure that out as a team.  

I am sure that they do, but they also don't force a writer to write a romance for a character if they can't make one fit.

 

It's probably along the lines of, "This character is a mage. Homosexual. From Tevinter. Who wants to write it?"

[Grieving Natashina]

I am sure that they do, but they also don't force a writer to write a romance for a character if they can't make one fit.

 

It's probably along the lines of, "This character is a mage. Homosexual. From Tevinter. Who wants to write it?"

More like: "I want to write a mage, homosexual, from Tevinter." from David Gaider, without anyone asking him to do it.  I think this is the character that he's been wanting to write for a few years now.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

I think the problem with a non-romanceable female was likely in large part returning/established male characters already fitting in those slots. By that, I mostly mean Varric and Cole. We know Cole isn't an LI, I don't think Varric will be. (Sorry if that offends anyone still hopeful for him, I don't mean to.) And I think that means they needed to make the one remaining non-LI companion a female. Solas or Blackwall. I can see it being Blackwall and them not wanting to make two female warriors, as well as maybe having trouble seeing a female equivalent of Blackwall. Of course, I'm not saying I agree with that. And I definitely could be wrong with my estimation. 

[Former_Fiend]

I'm starting to become envious of Gaider's childhood, given his perception of candy distribution.

[azarhal]

The words "fairly and evenly" seem to imply equal, so that's where Mort was coming from:

 

 

That's actually a not fairly and evenly: Romance option are not candy to be dispensed fairly and evenly.