Yes, and a female Qunari. Two female Qunaris, one straight, one gay. And like four dwarves.
So we have 6 companions we need for DLC now.
What else is missing? Well I've always wanted a Darkspawn companion. Not for romances, because clearly not every character has to be a romance, right?
BLASPHEMY
Oh, boo hoo. The situation is the same for a Lesbian, but you aren't complaining about that. Plus you forgot to mention that Solas is only available to elven women, while Cullen is only open to human and elven women.
Lesbians are 1-3% of DA gamers and hetero males are 60-80%, easy. I'm not calling for elimination of Lesbian content, just that content development resources be allocated more in line with the demographics of the people who actually buy and play the game. I'm being generous by merely calling it silly that there is as much Lesbian content as hetero male content. I get that Bioware is trying hard to attract female gamers and I approve (split it 50/50, I'm cool with that), but the excessive imbalance (some is ok) has the smell of something other than either some reasonable notion of fairness or optimal business strategy.
Dragon Age is not a fantasy elf-breeding simulator though?
Lesbians are 1-3% of DA gamers and hetero males are 60-80%, easy. I'm not calling for elimination of Lesbian content, just that content development resources be allocated more in line with the demographics of the people who actually buy and play the game. I'm being generous by merely calling it silly that there is as much Lesbian content as hetero male content. I get that Bioware is trying hard to attract female gamers and I approve (split it 50/50, I'm cool with that), but the excessive imbalance (some is ok) has the smell of something other than either some reasonable notion of fairness or optimal business strategy.
Dwarf Inquisitors can't have dwarf babies with any of the LIs either, and only a female qunari has a chance of producing more little qunari with Bull. (Unless there's something about qunari reproduction we don't know.) I therefore demand both male and female dwarves and a female qunari, so everyone can get properly knocked up.
Or, alternately, we could all get on with sealing the Breach and boning the hot pixel people BioWare already made for us. I think I'm going to do Dorian next. Fanfiction tells me that this is bound to result in offspring. Somehow.
Dwarves produce more or less dwarves with other races. We do not know anything about Qunari reprodution.
What are your 'people's traditions'? Is it actually clear that the Dalish have a patrilineal society -- eg. clear example from the game or a codex entry? That is as a male elf you may not be in a position to have heirs, only your sister's would. It's not uncommon for traditional hunter-gatherer societies like the Dalish to have matirilineal societies, like (quick check) the Iroquis and the Haida in North America.
This I do not know exactly. What I know is that I will not comment nor use references from our reality. Elves were and still probably are the superior race. In the times of Elvhenan they were immortal, magic breathing entities. Keeping them stocked and breeding going is highly important. Merrill does not mention any specifics beyond importance of elf-elf breeding.
Dragon Age is not a fantasy elf-breeding simulator though?
No, it is not, but from the lore perspective it would be quite interesting to participate in the arranged marriage for the sake of your people, to honour traditions and well being of your clan.
uh.... say what? 
Dragon Age is not a fantasy elf-breeding simulator though?
But you're not an elf.
But I'm a male. Species can be easily adapted.
Obviously it should be through, I think is the point of the thread.
You are wrong then, because it is not the point of the thread.
Lesbians are 1-3% of DA gamers and hetero males are 60-80%, easy. I'm not calling for elimination of Lesbian content, just that content development resources be allocated more in line with the demographics of the people who actually buy and play the game. I'm being generous by merely calling it silly that there is as much Lesbian content as hetero male content. I get that Bioware is trying hard to attract female gamers and I approve (split it 50/50, I'm cool with that), but the excessive imbalance (some is ok) has the smell of something other than either some reasonable notion of fairness or optimal business strategy.
So, there should be more content for hetero men and everyone else should just get what would likely amount to breadcrumbs?
Also the underlined sentence comes off as pretty disgusting.
Lastly, once again how is it an excessive imbalance when two of the four romance options for hetero women are locked off depending on character race?
So, there should be more content for hetero men and everyone else should just get what would likely amount to breadcrumbs?
Also the underlined sentence comes off as pretty disgusting.
Lastly, once again how is it an excessive imbalance when two of the four romance options for hetero women are locked off depending on character race?
It is not a time nor place to discuss it.
It is about me suggesting straight female elf companion with elf-elf only romance. Straight males have only one straight romanceable companion.
Lesbians are 1-3% of DA gamers
We're just making up absurd statistics now?
I say 40% of DA players are Orangutan, and 35% are pygmy chimps!
So?
Excuse me, but I must refrain from giving you a straight answer. It is too obvious and would lead to further derailing of this thread which would end with thread locked.
We're just making up absurd statistics now?
I say 40% of DA players are Orangutan, and 35% are pygmy chimps!
It's disgraceful that the great apes who comprise 75% of the playerbase were utterly neglected with regards to available romance options. Seriously, ten possible romances, and not one single gorilla, bonobo, or orangutan?
I might have to cancel my preorder. Thanks, BiowarEA!
It's disgraceful that the great apes who comprise 75% of the playerbase were utterly neglected with regards to available romance options. Seriously, ten possible romances, and not one single gorilla, bonobo, or orangutan?
I might have to cancel my preorder.
Please, refrain from further derailing of this thread.
When you couch a not-terribly-interesting character concept in talk of wombs, master races, and racial purity, you sound like the King of All Weirdos, and it's hard to believe it's a serious thread.
We've had more or less what you describe with Merrill already, and we have something very similar in DAI with Solas. Adding another character like this, with the other qualifiers you suggest, wouldn't really add anything new.
When you couch a not-terribly-interesting character concept in talk of wombs, master races, and racial purity, you sound like the King of All Weirdos, and it's hard to believe it's a serious thread.
We've had more or less what you describe with Merrill already, and we have something very similar in DAI with Solas. Adding another character like this, with the other qualifiers you suggest, wouldn't really add anything new.
I see nothing weird about it, only facts. I have expressed it multiple times: it is a serious thread.
No, Merrill has betrayed her people, her union with Hawke will only produce humans. Solas on the other hand, his very nature does not make him qualify at all.
Companion I wish to see would not be based on naivete of romantic encounters but far superior idea of arranged marriage (it does not exclude possibility of late blooming passion). It would allow writers to further develop elven lore; interactions between the clans. Lavellan and X making preparations, rituals; additional insight from Solas about ancient elven marital practises.
So, there should be more content for hetero men and everyone else should just get what would likely amount to breadcrumbs?
Also the underlined sentence comes off as pretty disgusting.
Lastly, once again how is it an excessive imbalance when two of the four romance options for hetero women are locked off depending on character race?
Breadcrumbs, lol? Err, no. I think a more reasonable distribution of resources would have been 3/3/2/2, het male, het fem, hom male, hom fem. So you would get at least 20% no matter which group you are in. Is 20% 'breadcrumbs'? That is what my group is getting now even though we are by far the most numerous of the four. I suspect you might be making a knee-jerk reaction under the false assumption that I am some kind of radical who wants to see female or gay-oriented content completely removed. I am not. I just don't want to see my group's interests damaged (too much).
My position is not unreasonable, but neither is your fear of being left with 'breadcrumbs'. I suggest that you consider whether you are more interested in a sustainable equitable balance or just sticking it to the (previously excessively) dominant group. There is middle ground to find here.
"... the underlined sentence ..."
I don't buy into anyone's political correctness, either the 'right' or 'left' flavors. It is no more likely to happen that people in a 60-80% demographic aren't going to notice they are given a significantly disproportionate share of resources than people in a 1-3% demographic aren't going to notice if they are given nothing. In the long haul (broader than this minor issue within a single game), a reasonable balance has to be struck if inclusion of female and especially gay content is to become 'normal' and accepted by the larger gaming community. Ignoring the data and slamming people who see reality as being "pretty disgusting" is not helping make that laudable objective happen.
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ZG: Lesbians are 1-3% of DA gamers
J12LG: "We're just making up absurd statistics now?"
ZG: It's an educated guess. Consider http://www.washingto...an-or-bisexual/and that females do not comprise half of all gamers and you will realize that my estimate is not unreasonable. I suspect there is more uncertainty in the estimate of percentage of female gamers.
Breadcrumbs, lol? Err, no. I think a more reasonable distribution of resources would have been 3/3/2/2, het male, het fem, hom male, hom fem. So you would get at least 20% no matter which group you are in. Is 20% 'breadcrumbs'? That is what my group is getting now even though we are by far the most numerous of the four. I suspect you might be making a knee-jerk reaction under the false assumption that I am some kind of radical who wants to see female or gay-oriented content completely removed. I am not. I just don't want to see my group's interests damaged (too much).
My position is not unreasonable, but neither is your fear of being left with 'breadcrumbs'. I suggest that you consider whether you are more interested in a sustainable equitable balance or just sticking it to the (previously excessively) dominant group. There is middle ground to find here.
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Ah, I misinterpreted you.
I figured when you brought up the 1-3% stat, along with the mention of how content distribution should reflect buyer demographics, meant that hetero males get the lions share of content and trickle down from there, rather than your 3/3/2/2 idea.
sidenote: I fall under the hetero male group.
Excuse me, but I must refrain from giving you a straight answer. It is too obvious and would lead to further derailing of this thread which would end with thread locked.
One can only hope.
One can only hope.
Oh good. I'm glad to see that this thread has now reached the 'making up statistics' phase of the discussion.
Please refrain from snarky, derailing comments that do not bring anything to the discussion.
I just want to know how some people get from Dragon Age elves are a scattered people with a forgotten culture who either live in a few nomadic clans or in crowded elf alienages (read slums), or are slaves to making it about ubermensch elf racial purity.
Dragon Age has made a situation that makes the player want to do some thing about how badly elves are treated.
The impossible goal is not to make elves ubermensch but to just make them equal to humans.
I just want to know how some people get from Dragon Age elves are a scattered people with a forgotten culture who either live in a few nomadic clans or in crowded elf alienages (read slums), or are slaves to making it about ubermensch elf racial purity.
Dragon Age has made a situation that makes the player want to do some thing about how badly elves are treated.
The impossible goal is not to make elves ubermensch but to just make them equal to humans.
These scattered people care about preserving their ancient traditions. Some things they get right and some things they get wrong in the process.
I disagree. In the world of magick, everything is possible.
It is important to keep in mind that only union between elf-elf results in an elven offspring.
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