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- Blackwell, Solas, Varric: abundant banter in the Hinterlands, the Storm Coast, and Crestwood, zilch in the Western Approaches
This is my fav party and they never speak, I only heard once Solas talking about the Fade and once Varric asked Blackwall what he seeks in his solitude, and that's all I got in many hours of Hinterlands 
A friend pointed out to me, and I can't believe I hadn't noticed, but the characters rarely talk during battle either. I've heard, for example, that Blackwall apparently says the same thing as Garrus when he takes down an enemy, but for me they're mostly silent except when somebody is about to die ("Help Solas!"). I wonder if this is connected?
That's a good point. I think I noticed one instance in 60 hours of someone shouting a battle cry, might have been Sera.. I honestly can't remember now. I've only ever heard them shout 'help blah blah' or 'blah blah is down' that's it. Hmm. This bug seems to be affecting a lot of stuff and so far I can't even guess as to what the cause is. Not platform. Not party. Not location. Keep? Honestly, I have no idea.
Do we know when a patch is coming? I want to romance Dorian now... but apparently there is a bug with his romance. That would break my heart if I got all the way to it only to not be able to continue it. I'm far too impatient to put the game down and wait for a patch though 
A friend pointed out to me, and I can't believe I hadn't noticed, but the characters rarely talk during battle either. I've heard, for example, that Blackwall apparently says the same thing as Garrus when he takes down an enemy, but for me they're mostly silent except when somebody is about to die ("Help Solas!"). I wonder if this is connected?
This is a good point. I have never heard them speak either, not even when someone is severely low on health. It may be a separate issue altogether, but still contributes to the feeling of loneliness. My companions are people, not drones! :'(
I wonder if this has something to do with mounts? Sometimes as I'm walking around I think I hear a noise that sounds like a horse...and if the game thought in was on a mount, that would make sense as to why there's no banter...anyone else here that? Experiment with your audio settings maybe.
Actually, yes! I was exploring Storm Coast and could swear I heard a horse nearby. It was very odd.
Adding myself to the list, I'm on PS4 and go what seems like hours sometimes before they chirp to each other, then nothing again. It happens with music as well, when I'm not in battle and just wandering around, I hear footsteps and nature noises, but no music at all.
Even putting people who have never been in the party together works a third of the time, they talk once, then nothing again for at least a half hour or so. I just thought there wasnt alot of banter, but apparently its a bug. Hope it gets fixed soon!
Could it be that quick saving resets the banter trigger timer? I'll do a test tonight see if that's the case.
I think that's the problem. :/ I mounted and unmounted a horse and then rested at a camp, and I got banter. Tried it twice and it worked both times.
I think that's the problem. :/ I mounted and unmounted a horse and then rested at a camp, and I got banter. Tried it twice and it worked both times.
Could we be possibly onto something? I hope so. Keep testing and I'll do the same.
Hrm, I"m going to open up a new game and not get any mounts.
Hrm, I"m going to open up a new game and not get any mounts.
Whether you completed the mount quest or not doesn't matter. It was doing it way before I even finished that quest. I was also hearing the "phantom horse" before.
I have tried to run around without a horse, no dice. And the horsey noises you hear? the rams snort just like horses. 
I think that's the problem. :/ I mounted and unmounted a horse and then rested at a camp, and I got banter. Tried it twice and it worked both times.
I have tried to run around without a horse, no dice. And the horsey noises you hear? the rams snort just like horses.
Well the problem might be the game thinking we're on a mount, whether we are actually on one or not, hence the silence.
I wonder if this has something to do with mounts? Sometimes as I'm walking around I think I hear a noise that sounds like a horse...and if the game thought in was on a mount, that would make sense as to why there's no banter...anyone else here that? Experiment with your audio settings maybe...if you turn the music off, you should be able to hear better.
I've the phantom horse sound issue too! I didn't think much of it because I thought it was enviromantal sound or something. You've got a very good therory!
So let's recap:
Well, I'm not around any rams or animals....like I hear it in parts of the Hissing Wastes where it's completely empty. But something to think about....
Jeff, yes. That's what I did. Tried it again and it didn't work. Sigh. I was so sure I'd figured something out! Maybe it was just a "lucky" stretch for me.
Probably needs to be tested for longer periods. How long after you unmounted did you hear banter?
I think I'm also affected by this problem. 60+ hours into the game and I've only heard about 10 banters. The ones I've heard were awesome, but yeah... I can walk around for hours with nothing. Cole seems to be the most talkative out of anyone, for me.
Okay, I think everyone should be on the ear-out for this phantom horse sound because this is quite the coincidence. It also makes sense that this would be the problem.
I'm not sure mine's bugged. Just... less goes on. I'm not sure.
I've heard multiple banter moments, though they seem few and far between compared to Origins and DAII. I assumed that's because this game is so much more massive, but perhaps Bioware overestimated just how long players would take to aimlessly wander Thedas and spaced the banter moments out too far.
Its just frustrating because you hear everyone talk about these awesome banters...yet you, yourself, never get to hear them. Apparently Cole and Solas talk about really cool stuff, but I never heard them speak save for 1 time about Solas' personal quest.
Also, I have only experienced the interactive banter like 3 times outside of quests? I'm not sure how many of those there are, but these are affected as well it seems?
Its just frustrating because you hear everyone talk about these awesome banters...yet you, yourself, never get to hear them. Apparently Cole and Solas talk about really cool stuff, but I never heard them speak save for 1 time about Solas' personal quest.
Also, I have only experienced the interactive banter like 3 times outside of quests? I'm not sure how many of those there are, but these are affected as well it seems?
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