So, just throwing my hat in. It's glitched for me, too, I think. Hardly any banter and I'm many hours in (not sure of the exact number right now.)
It was a little bit better on the Storm Coast and the Hinterlands, but I've watched some videos where the banter was much more frequent than what I've been getting. I've only had one banter in the Western Approach and I ran around there for a long time. If there's anything I can do to help fix this, let me know.
Yeah, feeling a bit down about this too.
Sorta keeping me away from my 2nd playthrough.
Oh man, I've been reading more of the thread and this is much worse than I originally thought. The long stretches without music is definitely affecting me, too, I didn't know that was a bug. No wonder I haven't been enjoying the exploration as much I should. Barely any conversation or music. Tsk. I really hope this stuff gets fixed soon so I can have a more lively playthrough next time.
At this point, saying that those who are not experiencing the bug are a privileged minority isn't an overstatement. More and more reports on various boards: Neogaf, Reddit, Gamefaqs, Italian forums, ecc...
This, together with the gender bug, is a MAJOR glitch, an almost game-breaking one actually, and it definitely needs more attention.
Honestly, if by the end of next week this doesn't get fixed, I'm done with the game. I was loving it so much, and yet here I was experiencing maybe a quarter of the character develpment. It doesn't help that there's people reporting of almost a hundred banters between Varric and Cass only.
Forgive my rant, I'm just incredibly bitter about all of this.
I would definitely agree that this is game-breaking. My entire play-through I was wondering why the game felt tedious and empty, and why I didn't feel any sort of personal attachment to the characters the way I did in DA:1 and DA:2. With the way Inquisition is set up, for a potential hundred hours of game-play primarily consumed by fetch and gather quests across huge maps, no party banter is absolute murder, but with it, even collecting shards and elfroot would be a joy. I would have absolutely no qualms with this game if only I could experience all of it.
Yeah, I pretty much rushed my playthrough to the end. Will hold off on my 2nd playthrough for a while, waiting eagerly for this and the Morrigan bug to be fixed.
Calling It game-breaking may be an exaggeration, but it definitely takes away a good chunk of enjoyment from the game. It makes exploration feel empty and lonely.It does suck. I wouldn't call it game-breaking, but it certainly detracts from the game a great deal. I'm currently putting my playthrough on hold until this is fixed, because it's just distracting.
Even if I get a banter, I'm constantly on edge worrying about whether I'm ever going to get another one.
So is the music and the banter both bugged? I get some music every now and then. Like it'll play for 20 seconds or so and then sort of fade out. In Val Loyreas or whatever that place is called, I expected a bit more sound than just my footsteps and some ambient city hustle sounds. Is there supposed to be more all throughout the game?
Hmm, is this bug going to be fixed soon, I wonder? I wanna start a second playthrough this week, but I'd rather postpone it until this is fixed. Seems like a chunk of the game is missing and we didn't even know about it.
So is the music and the banter both bugged? I get some music every now and then. Like it'll play for 20 seconds or so and then sort of fade out. In Val Loyreas or whatever that place is called, I expected a bit more sound than just my footsteps and some ambient city hustle sounds. Is there supposed to be more all throughout the game?
Yes, it's supposed to play an elaborate orchestral version of "Empress of Fire".
Well seems like the word is out now just found an IGN article on party banter and a VG247
http://uk.ign.com/ar...r-investigation
http://www.vg247.com...r-silent-party/
Calling It game-breaking may be an exaggeration, but it definitely takes away a good chunk of enjoyment from the game. It makes exploration feel empty and lonely.
So is the music and the banter both bugged? I get some music every now and then. Like it'll play for 20 seconds or so and then sort of fade out. In Val Loyreas or whatever that place is called, I expected a bit more sound than just my footsteps and some ambient city hustle sounds. Is there supposed to be more all throughout the game?
Yes, it's supposed to play an elaborate orchestral version of "Empress of Fire".
WHAT. Ugh, that's so unfair.
Damn I just got the music in val something and I feel like I've missed alot of audio in my over 100 hours of playthrough. 
Damn I just got the music in val something and I feel like I've missed alot of audio in my over 100 hours of playthrough.
WHAT. Ugh, that's so unfair.
Oddly enough starting in the hinterlands with vivienne, sera and blackwall I had some dialogue start up.
Then going to emprise du lion ,vivienne actually commented on red lyrium
Is this the bgm or the cinematic music?
Can someone give an example of combat dialogues?
I tried that change audio input fix some people have been suggesting (went from TV to night) and this is what I got....
11 minutes in -Cole and Dorian banter (sounded like it was a continuation of something but it was the first time they spoke, but it could just be Cole being Cole lol)
24 minutes in- Cole and Sera banter
51 minutes in- Cole and Sera banter
61 minutes in- Dorian Cole banter
82 minutes in and I put it on pause for a break, which is where I am now.
So that is 4 banters in the space of about an hour and 20 minutes.
It seem to be improved from what I usually experience, where I'd get next to no banter, but it doesn't seem as frequent as other people have been posting. I was exploring a new area, maybe that had something to do with it? It was the Hissing Wastes in case it is related.
Can someone give an example of combat dialogues?
I have the bug, and I've only heard combat dialogue twice in 40 hours of gameplay. Trust me, it's obvious. The first time was Sera shouting about a shielded enemy, something like, "Big shield, big arse!" and the other was Iron Bull shouting insults like "Gnats!"
I tires that change audio input fix some people have been suggesting (went from TV to night) and this is what I got....
11 minutes in - Cole and Dorian banter (sounded like it was a continuation of something...but it could just be Cole being Cole lol)
24 minutes in- Cole and Sera banter
51 minutes in- Cole and Sera banter
61 minutes in- Dorian Cole banter
82 minutes in and I put it on pause for a break, which is where I am now.
So that is 4 banters in the space of about an hour and 20 minutes.
It seem to be improved from what I usually experience, where I'd get next to no banter, but it doesn't seem as frequent as other people have been posting. I was exploring a new area, maybe that had something to do with it? It was the Hissing Wastes in case it is related.
I have the bug, and I've only heard combat dialogue twice in 40 hours of gameplay. Trust me, it's obvious. The first time was Sera shouting about a shielded enemy, something like, "Big shield, big arse!" and the other was Iron Bull shouting insults like "Gnats!"
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