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[realguile]

I am unsure if this is the correct place to complain about this particular subject but as I cannot find an alternative this will have to do.

I am completely crushed at the romance option of Solas. What was Bioware thinking when they decided to have this character break off all romantic ties to the Inquisitor? As a person who has had their heart broken, this is just cruel. People play these games to get away from the real world. What is wrong with wanting a happy ending for a character that you put SO MUCH time into? To say Im upset is an understatement. I am sure there are a lot of people who will disagree with me but please, tell me I am not alone in thinking that this was just uncalled for. In Dragon Age 2, another favorite character of mine decides to call off the relationship, but luckily, the writers cut us fans a break and wrote a happy ending. And lets face it, Dragon Age 2 fell a little short and the only reason I play it over and over again is for the STORY. I cant speak for other players but as for me, I become emotionally attached to my game characters. And I'm the one that actually feels dumped. Strange, I know and possibly a little obsessive but there you go. Unhappy endings suck, Bioware. Dont do that to your loyal fan base. It's not right. 

[pumpernickel31]

Sorry to break it up to you but Solas wasn't supposed to be romance in first place 

Spoiler

Considering that he is Fen'Harel(Dread Wolf) in first place that is for sure not supposed to be anyone's LI.

BW only added romance option after people annoyed hell out of them to make Solas romance option...so this is same as complaining about Javik for not being full romance in ME3...both of them were never ment to be LI's they were only added more or less as LI to shut people the hell up and that is all.

Plus there is DLC on the way and I bet my life on it that it has to do everything about Solas...so I suggest for you to take an aspirin,calm the hell down,drink your hot milk so you can sleep and wait for DLC.

I did exactly as you suggested, except for the hot milk cause yuck, and I woke up feeling...still crushed. But hey, I got a nice new perspective. Thanks for that! Much appreciated. 

[pumpernickel31]

I prefer characters who can make decisions by themselves and aren't anchored down because a night of good anal.

Thats hilarious!

[vertigomez]

Naw, I romanced Solas and I enjoyed the bittersweet feels.

[jellobell]

I think people who both did and didn't romance him can count on getting some closure with Solas in the future, probably through DLC. Solas strikes me as Inquisition's Morrigan, and his relationship with the Inquisitor (and the anchor) seems unfinished as of right now, like Morrigan's did at the end of DAO.

 

Honestly, I was miffed about the ending too, but his romance is lovely and has the potential to be one of the best Bioware has ever done, depending on how they end it. 

[Random Spirit.]

Its nothing a DLC can't fix OP.

[aphelion4]

At least he didn't cheat on you or die or have a baby with another woman. It could've been worse knowing BioWare's track record with guy LIs.  

[BraveTart]

Could have been worse, he could have knocked Lavellan up with a demi-god child first.

To be fair, we don't know that he didn't. It's implied through a dialogue tree that they are, in fact, sleeping together.

[jellobell]

To be fair, we don't know that he didn't. It's implied through a dialogue tree that they are, in fact, sleeping together.

PW said on twitter that he wanted to leave it up to the player to decide whether they were actually sleeping together, so I don't think an elf baby plot point will come up.

[GloriousDame]

I think people who both did and didn't romance him can count on getting some closure with Solas in the future, probably through DLC. Solas strikes me as Inquisition's Morrigan, and his relationship with the Inquisitor (and the anchor) seems unfinished as of right now, like Morrigan's did at the end of DAO.

 

Honestly, I was miffed about the ending too, but his romance is lovely and has the potential to be one of the best Bioware has ever done, depending on how they end it. 

I hope to God, the Greek Gods, Aztec Gods, the Maker, and every other Elf non-God/God everything that is good in the universe that you are right... I long for a happy ending with Solas (a romanced Morrigan with DLC mirror follow ended up good in Inquisition; I'd pay a lot of money to get that, haha).

[StingingVelvet]

Step back and remember it's only a video game.

[Morroian]

I am unsure if this is the correct place to complain about this particular subject but as I cannot find an alternative this will have to do.

I am completely crushed at the romance option of Solas. What was Bioware thinking when they decided to have this character break off all romantic ties to the Inquisitor? As a person who has had their heart broken, this is just cruel. People play these games to get away from the real world. What is wrong with wanting a happy ending for a character that you put SO MUCH time into? To say Im upset is an understatement. I am sure there are a lot of people who will disagree with me but please, tell me I am not alone in thinking that this was just uncalled for. In Dragon Age 2, another favorite character of mine decides to call off the relationship, but luckily, the writers cut us fans a break and wrote a happy ending. And lets face it, Dragon Age 2 fell a little short and the only reason I play it over and over again is for the STORY. I cant speak for other players but as for me, I become emotionally attached to my game characters. And I'm the one that actually feels dumped. Strange, I know and possibly a little obsessive but there you go. Unhappy endings suck, Bioware. Dont do that to your loyal fan base. It's not right. 

 

You have got to the epilogue and know who Solas actually is don't you? The  romance ending was perfectly in keeping with that.

[M Hedonist]

Well, now you know how Morrigan people felt.

[Mikka-chan]

Mm.  Bad ends in Bioware romances are pretty normal.  Spoilers for other games, but...

 

BG2?  Viconia ends up dead if you stay human with her.

KOTOR?  Either way, Revan leaves Bastilla (or Carth or Juhani).  Not made but Bioware, but the Exile will also leave Atton and Disciple (or Handmaiden and Visas).

Mass Effect, you've got minor romance Kelly who will end up with PTSD and unable to deal with you, Thane who will die on you (and Miranda and Jack can both pull that off, too), as well as Jacob who will cheat on you.

Dragon Age, you got Morrigan who will walk out on you (although there's a happy ending in the end there), and Alistair who's been known to leave a few heartbroken women in his wake for the throne.  Then you have Dragon Age II, where Seb can angerly walk out on you if you don't want to kill an (at the moment, anyway) unarmed (crazy) man who might have been your friend and saved your sibling, said dear crazy man who may end up stabbed by you (or getting killed by you if you turn to help the Templars), and Fenris also demands a three year break of sulk (Isabella runs out on you, too)- although both Fenris and Isabella will come back in the end.

 

All things considering, the fact that only one love interest walks out on you (you can convince Cass Divine to stay) is pretty good for Bioware.  And Blackwall can break plenty of hearts too, along with Solas.

 

And, well, he did have good reasons, likely, especially if you did the binding.

[OHB MajorV]

Since you want to put it in these terms I will offer advice like this was a real life heartbreak (wtf am I doing)?

Solas is a classic user. He uses you he uses Cory he uses mythal all to further his own purpose. He never cared about you and only wanted you to help him regain what he had lost. You are better off without him. Not to mention I heard he banged all your friends. Just saying.

[BlackCat]

Well they originally didn't intend to have Solas as a romance option, possibly because of this. But the fact that they did make him one must make the ending so much more poignant for those who chose him as an LI. I'm looking forward to picking him as a romance option next playthrough. 

[SamanthaJ]

Since you want to put it in these terms I will offer advice like this was a real life heartbreak (wtf am I doing)?

Solas is a classic user. He uses you he uses Cory he uses mythal all to further his own purpose. He never cared about you and only wanted you to help him regain what he had lost. You are better off without him. Not to mention I heard he banged all your friends. Just saying.

You didn't play the same game I did, I take it.

[OHB MajorV]

You didn't play the same game I did, I take it.

No I did, you just can't see the forests for the trees. Solas almost brought forth the end of the world through a selfish act to regain lost power. This whole sympathy thing for him is simply something I don't get. Much like flemeth he only has self serving interests. If you can't see that then that's a character flaw you may want to address. Just saying.

[Nyaore]

No I did, you just can't see the forests for the trees. Solas almost brought forth the end of the world through a selfish act to regain lost power. This whole sympathy thing for him is simply something I don't get. Much like flemeth he only has self serving interests. If you can't see that then that's a character flaw you may want to address. Just saying.

Honestly, most of the people who like Solas that I've seen more than acknowledge his flaws. The difference is that rather than seeing him in black and white, most see him with shades of grey. Has he done horrible things? Yes. Is he using you? Definitely in the beginning, and towards the end depending upon your level of friendship. Lying? A second playthrough shows that to be more than clear. Yet at the same time there's also a reason why he bleeds approval when helping others and cuts his relationship off with a romanced Lavellan before it can go to far. If he truly wanted the most for his buck, he wouldn't have done that - potentially alienating and angering beyond repair the person he's 'only using'. I think it does a disservice to the character to view him as wholly good, or wholly bad. That simply isn't the case.

Also as for sleeping with everyone, not sure if that was made in jest but I do believe Cole wouldn't have been able to keep that filtered given all the other things he blurts out about everyone. 

[De Vulus]

Solas almost brought forth the end of the world through a selfish act to regain lost power.

I think Corypheus was more at fault for this. Solas was also at your side trying to stop Corypheus which means he wanted to fix his mistake.

 

It's not like my Warden and Hawke haven't made mistakes and later tried to fix them. 

[SamanthaJ]

No I did, you just can't see the forests for the trees. Solas almost brought forth the end of the world through a selfish act to regain lost power. This whole sympathy thing for him is simply something I don't get. Much like flemeth he only has self serving interests. If you can't see that then that's a character flaw you may want to address. Just saying.

I don't think his interests are self-serving, considering he's doing what he's doing for "the People", whomever they may be. I also don't think the Breach was a part of his plans. He's well aware that he messed up. Solas has quite a few major flaws, but being an unempathic, self serving user is not one of them.

[MadMaximoff]

I have a feeling that Solas left and broke it off was because of Dread Wolf, he feared where the Romance may lead, him being such an entity and his fears of being alone reminded him that he's Immortal and the Inquisitor is not.

Edit: The whole thing as a Female Dalish Elf is a real emotional roller coaster.

Get him to dislike you, Your Inquisitor will speak to him in Elvish in a really impassioned conversation about how he abandoned his own kind and should be the one teaching them the error of their ways.

It's a really moving conversation and sealed it for me that Lavellan was the Inquisitor Bioware did the most polish on.

[OHB MajorV]

I don't think his interests are self-serving, considering he's doing what he's doing for "the People", whomever they may be. I also don't think the Breach was a part of his plans. He's well aware that he messed up. Solas has quite a few major flaws, but being an unempathic, self serving user is not one of them.

It's not like Cory was this nice guy before getting the orb. Solas knew what he was and did it anyway. Right wrong or indifferent he put all of thedas at risk in an act of selfishness. He wasn't trying to fix anything IMO only retrieve the orb. That becomes painfully apparent when the orb shatters and just vanishes.

While he may not be your textbook bad guy he is certainly closer to that side of the spectrum than good. If that's ok with you that's one thing, but to make him out to be this bleeding heart trying to save the world is projecting what you want to see him as rather than what he is.

Plenty of people fall for horrible companions. The ones who stay miserable forever are the one who refuse to see the truth.