O fun fun:
TOPPER THAN THE TOP TIER: Cole.
TOP TIER: Dorian, Cassandra, Morrigan, Josephine.
GOOD TIER: Vivienne, Leliana, Cullen, Solas.
AVERAGE TIER: Varric, Blackwall, Iron Bull.
WORSE THAN BAD TIER: Sera.
O fun fun:
TOPPER THAN THE TOP TIER: Cole.
TOP TIER: Dorian, Cassandra, Morrigan, Josephine.
GOOD TIER: Vivienne, Leliana, Cullen, Solas.
AVERAGE TIER: Varric, Blackwall, Iron Bull.
WORSE THAN BAD TIER: Sera.
God Tier: Dorian, Vivienne
Top Tier: Cassandra, Blackwall, Morrigan
Good Tier: Varric, Solas, Cole, Cullen, Josephine
Average Tier: Sera, Iron Bull, Leliana
Bad Tier: No one.
Awesomesauce tier: Blackwall, Dorian, Cassandra (Alistair, Ser Barris, the Dalish not-mage, the bartender in Skyhold, Mother Giselle)
Top tier: Vivienne, Varric, Cole (Harding, Dagna)
Good tier: Josephine, Cullen
Average tier: Solas, Iron Bull, Leliana
Bad tier: Sera
Special love-hate tier: Morrigan
Best: Cullen, Cassandra, Dorian (although I think he suffers from his personal quest; it feels awkwardly shoehorned into the lore. I think they could have addressed the themes they did in a way that fit Thedas as we know it better)
Good: Iron Bull, Varric, Solas
OK: Cole, Josephine, Leliana
Not OK: Sera (talk about ducking all responsibility in life ...), Blackwall (I'm not talking about his personal quest although that adds a lot of depth. I am referring to the fact that I frequently forget about him.)
Bad: Vivienne (so annoying/uninteresting that I frequently stop talking to her as soon as she takes up residence on her balcony
MY GOD TIER: Cassandra, Josephine ![]()
MY TOP TIER: Dorian, Varric, Cole, Leliana.
MY GOOD TIER: Cullen, Solas.
MY AVERAGE TIER: Blackwall, Iron Bull, Vivienne.
MY WORSE THAN BAD TIER: Sera.
MY GOD TIER: Sera, Solas, Cole, Leliana
MY TOP TIER: Cassandra, Iron Bull, Josephine
MY GOOD TIER: Dorian, Cullen, Stroud, Alistair
MY AVERAGE TIER: Vivienne, Logain, Varric
MY BAD TIER: Blackwall
God Tier: Vivienne ![]()
Top Tier: Iron Bull, Morrigan, Cassandra
Good Tier: Cole, Cullen, Leliana, Varric
Average Tier: Dorian, Solas, Blackwall, Josephine
Bad Tier: Sera
Edited (for cheap pun): This thread may result in a lot of tears ![]()
GOD TIER: Cole
TOP TIER: Blackwall, Cullen
GOOD TIER: Cassandra, Solas
AVERAGE TIER: Iron Bull, Sera, Josephine, Leliana, Varric, Vivienne
BAD TIER: Dorian
I was really indifferent to many of these characters.
With the understanding that I haven't played through all romances / side quests yet...
God Tier: Not sure I can go that far with anyone. And don't get me wrong, I liked most everyone.
Romance Tier: Josie, my little Antivan minx. Though when they kiss it looks like my Qunari Quizzy is trying to eat her face.
Top Tier: Varric - My kind of dude. Never fails to have a smart ass response when the situation calls for it. Dorian - We're homies. After making his sexual preferences known in his side quest, he didn't demand that I accept it, and after my Quizzy said something to the effect of "spare me the details", we were bros because I tried to help him. Sera - She's adorable and funny. I love her. I wish I had the ability to romance her. Cullen - Good, virtuous dude you can trust with your life. Cass - I love her also. Behind that crusty exterior is a passionate woman who is as hard on herself as she is on everyone else.
Good Tier: Vivvy - Seemed pretty virtuous if a little one-note, and she got along great with my Quizzy. Leli - Still hot as animated characters go and a bit wiser since Origins, but she had a little more of an edge to her than I was comfortable with. Bull - Funny, reliable ally. Didn't blow me away.
Average Tier: Cole - I didn't even recruit him in my main playthrough. I booted him. Worried he'll be more trouble than he's worth. I've yet to play through far enough in a secondary playthrough to find out. Blackwall - I didn't dislike the guy, just felt he was very wooden and uninteresting.
Bad Tier: Solas - Sorry, Solas fans. I've posted this elsewhere, but I found him to be smarmy, condescending, and a total jerk. Frankly, I wish his and Dorian's punch-out animations had been switched, because knocking him flat on his back would have been quite satisfying.
GOD TIER: Solas, Morrigan, Dorian, Loghain (hey, we went in the Fade together so he counts as a temporary companion)
TOP TIER: Vivienne, Cassandra
GOOD TIER: Cole, Cullen, Varric, Hawke, Josephine
AVERAGE TIER: Blackwall, Sera, Iron Bull, Leliana
BAD TIER: None, it's really hard for me to actively dislike characters I spent time with.
MY GOD TIER: Cullen
MY TOP TIER: Dorian
MY GOOD TIER: Cassandra, Varric, Solas, Morrigan
MY AVERAGE TIER: Josephine, Leliana, Iron Bull, Blackwall, Cole, Sera
MY BAD TIER: Vivienne
I'll bite.
God Tier : Cole
Top Tier : Blackwall, Solas
Good Tier : Dorian, Iron Bull, Sera, Cassandra, Cullen, Josephine, Vivienne, Varric, Sera
Average Tier : Leliana, Morrigan, Hawke
Somehow the show was stolen by the newer companions, and Varric I felt a little bit lacking in terms of character depth despite his revelations bout himself. I just felt disconnected. Cole, Blackie, Chuckles, those are based on both character (yes, I explored Blackie's character) and combat viability, although Cassy, Dorian and Sera came close.
Didn't dislike anyone enough to put on bad tier, although the veteran characters especially Hawke, felt kinda out of character. I guess 10 years did to him, and I can relate to the changes made for the veteran characters but still, they felt lacking. Even though my sarcastic!Hawke is particularly aggressive... his snarky-ness is lacking, he used to be top tier SARCASTIC and funny in DA2... even for the worst situations. But like I said, time changes people, I guess.
God Tier::::::Solas obvious no?
This sort of thing pops up about once a week, but I'm happy to play along. ![]()
God Tier: Cole, Cassandra
Top Tier: Solas, Dorian, Varric
Good Tier: Josephine, Cullen, Leliana (on the low end of "good" this time ... she see-saws too much in her personality)
Average Tier: Blackwall (he actually sits somewhere between "average" and "good")
Bad Tier: Iron Bull, Vivienne, Sera
I'm pretty satisfied overall, despite not liking these last three at all -- the game makes up for that by giving me my two new all-time favourites. Cass and Cole are beyond awesome.
I'll play along too, I think I did it before but screw that I'll play again OvO
The tier that tops all of the tiers of tiers: Cole bby.
Top Tier: Dorian, Solas
Good Tier: Cassy, Blackie, Josie, Varric
Average Tier: Sera, Vivi, Cullen, Iron Bull
Bad Tier: Leliana
My ultimate bias Cole. Enough said. As for Leli... sigh, though I might like how she was hardened, it felt wrong. Yet with her unhardened ending, it also felt too perfect. I don't dislike her, I just wish I could improve her outfit design. Same with Cullen, only a few parts of his outfit though.
God Tier: Cassandra, Cole and Dorian
Top Tier: Solas
Good Tier: Varric, Iron Bull, Blackwall and Cullen
Average Tier: Josephine and Leliana
Bad Tier: Sera and Vivienne
Hum...let's see...
My god tier: Dorian, Cassandra
My top tier: Cole, Sera, Scout Harding, Morrigan
My good tier: Varric, Josephine, Cullen
My average tier: Iron Bull, Leliana
My bad tier: Vivienne, Blackwall
GOD TIER
Solas -- intelligent, sexy voice, scholar, best story in the game, elf
, only wish I could date him
TOP TIER
Vivienne -- intelligent, better-than-you, beautiful, deadly on the battlefield
Cole -- my precious baby ![]()
Cullen -- ONE DAY MY PRINCE, ONE DAY
GOOD TIER
Cassandra -- surprised me with how much I love her
Blackwall -- hot, bearded wall
AVERAGE TIER
Iron Bull -- uneven voice acting and sex-crazed romance, meh
Dorian -- dat mustache and the whole Tevinter thing
Sera -- please stop mentioning "the little people"
Varric -- a shadow of his former self
Leliana -- ehh she okay
BAD TEIR
Josephine -- I would need to be high on something to enjoy talking to her ![]()