So if Bioware gave you a chance to shape the next DA game (4) with 3 Objectives...
1 Story
2 Locations
3 Characters
What would you do?
You can of course choose to ignore this thread but I thought it might be interesting to see what you would come up with. 
1 I have no input whatsoever on story. I'm happy to let the devs take me wherever they will as far as that's concerned.
My primary story goal for Thedas was met with DAI regarding the mage/templar issue. I wanted that (somewhat) resolved after having an entire game and a novel that talked about it in a big way. What happens after DAI is anyone's guess, but I was satisfied with the resolution we got in this game.
I wouldn't mind another Blight.
2 I'd really like to see Tevinter. Fenris and Dorian are my two favorite characters in the entire DA series and they, in addition to the tiny glimpse we got in the comics, have really made me want to go there and see it for myself. The architecture and style I expect to be as extravagant as Orlais, but with a different flare that will be unique to a culture that not only borrowed heavily from the elves and has also existed for thousands of years.
Unfortunately, I don't really have an interest in the Tevinter/Qunari conflict which I suspect would be a key feature in any sort of Tevinter story we're expected to play through.
3 I don't have any input on characters either. I was/am extremely fond of certain characters from DAO and DA2 and I stupidly worried that I might not like anyone in DAI. I've learned my lesson and am happy to leave all aspects of character creation to the devs and not think about it until I actually play the game.
1 Story: Follow up on whatever Solas is working on and the mystery about everyone disappearing towards the west (warden, Hawke)
2 Locations: Tevinter + Anderfels
3 Characters: cameo's in the form of the warden companion of DA:I, Dorian (if going to Tevinter). Further hopefully a dwarven companion and LI option
Story - No idea. Out of all of the current plot threads we have going I'd like Solas to be followed up on, as well as the dwarves and their ancient history (primeval thaig), talking darkspawn and the Grey Wardens at Weisshaupt.
Location - Anywhere is fine really, although I'd like somewhere a bit more contained like DA:O than DA:I.
Characters - Again, I trust Bioware. As long as Sera isn't a recurring character. Also need more dwarves.
Not related to the above, but I'd like the next one to be slightly less open-world/free roaming. I think that there has to be a balance between free world and story, and sometimes games go too far the one way and the other one suffers. Skyrim for example, is one of the best open world games on the market in terms of freedom and content, but the storyline suffers. DA:I was too open world for me, and by the time I got near the end game I had no motivation to actually finish the story because I had spent so much time doing crappy side quests that I had gotten bored.
DA4 needs a good villain, some one who annoys and teases you, some one that makes you want to grab them by the scruff of their neck and kick their teeth in. Someone with genuine threat.
Dolores Umbridge comes to mind. 
Dolores Umbridge comes to mind.
Who?
Infuriating woman from Harry Potter who wore all pink, stole Dumbledore's job, and made Harry carve "I will not tell lies" into the back of his hand.
Dolores Umbridge comes to mind.
Ew, no!!! But it would be nice to kill her.
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If I could shape DA4, I'd give all power to the writers.. Not marketing, not fans, not EA, not even the rest of the development team..lol..no one. I just want to see what they do on their own.
For companion, it would be nice to have that elf dude from the temple.
What's a dumbledore? And why would it have a job?Infuriating woman from Harry Potter who wore all pink, stole Dumbledore's job, and made Harry carve "I will not tell lies" into the back of his hand.
When I was just getting into the series, I childishly and foolishly imagined a story (seriously, it's like a six year old story) where the sixth Archdemon awakened but he was smart. He stayed underground until he could find the seventh and last Archdemon but kept him in reserve. I also remember having a Lightspawn character, one of the Architect's Disciples, in there somewhere who wore runes and enchantments that limited his spread of the Blight so he could help people.
I was still caught up on Wardens and crap at the time.
1 Story
I'd love if the story went more in DA2's direction than DAO's and DAI's. I don't want generic story of hero who has to kill this certain evil was it big dragon or evil magister.
2 Locations
I'm not sure if open world like DAI's is needed, but maybe world would be less restricted than DAO's and especially less than DA2's. I'd hope that the location would be in Nevarra, Rivain or Antiva.
3 Characters
I think we need more dwarf and qunari companions and less humans, hopefully as LI's as well. I'd love having Tal-Vashoth qunari companion, maybe even escaped Sareebas. Party banter like always is huge thing so I hope that would be entertaining, but not annoying like in DA2 with Fenris & Anders & Merrill.
Main character of the story needs to be someone whose race (and naturally also gender) you can pick. No anymore these human only games thanks. Also I'd love if the other races would be taken accord as much as human and not everything in game would be default human (like Morrigan explaining Dalish elf elven lore shouldn't not happen).
we need a 'squishy' 7 foot tall qunari female mage.
it would be so funny watching a 7 foot tall female saarebas run around frantically
i want a character possessed by a demon or a demon teammate
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i want a character possessed by a demon or a demon teammate
Story: I would like something similar to DAO or DA2 where the protagonist has to work their way to the top somehow rather than granted fame because of a freak accident. I also want the main quest to be much longer and intricately tied into side quests rather than just plopping random irrelevant side quests in the world.
Location: As far as a home base goes, I don't need my protagonist living in some huge mansion or fortress. The camp in DAO was very intimate, and I liked that. I would like to go north because I think the past 3 games have pretty much exhausted the south. I want to see sprawling cities with wealthy sections and slum quarters (something like Bowerstone from Fable II or the Imperial City from Oblivion comes to mind). And 1-3 big exploration areas that are important to the main quest.
Companions: I'm a bigger fan of the way companions were introduced in Origins than DAI. They helped because they genuinely wanted to, or because helping saved their hides. In DAI it just seemed like everyone was hired on, and I felt a real lack of connection to them as a result. I think fewer companions will be better if it means their backgrounds and quests will be fleshed out more. As far as specific companions go, I'd like to see a completely new set of companions including a female qunari, female/male dwarf (romance-able), and an evil companion.
1- story = Wanna know what happen to flemeth !!!
2- Location = dont care
3- Charachter = dont care
1. Story
I'd prefer something a bit more limited in scope than DAI. Not because I don't like big, grand tales, but because I feel that DAI needed to be that big to wrap up most of the established conflicts ion the south. Now that we're probably moving north, we should have a more streamlined experience in order to introduce us to what's going on up there. The scale of DA:O would be good, though I would even enjoy something along the lines of DA2 as long as they can execute such a structure more coherently next time.
2. Location
The Anderfels and/or Tevinter seems like the next logical location. I would personally prefer the Anderfels due to the apparent urgency of the situation there and the lack of substantial information on that coutry would allow the writers to go a lot of places.
3. Characters
Though I have my own personal wishlist of companion types I'd like to see, my main desire would be that the companions would join more organically (I don't know if that's the best word to use, but whatever). I agree that in DAI it felt that the companions felt like they were being hired to work for you (literally what happened with Bull), and therefore, unlike in previous games, your personal relationship with them was not in the forefront. It was still there, but it could be ignored.
I would like to see follow up with Solas's story which I think is pretty much guaranteed to happen.
As for locations I'd like to see at least a little bit of Tevinter. I don't think it's going to be the center of the next story but who knows.
Honestly I hope DA4 doesn't have a warden protagonist. I like being the Inquisitor I hope that carries onto DA 4 but likely not going to happen.
Story: Eliminate the messiah/hero trope that has been Bioware's rpg formula for far too long.
Characters: Present characters of varied faiths and beliefs. Less Southern Andrastian Chant Girls, please.
Location: Not in the damned south; we get it, you love the White Chantry and you love the south; TELL ANOTHER DAMNED STORY IN ANOTHER DAMNED LOCATION.
1: Solas conquers the golden city using the power stolen from flemeth....now a GOD it takes the inquisitior/hawke and/or the hero of Ferelden to take him down. Yes THREE possible protagonists of your choice. ( involving rescue missions for hawke/whoever was left in the fade in "here lies the abyss if necessary)So if Bioware gave you a chance to shape the next DA game (4) with 3 Objectives...
1 Story
2 Locations
3 Characters
What would you do?
You can of course choose to ignore this thread but I thought it might be interesting to see what you would come up with.
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