Hello,
I'm trying to create a party with the most bantering talks... I don't care about their game efficiency just want them to talk between them the most. I was thinking about Serra/Blackwall/Dorian or Serra/cole/Dorian I have tried Bull/cassandra/solas but those don't say a word for hours.... so I think there are combos that speak much and some that just stay silent...
Your thoughts about that.
I find that Varric/Cassandra/Vivienne combo has a ton of banter in fact as I mentioned on another post, at one point I wanted to shut Vivienne's condescending mouth shut after a time lol. So far that's the most talkative combo although it seems anything with Varric seems to attract a lot of banter. Both the Blackwell and bull banters with Varric are pretty funny at times.
I hate to tell you this - actually no i don't, it means you haven't missed anything: banter is severely bugged for many.
The good news is, you'll get to hear it at some point.
Party composition does not matter. All characters have things to say to each other, and they are all supposed to fire off their banter at the same approximate rate. Bioware claims should be around 2 per hour. Many, including myself, report nothing at all for several hours at a time.
There's a counter that secretly chooses a random number, maybe 15 minutes, maybe 40, and decides that's when the next conversation will start.
All testing and evidence points to one most likely cause: the timer is interrupted by everything. Combat, mounting, dismounting, being near NPCs in combat, sneezing too loud...
The problem is that it does not PAUSE the timer, it RESETS it. So if it was going to be 22 minutes til your next convo, and you go 20 minutes, and then you attack something, it re-rolls the timer from the beginning.
The original idea was sound: you don't want banter firing when you're in combat. Not only is it silly, you'll miss it.
And you can't hear your party members when they're not on screen, like when mounted. (I guess they're in my pocket..?)
There might even be other things breaking it. Poking around for three hours with little or no combat, and I sometimes don't hear more than 1 or 2 conversations. And sometimes none.
TL;DR they all speak the same amount with each other, in any combination, but you're probably bugged.
Side note: eventually, of course, if you keep the same 2 people in party, they will run out of recorded lines. But it sounds like that's not what's happening to you.
Unfortunately, my bugged banter "counter" doesn't work as intended because I've had Solas speak to Blackwall while closing a rift it's happened more than once and only with Solas.
Otherwise the characters seem to speak whenever they feel like (usually when my toon is gathering elfroot...) even when combat comes up a lot like in that Western Approach desert map.
I haven't chosen Vivienne that much but whoever wrote her character has an astonishing understanding of how that type of Scandalous bed wench woman is in today's (and yesterdays...) world yuck at least Vivienne doesn't seem to be a part of Cassandra's cult of the Herald though.
Edit after learning about the way that the other party members (cole...) put Vivienne in her place I must reconsider my previous statement.
I get a lot with Sera/Blackwall combos
Sera, Dorian, Ironbull....hilarious combination.
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I've spent most of my game with Iron Bull, Blackwall and Cole and it's been hilarious! Even my Inquisitor joins in during certain quests. Lots of fun!
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Viv, Blackwall and Verric/Cole. Pretty funny and they talk alot.
Sera/Dorian/Cass works well - I get a lot of chatter out of those three. Anecdotally I will say I have those three in my party a lot lately. Sub in Blackwall for Cass if you want to hear to grown men bicker like children. Lord Jesus I feel like going back there to separate those two (Dorian and Blackwall, that is). Sera and Blackwall have some funny back and forth though. Bull and Viv have neat interactions. Viv is rude to everyone else though, even Varric and he is nice to everyone. If you sub in Varric for Sera he and Dorian will talk about gambling a lot - including betting on you beating Cory - I totally always take the bet because I'm not dumb enough to bet against myself. If you romance Iron Bull and have Cole and Bull in your party at the same time Cole will tell all your sexy business. Boundaries, kid, boundaries!
Oh yeah, I agree!!Sera, Dorian, Ironbull....hilarious combination.
I'd like to mention that there are companion pairs that result in playful banter as well as cantankerous.
Cantankerous combinations:
Vivienne and Blackwall
Vivienne and Solas
Vivienne and Sera
Cassandra and Cole
Ironbull and Solas
Sera and Solas
Playful:
Ironbull and Sera
Ironbull and Vivienne
Dorian and Sera
Sera and Blackwall
Varric and Blackwall
Varric and Solas
Informative:
Vivienne and Cassandra
Vivienne and Cole
Ironbull and Cole
Cassandra and Solas
Cassandra and Dorian
I also like the combination of:
- Dorian & Solas
- Cole & Solas
- Cole & Varric
- Dorian & Varric
I found, that Cole & Solas talk rather much with each other, when they're close to an elven ruin/temple, or a place where many people died (because the veil is thin there).
Sera and Dorian have some good dialogue between them
Sera and Cassandra aren't bad
Iron Bull and Vivienne have some really good dialogue
I like the combination Dorian/Varric/Cassandra, especially in a playthroughs which have a worldstate about a Hawke I actually gave a damn about. They banter about her/him quite a lot.
Sera/Blackwall have a cute development of their personal relationship in their banters, Blackwall acts like he's her father-figure.
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