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[sch1986]

Honestly don't remember a whole lot other than that I totally missed companion connections to quests and usually just brought who I liked: me as rogue, iron bull, Vivienne, Dorian.

It was kinda funny because after almost every mission I'd get a cut scene talking about how I should have brought companion x along because they would have liked to see location x

I just wanted to add that Dorian does have some nice banter for/with Abelas in what pride had wrought if you ever get around to bringing him. I do remember bringing him along on that quest the first time.

And also- this was more a second playthrough and not totally relevant to the quest the way Solas is to here lies the abyss or what pride had wrought but IB is cool to bring on wicked eyes wicked hearts because he can give you his Ben-hasserath read on things. Varric is neat to because apparently orlesians love "Hard in Hightown".

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[Obsidian Gryphon]

It was Cass, Varric and Solas. Never thought of switching them out.

 

I've a niggling question and rather than opening a new post, I'll just drop it here. Whose troops was Cass in charge of at the beginning of DAI? She mentioned leaving the Seekers for precipitating the war against the mages so those were not soldiers that belonged to the order.  Is it a mix? Would be templars, seekers, ordinary soldiers from which ever nobility that sustained Haven?

[robertmarilyn]

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Doom Upon the World: BIGTIME regrets, wish I'd brought anybody but Solas

- Blackwall, Varric, Solas

 

Solas was kitted out in my best gear. Now, and always in the future, I'll bring somebody else and strip him down before we leave.

 

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Towards the end of the game, I pretty much let Solas run around nekked, since he takes off with my stuff. 

[jedidotflow]

I like using the original party for most of the Story missions. Solas is almost a must-have for most quests, though. 

 

1) In Hushed Whispers

**Dorian's not-optional**

-Cassandra

-Varric

 

2) In Your Heart Shall Burn

-Cassandra

-Varric

-Solas

 

3) Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts

-Cassandra

-Vivienne (disappointed that she wasn't more involved)

-Dorian 

 

4) Here Lies the Abyss

-Cassandra

-Varric

-Solas

 

5) What Pride Had Wrought

-Cassandra

-Dorian

-Solas (very disappointed he didn't have more to say. After this I stopped trusting him.)

 

6) Doom Upon All the World

-Cassandra

-Varric

-Solas

[AlexiaRevan]

I always Take Sera with me everywhere , The only one who was useless was Varric . Hawke act like he isn't even there . 

 

Then Took BW and Cass to meet with the warden , Thinking Cass will go Bonker and ask the champion questions . But nope . dragging BW to hear him spit Lie was a waste as well . 

[DAO MAdhatter]

Iron bull, cassandra & Solas. Awesome combination! I took out the final dragon in Emprise De Leon when it was 2 levels above me with relative ease.

So no. I don't wish to change my combination. Though I have used other characters for later play throughs I did really enjoy that group.

[Mewlss]

1) In Hushed Whispers

**Dorian's not optional**

- Iron Bull 

- Solas

 

2) In Your Heart Shall Burn:

- Iron Bull

- Cassandra

- Dorian

 

3) Here Lies the Abyss:

- Iron Bull 

- Cole

- Solas

 

4) Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts:

- Iron Bull

- Cassandra

- Solas

 

5) Doom Upon All the World:

- Iron Bull

- Cassandra

- Dorian 

 

I don't recall having any regrets with any of my choices, for the most part I used my favorite companions the entire time which kept me satisfied.   

[Heimdall]

...I have no idea who I brought on my first playthrough

[trevelyan_shep]

Dorian, Blackwall, and Iron Bill are my go to every time. With the occasional Cole and Sera. Along with Solas near the end.

[Dai Grepher]

Male human mage who romanced Cassandra, so I took her on all quests except for Cole's personal quests, for the obvious reason that your team is picked for you.

 

Gull and the Lantern: Vivienne and Solas. (and Dorian at the Chantry, technically)

 

Champions of the Just: Varric and Solas. (and Cole, technically)

 

Heartburn: Vivienne and Solas.

 

Wicked Eyes/Hearts: Vivienne and Blackwall.

 

Here Lies the Abyss: Varric and Blackwall.

 

What Pride had Wrought: Viviene and Solas. (Wish I'd taken Sera instead of Vivienne, but I did take Sera to the other elven temples.)

 

The Final Piece (Morrigan drank, no Kieran): Varric and Solas.

 

Doom Upon All the World: Dorian and Blackwall.

 

I also cleared the areas with other companions, and rotated the teams fairly evenly. Same with the dragon fights.

 

Fereldan Frostback: Vivienne and Blackwall.

Abyssal High Dragon: Solas and The Iron Bull.

Sandy Howler: Sera and Dorian.

Northern Hunter: Vivienne and The Iron Bull.

Kaltenzhan: Varric and Dorian.

Hivernal: Solas and Blackwall.

Highland Ravager: Vivienne and Cole.

Vinsomer: Sera and Cole.

Gamordan Stormrider: Sera and Solas.

Greater Mistral: Varric and Cole.

Red Lyrium Dragon: Dorian and Blackwall.

 

 

Personal quests:

 

Sera's: The Iron Bull.

Dorian's: Did not get letter from Mother Giselle.

Varric's: Dorian. (Maybe wish I'd taken Solas now that I know the ending, though it probably doesn't matter)

Cassandra's: Cole and Solas.

Blackwall's: Varric and Vivienne.

Cole's: Varric and Solas (forced).

Vivienne's: Just her (forced).

Solas': Cole.

The Iron Bull's: Cole.

 

Also took companions who seemed to match certain themes best. Such as Dorian going to the time frozen temple and the Temple of Dumat. Or Sera and Solas going to the elven temples and ruins. Took Varric and The Iron Bull to track down Calpernia's contact in Val Royeaux. Took Sera and Dorian to the Hissing Wastes to fight Vints, and also the connection between Sera and the mysterious Chantry sister who vanishes and leaves the special bow behind for her. Took Cole through Crestwood to give clues on the Mayor's connection to the past, as well as the spirits that roam Old Crestwood. That kind of stuff.

[Miss Quisitor]

I took Sera and Cassandra on every quest and chose all other characters in turn (one) .

 

It worked out well.  

[Fearsome1]

My first Inquisitor [created on early EA Access day] was a female Dalish rogue (archer). While I spent some time with all nine companions, for the most part my squad consisted of Blackwall, Iron Bull, and Dorian. They were my "go to" guys!

 

I initially attempted a romance with Solas, but grew weary of how little progress that endeavor evidenced. I shifted my affections over to Sera, and despite her yen for a Qunari, I rather quickly won her over. Sera was a lot of fun!

[Toasted Llama]

Cassandra, Varric and Vivienne were my golden trio in the first playthrough.


But to be brutally honest on hindsight...

Should've switched Viv with Dorian, but by the time he joined the feast (pretty late too as I did the Templar quest), Viv was already wearing proper gear/skilled and I was too lazy to switch all of that to Dorian.

Plus for some reason I don't like to make Dorian a barrier/protect/white mage. I think he should be the destruction/power/arcane/red/black mage.

Dorian, IB and Solas for my 2nd playthrough was a pretty fun experience as well tho ;D

[barkspawnVEVO]

I had Sera, Dorian and Iron Bull in my party on practically every single time I went out. Sometimes I swapped Dorian with Varric, for example in Adamant I had Varric because I had a feeling stuff was about to go down and wanted him to be with Hawke when it did. However, with this combo I had some quality party banter. Sass all around.

[Forsythia77]

My first play through was the one where I was most likely to use all the characters randomly because I didn't really know them that well.  But I do not remember who I took where.  I'm old. Heh.  I will say that once I got Dorian I took him most everywhere and continue to take him most everywhere as my go to mage and BFF fo lyfe because he is awesome.

[Jaison1986]

I like bringing people depending on the amount of dialogue they can offer. So these were my teams during major quests.

 

In hushed whispers: Blackwall and Varric (the conversation with Blackwall later really moves me "then I was worth something in the end".

 

In your heart shaw burn: Cassandra, Varric and Vivienne.

 

Here lies the abyss: Blackwall, Varric and Solas.

 

Wicked eyes and wicked hearts: Cassandra, Vivienne and Sera

 

What pride has wrought: Cassandra, Cole and Solas

 

Doom upon all the world: Varric (round two!), Blackwall and Solas.

[Todrazok]

I pretty much used Cassandra, Varric and Solas for the most part in the campaign in my first playthrough, with the exception of Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts, where I brought Vivienne along instead of Solas.   

[Navasha]

Took Varric, Cassandra, and Solas through pretty much ever mission in the first playthrough.   Don't regret it one bit.   In fact, later playthroughs where I have chosen different companions have been less than stellar without them.  

[Corvus917]

1) In Hushed Whispers

**Dorian's not optional**

- Iron Bull

- Varric

 

2) In Your Heart Shall Burn:

- Varric

- Cassandra

- Solas

 

3) Here Lies the Abyss:

- Cassandra

- Cole

- Solas

 

4) Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts:

- Sera

- Cassandra

- Vivienne

 

5) What Pride Have Wrought:

- Solas

- Cassandra

- Dorian 

 

6) Doom Upon All the World

- Solas

- Cassandra

- Cole/Varric

 

I almost always have to have Solas and Cassandra for the main missions, just for the dialogue. Tried to pick characters who had more to say in context of the mission whenever possible, or if they have possible boosts to approval in the conversation cutscenes.

[Mikka-chan]

On my first playthrough, honestly, I just used Solas, Varric, and Blackwall the whole time (save for the very beginning with Cass over Blackwall before I recruited him, and Solas got left behind during In Hushed Whispers).  In hindsight, this was sort of dumb, as Blackwall is probably my least favorite companion, and Solas in generally gives me violent urges.

 

Still, at least for Adamant, that was a pretty good party.  Blackwall gets to pretend he's a Warden, Solas gets to be dramatic in the fade, and Varric gets to be dramatic about Hawke (though Hawke lived against Stroud, so there wasn't any super drama there).  Everywhere else... meh.

 

Cass and Cole are also good choices for the Fade; she gets some closure, and he gets terrified.  I didn't think of them as having much to do with Wardens, though, so I wouldn't have thought to bring them first time.

[Corvus917]

 Solas in generally gives me violent urges.

 

 

I'm afraid to ask, but why does he of all people give you violent urges? He's the wise and sage master of the fade who just happens to be the greatest trickster in all of Thedas. Sure he's made some pretty bad mistakes, but he's also been fully committed to helping the Inquisition every way he could. 

[DuskWanderer]

Champions of the Just

 

Cassandra

Varric

Solas 

 

I think Vivienne might have been a better choice

 

 

In Your Heart Shall Burn

 

Blackwall

Vivienne

Varric

 

I like these choices

 

Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts

 

Cassandra

Vivienne

Sera 

 

I can never find all of the Red Jenny stashes, so Sera might not be the best choice

 

Here Lies the Abyss

 

Blackwall

Solas

Cole

 

I might not take Cole next time, but the other rogues don't make sense

 

 

What Pride Had Wrought

 

Iron Bull

Solas

Varric

 

IB wasn't very useful, and I might want to take Sera to see how she reacts to "elfy"

 

 

Doom Upon the World

 

Cassandra

Vivienne

Varric

[FeliciaM]

I tend to stick with two mages, warrior, and a rogue in my party. So usually Cassandra, Dorian/Solas/Inquisitor, Cole/Sera/Inquisitor. Sometimes I'll cycle someone in, or I'm forced to take someone else  

[BubbleDncr]

In Hushed Whispers

 

Dorian

Varric

Iron Bull 

 

It was an ok group, don't have a warrior/rogue that feels more important to bring. Only character I would want to bring as well was Solas, but then I'd have 3 mages...

 

 

In Your Heart Shall Burn

 

I don't remember. Didn't really matter anyways, don't think there was any special dialog...

 

Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts

 

Iron Bull

Vivienne

Varric

 

Should have left Viv at home - I thought she'd be more useful/interesting here than she was, and bringing her cost me my dance with Solas. I also never found Varric to talk to him....so I'd say I would have swapped Viv and Varric for Solas and Cole. 

 

Here Lies the Abyss

 

Blackwall

Dorian

Cole

 

Would have swapped Dorian for Solas

 

 

What Pride Had Wrought

 

Solas

Dorian

Cassandra

 

Was generally happy, by this point I realized '**** it, I'm going with 3 mages cos I want both Solas and Dorian around." If anything, I've heard Cole was interesting, so maybe I would swap Dorian with Cole...

 

 

Doom Upon the World

 

Cassandra

Dorian

Solas

 

Maybe wouldn't bring Solas in the future so he can't run off with my stuff....but then again he wears my elf mage's hand-me-downs and its not like anyone else can use that...

[cindercatz]

I played a male human rift mage my first time. Playing a female dwarf rogue second time, no spec yet, debating assassin or artificer. I don't have any regrets. I'll run different groups every pt. I honestly don't have perfect memory of who I took, but this is best I remember. A lot of it kinda got drowned in all the sidequests. I don't remember Cass (or anybody other than Quizzy really) having more to say with Justinia than anybody else, for instance. This is also out of order for my playthrough. ><

 

Redcliffe Castle: Dorian, Blackwall, Varric

Picked Blackwall and Varric as the "I smell an ambush" team. I was wary of bringing Sera because of the trailer. Thought they worked well.

 

 

Orlais first time: Cassandra, Varric, Solas

Traded out for Sera, Vivienne, Varric as I recruited the ladies. I took Cole to Orlais a lot with Sera and either Vivi, Cass, or Varric.

 

Haven: Cassandra, Sera, Varric

Didn't need another mage, so I brought my boss warrior plus archers for flexibility. Varric and Sera were also my Inquisitor's best buds at the time, along with Solas. edit: Wait, think I brought Blackwall instead of Cass, and then Cole? Don't remember if I got control of him before or after. I didn't rely on warriors all the time.

 

Adamant: Blackwall, Cassandra, Varric

My all-diplomacy team, since I'd already recruited half the wardens as mission prep. And I wanted Varric running with Hawke as much as possible.

 

Winter Palace: Cassandra, Vivienne, Sera

The people most used to Orlesian noble society. Yes, that includes Sera. The highlights were Morrigan and Josephine, continuing her romance. 

 

Arbor Wilds: Solas, Sera, and I think it was Cole

This was really all about the elves and Morrigan. I didn't take a tank, which made the boss fight.. Well honestly, Samson just dragged out. I wouldn't say it was tougher. I used Dagna's advantage to handicap his armor, and it still took forever to bring him down.

 

Final Battle: Blackwall, Solas, Sera

All-bad*ss team. The group that became my most effective foursome over the course of the game. Dorian might've upgraded Solas, but I wanted Solas for story reasons. I didn't know the ending yet.

 

Dragon battles: (more than not) Iron Bull, Sera, Dorian or Vivienne

Iron Bull probably got the least run; he was just my least favorite character to have tagging along. I took him on four or five dragon battles though, out of six or seven I found.