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[SimonTheFrog]

Cassandra is driven, righteous, full of gravitas and charisma. Also, she knows what the Inquisition is about. She is a grown up woman, determined and a very capable fighter.

She simply is the perfect Inquisitor!

 

My Inquisitor? She is a dalish teenager, snarky, agnostic and more interest in shaving her privates to make her girlfriend fall off the bed laughing than anything else. Sure, she can put daggers in people very skillfully, but where are the character traits for leading a faith driven, military operation?

 

Yeah, she wants to run with the Inquisition, especially as long Sera is there and also because of the glowy bit. That IS useful. But she surely doesn't feel qualified to RUN it.

 

So, BioWare, please let the player character decline politely in the beginning of the story and let her hand the duty of Inquisitor over to somebody else. Cassandra! Or Cullen? Basically anybody but her...

 

Thanks

[TevinterSupremacist]

Have a DLC a la Darkspawn Chronicles where the IQ never appeared and the rest of the inquisition, with Cassandra as their leader had to save the world. And then have us play as Corypheus and tear them apart.

[SardaukarElite]

Sure, she can put daggers in people very skillfully, but where are the character traits for leading a faith driven, military operation?

 

Well:

 

more interest in shaving her privates to make her girlfriend fall off the bed laughing than anything else

...there's some self-sacrifice and people skills right there.

[Eliastion]

 

Have a DLC a la Darkspawn Chronicles where the IQ never appeared and the rest of the inquisition, with Cassandra as their leader had to save the world. And then have us play as Corypheus and tear them apart.

 

 

Could be a "what if" where it was Cassandra (Right Hand of the divine had every reason to be the one to stumble onto the ritual) that got the Anchor... Then she recruited Templars, stopped assassination in Halamshiral, lost 90% of her army in Adamant (but managed to emerge victorious)... then we end up with a show-down in the Temple of Mythal that ends with our (Corypheus's) empty victory as Abelas manages to destroy the Well. Then we re-open the Breach, win the battle, chase those puny barbarians to their hole in Skyhold and end up capturing Solas whose identity we managed to finally recognize* and killing Inquisitor Cassandra...

And so, with all the pieces in place, the path to godhood is finally open

 

*apparently Solas isn't all that easy to recognize or he wouldn't rot in his Redcliffe cell in Bad Future.

[Caddius]

Have a DLC a la Darkspawn Chronicles where the IQ never appeared and the rest of the inquisition, with Cassandra as their leader had to save the world. And then have us play as Corypheus and tear them apart.

Yes, tear everyone apart. Then, as the final boss battle,

CORYPHEUS: Your Inquisition lies in ashes. I will-

CASSANDRA: (Disgusted noise) *punches Corypheus into Fade chunks*

[Xilizhra]

I would say that Cassandra does not actually have much charisma, nor is she good enough at thinking flexibly. She's sort of a religious battering ram in personality: very useful if you point her in the right direction, but not, in my opinion, the best person to actually steer things.

[erikdlan]

The Inquisition is clearly Cass and Leli's baby. They created it, following Divine Justinia's latest orders, and somehow it seems Justinia herself gave the order to seek for someone able to lead it, Hawke or the HoF, so maybe Cassandra's loyalty to Justinia makes her think she shouldn't be Lady Inquisitor.

[SimonTheFrog]

I would say that Cassandra does not actually have much charisma, nor is she good enough at thinking flexibly. She's sort of a religious battering ram in personality: very useful if you point her in the right direction, but not, in my opinion, the best person to actually steer things.

 

The inquisition is one big religious battering ram, no?

[Xilizhra]

The inquisition is one big religious battering ram, no?

Only if you use Cullen for all your war table operations.

[SardaukarElite]

The inquisition is one big religious battering ram, no?

 

They're trying to save everyone from a giant demon leaking explosion and hand out blankets to the cold refugees. They're more like Ghostbusters meets International Rescue.

 

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If you want to be really logical about it, the Inqusitor isn't expendable at all, so they should be escorted by a full templar squad up to each rift so that Solas can do the holding  hands thing, and then whisked back to the safety of Skyhold.

[SimonTheFrog]

 

Being serious now.. that request of yours has zero chance of happening. Would completely kill the point of the game..

 

Yes of course. It wouldn't be the DAI we have.

 

But on the other hand: it would diminish the over-the-top power-fantasy aspect of the game. Not the story of the game, necessarily. The PC would still participate in all missions as integral part of the Inquisition. She/He would have a word in the decision-making and be in a position to talk to everyone and try to convince them to do the right thing. One could think of the PC as the right hand of the Inquisitor, so to speak. The story would be a little bit more modest but the game would gain a lot of credibility.

[Eliastion]

Shiny right hand of the Inquisitor  

[jlb524]

If you want to be really logical about it, the Inqusitor isn't expendable at all, so they should be escorted by a full templar squad up to each rift so that Solas can do the holding hands thing, and then whisked back to the safety of Skyhold.

I've had this same thought before.

It's kind of funny the danger the 'Herald' was put into considering she's the only one who can close the Breach.

Cassandra probably should have been the one leading the squad that went out to do all the dirty work around the Hinterlands, etc.

[Riot Inducer]

Well, I always figured Iron Bull hit the nail on the head commenting on Qunari leaders, in that they don't always choose the most qualified person but instead the person who's willing to make the tough choices and live with the consequences. Cassandra might be more qualified but when it comes down to it the PC is the tie breaker between the advisors when they get deadlocked, the person who's willing to put their foot down and actually make a choice if only to get things moving. 

[Eliastion]

Well, I always figured Iron Bull hit the nail on the head commenting on Qunari leaders, in that they don't always choose the most qualified person but instead the person who's willing to make the tough choices and live with the consequences. Cassandra might be more qualified but when it comes down to it the PC is the tie breaker between the advisors when they get deadlocked, the person who's willing to put their foot down and actually make a choice if only to get things moving. 

This can be done without being the leader of the organization, though. 

[SimonTheFrog]

Well, I always figured Iron Bull hit the nail on the head commenting on Qunari leaders, in that they don't always choose the most qualified person but instead the person who's willing to make the tough choices and live with the consequences. Cassandra might be more qualified but when it comes down to it the PC is the tie breaker between the advisors when they get deadlocked, the person who's willing to put their foot down and actually make a choice if only to get things moving. 

 

Well, realistically, why would the people in charge of the Inquisition ask the player character about his or her opinion? She doesn't have the background that proves she's capable at all. There even is the dialog (is it Solas?) where the Inquisitor is asked how she is deciding. And the player can make a choice like "I go by what feels right" or similar.

[DarkKnightHolmes]

She's not confident enough. Plus it's a game, most people don't want to play the minor character.

[Riot Inducer]

Well, realistically, why would the people in charge of the Inquisition ask the player character about his or her opinion? She doesn't have the background that proves she's capable at all. There even is the dialog (is it Solas?) where the Inquisitor is asked how she is deciding. And the player can make a choice like "I go by what feels right" or similar.

I don't think they do at first. Probably could have been portrayed better but for most of the stuff in Haven I got the impression you were just at the meetings because you needed to know where they were going to send you and why, being a.) the person the closes rifts and b.) a useful symbol to have out there with the Herald of Andraste bit. When the meetings devolve into the advisors bickering you just sort of roll your eyes until you say, "just flip ****** coin already!" or take a side. At least that's what I got out of a lot of the stuff in Haven.

[TastesLikeTNT]

I never really got the sense that my Inquisitor was leading anything. The people taking care of the Inquisition's day-to-day operations are the advisors. The Inquisitor just makes a couple of decisions from time to time and mostly roams the countryside skillfully murdering people and taking all their stuff.

 

Or maybe that's what actual leaders do, barring the killing part? I wouldn't know.

 

I've had this same thought before.

It's kind of funny the danger the 'Herald' was put into considering she's the only one who can close the Breach.

Cassandra probably should have been the one leading the squad that went out to do all the dirty work around the Hinterlands, etc.

 

Right??? "Oh, look, here's the only person capable of saving the world from certain doom. Let's send them into unnecessary mortal danger on a daily basis for no discernible reason."

[Xilizhra]

I've had this same thought before.

It's kind of funny the danger the 'Herald' was put into considering she's the only one who can close the Breach.

Cassandra probably should have been the one leading the squad that went out to do all the dirty work around the Hinterlands, etc.

That would leave all of the smaller rifts completely unchecked, and that would be quite bad itself. The Herald coming along to be able to close the rifts makes sense.

[Addai]

Have a DLC a la Darkspawn Chronicles where the IQ never appeared and the rest of the inquisition, with Cassandra as their leader had to save the world. And then have us play as Corypheus and tear them apart die horribly.

Fixed.

[Eliastion]

She's not confident enough. Plus it's a game, most people don't want to play the minor character.

While I'm not really complaining that we got the leadership role, you seem to mix up things. Obviously PC wouldn't be a minor character. He would be the hero. But not necessarily a leader of world-shaking organization. You don't even need to be The Chosen One for that. You could be, say, the leader of an elite squad of Inquisition forces. You would be the one they send to assassinate and investigate, to get things done where nobody else can succeed.

They would send you to sneak into Redcliffe Castle. They would send you to rescue Herald of Andraste from ruins after Haven. They would send you as Inquisitor's entourage to quietly investigate things in Halamshiral while the great leader himself is occupied by making good impression on the court...

And in the end they would send you to kill Corypheus's "archdemon" while Inquisitor uses Anchor to prevent Corypheus from making it rain demons with the Orb. 

Of course, it would be a completely different game, but not being the great leader of everything doesn't mean you can't be the hero that actually makes things happen and ensures the most important victories.

As we know from shooter genere, you can even be just one guy with leader of nothing but his rifle - and still save the world