Bianca in general infuriates me to no end. Maybe more so than Fiona or Michel.
But, to something more trivial. The Grand Forest Villa in the Hinterlands; I'm disappointed we can't claim that as a fort.
Oh yes, or a side quest were you have to attack it to get the siege equipment in there for assaulting Adamant. Missed opportunity.
I was personally annoyed that no matter how nice to her I was, she always ended up threatening me, first time it happened I was really surprised.
Varric's quest was really uninteresting, it was short and badly written, Bianca came through as smug and incompetent and it felt to me that I was forced to like her (that line exchange with Varric, in which he says something along the lines of "do you want me to admit you're a better shot than me?" and all the snark). She felt like a mary-sue.
I was really disappointed because up to that point I perceived her as an independent, intelligent, badass person...
Pet peeves?
The animations of the Inquisitors, it's especially grinding when I see female Inquisitors, the only thing I can think of is "ooga ooga" when I see my Lavellan walking with that hunched back of hers. It turned at some point to a joke, so maybe it isn't right to call it a pet peeve... Hmmm..
It that case - the requisition officers.
"I've news, ser"
"Word for you"
"This might interest you, ser"
"You might want to look into this"
Me: 
NEVERRRR
Honestly, these are things that annoy me the most in any sort of game because they pull me right out of the world when I see/hear them: unnecessary typos and the like, very low res textures (Josephine's Skyhold chair), and inconsistent pronunciation of made-up words (Dorian pronounced "amatus" three different ways throughout the whole game, including the instance in Trespasser).
But if I had to pick some sort of game element that I found to be truly annoying it would be the random NPC banter that occurs when you walk by. There are some -- between Charter and Scout Pellane -- that tell a specific "story" and play in sequence; those are fine. But ALL the rest: "See, what did I tell you?" "It's just what I heard," "Well, let me know if you find one," the Chant of Light ad nauseam in Haven, and on and on, make me absolutely insane. Unfortunately, the alternative to this would be a Haven or Skyhold that eventually becomes "dead" after you've heard everything play once, which is almost as bad.
I would have to say that the Haven chanters are the absolute worst. I don't mind the Chant of Light, only the endless repetition. Luckily, there's a mod for that (sorry console players).
No helmets for qunari characters.
It's a minor and trivial point, but it bothers the hell out of me that qunari inquisitors can't wear any of the cool helmets in the game despite DA2 establishing that qunari foot-soldiers have helmets; Iron Bull gets a helmet; and as of Trespasser, Ben-Hassrath and Antaam qunari can wear helmets too.
But the inquisitor is stuck with vitaar where world lore and continuity constantly shows other qunari being able to wear helmets? Get out of here. And it's not this would've been hard for BW (again, refer to my above examples), it seems like they just got lazy and it bugs me.
The recycled banter of Gaspard's soliders in the Exalted Plains.
"The demons are getting closer."
"Tired of waiting around."
"The demons are getting closer."
"Tired of waiting around."
It's the "best" when demons or undead, or wolves get into reclaimed ramparts. You fight them there, just right next to those soldiers. And right there, you hear that. Seriously, if it was possible, Dorian would Immolate them all.
I missed one of the Bottles of Thedas on my current play through. At first I was like, nuh uh, not going to look for it. But, it bugs me. So I looked up a guide that gave the names and locations of each bottle and ran down to the cellar to try to match up my bottles. I can't. I'm on the PS4 and there's no way to see all the names on the bottles unless you stand upside down on the barrels or something to get into the correct position for the name to appear. I try to tell myself that by the time DA4 rolls around I won't remember that one bottle that I missed. Hell, I should forget by next week. But, I won't. It will haunt me and on my death bed I'll say, "My only regret was not finding that last Bottle of Thedas."
Might be a repeat, but,
Trespasser spoilers
Cullen singing the Dawn Will Come with a broken neck in my new play throughs after the current patches were installed 
The mob of bears, lyrium smugglers, bandits and hounds attacking all at once in Hafter's Woods in the Hinterlands. Plus more bears! Fun times! NOT.... UGH....
Oh, someone mentioned the rocky rescue quest in Emprise du Lion. Not only does the same guy shout, "Let us out!" during the red templar fight, he's like, "Have you freed everyone? They took so many of us!" Buddy, you're the first and/or second group I rescued. It's a work in progress!
I also hate the timed quests - give me a chance to explore every nook and cranny please!
Having to listen to that chantry sister preaching the Chant of Light every time I walk to the war room. By now I'm better at reciting the Chant than the Lord's Prayer.
"Speak only the Word, sing only the Chant!"
"GODDAMMIT WOMAN! Somebody fix that damn wall, so I don't have to listen to this all the time!"
"Blessed are the peacekeepers, the champions of the just."
Might be a repeat, but,
Trespasser spoilers
Spoiler
I missed one of the Bottles of Thedas on my current play through. At first I was like, nuh uh, not going to look for it. But, it bugs me. So I looked up a guide that gave the names and locations of each bottle and ran down to the cellar to try to match up my bottles. I can't. I'm on the PS4 and there's no way to see all the names on the bottles unless you stand upside down on the barrels or something to get into the correct position for the name to appear. I try to tell myself that by the time DA4 rolls around I won't remember that one bottle that I missed. Hell, I should forget by next week. But, I won't. It will haunt me and on my death bed I'll say, "My only regret was not finding that last Bottle of Thedas."
I vaguely recall that there is a codex entry with every bottle you have collected, in two places afaik: Bottles of Thedas & something with Grey Wardens. But I know your pain even though I am on pc. Not all of the bottles are displayed and/or clickable (at least in my game).
I vaguely recall that there is a codex entry with every bottle you have collected, in two places afaik: Bottles of Thedas & something with Grey Wardens. But I know your pain even though I am on pc. Not all of the bottles are displayed and/or clickable (at least in my game).
Nice! I'll try to find it! Thanks!
Setting companions to follow themselves. Just: Huh?!
Honestly, these are things that annoy me the most in any sort of game because they pull me right out of the world when I see/hear them: unnecessary typos and the like, very low res textures (Josephine's Skyhold chair), and inconsistent pronunciation of made-up words (Dorian pronounced "amatus" three different ways throughout the whole game, including the instance in Trespasser).
But if I had to pick some sort of game element that I found to be truly annoying it would be the random NPC banter that occurs when you walk by. There are some -- between Charter and Scout Pellane -- that tell a specific "story" and play in sequence; those are fine. But ALL the rest: "See, what did I tell you?" "It's just what I heard," "Well, let me know if you find one," the Chant of Light ad nauseam in Haven, and on and on, make me absolutely insane. Unfortunately, the alternative to this would be a Haven or Skyhold that eventually becomes "dead" after you've heard everything play once, which is almost as bad.
I would have to say that the Haven chanters are the absolute worst. I don't mind the Chant of Light, only the endless repetition. Luckily, there's a mod for that (sorry console players).
This annoys the ever living crap out of me. Pick one and go with it, Dorian!
Nice! I'll try to find it! Thanks!
No probs. I had a moment so here you are =)
This annoys the ever living crap out of me. Pick one and go with it, Dorian!
Well I primarily blame the voice direction people for that one, even though I understand they're juggling like 55,000 different things with dozens of different VAs and thousands of lines of dialogue. For their fantasy game-world vocabulary they really should have some sort of voice dictionary that the VAs can listen to to get the correct pronunciation down for each of the made-up words (for the ones they need to say, not everything). Iron Bull also pronounced Tal-Vashoth differently every time he said it.
I (somewhat) don't mind one NPC pronouncing something different from another (I don't really expect Dorian to pronounce Dirthamen or Andruil -- as per an Emerald Graves env banter -- correctly), but the same NPC should say a single word the same way consistently across instances, and hopefully it would be correct if it was from their own culture, like "amatus" is.
I've noticed similar issues with World of Warcraft and their own words, and there are many more in WoW than in the DA series by the primary virtue of the Warcraft universe having existed for far longer and consisting of much more material. There are occasionally forum posts or tweets asking about the correct pronunciation of some word or name that has never been said in a game but might have been on a map or in an ancillary material.
Sorry for this pedantic digression.
A trivial annoyance for me is when... the Inquisitor developed a pot belly when dishing out a judgment.
Edit: Also, it's annoying when the requisition officer saunters over to the Inquisitor to interrupt party banter
OH MY GOD.
I had went almost an hour without banter and when I FINALLY got banter (and it was the one I want) THE FREAKING OFFICER INTERRUPTED IT. My rage!
This annoys the ever living crap out of me. Pick one and go with it, Dorian!
He's doing it on purpose just to mess with you.
OH MY GOD.
I had went almost an hour without banter and when I FINALLY got banter (and it was the one I want) THE FREAKING OFFICER INTERRUPTED IT. My rage!
'Got something that might interest you, Se-'
'YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD'VE INTERESTED ME? THAT BANTER YOU JUST INTERUPPED.'
Another one: hanging pieces of fabric stick out as if they're stiff. This is especially alarming when they hang down the front of male characters.
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