I wonder what percentage of people wanting to play the Inquisitor romanced Solas?
I didn't. I played as a male Lavellan and romanced Cassandra. Solas, however, was one of the best friends of my Inquisitor and they deeply respected each other. Because of this friendship, he promised that he would redeem him. And that promise is exactly why I'd want to be able to play as the Inquisitor again: Solas is his friend, my Inquisitor promised that he would redeem him and he is even shown at the end of the game actively working on "saving his friend from himself". One doesn't need to be *in love* with someone else to care: Solas can be a friend or an enemy, too, and each of these possibilities brings different motives for the Inquisitor to save/kill him. One may simply want to stop Solas before he turns into a monster, another one may want to redeem him because he's a lover, another Inquisitor may want to kill him because he betrayed their trust. I know for sure that I wouldn't like seeing some other random character "saving Solas from himself", despite my Inquisitor's promise at the end of Trespasser.
As I already said, I was also okay with letting my Inquisitor go after the main game and the first two DLCs: I didn't hate my character (I was pretty attached to him, actually, to the point that I played him twice), but his story felt complete. Then Trespasser happened, I was left with that HUGE cliffhanger and the story, all of a sudden, didn't feel so complete anymore. I was never one of those who wanted to play as the HoF or Hawke, either, nor I'm against the idea of the Dragon Age series having new characters with each game. I just feel that, after this specific ending, with this specific story setting and cliffhanger, the Inquisitor's story doesn't feel finished at all, which is why I'd like to see a proper conclusion to it... and, with proper conclusion, I mean one where I can make my own choices for my character, deal with Solas and finally let Quizzy go once and for all.
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My quizy wants him dead. But they NEED to be the ones to do it. New PC needs to get out of my quizy's way bc their pissed off and won't be able to rest unless they've made the killing blow!
Agh, Just thinking about all that could happen in that final scene of confrontation has me super excited!
That excitement will burn away to lack of interest with a new PC. As a new PC I'll see myself going, 'hmmm.... WHY does this new character care?' Because the majority of my PC's never care to much about others. Usually they're out for themselves.
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Interesting discussion all you beautiful people are having. I too have some thoughts!
First off, I am firmly in the "bring the Inquisitor back" camp (but I will not be too broken up about them not coming back). I have also noticed that certain arguments keep being repeated in order to support the reasons for the Inquisitor to not come back, and I would like to share my views on some of them.
The Inquisitor should not come back because they are bland - well, what better chance to redeem that particular flaw than expanding upon their personality further in the next game? You would have your personal connection with Solas (whether originally friend or foe), and who says they can't have background - specific quests thrown in, like in ME1, where Shepards with different service histories went through unique questlines? Mine was a Ruthless Earthborn, and ran into a guy who was a member of their former gang, as well as got to face down a PTSD Torfan survivor. Who says the same can't be done with the Inquisitor?
The Inquisitor's arm's off - I think I have raved about the OMG IMAGINE ALL THE POSSIBILITIES when it comes to unique gameplay elements and awesome magitech prosthetics in other threads more than enough, others above have as well, so I will not go into that here. Aside from saying OMG ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES IMAGINE THEM. Aherm. There is, however, another thing that came to mind with regards to the missing arm. Just look at BioWare's approach to inclusion. There's people doing great things in Thedas who are straight, gay, transgender, promiscuous (and comfortable with that), scared of getting the cooties (and comfortable with that), deeply devout, non-religious - point is, in Thedas, it does't matter what you are, you can always do awesome stuff and change the course of history. Doesn't having a disabled person at the steering wheel fit into that mindset? I don't recall seeing the theme of dealing with and overcoming disability properly explored in a high-profile game like this. DA4 with the Inquisitor returning does sound like an intriguing possibility.
Aaaand yeah. My two cents. Har.
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Interesting discussion all you beautiful people are having. I too have some thoughts!
First off, I am firmly in the "bring the Inquisitor back" camp (but I will not be too broken up about them not coming back). I have also noticed that certain arguments keep being repeated in order to support the reasons for the Inquisitor to not come back, and I would like to share my views on some of them.
The Inquisitor should not come back because they are bland - well, what better chance to redeem that particular flaw than expanding upon their personality further in the next game? You would have your personal connection with Solas (whether originally friend or foe), and who says they can't have background - specific quests thrown in, like in ME1, where Shepards with different service histories went through unique questlines? Mine was a Ruthless Earthborn, and ran into a guy who was a member of their former gang, as well as got to face down a PTSD Torfan survivor. Who says the same can't be done with the Inquisitor?
If they really wanted to get rid of the Inquisitor, why have the inquisitor declare to redeem or stop Solas? Why show them back at Haven stabbing the map?
They could have easily have skipped Solas's end the world rant, let him be cryptic about going off to save his "people". Have the Inquisitor disband or reduce under the chantry and declare "lets go home". Inquisitor sails off into the sunset none the wiser.
It really would have been that easy. All it would have taken was Solas being cryptic in the final conversation rather than revealing his plans. Every single other aspect of the DLC could have been identical. He would say he didn't want to share his plans for whatever reason, and tell the Inquisitor they couldn't come with him, as he does. He would remove the mark, as he does. The Inquisitor may be interested, but probably wouldn't think Solas is the world-destroying type of person, and would slip into the background for the next game.
There. Done. But no, they had to make the Inquisitor Solas' nemesis. They made that plot-line deliberately when they didn't have to. Why wouldn't we want it resolved?
THIS.This is why people want the Inquisitor. Not because the game hints at it, not because it makes sense given Bioware's track record in the series, not because it would be a better narrative. Because people are now having trouble moving on.
Okay, first, the game does more than "hint" at the Inquisitor returning. Most people who hadn't heard of Bioware saying "new protagonist every game" would assume the Inquisitor would be the protagonist of DA4, because of how stories usually work. Second, are you purposely ignoring us now? You claim that we haven't been arguing that we want a return based on a better narrative, when this is exactly what we've been doing since the beginning? I don't even.
I wonder what percentage of people wanting to play the Inquisitor romanced Solas?
It would be the same if Solas was unromanceable. Most of the people I've seen supporting a return haven't even romanced him once, myself included, and many of those who have have done it for the added story-value - probably not people you would call "Solasmancers". It's like you're willfully ignorant of the plethora of other reasons people have given, or the specific posts myself and others have made about how attachment to a character is secondary to narrative arguments.
I'm not sure which people you're saying don't want the Inquisitor because they find him/her bland. But none of my arguments have been about the personality of the Inquisitor at all but looking at how Bioware has set up the next game and logically looking at the situation.
Really? Okay, this is getting ridiculous. You must be skimming the thread. Here are a few, but I wasn't only referring to this thread. There are many more.
Spoiler
I'm ambivalent about this. On one hand, I do feel that after Trespasser the Inquisitor is so personally invested in the battle with Solas that it would make sense for him/her to be the one to pursue him and resolve the story. But at the same time, the Inquisitor is (to me) by far the least interesting of Bioware's protagonists, and I don't really feel much attachment to him/her or have much desire to see them again, save the fact that he/she has skin in the game against Solas. Personally, I'd prefer a new protagonist with a Hawke style cameo from the Inquisitor to tie things together.
Play as the bland boring blank slate character?
No. That's qunari for "No."
No Inquisitor was most boring protagonist of all 3 DA protagonist and cast of companions not much better.No, I don't want Inquisitor to return, Hawke maybe. Warden I like my warden but I think it would be to much adventure for him.
Isn't it just as silly to say you didn't care for the Inquisitor until the last five minutes of the last DLC, and now suddenly you want them as the PC? Really? You can switch your opinion after hours of going through the base game not wanting them as a PC again to wanting them as the PC after a conversation? If the Inquisitor comes back, then, we will be playing the majority of the game like those hours of the base game where you found them boring and didn't want them to return. One conversation that you enjoyed is not going to make the Inquisitor any more or less interesting when they're running through another open world for hours.
Wow, you are really intent on misunderstanding me, aren't you? Where do I even begin with this mess?
Well, you're flat-out wrong. I never said my opinion of the Inquisitor changed because of one conversation, I said the entire DLC was an improvement in storytelling compared to the base game and that gave me hope that they could expand on that in DA4, and that it somewhat improved my opinion of the Inquisitor throughout the rest of the game, because I know she'll eventually come into her own.
Actually, you're wrong again, since I actually always wanted to play as the Inquisitor again, for reasons I've stated elsewhere. So Trespasser didn't change my opinion, it just gave me much, much more reason to want them to return and also gave me much better reasons to support my original opinion.
Why would the majority of the next game consist of a boring Inquisitor? We haven't played it, so it's guesswork as to how well it will be written, but what I said was this: Trespasser was the first story content delivered to us under the direction of a new lead writer, and I found that writing to be much more satisfactory in relation to the protagonist than what we had previously. It makes sense to think that might continue in the next game under the same direction.
So again, I don't know how you got "One conversation made my opinion change completely!" out of "Trespasser was an improvement and I'd like to see that continue." But all of what I wrote isn't even very important really since, as many people have stated, many times, it's not about how much we like a character. It's about the narrative they deliberately built. The narrative they could have easily chosen not to build.
Now, I know I'm being snarky today, but I have little patience for people who ignore half of what I have to say and either misunderstand or twist the rest into something I didn't mean.
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It really would have been that easy. All it would have taken was Solas being cryptic in the final conversation rather than revealing his plans. Every single other aspect of the DLC could have been identical. He would say he didn't want to share his plans for whatever reason, and tell the Inquisitor they couldn't come with him, as he does. He would remove the mark, as he does. The Inquisitor may be interested, but probably wouldn't think Solas is the world-destroying type of person, and would slip into the background for the next game.
There. Done. But no, they had to make the Inquisitor Solas' nemesis. They made that plot-line deliberately when they didn't have to. Why wouldn't we want it resolved?
Okay, first, the game does more than "hint" at the Inquisitor returning. Most people who hadn't heard of Bioware saying "new protagonist every game" would assume the Inquisitor would be the protagonist of DA4, because of how stories usually work.
*snip*
Exactllyyyy. They could have ended it with Solas being vague and Inquisitor assuming that it must be some personal battle that he has to fight, not some world ending thing. The Inquisitor couldn't have been sure of Solas' plans unless he explicitly told them. Then in the next game some other protagonist might have learned about Solas' plan through an ancient elf who disagrees with Solas or something. But instead Bioware set up the Inquisitor to want to redeem/stop Solas so it would be weird to pull in some rando to do the job instead.
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Exactllyyyy. They could have ended it with Solas being vague and Inquisitor assuming that it must be some personal battle that he has to fight, not some world ending thing. The Inquisitor couldn't have been sure of Solas' plans unless he explicitly told them. Then in the next game some other protagonist might have learned about Solas' plan through an ancient elf who disagrees with Solas or something. But instead Bioware set up the Inquisitor to want to redeem/stop Solas so it would be weird to pull in some rando to do the job instead.
Finishing of Corypheus was Hawke's job, yet we had a "rando" do the job in Inquisition. Why should it be different for DA4?
I know this won't be a universally popular opinion, (and, believe me, I'm quite surprised to be writing this myself) but, following the events of Trespasser, and that beautifully melancholic final conversation between the inquisitor and Solas, I'm now eager to play as the inquisitor again in Dragon Age 4.
There's nothing surprising or illegitimate about this sentiment. If Bioware is doing their job, we should all get attached to our protagonist.
I have no problem with the next game being this character or a new character... as long as the story is interesting. Possibilities are near-endless if the imagination is properly employed.
Finishing of Corypheus was Hawke's job, yet we had a "rando" do the job in Inquisition. Why should it be different for DA4?
1) The story might have actually been a bit better if Hawke had been the protag. Hawke certainly wouldn't have sucked as hardcore as he/she ended up sucking.
2) Cory and Hawke had one smallish encounter. Switching to a new protag didn't sacrifice too much anyway. Aside from Hawke's previously mentioned suckyness, it's really just Cory's reveal(which would've been more impactful as Hawke)
3) Solas was built up as either a friend, lover or rival. Now the friend and the lover(as a main antagonist) have never been done(in video games) to my knowledge. It's something truly unique and awesome. Throwing that away is just stupid. Plus, that's ****** poor story telling.
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The carryover elements from DA2 were explicitly because they were cut from the canceled expansion. The devs have repeatedly said that a lot of DAI contains what would have been Exalted Marches. And for Morrigan, you do realize that anthologies do not have to have completely new characters in each installment, characters are allowed to be in multiple games, books, whatever? Yes there have been returning characters every game, and they have all been cameos or NPCs with a reduced role from their original game, except for the bridging companions and advisors. This is an argument showing that returning characters (Inquisitor) would have a less prominent role in the next game.
On the first point, how do you know what the entire plot of DA4 is yet? It hasn't even been publicly greenlit. Yes, Solas will feature to some degree, but there is no guarantee he is the Big Bad, or his plot is the focus of the game. It seems more likely to me that he will be a subplot behind the Qunari invasion which Trespasser set up.
On the second point, there have now been multiple threads discussing origins for DA4, and how it seems likely that the DAI model will be used rather than the DAO model. Bioware has said that they will not do origins like DAO again, so that is not a budgetary concern.
THIS. This is why people want the Inquisitor. Not because the game hints at it, not because it makes sense given Bioware's track record in the series, not because it would be a better narrative. Because people are now having trouble moving on. I wonder what percentage of people wanting to play the Inquisitor romanced Solas?
And it is fair if you personally would rather DA4 be about Solas than the Tevinter-Qunari war. Everyone has their own preference on DA's focus. But Trespasser sets up a Tevinter-Qunari war just as clearly as it sets up Solas' return, so you can't ignore that the war will be a significant plot.
I'm not sure which people you're saying don't want the Inquisitor because they find him/her bland. But none of my arguments have been about the personality of the Inquisitor at all but looking at how Bioware has set up the next game and logically looking at the situation.
Isn't it just as silly to say you didn't care for the Inquisitor until the last five minutes of the last DLC, and now suddenly you want them as the PC? Really? You can switch your opinion after hours of going through the base game not wanting them as a PC again to wanting them as the PC after a conversation? If the Inquisitor comes back, then, we will be playing the majority of the game like those hours of the base game where you found them boring and didn't want them to return. One conversation that you enjoyed is not going to make the Inquisitor any more or less interesting when they're running through another open world for hours.
Wait, Vib, you are making this argument? I confess I am a little dissapointed. Anyways I did not romance Solas and nor did I have any intention of romancing him with any of my Quizzies.
Interesting discussion all you beautiful people are having. I too have some thoughts!
First off, I am firmly in the "bring the Inquisitor back" camp (but I will not be too broken up about them not coming back). I have also noticed that certain arguments keep being repeated in order to support the reasons for the Inquisitor to not come back, and I would like to share my views on some of them.
The Inquisitor should not come back because they are bland - well, what better chance to redeem that particular flaw than expanding upon their personality further in the next game? You would have your personal connection with Solas (whether originally friend or foe), and who says they can't have background - specific quests thrown in, like in ME1, where Shepards with different service histories went through unique questlines? Mine was a Ruthless Earthborn, and ran into a guy who was a member of their former gang, as well as got to face down a PTSD Torfan survivor. Who says the same can't be done with the Inquisitor?
The Inquisitor's arm's off - I think I have raved about the OMG IMAGINE ALL THE POSSIBILITIES when it comes to unique gameplay elements and awesome magitech prosthetics in other threads more than enough, others above have as well, so I will not go into that here. Aside from saying OMG ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES IMAGINE THEM. Aherm. There is, however, another thing that came to mind with regards to the missing arm. Just look at BioWare's approach to inclusion. There's people doing great things in Thedas who are straight, gay, transgender, promiscuous (and comfortable with that), scared of getting the cooties (and comfortable with that), deeply devout, non-religious - point is, in Thedas, it does't matter what you are, you can always do awesome stuff and change the course of history. Doesn't having a disabled person at the steering wheel fit into that mindset? I don't recall seeing the theme of dealing with and overcoming disability properly explored in a high-profile game like this. DA4 with the Inquisitor returning does sound like an intriguing possibility.
Aaaand yeah. My two cents. Har.
So...people find the Inquisitor bland over the course of one game. Let's make them the PC of the next game and hope it makes them less bland? Because if one game's worth of character development didn't click with people, then a second one will?
Okay, first, the game does more than "hint" at the Inquisitor returning. Most people who hadn't heard of Bioware saying "new protagonist every game" would assume the Inquisitor would be the protagonist of DA4, because of how stories usually work. Second, are you purposely ignoring us now? You claim that we haven't been arguing that we want a return based on a better narrative, when this is exactly what we've been doing since the beginning? I don't even.
It would be the same if Solas was unromanceable. Most of the people I've seen supporting a return haven't even romanced him once, myself included, and many of those who have have done it for the added story-value - probably not people you would call "Solasmancers". It's like you're willfully ignorant of the plethora of other reasons people have given, or the specific posts myself and others have made about how attachment to a character is secondary to narrative arguments.
Really? Okay, this is getting ridiculous. You must be skimming the thread. Here are a few, but I wasn't only referring to this thread. There are many more.
Spoiler
Wow, you are really intent on misunderstanding me, aren't you? Where do I even begin with this mess?
Well, you're flat-out wrong. I never said my opinion of the Inquisitor changed because of one conversation, I said the entire DLC was an improvement in storytelling compared to the base game and that gave me hope that they could expand on that in DA4, and that it somewhat improved my opinion of the Inquisitor throughout the rest of the game, because I know she'll eventually come into her own.
Actually, you're wrong again, since I actually always wanted to play as the Inquisitor again, for reasons I've stated elsewhere. So Trespasser didn't change my opinion, it just gave me much, much more reason to want them to return and also gave me much better reasons to support my original opinion.
Why would the majority of the next game consist of a boring Inquisitor? We haven't played it, so it's guesswork as to how well it will be written, but what I said was this: Trespasser was the first story content delivered to us under the direction of a new lead writer, and I found that writing to be much more satisfactory in relation to the protagonist than what we had previously. It makes sense to think that might continue in the next game under the same direction.
So again, I don't know how you got "One conversation made my opinion change completely!" out of "Trespasser was an improvement and I'd like to see that continue." But all of what I wrote isn't even very important really, since as many people have stated, many times, it's not about how much we like a character. It's about the narrative they deliberately built. The narrative they could have easily chosen not to build.
Now, I know I'm being snarky today, but I have little patience for people who ignore half of what I have to say and either misunderstand or twist the rest into something I didn't mean.
I am in no way saying the Inquisitor wouldn't return. I'm saying the Inquisitor won't be the PC. Not being the PC does not equal will not appear. Also, why are you conflating people saying they want a return to stronger narrative with people wanting the Inquisitor to return as PC? You're setting up a false argument that people who want the Inquisitor as PC are the ones who prefer strong narratives. No...I am saying the claim that having the Inquisitor continue as PC in the next game is narratively better than a new protagonist is a matter of opinion, and one I don't share.
So the people posting that they want a return PC have explicitly told you that they did not romance Solas, and that his relationship to the PC, whether friendship, romance, or rivalry, have no influence on their desire to see the PC as Inquisitor? My point is that people, who have no idea what the plot to DA4 will be yet, are claiming that the PC needs to have some personal connection to Solas or else it's a waste.
For your point of you personally wanting the Inquisitor again as PC, you are right, I misread and misunderstood what you posted, so I apologize. You posted "I'd have you know that some people on the side of the Inquisitor's return don't like the Inquisitor either, and many are ambivalent. It's not simply a view we have based on an emotional response"
Based on the bolded, I read this as you including yourself in the people who did not like the inquisitor. From your later post, I understand this is not the case. Although I don't know why you would assume I have knowledge of all of the posts you've made here and cross reference them before responding to the posts you've made in this one thread.
I will say that your tone is fairly hostile and I think we should discontinue the argument because I don't think it's going anywhere good.
Wait, Vib, you are making this argument? I confess I am a little dissapointed. Anyways I did not romance Solas and nor did I have any intention of romancing him with any of my Quizzies.
My point is that most arguments I've seen pro Inquisitor PC is the personal connection they have with Solas, and that is all the justification needed for them to continue into DA4. No matter that they are too conspicuous to be effective in hunting him down, no matter that he might not be the central focus of the next game, and what role would they have in a Tevinter-Qunari war that couldn't be just as well served by a new PC. The argument seems to boil down to, Inquisitor has a personal connection with Solas, I can't stand the thought of anyone else confronting him at the finale.
That is ignoring what I assume will be the majority of the next game. Confronting Solas will take 0.05% of the game. That is not reason enough for me why the Inquisitor should continue as PC, when given the arguments against them returning as protagonist.
It really would have been that easy. All it would have taken was Solas being cryptic in the final conversation rather than revealing his plans. Every single other aspect of the DLC could have been identical. He would say he didn't want to share his plans for whatever reason, and tell the Inquisitor they couldn't come with him, as he does. He would remove the mark, as he does. The Inquisitor may be interested, but probably wouldn't think Solas is the world-destroying type of person, and would slip into the background for the next game.
There. Done. But no, they had to make the Inquisitor Solas' nemesis. They made that plot-line deliberately when they didn't have to. Why wouldn't we want it resolved?
Okay, first, the game does more than "hint" at the Inquisitor returning. Most people who hadn't heard of Bioware saying "new protagonist every game" would assume the Inquisitor would be the protagonist of DA4, because of how stories usually work. Second, are you purposely ignoring us now? You claim that we haven't been arguing that we want a return based on a better narrative, when this is exactly what we've been doing since the beginning? I don't even.
It would be the same if Solas was unromanceable. Most of the people I've seen supporting a return haven't even romanced him once, myself included, and many of those who have have done it for the added story-value - probably not people you would call "Solasmancers". It's like you're willfully ignorant of the plethora of other reasons people have given, or the specific posts myself and others have made about how attachment to a character is secondary to narrative arguments.
Really? Okay, this is getting ridiculous. You must be skimming the thread. Here are a few, but I wasn't only referring to this thread. There are many more.
Spoiler
Wow, you are really intent on misunderstanding me, aren't you? Where do I even begin with this mess?
Well, you're flat-out wrong. I never said my opinion of the Inquisitor changed because of one conversation, I said the entire DLC was an improvement in storytelling compared to the base game and that gave me hope that they could expand on that in DA4, and that it somewhat improved my opinion of the Inquisitor throughout the rest of the game, because I know she'll eventually come into her own.
Actually, you're wrong again, since I actually always wanted to play as the Inquisitor again, for reasons I've stated elsewhere. So Trespasser didn't change my opinion, it just gave me much, much more reason to want them to return and also gave me much better reasons to support my original opinion.
Why would the majority of the next game consist of a boring Inquisitor? We haven't played it, so it's guesswork as to how well it will be written, but what I said was this: Trespasser was the first story content delivered to us under the direction of a new lead writer, and I found that writing to be much more satisfactory in relation to the protagonist than what we had previously. It makes sense to think that might continue in the next game under the same direction.
So again, I don't know how you got "One conversation made my opinion change completely!" out of "Trespasser was an improvement and I'd like to see that continue." But all of what I wrote isn't even very important really since, as many people have stated, many times, it's not about how much we like a character. It's about the narrative they deliberately built. The narrative they could have easily chosen not to build.
Now, I know I'm being snarky today, but I have little patience for people who ignore half of what I have to say and either misunderstand or twist the rest into something I didn't mean.
Honestly if I had never heard of that statement from BioWare and had played Trespassers for the first time I would probably think that the Inquisitor is not going to be the protagonist for the next game. Considering he/she does not just hint at not returning he says it in big bold neon letters. "My adventuring days are over." The only way the Inquisitor could come back with such a statement as the protag is if BioWare fundamentally alters the way DA plays...as in nothing we have ever seen before...or changes their mind and forces the Inquisitor into the narrative of the next game.
Honestly if I had never heard of that statement from BioWare and had played Trespassers for the first time I would probably think that the Inquisitor is not going to be the protagonist for the next game. Considering he/she does not just hint at not returning he says it in big bold neon letters. "My adventuring days are over." The only way the Inquisitor could come back with such a statement as the protag is if BioWare fundamentally alters the way DA plays...as in nothing we have ever seen before...or changes their mind and forces the Inquisitor into the narrative of the next game.
To be fair though that line is actually optional for other Inquisitors, however all of them do say find people Solas doesn't know
Honestly if I had never heard of that statement from BioWare and had played Trespassers for the first time I would probably think that the Inquisitor is not going to be the protagonist for the next game. Considering he/she does not just hint at not returning he says it in big bold neon letters. "My adventuring days are over." The only way the Inquisitor could come back with such a statement as the protag is if BioWare fundamentally alters the way DA plays...as in nothing we have ever seen before...or changes their mind and forces the Inquisitor into the narrative of the next game.
Except the exact phrase is "My adventuring days may be over.", not "My adventuring days are over.". The word may in that sentence is a very important word since it suggests uncertainty. And that line doesn't always come up. The Inquisitor can also say how they are going to save the world again.
Except the exact phrase is "My adventuring days may be over.", not "My adventuring days are over.". The word may in that sentence is a very important word since it suggests uncertainty. And that line doesn't always come up. The Inquisitor can also say how they are going to save the world again.
That is just being unreasonably nitpicky on semantics. You can skew any language to suit an argument. If the line had been "my adventuring days are over" people would have said the Inquisitor was publicly stating that to throw Solas off their trail, but they really meant the opposite.
To be fair though that line is actually optional for other Inquisitors, however all of them do say find people Solas doesn't know
Except the exact phrase is "My adventuring days may be over.", not "My adventuring days are over.". The word may in that sentence is a very important word since it suggests uncertainty. And that line doesn't always come up. The Inquisitor can also say how they are going to save the world again.
Ah point taken.
Still, I wouldn't get our hopes up. There is far more evidence against the Inquisitor returning, as the protag, then them returning...as the protag. Even Solas being the potential main antagonist for DA 4...something else I doubt highly...the narrative can work just as well with a brand new protag. This is BioWare we're talking about. I have faith they can pull it off.
Not that I think the Inquisitor shouldn't have a role. Especially in DA 5 where I am expecting more of Solas to pop up.
It seems alot of people are fuzzy on the ending of trespasser, Ive never gotten the line about the adventuring days being over:
Everything about this says here we go again to me. Your Inquisitor is still shown as a figure in power, with their advisors, going after those responsible for the breach. In my opinion the original purpose of the Inquisition has not been fulfilled.
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My point is that most arguments I've seen pro Inquisitor PC is the personal connection they have with Solas, and that is all the justification needed for them to continue into DA4. No matter that they are too conspicuous to be effective in hunting him down, no matter that he might not be the central focus of the next game, and what role would they have in a Tevinter-Qunari war that couldn't be just as well served by a new PC. The argument seems to boil down to, Inquisitor has a personal connection with Solas, I can't stand the thought of anyone else confronting him at the finale.
That is ignoring what I assume will be the majority of the next game. Confronting Solas will take 0.05% of the game. That is not reason enough for me why the Inquisitor should continue as PC, when given the arguments against them returning as protagonist.
All of these things are easily resolved through the fact that Thedas is a magical land. As for Solas not being the central focus, it would just be weird as a player who knows what Solas is doing to spend most of the game mucking around with Tevinter vs. Qunari when the world is going to be destroyed.
All of these things are easily resolved through the fact that Thedas is a magical land. As for Solas not being the central focus, it would just be weird as a player who knows what Solas is doing to spend most of the game mucking around with Tevinter vs. Qunari when the world is going to be destroyed.
Sure its a magical fantasy land but the Inquisitor is not the Doctor. She does not have the ability of just erasing herself from history.
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Where do I even begin with this mess?
