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[CardButton]

Romantically, if Dorian is the gay option again, I'm gonna scream. For friendship, I don't see anything other than superficial referencing here and there. I would rather for them not to take into account whether we're friends or enemies or a bunch of variable with the returning characters. I would rather for them to make a strong concrete story without having to worry about stuffs carrying over from the previous game. I don't see it having a big impact with relationship or not. Inquisitor seems to already have closure. intentionally bring them back by reattaching an arm somehow, then handwave a bunch of stuffs with the inquisition being disbanded or reformed just make it very confusing. That is also having to referencing a whole bunch of stuffs that different in Trespass that varied wildly. This is why the Trespass is the last DLC, it gives a lot of variables that have the previous companions and relationship different greatly. No, I'm ok with new protagonist, the less they have to worry about stuffs carried over the better. I would rather not to have choices being handwaved to make it fit into the narrative. Bioware is not really good with writing continuous story, and the budget can't allow them to do big changes on choices. New slate is probably allowed more freedom in referencing stuffs that happen off-screen than having the Inquisitor actively being used. 

OK ... a few things.  

 

1st) No one insinuated that Dorian be romancable again with the exception for perhaps the Inquisitor that had already romanced him, and your kidding yourself if you think Dorian wont have a massive part to play in DA4 if the setting is indeed Tevinter so he's intrinsically baggage to the previous games.  So is Solas for that matter if he is in the game, if he's not their is little point to this discussion. :3  

 

2nd) The only relationships that will matter in a country as far away as Tevinter will be Dorian, Solas and perhaps Harding if she returns. 

 

3rd) The two fundamental decisions that would influence anything in a Tevinter based off "Trespasser" will be the decision to disband and the decision to save or stop Solas, little else in DA:I besides those relationships stated above and the "Well of Sorrows" will have any real influence over the events of DA4 if the Inquisitor returns as playable.

 

4th) No one suggested that the Inquisitor get their arm back.  A prosthetic of some kind perhaps, but functionally it would be a far more compelling story if they have to continue fighting and struggling with a handicap.  

 

5th) It was never implied that the disband decision should be retconned, but I think your overestimating how much that plot-point will actually play on future events if the Inquisitor returns.  The most useful aspects of the Inquisition in the pursuit of Solas are its wealth, its Diplomatic core and to a lesser degree its Spy-network (all of which have proven pretty ineffectual at finding Solas).  The armed forces, shackled to the Chantry as they are, are effectively useless as they cannot be sent into a Northern Andrastian state such as Tevinter without the very serious risk of provoking a war.  Which it will, because if the Inquisition still remains they now represent the Orlesian Chantry and the White Divine who Tevinter Chantry and their "True Divine" hate.  Also they're being spied on by multiple interested parties which makes it very hard to move around.

 

..and 6th) If you count an Elven Demigod ripping your arm off, telling you that he was partially responsible for all that **** you just went through, revealing that he is the one who created the Veil and then following that up by announcing that he plans on ending your world to bringing down said Veil as closure?  Sure, you can call that closure if you want ... I don't.

 

Don't get be wrong, I'm still rooting for both a New PC and a returning PC (iif I'm forced to have one or the other as a Solo-PC I'd choose the New PC), but there is a lot of story telling potential left in the Inquisitor as a character and that shouldn't really be ignored.    

[Battlebloodmage]

OK ... a few things.  

 

1st) No one insinuated that Dorian be romancable again with the exception for perhaps the Inquisitor that had already romanced him, and your kidding yourself if you think Dorian wont have a massive part to play in DA4 if the setting is indeed Tevinter so he's intrinsically baggage to the previous games.  So is Solas for that matter if he is in the game, if he's not their is little point to this discussion. :3  

 

2nd) The only relationships that will matter in a country as far away as Tevinter will be Dorian, Solas and perhaps Harding if she returns. 

 

3rd) The two fundamental decisions that would influence anything in a Tevinter based off "Trespasser" will be the decision to disband and the decision to save or stop Solas, little else in DA:I besides those relationships stated above and the "Well of Sorrows" will have any real influence over the events of DA4 if the Inquisitor returns as playable.

 

4th) No one suggested that the Inquisitor get their arm back.  A prosthetic of some kind perhaps, but functionally it would be a far more compelling story if they have to continue fighting and struggling with a handicap.  

 

5th) It was never implied that the disband decision should be retconned, but I think your overestimating how much that plot-point will actually play on future events if the Inquisitor returns.  The most useful aspects of the Inquisition in the pursuit of Solas are its wealth, its Diplomatic core and to a lesser degree its Spy-network (all of which have proven pretty ineffectual at finding Solas).  The armed forces, shackled to the Chantry as they are, are effectively useless as they cannot be sent into a Northern Andrastian state such as Tevinter without the very serious risk of provoking a war.  Which it will, because if the Inquisition still remains they now represent the Orlesian Chantry and the White Divine who Tevinter Chantry and their "True Divine" hate.  Also they're being spied on by multiple interested parties which makes it very hard to move around.

 

..and 6th) If you count an Elven Demigod ripping your arm off, telling you that he was partially responsible for all that **** you just went through, revealing that he is the one who created the Veil and then following that up by announcing that he plans on ending your world to bringing down said Veil as closure?  Sure, you can call that closure if you want ... I don't.

 

Don't get be wrong, I'm still rooting for both a New PC and a returning PC (iif I'm forced to have one or the other as a Solo-PC I'd choose the New PC), but there is a lot of story telling potential left in the Inquisitor as a character and that shouldn't really be ignored.    

Not sure why you think I don't think Dorian will play a big role, but that has nothing to do with the Inquisitor. Tevinter problems should be resolved by Tevinter people. I've never been a fan of an outsider coming in solving problems that their own people can't solve themselves. It just seems like a savior complex.You know what? craps will always happen regardless of whether the Inquisitor is there. They need to leave cliffhanger to lead to other games just as the mage and templar war didn't resolve, so does the elven God story, but just as Hawke was there during the mage and templar war doesn't mean Hawke needs to finish it. It was a closure for the Inquisitor, not the entire story or the world as a whole. I'm not a fan of a single big bad hero saving the world. The developer has already said that Thedas is not about a particular hero but about the world itself. Plus, I'm not a fan of playing established character in power and playing as a one hand character sounds just terrible. 

[Nefla]

Not sure why you think I don't think Dorian will play a big role, but that has nothing to do with the Inquisitor. Tevinter problems should be resolved by Tevinter people. I've never been a fan of an outsider coming in solving problems that their own people can't solve themselves. It just seems like a savior complex.

Sort of how Kirkwall's problems were resolved by a Kirkwaller in DA2 (nope) or Orlais/Ferelden's problems were resolved by an Orlesian or Ferelden in DA:I (nope again)? Not to mention that Solas isn't a Tevinter problem, he's a problem that threatens the entire world and a new pc has no connection to him at all. If DA4 were about a Tevinter slave uprising or war with the Qunari rather than about stopping Solas then yes I'd want a new PC from Tevinter but that's not the story BioWare set up.

 

 

You know what, craps will always happen regardless of whether the Inquisitor is there. They need to leave cliffhanger to lead to other games just as the mage and templar war didn't resolve, so does the elven God story, but just as Hawke was there during the mage and templar war doesn't mean Hawke needs to finish it.

Because that worked out so well for the mage templar war. It was just half-assedly shoved in there and resolved in like two seconds by someone with no stake in it. Building up something interesting like the mage-templar war or Solas vs the Inquisitor and then tossing it aside in favor of something generic such as "save the world from this random crazy wizard who wants to kill everyone!" is just bad storytelling. With a new PC Solas is just that next evil wizard trying to kill everyone. He and a new pc have nothing. Starting a story with one protagonist and then tossing them aside for a completely new, unconnected random Joe protagonist to finish that story because of a lame rule about "new character each game" is bad storytelling. They've already said that inquisition was the first half of a longer story arc, it makes no sense to change the protagonist halfway through the story.

 

 

 

It was a closure for the Inquisitor, not the entire story or the world as a whole. I'm not a fan of a single big bad hero saving the world. The developer has already said that Thedas is not about a particular hero but about the world itself. Plus, I'm not a fan of playing established character in power and playing as a one hand character sounds just terrible.

Whoever the protagonist of DA4 is whether it be the inquisitor or a new schlub off the street will end up being a "big bad hero saving the world" because DA4 will be about saving the world from Solas. The difference is that the new random hero would have no connection to Solas or the first half of the story. The vanilla game had closure for the inquisitor, Trespasser opened things up and gave the opposite of closure, it gave a new goal and an intense motivation to achieve it. Closure for the character doesn't mean "I don't want to play this character anymore" it means the character's issues are resolved. Solas killing the world isn't resolved, the inquisitor learning to live with the loss of an arm isn't resolved, the inquisition being disbanded or shrunken down isn't resolved, the inner circle plotting in the basement to go after Solas isn't resolved. The inquisitor's power was greatly diminished after Trespasser both physically and politically. I see potential for a very interesting fall from grace type story with a personal grudge between hero and villain, the formation of a shadow organization that could be what the inquisition should have been from the start, the physical and emotional impact of losing a limb is also very appealing to me.

[CardButton]

Not sure why you think I don't think Dorian will play a big role, but that has nothing to do with the Inquisitor. Tevinter problems should be resolved by Tevinter people. I've never been a fan of an outsider coming in solving problems that their own people can't solve themselves. It just seems like a savior complex.You know what, craps will always happen regardless of whether the Inquisitor is there. They need to leave cliffhanger to lead to other games just as the mage and templar war didn't resolve, so does the elven God story, but just as Hawke was there during the mage and templar war doesn't mean Hawke needs to finish it. It was a closure for the Inquisitor, not the entire story or the world as a whole. I'm not a fan of a single big bad hero saving the world. The developer has already said that Thedas is not about a particular hero but about the world itself. Plus, I'm not a fan of playing established character in power and playing as a one hand character sounds just terrible. 

Right, which is why it would be helpful for there to be a new Tevinter PC there to handle much of the Tevinter based content, but Solas is not a Tevinter problem.  If Solas is not in the next game this the Inquisitor should not be in the next game, but if Solas is the Antagonist of DA4 then the Inquisitor should be playable.  Not for every foreseeable Dragon Age Game in the future, but for one more ... then they're done.

 

While Solas can be considered a World Problem he is also an Inquisitor problem. He was once a friend, a love interest, an enemy, or at bare minimum an ally that helped to create not only the Inquisition and the Inquisitor, but the very reasons for their existences in the first place.  His actions resulted in the Deaths of Thousands, the near creation of a Tyranical God and the eventual maiming of the Inquisitor themselves ... and yet his actions also helped stabilize and eventually reinforce those very same people that he caused so much hardship. Solas is the last perpetrator responsible for the Destruction of the Conclave and as such he is the last individual that the Inquisitor (with or without the Inquisition) needs to bring to justice, after all that was the point of the Inquisition.  Lastly, and very apparently, the only person who Solas told his World Ending plan to was the Inquisitor themselves ... no one else was present and it is rather apparent by the priorities of both Orlais and Fereldon at the end of Trespasser they don't consider Solas that big a threat (at least not as much of a threat as the Inquisition itself represented).  I doubt very much that a country like Tevinter (that revels in their destruction of the Ancient Elvhen civilization) is going be more receptive in accepting that a being straight out of Elvhen myth presents a viable threat to the world, let alone validating his existence. 

 

What closure do you speak of?  The job isn't done.  The Inquisitor (and their closest allies) are the only ones who apparently take the threat Solas presents seriously and the game made it very apparent that with or without the Inquisition the Inquisitor would continue their pursuit of him.  

[Battlebloodmage]

Right, which is why it would be helpful for there to be a new Tevinter PC there to handle much of the Tevinter based content, but Solas is not a Tevinter problem.  If Solas is not in the next game this the Inquisitor should not be in the next game, but if Solas is the Antagonist of DA4 then the Inquisitor should be playable.  Not for every foreseeable Dragon Age Game in the future, but for one more ... then they're done.

 

While Solas can be considered a World Problem he is also an Inquisitor problem. He was once a friend, a love interest, an enemy, or at bare minimum an ally that helped to create not only the Inquisition and the Inquisitor, but the very reasons for their existences in the first place.  His actions resulted in the Deaths of Thousands, the near creation of a Tyranical God and the eventual maiming of the Inquisitor themselves ... and yet his actions also helped stabilize and eventually reinforce those very same people that he caused so much hardship. Solas is the last perpetrator responsible for the Destruction of the Conclave and as such he is the last individual that the Inquisitor (with or without the Inquisition) needs to bring to justice, after all that was the point of the Inquisition.  Lastly, and very apparently, the only person who Solas told his World Ending plan to was the Inquisitor themselves ... no one else was present and it is rather apparent by the priorities of both Orlais and Fereldon at the end of Trespasser they don't consider Solas that big a threat (at least not as much of a threat as the Inquisition itself represented).  I doubt very much that a country like Tevinter (that revels in their destruction of the Ancient Elvhen civilization) is going be more receptive in accepting that a being straight out of Elvhen myth presents a viable threat to the world, let alone validating his existence. 

 

What closure do you speak of?  The job isn't done.  The Inquisitor (and their closest allies) are the only ones who apparently take the threat Solas presents seriously and the game made it very apparent that with or without the Inquisition the Inquisitor would continue their pursuit of him.  

And all of that can be resolved by a different person. He wasn't set up to be resolved by the Inquisitor but to introduce a cliffhanger for the next game. He just happens to have a tie to the Inquisitor.

 

The job is done. Their job is to close the rift, that job is accomplished. The DLC made sure to hammer it over and over again throughout the entire story. I doubt they would continue the Inquisitor anyway. This is just a wishful thread, but the world is big enough for other people to see the threat that could happen. We don't know at this point what role these characters will play. We don't even know if Solas would be the villain or end up sacrificing himself, so kind of a big assumption to say just because Solas may be in it, it may sense for the Inquisitor to be there as his rival. The story is done for the inquisition. 

[Abyss108]

I don't know what universe some of you live in where a character repeatedly swearing to kill someone who manipulated them for a year is "closure"...

[Witch Cocktor]

And all of that can be resolved by a different person. He wasn't set up to be resolved by the Inquisitor but to introduce a cliffhanger for the next game. He just happens to have a tie to the Inquisitor.

 

The job is done. Their job is to close the rift, that job is accomplished. The DLC made sure to hammer it over and over again throughout the entire story. I doubt they would continue the Inquisitor anyway. This is just a wishful thread, but the world is big enough for other people to see the threat that could happen. We don't know at this point what role these characters will play. We don't even know if Solas would be the villain or end up sacrificing himself, so kind of a big assumption to say just because Solas may be in it, it may sense for the Inquisitor to be there as his rival. The story is done for the inquisition. 

The story is done for the inquisition, but the story ain't done for the inquisitor, or for that matter anyone who was plotting in the basement at the end of Trespasser. 

[Battlebloodmage]

I don't know what universe some of you live in where a character repeatedly swearing to kill someone who manipulated them for a year is "closure"...

Yeah, you're right, I'm sure the developers will see the same and will make the next game with the inquisitor next time. 

[MiyuEmi]

I honestly hope not.  I hope that if they make a new DA game, that they realise how integral your character having a backstory is.  I'd prefer to start as a character a la Origins, where I have a small snippet to start my journey with.  So I know why my character is where they are and what they hope to accomplish there.  My main issues with DA:2 and DAI were that you were just dropped into the middle of a situation with no character history.  I would love to see Solas again as a companion, but no to Varric and no to the Inquisitor being the main character.  I would prefer to create this character a new.

[Sah291]

And all of that can be resolved by a different person. He wasn't set up to be resolved by the Inquisitor but to introduce a cliffhanger for the next game. He just happens to have a tie to the Inquisitor.

 

Of course it can. The question isn't whether it can't be resolved by a new protagonist, it's about whether it would be as interesting, satisfying, or engaging. For me, it wouldn't be. People complained about the IQ being too neutral and bland, but this was part of the problem (at least in the beginning).

 

For a character to be interesting in a story you have to give them plenty of conflict, and personal stake in the story, and a reason to show emotion, etc. Starting over with a new protagonist to deal with the Quizzy's mess is not going to solve that problem. Developing the Quizzy will. If the Inquisitor comes back, it will be with a vengeance...or a lot of motivation and passion, anyway. One of my favorite scenes in Trespasser is the ending, the angry response, where he/she angrily throws down the book. A random new person just doesn't have a reason to be that exasperated or ticked off about what happened. They weren't there. They didn't put in the time trying to fix things, only to watch it all crash and burn.

 

But again, if DA4 ends up going in a different direction with a new story line, then I'm fine with a new protagonist for the same reasons. So it's not like I have something against new characters or anything. I've made my Warden, Hawke, and Quizzy all different and I love them all. As much as I would have liked Hawke in DAI, with the Quizzy, I got to take that new character in a direction I never would have taken Hawke, 

[Battlebloodmage]

Of course it can. The question isn't whether it can't be resolved by a new protagonist, it's about whether it would be as interesting, satisfying, or engaging. For me, it wouldn't be. People complained about the IQ being too neutral and bland, but this was part of the problem (at least in the beginning).

 

For a character to be interesting in a story you have to give them plenty of conflict, and personal stake in the story, and a reason to show emotion, etc. Starting over with a new protagonist to deal with the Quizzy's mess is not going to solve that problem. Developing the Quizzy will. If the Inquisitor comes back, it will be with a vengeance...or a lot of motivation and passion, anyway. One of my favorite scenes in Trespasser is the ending, the angry response, where he/she angrily throws down the book. A random new person just doesn't have a reason to be that exasperated or ticked off about what happened. They weren't there. They didn't put in the time trying to fix things, only to watch it all crash and burn.

 

But again, if DA4 ends up going in a different direction with a new story line, then I'm fine with a new protagonist for the same reasons. So it's not like I have something against new characters or anything. I've made my Warden, Hawke, and Quizzy all different and I love them all. As much as I would have liked Hawke in DAI, with the Quizzy, I got to take that new character in a direction I never would have taken Hawke, 

Inquisitor is bland and boring, and I'm absolutely happy if we could move away from him. People make a lot of assumptions about what role Solas will play anyway. Maybe it will connect to Solas, maybe not. We don't know. It may end up being about about Tevinter and archedemons, we don't know, and I doubt a forum suggestions would make developers sway one way or the other on the big issue like this, artistic integrity and all that jazz, so this is just a discussion about whether we want to see the Inquisitor returns. I say no and you say yes. That's all there is to it.

[Sah291]

Inquisitor is bland and boring, and I'm absolutely happy if we could move away from him. People make a lot of assumptions about what role Solas will play anyway. Maybe it will connect to Solas, maybe not. We don't know. It may end up being about about Tevinter and archedemons, we don't know, and I doubt a forum suggestions would make developers sway one way or the other on the big issue like this, artistic integrity and all that jazz, so this is just a discussion about whether we want to see the Inquisitor returns. I say no and you say yes. That's all there is to it.

 

Well, my canon Quizzy is a mage, so I got around it and headcanon there's a reason he/she is so unusually stoic like that-- they were effectively made tranquil in the explosion, and then cured being touched by the Justinia spirit in the fade. Which is how Cassandra says tranquility is reversed. So the quizzy has some of the advantages of a tranquil mage-- hyper focus, very logical, etc.  Hey it worked for me. But I don't think I could do that again, if the new character is all "What's a Fen'Harel?" 

 

But you are right, if DA4 ends up being mostly about Tevinter and an archdemon or something, I agree with you. I just don't think anything is set in stone at this point yet, not even the new protagonist every game rule.

[Abyss108]

The odds of DA4 not being about Solas are the same as the odds would have been for ME3 not being about the reapers.

 

I mean, sure, its possible Bioware just spent the entire previous game setting up a villain just to ignore him, its possible all the big speeches about how someone has to stop Solas were just an elaborate prank the devs were playing on us, its possible the devs talking about Solas being an antagonist were just lies...

[Smudjygirl]

The odds of DA4 not being about Solas are the same as the odds would have been for ME3 not being about the reapers.

 

I mean, sure, its possible Bioware just spent the entire previous game setting up a villain just to ignore him, its possible all the big speeches about how someone has to stop Solas were just an elaborate prank the devs were playing on us, its possible the devs talking about Solas being an antagonist were just lies...

 

And the hint from Weekes? that Solas' story will climax in next game (unless something has changed since i last came here)

[Battlebloodmage]

Well, my canon Quizzy is a mage, so I got around it and headcanon there's a reason he/she is so unusually stoic like that-- they were effectively made tranquil in the explosion, and then cured being touched by the Justinia spirit in the fade. Which is how Cassandra says tranquility is reversed. So the quizzy has some of the advantages of a tranquil mage-- hyper focus, very logical, etc.  Hey it worked for me. But I don't think I could do that again, if the new character is all "What's a Fen'Harel?" 

 

But you are right, if DA4 ends up being mostly about Tevinter and an archdemon or something, I agree with you. I just don't think anything is set in stone at this point yet, not even the new protagonist every game rule.

One thing about Bioware games is that they always want to make their games accessible by anyone, even with Shepard, he can ask pretty stupid questions or learn about stuffs he already knows. Liara acts like previous relationship didn't exist in ME3 during her romance scenes even with the carry over. Regardless of who comes it, the "what's a Fen'Harel?" will come up in some forms to explain it to new gamers. A new protagonist is often more new players friendly but that is not to say a previous protagonist wouldn't be able to do the same. Anyway, as I have said, we don't have any information to go on, and asking for a protagonist back is not the same thing as asking for a kiss, so these kinds of decisions would definitely not gonna be influenced by a forum thread. We can argue about it until the cow comes home, but they would likely do whatever they want with it in this instance. It's likely gonna be a protagonist, maybe a small chance for the same protagonist. I'm almost certain it would be a new protagonist, but I could be wrong about it.

[Battlebloodmage]

The odds of DA4 not being about Solas are the same as the odds would have been for ME3 not being about the reapers.

 

I mean, sure, its possible Bioware just spent the entire previous game setting up a villain just to ignore him, its possible all the big speeches about how someone has to stop Solas were just an elaborate prank the devs were playing on us, its possible the devs talking about Solas being an antagonist were just lies...

Well, it's not like they didn't set up the entire mage and templar war in DA2, creating several books on the conflict then have it end within the first part of the game. 

[Abyss108]

Well, it's not like they didn't set up the entire mage and templar war in DA2, creating several books on the conflict then have it end within the first part of the game. 

 

And that sucked and shouldn't have been done. But its also not nearly the same as the Solas situation. The previous games might have built up a war, but never said it was your job to stop it. The devs have never said that it's the central conflict. The previous game didn't end with your character specifically stating they had to deal with this. There was no teaser at the end of the game showing your characters planning to deal with the war.

[Battlebloodmage]

And that sucked and shouldn't have been done. But its also not nearly the same as the Solas situation. The previous games might have built up a war, but never said it was your job to stop it. The devs have never said that it's the central conflict. The previous game didn't end with your character specifically stating they had to deal with this. There was no teaser at the end of the game showing your characters planning to deal with the war.

And just as with mage and templar war,  we don't know how they will handle Solas in the next game, maybe the inquisitor would just pop up like with Hawke during Solas quest, so it's too premature to say anything about the plot when we don't know anything about the plot for the next time and I doubt it changes with forum posts on such a big issue. In the end, we will always get what we get.

[Sah291]

And the hint from Weekes? that Solas' story will climax in next game (unless something has changed since i last came here)

 

Yeah, that's another reason I think the Quizzy may be back. I think a lot of people are assuming we will get a new protagonist, just because that is what they have always done before in the DA series. But there are a lot of hints to suggest they are considering it, or at least leaving their options open. I hope so. 

 

 

One thing about Bioware games is that they always want to make their games accessible by anyone, even with Shepard, he can ask pretty stupid questions or learn about stuffs he already knows. Liara acts like previous relationship didn't exist in ME3 during her romance scenes even with the carry over. Regardless of who comes it, the "what's a Fen'Harel?" will come up in some forms to explain it to new gamers. A new protagonist is often more new players friendly but that is not to say a previous protagonist wouldn't be able to do the same. 

 

 Bioware does have this issue with all their games. They have always had a hard time portraying characters with insider knowledge, due to all the exposition they have to do. But on the other hand, there has been a huge trend in the film and game industry for franchises. It's not such a huge obstacle with audiences anymore to have reoccurring characters, etc. Same in television. Serial stories used to be much harder to pull off, which is why so many older shows focused heavily on self contained monster of the week type formats. But there have been big leaps in the popularity of serial and episodic storytelling since the first DA and ME games were made.

[Abyss108]

And just as with mage and templar war,  we don't know how they will handle Solas in the next game, maybe the inquisitor would just pop up like with Hawke during Solas quest, so it's too premature to say anything about the plot when we don't know anything about the plot for the next time and I doubt it changes with forum posts on such a big issue. In the end, we will always get what we get.

 

We don't know how the Inquisitor will be handled, no. But we do know they set Solas up the be the big bad, and that the devs have referred to him as the antagonist, and that they dedicated the end game teaser to going after him.

[Battlebloodmage]

We don't know how the Inquisitor will be handled, no. But we do know they MIGHT set Solas up the be the big bad, and that the devs have referred to him as the antagonist, and that they dedicated the end game teaser to going after him.

We definitely don't know that. He's an antagonist that might be set as big bad that may or may not need an armless hero to save the world. Nothing is known at this point. and I have a very good feeling that it will be a new protagonist and thanks the Maker for that.

[Abyss108]

We definitely don't know that. He's an antagonist that might be set as big bad that may or may not need an armless hero to save the world. Nothing is known at this point. and I have a very good feeling that it will be a new protagonist and thanks the Maker for that.

 

We definitely do know he's the antagonist unless you ignore everything the game and the devs themselves tell you. I haven't said anything about whether the Inquisitor will return because they haven't said anything about that yet (though if she doesn't I'm not buying the game...).

[Battlebloodmage]

We definitely do know he's the antagonist unless you ignore everything the game and the devs themselves tell you. I haven't said anything about whether the Inquisitor will return because they haven't said anything about that yet (though if she doesn't I'm not buying the game...).

"We definitely don't know that. He's an antagonist that might be set as big bad that may or may not need an armless hero to save the world. Nothing is known at this point. and I have a very good feeling that it will be a new protagonist and thanks the Maker for that."

 

I guess that's the difference then, I'll buy it regardless of whether we get a new inquisitor or not. I see the series as a world instead of any single protagonist.

[Smudjygirl]

We definitely do know he's the antagonist unless you ignore everything the game and the devs themselves tell you. I haven't said anything about whether the Inquisitor will return because they haven't said anything about that yet (though if she doesn't I'm not buying the game...).

 

Agreed. If they reduce him to the same level they did Cory and the Mage/templar war for the sake of a new PC, many people will not be happy. And i would guess those that advocate a new PC "just because" will be the ones who complain the most about that.

[Abyss108]

"We definitely don't know that. He's an antagonist that might be set as big bad that may or may not need an armless hero to save the world. Nothing is known at this point. and I have a very good feeling that it will be a new protagonist and thanks the Maker for that."

 

I guess that's the difference then, I'll buy it regardless of whether we get a new inquisitor or not. I see the series as a world instead of any single protagonist.

 

OK, sure, the guy with the power and intent to genocide the entire world is going to be a side note, and there there is something more important that the destruction of the entire world in the next game, and Bioware spent all that effort to build Solas up just to troll people. 

 

I also see the series as a world and not a single protagonist. In general, I hate returning protagonist's and am glad Bioware didn't do another series like ME with the same character all the time. But that doesn't mean you cut a story off at the half way point just because of some ancient "new protagonist every game" rule. You finish the story you started, you don't drop it at "I swear I'll do whatever it takes to kill you". If my Inquisitor doesn't get an ending to her story (and Bioware specifically went out of their way to open it in Trespasser, things were fine how they were in the main game), I have no reason to be interested in the story for the next protagonist - because maybe she won't get an ending either.