I had the chance to talk with Patrick Weekes about his work as a the lead writer for Dragon Age, the Trespasser DLC, Solas, and things that could potentially effect the future of the series. Sit back, relax, and hear the answers to some of your most burning questions!
I had the chance to chat with Liz Lehtonen about her work as a producer at BioWare,
Dragon Age: Inquisition's development, and the Trespasser DLC.
I had the chance to meet up with Deanna Jones and talk with her about her work as the community manager for Heroes of Dragon Age, new features that have been added to the app, and our time at PAX South 2016.
please he talk of the hero of ferelden for future games?
Nice interview with Patrick Weekes. Thank you, BioFan. I like Patrick Weekes voice. Also... Solas was inspired by Tennant's Doctor Who? He is THE Doctor for me so that's awesome.
And yessss he mentioned blood magic! Blood mage specialization is the one thing I absolutely want in DA4.
please he talk of the hero of ferelden for future games?
No, neither Patrick Weekes or BioFan mention the Hero of Ferelden once in the interview, let alone them being in future games. Even if they will be, Weekes wouldn't be able to say one way or another due to NDAs.
The god is awakened Solas is the lead writer of Dragon age.
I only had time to watch the Weekes interview, good job. You're so funny BioFan...Solas' parents, lol.
haha, it came to me and I COULDN'T resist! 
Ok Patrick Weekes, WTF. You're a talented writer, but your some of your answers in this interview fly in the face of events in the game.
1) They didn't want to have the qunari in Trespasser be "the offshoot of an offshoot of an offshoot". But that's what we end up fighting; the Viddasala is either acting against the orders of or without the knowledge of the Triumvirate. She's mining lyrium for her saarebases without permission, and is eventually disavowed. The game goes out of it's way to make it clear she's off the reservation, which is why it's BS that Iron Bull listens to her anyway.
2) Mother Giselle is supposed to be a counter-point to the trivialisation of religious belief. WTH? The same character that tells you to continue to claim a false divine mandate after Adamant? In a game with both Cassandra and Leliana, Giselle is unnecessary and is in fact the exact sort of character Patrick Weekes says he dislikes. To her the truth of the Maker is less important than the good works that can be done in his name.
Great interview, I loved it, I love DA, but those answers, WTH.
Eh. Could care less about the behind the scenes people at Bioware;
Finished watching the interview with Patrick last night (I still think the nugs are behind everything...).
Fun interview, though some of the influences he mentions I really didn't see in the game. I thought it was funny though that the BioWare Forums were completely glossed over when discussing where fans can make their voices heard. "Uhh... there's a subreddit... and social media..."
.Ok Patrick Weekes, WTF. You're a talented writer, but your some of your answers in this interview fly in the face of events in the game.
1) They didn't want to have the qunari in Trespasser be "the offshoot of an offshoot of an offshoot". But that's what we end up fighting; the Viddasala is either acting against the orders of or without the knowledge of the Triumvirate. She's mining lyrium for her saarebases without permission, and is eventually disavowed. The game goes out of it's way to make it clear she's off the reservation, which is why it's BS that Iron Bull listens to her anyway.
2) Mother Giselle is supposed to be a counter-point to the trivialisation of religious belief. WTH? The same character that tells you to continue to claim a false divine mandate after Adamant? In a game with both Cassandra and Leliana, Giselle is unnecessary and is in fact the exact sort of character Patrick Weekes says he dislikes. To her the truth of the Maker is less important than the good works that can be done in his name.
Great interview, I loved it, I love DA, but those answers, WTH.
Finished watching the interview with Patrick last night (I still think the nugs are behind everything...).
Fun interview, though some of the influences he mentions I really didn't see in the game. I thought it was funny though that the BioWare Forums were completely glossed over when discussing where fans can make their voices heard. "Uhh... there's a subreddit... and social media..."
Yeah, I thought that was very odd. Why would that be?
please he talk of the hero of ferelden for future games?
Not this again.....
Ok Patrick Weekes, WTF. You're a talented writer, but your some of your answers in this interview fly in the face of events in the game.
1) They didn't want to have the qunari in Trespasser be "the offshoot of an offshoot of an offshoot". But that's what we end up fighting; the Viddasala is either acting against the orders of or without the knowledge of the Triumvirate. She's mining lyrium for her saarebases without permission, and is eventually disavowed. The game goes out of it's way to make it clear she's off the reservation, which is why it's BS that Iron Bull listens to her anyway.
No, the game strongly implied that their superiors were well aware of their efforts, but decided to disavow them as the plan was failing.
Ok Patrick Weekes, WTF. You're a talented writer, but your some of your answers in this interview fly in the face of events in the game.
1) They didn't want to have the qunari in Trespasser be "the offshoot of an offshoot of an offshoot". But that's what we end up fighting; the Viddasala is either acting against the orders of or without the knowledge of the Triumvirate. She's mining lyrium for her saarebases without permission, and is eventually disavowed. The game goes out of it's way to make it clear she's off the reservation, which is why it's BS that Iron Bull listens to her anyway.
What are you talking about? Patrick Weekes has simply confirmed in this interview what has been strongly implied in Trespasser itself - that was not any sort of offshoot, but a super-secret and fully sanctioned Qunari operation.
....You really think that the Qunandar would allow Viddasala occupy their only source of lyrium if they didn't know she was turning Sareebas into super-soldiers? You think that epilogue slides would mention that the Qunari plan of sneakily invading the South was thwarted and hence they turned to Tevinter if the Qunai leadership didn't know about it?
Vidassala's been disavowed only because Solas messed up their plan by making Inquisition aware of it and enabled Inquisitor to go after the qunari.
2) Mother Giselle is supposed to be a counter-point to the trivialisation of religious belief. WTH? The same character that tells you to continue to claim a false divine mandate after Adamant? In a game with both Cassandra and Leliana, Giselle is unnecessary and is in fact the exact sort of character Patrick Weekes says he dislikes. To her the truth of the Maker is less important than the good works that can be done in his name.
Er, no, she doesn't tell Inquisitor anything that is even close to "continuing to claim a false mandate" 
We can have a full conversation with her about it, that is mostly about metaphors and interpreting everything that happens as evidence of Maker's subtle actions (and as flawed as her thinking I personally think it is, it's very realistic, considering that I know very smart, compassionate people who believe the exact way she does).
I started watching Doctor Who around the same time as finishing Inquisition for the first time, and I was laughing to myself at how much the Doctor reminded me of Solas. I guess it's supposed to be the other way around.
I started watching Doctor Who around the same time as finishing Inquisition for the first time, and I was laughing to myself at how much the Doctor reminded me of Solas. I guess it's supposed to be the other way around.
Interesting how we all see different things... Personally, I didn't see anything in Solas that reminded me of The Doctor. I saw him as essentially a mix of Legolas and Elrond (movie versions).
That is funny, Solas reminded me of Sherlock Holmes.Interesting how we all see different things... Personally, I didn't see anything in Solas that reminded me of The Doctor. I saw him as essentially a mix of Legolas and Elrond (movie versions).
Finished watching the interview with Patrick last night (I still think the nugs are behind everything...).
Fun interview, though some of the influences he mentions I really didn't see in the game. I thought it was funny though that the BioWare Forums were completely glossed over when discussing where fans can make their voices heard. "Uhh... there's a subreddit... and social media..."
If we could downvote posts on this board, it might be managable... then again.
Interesting how we all see different things... Personally, I didn't see anything in Solas that reminded me of The Doctor. I saw him as essentially a mix of Legolas and Elrond (movie versions).
I think it's mostly when either character gets really emotional it comes out. If you take Solas to Redcliff in In Hushed Whispers, his little spiel when you meet him again in the prison does this soooo much - co-incidentally that's also the time-travel plot. Then there's also the whole lonely traveler, with impossible knowledge, who only shows up when there's trouble brewing, thing with them, and both the Doctor and Solas having essentially destroyed their people because of a war.
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