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[Pasquale1234]

They start DLC before the game releases. That is not because they are evil or anything. That is just how game dev works to save money. Like the last few months are testing, bug fixes and you cannot just have all employees standing around and twiddling their thumbs. They are busy working on DLC before the game comes out. So you often have DLC that ships really quick or that can even ship at release.

Once the game goes gold, they can't make any more changes prior to release, but I'm pretty sure they're busy working on fixes they weren't able to complete before it went gold, so they can put out the first patches ASAP.

Also: probably taking some well-earned comp time. They work awfully long hours in the last weeks / months leading up to release (crunch time), and are likely largely exhausted.
 

Working on DLC does not affect anything. Writers write. They do not do bug testing.

According to David Gaider's blog (which has been deleted), that's not true. Writers do support the QA team by doing some testing. They also might have additional work to do very late in the cycle - when content is cut, they sometimes have to go back and try to weave any pertinent information from the cut content back into some other place in the game.

OT: I might be willing to pay for some extra romance content, but I can't imagine BioWare would ever produce such a thing.

-- The market for any particular romance could be quite small.
-- Anyone not interested in that particular romance would whine that BioWare was spending their zots doing that instead of content they would like.
-- Other people would be angry that the content was not included in the main game.
-- If they included a sex scene, they would be accused of selling p0rn. If they didn't include a sex scene, some people would feel like they didn't get what they paid for.

A lot of people already have an attitude about paying for DLC, and I think this would only add fuel to that fire.

DLCs focused on other major content that happen to include romance - like LotSB, the Citadel, and perhaps Omega - can be very well-received, however.

[10K]

Romance DLC added down the line for already existing romances that will be in the main game, sure. Romance DLC just to add more romance options, no.

[Gramorla]

DLC Companions are somehow second class npc for me.... only a part of the player communitie will have than and they have always the "not part of the orginal game" stigma.

 

Shale in DA:O was always a ig fremdkörper for me...  And the outrage about the day one javik dlc for ME3 was huge...

 

 

so.. no

[Obliviousmiss]

 

Don't know what I just read. 

 

Bioware knows how to do romances, and they get better each game they produce so................... In them I trust.

[The Twilight God]

I'm sure this would happen with a good part of the community
 

Hope I don't get a warning strike for the video content

What does it matter? They'll just blame EA and buy the DLC regardless.

[Fredward]

I'd buy one big romance themed DLC that expanded on existing game romances but there's no way I'd buy a bunch of loose romance arcs, nay.

[sjsharp2011]

No, I want my romance to be woven throughout the game. However, I would be willing to pay for DLC with extra companion/romance content like the Citadel DLC. 

yeah same here romances should be part of the main game and treated as such. If they want to add extra stuff to the romance with extra scenes like they did with Shadow broker for Liara in ME2 or Citadel in ME3 or again like they did in DAI with Trespasser where you can actually end up married to 2 of them(Sera and Cullen) then fair enough but for me the basic stuff  should always be in the main game not package and sold to us for extra. After all they do enough of this by giving us extra levels and equipment to play around with on DLC anyway. If they want to add extra bits in like that through DLC then fair enough if it ties into the game well  but the main stuff should always be in the game. Even EA isn't foolish enough to not see that.

[Cz-99]

Cut content is dumb. If they wanna add additional romance situations after the fact - due to fan response or whatever - that's fine. TW3 did that with Triss, after people complained that there weren't as many romance scenes with her as opposed to Yenn. However, unlike CD Projekt Red, EAware would probably charge for said DLC. Granted, the addition wasn't huge, and if they did something like Lair of the Shadow Broker I'd understand them charging for it, since it's extra stuff on top of some romance jazz.

 

After what they did with Javik, it wouldn't surprise me. But if anything gets cut and charged extra for, I really don't think it's gonna be romance,

[MrMrPendragon]

Yeah why not? Just so we could have a show here in the forums

[Blueblood]

Yeeeeaaaahhh..... I don't think that'll go down too well with people. Unless, as others have said, it's dlc that adds more content to already established romances, or if it's a romanceable character they come up with after the base game has been shipped and therefore not cut content for the sole purpose of selling to us later. Or something.

[Sartoz]

 

Don't know what I just read. 

 

Bioware knows how to do romances, and they get better each game they produce so................... In them I trust.

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Oh?

DA:I Cassandra's romance was a quest. Personal time was a view from the rafters somewhere and when the deed was done, nary an extra word was uttered. Plus, she went right back to sword practicing and talking to you as if nothing happened.  Yes, yes, some of the courtship stages were funny, especially her love of Varric's novels. But, if this is a "good romance mechanic", then by all means, keep it.

 

 

This, btw, is from the pre-ordered game with no DLC's installed and up to patch 6.

[Sanunes]

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Oh?

DA:I Cassandra's romance was a quest. Personal time was a view from the rafters somewhere and when the deed was done, nary an extra word was uttered. Plus, she went right back to sword practicing and talking to you as if nothing happened.  Yes, yes, some of the courtship stages were funny, especially her love of Varric's novels. But, if this is a "good romance mechanic", then by all means, keep it.

 

 

This, btw, is from the pre-ordered game with no DLC's installed and up to patch 6.

 

I found that the build up to the romance was probably one of the better times BioWare has done it, but unfortunately like all previous games aside from Mass Effect 2 after you have the final encounter you are unable to continue which is a common problem in a BioWare game.  Even if it was like Mass Effect 2 when you have a little time in the protagonists room between the two character it would be much better.

[Onuris22]

I already hate the vomit that is day one DLC practices, why gate more things behind paid DLC when it can either be in the main game or just not done?

 

Hopefully any DLC that comes for Andromeda is decently priced...but with EA running the show I'm not expecting much.

[nfi42]

A good romance should support the story just like any character interaction.

 

I don't think a dlc just for romance is a good idea, if it enhances the original story, it should be in the original game.  Paying for it in a DLC is just a money grab.

 

This is my view and I'm ambivalent to romances in games.

[AlanC9]

I found that the build up to the romance was probably one of the better times BioWare has done it, but unfortunately like all previous games aside from Mass Effect 2 after you have the final encounter you are unable to continue which is a common problem in a BioWare game.  Even if it was like Mass Effect 2 when you have a little time in the protagonists room between the two character it would be much better.

DAI does what ME2 did, actually., though it's a little odd that the additional romantic interactions are cancelled after beating Cory.

[Sanunes]

DAI does what ME2 did, actually., though it's a little odd that the additional romantic interactions are cancelled after beating Cory.

 

That is what I was referring to was that after the final part of the relationship just before fighting Cory you LI would just ignore you after and since to me the game was designed to be continued after fighting Cory to play "catch up" with the side content that was skipped it just seems odd not to have some interaction.

 

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For in Mass Effect 2 after you complete the game you can call up your romantic interest to your cabin and you can sit on the sofa with them on lay on the bed with them.

[aoibhealfae]

What if main plot was made into DLC......... wait... The Arrival DLC, Leviathan DLC.. BW is way ahead of you....

 

Lair of the Shadow Broker is a romance DLC at its core. 

[Monk]

Just here to throw my "No" out.

[nfi42]

What if main plot was made into DLC......... wait... The Arrival DLC, Leviathan DLC.. BW is way ahead of you....

 

Lair of the Shadow Broker is a romance DLC at its core. 

 

Trespasser.

[Furisco]

I'm really open minded about DLC's, i don't understand those people that say that all types of dlc sucks and and it's the developers responsability to give 50 hours of content for 10 bucks. BUT, doesn't make sense to a character that is already in the game to have his romance exclusive for DLC.

[AlanC9]

What if main plot was made into DLC......... wait... The Arrival DLC, Leviathan DLC.. BW is way ahead of you....
 

I know. How dare Bio make DLCs that are interesting and important.

[aoibhealfae]

microtransaction is the future... add more romance scenes, its guaranteed bestseller

[nfi42]

microtransaction is the future... add more romance scenes, its guaranteed bestseller

 

How would that work?

[Spirit Vanguard]

Part of the notion for this is "not everyone will be happy, so make them pay for it"? Pleasing everyone is impossible -- I'm certain BioWare knows this, they just try to cast a wider net each time. Paying for romantic content would be insult to injury. Imagine you pay for all the romances and find none of them to your liking. When they're in the game there's less pressure. You might be disappointed, sure, but you wouldn't feel like you paid to be disappointed, perhaps several times over. The stakes would be higher for any romantic DLC which, I think, would defeat the purpose of what you're proposing.

 

DLC content that expands on the story/universe/characters in some way are different. BioWare has already been implementing romances, which adds to the replay value of the base game. Changing that now would be disastrous. Personally, I play the game because I want to play it, the romances are a benefit that I enjoy and I consider myself fortunate to have found ones that I genuinely like.

[Pearl (rip bioware)]

How would that work?

Paying real money to have sex with an otherwise un-romancable character.