Without lie
How many times did you picked answers just to get the approval of a companions?
How many times you let Zevran join your team just to get a new companion?
How many times did you drank from the well Morrigan just because you liked the character?
How many times did you pretended to be interested in Solas hobbies just to get his approval?
1. Only when I'm approval mining for a very specific wanted outcome. But usually I try to create a character that would make those dialogue choices in the first place. For example, my female bisexual Cousland wanted to screw anything that moved so long as she didn't have to pay for it. She was manipulative, power hungry, and said all the things that would get Leliana into bed. Then dropped her 'Stars and Shoes creepy stalker' vibe immediately for Zevran....then moved on to Alistair when she learned he was king material. Then had the 'audacity' to keep Zevran as a lover on the side after she married Alistair. She loved Alistair, but seriously... what he doesn't know doesn't hurt him; she did tell him everyone was out for themselves. Did he think it wouldn't apply to her ?
2. The first time of any game, I accept ALL character companions, but I'm not playing a specific character my first time. so shrug. In Origins, you could be a murderer yourself so Zevran being an assassin would not be held against him. My husband's reasoning for acquiring Zevran was this: Zevran presented a story that he was sort of forced into the Assasin's guild from childhood; that he was an asset, a tool, and lacked a lot of freedom to do anything else. And now, with the Warden, he could be more, if you're willing to let his trying to kill you slide. My husband thought this shot at redemption/career change was worth it, and that his Dwarf could handle Zevran if he ended up trying to double cross him.
Does DA2 even let you not acquire people? There are only so many to choose from depending on your own class. I can't see not acquiring everyone in that game just so you have some viable options for a balanced party.
In Inquisition, I don't see how it's the protagonist's place to choose who to accept for the Inquisition. You're merely an agent, Leliana/Jose/Cullen are your supervisors. I guess if you ignore the companion acquire quests until after you become the boss aka Inquisitor, I can see how you could cannon someone not being a good fit for your organization. Frankly, If I really pick these "extra" companions apart:
- Vivienne is totally unneeded; she's a hoity toity circle mage, and you already have Solas.
- The Inquisition can ill afford an expensive mercenary company so Iron Bull shouldn't be acquired in a world of finite money, at least till end game when you are swimming in it; and then you obviously didn't need them, did ya?
- Sera is a weird spy network and acts weird... But at least you don't have to pay her. So 50/50 on her.
- Blackwall is probably the only extra character worth getting, because there is narrative support to actually wanting a Warden around.
- Dorian is from Tevinter; so could be suspicious even though he totally earns my trust by the end of IHW. Otherwise, he's that Tevinter Mage who warned you about the Mage attack.
- Cole came to warn us of the impending Templar attack, but he's extra weird and tries to kill an injured soldier right in front of you. But you can talk him out of it with common sense, so it becomes clear he's just kinda special.
So, if we apply logic to the Inquisition companions, I think you'd only sign up for Blackwall, then kick Sera out when you realized how much of a child she was. Leaving you with Solas, Cassandra, Varric, and Blackwall. And then you'd kick Blackwall for being a liar. And then you find out Varric leaked the Thaig location to an ex lover; but you can't kick him to the curb, too bad. A pretty limited party at this point, and also a pretty lame game missing some of the best characters.
3. The wording of this question has me confused, but I think you're asking, "Why would you trust Morrigan to drink from the well unless it was just because you knew her from prior games?". So, the first time I played DAI, my human mage drank from the Well; Morrigan hadn't earned her trust, and as a mage, magic wasn't unfamiliar. My own previous experience with Morrigan be damned. Hell, it was probably BECAUSE of that experience that I didn't let her drink. She hung out with my Warden the whole game, even asked my Warden to kill her mother, Flemyth for her. And then what do I find but that she was lying all along, Solas style, to get some Warden sperm. Yeah, I loved her as my soul sister anyway, but that doesn't mean I would trust her not to keep crap to herself if convenient. Heck, even in Inquisition, she was being cagey about knowing stuff in the Arbor Wilds. Solas outright accuses her of being power hungry. The true second time I played, the character I was role playing DID NOT WANT MORE MAGIC IN HER. She was a rogue and the Anchor was enough magic for her. Who knew if the Well was even useful? But Solas said somebody should drink. So, here you go Morrigan, better you than me. And if I play an elf, then ya, I'm drinking. Because Elves should have it, end of story. So, it actually seems to me, that the only time I let Morrigan drink is when my lack of trust for her is superseded by a strong 'personal-to-my-character' reason not to.
4. I am honestly curious for all content in Dragon Age, so the first time I played, I did not ask Solas questions just to make him happy. That was a side benefit, sure. His stories about the Fade would sometimes give me goose bumps. I liked them. If I play a mage, mages should ask other mages about their areas of expertise. Aren't all mages educated and book wormish? If my character has an attraction to Solas, they'd be interested just because one is usually interested in their crush's hobbies. As a human rogue, I thought his stories were interesting but also weird. Mara the Rogue did not get all the boosts to approval that she could have, but whatever, that was her, my character. Now, I must admit that after asking him the questions twice through two playthroughs, the third time I ask the questions but skip listening because I already know what he's going to say. But my character still had to ask the question for me to let them have an opinion about it even if I didn't personally listen to it again. That all said, I am curious to do a playthrough where I totally don't get along with him at all and punch him in the face. So, yeah, I obviously don't live and die by the egghead's approval.
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It is cool to be Templar Warriors together, though.
