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[Aliceeverafter]

that's it. That's the question.

[Fredward]

We don't. I think the last official word we had about DA is that they were waiting for it to be greenlit, I dunno if anyone mentioned that it had been, they might've. A developer shutting down it's official forums while offering absolutely no recourse is making me itch too.

[Aliceeverafter]

A developer shutting down it's official forums while offering absolutely no recourse is making me itch too.

exactly why i asked - not boding well ....

[mmoblitz]

It's not looking good for anything right now.  When you have your senior devs leaving and now shutting down your public forums, it doesn't give people a warm fuzzy.  At this point, Bioware could sink into the abyss and I could care less.

[ArcadiaGrey]

Oh God no.  Don't take mah Thedas too.

[Gervaise]

I must admit it is worrying considering they are closing the whole Forum, that includes Mass Effect: Andromeda.    You'd think they'd want that up and running because of they way people can get enthused about the up coming game while talking about it, even if the writers don't actually look at the forums any more.   Yet they will be closing down the site entirely during the lead up to release of that game, so you can't even use it as a reference point.   This was always my first port of call if I wanted to find out if there had been any new announcements.   Even when there are press releases you often don't get much detail.   It has always been good to see other people's reactions, if nothing else to gauge if I have misunderstood something.    

 

Keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't mean the end of Thedas but simply that resources are being focussed elsewhere. 

[GoldenGail3]

No, and I'm not exactly hopeful either. 

[Inkvisiittori]

Well, I certainly hope so. I need to know what happens to Solas and the elves and most importantly my Inquisitor Lavellan! Won't be the same when I won't be able to discuss the game with other fans here, though. 

[Fuyin]

is there anyone who know where can we go to talk about dragon age and mass effect?

[wright1978]

I'm not sure this is linked to games but I may be wrong.

This seems more revenge is a dish best served cold for forums giving them feedback they didn't want to hear.

[Totally Not a Poodle]

What are the actual developers saying about the disbandment of the forums? We've got ex-employees giving their opinions (not great ones) but so far, I haven't heard anything from someone who actually works on building the games.

[Lazarillo]

What are the actual developers saying about the disbandment of the forums? We've got ex-employees giving their opinions (not great ones) but so far, I haven't heard anything from someone who actually works on building the games.

The official explanation in the big post on it is that the forums, while they provide for player-to-player interaction in a way the players find meaningful, do not provide player-to-developer or developer-to-player interaction in a way the developer finds meaningful, and since the forums are, ultimately, the developer's, and player-to-player interaction can be found elsewhere (albeit not necessarily in the same form), there is little purpose in keeping them open.

I find it disappointing, but not necessarily illogical.
I also am in the "this doesn't bode well for BW as an entity, and I think there's probably going to be some pretty bad ME:A news come September" camp.

[Andromelek]

It's quite disturbing indeed, Rise of Legends was the game that brought me to DA, it's company went to bankrupt and its rights were acquired by other company that just left it on the shadows despite it having a cliffhanger at the end of the game, if the same happens to DO, with an even bigger cliffhanger, gosh! that'll be really bad luck!

[Donquijote and 59 others]

I don't know it there will be a DA4 or no but imho that's what happen when you use all these returning characters for fan service  and regurgitate the same concepts instead to use  fresh ideas and you drag pieces of plots for too long without resolving them.

[Donquijote and 59 others]

Well, I certainly hope so. I need to know what happens to Solas

I don't like this concept of cliffhangers  it make the whole game pointless DAI was used just to set up Solas.

[German Soldier]

A developer shutting down it's official forums while offering absolutely no recourse is making me itch too.

What do you mean?Sorry for my ignorance i'm not very informed about the current situation.

[Akiza]

What do you mean?Sorry for my ignorance i'm not very informed about the current situation.

You can follow here the debate 

https://forum.biowar...r-forums/page-1

 

Is true SOlas won it's the end of Thedas!

[Andromelek]

Well, Darrah said we shouldn't be worry about that, let's hope is true.

[nightscrawl]

Well, Darrah said we shouldn't be worry about that, let's hope is true.

 

Thanks for posting this. This really does make me feel better.

[Eleinehmm]

Well, Darrah said we shouldn't be worry about that, let's hope is true.

Well, to be fair, I can't imagine anyone saying yes. I know I would not.

[bubs]

Well, to be fair, I can't imagine anyone saying yes. I know I would not.

 

but i can imagine no response at all

[Squinterific]

I'm almost sure there will be. EA wouldn't give up on it. It's the second biggest BW franchise and DA:I was successful enough.

[Navasha]

DA:I was a big success.   One of the dev's posted a pic on twitter not too long ago of some mysterious folder.    My guess is was probably the DA 4 proposal.    EA would likely greenlight it pretty quickly.    So figure 5-6 years down the road.   Likely before the current gen consoles are about to end their lifecycle.

[Silvery]

With the way the Trespasser dlc ended there is going to be a sequel, only question is when it will be announced. If the game sold poorly and did not meet expectations that one could we worried about there not being a sequel but from what I know DA:I sold well so I expect a sequel. 

[Heimdall]

Really, we shouldn't read anything into the closure of the forum except that Bioware doesn't put much value in the forum.

 

It really doesn't reflect much about the company as a whole especially given how little interaction the devs have offered, to them it probably seems inconsequential.  As much as that annoys us, I don't think it indicates much if anything about the status of the company or any specific project.