Anyone else hoping for scout harding as a comapnion in the next game.

To be fair, Sera and Harding getting together makes a lot more sense than Sera and Dagna getting together.

I'm not sure why Harding became such a fan-favorite. She was likable enough. My first thought, though, was, "Do we have no other scouts? How does she teleport across Thedas?" It really made the ridiculous continent-hopping that the PC does more glaring, for me.

Lets be fair, if the setting is Tevinter and we are only getting a new PC ... I don't see us getting access to playing Qunari.  Even though I know they can be non-citizens or slaves within that country, there are so many reasons it would be weird from a story telling standpoint I can't really see it happening (especially if we are in direct conflict with the Qun during the game).  Even Dwarves might be pushing it in Tevinter, since it is such an inherently Human Centric society.  Its one of those "we're allowing players to play this race, solely because they want to be able to play it ... not necessarily because it actually makes sense" sort of things  Well whatever, if the Inquisitor comes back I don't see a problem with her being romanced by a Qunari, she openly flirted with them in DA:I so it would be strange if she suddenly was unavailable.  The size shouldn't be too much of an issue at a game-play perspective, just if kissing is needed have the Qunari lift her up.

I can tell myself things like this now, or just ignore minor annoyances, but it doesn't change my initial reaction. They overdid it a bit with Harding being omnipresent. I recall that when I first opened the Western Approach via the War Table, it was done via Cullen's soldiers. The letter led me to believe they'd be greeting me once I arrived. Nope, just Harding, again. (We do eventually meet Cullen's 2nd, at least.)

Still, if I had to choose, I suppose I'd take Harding over "Generic NPC Scout X" at each location. What I'd have preferred was three or four scouts who maybe weren't as bubbly and chatty, but also were still a cut above "completely generic". This might sound demanding, but all it would take is running them through the CC and assigning a specific VA for each. Not much extra work. Instead, we get a single NPC with whom we can flirt.  🙄 Thanks, guys. I need to flirt with everyone and everything.

I don't want this post to end negatively, so I'm going to remind everyone that I do like Harding. I just see this as a part of the game in which I'd have gone in a slightly different direction. I may feel very differently if the character develops into something special. Right now, she's just a scout with a syrupy sweet voice. If she gets a lot more content and development (and corresponding diversity in VA work), I'm sure I'll embrace her more fully.

Ok you got me there, if they had had more meetings with Knight Captain Rylen, instead of Harding, I WOULD have been a lot happier...and if it came down to Harding or Rylen as party member/companion/romanceable character I'd go Rylen every time. Rylen's personality was great, I loved talking to him and was dissappointed he didn't appear more often.

You're right, perhaps Human-centric is not necessarily the right term for it, but I do stand by it to a point.  Tevinter is innately Mage-Centric, and as a result those that use magic are inherently the ones who hold the status and power within.  Even then its not merely that simple.  Elves may be somewhat better off now then they were in the past (where they were considered a Slave Race almost exclusively), but even now the highest they can hope for socially is to be a Mage amongst the Laetan class.  High Blooded Human Mages amongst the Altus class are those that hold all the power within society.  The relationship with Dwarves of Kal-Sharok in Tevinter is a professional one, the public condemning of Dwarven slaves is an extension of this.  While there may be those that have decided to take up permanent residents within Tevinter and even pursue citizenship, the inability of Dwarves ever being Mages would prove a massive hindrance to their social performance.  Remember what Dorian said "The non-mage populations of Tevinter are placated by the belief that one of their offspring may be born with Magic, and while realistically even if it were to occur their social standing would only be at best being among the Laetans, it keeps the masses of Tevinter compliant nonetheless".  Dwaven citizens of Tevinter do not have that option, and while some of them may succeed quite well as Enchantment merchants, there are only so many of them that can.  Publically speaking, the massive majority of Dwarves in Tevinter find themselves in the position of having little ability to move upwards and only down (and even then there is an artificial floor built in to how far they can drop). 

I guess what I'm saying is ... even more so than in the South, a Dwarf in Tevinter is the ultimate outsider, useful to those who hold sway in Tevinter due to their access to Lyrium and ability to work with it (and even then powerful Mages can use Blood Magic as an alternative).  While they may not come with the inherent stigma of the Qunari slave/citizen within Tevinter, in a strange way their inability to become a slave has denied them even the ability to have a single shared experience with every other race within the country.  It creates this situation where they are inherently disconnected with every single social class amongst the Tevinter population simultaneously, with the exception of perhaps the Merchant Soporati caste (and even then since they would rarely be in direct economic competition and failure in the marketdoes not result in the same slave outcome, perhaps not even them).  Unless Bioware is intending to have Kal-Sharok actively involving themselves in the issues of a foreign power, Dwarven players who felt disconnected from the Human-centric events of DA:O and DA:I can only expect things to get much much worse in a country like Tevinter.  That's why I say even Dwarves might be "Pushing It".  

Well, considering how valuable dwarves are to Tevinter, it seems odd that they would put up with it. If the dwarves decided to stop doing business with Tevinter because they're not happy about how they're being treated, Tevinter would be screwed. They need their lyrium and enchantments, don't they...So what happens if a sub-race of dwarf sympathetic human/dwarf hybrids forms...and what if some of those hybrids become able to wield magic and yet themselves remain mildly magic resistent?I don't know under the condition you just stated, I think it would be remiss of BioWare to exclude something like a Tevinter dwarf revolt as a possiblity.

That would depend on whether Dwarves would even create children with other races, and even then we don't know what the dominant genes would be (Elf/Human hybrids lose almost all of their psychical distinctions as elves).  If Kal-Sharok is involved in a Tevinter story then yeah there is a possibility that dwarves would have something to do if they were playable, but if you're talking a revolt from either Dwarven Citizens of Tevinter or Kal-Sharok that might be problematic.  Not only would it inherently place them in direct opposition of Tevinter, but if its the prior its doing so for the sake of a tiny minority of the Population that has little in common with the rest, and if its the latter it places Kal-Sharok in a potentially precarious position.  See if Kal-Sharok's economy is anything like Orzimmar's, they will be entirely dependent on their Lyrium trade.  They need the revenue generated from the sale and processing of Lyrium, they as a civilization can no longer survive without it.  Tevinter may depend on lyrium, but they don't require it to survive.  This places the remaining two Dwarven Kingdoms in an unbelievably nasty position if they wanted to alter trade deals. 

I'm not saying Dwarves can't be playable if the setting is Tevinter, but if they and Qunari weren't options I would completely understand why.

Not really, she didn't strike me as an interesting character. I'd much rather have Valta or Dagna to come back, Valta for story reasons and Dagna because that lil' dwarf had spunk.

But we're talking potential Companion's here and probably a setting of Tevinter.   Valta has joined the hivemind of the Titan now.  While I certainly hope we encounter her in future installments, I don't think with her current condition she would be great as a companion.  Plus she's inherently heavy in the Dwarf story domain.  I'd rather that have a whole game of its own, rather than being forced into a story already taking place in a rich environment like Tevinter.  It would also be a bit of a shame to finish up her/titan story with another DLC.  As for Dagna, love her to death, but she's not exactly combat trained.  She is educated as a Mage, but cannot use Magic.  She's essentially Bodhan Freddie, just more adorable.  If she comes back as a supporting NPC thats one thing, but I'm not really sure forcing her into a companion role that inherently needs combat would be the best route for her character to take.  Plus, she's in a relationship with Sera if Sera wasn't romanced and i don't really want to mess with a good thing. 

Harding has the potential to be a great Companion, is combat trained, and isn't part of a collective mind link.  Out of our available Dwarven female's she is the best option, since I'm pretty sure no one wants Bianca lol!