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I actually felt good about disbanding the Inquisition and sending everyone home to their families after thanking them for their service. They are good men and women and deserve it. Yes, my romanced Cassandra became Divine, but I'm good with that too. It's not like she's gone or hates my Inquisitor now.

The only thing I really didn't like was the old BioWare trope of "everyone is dumb if the player is not around to supervise them" returning: oh, you know, during the two years you couldn't play your character, the Inquisition got riddled with spies!

I think everyone reacts to Trespasser in different ways. If you are in a romance with Dorian it can seem a bit of a downer at first but honestly he is not breaking up with you (unless you really don't have faith in long distance romances). There are various points where the romance will result in extra dialogue as you go along and you do get a specific epilogue slide. He will also appear in the final scene of the game which seems evidence enough that he has not abandoned his love.

Some romances end on a high compared with others. Sera and Cullen stand out in that respect but most end on a positive note. The exceptions being Blackwall if you made him a Warden (sad) and Solas (tragic). How Bull's turns out depends on whether you made him Tal Vashoth or he stayed Qunari but at least you had some control over that.

Sadness is understandable, particularly if you enjoyed the experience of leading your team. Now it is breaking up and people are going their separate ways. What the writers were trying to emphasise, whether you disband or not, is that you are no longer this all powerful leader of a Thedas wide organisation, so no longer Lord Inquisitor of Thedas, but the way they left it your story as PC is not over (at least that is how many people including myself see it). There is a good chance they will be mentioned in the future or even participate directly in the future but probably not as the main PC.

I understand why Ferelden was worried about the organisation as a patsy of Orlais but it is annoying that there was no variation in the speech according to the type of Inquisition you have been leading or your attitude towards the two nations. Perhaps, depending on your type of Inquisitor, he could at least have said he had nothing against their leadership personally but was worried about the connections the organisation held.

It was all that blather about Sophie Dryden that got up my nose. That was ancient history, superseded by recent events concerning the Hero of Ferelden and their efforts at Vigil's Keep, something that was totally ignored both in the main game (with Clarel's letter to Teagan) and in Trepasser. The precedent for an outside organisation holding political power in Ferelden had been established by the arrangement with the Grey Wardens after the 5th Blight. So using Sophie Dryden as a reason for not allowing the Inquisition to remain at Caer Bronach was really an insult to my HoF regardless of how they viewed the Inquisition.   Sophie Dryden was also pretty much an internal affair, considering she was urged to take action by the Banns who opposed their corrupt monarch and she was a native of Ferelden that just happened to also be in the Wardens.   She broke Warden rules in taking the action she did, so really had no bearing on our occupation of Caer Bronach, which was in actual fact well within the laws of Ferelden.   The Freeholders decide who they give their allegiance to on the basis of how effective the person has been in defending them from threats.    So if the Freeholders were happy with the Inquisition's protection it was up to the surrounding Banns to offer a better alternative, not simply tell them to get out because they didn't like them being there. 

My character romanced Dorian and the first time I played Trespasser I was buoyed up by Cassandra's conversation regarding marriage. I thought, oh, is Dorian going to propose or I can propose to him? Needless to say when I found out he was leaving, it felt like I'd been punched in the gut. I think I wouldn't have been so disappointed if there hadn't been that marriage conversation beforehand. So the first time, yes, it was very depressing.

For a whole game they'd been building up your character and then wanted to pull him back down, as if everything you achieved in the game was nothing now. You were just this upstart everyone wanted rid of - despite the fact that it was you who saved them from the breach and the demon army and everything else.

I usually played my Inqy as diplomatic but it was so satisfying to disband the Inquisition and pick the aggressive option - "I have to go and save the world. Again!"

I suppose this is why we have fanfic

I loved Tresspasser. But yeah, it did feel a bit depressing knowing there were still story threads that felt unresolved, and that it will be years to find out what happens next, if ever. I feel that way whenever there are cliffhangers, and Solas going off to tear down the veil, while the Inquisitor pledges to stop him, felt like a pretty big cliffhanger. It's not like a film where you can at least expect a sequel in a couple years.

Yes. Trespasser was the worst part of the whole franchise for me and really soured me on the game. I also told Dorian to decide for himself in the main game (or so I thought) which resulted in Dorian upping and leaving for two years before coming back and then after Cassandra was hinting at commitment tell the Inquisitor that he pretty much leaving for good. That took fighting spirit right out of me, and I disbanded Inquisition and gave up (I initially intended to keep it and manipulate it to put its weight behind Dorian's campaign in Tevinter)

I'll never play through it again & I uninstalled DA3.

My only problem with Trespasser is that they have to make a game about Solas tearing down the veil now.

That's why you need the aggressive disband option. No hint that the Inquisitor is retiring from active service there. Join the Jennies and it is made abundantly clear you have not retired, just told everyone you have.

It is strange but the "retiring from active service" only seems to go with keeping the Inquisition, so probably meant to explain to outsiders where they are if they are not running things day to day. Clearly the Inquisitor is not retiring and will continue to drive the search for Solas from behind the scenes, not because they are disabled but so he doesn't see them coming.

Honestly, I kept the Inquisition just to rub it in Teagan's face

LoL

Had he been on friendlier terms, she might disband.

But he isn't playing nice, so I might as well be that Inquisitor of his nightmares

Sure the Exalted Council existed. But Divine Vicotoria is my BFF, Orlais is basically 'friend' and I'm sure Teagan can see through my fake smile and how I manipulate my way through in the political arena. Trololololllllll

Solas and Grey Warden Blackwall aren't exactly cheery either.  But yeah that's pretty harsh.

Me, I liked trespasser more than the original endings.  It felt more...personal.