DA4: Mabrai or no mabari? Do you want to have a pet in DA:4?

Do I want a Mabari/pet in DA4? How is that even a question? Of course I do! A dragon would be rather cumbersome, though, I could also see my character with a crow/raven/owl.

YESSSSS

Um no, we are all going to die anyway next game I don't wanna get attached to some cute puppy and cry when it dies. And if we don't die, knowing BW, the puppy is going to die anyway because feels. So no thanks.

Such a negative nelly. 

I'm pretty sure the explaination for why we didn't get a mabari in DAI just means we won't get a mabari next game. But hopefully better mounts. Preferably a griffon.

Yes.

If it wasn't for my faithful companion at my side, I would never have been able to defeat the Archdemon. DA4 needs a dog. In fact lets forget about playing as human, dwarf or whatever. We play as the dog. The dog deserves to be recognized as one of the most valuable characters in the DA franchise.

Nope. It would be easy. Bring in a dog to bark, howl and whine. Feed it dogbones and you save a lot of money vs paying a human to voice the main character. When he/she barks twice, it means attack. When he/she barks once, it means  go to the tavern for some ale.  hahahahaha

I'd love to see pets return in DA4... They're a great way to lead into some lighter moments in the game.

Though I'd prefer if it wasn't another mabari, as we've seen enough. But another highly intelligent pet would definitely be welcome. Maybe something we haven't seen before, native only to the north?

Gimme my pet dragon!!

The only pet that can't die.

Edit: The DA:4 protag can throw it at enemies. 

Hrungr

Blasphemy! Never too much Mabari. Thing is, we were Fereldans two games straight. And we actually got to see our country of Origin, interact with it. And then we become the Inquisitor. As a human, The only part of the Free Marches I've seen is Kirkwall, and that place was...not home. Skyhold seemed to be on the edge of two countries, and in the end, wanted by neither of them. If you asked my Dragon Age Soul what it's country of Origin was, it'd be Fereldan every time. My Dragon Age Soul wants a mabari.

I understand that wouldn't make sense in Tevinter. So, I skip the mabari, and go straight to Griffon, the other animal that is emotionally connecting to me, as the symbol of the Wardens. No matter how much dirt they throw at them, most Wardens are the flawed human beings that are willing to lay down their lives for the many, regardless of borders drawn on a map.