Why We Were Shorted on Salarian Squadmate

I'm still perplexed as to why Bioware doesn't give us a Salarian squadmate that's the opposite of what we expect a Salarian to be.


Having a Tazzik on the squad would have been refreshing.

The move to Frostbyte already happened with DAI, so I don't see it having much influence on the development of MEA.

When the sequel is released, Ryder will be able to recruit a salarian to replace the liam guy or the stowaway. Take your pick.

Just going to chime in on this. I rarely play gay characters, but Dorian was by far my favorite character from Inquisition. And that's saying a lot, as I felt the companion writing in DA:I was exceptional even for BioWare, and it honestly saved the game in my eyes.

By contrast with Gil, I've honestly never felt more apathy toward a companion/crew character in a BioWare game. I don't dislike him, but I struggle to find anything positive to say about him either. He's just there. 

Don't get me wrong I liked Wrex but Drack playing the 'grumpy old man' seemed to have a lot more insight then Wrex.  Drak was the only squad mate I liked at all in MEA.  IF I had the choice, something Bioware has taken away from us, I would of left Peebee on that volcano world at the end of her loyalty mission and Liam would have been sent packing to the Nexus.

It has to be my biggest gripe about this game, I can NOT stand any of the characters, to include Ryder.  Not fun playing with characters I wish would just die.

Oh, themikefest everything is possible. Some things are even probable. That's why anticipation aka hype is always more customizable than the actual thing. Lol. Sometimes, I do badly miss the innocent times when engines were so simple, you could over-write Gil's race with a Quarian and not break the game.

Too much of a thug for most playing the game

The people on this board identify more with Ryder than Shepard

THat tells us everything we need to know

Amen to both of your points.

I made another post where I called Gil the cardboard of cardboards. For him they really seemed to have a checklist to tick off. Gay, check. Best female friend, check. Wanting to become a parent, check. Introduce best female friend, check. Becoming a parent, check.

I'm a straight male, but I found the presentation of his character to be an insult to gay people. I cringed at every step of the way, whereas Dorian was an amusing and refreshing character, who even did flirt with females, since he was so in love with himself. He also didn't rub his being gay into your face at the first given opportunity, but more or less revealed it in the scene with his father.

So, yes, the characters of DAI were top notch. Which probably added to my disappointment with this set of companions. They all leave me cold.

Don't worry Gil is a joke all around not just for straight males. Bioware puts alot of effort into saying hey we have all colours, sexual orientations , social ethics and even transgender people (normally just one poor sod😂). This time we also got the religious Suvi that was very annoying and less than good looking females.

These checklist character's tend to be very bland. Normally they are saying things to cover all sides. I actually did like the DAI characters for the most part they were pretty interesting. But i tend to enjoy renegade or rule by fear type heroes. Found this to be an issue to do really since ME 1-3 with Bioware games.

Get rid of Peebee and Liam and give me a badass Salarian and Quarian in MEA2 biover.

Jaal gets to go home to an early retirement also

I'd take a Drell over Jaal any day