Dragon Age 4 - Will Morrigan oppose Solas?

Not likely to happen, since DA is mostly a low-power setting.

Ehhhhhh ... in the high-level echelons of D&D, you're regularly hopping between planes of reality and fighting demons and monsters

Take the Order of the Stick: when they started out, they were running away from goblins. Now their run-of-the-mill mooks are frost giants.

So, do you want to start DA4 with killing xvarts again?

Yep. DA2 managed w/o her, and there was no reason for Orlesian Empire from all things (!) to force her on the PC under protest. All her baby-stuff could have been resolved offscreen. A letter would have been just fine for anyone who had a baby with her. She was totally not needed for anyone else.

Sorry, but everything you're saying just screams illogical.

Morrigan was established as an important character since her introduction, and having any of these story elements told off-screen would have just been poor story telling. Sounds to me you just don't enjoy the character, and you are basing your "logic" on pure bias.

Dragon Age 2 really didn't do "just fine" either. You only need to look at the game's reputation to realize that.

A poor comparison. In DAI, we started out killing demons and kept killing demons throughout the game. They just got stronger.

I will say, speaking as one of those critique-ers, it's not like DA2 was unique in the series for just kinda going "whelp, games over, thanks for coming!". Origins and Inquisitions both got really rushed near the end, too.

That said, it's probably a little naive to not admit that whether you liked it or not (I'm more in the "liked it" category for what it's worth), public reception to the game can, at best, be described as..."polarized". And even if there are compelling, real world reasons for the things that people find lacking about the game, given how much better Inquisition did in terms of both general reputation and dollars earned, for better or worse, it seems extremely likely they'll do more to emulate DAI than DA2.

First enemy killed for a Human Noble in DAO: Giant Rat
Final enemy killed for a Human Noble in DAO: Corrupted ancient god of beauty

That's more of a joke than an encounter, since I don't think the rats can even hurt you.

And anyways, I was a City Elf Warden. I went from fighting armoured guards to the Archdemon. There's a gap between the two, obviously, but not as wide as you think. At least four other Grey Wardens managed to defeat the same foe.

Except Morrigan would still be an important character, considering how she is the daughter of Flemeth. Flemeth also being Mythal further brings in the idea that this family is one of the most important parts of Dragon Age as a whole. Regardless of whether or not Morrigan is accepted by the Warden, Flemeth's true purpose for her is constantly hinted at, but never completely disclosed by throughout every appearance. Given all of the story points that Morrigan is given, you're simply denying yourself a huge chunk of the narrative by dismissing her. The lore heavily established her position in the Orlesian court before she even appeared in-game. (Through Vivienne directly elevating the position, Celene's interest in magic, Morrigan's personality correlating with the Game, etc.)The writing backs this up, and everything Morrigan is later responsible for reinforces that.

An Inquisitor who denies the Empress of Orlais her choice as ambassador out of purely petty reasons is fairly ridiculous. It doesn't surprise me that an Inquisitor who would deny one of the most powerful leaders in the world a simple request would be mocked. (Especially considering the state of Thedas during this time, the threat of Corypheus, and necessity to find the means of defeating him.)

Again, it just seems like you just don't like Morrigan. You don't need a convoluted reason to have that opinion.

Dragon Age 2 has a worse reputation than Mass Effect: Andromeda. I enjoyed the game while it was new, but it has aged far worse than Origins. It's fine if you enjoy Dragon Age II, (I personally think it's reputation is undeserved), but it's a fact that the the vast majority of people do not see that game as the best in the series.

I have no desire to argue this further, so let's bring this back on topic.

I think we're both referring to bards in the D&D sense. Up until the most recent edition, they generally sucked at combat but had amazing people/non-combat skills. If you needed to defeat 5 people, you'd use a wizard. If you needed to defeat an army, you'd use a bard. The bard would charm and cajole their way into the opposing general's confidence, and three days later the rest of the party would discover the army fractured and fighting within itself.

Of course, in D&D 5E they started dominating at combat and didn't lose much of their people skills, so the story is a bit different nowadays.