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Post by colfoley on Feb 15, 2018 20:07:22 GMT
On a personal note please let me make my Jon Snow in Thedas Role Play a thing.
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Post by Iakus on Feb 15, 2018 22:09:08 GMT
Just give me profiles like MEA and I'll be happy. Ugh, profiles were the WORST! I'd like to have complete access all the abilities I've learned AT THE SAME TIME pls.
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Post by andydandymandy on Feb 15, 2018 22:41:02 GMT
Oh. I don't even know how that translates to Dragon Age. Classless system? Which I'm against BUT it's a wishlist. so *shrug* I didn't really like the Profile system in Mass Effect Andromeda. I like being able to pick a class and master it, and be able to call myself an Infiltrator or a Soldier or an Adapt rather then have the game call me one of those things just because I happened to put points into a hodgepodge of abilities. While I do think the Warrior and Rogue classes had gotten literally two dimensional in DA2 and DAI, I still think having defined classes are a good thing (especially in a party based game like Dragon Age). Just give the classes more depth and options, rather then throwing the baby out with the bath water.
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Post by dazk on Feb 15, 2018 22:53:36 GMT
Oh. I don't even know how that translates to Dragon Age. Classless system? Which I'm against BUT it's a wishlist. so *shrug* I didn't really like the Profile system in Mass Effect Andromeda. I like being able to pick a class and master it, and be able to call myself an Infiltrator or a Soldier or an Adapt rather then have the game call me one of those things just because I happened to put points into a hodgepodge of abilities. While I do think the Warrior and Rogue classes had gotten literally two dimensional in DA2 and DAI, I still think having defined classes are a good thing (especially in a party based game like Dragon Age). Just give the classes more depth and options, rather then throwing the baby out with the bath water. Yeah I never used the "Profiles" but I did like having access to all the different skills.
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Post by cloud9 on Feb 15, 2018 23:22:34 GMT
When do we ever really see our characters naked other than in a sex scene... They don't have to be naked. They wear a top that is sleeveless showing the scars on the shoulder or under the arm. Or if the top is low enough, can see a scar just below the neck on the upper chest region. When talking with characters, the topic turns to who has scars. He/she can lift the top to show the scars on the side, back or midsection. Or pulls the top down far enough to see scars on the upper part of the chest. What's wrong with nudity that involves sex scenes?
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Post by themikefest on Feb 15, 2018 23:29:03 GMT
What's wrong with nudity involving sex scenes? Wait a minute......Ok. I just finished reading my post. I never said there was anything wrong with nudity in a sex scene. I was saying the main character doesn't have to be naked to be able to see their scars.
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Post by cloud9 on Feb 15, 2018 23:32:36 GMT
What's wrong with nudity involving sex scenes? Wait a minute......Ok. I just finished reading my post. I never said there was anything wrong with nudity in a sex scene. I was saying the main character doesn't have to be naked to be able to see their scars. I misread you comment, I thought you meant they don't have to show nudity in sex scenes. Honest mistake.
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Post by colfoley on Feb 15, 2018 23:41:23 GMT
Just give me profiles like MEA and I'll be happy. Ugh, profiles were the WORST! I'd like to have complete access all the abilities I've learned AT THE SAME TIME pls. Such a thing is likely impossible especially given current standards in game design. (thank the Maker).
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Post by milabanilla on Feb 16, 2018 0:42:38 GMT
I would like to request shameless cameos because I want to see everyone looking pretty in Frostbite. Same!I want to see Zevran, Fenris, and Merrill in the Frostbite. It would be awesome to see them again. My other wish is to have a race option back on DA4 and to have some impact in the game or dialogue. I don't want to play a human. I want to be an Elf or Qunari please. I'm all about that pointy ear squad lol It's been probably been said thousand times but it needs to be repeated better-looking hair(and beards) please.
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Post by Walter Black on Feb 16, 2018 1:02:13 GMT
Nope , Dragon Age elves look too damn human as it is. What's the point in playing a non human race if you're going to strip away everything that make them alien in the first place? Facial hairlessness makes them more alien? I realize I'm basing this off my own preferred interpretations on elves, but there should more to them than just pointed ears; lithe forms with controlled grace, tight and angular features, canted eyes with starlight pupils, voices of hypnotic melody, a subtle shimmering of the skin that can amplify or darken the light around them. Many versions of the fae, aes sidhe, lios and svart alfar also had different colored skins like blue, green, gold or oil black.
I respect that Dragon Age was meant to be more realistic than that, and animation and VA budgets rule out some features. But when I'm playing something other than human, I want to experience as much of that otherness as I can. DA2 brought a little more of classic elves with the sharper, almost alien features, but Inquisition made them just pointy eared humans again . To me, the lack of facial hair was a small throwback to alien elves; the androgynous blend of male and female, the agelessness of being ancient and young. If the only physical thing separating elves from humans are their ears, why not just roll a human*?
*This goes for many qunari I've seen as well, where players "prettied them up" so much that they could've been just tall humans, horns or no.
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Post by OhDaniGirl on Feb 16, 2018 1:36:18 GMT
I've mentioned this in another thread, but since this one is "official", I'll say it here too. I want translations. If someone is speaking in another language, I want to know what they are saying. Especially if our PC should logically know the language. There were a few times in DAI when someone was speaking elvish, and even as a Lavellan there were no translations . Like Nightmare speaking to Solas, or the spirit guardians in Trespasser talking to a Well drinking Inquisitor (<---Still want official translations for these.. ), etc. I think the only time anything was translated was in the Solas friendship quest, playing as an elf. So yeah. TRANSLATIONS. Pretty please.
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Post by phoray on Feb 16, 2018 2:51:41 GMT
More fake elvish language. More fake dwarven language. More Qunlat.
Flesh out your darn world already, quit being afraid to commit.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 16, 2018 3:15:57 GMT
I've mentioned this in another thread, but since this one is "official", I'll say it here too. I want translations. If someone is speaking in another language, I want to know what they are saying. Especially if our PC should logically know the language. There were a few times in DAI when someone was speaking elvish, and even as a Lavellan there were no translations . Like Nightmare speaking to Solas, or the spirit guardians in Trespasser talking to a Well drinking Inquisitor (<---Still want official translations for these.. ), etc. I think the only time anything was translated was in the Solas friendship quest, playing as an elf. So yeah. TRANSLATIONS. Pretty please. Yes! I love that an elf knows what's being said during Solas's quest. Unless it's specifically noted that it's "archaic elvish" or something the character would struggle to translate, if their background permits it I think they should know what's being said. When you go to the tavern in Orzammar in DAO, there's a guy drunkenly singing in the old dwarven language - but the subtitles above his head are in English/Common. I thought that was neat. I assume everyone can see it but it'd be a cool attention to detail if it was dwarf-only.
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Post by Hrungr on Feb 16, 2018 5:42:26 GMT
Late night musing... If we get to the the point where it becomes technologically feasible, I'd like to see corpses remain in the environments (instead of immediately going up in a puff of smoke). Even basing their removal off distance rather than time would help with verisimilitude (again, if feasible). Barring that, I wouldn't mind if they could even just keep big Boss monster corpses in the environment to mark the battle. Maybe you come back months later to find their skeletal remains...?
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 16, 2018 5:47:56 GMT
Better armor selection for non-humans. Qunari in particular DEFINITELY got the shaft, but dwarves and elves also had waaaay fewer armor options than humans. If they bring race selection back for DA4, hopefully it'll be implemented from the beginning so that other races have decent options...
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Post by milabanilla on Feb 16, 2018 6:46:08 GMT
Late night musing... If we get to the the point where it becomes technologically feasible, I'd like to see corpses remain in the environments (instead of immediately going up in a puff of smoke). Even basing their removal off distance rather than time would help with verisimilitude (again, if feasible). Barring that, I wouldn't mind if they could even just keep big Boss monster corpses in the environment to mark the battle. Maybe you come back months later to find their skeletal remains...? Oh wow!If it was possible, that would actually be a cool lil feature. Then we can use their bones for necromancy Just kidding... lol
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Post by witchcocktor on Feb 16, 2018 6:48:51 GMT
Facial hairlessness makes them more alien? I realize I'm basing this off my own preferred interpretations on elves, but there should more to them than just pointed ears; lithe forms with controlled grace, tight and angular features, canted eyes with starlight pupils, voices of hypnotic melody, a subtle shimmering of the skin that can amplify or darken the light around them. Many versions of the fae, aes sidhe, lios and svart alfar also had different colored skins like blue, green, gold or oil black.
I respect that Dragon Age was meant to be more realistic than that, and animation and VA budgets rule out some features. But when I'm playing something other than human, I want to experience as much of that otherness as I can. DA2 brought a little more of classic elves with the sharper, almost alien features, but Inquisition made them just pointy eared humans again . To me, the lack of facial hair was a small throwback to alien elves; the androgynous blend of male and female, the agelessness of being ancient and young. If the only physical thing separating elves from humans are their ears, why not just roll a human*?
*This goes for many qunari I've seen as well, where players "prettied them up" so much that they could've been just tall humans, horns or no.
I agree with one thing, and that's that elves looked too human, but that has absolutely nothing to do with beards or the lack of them. I also would appreciate BW approaching elves from a different point of view rather than just " classic fair skinny sleek elves " because while a classic is always a classic, it isn't necessarily inventive or original, just safe. For instance, I think dunmer look pretty alien, and them having facial hair don't make them feel more human. Beards and facial hair can also be a way to differentiate them from the rest of the races. Beard styles can showcase cultural differences (as well as difference in the standards of beauty) the way it's stylized and such. Original, exclusive elf beards could be a thing, and that itself is an opportunity to make elves feel more alien. And the whole androgynous thing, I don't feel like that's something facial hair deters in any way. And if you really think about it, what is more " alien " than beautiful creatures with furry faces? The whole contradiction between a more feminine face/body with facial hair that is certainly a more masculine trait, it's extremely intriguing and fascinating. Besides, we will never have body scalers, so if I want to play a skinny lanky pretty boy, I'll have to play elves.. But the thing is I love to give my even most feminine, pretty, beautiful designs facial hair, cuz it's aesthetic as fuck.
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Post by OhDaniGirl on Feb 16, 2018 6:57:02 GMT
I don't know about that one. Unless they drastically reduce the number of random mooks we kill. Wading through a sea of mangled rotting corpses just seems kinda...blegh.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 16, 2018 7:19:47 GMT
I'd rather they not change the elves anymore, tbh.* I think they finally hit the right note in DAI - elves are more distinct than they were in DAO, less alien than they were in DA2, their big reflective eyes and delicate facial structure make them look a little otherworldly and inhuman but they still look like they belong in the setting. Their design is grounded but clearly elven. Humans, qunari, and dwarves can all grow facial hair (even female dwarves get a stubble option in the CC), so it's kinda nice to have one race where the men just don't grow any face fuzz.
But that's just imo.
*unless it's to fix some minor body proportion issues
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Post by witchcocktor on Feb 16, 2018 7:52:22 GMT
I'd be fine with that if humans or qunari were able to be more slender and prettier, but clearly that won't happen if only because of romances, so not having elves with facial hair sucks. As said, aesthetic as fuck.
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Post by FireAndBlood on Feb 16, 2018 15:48:00 GMT
More fake elvish language. More fake dwarven language. More Qunlat. Flesh out your darn world already, quit being afraid to commit. Didn't the common tongue originate from the dwarfs?
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 16, 2018 15:50:16 GMT
More fake elvish language. More fake dwarven language. More Qunlat. Flesh out your darn world already, quit being afraid to commit. Didn't the common tongue originate from the dwarfs? Yes, but they also have their own dwarven language which mostly isn't used anymore aside from a few phrases.
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Post by phoray on Feb 16, 2018 15:57:02 GMT
More fake elvish language. More fake dwarven language. More Qunlat. Flesh out your darn world already, quit being afraid to commit. Didn't the common tongue originate from the dwarfs? For trade purposes, but considering how isolated they've been up until 930D when the Hero of Fereldan may or may not have put Bhelen on the throne, they should actually have managed to keep their language very intact. But the writers of Origins didn't want to or need to come up with whole new languages from scratch for a game that may not even have sold well. It's a Franchise now, and we got the even more isolated Kal Sharok on the horizon. They need to commit to finishing their world building, and that means a basic vocabulary list for the three languages outside of common that exist in Thedas
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 16, 2018 16:30:33 GMT
When you go to the tavern in Orzammar in DAO, there's a guy drunkenly singing in the old dwarven language - but the subtitles above his head are in English/Common. I thought that was neat. I assume everyone can see it but it'd be a cool attention to detail if it was dwarf-only. Wait, that was supposed to be dwarvish? I thought he was just supposed to be so drunk he couldn't actually talk.
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Post by yeah rip on Feb 16, 2018 17:01:11 GMT
Honestly, I think they never should have messed with the way elves were in DAO. They were pretty distinct already - I don't know about everyone else, but I could tell that a character was an elf without having to see the ears. Their faces looked pretty distinct from humans. Same with bodies - they were petite, but not to the point where they looked like actual stick figures. DAI was a step up from DA2, but elves' bodies are atrocious, imo. I can't wear the skyhold jammies with my fLavellan without the Custom Bodies mod. But to be fair, the only one whose body looks good in skyhold jimjams is a human male, imo. So, for DA4 - better proportions for everyone, but especially elves.
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