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Post by gangrelbeckett on Jan 24, 2019 21:03:01 GMT
I don't think they need to be killed or in hiding not to show up. Everyone with the exception of Dorian and Iron Bull I think stays in the south. Well then there is Warden Blackwall who can show up in Weisshaupt and Sera. I really hope that Sera isn´t in DA 4. Its not that i don´t like her but she should stay with her Inky or Widdle (Dagna). But Bioware incorporated in Trespasser in one dialogue with Dorian that she was in Minrathous after the defeat of Corypheus.
Personally i would prefer if Bioware focus only on Solas and Dorian. Maybe a Josephine/Yvette Montilyet and a The Iron Bull cameo would be neat. And then of course fleshed out more the secondary characters like Harding, Charter and Calpernia.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 24, 2019 21:24:07 GMT
Shocked by which? Dual protagonists or not playing the (former) Inquisitor? Never say never, but every time BW has spoken up about this, they've reiterated their new protag for every game stance. And that's my default assumption for DA4 (w/ Inky as an NPC).
It's not to say they couldn't change their mind, but as yet there's been no hint of that. If they thought Trespasser did this, then they are truly incompetent writers and every bit the overrated hacks the critics say they are. Also please for all that is good no Inquisitor as NPC.
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Post by copper on Jan 24, 2019 21:36:19 GMT
I don't think they need to be killed or in hiding not to show up. Everyone with the exception of Dorian and Iron Bull I think stays in the south. Well then there is Warden Blackwall who can show up in Weisshaupt and Sera. I really hope that Sera isn´t in DA 4. Its not that i don´t like her but she should stay with her Inky or Widdle (Dagna). But Bioware incorporated in Trespasser in one dialogue with Dorian that she was in Minrathous after the defeat of Corypheus.
Personally i would prefer if Bioware focus only on Solas and Dorian. Maybe a Josephine/Yvette Montilyet and a The Iron Bull cameo would be neat. And then of course fleshed out more the secondary characters like Harding, Charter and Calpernia.
Blackwall becoming a warden is one of like three endings for him though. And when he does become a warden he's implied to die if he was romanced. Given his seemingly low popularity overall I think it's more likely to see one of the various other warden characters in the series. Sera could in theory be anywhere I guess. But she's also a pretty divisive character, and seems happy enough by the end of Inquisition (either married to the Inquisitor or in a relationship with Dagna, causing shenanigans with the friends of red jenny). I just don't see why the writers would have her show up again. I forgot about Harding, Charter, and Calpernia since I was just thinking of companions. But yeah I think all three have a good chance of showing up.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 24, 2019 21:49:29 GMT
Harding, Charter and Calpernia. Eh, ew, and
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Post by gangrelbeckett on Jan 24, 2019 22:13:14 GMT
Blackwall becoming a warden is one of like three endings for him though. And when he does become a warden he's implied to die if he was romanced. Given his seemingly low popularity overall I think it's more likely to see one of the various other warden characters in the series. Well first this only occurs if he was romanced and the space of time isn´t specific. And his other relevant fates servitude and pardon are after Trespasser the same. Rainier traveled across Thedas to give hope to the condemned and the forgotten.
Bioware could use him but he isn´t everyones favourite like you said. Don´t get me wrong i agree with you but why had her writer included that she was in Minrathous
between DAI and Trespasser?
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Post by copper on Jan 24, 2019 23:24:07 GMT
Don´t get me wrong i agree with you but why had her writer included that she was in Minrathous
between DAI and Trespasser?
I'm not familiar with this. Is that what she says in Trespasser? Despite spoiling myself with numerous youtube videos I've yet to actually play Inquisition due to lacking a system that can run it.
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Post by monkeylungs on Jan 24, 2019 23:26:14 GMT
And they lose me if the Inquisitor comes back. Quite the catch-22 they've got there. Dual protagonists. Tada!
You can argue all you want. We are not playing the Inquisitor in the next game.
If we get to I won't be mad about it, I love my Inquisitors!
I appreciate that you don't think its gonna happen. However, stating it with such unequivocal certainty isn't warranted quite yet. Or at all. Let us dream. I'm just feeling really salty about Dragon Age lately. It's just been so long that I feel any connection to DA:I is most likely going to be handled as history or stories at this point. They will have to find a way to market it as a 'good point for new players to jump into the Dragon Age experience' and it's going to have more multiplayer integration 'things they have learned from Anthem' and then coupled with the logistics of dealing with all the various choices our Inquisitors could make just leaves me feeling a bit hopeless.
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Post by monkeylungs on Jan 24, 2019 23:28:50 GMT
You can argue all you want. We are not playing the Inquisitor in the next game.
If we get to I won't be mad about it, I love my Inquisitors!
Then BioWare loses me as a fan and customer. Sorry I have been generally feeling really melancholy about Dragon Age lately. Didn't give me a right to spread my salt around on others.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 24, 2019 23:43:58 GMT
Then BioWare loses me as a fan and customer. Sorry I have been generally feeling really melancholy about Dragon Age lately. Didn't give me a right to spread my salt around on others. No need to apologize. I’ve felt that way since before your posts.
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Post by monkeylungs on Jan 24, 2019 23:50:36 GMT
Sorry I have been generally feeling really melancholy about Dragon Age lately. Didn't give me a right to spread my salt around on others. No need to apologize. I’ve felt that way since before your posts. Yeah but I like your posts and I can tell you love Dragon Age and I was just kind of lashing out.
I do want a new protagonist but I would also be extremely happy with a returning Inquisitor, especially because that means they really have to tie DA4 to DAI ... which is what I am afraid they aren't going to do Inquisitor or not. I should really just quit speculating ... or thinking too much about Dragon Age or Mass Effect: Andromeda. I get the sad sad feelings when I do.
Again, my sincere apology, I feel it is warranted. I could have, at the very least, discussed these things in a much friendlier manner.
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Post by cloud9 on Jan 25, 2019 1:14:34 GMT
Never say never, but every time BW has spoken up about this, they've reiterated their new protag for every game stance. And that's my default assumption for DA4 (w/ Inky as an NPC).
It's not to say they couldn't change their mind, but as yet there's been no hint of that. If they thought Trespasser did this, then they are truly incompetent writers and every bit the overrated hacks the critics say they are. Also please for all that is good no Inquisitor as NPC. Well they are incompetent writers simply because they made Solas the antagonist for the sake of having an antagonist to create a sequel.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Jan 25, 2019 2:26:50 GMT
I don't see any reason why they can't do the inquisitor or any reason they can't do a new pc. I'm sure they could make da4 work with a new PC or a returning inquisitor.
As to which would be better, we can't know that since we don't know what story they're going to tell. I expect of the many different stories they might tell some would be better with the inquisitor and some would be better with a new pc.
Until they announce something there's only our guesses and our preferences.
I'd personally be disappointed if i didn't get to make a new character, not because i dislike the inquisitor, but because i love making new characters with a new story, background, going on their new journey developing their new relationships. In particular I'd love to immerse myself in the games new location with a character that's from there, preferably with an origin, but atleast with background choices.
So finding out we were playing the inquisitor-only in da4 would be very disappointing. However I've enjoyed every Dragon Age so far, so barring other major feature changes that i don't like I'll still play it.
I'd also be happy with a dual protagonist or with the Inquisitor as a cameo per Hawke but with controllable dialogue. (If we can't control an ex PCs dialogue then don't bring them back, if it's not worth the extra resources for dialogue trees then bringing them back isn't really necessary)
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Post by monkeylungs on Jan 25, 2019 2:45:22 GMT
Well they are incompetent writers simply because they made Solas the antagonist for the sake of having an antagonist to create a sequel. I felt like Solas' story arc so far is one of the coolest things Bioware has done character wise in a long time. It also struck me as very well planned out which I appreciated.
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Post by arvaarad on Jan 25, 2019 2:55:08 GMT
Never say never, but every time BW has spoken up about this, they've reiterated their new protag for every game stance. And that's my default assumption for DA4 (w/ Inky as an NPC).
It's not to say they couldn't change their mind, but as yet there's been no hint of that. If they thought Trespasser did this, then they are truly incompetent writers and every bit the overrated hacks the critics say they are. Also please for all that is good no Inquisitor as NPC. How so? I must admit I have a lot of trouble understanding what people mean when they say the Inquisitor’s story isn’t done. Like, not in a “I get it, but I disagree” way, but a “I feel like I’ve missed a fundamental part of the argument for continuing the Inquisitor” kind of way. I even played a Solavellan all the way through Trespasser and I still don’t get it. Her story felt done to me. My Adaar’s story felt done to me. I can imagine getting to the end of a book about my Inquisitors’ stories, and thinking... yep, that’s the end. I’m a bit at a loss for what other players are seeing. Could you elaborate?
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Post by cloud9 on Jan 25, 2019 5:09:14 GMT
Well they are incompetent writers simply because they made Solas the antagonist for the sake of having an antagonist to create a sequel. I felt like Solas' story arc so far is one of the coolest things Bioware has done character wise in a long time. It also struck me as very well planned out which I appreciated. And the most idiotic plot at that since he should have NO reason to tear down the veil, and he has control over the mirrors to gather the elves to another place to start over.
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Post by Sifr on Jan 25, 2019 6:19:44 GMT
Given how much I resent the ending of Trespasser, they'd have to do something really unusual to make me want to play the Inquisitor again. The kind of unusual I very likely won't get from Patrick Weekes. Also, only if they shed the "Inquisitor" label. I never liked it. What didn't you enjoy about the end of Trespasser?
Was it the plot with Solas, the Inquisitor losing their arm (and by extension, the Anchor) or was it that after that effort spent building up the Inquisition, we're forced into a binary choice whether to become another arm of the Chantry (turning the Inquisition into the Seekers... again) or else disband the whole thing?
I have to admit, when the devs talked about creating the Inquisition being like "founding the Jedi", I didn't expect Trespasser to predict Last Jedi by having "It's time for the Inquisition/Jedi to end" be one of the endings.
(Disbanding seems more sensible to counter enemy infiltration, but damn if it doesn't make you feel like all your efforts were for nought)
Then BioWare loses me as a fan and customer. And they lose me if the Inquisitor comes back. Quite the catch-22 they've got there. Please guys, don't let the Inquisitor become the next Warden.
All those "When's the Warden/Inquisitor coming back? I want to play as the Warden/Inquisitor again?" threads can be a slog.
(Yeah, I know I'm an outspoken fan of Hawke, but I'm cool with them being done as a protagonist after DA2. Even their extended cameo in DAI was far more than I ever thought we'd get to see from them in terms of plot relevance or references.)
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Post by Sifr on Jan 25, 2019 6:30:24 GMT
And the most idiotic plot at that since he should have NO reason to tear down the veil, and he has control over the mirrors to gather the elves to another place to start over. All Elves should naturally have access to magic and immortality, but Solas creating the Veil cost them the very things that were intrinsic to their existence. In order for Solas to restore his people to what they used to be, the Veil needs to be torn down again. Why start over someone else far from humans, when without magic or immortality, they still wouldn't truly be Elves?
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Post by monkeylungs on Jan 25, 2019 6:43:57 GMT
I felt like Solas' story arc so far is one of the coolest things Bioware has done character wise in a long time. It also struck me as very well planned out which I appreciated. And the most idiotic plot at that since he should have NO reason to tear down the veil, and he has control over the mirrors to gather the elves to another place to start over. Well he seems to regret putting it in place ...
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 25, 2019 8:33:39 GMT
And the most idiotic plot at that since he should have NO reason to tear down the veil, and he has control over the mirrors to gather the elves to another place to start over. All Elves should naturally have access to magic and immortality, but Solas creating the Veil cost them the very things that were intrinsic to their existence. In order for Solas to restore his people to what they used to be, the Veil needs to be torn down again. Why start over someone else far from humans, when without magic or immortality, they still wouldn't truly be Elves? He doesn’t see modern elves as his people and his plan will wipe them out alongside everyone else.
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Post by Sifr on Jan 25, 2019 9:09:30 GMT
He doesn’t see modern elves as his people and his plan will wipe them out alongside everyone else. That's not entirely certain though.
There does not seem to be any real physiological difference between Modern Elves and Ancient Elves... unless you count Ancient Elves seeming to be a little taller, which may a result of modern Elves having stunted growth after centuries of poor nutrition, due to living as slaves, in alienages or subsisting on an inconsistent hunter-gatherer diet?
It's unclear whether all Ancient Elves we've encounter thus far retained their magical abilities post-Veil, but it does seem to be certain that they aren't as powerful as they once were, nor do they possess immortality. Unless Solas tries to locate the handful of survivors and bring them to safe space to ride out the storm, why wouldn't tearing the Veil down affect them any more than it would modern Elves?
Based on comments by Cole and his dialogue in Trepasser, Solas seems to views modern Elves as "shadows" of what they once were (much like Abelas), something resembling the Elven people, but lacking any substance that would make them "real".
(From banter with Cole, part of what terrified him into breaking off his relationship with a female Elven Inquisitor is the possibility that modern Elves could be real, something that would "change everything".)
I think it really comes down to perception.
Solas sees the Sentinels as his people because they are from his time and remember what they used to be, whereas modern Elves aren't his people because they never lived in Elvhenan, have no knowledge of their history and only the Dalish half-remember their former capabilities as something "humans" stole from them.
His plan may be to transform modern Elves back into "proper" Elves by tearing down the Veil, as with immortality and magic restored to them, he could consider them to be his people once more. Even if there are other enclaves of Ancient Elves still in existence, it would be far more practical to rebuild Elvhenan with modern Elves restored to full power, who can be taught and guided by any Ancient Elves.
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Post by Ieldra on Jan 25, 2019 9:28:24 GMT
Given how much I resent the ending of Trespasser, they'd have to do something really unusual to make me want to play the Inquisitor again. The kind of unusual I very likely won't get from Patrick Weekes. Also, only if they shed the "Inquisitor" label. I never liked it. What didn't you enjoy about the end of Trespasser? Was it the plot with Solas, the Inquisitor losing their arm (and by extension, the Anchor) or was it that after that effort spent building up the Inquisition, we're forced into a binary choice whether to become another arm of the Chantry (turning the Inquisition into the Seekers... again) or else disband the whole thing? I have to admit, when the devs talked about creating the Inquisition being like "founding the Jedi", I didn't expect Trespasser to predict Last Jedi by having "It's time for the Inquisition/Jedi to end" be one of the endings. (Disbanding seems more sensible to counter enemy infiltration, but damn if it doesn't make you feel like all your efforts were for nought)
All of that, really. Basically, Trespasser's ending means you lose. In descending order of importance for me, I lost my magical extra (this *really* riled me up), I lost in the political game, both against the Chantry and against Orlais and Ferelden, and I lost my arm. However, worse than that was the way it came to pass. Do you recall the incognito encounter with the two soldiers you were pulled into by Iron Bull after you acquired Skyhold? One of them said, the Inquisitor would create the New Empire, and after I heard that, that's what I wanted to do with my main Inquisitor. I didn't really think I could do it back then - it was my first playthrough - but at the end of the game the project appeared to be, most surprisingly, well under way. Then came Trespasser. To me it felt like a deliberate snub from the writers, like a GM who let my character rise to a position of power at the proper end of a story, only to follow up with "rocks fall, everyone dies" in the epilogue. So, now all I really want is to wash my hands of the whole unpleasantness and play a new character in DA4.
Edit: I don't know what it is with Bioware, but they never gave me an ending I loved since DAO's Witch Hunt. Some were somewhat nice, some were ok, some were slightly annoying, some really beyond the pale, but there was never one I could really identify with with my main protagonists. Before DAO, there was the Bhaalspawn cycle and KotOR(1), where I really liked the endings, but after DAO.... still waiting.
Edit2: Actually, that's not true, I liked the ending of MEA. It's just that I didn't like the game itself and significant parts of the lore.
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Post by arvaarad on Jan 25, 2019 13:28:50 GMT
What didn't you enjoy about the end of Trespasser? Was it the plot with Solas, the Inquisitor losing their arm (and by extension, the Anchor) or was it that after that effort spent building up the Inquisition, we're forced into a binary choice whether to become another arm of the Chantry (turning the Inquisition into the Seekers... again) or else disband the whole thing? I have to admit, when the devs talked about creating the Inquisition being like "founding the Jedi", I didn't expect Trespasser to predict Last Jedi by having "It's time for the Inquisition/Jedi to end" be one of the endings. (Disbanding seems more sensible to counter enemy infiltration, but damn if it doesn't make you feel like all your efforts were for nought)
All of that, really. Basically, Trespasser's ending means you lose. In descending order of importance for me, I lost my magical extra (this *really* riled me up), I lost in the political game, both against the Chantry and against Orlais and Ferelden, and I lost my arm. That seems like the best case scenario though. Even supposing the Mark wasn’t killing the Inquisitor, even supposing the Qunari weren’t involved, someone is going to come for the extremely famous fellow who can bodily enter the Fade by accident. When the magisters brought back the Blight, it took untold quantities of lyrium and blood. If there are worse things in the Fade, the Inquisitor could bumblefuck their way into them after a drunken bender. No lyrium. No blood. No complicated rituals. Just “eh, why not?” To the rest of Thedas, they’re a one-person rogue state, with not even a single person standing in between them and the nukes. As long as they have the Mark, the Inquisitor isn’t leading the Inquisition by choice. They’re trapped in the Inquisition. It’s the only force powerful to protect them — and the moment someone inside the Inquisition decides otherwise, the Inquisitor will be assassinated.
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Post by Ieldra on Jan 25, 2019 14:37:44 GMT
All of that, really. Basically, Trespasser's ending means you lose. In descending order of importance for me, I lost my magical extra (this *really* riled me up), I lost in the political game, both against the Chantry and against Orlais and Ferelden, and I lost my arm. That seems like the best case scenario though. Even supposing the Mark wasn’t killing the Inquisitor, even supposing the Qunari weren’t involved, someone is going to come for the extremely famous fellow who can bodily enter the Fade by accident. When the magisters brought back the Blight, it took untold quantities of lyrium and blood. If there are worse things in the Fade, the Inquisitor could bumblefuck their way into them after a drunken bender. No lyrium. No blood. No complicated rituals. Just “eh, why not?” To the rest of Thedas, they’re a one-person rogue state, with not even a single person standing in between them and the nukes. As long as they have the Mark, the Inquisitor isn’t leading the Inquisition by choice. They’re trapped in the Inquisition. It’s the only force powerful to protect them — and the moment someone inside the Inquisition decides otherwise, the Inquisitor will be assassinated. I can as easily imagine a better scenario as you can imagine a worse one. The Anchor could have subsided to be invisible after closing the breach, and even their own people as a rule often don't know how the Inquisitor looks - as evidenced by that scene in Skyhold. Besides, I'm still not convinced the whole "the Anchor is killing you" thing wasn't engineered by Solas because he didn't want someone with that kind of power around. Ironically, I wouldn't even be angry with him for having done that, because it's one option for what I would've done in his position.
No, my disagreement goes beyond the in-world perspective. You forget that the situation is not accidental. The writers at Bioware engineered this, thinking from the end, basically looking for a way to nullify the ending of the main game and remove the Inquisitor as a visible force so they would be less constrained for the next game. Well, they got that, but as an epilogue it sucks, and it contrasts so dramatically with the ending of the main game that it's all too noticeable it's artificial. So nobody should be surprised I want out of this particular story. You know, I was really happy with the ending of the main game, and to see it *all* nullified in a f***** damned epilogue is adding insult to injury. I would've traded the Anchor for the political power or vice versa, but to have it *all* taken away, that really, really sucks.
The only upside is that you're no longer a religious figure. Hopefully. If they continue that and maybe even put you into the Chantry's canon, I swear the goal of my next DA character is to lay waste to Thedas.
Did I say Trespasser's ending sucks? I want a new protagonist!
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Post by arvaarad on Jan 25, 2019 15:34:48 GMT
That seems like the best case scenario though. Even supposing the Mark wasn’t killing the Inquisitor, even supposing the Qunari weren’t involved, someone is going to come for the extremely famous fellow who can bodily enter the Fade by accident. When the magisters brought back the Blight, it took untold quantities of lyrium and blood. If there are worse things in the Fade, the Inquisitor could bumblefuck their way into them after a drunken bender. No lyrium. No blood. No complicated rituals. Just “eh, why not?” To the rest of Thedas, they’re a one-person rogue state, with not even a single person standing in between them and the nukes. As long as they have the Mark, the Inquisitor isn’t leading the Inquisition by choice. They’re trapped in the Inquisition. It’s the only force powerful to protect them — and the moment someone inside the Inquisition decides otherwise, the Inquisitor will be assassinated. I can as easily imagine a better scenario as you can imagine a worse one. The Anchor could have subsided to be invisible after closing the breach, and even their own people as a rule often don't know how the Inquisitor looks - as evidenced by that scene in Skyhold. Besides, I'm still not convinced the whole "the Anchor is killing you" thing wasn't engineered by Solas because he didn't want someone with that kind of power around. Ironically, I wouldn't even be angry with him for having done that, because it's one option for what I would've done in his position.
No, my disagreement goes beyond the in-world perspective. You forget that the situation is not accidental. The writers at Bioware engineered this, thinking from the end, basically looking for a way to nullify the ending of the main game and remove the Inquisitor as a visible force so they would be less constrained for the next game. Well, they got that, but as an epilogue it sucks, and it contrasts so dramatically with the ending of the main game that it's all too noticeable it's artificial. So nobody should be surprised I want out of this particular story. You know, I was really happy with the ending of the main game, and to see it *all* nullified in a f***** damned epilogue is adding insult to injury. I would've traded the Anchor for the political power or vice versa, but to have it *all* taken away, that really, really sucks.
The only upside is that you're no longer a religious figure. Hopefully. If they continue that and maybe even put you into the Chantry's canon, I swear the goal of my next DA character is to lay waste to Thedas.
Did I say Trespasser's ending sucks? I want a new protagonist!
They do still have a decent amount of political power if they don’t disband. Yeah they’re an arm of the Chantry on the surface, but the Divine is from the Inquisition. If some other Thedosian organization had pulled that stunt, I’d assume that being “under the Chantry” was basically just a PR move. They still have all the same power, it’s a concession for appearance’s sake only.
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Post by AlleluiaElizabeth on Jan 25, 2019 16:36:48 GMT
Shocked by which? Dual protagonists or not playing the (former) Inquisitor? Never say never, but every time BW has spoken up about this, they've reiterated their new protag for every game stance. And that's my default assumption for DA4 (w/ Inky as an NPC).
It's not to say they couldn't change their mind, but as yet there's been no hint of that. Still hoping that slide means the protagonist as in "The Inquisitor" and not TLCA as a person.
But, yeah, they *could* go with a new protagonist in the new game entirely. And maybe bring our Inquisitor back as an NPC to deal with Solas. Or worse, have us deal with him purely as the new protag, maybe wiht a letter or instructions via Dorian that we can ignore. And, let's be honest, I'm invested enough in Solas right now that I'd still play it. But I'd honestly be very annoyed for a good portion of the game. lol
I do think Hanako is right. I agree it'd be bad writing to end Trespasser how they did and then not bring back the Inquisitor as a character. Now again this could include bringing them back as an NPC instead of playable, but... I mean if they're there anyway, but I can't do anything as them, that might actually annoy me more? lol I mean, my Hawke wasn't even that bad, but the game also didn't have the Inquisitor decide the fate of her LI, so... yeah. Its kinda playable TLCA or bust for me, with "bust' meaning "I'll pay to find out what happens, but I probably won't be too happy about, and that might effect my DLC/'live services' purchases."
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