Dragon Age The Joyguard (formerly Hype Train) [Spoilers]

Great to see the game moving along.

I'm particularly looking forward to creating a new protagonist.

I'd say what will it be this time, but it'll probably end up being all the options (over several playthroughs).

Male qunari/elf rogue will definitely be my first DA4 protagonist.
My dream would be a barefisted combatant class/subclass though. The perfect sequel for DA:I, being able to literally kill Solas by punching. Ah.

I'm doing the same! Or trying to, anyway. I've got about four world states that I look at and think, "yeah, this is solid" so I'm veeeeeerry tentatively (without any expectations) plotting what race/class I want to use for each. It really depends on who our character is going to be.

I remember being 100% sure!! that my first and primary Inquisitor was going to be a dwarf rogue, and whaddayaknow, ended up with a qunari mage.


Omg, Aribeth. I wanted to marry her, BUT ALAS, am lady

Nah... I'm probably going to have to world saved by elven or qunari mages (sans Hawke, but still mage) again and again until it does something. The bog-standard human knight in shining armour is dull.

So. The announcement sent me on a bit of a nostalgia spiral.

I have not played DA:O or DA2 since at least 2013.

I have not played DA:I since, I believe, early 2015.

I'm thinking I might do a trilogy marathon sometime soon. Go through the content I never played before, like Witch Hunt, the sequels' DLC, and The Last Court. My relationship with the series is complicated, since while I loved DA:O (easily in the top three most influential games I ever played), I thought DA2 was just okay and found DA:I thoroughly disappointing.

But who knows how I'll feel over half a decade later, and I hear the expansions are better than vanilla. Might be worth a try when it goes on sale. Wasn't planning on getting any RPGs until BG3's full release anyway.

I've just replayed DA2 after a break of many years and was surprised by just how much I enjoyed it, plus the DLCs, so I'd recommend giving it a go, particularly if there is a romance option you haven't tried that you can explore.

May be an option for a Fog Warrior or Fog Dancer. Whilst I've always assumed the latter are probably mages, they could be some sort of priest/monk combination.

Which reminds me that I'm hoping companions will be given their own unique specialisation, like in DA2, rather than simply duplicating any class that the PC has like DAO and DAI. Better still, I hope we are allowed more than one specialisation if we level that far.

Me: I shouldn't get too excited as there is no gameplay or any significant info regarding plot, characters, etc.
Also me: bellydancer she-elf, bellydancer she-elf!!!

I think he is doing the final hit the staff to the ground -move before unleashing chain lighting

True true it looks more like a staff-staff than anything mages use in the games. *Goes back to sauna*