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Post by TabithaTH on Jul 5, 2024 12:31:24 GMT
Tbh, If it wasn’t for my Solavellan, I don’t think I’d care about the Inquisitors role. I may be curious about how a ‘kill him’ scenario will look like or how it’ll play out for a Rook/Inky with different plans of how to deal with him. However, after the first PT, I think I’d rather just play the game focusing on my Rook.
For most of my Inquisitors, either I’m not invested enough in them, or they aren’t invested enough in Solas, for me to care about resolution.
Let’s see, 7 Keep Inquisitors:
1 Solavellan: I’d care most for this resolution. 1 male elf: I would have cared about this a lot if the game had let me romance and join him. 1 Bff: Don’t really think I care since I think it’ll overlap with Solavellan. 1 Bff turned enemy: Might be interested if I think it’d be different enough from redeem. 1 Stuck Up jerk: He couldn’t care less about Solas and needs no resolution. 2 I’ve never played and thus, don’t really feel strongly about their resolution.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 5, 2024 12:51:12 GMT
As for why they weren't there...because they already fought one war against one would be God and is off enjoying retirement? At least that's what mine has been doing between the years. Obviously BioWare is going to drag her back into this plot line kicking and screaming but it doesen't change my thoughts on the matter nor is it a particularly compelling argument for their participation. So essentially Solas read your Inquisitor correctly. He warned them they had only a limited time left until he pulled the plug and they did think "Oh well, let's eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. No point in going up against the god who can turn people into statues with a thought. I'll just enjoy the time I have left like he suggested." I think you will find that the majority of people do not share this attitude. I repeat, if they had left it as it was at the end of the main game, no problem. If Solas had popped in to help stop the Qunari, tell them their organisation was corrupt and save them from the anchor WITHOUT telling them his future plan, again my Inquisitor probably would have gone into well earned retirement. However, that is not what happened. Solas told me I had saved the world only for him to want to destroy it all over again, just for the sake of a few ancient elves. Why would I just chill whilst letting everyone else do the donkey work, particularly as the conclusion I arrived at in the epilogue to Trespasser, that we needed people Solas didn't know, just wasn't being followed through on. Charter called a meeting of people with a vested interest in stopping Solas. He infiltrated it and killed the one person there who might have had useful knowledge to give us. That pointed to both our intelligence network still being useless when it came to security and Solas knowing we were still following him. We get another apparent good lead in the Missing. Does the Inquisitor decide to follow it up personally? No, they (or rather Charter) sends Harding to recruit Varric. Solas knows Varric and Harding, so still don't see the reasoning why they are doing it instead of the Inquisitor. He led them on a wild goose chase just so he could drop a message to Varric saying "Stop following me." They continue to follow him. I have no idea why they headed for Minrathous as his paper trail stopped in Arlathan so far as I could tell. Anyway, we know from Trespasser and Asunder that they have the means to keep in contact with the Inquisitor (the sending stones), so I assume that is where Harding/Varric get their instructions in Arlathan and thus they could say to the Inquisitor meet us in Minrathous, so we can discuss what we have discovered so far and decide on our next plan of action. Nope, still no sign of the Inquisitor. Then the brilliant plan for if and when they do catch up with Solas is that Varric should talk with him. At least 8 years since Solas told them his plan and that is still the best they can come up with. To be honest it sounds like they are on a beach somewhere sipping cocktails because their lack of urgency and initiative amazes me. Their direct participation with this plot is not needed, especially in any substantial way. If that is true, then why get us to recreate them and why say that they are integral to the Solas story? It is not me that is saying this but the Dev's themselves. The narrative they have spun is full of contradictions. I repeat, though, that much of this argument is likely caused by the fact that we only got a partial impression of what is going to happen. I shall continue to live in hope that when I play the game much of what seems puzzling about the way they have framed the narrative will be made clear.
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Post by themikefest on Jul 5, 2024 13:52:47 GMT
Solas is one dumb mother****er. Telling your plans to anyone makes it harder to complete said plans if the one's you told will make efforts to stop those plans. It's like he's daring them to stop him. It appears he suffers from politician syndrome, the big head. Believing everything he says and does without considering what the consequences might be. Remember what Tuco said? If you're going to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. For those who don't know. He is a character in the movie The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Anyways. Hopefully the game will explain the time lapse from trespasser and now. I like to know what was said to convince the rook character to help kill chuckles and how much time passed before encountering solas after talking to rook. I get the gameplay video was edited, but to me it made no sense having Varric trying to talk down solas when the scene would have been better if it was the Inq. Then again, my Inq would push the nutjob off the platform. I will know more when the game is released.
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Post by azarhal on Jul 5, 2024 14:05:21 GMT
Solas is one dumb mother****er. Telling your plans to anyone makes it harder to complete said plans if the one's you told will make efforts to stop those plans. It's like he's daring them to stop him. It appears he suffers from politician syndrome, the big head. Believing everything he says and does without considering what the consequences might be. Technically, things would probably have been less chaotic had he explained his full plan with the Evanuris and how things works to help him find an alternative path without killing everyone...
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Post by themikefest on Jul 5, 2024 14:23:46 GMT
Solas is one dumb mother****er. Telling your plans to anyone makes it harder to complete said plans if the one's you told will make efforts to stop those plans. It's like he's daring them to stop him. It appears he suffers from politician syndrome, the big head. Believing everything he says and does without considering what the consequences might be. Technically, things would probably have been less chaotic had he explained his full plan with the Evanuris and how things works to help him find an alternative path without killing everyone...
It's possible. Though I believe he wanted to do things his way. He comes across as a character who believes in it's his way or the highway attitude. Here's a comment I read on youtube when watching the trespasser ending Solas: Well, the Evanuris are about to destroy the world. I will stop them by setting up the Veil. Solas: Oh shit, that destroyed the world. I will fix this by giving my orb to Corypheus. Solas: Oh shit, Corypheus survived and is about to destroy the world. I will fix this by setting up the Inquisition. Inquisition fixes things. Solas: Okay. Now time to fix things. Inquisitor: How? Solas: By destroying the world.
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Post by lk13 on Jul 5, 2024 14:26:02 GMT
This talk of future games and DA5 made me realize it's not something I want. If the series were to end here with the finale of Solas and the stakes being the highest they supposedly can be, I'd be fine with that. I certainly don't have 10 more years of waiting to answer any questions raised by this one, especially when we seem to be tackling so much in 4.
I may be wrong of course, but I don't think it's a problem we'll face. I'd be legitimately very surprised if Veilguard ends with a cliffhanger. At least, the devs comments about the game providing a proper closure to Solas' character tell me so (and to be honest, it seems to me like they're hinting at some sort of final "death" of sorts of Solas, if he can even properly die).
That's for the base game though. If Veilguard does well enough that EA gives the greenlight for a story DLC that can open up new plot threads... now that's a different matter entirely.
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Post by azarhal on Jul 5, 2024 14:35:52 GMT
Here's a comment I read on youtube when watching the trespasser ending Solas: Well, the Evanuris are about to destroy the world. I will stop them by setting up the Veil. Solas: Oh shit, that destroyed the world. I will fix this by giving my orb to Corypheus. Solas: Oh shit, Corypheus survived and is about to destroy the world. I will fix this by setting up the Inquisition. Inquisition fixes things. Solas: Okay. Now time to fix things. Inquisitor: How? Solas: By destroying the world. That's very much how it went. Except it was Cassandra/Leliana who setup the Inquisition, but Solas will probably take credit for it...
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 5, 2024 15:45:23 GMT
I get the gameplay video was edited, but to me it made no sense having Varric trying to talk down solas when the scene would have been better if it was the Inq. Then again, my Inq would push the nutjob off the platform. I will know more when the game is released. Or they could have had the Inquisitor try and push the statue over on Solas, only to get squished themselves. Harding sighs. "I suppose now we'll have to look for someone else to lead the charge." Returns to Minrathous. Harding: "Hey anyone want to volunteer to take on a couple of ancient elven gods?" (General hilarity - elven gods you say?) Rook: "Sure, how hard could it be?" Harding: "You have no idea."
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 5, 2024 15:49:15 GMT
Technically, things would probably have been less chaotic had he explained his full plan with the Evanuris and how things works to help him find an alternative path without killing everyone... Yes, you know, like in the note he left for Varric saying don't follow me. Essentially once again he basically said, don't worry I've made plans. Knowing what has gone wrong the previous two times he made plans, that doesn't necessarily fill one with confidence.
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Post by themikefest on Jul 5, 2024 16:12:04 GMT
I get the gameplay video was edited, but to me it made no sense having Varric trying to talk down solas when the scene would have been better if it was the Inq. Then again, my Inq would push the nutjob off the platform. I will know more when the game is released. Or they could have had the Inquisitor try and push the statue over on Solas, only to get squished themselves. Harding sighs. "I suppose now we'll have to look for someone else to lead the charge." Returns to Minrathous. Harding: "Hey anyone want to volunteer to take on a couple of ancient elven gods?" (General hilarity - elven gods you say?) Rook: "Sure, how hard could it be?" Harding: "You have no idea." That would be really lame if the Inq were to be squished by the statue. Varric: Who would like to help defeat an elf trying to destroy the world? If you do, I can guarantee a signed photo with the Inq who defeated Corypheus years ago. Harding: Really Varric? You're trying to hard. I would offer having Leliana sing them a song for helping deal with Solas. Varric: Hmmm...I'm thinking of a good story..... Harding: Be careful Varric, Cassandra may want a copy. Varric: Don't remind me. Come on. Let's go to the next location to find someone.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 5, 2024 17:11:30 GMT
That would be really lame if the Inq were to be squished by the statue. It does occur to me that the whole statue sequence could have been another fail on the part of Solas. When he stopped it from squishing him, he threw it away right in the direction of Rook. Perhaps he was aiming to get him and missed. That would be typical Solas.
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Post by midnight tea on Jul 5, 2024 17:54:57 GMT
That would be really lame if the Inq were to be squished by the statue. It does occur to me that the whole statue sequence could have been another fail on the part of Solas. When he stopped it from squishing him, he threw it away right in the direction of Rook. Perhaps he was aiming to get him and missed. That would be typical Solas. I'm pretty sure he jus aimed to throw it away from the platform, which remained the center of the ritual - the statues were important in one way or another, but the platform was the center stage.
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Post by themikefest on Jul 5, 2024 18:28:57 GMT
That would be really lame if the Inq were to be squished by the statue. It does occur to me that the whole statue sequence could have been another fail on the part of Solas. When he stopped it from squishing him, he threw it away right in the direction of Rook. Perhaps he was aiming to get him and missed. That would be typical Solas. Hmmmm..........Since rook will be communicating with solas through the fade or whatever, I like for rook to mock the elf by saying you missed me, hahahahahahaha.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 5, 2024 19:05:38 GMT
As for why they weren't there...because they already fought one war against one would be God and is off enjoying retirement? At least that's what mine has been doing between the years. Obviously BioWare is going to drag her back into this plot line kicking and screaming but it doesen't change my thoughts on the matter nor is it a particularly compelling argument for their participation. So essentially Solas read your Inquisitor correctly. He warned them they had only a limited time left until he pulled the plug and they did think "Oh well, let's eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. No point in going up against the god who can turn people into statues with a thought. I'll just enjoy the time I have left like he suggested." I think you will find that the majority of people do not share this attitude. I repeat, if they had left it as it was at the end of the main game, no problem. If Solas had popped in to help stop the Qunari, tell them their organisation was corrupt and save them from the anchor WITHOUT telling them his future plan, again my Inquisitor probably would have gone into well earned retirement. However, that is not what happened. Solas told me I had saved the world only for him to want to destroy it all over again, just for the sake of a few ancient elves. Why would I just chill whilst letting everyone else do the donkey work, particularly as the conclusion I arrived at in the epilogue to Trespasser, that we needed people Solas didn't know, just wasn't being followed through on. Charter called a meeting of people with a vested interest in stopping Solas. He infiltrated it and killed the one person there who might have had useful knowledge to give us. That pointed to both our intelligence network still being useless when it came to security and Solas knowing we were still following him. We get another apparent good lead in the Missing. Does the Inquisitor decide to follow it up personally? No, they (or rather Charter) sends Harding to recruit Varric. Solas knows Varric and Harding, so still don't see the reasoning why they are doing it instead of the Inquisitor. He led them on a wild goose chase just so he could drop a message to Varric saying "Stop following me." They continue to follow him. I have no idea why they headed for Minrathous as his paper trail stopped in Arlathan so far as I could tell. Anyway, we know from Trespasser and Asunder that they have the means to keep in contact with the Inquisitor (the sending stones), so I assume that is where Harding/Varric get their instructions in Arlathan and thus they could say to the Inquisitor meet us in Minrathous, so we can discuss what we have discovered so far and decide on our next plan of action. Nope, still no sign of the Inquisitor. Then the brilliant plan for if and when they do catch up with Solas is that Varric should talk with him. At least 8 years since Solas told them his plan and that is still the best they can come up with. To be honest it sounds like they are on a beach somewhere sipping cocktails because their lack of urgency and initiative amazes me. Their direct participation with this plot is not needed, especially in any substantial way. If that is true, then why get us to recreate them and why say that they are integral to the Solas story? It is not me that is saying this but the Dev's themselves. The narrative they have spun is full of contradictions. I repeat, though, that much of this argument is likely caused by the fact that we only got a partial impression of what is going to happen. I shall continue to live in hope that when I play the game much of what seems puzzling about the way they have framed the narrative will be made clear. haven't you heard of Generals? My Inquisitor has already, lost an arm, fought in one war directly against one God, and got married. The last thing she wants to do is lead a field mission personally. As I said up there she is perfectly capable of conducting the search for the Dreadwolf in Val Royeux through her agents and perfectly capable of coordinating the Inquisition's activities with Cassandra. And while she was friendly with Solas she also is smart enough to see that he played her and the Inquisition like a fiddle. So she knows that if she leads the Veilguard or the efforts to stop him from the field it will just hurt the efforts to stop him and she wants to save the world. So she is not going to let her personal feelings get in the way and be selfish like so many other Inquisitors apparently want to be. I don't know. Maybe they changed their mind due to pressure, maybe it was always the plan,or maybe you are overestimating their role. Either way for me Eplers comments change very little.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 5, 2024 19:23:22 GMT
The story/ conflict in Inquisition was A. closing the Breech and B. stopping Corypheus. This is incorrect. The mission was “to stop those responsible.” Solas is responsible for everything and he hasn’t been stopped yet, currently trying again, so the mission isn’t complete.
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Post by midnight tea on Jul 5, 2024 20:02:56 GMT
haven't you heard of Generals? My Inquisitor has already, lost an arm, fought in one war directly against one God, and got married. The last thing she wants to do is lead a field mission personally. As I said up there she is perfectly capable of conducting the search for the Dreadwolf in Val Royeux through her agents and perfectly capable of coordinating the Inquisition's activities with Cassandra. And while she was friendly with Solas she also is smart enough to see that he played her and the Inquisition like a fiddle. So she knows that if she leads the Veilguard or the efforts to stop him from the field it will just hurt the efforts to stop him and she wants to save the world. So she is not going to let her personal feelings get in the way and be selfish like so many other Inquisitors apparently want to be. I don't know. Maybe they changed their mind due to pressure, maybe it was always the plan,or maybe you are overestimating their role. Either way for me Eplers comments change very little. There were never any Generals in Inquisition, nor it seems there is anything like that in Shadow Inquisition. Also - Epler is not just some dev: he's the Creative Director of DA and he already said that Solas' story makes no sense without Inquisitor: something I have postulated for years, as it's something that Trespasser communicates pretty clearly. As do later materials - they also further imply that Inquisition - and their leader - are further involved in the mission to stop Solas. And let's face it... we know why they are mentioned and never seen: because Bioware has to strike a balance between taking into account all the varied individual world-states and headcanons, while attempting to move the story forward while keeping the old character fairly heavily involved (also, right now they are clearly keeping Inquisitor - or Varric's fate - unspoiled). And we already know they are fairly heavily involved - we know we will be designing them in CC, *together* with our new character. We know we will have to make decisions there, with most of them more than likely being our Inquisitor's decisions; and that however how we'll set them - it will have an impact of how the new game unfurls. Will we also be able to make decisions that put our Inquisitor closer or farther away from the action? It's hard to tell. But nevertheless - the fact that Inquisitor didn't retire; that they maybe even CAN'T retire* - is something we can deduce not just from what the devs said, but specifically from what's in already published stories. *I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that Inqusitor is involved in DAVe not just because 'the story of Solas wouldn't make sense without Inquisitor', but because it may turn out that Inquisitor may still be the only person that can do something; be it because they carried the Anchor for a time, or because - dunno - they went on a search of some artifact, they found it, but due to all the knowledge and experience they gained in Inquisition, only they can use it.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 5, 2024 20:13:47 GMT
haven't you heard of Generals? My Inquisitor has already, lost an arm, fought in one war directly against one God, and got married. The last thing she wants to do is lead a field mission personally. As I said up there she is perfectly capable of conducting the search for the Dreadwolf in Val Royeux through her agents and perfectly capable of coordinating the Inquisition's activities with Cassandra. And while she was friendly with Solas she also is smart enough to see that he played her and the Inquisition like a fiddle. So she knows that if she leads the Veilguard or the efforts to stop him from the field it will just hurt the efforts to stop him and she wants to save the world. So she is not going to let her personal feelings get in the way and be selfish like so many other Inquisitors apparently want to be. I don't know. Maybe they changed their mind due to pressure, maybe it was always the plan,or maybe you are overestimating their role. Either way for me Eplers comments change very little. There were never any Generals in Inquisition, nor it seems there is anything like that in Shadow Inquisition. Also - Epler is not just some dev: he's the Creative Director of DA and he already said that Solas' story makes no sense without Inquisitor: something I have postulated for years, as it's something that Trespasser communicates pretty clearly. As do later materials - they also further imply that Inquisition - and their leader - are further involved in the mission to stop Solas. And let's face it... we know why they are mentioned and never seen: because Bioware has to strike a balance between taking into account all the varied individual world-states and headcanons, while attempting to move the story forward while keeping the old character fairly heavily involved (also, right now they are clearly keeping Inquisitor - or Varric's fate - unspoiled). And we already know they are fairly heavily involved - we know we will be designing them in CC, *together* with our new character. We know we will have to make decisions there, with most of them more than likely being our Inquisitor's decisions; and that however how we'll set them - it will have an impact of how the new game unfurls. Will we also be able to make decisions that put our Inquisitor closer or farther away from the action? It's hard to tell. But nevertheless - the fact that Inquisitor didn't retire; that they maybe even CAN'T retire* - is something we can deduce not just from what the devs said, but specifically from what's in already published stories. *I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that Inqusitor is involved in DAVe not just because 'the story of Solas wouldn't make sense without Inquisitor', but because it may turn out that Inquisitor may still be the only person that can do something; be it because they carried the Anchor for a time, or because - dunno - they went on a search of some artifact, they found it, but due to all the knowledge and experience they gained in Inquisition, only they can use it. I was using the term General metaphorically. Riding a desk is another way to put it. People who give orders away from the front lines which still effect the front lines. And in previous conversations I used the term 'semi-retirement' to describe my Inquisitors state of being. Since i have in conversations with I believe both you and Gervaise I was hoping that, especially with the rest of the context, that you'd understand what I'd meant if I shortened it. Clearly a mistake.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 5, 2024 20:19:17 GMT
I just realized that there is a possibility that the Inquisitor will only appear via player controlled flash backs to fill in the blanks of the ten years. This would be my preference.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 5, 2024 20:28:54 GMT
I just realized that there is a possibility that the Inquisitor will only appear via player controlled flash backs to fill in the blanks of the ten years. This would be my preference. Hmm, that doesn’t really fit well with how they described things so far. Plus why would we make the choices in the CC that does the same thing?
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Post by colfoley on Jul 5, 2024 20:32:03 GMT
I just realized that there is a possibility that the Inquisitor will only appear via player controlled flash backs to fill in the blanks of the ten years. This would be my preference. Hmm, that doesn’t really fit well with how they described things so far. Plus why would we make the choices in the CC that does the same thing? choices in the CC us for flavor mostly and will effect VG. For instance if it asks 'what did the Inquisitor do with the Wardens.' The Inquisitor does not need to be present to see how that choice will play out.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 5, 2024 20:49:28 GMT
Hmm, that doesn’t really fit well with how they described things so far. Plus why would we make the choices in the CC that does the same thing? choices in the CC us for flavor mostly and will effect VG. For instance if it asks 'what did the Inquisitor do with the Wardens.' The Inquisitor does not need to be present to see how that choice will play out. No, I mean I remember in an article it says some choices will effect how Veilguard begins or something like that. I assumed that means how the Inquisition had been going about the Solas search, so no reason to play that. Can tell you it would kill the pacing and other things if any time the Inquisitor comes up it’s in the past to make choices that don’t matter. Won’t connect or be important to Solas’s story either.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 5, 2024 21:21:51 GMT
Tbh, If it wasn’t for my Solavellan, I don’t think I’d care about the Inquisitors role. I may be curious about how a ‘kill him’ scenario will look like or how it’ll play out for a Rook/Inky with different plans of how to deal with him. However, after the first PT, I think I’d rather just play the game focusing on my Rook. For most of my Inquisitors, either I’m not invested enough in them, or they aren’t invested enough in Solas, for me to care about resolution. Let’s see, 7 Keep Inquisitors: 1 Solavellan: I’d care most for this resolution. 1 male elf: I would have cared about this a lot if the game had let me romance and join him. 1 Bff: Don’t really think I care since I think it’ll overlap with Solavellan. 1 Bff turned enemy: Might be interested if I think it’d be different enough from redeem. 1 Stuck Up jerk: He couldn’t care less about Solas and needs no resolution. 2 I’ve never played and thus, don’t really feel strongly about their resolution. Yea htbh I'm just going t opla yit and se ehow m yInquisitor an dRok's personalities influenc ethings .I'v ehad one Inquisitor whoromances Solas but I don' tremember that save and I don' thav eit. So I will likel ypla yanother who does romance Solas a tsomepoin tjus tt osee how the choices carr yover int oVeilguard. Though I do hav ea nelven mag eInquisitor plann I wasn' tplanning o nhaving her romance Solas. I ma yd oa nelven rogue wh ofalls fo rSolass's charms though bu tno tsuer yet and link tha tin but that likel ywon' tbe until I'v done the nex t2 Inquisitors .But it'l leither be m ynex tInquisito r whic hwill be a human rogue or m yelven mage tha twill be m yfirs tVeilguard Inquisitor but that'll depend really on when exactly Veilguard launches and how man yplaythrough's I get done.
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Post by fairdragon on Jul 6, 2024 6:42:27 GMT
And in previous conversations I used the term 'semi-retirement' to describe my Inquisitors state of being. Since i have in conversations with I believe both you and Gervaise I was hoping that, especially with the rest of the context, that you'd understand what I'd meant if I shortened it. Clearly a mistake. Yes, the problem i have had with this word semi-retirement is that i see an old general that comes in 2 days a week and traine the next generation. Not what you said above. I agree with the inquisitor that make decisions in the head quater. Maybe active service retirement or front retirement the better words. I just realized that there is a possibility that the Inquisitor will only appear via player controlled flash backs to fill in the blanks of the ten years. This would be my preference. I don't see that. The best outcome i see for you, is that we only see the inquisitor makeing decisions in headquarter as we go. To explain what happen and why some agents came to help us.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 6, 2024 7:00:52 GMT
And in previous conversations I used the term 'semi-retirement' to describe my Inquisitors state of being. Since i have in conversations with I believe both you and Gervaise I was hoping that, especially with the rest of the context, that you'd understand what I'd meant if I shortened it. Clearly a mistake. Yes, the problem i have had with this word semi-retirement is that i see an old general that comes in 2 days a week and traine the next generation. Not what you said above. I agree with the inquisitor that make decisions in the head quater. Maybe active service retirement or front retirement the better words. I just realized that there is a possibility that the Inquisitor will only appear via player controlled flash backs to fill in the blanks of the ten years. This would be my preference. I don't see that. The best outcome i see for you, is that we only see the inquisitor makeing decisions in headquarter as we go. To explain what happen and why some agents came to help us. I don't think its a very likely possibility but I did think it could be one. Likewise as you said I did once propose the headquarters solution to Hanako a long time ago.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 6, 2024 7:32:21 GMT
And in previous conversations I used the term 'semi-retirement' to describe my Inquisitors state of being. Since i have in conversations with I believe both you and Gervaise I was hoping that, especially with the rest of the context, that you'd understand what I'd meant if I shortened it. Clearly a mistake. I understand what you mean and I accept the premise. Something we also have to take into account was whether the Inquisitor drank from the Well or not. Now, I know from some fan fiction I have read, that some people do see that as a good reason not to get involved directly because whilst they do not know about Solas absorbing Mythal, they do know that the Well allowed them to communicate with the spirits at his refuge, so there is a good chance that the spirits of the ancient priests might be able to influence things in some way that is beneficial to his cause, not that of the Inquisitor. Thus it is better to keep one step removed. I mean presumably the spirits didn't offer anything helpful with respect to stopping him or that information would have been passed on to Varric and Harding. Thus, drinking from the Well is likely to be more of a liability than an asset going forwards. After all, Solas did say that everything we did from then on, whether we knew it or not, would be for Mythal.
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