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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Aug 5, 2016 17:28:48 GMT
NOTE: This is cross-posted, so if you answered elsewhere, thanks and no need to answer here.
How far must I progress a romance to get the dance on the balcony scene at the end of WEWH?
I usually do Abyss before WEWH so this has not been a problem before, but now that I'm doing WEWH first, I'm not sure how far I can progress the romance before doing the quest.
I'm specifically romancing Sera. I've done Verchiel March, but haven't done Pranks yet. Is that good enough, or do I need to do Pranks? How about Pride Cookies?
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Post by Nightscrawl on Aug 5, 2016 18:20:31 GMT
Uh... I didn't think Sera had a dance scene. I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered hearing that somewhere...
At any rate, I can't answer entirely, but I can give some info bits.
In order to get the dance dialogue and scene with any LI, you have to have the romance lock-in, whatever that is, for that certain LI. With most of them, it is the scene that culminates in sex, or abstention of sex (can refuse with Dorian). I wouldn't think the pride cookies would factor in at all with Sera because that is not specific to the romance.
There are some LIs that will take a bit longer, so doing Abyss first is required, like with Cullen. His romance path is such that there is a significant scene after the first major mission. If you have that first major mission be WEWH, then you can't do the dance, so Abyss has to go first. I'm not sure how that would factor in with Blackwall or Iron Bull.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Aug 5, 2016 19:03:40 GMT
Uh... I didn't think Sera had a dance scene. I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered hearing that somewhere... I can't find a single video on YT with Sera dancing with IQ, so I think you are right! Waaaaah.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Aug 5, 2016 19:32:42 GMT
I think if you ask her she makes a joke about it, or something along those lines. But again, I'm not entirely sure since I've never done the Sera romance.
While it is unfortunate if you like that sort of thing, I can appreciate that the devs tried to keep something like that within the LI's personality. They didn't just say, "Everybody gets a dance!" without regard to whether the LI would actually go along with it according to their previous pattern of behavior.
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Post by Domakir on Aug 5, 2016 19:36:05 GMT
Uh... I didn't think Sera had a dance scene. I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered hearing that somewhere... She has.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Aug 5, 2016 20:12:29 GMT
^ I stand corrected!
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Post by Zemgus on Aug 5, 2016 20:30:26 GMT
It would've been kind of weird if she was the only companion who doesn't have a dance scene.
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Post by melbella on Aug 6, 2016 1:13:03 GMT
Papacharlie! When I clicked on this thread, I thought this would be a how-to since that's what you do!
Sadly, I can't answer your question since I haven't done Sera's romance. I can say my quizzy was able to dance with Blackwall even with doing WEWH way before Adamant, but his romance gets locked in pretty much right after you get to Skyhold.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 1:19:52 GMT
NOTE: This is cross-posted, so if you answered elsewhere, thanks and no need to answer here. How far must I progress a romance to get the dance on the balcony scene at the end of WEWH? I usually do Abyss before WEWH so this has not been a problem before, but now that I'm doing WEWH first, I'm not sure how far I can progress the romance before doing the quest. I'm specifically romancing Sera. I've done Verchiel March, but haven't done Pranks yet. Is that good enough, or do I need to do Pranks? How about Pride Cookies? You have to do pranks and pride cookies. Plus exhaust all of her dialogue, keep high approval with her and have her as a team regular in your party. I did all that when I romanced Sera with my dwarf artificer, and also did WEWH before Adamant. Got the dance scene with her.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Aug 6, 2016 2:01:09 GMT
I did learn what I thought there was no Sera dance, however. The DA wiki says, But on a reread, I take this to mean that she declines humorously when you make the initial offer, but there is still a dance later on.
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Post by melbella on Aug 6, 2016 2:25:38 GMT
I did learn what I thought there was no Sera dance, however. The DA wiki says, But on a reread, I take this to mean that she declines humorously when you make the initial offer, but there is still a dance later on. Cullen does the same thing. He's all "NOOOOOO!!" when you bring it up. I think Cass does too, something about having more important things to do than dance.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Aug 6, 2016 2:43:58 GMT
Uh... I didn't think Sera had a dance scene. I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered hearing that somewhere... She has. Thank you! I looked high and low, could not find a video. Probably because I was specifically searching for "sera wicked eyes dance", so would have missed any videos that are just romance tagged. Though I might go with the "barrel of peach brandy big enough to stick your head in" option. That does seem to fit Sera's character better.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Aug 6, 2016 2:48:38 GMT
You have to do pranks and pride cookies. Plus exhaust all of her dialogue, keep high approval with her and have her as a team regular in your party. I did all that when I romanced Sera with my dwarf artificer, and also did WEWH before Adamant. Got the dance scene with her. Crap. I've already killed two dragons without Sera in the party.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 2:51:25 GMT
You have to do pranks and pride cookies. Plus exhaust all of her dialogue, keep high approval with her and have her as a team regular in your party. I did all that when I romanced Sera with my dwarf artificer, and also did WEWH before Adamant. Got the dance scene with her. Crap. I've already killed two dragons without Sera in the party. Aside from the two dragons, did you have Sera in the party for other adventures?
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Aug 6, 2016 2:52:02 GMT
Papacharlie! When I clicked on this thread, I thought this would be a how-to since that's what you do! Heh. Not this time. There's still plenty I don't know. After all, I'm the guy that didn't know Sigils were removable, remember?
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Post by gervaise21 on Aug 6, 2016 13:26:54 GMT
Sadly I can't help you with Sera since I have never romanced her but I can confirm that Cassandra will dance with you. I didn't go to the ball until after we had completed the ideal romance, so I would suggest doing all the things suggested above for Sera so you are at least high in her approval even if you haven't done the specific romance quest yet.
Still even if you don't get the dance I gather you get additional content for Sera at the ball that you don't get with anyone else, so may be if you have been showing sufficient interest in her, have a reasonably high approval and you complete her specific content at the ball, then you will get your dance.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Aug 6, 2016 15:04:19 GMT
Same question, different love interest: does anyone know how far through the Cullen romance you have to be to get him to dance with you? My Inquisitor has shared a first kiss with him, but do I need to get further than that before I head to Halamshiral?
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Same question, different love interest: does anyone know how far through the Cullen romance you have to be to get him to dance with you? My Inquisitor has shared a first kiss with him, but do I need to get further than that before I head to Halamshiral? I think you lock Cullen in when you select the heart and it says you'll begin a relationship with him. That's when the first kiss scene happens on the battlements like you mentioned. His is pretty easy. Blackwall is locked in on the Skyhold battlements if you pursue him even after he pushes you away. Iron Bull is locked in (I think) after you tell him you don't want it to be casual. I'm pretty sure it's not after the necklace gift. I remember dancing with him and sleeping with him again before I made it official and he called me Kadan. Solas is locked in after you do his personal quest and he talks to you on the balcony. Funny story for me. First time I failed to lock him in and went to the ball and Josie danced with me, then Solas confessed his feelings when we got back. I headcanoned he was jealous lol I don't romance females so I have no idea about the others sadly, and I don't romance Dorian because I always play as a female.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 20:14:06 GMT
Same question, different love interest: does anyone know how far through the Cullen romance you have to be to get him to dance with you? My Inquisitor has shared a first kiss with him, but do I need to get further than that before I head to Halamshiral? When I romanced Cullen, I went as far to get him off lyrium. I did Here Lies The Abyss before Wicked Eyes Wicked Hearts. So, my Inquisitor can talk to Cullen and encourage him to stop taking lyrium completely. Then during WEWH, my Inquisitor danced with him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 0:40:53 GMT
Same question, different love interest: does anyone know how far through the Cullen romance you have to be to get him to dance with you? My Inquisitor has shared a first kiss with him, but do I need to get further than that before I head to Halamshiral? I think you lock Cullen in when you select the heart and it says you'll begin a relationship with him. That's when the first kiss scene happens on the battlements like you mentioned. His is pretty easy. Blackwall is locked in on the Skyhold battlements if you pursue him even after he pushes you away. Iron Bull is locked in (I think) after you tell him you don't want it to be casual. I'm pretty sure it's not after the necklace gift. I remember dancing with him and sleeping with him again before I made it official and he called me Kadan. Solas is locked in after you do his personal quest and he talks to you on the balcony. Funny story for me. First time I failed to lock him in and went to the ball and Josie danced with me, then Solas confessed his feelings when we got back. I headcanoned he was jealous lol I don't romance females so I have no idea about the others sadly, and I don't romance Dorian because I always play as a female. I had to go back on several hours of my game on my very first playthrough, because I didn't have Solas locked in and got Josie instead. I love her, but she wasn't who I was going for, for that character.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Aug 8, 2016 0:04:22 GMT
UPDATE I was able to lock in Sera's romance before WEWH pretty easily. Full path to lock in: - Recruit
- Use flirt dialogue option whenever possible, otherwise use positive/supportive/accepting options
- Side with mages and conscript them
- Verchiel March: have Sera kill the noble and support Sera and the Red Jennies in the follow-up "not used to that acceptance thing" dialogue
- Pranks - fully committed
- About an hour of adventuring, enough to fill out 3 focus bars (not sure if this is strictly necessary)
- Pride cookies - supportive options (though the "Grow up" option is pretty exciting -- all it lacks is hair pulling and eye scratching)
- Exhaust all "Tell me about yourself" options
- "I want to get to know you better" lock in
I took a cinematic (no dialog options displayed) video of Pride Cookies and some of the stuff afterwards, through the lock in. Just for grins. Now, on to WEWH!
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Post by rapscallioness on Aug 8, 2016 0:28:16 GMT
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Post by opuspace on Aug 8, 2016 2:18:22 GMT
Wait, wait, you can dance with Bull at the Winter Palace? I thought all you get is him offering his arm to the Inquisitor where they both walk in and it's implied that they dance.
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Post by melbella on Aug 8, 2016 4:35:19 GMT
Yeah, I think the scene fades out before showing any actual dancing with Bull. The only pic I have is of the arm offer.
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Post by opuspace on Aug 8, 2016 5:23:20 GMT
Yeah, I think the scene fades out before showing any actual dancing with Bull. The only pic I have is of the arm offer. Darn. Well at least I didn't miss out on a chance to see them waltz together. Thanks for the answer.
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