The Character Romance thread (Official)

Uh. I really do hate when characters are essentially hijacked to fulfill some requirement of the plot even though its completely against their character. Makes them feel all interchangeable when that happens.

This follower prioritizing is common. DAI plays out that way as well. I've noticed that if I bring both Dorian and Solas along on certain quests, Solas will take priority over Dorian if there are magey things. I can't have that, so off Solas goes. (I don't know what happens with Vivienne, as I've never brought her anywhere regularly.)

Yeah, like how the squadmate who nearly gets whammied by the Prothean beacon in ME1 changes depending on your gender.

Personally, I reckon it should have always been Kaidan, regardless of Shepard's gender. The squad would have needed to make sure that the Beacon was properly prepped for extraction and Kaidan probably is the most technically capable person on site.

Ashley would have been made more sense to task with watching the perimeter for hostiles, since she knows the terrain best and has a lot of firepower to deal with any more unexpected surprises or Geth/Husk stragglers still lingering about.

I dunno. I actually do like the characters he creates for the most part.  I think his main strength, and arguably weakness, is that I don't think he cares if his characters are conventionally likable. They are what they are and tend to be more willing to get angry and confrontational with the player character. Aveline can flat out punch Hawke in the face if you get enough Rivarly points, Carver is always pissed off about something and Sera isn't going to change her opinion unless she wants to. For me personally I like that, and prefer it over Jacob and Liam's generic nice guy archetype, but I can see how it can get annoying.

Jacob cheating on FShep was out of left field bullshit though.

You make some good points. Though I think it might have more to do with the open world and the ratio of content in it to content in the main story. It means pacing, and therefore suspense, will be ruined. You're never out of time, because you're outside time. While I think this wasn't as much of an issue in ME:A as in DA:I, it was still an issue.

I agree that it would be nice to have more suspense and emotional investment in general than we've had lately. There were very few times in ME:A where I was worried that a character would get killed/seriously injured. And I was never worried about Ryder. Not like the aching I felt during ME3 with Shepard, or Trespasser with Quizzy.

And I agree that it would be nice to see the enemy react to you and your choices more. The Archon wasn't much more present than Corypheus. It's strange, too, since the first time you see him, it's a scene from his perspective rather than Ryder's (there's a term for this). I expected to see that more often throughout the game, but it didn't happen.

Yes we do, but only one, and she's not active at the moment. There are some among us who are certainly responsible and rational enough to do the job, and if it's volunteer work anyway, why not get another one of us to help moderate as well? We need someone here who'll understand our PoV, because right now it's not happening.

Ha, I hope so too. Maybe in that game, we'll also get equal romance content for everyone! /Unrealistic-but-totally-reasonable expectations



Now that you mention it, it is strange that even though the question "Why Andromeda?" was treated as very important in-universe, most of the less standard answers came from random NPCs. That said, it makes sense that most people's answers would be some variation of "Exploration" or "A Better Beginning".

What, you mean you wouldn't go to another galaxy to find that special someone? Amateur

Ha, that's pretty strange indeed

I keep telling myself they're just rumours, but if true, it makes me sad. ME:A certainly had problems, and Bioware needs to learn from them, but I don't think putting the franchise on hold will solve anything. And... well, Bioware-style RPGs are by far my favourite type of game. They're immersive, I get to create my own character, and they're story/character-heavy. Occasionally, I even like a romance option. And I like scifi more than fantasy (I'm a huge space nerd), so it hurts more with Mass Effect.

No one else makes RPGs quite the same way, otherwise I wouldn't be as sad. I can't just go out and find some clones like I could with CoD or a sports game. You're right that it sucks having to wait years in between installments, even if you play both franchises.

Speaking of franchises, I have no hype for the new IP. Not after hearing that it might be something online-based, like an MMO. It's not what I play Bioware games for. It's also probably something they should have given Bioware Montreal to do rather than their flagship franchise, especially considering after ME3, there was a lot riding (ha, Ryder jokes) on ME:A. Should have put their best people on it.

Hmm, there is a distinct lack of gifs in this post. Let's remedy that.

if there were to be a new mod to cover this thread that is LGBT, I sincerely hope they don't just draw from the regular on this thread

Must you poke the hornet's nest once a day?

There are quite a few posters here that I consider to be fair minded that would be just fine. We do have Nat, after all, but she is off with personal time. Being a mod is a big responsibility, so I wouldn't foist that on anyone who didn't want the position and also had the personal time to carry it out. This should be a community in which to enjoy oneself as a fan, and connect with other fans, not a second job.

Additionally, some LGBT players find a level of stress in dealing with this fandom that, quite frankly, is not present for straight players. So that's a factor as well.

Oh god, I don't know how I forgot about the Talibrations thing. I must have managed to block it from my memory. Between the quarian harlot stealing away their man and their bff breaking the sacred bro code...yeah, there's no way them doing that again would work out well.




I think a little bit of irrational jealousy is normal, as long as you can admit that it's irrational and a little dumb? It's silly, but people are human and they get attached to their favorite characters. But when it gets to the level of acting like these are real people who've wronged you, or like it's the end of the world that your fictional computer girlfriend or boyfriend hooked up with another set of pixels because you didn't click the heart option...that's when it's time to take a step back, lol. The hate Tali got for even breathing in Garrus's direction was crazy.

I can't imagine the insanity made manifest that is the Tali fanbase was pleased with it either

you dont love me? I thought we had something 

oh we do, I have something with most of the people on this thread, I assume its a mutual distrust tinged with some animosity