The Character Romance thread (Official)

You have to complete three of the LI's romance paths. This can be in as many or as few playthroughs as possible. For example if you romance three people you can get it in a single playthrough while if you romance only one person per playthrough you can get it in three playthroughs. 

I see. Thanks! I've romanced both Jaal and Reyes and was planning Vetra next, so that's how I'll get it I'd assume.

Also... if that achievement was made after the game's romances were written, they had to have thought out a 3rd gay romance option. Otherwise it makes no sense. Something's not adding up in my opinion.

But not "soonest" according to Mike.

Very, very soon but not soonest.

ok, we know exactly where we stand then.

Friday.

Hey Steelcan, notice how you ignored the people who actually answered you earnestly (gaycaravaggio and JadePrince) because you'd rather take potshots at this thread? That's why no one wants to engage with you. You're not posting in good faith and it's obvious.

Eh, anyone who got 100% of the achievements on DAO had to play outside their preferences unless they used mods (or are both genderfluid and bi, I suppose).

Plenty of people don't play self-inserts, and happily play characters outside of their gender and orientation. I think it's absurd to assume that the majority of any one demographic is unable to avoid playing minor subplots differently - if you're an achievement hound, you do all kinds of things that probably aren't your desired playstyle to get achievements. On paper, this is no different.

That said, from a buzz standpoint, I do think they should have done the math and realized that it was something people would notice and that would generate some negative feedback.

I think the broader point about not having an equitable distribution of options is a fair one, but having options that are within your player/romance combination gender preference but that you don't personally like (like Liam for you) is not really the same thing. Personally, I thought all the squadmate and crew romances were weak (I liked Keri and Reyes, but the people on the ship all annoyed me), but that's not the same issue as the distribution of gender-locked romances. It's not really an issue at all, it's just a matter of taste.

Maybe, but based on the Tweet from one of the devs to in response to the "was it intentional that m/m players can't get the matchmaker achievement?" was "No. Log a trouble ticket", it sounds like to at least some of them the possibility didn't even occur to them that it would be a desired feature.

At best it's just a lack of communication between departments. The price we pay for them not having a proper studio develop the game.

We also had other things that got scrapped like choosing what each outpost would represent and not being able to gain everyone's loyalty. I had everyone's loyalty by the end of the game no matter what choice I made and a dev said it's not possible, but there's a slim chance you can. It wasn't that hard. Speaking of hard, Jaal was supposed to be hard to get along with. Trust was not easy and he took the longest to open up (and romancing him was not easy), and in-game he's already friends with everyone by the first mission you do with him, and interested in you by the time you are at Kadara.

Cora also had bi content cut it seems.

Oh yeah the mods for Jaal and Cora have tons of silence. They never finished them at all. Just if they decided to go that way, they would have some lines ready to go. Just looking at Cora's sex scene and that guy from Naughty Dog creating it, you know they would not consider making it balanced for Sara too either. If they did, they would have to cut certain parts that make zero sense. Less sense than Sara riding PeeBee.

I remember that too.

That's also why I'm staying positive about Jaal. The longer it's taken them to finish the patch, the more chances it was due to adding scenes and getting the actors to record the lines. If they are secretly working on the DLC (hinted by Cora's voice actress), having them do those lines would not waste any time or that much more money.