Confirmed!!: Establishing Your Own Colonies/Settlements (Update: possibly defending colonies)

People may get ticked at me for saying this but I think this is just another DAI knockoff like the locations you killed some enemies and poof! Up springs a little mini camp populated that now has your crafting and stores and such.

Yeah although enjoyable in Fallout 4  I found it diverted me from the main story.  I found myself spending more time building settlements than progressing through the game and lost interest in the protagonists story which is kind of a problem for a so callled RPG.  Given that the game did not have a particularly strong storyline or characters to begin with this meant any story game momentum ground to a halt.  I did enjoy the feature but it may be problematic in an RPG as it can stall the narrative and character progression as the player can become easily sidetracked. Maybe these game elements would be better implemented as unlockable late game quest related features dependent on significant character/story progression.  I also found resource gathering in DAI a bit of a snooze fest.

Yeah, something like the Blood and Wine vineyard, or, a closer example, a more expanded version of Shepard's apartment in ME3: Citadel would be keen, but Fallout 4 style seems like a bad idea.

Title says confirmed, so this is actually going to be in the game? I voted no in any case, but I don't think it's a garbage idea. Some games have done it well. I just don't think it's in BioWare's wheelhouse. They should just focus on the primary reasons people buy their games.

Didn't even know about this. Possibly have this again but on the Nexus where you can upgrade and display collectibles, armor, weapons, etc would be awesome too.

I got bored with Inquisition really quickly. Can you remind me what the campsites were?
I think that MEA settlements will ultimately turn out to be a pretty uninspired minigame, but I hope I'm wrong.

hahaha I think I have well over 100 hours crafting settlements in FO4.  And I had to go back and renovate them all after the season pass and then again after the ps4 got minimal mods.  I'm pretty proud of my vault.  Can stream my settlements for ya if you want to share ideas.  

I guess I just never mind the getting distracted part as long as the game doesn't force you to deviate from the story too much.  I want games with tons of diverse content so it can appeal to anyone or just whatever mood I'm in.

I agree so much with the article, its kind of dancing on a razors edge.  I just hope its not tied too heavily into the main story and it does not block off too much content if I, as an individual, don't like it.  I mean I think I could really, really, like this system.  But one of the only real frames of reference I have is FO 4s system, which I hardly used, but thought kind of sucked and was a chore when it was and did not connect to anything and was overly complicated....so maybe I will grow to like it if BioWare puts their usual story twist on the mechanic afterall