Dragon Age News Thread

Another couple reasons I don't think the announcement will e too late in the month is first it's the holidays so a lot of people would be busy, but also because if earlier in the month than everyone can revel in the news for a few weeks before things like the alpha and beta of Anthem come out. It would excite people but not overshadow Anthem.

Which part? The specific idea or the Inquisitor returning in general? 

The end of the comic signalling the return of the Inquisitor. Doesn't have a snowball's chance in the Ninth Circle of Hell.

Ah, okay. Yeah I know it won't happen but just thought it would be a really interesting idea. The game could even literally pick up from that moment with that battle being the first mission. 

Possible. Like maybe they tweet a few seconds from the trailer on D4 Day while the full trailer drops at the VGAs. 
Would that make the announcement a couple days ago a tease for a tease of a tease?

I'm not sure it's as polarising as you think, even on this forum were as extreme fans of Dragon Age probably have more of an idea in their head of the way they think the series should go, the vote in that thread had about double the people not want the Inquisitor as the main protag (56%) compared to those who did want the Inquisitor to return as the main protag (31%). The vast majority said they would play any way as well, with only one vote saying they wouldn't play the game if the Inquisitor wasn't the main Protag. If you read the posts of this forum you'd think that more people felt really really strongly about the Inquisitor being the main protag in this forum but that's not actually the case. A small minority can appear louder trhen we think. I don't think overall, the main consumer base of Dragon Age is hung up on the issue - I've never seen it mentioned when DA is brought up in other gaming forums.

I'd caution against gauging things on a small sample size and guessing what will Bioware do based on that - I remember one ardent HoF fan telling us at one point that their internal polls have shown that over 3/4th of people want HOF back... and we know Bioware's thoughts on that.

The story points where it does and does so very overtly. I don't necessarily think that it means that Inquisitor will come back as the main protag - but the main protagonist ain't the only viable way they can be back and play a vital role in the story.

Oh you meant the character was polarising rather then the issue whether or who should be the protag? Yeah, I can kinda understand that, I have seen a common complaint of the Inquisitor being a bit bland, though I'm not sure how big a proportion of people that would be. Personally I love all my protags and have loved all their stories which is kinda why I want a new one - I'm happy how my Inky ended and want a new protag to shape again with new problems and baggage to try out - and I'll probably put them through suffering and pain like my other protags too

It's the Inquisitor that decides to find/recruit people that Solas doesn't know and focusing on Tevinter. I don't know how much more clear they could be as to who remains the leader of the whole endeavor of doing something about Solas.

My point was I haven't seen this discussion come up elsewhere -  it really seems only important in this forum and even the posts on this forum don't actually seem to align with what the poll on this forum says, which that most don't want the Inquisitor back as Protag but the vast majority either side will buy the game regardless. If other places aren't discussing it and the place were it is being discussed has the majority still willing to buy the game, I don't think it's as big an issue as some would suggest?

Well, I do remember some external poll showing that at least 70-75% of people want Inquisitor back at some capacity. Either way, small polls are really not a way to measure such things - and I'm fairly sure that most players don't really care and will be like 'who?' when Inquisitor shows up. Same with Solas. Or Dorian. It's been 4 years. They're going to have to re-introduce some stuff and characters anyhow.