Dragon Age News Thread

You're missing Cori's first name! Cori May is one of the three BioWare editors.

With that logic you shouldn't do any side quests really. It's kinda like in SWTOR, if you play Jedi Knight, in Chapter 3 your mission is basically stopping the Emperor from destroying entire planets and yet you still have time to scan transportation devices and whatnot. That's just how games work. I loved Dorian's personal quest, though, so no complaints from me. 

Don't wanna go off topic but Dorian's quest is more than just "hey, I'm gay".

- He never hides the fact he's homosexual, nor goes around telling everyone about it.
- Homosexuality (and Trans) while not illegal in Tevinter is generally unaccaptable (but not uncommon between slaves and their masters), as marriage between powerful/of status Mages is encouraged to have a potent Mage child.
- There's also the fact that a Human Inquisitor (Trevelyan) is a distant relative of Dorian (Pavus).

Thus it's a very personal quest especially for a Trevelyan/Homosexual Inquisitor as Dorian runs away from an arranged marriage,- and trying to get his father to come to terms with his son.
Not to mention Halward tried to force him to do it using Blood Magic.

Allthough regardless how the quest ends, in Trespasser his father dies and he must assume his responsibilities, and depending on player choice he might be in relationship with Iron Bull, which is double the trouble to be both gay and married to a Qunari which isn't even a Mage (considering Qunari-Tevinter conflict) while holding a high position.

Also trying to change Tevinter for the better by forming the Lucerni.

In short he's a friggin good companion that got a lot on his hands, which i hope we will see in DA4 considering it's presumed location (Tevinter).

/endrant

I agree he needs to step up regardless of whom he sleeps with , he's still a member of house Pavuis  (think that spelled right?) so he needs to carry on if he wants to make a change in the next installment of DA.

On Twitter, I pointed out to Forficula that a number of companion quests in DAO literally had no stakes beyond helping out that party member (Alistair, Oghren, Wynne, Sten, Shale) and Forficula kinda conceded that, by his logic, you would never do side quests.

He also said that he disliked how they portrayed Halward as a “white supremacist.” I’m ... I’m stilll trying to figure that one out.

They're just alt-right human garbage. Pathetic scum, like everyone else whining about the mere existence of LGBT people in BioWare games.

Forficula’s explanation was: “His posture is yelling I’m white supremacist dad lord of str8 blood magic. It’s not about color but his intent.”

I like variety in the companion quests. Having them all be combat oriented would get boring after a while. Also, when playing on harder difficulties, it's nice to get a break from enemies now and then.

I agree with this bit. One of the better aspects of MEA to me.

Sounds like he's reading into the Dorian quest, expecting there to be an attack and thus seeing it. Self-fulfilling prophecy kinda thing.

No, he said white supremacist twice.

  <- me if she doesn't.