How would you like to see romances improved?

Actually be able to take them out on a date. Could be humorous. Could be romantic. That type of thing could be interesting.

More to do with them outside a sex scene would be great. I thought they would improve on romance in this game but it's still a "get laid before the last story mission and nothing else" side thing.

Remove any that aren't story-involved (such as Alistair, Liara, Morrigan, etc) and stop pandering to the romance fans, whose fanservice wastes development resources (as we're seeing now, with romance requests right up there on the patch priorities list from BioWare).

Making Suvi romanceable by male Ryder would be a start.

I agree, but I wouldn't completely remove romances that aren't story-related, maybe just lessen them. It's all about quality over quantity. I felt like Bioware was getting better with romances given DA:I. Almost every romance was in-depth with their own story arc, cut-scene, and sex scene. Each romance seemed whole unlike ME:A where the only romance options that were paid attention to were Peebee, Cora, and Jaal's. 

I agree that quality is better than quantity in most cases. It's difficult to offer as many options as possible as some of those options are inevitably going to get the short end of the stick. If BioWare only focused on a few romance character, then more resources could be funneled into them making those arcs substantially longer. Of course, we come back to the issue of having less options and variety.

Ya know, I totally forgot that Jaal and I were romantically involved in this game for a while. He never made any particular comments to me after missions that would remind me of this (even after that one mission, when other folks, such as Lexi, were super worried and upset about what went down). I was just so focused on fetch quests and the like, and he never said much to me about it after his sweet email, that I really did forget.

Then I did that little side mission with him on Havaarl and was like "oh, right...this is happening".

So I guess, If you are gonna have them, then they should have unique responses to the situations that reflect their relationship with you.

Having said that, I think there are MUCH more important issues in the game that should be addressed. I can take or leave romances, particularly in the ME franchise.

I think the 'never being sure' is because the characters shouldn't be locked into romance before the friendship is even established, just because you chose some funny flirty dialogue. It would make Ryder quite an asshole if that somehow made the whole galaxy fall in love with him/her.

To set the transformation of it from friendship to romance until after the loyalty missions are complete makes sense to me. (The weird counterpoint is Keri, who I chose flirt options with but also an option that was more or less an explicit "I wouldn't cheat on someone"; despite that, the game has now locked me into a place where I can't finish her quest without starting some kind of cheating relationship with her.)

I see people mentioning the 'sex scene' but no one points out that you can choose otherwise (as I did) and get a lovely dialogue scene with her instead. This was something I thought was well handled in ME:A. It was the option I chose in ME1 as well, but I don't remember ME2/3 (with the exception of Jack) or any of the Dragon Age games (with the exception of Morrigan) having the option of romance without sex.

I agree the romance shouldn't be instantaneous. Of course, that wasn't my actual complaint either. After 90 hours of playing the game on Insanity, I had no idea if there was even a relationship or not. The biographies for each character weren't helpful either as they were vague and ambiguous. It's a stretch to even call it a "friendship" either, because most of the available dialogue is rather limited and not a lot more is added as the game progresses forward.

I disagree that there must be romance, and thus a sex scene, after the loyalty mission. I think that's far too structured and formulaic and does not represent real life relationships at all. Romances bloom at different paces and different speeds for everybody. Some will progress fast. Others will progress slow. I've never been a fan of the "sex before final mission" approach and I still find it ineffective and lazy.

I don't have a problem with the sex scene. My issue was the placement and that it just happened randomly without rhyme or reason. I think perhaps you might get an email tipping you off about it, but I was just randomly talking to everybody on the Tempest and then "sex scene initiated." I think these scenes should be interwoven into the story better and they shouldn't all happen at the same time for every character.

The same system of DA2, everyone has something and all have equal importance. Also the 2/2/2 is the best if they want a diverse cast, still do not get why it is so difficult to do this.

This is why I believe the romances should be longer. It took me anywhere from 50-60 hours to do a completionist run of ME1, ME2, and ME3 on Insanity. For MEA, it took me 111 hours to do a completionist run on Insanity. Considering the game is arguably twice as long as its predecessors, it would only make sense that the romance arcs are twice as long.

I understand your sentiment. I just believe that constraining the romance behind that loyalty mission is incredibly limiting. I don't mind it further enhancing the relationship, but I believe the relationship, itself, should be a separate entity. The idea of needing to gain the loyalty in an arbitrary mission, to start, is a bit unrealistic. It's great for character development (sometimes), but it's limiting for having a growing and free form relationship built.

When I say the "sex scene initiated" randomly, I meant I talked to Cora and she stated there were "light issues" in the Pathfinder's Cabin. Now, I assumed the sex scene was incoming after that point. However, my point was the placement of the sex scene just came across as random. It happened sometime after the garden scene and Meridian but right before the final mission. I just felt it was a somewhat awkward implementation.

I'd like the ability to bring up the relationship more with other characters. Like being able to introduce them to your sibling.