How would you like to see romances improved?

There's an easy solution to this. Make four romances (two male and two female) and allow all of them to be romanced by any gender. It allows BioWare to double down on those romances, instead of creating individual romances for a particular gender and orientation, as well as minor flings (Keri and Avela). DAII had the most ideal structure by having in-depth and solid romances, but didn't detract from the overall narrative. It won't please those that believe having set sexual orientations is the best approach, but this is far more manageable and will lead to a better result.

This really has less to do with taking resources from other systems and more to do with revamping romances. Some of the most pragmatic approaches are doing player-sexual romances and giving less options (bring it down to two males and two females). That would lead to fewer romances that have far more content and then any extra funding could go towards other areas of the game. The idea is to make romances better than they are, but not at the expense of the rest of the game.

Keep fighting for that forbidden love story arc!

It's not that it's a problem, it's just that these games have always had more -and better- straight romance options for straight Men. In the Trilogy, I always played Straight male Shepard because the human Women were far hotter than the human males which female Shepard could romance.

Females got Jacob, who cheats and Kaiden. Male Shepard had Ashley, Jack and Miranda. Plus other Human NPC's.

I would rather have a character come up to me and make the first move. Have a character flirt with us, and let us decide if we want her.

A character can laugh and flirt a few times while talking to us, and at any time we could tell said character yes, no, or I will think about it.

In every Bioware game I have played, we must make the first move. Let a character from in the game do it for once. Does it need to be scripted or unique to any one character? No. In fact, have it as a random event from a number of characters at any moment in the story.

Peebee kind of comes close. She comes on stronger than most companions I can remember. 

Pfft, you're no fun at all.

Repeatable kiss/dating scene just like in DA:I. Won't say no to repeatable sex scene though.

Thanks so much for the tips

They should also allow drunk casino spur-of-the-moment marriages. To make things more interesting, the LI's character model changes as the PC sobers up, then you cut to the last sequence to the unpleasant surprise.

Truth be told, all of the romances in the original trilogy were essentially "push a button enough times and get the shiny toy." It's not until those same love interests return that the relationship somewhat goes beyond that (although the sex scene at the end still occurs). While I do think DAO was a bit more organic, even that "romance" system failed due to the gift system. I do think BioWare needs to seriously reconsider how romances work. I think a first good step would be getting away from the "flirt until you have sex before the final mission" approach. It makes the relationship far less interesting and more of a cheap thrill. I was really hoping we'd get to know these characters well and that the romance would add to that. Sadly, the romances really didn't add anything, at least with regard to Cora.

Straight male Ryder has three options and two mini-options (which is incidentally more options than straight female Ryder, gay Ryder and lesbian Ryder). The squad itself is made up of three straight people and three people who are not straight (which is perfectly even).

Peebee will try to flirt with you even if you don't with her

DA:O handled the romances fairly well, and of course mods . . .


You're right in that the less spread thin, the better. Bioware should know by now that they can't please everyone, now if they would give up  trying and just concentrate on superb character interactions like DA:O. Sure, my Warden couldn't get it with everyone in Redcliffe or Some Random Guy in Denerim, unless modded of course. This game will likely not be moddable to that extent. So ideally pick the most popular squadmate\NPC and make a much more detailed experience for each one. Right now half way through the game, I'm trying the Jaal romance but it's locked up in some weird way until I hit a magical barrier in the main story (apparently). Not sure, honestly.