How would you like to see romances improved?

We know this isn't true though. A vast majority of people of all genders watch and consume porn, yet many people have happy and healthy relationships. This is pretty tame stuff compared to actual porn. Have you seen the mods for skyrim? This is nothing. I have two partners myself so not sure I lack anything really.

Agreed. The romances in this game are meant to enhance the characters and provide more investment in the game. If all folks wanted were the "sex scenes," they can either look towards their significant other or watch porn. That's not the point of romance in these games and why people love them to be included. There's nothing wrong with wanting better romances, and I think BioWare can pull it off if they reconsider how they structure these romances and cut down on how many options we have. DAII, in my opinion, had the most ideal approach. I think that could be a starting point for the next game (and all future BioWare games) going forward.

Give me a female character I would actually want to sleep with. Even when Peebee offers no strings attached sex, I just can't bring myself to accept.

I would be really happy to see a companion coming on to my Ryder, that would be so thrilling. Peebee is very forward in the game. Someone else who has been very forward is Anders in Dragon Age 2. That was awesome, I even showed that scene to my girlfriend who was over. Ha ha, she blushed and dropped her cinnamon bun and I teased her about it That was fun.

The complete *bleep*-storm on the net regarding Anders forward kiss was less fun 

If we as players can not abide a companion we have no desire in coming on strong then that is something that we won't be seeing very often. We have seen earlier that one player in this very thread does not want to romance a female char if that companion is interested in a woman in another PT.  In another thread a male player lamented that he felt sad about seeing flirts for male characters, he was afraid that they would be interested in his Ryder if he was nice to them and he only wanted a friend. That makes forward companions more difficult to implement.

Is it only the female companions that can be forward? Well that would be boring for gay guys and straight women. Also, if every single LI on the ship goes out hunting hard for Ryder it might feel a bit odd if you are playing a strictly professional Ryder who does not want to be the flirtatious boss. "And on the next meeting up ad the vid-center I expect to see everyone... in uniform...please".

I think BioWare feel safer about having forward women than forward men so that is probably what we are going to see. But not too often in order to not give the impression of that initiative is a women-only trait. Haven't seen all the romances in ME:A so this is just a guess on my part. Until we as players are more comfortable about being approached by someone we have no intention to bone we will have to do all the "hunting".

Oh I agree. Yeah they were all exactly like that but with ME1 it was new and fresh well for me at least. I never played a game with romance so having conversations that could change whether you did or did  not romance someone was interesting. But it wasn't really anything amazing. Just cool that they had it. DAO was indeed far more organic but yes, the gift system was idiotic. There you have to push a button and by shiny toys to get shiny toys. But I think the scenes and things like being able to kiss your LI anywhere added an aspect to it, some dimension. Not that oh I can kiss them here or there but the fact that it was not gated into one little scene with no sense of it in the rest of the game world. Acknowledgement doesn't really change that. If my LI acknowledges me somewhere as their LI, it helps a bit, but the whole point of it is interactions and that sense of immersion. Therefore if they are going to do romance, they should not be lazy about it and they should find a way to make it genuinely immersive where you can have a series of different kind of interactions and commentary throughout the game. Not just limited into that one little series of flirt, flirt, flirt and get the shiny toy. 

I did it after three runs with my male ryder and PB. I actually wished I didn't right after the sex scene. It added nothing from the experience and actually I felt like if I had gone with him being a more focused not bothering with romance now because I have too much on my plate and nobody here really is perfect for me scenario, I would have enjoyed it so much more. Next run, I will do that. Nothing the romance added felt really immersive. It kind of felt like a sex experiment in a bottle. Thinking back to DAO, they were much better and as you state, even they were flawed. I never played DA2 romances as I only played the game once but it sounds like they might have been better. If they are going to include it, they really need to do a much better job of it. I know some people love having them and really love them as they are which is great. But improving them would  only allow people to love them more. Til then, I will enjoy single focused Ryders. It's really a matter of if it fits the character for me. They are all so lackluster that I can't be bothered, much like RL. It has  to look like it is worth my time else I will not bother or care. 

I've only tried romancing Peebee so far. I feel that her romance is a lot shallower than the one my Inky had with Sera. If I remember correctly they did more just the two of them, like eating cookies on the roof, pulling pranks and so on (I Know these scenes are not tied to romances but they do help with the build up). There's also the continuation in tresspasser. Then again we could see a continuation of romances in dlc or MEA2. When comparing the romances as is Peebee's feel a bit lackluster. I'm hoping for more in the future.

Maybe I'm a bit biased, cause I'm firmly in camp Sera. One of my absolute favourite Bioware companions (she's #1...deal with it 😎)

In fairness, Suvi and Gil are two of the most underdeveloped romances. Whether they were an afterthought due to being non-squadmates or BioWare just didn't care about the non-straight romances, they had far less content than everybody else. Do another romance and you'll see there is a lot more content, but they are all still far from perfect.

Sera is one of my favorite companions! Unfortunately, she wasn't interested in my male Inquisitor! I would have taken her over Cassandra and Josephine any day. This is why I believe everybody being bisexual would largely be the most ideal approach for everybody.

I'd agree with that. You are in the "friend zone" for 90% of the game, so there really is never an actual relationship. It's just occasional dialogue and the loyalty mission. There really isn't a lot there, and I think that's the problem most of us have. It just feels underwhelming.

Here is a thought, don't lock romance behind a loyalty quest. For people like jack or Miranda that makes sense, since both are misanthropic individuals with trust issues, but in general don't do it that way. Have it progress though dialogue or certain choices in the main mission.
Having to "unlock" a romance by doing quest shit feels too gamey.

Stop having all the characters so in love with the protag. Have some realistic variation. Liam and Peebee should've been more compatible. 

Yep, I hope so.  We haven't ever really had a chance to do that yet.  In the OT they cut all your previous relationships between ME1 and ME2 then did it again between ME2 and ME3 so you were always in this perpetual state of starting or starting over the relationship.  There was never any growth or development.

I really really hope they do better with MEA going into MEA2 and beyond.

I wonder how that would work.  To make it somewhat equivalent to the Citadel DLC, we'd need to have the Pathfinder go someplace where s/he can have fun.  It would have to be a Date Night DLC, sort of, but without that being the entire focus.