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I know "playersexual" has been dismissed by the devs. Because the main problem with "playersexual" is the main character seems to impose him/herself upon the NPCs will. The blank state of the sexual orientation of the NPC was another aspect of that.

But what if...?

We have been said there won't be any "rivalry" romance system ala DA2 style. We have been said the squadmates will have a positive or a negative opinion about you depending the choices you make and they will remember some aspects of your conversations. Also, it's been stated it's waaaay difficult to be respected and liked by all the squadmates.


So what if...?

... the romances are not connected with sexual orientation but connected with the affinity between the NPC and the player? Your conversations, the choices you make in game, etc. all of that PLUS your flirting will determine the squadmates interested in you regardless of your gender.

For example:
So maybe you want romance Liam as JerkSara but he won't be into you because you let those people die a couple missions ago and you tend to be dismissive with him in conversations. At the same time, that Sara has more affinity with Cora and Sara could potentially romance her if she decides to flirt with her. If she is a boring no homo not into girls, that option will never appeared.
Another example: you play as ProfessionalScott and you want to romance Peebee, but you are too professional and boring for her, while you get along much better with Jaal because he understands you better and he appreciates your decisions, so you could pottentially romance him if you flirt with him. If you are a boring no aliens not into him, you won't flirt with him so all straight men scared of Anders hitting on them are saved. 
And if you play a RenegadeRyder who kills everyone, acts like an ass and wears dead parts of his/her enemies on her/him, Drack will be super onto you 



If this theory I just made up is true, that would explain why the devs are insisting so much about "finding out in game" and they praised themselves a lot about "romance more organic":
1) Because the LI are all open to both genders but not necesarily open to any Ryder (their actions, choices and conversations will affect that a lot)
2) To avoid the backlash "playersexual" (even if it's not estrictly "playersexual") before the game is released.

I know a system similar to this was already done by Bethestha with FO4 (Piper loves you when you are sarcastic, Valentine when you help people, Hancock when you do drugs, etc.). However, I think Bioware could have implemented it. We will have more squad content on that regard and BW is far more better with characters than Bethesta. Also, Bioware could be more subtle in that regard, more "organic": we have been told a part of the menu is about in which terms you are with every member of your squad, so you will know you are in good terms or bad terms with Drack, Peebee, etc. but you won't know WHY unless they want to tell you.


I know the leaks seem to point out a different reality. However, we can't forget two things:
1) If some people watch some romance scenes with one Ryder and not with the other, that doesn't necessarily mean there is not more footage with the other Ryder.
2) Maybe all the press members who had played part of the game hadn't had time to complete all romance arc with X or they didn't flirt with X characters or they don't have all the romance's arc available.

This is my last hope for the romance mess effect at least. 


(sorry for my broken English. Too much words!!)