#da4 wishlist

[storybookhawke]

i know i'm talking to a wall but like how cool would it be to kick daggers at people as a rogue in da4

you can do it in ffxv and it is

cool as shit

[sleepymarmot]

my wishlist for Dreadwolf

be the first Dragon Age game with no sexual harassment in party banter

[felassan]

Dragon Age: Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition is currently available FREE on Epic Game Store as part of the Epic Mega Sale 2024! This edition of the game includes all of the DLC. This offer is available from now until May 23rd 11am EDT. [source, two] juuust in time for Dreadwolf Summer hhhh.

(Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is available to wishlist on Epic Game Store btw.. 👁️)

[effelants]

my new hobby: lovingly stroking the Dreadwolf EULA on Steam because it's the closest I will get to playing this game for the next couple of years <3

[miyku]

[artemis-ches]

Since my Baldur's Gate brain rot is still not cured, I would love for spells/abilities to have more impact on dialogues/roleplay rather than pure combat. For instance, BG3 had spells that were only used when talking to people - detect thoughts, prestidigation, friends, or that one time where you could offer to heal an injured tieffling. I know that's not what they're going with, but let me pretend i'm a mage that can do something else than summoning napalm. DAI had class specific dialogues and Perks that let you have specific reactions to stuff. I want that, turned up to eleven.

On the subject of dialogue, more banter ! More ! I would also deeply love more spirit/odd magic than the elemental one we got. Your idea of dreaming in places to arpent the Fade and learn stuff from it would be amazing.

I don't want healing magic back. On the side and in dialogues, sure, but not on the battlefield.

I'm not that much into crafting, but i loved that we could tint bits and pieces of armor separately rather than always the whole thing.

Also, i played GOW Ragnarok, and i'm sort of curious playing that kind of game as a full mage, in a more dynamical/weighted way than the usual MMORPG-adjacent experience.

Also also, if the character creator could be decently lit, that would be swell.

My personal DA4 wishlist + thoughts

I’ve been teasing this post for a couple of weeks over at Twitter, i’m the worst! But anyway, since game journalism has decided to confirm, once again, that the next Dragon Age game will be set in Tevinter like that’s breaking news, now’s as good a time as ever to write all this down.

Locations: Tevinter, clearly. It’s been pretty much a given since the end of Trespasser in 2015, with that scene where the Inquisitor stabs a map on a table directly on Tevinter as they promise to go after Solas to stop him. But also concept art and several stories from Tevinter Nights heavily imply Antiva, Nevarra, the Anderfells, and maybe Rivain. For those of you who don’t know your Thedosian Geography 101, that’s basically Northern Thedas. And it makes sense, since so far for three games straight we’ve been first stuck in Ferelden, then the coast of the Free Marches, and later the rest of Southern Thedas. We’ve never been North, only heard of it. So in DA4 i’m sure we will finally be able to visit.

Characters: If we’re going to Tevinter, we must meet Dorian again, maybe meet Maevaris Tilani as well (previously only seen in comics), judging from the latest comics series, i’m hoping for Fenris too. And going by the latest teaser trailer, we might see Varric again. As for characters that so far we have no news of, i’d like to see Cole, the Iron Bull, and if by any chance BioWare feels like blessing us with a Hawke/Fenris reunion i might just die happy.  I’d also very much like to see the Inquisitor, but more on that later.

Companions: considering concept art and the latest teaser trailer, plus Tevinter Nights stories and new characters, we have an interesting repertoire of new potential companions. A Tevinter mage, an ancient elf (like a temple guardian) or a dalish elf (like Strife), a Nevarran mortalitasi or spirit, Antivan Crows, Lords of Fortune (new faction, kind of like treasure hunters), Qunari lady, maybe an alchemist or shapeshifter, Grey Wardens (possibly a dwarf), a liberated or escaped slave, a Siccari (Tevinter spies/assassins)..even past agents of the Inquisition could return. 

Plot: We know Solas wants to take down the Veil. We know there’s two archdemons left, and Grey Wardens are regaining some spotlight in concept art lately. We might have to fight on multiple fronts simultaneously and be strategic about it. Solas might even unleash a double Blight just to keep us distracted while he focus on his own goal, who knows. But many other things are happenig in the margins and all over the place. The Qunari Antaam is having a crisis with some of its members supposedly going rogue, the order they’re so proud of is breaking up, and the whole of Northern Thedas is facing an imminent threat of invasion. Tevinter is still dealing with remnants of the Venatori and might soon be dealing with a slaves rebellion and/or a political and social reform (Magisters Dorian and Maeveris have been working wirh the Lucerni, a group aiming to restore and redeem Tevinter). The Antivan Crows -the de facto rulers of Antiva - may be dealing with a succession crisis, as their First Talon, a powerful feared and respected but old lady, might not be around for much longer and seems her chosen heir has died before his time. Meanwhile in the Anderfells nobody’s heard anything from the Grey Wardens’ HQ at Weisshaupt since the end of Inquisition, and as told in the novel Last Flight, the sudden reappearance of griffons may have had something to do with that radio silence. So you see, get ready for another +100 hours long game because BW has plenty of stuff to keep us busy with. But in short, DA4 seems will be about primarily searching, finding, and dealing with Solas. Regardless of what you decided at the Exalted Council in Trespasser, the Inquisition or what’s left of it is most likely the group orchestrating that mission. As it was so clearly stated then, they need new people Solas doesn’t know so he can’t foresee their actions, so it’s possible the DA4 protagonist is a new agent or a third party hired to do what the Inner circle can’t due to their familiarity with Solas in the past. But at the same time -and this is assuming we get to find Solas in this game - i definitely think the Inquisitor could easily show up again. No, losing an arm doens’t mean they’ve retired forever, prosthetics do exist in Thedas, a world where you can combine dwarven craftmanship with enchantments, seriously, i don’t ever want to hear “but they lost an arm” ever again as an excuse to write them out. And no, marrying Cullen or joining the Red Jennys is no impediment to join the “Stop Solas” Squad; the end of Trespasser means something, mainly that this is personal. Be it they loved them as lovers, as friends or ended up hating his guts for using and betraying them, the Inquisitor’s relationship with Solas makes this very personal, and so having any other character do that face off would cheapen all of it, all that bittersweet angsty development and expectations of either revenge or closure. That moment should happen between those two. It adds a ton of motivation due to their past historyas well, something a new protagonist would lack entirely.  My personal best hope is for a sort of dual protagonist thing, say we play new protagonist for most of the game but a selected missions or scenes where we play as the Inquisitor once again and take over for key and heart-wrenching dialogue options. My second best hope is for the Inquisitor to show up as playable for the moment we catch up with Solas. My third and final best hope is for the inquisitor to be a sort of advisor but more like new protagonist’s boss/employer to whom they report back to and get new missions from. The Inquisitor can be stuck in meetings for the most part of it, i just want to know they’re there, behind a door, super busy but there. A cameo like Hawke’s in Inquisition is the bare miminum i can take, anyhting less than that like a mention in a sidequest description or a footnote in a codex entry would be a total  injustice. 

Romances: I’m open for pretty much anything, as any good BW fan would be. But i’d like romances to feel more alive in the sense that they don’t abruptly get stuck once you exhaust all related quests and dialogue options. As much as my Adaar liked that spank from the Iron Bull, that it was the only thing they could share after their romance was locked was a bit..meh. I liked Dorian’s tho, because his gave one the option to talk a bit, go for a walk, gossip, and sure, it all happened off-screen, and there were limited possibilities, but it was nice and made their relationship feel a bit more real, like they had more to it than kissing and stuff. It happens in most games, once you secure a romanceable companion suddenly you run out of things to do and share with them, and you get stuck with the same 3 lines of dialogue over and over again. There should be a way of solving that.

Side quests: i’m ok with fetch quests initially as it is a good way of forcing the player to go out and explore huge maps, but i’d also like the fetching to have some meaning other than checking things off a list. I want to explore many ruins, and -can’t believe i’m actually saying this- i want a Fade quest. Wait! I know what you’re thinking but don’t kill me just yet, here’s my idea: what if we could visit the Fade at certain locations to witness memories or meet with spirits and recollect information on Solas, his past, his present? Both to understand him better (keep in mind we’ll most likely get a new protagonist who isn’t familiar with him like we are as players) and try to locate him or predict his next move. It would be i think i great way of having visions of Arlathan in its golden age, maybe seeing some of the other Evanuris, how they interacted with each other and with the elves in their service, what really happened …i just want that sweet, sweet lore, i need it.

Technical stuff: ok, graphics will be amazing for sure, but i also would really really like: better, more varied and longer hairstyles, PLEASE. Body sliders, it’s damn time we get them. Mounts that actually make a difference! Let staves blades make damage in combat, I’M BEGGING HERE. Combined classes, MAGICAL ROGUES! A homebase we can fix up/build on/redecorate as fully as possible (Skyhold was great and i love it to pieces but why were those walls NEVER repaired????) . More casual outfit options, idk i love to dress up my characters, maybe some transmog? A day/night cycle and please i would love to see Thedas’ second moon, also weather variations depending on the region. Yes, i’m ambitious.

Gameplay: i’d like more AI options for companions, but not quite like in DAO, that was too much and i rarely used it. I’m curious how they’ll do combat this time but i know for sure i don’t want the kind of combat that has me going almost frame by frame pausing at every second, it’s annoying for me. I want large areas like in DAI but with a bit more stuff to see and do although one of my favourite maps is the Hissing Wastes so i won’t complain if we get a literal desert but i’d also like it to have secrets hidden around, make me work to find and solve them, i love exploring, i jump and click on EVERYTHING like i’m still a kid playing Monkey Island. A companion in concept art seems to be holding what looks like some form of rifle, so i’m curious how they’d incorporate that in the game. I know Tevinter has the magics and dwarves have the skill, a firearm is totally within the possibilities in-game without breaking any lore; also super curious what sort of skill trees Crows or Lords of Fortune could have, are they rogues, or warriors, or both??

So far, that’s what i got in my head.Well, most of it anyways, i may have missed something but this post has to end somewhere lol

What’s in your head? Feel free to share! Have you been thinking on how you’ll create your next protagonist? All i can think of is magical rogues and that  glowing bow was all the hype i needed.

[kirnet]

do you think bioware will remember the second moon this time

[redinkofshame]

We're getting a release date this Friday, I'm sure of it. Reblog with your DA4 predictions and/or wishlist!

Predictions:

The protagonist "Rook" is short for 'Rookie'.

(Nickname via Varric, obv.)

Enby pronoun options.

We'll be able to tell that Varric was a quest giver back when they were making the game an MMO

Dorian will play as prominent a role as the advisors of DAI.

(Yet no mention of his time travel magic.)

Maevaris will have a small but fun speaking role.

Set in the North. (Tevinter, Nevarra, Rivain, Arlathan forest.)

Solas will be A Boss but not THE Boss. Either an early- or mid-game combat.

Then we join forces to take down the remainder of the Evanuris/archdemons.

The Evanuris have silly hats.

Mythal.

There's going to be a heist quest/quest line. Trust me.

"That's not what your mom said last night."

I'm hoping it's in the Archon's palace, possibly bc of something that was there back when it was Arlathan.

Kaiju battle(s)

Dread Wolf Dragon

Those three twinned mountain things of Ghil's (from TN) as a series of dungeons??

Romanceable dwarf.

(Possibly Lace Harding.)

Romanceable skeleton/other undead.

The Grand Necropolis will be the new 'ugh, the Fade'

We affect who sits on the Navarran throne.

Harley Qun will be basically the only Qunari we talk to other than a few dialogue lines from the bad guys.

Lords of Fortune background!

More emphasis on necromancer background.

Grey Warden background!

(Or just a companion.)

Crow assassin background and/or romanceable companion.

More info on "those across the sea"

Fewer race/gender limitations on romances :(

(I don't actually want this, but I'm predicting it.)

Ending(s) where Solas dies/is killed.

At least one 'happy' ending for the egg.

Customizable Inquisitor

(either a Hawke in DAI type role, or maybe Cori from Witcher 3)

Solavellan catharsis.

"Vhenan..."

Me, crying

Wishlist:

Origins style origins.

Body sliders in CC.

Protagonist has siblings.

The architect.

Cole

Sandal.

Healer

'Hollix' as a companion.

Feynriel

Nipuni returns to us.

Answers.

[vigilskeep]

Do you have any wishlist for the main character in da4?

human that’s not a noble. obvious. insane we haven’t had it yet. bioware surely you can’t fuck this up. bioware

city elves!! i miss them

let em be scrappy no overpowered grand destiny pls

honestly the most important thing abt main character origins isn’t what they are but how well it’s done. da2 managed the heartfelt connection and dai gave a choice but not since dao have we had both and players have obviously really felt that lack. i’m hoping they’ll go back to giving the player character a family, but at the very least i’d like there to be an origin supporting cast, and i’d be very very pleased for there to be different origins that involve something playable instead of just being thrown straight into the story, which made a lot of people feel disconnected from the inquisitor. the inquisition origins seem to purposefully make you as distant from the world as possible, forcing you to be from the free marches to play the miscellaneous foreigner card, and not allowing you to be from any of the games’ settings or have any investment in their struggles, whereas the dao origins were designed to give you a uniquely invested perspective on the world and connection to the main quests. that really works well thematically with the central premise of dragon age, a world always presented to you through opinion and bias, where every player’s perspective designs the story they receive. that’s what i’m really looking for, especially as we move to new parts of thedas that we can learn about by living it, just as we first learned about ferelden

if they let me play a mortalitasi i’ll kiss every writer with tongue

[storybookhawke]

-takes drag of cigarette-

we need an old dilf or old milf companion in DA4

[sleepymarmot]

Oh look! I got two and a half factions right!

How I would write DA4

There are several factions, such as:

The (former) Inquisitor’s agents

Agents of Fen'Harel

Tevinter rebel slaves

Tevinter high class

Kal'Sharok dwarves

Tal-Vashoth

The Qun

Fog Warriors

Grey Wardens

etc.

You can choose one of them as the protagonist’s origin. (Some, like Fen'Harel’s agents, may be unavailable.)

As you progress through the game, you encounter other factions that might initially be hostile. You can try to forge alliances with all of them. Some might be mutually exclusive (such as Inquisitor’s and Solas’s, or radical mages and radical templars), so if you want one, you have to drop the other or try to play them both. You can influence the relationship between factions you don’t belong to (runaway elven slaves are working for Solas? convince them not to).

Establishing alliances naturally reduces the amount of combat, but capturing keeps in DAI does this too. Maybe some small radical subgroups remain hostile so you stull had someone to fight – like you could ally with the mages but still have encounters with Venatori.

When a faction is non-hostile, you can recruit people from it as companions and/or agents. 

Companions have their faction’s specialization and can teach it to you. Your first companion is, naturally, from your own faction and can teach you right at the beginning of the game. Alternatively, you start with your faction’s specialization unlocked already. You can have as many specializations as you like and can respec, but the ability points are still limited so you shouldn’t spread them too thin.

Instead of a general approval meter, you have a separate one for every faction or issue, like “Dalish favor” and “Court approval” in DAI (0 to +100), plus a less important “good and altruistic” (gave food to an orphan) vs “evil and selfish” (sacrificed that orphan in a blood magic ritual) scale (-50 to +50). There are achievements for maxing out each of them. All companions base their reaction of these meters, no matter if they were in the party or not when you supported rebels/Inquisition/Qunari etc. So companions judge you on your actual opinions and actions, unlike DA2. 

Your personal relationship with companions is separate from ideology and defined by the personal quests. Each companion has their own arc with several personal quests that trigger automatically regardless of approval. This way you can combine DAO approval (do they think you’re a good person?), friendship/rivalry (do you want to support them or prove them wrong?), plus experience their character development without compromising your roleplaying (do you want to be friends with them or maintain a strictly professional relationship?) 

All companions have a role in the endgame whether you recruit them or not. By recruiting you can – or will – sway them from the default path.

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Q&A with Carlisle

Who is your favorite character?

Probably basic answer but I do really love Fenris, I also love Hawke but I'm not sure if he counts seeing as he's the main character and can be changed depending on your play style. But Fenris has a really compelling backstory and character depth that I wish we got to see more of in DA2. And possibly see him return in the new Dragon Age game

What is your favorite aspect of DA as a whole? 

The lore! I love it when games, books or shows have really well thought out lore, especially if it's fantasy. I am not super knowledgeable on the lore for DA but I enjoy listening to lore videos while I draw.

What is your wishlist for DA4? 

A good handful of returning characters from previous games, we already saw Morrigan is going to show up but I would love if Isabela, Fenris, Alistar, or even Sten to have a scene in the new game. Secondly, I hope for more in depth conversation choices like what you have in the first game. I hope they implement different options based on your Rooks race and class, along with in game choices you make. I just think it would be interesting.

[tethrras]

the second thing on my wishlist for da4 is the return of chauncey the tiny bear

[felassan]

afaik DA:D has been available to wishlist/had a page for that on Xbox, PS, Steam and Epic store for ~5 months now. "full reveal summer 2024" comes from DA Day 2023. for the text blurb/plot synopsis, it first appeared on the website around ~3 years ago. then it was tweaked somewhat and iirc the new version first appeared on DA Day 2023. what's new is that it was noticed that a DA:D placeholder-type of file could now be pre-downloaded on Xbox using the phone app (file size, subsequent rating change on that listing). ( ´ ▽ ` )b

[moncuries]

my wishlist for DA4

-tranquil companion

-easy modding

-good hair textures

-similar crafting to DAI (maybe unpopular?)

-more compact areas (events and interactions should be less spaced out, id rather not play hiking herb gathering simulator for 10 hrs)

-voiced protag? i love a personality

-proper origin for protag/family/hometown etc

-punch solas again

-leliana gets a gf

-zevran cameo

-antivan crows questline

-interesting visuals for the inevitable deep roads questline

-camp conversations/compact homebase

-tortured bisexual man

-please no promiscuous bisexual companion again da… i love them but i have had enough now thank u

[imtrying-ok]

Actual da4 wishlist:

Dorian Pavus and Maevaris Tilani appear at least once

Strife dragonage gets his own tarot art

Perhaps the Archon and black divine get their own tarot art. I like artistic symbolism okay.

Neve fully animated sex scene WITH jiggle physics. Don't care about anyone else.

Taash gets to kill some dragons

Bellara gets to jump some veils

A Dalish clan does not die

Myrion from the books is mentioned

Davrin ❤️

I want Ghila'nain to mention Andruil, I want them to be this game's traditional Dragon Age Toxic Lesbian Couple™.

Okay hear me out. Let me experience homophobia.

Elgar'nan should [REDACTED]

Scout Harding should [REDACTED]