Friday, November 28, 2014

It's my party...

(Dragon Age:  Inquisition spoilers ahead)

The whole crew.  It's a tough choice who to bring...
And so far I haven't managed much variety within it.  Dragon Age:  Inquisition offers up a large number of followers to fill up your new home at Skyhold.  Initially your party consists of yourself, Cassandra, Solas, and Varric.  I have only slightly altered this formula replacing Varric with Iron Bull to keep my party balanced between ranged and melee.  I feel like this combination works because Iron Bull's melee abilities set off cross-class combinations much more frequently.  But I feel like I'm missing out by not adding some of my many other followers into the group.

What specifically am I missing?  The banter within your group.  (Apparently there might be some sort of bug that is causing there to be no banter--BioWare is in the process of fixing it--fortunately it doesn't appear to have effected my game).  I feel like the banter changes in every new zone you enter, but I haven't changed up my party much.  Solas and Iron Bull argue about the Qun and how it is good or bad.  Iron Bull compliments Cassandra (it's completely awkward) on her armor choices as well as his appreciation for her talents.  I've taken Blackwall on a few missions and he and Varric joke about the best tavern names.

Your party selection in Dragon Age:  Inquisition can have a number of choices (it's almost like they wanted to give you three of every class to choose from--I'm wondering if this is a plot choice that I haven't gotten to yet).  You have Cassandra, Blackwall, and Iron Bull as your warriors.  Cassandra and Blackwall seem to be interchangeable as your tanks and Iron Bull is a two handed bruiser.  For your rogues you have Varric, Sera, and Cole.  Varric and Sera are both archers while Cole is a melee rogue.  Your mages are Vivienne, Dorian, and Solas (I've tried to mix and match their talents for variety).  Why so many choices?  This seems like a pretty big departure from the past games where you had only one or two choices.  There has to be a reason...I'll have to keep playing and find out.

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