[quote=Llengrath]Yeah, like I said that really is a fair question because having the origin system by its very nature does add this element of plot contrivance or believability. I don't mind this, but I can see that it would be an issue for others. I loved Wrath of the Righteous but I generally found the companion quests to be dull, so I'll happily take a bunch of special snowflakes over the alternative. I wonder if they should have done what they did with the Dark Urge and made a wizard origin, vampire, warlock etc and just had a slightly less out there set of companions?
I think that's exactly what they should have done. Leave the companions as strictly companions and focus on these different origins as backgrounds specifically for the main custom character. I think the Dark Urge as a gameplay concept is brilliant and if they had done like, 6 of those I'd think that's really cool.
This would have been ideal for me. Essentially the 'Dragon Age: Origins' way of handling the main character's backstory, which worked really well.
