Bah, I've never cared about the humans in Thedas and still don't. Cousland- BORING. Trevelyan is even more boring. Hawke- enough said. I'm glad the elves are more center stage this time, but I'd feel the same even if they weren't. Also, the only reason they talked about having only human PCs was lack of resources.
Couseland's was the most interesting in the whole bunch to me with his entire family being murdered. That was some gripping stuff. The revenge side to it was great stuff. And the only real difference between the different races in DA I is ears and height, lol, and some dialogue bits here and there that aren't the same. Hence why I don't find switching races worth it. I wasn't bored playing just humans in TES for the most part either. Some people like an aesthetic change, I don't care really.
Lack of resources doesn't change that the humans were the focus of the game though. That's so clear from the whole setup and what we're involved in throughout the game. Elves got some more relevance but they still feel like the sideshow when you're running the south thedas organization that's the new arm of the chantry basically. In my opinion.
But, opinions opinions. It's all relative. I find the culture of the humans and the politics to be rather interesting, especially in relation to circles and so on, what you find out about the Seekers too, and the Tevinter, and I feel connected with that. Elves I find exotic and a breath of fresh air, but in the grand scheme of the dragon age story, they served as the poor oppressed side race, which bores me. Their elf lore is also sometimes pretty typical. They need to stop treating elves like human punching bags meant to make human lore more edgy.
And with the old gods and the elven gods being pretty much one in the same, even Dumat, all the religious god stuff feels more or less universal in relevance this time around. Especially with Flemeth.
If we ever move settings or something, or elves get more involved in the world around them, then I could probably see rolling an elf. Like if they started making a new Arlathan. They're just not big players in all of this right now though. Only reason they're relevant now is because a human used their toys to wreak havoc on the human nations.
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And I get to bang the future Divine, lololol :lol: As the human Herald, that's like, perfect. Stamp of approval straight from Andraste's chosen, lol. You like romancing the elven god. I guess we're just both spiritual individuals, lol. Even if they both end in the sads.