Over at the Mass Effect forums writer Patrick Weekes has, in one fell swoop, announced that the writers are not only working on promised DLC for Mass Effect 2 but that some writers have now begun work on Dragon Age 2.

At this stage in the project, writers get to do a lot of things.

1) Bug fixes. It’s a big game, and we’re catching things now that we missed before. It’s tough to make big changes at this point, so in many cases we have to cut or move lines in order to alter the story without adding or changing the VO. This takes a lot of time and is the vast majority of what we’re doing.

2) Systems. Some writers are working on planet descriptions or codex entries. I’m working on a Paragon/Renegade pass (putting in all the “you get a small bonus here” actions on good lines). I’m also working on the sound sets (the ambient barks that bad guys use in combat). What we have now is good, but some lines fire way too often or way too close together, so the combat team and I are working on probability tweaks to get the best possible experience.

3) Downloadable content. And that is all I can say about that.

4) Many writers are on different projects now, like Dragon Age 2 or the MMO.

5) In our spare time, we playtest like mad. We’re the ones who know the story the best, so while we may not be the best at firing combat bugs, we’re great at catching, for example, when lines that should have fired didn’t.

Not only do I hope that the DLC being worked on for Mass Effect 2 outdoes Mass Effect’s attempts, but I hope Dragon Age warrants a sequel(I have little doubts it’ll under deliver).

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