Companions aren't bantering?

I also have this issue.. just thought it was a horrible design change until I saw this thread.

Bummer that I dont find anything official regarding this (i.e. a fix)

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@littlebrightp wrote:

I have noticed that my companion only banter about once in every area. I've heard from others that they banter far more often, approximately every 10 minutes.

I tried to vary where I take my companions, roads, through the wilderness, a bit of both -as banter in DAO and DA2 was dependend on location triggers. Did not change anything.

Could they be bugged or is the banter rate down? 

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