Gone but not forgotten EditionFor all things Dragon Age. Talk about Veilguard or other DA games. Reply to the OP if you have an addition to make. We'll settle on an OP here in a thread or three.>Veilguardhttps://youtu.be/NdtmtuzICOI [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]>Dragon Age: Originshttps://youtu.be/mRcrlgN7Dk4?si=BiZ9cp77l-mQwsIA [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]>Dragon Age 2https://youtu.be/jlACgYHtWCI?si=E41acbaloILFrHhG [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]>Dragon Age Inquisitionhttps://youtu.be/yHeWOQvVRd8?si=3akqPvtrGPuIyv7r [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]>Veilguard waifu pollhttps://strawpoll.com/wby5Q602jyA>post-Veilguard Solas pollhttps://strawpoll.com/XOgOV89Gon3Previous: >>502181693
>no sister-wife
playing as a human in DA:O feels so boring i can't
Solavellan supremacy Solavellan superiority
he based
Sex with WormlasSex with SolasSex with Fen'Harel
Pick your poison
>>502323790>Hi I'm evil
>>502323884I will kill Bellara by throwing her off the plane in midair and take her seat.
>>5023238843>fun autistic chats with emmeric>can lean over and speak to manfred
>>5023238843 but I'd rather kill morrigan for her seat
>>502323884Three
>>502323861Do Lavellans REALLY
>>502323465>[Embed] [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]someone might need to do some cleaning up next thread
They're had over a decade for the brainrot to settle in, have pity for them
>an entire country dedicated to running theme parks
>>502324302I'll do it in a thread or three
>>5023238843, he'll know when to be quiet, understands social cues, and is polite if he needs to get up to use the restroom.
Foxy grandpa...
>>502324260I draw the line at worm solas, he was too innocent.
Any good youtube videos or reddit posts that do a deep dive into new lore? Dragon Age wiki hasn't been properly updated yet
>>502324430Post more of him
These DA trailers with rock songs at the end... cringe or soul?
>>502324406>solaswhat an odd coincidence
>>502323884>everyone picking 3emmerich is that chill damn
>>502326018He's the only enjoyable and well written character. I could do without the disney haunted mansion aesthetics of the necromancy in this game, but he's fun.
>>502326018I mean consider what sitting with everyone else entails. From Morrigan and Solas screeching at each other, Taash and Harding flirting, being near Spite, Ghilanain or Lucaris and his shithead cousinThe real question is which is the most cursed seat frankly
>>502326258>From Morrigan and Solas screeching at each other,This would be fun to watch though
It deserved all the shit it got, but it had the best menu theme by far.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oo0ScZRUEw
>>502326258>The real question is which is the most cursed seat franklyGhilanain because she'd be putting her tentacles up your ass. But I think I'd probably go insane in 2 having to listen to Neve's awful accent and voice but 6 for cringe non binary lesbian shit. 5 would be annoying as well as it's nothing but muh family, muh coffee
>>502326497For the first hour sure, but it's an 8 hour flight
>>502326518I still think it had the best companion dynamics in the series.
>>502325041I have some old Aimo art of him.
>>502326637She's literally me.
>>502326258>The real question is which is the most cursed seat franklyfor me it's 6>half of the time I'm cringing at Harding and taash awkward unnatural flirting >the other half I'm just bored out of my mind >surrounded by muh family muh Treviso crow retardsgrim
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>>502326630It really does. Your group feels like a group of friends who grow with each other over time. They bicker, dislike each other at times, love each other the next but it all feels organic. They're there because they want to be and they like you. It's not the end of the world shit to save the world so they're sticking out, they just like you. It's a shame how sterile the companions in Veilguard are. You feel like their counsellor and I wanted to avoid every conversation with them in the lighthouse.
Damn I'm surprised there are more than 1 dwarf fuckers
>>502326803
I like the part of DA2 where Zevran cameos for 5 minutes and right as he's about to leave Isabela calls out to him, "What about sex?" Grips me every time.
Anyone else extremely dislike this place? It's so lonely and bland. We really peaked with Skyhold.
>>502326928Also saved this little Aimo piece she made of someones Dwarf Inq getting cozy with Solas. It made me laugh.
>>502323742>Solavellan supremacy>Solavellan superiorityFor those 50 seconds they have together in game.
>>502327201Cute!
>>502326518>It deserved all the shit it gotFor a game that was put out in a year and a half? It exceeded expectations I'd say
>>502327201So has she already made a dwarf rook yet or did she also drop Veilguard?
>>50232725250 seconds of solavellan >>>> all veilguard romances and companion quests combined
>>502327416You romance fags are absolutely retarded
>>502327527not my fault veilguard is trash
>>502327413No idea, haven't been on tumblr in years and I don't have twitter.
>Solas: You are Davrin of the Grey Wardens. And judging by your vallaslin, you are Dalish.>Solas: I expect you have been urging the team not to trust the Dread Wolf, based on the stories you heard around the campfire in your youth.>Davrin: What story should I tell? The one about the Dread Wolf creating the blight when he and Mythal slaughtered the Titans?>Solas: Have you told the Dalish?>Davrin: Why? So it can spread and make the humans blame elves for even more things our ancient ancestors did?>Davrin: Sharing that story would get a lot of people killed.>Davrin: So the best thing I can do right now, as a Warden and a Dalish elf, is to stop the blight and clean up your mess.>Solas: Mala shivanas ar athim.The world is going to shit all around and Solas decides to try and strike up a conversation about how his public image is doing. I relate to Davrin's sentiment. Just being so fucking done with the egghead's bullshit.
>>502330564He could not help himself but to take one last potshot at the Dalish I love Solas so much
2024 /dag/ is just as shit and disappointing as 2024 Dragon Age
>>502330564I'm surprised by how much I like Davrin desu. Guy's a reliable bro who just wants delusional motherfuckers to stop making his people's lives harder, while also stopping the darkspawn from hurting people
>>502331042You just know if Davrin had said "yes" Solas would have played the victim and berated him for lacking perspective.
>>502331327None of the good characters returned
>>502331042>>502330564Also this>Solas: Mala shivanas ar athim.I took to be sarcastic.
>>502332236You're reaching like a motherfucker to see that as sarcastic
>>502327113The decorating choices are pretty crap. It was originally going to be a boat. That would have been much better.
>>502332491Why didn't they do it? A boat/ship in a different dimension wouldn't have been the only thing they stole from Larian for this game
>>502331676Yeah I liked him a lot too. I was so annoyed though that if you pick him near the end to lead a team he dies regardless Next time ugly lesbo dorf will be my pick
Bellara is the GOAT of da girls.
>>502332849>A boat/ship in a different dimensionNot in a different dimension, but sailing through northern Thedas. Dorian, Morrigan and Isabela would have been the new advisors, with Isabela guiding the ship.
>>502333286If you started with Veilguard sureActually not even then
>>502327113It's fine, the team is much smaller than the Inquisition so it makes sense to make the place much smaller than Skyhold, and makes it less tedious to travel rounds to everyone.I do wish there was a day and night cycle present though
>>502333286I found her less annoying than I thought I would have. I was expecting peepoo from Andromeda and once she toned down the magic science geek bits, she was tolerable. Probably the best voice acted companion
>>502333361she's better than morrigan and leliana
>>502332849Don't know why they dropped it but it was in that Dreadwolf concept art book someone shared last week so probably just got dropped when the story changed. It wasn't in the fade either it was just a regular sailing ship you'd use to stealth your way around Northern Thedas.
>>502333286She's cute but I've sisterzoned her in my current run
>>502333405I'm still not clear on what the main game was actually going to be in place of stopping the 2 gods in VG. Something something Venatori but what are the details?
>the hinterlands>can't leave it untill ALL quests are doneAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
>>502333663YOU CAN LEAVE ANON. Believe in yourself! I believe in you!
>>502333663Hinterlands is based.
>>502333708it's impossible to leave, must complete all quests
>>502333402If you are retarded, sure
>>502333663LEAVE
>>502333592I kind of assumed it was fixing Tevinter to prove to Solas the world isn't absolutely shit and he dosen't need to destroy it.
>>502333663Even the game itself tells you to leave
>>502324050>Emmrich needs to get up every hour or so
i like harding romance, it wasn't as sweet and carefree as cassandra but it had character development and emotional depth to her as a dwarf
I love total hater Rook, their day isn't complete without getting at least one dig at the egg
Lace, listen. You are not alone. Whatever's out there, we'll face it together. I promise. Together.
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>>502333405>>502333592I'm sure that Jason Screecher will have an article brewing about the original plan for this game and what went wrong. I think it's a mix of EA interference but also Bioware ineptitude. There is no way that this should've been 10 years since Inquisition.
>>502334376I sacrificed that bitch with thinking twice lol
>>502334443it started development as a GaaS game after trespasser launched, then around 2019/20 after anthem failed, EA told them to scrap everything and make a single player game
>>502334727GaaS game was scrapped 2017
>>502334727You're wrong, it started as a legit single player game short after trespasser. All of the coolest concepts from the book came from that phase. That first version was scrapped by EA to make the GaaS bullshit, which was in turn scrapped AGAIN in 2020 thanks to anthem debacle for current veilguard. Absolute clown world.
We finally got to Tevinter, so the most famous Tevinter character obviously makes an appearance. How much Fenris we get in VG?
>>502335438bioware: who?
>>502334727>>502335083In between all that Bioware also haemorrhaged staff including pretty much the only people who had any real reason to care about save continuity and lore from earlier games like Gadier and Kirby.
>>502335438thankfully none. I can do without edgeless fenris. I hope he's happy being a bigot and a chud elsewhere.
Which was worse?
>>502335858Both are kino tbqhwy
>>502335917>Both are kino
>>502335858they're the same picture
>>502335783Why would he go edgeless when Hawke sold him back to his master?
>>502335438They didn't know who Zevran is anon and you spend a good chunk of the game running around with the Crows. Asking about Fenris would just confuse them
>>502334376You're valid. Your feelins are valid.
>>502333663I usually start by picking a camp and doing the quests in the area that I can and then rotating around the map. Excluding requisition quests of course.I actually like the Hinterlands though.
I've been anticipating this game since this summer and now that I've finished it I dunno what to do with myself anymore. I feel like all I can do is start another playthrough even though I don't really feel like it.
are you nervous for mass effect anon
>>502336128Literally me since 2014. Don't force it but do another play through of the older games maybe.>>502336178Always was. The writing is something bioware needs to sharpen up because some of the stuff was really poor in veilguard and I hated how every reply was a variation of "I am so sorry"
>>502336128me too. I still have silent hill in my backlog and a bunch of other shitwith a bunch of other games coming upbut im so fascinated by this game that i immediately started another playthrough. I dont like the game and dont want to play it anymore but I still started another playthrough.
>>502336128When's the last time you played Cisquisition
>>502336426what about it fascinates you considering you don't like it but want to play another playthrough? I'm a massive DAfag with all the books, comics etc but even I don't want to touch this for a long time.
>>502336128same hereI'll probably give it another playthrough next week thoughever
>>502336178I had no real hope anyway. The fact they're just continuing Shepherds story always seemed like a naked cashgrab anyway. Now I've seen what 2024 Bioware is capable of doing with an RPG its sunk even lower.
>>502336483>When's the last time you played CisquisitionI replayed all the games and read all the books since like August. I have revisited everything recently. I even ended up playing DAI twice because I wanted footage for an amv
>>502336508The game design and the writing are a sort of circus side show to me. Like walking through a coney island freak show and seeing the bearded lady and the snake boy. It's a cheap, uncomfortable minstrel show masquerading as real entertainment. My first playthrough I tried to take the game as seriously as I could. Chose a stoic grey warden. It was awful.Now I'm going through as a fat ass trans qunari mourn watcher picking the sarcastic dialogue. I can't look away. The game is a clown show.
>>502336697>I even ended up playing DAI twice because I wanted footage for an amvautism
This was so bad It made me want to do another DAI run but I quit after 10 hours. I'd rather play this game for the rest of eternity than go through the hinterlands holding the right trigger for 40 hours ever again
>>502336852>solavellan>autismi thought that was a given
>>502336697>I even ended up playing DAI twice because I wanted footage for an amv
>>502337135I actually am ok now because I had an idea that would not leave my mind and I got it out of my system.
>>502336945anon, your mods??
anyone else find morrigan annoying sometimes
>>502337416considering the fact she has all of 20 minutes of screentime and isn't acting like morrigan at all yes
>>502337416>sometimeslmao. I despise that bitch since DAO.
So are the Grey Wardens still getting the calling now there are no arch demons? Is it still a death sentence because there was a note that the HoF was looking for a way to cure the taint like how Fiona had done. So far the only cure seems to be Theirin dick
>>502337416That's her schitck though I hated how she was relegated to mystical lore dump in Veilguard. No agency or anything just a voiced wikipedia
>>502335858>make western anime>make all the females uglyhow did a 2004 western anime manage to mog all the ones that came after it?
>>502333663I do all Hinterlands quests before moving on
>>502337416The last time I replayed DAO all I remembered of Morrigan was her towards the end with all her character growth so starting fresh and getting hit with all the disapprovals in Lothering for basic decency reminded me "oh right Morrigan Disapproves was a meme". A bit annoying but she gets the Alistair voodoo doll and we're good (Alistair my beloved I'm so sorry I don't let her use it).
>make Solas>get fucked by dalish elf warden bbcsounds kinda amusing and devilish
>>502337625By the end of this game:Tevinter is progressive San FrancisoThe Qun is progressive Isam San FranciscoNevarra is HogwartsThe Grey Wardens are pointless. No more blights. No more calling. No more archdemons. Just random pockets of Darkspawn that need to be "studied"
>>502333286I feel they wanted to just remake Merrill but cucked out so to maintain the "respecting your choices from past games by not bringing them at all" approach
remember when archdemons looked fucked up and not like... regular dragons
>>502323465On the one hand, Veilguard is an insult to her memory. On the other hand, DA2 is no longer the worst game in the franchise
>>502338168Were the archdemons blighted in Veilguard? I thought they were just thralls/dragon horcruxes whereas the archdemon in Origins was corrupted by the blight hence why it was like that. The blighted dragons we fight
>>502335858I can't believe they made a worse qunari female than Qwydion but somehow they succeeded with Taash
>>502338518>Were the archdemons blighted in Veilguard?yes its how they become archdemons But to be fair the "blight" becoming something that you do instead of force of nature dark magic plague has made it lose all meaning.
>>502338593erm Traash isn't female chud
>>502338652Shit, gotta pull a Bharv brb
>>502335858insane that one of the most legitimately interesting fantasy races and fantasy religions have become nothing more than like... an allegory for your extended ethnic family who come to visit your brooklyn walkup on thanksgiving to lecture you about how you dont cook paneer correctly or some shit dudeI fucking hate liberals.
It's amazing that John Epler, Corinne Busch and Patrick Weekes haven't been taken by EA out back and shot for incompetence
>>502339445Epler has been distancing himself from the writing on twitter actually lmaosorry retard youre the creative director youre not getting out of this
>>502339445we can only wish
>>502339445>2/3 of the team leads are mentally ill and think they're women Explains a lot
cuddling the alistair voodoo doll
>>502339445The video game industry is the only business on earth where you can consistently fail upwards as long as you get on your knees and suck cheezy troon cock
>>502339539kek I literally was just reading about him posting damage control about how people are hating the secret ending credit scene
>>502339773Loghain ..... has been robbed of all agency. He did not betray the king and Ferelden because of his trauma with Orlesians, but was told to do so
>>502339773>him posting damage control about how people are hating the secret ending credit sceneLink? I want to see. I already had my mind blown by what he said about the elves.
>>502333286>merrill but asian
>>502339884>>502339773>actually all of the villains were just misunderstood and being played by the TRUE villain working in the shadows!!!!!!!!What causes this? Anime brained retards?World of Warcraft has had this problem for decades at this point and it seems a lot of media is also having this issue. It's like a marvel comics issue too.DUDE IT WASN'T DR DOOM.IT WAS GALACTISDUDE IT WASNT GALACTIS IT WAS THE ENTERNALS
>>502339884We cannot have villains anymore>>502340056https://bsky.app/profile/eplerjc.bsky.social/post/3laxp3bf6mk2o use https://rot13.com/ to translate
>>502340148Bit odd how conveniently all the Bioware staff fucked off to knockoff Twitter where they can't be harassed by angry normies and chuds
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>>502340056he fucked off of twitter but i can see if i can rustle up some of his bluesky posts (bluesky is the new home for coddled faggot leftists to talk about how pedophilia is okay and gay people are awesome)
>>502340056>>502340287https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/1grvmkx/john_epler_talks_about_postcredits_scene_dav/
>>502340148>>502340345these people are so fucking gay dude oh my god.
>>502340287>John: okay one other DATV spoiler thing (this has to do with the ending and specifically the extra scene, seriously this is major spoiler territory). the word choice of balanced, whispered, guided is VERY DELIBERATE. no one was forced or coerced or controlled into making any choices>it’s extremely important that ultimately everyone made their own choices. they still own the consequences of these decisions, because dragon age is still a series about people making decisions of their own free will and those decisions having consequences>patrick: Choice. Spirit.>user: It's nice to hear that I won't lie! I was getting the impression that all of these character's decisions and agency was essentially being stripped away to some higher/ or other power that was behind it all. Thank you for clearing it up!>john: that was always the line i wanted to walk - they absolutely made their own choices. but mentioning Sophia’s attempted coup at the right time could be the nudge that firmed up plans that were already percolating. still though - that was his decision and no one else’s.
what fucking language is this man
I want to know Gaider's feelings on all the retcons aaaa He said he wasn't going to play Veilguard but I need to know.
>>502340743He's been passively supportive. He refuses to talk about the game but loves the fact that it pisses of "chuds" Kinda like Jason Schrier.
>>502340875That was before the game came out though. I need to know if all the retarded plot stuff was planned or the new writers are just that shit,
>>502340604>>502340519Epler is fucking retarded he isn't even a writer it's such a fucking shame this chode is in control of Dragon Age now for the sole reason that he stuck around long enough and sucked enough cock
Duncan died for nothing btw
>>502340604I don't really have a problem with this but I feel like they already retconned Ostagar by claiming Loghain had no idea what Howe was doing (what the fuck was Howe's plan then he let the first born son and rightful heir live) and that he only betrayed Cailan when the signal was late despite all the signs it was planned well before.
>>502341040He did it to please the illuminati or something
>>502340951This is all he's said and I assume all he will ever say.
>>502341131He must be a bit pissed off. He basically created the lore and universe from scratch and to see the things he set up amount to nothing, and be received mildly, must be annoying
>>502341131I need to KNOW GAIDER
why are all of these people running to knock off twitter lmaoThey get a little bit of pushback, lose a little bit of the public square and they just run away?
>>502341280It's because muskrat has ruined twitter. It's full of nothing but jeetbots engagement farming or porn. A lot of people are moving over largely because of that.
>>502340713>>502341131I really don't get the ones moving to Bluesky but keeping active twitter accounts. Have some fucking backbone if you want to make the point.
>>502340951Gaider not being part of the writing/dev team should be proof enough of what he thinks of the direction of the game.
>>502341514Yeah but he left 10 years ago
>>502342168Has it been that long?!
>>502340604If this bullshit was actually true or made any goddamn sense then what the ending scene should have shown is Executors whispering into the ears and "guiding" whoever it was that ended up making Loghain aware of the coup and whoever it was that tipped off Bartrand about the lost thaig. Or are we to believe they literally had disembodied voices whispering secret information into their minds and then them acting upon it like fucking schizos?
>>502342236Technically 9, He left after Trespasser came out
>>502340713is bluesky just a haven for every annoying trooni dont even like elon
>>502342363Theres a man that knew the way things were going.
>>502342439Yes. They started fleeing when Elon bought twitter and there was a mass exodus after trump was elected because they "fear for their safety in online spaces"
>>502342440I believe he mentioned BioWare was starting to resent/mistreat their writers and was a big reason he left.So yes he really did see where this was going.
>>502342439i mean most artists are fleeing because of their approach on AI plus the whole platform has just been a complete wreck with indian bots and political grifters, so it's not like there's much reason to stay than out of pure habit and waiting for the other shoe to finally drop
>>502341351fucking this. every viral tweet has an onlyfans whore or a jeet copypasting posts from the quote retweets/each other to farm engagement, occasionally the unwashed groyper fren pepe pfp spamming slurs like a 12 year old who just discovered cursing. atleast 4chan is more organized.
>>502342707>>502342775I cant wait for shitter to die!
>>502342242isn't this supposed to be it
>>502342707I have just been waiting for most of the people I follow to move over. I just read some thing that Musk is updating the terms of service saying you agree to be sued for 100,000s of dollars in damages if you tweet too much lmao. If you stay posting on that site you're a massive cuck
>>502342963there's a browser plug in that you can use to easily copy who you follow over. I've tried it out and its honestly nice to see the comments with actual replies instead of "I touch my pussy to this - check my link here" or "Interesting."
>>502342934Yes, but I'm talking about Epler's damage control cope.That shows an Executor whispering into Loghain's ear. Epler says the Executors could have made him aware of the attempted coup and that's why he did what he was already going to do anyway. So to me it seems like that is saying they guided him by putting conspiracies into his head that he did not have knowledge of before. But in Loghain's case he had enough motivation to act as he did even without knowing about the coup this entire explanation makes no sense
>>502334376the voice actor for masculine 1 is great i read that post in his voice
>>502342963500+ people I follow on twitter have already made accounts in bsky, but a lot of them are still too attached to the following and engagement they have on twitter to make the final move. It sucks for them to have to build their audience all over again but I never post anything, I just retweet art so it was an easy move for me.
>DA is another franchise ruined by millenialsI hate millenials so much
You can't even blame the jank for Veilguard's failure like Andromeda because it was polished to all hell. It's squarely on the writing, both the direction of the entire story as well as the minutiae dialogue
>>502343512Millenial writting.
Do any of the codex entries actually say where all this coffee is coming from? I remember Josephine saying there's vinyards everywhere but she never mentioned coffee plantations.
>>502343414Is Weekes a millennial? He's like 50. Same for Mary Kirby or whomever
I feel like it should be insanely easy to get a game dev job with how dumb these people are.
>>502343512Andromeda had both so congratulations
>>502343794The man had a midlife crises and decided he was non-binary so I'd say he's an honorary one.
