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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 18:22:57 GMT
It was great! The voice acting is excellent and it's just nice to be back in Thedas. Another one of Solas plans failed yet again, why am I not surprised How do you know it failed? Perhaps it did just what he wanted it to. Something tells me that things are not that simple, as usual And we probably wouldn't have an 8-part series just for Nadia to find Elio in the Fade and maybe get revenge on Solas. Also - I am curious what exactly this ritual was supposed to do: but it's yet another instance where we see Solas actively taking part in strengthening/healing the Veil in places where it is frail. Is it an instance of trying to stabilize the 'patient' before surgery, or is there something more to it?
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Post by jennica on Aug 29, 2024 18:28:48 GMT
How do you know it failed? Perhaps it did just what he wanted it to. Something tells me that things are not that simple, as usual And we probably wouldn't have an 8-part series just for Nadia to find Elio in the Fade and maybe get revenge on Solas. Also - I am curious what exactly this ritual was supposed to do: but it's yet another instance where we see Solas actively taking part in strengthening/healing the Veil in places where it is frail. Is it an instance of trying to stabilize the 'patient' before surgery, or is there something more to it? Maybe this ritual is somehow connected to Solas moving the Evanuris to new prison?
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Post by Liepsnele on Aug 29, 2024 18:37:02 GMT
It was great! The voice acting is excellent and it's just nice to be back in Thedas. Another one of Solas plans failed yet again, why am I not surprised How do you know it failed? Perhaps it did just what he wanted it to. It's not clear whether it failed or was intentional but in absence of strong evidence either way, I'd like to believe he's quite full of himself and keeps messing up his execution.
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Post by OhDaniGirl on Aug 29, 2024 18:42:20 GMT
How do you know it failed? Perhaps it did just what he wanted it to. It's not clear whether it failed or was intentional but in absence of strong evidence either way, I'd like to believe he's quite full of himself and keeps messing up his execution. He does seem to have a habit of either under or over-estimating people he works with. In this case, he appears to have over-estimated Elio's ability to stay focused on the ritual with his squealing girlfriend right next to him.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 18:46:24 GMT
How do you know it failed? Perhaps it did just what he wanted it to. It's not clear whether it failed or was intentional but in absence of strong evidence either way, I'd like to believe he's quite full of himself and keeps messing up his execution. Or the task that he's trying to accomplish is so difficult and monumental that it's hard to not stumble on roadblocks and curveballs at almost every step, and then work around them. He did say, right before the ritual with the Eye that he just tries to ensure that 'we' (the world, I guess) arrive at best possible outcome - it's the sort of comment that suggests that Solas is basically trying to shift fate.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 21:33:23 GMT
Since we now know that the composers for DAVe are Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe I went to see what Balfe did and I hear he's made some good game soundtracks, like for ACIII. Oh, and heyyy... D&D: Honor Among Thieves?
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Post by Ice-Quinn on Aug 29, 2024 21:42:55 GMT
Maybe there won’t be a traitor because we’re so expecting one, at this point. So in a sense, the traitor is in our own heads. Our collective BW betrayal trauma is betraying us. And if we can’t trust ourselves, who can we trust, thus we become the betrayer, too. The victim becomes the victimizer, the hero is the monster. BioWare has successfully gaslighted the fans, again. I don’t even know what I’m saying anymore. And if you think about it… who does? 🧐
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 21:44:27 GMT
Truly, the biggest twist now would be no twist at all
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Post by colfoley on Aug 29, 2024 22:58:30 GMT
Since we now know that the composers for DAVe are Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe I went to see what Balfe did and I hear he's made some good game soundtracks, like for ACIII. Oh, and heyyy... D&D: Honor Among Thieves? now I really wanna rewatch that movie.
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Post by AlleluiaElizabeth on Aug 29, 2024 23:23:43 GMT
How do you know it failed? Perhaps it did just what he wanted it to. Something tells me that things are not that simple, as usual And we probably wouldn't have an 8-part series just for Nadia to find Elio in the Fade and maybe get revenge on Solas. Also - I am curious what exactly this ritual was supposed to do: but it's yet another instance where we see Solas actively taking part in strengthening/healing the Veil in places where it is frail. Is it an instance of trying to stabilize the 'patient' before surgery, or is there something more to it? Well… he didn’t actually confirm he would be fixing the veil. When Elio asked if “this will fix it”, Solas responded ambiguously. “More or less” is not a “yes”. Also, we know Solas ultimately wants the veil gone so he may have a different definition of “fix”, and what the “it” that needs fixing is, than Elio does.
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Post by Hrungr on Aug 29, 2024 23:54:38 GMT
Jos @sjosz Finally caught up on some of the videos. Proud to see one of my major contributions to DA:TV make an appearance in the combat videos. It's quite the mission.
Should be mentioned many many people touch every bit of content in the game, including writers, artists, animators, and testers. The mission in the combat videos was one I started on the LD side, but@varricsbianca has carried it to ship (afaik).
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 23:55:11 GMT
Something tells me that things are not that simple, as usual And we probably wouldn't have an 8-part series just for Nadia to find Elio in the Fade and maybe get revenge on Solas. Also - I am curious what exactly this ritual was supposed to do: but it's yet another instance where we see Solas actively taking part in strengthening/healing the Veil in places where it is frail. Is it an instance of trying to stabilize the 'patient' before surgery, or is there something more to it? Well… he didn’t actually confirm he would be fixing the veil. When Elio asked if “this will fix it”, Solas responded ambiguously. “More or less” is not a “yes”. Also, we know Solas ultimately wants the veil gone so he may have a different definition of “fix”, and what the “it” that needs fixing is, than Elio does. While I'm sure Solas wish is pretty much to get rid of the Veil, I still find it interesting that - regardless of his final plan - we still see him do things that fix it. More or less, but still. I think it says something about the complexity of his plans and motives. The Veil can't just be torn down for him to achieve what he wants, and I think it's an intriguing clue.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 30, 2024 0:04:56 GMT
Since we now know that the composers for DAVe are Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe I went to see what Balfe did and I hear he's made some good game soundtracks, like for ACIII. Oh, and heyyy... D&D: Honor Among Thieves? now I really wanna rewatch that movie. It's one of those movies that is so easy to rewatch and have a good time. Also, I need to get the fat dragon plushie somehow. The scene where the gang escapes Themberchaud rolling down the platform is one of my favorite scenes in any movie, ever - just pure absurd humor
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Post by themikefest on Aug 30, 2024 0:24:14 GMT
The only traitor I see is the solas elf. I would not be surprised if he's tries to manipulate the rook character to prove he's not a nutjob.
I could see my Inq turning traitor to kill chuckles. She/he doesn't want the glory given to some nobody's. She/he wants to return the favor after having his/her arm removed. It's only fitting to remove solas arm and then kill the elf.
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Post by Hrungr on Aug 30, 2024 0:32:45 GMT
Matt Rhodes posted a number of Skyhold Concept Art images on his Artstation. www.artstation.com/artwork/rlE2BGI'll just post a couple here: So what the hell was Dagna up to when we weren't there??
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 30, 2024 0:55:26 GMT
Matt Rhodes posted a number of Skyhold Concept Art images on his Artstation. www.artstation.com/artwork/rlE2BGI'll just post a couple here: So what the hell was Dagna up to when we weren't there?? Experimenting on the prisoners it looks like.
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Post by Hrungr on Aug 30, 2024 1:18:14 GMT
Dagna: "Oh, That sounded sinister. I meant, can I cut a little piece off of you and do things to it?" - Oh, yes... I remember.
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Post by sageoflife on Aug 30, 2024 1:24:53 GMT
The next Q&A is tomorrow isn't it?
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Post by colfoley on Aug 30, 2024 1:28:24 GMT
The next Q&A is tomorrow isn't it? yes and I still can't figure out Discord for the life of me.
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Post by sageoflife on Aug 30, 2024 1:36:37 GMT
If anyone here is going to participate in the Q&A, I would appreciate it greatly if they asked about the Inquisitor's love interest and whether it's possible to play Rook as being directly impacted by the events of Inquisition.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 30, 2024 1:48:58 GMT
If anyone here is going to participate in the Q&A, I would appreciate it greatly if they asked about the Inquisitor's love interest and whether it's possible to play Rook as being directly impacted by the events of Inquisition. I supos ein som eway sit migh tbe I'm kind o headcannoning tha tm yGre yWarden Rook doesn' tmuc hlik ethe Venatori becaus eshe heard wha thappened in th ewar down sout ht othe Southern Wardens an ddoesn' twan tthat happening t oher or the other wardens up north
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 30, 2024 1:50:45 GMT
The next Q&A is tomorrow isn't it? I believe so yes
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Aug 30, 2024 1:59:01 GMT
I barely slept five hours last night, but I bet my internal Dragon Age alarm will still go off at 2:30am so I'm awake for the Q&A. It's a blessing and a curse!
I hope they've got someone sorting through the questions to find the ones that haven't already been answered repeatedly. People are still coming into the Discord every day asking if there are any restrictions on lineage/faction/class combinations. (And also if they can romance Morrigan and/or Solas, but I guess they haven't technically answered that one.)
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Post by bluuberg on Aug 30, 2024 9:17:53 GMT
Well… he didn’t actually confirm he would be fixing the veil. When Elio asked if “this will fix it”, Solas responded ambiguously. “More or less” is not a “yes”. Also, we know Solas ultimately wants the veil gone so he may have a different definition of “fix”, and what the “it” that needs fixing is, than Elio does. While I'm sure Solas wish is pretty much to get rid of the Veil, I still find it interesting that - regardless of his final plan - we still see him do things that fix it. More or less, but still. I think it says something about the complexity of his plans and motives. The Veil can't just be torn down for him to achieve what he wants, and I think it's an intriguing clue. The way I see it is that to Solas, getting rid of the veil is much like cutting down a tree, cutting it in such a way so that it falls down in the exact place you intend it to, missing houses or whatever around it etc. - so in preparation he's making all these minute adjustments to the veil, so that when it does finally come down it happens in the precise manner that he wants, doing as little damage as possible.
There is of course gonna be fallout as a result, but he's most likely tried to put things in place here and there to lessen that where he can - maybe, for us believers of a benevolent psycho eggman.
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Post by SomberXIII on Aug 30, 2024 15:23:26 GMT
The next Q&A is tomorrow isn't it? I believe so yes It's going to be 4AM for me when the Q&A starts. Could anyone ask whether we have customization options for our base like Skyhold? Or if we'd be able to populate it with NPCs as the main campaign goes on.
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