Dragon Age The Veilguard Criticism Thread (formerly Skepticism Thread) [Spoilers]

Oh, I don't know. My Hero and Zevran had a happy ending. It took until DAI but in the end he joined me off in the west somewhere looking for a cure. It turns out that was probably the best place for us. The south is messed up again and the debacle up north means we were well off out of it. There is ocean to the west, so I imagine we're chilling on a beach somewhere, oblivious to the mayhem.

Havent played the game so I have no idea how that all plays out but I did watch a video where

In theory, but I don't understand how to trigger the "primed" condition. I managed to do it several times but I don't know how lmao

Oh yeah what the fuck is up with that? There is

I just can't get the feel of this combat at all, and I've played through all the DA and ME games without issues. I'm a big Souls games fan. I love Bethesda games, at least ES through to FO4. But I still can't grasp what I'm supposed to be doing in this combat. I'm playing on "normal", I think? Still mostly button mashing. It doesn't feel reactive, what am I not getting?

Yes it's different, men are in charge of the chantry in Tevinter. They say it wasn't the magisters who unleashed the bligth, Andraste was a mage. And magic shouldn't rule over men but serve them = mages should be in charge for the sake of everyone.

The purge I'm talking about is way back when after Andraste death, when Tevinter converted to the Maker there was a purge of old god followers.

Despite appreciating the effort that's clearly gone into making this game, after putting something approaching 12 hours into it, I continue to be irritated by the mawkish, present-day tone of the writing. That and the frankly unremarkable voice acting are all but ruining the experience for me.

The darkness of the deep roads has seeped into my soul! All is black! the world is dead! Alas! Woah! WOAH!

The Tevinter Chantry is very different from the southern Chantry. Here are the core differences.

1.) The South believes Andraste to be divine, the bride of the Maker. Tevinter believes she was a capable mortal and perhaps inspired, but not divine. Some say she was a mage, and some say she was not. Tevinter believes the South calling Andraste divine violates the belief that there is only one god.
2.) In the South, the Second Sin was believed to be an inherent flaw of mortals, whereas Tevinter believes it to be the fault of the Old Gods.
3.) Men in the Southern chantry may not advance beyond the rank of brother. This caused problems even before the Chantry split, as the southern Divine did not approve of Tevinter grand clerics as men were allowed in the priesthood.
4.) Celibacy is encouraged (if not required) among southern Chantry members. The Imperial chantry has no restrictions.
5.) In the South, elections for Divine require unanimous consent among the Grand Clerics. In Tevinter, the vote is a simple majority: The Archon has the unique power to break ties. 
6.) Tevinter Grand Clerics are all mages, and have a seat on the Magisterium. 

Then why build a temple for Andraste?

PSN profiles have trouble tracking game ownership, especially new game ownership. It's weird

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