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

They'd ruin a dao remake 

They'd make a lot of money if they did a dao and DA2 remaster but bioware is allergic to money lol

I think it's a fantasy. I highly doubt anyone who is not Bioware will remake DAO. And sorry to say, but I wouldn't want a DAO remake by Bioware

Ew.
The Black Divine was the type of fellow to do purges on a whim.
Ashur? I don't remember his name clearly picked a silly nickname and is dressed like a moron.

I hope they will let DA RIP.

It is actually in the game as a Venatori note, presented as a rumor, nothing definitive. I've interpreted it more as a nearly certain candidate for Imperial Divine, not the current Divine. I don't like the idea, because it would bleach yet another dark place and "explain" impossible change of the settings.

As a side note, the name of the quest is interesting in the context of these few posts here about immortality: The Tempered Soul, Everlasting.

Please, do tell? I've looked again into mined game data and Viper has only his age range (thirties) and filename tag mentioned (agent_vigilante).
What would be he doing in Dock Town? He would have make much bigger difference by using his position of power...

BTW, not sure if it was mentioned anywhere here, but apart from real fun notes from Gaider (like Flemeth was planned from the beginning to carry a piece of elven god, but it was not decided which one), also Nick Thornborrow is posting some interesting stuff. Thornborrow worked in Bioware for 15 years as concept and story artist; he left in April 2022, so somewhere around the time when the game switched from multiplayer to single player. He still refers to the game that he worked on as Dreadwolf, maybe he didn't like where it was going. I haven't opened my copy of Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, as I'm still digesting the game, but perhaps some of the images published by Thornborrow are not included in the book.

The narrative sketches with attached text suggest that we could have advisors from each faction. These characters are not all removed (Viago & Teia, Evka & Antoine, etc.), but in Veilguard they serve mostly as quest dispatchers. Think about possibilities though - each faction would deliver their opinions about a certain issues, trying to lobby for their own interests and push Rook to resolve conflicts in different ways. So much more interesting way to earn faction approval than selling junk to their respective sellers.

There is an image for "flavor text", which I suppose was to be displayed with Rook's background description... but I wonder if the earlier versions didn't intend to include actual origins for each Rook. IMO the sketches suggest also more variety in these background than ignored orders to protect others, though of course it's difficult to say based on one picture. Mourn Watchers image (rightfully) gives some creepy vibes.

And there is one image for faction quest. I really need to replay Veilguard, because my memory is very hazy... Crows had quest related to Ivenci betrayal, Gray Wardens had Weisshupt assault, Lord of Fortunes had arena only(?), Veil Jumpers - rescuing missing Veil Jumpers or was there anything more substantial? Mourn Watch - hauntings? And Shadow Dragons, I have problem to separate faction quest from Neve's quest...

Anyhow, Lord of Fortunes had full fledged story (also there was some dude with Isabella as second advisor), Mourn Watch had some portal(?) involved in their story, Shadow Dragons obviously were freeing slaves (elven slaves specifically) in their faction quest. Veil Jumpers had some new creature, I thought originally it was perhaps some old animalistic god of Arlathan Forest (still bitter to not get anything related to Elder Tree), but perhaps it was just boss fight... Wardens' quest seem to be assimilated into Davrin story or introduction of Bellara (Ogre); for Wardens it is hard to tell which sketch is "flavor text", and which "faction quest". Similarly with Shadow Dragons... part of their story may have been assimilated in Treasure of Sharkmouth (at least the sketch makes me think about this boss fight), which is surprising as it's mixed quest touching Wardens and Lords of Fortune, but originating from Shadow Dragons. Lots of juggling or I may be wrong with my interpretations.