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

Because they treated mages in DA2 like they were the victims when in DAO as we can see in the broken circle quest line that even with templar supervision, they are dangerous. They can turn into abominations - which even templars can have a hard time dealing with. There was also the matter of the magi fraternities which DA2 dropped. Uldred was a member of the Liberations, mages who wanted freedom from the templars, and Loghian presumably made him a deal to work with him on that. Jowan was also presumably one of his apprentices. I feel like DA2 was in essence saying that what Uldred did was okay - despite him torturing other mages into abomination and summoning demons into the hold using blood magic, because why not? Uldred wanted freedom from the templars and the ends justify the means. 

There was also Connor. Who terrorized an entire town not because of any mistreatment, but because he couldn't control it - that and he was possessed by a desire demon. 

If blood must be shed and used, so be it. I will follow when he calls. The yoke must be released, whatever the cost.

Privately, I agree with you, but I love DA2 so much for other reasons that I try not to think about that aspect of the writing. I really do wish they'd take more cues from that game - it's by far my favorite.

I think that DA2 needed a few more years in the oven lol. 

Just for fun, here’s another small YouTuber and fairly dedicated BioWare fan who broke under the torture of playing Veilguard.

DA2 is one game I liked very much. The tactical AI script was a wonder, including the Auto Attack feature. DAI was a failure in my eyes.

They were victims of the system and totally unjustifiable.

Uldred was right to turn his fellow mages into abomination and blood mages through torture. 

connor wasn't bad, Redcliffe was totally fine during the blight

In the mages vs. templars conflict, as they say, "both are worse"