Lucanis Dellamorte - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

I don't think it's very fair that Lucanis reacts so differently to the decision, but real life isn't fair either so at least it's not wildly unrealistic, even if we as players expect to be treated fairly by the game.

For me the real problem is Lucanis rejecting Rook and then turning around and bedding their close friend. It's absolutely adding insult to injury and frankly, I think it makes him look like a sleazy asshole. (Edit: I'm saying this only because I don't think it's Bioware's intended portrayal of him, and I think they should do something about it).

(I also saw that the in-game reason for it was that Lucanis had "no time" for Rook following the decision, which sounds like a condescending lie from the devs if he can then have time for Neve.)

I'm really puzzled by this. So he only does this to a Shadow Dragon Rook? Like he is punishing them for choosing their own friends and relatives over his?  I have to admit if he then goes ahead and romances Neve it is adding salt to he wound.   However, if he had actually been depicted as a cold-hearted ruthless Crow up to then it might be understandable but he seemed such a mild mannered reasonable guy from what I've seen.  Also, he does owe Rook a bit of slack for getting him out of the Ossuary.   The only narrative explanation I can find for this is the influence of Spite because that does sound spiteful.

If this happened to you, did you definitely do all the possible Treviso quests up to the point where you had to make the decision?   Otherwise, if this is based off hearsay, then perhaps the person who experienced this didn't max out the personal and faction quests, so his approval was too low to make his romance a viable option going forward.

I finished the game on Saturday, with a sad-sack Rook. I attempted a completionist run and tried to romance Lucanis. I was also a Shadow Dragon Elf rogue. I knew about the choice ahead of time (spoiled myself on much of the game prior to purchase), but was still under the impression that both Neve and Lucanis could still be romanced, but that it would be slow. And of course, they would be hardened, based on which city you chose to aid. Since I already knew about this choice, I did everything possible in Treviso prior to committing to the binary choice. The one thing I didn't do was purchase Lucanis' gift. However, the gift only raises the approval by a small margin, as far as my testing went.

In the end, I really didn't care about not romancing him. However, incorrect intel regarding this scenario meant that I lost my chance to romance any of the other companions. It was suggested that it was just a "slow burn", or that it may be a "bug". So I kept playing. Of course, by the time I realized that there was no romance to be had with him, there were no flirts available for any of the companions. I had also just finished the Heart of Corruption which absolutely sucked! I am not good with twitch combat (played on Keeper difficulty) and even rebinding some of the keys for KB+M, this game seems made for a controller. I was too exhausted to scrap 15+ hours just for romance content. I might go back some time later, since I did miss out on a couple of achievements (didn't go for the last piece for the secret ending), and try a different companion. We'll see. *shrug*