The Game Informer Article *Contains Spoilers!!*

The article made it clear the Devs said that doesn't apply to everywhere. There are other areas that are going to be really grimdark. They said one offsets the other so you really feel the difference. If everything is dark it isn't so jarring when you encounter it and if everything is bright, it just seems flat.

Didn't someone say something about a spirit entity helping us craft things? What's the betting that's Solas trying to be helpful from the Fade because he just can't imagine how we can manage without him.

I’m not being pessimistic though. Overall I’m excited after reading the article.

Objection! The Inquisitor disrupting the ritual screwed up Corypheus' plans, not Solas' plans. The explosion that destroyed the Conclave and killed thousands was always supposed to happen. What *didn’t* go to plan was Corypheus re-spawning and scooping up the orb afterwards.

Sounds perfect to me. And perfectly exciting to me. MacGuffin possession is pretty over rated. 


Doubt it. It is certainly possible, but doubt it. Keep in mind the game is still, now, called 'the Veilguard', so guarding the Veil is still likely to be the main thrust of the game. And the other two gods for their own reasons will likely want to complete that ritual and the Red Lyrium idol was always set up as something which could possibily do it....so a macguffin.  

On the other hand though I did suspect for awhile that the inclusion of the Red Lyrium idol itself wasn't that important but was window dressing to what we'd be doing in the game to stop SOlas and his merry band of evil people. That BioWare simply picked the next best thing that would get people's attention to show that relic hunting was going to be a part of the next games loop. Plus then you also had that job in Tevinter Nights also showing the same thing. 
That's pretty much the exact person that would defeat Solas. SOmeone he'd never see coming. His one defining flaw is the man is extremly arrogant so he would very much over look the little guy + yet also someone who is like his own relationship to the Evanuris. A guy with a comparatively weak power scale leading a team to fight a much more superior force. 

“Your Honour, when I gave that gasoline and matches to an arsonist, I had no idea he would burn down a children’s hospital! You can’t blame me for those all those charcoal kiddies.”

I come here expecting people to be excited and they're complaining about not playing the Inquisitor among other trivial things?

Where do I go to talk about the good stuff about the game? Tired of this complaining.

bsn.boards.net/thread/18445/dragon-age-veilguard-hype-train

I'm just amused, because I've been in "I want to/I predict Inky's return" camp from the beginning, but I feel chill about playing the new protagonist - so long as Inky's contribution and story makes sense, I'm fine with Rook taking the spotlight.

It's funny that I have to go to one specific thread in what is supposedly fan forums to talk to people who want to see the good in things.

Thanks.

hey I'm excited. Two of my predictions are right, we have another interesting plot development... that they spoiled but oh well...and Rook is pretty much who I thought he'd be with some asterisks pending. But so far, still need to read the thing, I am pretty pumped.

The similarities with Inquisition's plot were quite apparent from the gameplay video.
One thing I was wondering was how we got access to the Lighthouse and the Crossroads, and Solas being trapped explain that. Aside of wondering if the Blight will affect him, I do hope they'll take a similar approach as ME2 did, perhaps more extended, with the relationship with The Illusive Man.

I'd say that Solas' explanation doesn't really justify the need for secrecy. He wouldn't needed to divulge where and how exactly the ritual would've worked, if he wanted to keep those part secret, but he could've tried to explain it to the Inquisitor/Varric.

The fact that the Evanuris are already blighted makes me even more convinced (although I can very well be wrong), of them not being the OG. For what we know, the OG aren't tainted until the darkspawn find them, triggering the Blight.

All the talk about gameplay and world building, and focus on characters sounds good to great (aside of a couple things), I do think they'd have got a better reception if they showcased in full the gameplay.