What did you do today in Dragon Age The Veilguard [Spoilers]

Lets see here. Main thing worth getting to first on this playthrough is I picked up Lucanis's companion gift. SOmething I think I missed the first time. Granted the entire thing is a bit on the meh side as far as the gifts are concerned is but I do think I missed...a couple of them the first time through? Plus the game answered my lore related conundrum for me as Lucanis made sure to at least somewhat explain the difference. Which again I did kind of forget and also does track.

Also had some shannengans with belts and stuff. Trying to actually immerse myself in Treviso (which is kind of weird seeing it all...well you know)...this time out and actually visit the places and try and get more used to things. But in so doing visited the market for the first time and spent a good deal of my gold. Apprepro found a belt which causes bleeding to nearby targets which seemed like a good idea...but I didn't realize the impracticality of it given that my main goal for tonight was to get the Jenny belt...or one of them. And also speaking of thigns like this since I am going over to the left/ Crow side of the tree seeing more abilities on that side...and its kind of funny that in the early game seems stagger was a lot more important then in the late game...or at least for Veil Ranger Rook. But I did spy a Greater Passive that gives Rook health on takedowns which I will now make for because if I do intend on doing more offensive belt use I might have to make up the health from somewhere. Also would like to avoid the Researchers Coat. And last but not least the wife did like the look at least of the Simple Tunic for the Wardens.

A negative thing I didn't noice my first PT, I thought you could untrack quests in this game but you can't...and the main quest I was on just kept on pulling me in while I was trying to do my exploration.

More spoilery thoughts, some for the Regrets of the Dread Wolf

Yeah, they did.  In the latest AMA.

You know what annoys me? This is my third playthrough and I still cannot find where the 4th Grey Emblem and Heart of Andraste amulets are.

I'm convinced it's a bug.

At the Emporium or some random vendor In Minrathous or Treviso? Some vendors appear and dissapear based on the act 1 choice.

Well I'm nowhere the end of this playthrough, but I cannot for the life of me figure out where those 2 are. I must be missing some rooms with those unmarked jewelry chests gah.

Maybe the candlehop reward? I haven't done that yet. I ... should...

*jots down more notes*

You mean there's content associated with the gifts? I assumed they were just a way to cheese approval.

Holy shit I have been dragging Lucanis and Davrin around together more than normal cause I plan to take them both with me in the Act 1 final and I'm farming for the level 4 relationship..... and their banter is so damn hostile. I don't think I ever got this far into their pre-reconciliation banter.

It's almost as bad as Fenris and Anders at this point...except it's arguably worse cause it's less immature lol

I found a lot of dead candlehops in Minrathous....is this why they want help?

Haha. That's the way I felt when I saw Viper for the first time. I poked around Minrathous a bit, and then realized, "I can't do this without Neve. Bond will be harder to build with her this time." I expected Minrathous to look much more blighted. It just looks like there were riots in the streets, thanks to the coup.


I didn't get to play as much as I'd wanted. I had a midday appointment and the Eagles game to watch. Then my wife swooped in to watch some stuff. (Swooping is bad.) I can't complain, as I've been playing a lot for 5 weeks.

We recruited Taash today, fought in the Hall of Heroes, and saved a Vinsomer from the Antaam. I think I probably saved for the day in Rivain. I can't really remember, since it was sudden. My pup wanted to walk and we finally have temperatures above freezing, so I logged off in a hurry.


I always find myself thinking about future playthroughs while I'm still early in the current playthrough. The characters I want to play are too Mage-heavy. I want to play a Shadow Dragon Mage (probably Ice-focused) and a Grey Warden Mage (fire-focused, so Spellblade). I might have to work in a Grey Warden Saboteur to avoid playing the same thing too many times.

Regardless of my overactive character conceptualization, I am enjoying my Veil Jumper. It's a good background for playing an elfy elf, complete with filthy Dalish feet. (Those bare feet always make me laugh. Broken stone? Electrified water? Blight? No problem. My soles are tough.) The Veil Jumper gear looks really nice, and very thematic. The latter means that it only really works, in my opinion, for a Veil Jumper. I guess that's true of most of the faction gear. Wardens dress Warden, Shadows dress Tevene, etc...

Emmrich has a heart line in the camping conversation. :] Best boy confirmed.
Also night gown dlc when?

So the dwarf suggested Taash acted more Qunari in the first option so got some different grub at the scene and different one-on-one talk with her mom. Which was neat. Spoilers/ponderings in the spoilers. 

Dwarf found her doppelganger in the Hall of Valor. Granted less tats/scars but still. You not so special. On the other side ya'll have my kinda dwarf in your game

And did the Emmrich dinner date for the third time. 
Did save post it but also have a special save with a proper name and all, just in case. 
Emmrich commenting on the dwarfs stiff left wrist still amuses me because the fortune outfit she's wearing has that one in bandages so it kinda looks as if it's broken so the whole "Subtle sign" feels a bit like a billboard.

And finally found Curio and Keepsake again. Had some neat chats with them. There is a lot of subtle stuff going on in the Necropolis. Or maybe I just have a hard time spotting it because of all the green. 

And finally, a pic of the non helmeted dwarf. Is she looking at Emmrich or a big pile of gold? We'll never know. 

Lmao I went into the Act 1 finale today fully prepped at level 30 with 2 revive charges, scared for my squishy mage.

Went with a Fire build using Arcane Shot, Fire Wall, Ice Blast (for Davrin's Weakening Detonation to get Shocking Weapons) and Destructive Light. Put the Deflect enchant on Fire Wall for some sustain and the rest was all damage enchants. Pumped up my mana to 300 and put on the Token of True Flight for mana sustain.

Turns out I shouldn't have been worried. I obliterated everything including the final boss. I was never even below half health at any point lmao. I massively overperformed compared to Rogue and Warrior. Those two weren't necessarily hard but Mage might as well have been on Storyteller mode.

With Warrior and Rogue I focused a lot on auto attacks so it's nice to play Mage and have an emphasis on massive damage spam for once.

There's a node in Evoker tree at level 30 that makes your staff final light attack fire off a gazillion bolts... and Flamebranch hit legendary level in the zone.

If I wasn't on hardcore mode rule I would have equipped the Immovable potion belt and did CRITS on top of all that damage lmao

This is why this game is so hype for me. I'm having so much fun on top of all the RPG stuff. This is the best combat I've ever seen in an action RPG. Every playthrough hypes me up even more for the next.