#veilguard liveblogging

[deeproadsdarling]

[Varric: Hey, Rook. There's a complete collection of Randy Dowager Quarterlies here. I see Chuckles in a new light now.]

Solas keeps dirty magazines stashed under the bed confirmed.

[nightmarist]

getting used to the veilguard combat system.

its still weird not to actually switch characters to move them manually, but thankfully the menu is pretty easy to navigate and use.

im a kind of bitch who never in his life uses shield or dodge mechanics so the fact i Have to in order to survive is interesting. not a a bad thing, it feels like when games develop a shield or reposte or dodge mechanic they often get under utilized in favor of maximum damage output and just tanking damage, so actually using them in DAV feels like the mechanics all help maximize combat economy

i do have a second major critique for veilguard though:

i hate not having more than 3 spell slots. i far prefer having all my spells available as with practically every previous DA game. we had at least 6 in all previous games. limiting us to just 3 sucks

[vigilskeep]

happy to report from watching videos of walking around with lucanis in his recruitment mission that he occasionally refers to himself-and-spite as “we” but only when it’s the most vague and disconcerting possible thing to say. like discussing who “we both” want dead. or perhaps most notably when assuring you that he knows the way to a vial of his own blood several rooms away because “we can smell it”

[explodingchantry]

Vague veilguard spoilers? About being an elf in minrathous and various other northern locations

It's very difficult to not sound batshit insane when saying "why isn't anyone being fantasy racist to me" but like genuinely why isn't anyone being fantasy racist to my openly elven rook. Especially when I'm parading around Minrathous, basically the racist slave capital of the world? Not a single comment? Really?

Why do I face more fantasy racism as an elf in ferelden than I do in fucking TEVINTER? why do we hear about slaves in codex entries specifically written by those who don't condone slavery but we don't really interact with one?

Also how come there's so many elves in tevinter working normal service jobs? I know a bunch of them will be liberatis I get that, but like. You can't even be an elf in goddamn ferelden or kirkwall without risking being abducted by tevinter slavers. And you're telling me you can be an elf in minrathous itself without being abducted by tevinter slavers? Like one or two sure especially if they're protected by the shadow dragons but like brooooo

Speaking of the difference between the south and the north - does northern thedas just not do alienages ??? Is that something we're scrubbing off too?? I get it for minrathous because. Lol. But like - antiva? Is that something I just forgot? Alienages are acknowledged in like One codex entry but why wouldn't the north have them?

Don't get me wrong I Have liked some of the recontextualisation the game has done - but I think a lot of this has to do with bioware being afraid of repercussion if they include their staple fantasy racism in their game. And I do fucking get it lol you especially don't want a game about being whoever you want to be turn around and be racist to your face depending on the race you choose. But the thing is that you had 3 games and tons of side media that built this up - the world of thedas is a very unequal one, a deeply racist one, and it does take players aback when they've gotten used to it and then play veilguard and they're just able to frolic in the streets of the tevinter capital as an elf with no repercussion and not a single comment from it's inhabitants

It's so crazy going from being called fantasy slurs constantly in DAO to this KDJDKDJDJD

Like at some point it is a little bit immersion breaking just because we're otherwise so used to it and have been told several times that the north/tevinter would be much, much worse, you know?? But I do get that it's hard and that bioware is trying to move away from constantly hate criming their players. I get it's difficult. But it still hurts not just my immersion but in general hurts the worldbuilding and lore

There's a lot to be said about magic, too - but I'd want to reread the lore we had on these countries pre-veilguard and would like to also just, yknow, finish the game before I talk too much about it

[the-northern-continent]

“It’s a pride demon. Probably sensed Solas’ ego.”

The pride demon: *immediately sticks to Rook like a magnet*

Solas himself: *sticks to Rook like a magnet*

Every other pride demon in Thedas: *sticks to Rook like a magnet*

Yeah. Yeah, Varric. It definitely sensed Solas’ ego.

[americankimchi]

wait this is UNBELIEVABLY funny. if what the game is implying is true, i did all those sidequests and busted my ass doing a completionist run............ all just to unlock a potential redemption ending for solas??? LMAO???? ME??????? REDEEM HIM????? ON A FIRST PLAYTHROUGH?????????????????? ABSOLUTELY NOT BABES WE'RE SLAM DUNKING THAT MF BACK INTO THE FADE AND DRAWING BLOOD AS WE DO IT 👏👏👏

[thelordofblades]

my cat is taken with davrin

[acadieum]

i wanted to record my rook's first meeting with morrigan and my og game recorder glitched and only recorded audio

and i was so excited to find out that my backup recorder managed to get visuals, until i found out that it ALSO picked up mic audio.

which just so happened to pick up the audio of my younger sibling listening to "fight song" in the bg and i'm just......

[concyclic]

“Encourage taash to embrace qunari culture”

“Encourage Taash to embrace rivaini culture”

Maybe I’m just from an immigrant family with a history of marrying outside their religion but. What??????????

Just. What?

You don’t— that’s not— did no immigrants or first gen Americans work on this game? Did no one look the writers in the eye and go “absolutely do not do that”?? It’s an american game! There’s fucking immigrants everywhere in the US. How’d they—

I am. Flabbergasted

[magic-multicolored-miracle]

The absolute disgust with which this man just said the word tea, as if it had personally insulted his family or something. I love him.

[deeproadsdarling]

the girlies ganging up to bully solas

[nightmarist]

veilguard liveblooging

bellara said the blight feels like its feeding off elven magic

makes me wonder if thats the reason the darkspawn historically were pushed into dwarven ruins - no magic

[explodingchantry]

id like to extend a warning that veilguard can make even solas haters (like me) like solas a whole lot very quickly. its embarassing

[the-northern-continent]

“Your power is unquestioned. May your wisdom match it.” is such a brutal passive-aggressive dig lmao:

I am questioning your wisdom

Your power will soon match your wisdom (nonexistent)

Your lack of wisdom is the reason you will lose power

Also bahaha @ “Most of the people accept your rule.”

[americankimchi]

in true dragon age fashion it has been. a full hour. and i'm still not done with character creation 💀💀💀

[lyriumwraithed]