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So, the dragons didn't actually have much to do with ancient elven immortality - they were innately immortal "it was simply a part of being elven". I might do a video on it in future, but the way it was written either outright states or heavily implies that while the elven 'gods' were immortal (they didn't age/grow old), they could still be killed - hence the dragons. They created bonds with dragons, similarly to Corypheus (who started out mortal, and achieved immortality in this way), which allowed them a powerful source that made their elven forms unkillable. Like I said, I'll maybe make a video because that's a bit of lore. tldr: Solas is immortal in the sense that he won't age/grow old. So his lifeforce could hold up the Veil indefinitely, unless he's killed somehow.

Yes this! Incredibly satisfying amount of reactivity as a MWer

I'm sorry if this bursts a bit of hope, but if I recall correctly, the light is on because you can go into their quarters and interact with an item to "remember" them. Rook will say something about what they wish they could say, or what they will miss, or a hope for a future reunion. Once I had done that and left their quarters again, the light went out. :(

I saved Minrathous because I hate the crows in particular Catherina(just read the books). Also the crows are a bunch of baby groomers and murderers🤷🏼

@@TheDream6842they were sanitized. I’d much prefer if they actually showed this. Instead we got scooby doo assassins.

@@maiafay lmao, agreed. They also hided Tevinter's slavery🤦🏼

@@TheDream6842 We were never in any areas where slavery was actually happening. Besides, I don’t really see why something like that should be shoehorned into a game when we have bigger things to deal with.

@@ThatFont It's core of the dragon age DNA. But they lighted this game for the new audience. Even the crows act like flawless vigilantes and Catherina who is a child ab*s3r was turned into a strict grandma. I like the game but when you look at what it should have become.....(Just search for project Joplin, you will be baffled)

I dreaded meeting Bellara and Emmrich after that very goofy reveal trailer. But they probably both ended up being my favourite characters in the game, so I enjoyed being surprised on that count. As for the writing? I think Bellara had the best character scene in the game; her monologue early on where she opens up about her brother. The writing, the scene direction, the music - it was fully sincere for a change, and wonderfully acted. It actually moved me to tears. That really gave me a boost of hope that the writing would kick into gear as the game progressed. But that didn't really happen, unfortunately. I enjoyed it, and whilst I'd prefer CRPG combat back, if you're going to do action design, do it well - and Veilguard did. I think the end was good. I talked Solas down, but even that was a bit weird. Rook is just a complete non-entity, and despite a full playthrough I didn't really feel they deserved to be sharing the stage with the Inquisitor and Morrigan. My biggest issue with the whole game was that it didn't feel like it was especially interested in the lore of Thedas... Tevinter didn't seem anything like how Dorian described. None of the elves seemed particularly bothered by their own gods turning out to be lunatics. The Veil Jumpers, Shadow Dragons, and the, er, Treasure lot all felt like MMO player factions, not groups that rose out of the societies and cultures of Thedas. The Wardens now just seem to be thoroughly bland Heroes™ (though I feel the Wardens have been poorly handled from II onwards). How often did people discuss the Chantry? The entire series began with a religious quote about the origins of the Blight. We find out the true origins, yet not a single character mentions the Chant therefore being wrong? Sera wasn't the brightest spark in DA:I... but even she grapples with the social, and personal, ramifications of whether Cory actually entered the Golden City. DAV just didn't seem to know about DA's religions and the role they've played in the series - or didn't care. We're in Tevinter, and their own Old Gods are tearing into the city by the end. And it's never mentioned. It's just bizarre. It's like it's trying to be a soft reboot on one hand - welcoming newcomers who don't want to deal with a trilogy's worth of worldbuilding - but is still a direct follow-up from the prior game's *DLC*... I certainly enjoyed it far more than I expected, but it's an incredibly flawed DA, and I don't really want these writers in charge of any other BioWare game. Or at least the next DA.

Every writer on this game is a dragon age veteran who wrote beloved stuff before. Hell, the lead writer is the person who wrote Tresspasser.

@@ChrissieBear So ur saying they did this on purpose? That this type of horrible, immature, crappy writing was intended to be this crappy from the start? Thats even worse.

@@Oozaru85 Almost all of the writers are people who have written very well-regarded characters and plotlines from past games (both Dragon Age and Mass Effect) who have been previously lauded for their writing. We don't know what went on behind the scenes to make this game feel so dumbed-down and sanitized - I personally suspect some higher-up front office types were meddling with the game direction - but the writers who worked on it didn't all suddenly develop amnesia and lose their talent overnight. It's too coincidental for this to be a wholesale problem throughout the game to blame the writers for lacking talent.

@ems7448 So ur telling me higher ups forced them to make the writing cringy and crappy? That makes no sense. You dont hire and pay professional writers to have them write Disney Channel level of dialogues for their mature dark fantasy RPG. If true tho, thats an indirect insult to any adult gamers intelligence. And for me even more reason, to never buy any of their products ever again.

@@ChrissieBearit’s first draft though. It’s not polished in any way. Repeated phrases, constantly reminding the player what they literally just did. This was Weekes taking lead as writer. In previous installments, he/they was not lead. There is a huge plot hole at the end. Solas has no way of insuring his immortality and he is literally the only thing keeping the veil intact. That’s a problem. They wrote themselves into a corner.

I'll be covering all the new info about the gods in some videos - I'm doing a second playthrough to pick up anything I missed so I have my facts straight (plus the artbook gives some nice info about elgar and ghil). But yeah, I feel the same about not getting as much new info as I wanted - we 100% need a novel or some short stories about elvhenan, ancient elves, the gods, etc.

​@@ladysulevin I just finished DAV this evening. Haven't listened to this video, yet. But doesn't DA have a fairly spotty history with its Big Bads? It'd be nice to have more dimensionality to the 'gods', but I feel it's mostly consistent with the series. Loghain is largely just a sneering antagonist - unless you recruit him at the Landsmeet. *Then* he's layered. I feel DAII fares best by far, because it's the smallest scale story (DA's best mode, I reckon), and Meredith is just at the apex of the real 'villains' of II; historic baggage and sociocultural and religious dysfunction... She ends up being manipulated, yes, but it just pushed her over the edge. The reasons for her mania are well grounded in the game's handling of Kirkwall's, and Thedas's, tensions (ditto Orsino, with the usual caveats/disclaimers re production difficulties). In DA:I Corypheus has none of his mystique from II, and mostly just pantomimes villainy whilst getting his ass kicked repeatedly... He sounds imposing, but we don't learn much about him, or his full version of what he saw in the Golden City. I think Elga'nahn and Gilh'anan (I still can't spell their names after 100hrs... ) are the worst antagonists the series has had, but I don't think the series has done very well with its villains or antagonists, so it feels about par for the course. It's a missed opportunity, yes, but then my biggest criticism of DAV was it barely seemed truly interested in the lore of Thedas, and its social and political tensions/paradigms. So of course it's not going to properly explore the Evanuris or ancient elvhen history/culture. I mostly very much enjoyed it. After the reveal trailer, I was dreading meeting Bellara and, especially, Emmrich. But I like how the game surprised me, and Bellara and Emmrich probably ended up being my favourite characters in the party. Anyhoo, now I can start on the spoiler videos and wotnot, starting with this one...

​@@SabiJD Good comment! I just have one thing I wanted to add about Loghain. I found him to be pretty compelling even pre-recruitment. Because he doesn't get a lot of screen-time before the final act of the game, it's mostly just from what you hear about him from characters who knew him or codex entries.

@@RustCohle072 Oh, I agree with that, but for me that's not enough. I'm going on the scenes we do see of the antagonists. Judged on post-Landsmeet, plus all we learn of him from those sources you mention, he's probably my favourite antagonist in the series. But I still think he's a quite poor antagonist, because we should see more of his nuance directly. Most players don't read codex entries. In II, Hawke directly crosses paths with Meredith several times over the years. You can build a rapport with her. You understand where she's coming from, and she tries - fairly reasonably at first - to appeal to you, with examples. In the text of the game, i.e. the literal events of the story, she is even proven right, albeit with caveats; when pressed, the mages do resort to blood magic. I mean, they did because she kept squeezing, and because EA or BioWare hierarchy wanted a second boss battle... But still, the story proves she's partly justified. Even without the frustrating red lyrium influence, she has great dimensionality, as we directly interact with her multiple times. Origins and Inquisition can't really have the protagonist chit-chatting with the antagonists, sure... But that's still the fault of the writers/narrative directors. The glimpses we see of Loghain could/should be better, and Cory just needed better writing, I feel (he also needed one or two major Ws to go with his string of Ls to help him feel like a proper threat, but that's a different problem). I guess my, er, ranking of antagonists would be; Meredith, Loghain, Corypheus and then DAV's cartoon villains lagging very far behind.

Actually neve and Lucanis being hardened does have an impact to their story. Neve won’t see the light in dock town and thus rely on more death getting things done and sticking to the shadows. While Lucanis becomes more paranoid if he is hardened and feels as tho him and spite will never see eye to eye.

Illusion of choice? No, I disagree there. There are major changes to the game depending on what you choose. And see Shadie's companion video for more info about hardening. As for bad writing... well, I don’t disagree with that. The choice itself was good and meaningful, but the justification for the choice was lacking. They could have done that better.

​@@TheKingdomEntertainment I chose to defend Minrathous, as it seemed like a far more politically important place to have the most influence at. Treviso getting schwacked and Lucanis getting defensive about it felt reasonable. But the game tried to force a TOUGH CHOICE moment, but I just never bought into it. I knew the writers just felt Rook would have a major impact because they're the special snowflake of a Hero archetype, so none of the guilt tripping even mildly worked. If Rook's so effective, and they can only help one city, then fair enough; you can't be in two places at once... I just wanted my Rook to state that matter of factly. Blaming them is ludicrous. So yeah, not great writing. It wanted a dramatic choice, but fluffed the execution of the idea. I'm curious to see how Minrathous looks Blighted, though. Honestly, I really didn't like Treviso as a setting, so I partly chose for that reason as well. Blight gave it a little much needed character...

You can’t romance Lucanis if you choose Minrathous, but you can romance Neve if you choose Treviso. It’s obvious what city the devs want you to choose and is the canon choice. Also blaming Rook is idiotic. Wasn’t a fan of that. The entire conflict is contrived and makes no sense how Minrathous fell when they are fortified and have a mage army.

I think it was only for a few months, since around the time Rook was kicked out of their organization

@ I’m hoping it will be a dlc, that’d be cool

@@mathewcooper8505 hate to say it but the devs said they have no plans for DLC or Expansions due to low sales

@ well that blows :(

@@shimmyking4 it’s not due to low sales, the game had a good launch. They were saying they had no plans for DLC even before launch. I think they just want to move on to mass effect which has been in preproduction for like a year

I agree, I wish there was more! I enjoyed what we got, but it could have been even better with more worldbuilding, more choices, more conversation. It feels like they did what they could with what they had after all the development issues the game had, and it also very much seems like they wanted to both tie up the previous cliffhanger and also give the series a soft reboot with characters and choices that might not see as much impact in this game but could make a huge difference in the *next* game if they continue with the same group, sticking to a more Mass Effect formula than a DA formula.

@@dormouse03 That would be awesome. If there is a DA5 I really hope for more depth and less breadth. Maybe just do one nation again. I don't think we need to stick to one city like DA2, but going back 1 nation in Origin would be perfect and really let's us dive deep in it.

@@Carblesnarky Yeah I agree, they would need to build up the next threat (the devouring storm? the shadow people?) slowly, and honestly I would love the chance to see the repercussions of VG on the characters and places we visited here. DA always felt a little more disconnected for me because so few of the characters crossed over from game to game beyond cameos, but the more personal choices here makes me feel like they are building those characters for their roles in the next game. That is my hope at least. The tagline at the end of "The Veilguard remains vigilant" gives Marvel vibes like we should anticipate their return.

Agreed! Thats why I think a DLC would incredibly benefit Veilguard in the same way Trespasser did for Inquisition. If only the DLC were be a little bigger and would expand what we already have, it would do wonders for the franchise.

@@Catinnas I agree giving Veilguard it's own Trespasser would be great. They would just have to fight the urge to be too ambitious in scope and give us a couple of locations to really dive into.

Sometimes UA-cam eats comments. I’ve had that happen to me before more than once. Half the time I don’t even get the notification someone liked my post until a month later. I’ll check and it’s like 100+ likes and replies and not a single notification about it. UA-cam is weird.

thank you! i love her so much

He disapproves, but he still loves her 😘

@ladysulevin I know 😅 It's probably healthy for both of them.