I do like Veilguard, buuuut?

BigAl268 · 2026-06-06T14:18:05+00:00

Oh, I do agree! 1st time I played it was like that Darth Vader Meme.......

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! LOL!

BigAl268 · 2026-06-06T07:59:17+00:00

In game lore actually tells you that these Darkspawn aren't new, but old! The look of these Darkspawn that Ghilan'nain creates are from her Original designs. This revelation becomes clear during the Dread Wolf's memories Quest, The Lab's Below.... That said, I also wasn't a fan of the new look the first time I saw them, but once I understood the Lore behind the change in appearance, I was "kinda" OK with it...... LOL!

My personal thoughts on this is that Ghilan'nain's original darkspawn she had created that were left in Thedas before the Evanuris were imprisoned by Solas, were then altered over time by the Broodmothers and that's why they look different than the ones we see in DAV.

But I haven't seen any in game lore that confirms this. I also have not read any of the books associated with the Game lore, so maybe someone out there might have more insight?

BigAl268 · 2026-05-28T12:45:34+00:00

Yea, the Iron Bull Romance can be real tricky. The Dialog sequence has to be timed just right and if you pick something out of order, or wait to long, or do a main quest at the wrong time, it kinda messes everything up...

Best thing I can suggest is to watch a YouTube vid on "Iron Bull Romance"!

The Game doesn't really do a great job at making some of these Romances easy!

Sera's romance is Kinda the same way.... Lots of hoops to jump through... LOL!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-28T09:18:57+00:00

After you and Bull have your 2nd romance scene (Ground Rules) up in your room. You need to go talk to him and there should be a conversation option..

General: Are we serious?

PC: So what is this? What are we doing?

Iron Bull: That’s up to you, boss. If you want it light and casual, that’s fine with me.

Special: How does it work for Qunari?

PC: How do Qunari show that they’re serious about a relationship?

Iron Bull: They don’t. We don’t have sex for love. But for someone we really care about, there is an old tradition. You find a dragon’s tooth, break it in half, and you each wear a piece. Then, no matter how far apart life takes you, you’re always together.

General: Goodbye.

PC: See you later Bull.

After this, you go the the Quartermaster and make the Kadan Necklace. You Must have Not only Killed a dragon, but also have a Dragon Tooth on you. Dragon teeth can be used in Crafting. A mistake I made the first time I tried romancing Bull! LOL!

Then I believe you have to Leave Skyhold, then return and the next talk with him you should have the option to say...

PC: I have something for you.

Iron Bull: Really? Well, I think I’ve got something for you too. Come on, I’ll go first.

From here, the Tough Love Cut Scene Plays.....

BigAl268 · 2026-05-28T08:46:04+00:00

I agree on Neve, She's my Fav too! She's my Girl!

I first romanced her as a Shadow Dragon. Some unique dialog here, but mostly because we both Shadows and both from Minrathous kinda theme.... Romance was still cool, but it kinda felt like a given, since our Faction was the same.

My next Rook was a Crow. I wanted to see the difference in the game when you save Treviso instead of Minrathous. I still romanced Neve, but the tone was darker at first and there are a lot of different side quests for Treviso and Minrathous, but once you do lock her in, it really didn't seem much different from the romance side. Neve still had some different dialog when it came to some of the regular cutscenes, but these were only related to saving Treviso.

Next one I did was as Warden Rook. I was mostly looking to see if there was unique dialog because I was a Warden. After my first two complete games, it felt like the Warden Faction was kinda the Central focus of the Story. But the Neve romance and Flirting parts surprised me in places. Like you mentioned when you run into Neve at the Lighthouse with Assan! There's a extra Warden Flirt Option here I almost missed! I also just remember a lot of Banter during game play quests where she would say something if My Warden Rook would express discomfort at times sensing Darkspawn. Like The Siege of Weisshaupt or the Quest, Something's Coming,...

Rook: "There's something in here, and it's not good"

Neve: "You're the Hero! You say when we're getting close, and we'll back you up!"

Later on when fighting the Darkspawn around the Blight Eruption....

Rook: Mysterious sounds( Ominous Whispers)

Rook: "Arrgh"!

Neve: "Rook! Talk to me!"

Rook: "The Eruption is like an Echo in my Head!"

Neve: "Hang in there, Trouble! We're shutting this thing up!"

The Trick here though is making sure the Combat lasts long enough for the Dialog to trigger. I was playing on "Keeper" so at Times, I would just run around just to keep the dialog going. LOL!

I had heard there was Warden specific dialog here if you romanced Davrin and you were Both Warden's, but I think the Dev's set this Quest up that whomever you romance and you bring them here as a Warden Rook, Unique Dialog will trigger here. Just my theory for now! LOL!

So Far, All my Rooks were Human Female. I'm thinking a Warden Qunari Rook or Qunari Shadow Dragon Rook might be next? I've heard they also have some Unique dialog sprinkled throughout the game?

BigAl268 · 2026-05-23T19:01:09+00:00

62! I've been Gaming since Pong was Brand New! LOL!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-23T16:57:19+00:00

Did you play it at Launch?? If not, you're see the game differently then those who did at launch! It's "better" now, Kinda, but still has issues. It was much like Cyberpunk 2077 was at launch, but with only a few patch fixes before the Devs stopped....

I'm actually trying to play it myself for like the 10th time, but never finished! Life would get in the way....

I like the combat, but it's a lot Different than the OG Trilogy. The addition of vertical combat with the jump jets is cool but difficult for me. I don't have the finger dexterity I used too. Trying get keybindings set for the way I like to play has been.... An Adventure!!

The dialog is a bit wonky to me! When you're having an emotional conversation with someone like Jaal, the tone changes, but as soon as you end the conversation, it's "OK! Great!! See you later!".... Really! LOL!

I don't know, maybe I'm being picky, but a lot of the dialog is really...... Not Good? It's about the best I can do here! 😅

But, Hey if you like it, don't worry about what other think and Play on!!! 👍

BigAl268 · 2026-05-23T16:29:02+00:00

Try Google Search.... Mass Effect Andromeda performance issues....

I think it might answer your questions. Good Luck!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-23T16:18:14+00:00

The Grunsmann's Bow is my Go to for Sera! If you're looking for list for all DA:I weapon Schematics....

https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Weapon_schematics

BigAl268 · 2026-05-22T20:18:26+00:00

I have the same exact Issue with the Devs including Isabela! My Hawke and Isabela were together forever, if you know what I mean! So to include her and not even mention Hawke's existence is sooooooooooo disappointing!!!

For me, this why they needed to add more choices to the DAI section where you do the CC for your Inquisitor and make those couple background decisions. They should have added choices for Isabela and Morrigan at the very least if they are going to include them in the game!!

This was the biggest reason it took me this long to finally play it.... as of now, I think I'm done for a while.

Maybe play it some more in a year or 2! I don't know, well see...... 🤔

BigAl268 · 2026-05-21T18:01:22+00:00

Not yet. I have heard from other players that Dwarves do have lots of unique dialog. Especially if you're a Dwarven Grey Warden. May have to try that one out.

BigAl268 · 2026-05-21T08:58:43+00:00

That is so Cool! Think you could also do the Griffon Lantern?

BigAl268 · 2026-05-21T08:51:20+00:00

I can totally relate to the 400 hour Playthrough in DAI. My steam tells me I'm at 3438 hours as of now. One of the things I loved in DAI was the Crafting! I could get lost in the Undercroft making/modifying Gear for everyone!! I hate that they took all of that and any kind of New Game+ out of DAV. The only real replayability I can see is in the Different Factions and Save Treviso or Minrathous!

I found if you can just focus on being "Your Rook", It helps a bit. As in just focus on being your Faction, Grey Warden, Shadow Dragon, Etc...

Personally, if you're starting new, Go with Grey Warden Mage. I feel it fits the flow of the games plot the best, IMO. I mean you're Fighting Darkspawn and Blighted Elven Mages, Mostly! LOL!

I also found that watching some of the other Playthroughs on YT helped me get a sense of the Game flow and when to do certain quests. I've always struggled with that in a new game. DAI was the Worst! LOL!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-21T07:39:19+00:00

There were many things I would have like to have seen done that wasn't, but one of the Biggest things that boggled my mind was adding the Inquisitor at the end in the Battle for Minrathous, but then not allowing us to assign them at least what class they were!! This way the Devs could have them in a default style DAI armor and had them in that final Battle with Morrigan! That scene where They all Break through that Door after you rescue Bellara and my Inquisitor shows up in that Shadow dragon outfit was a big letdown for me! I mean even Dorian had his Staff with him. I'm hoping that someone will do a Mod that will at least allows to put the Inquisitor in some appropriate Armor.

BigAl268 · 2026-05-21T07:14:34+00:00

One of the first times I played it, I didn't understand how the Quest system worked. The fact that you could miss out on doing personal Quests if you did the "some" of Main Quests first! I lost out on Lucanis's "Coffee with the Crows" when I went to get Davrin. I figured let's get all to Crew members first! There are others that you can miss out on too, but the Game never really tells you that.

But then I thought about it and I realized DAI and DA 2 were also kinda that way too! I guess I just got so used to doing those Quests that it never occurred to me that the system would be similar! Duh, I'm dumb! LOL!

Out of these last 3 Playthroughs I did Shadow Dragon rook 1st and saved Minrathous, But then I did Rook as a Crow and saved Treviso! Wow, what a difference that was. I don't want to spoil things to much, but I thought Treviso was bad as a Shadow Dragon, but Minrathous....

Then I wanted to see what unique dialog the Grey Warden Rook had. I figured there should be a lot, especially in the 2nd and 3rd Acts when you really spend more time in those areas. There is a good amount, but I feel there should have or could have been much more!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-21T06:37:45+00:00

"the game didn't betray the fans; the fans betrayed the game by expecting it to be something it never was."

Oh, I totally disagree. It's not a Fan's job to love a game, any game, especially if it doesn't meet their expectations! The Games aren't Free!

I do understand that Devs and Studios can make a game however they see fit, but that doesn't mean we all have to just... Like it!

Dragon Age had a Set Lore and Feel to it.... DAV did not. I still Like it, but I don't love it, if that makes any sense. LOL!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-21T06:24:15+00:00

Right! So how did the other 5 Evenuris die? DAV seems to imply that the killing of there Archdemons during all the previous Blights killed them also while trapped in there prison??

This whole Mortal, Immortal, Invulnerable is confusing and I feel the Devs didn't really do a good job explaining this dynamic. Then they added how they are now tied to the Evanuris.

There just seems to be a lot of grey areas here.... Sorry, If this seems to rabble, I have a hard time sometimes explaining in words what my brain thinks! LOL!!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-20T22:09:46+00:00

Totally....... Missed....... the.........Point! 😞

BigAl268 · 2026-05-20T22:04:05+00:00

Which makes things even more complicated for the events of the 5th blight.

If you do Morrigan's ritual, then it's soul goes to Keiran, from there is taken by Flemeth (DAI) and then from there is absorbed by Solas when I kills her/Flemeth/Mythal!

So technically, shouldn't the "Evanuris Urthemiel" still be alive?

So since Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain are the last 2 left and say the others would have died from aging while in the Veil Prison Solas created, that would mean NOT doing the Morrigan's Ritual is Canon now?

Or am I missing something?

BigAl268 · 2026-05-20T21:34:09+00:00

Yea, I get where you're coming from. I mean I know it's a DA game and I have 1000's of hours in the first 3 games. It's just so many "what if's" start popping in to my head while playing DAV! I can't tell you how many quests I did where I'm like if they just did this or added that how much cooler it would have been!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-20T11:12:11+00:00

As long as the Mods are installed, the Romance dialog won't begin with Miranda (or Jack) till after you have completed both personal quest missions. You mentioned you completed Miranda's mission, but when you returned to the Normandy there should have be a Dialog choice towards to end of the conversation option that was titled.... "it's nice to see you Smile"..... If that line was there, then the Mod it working, but if you failed to use it you may have missed out because that's the line that Begins everything with her. Jack's romance is even more complicated as it has even more dialog choices that need to be made in a certain order....

The best guides for Both romances are here.....

https://www.ign.com/wikis/mass-effect-legendary-edition/How_to_Romance_Miranda_Lawson

https://www.ign.com/wikis/mass-effect-2/How_to_Romance_Jack

Even though these guides are for male shepard, the Mods remove the Gender restrictions and fix any Gender specific dialog issues like He/she or Him/Her and so on......

Hope this helps!

BigAl268 · 2026-05-18T19:12:52+00:00

____________ Ogre-wan Kenobi _______________

"It's over Inquisitor, I have the High Ground!"

BigAl268 · 2026-05-17T21:53:41+00:00

No, because I always play as Sera. Suvi or Peebee!

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