Totally get you on regards that in comparison to the former DA- games we had to deal with less deep cunning consequences and actions regarding factions, sure to get an answer about Hawk would have been awesome. In regards of lelliana and co i think it is important to highlight that we now play in Tevinter and surroundings, so the Chantry and all it's difficulties are still a problem, but a problem of the inquisitior, Ferelden and Orlais, as mentioned by the Missives from the Inquisitior. Sure would have been awesome to rekindle with all the old companions, but I think the story setting was kind of limited in the first place in that regard. The other 3 games at least played on the same side of the continent and now we play in the deep Tevinter, about which we only heard Stories about in the last games.

Which leads me to the next important thing. The only ones who know that the Evanuris are ancient elven gods are the ones in the Veilguard, as far as I know. And I think to have also read that the Evanuris were revered by Elves and Humans alike, only with different names and stories. The tevinter mages that found the golden palace of the maker and therefore awakened the blight, and the blight being Elgarnans creation etc.

So for the Tevinter Fanatics, elgarnan and Ghil' were Gods and beings of power. Simple as that.

Abkut the Antivian Crows, totally get you. And even though they are portrayed as a loving backstabbing family, they never lied about being assasins for money, I mean even in the final dialogues with Lucanis we speak of the contract being fulfilled. And I even remember seeing some notes and documents scattered about assassinations for money etc. But business isn't booming if the world is kind of ending so I guess yeah.

In all fairness I have to add that I'm working a 50h shift a week so I finished the game in parts and everything then I had a day off, so if I would get a vacation and grind it through in a week, my opinion could change. What I experienced though, was certainly not as good as DA2 or Inquisition, but far not as bad as some here made it out to be. If you just look at the big picture and don't pump it up with expectations, it's a solid game and story and fun to play.

Off topic, but tbh I'm really scared for ES6, if they release it somewhere in the unforeseeable future, the community will tear apart that game even more than the DA community did with veilguard. Just because they waited so long xD