I find it kinda funny you actually have to clarify this. Didn't expect this to be a topic of discussion in the comments

So they nixed blood magic. So Solas can live in your head. That also means Solas must be handling crafting and enchantment.

So the skull tree looks hella interesting and cool. Combat sounds more like Dragons Dogma which I personally don’t mind anymore and could be really fun BUT I didn’t understood the gear part about companions well. I absolutely hated the gearing system for DragonAge2 it felt totally boring. And since the focus of this game seems so much on companions there should be a gear system where you can customise at least via gear your companions better. (If not I REALLY hope they will offer mod support this time cause otherwise even the game might be cool I won’t buy - at least not for full price. I didn’t wait 10 years for a dragon age game which not only completely got rid of the tactical cam and more active abilities but also potentially got rid off open and flexible gear customisation - if)

I’d like to ask, can necromancers (death caller) now re-animate the dead?? Or at least have one skeleton you can have with you like emmrich. This have been bugging me since the trailer.

​​@@klavicus2276no this is bad why the hell we losing 6-8 slots for skills to use and get 3 hell no this is not mass effect this is dragon age the game i loved before mass effect

Yeah same, but in this case the rest is mostly fluff or spoilers. I cut out the best bits.

I literally just got a magazine subscription for GI. Didn't know they were still around!

I miss getting the magazines in the mail

​@@brotherbrothersgaming5451for reaaal

I would actually love that.

More games need to do this

That would be amazing

I guess this is all more coping. The game looks horrific, so far removed from Origins.

I was literally thinking that yesterday, many of us will probably expend a lot of time in character creation, so releasing CC early like dragons dogma will be amazing

Is that a....reaver reference?

​@@curlywhites Reapers from ME have this signature sound they make. Perhaps that's what they are referring to

Reminds me of the Warhorn skill in Inquisition

@@user-uu8jl2xd3x holy cow. Of course. That makes total sense. lol. I was so singularly focused on Dragon Age.

Melee mages rejoice

I noticed that each subclass has a faction symbol next to them maybe that's the faction's typical subclass and you get a bonus if your faction alligns with it?

@@antonioscafuri756 don't think so, maybe it's just for immersion/lore purposes

Hell, yeah! Arcane Warriors are the best!

The legacy of the Arcane Warrior lives on!

Right. "Rook isn't special and has no MacGuffin, he just helps because he's competent." Proceeds to say his blood interacted with Solas' ancient ritual and now Rook's soul is connected to the fade for eternity which will more than likely give him special interactions with the veil itself. 😆

Haha, great observation. Perhaps Rook will save his/her own self rather than being saviour of the world (mentality wise lol)

@BboyEasySteps If you take the idea of competence further, it turns out that Rook cut himself, in a ritual he knows literally nothing about The line between competence and idiocy is very blurry in this case I hope i'm wrong and it's just a poor choice of words in this article 🤣🤣🤣

Sounds like Harry Potter

I actually prefer this I hate a know nothing getting thrown into this insane situation and just becomes great like no give me a real person that would be confused and bumbling. That's realistic ​@ondest5059

Translation, I hope we get enough paragon points to convince him down rather than have a final boss fight. Hell yeah.

​@@Dantics 100% correct! That's what i want from a Bioware game after all!

Yeah, I definitely see Solas as a kind of Saren character from the original Mass Effect, an antagonist who genuinely believes they are doing a good thing rather just a mindless horde creature or moustache-twirling villain.

Man this is sounding really good.

I mean, the Devs DID still made all the characters fugly and gave the game a more cartoony aesthetic than previous titles, BUT I'm glad to see the gameplay at least looks promising.

@@CosmicG777 aesthetics are a bit more subjective than raw gameplay, I’d say. I think the characters are fine. They remind me of the show Arcane, which I thought had an amazing art style.

@@eriiicj.1558 It's true that they are subjective but I've heard a lot of complaints on it. And comparing it to Arcane seems appropriate because I've heard some comparing it to League of Legends and even Fortnite. Personally, I think the girl companions all look very unattractive, but it's just my opinion though....there's really no need to go spreading it around.

@@CosmicG777 your taste is your taste. I don’t really care for that type of aesthetic one way or another in games. I’m more of a form over function kinda person. I plan to take the companions most synergistic to my build in my first run. After that I’ll probably go with them in the order in which they interest me in subsequent runs.

​​@@CosmicG777I think all companions shown so far look better than the ones in inquisition.

They've borrowed a lot from Mass Effect

I think so too as I see the spells

@@Dantics yes very obvious they want to follow a mass effect 2 style game play though I hope that works out

This is more of a ME project in production with a DA reskin

There have been combos since DA:O .... Make someone frozen and then can shatter them. It just took a bit more reading than the dumbed down 'use these together' button nowadays.

Hey man, maybe that's something I'll do before release! Thank you so much

@@Dantics Always happy to contribute to good content my man.

It doesn't make any sense why you're locked to three either, considering how big the skill tree is. People keep saying they're turning it into medieval fantasy Mass Effect, but even Mass Effect lets you use every ability you know at any time, it's just that any three can be hot keyed. I genuinely don't understand why they made this decision.

@@fadingghost9723 that’s exactly what I thought too, they made the skill tree so big but for some reason you stuck with 3 skills 🙄 if we are not going to be able to use our companions at least give us more skill slots other wise gameplay will be very repetitive

@@nozelxo6514 depending on how varied basic attack strings are, warrior and rogue MIGHT be able to keep gameplay interesting, but mage? Mage is getting shafted hard by this change.

​@@fadingghost9723nah, the warrior and rogue get shafted by this stupid limitation too

@@Jinkypigs yes but they aren't as reliant on having a wide selection of skills as mages are(archery focused rogues are definitely in the same boat though). It's going to suck for everyone, that much is obvious.

The elven gods are not gods though. They are ancient, Immortal elves who used to live in a world were Thedas and The Fade were interwoven. They became very powerful and connected with the fade. Overtime their status became so great that they became God like. Then The Dreadwolf, seeing their rise to power as a bad thing, put up a Viel between The Fade and Thedas, trapping the Elven "Gods" inside The Fade. This lead to the elven immortality being slowly reduced. With the Tragedy of being closed off from The Fade the elves began to become weaker. The Human run Tventir Imperium eventually destroyed the home of the Elves and the elves descended into a dark time of slavery at the hands of the Imperium. Eventually when Andraste and her followers fought a rebellion against Tventir at the end of the first blight, the elves were given freedom. These elves were given The Dales, and there they built a society who having forgotten who the Elven "Gods" really were, began worshipping them as their "Gods". This of course did not go over well and they eventually lost their lands once more to The Chantry. Now The Dreadwolf has returned and has decided to tear down The Veil he put up. And of course the other Elven "Gods" are not happy with him.

@@matt-the-slayer8828 just because some one did not start as a god does not mean they are not gods. Also, what defines a god? Ascension? Birth? Power? That is a whole other philosophical track. My assertion remains the same. There is no evidence that the people we call Elven gods have ever been killed. As a matter of fact, you bolstered my assertion by saying that the connection to the Fade gave them immortality. Even if Solas had been weakened, tearing open the Veil would have re-suffused him with that power.

@@cmike123 I am not disagreeing on the part of them being powerful. But we have seen gods defeated. The old gods, corrupted and turned into Archdemons, get defeated if they enter a Grey Wardens body.

@@matt-the-slayer8828 but here is the catch. You are relying on the Grey Warden's explanations when they have been proven multiple times to be unreliable narrators. Look at what they actually show you: 1. Once tainted with darkspawn blood, these entities can control/call any being that also has the blood 2. Their soul does not die when they get killed, but moves to another host 3. Morrigan was able to use her baby's soul to possibly purify the taint Assuming that both entities die for good when an archdemon enters a Warden's body is just illogical. It's based upon the Blight losing it's leader. It is more likely that Warden's soul either fully or partially cleanses the taint from the god's soul, then the body dies. The Warden's soul would die with the body, but the elven soul would likely just pass to another host or back into the Fade. This is probably the source of the more helpful entities in the Fade. I am also curious; if an elven Warden killed the archdemon, would the Warden's body die like the human ones?

Fair. Common feedback people have.

Looks from reading the article like it'll be 5 spells for companions (3 active/2 pass) and 4 spells for us (3/1 finisher), which feels a little better

@@Anthony-pq4vr I dunno man. I remember having like 20+ spells on my hotbar as a mage in Dragon Age: Origins. It seriously feels like they're just doubling down on dumbing down these games as much as possible. The game is basically just mass effect with swords now.

The hope is that by pressing down on the d-pad to switch weapon loadouts you will get access to 3 other skills/spells. So hopefully 6 skills/spells and 1 finisher, but I'm unsure.

@@BlackPantherEclipse if this is true BioWare need to make a video where they say this ASAP. I also read you could switch loadouts mid combat but I don’t think it was confirmed. That would mean your 2nd load out switches out your spells to a different spec? If so, that is a literal game changer cuz it would mean 6 spells /1 finisher which is a lot better

Oh please no no no no I hope not.

Like I said to someone else this was probably a ME project in production that was scrapped dragon age doesn't have factions and ME pushed for factions adding elf ears to those characters isnt a stretch at all

@@Danticswhy does everyone hate peebee? She had a decent character arc for the crap show that was Andromeda.

Bioware has been reusing the same character archetypes for the last 20 years, flanderising them more and more with each installment

I also fear that she will be the Peebee/Sera of this game, which, if it ends up being the case, will be awful

I think that a decent amount of abilities will be rolled into the combat system. Like DAI made you slot ability for each of: dodge, block/parry, gap closer, and other things that seem to be already covered by base combat mechanics. The mages will probably get more spell like things as staff heavy attacks. Personally looking forward to this as the DAI implementation felt quite jank.

The artificer "Yo-yo" build leapshot/grapple-hook archer actually destroyed with just pressing 2 buttons. It was very OP without needing other skills.

Yes you did use mostly 3 abilities in DAI lol. Most of your damage came from autos and 3 damage centric skills. The rest was utility like parry's and blocks which are in base kit for everyone, and buffs which you could automate anyway with Masterworks. Like who used 8 skills all the time? Prob a guy that doesn't know how skills work lol.

what was wrong with either trailer? The cinematic was once again told through the perspective from Varric, which if you have played the past 2 games, fits right in. The gameplay trailer was absolute fire and has been praised from almost everyone...I personally love all these "we were SO wrong about hating on Dragon Age" videos!!

There was nothing wrong with the trailers. People hopped on the negativity train, and others just followed right along. They did not show enough to form a coherent opinion.

@@collegebro85 Have you seen that dislike ratio on the gameplay reveal? and the comments. Personally I was stunned that it would get such a negative reaction. I was okey with the trailer, but it I wasnt hyped with it. The cinematic trailer felt like the trailer of a moba-game and overall didnt capture Dragon Age Vibes for me. With what we know and have seen Veilguard won't be the game of the year, but certainly a game one can enjoy. I figure everyone is expecting master class from Bioware and I understand why. Bioware used to be King of Roleplaying Games and there was a certain drop of quality in recent years (Andromeda/Anthem). From what I have seen Veilguard it is certainly a step in the right direction and needs to be supported.

Because positivity doesn't draw in as much attention

@@LeonNitingale it’s sad this game has such a twisted public image

@oskyys6853 my main issue is these games have literally never been consistent each game has been drastically different. Dao character models look like melted plastic now da2 was much more "cartoony" the vg like it's pure nostalgia it's dragons dogma 2 all over again they get focused on shit before they've even played it. Sorry needed to vent thank you for responding have a wonderful day and please remember to stay hydrated

Oh that would be cool. Haven't seen anything like that yet though

That's completely fair. I personally prefer restarting with different choices but I also wouldn't mind a big 100+ hour thing too.

Thank you very much Kala! What videos did you start with out of curiosity? Very excited. Dragon Age and Mass Effect got me through hard times and they'll always have a special place in my heart.

PLAYERS are not limited to three abilities, only the companions.

@@ADarklore New info reveals that we actually ARE limited to 3 :(

Hi 5!

@@Dantics 👋👏

They said weapon swapping will let you use different skills. Mages get access to Staffs, Wands and Daggers. So you will have options.

Of course they are, it’s Reddit. Game quality doesn’t matter as long as there’s the option to romance absolutely everything in the game.

Three abilities for the companions.

Again weapon swapping changes ability loadouts so you could get more.

I want more on skills, backgrounds, and items

Yes there is possibility for bigger meaner demons this way. You are correct.

I noticed the light strings thingy looked like the lyrium veins of titans, might be a coincidence but...

This! Just gimme a release date already! 🤪

Damn that's awesome, hopefully it's out soon!

How because the description they gave her sounds nothing like Peebee.

Absolutely. PC all the way for me.

The best combo was fire and ice mines, literally 1taps enemies lol

Yeah I am tired of all the negativity. I just want to cover the game.

@Dantics yeah appreciated don't get me wrong I have my concerns with aspects of the game but I'm still excited the combat system sounds better than what was first shown in the gameplay reveal.

@@Dantics and this automatically earned you my subscription! Keep up the good work!

@@im-not-even-real Thank you! Will not let you both down

Butt they have sliders.

Ah well. Maybe with perks and gear.

@@Dantics I hope even just a simple lorebook or mention like the Arcane Warrior in DAI

I try! Get's a little hard after a while

Nice! Seems you're all sorted for your playthroughs

Yeah I don't understand the choice

You're so welcome! Thanks for coming. I'm glad they're making an entry point for everyone to enjoy. Not just old farts like me

You get healing flasks that you can refill by smashing green barrels out in the world. Like God of War and similar titles. There are also possible healing spells in Sustain or Survival trees.

@@cmike123 Thanks for the reply!

They said Bellara has healing magic, I assume the other mage companions won't, but we don't know if mage Rook will have them or not

You can be sure about it. Focus is on monkeying.

That is true. Would like it to be a more blank slate to craft

I'm still annoyed by the lack of "no faction" choice. Some of the options may look more interesting after the first playthrough.

Yea it’s so lame I didn’t want to be a warden in origins ugghhh

⁠@@alexandrefernandes1463where are you getting your information? We get to pick from 6 factions at the start.

So you have a problem with every other character they’ve built. Remember Shepard? Or Hawke? The inquisitor? The Warden? Each character was already established and then we flesh them out.

That's not true either. Flemeth saves them from the darkspawn. Also there's the thing with Corypheus. Malcolm sealed him with blood magic. Only Hawke's blood can free him.

Dantics format in the dictionary: Talking shit for 20 mins.

@@Dantics 😂 that must be some new modern day audience version I’ve not heard of, those always deal with sht. 😉 Nah I’m referring to the older def version : authentic effort provided with a good sense of humor . 👍

I really don't have the answers to those yet, but when I do I'll mention it

I don't know the reason for the name change or the symbols but I did hear that you can start off with your specializations but that might be out of date information so take it with a grain of salt.

They do..

@@undisclosed_branding9714 ???

​@@curtis19921It's been present in every game through blood/nature skill trees

Yeah me too. It's had no love since origins

@@undisclosed_branding9714 but you can’t actually shape shift

As much as it is to be we live in times where we going in to dumb and dumber future where games go the rout of shrinkflation. At this rate next title will have 1 skill or will auto play. This is already happening with some old ips. Sad part is you cant do much about it as new player prefer dumb games.

Every dragon age game can be played with mouse and keyboard or controller. As to which feels better? That's a matter of preference.

Absolutely is mouse and keyboard. One of the devs prefer mouse and keyboard.

@@KonigKaiser4 Yeah it seems both are completely viable considering the action nature of it

@@Dantics Thank you