#sbh talks

[storybookhawke]

sometimes I look at DA2 concept art and go "that's so hot"

[storybookhawke]

I wish Veilguard had let us get a glimpse at Ferelden's wreckage, even for a short, 10 minute quest/meeting with the Inquisitor.

because the south getting absolutely ravaged and destroyed by what is essentially a double blight was too big and personal of a thing for the player who basically spent 3 games either in Ferelden or as a Fereldan for it to be only referred to vaguely

[storybookhawke]

Hawke gets invited to a lot of fancy events and weddings as a noble and champion, so Hawke shows up with a different member of the crew for every event and absolutely no one can figure out who Hawke is actually dating

[storybookhawke]

honestly I just love that the summon party podium has a little banner with the crew's portraits on it

[storybookhawke]

One area where I really think Veilguard succeeded was the amount of quest dialogue/cutscenes, even for side quests. It really gave meaning to most of the side quests, whereas in Inquisition, having no scenes was often a detriment.

One example of where small cutscenes would have improved Inquisition's side quests drastically is something like the druffalo escort quest. Though I like the druffalo quest personally (there's my lil' buddy! what an oddly-shaped dog!), the quest starts with simply reading a signpost and it ends with simply guiding the druffalo back to its pen. A fair amount of people might read the signpost and then forget about it later, because simply reading a sign isn't memorable in the vast sea of finding codex entries and such.

A cutscene where the Inquisitor (or a companion) is like "it's important to help people. We're the inquisition, we need the people on our side" and then a follow up of whatever Fereldan farmer going "oh thank you! who are you?? you're with the Inquisition? I've heard something about that. are you doing something about the hole in the sky? wow" would have made a significant difference in making that side quest feel like something real, something purposeful and not just a meaningless fetch quest.

[storybookhawke]

I’ve been reading a lot of fic from other fandoms and I have just got to say:

Dragon Age writers have me spoiled. Never have I seen such an incredible group of authors, putting out beautiful, heartwrenching, well-written, and brilliantly creative pieces, day in and day out.

The standard we have for fic is so damn high, I love you all for it.

[storybookhawke]

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[storybookhawke]

you what