Bye Dreadwolf, Hello DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD! Info on the recent news! 

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I think Dragon Age: Veilguard would be better than The Veilguard.

Veilguard sounds like some kind of lyrium based deodorant

As long as we as a community call it "Dragon Age Veilguard" instead of "Dragon Age The Veilguard" I'll be okay with it lol

The pattern makes sense. In DA Origins, we had the origins. In DA Inquisition, we led the Inquisition. In DA Veilguard, we run the Veilguard. In DA2, we played that, too.

Im going to miss Dreadwolf just because its a badass name, but it did imply the whole game was entirely about Solas. Its not a terrible decision to change it, but the new name is a bit of a mouthful.

Okay so this is starting to follow the normal formula of DA games. We'll probably have solas be a big part of the first half till our true big bad shows up.

i think having "The" in there makes it much clunkier but i was also one of the people bothered by the lack of space in Dreadwolf, so its a lateral move imo

Dreadwolf being an anagram for Fadeworld was such a cool subtitle I’m gonna miss it :(

The name makes sense, but feels a bit too generic. "Dreadwolf" is kinda cool, and it didn't came out of nowhere.

I can see why they did the name change, and i can agree - Dreadwolf, as cool as that is, means Inquisitor, and they have stated on record many times that each game is supposed to be a new pc and new focal point. That being said, i know i wasn't ready to give up on my Hawke's story and we saw how that went, I'm definitely dreading (ha) how there going to write off the inquisitor in DAV.

I can appreciate them saying it’s going to be single player only. To me that means they hopefully won’t waste updates on multiplayer/ live action services.

The main thing that I'm not too keen on is the 3-person party/2 companions at a time, rather than 3. It's fine, but our group banter. :(

I preferred Dreadwolf but hey whatever. Although the name kinda hints that my hope of the veil actually falling won't happen *sigh*. Also them dropping gameplay the day before my birthday is a great present haha

I never liked Dreadwolf as a title, but i do wish they'd of dropped the "the" from the new one- then id be 💯 down

Party size is probably about balance. I don’t mind the name change, I’m just excited for the 15 minutes of gameplay!

I definitely think they should’ve just went with “Dragon Age: Veilguard”rather than “The Veilguard”. The name just seems awkward, especially when you consider that “Dragon Age: Inquisition”, the other game referencing the important organization of the game, does not have a “The” despite it being referred to as “The Inquisition” in-game. Still not too late BioWare. Just saying 😂 Anyway, I’m so excited for this. I’m gonna be honest, I started playing this series when I was 8 years old with Dragon Age: Origins. Way too young, but it got me hooked on the RPG genre ever since. Been a long time since middle school when Dragon Age Inquisition came out. I just graduated college! It’ll be quite a moment legally buying the newest Dragon Age game with my own grown-up money.

Honestly i really like the new name, having it reflect the hero rather than the villain which makes sense

Eh, I preferred Dreadwolf (and the “The” feels very clunky), but I’m glad we have news

Not thrilled about the reduced party size. Love the larger party sizes in games like Pillars of Eternity. Hopefully a mod'll come along to fix it back to the usual 4.

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The Veilguard sounds cool to me. It sounds like a faction born from the Inquisition.

But what if I don’t want to guard the Veil?

a pause action wheel to choose abilities? kind of like mass effect? i'm a little worried about that. i want things more towards the turn-based end of the spectrum than the real time end, when it comes to rpg's i like to plan things out. i don't want to have to hold down a button or stick while i'm planning my attacks :(

I appreciate how factual and concise your news updates are compared to everyone else milking the hell out of a tweet. :D

I like the idea behind the name change but Dreadwolf is such a badass name its hard to make is better

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While I originally preferred it without the 'The', I saw someone mention without 'The' then DA V could look like the 5th Dragon Age

I guess the name change is... Ok - don't feel too strongly either way. Could work well enough as a way to focus attention on the party rather than Solas, especially if he's not the only god-tier character we'll meet. Somewhat hopeful for the product, despite myself. I feel a bit like Hawkeye in Endgame with the whole "don't give me hope" thing, have to say 🤣

At least Veilguard makes some sense. Seems like they're trying to take focus off of Solas and put it more onto the main character/companions. While I am sad that we'll only have 2 companions it may make it easier to strategize with the new wheel system. I am SUPER excited to hear exactly who the new factions are though!

My guess for possible companion factions in DAtV (like I preferred DAD, but it's not the worst) is a Tevinter (seeing as we already got a Magister, I'm kind of hoping for representation of the Imperial Chantry), Mortalitasi, Kal-Sharok dwarf, Grey Warden, Antivan Crow, one of those Rivaini treasure hunters, and someone from the Qun. However, I wouldn't be surprised if one was a Dalish (or even Arlathan) elf. Keep eyes on that Mortalitasi and elf y'all, they'll probably stab us in the back

I’ve always kinda felt like Solas wasn’t going to be the main villain of the game. The more news we get, the more it seems that is the case

Damn! Your child is 4 now! Thats crazy i remember binging your content when i replayed Dragon Age you baby was just being born! Congrats I hope your family is healthy and well.

Dreadwolf was a pretty cool name, imo.

Guess it’s officially time to play another marathon of the Dragon Age games to prepare myself for DA:V. (I refuse to acknowledge the The)

Antivan Crows, Warden, Risen Gods Deciples (perhaps), Mages, Templars, Dalish, Karta. I guess the Thedas calls trailer gives some clues and voices for those companions.

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Really worried about the change to the party composition, 4 just always seemed like the perfect number, not too many and not too few. It makes me wonder why they're making auch a drastic change

I'm not too keen on the name change, but I completely understand why they did it. I'm looking forward to the full reveal next week and, overall, I'm just excited to have a new Dragon Age game after 10 years of waiting.

Good gods, 4yo? It was just a few months ago you were announcing you were pregnant. What is this chronomancy?

Saw the news this morning and have been sporadically checking your page ever since! I can feel the dragon age focused parts of my brain reawakening. This is a great format: let's us get the news with some additional context we might have missed and lets you get out a video quickly enough to appease the algorithm gods!

first W in a while form bioware with these announcements

I like how Mark Darrah has a video on his channel specifically about naming your game and troubles of changing it. I'm sure Bioware was wary of doing it

I'm not super sure about how I feel about this! I was SO used to it being called Dreadwolf that this seems just... either really worrying or really great!

I keep shortening it to DA:TV which makes me think "Dragon Age (Taylor's Version)". Apparently Solas is in his Reputation Era.

'The Veilguard' sounds like a new type of power-rangers.

I'm not incredibly invested in the future of the franchise after nearly a decade since Inquisition and so many painfully mid tie-in comics since, but I am still vaguely disappointed at the implication of 'Veilguard' meaning the Veil won't be coming down; I was kinda looking forward to the idea of the whole setting getting a bit of a reboot wildly altering dynamics around magic. Oh well

Mass Effect meets God of War. Oh sorry forgot this is Dragon Age and we have 7 NPC on our team and we only can use 2 when we go out. As for the New Name I'm fine with it.

I don’t like that we can only take two companions instead of three 🙃 rather limits things because of class, plus less banter since there’s only really a back and forth possibility.

Bye DAD, hello DAt V.

Glad of the name change. I feel like it was too focused on Solas. So excited to play this!!!!

Sooooo excited!! Waiting for the game release😊

I want a mortalitasi companion. The new name, Veilguard, sounds nice.

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personally, i think Dreadwolf was a better name, it rolls of the tongue better and is simply more impactful, but I guess veilguard will grow on me.

I think Dreadwolf was a better name, I'm surprised they went through with changing it so late. Also the change of name makes me worried about the focus of the story.

Finally beat Trespasser earlier today to finish my series playthrough. Right now, any news is good news for me

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Popping a comment in here because I just wanted to say thank you for all the content you post. I haven't kept up with much to do with Dragon Age at all since that first trailer in your trailer breakdown playlist so I've had so much to catch up on. I've loved the lore and theory videos and after I finished with them I moved on to the new game related stuff. It's been so fun and interesting listening to your views and perspectives and has given me so much to think about the games. I'm looking forward to all your coverage this stream will bring! Thank you again

Love new videos from you, however long they happen to be

I'm intensely curious about if/how BG3 impacted the development or marketing of the game...

I like the new name. I liked Dreadwolf but The Veilguard is also pretty badass. I dont mind the "the" in the title, it makes sense to be there and i think makes it sound stronger. Dragon Age Veilguard just doesnt sound right to me.

Well I'll have a nice birthday present from Bioware with this first look at DA:V

I am hopeful but concerned and I miss Dreadwolf name it fit better

The name change is growing on me (but I will also be ignoring that 'the') I'm intrigued by the drop from 3 party members to 2. Feels very Mass Effect. I am kinda sad that it'll mean less 3way banter, but here's hoping the duo system does give us more party banter because in theory it'd be easier to write for pairs than trios anyway. As for factions, here's my take: 1. Grey Warden is all but confirmed from that leaked gameplay at Weisshaupt 2. Bound to have an Antian Crow in there 3. Someone hailing from Tevinter, be they mage, or I feel more likely is an uprising slave. More party drama that way. 4. Going off some of the short stories from Tevinter Nights, we might have a Lord of Fortune 5. Some sort of Qunari. Or perhaps a Fog Warrior 6. Need us a dwarf in the mix, especially after the revalations of The Descent DLC 7. Someone from Nevarra, perhaps even a Mortalitasi?

Man I want this to be good but hopes are not high 😢

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I'm excited for this! I like the new name too, I'm on board.

Dread Wolf is a much cooler name, stands out. But whatever, as long as the story & gameplay is great then us fans can get behind it!

Oooooff- had they chose to reveal the gameplay a day earlier on the 10th, it would've coincided with Tuen Ng Dragon Boat Festival. :/

The "the" feels pretty superfluous and I wish it wasn't there but I also keep calling it vanguard instead of Veilguard. I dunno it's just the name so it's not a massive deal to me but it's just weird.

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Only two companions? I think of all the things they said that is the thing actually bothering me. Three was such a nice number, why reduce it :(

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2 companions? Action wheel? Sounds like Dragon Age 4: The Mass Effect 5 Beta.

Well we pretty much know for sure there's a Grey warden, an antivan Crow, and probably someone from the inquisition- maybe harding? As for the others not sure lots of possibilities

Happy for the devs if this is what they wanted. I prefer Dreadwolf but I don't really care, I'm buying it either way, BUT I will NOT be calling this Dave 😭

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For one that I will miss Dreadwolf because the new game implies that it will be a out in the open game and I am a slut for stealth based gameplay and that the game is not solely about Solas, as I am an eternal Citizen of Sollavelan Hell.

Change it back

I am here for your news updates; I am more here for your speculation. Any one notice that 7 companions matches up nicly with the 7 Bells/Evanuris? maybe just a coincidence...

Like the new name better. I like that the game has its main focus on the protagonists and that their story connects into an overreaching arc that spans through several releases of the game… but that the game itself as its own focus. Dreadwolf is much more a direct continuation from where we were left of after Trespasser dlc and Tevinter Nights book. Veilguard hints/promises that the player will go into and experience a perspective that can be played as a stand alone while those that have played the older games (as well as those new that are curious about the larger world and larger story arc) have things to latch on to.

Gonna need that 3 companion mod asap

thank you so much for this

I want one companion to represent Antiva! Maybe as an Antivan crow or somehow connected to Josephine's family trading empire.

Changing the name makes sense on every front. That being said, all I can think of when I hear "Veilguard" is "Lionguard" from the Lion King series so that'll take a minute to get used to

I dont mind only two companions as thats what Mass effect does. i will just be sad that a third person wont chime into some banter. Like viv calling solas an unwashed apostate hobo in his and dorian banter.

I'm looking forward to aeeing what they've done! Bit disappointed abiut only being able to bring 2 companions but pwrhaps it'll make more sense when actually playing. PS It's gonna be great to lose myself in the lore and theiries again, especially with you posting!

I don't mind the new game, and the The has caused tonnes of memes on Reddit already. From you, I would really love your thoughts on theories on the name and what the 7 factions would be. I personally think Solas will become an ally towards the end of the game because of the bigger baddie.

Like I can’t wait for the game! Been forever

a lot of us, me included, will be at work and therefore unable to attend the premier of the Gameplay Showcase on the 11th, sooooo...could you pretty-please-with-a-dozen-cherries-on-top document what these surprises are in the pre-stream RU-vid chat? ;-;

I dunno, I feel like I were promised something and then all off the sudden that was taken away but I didn't even have it on the first place

I'm on team Solas... destroy the veil, and give the elves their magic and immortality back

I don't mind the new name, but late stage changes makes me worry about the quality we're gonna get.

Dude... Bioware doesn't have a unified vision any more. I guess it really hasnt had one for a long time. The same thing happened before Anthem's announcement trailer disaster. While I don't think this proves how the game will be one way or the other, it certainly isn't a good sign.

I’m really excited for that 15 minutes of gameplay.

Looking forward to the possibly Antivan Crows companion , maybe a warden companio and Lord fo FFortuune companion. Kind of don't like the "the" part IF it were Dragon Age: Veilguard it would be closer to the previous games and now i can't decide how to shorten it - DAV or DATV.

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