u/No_Brain_Only_Cloud

(I posted this on the dragon age subreddit but I also wanted to put it here)
Okay, so I don’t care for Lace Harding. I will also preface everything by saying that I have played all the dragon age games (I haven’t played every DLC for them, but I have played all four of the mainline games) Veilguard was the first game I played for the series. I really liked it when I first played it. Going back and playing all the other games in the series has changed that opinion since. When playing Veilguard however, I didn’t like Harding. Honestly I wasn’t sure why, but I just didn’t care for her. Looking back now a lot of the Veilguard companions lacked flair but Lace even more so. I didn’t really understand the titan plot line with the stolen dreams of the titans being the blight or the taint. I felt so lost, and the way that the dwarf plot line was handled, wasn’t even handled really.

So, when I went back I replayed all the games (I accidentally played them out of order.) I got to see more of the dwarves story and it made me understand Lace even less. In inquisition going to new areas and having to talk to her honestly felt annoying to me. But then in Inquisition I met Dagna, as the archanist, I thought she was hilarious and her studying magic despite not being able to experience it from being a dwarf was absolutely fascinating to me. When I played Origins for the first time and was doing the quest to help her go to the circle, I thought she was amazing. The sacrifice of giving up your entire life in the place you were raised to go study something you will never be able to experience was truly remarkable. Her character had so much potential.

I think having Dagna act as the Dwarven companion in Veilguard would have been a better choice. She was fascinated by the fade already, she studied it extensively, and the idea that she wouldn’t help Varric go after Solas just to see what was happening? Not to mention she was from Orzammar, the largest of the two real remaining Dwarven civilizations. Her connection to the stone was already there, Lace was a surface dwarf. Her connection to the titans and dwarven history felt almost forced. Also Lace gains the stone ability from extensive time near the dagger, but if you play as Dwarf rook you spend the same time near the dagger and don’t obtain the same abilities?

I know a lot of my frustrations are mostly due to the poor story choices made in Veilguard. They didn’t handle the lore properly, or much of the game as a whole properly. I do still stand strong on my opinion that it would have been far more interesting to have a dwarf companion with more knowledge on the veil, and a larger cultural connection to the stone and dwarven history. I’d love to hear other opinions on the matter because I know my bias clouds a bit of my judgement on the matter.

Okay, so I don’t care for Lace Harding. I will also preface everything by saying that I have played all the dragon age games (I haven’t played every DLC for them, but I have played all four of the mainline games) Veilguard was the first game I played for the series. I really liked it when I first played it. Going back and playing all the other games in the series has changed that opinion since. When playing Veilguard however, I didn’t like Harding. Honestly I wasn’t sure why, but I just didn’t care for her. Looking back now a lot of the Veilguard companions lacked flair but Lace even more so. I didn’t really understand the titan plot line with the stolen dreams of the titans being the blight or the taint. I felt so lost, and the way that the dwarf plot line was handled, wasn’t even handled really.

So, when I went back I replayed all the games (I accidentally played them out of order.) I got to see more of the dwarves story and it made me understand Lace even less. In inquisition going to new areas and having to talk to her honestly felt annoying to me. But then in Inquisition I met Dagna, as the archanist, I thought she was hilarious and her studying magic despite not being able to experience it from being a dwarf was absolutely fascinating to me. When I played Origins for the first time and was doing the quest to help her go to the circle, I thought she was amazing. The sacrifice of giving up your entire life in the place you were raised to go study something you will never be able to experience was truly remarkable. Her character had so much potential.

I think having Dagna act as the Dwarven companion in Veilguard would have been a better choice. She was fascinated by the fade already, she studied it extensively, and the idea that she wouldn’t help Varric go after Solas just to see what was happening? Not to mention she was from Orzammar, the largest of the two real remaining Dwarven civilizations. Her connection to the stone was already there, Lace was a surface dwarf. Her connection to the titans and dwarven history felt almost forced. Also Lace gains the stone ability from extensive time near the dagger, but if you play as Dwarf rook you spend the same time near the dagger and don’t obtain the same abilities?

I know a lot of my frustrations are mostly due to the poor story choices made in Veilguard. They didn’t handle the lore properly, or much of the game as a whole properly. I do still stand strong on my opinion that it would have been far more interesting to have a dwarf companion with more knowledge on the veil, and a larger cultural connection to the stone and dwarven history. I’d love to hear other opinions on the matter because I know my bias clouds a bit of my judgement on the matter.