Summary
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s relationship levels can be earned through becoming friends with our companions, not just romancing them. This means it won’t just be our character’s partner who gets new abilities, as some had initially suspected.
This was explained by an executive producer atBioWare, Michael Gamble, when answering questions from fans on social media. Here, he shares a bit more detail on how relationship levels will work, reassuring fans that they won’t be locked out of unique abilities because they didn’t fancy any of their companions.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Relationship Levels Don’t Require Romance
The wording here is interesting. Gamble says that the relationship levels of each companion will “progress as you play with them”, which definitely confirms that we don’t need to romance them, and friendships will be just fine. However, it could also be leaving the door open for other routes of unlocking abilities, perhaps by just having companions in our party, even if they don’t approve of our choices.
With all this said,Dragon Age: The Veilguard is supposed to be the most romantic BioWare game yet, so you might not want to avoid this mechanic entirely.
If that is the case, it might work similarly to Dragon Age 2. This had a friendship and rivalry system, with rivalry points gained with companions who disagreed with your decision-making. Getting enough rival points would unlock a unique ability for the companion, just as enough friendship points would too.
BioWare has previouslygone into more detail on how relationship levels will work, explaining that this is how we’ll gain new abilities for our companions. It’s unclear if we’ll also be able to level up our characters in the traditional sense, but this at least explains how everyone will unlock new powers to use in combat.
In any case, it won’t be too much longer until we get our hands on the game ourselves. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is set to launch this autumn.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.
