Veilguard developer talks NG+ odds, potential improvements, and more

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  • Dragon Age: Veilguard may introduce some class balance changes in the future, with ailments more likely than nerfs.
  • BioWare discussed the possibility of adding a New Game Plus mode to The Veilguard, but ultimately decided against it.
  • The game will remain limited to three character save slots on consoles due to unspecified limitations of the save file architecture.



Dragon Age: The Veilguard could still receive some class perks, but a New Game Plus mode is unlikely to happen, a senior BioWare official revealed. This information was shared as part of a recent developer AMA, which also provided other information about Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Newest main entry in Dragon Age The series was released for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC on October 31. The action RPG has received several updates since then, the most recent of which arrived in the form of Patch 4 on Dragon Age Day, December 4th.

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In addition to the early December update, the franchise's 2024 anniversary prompted the team behind Veilguard to host an AMA on the r/DragonAge subreddit. The result of the back-and-forth with fans revealed a lot of new information about the recently released game and BioWare's current plans for it. Among other things, Dragon Age: The Veilguard director Corinne Busche said the developers are still closely monitoring the ARPG's class balance, noting that some changes in the near future remain on the table. Any potential changes are more likely to be tweaks than nerfs, the official explained.



Dragon Age: Veilguard is unlikely to get NG+ mode

Elsewhere during the AMA, Busche acknowledged some recent fan requests for a New Game Plus mode. At some point during development, BioWare actually considered adding NG+ to Dragon Age: The Veilguardhis trait set, but ultimately decided against it, the director revealed. Accordingly, there are no plans to support such a thing at this time, she concluded. This decision is consistent with how the series has always been designed, as no Dragon Age the game to date has offered an NG+ mode. The fact that all four main entries in the franchise have level caps that are somewhat easy to hit in a single game has something to do with the historical avoidance of NG+.


Mid-game spoilers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard reveal a key story choice.

One Dragon Age: The Veilguard Story Decision has an evenly split player base

In the recently concluded AMA, Busche also discussed the game's telemetry data, revealing this Dragon Age: The VeilguardHis choice between saving Treviso or Minrathous currently has the playerbase split pretty evenly. She labeled this statistic as surprising, not least because the entire development team expected Treviso to be a much more popular choice.


Busche also addressed the possibility of increasing the character save limit beyond three slots in the console versions of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. She confirmed that this change had previously been investigated, but was unlikely to happen due to the limitations of the game's save file architecture, though without elaborating on the issue. A few weeks before the recently concluded AMA, BioWare confirmed that it has no plans for either Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC.

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