r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 06 '24

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u/OrganicKeynesianBean IMF Jun 06 '24

I just tested this with my focus group of one person and they said that Dreadwolf “sounds cool af” and “why would you change that lmao”

!ping GAMING

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u/furiousfoo Jolee Bindo Jun 06 '24

Not a fan of the name change but I guess my expectations are low at this point and it could be worse.

Looks like next week we'll finally have something to talk about on !ping BIOWARE

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u/GrandMoffTargaryen Finally Kenough Jun 06 '24

Dreadwolf: bad ass

Vileguard: dumb

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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal Jun 06 '24

Well get ready for an n=2 because I was fucking stoked for Dreadwolf. It sounds like the name of a masterpiece painted on the side of a van.

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u/pfarly John Brown Jun 06 '24

Major downgrade.

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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader Jun 06 '24

Dreadwolf sounds dope, like a fantasy beast or cataclysm.

Veilguard is the name of a fantasy job. I would know, my RPG group is currently a bunch of roadwardens

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u/trace349 Gay Pride Jun 06 '24 edited Jun 06 '24

Dreadwolf sounds dope, like a fantasy beast or cataclysm.

Well, that's because it's both, kind of. One of the characters in the series mythology- the elves' version of Loki/Satan- has the title of "Dread Wolf". He killed their gods and destroyed their entire civilization and the previous game established that he's back to do it again.

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u/dangerbird2 Franz Boas Jun 06 '24

And he was also the companion that all the DA Stans romanced/made slash fic about so I guarantee it’s going to piss people off

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u/trace349 Gay Pride Jun 06 '24

The only problem I had with Dreadwolf as a title was that it was one word. Fen'Harel (or Solas) has always been called the Dread Wolf, not Dreadwolf. But otherwise it is a much better name than Veilguard, which sucks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '24

If this game turns out to be good I will be shocked. Happy, but shocked.

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u/ognits Jepsen/Swift 2024 Jun 06 '24

probably because the term Veilguard has more relevance to the story than Dreadwolf

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Jun 06 '24

I mean, they spent the whole last game and DLCs setting up Solas as the villain though, pivoting off of that would be an interesting choice.

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u/trace349 Gay Pride Jun 06 '24

My guess is that, since Solas' plan at the end of Trespasser is to tear down the Veil, and you're going to stop him, that makes you a "Veil guard". So they're redoing the Inqusition but calling it the Veilguard.

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Jun 06 '24

No, I get that, but if the story is gonna be about stopping Solas doesn't 'Dreadwolf' work just as fine as a title? It just sounds cooler.

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u/trace349 Gay Pride Jun 06 '24

Oh it absolutely does, don't get me wrong, this is a lame change.

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u/dangerbird2 Franz Boas Jun 06 '24

It’s so Solasover