Inquisition players didn’t want to kill dragons

In a game called Dragon Ageespecially with the word inquisition If you’re attached to it, you’d expect to find yourself fighting a few dragons. While Dragon Age: Inquisition’s campaign includes some mandatory battles with dragons, there are a whole host of optional high-level dragons throughout the map that you can slay for valuable loot.

When the game first came out, killing these dragons didn’t seem like much. We didn’t think about why or whether we should kill them, only that killing them would give us great loot. And who doesn’t like booty? However, about ten years later and shortly after the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Inquisition players feel bad for killing all the dragons that actually posed no immediate threat.

End the Age of Dragons

With the release and success of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, longtime fans inevitably compare it to previous entries in the series. However, this conversation took place on a relatively unrelated Reddit post. The post itself was about the annoyance of being forced to use a dragon slayer to fight dragons.

The first comment started the conversation by saying that Veilguard at least gave players a reason to slay dragons, while in Inquisition players simply strolled into a high dragon’s lair to kill it in order to tick off optional quests and score some loot receive. Other comments replied that they also felt guilty about killing dragons that didn’t really harm anyone.

“I know dragons are big, dangerous monsters, but they are always in their own lair with their children. “I sometimes feel like I’m killing wildlife,” said one commenter. “I felt so bad killing that dragon while peacefully sleeping minding her own business,” said another. Some even pointed out that we were killing dragonlings while fighting dragonlings.

“Same here and I’m so glad I find a lot of other players who feel the same way,” said another. “I thought I was overthinking it, but I should have known that the DAI High Dragons would have aroused compassion in many of us.”

However, not everyone was filled with remorse. Some comments pointed out that killing an enemy doesn’t give you any regrets if you get loot. “As a Monster Hunter enthusiast… isn’t that the main reason for killing things? To say we did it and/or made a hat out of it?” Spoken like a real hunter.

Luckily, all dragons in The Veilguard seem to face it for one reason or another. So there is no regret for killing her.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in BioWare’s fantasy RPG series, formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. It is a direct sequel to Inquisition and focuses on Red Lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned dire wolf.