Veilguard Dev talks about NG+ chances, potential buffs and more

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Important takeaways

  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard may introduce some class balancing changes in the future, with buffs 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 some unspecified limitations in its save file architecture.



Dragon Age: The Veilguard may still accommodate some class buffs, but a New Game Plus mode is unlikely to happen, a senior BioWare official has revealed. This information was shared as part of a recently developed AMA, which also provided some other insights on Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

The newest main line 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 latest of which came in the form of Patch 4 on Dragon Age Day, December 4th.

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In addition to the early December update, the 2024 franchise anniversary got the team behind it The craftsman to host an AMA over on the r/DragonAge subreddit. The resulting back-and-forth with fans revealed tons 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 that the developers are still closely monitoring the ARPG's class balance and noted that some adjustments in the near future remain on the table. Any potential changes are more likely to be buffs than nerfs, the official explained.



Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gets Unlikely NG+ Mode

Elsewhere during the AMAs, Busche acknowledged some recent fan requests for a New Game Plus mode. At some point during development, BioWare really considered adding NG+ to it Dragon Age: The Veilguards film 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 has so far offered an NG+ mode. The fact that all four mainline entries in the franchise have level caps that are somewhat easy to beat in a single playthrough likely has something to do with their historical avoidance of NG+.


Mid-game spoilers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard reveals a key choice before you.

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

The recently concluded AMA also saw Busche discuss the game's telemetry data and revealed that Dragon Age: The Veilguards choice between saving Treviso or Minrathous currently has the player base fairly evenly split. 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 has previously been explored, but that it is unlikely to happen due to limitations in the game's save file architecture, though without elaborating on the matter. A few weeks before the recently concluded AMA, BioWare confirmed that they have no plans for any Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC.

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