Veilguard's equipment and construction surpasses the series' past

BioWare's triumphant return to The Age of the Dragon series with Dragon Age: The Veil Guard has finally arrived after what feels like an eternity, and the title is already turning heads thanks to the way it honors and evolves the series' legacy. In the decade that has passed since the launch of the last title in the series, Dragon Age: InquisitionThe RPG landscape has changed dramatically, leaving many wondering how Dragon Age: The Veil Guard compares to more contemporary titles that have moved the needle forward. An element that Guard of the Veil Surprising is its incredible depth and variety in construction, which is further enhanced by the game's approach to equipment.

Every entry in BioWare's The Age of the Dragon the series featured slightly different gear and upgrade mechanics, with Dragon Age: The Veil Guard feeling like a natural terminus for the franchise's arrival. In addition to acquiring more gear, players now have a streamlined system they can use to upgrade weapons and armor, unlocking valuable passive abilities that serve to enhance already powerful abilities and synergies among party members. Combined with the new approach to classes and specializations, Dragon Age: The Veil Guard offers players more freedom of expression than any other game in the series.

Like Dragon Age: Veilguard's gear upgrade system trades complexity for utility

Every entry in the The Age of the Dragon took its own approach to how players acquire new gear and improve it through upgrades or enchantments, culminating in the series reaching its highest levels of complexity with Dragon Age: Inquisition. Inquisition it gave players fewer tools to discover in the world in favor of guiding them towards using the deep and, in some ways, unnecessarily complicated crafting and upgrading system. The trade-off for this complexity is that players could create truly powerful weapons and armor by interacting with the system and adapting to its learning curve. The Guard of the Veil he loses some Inquisitionof complexity and customization, but as a result offers greater utility and ease of use.

The foundation of The Guard of the Veil's equipment and upgrade system is the largest amount of gear players discover in the world, with every branching path and hidden nook worth searching in the hope of stumbling across a treasure chest containing a new piece of kit. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as the impressive amount and variety of equipment players acquire can now be improved more easily using both the faction-specific vendors and the Keeper's Bench in the Lighthouse. Each piece of gear has a clear upgrade path with at least 2 unlockable passive items that cater to specific abilities or a particular class specialization, and the upgrade process is as simple as having the right faction rank or resources needed.

The new approach to equipment in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is perfect for its build ability

In terms of classes, Dragon Age: The Veil Guard sticks to the series' established formula, offering players the chance to choose between the classic Warrior, Thief, or Wizard archetypes. But the new, divergent paths that each of these classes can take across the different specializations available give players a lot of freedom in how they build their hero, complete with plenty of opportunities to mix and match abilities from different specializations to create custom subclasses that adhere to unofficial playstyles like a paladin or magic blade. The cornerstone for bringing out the best Guard of the VeilThe construction variety of is given by its equipment and its upgrade system.

By paying attention to the different passive skills that players unlock by upgrading specific pieces of gear, it's possible to tailor a build to those skills, changing equipment and character progression. Dragon Age: The Veil Guard into something more similar Diablo 4. Although none of the abilities that come from upgrading gear are individually game-changing like Aspects Diablo 4they provide players with an end goal for how they might want to grow their characters, all while making the act of upgrading and equipping that gear easier than ever.