Lucanis romance bug after Act 1 decision
Because it's DEFINITELY a bug that lucanis is perma-locked out of romance if you don't save Treviso, while you get to still romance neve eventually for the EQUAL and opposite decision? Especially whi...
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Unfortunately I think the romance being locked out is intended. I have 2 rooks, one a shadow dragon romancing Lucanis, the other a warden romancing Neve. Both of them completed all companion quests for the companions (Bidding Farewell wasn't shown in completed log)
It was difficult to tell since SD Rook has a largely different conversation with Neve when saving Treviso, but both Neve and Lucanis have a clear part at the end of the conversation where they ask about the other companions. Lucanis has a unique line added when you've flirted before (Rook... No more. Not after this. I don't have the heart for anything but helping my city...). To me, with his romance getting locked out after that, it reads as a break up line. I didn't notice a similar line for Neve when she was romanced.
To me, this reads that the romance is intended to be locked out, at least part of the time. The only thing that reads as potentially bugged is Bidding Farewell not showing as completed in the journal. I'll note that I also did a save with the SD Rook where I didn't do Bidding Farewell, it showed up as failed in the journal and I got the exact same dialogue with Lucanis
Wow. I got that line too, but didn't put together that this was a hard end to the romance. It makes him romancing Neve afterwards even more insulting since she's a Shadow Dragon too. I wouldn't mind the romance lockout if saving Treviso was truly equal to Minrathous, but it isn't.
not only is it not equal, but it's never explored why that is the case for him but not for Neve, and him romancing her afterwards is, as said before, insulting, ridiculous and just weirdly cruel to the player. what a truly bizarre choice.
Agree with everything here.
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind even if the lock choice on him was on purpose because of his personality. What was the punch in my gut was him romancing Neve after, it feels exactly like people said here, insulting. Like he’s not okay only with the Rook? If Neve was in the Rook’s place, she would make the same decision without thinking twice, so it feels just personal and not about his personality or trauma.
Unfortunately I don’t think they’ll back down or change this decision, so I stopped playing my Shadow Dragon and will wait for them to release a mod on the fandom that allows us to do it. Which is just sad.
incredibly sad. i havent felt the same enthusiasm to continue my shadow dragon rook since i found all of this out. the only thing pushing me to finish is to finally see the solavellan ending ive been waiting ten years for and bc this is my 100% run. i agree with everyone here that it feels incredibly personal and an insult to our rook when lucanis still gets with neve despite everything. i really dont know what the devs were thinking and i wish we could get some answers
