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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Posted this on another thread, but this one is more established. Someone on Reddit posted a screenshot from post-patch that shows after the choice in Act 1 it now says as a branching story notification: “After the blighted dragon attack devastated Treviso, Lucanis no longer has time for a romance with you.”
If anyone else can confirm, so it’s not just that one Reddit post, I’d appreciate it very much.
Took the plunge on the quest today, I can confirm this. Unfortunately. I don't have a screenshot bc it was one of those prompts that flashed very fast, but, yeah. That's it I guess.
I'm not even mad about having to pursue another relationship, but as someone with a Shadow Dragon Rook...if "no time for romance" Lucanis romances Neve after all that, I'm gonna evict them both to the void & also the unfairness of Neve apparently not being locked out?
I’m mad, and I didn’t even choose the “wrong” option. I have absolutely nothing nice to say about this decision… Like, let me turn off background romances, please. I don’t care about watching dev’s ships play out and I am genuinely annoyed that it plays out like this. They flirt from the moment they meet and it’s TRASH. Knowing the double standard happens is just the cherry on top, Lucanis isn’t a ride or die, he’s fickle lmao
I don’t know who/if anyone important reads the boards, but I hope it’s clear that this is an awful, sucky decision. Almost everything about Lucanis feels like they didn’t want you to romance him, but especially this. There’s only three men to romance, and one of them can get locked out (not one of the women though, can’t do that!), and that lockout makes him unavoidably hook up with the only other person that made the exact same choice that locks the player out? Seriously? And that’s not even getting into what a catty thing that would be for Neve to do. What kind of “found family” story is this that she’s just like “Well…if he doesn’t want you, it’s free real estate?”
Awful, nonsensical decision, from both a narrative and a meta perspective.
Yes, turning off background romances should be possible as well. I even think it's a mistake to pair off two of the most popular romance options together, but fine, whatever, just don't force me to ship the same characters the devs do, as you said. Especially since his flirting with Neve is better than his flirting with Rook for some reason, from what I've seen. In fact, he feels like a completely different person romancing Neve or Rook, like they didn't know what character they were going for. Fickle, as you said. And if the devs wanted them to be together so bad, they shouldn't even have made them romance options, especially Lucanis who they clearly don't want us to romance.
From a narrative POV, just why? Is it Spite? Show me. Is it because of his family/the Crows? Show me. Nothing explains any of it, and if it it did, it would still make a better narrative to explore a relationship with him having made a hard choice he obviously disagrees with, like with Neve, than locking him out (and it wouldn't explain why he romances her afterwards anyway). From a meta POV, just WHY? Three men to romance and one is the only romance who can be locked out, romances someone else after (someone, again, who made the same decision that locked you out) and for some reason has more chemistry with them than with Rook. Why? It's lazy, inconsistent and weirdly cruel to the player. And, of course, it happens with one of the male romance options and NO ONE ELSE.
Worst of all, I think even if they see this and care a little, I don't think it can change much. They could lock his romance with Neve if he's locked out for you, I guess, and that would be the bare minimum, but it doesn't fix everything else. They won't add a romance with him post saving Minrathous now because they would have to write, voice record and everything, and I just know Bioware as it is now is not going to do that for a patch. They knew what they were doing when they made these decisions for I think the most popular first romance for women, and they don't care. We get to be lazy on that one, right? Bioware doesn't respect it's fans, so I'm done respecting them.
Just got to this point of the game as of 8:30PM, 11/8/24: Yes, it does say "Lucanis no longer has time for a romance with you," if you choose to save Minrathous.
When I first got that, I assumed it meant he needed a break from the central plot for a moment as he had to stay in Antiva and rebuild. Then when I Googled the situation, I had no idea I was permalocked from pursuing him further and found this thread. Feels bad man.
