Dragon Age-leder beskriver ringe arbejdsforhold under EA grundet manglende interesse i serien

En række forskellige ansatte, både tidligere og nuværende, har slået fast at EA tilsyneladende ikke har megen interesse i Dragon Age-serien, og har gentagne gange gennem årene udtrykt langt større interesse i Mass Effect-serien af forskellige årsager.

Tidligere Dragon Age-chef Mark Darrah, der blev hevet ind for at støtte teamet under udviklingen af Dragon Age: The Veilguard, men som ikke er fastansat længere hos Bioware, har afsløret at EA ikke var synderligt støttende under udviklingen, og at de sågar blev "jerked around".

Han beskriver Bioware helt tilbage i de sidste dage af Mass Effect: Andromeda-udviklingen, hvordan der skete et stort skred i den måde studierne blev kørt på, og hvad EA's rolle var:

"This was the first time where we had this leadership discontinuity, where the person in charge of a project left that project to help someone else, some other project, while the project continued to run. In the case of Mass Effect: Andromeda, I don't think the impact to Dragon Age was huge. It wasn't very long, but it did set this precedent as this being a thing that we could do, and it's not a good thing to do. It is incredibly dangerous to have a project run while it's missing some of its core leadership."

Ifølge Darrah skete dette også under Anthem, og også under Dragon Age: The Veilguard, at afgørende ansatte med ledelsesansvar blev rokeret rundt for at det hele kunne passe bedre ind, og Darrah slår også fast at EA underminerede studiets interne hieraki, blandt andet ved at hyre Casey Hudson uden at orientere ham:

"You have to remember: I am the second most senior person at BioWare. Casey was interviewed, and hired, and prepared to be brought back entirely without me being consulted in any way. Would me have being involved in the process have changed the decision? No, I don't think it would have, but there is an immense amount of disrespect involved in making a hire of this impact, in making a decision of this import, without involving the second-most senior person at your studio in any way."

Han har ikke meget rosende at sige i forhold til EA.