Guild Wars 2

It happens 1000 years before the fight we had in Nightfall. This is not something we have experienced in the previous games.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Exodus

A lot of people seem to think this in other threads. Hopefully a thread-header will help clear things up.

Yeah not all might know this yet, so that does make it even more interesting doesnt it.
but new players will probablu choose Kiel because of the costs, and know nothing off abaddon.

Since waypoints look better then reduced keys, its obvious that most people vote for Kiel. People who played Gw 1, like me, actually won’t care about the cost reduce of waypoints its just a fhew silvers wich can be earned back easily. My vote is for Evon for i want to know what happens in the Abbadon fractal. players that never played gw 1 should give Abbadon a chance, find some info or watch some cutscenes from Nightfall. Asuran accidents are a common thing in Gw 2 and the gods didn’t got much attention. Hopefully the fractals might even give a hint about the gods. i still wanna know the answer why the gods are not showing them self to help with the dragons, but those answers won’t show.

Franklin Fhenrir.4962:

Since waypoints look better then reduced keys, its obvious that most people vote for Kiel.

And will be disappointed when after a month that reduction will end.

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

Until an ANet employee comes out and absolutely states that the loosing side Fractal will NEVER, EVAR be released, I don’t consider the choice to be anything more than picking one to be put in place first…. That is certainly a decision, but since I don’t do Fractals at the moment (certainly might in the future), that decision is much less of a factor than how much gold I have right now. Even a month of a potential economic benefit is a higher consideration than content I do not access at the present.

EDIT: I see where ANet is claiming no work has been done on either Fractal and won’t until after the selection….I do know which selection (not the Fractal) would benefit ANet most, so I will be astonished beyond belief if Evon doesn’t win.

How exactly could anyone outside ANet verify a vote count on something like this (not that it really matters as part of the story could be Evon (or Human Seperatists) rigging the election).

The more I consider the possible outcomes, the more brilliant this entire tangent to the story is for ANet… The absolute control they have over this while presenting the illusion that the player base holds the tiller is very,,,,,,interesting…..

Jam.4521:

The horribly unfair, 5 on 1 “battle” between gods that resulted in the known loss and banishment of the 1 and the effects that we all ready knew about and played through in another game. That will have no bearing or real consequence on the current game at all because we already did what the 5 gods couldn’t manage and killed him centuries ago ourselves?

Or something new and exciting happening in the reactor that resulted in the tearing of time and space and the possible creation of the dragons that we know only by name, very little about, and have never seen. Or any other possibility imaginable by the developers, that does right now still effect the game world and the investigation into which may change Tyria in the present and forever

I know which one sounds more awesome.

Fixed that for you.

A Vote for Evon is a Vote for RNG!

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

Since both the waypoints and keys are temporary, the only real vote is which Fractals map sounds better. To any GW1 player….I would guess Abbadon.

For newer GW2 players that play fractals ask yourself…do I want to see another Asuran area or something that looks completely new and unique?

As far as the chest and RNG, you still have a chance at getting something valuable that could make up for any small savings you get during the 4 weeks of cheaper waypoints. Heck even a single karma booster alone could rack you up some gold if you do a karma train with the orrian chests.

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

Holy Whirlwind.2067:

For newer GW2 players that play fractals ask yourself…do I want to see another Asuran area or something that looks completely new and unique?

This is a good point. “Fall of Abbadon” will require a new map and new enemies.

We already know what the Asuran Reactor looks like and will probably be fighting Inquest again.

Brother Grimm.5176:

The more I consider the possible outcomes, the more brilliant this entire tangent to the story is for ANet… The absolute control they have over this while presenting the illusion that the player base holds the tiller is very,,,,,,interesting…..

Having played Anet games for almost 8 years and following their company for sometime, I have no doubts to the integrity of the vote.

If anything they would benefit more from Kiel winning because Abbadon would require way more time/money to build since it needs a new map and enemies, whereas the reactor has most of what it needs built already.

I imagine whatever boost in key sales they get would be balanced by the higher development costs.

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

I refuse to vote for a Charr instance or not. And as someone said, I doubt the whole idea is gonna get chuck for the loser. Kiel could offer nothing and Id still vote for her cause the Charr is dirty!

GW2 player here and voting for Evon Gnashblade, want to see Fall of Abbadon so badly!

Valento.9852:

GW2 player here and voting for Evon Gnashblade, want to see Fall of Abbadon so badly!

GW1 is still available, go have fun. Lets have new stories in GW2

Shemsu.8721:

Valento.9852:

GW2 player here and voting for Evon Gnashblade, want to see Fall of Abbadon so badly!

GW1 is still available, go have fun. Lets have new stories in GW2

You know? I don’t feel like going to GW1, Evon Gnashblade ftw! \o

I played GW1 but I really want to know what happened in Thaumanova, I’m an asura and that first zone was really awesome for me.

Colin said that the alternate idea wouldn’t get made in the interview.

Valento.9852:

Shemsu.8721:

Valento.9852:

GW2 player here and voting for Evon Gnashblade, want to see Fall of Abbadon so badly!

GW1 is still available, go have fun. Lets have new stories in GW2

You know? I don’t feel like going to GW1, Evon Gnashblade ftw! \o

But you have the option to. The knowledge gained from the reactor cannot be gained elsewhere. You CAN go fight old dead human gods all you want already

Shemsu.8721:

GW1 is still available, go have fun. Lets have new stories in GW2

Per the thread title, this battle did not occur in GW1
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Exodus

Shemsu.8721:

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods. The gods have everything to do with Tyria, and were actually quite a big focus in GW1, particularly nightfall. They created Tyria, everything that lives on it, and allowed the races they created to use magic. The dervish profession from GW1 could evoke the power of the gods. If anything it sounds like the Gods created the dragons for whatever reason. Where did you get your information from?

And you enjoyed GW2 story more than GW1? Why? GW2’s storyline is extremely predictable with no depth to it at all.

Archon.6481:

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods.

I’m pretty sure it’s said somewhere that the dragons pre-date the gods. Which is pretty silly considering how much they hyped the gods in GW1.

In my opinion, the dragons are a huge plot hole in the lore that the devs are desperately trying to fill.

To be honest considering the depth of the story so far I would far prefer to see them fall back on something that I know was awesome rather than invent a new one.

Anyway, how can the fall of a god not be epic?

The thauminova reactor sounds like every other Asura/inquest story.

Another boom by asura or epic god?
tough choice… well.. not really..
Evon you have my vote
Also I hope that the gods will come back shortly.. becouse .. screw dragons

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods. The gods have everything to do with Tyria, and were actually quite a big focus in GW1, particularly nightfall. They created Tyria, everything that lives on it, and allowed the races they created to use magic. The dervish profession from GW1 could evoke the power of the gods. If anything it sounds like the Gods created the dragons for whatever reason. Where did you get your information from?

And you enjoyed GW2 story more than GW1? Why? GW2’s storyline is extremely predictable with no depth to it at all.

Actually, you need to read some more lore. The gods did NOT create tyria, the gods, and humans are not from this world. They ran here to get away from something else and brought the humans with them. The gods were not aware of the dragons, because they were not even here the last time the ED’s woke up. Not only that, they let the orrians build all their temples right on top of zhaitan, way to pay attention right? The gods are just magic boosted humans, nothing special. And low and behold, they ran away again just before the ED’s started waking up

Shemsu.8721:

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods. The gods have everything to do with Tyria, and were actually quite a big focus in GW1, particularly nightfall. They created Tyria, everything that lives on it, and allowed the races they created to use magic. The dervish profession from GW1 could evoke the power of the gods. If anything it sounds like the Gods created the dragons for whatever reason. Where did you get your information from?

And you enjoyed GW2 story more than GW1? Why? GW2’s storyline is extremely predictable with no depth to it at all.

Actually, you need to read some more lore. The gods did NOT create tyria, the gods, and humans are not from this world. They ran here to get away from something else and brought the humans with them. The gods were not aware of the dragons, because they were not even here the last time the ED’s woke up. Not only that, they let the orrians build all their temples right on top of zhaitan, way to pay attention right? The gods are just magic boosted humans, nothing special. And low and behold, they ran away again just before the ED’s started waking up

I think you’re the one who needs to read up on some more lore.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gods_of_Tyria
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/History_of_Tyria

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods. The gods have everything to do with Tyria, and were actually quite a big focus in GW1, particularly nightfall. They created Tyria, everything that lives on it, and allowed the races they created to use magic. The dervish profession from GW1 could evoke the power of the gods. If anything it sounds like the Gods created the dragons for whatever reason. Where did you get your information from?

And you enjoyed GW2 story more than GW1? Why? GW2’s storyline is extremely predictable with no depth to it at all.

Actually, you need to read some more lore. The gods did NOT create tyria, the gods, and humans are not from this world. They ran here to get away from something else and brought the humans with them. The gods were not aware of the dragons, because they were not even here the last time the ED’s woke up. Not only that, they let the orrians build all their temples right on top of zhaitan, way to pay attention right? The gods are just magic boosted humans, nothing special. And low and behold, they ran away again just before the ED’s started waking up

I think you’re the one who needs to read up on some more lore.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gods_of_Tyria

Despite his god hating around all threads is getting really annoying, he’s right in this one (for example he’s not right on this being the only opportunity to see what happened with Thaumanova, for example, as this is the dragons game and we will have plenty of oportunities to exlore that kind of lore, fractals is the ideal place to explore things we won’t be able to see with the rest of the game content, and the way he keeps trying to label this as something you can do in GW1 isn’t right either, as this is part of guild wars general history, not just GW1 related, in fact it’s super important to GW2 as we could visit Orr and the temples including Abaddon’s
).

As that article says, they’re “credited” with creation, but it has been proven that Tyria is much older than them. They arived from the mists, from a different world and the took humans with them.

They’re incredibly powerful (it’s debatable if more than an elder dragon or not as there aren’t examples of both powers clashing) and their power can’t be destroyed (it’s always passed), but they didn’t create the world. They and humans are aliens in Tyria.

@lokheit

Please let’s not get bogged down in semantics. If I find a piece of wood, and carve it into a wooden animal, youre right when you say that I “didn’t create it”. The tree it originally belonged to created it. The way you know that piece of wood now as it is today, is because of me. The way it used to be (piece of wood) is long gone and is now completely different (carved animal). We can logically say I created the carving, even though technically the tree originally created it.

The piece of wood is Tyria before the gods, and the carving is Tyria after the gods. We can logically say the gods created Tyria, even though something before them started on it first.

as long as I still get the ‘easter egg’ I’m in – might even be the fractal achievement

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods. The gods have everything to do with Tyria, and were actually quite a big focus in GW1, particularly nightfall. They created Tyria, everything that lives on it, and allowed the races they created to use magic. The dervish profession from GW1 could evoke the power of the gods. If anything it sounds like the Gods created the dragons for whatever reason. Where did you get your information from?

And you enjoyed GW2 story more than GW1? Why? GW2’s storyline is extremely predictable with no depth to it at all.

Actually, you need to read some more lore. The gods did NOT create tyria, the gods, and humans are not from this world. They ran here to get away from something else and brought the humans with them. The gods were not aware of the dragons, because they were not even here the last time the ED’s woke up. Not only that, they let the orrians build all their temples right on top of zhaitan, way to pay attention right? The gods are just magic boosted humans, nothing special. And low and behold, they ran away again just before the ED’s started waking up

I think you’re the one who needs to read up on some more lore.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gods_of_Tyria
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/History_of_Tyria

Nice try, second paragraph in your first link and i quote directly

According to legend, the gods used to live on Tyria while they were creating it – however it is now known that while the gods used to live on Tyria, they did NOT create the world but simply brought humanity to Tyria at an unknown time in the past

Shemsu.8721:

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods. The gods have everything to do with Tyria, and were actually quite a big focus in GW1, particularly nightfall. They created Tyria, everything that lives on it, and allowed the races they created to use magic. The dervish profession from GW1 could evoke the power of the gods. If anything it sounds like the Gods created the dragons for whatever reason. Where did you get your information from?

And you enjoyed GW2 story more than GW1? Why? GW2’s storyline is extremely predictable with no depth to it at all.

Actually, you need to read some more lore. The gods did NOT create tyria, the gods, and humans are not from this world. They ran here to get away from something else and brought the humans with them. The gods were not aware of the dragons, because they were not even here the last time the ED’s woke up. Not only that, they let the orrians build all their temples right on top of zhaitan, way to pay attention right? The gods are just magic boosted humans, nothing special. And low and behold, they ran away again just before the ED’s started waking up

I think you’re the one who needs to read up on some more lore.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gods_of_Tyria
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/History_of_Tyria

Nice try, second paragraph in your first link and i quote directly

According to legend, the gods used to live on Tyria while they were creating it – however it is now known that while the gods used to live on Tyria, they did NOT create the world but simply brought humanity to Tyria at an unknown time in the past

And they terraformed the planet – or at least the continent of Tyria – after it had been wrecked during the Elder Dragon’s last rise. They did not create the spinning globe of dust and magic per se, but they made it habitable once more.

I find your lack of faith disturbing (as well as your blind hating).

Shemsu.8721:

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Archon.6481:

Shemsu.8721:

Fafnir.5124:

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

In contradiction to this. Would your rather do research into power of gods or power that blue up in asuras face killing thousands to use to fight the dragons. The speculation on what each one is and what each one will lead to is just that speculation. Anet has given us no information to make a choice between the two. Also i would like to point out that current fotm have no effect on the living story so i don’t expect added ones to have an effect either.

If the gods had anything to do with tyria.. maybe. but they dont. If the gods were as powerful as the elder dragons.. maybe. but they arent. I would rather learn more about the story of this actual game, than learn about gods from gw1. I played gw1 a bit, but i did not enjoy it nearly as much as I do the story from gw2, which i bought because of the ‘force of nature’ elder dragons. I would rather research a power that is not only greater than the gods, but also pre-dates them

Actually it is unknown whether the dragons pre-date or are more powerful than the gods. The gods have everything to do with Tyria, and were actually quite a big focus in GW1, particularly nightfall. They created Tyria, everything that lives on it, and allowed the races they created to use magic. The dervish profession from GW1 could evoke the power of the gods. If anything it sounds like the Gods created the dragons for whatever reason. Where did you get your information from?

And you enjoyed GW2 story more than GW1? Why? GW2’s storyline is extremely predictable with no depth to it at all.

Actually, you need to read some more lore. The gods did NOT create tyria, the gods, and humans are not from this world. They ran here to get away from something else and brought the humans with them. The gods were not aware of the dragons, because they were not even here the last time the ED’s woke up. Not only that, they let the orrians build all their temples right on top of zhaitan, way to pay attention right? The gods are just magic boosted humans, nothing special. And low and behold, they ran away again just before the ED’s started waking up

I think you’re the one who needs to read up on some more lore.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gods_of_Tyria
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/History_of_Tyria

Nice try, second paragraph in your first link and i quote directly

According to legend, the gods used to live on Tyria while they were creating it – however it is now known that while the gods used to live on Tyria, they did NOT create the world but simply brought humanity to Tyria at an unknown time in the past

/sigh Read my previous post. I already stated a counterargument to this.

EDIT: Here it is

Archon.6481:

Please let’s not get bogged down in semantics. If I find a piece of wood, and carve it into a wooden animal, youre right when you say that I “didn’t create it”. The tree it originally belonged to created it. The way you know that piece of wood now as it is today, is because of me. The way it used to be (piece of wood) is long gone and is now completely different (carved animal). We can logically say I created the carving, even though technically the tree originally created it.

The piece of wood is Tyria before the gods, and the carving is Tyria after the gods. We can logically say the gods created Tyria, even though something before them started on it first.

Lucky.9421:

It happens 1000 years before the fight we had in Nightfall. This is not something we have experienced in the previous games.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Exodus

Thus is going to be even more awesome.

Who cares of the stuff those Asura makes explode, they do it on daily basis.

Shemsu.8721:

Jam.4521:

The battle between gods? Or an experiment gone wrong?

I know which one sounds more awesome.

You’ve got it all wrong mate. Its a battle between old (dead or gone) human gods, that dont have anything to do with modern tyria. OR more knowledge about research into the elder dragons and the energies and magic they use, which could be of GREAT value to the whole of tyria. I know which sounds more awesome AND useful

Who’s to say we can’t study ancient Forgotten and Margonite magic from the Fall of Abaddon?