The last Sylvari

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Posted by: Moshari.8570

Moshari.8570

I know there are people that think they have debunked all the theories of Sylvari being meant to be minions of the Elder Dragon Mordremoth and that the only reason there are player characters as Sylvari is because the Pale tree is some sort of Glint-like freed champion.

But I would truly think it was cool if at the end of this living story (1 month away) Scarlet actually comes out as having been controlled by Mordy and succeeds in bringing the Marrionette against the Pale Tree and destroying the Pale Tree in the way that Kralky destroyed Glint. Making the Grove cease to exist. NO new Sylvari.

There could be two different consequences to this: 1: a new tree (Malyk’s) could be found through the gates by the Tengu in the Caledon forest and a new starting area for Sylvari could be created over there where new players will start….with the old Grove being a kind of memorial to where the “Pale-born” were born.

Or: and even better: Introduce Tengu as a new starting race at this time with their starting area being through those Gates outside of the caledon forest…and NO NEW SYLVARI player characters. The ones already created are the last of their kind “Free Sylvari”. vs all of the Sylvari minions of Mordy. The Grove would still be a memorial to the Pale Tree…and a place where all free sylvari could go to mourn her death and the loss of any future free sylvari.

This truly would be something I dont think any MMO has done before….get rid of a starting race (albeit replacing it with Tengu to keep the dynamic of 5 races).

Player characters who already have a Sylvari will keep them, and play them as normal, but other races may view them with suspicion (similar to the way humans view Charr in Ebonhawk). They will aid in the fight against their controlled brethren of other trees…but be the last of their kind (like how the Dwarves sacrificed themselves to hold back the minions of the great destroyer in GW1. New characters just wont have the option of creating a Sylvari.

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Posted by: Shinzan.2908

Shinzan.2908

They aren’t going to remove a playable race, that would be dumb beyond words.

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Posted by: Leaf.3156

Leaf.3156

This is terrible. It’ll fit right in with the rest of the living story, which is also terrible. No MMO has done it before because it’s a bad idea and the backlash would be immense.

(edited by Leaf.3156)

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Posted by: Xeno Mezphy.3145

Xeno Mezphy.3145

MMOs haven’t done it before because for years and years the race you picked in an MMO dictated a lot of things about what kind of character you were going to play, either by setting up your stats or by dictating your available classes. This game has no such restrictions and there is basically no reason they couldn’t do it.

Would it bum a lot of people out? Probably. Would it be interesting and dynamic? Absolutely. The closest I think any game has come to such a thing is maybe Second Life with their removal of last names after a certain period of time and I can’t tell you how cool it feels to be one of 5 people with a last name in an entire world.

That said, I sincerely doubt they’ll do it and it’s mostly a resource concern. If they got rid of Sylvari and added a new race they would still need to keep all the Sylvari character assets they have in place. Every new user would be downloading all the Sylvari HQ visual data without access to the race from a playable standpoint. In addition they would need to continually update and upgrade the graphics on various armors for an ever dwindling userbase.

I’d be on board if they started removing player races personally, but from a technical standpoint, I doubt it’ll happen. Storywise: Possible | Technically: Unlikely | Playerbase: Would throw a big whiny fit like they do over everything

(edited by Xeno Mezphy.3145)

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Posted by: RedSpectrum.1975

RedSpectrum.1975

But, my Sylvari would be devastated…I hope she won’t commit suicide after watching her entire race pretty much go up in flames like a certain quarian for those unlucky enough to have seen that scene….

Shawtell, Zen Verani, Rayshia Howen, Iyado, Colace Nzoir, Arteel Fyrien [Teef]

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

Zaxares.5419

There are sooo many scenes in that game that I had to watch on Youtube just because I couldn’t bring myself to do it in-game. Shooting Mordin and Wrex’s death if you betray him are two more.