By looking at the concept art you can see alot of explosions which is the aetherblades as we all know since it’s been building up already.
Looking at the concept art again that eagle is mechanical. Maybe an airship? Perhaps the sound we have been hearing from the arena is from inside the “ship”
Maybe this is the battle that asura from the infinity ball talked about?
Maybe it’s a sort of ship, which could be a way for ArenaNet to make the arena disappear…
Because I don’t see the point of having so many gears in a building. (of course, this might just be in order to hang the Queen’s Gauntlet arenas, but… too much mechanical)
Maybe the beginning of the new Pact expedition, in order to go kill another Dragon. Not saying the dragon is coming on August 20th but, maybe just like F&F, a series of Living World stories ending on the fight with an Elder Dragon.
I have been in there and got both mini pets… Look carefully at the picture and you will see an explosion from a shot which would of been from the air, damaged areas which is all nice and shiney for now and also the eagle has moving parts with one bit that looks like an engine of sorts.
It is fun to climb on that bird’s head and jump down to the pavilion. Just remember to put city clothes on and you dont get killed. Your character looks funny when she/he is falling down all the long way until loading screen comes.
The thing I don’t like about the Infinity Ball theory is that 7 of my 8 characters didn’t invent it. I wouldn’t like such a central plot of the Living Story to be founded on such a specific Personal Story option. One of the problems with the Personal Story was a lot of the plot developments and characters that you came across later in the game were founded on story options that other players had made but you didn’t.
The thing I don’t like about the Infinity Ball theory is that 7 of my 8 characters didn’t invent it. I wouldn’t like such a central plot of the Living Story to be founded on such a specific Personal Story option. One of the problems with the Personal Story was a lot of the plot developments and characters that you came across later in the game were founded on story options that other players had made but you didn’t.
Another factor against the theory is that Anet is avoiding altering things that are seen in the Personal Stories because new players haven’t played them yet. This also applies utilizing elements of personal story as it makes it appear one story is canonical over the others. It makes those players who picked that particular story seem to be in the spotlight when in MMO’s the players are in the background being the nameless adventurers who solve the problems of the named characters.
I’m the Asura Elementalist that stole all your cookies, well except the oatmeal ones.
Chaos always finds a way, who you think Evil learned it from?
Well they are not avoiding to show off more steam creatures during the escorts ballon missions which were from that alternative dimension.
From A alternative reality where a Asura has become the “Grand High Sovereign”. If we going to include alternative realities into the equation than it is logical to assume that there are infinity number of alternative dimensions where these Steam Creatures were built not by an Asura but by Charr, Humans, Norn, Sylvari, or even one of the other races that are not playable. Perhaps in one such reality the Steam Creatures were built by the Skritt and the “Grand High Sovereign” is not a single entity but many.
Unfortunately the problem with including alternative realities, or time travel in general, is the story suffers greatly for it. Now if they were indeed from a alternative dimension, connected via the Mists, than it would be much more interesting as it doesn’t involve a possible future but rather another world similar to ours.
I’m the Asura Elementalist that stole all your cookies, well except the oatmeal ones.
Chaos always finds a way, who you think Evil learned it from?
The story doesn’t need to go to an alternate reality to access steam creatures. They have already crossed over into our world. All the story needs at this point is a character in this world that can either reverse engineer the steam creatures to make more, or harness the ones already here.
Fun fact: Within the upper levels of the Pavilion (not inside the instance but the area of DR, you can go into those 2 loops – those’re the upper levels of the Pavilion), you can find a series of closed doors on the lower of the two. Most are flat sheets of meta, some are double-doors and you can see through the cracks to see some kind of room behind…
What’s behind these doors and why have them closed?
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
. Just remember to put city clothes on and you dont get killed. Your character looks funny when she/he is falling down all the long way until loading screen comes.