Guild Wars 2

Sort of like how the Pokedex automatically makes a record of every new Pokemon you encounter in the world, our Encyclopedia in Guild Wars 2 will log in entries of different enemies we encounter, spells and skills, regions, points of interest, books we read, NPCs we’ve met and our standing relationship with them, and etc.

I think this will help out people who want to be more invested in the lore in-game and also make it even more meaningful to search and interact with all the corners of Tyria!

Here’s a cool thing that I think would get more people into the lore. Besides having tabs on enemies, skills, regions, NPCs and such, there will also be a section for Stories. As you gather pieces of information from around Tyria, your Encyclopedia will automatically piece together bits and bits of bigger stories. For example, you’ve come across various poems, letters and items that help you piece together a love story between two characters in Tyria’s past. You can go back to your Encyclopedia to read this love story and learn more about some characters and the history of the world.

basically the wiki in-game?

Yes, but you’re the one that piece together the information into collections of short stories about the world and its people. You could have one entry about the Foefire spell but then when collect the pieces of information around the ruins of Ascalon about Adelbern, you have a complete short story about the King Adelbern, his son and his kingdom.

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Good suggestion.

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How bout have it as an addendum to the personal short story?

YES!!!

also, This is the 100,000,00…..

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…00th Thread that was made suggesting something similar. I hope Anet is getting the idea by now that we want more Lore in-game!

A similar idea was voiced in the lore forums, or well, ideas. From a personal codex much like in Bioware RPGs, covering every possible lore there could be in the game from a point of view outside the 4th wall, to even massive libraries or at least a library interface in specific places like the Durmand Priory (for exploration and history lore), Vigil Headquarters (catalogue of dangerous flora and fauna, studies and records of historical battles, war strategy plans for various scenarios) and the Whispers Hideout (political backgrounds, blackmail material on influential characters, maybe some extra on the story of Abaddon and Kormir or Elona), all these from debateable ingame sources, like books written by NPCs.

All in all, i would be happy with any addition to the lore experience of the game.
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