Dragons

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Posted by: Zok.4930

Zok.4930

I feel like the mindless Dragon slaying and contempt for their entire species is something that could use a little clarity or spice. I propose that a new, potentially living, story be introduced. I feel that space is something seldom used in Guild Wars and it offers the potential to make the player feel as though they are part of something bigger. Therefor, I feel that a new type of enemy be introduced as coming form the sky. Something that blots out the sun for days on end and causes the three world dragon events (Claw of Jormag, Tequatl the Sunless, and Shatterer) to temporarily cease as the dragons become leery of a dire situation.
This opportunity could allow the player to recognize that the dragons can also feel fear and it will also allow the world to be spruced up in the way that certain world events change or are temporarily halted by external circumstances, giving it a truly living feel. Once both the player and the dragons recognize that something evil is approaching, it may also add the unique situation for the player to work together with the dragons, as neither would want to world they inhabit to be destroyed or ravished.
What I am proposing is a scenario where players and dragons unite to give the dragons something we can better relate with than mindless monsters. It also provides the unique opportunity to alter the sky textures worldwide, giving player an ominous feeling. The new enemy could replace the removed dragon events and could even include dragons in the fights as allies, albeit temporarily. I look forward to seeing some form of impending doom from the sky.

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Posted by: Olba.5376

Olba.5376

Not sure how well that goes with the lore.

For one, the events that we have are not against dragons themselves, but their minions. Claw of Jormag is a lieutenant to Jormag, Shatterer is a lieutenant to Kralkatorrik and Tequatl the Sunless is a lieutenant to Zhaitan. The only actual Dragon that you kill is Zhaitan in Arah.

For two, the dragons already have humane elements to them. For example, there’s that champion of Kralkatorrik who betrayed his master.

For three, the dragons have been described as something akin to natural disasters. They’re all out to destroy all living things.

So what you’re asking for is some evil thing that is even greater a threat than the Elder Dragons, which are already very much capable of ending all life on the planet. And honestly, if you can already end all life, the next thing up in the scale of power is destruction of the whole planet. And I don’t think we wanna go there, that’s more of a sci-fi thing.

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Posted by: Narcemus.1348

Narcemus.1348

Okay, you are right Olba the dragons we fight are champions of the Elder Dragons not the Elder Dragons themselves. The dragon that betrayed her master was Glint, and she was freed from her master by the Forgotten. The Elder Dragons have thoughts and thought processes on a much higher scale than any individual being in Tyria. They aren’t mindless beasts that are running around killing (those are the minions/champions, and they are mindless because they obey only the rules of their master, the Elder Dragon). The Dragons would never ally with the races against a larger threat anymore than humanity would ally with ants in order to stop the world annihilation. Sure ants could kill a human (with the right type of bite or with enough numbers), but that wouldn’t make humans see them as a viable ally against and extraterrestrial threat.