Guild Wars 2

I would suggest having a series of events in lower level areas with a population like Queensdale or any area just outside a major city. Basically, a certain dragon (could be different for each race) sends a champion to the areas outside the major cities. This champion proceeds to cause massive destruction around the area. Destroys buildings, burns crops, blows up labs, etc. The players will band together and fight it off, or if they don’t the champion eventually does his thing and leaves. Either way, you now have a destroyed area that needs to be rebuilt.

This could then open up a whole new branch of events. You need to decide where to go to best help with repairs and rebuild the area.

Imagine a newbie just shows up in the human area after taking out the giant elemental only to find a giant dragon on the loose destroying farms and houses and he/she has to run to the rescue of the people to help stop it. Then after that is done, try to assist in rebuilding the area.

This of course would be completely random, no set timer for it. This doesn’t need to be limited to just the starter areas either. Since the dragons seem hellbent on destroying ALL life, they can attack any area they want and just start killing things.

While this would indeed make it feel epic, this would kind of kill the next 70 levels of the game, since that’s basically giving them a taste of what the endgame dragon fights will look like. And knowing the ending before reaching it kills the drive the attain it.

It doesn’t have to be a dragon, I just used that an an example. It could be an army of Icebrood led by a Champion. Perhaps one of those huge Icebrood Norn, or an Army of destroyers led by a large lava monster.

Perhaps all the pollution the charr have created with their machines has led to the creation of some kind of foul concoction that has gained a type of awareness and is looking to spread corruption all over.

The possibilities are endless.