Home obelisk shard makes no sense.
The Krait don’t seem to have the force to invade a major capital, even if they were aware you had the shard.
It’s still a pretty gutsy move on your part, considering you’re never around to keep an eye on it. I hope the townsfolk appreciate the free skillpoint you brought them.
Basically what Redenaz said. It’s uncertain if they even know we took one. That, and the krait have never raised a big enough army to invade a capital city. And considering the locations that the krait live in (along with them being snakes), the only cities that they’d be a threat to are the Grove and Divinity’s Reach. Maybe Rata Sum, if the asura don’t just shut down the entrance from Metrica Province. Hoelbrak and the Black Citadel are rather far away from any krait areas, and Hoelbrak’s cold weather might be a problem for them.
The only other way they could invade the cities is if they managed to take Lion’s Arch. (Again, unlikely. Only Zhaitan got close to doing that.)
They don’t have the force to invade Divinity’s Reach or the Black Citadel, but I’m quite sure they can muster up a force to wreck the Grove.
They did just set up what seems to be a biological weapon right on DR’s doorstep and plans to pollute the whole world with it (or they seem to) so they clearly do have some bite behind their bark.
If the krait don’t know you’re the one who stole it, how will they go after you?
It makes sense to me. You find out that the obelisk shards contain powerful magic. You’d want to keep them out of krait hands, if only to weaken them and not study it some more – and they hardly have the forces to go to Divinity’s Reach, let alone Hoelbrak, Rata Sum (which floats), or Black Citadel. If any doesn’t make sense, it’s the Grove. But even that place is heavily defended, otherwise the Nightmare Court would have assaulted full force.
Hell, I’d be disappointed if shards don’t get confiscated by the Priory, as they’re known to have a vault of magical and dangerous items.
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
That does bring another thing to mind. Not only do they probably not know we took it, they probably wouldn’t know where we took it either, since the krait have never shown any indications of knowing about the capital cities in the first place.
They did just set up what seems to be a biological weapon right on DR’s doorstep and plans to pollute the whole world with it (or they seem to) so they clearly do have some bite behind their bark.
That was after allying with a faction of the Nightmare Court, as well as a certain invasive weed. And it’s not clear if all the krait are in on this alliance, since the krait off in other areas like Timberline Falls and Mount Malestrom seem to be un-toxicated.
If any doesn’t make sense, it’s the Grove. But even that place is heavily defended, otherwise the Nightmare Court would have assaulted full force.
Hell, I’d be disappointed if shards don’t get confiscated by the Priory, as they’re known to have a vault of magical and dangerous items.
The Nightmare Court did assault the Grove in the White Stag storyline, and it was implied that they’d be willing to wreck the place to get Malyck in the Where Life Goes storyline. Although, they may not have the ability to do that now.
Maybe the Priory got some shards and gave one to us for our home instance? Eh…just a thought on an in-game way to explain the shard being in our home now.
That White Stag storyline made little sense to me, given how it was practically at the heart of the Grove and how well guarded the Grove’s entrances is. But “willing to” isn’t the same as “capable of” and in the White Stag it still weren’t many – I wouldn’t doubt that members of the Nightmare Court who disguise their personalities well enough would be capable of slipping in as they’re physically no different than standard sylvari (though that included Sariel who’s… eccentric, so I doubt that was how things were done).
Nonetheless the Grove is defended well enough to repel Risen assaults (there’s an NPC who makes mention of risen assaults failing against the Grove) so there’s not much chance of a krait assault succeeding unless there were a lot of them. And with Karka Island in the way…
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
I’d love to see the Krait try and march their kitten off the coast, through the snow and into a city full of Norns itching for a good fight.
My necro would make a killing off starting her own krait skin boot shop.
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The shard makes no sense to me. It doesn’t show up in your bank and all you do is commune with it. After that, then what? At least the candy corn and crystals you can harvest daily at your home. By the way, my home is the Black Citadel and there are blood legion everywhere there in hero’s canton. The Krait wouldn’t want to try something there. Just let them try!!!
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The shard makes no sense to me. It doesn’t show up in your bank and all you do is commune with it. After that, then what? At least the candy corn and crystals you can harvest daily at your home.
You can use it to craft a Charged Quartz Crystal w/o leaving the city.
In a game where the assault on a dragon can be led by a Charr in pink leather armor, wearing a plush quaggan backpack, and wielding a bow that fires unicorns, anything is realistic.
Dear OP: They don’t care if it makes sense. They wanted to put in a limited time item, which in turn drives up player numbers. The game is full of stuff that doesn’t make sense and the lore is sometimes used as toilet paper.
Don’t support the Gem Shop, it’s that easy.
They promised us we would eventually be able to customize our home instance. I find it handy for making charged crystals.