Guild Wars 2

Since Sohothin model has been remade and since the Fiery Dragon Sword is a reproduction of Sohothin, will it be remodeled too?

I doubt the Fiery Dragon sword will be remade. It’s a reproduction of the sword when it belonged to Prince Rurik. It’s not a reproduction of what the sword has become.

The Firey Dragon Sword is, before anything else including lore, a specific sword model from Guildwars that was transplanted to GW2 as an item for gw1 players.

The Greyhawk.9107:

The Firey Dragon Sword is, before anything else including lore, a specific sword model from Guildwars that was transplanted to GW2 as an item for gw1 players.

So why would sohothin an item from gw1 get a visual update and not the fiery sword?

If Sohothin is changed because it went to the Mists and something happened to it there then the Fiery Dragon sword shouldn’t be changed as its the model of what it looked like before that event. If ANet simply updated an old model, then it depends on if they felt that also updating the Fiery Dragon sword was worth annoying players who’ve had it for 5 years and don’t want it changed.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fiery_Dragon_Sword

Merely a replica, chaps.

zealex.9410:

The Greyhawk.9107:

The Firey Dragon Sword is, before anything else including lore, a specific sword model from Guildwars that was transplanted to GW2 as an item for gw1 players.

So why would sohothin an item from gw1 get a visual update and not the fiery sword?

One will most likely become a Legendary and be reforged while the other isn’t… why did all the precursors get Visual updates but their counterparts didn’t?

Sohothin simply got updated to match Magdaer’s model in ascalonian catacombs so as per the lore they are actual twins.

Since FDS are suppose be replicas of the them, it should get an updated model too.

I can see the logic of changing Sohothin’s and Magdaer’s appearance since they are magical, legendary swords. But the FDS shouldn’t change, IMO, since it was modeled after Sohothin’s appearance at a point in the past and wouldn’t necessarily be updated to reflect any transformation Sohothin has undergone since.

Aurelian Omenkind.2470:

I can see the logic of changing Sohothin’s and Magdaer’s appearance since they are magical, legendary swords. But the FDS shouldn’t change, IMO, since it was modeled after Sohothin’s appearance at a point in the past and wouldn’t necessarily be updated to reflect any transformation Sohothin has undergone since.

But it didn’t undergo transformation, Anet just finally got around to updating it to look like the concept art and Magdaer’s ingame model due it being important in PoF. It didn’t change story wise just appearance wise.

Fiery Dragon Sword is the Fiery Dragon Sword.

It’s a bit like asking if my Dr Who TARDIS paperweight should be updated every time the show’s designers change the design — no, because mine is a model, not the real thing.

zealex.9410:

The Greyhawk.9107:

The Firey Dragon Sword is, before anything else including lore, a specific sword model from Guildwars that was transplanted to GW2 as an item for gw1 players.

So why would sohothin an item from gw1 get a visual update and not the fiery sword?

Because that’s not how it actually worked. Before literature on GW2 started coming out, it wasn’t “Sohothin” or “Magdaer”, just FDSs that Rurik and Adlebern had, like several other characters were shown to have. They retconned the two swords for Lore reasons. The FDS is probably one of if not the oldest weapon in gw1 and is still viewed as something Iconic to the entire franchise, you don’t just change it because a pair of swords based off the FDS (not the other way around) have been changed.

TheReaperTheFourthHorsemen.7894:

Sohothin simply got updated to match Magdaer’s model in ascalonian catacombs so as per the lore they are actual twins.

Since FDS are suppose be replicas of the them, it should get an updated model too.

exactly. Also the old artworks match PoF looks of Sohothin

Kidel.2057:

TheReaperTheFourthHorsemen.7894:

Sohothin simply got updated to match Magdaer’s model in ascalonian catacombs so as per the lore they are actual twins.

Since FDS are suppose be replicas of the them, it should get an updated model too.

exactly. Also the old artworks match PoF looks of Sohothin

See, no, again the two swords are based off the FDS, not actually the other way around. It was retconned that the FDSs that Rurik and Adleburn had were important and had names, but that turth of the matter is the FDS came first. Its a specific design appearance that is Iconic to the entire Guild Wars franchise and shouldn’t just be changed on a whim.