Guild Wars 2

During the Wintersday event I kicked up a little bit of fuss regarding the immersion-breaking way in which the event was announced. Now it would be very big headed of me to assume that thread had any impact on the current Flame & Frost event but I have to say im very impressed at the way the information has been given out!

Whereas before we had a run-down of the whole event to come including the Toypocalypse finale as if looking into the future, we now have well thought out dialogue detailing what is going on and how us Tyria citizens can help. Any further information (for those wanting to know what exactly has been added) has been placed in the release notes and linked to on the main event page.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/january-2013/

Even Angel McCoy’s blog post gives little away about what is coming up:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-living-story-in-guild-wars-2/)
- a single spoiler in there but I cant complain otherwise!

Everything this time around seems better thought out with regards to not telling us exactly what we need to do. I cant help but feel that if this event started 2 months ago we’d have been told exactly what needed doing and where. Im immersed in the content and while the very first event wasnt too interesting I did feel as though I was actually helping a cause.

Actually, I think Ms McCoy gave too much information there. Unless she’s being very clever, she may have just gave it away. I now have strong suspicions that this is a dredge event.

Now hear me out:

Firstly, the devs have confirmed that it has nothing to do with the dragons. This implies another enemy is causing the problems, one who is a common enemy to all of the races. The dredge fit that bill, as they are hostile to all races.

Second, the events described by the refugees include “the ground shaking” and “steam vents rising up from underground”. The dredge are exceedingly smart with regards to technology (such that even the asura respect their prowess) and live underground in the regions where these events are supposedly taking place. After all, the affected regions are both populated by significant outposts for the dredge, Moleberia and the Burrows of Moledavia, which have been known to harass the local population on a regular basis.

And now there’s the specific text she gives….that really makes me think dredge:

The leaders in these cities are considering how to mobilize a response, but for the moment, chaos reigns, and great danger brews just below the surface. One day soon…

One of the common declarations of the “Moletariate” is that their race, now freed from the bonds of slavery, will “one day soon” rise up from under the surface of the earth to challenge the other oppressive races of the world (paralleling the populist movement of Marxism that led to the downfall of the czar and the creation of the Soviet Union).

Are we about to see the dredge finally taking those steps towards their declared goal?

I could be totally wrong, but right now, I smell a molerat.

I hope its the last remnants of the Dwarves destroying all the dredge, horrible race that dredge..

When did they say it was nothing to do with the dragons? I remember reading that this patch wouldn’t have a dragon, but not that the story wouldn’t lead to one.

The one spoiler I saw was the one youve also seen Critickitten HOWEVER its still leaves us guessing. During Wintersday we were told exactly what was going to happen and when. This is a huge improvement in the way information is given to the community. Theyre telling us that something is happening in an area and that we may want to go and help. I hope this carries on!

Dante.1508:

I hope its the last remnants of the Dwarves destroying all the dredge, horrible race that dredge..

That sounds like counter-revolutionary talk. Let me see your papers.

Well at any rate, if this event is indeed the glorious people’s revolution for the dredge, I would have thought Anet would stage this as an October event.