Guild Wars 2

If you have the question: “Who is Marjory?” then I think my question is already answered. She was introduced during the Dragon Bash content as the crimefighting Necromancer, solving the completely obvious case of who killed the councilmember.

Unless she makes a comeback in a killer way, then I’m wrong, it’s a kitten shame that time and effort is put into a character we don’t hear about anymore. Brahm, Roxy? Exactly. The chapter is perhaps closed, but characters like that should have a prominent role. They should have a good background story, be a good character all around and stick around. It seems like a waste of resources to put into characters that after a few weeks completely disappear. Perhaps they will come back, perhaps they won’t, only time will tell. I do find it a kitten shame however.

The only characters I find having substance (though I have read the books) are those of Destiny’s Edge. They’re fun characters, substance, they actually have a personality and you do stuff with them, meaningful stuff. For the most part the story around Destiny’s Edge was written well I found, but my point is: don’t put effort into characters barely anyone cares about and you are going to chuck away afterwards.

Whose Evon Gnashblade again? Where have we seen him before? What do we know? Nothing. That might come, but most likely will be lackluster like before. Ellen Kiel? Meh. We know her since Southsun but she is a very dull character as well.

It might come across as ranty, but I mean the best. I can tell effort is being put into all of this, but it’s such a kitten shame it seems to go to waste.

What’s your take on this and what can be improved story wise?

Direksone.3867:

Unless she makes a comeback in a killer way, then I’m wrong, it’s a kitten shame that time and effort is put into a character we don’t hear about anymore. Brahm, Roxy?

Brahm has just received new dialogue in the Bazaar of the Four Winds patch. All the other parts of the Living Story have left open plot points foreshadowing something, and linking all of them together; it’s likely said something will bring Brahm, Marjory and the other most important NPCs back.

Direksone.3867:

The only characters I find having substance (though I have read the books) are those of Destiny’s Edge.

I hate Destiny’s Edge. I hated Edge of Destiny, and I hate the dungeon dialogue; it reads like a kid writting how other kids talk.

Thanks for the awesome input! Question was: what can be done to be improved? It’s all taste and personal preference when it comes down to characters. Perhaps you should give the book a try, it makes the characters a lot better.

EDIT: Just checked the dialogue. Yeah…

I really like this post:

Lutinz.6915:

I think alot of people have missed alot of the developing story.

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Lets start with Flame and Frost. In it we see the very unlikely dredge and Flame Legion allaince, the Molten Alliance. Their goal does seem conquest oriented but much of their focus was on developing an amalgum of magic and engineering. When attacking their facilities we find they are using slaves to mine a substance called Azurite that seems to have the properties of being able to conduct magical energy and seems to be part of how their technology works.

In the wake of this we find out another fact. It was a third party that arranged the allaince and though we know what the dredge and Flame Legion were after this third group remains out of sight including what it got out of the deal.

Secrets of Southsun was a break in the story used to introduct Keil and Kasmeer.

With the Dragon bash festival we are introduced to said festival. At the height of the festival, an act of sabotage kills one of the leader of LA and introduces a new enemy, the Aetherblades who we all know are sky pirates. Unmasking Mai as the murderer we discover that the Aetherblades saught to secure a place on the Captian’s Council.

Now the interesting part. In attacking their base of operations we discover three facts. One is that the Inquest is supporting them. Second is that the Aetherblades themselves lack the skills to mantain their gear by themselves (Keil states this). Third, we discover Mai, leader of the Aetherblades, has a boss, Scarlet.

Now we have two groups with someone manipulating them from the shadows.

The festival ends with Mai telling us that the Aetherblades arent done yet.

Now we have the Bazaar of the Four Winds. Theres alot to the story and lore of the Zephyrites. Infact the Zephyrites may have something of increadable value.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgFdfuuRkRg

He has some points wrong but the general gist is there.

So now we have a group working from the shadows. connected to the Inquest, and who have recently formed a force of Sky Pirates, and a sky ship potentially holding artifacts and knowledge of great power…..

And thats ignoring Mr E., Marjory and Kasmeer’s connection to the corruption in the Ministary in DR, the politics of LA and the personal stories of Braham and Roxx.

And people say theres no story in the Living World story…..

I think the issue is more that people are missing the threads of the story for whatever reason.

While I disagree with the quality of storytelling (IMO, it has been somewhat poor), that poster does explain quite a few connections between the Living Story chapters.

Let’s hope it comes together indeed. It seems very disjointed thusfar though.

if i need to make connection through other players storytelling there is a problem in the main story telling.
if truth be told i lost myself in the living story and i finished skipping a lot of dialogs, at the point i don’t know anymore who is who and why

Amadan.9451:

if i need to make connection through other players storytelling there is a problem in the main story telling.
if truth be told i lost myself in the living story and i finished skipping a lot of dialogs, at the point i don’t know anymore who is who and why

True. Storytelling shouldn’t come from easter eggs and small dialogues here and there. Not the main story at least. We’ll see if it comes together.. That video is interesting, but all pure speculation.

Marjory was a great character with a great voice. They should bring her back as a more prominent character. It would be good to have more live events occur around the cities, where these prominent characters are involved in various plots and require our help.