Guild Wars 2

hi everyone,

I just finished HOT yesterday, which left me a bittersweet taste in the mouth…

I don’t really like the way our main character is turning into that all powerfull all wise being thay can almost single handle everything: even an elder dragon!
it feels way over the top.
Some people complained previously about their “spotlight” being stolen, craving to be the one and only center of attention… well there you have it, you are now Beyonce! you run the world!

In that regard i actually prefered Zhaitan fight: it made sense, that to defeat such a huge force of nature like an elder dragon, the coordonated effort of an army ( weakening the dragon, war weapons, tons of soldiers joining the final fight….) was necessary. I felt part of a team with people just as strong as me that i can look up to.

Then now , Mordremoth which is supposedly stronger than Zhaitan, is defeated almost exclusively by the main character…an elder dragon that wiped out ancient powerfull races: it all seem too much. Anet i think went overboard when it comes to boosting the ego of certain players and i have trouble taking the story seriously.

Now i know that the hero is being accompanied by others like Canach , Marjory and co but they dont seem to do much aside from following me around like pets: i am so much stronger than them and way above them , that i can’t really take them seriously anymore. Tone it down.

Now Traeharne death: no surprise everybody saw it coming , it made sense story wise for himto die at this point given his position ( firstborn, Pale Tree favorite, killer of Zhaitan….) and the fact that he is a sylvari. But as my favorite character, i was pretty sad: i have been with him the longest ( he was alredy fighting alongside us during the emotional Claw island battle, and even before if you played sylvari), and he was an endearing character he seemed real.
However, the way he died was very cruel: him being thrown around like a rag doll, his body turned into some monstruosity, and having his head exploded in an atrocious way. On top of that after his death all characters are like “Kumbaya My Lord” not even affected or aknowledging poor Traeharne’s death: what an humiliation, he didn’t deserve that

Now the good stuff because i don’t want to be all negative:
- the music: very beautiful and full of emotion, i often found myself stopping just to listen to it in awe.
- Tarir didn’t disappoint probably one of the most beautiful location in Tyria.
- Canach: i like how he talks back to other characters, he is very slick with his mouth and without him the group often seemed like a bunch of carebears.

I am done ! and that was way too long.

Have you done Dragon Stand meta event yet? Cause what you say isn’t exactly correct but there is a problem with the story in that it doesn’t tie into the map meta events from auric onwards very well, if at all.

morrolan.9608:

Have you done Dragon Stand meta event yet? Cause what you say isn’t exactly correct but there is a problem with the story in that it doesn’t tie into the map meta events from auric onwards very well, if at all.

Not yet : i will go and give it a try then it seem that i might enjoy it

tbh, I’m pretty sure Trahearne died to appease everyone that kittened about him outranking the PC. It was a good death, but fanservice all the same.

You didn’t beat the dragon on your own. You beat the dragon because he was distracted by an attacking army.

If you’re in the army someone else is beating the dragon at the same time. If you’re in the instance, the army is attacking him, drawing his attention away.

It’s sort of like Sauron being distracted in Lord of the Rings by the attack on the gate. Without that attack, Frodo would have never made it to his destination (and even then he almost didn’t make it).

Daralii.8940:

tbh, I’m pretty sure Trahearne died to appease everyone that kittened about him outranking the PC. It was a good death, but fanservice all the same.

Kinda win-win. He get heroic death and I feel satisfied.

Feel a bit bad for him after I play Sylvari though. But all of my Charr slash him with smile face.

Vayne.8563:

You didn’t beat the dragon on your own. You beat the dragon because he was distracted by an attacking army.

If you’re in the army someone else is beating the dragon at the same time. If you’re in the instance, the army is attacking him, drawing his attention away.

It’s sort of like Sauron being distracted in Lord of the Rings by the attack on the gate. Without that attack, Frodo would have never made it to his destination (and even then he almost didn’t make it).

But why would he be distracted when he was fully aware that he was never in any actual danger, and he’d be able to regenerate whenever?

It felt very rushed out to me. It’s all about rushing in to save the various Destiny’s Edge people before “bad stuff” happens. Fine. Run to rescue friends ASAP, think about rebuilding/attacking later, makes sense. But then, as you gets the rescue done, you just go ahead and kill the dragon just like that because why not?

I’m with you OP, i liked the Zhaitan story much more. You spent ages gathering an army and making war machines, and you ended up using them to defeat the big baddie.

cafard.8953:

It felt very rushed out to me. It’s all about rushing in to save the various Destiny’s Edge people before “bad stuff” happens. Fine. Run to rescue friends ASAP, think about rebuilding/attacking later, makes sense. But then, as you gets the rescue done, you just go ahead and kill the dragon just like that because why not?

I’m with you OP, i liked the Zhaitan story much more. You spent ages gathering an army and making war machines, and you ended up using them to defeat the big baddie.

And its was so boring that it was a pain to find people to help you finish the dungeon later on.

After the 2nd part in Tangled Depths it’s very rushed. Story had a good start then it’s coming to an end within 1-2 hours. I was rather disappointed – especially that the moment you enter Dragon’s Stand there is about 1 or 2 real story parts till the end compared to Verdant Brink which hast about 4-6 story parts.

adormtil.1605:

cafard.8953:

It felt very rushed out to me. It’s all about rushing in to save the various Destiny’s Edge people before “bad stuff” happens. Fine. Run to rescue friends ASAP, think about rebuilding/attacking later, makes sense. But then, as you gets the rescue done, you just go ahead and kill the dragon just like that because why not?

I’m with you OP, i liked the Zhaitan story much more. You spent ages gathering an army and making war machines, and you ended up using them to defeat the big baddie.

And its was so boring that it was a pain to find people to help you finish the dungeon later on.

The final mission was too slow alright, and requiring a party for it a bad idea (having another player’s character speaking in the cutscenes was really bad form). Flawed execution, but the concept was good imho. It was refreshing to actually use tanks, airships and lots of people rather than beating Zhaitan to death 1v1 in an arena with a shoe.