Only if we can nerf Rytlock in exchange.
And by nerf I mean get rid of completely.
Playing GW2 for the story is like expecting plot in a porno. You’ll be left disappointed.
She’s pretty annoying for sure. Seems far better suited to a children’s cartoon. And I like dumb, goofy cartoons well enough but the cuteness just seems out of place here. We’re up against ancient dragons and evil cults, kitten .
Weak argument, especially with all the visual bling-bling you can have on a character which can feel – depending on the kind and combiniation of it – equally or more “off”.
Taimi is part of the story, most of the “bling” that is “off” is not.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
Yes she makes everyone ears bleed.
Nope, not everyone’s.
Nope, many people find her amusing.
As fun as a kitten? Yes, many people would say that.
and overall her voice is higher than everyone else …
Like every asura, her voice is higher. Plus, you know, she’s a kid; their voices are typically higher, too.
Being smaller and weaker doesn’t justify the need to make the player’s ears bleed.
Correct. Good thing Taimi doesn’t make most players’ ears bleed.
tl;dr not everyone agrees with you.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
Taimi’s the one source of fun this otherwise ruined world of crybabies and emo mesmers
Braham grieving over the mother that he ignored for so long, Jory grieving over the sister she lost — nope, those guys aren’t a barrel of laughs.
(Mind you, I also think the writing has been more uneven for their parts — the bits that include Canach and Taimi are more colorful and work better in terms of dialogue, progressing the story, and keeping me in the moment.)
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
That’s a funny way to spell Charr.
Playing GW2 for the story is like expecting plot in a porno. You’ll be left disappointed.
Taimi’s the one source of fun this otherwise ruined world of crybabies and emo mesmers
cough cough canach cough cough
I meant joy-fun,
Canach’s fun, too, yea. But he’s like the older brother who’s seen a little too much of the world. So he’s just sarcastic all the time, because, who knows, maybe he just doesn’t give a skritt anymore.
I can already imagine if Primordus and Jormag are pitted, and Primordus completely annihilates Jormag and absorbs all his magic and Canach will be there
don’t raise your hands if you saw it coming, there’ll be too many to count
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OMG Canach is so evil and snide all the time. UGH, I wish someone would kill him.
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The above was sarcasm, obviously. :P
I’m just getting so done with psychotic aversions to every biconics character. The “Kill Braham & Marjory” thread went on far longer than it should have. Then this weirdo Taimi-hate, with some off-topic Rytlock-bashing on the side. I get it, forums, let’s just kill all the characters and not have any story whatsoever. -_- Geez.
Meanwhile, I’m patiently waiting for Canach be more than a plant that sprouts pithy one-liners. That said, I’m very eager to see how he develops now that he’s free of Mordremoth and Anise.
Many alts; handle it!
“I’m finding companies should sell access to forums,
it seems many like them better than the games they comment on.” -Horrorscope.7632
I do think that they use Taimi too much to the detriment of the other characters. It’s funny that Anet styles our PC as “the hero” and yet what we have done this Season is be Taimi’s assistant. People talk about making a believable story but the former Commander of the Pact is not going to run around at the request of a young one with no position. Even if the Commander is a really nice person and doesn’t mind Taimi asking him to do things, he would be too busy dealing with leaders, planning meetings, or leading battles for this to be actually realistic.
This on top of my general complaints that Dragon’s Watch should not be babysitting children (Taimi or Braham) while we are trying to save the world.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
You know what they say about actors…if there is something making you hate / love their character, they’re doing the job right. Storytelling is about emotions, there are characters you like or you can connect to and then there are the others.
Can you imagine reading a book where there are only nice, likeable characters? Would be boring, wouldn’t it?
Proud Queen of The Shieldmaidens
…the core of all life is a limitless chest of tales…
wouldn’t it be great if there was like a super villain who’s really powerful, and sometimes just casually shows up for some dialogue without all the villanous pompous behavior? Just like, oh hey, you here? just some local nice guy who’s friendly to everyone and in the meanwhile is just preparing for the end of the world. Maybe a motivation like “I’m a good guy, but I know when the bad guys are gonna win, so i just casually slip in there”
It would indeed be awesome to have some unusual bad guys. :)
I can even imagine a chain of events leading to Taimi being later portraited as bad one. Maybe her experimenting with strange inventions and energies would lead to a massive catastrophe? Maybe she’ll end up making the dragons more angry? Maybe even so much angry, that even our heroes cannot save the world and the remaining survivors would blame her?
Proud Queen of The Shieldmaidens
…the core of all life is a limitless chest of tales…
while those are plausible scenarios, I honestly doubt Taimi wants them to happen.
Yes, that’s kind of my point there. I’m sure she has only the best intentions, but despite that anything could go wrong. And after some kind of dragon doomsday scenarios, there sure would be some survivors not considering her motives and blaming her. Even our history has many events misinterpreted by those who survived them.
But of course, we are talking purely hypothetical here… :)
Proud Queen of The Shieldmaidens
…the core of all life is a limitless chest of tales…
What? Taimi is our sunshine. If not for the dragons, for her alone I would walk through whatever she sends me.
She might be your sunshine, but she’s not mine lol.
She (and Canach) are the best developed and believable current story NPCs.
You find it believable that a young asura who hasn’t finished school yet is allowed (by her people AND the Commander of the Pact) to join a team in the field battling dragon minions? Nevermind the danger to herself, why would anyone choose her over any number of more proven “geniuses”?
No, this isn’t “believable” – this is an artificial situation created by Anet in order to get this “cute” character into the story for the “awe, so cute” factor. Whether I think Taimi’s character is cute or not, nothing about the story treatments that include her are “believable”.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
Taimi is probably the best character in all GW2. Her voice have never bothered me… but that doesn’t have so much to do with the character as it have to do with the voice actress.
It is very probable people that hate her voice simply have a better ear than me, and can hear some annoying tone I simply don’t. Like the bitter taste on brusel sprouts that I am not able to perceive.
Opposite to brusel sprout disgust, Taimi hate seems to be rather uncommon and highly subjective. I’ll continue enjoying them, they are just fantastic.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
What? Taimi is our sunshine. If not for the dragons, for her alone I would walk through whatever she sends me.
She might be your sunshine, but she’s not mine lol.
She (and Canach) are the best developed and believable current story NPCs.
You find it believable that a young asura who hasn’t finished school yet is allowed (by her people AND the Commander of the Pact) to join a team in the field battling dragon minions? Nevermind the danger to herself, why would anyone choose her over any number of more proven “geniuses”?
No, this isn’t “believable” – this is an artificial situation created by Anet in order to get this “cute” character into the story for the “awe, so cute” factor. Whether I think Taimi’s character is cute or not, nothing about the story treatments that include her are “believable”.
Taimi is 17 so it’s not like she is an infant. This is reflected nicely in her character as I had mentioned earlier. Her not finishing school has nothing to do with it, who knows what it actually means to finish school as an asura.
Yes it is an artificial situation with a disabled and young character who is ment to require the player characters aid. We can’t have all those war heroes constantly messing up asking for help, sometimes it actually has to be someone were it makes sense they would be in need.
I don’t know what your answer is supposed to do with my post. No Elite Seal Team is going to take a disabled person into a high-risk combat situation. Period.
Now add to that she’s a 17 year old who is still in school (i.e. isn’t a child super genius already on a think tank) telling the Commander of the Pact what to do. If she was really that smart, why didn’t her government scout her ala Good Will Hunting?
And we don’t need an artificial situation to introduce someone who needs our aid – the entire planet already needs our aid.
Not only is this situation with Taimi not believable, I laugh at the silliness every time she is involved in the story.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
I do think that they use Taimi too much to the detriment of the other characters. It’s funny that Anet styles our PC as “the hero” and yet what we have done this Season is be Taimi’s assistant. People talk about making a believable story but the former Commander of the Pact is not going to run around at the request of a young one with no position. Even if the Commander is a really nice person and doesn’t mind Taimi asking him to do things, he would be too busy dealing with leaders, planning meetings, or leading battles for this to be actually realistic.
This on top of my general complaints that Dragon’s Watch should not be babysitting children (Taimi or Braham) while we are trying to save the world.
I guess that’s one way of looking at it. I think Taimi has proven distinctively useful to the team. It’s not like we’re out picking up her laundry.
My past couple of replies have been responses to comments that the Taimi writing is believable. The fact that she has turned out to be useful has nothing to do with the fact that the writing regarding Taimi is the least believable of all of the Commander’s party members over the seasons.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
So, what does Taimi do???? She’s (apparently) really smart, sees all the answers that no one else can see, and devises solutions no one else is thinking up. She’s Wesley Crusher.
If that’s not an indictment, I don’t know what is.
what taimi does is research how magic works and how it can be used against the elder dragons since they like it so much
Yes, we know that. But look at the entire structure of Asura culture. It revolves around competition to be the best in your field and invent the best things in your field. During this time of war, why is the most effective group of people fighting the dragons (the Commander’s party) toting around a young Asura who hasn’t even finished school? Why don’t we have someone from the top ranks of Asura culture who has already proven themself?
And frankly no one should be allowing Taimi to do this research. If a college student discovered a secret building with alien technology, the grown-ups he knows would not allow him to keep it secret and go in there and play with the technology. Especially someone who has essentially been a NATO commander. They would tell the relevant authorities.
In real life, the entire group would be brought up on charges for keeping this information from the Asuran government during a time of war. But in GW2 Taimi’s research will save the day so everyone will overlook what she did and how we helped her hide it. This is why the Taimi writing is nonsensical.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
