Guild Wars 2

In the upcoming BWE we’re allowed to play any race, iirc Colin Johanson said that Sylvari will have a different experience compared to the other races and I’m wondering if we will be able to experience this when we play in Verdant Brink? It would be nice to be able to give feedback on how it affects gameplay and/or immersion.

The only thing I think that might get effected is personal story. We might have an option (at least I hope it’s an option?) To fight with the dragon, or stay good.

Either way we know the dragon dies so if you fight with dragon your gonna lose

I’m expecting only flavor text, like the one after the attack on Lions Arch where one of the NPCs is hostile towards Sylvari and says something different to a Sylvari char than the other races. Possibly flavor text in a story line also.

Even if you could and the storyline was active, how much do you think you’d experience anyway? It’s still is going to be only 25% of one map.

I expect flavor text, but I believe he said that it would be more than that? I’m not expecting I would experience a lot, however something is better than nothing

Sylent.3165:

Either way we know the dragon dies so if you fight with dragon your gonna lose

Oh, you’re in for a surprise

Sylent.3165:

Either way we know the dragon dies so if you fight with dragon your gonna lose

I somehow doubt this to be honest.

From a normal story perspective, you would be right. But looking at the way Arenanet usually handles protagonists and antigonists (e.g. the prophecys story where you allie yourself with the white mantle, only to find out they are the bad guys, only to find out they work with mursaat who are more bad, to find out they are actually the guys stopping the real bad guy!). And also looking how the theory of all was put in season two, I think they are trying to prepare us for yet another switch in the tale. It all points that elder dragons are a thread, but also needed for the balance in the world.

Sylent.3165:

The only thing I think that might get effected is personal story. We might have an option (at least I hope it’s an option?) To fight with the dragon, or stay good.

Either way we know the dragon dies so if you fight with dragon your gonna lose

When you say “know” do you mean “think” or have you read something somewhere that I’ve not? As far as I know we have no information on the HoT storyline beyond what happens in the first storyline instance.