Guild Wars 2

I’ve been all over in GW2 and don’t recall a shadow/nightmare that we have to fight. They were abundant in both Kryta and the Shiverpeaks in GW1. Am I just missing them or is there some lore reason that they are missing? Are they called something else?

Depends on if you’re meaning the enemies called “Nightmares” (such as the Fog Nightmares), or the enemy type of nightmares, which also existed within the Mists. If the latter, then they exist, but are ‘rare’ in appearance. The most common Nightmare witnessed would be Shades, but only them and Aatxes are seen.

But why the good ol’ four-legged faceless Fog Nightmares disappeared? kitten good question. Wish I knew; wish Anet just used the skelk model under Death Shroud to “recreate” them for GW2, but alas.

Yes, that is what I was talking about. Fog nightmares, Azure Shadows, etc., etc. I get that the face of Tyria has been changed by time and circumstance, but many of the creatures that were staple creatures, should still be around, right? Or at least many of them. It kind of frustrates me that so many were excluded.