Guild Wars 2

Right so I have been looking around the lore forum lately and I saw someone post something about how it shamed Quaggans for them to go berserker form and this is why they are so peaceful and look to others for protection. My question is why and what have I missed in terms of Quaggan related lore? Wouldn’t being all big and fierce help them survive?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Mostly_Harmless_Quaggan

Quaggans are peaceful by nature and rarely become aggressive unless provoked. When quaggans are threatened or in pain, their adrenaline levels surge and parts of their skin turn a dark-scarlet hue. Fangs erupt from their mouths and their flippers grow long, formidable talons. While in this state, instinct overcomes rational thought and the quaggan is little more than an aquatic engine of destruction. They are deeply embarrassed when they display such aggression, and it is considered a social faux pas among their people.

This transformation is the primary reason quaggans actively avoid fighting—they are a danger to themselves and others while in this state. They are unreasoning brutes driven only to destroy, and they think nothing of tactics or collateral damage. Heroic quaggans are capable of being a little more aggressive without succumbing to their rage, but they are looked upon by their society as being a bit odd.

Basically they go Hulk if they become angered and this is looked down upon by quaggan society. It isn’t that their berserking is why they are peaceful, but that they’re shamed of berserking thus have to remain peaceful to avoid it – because when they’re berserking it means they cannot tell friend from foe, and they can hurt their allies as much as their enemies. This is why the quaggan in Orr are such a weird sight if you talk to them – they’ve begun to embrace their berserking aspect in order to help protect others.

It’s far from helping them survive because they don’t think of survival, or as mentioned allies, when berserking.

I find it weird that berserk quaggans are never mentioned as turning on anyone. Do you think that’s something that changed in development, or are all friendly quaggan warriors just considered supernaturally strong-willed? Maybe it was never more than a myth that sprung up around a taboo practice?

Doesn’t the skill challenge berserking quaggan in Gendarran Fields unintentionally attack you? While you’re trying to enrage her to make her go into the berserking form, she’s not out to harm you.

Edit: But given Baroosh during the personal story, it may be that with time and practice they can learn self-control while berserking. Could be that their social stigma prevents such, as they always try to avoid it. In fact, if I recall correctly the guards in Urgulp (Snowden Drifts quaggan village) mention such about learning to control their berserking… Sadly few dialogue from there is on the wiki it seems.