Guild Wars 2

Mordremoth really got a lot of advantage of people had little knowledge about it. If they had known about the Sylvari being its creation and it could attack from the air, how much easier the fight would have been?

Depends on how much they knew.

Keep in mind that we did kill Mordy fairly quickly despite the disastrous start, and the victory in the end was not despite that disastrous start, but largely was made possible because of it. If the Pact had known to use different tactics, they might have avoided the disastrous start, but it might also have prevented the discovery of a way to kill it. This could have meant that the fighting in the jungle turned into an endless stalemate… or, worse, the Pact might have killed the Mouth, thought that was it, redeployed onto other fronts, and two years later Mordremoth rises up and eats Rata Sum or something.

I don’t know if we were caught that off-guard for Mordremoth’s attack. His initial attack, where he destroyed some waypoints and spread his vines across Tyria? Yes, that was a surprise attack, but we couldn’t have done anything to stop that. The assault into the jungle? Knowing sylvari with dragon minions wouldn’t have stopped the vines knocking the airships out of the sky. At best, it would’ve minimized the damage suffered after the initial attack.

Plus, we weren’t going in completely blind. The Durmand Priory had a scroll with the names of all the Elder Dragons (except the sea dragon’s part got very (and conveniently) damaged) and a bit of details about them. While it might not be a list of all the weaknesses of the dragon, it did prepare us for what was to come. Sadly, I’m pretty sure Trahearne’s sacrifice at the end of the main story was an inevitability. Without a sylvari bound to him, one who was strong-willed yet too entangled to resist, it was either him or Caithe, and Caithe is far too loved (by ArenaNet) to die just yet. Plus there was the whole killing Faolain thing and you know what I’m just rambling now I’ll be going OK bye.

Rognik.2579:

I don’t know if we were caught that off-guard for Mordremoth’s attack. His initial attack, where he destroyed some waypoints and spread his vines across Tyria? Yes, that was a surprise attack, but we couldn’t have done anything to stop that. The assault into the jungle? Knowing sylvari with dragon minions wouldn’t have stopped the vines knocking the airships out of the sky. At best, it would’ve minimized the damage suffered after the initial attack.

Plus, we weren’t going in completely blind. The Durmand Priory had a scroll with the names of all the Elder Dragons (except the sea dragon’s part got very (and conveniently) damaged) and a bit of details about them. While it might not be a list of all the weaknesses of the dragon, it did prepare us for what was to come. Sadly, I’m pretty sure Trahearne’s sacrifice at the end of the main story was an inevitability. Without a sylvari bound to him, one who was strong-willed yet too entangled to resist, it was either him or Caithe, and Caithe is far too loved (by ArenaNet) to die just yet. Plus there was the whole killing Faolain thing and you know what I’m just rambling now I’ll be going OK bye.

Knowing it could attack the ships would not let the Pact try to assault it with just air force.

Slowpokeking.8720:

Rognik.2579:

I don’t know if we were caught that off-guard for Mordremoth’s attack. His initial attack, where he destroyed some waypoints and spread his vines across Tyria? Yes, that was a surprise attack, but we couldn’t have done anything to stop that. The assault into the jungle? Knowing sylvari with dragon minions wouldn’t have stopped the vines knocking the airships out of the sky. At best, it would’ve minimized the damage suffered after the initial attack.

Plus, we weren’t going in completely blind. The Durmand Priory had a scroll with the names of all the Elder Dragons (except the sea dragon’s part got very (and conveniently) damaged) and a bit of details about them. While it might not be a list of all the weaknesses of the dragon, it did prepare us for what was to come. Sadly, I’m pretty sure Trahearne’s sacrifice at the end of the main story was an inevitability. Without a sylvari bound to him, one who was strong-willed yet too entangled to resist, it was either him or Caithe, and Caithe is far too loved (by ArenaNet) to die just yet. Plus there was the whole killing Faolain thing and you know what I’m just rambling now I’ll be going OK bye.

Knowing it could attack the ships would not let the Pact try to assault it with just air force.

Maybe, maybe not. Land assault would’ve likely had even more problems.

More likely, I think knowing about AA vines ahead of time would’ve meant that the fleet flew out of its range. I doubt the vines could reach as high as the airships could fly, and sacrificing accuracy isn’t a big deal when you’re only trying to hit a terrain type.