Why Wurms weren't affected by the dragons?

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Posted by: Slowpokeking.8720

Slowpokeking.8720

There are wurms living near Jormag, Kralkatorrik, Mordremoth and Primordus’ territory . They gain elemental power through it but we don’t see Icebrood/Branded Wurm corrupted through wurms or Destroyer/Mordrem Wurm copies.

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Posted by: Amaimon.7823

Amaimon.7823

Yes, the mordrem tunnelers, they don’t exist.
Oh, and have you seen the non-exist venom wurms?
And let’s not forget the Destroyers, yes, no wurm designs there

Sorry for the sarcasm.. I’m tired

but serious answer; there are risen grubs, and grubs are known to evolve into either beetles or wurms. Although these won’t be growing anymore.
I’ll give you there aren’t many, and maybe because of their elemental affinity they’re tough to corrupt. But there are a few.

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

Mordrem Maws, Spitfires, and Breachers are all potentially mordrem versions of wurms.

That said, the Jungle Wurms are hinted pretty heavily at also being mordrem:

  • Wychmire Swamp is a source of Summoned Husks not tied to the Nightmare Court, and the “source of darkness” there was the Great Jungle Wurm.
  • The jungle wurms trained by Nightmare Court are called “Nightmare Vines” for some unstated reason.
  • The Triple-headed Great Jungle Wurm’s heads drops the same kind of loot bag as Season 2 mordrem.
  • There were no wurms in GW1 in the Maguuma; the only non-Jungle Wurms in the Maguuma in GW2 were brought by the ogres in their crashed airship or are solely in Unswept Uplands of Dry Top (possibly brought by Zephyrites?). The Jungle Wurms also mysteriously disappear (none in Wastes or Heart of Maguuma) once Mordremoth wakes up.

My theory is that they’re the wurm variant of sylvari, perhaps born from another one of the seeds of the cave like Malyck.

Regarding Destroyers: Like Mordrem and unlike Branded, Icebrood, and Risen, Destroyers are not corrupted creatures but copies of creatures, so the lack of Destroyer Wurms is because Primordus decided they weren’t worth copying.

Regarding Icebrood Wurms (or Branded/Risen Wurms):

Why don’t we see risen skritt, dredge, largos and centaurs despite there being very obviously close to risen territory? Why no icebrood grawl or jotun?

The simple answer is that ArenaNet didn’t make the models. The reason could be due to time, or it could be due to worth versus effort. In the end, they decided not to.

Wurms do not “gain elemental power” through the Elder Dragons’ territory either – they simply are highly adaptable and will match their environment. For those in icy areas, this means that their skin gains an ice-like (but very much not ice) appearance while they become fatter for insulating blubber; for hot environments, they change the most and we see them with burning insides (perhaps due to the fact that they’re tunneling through magma), but they don’t show any elemental tendencies beyond being able to survive in the most extreme of environments and adapting their appearance to blend in.

Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.

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Posted by: The Subterfuge Of Dwayna.8320

The Subterfuge Of Dwayna.8320

That is a real good question i am still investigating this and will update this thread as i get more informations

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Posted by: Slowpokeking.8720

Slowpokeking.8720

Mordrem Maws, Spitfires, and Breachers are all potentially mordrem versions of wurms.

That said, the Jungle Wurms are hinted pretty heavily at also being mordrem:

  • Wychmire Swamp is a source of Summoned Husks not tied to the Nightmare Court, and the “source of darkness” there was the Great Jungle Wurm.
  • The jungle wurms trained by Nightmare Court are called “Nightmare Vines” for some unstated reason.
  • The Triple-headed Great Jungle Wurm’s heads drops the same kind of loot bag as Season 2 mordrem.
  • There were no wurms in GW1 in the Maguuma; the only non-Jungle Wurms in the Maguuma in GW2 were brought by the ogres in their crashed airship or are solely in Unswept Uplands of Dry Top (possibly brought by Zephyrites?). The Jungle Wurms also mysteriously disappear (none in Wastes or Heart of Maguuma) once Mordremoth wakes up.

My theory is that they’re the wurm variant of sylvari, perhaps born from another one of the seeds of the cave like Malyck.

Regarding Destroyers: Like Mordrem and unlike Branded, Icebrood, and Risen, Destroyers are not corrupted creatures but copies of creatures, so the lack of Destroyer Wurms is because Primordus decided they weren’t worth copying.

Regarding Icebrood Wurms (or Branded/Risen Wurms):

Why don’t we see risen skritt, dredge, largos and centaurs despite there being very obviously close to risen territory? Why no icebrood grawl or jotun?

The simple answer is that ArenaNet didn’t make the models. The reason could be due to time, or it could be due to worth versus effort. In the end, they decided not to.

Wurms do not “gain elemental power” through the Elder Dragons’ territory either – they simply are highly adaptable and will match their environment. For those in icy areas, this means that their skin gains an ice-like (but very much not ice) appearance while they become fatter for insulating blubber; for hot environments, they change the most and we see them with burning insides (perhaps due to the fact that they’re tunneling through magma), but they don’t show any elemental tendencies beyond being able to survive in the most extreme of environments and adapting their appearance to blend in.

The jungle wurms are not mordrem, they just ate some Mordrem Husk. Mordrem Spitfire/Breachers might be inspired by them, but they are not clone copies as well.

There are also wurms in Ascalon, but we don’t see Branded Wurms as well. No Risen Wurm, too.

Honestly, Wurm Destroyers would be very dangerous and useful to the dragon since they move underground.

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Posted by: Amaimon.7823

Amaimon.7823

the problem in this case is that most dragon minions are perverted versions of their originals. Some still look a lot like their blueprint, others don’t look like them at all, anymore. If you saw Faolain’s second form, would you still have guessed she was ever a sylvari (if you didn’t know her prior form). So I think there are wurms that became dragon minions, but they might not look like normal wurms anymore.

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Slowpokeking.8720

the problem in this case is that most dragon minions are perverted versions of their originals. Some still look a lot like their blueprint, others don’t look like them at all, anymore. If you saw Faolain’s second form, would you still have guessed she was ever a sylvari (if you didn’t know her prior form). So I think there are wurms that became dragon minions, but they might not look like normal wurms anymore.

Faolain was dragon creation like all the Sylvari.

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Posted by: Amaimon.7823

Amaimon.7823

the problem in this case is that most dragon minions are perverted versions of their originals. Some still look a lot like their blueprint, others don’t look like them at all, anymore. If you saw Faolain’s second form, would you still have guessed she was ever a sylvari (if you didn’t know her prior form). So I think there are wurms that became dragon minions, but they might not look like normal wurms anymore.

Faolain was dragon creation like all the Sylvari.

yea, we know