Guild Wars 2

It’s lame beyond comparison. Holograms have no place in the Guild Wars universe.

ArenaNet, if you wanted holograms, perhaps you should have created a science fiction game? Instead, you choose to kiel…er…kill the immersion in my fantasy mmorpg.

I’m so sick of sci-fi/steampunk. Guild Wars 2 doesn’t deserve to use the ‘Guild Wars’ name.

…Really?
Have you ever been to Rata Sum?

Gabby.3205:

…Really?
Have you ever been to Rata Sum?

Yes and I have complained about the Sci-Fi Asura as well as the Steampunk Charr/Dredge.

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved. ArenaNet may as well remove all melee weapons and replace them with blaster rifles. Mesmers could use holography rather than magic. It’s so sad.

And those dragons, as it turns out, are mechanical and filled with Asura. They would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their crazy dog.

Well technology advances with the times,you can hardly expect them to continue using obsolete crap of 250 years ago in the modern world.We don’t use pinhole cameras when we can just pull out a smartphone and insta-snap now do we?

I get where the OP is coming from.
I’ve never been a huge fan of Steampunk myself, but Guild Wars 2 is 70/30 leaning towards traditional fantasy rpg (swords/magic) so the 30% ‘sci-fi tech’ I can swallow, for the most part.

But, careful… too much Steampunk and Guild Wars 2 could lose its ‘magic’, pardon the pun!

Xkyline.5267:

Well technology advances with the times,you can hardly expect them to continue using obsolete crap of 250 years ago in the modern world.We don’t use pinhole cameras when we can just pull out a smartphone and insta-snap now do we?

Yes, of course, pinholes become charged-coupled devices. Wagons become Motor homes. Rafts become luxury yachts. Why, then, in this age of seemingly-miraculous Asuran technology, do we still use cudgels, cleavers, axes and bulwarks? Why are so many forced to cart Dolyaks when there are skyships, teleportation pads, Asura Gates and hot-air balloons?

This doesn’t feel like technological advancement, It feels more like ‘Land of the Lost’ . We have ‘fire good’, chest-thumping cave people living right alongside dinosaurs, zombies, talking plants and Professors of Temporal Mechanics.

The giant Kiel is in line with the giant dragon holo from dragon bakittenhought it was a pretty funny freaky thing to do—very like a politician!

GW2 toes the line adding tech to their fantasy. I don’t think they’ve crossed it yet, they seem pretty good at keeping it reasonable and I don’t see steam punk everywhere or anything. I think it sets it apart, which is nice. Fair enough if you don’t like it.

Also, the GW you knew and loved is still online if you’d rather play it.

Edited to say: That censored mess up there is ‘dragon bash.’

Elbegast.6970:

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved.

Thank god!
This odd dichotomy between magic and techno-magic/sharp sticks and boom-sticks is one of the main selling points of this game

If you can´t stomach this (or that Evon lost :P ) then you should go back to GW1 or another of the myriad medieval high-fantasy games.

All hail to the 50-foot tall see-through woman!

Elbegast.6970:

Xkyline.5267:

Well technology advances with the times,you can hardly expect them to continue using obsolete crap of 250 years ago in the modern world.We don’t use pinhole cameras when we can just pull out a smartphone and insta-snap now do we?

Yes, of course, pinholes become charged-coupled devices. Wagons become Motor homes. Rafts become luxury yachts. Why, then, in this age of seemingly-miraculous Asuran technology, do we still use cudgels, cleavers, axes and bulwarks? Why are so many forced to cart Dolyaks when there are skyships, teleportation pads, Asura Gates and hot-air balloons?

This doesn’t feel like technological advancement, It feels more like ‘Land of the Lost’ . We have ‘fire good’, chest-thumping cave people living right alongside dinosaurs, zombies, talking plants and Professors of Temporal Mechanics.

Why,it’s for a number of fairly obvious reasons.First off,it’s a fantasy mmo and moderation is required to please the masses; go all out steampunk and steampunk fans will rejoice while others will complain,and Anet knows their business.Then you said it yourself:Asuran technology.The Asura use it in abundance and cost effectively in Rata Suma and around(golems and such),but the other races seem to have their own racial means to use,I suspect it has a lot to do with cultural pride.And then again,the other races aren’t even into all the techno messes the Asura come up with,you know 90% of their experiments backfire.Had the others started mass use of that stuff in their cities,they would have to constantly rely on having Asura close at hand to repair and boss them around.Who would wanna lose their age old independence,especially in dignified and proud cultures like the charr and norn?

HawkMeister.4758:

Elbegast.6970:

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved.

Thank god!
This odd dichotomy between magic and techno-magic/sharp sticks and boom-sticks is one of the main selling points of this game

If you can´t stomach this (or that Evon lost :P ) then you should go back to GW1 or another of the myriad medieval high-fantasy games.

All hail to the 50-foot tall see-through woman!

Firstly, I didn’t cast a single vote for either candidate. I don’t do politics and I especially don’t do politics in a video game.

Secondly, the game was hyped as being Guild Wars but with a persistent game world. Instead, it feels more like a reskinned World of Warcraft with a few familiar Guild Wars names/terms thrown in to connect it to it’s namesake. Nothing about this new ‘Guild Wars 2’ story even remotely reminds me of the original Guild Wars. It’s like comparing the film ‘Highlander’ to ‘Highlander 2’. Same characters, same lore, but part two presents a completely alternate and confusing storyline that does not mesh at all with the first film. It’s almost as if the writers for ‘Highlander 2’ were completely unaware that it was a sequel to a previous film.

Whenever I see an Asuran wearing flight goggles and holding a blaster rifle, I can’t help but think that we are actually in some galaxy far, far away and that we have discovered the planet-of-origin for Yoda’s species. Was Yoda Asuran?

Yeah well, everybody has his problems with immersion.

For example I find it supremely ridiculous to watch tiny Asurans fighting with a Greatsword more than twice their size. Especially considering some of the “wilder” GS designs.
So personally I just ignore them.

So you either deal with the whole Asura issue and view them as Aliens form “inner Space” or something, or frankly speaking .. get lost.
Because this game has much bigger problems to complain about than your inflexibility in interpreting the lore.

And we better not even start talking about the quasi fascist Charr childrearing by “the state” or the blatant misandry shown in the “Charr-feminist uprising” and the “evil patriarchy” threat of the Son´s of Svanir.

Elbegast.6970:

HawkMeister.4758:

Elbegast.6970:

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved.

Thank god!
This odd dichotomy between magic and techno-magic/sharp sticks and boom-sticks is one of the main selling points of this game

If you can´t stomach this (or that Evon lost :P ) then you should go back to GW1 or another of the myriad medieval high-fantasy games.

All hail to the 50-foot tall see-through woman!

…I can’t help but think that we are actually in some galaxy far, far away and that we have discovered the planet-of-origin for Yoda’s species. Was Yoda Asuran?

Aside from the careening topic on hand,
Interesting observation you make,young padawan.Intriguing,this is.

Kiel hologram eyes looks like wan to pop out :S, very very scary face!

You do realize that Asura and all their floaty awesome technology… occurred in Guild Wars 1, right? They had golems, they had Asura Gates, they had force shields… The technology leap isn’t that great. We saw some of their over ground settlements and they were pretty awesome.

Also, don’t forget that Polymock existed in GW1. Polymock was a HOLOGRAM game.

And that Dragon Bash was like… 90% holograms?

And that Norn are too proud to EVER use froofy Asura tech?

And that Charr steam-tech makes them equivalent to Asura, just in a different way? Asura excel at the insides, but most of their creations lack the durability or usability of Charr steam tech. So they don’t need to pay Asura exorbitant prices?

And that Sylvari don’t give a flying frond?

And that humans actively use all of the tech because, like real life humans, they have little care about riding on the laurels of others?

In other words, I don’t see your issue. In fact, I’d be more perturbed by the GIANT LASERS THEY ARE MAKING if you are so annoyed about how different it is from Guild Wars 1.

So ya, sounds like you didn’t play Eye of the North if holograms are the thing that are bugging you.

Elbegast.6970:

Gabby.3205:

…Really?
Have you ever been to Rata Sum?

Yes and I have complained about the Sci-Fi Asura as well as the Steampunk Charr/Dredge.

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved. ArenaNet may as well remove all melee weapons and replace them with blaster rifles. Mesmers could use holography rather than magic. It’s so sad.

And those dragons, as it turns out, are mechanical and filled with Asura. They would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their crazy dog.

And, lo and behold, over two hundred years later, we are no longer using horse drawn carriages, using muzzle loading muskets and sailing on galleons. Hell, we even managed to go to the moon and send probes out that are on the cusp of leaving the solar system.

Seems you are just sad there wasn’t stagnation.

Sleel.8365:

Elbegast.6970:

Gabby.3205:

…Really?
Have you ever been to Rata Sum?

Yes and I have complained about the Sci-Fi Asura as well as the Steampunk Charr/Dredge.

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved. ArenaNet may as well remove all melee weapons and replace them with blaster rifles. Mesmers could use holography rather than magic. It’s so sad.

And those dragons, as it turns out, are mechanical and filled with Asura. They would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their crazy dog.

And, lo and behold, over two hundred years later, we are no longer using horse drawn carriages, using muzzle loading muskets and sailing on galleons. Hell, we even managed to go to the moon and send probes out that are on the cusp of leaving the solar system.

Seems you are just sad there wasn’t stagnation.

But, if that were the direction, why did they not commit? I believe I would have had a better experience had Guild Wars 2 went full on 21st Century rather than a bizarre magic, sci-fi, cryptozoology, paranormal, J.R.R. Tolkien, 18th Century, 2nd Century, Jurassic, Medieval, 37th Century, 1950s era M.A.S.H.-up. If they wanted to explore the idea of Elder Dragons, it seems they should have kept firmly rooted in Medieval fantasy.

EndlessDreamer.6780:

You do realize that Asura and all their floaty awesome technology… occurred in Guild Wars 1, right? They had golems, they had Asura Gates, they had force shields… The technology leap isn’t that great. We saw some of their over ground settlements and they were pretty awesome.

Also, don’t forget that Polymock existed in GW1. Polymock was a HOLOGRAM game.

And that Dragon Bash was like… 90% holograms?

And that Norn are too proud to EVER use froofy Asura tech?

And that Charr steam-tech makes them equivalent to Asura, just in a different way? Asura excel at the insides, but most of their creations lack the durability or usability of Charr steam tech. So they don’t need to pay Asura exorbitant prices?

And that Sylvari don’t give a flying frond?

And that humans actively use all of the tech because, like real life humans, they have little care about riding on the laurels of others?

In other words, I don’t see your issue. In fact, I’d be more perturbed by the GIANT LASERS THEY ARE MAKING if you are so annoyed about how different it is from Guild Wars 1.

So ya, sounds like you didn’t play Eye of the North if holograms are the thing that are bugging you.

I have no clue where you get your lore. It was never stated that polymock used holograms. Could you provide a source so I can read it?

Also Asura technology had significantly increased. Compare golems from GW1 to GW2. Also, the came from living on the ground to a flying cube. It kind of looks like they "Disney"fied the Asura. In GW 1, they had total black eyes. Golems looked more rugged and stronger (ironically).

I too am not a fan of Steampunk, but I welcome Asura tech. It’s technology/science/magic working in one system. When do you really get to see science and magic combine? Usually it’s when they fight each other…

I’m hating the Charr/Dredge/Pirates more and more though. I just hate steapunk. also those steam monsters totally ruin all immersion for me

EndlessDreamer.6780:

You do realize that Asura and all their floaty awesome technology… occurred in Guild Wars 1, right? They had golems, they had Asura Gates, they had force shields… The technology leap isn’t that great. We saw some of their over ground settlements and they were pretty awesome.

Also, don’t forget that Polymock existed in GW1. Polymock was a HOLOGRAM game.

And that Dragon Bash was like… 90% holograms?

And that Norn are too proud to EVER use froofy Asura tech?

And that Charr steam-tech makes them equivalent to Asura, just in a different way? Asura excel at the insides, but most of their creations lack the durability or usability of Charr steam tech. So they don’t need to pay Asura exorbitant prices?

And that Sylvari don’t give a flying frond?

And that humans actively use all of the tech because, like real life humans, they have little care about riding on the laurels of others?

In other words, I don’t see your issue. In fact, I’d be more perturbed by the GIANT LASERS THEY ARE MAKING if you are so annoyed about how different it is from Guild Wars 1.

So ya, sounds like you didn’t play Eye of the North if holograms are the thing that are bugging you.

I played EotN but I seem to remember the Asura being much more rooted in magical/alchemical experiments with magical/alchemical explanations behind their technology. I have seen none of that explained in GW2. With the Asura in GW2, all I see are a science fiction plot mechanic….lasers, droids, transporters, experiments, laboratories (yes, I remember Oola. I know, I know.), stargates, Borg cubes, time travel, etc.

Ah mash up’s are cool.They’ve got kitten to please many people of different temperaments at the same time,like how One Piece has dinosaurs,zombies,pirates,giants,cyborgs,science,super powers etc and somehow makes perfect sense on top of it all.It’s one awesome anime.Gw2 probably wants to be the One Piece of mmorpgs

They still do have magical/alchemical explanations. In fact, College of Dynamics and College of Synergetics are all about the combination of magical and alchemical. Have you played an Asura? Run around in Rata Sum? That’s all they babble on about. Literally. It’s amazing to hear them argue some times.

The College of Statics is the only part that does mechanical constructive bits in the sense of mass-production and architecture. Dynamics makes it work with a bit of help from Statics to get their golem bodies ready.

Asura gates were definitely around in GW1. The central transfer chamber was a HUGE part of the story line. So if they had the ability to bypass space by that point, the technologies they have today in 300 years are actually considered pretty light.

Also remember, their above ground settlements were outposts. The things down deep in the ground that Destroyers pushed them out of? Those were their cities. The cities we never actually saw other than the Central Transfer Chamber, which was impressive and a show of Asura architecture a long time ago.

As for Polymock, there is no lore behind it, but let’s look at it this way:

1) Polymock pieces only work in the arena. This means they are either highly advanced golem technology, mesmeric illusions (which are magical holograms), hologram technology or some sort of magically imbued item. If that was not the case, why would Asura not be using these monsters in statues as body guards?
2) Polymock pieces do not take any damage. This is observed in that none of them talk about repairing or anything of the like. This rules out golem technology or magically imbued item.
3) Polymock pieces cannot do damage to the players. You get blasted in the face by fire and such all the time but don’t even break a sweat. While I could easily see Asura putting a bit of danger in their games, I doubt they’d let a bookah play that kind of game. Again, ruling out golem technology or magically imbued item even further.
4) Polymock pieces grow in size from tiny hand held pieces to full sized monsters. Golems have yet to show that ability, however it could easily be a magically imbued item if that is the case.
5) Polymock pieces seem to have no sentient free will, thus not turning ever on their creators. This at least solidifies the first point of them not being actual monsters.

So, given those four key facts (and more if I had more time to think on it), polymock pieces are:

Magical in nature
Non physical in nature

So they are some sort of magically based illusionary item.

Which is what Asura holograms are today.

Remember, Asura use Magitech. They use a combination of magic and technology in order to form their current technology.

So an illusionary playing piece that requires magic to function within specific parameters is as close to a definition of a hologram as you’re going to get.

Thus holograms existed in GW1.

Anyway, I’m just saying… you’re saying GW2 isn’t GW1 anymore, but honestly the biggest difference is the Charr when it comes to difference in technologies and ideologies.

Elbegast.6970:

Sleel.8365:

Elbegast.6970:

Gabby.3205:

…Really?
Have you ever been to Rata Sum?

Yes and I have complained about the Sci-Fi Asura as well as the Steampunk Charr/Dredge.

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved. ArenaNet may as well remove all melee weapons and replace them with blaster rifles. Mesmers could use holography rather than magic. It’s so sad.

And those dragons, as it turns out, are mechanical and filled with Asura. They would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their crazy dog.

And, lo and behold, over two hundred years later, we are no longer using horse drawn carriages, using muzzle loading muskets and sailing on galleons. Hell, we even managed to go to the moon and send probes out that are on the cusp of leaving the solar system.

Seems you are just sad there wasn’t stagnation.

But, if that were the direction, why did they not commit? I believe I would have had a better experience had Guild Wars 2 went full on 21st Century rather than a bizarre magic, sci-fi, cryptozoology, paranormal, J.R.R. Tolkien, 18th Century, 2nd Century, Jurassic, Medieval, 37th Century, 1950s era M.A.S.H.-up. If they wanted to explore the idea of Elder Dragons, it seems they should have kept firmly rooted in Medieval fantasy.

And yet, even today, we have people living stone age lifestyles in jungles and the kitten end of nowhere all over the world….

Cultures and nations do not progress in lockstep. Or stagnate together either.

The Charr are terrible these days. Why do they have gigantic siege-cycles and we are fighting the Elder Dragons on foot…with pointy sticks? I would much rather have the Dwarves than the Charr-broiled Dredge combo platter.

EndlessDreamer.6780:

And that Charr steam-tech makes them equivalent to Asura, just in a different way? Asura excel at the insides, but most of their creations lack the durability or usability of Charr steam tech. So they don’t need to pay Asura exorbitant prices?

Let me quote a character of the Norn’s personal story. The character is a Charr.
“This is frontline Iron Legion equipment, not asuran crystal-magic rainbow trash.”

And that’s why “asuran crystal-magic rainbow trash” is not everywhere in the game. The other races seem to despise it. However, since they are one of the main races, there was really no way to keep the asuran stuff out of the game (I mean, other than completely eliminating the asura).

Speaking of the big holo-projector, what the hell happened to the lion statue? It was this big ole monument to how awesome Lion’s Arch is, every race that did business in Lion’s Arch eventually added something to the statue. And then they made a point of spending months rebuilding it after Halloween only to poof! replace it with that eyesore of an asuran lightbox.

The Asura and the Charr poses a fork in technology that showcase the advantages and risk of each path. We are seeing both in the game because it seems that Tyria is still in conflict which technological effort to fully support. If you look closely, Asuras are capitalist and Charrs are communist in terms of technological development. While the Charr bands together and cooperate with eachother, Asura competes with and uses each other. In real world, we faced this same fork in technological development back in the ‘60s, so it’s not surprising to see similar fork in technology in GW2.

the holograph just freaks me out not because its a hologram but its a huge ugly person there. its like big sister is watching me and scares makes me want to hide in the sewers with the skritt dude til shes gone

Anyone got a lead on an irradiated 50 foot tall Skelk? If the Asura are gonna be all ‘sci-fi’, I may as well make some movies. ‘Skelknado’ , the sequel ‘Hurriskale’ , yet other sequels ‘Skelknado vs Hurriskale’ , ‘Son of Skelknado’ , ‘Bride of Hurriskale’ , ‘Destroy All Writers!’ and the ever controversial venture into the dangers of artificial intelligence, ‘Blue Waypoints’.

I get where your coming from Elbegast but the steampunk elements are very much an ingrained part of the game at this point. I wouldn’t want to see steampunk prevailent everywhere but certianly I dont see how they could fesibly remove it at this point.

It reminded me of Saddam Hussein or the way any other 3rd world dictator put up big pictures of themself all over the place. Weird, because there are other members of the council, no?

Elbegast.6970:

But, if that were the direction, why did they not commit? I believe I would have had a better experience had Guild Wars 2 went full on 21st Century rather than a bizarre magic, sci-fi, cryptozoology, paranormal, J.R.R. Tolkien, 18th Century, 2nd Century, Jurassic, Medieval, 37th Century, 1950s era M.A.S.H.-up. If they wanted to explore the idea of Elder Dragons, it seems they should have kept firmly rooted in Medieval fantasy.

It’s rather elementary, my dear Elbegast. Technology progresses to suit added needs on a population. However, Tyria has something we don’t have… they have magic. Therefore a lot of technological advances are likely to never come to light so long as there are magical means to achieve the same goals. You’ll notice things missing… aircraft for example (save for a few “ships” magically kept aloft with a specific lore behind them) because there are waypoints. Same with a lack of mounts or common use of technological transport. Waypoints. Yes, there are pointy things, but these pointy things channel specific magics through them in combat. There are also guns and you can see the magic channel through them in their effects as well. Technology won’t progress at an “earth-like” pace or path because it doesn’t need to. They have magic filling a lot of areas where technology would have otherwise crept.

The Kiel holo gives me the creeps. Those eyes… those horrible, horrible eyes! O_O

Meluna.1764:

The Kiel holo gives me the creeps. Those eyes… those horrible, horrible eyes! O_O

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GW2 combines in a very sublime way 5 game type scenarios into one:

- Gladiatorial and militaristic Charrs
- Drunken barbarian hunter Norns
- Intelligent “who dont give a **** about others” snobs ET like Asuras
- Overused and tired from all these MMOs -humans
- Pure natural “seeing the life in pink” Sylvaries

If you dont see yet the connections, here is another explanation
Charr – Gears of War
Norn – The Vikings, Conan
Asura – Ratchet and Clanck, Sonic
Humans – (insert name here)
Sylvaries – Arthur and the Invisibles

There is no other MMO or single player game for that matter that incorporates all these types in such a beautiful way.
Good job GW2. This is one of the selling point for the game.

It’s very creepy.

PCanineBrigade.4916:

It’s very creepy.

You forgot the music:

Let’s just hope Evon assassinates Kiel in the next release of the Living World.

Her character is bland and boring, and needs to go.

Waar Kijk Je Naar.8713:

Let’s just hope Evon assassinates Kiel in the next release of the Living World.

Her character is bland and boring, and needs to go.

Its is not about the character but the ones behind it, as it is not the politician but the party.

Elbegast.6970:

Gabby.3205:

…Really?
Have you ever been to Rata Sum?

Yes and I have complained about the Sci-Fi Asura as well as the Steampunk Charr/Dredge.

This isn’t the Guild Wars that I knew and loved. ArenaNet may as well remove all melee weapons and replace them with blaster rifles. Mesmers could use holography rather than magic. It’s so sad.

And those dragons, as it turns out, are mechanical and filled with Asura. They would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their crazy dog.

I don’t suppose you visited Rata Sum in GW1 either. GW1 asura already had robots and stargates. Where did you expect them to go from there? Bows and arrows? Dolyak drawn wagons?

LOL, the Kiel holo shows how full of herself she is! Typical politician…

Aerinndis.2730:

LOL, the Kiel holo shows how full of herself she is! Typical politician…

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
George Orwell, 1984

Big Sister is watching. Big Sister sees everything.

Xkyline.5267:

Well technology advances with the times,you can hardly expect them to continue using obsolete crap of 250 years ago in the modern world.We don’t use pinhole cameras when we can just pull out a smartphone and insta-snap now do we?

Except for engineer, every single character is outdated. We have rangers with bows. Cute. We have asuras with mega-lasers.

You got catapult? Awesome. Charrs got tanks a size of a tower.

Just doesn’t make sense. Not a bit. It’s fanatasy, or well, it should be, but this is just nonsense..

Xkyline.5267:

Well technology advances with the times,you can hardly expect them to continue using obsolete crap of 250 years ago in the modern world.We don’t use pinhole cameras when we can just pull out a smartphone and insta-snap now do we?

except the players/npc’s are still using swords/axes/maces/spears/shields. as you say, if those are obsolete, they shouldn’t be there. oh wait…
so i give your post a lolwat.

250+ years ago in the real world…
we didn’t have holograms, we now do.
we didn’t have TV, we now do.
we didn’t have cell phones, we now do.
we didn’t have MMOs, we now do.
etc.

New technology is always under appreciated, just like tech in Tyria!

nexxe.7081:

250+ years ago in the real world…
we didn’t have holograms, we now do.
we didn’t have TV, we now do.
we didn’t have cell phones, we now do.
we didn’t have MMOs, we now do.
etc.

New technology is always under appreciated, just like tech in Tyria!

No, but France didn’t develop all of these while their sometimes-enemy, sometimes-ally Germany made no advancement beyond smoothbore muskets and horse-drawn carts. That’s my problem with the technology in Tyria, how the big the disparity between “advanced” races is.

When I first saw the holo, it made me think of huge hubris…. oh what a fall she shall take…

Disgusting waste of resources that could go toward building up the defenses against the Elder Dragons. Shameful…

DONO.8760:

Disgusting waste of resources that could go toward building up the defenses against the Elder Dragons. Shameful…

It’s just a leftover device from Dragon Bash.

OtakuDFifty.2965:

DONO.8760:

Disgusting waste of resources that could go toward building up the defenses against the Elder Dragons. Shameful…

It’s just a leftover device from Dragon Bash.

Not only that, but I imagine in this universe Holograms are fairly cheap to make.

DONO.8760:

Disgusting waste of resources that could go toward building up the defenses against the Elder Dragons. Shameful…

The Elder Dragons died of boredom. Evidently waiting around for us to finish our parties and our mini-games and our balloon rides was more than they could bear and they just died.

I do agree that the Asura technology is a little out of place.

Charr stuff is at least acceptable to a point. That sort of unpolished, early industrial stuff makes sense.

But Asura tech, that’s just crazy. Especially since you take the primary antagonist of the entire story thus far (Zhaitan) and literally just blast him in half with a laser mounted on a flying ship. It’s hard to take anything else in the world seriously from a lore standpoint when there are Death Stars flying around the world.