Guild Wars 2

There are probably some legitimate complains someone can say about Scarlet but there is one thing I really cant understand.
Why do people think that her actions are disconnected and random?
I mean we dont why she does it but we definitly know WHAT she does.

The way I see it the whole Scarlet story arc is about one thing: Technology.
She helps to develop new technology oder outright steals it, to use it for herself.
Dredge, Flame-Legion, Holoprojections from Dragon Bash, Inquest, Aetherblade, Nightmare-Court und now Krait.

It all makes total sense, so why do people think otherwise?

Ok, lets suppose she wants bigger weapons. Why? What is she going to do with future weapons that she can’t do with all her existing weapon expertise? She’s the world’s best weaponsmith already but with no power base, so why is she wasting her resources on random raids? We can invent answers but they are going to be as random as her actions.

Derom.1205:

It all makes total sense, so why do people think otherwise?

So invading random zones and then just leaving when time runs out is a coordinated effort to…?

Interesting point. You are trying to understand her motivations by looking at her actions and that is an important thing to do. Because right now, we have not been given any solid explanation about her goals or motivations (beyond I’m crazy and want to blow up stuff)

I think one of the issues people have is that Scarlet’s motivations as a villain are either overly simplistic (blow up stuff) or they are being kept hidden when they should be revealed and explained to players.

Good motivation is critical for villain and just as critical is being sure the audience understands those motivation. The best villain motivations are those that the audience can grasp and even empathize.

ArenaNet likes being mysterious and dropping hints that everything will be explained but there are some things that need to come out at the start.

If Scarlet has deeper motivations, they need to be explained. If not, well I suppose the people who hate Scarlet do have a legitimate point.

For myself, after the flat, cardboard Elder Dragons I’m just glad for a villain with anything remotely recognizable as motivation, even it is just a Harley Quinn craziness.

rizzo.1079:

Derom.1205:

It all makes total sense, so why do people think otherwise?

So invading random zones and then just leaving when time runs out is a coordinated effort to…?

Test her new Toys? (the clockwork monsters, she is crazy after all)

DoctorOverlord.8620:

Interesting point. You are trying to understand her motivations by looking at her actions and that is an important thing to do. Because right now, we have not been given any solid explanation about her goals or motivations (beyond I’m crazy and want to blow up stuff)

I think one of the issues people have is that Scarlet’s motivations as a villain are either overly simplistic (blow up stuff) or they are being kept hidden when they should be revealed and explained to players.

Good motivation is critical for villain and just as critical is being sure the audience understands those motivation. The best villain motivations are those that the audience can grasp and even empathize.

I think one of the issues people have is that Scarlet’s motivations as a villain are either overly simplistic (blow up stuff) or they are being kept hidden when they should be revealed and explained to players.

ArenaNet likes being mysterious and dropping hints that everything will be explained but there are some things that need to come out at the start.

If Scarlet has deeper motivations, they need to be explained. If not, well I suppose the people who hate Scarlet do have a legitimate point.

For myself, after the flat, cardboard Elder Dragons I’m just glad for a villain with anything remotely recognizable as motivation, even it is just a Harley Quinn craziness.

True, if a-net keeps us in the dark for too long, it isnt good.
Still, i just wanted to comment on the fact that many people think that her actions are random, which they arent mostly. Thus a-net actually does give us some hints about her and her plans.

I mean with this knowledge you could actually predict what she will do next. What kind of unique technology (magical oder non-magical) is left for her to steal?
And if there isnt, it is possible that this could be the time for the final fight against her.

(Also i think it would be an awesome dungeon where she throws EVERYTHING at you from the preceding living story chapters one after an other and finishes with somekind of ultimate creation of hers.)