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Braham Spoilers.
About this prophecy- it could be just myth and Zojja said, that " it is absurd that the norn believe that physical attacks could do anything against a magical creature." And she is right, because even all of norns cannot kill Jormag alone. Look at the words of the Pale Tree from “A Light in the Darnkness”-
“Trahearne: These monsters are formidable. Tougher than the ones at Claw Island. How will we defeat them?
Avatar of the Tree: Alone, you cannot. But with unity, you will find that many impossible things can be achieved.”
So if they will go alone, all of norns will die.
“The Elder Dragon is no more”
The problem is that I want to hunt and kill Jormag? I’m mainly a Norn player, every other dragon I would be happy to see be killed by another than the PC. But Jormag, I’ve waited for longer than the game has been released to hunt hims down. letting Braham, a norn who clearly doesn’t want to succeed but to die in a blaze of glory, claim him would be terribly unfulfilling for me.
Agreed with Arden. The thing you have to remember is that Jormag (and Primordus) are STRONGER than Mordremoth and Zhaitan. The Pact made relatively short work of Zhaitan, and then look what Mordremoth did to them; he decimated them. He made the Pact look weak, and the only reason we won was due to the Commander and his small group of allies.
But the way the story is going NOW, that group of allies is splitting and getting weaker, and so is the Commander, whilst the foes we’re facing are getting stronger. The Pact is all but gone, so we don’t have an army anymore. Our companions are split around Tyria and torn between loyalties. I find it unlikely that a small group of Norn led by an emotional, revenge-driven and reckless Braham wielding an untested weapon could defeat a foe greater than Mordremoth, who laid waste to an entire army.
I think that Anet are setting up something pretty catastrophic here, and I don’t think it’s going to be quite as simple as “X person dies, Y gets sad about it, onto the next Dragon”, nor do I think Braham is going to be even close to successful. I actually think Braham is going to be one of the reasons we fail.
Fissure Of Woe – [lpe]
I Silent – Thief
…. That’s about it.
I Silent – Thief
…. That’s about it.
What if we as the player character are not meant to kill every single Elder Dragon on our own
We never did. Zhaitan was killed by Destiny’s Edge and the entire Pact (which included the commander). Mordremoth was also killed by the entire Pact and Dragon’s Watch (which again included the commander).
Killing Elder Dragons is and always has been a group effort.
Dear A-net: Please nerf rock. Paper is fine
~Sincerely, Scissors
~Sincerely, Scissors
Braham rushing into things will be a negative influence on the overall war effort, resulting in us having to safe him.
We will say sorry to each other and buddy up again.
Otherwise, he will die and his miserable life (yeah, his life kinda sucks) will finaly come to an end, with hopefully one epic stance at the end, saving us all.
The worst thing is. Braham in concept is a great character. Braham in game is just messing things up and is now actively a hindrance.
Before he only cut of Scarlet from revealing her master.
now he prematurely puts one of our greatest assets out on the frontline, even though there are way better alternatives.
I’m not so much troubled by Braham having issues, but he seems to be dealing with them in a very self destructive way. I wouldn’t be surprised if Braham got someone else killed, and that would be the thing to snap him out of this behaviour. All the worse if that’s going to be a character I’m fond of.
Honestly, Braham is giving me very, very negative vibes right now, to the point where if I could choose between him and Marjory in my team, I’d choose Marjory, even though I’m not particularly fond of her either. I’m not sure I wan’t Braham in Dragon’s Watch at all at this point, even though he used to be one of my more favored DE 2.0 characters. I don’t even particularly feel like playing this story through on all my characters because of him. Thankfully, no-one is forcing me.
Braham is going to get a lot of Norm killed.
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He’s the new Traherne.
Trahearne? Even not Caithe…
This is new thing, which we can see in NPCs- he and another norns want run to Jormag alone, so this is not about Braham, but about stupid norns, who believes in myths.
Why did you say “new Trahearne”? Hm?
“The Elder Dragon is no more”
Trahearne? Even not Caithe…
This is new thing, which we can see in NPCs- he and another norns want run to Jormag alone, so this is not about Braham, but about stupid norns, who believes in myths.
Why did you say “new Trahearne”? Hm?
In the sense that he may become a character that annoys players and they just want him “gone”.
I have been wondering, though this may be giving the story too much credit for depth, if maybe Mordremoth was able to tweak the minds of those who went up against him. Certainly all the fracturing and out-of-character’ing we’re seeing seems to have started after confronting Mordy in the mindscape. It could be his posthumous revenge. Taimi wasn’t in on that fight and she seems the most solidly herself.
Given the possibility this is what’s going on, I’m willing to cut Braham some slack even beyond the fact that nornish culture is about bravely charging into doom. A good mind-hack will be subtle enough not to shout “possession!” at others.
I dont want Braham’s death. I just hope he will back to normal Braham. If he hasnt respect even for Taimi, something very bad happens to him.
Taimi and Braham were like brother and sister, but I think, that he forgot about it.
He has to meet with Taimi, she can reminds him who is he.
“The Elder Dragon is no more”
He has to meet with Taimi, she can reminds him who is he.
Is she also going to make us forget how unqualified he is to be on our team? About how he behaved towards us?
Trahearne? Even not Caithe…
This is new thing, which we can see in NPCs- he and another norns want run to Jormag alone, so this is not about Braham, but about stupid norns, who believes in myths.
Why did you say “new Trahearne”? Hm?
Well this man could be about to lead his race into a cataclysmic battle that sees scores of them dead and or turned into the enemy.
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Braham’s speech made me think he just bought a red shirt and wore it….
Braham’s speech made me think he just bought a red shirt and wore it….
Yeah, I did want to throw down with him.
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A team of focused, thoughtful, moderate people solving the problems of the world, is cliche of modern novels to please “normal people” im happy that LS3 Is moving away from it. What saved the character Taimi in this series is precisely the pinch of Machiavellianism.
I have no idea who writes these stories, but if one day this team reads this, I suggest that they read the book “The Last Letters from Stalingrad”, and thus have a deepest possible immersion of the anguish and sorrow of soldiers in a battle field.
Like I can understand why hes acting like this and what Anets trying to do. But its just…
deep inhale
Man do I want to slap that boy to Arah right now.
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He’s the new Traherne.
He could be the new Kormir and troll us forever, but I will forgive him if he shouts FUS RO DAH!!! at every opportunity.
Honestly, I hate Braham’s character so much. In itself, he is very poorly written. He showed none of this emotion for the man who raised him but now with his mother who has recently just become close to him and passed on is now the be all and end all of his life. Like I understand she is important but his emotional reactions make no sense. To me it comes off as poorly written.
To me it makes sense that their most angst-ridden and foolish character is the one who goes off and makes a weapon to chip a tooth. If you speak to Elder Ulf about the “legend” (myth), he claims that it mostly just gives people goals to aspire to and that there is no need to be honest about it just being a myth. I believe what Braham has done is meant to create a conflict between the Norn and the other races. This chipping of the tooth mean his people will look to him to lead an assault on Jormag and Braham is not ready to do such a thing due to his carelessness, he has proved that multiple times by rushing in, this time in particular getting Rox frozen and then he has nothing to contribute by any sort of idea that you have to crash the monster into the little ice things, to me this might be somewhat intentional because he just bashes an ice creature the whole time and offers no assistance. On top of that, he seemed to show no real concern to what happened to Rox due to his behavior. Like others have said, we need to be united in order to make the Dragon’s fall.
Furthermore, it is insulting to hear coming from Braham’s mouth that his mother would not want us in Destiny’s Edge. They have been hit with such deadly forces in the past, any of the current members would be able to tell it would be time to call it quits and assist a new guild in taking on forces, far greater then they ever could. Zojja told us herself that we were a huge portion of DE’s firepower. Eir, for the most part was an incredibly smart and level-headed norn, who would have learned that fighting the Dragon’s alone wasn’t an option. Why else would she end up in a guild that was filled with mixed races with common goals and enemies. If she learned anything from fighting Zhaitan, it’s that working together is the only way. Braham doesn’t know Eir and bring shame to her legacy and unless his character actually could show some growth in a way that actually makes sense rather than continue to prove him time and time again that he is just a brutish guy with a rock for a brain, then honestly I hope his character get serious consequences and with his assault on Jormag, I hope it fails miserably, maybe he even dies honestly. It is infuriating to see the lack of consequences for his dumb actions, it often effects others and he won’t even care.
The other characters all have something to offer, sure Marjory didn’t listen when we told her it was a bad idea to go off with Lazarus, but that is something we need to find out and she is someone who shows she can think things through and offer well thought out ideas. Not only that, but her personality is far better written and when her family member died, she didn’t act entirely foolish, she listened to friends and learned. Not only that but she was actually raised with her sister, side by side. I am not trying to imply Braham can’t be hurt by his mother’s death, I am just saying that it makes no sense for him to have shown no emotion for his father and all the emotion for his mother with very little presence in his life. I am an angsty person and I am not close with my mother, in fact I would say I have a similar reaction to my mother as Braham used to, but if I got close to her and then she passed away there is no way I would act out for her the way Braham does for his mother, but I am close with my father, he raised me and I would be absolutely heart broken. This is probably why to me, his character reactions make no sense.
The only Dragon I could see that happening with is mordy or underwater dragons.
Mordy because he planted part of his mind in Trea but probably did the same for Logan and Zohar so Zohar is lich king since mostly everyone hates Logan.
The other is underwater dragon for no other reason it’s obvious that the current staff have a thing against water combat. So either largish send a letter saying they killed it or possessed lorgos with raised land just so post Season 2 Anet doesn’t have to fix water.
What if we as the player character are not meant to kill every single Elder Dragon on our own
We never did. Zhaitan was killed by Destiny’s Edge and the entire Pact (which included the commander). Mordremoth was also killed by the entire Pact and Dragon’s Watch (which again included the commander).
Killing Elder Dragons is and always has been a group effort.
Mordremoth was a two part battle, that required not only the Dragon’s Watch and the Pact, but all the forces the other races had to offer as well. Dragon’s Watch only dealt with the internal battle of Mordremoth, Dragon’s Stand meta event is how he was distracted and killed from the outside. We never would have made it to enter his mind without the Pact and the troops sent by the other races marching their forces down three lanes and distracting the “Mouth of Mordremoth”.
We have never killed a Dragon alone, but we were a great force combiner and leader that heard peoples plans and made the tough choices, as we have always done. There is no excuse that the player can’t do it alone and Braham is a fool in thinking that we are the deciders. We never choose who gets to kill a Dragon, we fought them as they fought us and played the cards we have always been dealt and that is something Braham doesn’t understand. He rushes in and doesn’t look at the card he has to play with. He is a destructive force and will kill a lot of people.
People saying that the pact is done for thanks to Mordremoth. That is not true thanks to the living world story 2. Not only the pact has access to recruiting minor races. They can now recruit soldiers from major races directly, along with Lion’s Arch. The pact is currently more powerful than ever than it was during the Mordremoth campaign. Sadly thanks to our toon leaving the pact we can no longer directly see its development.
The Pact is not done. But it is decimated and beheaded. The whole airfleet is gone. And that was a major pact force, that brought Zhaitan down. Rebuilding the fleet is a tremendes amont of resorces and working power. And the Pact is not a government organisation, by the way.
Infantry casualties are also catastrofic. Recruiting is problematic: volanteers usually enlist on a wave of enthusiasm (like victory over Zhaitan) or when their homeland is directely threatened. We have neither of this now. Victory over Mordemoth is a very bitter one, and Jormag+Primordus are not even close to Zhaitan’s assault on Lion Arch or Mordemoth blocking waypoint network. Their “active” state is very passive, as for me.
And the most significant thing is the loss of the leader. Trahearn was not part of any Order, and that was part of the deal of him becoming Pact marshal. Who can replace him? Of course, his right hand, Pact commander, who was respected enough by all three orders. But we refused, and now Pact HQ is paralized by political struggle. Who can unite and lead them again? I personaly don’t know. And I bet a gold coin they dont know either.
But if I were to answer a question "who can be the next Pact leader?" I can thing only of two people. First is Pact commander. The second is... well... Lazarus. I know he is a mursaat and a "bad guy" to everyone by deafult. But with that Bloodstone firepower he could be respected by Vigil. All that arcane and ancient lore makes him closer to the Priory. And mursaat are very good in intrigues an cunning schemes, just like Whispers. And he is not a part of any order. And I personaly think that he is more interesting than Trahearn as a character (even considering Lazarus had like 3 lines yet). Though all of it is almost impossible because of his race reputation.
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I’m not too worried about Braham. His “crusade” will end very quickly, and well before they reach Jormag.
- He has only one weapon that can hurt it, a bow.
- Braham isn’t the best archer, he’s only had the bow for a short time. He’ll never hand it off to a better archer, though.
- He doesn’t know how to deal with the bitter cold, and we don’t know if that elixir will be enough as we get even closer to Jormag.
- He doesn’t even know where Jormag is.
He can’t make it within eyesight of Jormag, much less within bow range. Anyone following him will figure this out quickly. They may make a hard push against the Sons of Svanir and other minions, but Jormag is quite safe from Braham and his friends.
If he wants that dragon dead, he’s going to be forced to come back to us. I do predict a few deaths before that happens, including Garm and maybe Rox. Still, we might be able to lure the dragon out and let him take a shot at it in the final battle.
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delicate, brick-like subtlety.
delicate, brick-like subtlety.
What if we as the player character are not meant to kill every single Elder Dragon on our own
We never did. Zhaitan was killed by Destiny’s Edge and the entire Pact (which included the commander). Mordremoth was also killed by the entire Pact and Dragon’s Watch (which again included the commander).
Killing Elder Dragons is and always has been a group effort.
Mordremoth was a two part battle, that required not only the Dragon’s Watch and the Pact, but all the forces the other races had to offer as well. Dragon’s Watch only dealt with the internal battle of Mordremoth, Dragon’s Stand meta event is how he was distracted and killed from the outside. We never would have made it to enter his mind without the Pact and the troops sent by the other races marching their forces down three lanes and distracting the “Mouth of Mordremoth”.
We have never killed a Dragon alone, but we were a great force combiner and leader that heard peoples plans and made the tough choices, as we have always done. There is no excuse that the player can’t do it alone and Braham is a fool in thinking that we are the deciders. We never choose who gets to kill a Dragon, we fought them as they fought us and played the cards we have always been dealt and that is something Braham doesn’t understand. He rushes in and doesn’t look at the card he has to play with. He is a destructive force and will kill a lot of people.
Exactly.
Dear A-net: Please nerf rock. Paper is fine
~Sincerely, Scissors
~Sincerely, Scissors
All I Want is more control over my character, I want to choose what I say to my comrads because most of these lines dont sound like anything he would say. He is a Norn berserker werebear, hulked out and bloodthirsty. I chose ferocity in the beginning, I also chose to want the power to vanquish my ancient foes? You give me no choice in what im going to say to a hyped up little norn of wolf? You dont let my character get mad, maybe do something he might regret? Norn have trouble maintaining their temper. There are events where some norn go beast form, because of CHILDREN throwing snow balls disrupting their peace.
You let me choose in every other instance until now, why cant you let me choose what Ill say in this moment. Why? Because you know FULL WELL im going to say the worst thing on the list, and dare that little kitten to try me? Yeah Ill say it, all I wanted to do is beat braham till he was out cold. Then tie him up and drag him to the lab, and FORCE him to wait because THAT is what a viking would do. Thats what MY character would probably do. If they would listen to logic and reason and become a threat to EVERYONE MY CHARACTER HAS EVER KNOWN, im gonna knock em out. Norn pc’s seem to give so little of a kitten about Jormag it hurts. ESPECIALLY SINCE HE IS MENTIONED BY NAME IN THEIR INTRO CINEMATIC!!!!!
The problem is that I want to hunt and kill Jormag? I’m mainly a Norn player, every other dragon I would be happy to see be killed by another than the PC. But Jormag, I’ve waited for longer than the game has been released to hunt hims down. letting Braham, a norn who clearly doesn’t want to succeed but to die in a blaze of glory, claim him would be terribly unfulfilling for me.
That’s exactly how I felt. I was really into Skyrim when my friends first introduced me to the game. Told them I was going to base my character on the Captain of the Whiterun Guards. Chose Norn as my race, warrior class, well this is the guy he’s based on. http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/6/6e/Sinmir.png/revision/latest?cb=20120925024603
My first character, been my favourite since I started. Then Braham gets to be the one to crack the fang. The honour that you, me and many other Norn players probably wanted.
Although something that gives me hope, that flaming arrow only made a small crack in the fang. This could maybe be what humbles Braham, how about letting the player make a bigger dent in it? Or even shatter it? If a flaming arrow could do that I wonder what a good wack from Eureka would do to it…
But the way the story is going NOW, that group of allies is splitting and getting weaker, and so is the Commander, whilst the foes we’re facing are getting stronger. The Pact is all but gone, so we don’t have an army anymore. Our companions are split around Tyria and torn between loyalties. I find it unlikely that a small group of Norn led by an emotional, revenge-driven and reckless Braham wielding an untested weapon could defeat a foe greater than Mordremoth, who laid waste to an entire army.
I think that Anet are setting up something pretty catastrophic here, and I don’t think it’s going to be quite as simple as “X person dies, Y gets sad about it, onto the next Dragon”, nor do I think Braham is going to be even close to successful. I actually think Braham is going to be one of the reasons we fail.
This. I believe Braham poses an enormous risk to the whole plan the Commander and Taimi are currently working on.
But you know what? You guys keep forgetting about Lazarus and the White Mantle. I believe that they will play a huge role in all of this and, in one way or another (be it as an ally or as foes), they will contribute to us successfully defeating Jormag and Primordus.
I should have said speculation.
I’m going to pose a different view point on Braham then the consensus that he’s some reckless Commander wannabe.
What if we as the player character are not meant to kill every single Elder Dragon on our own?
Our guild is working together to find a way to deal with the dragons. Taimi is researching a possible way to make Jormag and Primordus fight each other. This would be far more desirable than any “traditional” method to fight the dragons as those will mean more loss of life.
Braham doesn’t know about these plans and doesn’t want to know. If he wanted to go up against Jormag by himself and get himself killed that would be fine. He would only be responsible for his own death. But you know that Rox (and Frostbite and Garm), and who knows how many Norn will follow him into that battle. And how many of them will die possibly unnecessarily if we could have pitted the dragons against each other?
And if Jormag is dead, that means we can’t pit him against Primordus which means that we will probably also have to fight HIM in a traditional manner. This will mean how many MORE deaths?
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
Here’s what I expect to happen:
Surprisingly, in a twist of fate, Braham and the Norn will actually be successful against Jormag (though with heavy losses), leaving us with no way to fight Primordus, who would not only become even more powerful, but would not have the one weakness we’ve been able to discover with all of the Rata Novus research, effectively turning him into something even worse than Mordremoth was …
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Braham lashing out at pretty much everyone is expected, but will likely have a negative effect on the campaign if he doesn’t snap out of it soon. In this state of mind he is not the relatively level-headed and somewhat rational Norn we met; he seems to have no regard for those still with him. And this is what will likely create much of the damage. He cracked the tooth- now the Norns will want to mobilize. If the Norn elders don’t rein him in, it could at best cause massive Norn casualties, and possibly have a repeat of the body count seen in the Heart of Thorns campaign. At which point, hopefully the shock will snap him out of it, or, as my Rangervari says, “Jormag will do us a favor and eat him.”
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly. He’s a liability right now. Work fast, Taimi!
I am totally Sylvari trash.
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly.
Is he? I can’t remember a time when he didn’t argue and complain about everything.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly.
I don’t recall seeing this, but I am more than willing to keep an open mind about it. Perhaps it will happen again at some point in the future.
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly.
Is he? I can’t remember a time when he didn’t argue and complain about everything.
Well, granted my standards of late are rather low >.> But I do remember at the start of HoT he DID say we should hurry to find the captives. Badly timed statement, mind you, but he had the right idea. Not that anyone actually listened, what with all the side trips and detours.
He was more useful when he WASN’T lashing out left and right, at least. And there was a much lower likelihood of a sky-high casualty count from his influence.
Great character development, I think. But WOW does it grate on the nerves.
I am totally Sylvari trash.
Great character development, I think. But WOW does it grate on the nerves.
I can agree with this. A character that I, in character, do not like, is better than one that I haven’t a second thought about at all.
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly.
Is he? I can’t remember a time when he didn’t argue and complain about everything.
Well, granted my standards of late are rather low >.> But I do remember at the start of HoT he DID say we should hurry to find the captives. Badly timed statement, mind you, but he had the right idea. Not that anyone actually listened, what with all the side trips and detours.
He was more useful when he WASN’T lashing out left and right, at least. And there was a much lower likelihood of a sky-high casualty count from his influence.
Great character development, I think. But WOW does it grate on the nerves.
Actually, he said the first thing we should do, without scouting or trying to figure out what was going on or anything, was to go find Eir. That was his only concern. No one who is intelligent rushes blindly into enemy territory. And all he did was complain every time we did something that wasn’t rushing off to rescue Eir.
And Eir wasn’t killed until after she was rescued.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
Braham is the only one who isn’t being a wishy-washy coward. Lets get in there and start hitting things. This standing around talking about it is the wrong tack. I want to smash the ‘1’ key (sometimes the ‘2’ key) on something, not listen to NPCs jabber on and on.
More action, less drama!
SBI
Braham is the only one who isn’t being a wishy-washy coward. Lets get in there and start hitting things. This standing around talking about it is the wrong tack. I want to smash the ‘1’ key (sometimes the ‘2’ key) on something, not listen to NPCs jabber on and on.
More action, less drama!
Strategy is “drama”?
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly.
Is he? I can’t remember a time when he didn’t argue and complain about everything.
He seemed to pretty much go along with whatever the PC wanted, up until HoT. But there, the PC was concerned with the entire operation to defeat the dragon (which including recovering their friends), whereas Braham was only concerned with finding his mother. But… that’s kind of understandable?
DE was a bunch of whiny soap opera BS too, until you worked through the dungeon storylines.
Ceterum censeo Sentim Punicam esse delendam
Braham is the only one who isn’t being a wishy-washy coward. Lets get in there and start hitting things. This standing around talking about it is the wrong tack. I want to smash the ‘1’ key (sometimes the ‘2’ key) on something, not listen to NPCs jabber on and on.
More action, less drama!
Strategy is “drama”?
I play the game to make my character do something. However, most of the time, we’re forced (no skipping option) to listen to endless (and IMO unneeded) drama inducing dialog.
SBI
Braham is the only one who isn’t being a wishy-washy coward. Lets get in there and start hitting things. This standing around talking about it is the wrong tack. I want to smash the ‘1’ key (sometimes the ‘2’ key) on something, not listen to NPCs jabber on and on.
More action, less drama!
Strategy is “drama”?
I play the game to make my character do something. However, most of the time, we’re forced (no skipping option) to listen to endless (and IMO unneeded) drama inducing dialog.
RPGs are about the story.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly.
Is he? I can’t remember a time when he didn’t argue and complain about everything.
He seemed to pretty much go along with whatever the PC wanted, up until HoT. But there, the PC was concerned with the entire operation to defeat the dragon (which including recovering their friends), whereas Braham was only concerned with finding his mother. But… that’s kind of understandable?
Braham didn’t really want anything or have any big goals between the end of Season 1 and the beginning of HoT. He was just there, like it was out of habit or to impress his mom.
When he does want something, he goes for it, reason be kittened. There are times when that’s the right play, too. But that’s his ONLY play. At the least little roadblock, he resorts to “rush in and hit things”.
Raven needs to bless this kid upside his head.
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delicate, brick-like subtlety.
delicate, brick-like subtlety.
He’s quite an asset when he’s thinking properly.
Is he? I can’t remember a time when he didn’t argue and complain about everything.
he had the right idea. Not that anyone actually listened, what with all the side trips and detours.
We were there to fight a war, not save his mommy. Rushing in blindly is what got the pact (and by extension Eir) into this mess in the first place. As the commander we could not afford thinking about just one person. Our main objective was to defeat mordremoth, which meant organizing the pact remnants, gather intelligence, secure alliances with the local population and keep the egg out of Mordremoths possession. That’s exactly what we did and should have done. Saving Eir was a secondary objective.
Dear A-net: Please nerf rock. Paper is fine
~Sincerely, Scissors
~Sincerely, Scissors
He seriously needs to be removed. Replace him with a better character whose more interesting. He’s just too heavy to carry.
He seriously needs to be removed. Replace him with a better character whose more interesting. He’s just too heavy to carry.
Actually, they really do need to. Let’s look at what we have:
Rox: She’s shown us some of the issues with being a Gladium in charr society. She’s also shown us how far she will and will not go to get into an official warband. Loyalty to her friends cost her the chance to join Rytlock’s warband, but while she regrets the lost chance she’s never once said she regrets the choice she made at that moment.
Taimi: We’ve seen some of the inner workings of asura society thanks to her, including some pretty ugly parts of it. We’ve also seen her in moments when her intellect isn’t enough to overcome her physical limitations, and how terrified she can be at those times. Even now, she sits in the middle of a mess that’s just waiting to explode on her, so that she can be in control of things. She’s a good plot device currently, and it’s going to be easy to get more plot going with her again when the time comes.
Kas and Majory: Here we see some of the different sides of the human class system in action. One from a noble family that was knocked down, the other from a common family but working her way up. They’ve both seen the good and bad sides of both the upper and lower classes of humanity, but from different perspectives. Good dynamics for storytelling and advancement there.
Rytlock: While Rox shows us what it’s like to be an outcast in charr society, I get the feeling that Rytlock’s going to be showing us the downsides of not wanting to stay in line when you’re part of that society. He’s also the voice of experience in the party, being the only one that’s really trained for large scale military thinking, and an experienced adventurer.
Canach: Provided a much needed sylvari voice for the party during HoT, as well as being the “rogue” of the group. He’ll be needed if we’re to explore any of the fallout on the sylvari, and until then he’s actually a plot hook to keep us working with the Shining Blade.
Braham: For a while he was the token male of the group. Big, strong, hits things. But his character actually ignores pretty much everything of interest about the norn. Even his supposed following of the teachings of Wolf has fallen by the wayside completely now. As none of the characters actually shows any religious or spiritual leanings, this would be the perfect role for a norn to play. And yet, despite how important such things are to their culture, he fails to show any of it. It would be great to replace him with a shaman of some kind. A raven shaman would be great, still big and strong and able to hit things, but also someone that will stop and consult with other sources of wisdom to find his way and advise others. Rox being the superstitious type might get along with them within reason, and it would make for a great dynamic to see them bouncing off of Taimi’s faith in science.
So, yes. Replace him.
Sarcasm, delivered with a
delicate, brick-like subtlety.
delicate, brick-like subtlety.