Guild Wars 2

Wow, just wow.

I am just back from Glint’s lair. I was reminded very forcefully of Vassar in GW 1 and of GW1 Mesmers in general.

As a Mesmer I was well, mesmerized. The personal story line is worth the price of the game imo. Another home run. The story writing crew should be commended.

Let’s see, 6 gods.. 6 dragons. I strongly suspect that Lyssa and Glint are connected. Rivals? Aspects?

Is the absense of the gods the unbalance mentioned in one of the Priory books I browsed?

There are lots of juicy possible story lines just in this episode. I note also Majory using the Greatsword.

Finding the gigantic statue of Abbadon in the Priory was an eye opener. It is logical. I doubt the Sylvari are the only faction hiding possible mixed loyalties.

Less pleasant; The aspects were excessive. It took me over an hour to defeat the malevolent memory. I understood the mechanics, that wasn’t the issue. It just took an excessively long time to make it work.

It’s not conclusive, but there is a suggestion in Guild Wars 1 that Glint might have had some connection to all of the gods: the facets of the gods in Eye of the North are similar in appearance to the facets of Glint in the original Dragon’s Lair.

Glint herself, though, seems to be closest to being a combination of Lyssa and Dwayna. She was a powerful mesmer herself, hence having similarities to Lyssa, while the Zephyrite Aspects point towards areas of Dwayna’s domain: light, wind and lightning.

Thanks for that. I didn’t know that lore. The feeling was inescapable though travelling through Glint’s lair.