Guild Wars 2

Please ANet, give us the option to kick his ass for good ouside the temple (since it’s a sacred place…)!

Yet another example of how our PCs are watered down. Way back in the day, my Charr Warrior was “brutal”. He would have smacked that priest through a stained glass window after the words “fite me” and then gave Anise a surly glare for impugning his honor as a soldier.

But instead, we don’t even get a fight out of it. Lame. :\

Rauderi.8706:

Yet another example of how our PCs are watered down. Way back in the day, my Charr Warrior was “brutal”. He would have smacked that priest through a stained glass window after the words “fite me” and then gave Anise a surly glare for impugning his honor as a soldier.

But instead, we don’t even get a fight out of it. Lame. :\

That, THAT. As a Norn Warrior and Pact Commander I felt my honor smashed by letting pass that insult.

Zaraki.5784:

That, THAT. As a Norn Warrior and Pact Commander I felt my honor smashed by letting pass that insult.

I think it’s been made blatantly clear that the agency of NPCs is more important than that of players in Living World. You simply exist to be a passive observer in the events you’re witnessing, destined to never get any credit for all the leg work you do, preordained to be disrespected by every NPC you meet and cursed to never actually have an impact on the outcome.

Dakurus Sunfire.9157:

Zaraki.5784:

That, THAT. As a Norn Warrior and Pact Commander I felt my honor smashed by letting pass that insult.

I think it’s been made blatantly clear that the agency of NPCs is more important than that of players in Living World. You simply exist to be a passive observer in the events you’re witnessing, destined to never get any credit for all the leg work you do, preordained to be disrespected by every NPC you meet and cursed to never actually have an impact on the outcome.

A simple illusion of choice would’ve been fine:

Charm – Some witty remark that disarms the clucking priest. Anise approves.
Dignity – “Just ignore him, Countess.” Anise approves. Clucking continues as the conversation strays away.
Ferocity – “Want me to pound him into ground hash?” Anise frowns. “Not today, pet. I don’t want to be responsible for the mess.” Conversation continues in private.

That’s all it would take to feel a little agency there. Same results, slightly different lines.

So with Balthy’s return, all the priest went bloodthirsty, bat kitten crazy? SMH