So, we know Lion’s Arch is going to be attacked and probably significantly damaged in the upcoming weeks. Here’s looking beyond that, and assuming the damage is more than significant but is almost catastrophic. Total loss of some places and a reorganization of the PoIs so they’re more ‘historical’ points than normal ones. (“Former Site of Crow’s Nest Tavern” for instance).
What next? Well how about in Season 2 we have a background plotline revolving around Lion’s Arch recovery? Along with the usual story chapters, each update adds a part of the recovery. The idea being there’s crews at work and steadily we see recovery of the town into a grand city. Buildings are restored and built from something other than broken ships as resources are poured into making the city grand once more instead of a shanty town.
So how do we make it feel alive? Player input. Set up a couple NPCs like the donation drives from Wintersday or the one Lionguard from long ago who traded donation packages for tokens. Let them run concurrently, and the top donated project moves along the most and gets rebuilt faster. Heck, “poll” with dialogue options at each donation to shape the building in minor finishing touches. The players can truly offer to shape the new Lion’s Arch.
. . . and make it the home of the Pact proper. Add a small instance like the Chantry of Secrets or Durmand Priory where the Pact has a base of operations more centralized than Fort Trinity (meant to be a forward base to retake Orr – that’s done now, time to move on).
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