Guild Wars 2

So what is with characters randomly screaming to themselves on the new maps? Happened in Bloodstone Fen and now Ember Bay. Aside from the fact that the random text box popup and voice line are pretty annoying, especially if you’re trying to play with the sound on, there hasn’t been ANY connection to the story to actually explain this whatsoever. I mean, you’d assume it could have something to do with being exposed to a lot of (unbound) magic in the area, but what that actually means for us is anyone’s guess. For all we’ve been told, we could go supersaiyan or jump to level 90 with the next patch. And that would be pretty hilarious.

Anyone have speculation on this random, unexplained part of LW? I like that ArenaNet isn’t afraid to try new things with their game, but I can’t say I’m particularly immersed by this dialogue proc hahaha

Happens to me on a regular basis, it’s actually quite funny lol.

Merchant: “Greeting traveller, how can I help you to..”
Player: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!”

I was logging a petrified tree:
WHAAAA!!!
And I wasn’t even on my Sylvari, now ain’t that just quackers

But I do wonder.. is it a bug.. or is it part of the Bloodstone Madness?

We’re going crazy – collecting Unbound Magic, Bloodstone, dealing with Anomalies, etc. Look at what it did to the White Mantle in Bloodstone Fen.

Djinn.9245:

We’re going crazy – collecting Unbound Magic, Bloodstone, dealing with Anomalies, etc. Look at what it did to the White Mantle in Bloodstone Fen.

Yeah, I found it a bit ironic and unsettling when Bloodstone Fen just opened and everyone was basically farming the same stuff that twisted all those people. I’m not sure how intentional on the part of ANet it was.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

All signs point to us going nuts. Started seeing that ghost again too. Watch us turn into the new ‘god’ at the end of all things.

The God of Madness.

did somebody say ‘all signs point to us going to that ghost party’ ?

Ardenwolfe.8590:

All signs point to us going nuts. Started seeing that ghost again too. Watch us turn into the new ‘god’ at the end of all things.

The God of Madness.

so basically we are becoming sheogorath? XD

The screaming I’m getting use to it.

But I’m surprised our character isn’t crazy yet (with all the unbound magic) and our character is seeing the Ley-Line Anomaly to.

Move over Mad king we’re becoming crazy too… Just kidding.

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Happens to me on a regular basis, it’s actually quite funny lol.

Merchant: “Greeting traveller, how can I help you to..”
Player: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!”

I literally LOLed to that

In HoT my character used to say on ocassion "So this is what it feels like to be Taimi!” without any apparent reason. She could be flying around, in downed state, logging something, or buying stuff…

I thought I was the only one, thanks for the post. At first I thought it was because I was Sylvari and it was remnants of Mordremoth’s influence but it’s been ongoing and for no reason so I guess it’s a bug.

Originally I thought the ghost was actually Lazarus partially phasing in as he is spying on us. Then I decided that they could probably make a much better model (semi-transparency shouldn’t be hard to add to an existing model instead of reusing the guardian model instead). So now I have to conclude that we had a bit too much bloodstone dust for our own good.

shadowfanatik.5160:

Ardenwolfe.8590:

All signs point to us going nuts. Started seeing that ghost again too. Watch us turn into the new ‘god’ at the end of all things.

The God of Madness.

so basically we are becoming sheogorath? XD

Shivering Isles confirmed as next expansion

I truly hope our characters are actually going insane. I mean, the random screaming, seeing the ley-line “ghosts”, and spending all this time soaking up magical ley energies? That’d make anyone bonkers. And I really want to see it be part of the upcoming story in some way.

RoseofGilead.8907:

I truly hope our characters are actually going insane. I mean, the random screaming, seeing the ley-line “ghosts”, and spending all this time soaking up magical ley energies? That’d make anyone bonkers. And I really want to see it be part of the upcoming story in some way.

Me too.
Insane, corrupted by Aurene thus becoming a true champion or preferably both.
Id love to see some darker story, especialy with how the pc is sort of bland (latest episodes adding some sarcasm made it far better tho) and improve it with some random insanity.

Hope they wont remove the screams and it will get “worse” with the pc.
Random blurrs in the corner of the screen like with blind effect would be interesting too.

Also the other characters could notice that there is something wrong with the commander, but the pc would deny it, eventually succumbing to Aurenes corruption entirely.

Mmos with dark endings are truly rare. If anet could pull this off, gw2 could become a legend amongst mmos.

It only happens on the 2 maps with Jade Constructs. Folks on Reddit think it is caused by their spectral agony attack.

Widget.2987:

It only happens on the 2 maps with Jade Constructs. Folks on Reddit think it is caused by their spectral agony attack.

Nope, I’ve been Mapping FGS on my Guardian and he’s been doing it there too. Also on my warrior in sparkfly, but then I was using the Tonic.

Yeah, I’ve had it happen when I’ve been nowhere near jade constructs, completely out of combat.

its a new attack. you must experience 9000 screams, then throw a punch.

Hrm, I just screamed just as a lay line was formed. First time it’s happened while carrying the detector.

JaddynnStarr.5201:

its a new attack. you must experience 9000 screams, then throw a punch.

Will it turn my hair blond(e)?

Naah, I think the screaming should have occurred when flying in those magic storm orbs and when you’re inflicted with Spectral Agony.

And it’s gone out of control, causing screams all around the place.

Gryphon.2875:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Happens to me on a regular basis, it’s actually quite funny lol.

Merchant: “Greeting traveller, how can I help you to..”
Player: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!”

I literally LOLed to that

Actually, it’s probably a reaction to the real feeling one gets when one hears the same thing over and over again.

If Anet knows that it’s annoying to hear the same thing (storyline accepted, but negated at this point), why can’t they allow us who are players to come up with thousands of more so they never repeat?

We need to be part of the game – art does nothing since it’s not being incorporated into the game, so as players, we ask to be included in stopping the boring sameness of the same phrases which turn people off in the extreme.

“If Mordremoth can attack the Mother Tree in the Grove, it can attack ANYWHERE!”

Can you figure out why some are so turned off at doing Silverwastes or any area where the NPCs are clearly not an immersion point of the game?

I can.