Guild Wars 2

Thoughts on the new teaser of the new chapter?
In my opinion it looks amazing!!!

Was just about to make a topic about this. Looks like we will indeed be going to a hidden temple of some sorts. I also think we’ll be seeing some past events through some sort of memory holding item.

Edit: On second look, it looks like Ogden was keeping something hidden in the Durmand Priory, something that will take us into the past.

I thought it might have been Hall of Monuments at first, but doesn’t make so much sense. The new maguuma zone looks suitably chaotic, but is the video hinting at a new shiverpeaks zone or one already in game?

Maybe into a dungeon?

All I can say is WOW.

It looks pretty epic indeed! Lets hope for some good content this time.

Is the video on the rest of the LS or just the next episode cause it almost looks as if we might go to multiple new maps.

Guys that looks a lot like the Durman Priory to me in the snowy zone. Also, its just for the next episode.

First half is showing what happened earlier in S2 second half is new ^^

We will probably know what is happening or happened to Rytlock. Oh and that thing at the end of the video was a statue or it was moving his fingers?

from what can tell that last part is the Dragon’s Lair from GW1 and from the title i can only assume there might be some sort of portal to the past

Chances r this wont happen but would be really cool if we go back to when Destiny’s Edge meets Glint and we fight against Kralkatorik and win.

Indeed, it looks very epic. I will be looking forward to it all week!
It looks like more of dry top will be unlocked, with some sort of charr base there (or was that somewhere else? I will have too look again) or maybe even a new maguuma map.

“S2 hurtles toward an unforgettable end”

To me that says we’ll have another short block like part 1 and then that will be it for Season 2, anyone else find that? Maybe… S2 will end just after the new year then… EXPANSION?!?!?!? Well we can dream anyway lol

Jimmy JimBob.2801:

“S2 hurtles toward an unforgettable end”

To me that says we’ll have another short block like part 1 and then that will be it for Season 2, anyone else find that? Maybe… S2 will end just after the new year then… EXPANSION?!?!?!? Well we can dream anyway lol

Yup that’s pretty much what is going to happen at the end of S2 I bet. I hope (like S1) the last 4 or so episodes are the best. After that, it is very unlikely we will be seeing an expansion, but probably another few months of nothing and we will be seeing season 3 starting.

The dragon at 1:23 is Mordremoth ? Because that dragon (even if far away) looks like the same size as Tequatl,I really hope Mordremoth is some kind of giant venusaur-like dragon in the middle of a swamp (or he could even be the swamp itself) and not some agile flying dragon like Tequatl.

Even Zhaitan looked like he would struggle to fly because of his weight,since he was made by a lot of smaller dragons,he shouldn’t be able to fly that fast.

No hate btw,I loved that trailer,gave me goose bumps,the living story was pretty “meh” until now,now I’m excited! I just can’t wait to see Mordremoth,because when he dies,we will be one step closer to Kralkatorrik,my favorite dragon. (Also Deep Sea Dragon,but that one looks like will not appear anytime soon)

Sorean.5379:

The dragon at 1:23 is Mordremoth….

That’s the dragon you fight at the end of Dragon’s Reach pt2.

I think the dragon at 1:23 is zhaitan. I thought it was mordy after DR: Part 2, but after looking at it it has the same look as zhaitan does in Arah story mode.

Up until 1:30-ish the recap of what happened in LS S2 so far. So the dragon you are referring to iirc is The Shadow of the Dragon.

That crystal cave towards the end reminded me of Destiny’s Vault of Glass final boss area… HOLY kitten!

They said in Points of Interest the first half would be recap, and they weren’t kidding. It’s not just recap, it’s old footage. The dragon forcing its way between plant trunks is seen several times in the fight in the Omphalos Chamber at the end of the chapter.

The flying dragon in the crystal area is from the vision the Pale Tree gives you after that fight.

The new footage with teasers for what’s to come begins with the airship.

suffish.4150:

I think the dragon at 1:23 is zhaitan. I thought it was mordy after DR: Part 2, but after looking at it it has the same look as zhaitan does in Arah story mode.

It’s Mordy’s champion that attacked the Grove. You can tell by the big bush on it’s back, which is also present in the opening instance for Sylvari.

As for the new footage, my current theory (hope) is that since it’s said glint’s sanctuary was held in a single grain of sand, what if the hourglass breaking contains the grain of sand (though I believe the single grain of sand was more metaphorical – probably more than 1 grain of sand can grant you access to it), and the crystalline structures is the Sanctuary.

all i can think off is that we maby go back in to the past to learn more about dragons
maby some weakness ??

and what about Rytlock like the king says when you beat him ad AC there more deadly things beneath his tomb ??

maby it will we swarming with ghost there poor Rytlock

so much we don’t no and so much to tell

Wuuuuhaaaa!!!! Looks definitly great

The flying shooting ship … epic!

If we are going back in time, it might be to when the dragons were last sent back to slumber. Maybe Abby’s temple played a part in it?

Jimmy JimBob.2801:

“S2 hurtles toward an unforgettable end”

To me that says we’ll have another short block like part 1 and then that will be it for Season 2, anyone else find that? Maybe… S2 will end just after the new year then… EXPANSION?!?!?!? Well we can dream anyway lol

I will take a pass to this LS in hopes my lack of participation will help contribute to the numbers/data of players not taking part in this content, and will lead someday to a no LS scenario.

Expansion, hell yes!

I was curious about one of the folks in the video at about 2:10 – was he a dwarf? If so, this should get very interesting.

Aerinndis.2730:

I was curious about one of the folks in the video at about 2:10 – was he a dwarf? If so, this should get very interesting.

That is Ogden Stonehealer from GW1. He does appear in GW2 in certain storylines. He is a dwarf who was transformed like the others, but seems to have retained his personality

Oh neat, I am looking forward to this even more!

The temple thing in the snow mountains is definately durmand priory since you can also see the asura gate a bit on the left!

The dwarf was Ogden, he had been in the game since launch.

if we go to the past, i would really like to see pre-searing ascalon again, small change but….
I WANT IT

I wonder how the season will end. Season one ended with the destruction of LA and they must top that since this is a dragon waking up. The other dragons completly changed the geography of their region. (a mountain range gone, an island lifted up, a huge scar of branded corruption).

Aren’t the vines Modremoth himself? I wonder what his main body would be like. He can probably be a map itself…

KngGilgamesh.3481:

I wonder how the season will end. Season one ended with the destruction of LA and they must top that since this is a dragon waking up. The other dragons completly changed the geography of their region. (a mountain range gone, an island lifted up, a huge scar of branded corruption).

Aren’t the vines Modremoth himself? I wonder what his main body would be like. He can probably be a map itself…

My theory is that it’ll end with Mordremoth going all and andd actually changing the geography like the other Elder Dragons did when they awoke. It’s arguable that he already has but from the PoI episode I got the feeling like they wanna actually show the destruction of the geography from when an Elder Dragon awakens in game. They seemed to be very excited about having an Elder Dragon awake during the time period that we play in. Also I hope that this sets the stage for an Expansion to the game.

Xukavi.4320:

KngGilgamesh.3481:

I wonder how the season will end. Season one ended with the destruction of LA and they must top that since this is a dragon waking up. The other dragons completly changed the geography of their region. (a mountain range gone, an island lifted up, a huge scar of branded corruption).

Aren’t the vines Modremoth himself? I wonder what his main body would be like. He can probably be a map itself…

My theory is that it’ll end with Mordremoth going all and andd actually changing the geography like the other Elder Dragons did when they awoke. It’s arguable that he already has but from the PoI episode I got the feeling like they wanna actually show the destruction of the geography from when an Elder Dragon awakens in game. They seemed to be very excited about having an Elder Dragon awake during the time period that we play in. Also I hope that this sets the stage for an Expansion to the game.

Brother Mhenlo will be waiting for us at the docks.

Was kind of annoyed that the first 80% of the trailer was just old stuff we’ve already played, but the end bit was great.

Abandon fractal inc? :P
Also, looks like we’ll be going deeper into Dry Top, pretty sure there was some new landscape in that vid.

Is it just me or Ogden Stonehealer is no longer a ‘stone dwarf’? Around 2:05 you can see him…

suffish.4150:

Jimmy JimBob.2801:

“S2 hurtles toward an unforgettable end”

To me that says we’ll have another short block like part 1 and then that will be it for Season 2, anyone else find that? Maybe… S2 will end just after the new year then… EXPANSION?!?!?!? Well we can dream anyway lol

Yup that’s pretty much what is going to happen at the end of S2 I bet. I hope (like S1) the last 4 or so episodes are the best. After that, it is very unlikely we will be seeing an expansion, but probably another few months of nothing and we will be seeing season 3 starting.

And then 4 episodes, then months of waiting, then 4 episodes then season 4.

tryme.6295:

Is it just me or Ogden Stonehealer is no longer a ‘stone dwarf’? Around 2:05 you can see him…

Ogden Stonehealer has been in the game sine launch and he still is a stone dwarf. You can tell by how he looks like he’s made of stone. He shows up a few times in the PS if you do missions dealing with the Durman Priory as he is apparently helping them with providing knowledge about the past.

Not sure where Marjory and Kasmeer are with all that crystal around them, but it reminds me of the Facet of Light.

Looks like some interesting events might be happening with part two.

GDI… more Kasory? geez.. Just when I thought we were moving away from the fail that is DE 2.0

The crystal cavern looks very much like Glint’s secret lair from GW1, although that’s all the way over in the Crystal Desert. It might instead be another secret redoubt made by her (or perhaps her child), hidden somewhere in Dry Top. (Which from the trailer looks like we’ll be revisiting, with possibly a new area of the map expanded.)

There’s also a new kind of monster we’ll be facing, it seems.

Had a crazy thought regarding what might be going on – but I had it in a GuildMag discussion, so I’m just going to say I had it for now and give it a chance to go in the GM speculation website article unspoilt (unless someone else has the same thought, in which case I’ll acknowledge it if I see it) so that if someone else does have the same thought between now and then, I can use this post as evidence that it was concurrent thinking rather than cribbing off someone else’s. :P

Well WoodenPotato has a video on the new video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvoOF8xqOPU

What we see in the video is the heroes of the Living Story approaching Ogden at the Priory, looking through a storeroom of artifacts, and opening up an hourglass.

We also see the Living Story heroes traveling to a crystal area.

I believe…..
This crystal area is the same place where heroes defended the Baby Dragon in Guild Wars.

Ogden transports the heroes to the Dragon’s Lair by breaking open the hourglass.

Why I think this:
“Glint, known as Keeper of the Flameseeker Prophecies, Protector of the Forgotten, Foe of the Lich Lord, and Downfall of the Titans, is an ancient dragon prophet living within a single grain of sand in the Crystal Desert.”

living within a single grain of sand

You see the Living hero stories speaking with Ogden, and looking through priory artifacts and breaking open an hourglass and getting sucked in.

I would be willing to bet that the hourglass contains the sands that contain the dragon’s lair.

The stone dwarves were the ones defending Glint’s offspring.

…and it would only make sense that Ogden was still protecting the secret whereabouts of the dragon. And he has the sand safely stored away in an hourglass with him at the priory.

The place where the baby is located, though different than Glint’s Lair, is also inside a grain of sand

“The dragon child is safe inside a fortress… a tiny shard of sand within the massive Crystal Desert” – Consular Brand Oakencask

Something to be aware of here – Edge of Destiny revealed that the ‘contained within a single grain of sand’ was a lie, concocted in order to discourage people from looking and to fool those who did try into looking for the wrong thing. It actually consists of billions of grains of sand which, when properly invoked, form the sanctum.

It’s possible that the sand in the hourglass is also linked to Glint, and thus that the sand can be used to invoke a sanctuary (or a portal to one) but the ‘contained within a single grain of sand’ part was a lie. If the hourglass is acting as a portal, it’s probably using ALL the sand in the hourglass to do so, not just a single grain.

(Additionally, the stone dwarves weren’t the defenders – the Brotherhood of the Dragon were. Since the Brotherhood were dwarves that turned to stone after the Ritual, then they were stone dwarves – but defending the child was only a priority for the Brotherhood, not for the stone dwarves as a whole. Ogden was not a member, although it is plausible that he has since learned some of their secrets.)

The ceiling of the Abaddon temple has the same 6 orbs with different symbols surrounding a middle one with a world inside. Maybe Abaddon was behind the Elder dragons following the gods to Tyria from their own.

draxynnic.3719:

Had a crazy thought regarding what might be going on – but I had it in a GuildMag discussion, so I’m just going to say I had it for now and give it a chance to go in the GM speculation website article unspoilt (unless someone else has the same thought, in which case I’ll acknowledge it if I see it) so that if someone else does have the same thought between now and then, I can use this post as evidence that it was concurrent thinking rather than cribbing off someone else’s. :P

Can’t you use this for any thought whether its yours or not?

Another point on Ogden, he has a little cave or dug-out house below the priory, it’s a POI. For all I know it’s a huge complex, actually, you get the POI without being able to go through the door. Perhaps that will be where we see that hourglass?

ThaSlayer.8573:

The ceiling of the Abaddon temple has the same 6 orbs with different symbols surrounding a middle one with a world inside. Maybe Abaddon was behind the Elder dragons following the gods to Tyria from their own.

Lord and master of buthurt, Abbadon…. wasn’t allowed to play with the other gods…. and got beaten by humans….. so called forth the dragons as part of the ultimate assdamaged scheme.