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Hello GW2 Lore forums! I’ve been playing GW2 for over a year and a half now, and I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed every minute of it! This will be my first forum post on the official forums, though I have been an avid lore nerd on GW2RP.
I’m bringing a peeve of mine to the community to discuss. My peeve has to do with the current start and end times of the Sylvari cycles. I will detail my thoughts and reasons below. My goal is to get this in front of the Devs, and hopefully spark positive dialogue and maybe, just maybe, get the lore corrected.
Currently the sylvari cycles are separated like this:
Cycle of Dawn
The Cycle of Dawn refers to those born between midnight and 6 a.m.
Cycle of Noon
The Cycle of Noon refers to those born between 6 a.m. and noon
Cycle of Dusk
The Cycle of Dusk refers to those born between noon and 6 p.m.
Cycle of Night
The Cycle of Night refers to those born between 6 p.m. and midnight
However, my peeve starts with the information listed for the Cycle of Dawn. Yes, technically by the 24 hour clock a new ‘day’ starts at 0001 hours (12:01 am). Intuitively however, midnight to 6am is still the middle of the night. In my mind, there are only three Tyrian races where midnight would be the start of a new day; humans, asura and Charr. My reasons for believing this is because of the more technical natures of their societies, and the prevalence of the use of clocks and other time pieces. Sylvari and norn rely more on the sun placement in the sky than what “time” it is.
The following conversation occurs on the top floor of the Grove, near where the entrance to the Oomphalos chamber is found:
Warden: Shhhh. Listen. Feel.
Warden (2): What?
Warden: Ah, there it is. The moment when night gives up its dominion, and day opens its eyes upon the world.
Anecdotally, I believe I have heard this conversation during the times ingame where it is changing from night to day. I say this because the times I have spent idling on the top floor this particular conversation doesn’t seem to repeat as much or as often as the rest of the conversations. If night is becoming day ingame, and the glow effects of Sylvari are turned off and the game is brightening to daytime, wouldn’t that suggest that the sun rising is when Dawn should start?
So my proposal to the community would be to align the Cycles to reflect what makes more sense to how the Sylvari would view a day:
Cycle of Dawn: 6am to Noon
Cycle of Noon: Noon to 6pm
Cycle of Dusk: 6pm to midnight
Cycle of Night: Midnight to 6am
Or to get REALLY crazy:
Cycle of Dawn: 3am to 9am
Cycle of Noon: 9am to 3pm
Cycle of Dusk: 3pm to 9pm
Cycle of Night: 9pm to 3am
What do you guys think? I look forward to hearing everyone’s comments and discussing it with all of you.