Guild Wars 2

My girl has spent too many tipsy evenings teasing Faren about his fear of commitment to take the risk.

I (female) used to be a martial artist. When I yelled, I yelled loud and from the solar plexus. Sometimes I would see one particular woman at tournaments whose shouts I had to liken to those of a dying crane. High pitched and yippy and weird. She was a good fighter, but man, I could never figure out how she was getting power from those sounds. That’s all I can think of when my warrior makes sounds like a Pekingese. I try to stay on weapons that keep the sound to a minimum.

Nope. My female human warrior totally wanted to ask him out.

I’m going to chime in on the pro-Trahearne side as well, but my main is Sylvari (and also a Cycle of Night necromancer) so I felt a connection with him the first time I went through the PS. I don’t think he’s a glory hog at all, certainly not in the way of Kormir, who goes on to become a god after you do all the work. Trahearne steps back from crowds and celebrations, prefers to spend his time alone when he can, and doesn’t even seek to accompany you on the final mission. I really felt like I was an equal in the structure of the story.

And I think the voice actor’s underplaying the part is legit. Trahearne is ridiculously serious, but, well, he’s ridiculously serious. And out of his depth. He’d rather be the idea guy, so he partners with you to be the muscle. I think it works well.

I actually like him a lot. And I like his acting. I think the idea of the scholar who never expected or wanted this leadership role, but who ends up taking it to fulfill his Wyld Hunt, is a cool one, and I think underplaying the acting is a legitimate way to go with it.

I see a lot of people comparing Trahearne to Kormir (unfavorably), but I think there’s a lot of difference. Kormir was set up from the beginning as a great leader, so when she ended up just tagging after you, it was a huge letdown. Trahearne never was much of a fighter, so it’s fine with me that I end up shouldering a lot of the heavy lifting.

My main is sylvari, though, and I’m fascinated with the sylvari lore and culture, so that may inform my opinion on the matter.

Not quite fixed yet. I tried solo twice today. Same problem- after a wave or two of enemies at the front gate, no more come. Moving around the instance area doesn’t seem to help- I was hoping maybe I’d just missed one or something, but no good. I went off, got something to eat, and came back, and still no progress.