Guild Wars 2

DeadTreeJig.6714:

This post is directed to other introverts.

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First I’d’ also like to clear up a few things about introverts (from my perspective) for those extroverts reading this. I am not shy, misanthropic and I don’t live in my parents basement (I AM a parent, and I don’t have a basement). As an introvert (again from my perspective) I don’t enjoy socializing for the sake of socializing. It doesn’t do anything for me, I find it burdensome. There’s nothing wrong with being social and I am glad the majority are, but it’s not my thing. I enjoy spending time with small groups of people in a task oriented setting, and in that setting I do enjoy socializing as a byproduct. I’m aware that I tend to sound patronizing in the way I write, it’s a typical introverted trait when addressing people we don’t know. It’s not intended. And lastly, before you remind me of the word multiuser in MMO let me clarify that multiuser is not synonymous with socializing.
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How do you other introverts play GW2? Do you play solo, pugs, guild runs, play with one or two other specific people?

I mostly play solo. I look for meta’s and world bosses, I like the dynamics of fighting with a crowd. I really enjoy playing with one or two people I know IRL, but they are not as into the game as I am so it’s very infrequent. I’m not hardcore, but I do play almost every evening.

I’m in two guilds, but other than giving a “howdy” in the guild chat when I get on and the occasional forum post, I’m really not involved. Voice chat in guilds seem to be 90% social and 10% task. Nothing wrong with that of course, that’s how most people are, but again not my thing.

Too bad there’s not a “looking for another introverted player” feature.

Anyway, leave your comments on how you play as an introvert.

(Let’s not make this an “introvert vs extrovert”, “come out of your shell” or “it’s a multiuser game” thread.)

-DedTreeJig

You pretty much describe me as a online player… I do however come out of my shell a bit more either to give my honest opinion, ideas or suggestion (or my extremely introverted real life friends valid concerns) that I come up with as I play the game, in the forums. Also you be surprise, introvert are more in number and sometimes if not always are the ones than FILL mmo’s nowadays than the players that write in the forums… I think. I really have made long lasting friends this way… thought it all started we playing together a lot by coincidence…

Dawdler.8521:

I dont know about anyone else but every time I hear something like this I feel like going there and complete the event just to spite people.

Maybe I’m just a bad person.

You know what, that’s a great idea! Im just gonna do that, and write the names of all does who verbally abuse me to make a proper report to support… Then sit back and enjoy how those players start to become silent or banish one by one… (joking, maybe…)

God I miss the banned animation of Dhuum striking players from GW1, some players did it on purpose, man that was some crazy funny times!

Anyway, seriously speaking here, when this happens just submit a ticket, if you can Print screen or record what’s happening it will help GM in the game a great deal when examining your submission. Verbal abuse IS a violation of the terms of use of the game. Hmmm, I have nothing against farming but, if it starts interfering with other players completing content intended to be played or completed even without the Verbal offence violation this will have to be look at eventually… as other continue to complain over this. Interesting…

Dhuum may not show like in GW1, when it takes action with its servants the GM’s but they do so actively more than players realise specially if it’s as obvious as this.

Olveyn.2894:

There was a new GS skin added with this interesting name. Well I wouldn’t expect it to be a coincidence. Menzies is Balthazar’s half-brother and an enemy. Perhaps he was the one who weakened Balthazar so significantly that he needed to return to Tyria? Any thoughts?

My thoughts exactly…Im super excited as we never saw or face Menzies in GW1 except for it minions, that were helping Dhuum and Abaddon.

BUT if Menzies will not appear can we please get his costume like we have Baltazars and Lyss… I love to see How the GW2 art team make that evil avatar… if you do please add Abbadon and Dhuum’s too… I.MUST.HAVE.THEM! Um ehem, sorry got too excited there… But yeah…

I love to see what avatar costume of that evil Trinity look’s like after going through the amazing art team of GW2!

LOL this is funny, but I think the crabs in this Universe create their own shells maybe? Or at least that’s what I have always thought…

LOL this is hilarious…But I really like to see a matching costume with the Menzies Agony Skin…

I have never seen any Avatar Costume from him…Dhuun or even Abbadon! We have avatar costum about almost all the cool Human Gods why not the evil ones too?

To the subject at hand this image represents my feelings when Im on my necro from the players that blind me with their exaggerated glowing gear… (tbh I can’t really play with them to long without getting a headache, as cool as they may look the glow just takes everything away…even my eyes, I usually have to leave their side or party…I run from them like the plague lol)

Svarty.8019:

I didn’t read the entire thread, but how do you think mounts would work in WvW?

• No mounts like the HoT gliding?
• Mounts that poof away in less than a second when combat is occurs, like in WoW?

Hmm this is actually a valid thing to consider… IF they decide to add this to WvW or PvP…

Im guessing the easiest way around this is, what they did with the gliding and underwater content from PvP maps…soooo yeah, remove it maybe?
I remember Shroud when it first came out could “snowfall” and Ride the Lightning could travel in mid-air…but because of the “eternal struggle balancing” it against other classes (mostly in PvP) they took it out because it was OP… I think they remove or change other cool stuff besides that… I just happened to remember because I jump to my death so many times after that LOL

I think Anet would need to sit down with their PvP GW2 Team and discuss it with help from PvP or WvW player Gurus suggestion, also look at older (Aion for gliding) or newer (Black Desert Online for mounted combat) title that has this type of gaming core feature in their game. Or do what other Game Company do talk with other gaming company Devs and discuss all the tech and balancing issues to see how to implement it in GW2 engine… that’s what some writers do when writing their books, they compare notes to a certain degree, maybe?

This is me guessing of course and my opinion does not reflect anything official… as its base on my experience in my past job as a mediator between companies and Officials to share common problems of their products to come with solutions that would benefit Both (usually by applying 2 or more ideas/suggestions into one solution). SO, in the gaming industry I don’t know if this is even possible but it be great if they could, Im sure they are a lot of really good MMO veteran people out there or in the community that Anet could reach out! There are a lot of players in GW2 that are hidden devs from other games that enjoy playing this game for fun. Anyway we can only hope for the best in that regard!

But you have a good 2 valid point that need to be consider at some point…as they will be brought up constantly as the game grows.

To me its important that “IF” Anet bring mount, they bring them with more that just a cool cosmetic way to travel on foot… it needs a purpose… I want a GW2 reason why they are there now and not before… something similar but with a bit of GW2 flavor to it, maybe extend your profession powers, just like another equip weapon is a good example?

Also it be good if it comes in an expansion player can get “profession specific mounts” maybe lock behind some quest or story…etc. Example: Necro create its mounts like he does Minions…. Rangers Summons his either from plants or animals…Ele summons an Elemental… Engi get inside a suit or golem… Guardian Summons his like he summons his weapons… Revenants call his mount form the mist…etc, etc…

Point is, having generic mount just because with no special reason beyond cosmetic… will make it look bad… But if you take your players through the game, show there is a story and reason…you give them their very own mount that reflects in part that players character choices ( in the example its base on profession but its just a example) it will feel more natural and eventually will become another core of gameplay like the gliders did.

I know that there will be players against it and some of their reasons and worries are very legit if Anet care to confirm them by playing other MMO out there… but that’s part of MMO’s there will be always does that resist change.
I for one will embrace it if it comes to it, like I have in the past… Sometimes does changes I don’t like but that’s just part of life and in turn it reflects in mmo’s so why don’t we wait and see…
Lets have faith in Anet for one’s…after all, this are just Leaks and its my experience that a lot of things could change even hours before its release (I still miss how in a promo for GW2 before release, Necro use to be able to move around in a close area near your down body and fight as a ghost or rez one self, but that got chage at release because it was consider OP at that time). One can never have any real expectation on does Leaks… I think we need to play GW2 and wait to see what comes next!

Abaddon
Dhuum
Menzies
Palawa Joko
Razah
Zhaitan
Rytlock
Tybalt

I just came back recently to play and this is a bit confusing to me too… I love playing GW2 because it let me break away from the “Class Trinity” and most Meta’s now its like chaos… with Raids and PvP… everyone has an opinion over how you should play to do the best…

So my question is: How does Anet decides when and how to put down the “Hammer” on content? Does the data to make changes comes from the need to balance PvP or PvE (Specially Raids)?

Because it’s just confusing, now it’s Condi this and Condi that… Right now I just refuse to submit myself to “ANY” Meta or whatever other rotations with specific weapons, “keyboard warrior master GW2 players” of the so many post out there… But If I don’t I basically can’t Pug any higher content without being kick, or bullied out of it because I don’t do said thing…Thank god for Mature Guilds…even Pro players that play this content don’t pug it unless most are guildies or friends! Just to make it clear I get that team effort is key in PvP and PvE… but RNGesus when does it stop, what the “trigger” that brings this nightfall of changes!? Has the freedom and options to play any class anyway you wanted, just suddenly disappeared from GW2 or is this the effects of Elites player influx slowly infiltrating GW over time?

Honestly, I just want to burn it (all metas) with fire and just have fun with everyone again not stress over the dps meter and all this techy stuff players talk about! KIll it all with all its eggs and breeds! KILL it all before it’s keeps spreading LOL! (Rant over sorry, its been to annoying lately)

I think IMO that the fact that Balthazar did not come to DR and the fact that he had Lyss Mirror to hide his identity are related somehow…maybe he is being help to recover his divinity, with conditions of not interfering with humanity?

But if that is true that would bring more question of how many of the Gods are hidden in plain sight and why? etc…

To be honest I haven’t been excited about the Lore and Story of GW since Nightfall, Abaddon, Dhuun and even Menzies even though we never got to face him, I always wondered what type of Pact/Allegiance did that unholy trinity had, that they assisted one another constantly! They remind me a lot of the Lovecraft Elder Gods in how they always seem to be unknowable and made you feel so insignificant in the grand scale of things.

I’m really happy with how this turn out cant wait for LS to continue!

I honestly hope at some point we get to see whats up with that Floating Castle and its current town… Those citizens give me an a weird vibe that something is happening behind the scenes… (very good how the GW2 Team set it up)

DR but Orr has to be one of my favorites…wish that the meta events lead to a fight with Zhaitan just like Dragon stands leads a fight with “Mordy”.

I miss that pile of rotting Dragonic Flesh, I love to fight those Dragons with a lot of players by my side! Its feels so epic! Zhaitan and Orr is one of the most coolest aw-inspired moments I remember as I entered that map or saw Zhaitan for the first time!

Toasa.1236:

I dont know many games with such an awesome underwater combat System.

Why there are no underwater dungeons, or why all the new maßs got so few underwater places.

Mabye we can also get some Story with the Deep Sea Dragon or smth.

I got 1 underwater Leggy called Kamohai Kotaki and ist the most beautiful Legendary in this game.

I hope we can get Kind of a Atlantis map or so

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I have to agree with you, I really miss it… I think this is one of the few mmos that actually have real underwater combat. I remember there was a really cool PvP map I love to play that had a section to capture that was underwater… Oh the awesome Brawls we had… Hmmm I Wonder why they took it off? I think also at that time “Shrouds” could snowfall from high places and ride the Lightning could fly from one location to the next in a almost strait line regardless of how high a Drop it was as long as it was active… Those where really fun times! I love doing PvP at that time it was very fun, some player really new how to shine it almost look like a Star Wars Jedi vs Sith when an Ele and Necro where fighting and making all does long distance jumps or snowfalls and even their underwater fight even the FX of Powers where HUGE! PvP stuff and powers has change so much since then I lost interest in anything that has PvP in it… Oppps sorry sidetracked!

One of the reasons I stop to bother collecting Lion Chest skins Sets is because at some point they left out skins for the underwater weapons…not sure if they added them recently, but I think a lot don’t have them.

Im kinda hopping they bring underwater content soon, better if they bring it as an expansion with a new race like Largos BIG TYRIA map under see map with beautiful sea life and vegetation, also deep sea creepy stuff too… oooo one can dream… LOL! Anyway, yeah, I really hope they bring it strong at some point in the story or/Expansions in the future.

OriOri.8724:

Is it possible? Yes. Will it happen? No. Lore wise Zhaitan is dead, there’s no way to tie him back into the story without something that would amount to a giant kitten YOU to the players. And since all development on new maps (and hence any new metas we might get) is focused by the ongoing story, there is no chance of a meta featuring Zhaitan ever happening.

I’d love it if it did, but it won’t happen

Sigh* What a waste of such great art development concept… Thank you for your input it makes lots of sense… even if its disappointing. It seems such a waste that Zhaitan be lock in such a tiny part of the game, he even looks better than “Mordy”, wth man, I can’t believe the GW2 Dev team haven’t even consider it at this point!? Sigh* QQ and more Sigh*…[Lights a candle in respect of all that effort than when into creating it] RIP Zhaitan you will be miss, forever.

But you brought a valid point as to why its not happening ever, thanx again.

OMG guys, reading all this post here and in the Lore section, is getting me so excited enough to even go back to GW1! I don’t remember being so interested in GW1 and GW2 story since Abaddon and Dhuum story! Can’t wait to see what happens next in LS!

Konig Des Todes.2086:

It is canon. It’s even a plot point in CoF explorable.

There’s no stated explanation for it in lore, though we do know the developer reasoning (tl;dr “it cheapens plot deaths”).

There are two major theories for why it happened. Either Dhuum defeated Grenth slash Dhuum’s return (without defeating Grenth yet) negated, revoked, or otherwise prevents Grenth allowing resurrection. Or Grenth (and the other gods) simply ceasing communication also involves ceasing such allowances with their realms.

Ngeluz.4860:

This is just speculation but if a God can absorb the power of a Elder Dragon That could mean either Grenth or Dhuum absorb a portion of Zhaitan power…

If it was Dhuum, that would explain “Shadow Behemoth” and all the shadow creatures out in the world torturing spirits etc. Honestly I like a Zhaitan Meta like in Dragon Stand “Mordy” but in Orr… Man that dragon looks too good to be lock dead behind old content especially now with so much stuff happening in living world story!

Dhuum slash Grenth would have had to be in Tyria upon Zhaitan’s death. But we already got canon fact that Zhaitan’s power had spread throughout the world, it wasn’t absorbed by any singular other being.

We know Tequatl absorbed some of that power. Taimi speculates that Mordremoth did. And we know Primordus did. But most seemed to have gone back into the world (as well as Mordremoth’s) and that’s why we’re having overflowing ley lines (Current Events).

Oh, that makes a lot of sense thank you for that clarification… thank goodness for Lore gurus like yourself! thanx.

Do you think it’s possible for Anet to create a Meta in Orr that would allow us to fight Zhaitan? Because now that we have gliding I love to be able to SEE that magnificent Artwork of a Elder Dragon attacking players like Mordy in Dragon Stand final phase Meta! That dragon is still in my book one of the most coolest undead Dragon in mmo’s I ever played… better even that the one that appears in Wrath of the Lich King intro movie!

perilisk.1874:

Ngeluz.4860:

His statement of saying “There is no honor in war” could be admitting to that defeat, maybe? Menzies cheated his way to victory.

Yep, maybe the consequences of defeat are causing him to question whether an honorable loss is really all that much better than a dishonorable victory, if the stakes are high enough?

There are lots of storylines revolving around characters losing their faith in gods, but not nearly as many about gods losing their faith in their own beliefs.

OOOOooo that last part of “gods losing their faith in their own belief” is good writing material for the LS or any story! I hope devs, content creators, artist and writers from the GW2 teams are reading this, they could get good inspiration from it!

OriOri.8724:

Can you explain why no resurrection magic in GW2 might imply that Dhuum has defeated Grenth?

I think they are referring to this tiny portion of Dhuun lore:

“Dhuum was once the God of Death. During his reign, Dhuum ruled from his tower in the Underworld, and tolerated neither resurrections nor the existence of the undead, and he hunted down all those who escaped death, having promised “death undeniable.”

(https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Dhuum)

EdwinLi.1284:

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So with the current Episode revealing Balthazar there is something that just popped into my head when Balthazar mentioned he is seeking to gain back the power he had lost by draining the Magic from Elder Dragons.

That is the end result of Fissure of Woe and his battle against his half brother Menzies.

What if Balthazar is doing all this so he can gain enough power to defeat his half-brother Menzies because he lost the war against him and was stripped of his former power.

Balthazar use to have a Eternal Army but now he is not using it but maybe he lost all of his Eternal Army because he lost to Menzies.

We never saw the end result of the war between Balthazar and Menzies but now we may finally learn the end result in the 2nd expansion.

So what do you all think?

His statement of saying “There is no honor in war” could be admitting to that defeat, maybe? Menzies cheated his way to victory.

perilisk.1874:

Is the absence of resurrection magic in GW2 canonical, or just gameplay? If it is canon, does it suggest that Dhuum has defeated Grenth or at least grown substantially in power?

Wow that’s actually an interesting question I like to know that too!

This is just speculation but if a God can absorb the power of a Elder Dragon That could mean either Grenth or Dhuum absorb a portion of Zhaitan power…

If it was Dhuum, that would explain “Shadow Behemoth” and all the shadow creatures out in the world torturing spirits etc. Honestly I like a Zhaitan Meta like in Dragon Stand “Mordy” but in Orr… Man that dragon looks too good to be lock dead behind old content especially now with so much stuff happening in living world story!

EdwinLi.1284:

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As Balthy states “there is No Honor in War” then what does it truely mean to be a Warrior in GW2 if there is no Honor?

We can only speculate at this point… but Im guessing that Menzies the Mad, also known as the Lord of Destruction, (his the evil half-brother of Balthazar) finally defeated him… and maybe he got that idea after liking his wounds…

In GW1 while the players battle Dhuum and Abbadon I think Balthazar was battling Menzies, I think we got to face some of his minions at some point… That Evil Trio had a Pact alliance of their own against the Six so that means we could see at least Menzies at some point if my speculation happens to be true.

Just the thought of Abaddon would actually for see all this is frightening enough… That God was very creepy reminded me of Lovecraft Elder Gods…he and Dhuum or even Menzies. That Unholy Trinity really be a stuff nightmares.

Natto.5819:

Now that we know human gods are weaker than they were in GW1, but still have strong magic compared to mortals, this explains who Queen Jenna really is. No human should have magic strong enough to create a barrier around a whole city. If Balthazar can walk among mortals with the help of Lyssa, then she can do it too. I think Queen Jenna is really Lyssa in disguise.

Or Lyssa could have split into her individual selfs, Lyss and Ilya, and Queen Jenna is one of them.

I honestly suspected of it of it, I thought of it and even thought that Lyssa is split in Queen Jenna and Countess Anise… but at this point its anyone’s guess. Honestly if its true or not Im very exited about this god walking in GW2…so much I started playing GW1 again with some guildies from GW2 to farm points for our Hall!

Yeah it even spawn in Living stories! I can’t wait to learn what happens next in LS!

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Ngeluz.4860:

Another Idea GW2 team could try is to do a non-essential LS Size mini expansion or Packs… These would just add deep personal story to your Character… the story just talks about you…

Example: Your a human, lowlife, necro who chose Grenth as your deity and you are from the Order of whisper… The expansion just expands on that… nothing else… A Story of how and why you became a Reaper (maybe face Zaithan in a new fight flying with your glider and showing who is the true master of Shadow and death?), how much you suffered as a street rat… Unlock your connection with one of the Six and where they been… The Order of Whispers sends you on an important mission only meant for you…etc etc… Each story is affected by your initial choices as you started a new character… and just tell about you in depth. Rewards can be from changing the colors of your powers to semi-legendary and cosmetic skins, a few goodies…well, you get the idea…

and it be at reasonable low prices since its not a full blown Expansion… you don’t need it to play the full game and anything going on but its a nice extra if you like to have it or have a bit of extra?

Let’s see… Just for Humans that would be 3 x (where you came from) x 5 (God of choice) x 9 (Profession) = 135 different stories. Just for one Race. (Not counting if there was one for base Profession and one for Elite Specialization (Profession). I doubt we would see anything like that unless we waited years. And years.

Oh! That’s not even including choosing an Order. Ok, 135 × 3 = 405. I can’t see them doing that many paths/arc/branches in a story. Especially at a low, reasonable price.

True, I imagine it’s like that, but it’s a just an example…of mini content… it could be anything, it could even be a general content, just broken down, telling in depth any story. It doesn’t have to be the whole thing it could be episodes like LS. It be a good way to do income without hurting the players… but I guess you’re right, how players are projecting the state of GW2, I guess it be way too expensive and time consuming for Arenanet, seeing as they can’t create low budget content beyond an expansion, LS or the gemstore. Not to mention the time restrictions the might have, to make certain amount of profit in X amount of time, imposed by NCSoft.

I agree it’s been forever and we still know next to nothing of that place…

Soggy Biscuit.9372:

I wouldn’t mind that if that means 1) we can have more interesting replacements and 2) we will be seeing less of in-your-face PDA (nothing against lesbians, but the writer/s seem to have some lingering fetish over them, or is it to cater some fan demographics?).

I missed the first LW story so there’s that, but honestly, to me, none of the major characters has been interesting enough to care one bit.

Wow, I thought I was the only one that notice that… Hmmm, what if Brand had a crush on the commander and the commander was a guy? Or on some guy? Would it be the same? Would it affect the rating “teen” or story of the game? I really didn’t have the courage to say it in the forums because as I read never saw anyone point it out.

To tell you the truth notice all the Lebians but dint see gays guys at all… in all the game… none, even the hetero relationships seem a bit low too last time I check. Maybe you’re right, it may be a writer/s seem to have some lingering fetish over them, or it’s to cater some fan demographics… interesting, Im glad Im not the only one that notice it.

Another Idea GW2 team could try is to do a non-essential LS Size mini expansion or Packs… These would just add deep personal story to your Character… the story just talks about you…

Example: Your a human, lowlife, necro who chose Grenth as your deity and you are from the Order of whisper… The expansion just expands on that… nothing else… A Story of how and why you became a Reaper (maybe face Zaithan in a new fight flying with your glider and showing who is the true master of Shadow and death?), how much you suffered as a street rat… Unlock your connection with one of the Six and where they been… The Order of Whispers sends you on an important mission only meant for you…etc etc… Each story is affected by your initial choices as you started a new character… and just tell about you in depth. Rewards can be from changing the colors of your powers to semi-legendary and cosmetic skins, a few goodies…well, you get the idea…

and it be at reasonable low prices since its not a full blown Expansion… you don’t need it to play the full game and anything going on but its a nice extra if you like to have it or have a bit of extra?

Hmm, I believe it will happen by the end of the LS like before maybe? One thing I do know and suspect… Is that when it come to expansion I see 2 in the future:

1) New Race: Tengu and a new FULL Tyria Size Map in the SKIES, facing one of the Elder Dragons… Im guessing a Flying Mastery would be needed, maybe they will find an excuse to give us a combat mount machine or beast to fly? Hmmm I guess if there are enough currents the gliders could keep us on air… and less resources to spend on it… we have to see.

2) New Race: Largos and a new FULL Tyria Size Map in the Deep scary Oceans…to face mister bubbles… Fast Swimming and using the ocean’s deep currents would be the Mastery I think. I guess since Largos already have their racial Ocean Swimming wings… Im guessing the mastery would help to even the odds in deep underwater combat.

Im just guessing but it seems to me it’s the only thing missing since GW2 pretty much covers everything with HoT. Im so addicted to it and I have not dive into the Raid stuff!

Donari.5237:

I hope you just mean the idea of a cape that lifts back off the shoulders rather than anything that looks like your linked images. Very subjective, just my personal opinion, but to my eyes those are hideous beyond belief and not just due to the color scheme.

However, that concept is also seen in Thor’s cape, and while I prefer functional cloaks/capes rather than things that just hang around decoratively behind one’s back without giving any protection from cold, wind, or rain, the Thor design would reduce clipping issues while still offering some good volume and fabric flow.

Er, I was obviously referring to the 3D Model Idea of how to implement, not the cartoon exact same thing? Using a similar constructed model and reskin it with a more GW2 look. A thor cape would not work because of the clipping issues with tails etc. Here is a more GW2 example of what Im trying to say…

Also a Batman Cape Glide would actually work just as good I think, because it has some space with its unique scalloped shape.

All players, who follow GW2 dev team, know that they mention that it’s been the clipping issues, etc. But what if it was like this picture? Is it doable?

Amaimon.7823:

Short synapsis:
Kralkatorrik wakes up shortly before the events of GW2 somewhere 5-10 years I think.
He flies south causing the Great Brand (a large purplish brand or scar on the world, leading all the way from north ascalon to the crystal desert)
Kralkatorrik had a fight with Destiny’s Edge in the northern regions of the Crystal Desert, which was a disaster > cue personal story.
Hereafter Kralkatorrik flew further south to Elona for whatever reason, where he is now in stalemate war with the No Life King Palawa Joko. Where he is exactly is just speculation, but propably between the Desolation and Fort Ebon. The guards of the walls of citadel Ebonhawke see no activity of branded or undead within close proximety, so he’s propably closer to the Desolation.

I enclosed a picture to get a rough idea of his movements. It’s not 100% accurate, but there are no details other than rough mentions.

Woh, just how powerful is Palawa Joko to be in a STALEMATE with an Elder Dragon?!! :O

Valentinus.3412:

I’m genuinely getting more and more baffled by the complaints on this forum.

You can’t expect content to be balanced around 2-3 person guilds. That doesn’t even qualify as a full party!

The game type should clue you in… Massivley-Multiplayer-Online.

If you can’t stand the rest of the community to thebpointbyou have hamstring your enjoyment of the game… Well, that’s your issue and not Anets.

And for the love of Dhuum. Does ever single tiny tangential complaint need a new thread?! This forum is already hard enough to navigate without “I’m quitting HOT because X” thread number 9000.

You should all start an anti hot support group guild, then you will have plenty of people to get a guild hall.

/rant

Agreed, I understand some of what the Post is complaining even the Excel table content showed some very good info that the Devs can use to address this, about but this is getting tiresome… I enjoy the forums but THIS forum is getting way to toxic… I think im taking a break for this place… Even if its constructive criticism its completely swallow by this type of players… no offence intended but the community managers need to do something about this players… By the Six, If they hate it so much why do they even play it or post in the forums…now that’s MY question?

Kheo.2504:

Thank you ArenaNet for this amazing game.

I appreciate all the work you’ve put into making and maintaining it. I appreciate that there’s no subscription fee smothering my enjoyment. I loved all the free content you added over the first two years, AND the expansion you can pay to play if you want it.

Your biggest fault is being too generous and making all these guys think they deserve more free stuff than you’ve already given us.

Thank you.

Totally agree with you on this, specially the last part, sad to say its so true… I try to identify the constructive feed back from the trash… or sometimes just avoid the forums before playing as it really takes away much of the my hype of playing it…

Aomine.5012:

Chunky Milk.2130:

Khisanth.2948:

azizul.8469:

yeah, many of the events there are related to the temple. fail the defend event bro, and you get more events !

There are also plenty of events in the water on the north side the nobody ever seems to do.

That is because they are in the water.

This is when ranger shines lol.

Srsly, underwater pets are kinda op compare to land’s

Hopefully Underwater stuff will get its attention and love when The Dragon Bubbles pops up in the future expansions…

I think this should be a Visual option preference… or a PvP thing… not a PvE… I did notice the lack of visual luster in elemental’s powers… hope they fix this soon.

OOoooo I like this Dev attention it feels like GW1 all over where developers where on the 24 hour alert so much that they even had an animation of Dhuum Ban in game…hmmmm I wonder does GW2 have an animated ban in game PvE or PvP? Aaah the good old days…

Anyway, thank you for the update Gray and for your Teams active support on the activities in the game…I really miss it…

Gaile Gray.6029:

A message from game designer Matt Penebaker:

Hello all!

My name is Matt Pennebaker, and I wanted to reach out and say “hi.” As many of you know Linsey Murdock is rolling off of working on legendary collections as she is needed elsewhere. I will be stepping in and attempting to fill her metaphorical shoes (my literal feet are like twice as big as hers).

I have worked directly with Linsey for a couple of years on rewards, but I want to note that while I helped with early design of the legendary journeys, I was not involved in their detailed designs or implementations. This is important to get out there because it means that I am still familiarizing myself with everything that’s been done, and where things are hooked in to the game. So please, bear with me.

• I have a small team working with me, but we are working on a few different things. Specifically: issues with current legendary weapons, new legendary weapons, and festivals (that’s a topic for another day).
• The priority for current legendary crafting bugs is as follows:
  • Fix blockers as soon as I’m made aware of them. Anything that halts your progress is unacceptable and I’ll do everything I can to get it fixed ASAP.
  • Fix issues that encourage toxic play or interactions. No collectible should be gated behind failed events, or mechanics that make you upset that another player is playing a specific way. Unfortunately these things take longer to fix and test around the fixes (don’t want to break something else on accident), so the turn around will be slower
  • Fix the smaller things. Things like icons, text (unless it is very misleading, then it gets addressed sooner), and minor inconsistencies. We will get to things when possible, it may just take a while. Something to remember, every minute spent on one bug is a minute not spent somewhere else.
• If you see something, say something. We actively read the official forums and reddit posts. My QA partner Evan Zynda is all over things on reddit. We want to know what’s wrong with our content, so please let us know.
• New legendary weapons! The good news: yes, we are working on them. The bad news: no, I cannot tell you any more about them. Sorry, some things just need to be a secret.
• Communication: I’m not a very social-media-focused person, and to be honest, have a lot of stuff to do, but I’m going to try my best to be communicative and up-front with you all. There are things I won’t be able to talk about, and things I won’t have the knowledge or authority to talk about, but I will do my best to not hide things from you.
  
  Alright, I think that’s about everything I wanted to cover as far as legendary collections.

Here are some other updates for you about a variety of subjects:

The following are being looked at:

• Indigo Mushrooms only dropping for Moot Collection 3, and not Minstrel 1
• Friend of Owls
• Karka Queen not dropping “Ancient Karka Husk” 100% of the time for Astralaria 4 (it drops, but you need to tag the boss enough to do it)
• Megadestroyer not dropping “Destroyer’s Heat” 100% of the time for Astralaria 3 (it drops, but you need to tag the boss enough to do it)
• Mystic Chromatic Ooze from Juggernaut 3 wont apply the effect to you after completing the collection
• Scholar Nabbi is inconsistently failing to become a merchant after the event ends in Straights of Devastation – for Bolt 1
• Astralaria sometimes has no off-hand weapon-draw animation

The following are fixed:

• Sheet of Aurillium
• Tar Elemental Core
• Friend of Rabbits
• Indigo Mushrooms drops have been improved

Awesome Gaile Gray, appreciate what you did, also looooove how you formatted it for the reader to notice the important points! Cheers to you and thank you!

Invictus.1503:

I thought I’d put this here for people to see in case you don’t frequent reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3vfeu3/letter_of_introduction_and_lets_talk_about/

Post from that link:
[I] Hello all!
My name is Matt Pennebaker, and I wanted to reach out and say “hi.” As many of you know u/LinseyMurdock is rolling off of working on legendary collections as she is needed elsewhere. I will be stepping in and attempting to fill her metaphorical shoes (my literal feet are like twice as big as hers).
I have worked directly with Linsey for a couple of years on rewards, but I want to note that while I helped with early design of the legendary journeys, I was not involved in their detailed designs or implementations. This is important to get out there because it means that I am still familiarizing myself with everything that’s been done, and where things are hooked in to the game. So please, bear with me.
Now that you are bored with who I am, you may be asking, “why is this guy still talking?” First off, rude, second, to get some details about my plans.

I have a small team working with me, but we are working on a few different things. Specifically: issues with current legendary weapons, new legendary weapons, and festivals (that’s a topic for another day)
The priority for current legendary crafting bugs is as follows:

Fix blockers as soon as I’m made aware of them. Anything that halts your progress is unacceptable and I’ll do everything I can to get it fixed ASAP.

Fix issues that encourage toxic play or interactions. No collectible should be gated behind failed events, or mechanics that make you upset that another player is playing a specific way. Unfortunately these things take longer to fix and test around the fixes (don’t want to break something else on accident), so the turn around will be slower

Fix the smaller things. Things like icons, text (unless it is very misleading, then it gets addressed sooner), and minor inconsistencies. We will get to things when possible, it may just take a while. Something to remember, every minute spent on one bug is a minute not spent somewhere else.

If you see something, say something. We actively read reddit posts and the forums. My QA partner (edit: found his reddit handle: u/ANET_Blonk) is all over things here. We want to know what’s wrong with our content, so please let us know.
New legendary weapons! The good news: yes, we are working on them. The bad news: no, I cannot tell you any more about them. Sorry, some things just need to be a secret.
Communication: I’m not a very social-media-focused person, and to be honest, have a lot of stuff to do, but I’m going to try my best to be communicative and up-front with you all. There are things I won’t be able to talk about, and things I won’t have the knowledge or authority to talk about, but I will do my best to not hide things from you.

Alright, I think that’s about everything I wanted to cover. I’ll be popping in and out of here the rest of the day so I can try to answer questions you might have.[/I]

Wow, that was actually really nice of you… Devs have no obligation to post their thoughts in the forums, yet here you did? I’m actually touch… so I now declare to be your fan from now on… Just by reading, it actually tells me that you care!

Your awesome for having the courage to post your thoughts here knowing how toxic it can get here!

PS: I’m a casual player came back after almost a year of playing and been a fan of Anet since GW1 the Abaddon chapter… that last adventure was so mind blowing! it really credited that villain being God of secrets how he manipulated all of… um, I guess I should not SPOIL it some players might want to play it them selves

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Why Joko… He isn’t a risen. He’s fully unrelated to Zhaitan except as an enemy.

Plus Joko probably has one of the best villain personalities, don’t wanna override that with Big Z.

And the explorable dungeon was meant to have Zhaitan’s body. No fight. You’re thinking, I bet, of WoodenPotatoes’ wild and unsupported theory of a data mined map that mirrors the Fissure of Woe and has the original head of Zhaitan model as part of its landscape.

Um…right…mhmm… I think Im done posting for today… going to silently walk away, so the topic may continue and not get toxic.

(Warning 2)

Konig Des Todes.2086:

What are you claiming to be “speculation”? Since you post right after mine – which definitely isn’t but the very foundation of Exalted lore – it seems like mine is the one you refer to.

The egg is definitely more than to help sylvari. A Study in Gold indicates that Glint’s legacy end-goal “will seed the new dawn of civilization.”

Um, wait what? I was not talking to your post… I would have post a reply like i did right now…sheesh… your taking this too seriously no need for hostiles.

(Warning 1).

Ummm, what? where do you get this information? this is just speculation…also I think Glint egg is meant to help the Sylvari… in their corruption… to be the vaccine or antidote of the poison of the Dragons… Meh, better wait and see I guess…no sense in debating this here…

I totally would love if Zhaitan or if his spirit move on to….oh I don’t know…Palawa Joko!! Ahhhh one can only dream! "
Any creature claming to be master of Death and such is known to be reeeeeaaaally hard to kill… I would not mind take a crack out the elder Dragon now that I can use my glider… also the rumors goes that the Explorable instance was meant originally to be the final fight on Zhaitan but time restriction force the Devs to Patch in Giganticus Lupicus as final boss…

Hope your right on he not being Dead, dead…

Well I think Anet has something plan or could add a new End Game HUGE World mother of all Raid on does lines with the Infinite Coil Reactor…but man… a combination of dragons would be a horrifying thing… not to mention what corruption it could bring!

IF they add something like this it had to be a simultaneous world event every where I mean the size alone with all that power would actually show on map distance away! We need our gliders, flying and who knows what else to even reach or attack one of its heads! I honestly don’t think Anet can pull that of now but it be a good theme for the new Living world, an worthy enemy to remember! I think Chaos Dragon would describe better than Soul Dragon…just saying…

It has happen to me too hahaahaha… I think this could be a solution to the Mega-thread post of buying the original game twice to get HoT complain…

Does who buy it get access to glide in all of Tyria? It would justify it and it could potentially open to add new content in our old dull none, gliding Tyria?

Think about it Anet…or better yet DO IT! Pretty please…?

I like this ideas, I only would add that you can change or edit Gliders colors

EDIT: Oh I forgot I like skin and outfits:

Skins/Armor let me use Exalted Glowing armor like that beautiful glider and Weapons but I could see my characters skin…

Outfit that looks like an Exalted Balthasar that would let you change the color of the glow would look extremely cool!

An exalted finisher as a bonus would be awesome!

All would go perfect with my favorite Exalted glider skin!!

I think that’s the publishers fault… since I think NCsoft is in its core run by Asians…and their horrible marketing that they try to implement in the western entertainment…But that’s another issue for another post… I could go on on how they destroyed my favorite game Aion and turn it into a fashion show with wings… wich I really love the art, it just had no substance… aaaannnnnd the list can go on, but now that GW2 is almost there with the cosmetic and the pretty gliders I have no reason to go back, its only a matter of time before they open the skies for flying/fighing and the oceans too…ehem… sorry about that.

Going back to the subject I believe that maybe In order to Cantha to return they need to make it more Fantasy seting Demi-human than actual real life human culture…

Example substitute the Dragon and Chinese status stuff with Fantasy beast lore for the world of Tiria… or at least re-work it to make it extremely subtle so it would not be offensive to any for the Asian cultures.

Truth be told I don’t know what was the big issue here because we have Blade and Soul that’s heavy on the Asian art/lore and not in the most positive cultural light with all the women there how their exploit their sexuality in the game subtly lol… I think something big happen and was cover up… it all seem too half bake to me… It just burns me that they don’t attack does games…noooo they had to attack Anet the western mmo… I’m just going to stop, I just going to keep faith that Anet will find a lope hole and find a way to go forward with it…some how…someday…anytime now…right…?

Don’t Lose hope maybe ArenaNet will add all this old living world content as a personal story…I hope?

Just seem like a huge empty space with just someone narrating the Scarlet saga to the next expansion… also din’t like the cinematic where the commander that gave the finishing blow to scarlet was some random chick… not my character at all and I WAS THERE?! so wth was that about?

I guess we have to keep our fingers cross and hope the Anet teams comes refresh enough from their holidays to work this story section into the game again.

Anything pull from GW1 to GW2 is so worth it! I know it probably will never happen but I love to see the Evil Trinity of Gods return! (Abaddon, Dhuum and Menzies. The later never appeard but it be great if they apear as an Evil Trinity)

Dear ArenaNet,

I’m loving HoT love the New Glide and how u can customize its experience… SPECIALLY the new Exalted Skin omg the one on it and in the weapons is so exquisite and beautiful, I really hope you add the Armor/Skins set too in the near future(Note: please don make it too exalted I like to see my characters skin beneath the metal and glow I think it be very flashy and sexy!)

Sorry side track there a bit, I just wanted to request if its possible if maybe the Exalted Glide can be altered a bit so you can add colors like Armor…? Heck, I think all Gliders should! Can you imagine if I could make my exalted glider look all bony with red or a Dark green for my necro… or even fiery for warriors?!

The idea came to me when I saw some player with this amazing looking armor… that you could even color the FIRE?! YES, the Fire!!!? It added so much uniqueness, I think it was a hallowing armor skin…as the face looks kinda like a burning scarecrow I haven’t ask about it…

I’m just surprise ArenaNet have not added this cosmetic customization of the glow/energy look of the armor…or at the very least the purchasable skins in the gem store…SHOULD had this option…it would make them so much more worth buying for any class that could wear them!

But for now can we start with out beautiful gliders or maybe add more skins in the Old Dungeons? I don’t think this idea would be to popular but just think about it ArenaNet… and analyze it with you Team that’s in charge of crating such beautiful cosmetics… (Note: Also the backpack wings could benefit from this, as is like Elyos and Asmodian just settle in Tyria… hahahaha so many winged people its like we are in Aion… at first i was like: “omg I mist it so beautiful…” Then after a few weeks of playing I was like: "omg I’m so glad I mist it, way to many players with them! At higher levels its rarer to see players with no wings than with wings, its very hilarious, Aion is invading Tiria lol!!!)

Anyway Great Job with HoT I just love everything about it and the cosmetic I miss their very beautiful, great job for the Art team and Dev team that made them!

NOTE: DON’T think I haven’t notice what your doing silently with the Centaur Race! Your improve their looks and motions too… so does that mean… their the next with the other batch of new races?