Guild Wars 2

Revos the Twisted is unamused by this peons of this human city.

10/10, you truly do look like a commanding boss in that first image. Great work!

Dis be mine, Cadov Blazeherald

Hm? Ah, yes. Cadov Blazeherald, Iron Legion, Flamethrower Soldier. Reporting for duty.

We are sorry we are such a pain in the butt to draw :-[ we are very fuzzy and loveable tho

In all seriousness please feel free to take your time, we have no problem waiting. Thank you again for your wonderful dedication to us

For some reason this was moved to the fan generated content page….thought it would atleast get to the living story discussion subforum….

I mostly wanted this to be a discussion based topic rather than a creative roleplay one. Of course I was hoping that players could be creative in their possible story telling…the point was to allow a place where players and maybe dev members could see the overall theme of what players want in their living story players. Hoping to allow players to put forth the content they want to see in the form of a structured game….rather than a blob of complaints. Not saying there’s anything wrong this this forum or that this topic isn’t “worthy” of it….its just this particular area isn’t where the usual forum crawler goes to discuss game mechanics and make suggestions. Seems the mods focused too much on the storytelling bit and less on the proposal of game mechanics.

Sent in a message contesting the move in hopes of at least getting this to the Living Story main discussion area.

I recently posted this game as a question on a youtube channel/podcast I really enjoy. I liked the idea of it and thought I would also post it here and see what idea came out of it. Hope this creates an interesting topic!

Create your own living story patch:

Arena Net just gave of YOU control of your own living story development team! Congratulations! Within the time limit of the next few weeks you must design your own patch (I believe the LS rotation is between 6-8 weeks). You have full creative liberty over the content of your patch. What will be the main theme of your patch? What story/lore will you develop or introduce? What features will you create? What changes will you make to game mechanics/skills/powers/classes? How will you promote the patch? Will your patch satisfy your own needs or the needs of the community as a whole?

Completely plan out a roadmap/summary of your patch.

Try to limit yourself to the amount of content you have seen in LS patches before.
Good luck!

Its all good! Take as much time as you need. The other two num-nucks in my group photo comission haven’t even gotten their armor together yet >_< So no rush ;P

^ AAAAAAHDD such good looking charr :P can’t wait for my beautiful furry mug to be made

Crazy laugh, jokester appearance, skill with machines/gadgets, has a lot of minions, funny taunts, good voice actor, and trying her best to destroy everything…

Yep. Shes pretty much the Joker.

Now who is going to be Batman…. O_o

Me and a guildie found this while doing the closing ceremony xD

I think not xD

More or less this topic is for what you guys think about the end of culling. After seeing this I’m kinda on the Fence :-/

Yah you guys need to make this known in an ingame mail or something….im currently sitting in a locked out overflow and people are kitten ed not understanding why this is happening. Like, really kitten ed…

People think that your servers are broken or something and not thakittens because they are late….tried explaining it but people don’t seem to listen very well :-/

I just did the full event and I loved it, what are you talking about?

Not sure if this is a bug or it joined the invasion, but my watch night is gone?

I know there is the instanced queen speech where something apparently happens…but when is this event that is apparently going to happen?

“All overflow maps created within 10 minutes of the start of the invasion will host a concurrent version of that hour’s event.”

What hour?

duckgirl.8769:

Cicada, Justdeifyme, Vodac – all queued up, no screenies yet but that’s okay because it’s going to take a while before I get to start on yours ^^ Thank you in advance for the patience.

Of Course Take your time, we are in no rush

I would like to submit myself into the queue as well. As I said before you do some of the best character art I’ve seen on deviantart and I also appreciate your very fair price for such quality!

The one I will be submitting will have three characters into one portrait. The three characters will be those of me and my two friends who he have played and enjoyed the game though. An asura elementalist, a sylvari ranger, and charr engineer so this will be a very multiracial piece :P

We already have roughly 70g together and will be getting the rest very soon. I’ll be handling the money and speaking for all three of them. I’ll put up screens shortly once I get pictures of the asura elementalist who has been busy for the last few days.

Thank you in advance and I really hope a request like this isn’t too overwhelming >..< Feel free to message me ingame or in forum for more details

on asura gates…

Hate to burst bubbles but Rytlock at least was gone during cutthroat politics. Was bored a few weeks ago and randomly went into his office and got the same result. I was assuming hes somewhere on southsun cove

Quick question, do you charge 30g per portrait or per character in that portrait? Me and two of my friends love your work and would love to have a group photo Doing a wonderful job btw!

Early in my game I meet a Charr named Cain Charrzilla…..then I took a creepy photo of him…

BriarRose.5639:

And i did not mention the fact the the tickets are soul bound and not account bound is another poor planning. So the hard core players who probably stink from no bathes or food or lives are having a peachy time. well alot of people are not

I have like 180+ tickets from just picking them up randomly from the world and inside the lower arena….annnnnnnd -sniff- I smell fine! o_O

in before the lock

No seriously, why did you find the need to create a new topic for a topic that has been created at least 15 times over with pretty much the same complaints?

Solutions, (for each number)

1. Find a zerg, stay with zerg, kill with zerg, profit! (and yah if you are referring to the gauntlet, find an arena with people in front of it, they almost ALWAYS res you when you die…my guess is they did that on purpose to promote community play)
2. Complaining about last update in the forum for this update? Wut wut?
3. repeats what was said in number 2 …aannnnnd yah they did. No like seriously they did. Go to the releases section and refind it.
4. It really sounds like your life is not compatible with this (or pretty much any) normal commitment to an MMO…maybe re-evaluate?

Bonus Paragraph: They don’t create content every two weeks. They have four teams on a rotation, leading to a total development time of 8 weeks on each content update. The queens speech will be the first update with a fully loaded 8 week dev time and the updates thereafter will be on this regimented schedule.

I’m a Charr, sooooooo…..go ahead and save us the trouble ANet. Fanks

Dear Scarlet,

Things are going exactly according to plan muhahahaha
Your floppy eared squishiepoo,

Grand Vice Admiral Shodd

PS: xoxoxoxoxoxo

To Scarlet,

Your tech is really good at killing humans. Can we study your stuff?

-Sincerely, Iron Legion

I think its pretty obvious (apparently not to you) that it is going to be more then a speech this update. Something horrible is going to happen to either the queen or DR in general and the speech is when its going to happen.

Ashes.9586:

If you had some other people on your server who also wanted to join maybe we could have a branch of the guild on Crystal Desert XD. It would be interesting plus the name “infinite” would fit more. Unite Charr across servers

That would make you the new Khan-Ur :-O

Tis a shame you guys arn’t on Crystal Desert :-( I’m a big Charr lore and culture fan and my main is a level 80 engineer, so long story short I would be really interested in joining :P though I’m a bit confused about the Razer communications, never heard of it before o_O

I know EVERYONE is going to look forward to the under water dungeon. Dungeons are going to be a lot of fun when players can’t exploit out of reach from enemy “safe zones”…right guys? Riiiiight?

In all honesty I hope they further develop the games underwater gameplay….its one thing that is kinda unique to this game in the amount of time spent fleshing it out for us. An underwater region or even expansion will most likely be added at some point…especially when we get more into the 5th ocean elder dragon.

D: No….I can’t relive Tybalt again. I barely got over it the last time :*-[

Makes me wonder why a UI count down timer couldn’t be created >.<

I love how a lot of these topic titles read like tabloid magazine headlines….

“George Clooney buys Honda! Anti-American? Stunning details inside!”

I do not, at all, think ANet purposely disregard colorblind players. As mentioned before, it probably slipped some minds at ANet. This is a game with a lot of holes in its ship, and right now they probably have some items on the development list lower than others. In the same breath, with every update they add more and more graphical options and changes (WvW specific player detail and rendering, effect optimization and editing), and it will most likely be added into the game at some point….especially if topics like this bring it to light.

And also to the idea that due to other topics being about this in the past as proof that it is being ignored….you would notice that most of those posts were made in the “Suggestion” area of the forums….where honestly not a lot of eyes enter. Count the amount of unreplied topics in there within the first 3 pages.

I have to fully agree with the OP in this one. Despite all the negativity that sometimes surround this game, the amount of goodwill and good play I experience in the game (at least on my server, Crystal Desert for life! ) is truly something unique that this game has among most others….

Simple things such as bowing respectfully to players of another WvW server when farming for badges of honor in the jumping puzzle, and choosing NOT to attack each other because of mutual respect for the same goal. It’s a simple process of respect and mutuality that is repeated time and time again with events, skill points, quests, and challenging enemies. Almost everyone is willing to support each other, and almost everyone is willing to revive someone they see downed. Almost everyone says thank you when help is given, and almost everyone is enthusiastic when help is requested.

ALMOST everyone, of course, as with everything in both life and game…not everyone is perfect. I will say though that in my experience with the game, the vast majority of people are.

When being bored on internet after playing the game, I came upon the article that talks about the idea that ANet is considering or going forward with the strategy of fully replacing the process of expansions with what we know as the “Living World”. You can find it here if you need to catch up:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-03-its-unlikely-guild-wars-2-will-ever-get-an-expansion-pack

This lead me to find a topic made by player dark shadowes.4081 on the forums about a month ago in response to this statement. The topic made an attempt to start a very well structured debate of whether or not the playerbase finds the idea of the living world as a decent or effective substitute for expansions. I thought it was well made and would provide a good starting point for a discussion. Sadly, it was placed on the Suggestions area and died there with no replies.

Hopefully I’m not committing a forum sin, but I want to revive it here and see where it goes….I believe it needs to be intelligently talked about; both expansions and the living world have a fair amount of pro’s and con’s, both for how we experience content and how new players may or may not be introduced to the game. I am curious to see what you guys find to be a better fit for the coming months and years for this game.

Here it is:

dark shadowes.4081:

I’ve been hearing recent rumors of possible gw2 expansions being possible, and now we get informed of the concept of the living world replacing the idea of an expansion.
Link:
http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/03/guild-wars-2-might-never-have-an-expansion/
http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/05/guild-wars-2s-zadorojny-clarifies-that-cantha-and-elona-are-sti/
I do enjoy the living world concept and how its played out so far, but I just want to throw my opinion out to why having it take over instead of an expansion is a bad idea…

The living world keep players actively playing the game. We are hooked onto a new problem we face in the game every two weeks now, which is great! But, using the idea of the living world for expansion material is not a great idea. What makes expansions great is the vast amount of new content we get when they come out.
Examples:
New continents and zones
New weapons and armor
New skills
New factions
New storylines

We are hit by this all at once. The fact that we don’t know what to expect throughout an entire expansions gameplay is what makes it fun. It is so big, it keeps us hooked for months simply exploring all of what is new.

Why not use the living world concept for expansion material though?
Because we can complete this content relatively fast. Once we complete it, we wait until the next thing. There is no rush to explore, or material that takes us a long time to complete. While these mini updates ( some not so mini) are exciting, they are nothing compared to the hype of a large expansion.

In closing: The living world will keep the game running strong, but what will make the game last for a long time and not become drab is expansions full of material for us to explore. I do believe expansions are inevitable, but I want to point out, from a costumers standpoint, ideas such as the living story only work for so long before we want something else bigger.

That is just my two cents, tell me what you think!

I think its definitely going to do something with drakes or someone who controls drakes. I hope that in any case that it is something significant…. We need a living world that actually changes the world permanently.

A friend heard about my theory with the growling…she just found and sent me this

Called it

Gummy.4278:

Growling no I didn’t hear that but while out and about in Queensdale killing Champions I did notice camera shake every so often…
So by deduction and reasoning if it ties into the growling noise then to quote something in the game….“By all Six Gods, what is that thing? It’s huge!”…..

Really? Can’t wait to get home and test this

I really distrust Anise… something about her actions, tone of voice, and and her emotionaless reaction to the malfunction of the watchknights during that quest seemed very odd to me. It seems like Jennah is oblivious to what ever is going on but Anise knows something….

Sadly that video does cut off a conversation between Logan and Rox where they talk about what Rytlock said….maybe someone can find it or quote it?

^ ANet…please hire this man for your writing staff

Read the first thing Rytlock says in the dialog “Reunion” section of this quest….

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/A_Fragile_Peace

Then go to 3:35 of this video…

O_o?

Ok maybe my charr is wearing off on me and I’m just really paranoid about anything human…but this update is seriously starting to creep me out.

First off the watch nights awaken my inner terminator fan, and any time you start replacing your military with robots I start getting worried. But now…I’m thinking something is up.

Ok so I recently gave a friend who plays the game with me a flute as a gift. We meet up outside the crown pavilion so I could listen to her try it out just for the fun of it. Went into the sound settings and turned the music volume completely down. As she was going though the scales I noticed something something really REALLY weird. About once every minute I swear you can hear very deep growling coming from the hole. I promise you I’m not crazy xD.

If anyone is weird like me and likes to randomly walk around the cities and listen to random NPC conversations, you will remember that in the time both before and during the construction of the crown pavilion, you can listen to workers commenting about “hearing strange noises” while working in the hole. You can read that convo along with others here; http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gossiping_Citizen#The_Great_Collapse

Beyond that, the entire story of the Great Collapse is very strange, with theories of conspiracy between the Seraph and the Shining Blade and even a possible cover up by the Shining Blade in terms of warning and evacuation of people when signs of the future collapse were evident (with apparently cracks all around the district). Some stories say that the queen saved the people of the district by successfully evacuating everyone while at the same time if you play the “streets” human story, Riot Alice says her father died in the collapse. With the tension seen between the Seraph (or at least Logan) and the Shining Blade over the somewhat carelessness of the Watchknights during the Opening Ceremony…a rehash of what ever happened the night of the collapse would fit well here….

Also in those linked convo’s one woman mentions how there is a theory that their was drakes in the sewers and that maybe caused the collapse. A very big drake? Or maybe even a dragon?

Beyond that, like with every update, it is very possible that the crown pavilion will be taken away….what better way then being blown up by whatever creepy thing is down there.

Idk guys but this entire thing is weird, I swear that hole is growling at me >_< I really think/hope that ANet will play up this theory in the future updates involving this new edition to DR. I think it would make for both excellent story telling and proving that the living story updates truly do make a permanent change on the world if DR faces some disaster due to whatever creepy things crawl below the city streets. There are plenty of disasters in the games lore, but very few we have been witness to…

What do you guys think? Am I crazy or is this even remotely intriguing?

Edit: One thing I also remebered….before the construction of the Pavilion…the site of the Great Collapse was guarded by the Shining Blade. The SB is the personal bodyguard to the queen and the royal family….why are they guarding the collapse when that would be more of the duty of the Seraph, the city guard?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/races/charr/Could-someone-help-with-a-Lore-friendly-name/first#post2584668

There yah go

I always laugh when this article resurfaces xD I think its worth noting that this was a individual comment made by the writer of the game who probably has no say in the design of the armor or the fact that our tails get clipped.

Its the WRITER’s opinion that he is disappointed that most choose human or norn, because in his opinion he sees the lore behind the charr and the asura to be a lot more unique and rich in the grand scheme of the fantasy. I have to agree with him. Human story is pretty much the same in every fantasy universe and anyone who has played skyrim can understand the norn. Beyond that, sylvari is very similar to most elf stories.

The charr and the asura are unique products of this game and I at least haven’t seen repeated in most fantasy universes.

Lore nerd here

Ok so I’m going to answer this to the best of my understanding but I am no way an expert.

1. Each legion has a their own Fahrar or set of Fahrars, in various locations. Because of legions act independently to each other and old separate territories, each legion holds their own homesteads, its hard to tell where they may be. Each fahrar teaches their cubs tactics and military strategy based on the expertise of their legion. The cubs are set into separate warband groups that they are raised in. These groups are headed by an adult charr of the respective legion. This adult dedicates themselves to that particular group until their maturity.

2. It depends. There’s no set timespan for a charr’s fahrar life. They are taken to the fahrar once they are weaned off their mother and stay there until the teacher of the warband group determines that they are mature enough, and to no longer requires supervision or training. Whether this determination is made soon or later in the charr’s life is irrelevant. There’s no defined age of maturity for a charr.

3. Don’t really know that one…Charr are born fully furred, open eyed, and with functional limbs, but I assume speech depends on the individual charr. I imagine it is within the first year, before they are taken to the fahrar.

4. As stated before, the legions are all historically separate government bodies. The dragons have forced the 3 “main” legions to work together giving the illusion of unity, but under normal circumstances they stand divided. All the legions hold their own land and fortifications. Where the Ash Legion in particular hold territory is hard to tell, and I’m not even sure if its ever been mentioned. Maybe someone who has done the Ash storyline can shine some light on that one?

Hope this helped

Friendly neighborhood lore nerd here Charr naming culture is simple for the most part.

The first is usually a unique, strong name that the charr is the most often referred to in everyday talk. Mostly it is between 7 to 4 (but of course doesn’t have to be) letters long and MOST of the time starts with a consonant letter with males and a bit more freedom with females.

The last name is a bit more regulated. It is ALWAYS a compound word, by tradition and culture. The first part of the name is the name of that charr’s warband. Because of this, it is lore friendly to never take the warband name of Flame, Iron, Ash, or Blood because those are the names of the legions…and to have such a name as a warband would be to proclaim yourself a descendant of the Khan-Ur. Big no-no basicly but players break that rule regardless.

The second part of the sir name is chosen “nickname” of sorts, that complements the first half of the word.

So for instance, Rytlock Brimstone is Rytlock of the Brim warband and his personal nickname within the group is “Stone”

My charr engineer is Cadov Blazeherald, Cadov of the Blaze warband, nickname being “Herald”

Hope this helped

7/10 I love the first one but i’ve always hated that hat in the second >..<

Pleased to present the newly acquired armor of Cadov Blazeherald, Engineer of the Iron Legion

Upgraded (via transmutation) Eagle Eye Monocle
Flame Legion Shoulders
Rawhide Chest from alot of work in WvW
Flame Legion Arms
Updated Rascal pants
Upgraded Rascal Shoes (always liked the look of the rascal pants and shoes above most others)

7.5 I charry name but I’ve heard so many “Iron-”somethings >.<

Cadov Blazeherald

Flamethrower wielding engineer of the Iron Legion

Me and my guild have always hate a deep hatred for Traherne, and how he likes to steal moments….but it all came to a hilarious climax after a moment doing a quest with were saska is conspiring against you….Traherne has this line something like “They were targeting you, but the real target is CLEEEEEARLY me”

Instantly, everyone who was with me during that guild was like “GOD kitten TREHERNE, CAN’T EVEN LET US HAVE OUR OWN ASSASSINS?!”

Ever since it is a running joke in my guild to put Treherne in every situation of our lives as the kitten friend who takes all the glory.
“You got a speeding ticket, but it was CLEARLY for me”
“You got a girls number last night, but she CLEARLY wanted me”
“You got an A on your final, but it was CLEARLY meant for me”
"Tybalt sacrificed himself for you, but he CLEARLY did it for me"
(that last one burns)

So and and so forth.

While we all hate Treherne…he does provide a source of humor.

As a engi medic…

I approve.

My guild is going to love my white circles of magic wonder again