Guild Wars 2

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

I think the Dredge are rabidly xenophobic because . . .
- The Stone Summit enslaved them with magic and forced them into manual labor. The Deldrimor Dwarves did not care about them, either, so there were no actual allies there.
- When they got loose after the events in Sorrow’s Furnace they at least in part tried running to Cantha. (Somehow…) and the Kurzicks told them to “go jump in the Jade Sea” pretty much.
- Later, they wound up north in the Far Shiverpeaks and were enslaved . . . again . . . by some people trying to unearth an old undead spellcaster.

During the time of Guild Wars 2:
- The Norn aren’t happy with the Dredge pretty much claiming anywhere they want to mine as “our lands”. The Norn would rather not have the Dredge mining operations disrupting everything, and besides . . . Norn are better. So tough luck Dredge!
- The Charr are almost as xenophobic as the Dredge when it comes to their homelands, just look how they treat the Ogres south of Ascalon City. And the Dredge claim places the Charr want to use for their own resources . . . so it’s a combination of “this is our land, not yours” and “that’s OUR ore to use”.

Beyond that, few races really deal with the Dredge on a large basis. The Inquest wants to use them like the Stone Summit did, only without the slavery and they’re okay with bartering off more advanced technology . . . but not in teaching Dredge how to make it. Humans don’t really rate on the Dredge radar besides “more outsiders!” and since the outsiders they’ve known so far mostly have been at the least “not allies” and at the most “out to get us” . . .

. . . again, can’t really blame the Dredge for pretty much lashing out at anyone they see who isn’t Dredge.

Totally agree. I was really bothered when I started playing GW2 and discovered that the Tyrian Tengu were suddenly consistently allies (considering the only Tengu who didn’t attack humans on sight in GW1 were in Cantha), but we were still fighting the dredge. I am all for a storyline which lets us FINALLY give the dredge a good home, safe from people who want to kill/enslave them just because they’re there.

Zaxares.5419:

That’s exactly why I avoid attacking any Dredge Excavators I run across. They’re not bothering why, so why attack them?

Oh good, I’m not the only one who does that. :P

Bander.5194:

Except that’s Canthan history, not Tyrian. Unless Tyrians claim that as their own, which I’m not sure any do.

Drakenvold.9761:

Tyria the world i think,thats what he meant,is Shiro undisputed in this claim?

Tyria is both the name of the continent that GW2 (as well as the first GW1 campaign, Prophecies) takes place on, AND it’s the name of the whole world.

As I’m not well-versed in the lore outside of the actual games, I won’t try to partake in the debate; just wanted to answer that question.

I should warn you, I’m not an incredibly good player, and I love mesmers for two main reasons. One of them is purely “aesthetic”: I love the “trickery”-type magic, I love how their armor looks, and the fact that their powers are frequently associated with telepathy only helps. I’m also the kind of player who enjoys doing damage via conditions and “chaining” attacks in certain ways. So yeah, I’m biased.

Kaii.6805:

After watching the class videos the Mesmer looks very interesting and unique. I’m not afraid to die, I’m not easily frustrated and I’m willing to learn.

Honestly, I have to admit—that is good if you want to play a mesmer. I pretty much only play PvE (and I generally solo areas), and my mesmer dies pretty easily. One thing I’ve learned to try to prevent that is you want to try to maintain clones and phantasms as much as possible—they’ll frequently attract the attention of whatever you’re fighting, so you don’t have to take the damage directly. This gets a LOT easier when you’re a later level, though, since you’ll have a lot more illusion-generating skills. (This tactic also only works so well against multiple enemies, so you should try to aggro them one at a time if possible.)

One weapon I’ve found which is REALLY useful is a staff. It gives you an ability which creates a clone and teleports you backwards (very useful if you run up against something with powerful melee attacks!), a phantasm which inflicts conditions, a shielding ability, and an area affect which inflicts conditions on enemies and grants boons to allies. I think it’s the most well-rounded weapon for mesmers, and I found it very useful when I was first leveling up (though it’s been a while since then).

I hope this is helpful!

I get the impression that some of the Risen DO want to die (after all, they’re zombified), but some of them are kind of channeling Zhaitan as they die. (Hence, “Death good” and “The light fades….”, presumably from the ones who look forward to death, whereas “Curse your eyes” and “It begins….” are from the ones who are basically letting Zhaitan get one last taunt out of them). Then again, I’m well known by my friends for reading faaaar too much into things like this. :P

Speaking of “Curse your eyes”:

synk.6907:

Personally, I find “Curse your eyes” more confusing than any of those.

I may be wrong, but it might be a reference to GW1, specifically the Nightfall campaign. The Big Bad of that game, Abaddon, seemed to have a thing for eyes (as in, eating/destroying them), and a lot of his minions would shout, “Abaddon will feast on your eyes!” NightfallHow do you think Kormir lost hers? Don’t know why Zhaitan’s minions would be referencing him, but maybe it just thought it was creepy enough.

Lysico.4906:

So to grasp this..

You added presents that spawn op’ed mobs.

They may drop a present, that will despawn ASAP.

And said “node” might not have anything in it..

So nobody else sees something wrong with the whole thing?

A hearty ditto. I fully admit that I’m not that great of a player, but I can NOT beat the dolls without at LEAST two other people around. My dad and I ended up spending about 10 minutes on a group of them; we only stuck around that long because I ended up dying and he kept trying to come back and revive me. We finally got so fed up that we teleported out.

I may be wrong, but I think the gifts disappear after a certain amount of time. The first one I opened, I could’ve sworn I saw a present waiting before the skritt attacked; by the time I’d FINALLY killed them all, it was gone. (I’ve basically started going for the present right away, just in case.)