Guild Wars 2

I’ll repeat a post I made long ago about the Canthan thread and other race threads:
Give.
Me.
My.
Tengu.

Harbard.5738:

NONSENSE! Turn him into that norn’s pet! Rename him Hunt-a-Tron or something. He’ll understand what adventure really is and say things like “never felt so alive” “where are we traveling next, master” (just throw some wit in there :P).

An unusual norn hunter and his capitalistic-turned hobo-turned adventurer pet golem

btw: this is a SERIOUS SUGGESTION. Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!

I’m….intrigued by this honestly. Have the little guy go crazy trying to take down a Dolyak or something just for the humor value.

Elbegast.6970:

Oh…Caithe’s girlfriend, right?

Indeed, but not really the type of girl to establish a relationship with considering how in the Destiny’s Edge book she nearly poisoned Caithe to death.
Still yes her, I would love for ANet to come back there and let us see where it goes.

Elbegast.6970:

Atlas.9704:

I for one would love to see something dealing with the Nightmare Court.
Twilight Arbor left it rather open on what happened to the Duchess.

Is it wrong that all three of my characters are Sylvari and I have no clue as to what you are referring. I’ve done the entire personal story, save the last dungeon. I don’t remember ‘Twilight Arbor’ nor this ‘Duchess’ (person?).

Possibly, but I’m not here to judge
I am referring to the story dungeon called Twilight Arbor. Which is basically where a lot of the Nightmare Court reside. The Court is ruled by, or at least influenced by, the Grand Duchess of the Nightmare Court named Faolain.

Scott McGough.6897:

Just to confirm: Hobo-Tron is absolutely Job-o-Tron from May’s Southsun Cove content—same model, same voice, same character, with a new name that reflects his new status.

As ReMortis and Meriem noted, when he lost his gig as the employment surveyor for the Consortium, he fell on hard times. Bit of poetic justice, really.

Please repurpose him as a Bank Golem or something, I feel bad for the little guy.
He isn’t bad, he was just programed incorrectly.

Well they do have Steve Blum for Rytlock, so apparently that had the extra coin to go Strong.

I for one would love to see something dealing with the Nightmare Court.
Twilight Arbor left it rather open on what happened to the Duchess.

I cannot lose my pet! They just need to work on them, that’s all.

Rainbow Sprint.3215:

Well just dont eat them.

(burns some of the more interesting fan fiction he has been making)
Well there goes PLAN A.
(grumbles)
lol

Poor little unit, but with a few modifications he could be a useful banking golem!

Ah Jennifer Hale (happy sigh).
Sorry I am emotionally obligated to sigh happily towards her.
Tara Strong is awesome as well, she’s got really good range for all of the characters she’s voiced through the years.

That’s a lot of fern in that hill

Yata.8932:

Totally agree, besides this ‘themepark’ feeling won’t go on forever. Anet said in an interview (can’t remember where :x) that now that they have their core rotation of holidays scripted and done, they can start adding different things with each release. Some of ya’ll need to chill, it’s still fun if you just relax.

Bah if there are folks who can’t stand that a small rotation of activities are being developed they can come back later or not at all.

Seriously ANet has said that once they get these rotations settled, which looks like we’re close to that, then bigger things will be established.
When this Living Story started they had one team trying to crank things out, they found some mistakes, then they expanded to 4 (I think) which are rotating out and developing the next chapter/episode/update to this story.

I see this as Season One of a show. It isn’t too good, but still has some decent moments, chances are it will ‘grow the beard’ in Season Two. For the Living Story I see Season Two being established around 2014. By that time, like Yata said, they won’t create too much holiday-ish new content, but rather work on bigger things while updating older core holiday things here and there.

In my opinion Aetherblades dropping in to mess with the celebration were fine.
They obviously have more connections and power than the Molten Alliance did. In fact I’ll go so far as to say the Aetherblades were probably formed first and whoever did that tried to expand the business to create the Molten, but we found them out before they could grow.

Anise was wonderful, as always, though her little trick on Logan really was a low blow.
Jenna held her own and acted like a person in charge, I can’t really demand much from her past that.
Rox and Braham were a good buddy combination once again. I’m glad that the stories are starting to flesh them out more. I especially loved how Braham was crying over Ottilla and Rox tried to cheer him up with violence.

I’m hoping this hooded figure is Scarlet, but I won’t be surprised if it is another red herring of sorts. Though I do finally feel like things are picking up faster. If I have to wait a few more releases to hear more I’ll be okay with it, because apparently those are the hooks that Anet is trying to create and string along.

Justdeifyme.9387:

Melissa is an awesome chick. I don’t like the look on her face though, all squished and weird.

No your face is weird, but I get your meaning.
Because it won’t end well when its a bad day to buy wine, but my ears its a great day to drink it.

:P

The Eternal Alchemy computes all kinds good sir.
Originally when the game was released I didn’t mind the Personal Story.
It wasn’t that great, but at least there was a narrative for this game.
Trahearne was boring compared to how ANet pumped up Destiny’s Edge.
So the storytelling wasn’t that compelling to me.

Combine that with the fact that you get ‘dry spells’ of activity all because the next chapter in this story is…..6 levels away and you really need to get going NOW!
The rhythm gets broken right around the middle, but then Orr turns out to be somewhat fun if you count all of Orr as a predungeon to Arah.

However if you don’t, then the dungeon is a sad little minigame at the end and I get so depressed thinking about that.

Furthermore there’s the situation that we can’t do anything with Orr now because it may conflict with the personal story. We can’t kill off the really important characters because we will need them for the Personal Story.

Finally the Personal stories do tend to blur together if I have multiple characters, but that’s the hazard of being an altoholic.

So yes, I really wish the Personal story left off somewhere around the Pact formation and had the living story pick up from there. Even better, I sort of wish the Living Story kicked off without a Personal Story.

Now with the Living Story they did have a rough start, but now things are picking up. There are returning characters like Braham and Rox, along with Kiel; even Gnashblade was presented to us more. Before this election we had, he was just the fancy NPC to me.

So it may seem disjointed to you, but to me it is more like watching several television episodes before a season is done or a few chapters out of a book not yet released.
If we look back after (let’s say) Feb 2014, I think some folks will see that the overall story is starting to shape up.

That’s part of the reason why I wrote up what I had earlier. You tried to present a cliffnotes version of the Personal Story; where as I connected the Living Story chapters (episodes? I don’t know) based on what I’ve seen in game and in wiki.

cesmode.4257:

@ Atlas and Acidicvision..

What I described was a summation of levels 1-80..I.E. a condensed cliffnotes version.

While I laud your responses, what you have written is a verbose dramatization of the living stories.

To which I say so? You wanted to know what happened, there you go.

So while I condensed 80 levels of personal story, you expanded a few story arcs that, at the time of their existance in the game, were told in two sentences or less.

Just trying to point out the quality of story then, to what is now. Pointing out the quality of activity then to what is now.

The quality of the personal story was not worth that much energy to be honest.
Here’s a shorter, more honest version, of what we endured:
“Start off with a tutorial, get your mentor killed off, play second fiddle to Salad Kormir”.
I personally don’t care much for the personal story in most parts. I do however like the intent of the living story.

I connected the LS elements together, because they do somewhat go together. They put it together in “two sentences or less” because there’s not a lot of time in between each. So they keep parts of it brief.

I’m not attacking you. Honestly I’m attacking the Personal Story.
Our Hero Proxy wasn’t worth the effort, we kill off this epic sized dragon in a ridiculous mini game. Yet some want that instead of the developing living story that makes me feel like I’m doing something at times or just immersing me into the current situation.

So now people just want to target the next dragon, forget about their homelands, and once you’ve killed off all the dragons what do you have as a goal?

Addendum: To learn more about the zephrytes, just listen to them in conversation or talk with them. They are the Brotherhood of the Dragon in another form. Literally they bring up those old dwarves and how, when they died out, the zephrytes took over their way of life.

Evolut.2398:

Atlas.9704:

I’m not getting a genie vibe, but I am getting a “Execute Order 66” feeling right now.
All those poor quaggans will be destroyed soon.

All those quaggans will be turned into beautiful pink and blue backpacks!

Such a horrifying, yet fashionable, fate they will endure.

We went home.
There were troubles in our lands as we tended to wounded, repaired what was destroyed, and tried to push back the darkness in our memories.
Vile creatures on a distant island emerged from their deep ocean homes to claim land that was not theirs.
We pushed back, held the line, and still hold to this day.

New dangers erupted in the cold Norn lands and the Charr territories.
Ancient enemies teamed up to wreak havoc and displace families, fahrars, and homes.
Some of those survivors went back home after the chaos, others found supposed opportunity on that wild island we are still holding onto.

Sadly with new opportunities there are moments of deception and betrayal.
We heard the cries for justice and went back to right the wrongs.
From that rose a soldier who does what she can to help the people.

And then we celebrated. After so much happening within our lands we needed to laugh again, remember good times, perhaps cry over lost friends.
Sadly even at a joyous time there is no peace. Pirates who perverted the Pact technology of airships descended to disrupt the celebration.

Friends, old and new, joined together and stopped them, but at the cost of a prominent citizen’s life. Once again we recover and sort out the confusion as now there is an opening to the Captain’s Council. Some people cry out for the merchants to take the stage, while others cheer on a soldier to be in the spotlight.

Either way their test came in the form of a Bazaar brought about by sky nomads. These peculiar people travel to wherever they need, trade, and disappear like smoke. Their history is long and mysterious, deep and cultural but insulated from outsiders.
If either the merchant or the soldier could get them at the table to talk, that would be the deciding factor between who rises.

So the merchant and the soldier looked to us, asked for help once more. They both knew we sweated, bled, and nearly died for all of Tyria. They knew our opinion would have the weight of the world, because we once had the fate of it in our hands.

And we chose. The decision might have split some friends apart, brought some friends back together, or even helped some people understand a stranger. From all of us came the choice that the soldier should be in the vacant seat. The Captain’s Council is now full again. We are more than just loaded weapons pointed at the Dragons. We are peace makers, nation builders, and protectors of dreams.

As these events come to a close all eyes are now upon the human city of Divinity’s Reach. The Queen is hosting a Jubilee to celebrate her power, peace with the Charr, and human tenacity to survive. All the nations will be there from small tribes to prominent families. We can now show off our martial prowess to people that were never there in Orr, never there to fight Jormagg, and also show off to warriors who were there. Maybe we’ll learn something by watching each other or maybe we’ll just revel in our superior skills over comrades.

It’s Aunt Fanny from Robots!

Robert Hrouda.1327:

If I’m gonna do Mursaat and White Mantle, I (as a hardcore GW1 player) would want it to be epic and grand. We haven’t ..forgotten.. about them, I just have higher expectations for them than what I was capable of putting out in this release.

…and yes I’m proud of that reference.

You…you are a good soul. I just wanted to comment on that.
Thank you.

I’m not getting a genie vibe, but I am getting a “Execute Order 66” feeling right now.
All those poor quaggans will be destroyed soon.

Well my human street rat is laughing his rear off.
Shiny little Seraph being beat up by invisible friends.

After the Jubilee I wish they could use the building as a practice arena.
Have Seraph and soldiers use it for mock battles to hone their skills.
This way we can still practice with things like crowd control and conditions, but we don’t have to use the expensive clockwork robots to crew the place.

Mia Lunarfang.5826:

Not everything is temporary, the grand pavilion itself is permanent. Finally, out with that eyesore of a great collapse, we have a beautiful massive arena structure that can hold many events in the future.

I’m all for new locations, especially a beautifully crafted building.
Problem is if there’s nothing to do inside it after the Jubilee is done, then it was a waste until we get something in there.

I think that’s where some people are worried about the temporary part of this update.

DarksunG.9537:

Anyways, I’ll laugh so hard if Kiel ends up being Scarlet.

As a Kiel voter all I can say is, I’ll bring the popcorn if this turns out to be true.
That would be interesting.

No Walking.6349:

Inquest messed up and caused an explosion that teleports animals all over the place.

You’re more interested in this than in the fall of a god?
You would really rather run through another asuran dungeon, than watch THE FALL OF A GOD?

I can see why people are voting for Kiel….cause they’re morons….

Silly stupid god was stupid enough to give dirty smelly humans magic.
His buddies kicked him out of their super cool clubhouse.

Because of this idiocy I had to watch some blind fool jump into the Speed Force and become the goddess of No-one-really-Loves-you.

So yeah I voted for the reactor. It will be interesting to see a GW2 Black Mesa.

Go pray in your temple.

Personal Story after Clawwwrrr Island, but before Orr.
Home instances mean nothing worthwhile at the moment
The Devs having this delusion that WvWvW is a combination of PvE and PvP.
Certain mini games, like bar brawl, are listed as achievements but we don’t have such games available.
Having no auto decline for guild invites
RNG, oh dear Alchemy that blasted RNG for lion boxes and the blasted precursors
Having a storyline where we build up this Pact, but once Big Z is toppled we get fricking nothing for the Pact afterwards.

ShadyNZL.9018:

Joining Jennah’s Jubiliee justifies jovial jumping, jiving and jazz.

Just joking…

Alliterations Ahoy!

Aeolus.3615:

:o Queen Jennah being transformed into Robot Queen

Better call the Doctor!

Doctor?
Doctor Who?

Enter a Saturday Adventure Box shaped like a Tardis and out steps a Human and his Asuran companion.

SirDrygan.1823:

Didn’t you know? Human’s are fuelled by anger, hatred and vengefulness!!! The more tragedy that befalls humans, the more stronger they get!

It’s all that spiral energy we have.

Palador.2170:

At that point, the new mini-game is revealed to be a shooting game to see how many Aetherblades you can gun down with a spare turret.

I’m okay with this.
You hear that ANet, I wouldn’t mind this mini game!

Gabby.3205:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Guild Wars 2 dragons = Logan and Jennah’s fault. I did my part in taking down Zhaitan. Logan just went along for the ride.

There is a theory that Jennah used her powers as a mesmer to make Logan’s little crush becomes an obsession. If that’s the case, I can’t bring myself to blame Logan for running back to her.

I thought that was debunked way back in the past?
She didn’t use magic to snag the guy, he’s just naturally stu——I mean in love with her. lol

Please don’t assassinate Jennah….

….unless Anise gets to take over somehow. Then by all means I have all sorts of weapons in game which can help.

It’s a “Of Mice and Men” thing with the Jotun.

I can’t remember what my wife played as she tried it out.
I think Warrior was the first choice, because she liked how tough she looked.

IoJ is starting to see some new faces and I’ve never had much trouble getting PVE help or helping people.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Lol….I can see them turning that into a trap in the future. Aaaanybody else having EotN flashbacks? Follow the white rabbit!

snicker

C’mon…. you know you told your guildies to do it before they knew about that little surprise hahaha.

Actually I didn’t have guildies, but I did know where it was going.
Then when it reached the bottom I had one of those Firefly moments:
“You know it’s a trap right?”
“Of course I do, which is why I’m going in.”

Still it was fun!

I would want a GW2 movie made by Quentin Tarantino which follows the disjointed adventures of Destiny’s Edge.
Think Pulp Fiction meets the game.
Logan and Rytlock could travel via Charr tank to a guy’s house while discussing how to order a Charrburger with cheese in languages other than New Krytan.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Why is nobody asking the more important question . . . ?

Why does that thing have a feminine shape up to and including, er, curves?

To give us another “race” for all sorts of strange thoughts? lol

SlothBear.9846:

Agreed. Should be a jamboree instead.

Well if she did host a pancake jamboree I’d enjoy that.
Pancake stacks as high as Divinity’s Reach!

Teege.4623:

She’s really a dude.

That…just started a whole new fan fiction and fan art I’m not ready to even consider.

Parisalchuk.9230:

Because Tyria is physically incapable of having any celebration that doesn’t go horribly wrong (seriously though, its starting to feel old having this same story progression play out) what do we think will happen during Queen’s Jubilee?

well the Bazaar hasn’t had any hiccups, but I get your meaning.
What I hope for is more Aetherblades. They drop in, try to kidnap the queen, and we… let them, and elect Anise as our ruler.

Though since Anise is member of the Shining Blade she’ll no doubt ask us to bring back the Queen. I’ll do it, but I’ll grumble about it, but it will be for Anise and not because I want the Queen back.

Mia Lunarfang.5826:

Atlas.9704:

Humans are fed up with catching up to Asuran Golem tech and Charr industrial technology.
As a Human I respect our urge to make mechanized soldiers. Maybe NOW we’ll have a character with better personality than Logan.

Why does everyone hate Logan? You all say he has no personality, but to me he seems strict and duty bound, like a cop, or better yet, the seraph captain he’s supposed to me.

I don’t hate him. I just like to pick on him. Thus the

Humans are fed up with catching up to Asuran Golem tech and Charr industrial technology.
As a Human I respect our urge to make mechanized soldiers. Maybe NOW we’ll have a character with better personality than Logan.

I kind of like how my Sylvari Ranger cares about this Wolfhound.
I’m here. I’ll bring you back.
It’s not time to die. Get up.

Oh my Gods, the Asuran evil overlord will kill off the Queen with those!
Remember the Infinity Ball mission?! Those Steampunk creatures and the overlord talking about the “Battle at Divinity’s Reach”?

Confirmed, Jenna is dead. All hail Anise!

GrandmaFunk.3052:

CoRtex.2157:

The lore was soooooooooo goooood compared to GW2 rofl, Gw2 lore is a joke

both games share the same lore.

you might be thinking of plot.

And the plot of Factions sucked.

Zaxares.5419:

The Grove is the most beautiful city in my opinion, especially at night. Having lots of non-Sylvari running around it would only ruin the atmosphere, in my opinion.

“Fleshbags out! Keep the Grove pure!”

Nope, I’m staying.
Some of the Sylvari are cute.
So HA! :P
lol

Anet, English version when you can (read that as ASAP)