Guild Wars 2

I would love some Engineer themed weapons.

Due to GW2 theme most weapons are designed around the other classes.

With Engineer being the youngest of the family it doesn’t get many tech themed weapons.

Kalavier.1097:

No. The ones that stayed in Cantha simply were forced to join the empire.

No it was stated in the lore all Tengu’s of Cantha was forced out of Cantha due to their new Xenophobic policies. The survivors moved into Kryta and since thing Cantha has remained Xenophobic to this day only keeping their country as a Human Canthan Only Country until farther notice.

Kurzicks and Luxons were forced into joining the Empire by military force which ended their war with each other.

The Tengu culture is global being that there are 5 tengu clans in the GW world and we only know about 2 of the 5 clans being the Tengu naturally born in Tyria and the Tengu of Cantha.

The Cantha Tengu were forced out of Cantha and have since this day seeked to reclaim their home in Cantha.

Speaking of Tengus has anyone notice the Yuki Honestcrest and the other Tengu’s of Lion Arch are MIA after the Battle of Lion Arch ended. Their last known location was on the other side of the Shuttered Gate. Barraging anyone who would approach it (friendly or enemy) and killing them.

Guess whatever unknown thing they mentioned going on in the Crystal Desert got to them.

Anet already discuss this before but they’re currently working on getting Season 1 storyline into the Journal as replayable content.

However, it is not released now because they have to adjust things so players can play S1 storyline solo.

I’ll just post this now rather than tomorrow so…

You all prepared your weed wackers because it almost time for the Vines to strike back at the world.

(starting with the Vegans and other type of vegetarians)

Well that the interesting part of current info about the Deep Sea Dragon and Dragon’s history with altering geogrophy of regions everytime they awaken.

If Kanaxai is a ancient champion of the Deep Sea Dragon that would mean the Deep Sea Dragon had a stronger army size before the 1st historical recorded awakening.

With the land of Tyria being different from what it is now before the any known historical recording of the geography of Tyria during pre 1st historical awakening this would mean the geography of the Jade Sea and Cantha may not have existed before but due to one of the unknown Dragon Awakenings the geography of the area formed into the land that will become Cantha and the Jade Sea. This cause the land to form Cantha and the Jade seas to rise up to their current level through some kind of tectonic shift which would be the reason why a Ancient Champion of the Deep Sea Dragon was discovered when the Luxons dug too deep into the Jade Sea.

However, this is all I can go by now until more information about the Deep Sea Dragon is revealed such as what the Deep Sea Dragon’s corruption and minions look like.

Still another interesting thing is if the Deep Sea Dragon had a greater influence before any recorded history of the Dragon Awakening it is also possible that the Deep Sea Dragon has manage to preserve Ancient Races that have been corrupted by his influence that predates current GW recorded history.

Well what interesting about Kralkatorrik and the Crystal Desert is that…

1) Kralkatorrik is still in the Crystal Desert

2) The Crystal Desert is the only place left that will allow us to enter Elona and it is possible that the Order of Whisper secret is a secret passage in the Crystal Desert. (If you performed certain GW1 Nightfall side-quests you will learn about certain passages in the Crystal Desert)

3) Once we fight Kralkatorrik it is possible he will flee into Elona before we can strike the final blow. Of course that would mean Joko’s army in the Southern part of Crsytal Desert will be slaughtered by Kralk’s branded corruption

4) if that happens then Anet will open up Elona for GW2.

As for Cantha we may see a emissary from Cantha asking for our help with the Deep Sea Dragon if the Deep Sea Dragon begins a invasion at Cantha due to hearing stories about how the Pact and our character defeating Zhaitan. The Emporer may be Xenophobic but any knowledge about the current Emporer has remained unknown due to losing contact with Cantha because of Zhaitan’s Navy.

a interesting idea what if the current Emperor of Cantha is the black sheep of the xenophobic imperial family. Being that rather being Xenophobic like his ancestor he is more pro-unity but certain factions are trying to prevent him from removing Cantha’s xenophobic policies. Of course I would add a plot twist that the Emporer of current Cantha is actually a girl but that stretching it. However, it would make a good twist if they decide to reveal that the current Emperor of Cantha is a fake placed there by the Xeonphobic faction and the rebel faction is protecting the real Emperor of Cantha (or should I say Empress of Cantha)

Kalavier.1097:

But those theories don’t work at all since the Deep Sea dragon is within the endless ocean or whatever it is called, and it (and/or it’s minion) emerged from the DEEPEST parts of the ocean, driving out the Krait, Quaggan, Karka, and Perhaps even the Largos from the ocean… which isn’t connected to the Jade Sea as far as I know.

Do not forget the Elder Dragons are currently known to be the oldest beings in GW2 world.

The Jade Sea may have once been a part of the Unending Ocean long ago before any recorded history.

Everytime the Elder Dragons awaken they will historically change the landscape of the planet but so far only 2 recorded awakenings are known in GW history but records of findings have shown the Elder Dragons have awakened other times beyond the 2 known awakenings which explains any geological changes and placements of anything related to the Elder Dragons.

the 1st recorded awakening was before the Human Gods entered Tyria and the 2nd awakening is currently the one we are facing now in GW2.

If Kanaxai is related to the Deep Sea Dragon it is possible Kanaxai’s existence predates the recorded awakenings which may lead the storyline into discovering more about the Elder Dragon’s other awakenings, discovering even more ancient history about the world, and going even deeper into their Elder Dragon’s Origins.

Michael Walker.8150:

I always thought this was strange though, in a world of instant teleportation, the relaying of information should happen much faster, especially since the teleportation fee is very little, even less for lvl 1 NPCs :P

Another thing is that we have no idea if mordy is spreading the vines towards the west as well. Going after the current spread we can assume that this is mordy’s radius of influence, neglecting the fact that it is only spreading along WPs, might not be possible without the help of asura technology in the west…

Well you got to look it as this way.

1) Mordy’s Vines feed on Magic like how plants feed on Water.

2) Plants only grow by the amount water that is provided

3) Plants can’t grow far unless there is another source of water in the other area

4) All vines are only growing near areas that are strong with magic near its last location.

Using this we know that the Vines has the same limits as plants on how far they can grow so as of now the only source of “water” that is allowing these Vines to spread are the Ways or any other magical artifacts near the ways.

Ronin.7381:

Probably Cantha if anything. Whispers know how to get passed Kralk and branded in the Crystal Desert. But we’d likely try, Kralk breaks through and then we end up fighting him.

Actually I was expecting Anet to prepare for Cantha by now. Maybe as the 1st expansion I heard rumors about being in development now.

A interesting lore about Cantha is that the reason why the countries of Tyria lost contact with Cantha was because of Zhaitan’s Navy but with his death the Pact is now slowly destroying what is left of Zhaitan’s Navy slowly clearing a path to travel into Cantha.

Also a interesting thing about Cantha is that it is possible that the Deep Sea Dragon maybe located near Cantha and we will fight Deep Sea Dragon there by going deep into the Jade Sea. Of course there has been speculations that the Outcasts are the Deep Sea Dragon’s minion and Kanaxai is the Deep Sea Dragon’s champion.

ya…. NO!

The story will then become more cheesy because now we have to deal with a Insane character that will just end up acting like a Human Scarlet but with a bit more showy with her Insanity.

Insanity character never makes good antagonists because their reason behind their actions is simple Insanity rather than any type of complex reasoning that makes players question their own actions.

Well reports about the Vines spreading from Maguuma is probably sill fresh information. Not to mention most of the NPCs don’t move out side of their current placed map due to their jobs requiring them to stay in that area.

However, once Chapter 2 hits then we will finally start seeing the Pact invovlement and information about the Vines spread more.

Ronin.7381:

Nature!

This

Also you can learn a lot of things about the other part of nature in the GW2 world if you explore enough.

Such as how Dolyak have similar habits as Elephants in GW world.

Deli.1302:

wtb source

A member of the Dev team talked about it in this thread

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/lwd/Enough-of-your-GMPC-please/page/3

As the Angel stated the team is smaller now so there is little they can do with their current limits.

Ronin.7381:

Is it not account bound? I thought it was o.O

Rose is talking about skipping the entire Chapter of the Arc once 1 character completes it.

As of now it is account unlocked but Rose doesn’t want to replay the entire Chapter all over again with the other character in her account and just want to skip right to unlocking the replay missions only.

I doubt they will ever make S2 Living World Storyline unlock replay acount wide style because Living World S2 storyline is Arc 4 of the character’s main storyline.

Also each of your 5 characters are different people with their own Story they follow differently despite the path being the same. There is also the fact they have made Arc 4 have some class based and race based dialogues as well.

Chapter 1 of Arc 4 currently have some class based dialogues being Engineer classes will take notice to Engineer style dialogues and Race dialogues being if players are Sylvari the members of the Investigation team may show some hostility in their dialogues when your character talk to them but if he or she is a Asura there will be some Asura related dialodues with Tiami.

I won’t be surprised if Ogden found a way to reverse the effects of the right.

Besides doesn’t Anet still have his Dwarf art still there….

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/0/06/Dwarf_render.jpg/393px-Dwarf_render.jpg

Ya Devourers have a custom they follow when it comes to reproduction

1) Their nests are often made from the dead bodies of male Devourers so when the male Devourers are old enough they are killed by the female Devourers and their bodies are used for their nest. (Their bodies must be freshly dead to keep the eggs warm with their blood and organs)

2) the purple stuff are Devourer’s eggs.

3) Stuff covering it is what I call Devourer Gunk because it is a type of slime made by Devourers to cover the nest to keep the eggs warm.

The current Legendary does work if you designed your Eng to be a sniper.

Eng has some traits designed for sniping like the Scope trait that increase crit chance by 10% if 600 distance away, then combine with Rifled barrels (increase range by 200), and Rifle Mod (Increase damage by 10% for rifle and harpoon) then now you got yourself a sniper rifle heavily modified to have the power of a shotgun. :p

Well with the rise of Effective Turret builds now the name is fine as it is.

Still people question how someone can create a effective turrent build shows how slow this new revolution is sinking into the community.

Tanith.5264:

Every time my mesmer walks up to Ogden he makes some kind of grumpy remark about how she should be off slaying a dragon. So much for the wisdom of the elder heroes of Tyria.

It is in his nature now sadly.

All dwarfs were forced into the right against their own will so his mind isn’t the same as back in EotN.

Oh found something else while reviewing some of the lore stuff in the last mission for CHapter 1 of S2 story….

“Inspecting the books next to the door
This handwritten notebook bears the stamp of Omadd, Scarlet’s last mentor.

The device works on the principle that the mind is connected to magic, and therefore, if properly opened, one should be able to grasp the entire Eternal Alchemy as a bird views the landscape far below.

My sylvari assistant will try it next. I am hopeful that she, with her innate connection to the sylvari Dream, will be a better subject than those who’ve gone before.

I’ve grown rather fond of her and would hate to have her mind broken as well. I’ve tweaked and twiddled the settings as described below. I’m sure she’ll be fine."

So do you think Ogden will start playing a role in Living World Season 2 story?

Only role he served so far in S2 story is the book he wrote about Elder Dragons.

So far he hasn’t played much role in the Main Storyline despite being one of the Higher Ranks of the Priory and introduced in the Priory intro quest.

Not to mentioned he is one of the known member of the EotN group alive and all the decendents the other members are in Destiny Edge and Livia is still MIA.

The ritual was mentioned by the Master of Peace before he left.

The Master gave him power and that power lead him to going mad.

Though the Master said Aerin went mad because he wanted Great power he couldn’t handle it was obviously a lie that Aerin reason for going mad was seeking more power.

However, we will learn more once we confront the Master of Peace again.

Conncept.7638:

Lots of NPCs use weapons and skill combinations that aren’t available to the player classes. Most of the members of destinys edge use skills that do not belong not only to the weapon they are wielding, but even the class they belong to; and then there is Trahearne the GS wielding necromancer.

Well Caladbolg isn’t a normal greatsword being that it can be used by any person no matter thir class as shown through the Sylvari Personal Story (aka Arc 1 of Sylvari Main Story.).

WoodenPotatoes brings up some interesting points.

(I was wonder what that blueprint was and why that pyramid thing looked familiar.)

I still say the Master of Peace is the Assassin because he doesn’t want anyone to discover what he did to Aerin.

Don’t forget a injured Zephyrite in the medical tent explained the events that lead to Aerin going mad being that the Master of Peace performed a ritual on Aerin which resulted in him going insane and releasing something that “the Masters could not contain”.

Not to mention Morning was lying about what really happened on the ship before she died and that she was afraid of the Master of Peace.

Too much uncertainty now but one thing I know is that there have been large hints Scarlet was corrupted by Mordremoth.

One important dialogue Scarlet had before she died and awakened Mordremoth was…

“Scarlet Briar: Wrong. Tyria will bow before a new master.”

yep it is all lvl 80 stuff being Arc 4 of the Main Storyline.

Scarlet is dead and gone but not forgotten.

However, Season 1 been pushing that Scarlet was only the first Sylvari to fall into this madness and more Sylvari will end up like her in Season 2.

That why I wasn’t surprised about Aerin since S1 had plenty of hints S2 will involve Sylvaris falling into the same Madness that consumed Scarlet. Only issue was that we won’t know what this madness is until later in the S2 Storyline.

Ah she will be fine probably…

Still if she can’t avoid a trap made by Scarlet then she wouldn’t have been a good fan.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

If you speak to Belinda in the Gates, she obviously have heard of the fall of Zhaitan and if the news got that far, posters would be unnecessary. But yeah I agree that part of the Living Story should be a recruitment line forming outside the Vigil’s HQ in LA.

Well their is no real need to make posters and slap them everywhere because we have a Holiday to celebrate the defeat of Zhaitan called Dragon Bash now.

I mean a Holiday is much better than a bunch of posters.

Considering Trahearne is a Scholar it will not be a surprise when he returns that he will provide more lore on the Sylvari for us.

But until then Trahearne is stuck in Fort Trinity filling out paper work in his office everyday until he is needed on the battlefield again.

yep we wear the enemies gears because we claimed them as spoils of war.

Though I would like special unique weapons skins with special animals that are permanent for the game and are not restricted to being Black Lion Tokens.

I know legendary is consider unique due to their animation effect but their a entire different weapon from unique skins like Kasmeer’s staff, Braham’s mace and shield, and Marjory’s axe and dagger unique animations.

They may remain in the game for the Maguuma jungle area but as we progress we may see more ways to obtain keys and geodes.

I do hope there is also a Rifle version of that new skin.

Pistols and Rifles never get much love in skin looks due to pistols and rifles being the youngest of the weapon family in GW series.

Do my eye decieve me?

Is that new Magitek Pistol skins?!!!

If so then I MUST HAVE THEM!!!!!!

There is a destroyed bridge on one of the entrance points.

It most likely got destroyed when the Zeph fell into Dry Top.

Remember Zhaitan and his ability to eat magic with the Mouths?

Well these thorn vines may serve Mordremoth the same way the Mouths served Zhaitan being a extension of himself used to feed on Magic but through a method like how plants feed on water.

There is also this link which will explain the Major players in Season 2 storyline.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Living_World_season_2

As of now the Major players currently involved in S2 story are…

Protagonists
-Our character (Commander of the Pact and Leader of the Investigation Team)
- Investigation Team (Braham, Rox, Marjory, Kasmeer, and Tiami)
- Seraph (They are in Dry Top to track down the Bandits in the Black Market of Divinity Reach)

Antagonist
-Sinister Traid (Current hints from NPCs show they are involved with the Black Market Bandits the Seraph are tracking) (Consisting of Bandits, Inquest, and Nightmare Court) (There are rumers the Sinister Traid are involved with the White Mantle)

Neutral
-Zephyrites (Their alignment is unknown but as of now be prepared for anything with their alignement due to the Secret the Master of Peace is hiding and that some Zeph are afraid of the Master of Peace.)

We can expect the others to join in as the story progress.

So I need other people’s opinions about Dual Pistols and Rifles for Engineers

Currently I do have a Acended Zojja Rifle and is planning to get some Acended Zojja Pistols so….

Can people give their opinion about their Damage uses in both pros and cons?

So far I only know from personal experience between these two weapon choices…

Rifles
- More direct damage and high Damage rate
- A basic shotgun type weapon skill set.
- Lacking on Condition Damage

Dual Pistols
- More about Condition damage and AoE (Exploding bullets! :p)
- Lacks on the Direct Damage Rate

Swag Captain.5318:

Aww… I was hoping it’d be Faren.

Faren had his time in Season 1.

We need more of the other Personal Story NPCs.

Ya the story isn’t about our character anymore but more about everyone involved in the events.

As of now the story is a bit messy due to being the Introduction chapter of Arc 4 with the entire reunion events and attempt to explain how all the members of the Investigation Team is recovering from Battle for Lion Arch being shoved into the First chapter in Living World Season 2.

I personal think they could have solved this messy issue if they spread the personal issues of each character a bit out more through the story rather than trying to cram it all together in Chapter 1 because it feels like they’re trying to get all the character’s personal issues out of the way fast so the story can focus more on the action, adventure, and Lores later into Chapter 2 or higher.

Of course as the story progress we will see less drama and more action as we get closer to Mordremoth.

As for the members Anet did well making each member feel useful in Arc 4 this time because each member actually help our character with things they are not capable of performing rather than being uselss like the NPC allies we had during Arc 1, Arc 2, and Arc 3 (except our Order Mentors since they each had their own unique way of helping Tybolt will always be the best through with his bucket of “Apples”) Though a lot of Necros would love to learn how to make a bone bridge

Well this patch changed the journal and did anyone notice Anet has admited that Arc 1 of the Main storyline is the Personal Story and everything beyond is not? :p

Arc 1 = Personal Story
Arc 2 = The Orders of Tyria
Arc 3 = The Elder Dragon Zhaitian
Arc 4 = Living World Season 2

Wasn’kitten bit obvious the LS Season 2 story will have sylvari focus due to the theme of Mordremoth being a Elder Dragon of Jungle?

Well i kind of saw Sylvari involvement in the story once Mordremoth is invovled.

A lot of question about what Sylvari are most likely will be answered through Season 2. Though I was expecting more about lore focus rather than character involvements.

Oh I almost forgot….

Take into consideration you Magic Find %.

Magic Find will affect your drop rate chances like in any RNG based drops.

As for a little extra thing it nice to earn a little bit extra tokens and keys.

The real rewards has always been from the Events, chests, and Tier event shop

Just take it with a grain of salt and assume it a 50/50 chance we may skip each episode or we may have to complete each one like the personal story.

It better to complete the story anyways to actually experience the events of the LS Season 2.

From the looks of it the map will stay but the mechanic to obtain the keys for the chests may change. However, the map will be expanded every 2 weeks so there will be more events later to run making it a bit easier to hit higher tier reward shop levels.

You got to use the sun crystals to break the shield. 1 direct hit from the barrel roll will break the shield.

He will always use the Shield on the center platform and there is always enough room on the platform to position yourself properly to directly hit him with the Barrel Roll.

Just got to remember the saying “DO A BARREL ROLL!” when he put up the shield.