Guild Wars 2

Probably there was someplace -not big- safe to take refuge in. The lighthouse priest might have survived too. According to the dialogue of her daughter at least, but she just might be delusionally hopeful.

Yes, only NA servers so far.

He was helping citizens out of the city and ran out of time, leaving him the only choice of seeking refuge inside the city. He did not abandon Lion’s Arch to its fate in an attempt to escape.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Captain_Peter_the_Lost

Commenting for visibility. We’re doing CoF and HotW, by the way.

Every time I get into a big fight I freeze or have 1-2 MINUTES delays, and/or disconnect. My pings are below 200 and my internet is perfectly fine. Graphics set on low and still the same. This has been happening just recently after patch, before that I was completely fine with 150 zergs. Now I can’t even play. For 7 hours I’ve ben trying to do this and I can’t even have one win. I can’t progress the story. I can’t do ANYTHING.

Sorry I sound kitten kittened, but I AM and by all rights.

South America here if that matters. Anyone with similar issues?

The terminology and nature of the map seems like it was developed by the orders & Lionguard. Rox & company are just taking their part on the strategic planning.

Two runs? You filthy casuals.

Great! Thanks for the heads-up.

Ehem. So, has anyone gotten to do it? Would do it myself, but I’ve no idea on how to manipulate the all-mighty wiki.

Guys, he’s clearly a troll or someone beyond redemption from simple logic. Leave it be, let him talk to himself.

That would mean dividing her forces. Making them easier to break for us and to interrupt her machinations. Plus, she gains nothing from attacking other cities.

Finally got my hands on it after several weeks of trying, thanks to Sarah, would be great if someone that knows how to manage the wiki adds it:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/escape/So-what-s-up-with-Rytlock/first#post3689440

Sarah, after a month of trying from all angles to get this, I truly appreciate this from the bottom of my heart! Thank you!

P.S. Someone said they had dialogues if you talked to Rytlock or Junia, giving background to Junia that might be implying she’ll be important at some point. Is it true? If so, it would be awesome to have them too if it’s not too much to ask.

Sadly, I’ve won and never found him.

Hard to say because we don’t really have post-Zhaitan risen behaviour. Although I do recall something was said about this topic, can’t really recall where. I believe it was mentioned they’re still under its influence, despite its defeat, and slowly decaying.

A much more exciting trailer would’ve been, as others say, a motivational speech by some iconic characters. Everyone rushing in and fight scenes. Perhaps even a little teaser of a loud noise (the drill breaching finally through the last layer of ground, for example) while making a camera panel of it, and ending it there.

This trailer was plainly boring, unattractive and disjointed from what it should be. The “creepy” distorted voices are getting really old and seem to be aimed towards kids.

I think they were aiming for a suspense, tense-vibe, calm before the storm trailer. But failed to deliver such.

Here’s hoping it’s not what the actual update will end up like.

So, find the pants in order to find Rytlock? I’ll get on it!

Yeah, whatever it is, it’s not what I expected. Potential for this has been wasted.

The three known hidden points are the following:

• 15863,14052
• 16302,14427
• 16548,16157

I agree.

Although Rytlock’s aide-camp says he’s still there, so there still might be a chance to see him.

But I just don’t get why would you keep this hidden like this. Specially because it contains important and relevant information. It makes no sense.

Tanith.5264:

Here’s the original thread documenting this.

Hope that helps. I haven’t run into him yet either.

Sadly we all got to nothing in that thread. Someone was lucky to record some of it, but that’s just it.

I believe so. I don’t know why so much secrecy around it. I asked a dev and was told she/he can’t say. I’m afraid he will be gone and forgotten. Just want to get the dialogue on the wiki.

Yes, he suppossedely appears at some point investigating the probes. But, yeah… I have not been lucky enough to find him.

There’s the rumour tomorrow there will be a new web page release from Anet that’ll give background to characters, stories, the story of the game itself and interactive bits that will allow us to discover a secret.

This comes from a spanish and german page:

• http://www.zonammorpg.com/2014/02/24/guild-wars-2-presentara-manana-un-nuevo-sitio-web/

• http://www.buffed.de/Guild-Wars-2-PC-169660/News/Guild-Wars-2-Neue-Webseite-und-exklusive-Verlosung-am-Dienstag-ab-15-Uhr-hier-bei-uns-1110867/

“On February 25th a new website for Guild Wars 2 will be launched at which you can discover a secret. It will be live at 15:00 GMT+1 on the homepage of Guild Wars 2.”

I will update as more is announced.

Chrispy.5641:

Eluveitie.1290:

You seem to play games to be important and the center of attention. If you can’t tolerate following a story without taking all the glory, then this game is simply not for you.

I play games to take down warlords, keep balance, kill evil clowns, and save the world, even multiple realities at once from certain destruction by some dark force. I like doing things you can’t normally do in reality unless you suffer from schizophrenia. I don’t play a game to be a forgotten cog in a machine.

This game IS for me…., for 7/8th of the personal story (have you played that, or are you simply ignoring that to try to make your point?), then suddenly the entire story changes focus and the players are pretty much forgotten. I have hopes that eventually, players will take somewhat of a focus again instead of playing second fiddle to NPC’s, that don’t do anything outside of background actions you only hear about, needless exposition, and short stories posted online.

Have YOU played the rest of the game? It gives us credit all the time for what is done. We call the shots in a lot of things. People celebrate us. Even now on the living story, we’re flattered with recognition everywhere.

A wide range of players just simply can’t tolerate sharing the glory and recognition with others. No, they must be THE one and only.

Besides, it’s an MMO, you can’t expect the experience you would get from a single-player game that it’s focused on the main character.

For all that’s holy in the world of Tyria, since the OoM update I’ve been trying to get Rytlock’s dialogue documented in Bloodtide Coast.

Lose, win, fail, whatever happens I can NEVER find him after the event (Triple Trouble), nor before, nor while it happens. I’ve no idea of what triggers it, where it spawns or where he goes.

Does anyone have any idea?

Or a developer, that would be much appreciated.

You seem to play games to be important and the center of attention. If you can’t tolerate following a story without taking all the glory, then this game is simply not for you.

It’s the miasma. I’ve seen the dialogue when the Molten Berserker isn’t active.

Remember Lion’s Arch signed a peace treaty with centaurs while the Seraph were full-out war with them. That lead to a lot of resentment they surely haven’t forgotten about. Why would they help “Lion’s Archlings”, when they didn’t help them back in their time of need? That would seem to be their reasoning.

Thought I’d let you guys know there’s this Q&A with answers already, since it has some interesting bits.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Dolyak-Express-Feb-10-2014/page/2#post3670792

Great! Was about to post to remind people of this.

Edit: Kitten, I won’t be able to go.

Edit 2: Nevermind that!

It’s all included in our character’s curriculum vitae, alongside with knowing how to operate air balloons now.

The difference lies within the execution. Zhaitan didn’t send all of its forces to Lion’s Arch in a single, fast and coordinated assault. It didn’t use toxic substances that would effectively make everyone flee, die or keep everyone else busy trying to save others, on top of all her forces wrecking the place and fighting us off. Nor did he exploit the weaknesses the city had (air attacks).

Had only the alliances turn up and attack, we probably would be fighting them off and taking the city back somewhat easily. But the misma, according to the reports, have killed hundreds of Lionguards and citizens, and slowly killing those who barely survived while making it virtually impossible to fight for long periods of time against the stationed forces there.

The Ship’s Council not making any preparations does seem… stupid and badly explained. “Lol wut? Attack us AGAIN with airships we’ve long known she has, after knowing she found something she wants in here, having clear evidence of her intentions and knowing months ago she intended to infiltrate us to weaken our defenses? You’re talkin’ crazy, darlin.”

I hope there’s some explanation regarding this on the last update, but I’m not getting my hopes up on that.

I hope these preocupations are explained in the next update. It concerns me because there is a HUGE load of questions and mysteries unaswered yet. And if the patch is more or less the same size as this, I’m afraid we might no get much and leave them for the next season.

Chrispy.5641:

You mean the ship that Kiel stole from us players after we went through all that hard work fighting through the Aetherblade Retreat while she just watched us, doing nothing?

This logic is getting old and bothersome to read.

We’re not the protagonists in Tyria. We’ve certain degree of importance and recognition, but that’s about it.

I’m going to quote another game here, that pretty much sums up who we are in Tyria:

“A good roadie knows his whole job is to make someone else look good. Keep someone else safe. Help someone else do what they were put here to do.

A good roadie stays out of the spot light. If he’s doing his job right you don’t even know he’s there. Once in awhile he might step on stage just to fix a problem, to set something right. But then before you even realize he was there, or what he did, he’s gone."

Things to note:

The “little probes” are actually the miasma containers.

The Molten Alliance machines are all around the Breachmaker, but mostly only the ones pointing towards the sky. The other sonic devices are only found at the Gunnery Range.

Checked the Whispers HQ there, nothing of interest.

Magnus mini despicts him with an eye-patch on the left eye and the right one is completely red.

So, to make it official. How about 11AM [Server time] saturday again? Does that accomodate everyone that wants to do this?

Or we can all agree on server times.

Seems like we’ve a full party here already. We just need to have a clear schedule everyone can get behind. I’m guessing AC, taking our time, would take 2-3 hours total.

I’m lost on time conversions. PST times?

Also, I’d much rather do it in chronological order. Starting off with Ascalonian Catacombs and so on. Also, I guess we’re doing both story and explorable modes right?

kitten, and I think I never checked both times I had a successful one.

I think [Lore] is the best place to get this going, since we’re all basically the same persons that come around these forums.

I proposed this back then when Plagiarised (I think he’s the one doing the project of recording all cities dialogues) but never got a response. Anyhow, I’m currently using my alt as a lorehound, since I pretty much rushed my main through the world in one month and missed a lot. Sadly, I’m done with Krytan and Maguuman zones (except Mount Maelstrom), but as soon as I can get my hands on it, I’m going to start clearing the Shiverpeaks and Ascalonian zones. I could record all of this to help out. I tend to stand by NPC’s up to 20 minutes or what’s needed to get all the idle dialogues and such, plus doing all events, hearts, etc.

Just let me know so I get a program to record it.

P.S. Anyone has a record of dungeon dialogues? If not, I was planning to do that too and could organize ourselves with the guild to do it.

Thalador.4218:

zwierz.9012:

Except for LA being a site of annual Underworld (Mad Realm) opening LA is as Thalador say. But the barrier between Tyria and Mists is weakest in LA, not anywhere elsde. Mad King comes to LA, Wintersday thing was happening in LA, and so on.

It makes sense that it’s a central ley line intersection actually, as testified by M.K. Thorn, tons of demons, all wintersdays in GW1 etc.

So yeah, of all of Tyria maybe Deslation, Door of Komalie and maybe Raisu Palace can possibly come close seconds to Lions Arch when it comes to otherwordly incursions and phenomena, I don’t think any place can quite compete though.

Nope. Nope. Aaaand nope.

First things first: where on Tyria are you getting that where there’s significant otherworldly activity there’s a huge ley line squirming below? Really now, this ley lne mania is getting fracking irritating: ghostly phenomena? Ley lines! No beer in Hoelbrak? Ley lines? Imperator Smodur having diarrhea? Ley lines! The reason why Queen Jennah is barefoot and Logan is a loser? Ley lines! The Pale Tree’s deviant attraction to tablets? Ley lines!! No outhouses in LA? Ley lines!!! Gum Drops’ mane (the Mad King’s Noble Steed who’s invisible) is tangled? WHY, LEY LINES, OF COURSE!

My dear friend, LA is not even close to competing for the award of “where the barriers between the Mists and Tyria are the weakest.” Actualy, it has nothing on guys as hardcore as these four. Let me introduce you to them! (I see you’re already acquainted with the Door of Komalie… that’s good). Zwierz, meet

Godlost Swamp, Varajar Fells, Mouth of Torment, Tomb of the Primeval Kings… guys? Meet Zwierz.

I’d say even Grenth’s hidden statue in Lornar’s or the cave where centaurs dump fallen slaves (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Dead) have weaker barriers than Lion’s Arch. (Although I haven’t got the slightest idea why you listed Raisu Palace in there…)

Again, what does the Mad King’s annual appearance have to do with ley lines? His return for Halloween affects the entirety of Kryta, even provinces that have been long lost to tides, centaurs, or the risen, not just the former capital where he chooses to make his appearance in order to sow the most chaos and fun as well as to reminisce of his “glorious” living days.

And once more, I’m back to being stunned by the implication that “ghostly incursions and phenomena are indicators of strong ley line presence”… Where do you get this from? Because I see absolutely nothing to imply such. It’s like suggesting that where there are strong ocean currents on Earth, there must be dozens of ghost ships sailing above. Or where there’s strong tectonic interactions, there’s radioactivity… because hey! Ley lines! Back on topic: according to your reasoning, the largest ley line should run beneath Ascalon, the Crystal Desert, and the Desolation.

You can list the filthiest open grave in Cursed Shore, or the most run down shack in Kaineng City, it still doesn’t change on the fact that ghostly phenomena have nothing to do with the ley line network. (Also, I see you later on changed your view and declared that it is tied to the cyclical nature of things… so, by your logic, the largest ley line should swirl around the harpy colonies somewhere east of the Blazeridge or Dzalana…? Badum-tish!).

All in all, it will be amazing to see all the Hollywood-brained folks drool over to nonsensical destruction of Lion’s Arch because the writers tried to salvage the Garbage Story with an epic showdown between players and Villain Sue while a cosmopolitan megalopolis comes crashing down around them. I can’t blame them, though. That’s hipster, that’s trendy! Everybody loves a scenic apocalypse!

Oh and the explanation is ingenious: the strongest (cringe) of magical channels runs deep beneath this overgrown shantytown! Why, you ask? Please, man… y’know it!

LEY LINES!

Had a good laugh out of this post. Sums up why I tend to stay away from forums during rest time before patches.

On an off-topic side-note. Anyone has figured out Rytlock’s busy scedule to examine probes? I still can’t find him.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

There’s another, more likely than OP, possibility. She’s said to have “left her mark” on various blueprints in the Rata Sum archives – never explained what that “mark” was but one of them may have been the Infinity Ball schematics. And through that, she got the steam creatures eventually.

A recent thought was the possibility that she was being influenced by the future version of the PC – if one were to twist the Grand High Sovereign’s mention of inventing the Steam creatures as “I manipulated others into making them for me, but I designed them” then it’d fit perfectly well. Would make for a more interesting story.

Wasn’t the Grand High Sovereign killed by the PC, though?

From my sources, I’ve learned we have yet to see more from the last patch, probably in the next few days. Also, according to my source, the community has not figured out yet what we’re into.

So, maybe it has nothing to do with dragons just yet.

I’ve been trying several times after fails, alas with no luck at all yet.

I could not wrap my head around that before going to bed.

She has, since probably the start of her plans, planned to attack/infiltrate Lion’s Arch for an unknown motive we have yet to find about. The probes accour much later than Dragon Bash’s attack, so she must have now two objectives in the city.

Either that or it’s an overlook by the writers, which I doubt so.

If they stay true to their statements of changing the face of Tyria and rocking it to its core, I think it’s entirely pausible they destroy a large part of Lion’s Arch, if not all.

I’m not sure any MMO has done this -attacking and completely destroying the popular hub and safe/comfort zone of players- and with Anet’s history of sticking to building a not so conventional one, it’s possible.

Personally, I’d love to see this kind of content.

Shiren.9532:

I’d like for things like this to be more visible. I had no reason to look for Rytlock in this location. Some things are fine to leave to be found (like talking to the Pale Tree about Scarlet) but I feel like Rytlock’s mission should be more visible. Perhaps throw in a line at the end of the beach instance where Rytlock mentions he’s about to do field work in Bloodtide Coast. Have him first arrive at the meeting point for the three Vigil members taking on the wurm. If he starts his inspection there a lot of players would have noticed it. Make it a dynamic event that we initiate, add some gameplay to it.

It’s fair to expect interested players to talk to the Pale Tree about Scarlet – it seems like an obvious way to find out more about her. What reason do we have to expect Rytlock to be in Bloodtide Coast? You don’t find this content, you either luck into it or someone tells you about it (or you miss it all together). I think things like this should be more visible.

Exactly. There was really no reason to go check him out, but I guess now I’ve to visit each character to find out if they’re up to something or not, like Eir. Always busy with an eternal sculpture.

One thing is discovery, another thing is luck.

I’ve been at the probes several times and have yet to see Rytlock. I’m not saying they should say exactly where, what and how to look for it. But a simple “Rytlock has been seen investigating the probes around Bloodtide Coast after the wurms attacks” seems enough.