Guild Wars 2

runeblade.7514:

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

Please explain why.

Mechanics require organization but it has no tools to encourage organization.

Therefore, instead of a 10 minute run, it will take 45 minutes- 1 hour to complete.

more like 45 minutes 1-hour to kill a single boss.

One time I was in there (mapchat off) and it was boss blitz 5 bosses left. Did some gauntlet, hour+ later… 4 bosses left.

A few hours later (like… 2-4 hours) finally it ended. It’s like the Miasma events in it’s very obvious huge mobs scale it to the point of taking forever and thus cutting the rewards. I’m surprised people can’t figure it out and start splitting into smaller groups more easily… but the same happened during the miasma events if there was no commanders/vocal people on mapchat herding the mob…

Also, again, the lionguard were stated at the end of war in Kryta that they’d continue to guard and be loyal to Lion’s Arch… not be a military force.

Princess Salma: “We thank the Lionguard for their unwavering support of the people of Kryta. They shall continue, under the command of Firstwatch Sergio, in service to the city of Lion’s Arch.”

Nich S, you seem to be fixed on one viewpoint, and inable to take anything other then that.

Wiki page on the great krytan blockade…

However, before long they were freed by Master Exemplar Livia of the Shining Blade, who was still carrying out King Beade’s final orders, namely that Lion’s Arch must be kept sacrosanct so that the combined might of all the races can gather under one flag to fight Tyria’s greatest enemy: Orr.

And Beade’s page…

His Majesty Baede, King of Kryta and once king of Lion’s Arch was renowned throughout Tyria. Cobiah Marriner had dealt with him once or twice, though only though intermediaries and ambassadors. There was a tense peace between Kryta and Lion’s Arch, broken on occasion by skirmishes and trade embargoes, but generally respected.

In fact, Beade did not have the guns to take on the finest navy in the world—or their commander. Taking Lion’s Arch by force would require an attacker to be ruthless. They’d have to destroy a navy and slaughter the populace before they’d kneel to a ruler who’s not born and bred in the waves. Beade respected that and tried to deal with Marriner, hoping Lion’s Arch would return to Kryta in time.

“His true love” meaning… what?

Anet has confirmed Logan and Jennah are truly in love.

Yeah, prophecies made the character seem like a roaming merc in a sense, as once you left Ascalon and crossed the shiverpeaks, you don’t care/mention Ascalon or it’s people at all.

Once you hit the southern shiverpeaks, you pretty much ignore the white mantle, but deal with them a tiny bit.

It’s why I shake my head at people saying EOTN/GW2 “Took away the prophecies story of ending the charr war or saving Ascalon” because… prophecies was never about that.

Norn also have shown the ability to work well in teams and within ordered rank structures…

Then I missed that :P. but I do recall how it was a major thing when Adelbern took the throne because he was NOT of the royal line/at all related to the throne, while Barradin was actually in the royal family.

Aaron Ansari.1604:

Adelbern was of Doric’s line, just a lesser branch.

He wasn’t of a royal line at all. Hence the “Loyalists” in pre-searing who wanted to get Barridan back on the throne, because the duke was of the actual royal line and Adelbern was not.

I’ve never seen anything saying Adelbern was of Doric’s line…

Astral Projections.7320:

Flash.6912:

who is Kormir again?

She was an Elonian woman who became a god and is one of the gods of gw2. This video give a quick 3 minute run through on how she did it. Basically she was the Traehearn of Nightfall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxmkAoLC6_4&feature=kp

Trahearne doesn’t steal credit. Neither did Kormir, just the godhood. Which if players had gotten it would’ve thrown the entire story into a bad loop. Expansions would be hard to pull off (Because they are a god. And if the person goes into it without playing nightfall, how the hell did they become god like?) and 250 years later, GW2, how do you have the god when a player character became it? You either make a random npc to take the spot and have a description, or have it be so vague nothing is known about them besides they exist…

Zaoda.1653:

Flash.6912:

who is Kormir again?

The greedy one who stole Abaddon’s power after we, the players, did everything for her while she sat back and barked orders. And then she had the audacity to say we could do what we like now that Abaddon’s gone. That’s the pot calling the kettle black.

Tbh it would be epic if Abaddon returned to GW2. Would be good to stir up a bit of chaos. I say down with Kormir!!!

See above.

Also, Abaddon is dead and gone forever. It’s why the gods withdrew, it was the final thing keeping them around and actively interacting with mortals.

Again, Anise shows no necromancer talents or powers. Why would Livia learn some mesmer abilities, then suddenly give up all her necromancer abilities (which are very powerful)?

The thing is, we have confirmation in Sea of Sorrow’s that Livia is still around, and wasn’t disguised in any way.

Why would she change her appearance? And completely stop using her necromancer powers (Which by then were very powerful it seems, and no mention of illusions).

Thuggernaut.1250:

all the retcon bullkitten after GW1 making charr into decent guys and kryta abandoning lion’s arch obviously precludes this plotline from ever happening, but any GW1 veteran who remembers the glory of ascalon would jump at the chance. this would be a kitten fight full of nostalgia and glory. hell yeah the humans of kryta should fight for ascalon, it would a fascinating plotline compared to fighting faceless forces of nature (dragons).

Ascalon held little spotlight in GW1. Hell, once you enter the shiverpeaks “Fighting to defend Ascalon” is never mentioned or such.

Prophecies never was about “Defending Ascalon” or “Defeating the charr to save the land!” besides the intro.

The Charr were not retconned. EVERYTHING they did is still there. And most of it is still labeled as horrible. Only a few charr I’ve seen praise the searing and the shaman in charge of it for defeating the humans.

LA was destroyed, and pirates reclaimed it… then Kryta let them have their freedom.

I played all of GW1. I remember the glory of ascalon, and it’s destruction. I remember how the stubborn nature of the king doomed Ascalon to destruction by refusing all aid, and not understanding that it was over.

Ministry guard’s job is to guard the ministry, not actually police people or fight wars. It’s probably another case of the Ministry used to having more power then they should.

Either way, in a previous update (wintersday or the one before that), Heal-o-tron mentioned being in a trial, found guilty, and then assigned community service (which was raising donations for DR)… which he did and completed. So why are they STILL trying to arrest him? This is either a case of them being stupid, or perhaps news of the tribunal/social debt paying hadn’t spread through the ranks yet.

Either way, a single norn vs a single human is a one-sided fight. A Norn and a charr combined is enough to physically be scary for him.

True about the different person trying to arrest this time.

I think it’d probably be better if instead of somebody trying to arrest him… it was some angry citizen or adventurer trying to cause trouble.

Because they would have to model it with every hairstyle option probably… or create a variant with hair that wouldn’t match half the styles.

I’m just getting tired of Heal-o-tron (and probably the minstrel) CONSTANTLY being harrassed about ‘working for Scarlet’

I mean, don’t they have better things to do then go after somebody whose kittening ‘aiding Scarlet’ was SINGING, and JUST that? Somebody who no less actually has already had the trial and during wintersday donated money to DR?

You hear the announcer, not an audiance that I know about. However, there are platforms on the walls that could hold spectators.

ALSO, you can meet at least two of the crew (the pirate crew fight) in the open world. In Kessex Hills at bad omen beach.

The way I see it, the gauntlet fights are non-lethal, as was much of the LA arena fighting.

Adelbern wasn’t of the line of Doric. Barridan was. Wade Samuelsson likely is from the Duke’s line, and thus can end the foefire.

Also, Kralks death would still leave the brand there. Ascalon would be damaged regardless, Ebonhawke destroyed, the entire known royal lines destroyed (Besides the sister/brother of the prince who was crowned in sea of sorrow’s, unless they had no children or said children weren’t in line for the crown. OoW implies there to be another in line for the throne.

I’ll go with "Saving the royal lines, Ebonhawke, getting solid peace between humanity and the Charr, and all the tech that came about from that. over “Jennah and the ascalon line dead, Ebonhawke destroyed, peace between humanity and charr questionable, but HEY, we have five heroes alive…” (Kryta and Charr had somewhat a peace, but it could be labeled more as a “Neither can actually wage war on the other.” then peace peace).

Well, Shud takes a kinda main point with this last update. She’s in the new gate hub area (Anybody wonder if it was always planned to end up like this story wise at least? o_O I do sometimes :P) and mentions once the gates are up and running smoothly that she can have a vacation (Magnus said she could). But she doesn’t want it because she was forced to leave the city before, and leaving again (after gates are active) would feel like abandoning it the moment it needed a steady had the most.

So it’s a nice little added character to her at least.

To Aaron, I won’t argue about the DE storyline… because I can agree it was kinda more like background helper then actually doing anything. It perhaps would’ve been better if they had the player character (host of instance) have some dialogue between cutscenes, or appeared in the cutscene to chat more…

It seems most of the hate toward GW2 storyline is based off the idea of stolen credit, which doesn’t happen. I don’t get how people miss that… Also, GW1 (proph mainly) is similar to GW2 storyline.

For example, once you get into kryta and the Ascalon settlement is set up (talking purely missions for this part), Ascalon basically is left out of the story entirely. The player acts almost like a roaming merc then a hero of Ascalon, and bar a few npcs showing up again later on… it’s not really mentioned at all.

Gw2, once you join an order, the early parts aren’t mentioned much (besides some stuff like the lost sister appearing in Orr, or the Ash and blood legion reps from the Iron legion storyline coming in)

Norn aren’t that unfriendly and anti group. There are LARGE numbers of them in the orders (mainly Priory and Vigil, as well as lionguard). If they couldn’t operate in a command structure or in groups, that would never happen.

In that dialogue, they finish with “At least solid numbers of them are joining the vigil” so while they aren’t aiding the fight against flame legion, they are helping in another way.

My problem is how people accuse Logan of running away from everything… which he doesn’t. He had two bad options and picked one. Even Rytlock, once getting past his anger, states he understands. Doesn’t like it or agree with it, but understands.

Also, without Logan the Charr wouldn’t have fought. As I recall, it was ONLY because the Blood legion emblem Rytlock had gifted Logan they rallied to fight the branded instead of sitting in the cells.

But as others have said, it’s mostly people who never bother to think of the other side of the argument. What if Logan had stayed and Ebonhawke fallen? If Ebonhawke had fallen, the TWO known humans alive that could break the foefire would both be dead.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Kalavier.1097:

Konig Des Todes.2086:

A relic corrupted by Jormag, Kalavier. Context is important.

Yes, and that’s why I said “One of my early experiances”. It honestly seemed in that storyline no matter what you did, people got very, very angry at you.

Still, there are a number of Kodan around that treat EVERYBODY but Kodan as lesser beings incapable of understanding their views. Some are nice, some are neutral, but there are a good bit it seems that just are judgemental. Zephyrites on the other hand, don’t show such behaviours at all, are much more friendly across the board and are openly willing to consider allowing people to join their travels and learn their ways.

The Kodan actually hold you in high regard if you decide to destroy the horn. Of course, the horn is destroyed either way.

I haven’t seen many “that just are judgmental”, honestly. Most seem to try to teach, or think you’re not yet ready for teaching, but I don’t think that’s being judgmental or mean, as it isn’t a “you can’t understand” but more of a “the time is not right” – how I take it, at least. Yes, there are some that are judgmental, but far from a lot.

And if previous missions in that set are an indication, Eir would be mad at you for it. :P.

As noted, it may have colored my viewpoint, but I recall seeing more neutral/not as nice Kodan then the nice ones. I’m talking about the ones who treat you as a lesser being/stupid person incapable of understanding their ways (as the not as nice), to those who try but not really as neutral.

Kain Francois.4328:

I think it’s Marjory’s sister. Because if she’s going to die in Brisban Wildlands, Canach must run away to tell us the story and avenge her.

Furthermore, there is a large interest in Canach because he partially understood Scarlet’s motivates, and the new Elder Dragon awoke near Brisban Wildlands.

Not really that close. He awoke in the Magus Falls, at the far left edge of the map.

Also, the pavilion fights are in two groups.

Group A(The lower areas, themed) are all watchknights with illusions on them
Group B(The upper rings, the gauntlet) are all likely contracted/paid arena fighters.

Thuggernaut.1250:

Yes, of course Mhenlo played a role, but it was more of an advisory role than these Destiny Edge fools. Caithe/Eir just mope around about past failures, then they pay some lip service to each other, then in the Zhaitan fight suddenly reappear and they become stars. Zoijja (my special hatred for this one) is abrasive, obnoxious, not useful, and takes most of the credit, and blames everyone else. Rytlock/Logan, the player has to mediate their little spat for the entire plot, until they kiss and make up, then take a prominent role in the final battle (that you and Trahearne did all the legwork).

There’s nothing “wrong” with Trahearne in that he’s not obnoxious and uses common sense and reason. But in terms of personality he is milquetoast and probably the least charismatic leader for the “Pact.” Also, he goes from being bookworm scholar to general in a preposterous series of events where a tree hallucination gives him a magic sword.

A good group of NPCs from GW2: the order mentors. They function much more like the GW1 characters: they play an advisory role and help you do legwork, and they don’t take credit away from the player. They are generally helpful and display likeable personalities. And then of course they get killed off, and you have to play lackey doing grunt work for the Pact, and then Destiny Edge rides in and magically reunites to defeat the big bad.

This is all my opinion, of course…

A: Zoijja is an Asura. A solid chunk of them at the higher end of intellict tend to be that way. Also, she only takes credit for the tech aspects she physically did. Otherwise, DE gives the player credit.
B: Eir mopes, but then later ‘gets over it’. Caithe (in Arah I believe she mentions this) was trying to get the gang back together, but by forcing them to work together instead of letting their issues work out and resolve. She credits the player with getting them together again.
C: Rytlock Logan perhaps had the worst spat, but once they got past the anger (in CoF), they started working past it. They didn’t take up the spotlight, that was the player (Bar Logan’s arrival on the new airship). Again, DE gives credit for the player.
D: The events of the personal story take place over an entire year. I’d wager much of the Pact storyline took up the majority of the timeframe. We see him get slowly more sure of himself, and he frequently asks for advice in things. He isn’t the best general, but he gets used to the role. Introverts can become good leaders when within their area of expertise. Orr and the Risen was Trahearnes.
E: If you’d actually pay attention, the player character gets a LOT of credit throughout the pact storyline. Nobody ever steals credit from you.

Reading the rest of main post and the followups now.

I stopped reading the original post as soon as he claimed DE and Traehearne take credit from the player.

They NEVER DO. Pay attention to the story. Arah storymode, Caithe turns to the player and goes “Without YOU this would have never happened.” In the end cutscene, you walk out infront of them, and then later stand besides them as an equal.

Trahearne heaps praise on you, and at one point in Orr my norn ranger received the line about “How Charr, Norn, and Sylvari are ALL singing songs about you.” Eir sent her a mail saying how people claim she wrestled plaguebringer down and destroyed him single handedly…

Trahearne took credit for… the forging of the pact mission which was about him proving himself. Other times? he gave credit to the player openly.

Living story actually has (if you did the living story content) the player introduced to the Master of Peace as the LEADER of the biconics (Braham, kasmeer, etc). Not some weird person who follows them, not a minion, the LEADER.

edit: I’ll actually read the rest later and reply to it.

Daishi.6027:

Can we hang is head above LA or the vigil? But only visable if you completed arah story? Or PS?

Zhaitan is 500m long. His head is huge….

Konig Des Todes.2086:

A relic corrupted by Jormag, Kalavier. Context is important.

Yes, and that’s why I said “One of my early experiances”. It honestly seemed in that storyline no matter what you did, people got very, very angry at you.

Still, there are a number of Kodan around that treat EVERYBODY but Kodan as lesser beings incapable of understanding their views. Some are nice, some are neutral, but there are a good bit it seems that just are judgemental. Zephyrites on the other hand, don’t show such behaviours at all, are much more friendly across the board and are openly willing to consider allowing people to join their travels and learn their ways.

I’d say rangers more with wolf and guardians toward bear. But as you said, guardian NPCs (named) are rare, and other ones it’s a toss up (sometimes iron legion heavy are warriors, rarely guardians for example).

As for the bandit/guardians… I’d have to check it again sometime.

In the sense of that, if the brainwashing/magic conditioning was great enough… yes.

But I admit my previous post was unclear and I meant more along the lines of leadership, combat, shamans, etc.

Wanderer.3248:

Shiren.9532:

As far as Kiel conscripting him, what gives her the authority to conscript a person who is neither currently inside of Lion’s Arch nor technically a citizen of Lion’s Arch? He wasn’t inside Lion’s Arch, at the time of his conscription he was inside Vigil Keep.

Maybe the Lionguard asked the Vigil first, and the Vigil was OK with it. Perhaps the Vigil don’t like Evon much either.

He’s shady, creating a bunch of noise and yelling in the keep… Taking up room with his merchandise and for sure stranded civilians behind.

I doubt they’d find any issue with it :P.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

When the electricuting harpoons end, his right (I think) giant wing/arm turns red and shrivvles up (this is why he cannot fly anymore, other than lack of tails for steering). I don’t recall any body parts ripping off – just a bunch of “blood” exploding out of his body (basically seems like internal explosions).

Sometime soon I’ll look it up or do arah storymode, but I believe it was at the end of that cutscene, or gameplay that you could see it. It was a little detail.

draxynnic.3719:

I hadn’t really parsed guardians as being a strong factor among the bandits – mind you, guardians seem to be an uncommon profession among NPCs in general, so any appearance if meaningful. I’ll be looking for it in the future, but out of curiosity – are we talking about bosses, or is there a regular bandit type that’s composed of guardians?

Either way, though, it actually doesn’t surprise me – guardians would, after all, be very fitting for White Mantle, and there are strong indications that the bandits have at least been substantially infiltrated by the Mantle.

Seraph path in CM features a bandit boss who uses explicit guardian abilities. I think maybe some separatists use them as well? As for generic bad guy bandits, I’m having more trouble with remembering if there was one specifically like that.

Yeah, people think single skritt are dumb, but lone skritt can survive alone AND we see lone skritt being used as assistants and mess angers for some Asura and lionguard.

I actually think that theory is pretty cool, how it’s not intellignce, but focus that limits them, and how they are so used to Skritt and their form of information sharing, they’d naturally just think others can do it. While the ones in Skrittsburgh have enough focus/learning they can actually talk pretty decently.

I agree with them being able (with work) to be a player race, but the ’group of three and gear is split across them animation wise) just…. no.

Argon.1563:

Not very often you see Flame Legion characters. I don’t have any myself, but it must make for interesting story and RP.

I only have a warrior who was taken from the Flame Citadel as a cub, and raised within The Black Citadel, so I don’t think he really counts. :L

Eh, the thing is unlike say the inquest or Sons of svanir (who can enter the capital freely and walk around, and maybe even other settlements if they behave and don’t do ANYTHING hostile)… Flame Legion pretty much are a kill on sight.

Shunned ex flame legion, or something slightly neutral I can believe… but full blown flame legion seems like it’d be a ‘villain/enemy’ character in RP, and not have that much opportunity…

BUT, I won’t yell at people for it, unless they actually went and said they have a flame legion character who is female and does stuff other then slave work/kitchen stuff.

Bathos.6341:

I think Rox has PTSD, that’s why she’s so obsessed with good luck charms, and overly protective of Braham. After loosing her entire first warband in a mine collapse she’s affraid anyone she cares about is going to die.

Would make sense, perhaps a not as serious form of it then what you typically see.

That also explains her ‘battlefield magic’ as Marjory called it… besides being a ranger and that stuff is common for them, she may have went and learned a BUNCH of first aid/healing so that if somebody she cared for got hurt, she could heal them instead of being helpless.

Nicholas S Lin.6187:

Which havens are you referring to? all towns and villages in Kryta are under Krytan Crown control. And obviously patrolled by the Lionguard. As mention and stated before the gold guarded by the Lionguard are Krytan monies – as in Queen Jennah’s.

There is no way that Lion Arch control and settlements outside of the metropolitan area of the port. It clear that Arenanet has confused their own Lore. Seriously are you saying that Queen Jennah only rules Divinity’s Reach and its hinterlands (Queensdale etc) only? and that LA control the rest of Kryta?

Seriously?

This is my confusion even with GW2 – Krytan Lore. The current political status quo makes no sense at all. The Lionguard traditionally form the bulk of the military of the Krytan Crown. They protect the interest of the ruling Dynasty of Kryta – and that means Queen Jennah.

To have them under the control of a LA not controlled by the Crown is the height of Lunacy and yet another clear example of an undeniable anti-human bias.

Since with direct and full control of Lion’s Arch the Krytan Crown can once again be a beacon of human prosperity and strength.

I cannot believe you actually play the game and don’t understand the difference between a lionguard Haven and a village.

LA controls LA… and the havens. Nothing else. Lionguard don’t patrol any towns actually at all in GW2. My post said LA controls the havens and nothing else. The rest of Krytan (human held) is under the queen.

Also, the dalogue from GW beyond, explicitly states the Lionguard’s loyality from that point on was to LA, and they’d serve the people. basically, at that point they stopped being Kryta military and more like the Lion’s Arch militia and police.

So no, the Lionguard don’t traditionally form the bulk of the military. Ever since the white mantle took power (and later fell), they weren’t involved at all.

The gold in the LA bank? comes from all parts of the world.

Logan was given a blood legion emblem, which basically made him a member of the legion (gift from Rytlock)

Also, I’ll note Sartharina, that charr in the Black Ciatdel actually and explicitly state they WISH they had more Norn allies working with them.

I hadn’t heard that. But even then I was referring more toward the fact people seem to LOVE comparing them to Paladins and “Human paladin” = a favorite idea in fantasy to many it seems.

Zephrities at least don’t treat everybody else like crapp….

Yes, some Kodan are quiet nice. But a number treat everybody else as idiots incapable of understanding their beliefs, and thus don’t even try to explain. And one of my early encounters with them was on a Norn (whose personal story, if doing the horn line, involves Kodan), and they get VERY judgmental and angry at you if you choose to keep a the relic instead of smashing it.

They didn’t ‘abandon’ humanity. They simply stopped constantly interfring w mortal affairs.

I found a ghost in queensdale(She only spawns at night, in the west side of the zone near a farmhouse) who explicitly says “Grenth answered my wish and let me remain here to watch over my family and my husband’s farm while they sleep, please be kind to them, my husband and son work so hard…”

Grenth also tasks the players in an Orr story mission to recover the soul of a priest/keeper of the temple that had been stolen from then, and the reaper notes that he (or grenth) would be watching the hero.

A thing to note is we do see several bad guy guardians, especially in the bandits. Sop while the generic one may be protective, not 100%.

Aaron Ansari.1604:

I feel bad for anyone trying to live there without the Zephyrites. Run out of crystals, and, well…

I think that’s more of game mechanics, like I doubt those waterfalls are really so heavy to prevent anybody from walking though, while also not ruining that thin walkway.

Honestly, you could set up rope bridges from the mid to lower level (the wind jump part) and simply live there. Or just at the bottom as a small fishing village.

edit: “Bottom” meaning everything from the do to the wind adept, while middle means the area around the bar (between the wind jumps and the lighting jumps) Top I consider the top of cliffs, maybe including the lighting jump pillars to reach it.

Cliffside houses (which I find weird unless they have some cave access system cause they are SUPER weird and hard to get to…) probably connect to middle? <_<

draxynnic.3719:

I’ll have to double-check my screenshot logs, since I’m pretty certain that the conscription actually comes as part of the same conversation (HoT leaves, and then the conscripting officer arrives immediately afterwards). We might be both right and ANet plotholed themselves, though.

EDIT: Huh. It’s not in my screenshot folder. I was SURE I’d screenshotted HoT’s entire cycle through the refugee camp…

The thing is those dialogues basically went endless right after each other. Shortly after the lionguard leaves, HOT shows up. Right after Tron leaves, the lionguard walks up. (and somewhere in the set is him screaming and bashing the Captain’s council. I think the order was him bashing the council, lionguard walks up, then heal tron arrives).

But I do remember him going “I don’t work for free… besides for the lionguard. kitten Kiel.”

And given how he openly bashed the council, I’m sure the Vigil didn’t mind him being conscripted at all, because it shut him up.

And since the ruins of the keep got smashed a bit, and is a focus point for rebuilding (My take on the three sets of crafting stations. Easy access for each part of the city to get to expert craftsmen and tools), they relocated and set up a camp on the beach. I’d expert them to return to the ruins of the old LA keep once rebuilding is further along or finished.

I like it. I got the rewards during the various LS events, but I have friends who missed parts (from taking a break or RL) or entire sections. This lets them get some of those pieces they REALLY liked the look of (or the gathering nodes), and it doesn’t make my item devalued.

These weren’t items that took super hard effort to get for the most part, nor were expensive. Why not let people get a chance to grab the ones they missed?

Shiren.9532:

Since when was slavery OK in Tyria?

Billets, as explained by Canach ingame (I think during edge of the mists at first?) sounded like it’s more of you pay for the bail/money worth of remaining jailtime, and then you select what he does for community service. One of the major sources of billet buying was the arena where they’d do a set amount of matches before being freed, but IIRC, Canach actually implied that prisoners can refuse a billet (He said something along the lines about how he wouldn’t do the arena fighting) and simply spend their time in jail.

“Lion’s Arch justice is…flexible. My sentence can be reduced for good behavior, or someone could buy my billet and I’d be released early to work for them.”
Buy your billet? What is that?
“It’s essentially a work-release program that allows me to earn my freedom early. Most prisoners are billeted to fight in the arena, but that doesn’t appeal to me…even if I could find a buyer.”

I could easily see it being converted into a fishing village during the times when the Sanctum isn’t docked there. Plenty of houses on the lower level and (assuming it’s not zephyrites living there during the off time) you could block off the water(or place a roof over it… if the water is even that harsh but I think that’s gameplay :P) and possibly easily access the lower and mid level for housing.

That and easy access to open water nearby and shipping to LA to sell goods…

I’ve not noticed new ones from it, but… what if it’s related to glint’s child from EOTN?

And the warden camp near TA?

And the warden guarded settlement directly near the weeping isle? or near Caledon haven?

Yes, they might not actively guard the Weeping islse, but it’s technically surrounding by Warden guarded land.

Also, he ran for captains council, and he ditched a captain of the council and a number of citizens within the city and left them to die (The captain escaped at least), PURELY to get his merchandise out. He gave no cares about the city. I figure the conscription is also to punish that move.

Nicholas S Lin.6187:

In case people have forgotten Scarlet Briar destroyed/level most of the infrastructure of Lion’s Arch. The Lionguard owe their allegiance not to Lion’s Arch from where it got its name from but to the Crown of Kryta. As in the Lionguard are the standard soldiers of the modern Krytan military – with the Seraph, The Shining Blade and the Ministry Guards on top.

And now since the Captain’s Council is now not able to finance their wages …. . Only the Crown has the monies to pay their wages and supply them – all thanks to Scarlet Briar.

As for the Asura Gates, while the Asura are due they fees etc. The nations of Tyria cannot allow free and unlimited use of them. Think about it – criminals/bandits could use the Asura Gates to escape the law.

And so claiming neutrality and allowing free and unlimited use just cannot happen and thus cannot be canon or remain as such. The Asuran would of course see the sense of this and agree that the use of their Gates be within the direct control of the Regional governments of the day, since all cherish their own sovereignty and security & safety of their respective citizens.

The Lionguard are not involved with the modern Krytan military, at all. They acted more like police even back in GW1, and likely just maintained that role post Seraph forming. They hold loyality to LA, not the crown.

Also, Captain’s council can’t finance their wages? Says who? There is a hefty pile of gold left in the bank that they are guarding, and they get trade flowing from the havens and port again, and the money flows again. Add that to the Queen holding donations for LA, and the bazaar of the four winds also giving money and supplies to LA… Also with the LA gates rebuilt and active again…

Asura gate use isn’t free, especially for cargo moving. It’s free for players because of game mechanics.

I love you man, you seem to twist it so all the other races would see the ‘logic and sense’ and agree to just give humanity more power regardless of what it means. The Asura would see they have a contract/paid gates with the captains council. Kryta doesn’t. Unless Kryta wants to dump the gold to pay for the gates again(depending on the contract). Likewise, again, LA has several treaties and trade agreements. the Kryta ministry may not agree with some, or the other side may not like the ministers. Those would harm the city, and possibly other trade. Such as the Centaurs agreeing to leave the havens alone.

Whatever they are heading for, it’s implied to be a long journey from what Taimi says and speculates, but she wonders were the destination is.

The golden glow however, does remind me of the glow from the Xunlai headquarters. And yeah, that jade statue… only place with jade blocks we know of period is the jade sea.

However, I do believe the Bazaar is a ‘home location’ for them, probably one of many. There are structures made around the crashed airship, and the buildings there (assuming the ones on cliffs have some sort of cave entrance cause.. Idummo how you’d reach them otherwise daily) seem like the type you don’t just leave alone for a year+ possibly at a time.

Wiki says nobody lives there outside the bazaar times, but I could see either some living there to fend the krait off or nothing of value period being left behind when they leave.