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@Psientist That, I don’t believe, at all. For the lore inconsistencies to exist, that suggests to me that there was a lack of communication in the team at some point. This wouldn’t surprise me, either, as this is the kind of reveal that they wouldn’t want to leak by accident, so keeping it intentionally hidden protects us from a fired programmer spoiling the story, but it could lead to uninformed team members making poor decisions in writing dialogue or making hotfixes.

I once asked a question on StackExchange about the lack of female Dredge in-game even though the lore supports that they exist. The response I got was from a former Anet team member (by the way, feel free to give him some more upvotes on his answer since an official source definitely deserves more than that!) who lightly suggested that Anet’s writing team sort of winged it on the Dredge and the Skritt.

My belief is that the team focuses on the big picture at first and doesn’t drill down deeper until the time comes to make content for it. I doubt the Mordrem were designed at the same time as the Icebrood, or Vinewrath at the same time as the Claw of Jormag. I think the concern at the time was to get the game into our hands so we wouldn’t have to wait any longer.

I believe they had the basic ideas, but very few of the details. Personally, I’m fine with that as long as they fix the existing lore or prove that none of it is incorrect and we’ve just misinterpreted some of it. I’m just along for the ride.

Why would the Charr rename the land that they conquered? I’d think they’d take pride in what they’ve done.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

To turn things around would have taken some guts. Caithe has always been a bit of a doe-eyed bland character in my opinion, who is always on the side of good. If the main characters in a story are not allowed to do bad things every now and then, they become dull. Very dull. Its the Mary-Sue problem.

I think we’re assuming that two-year-old Caithe is the same character as twenty-five-year-old Caithe. I think she was simply very suggestible in her young age and maybe her immediate regret after stabbing Wynne helped to shape her character from that point. At some point, she was able to stand for herself as she didn’t follow Faolain into Nightmare. But she followed Wynne’s order immediately as though they were from the Pale Tree, herself.

What I assume we are looking at is Caithe’s character development from an innocent—yet dangerous—young bloom to the independent, more restrained mentor we see today.

I wouldn’t say we’ve “learned” that, just yet. For all we know, there’s some secret ingredient that Anet hasn’t quite unveiled to us.

Assuming Angel has not misspoken, either:

a) The luminaries are lying about being born on the first day, or
b) The Firstborn were born on the same day (or at least Trahearne, Wynne, Kahedins, and Malomedies were born on the same day).

I never got the impression that the Firstborn were born on different days or that Trahearne spent any time “alone” during the first day. But I’ve also not paid that much attention to the Sylvari until now, so I may have missed it.

I’d love to know more of their relationship, but unless Caithe or Faolain keeps a diary, there’s no way to tell the entire tale in-game. In my opinion, the Caithe & Faolain dynamic is the most interesting in the entire GW2 universe, but this is also the perspective of someone who didn’t really start playing until Festival of the Four Winds and never made it past level 3 in GW1.

Thank you for giving some official word on these confusions! I was worried we’d be left hanging until the 24th.

Angel McCoy.1832:

1. The Pale Tree is not omniscient. She does not get a complete report of events when a sylvari dies. She feels the death as a loss, but she doesn’t always know exactly what happened. Sometimes, she sees a part of what happened, especially if the emotions surrounding it are strong. But, not always. If the sylvari is Soundless, for example, she may not even feel the death. This is evidenced in the Personal Story by the fact that she had no idea what exactly had happened to Riannoc.

2. Riannoc was the first to die (evidenced in the Personal Story). The implication that all sylvari felt Riannoc’s death is not intended to be literal, but rather emotional. The sylvari can’t all tap into the Force and feel each others’ deaths. Once they learned of the death, however, all sylvari were deeply affected in a very personal way by it. When did the Pale Tree tell them about it? Not until after the Secondborn were kidnapped and also killed, confirming for the Pale Tree that the feeling of loss probably meant the sylvari in question had died. She is not omniscient.

Good to know that Riannoc’s death and the Sylvari’s reaction to it was not a mistake in the writing. When I first did the story, I assumed it was less mystical and more figurative as it’d be pretty weird to either:

a. Profoundly feel the death of every Sylvari, considering their population expands so quickly, or
b. Only feel the deaths of Firstborn, meaning that they really are “special” as opposed to just “famous”

Angel McCoy.1832:

3. Trahearne was the first Firstborn, but is not a night bloom. At heart, he is scholarly, studious, and intelligent. That should give you a clue to his cycle. He did not want to be the leader of the Pact.

I’ll let someone else determine the cycle. I always saw the cycle as inconsequential since the PC is free to approach every situation however they like to. But good to have it confirmed that Trahearne was indeed first and this was not a mistake in writing.

Angel McCoy.1832:

6. The Pale Tree can keep information she knows out of the heads of newly awakening sylvari. They do not have free access to everything she knows, especially if she doesn’t want it known.

I’m going to be careful about the wording here as you could be saying one of a few things:

1. The Pale Tree controls your Dream (something that the Nightmare Court propagandizes, but has never been proven true)
2. All Sylvari’s thoughts and experiences are in the Dream, but the Pale Tree’s thoughts and experiences are not
3. The Pale Tree can censor anything existing in the Dream so that newly awakened Sylvari do not have to see/experience it

From any of the above, it raises the question: Why does the PC face the Shadow of the Dragon? Speculation would be reliant on knowing which of the above is correct, though, which I’m not sure we know based on the current lore.

Angel McCoy.1832:

And I’ll end this post on a question. What do you imagine that first conversation between Caithe and the Pale Tree was like, after Caithe killed Wynne? I’d love to hear your imaginings.

I think since you put a spoiler on #4 and #5, you probably should have put one here! I don’t consider myself well-versed enough to even think about it, but I’m excited to see what happens! (I hope we get to see it… the looking-glass-into-the-past is my favorite part of any developed story!)

Personally, I do believe it was planned. But like most of the storytelling in GW2, it was executed poorly. Maybe Season 3 will be done better.

I like the story that Anet is trying to tell. I just wish it were told a bit better. It feels like we’ve been led astray by the current lore and it needs to be fixed to support the new lore.

The way Vinewrath “dies” is that you first see a flash of magic burn out and then it disintegrates into the earth. Maybe what we are seeing is Vinewrath run out of magic and become completely exhausted. It doesn’t seem to be able to hold itself together without that magical energy.

I get the feeling that the interviews are subject to the lack of QA that was mentioned with Riannoc’s “lore bug.” It might also be why Anet is a bit more tight-lipped, so as to not give any wrong information (or let out that an xpac is near!).

Essentially, if it isn’t actually in the GW2 universe, then it’s not (yet) canon.

That isn’t the reason the Pact lost. The vines broke some of the ships, but not all. The rest of the ships were taken down from within.

Fantastic answer! Interesting note about Drakkar. Thank you for your answers! I wanted to thank you sooner, but the forums have been wonky.

The giant vines being the doing of Vinewrath gives perspective on the capabilities and size of Mordremoth’s champions in comparison to the champions of the other Elder Dragons (at least those I am personally aware of).

We know Zhaitan itself is gigantic (and is even larger in lore than it appeared in-game), but Vinewrath is just a champion and can nearly span an entire zone with its huge vines. With speculation about the Pale Tree having a relation to Mordremoth, the Pale Tree’s massive size would compare to Vinewrath’s in also being “zone sized.”

Also, the example of Kralkatorrik slaying its champion is very similar to Mordremoth’s targeted attack on the Pale Tree. Of course, several important figures were in attendance that day, so the attack may not have been specifically targeted at the Pale Tree.

Something that has been rattling inside my brain with the speculation about the Pale Tree’s connection to Mordremoth is the role of champions and whether or not it’s possible to classify the Pale Tree as one. We know for sure that Vinewrath is a champion of Mordremoth just like Tequatl or the Eyes of Zhaitan are champions of Zhaitan. What is unclear to me is what does/can a champion do and what does/can an Elder Dragon do?

Are champions created, corrupted, or both?

I’m not entirely familiar with all of the champions. Are there any champions that started as something else and were then corrupted by the Elder Dragon to become a champion? Or are all champions created “from scratch” by the Elder Dragon and unleashed upon the world?

Are champions given free will?

The Eyes of Zhaitan can speak and taunt us. They are generals for the Undead army and appear to be the ones calling the shots. They appear intelligent and sentient. But Tequatl seems to operate as a simple force of destruction. Both act in the interests of Zhaitan, but is that a choice or a primitive/programmed desire?

What is the role of a champion?

Do we have evidence that different champions of the same Elder Dragon have different purposes (not just location-based purposes, but actual different responsibilities)? Do all champions exist just to gather magical energy, or do they serve more purpose than just feeding their master?

Do Elder Dragons, champions, or both create/corrupt minions?

With the speculation about the Pale Tree, it makes me wonder if maybe all minions are created/corrupted by champions rather than directly by the Elder Dragons themselves. Are there examples of champions actually creating/corrupting minions, and likewise for the Elder Dragons themselves?

How much of the devastation of Dry Top/Silverwastes is Vinewrath’s doing?

Vinewrath appears to be stationary, but there are thorny roots across these entire zones. There are also roots very far across Tyria as we saw with the destruction of the waypoints. How much of this is Vinewrath and how much is Mordremoth?

How involved are Elder Dragons?

I am not particularly familiar with the happenings of the Arah instance. Based on what we know, how involved was Zhaitan in the war on the ground? Does it seem like Elder Dragons just spawn champions and let them do the work? Or do Elder Dragons take it upon themselves to sow destruction?

In that case, maybe it was leftover magics of the Forgotten.

The Pale Tree was planted in the soil and took root. We don’t know how deep her roots reach, but we can assume based on her massive size that they go extremely deep. Maybe she “unearthed” some of their magic or came in contact with it deep in the earth. Or maybe her roots spread wide rather than deep like Mordremoth’s vines (or are they Vinewrath’s vines?), and she spread to a location with the leftover influence of Forgotten magic.

I do believe that the magic of the Forgotten is the only method of purifying a Dragon or champion (as having multiple methods of doing so would just complicate the story)… It’s just a matter of how or when.

They really do need to clarify that. There is a Firstborn born at every time of the day “first” yet Trahearne is the first Firstborn. That’s a plot hole that’s existed far longer than this and really needs some fixing.

That said, there may be some reason that Anet is throwing in the Centaurs. The reason that they’ve given is that Wynne spends her time with the Centaurs in order to learn more about Ventari and his teachings. But it also seems that she spends part of that time in the cave.

If Anet’s storytelling here is to be trusted, Wynne is innocent and trustworthy, thus probably didn’t have any other secrets that she was holding back. But at the same time, the cave she went into was sealed to us (though, obviously not to Caithe and Faolain). When she rushed in during the past, did she simply leave it open for Caithe and Faolain to follow her inside? Or was it not sealed at all in the past and only appeared that way to us because that was the end of our vision?

I agree. The centaurs are not the Forgotten and there isn’t much to suggest that they have access to ancient or powerful magic. Their proximity to the Forgotten may have been curiosity, not familiarity.

Maybe the Forgotten interacted with the Pale Tree(s) during that 200 year growth period. It’s come to my attention that even Glint required magical influence to have free will, so maybe the Pale Tree(s) had the same thing occur.

I’m still slowly playing through GW1, so that’s not a fact I was aware of yet.

That could explain what happens in the gap that I was mentioning: the gap of time between the death of Ventari and the birth of Trahearne. If we assume that Ronan and Ventari didn’t cleanse the corruption themselves (which is unlikely, IMO), that means that something must have happened to the Pale Tree during those two centuries. Since the very nature of trees suggests that they have roots, perhaps the influence even comes from underground.

What are everyone else’s thoughts? Do you think that the Pale Tree was somehow “freed” from Mordremoth’s corruption sometime during her growth? And if so, by what?

The Pale Tree was initially planted 250 years ago, right? Maybe tree minions are special, somehow. They do take 200 years to mature enough to sprout minions. I’m not sure if we have any timeline evidence for other Dragon champions (assuming this is in fact what the Pale Tree is and not just some “minion tree” that was never meant to be sentient in the first place).

Yeah, I misinterpreted where the thread was heading.

If Glint is a champion of Kralkatorrik and was able to exercise free will and NOT obey its master, then why can we not accept that the Pale Tree was also a champion whose free will was strong enough to not obey Mordremoth? And by that extension, that the champion could spawn minions that also had the ability to exercise free will?

I think we should be assuming that all champions HAVE free will, but most of them choose to use that free will to assist their master. Glint and the Pale Tree have, instead, chosen to aid humanity.

> They called me crazy! They said I was a fool! Muhahahaha!

Next thing, you’ll say that Isgarren is an Asura and experimented on the Pale Tree after Ventari died.

I think the trailer was meant to have us abuzz. I believe you are all correct.

Oh, so the “fix” being referred to is the Sylvari saying that Riannoc is already die before we see Caithe murder Wynne? I assumed the fix was the other way around. I didn’t actually investigate it, yet.

We’ll finish it off in GW3. I’m fine with that.

So, they fixed the bug in the Living Story, now they just have to fix the bug in the Personal Story. In the POI episode today, they recommended people make a Sylvari and play it. They’re all gonna see this mistake in episode 3 of the PS.

When does Riannoc die in relation to Wynne?

The Points of Interest stream just mentioned that they didn’t forget about Malyck!!!

CureForLiving.5360:

Koviko.3248:

Not necessarily. Nightmare Court consider themselves to be the natural state of Sylvari and they are not Mordrem. Mordrem as we know them are just the minions of Vinewrath.

We know Sylvari are Mordrem. We also know that all other dragon minions that we’ve encountered have 1 overarching goal, to feed their Elder Dragon (that’s literally all that Elder Dragons do, eat and sleep). Granted sometimes this means creating an army and sometimes this means taking out possible threats but all their (minions) actions are intended to gather magic and feed it to the Elder Dragon. I don’t think the Nightmare Court is particularly in-line with how ED minions commonly act (or at least I don’t particularly see how their actions help Mordy to feed).

Then again, most minions don’t have much in the way of higher mental function. The only Risen who were able to talk and take seemingly independent action were some of the Risen Champions while the average minion was pretty mindless. So far we haven’t seen too much intelligence or independence form the Destroyers or Branded. So I guess the Sylvari are probably a closer analog to the Sons of Svanir (who seem relatively intelligent and independent).

I get the feeling that minions, when far from their Elder Dragon, “belong” to the champion. And the Pale Tree is a champion of Mordremoth. Vinewrath is, too. The two of them have crafted their minions differently.

I theorize that the Elder Dragons don’t make tiny minions, they only make Champions and the champions make the tiny minions. It’d make sense for the new twist.

I played the other half of his story, so it’s good that you said that. Since they found a pod, that means that he didn’t travel there on his own. But he was put there, somehow.

Not necessarily. Nightmare Court consider themselves to be the natural state of Sylvari and they are not Mordrem. Mordrem as we know them are just the minions of Vinewrath.

It does state that. Which is incorrect. Wynne was the first to die, not Riannoc.

Personally, I love this twist. It shows that Glint isn’t the only exception to a “good” champion and gives hope that the Elder Dragons can actually be defeated. GW2 is about the Elder Dragons. Stories that don’t revolve around them aren’t worthy of the Living Story. The whole point of the Living Story is a gradual progression to killing the Elder Dragons.

In that case, Riannoc’s death dialogue still needs to be updated in the Sylvari Personal Story.

I believe that we are going to find more Pale Trees. I believe that some of them will be corrupted and their minions will look like corrupted Sylvari. Lore-wise, they shouldn’t, but in the interest of telling the story without making it confusing, they likely will. Like I said, focus on the story being told, not how well it’s being told.

I believe we will see Malyck again, with Faolain on his tail, but we will get more details since not everyone has experienced a Sylvari personal story (in the interest of telling the story). I believe these details may or may not retcon some of what we already know about Malyck, but at least it will give us a more solid story to work with.

I also believe that the Pale Tree will tell us more of her past and the experiences between Ventari and the firstborn. Whether we experience them as a living story episode or just witness them via a cinematic or in-game explanation, I don’t think it’s fair to leave that gap for us and I’d hope their storytellers agree with me.

Soon, my friends. Soon.

My theory about Malyck being Dreamless:

This part is explained by the epilogue. Also, keep in mind that they didn’t want to spoil this storyline of Mordremoth so early, so they left it ambiguous.

What Anet is showing us in the epilogue is that Sylvari can be taken under Mordremoth’s control, but not until they are over Mordremoth’s lands. The location that the Zephyrites crashed imply that they were close to Mordremoth before Aerin began murdering Zephyrites aboard the ship. Being on the ground in Dry Top or the Silverwastes doesn’t appear to be close enough to Mordremoth to control his Sylvari minions, but we can debate the geography later on. I imagine Anet won’t prevent Sylvari players from entering the new zones, so there will have to be some explanation, there.

So, what we can see is that there is an issue of proximity. This might even be a limitation of every Elder Dragon, that in order for their minions to be under control, either the Elder Dragon or one of their Champions needs to be nearby. Otherwise, they would have free will (or something else would happen in the case of corrupted minions).

I believe that it’s the proximity that forced Malyck to essentially “reset.” That Malyck had a life before he showed up and that he hadn’t just been born, as was implied. Since the Nightmare (and the Dream of Dreams) know him as the Harbinger, that implies that he come from something or somewhere else. I believe that he came from a far away continent for some reason, but somehow lost his memory and with it, his mission. I believe he was delivering a message to the Pale Tree from another, but lost his memory. Maybe he came in brief contact with Mordremoth and came to after it released him. He is a powerful warrior, so it makes sense that he’d be able to fight off the corruption. Of course, there may not be any dragon influence there at all and simply an issue of being too far from his “Pale Tree”.

I believe the same thing happens to the Sylvari that go under Mordremoth’s influence or venture too far away from their champion. Scarlet (I hate making excuses for Scarlet, but she’s canon), being the exceptional Sylvari she was, was potentially “reset” by coming close enough to Mordremoth and lost her connection to the Pale Tree due to proximity. Then her life’s mission suddenly changed and she began anew.

This idea of a “reset” is also supported by the Nightmare Court. Though, not as drastic as forgetting your entire life prior to your reset, Sylvari that are lost to the Nightmare are lost forever, never being able to return to the Dream for any reason. While the Nightmare doesn’t appear to be a connection to Mordremoth (since Faolain would probably be aware of it), it does appear to be an example of Sylvari completely losing their connection to their own Pale Tree.

In summary, I think Malyck somehow lost his connection to his “Pale Tree”, not that he is actually Dreamless*. If he were actually Dreamless, then we’d be left with no explanation for why he is both good and humanoid. The story supports the idea that a Sylvari can forget their Dream since we decide to find it for him almost immediately, as though this were something that happened before. And that we can’t see his Dream doesn’t necessarily mean that he doesn’t have one, but that we just can’t access it. Those two details together imply he’s simply forgotten it, but Anet doesn’t tell us that immediately so they can leave that story arc open for interpretation, for now.

My theory about the Pale Trees:

This part is explained by the prologue.

What Anet is trying to tell us is that champions can be good or evil. Champions are typically hideous and humans immediately assume they are threats and attack. The Pale Tree’s spirit that we see is beautiful, but the Pale Tree itself is just a large tree that rains it’s minions upon the earth. Humans don’t see a sprouting tree as a threat and don’t attack it. In fact, they’d be fascinated by the sheer size of it and come to visit it to see it grow.

This might be an issue of first impressions. Most champions see humans as a barbaric plight. But not the Pale Tree.

Mordremoth’s tree champions are grown slowly. It took 225 years for the firstborn to sprout from the Pale Tree. Since the secondborn sprouted only two years after the firstborn, I would assume the firstborn took as much time to mature. So, the Pale Tree spent a little over 220 years before finally creating her first minions. Ronan and Ventari did not live this long. Her first experiences were with them, but then there was a long gap that was likely filled by other experiences.

Also, keep in mind that Mordremoth is not only the Elder Dragon of plants but of minds as well. Consider that the Pale Tree has a connection to the minds of all of her minions via the Dream (and loses that connection permanently when they succumb to Nightmare) and the Pale Tree can enter the mind of the main character (arguably the strongest, most resistant character in the world). Just like Glint, the Pale Tree can read your mind and sense intent.

The second “Pale Tree” having the same sympathy would make sense as it seems to have close proximity to our Pale Tree, so would see humans in a similar light. However, we have no way of knowing if a “Pale Tree” grown in a different continent would see us the same way, or would mimic their Sylvari after humans instead of Tengu, Dredge, or some other race.

This is way too long, so I had to separate it into smaller posts.

TL;DR

Champions of the Elder Dragons can gain empathy for humanity, but only Glint and the Pale Trees can read the minds of others. Also, the Pale Trees have never faced aggression from humanity.

Malyck is not actually Dreamless, he’s only lost the connection to his “Pale Tree.” Mordremoth controls Sylvari by proximity, so the proximity may also apply to the Pale Trees.

I may have an explanation for this given by the Living Story: both in the prologue and the epilogue.

During the Festival of the Four Winds, Anet made a point of educating young Zephyrites about the nature of Dragons. This was the prologue to Season 2, the point where we can reasonably assume Anet was really getting this story together. When taking in their story, keep in mind that they had to write it and while they had general plans for it early on, the bulk of the details was probably written later on.

Let’s focus less on how well the story is told and more on the story they are trying to tell.

During the Festival, the teaching Zephyrite said:

>The dragons are not inherently evil, children. They’re natural. They’re forces of nature as are the wind, the sun, and the lightning.

Focusing less on what was said and more on the fact that it was said during the prologue of Season 2, we can assume that Anet was trying to set the stage for the possibility of a grey area in the good or evil aspects of a Dragon. They go on to give the example of Glint who, after seeing the goodness in the heart of men, chose to assist them rather than destroy them. And then they continue to feed us the tale of Glint later on in the Living Story.

Assuming that Anet is trying to tell us something, the something they want to tell us is that the champions of the Elder Dragons (Glint being a Dragon is less relevant then being a champion of an Elder Dragon) have free will and are capable of being sympathetic to men, given the option. That the true “solution” to beating the Elder Dragons is not with force, but with love. Of course, that’d be boring and LOL, but it does seem to be what they are saying.

The Sylvari are minions of Mordremoth. That makes the Pale Tree a champion of Mordremoth. That makes every “Pale Tree” a champion of Mordremoth, including the tree from which Malyck was born. We know that the Pale Tree is sympathetic to humanity (and to Ventari, specifically) in that she made herself and her minions mimic humans (and follow the tenets of Ronan and Ventari). The rest of Mordrem are all very primal and monstrous while Sylvari and sleek and non-intimidating. But there’s no explanation for why the other “Pale Trees” would have that same sympathy unless we make some inferences.

Anet has claimed that Elder Dragons don’t have to be evil, and Glint’s example shows that their champions are the same way. So far, all other Elder Dragon champions seem to default to evil, though. Even Glint started evil before calming down. We know at least two “Pale Trees” seem to have a sympathy for mankind (since Malyck is pleasantly humanoid). So, what about Mordremoth’s champions is different than the other Elder Dragon’s?

The champions of Mordremoth that we are aware of are Vinewrath, the Pale Tree, and Malyck’s “Pale Tree.” We see that Vinewrath is very evil, soaking all of the magic power of Dry Top and Silverwastes for Mordremoth. But we look at the Pale Tree and see (or assume) she has done the opposite. The land around her flourishes with beauty and her minions set out to heal the land, not dominate it. And the other “Pale Tree”… We don’t know enough about to say for sure that she (or he) is inherently good, but we do know that they have given us at least one Sylvari. This Sylvari is known to the Nightmare (and by extension, the Dream of Dreams) rather ominously as the Harbinger, though we never discover of what he is the harbinger.

BobbyStein.2315:

Mr Mango.3504:

Somewhere a dev said the Riannoc thing was an oversight and it would be fixed later. I don’t know if it was fixed this patch. It wasn’t in the notes I believe.

I’m pretty sure Riannoc is still the first dead, just not so long before the other secondborn as in the last release.

The fix should have gone live with yesterday’s build. Please let us know if the conversation from episode 7 wasn’t updated. Thanks.

Episode 7? Riannoc was episode 3.

> 3. Justice for Riannoc

I literally just left the instance in the Omphalos Chamber. I wish I had the foresight to pay attention to who said what and report back to this thread. Being in there is what prompted me to see if anyone else noticed it or if there was an explanation. I really wish there was a way to replay your personal story.

Either Caithe or Trahearne said that he was the first of the firstborn to die after speaking to them (after the cinematic conversation). If that conversation should have been fixed, it has not been. I believe this was prior to being able to go with the Priory or Whispers to investigate the swamp or Waine. After that mission was when they commented on Riannoc being the first to experience betrayal, but before the mission was when they said he was the first to experience death.

I thought maybe they were supposed to be keeping Wynne’s death a secret, but considering Faolain was aware of the death, that is not a possibility. I remember seeing Riannoc in Caithe’s visions and I don’t think he was on his way to battle Madrak, so he certainly wasn’t yet dead.

World of Warcraft had a system where you had a personal drop that you could obtain with the use of a special coin item (of which you could only ever have a maximum of 10). If you didn’t get anything 3 times in a row (or maybe it was 4), you were guaranteed to get a drop on its next use. Since the loot tables were transparent, you’d know exactly what item you wanted and could save your next token for it.

Just a thought.

Especially when doing an encounter that you aren’t used to, it may be hard to actually know what cues to look for until it’s too late. I’ve found that it’s easier to focus on dodges if you hide your UI. Without the distractions of cooldowns (that you can basically feel out if you’re used to them), health bars, damage numbers, messages, etc. the only thing you need to pay attention to is what the boss is physically doing. I’ve found that doing this has helped me notice what to actually look for in a boss’ animations and then every encounter after that, I can react better.

Elementalist is definitely not the most mobile class in the game.

0/10 would not read again.

Bringing a little style to Dry Top

I just let the dailies come as they come. Focusing on them is too much stress.

I regret not doing SAB more and more. I thought it was something that I could just finish at my leisure. And then one day it was just gone.

laokoko.7403:

how do you talk to serene, I talked to her and nothing happened.

I just had the same experience. It says that I need to do something with the Priory, but what?

Actually, Anet DOES make more money by allowing gold purchases because they take a cut of every Gem-to-Gold purchase.