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But yeah, I think I’m pulling out of this debate. It’s just an endless spewing of tired arguments over and over again anyway, we’ll never come to an agreement. So yeah, thanks for sticking with it for that long, I guess.

EDIT: that, and we’re so far off-topic it’s not even funny anymore =D

Oh König, please enlighten me with your experience in ruling nations.

My defending humanity isn’t roleplaying. In case you haven’t looked into a mirror lately, we are kind of human in real life too. Naturally I will pick my own side in any conflict.

About that “revolution” or “assassination” you speak of, I’m not so sure. Considering my rule would always favor my own people and would involve enemies that have plagued the common people for centuries, I can’t myself being anything other than popular. If it’s the other races doing the assassinating, then it’s not a “revolution” (they are not citizens of the nation) but an act of war.

Also:

Racism (according to the Oxford dictionary):

“The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races”. “Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior”.

War against a nation that just so happens to consist of non-humans isn’t necessarily because one believes the other race is inferior. Your argument is a strawman.

And lastly, why would an attack of LA be an attack on Charr/Asura/Norn/whatever just because some of its citizens happen to be of that race? That argument is pure garbage, no other way to say it… if that was true, it would also be an attack on ourselves, considering some inhabitants of LA are human. Also, the citizens of LA are so big on “independence”, so I can only assume an Asura from LA claims to be every bit as “indepedent” from Rata Sum as the LA humans claim to be “free” from Kryta.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

The difference is the government.

You say “government is government”. But:

Is the government of the United States the same as the government of North Korea?

Is a monarchy the same as a Krytocracy?

And even amongst the same types of government, is one the same as another? No. It is never “government is government”.

The charr would never allow their trade to be dictated by a human constitutional monarchy that is split between charr-haters and peace-wanters. The asura downright are out to have global economic rule and utilize Lion’s Arch free city focus as part of their scheme (as do the Ash Legion). Changing the government of Lion’s Arch from multi-racial leadership to human-centric semi-racist leadership would affect everything.

And do you really think that Caudecus would allow a city of Kryta to be multiracial? No, he’d use that in his smeer campaigns against Jennah.

Also: “Funny, and they ARE prepared to depend on the goodwill of PIRATES??”

They actually aren’t. Lion’s Arch is a free city, began by pirates, but not solely ruled by them – ruled by naval captains in modern times. The entire establishment of Lion’s Arch depends on trade with the other locals, unlike Kryta, so it’s only obvious that they wouldn’t betray their trade partners (without a foolproof means of escaping blame).

Mental Paradox.3845:

I have to wonder… you spent so much time resisting me, and even continuing to attack after I had stated we’d never agree anyway. I mean, really, why does it mean so so much to you? Why is it so important that LA of all places stays occupied by those pirates? Unity? We have the Pact, now.

I can ask the same to you: Why would it be so important for LA to be back in Kryta’s hands? What good would it do them?

And why do you speak as if you’re a figurehead of Kryta that’s being attacked by the other nations of Tyria. You’re playing the role of a politician through and through now, to disturbing degrees.

“My” government would not be “semi-racist”. Please point out which of my suggestions is racist in nature. Is it human-centric? But of course! Is the black citadel’s ruling body Charr-centric? I might certainly hope so!

And hey, I’m not stopping anyone from building a “free city” elsewhere on Tyria!

And to be honest, if I was in control of Kryta, that troublemaker Caudecus would be six feet under already. Do I sound like a politician? Good! I like arguing for the benefit of my species. Every other race does it, and no one cries about them! But when a human stands up for their interests, it’s “omg kitten!!!11!!”.

versidia.4520:

Lion’s Arch is like Erebor, everybody wants it and that causes a lot of trouble. Lion’s Arch has its perks, it’s an important trading port and a magical place, but some people may say it’s cursed: Civil war, flooding, undead attacks, karka attacks, Scarlet(, the Mad King :p) …

If I ruled Kryta I would move away from Lion’s Arch, but a port to the Sea of Sorrows is important. Right now which port is in the hands of Kryta? Garenhoff? Hakewood? That Tengu wall is troublesome.

That’s a decent plan B. The deal with the Tengu, if there ever was one, was a dumb move. At this point, what naval power does Kryta have? LA is independent, and the rest of the coast is Tengu territory.

JoeytheHutt.1742:

Mental Paradox.3845:

I suggested using retaking Lion’s Arch TODAY, 1327AE – not back in Edair’s time.

To take this somewhat seriously, this would not be a very wise move, in my opinion.
a) A lot of work has been (and still is) put into the effort to make peace with the charr. The peace agreement is by no way stable and solid, with rebels on both side still fighting for their cause. Any excuse they can use to turn the masses with them, would be welcomed with open arms.4
We need peace between the races to stand United against the dragons. A little conquering on the side by any race would maybe not shatter the pact, but no race would dare turn their backs to any other or leave any border weak.
The pact, and therefor the fight against the dragons, would suffer.

b) The orders. We have 3 orders whos goal is to defeat the dragons. Anything that has a risk to delay or hinder or even stop this would probably make one or more of the orders to react. They can team up against a common foe, we’ve seen this with the dragons. I think the 3 orders can be a tough one if they decide to team up against the humans.

a) I don’t see why this should negatively affect the Pact. We are not attacking any of the races here. Or the Pact. I AM beginning to see how attacking LA at this point is like kicking a beehive. It will stir up tensions.
b) That is my concern, too. I haven’t figured out a way to keep them occupied elsewhere yet.

Cormac.3871:

Mental Paradox.3845:

I expected this kind of response.

It’s pretty clear to me. You have no backbone.
Don’t do it because whatever’s in there has value – do it out of principle.
Humanity has already surrendered WAY too much. Ascalon to the Charr, LA to pirate scum and a traitor, and now this vast piece of land by the Tengu.

Enough is enough.

If you defend everything you defend nothing – Sun Tzu

It is important to act based on your actual strength rather than what you think your strength should be.

You think Kryta is too weak, I disagree. Nothing to discuss here, I guess.

Shiren.9532:

Mental Paradox.3845:

I think it’s unbelievable Kryta allowed this.

Imagine a foreign power appearing on US shores, building a massive wall around some coastal state, and stating that any US citizen that approaches their own home will be shot at. It’s absolutely preposterous.

If I was in control of Kryta, I’d get rid of that weak “queen” and wage war on the birdmen until we get our land back.

I would have been we cool with it if they at least asked Kryta for shelter and protection. But no, they simply claimed that (significant) part of Kryta and threaten violence to anyone who wants to go there. That’s an act of war.

Dude, human history in Tyria is full of humans stealing land from other races. From the centaurs, from the charr, from the grawl the list goes on. You think it belongs to the humans because we played humans in GW1 and most people play human in GW2 but humans aren’t entitled to land just because they claimed it once (that’s the whole reason the charr waged war on Ascalon – to retake their land that the humans stole).

Get your history right – the Charr didn’t originally control Ascalon either. They “stole” it from the Grawl and Ogres.

And while you’re trying to make humanity look bad, let’s try to remember which race is most famous for having a society based entirely around warfare and conquest – that’s right, the Charr.

lordhelmos.7623:

If that is your mindset, this might not be the game for you. My concern is that they break existing and working systems instead of adding new content. I have been around to witness several patches that blasted forward progression in this game back to the stone age instead of helping:

1.) Living story S1 and scarlet briar/destruction on lions arch > content no one can replay. The only good thing that game out of this is not having to run so far to the TP from the crafting stations in LA. That could have been fixed with a simply NPC placement instead of wasting so many resources leveling an entire city in an event that no one event remembers or talks about anymore.

2.) Fractured: worst patch ever. Blasted fractal progression back to the stone age with a level reset and no new rewards. Fractals are pretty much dead content now. They also ruined thaumanova by putting scarlet in it, giving us the impression that the whole Kiel vs. gnashblade election was just staged.

3.) PvP Matchmaking patch: Blew up MMR and added a courtyard map that everyone hated, now premades just farm courtyard all day and reap rewards at light speed while casuals just quit pvp altogether. GG.

4.) NPE: While not all bad, really messed up the trait system. No you spend the first 40 levels spamming 1 over and over on chosen class. forces linear progression on a game that was never meant to be linear.

5.) Daily change: Just why? Nothing was wrong with the old system aside from the fact that dailies are boring in general. Now we have a new interface, less daily options, and oh yea dailies are still boring.

6.) TA Aetherpath: New dungeons that’s over the top in difficulty compared to other dungeons and has no rewards for the extended time. Completely destroyed and existing TA path that could have just been fixed with a balance tweak to the last boss.

7.) Mawdrey: God… worst grind ever. Reminds me of getting the fenris set in Aion, which made me want to dunk baby goats in lava.

If those 7 points are your mindset, this might not be the game for you. See? I can do it too!

Yeah! F the powleece!

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Go read other game forums. This one is about a 5 on a scale of 1-10 of whining and toxicity.

I think the GTA: Online “community” deserves gold medal when it comes to that.

Diovid.9506:

Mental Paradox.3845:

Only the usual misatropists on these forums (König, Ansari, and cronies) would think he’s a bad guy. Unlike the spineless cowards that ruled Kryta since, Adelbern actually fought to the last – as we all should.

Have some pride.

Ah, so you’re one of those patriots who would rather see his nation destroyed than seeing it survive in a altered/weakened state. Wait.. that makes no sense whatsoever. Especially if you cared about Ascalon you should favor Rurik’s choice. Without Rurik’s choice there would be no Ebonhawke today, there would be no Ascalon settlement today, there would be no Rurikton today and there would be no Ascalonian royalty/ministers in the Kryta upper regions roday. Abandoning Ascalon was the best chance of perserving Ascalon.

We know these things in hindsight. At the moment Rurik was exiled, it wasn’t so obvious. The war still seemed quite winnable at that point, I think.

Yeah, well, when I said “delevop” I meant “produce”. I’m not a native speaker of English so sometimes I make mistakes, okay? Mr. perfect!

Okay, you’re probably right about LA not being a multiracial city before its occupation – but still… why couldn’t LA remain one AFTER it is formally reclaimed by Kryta? Seriously what’s the difference? Government is government. Captain’s council or Krytan government, what difference does it make? If all races arz allowed to live there and trade freely, I see no problem.

Diovid said: “Because other races will let international trade depend on the good will of the kingdom of Kryta? No chance.” – Funny, and they ARE prepared to depend on the goodwill of PIRATES??

And don’t even mention Orr. That would truly be the final insult. The other races getting their grubby hands on our holy land…

I have to wonder… you spent so much time resisting me, and even continuing to attack after I had stated we’d never agree anyway. I mean, really, why does it mean so so much to you? Why is it so important that LA of all places stays occupied by those pirates? Unity? We have the Pact, now.

Only the usual misatropists on these forums (König, Ansari, and cronies) would think he’s a bad guy. Unlike the spineless cowards that ruled Kryta since, Adelbern actually fought to the last – as we all should.

Have some pride.

Diovid.9506:

Mental Paradox.3845:

And as I said, LA is severely weakened. I don’t doubt this second attempt would succeed.

And Kryta is in such a good state with their fights against bandits, white mantle, centaurs and corrupt ministers? Besides, what motives would Jenna have to go to war? She seems to be one who sees the strategic value of peace and stability (see also the way she handled the Human-Charr relations).

Lion’s Arch has always been a hub for international trade, even during and before 1072. I would even encourage people from other races and backgrounds to live in and trade in the city.

Because other races will let international trade depend on the good will of the kingdom of Kryta? No chance.

Why not? It was that way before pirates seized it. It can be that way again. Lion’s Arch is the largest seaport in Tyria. What choice do they have? Second reason why your opinion is garbage: if what you said was true, trade would not be possible at all. How would trade in the real world work? There doesn’t have to be a centralized trade hub. The real world chooses to trust the host government… because when money is involved, everybody is suddenly such good friends…

And then the claim that Kryta is in bad shape… I’d argue they are in worse shape. The situation may not be ideal but Kryta would still win.

I find your lack of patriotism disturbing. It’s funny how this game seems to bring all the anti-human misantropists out. I think it’s really cute how you guys take this all so seriously and try to gang up on me.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Mental Paradox.3845:

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Mental Paradox.3845:

LA won that war thanks to the Risen. Zhaitan’s defeated now. Scarlet weakened LA critically. Remember the guard that says they don’t even have enough personell for one shift? How could they possibly resist the entire Krytan army?

Lion’s Arch is also its own independent city-state that has alliances with the other four major races at this point, on top of other groups such as centaurs (that’s more of a peace agreement though) and Zephyrites.

Mental Paradox.3845:

Also, Edair was a fool. I wouldn’t attack LA from the water – that’s insanity. Naval power is what LA is best at. I’d develop airships like the ones used by the pact and attack them from the sky. Bomb them into the ground, then send in ground forces.

You didn’t read the book did you? Edair not only created a naval blockade with a fleet that the Lion’s Arch fleet (what little there was at the time) could not withstand (they only survived thanks to the risen), but also created a land blockade across northern Lion’s Arch, preventing all trade route access. Edair created a 360 blockade around the entire city.

Also, you do not simply develop something unheard of before. You can say “I’d develop airships!” because you know such would work, but can you think of something completely new to yourself in every way and expect it to not only work, but be useful in combat situations?

This said, your posts convince me that you’re a bit of an egomaniac and I am glad you are not a world leader.

Airships already exist. They don’t have to be invented from scratch. In fact, they already contain human technology.)

Airships did not exist at the time that Sea of Sorrows is set…
The Airships were invented by the pact during the timeline of the personal story, which is years after Edair attacked LA… There were no airships. He had ships, that was it.

Thank you for pointing out that glaring paradox in Paradox’s post.

Strawman argument.

I suggested using retaking Lion’s Arch TODAY, 1327AE – not back in Edair’s time.

Redenaz.8631:

Hair like that is problematic. On one hand, I don’t like when it clips through things like armor. On the other hand, I don’t like it when the hair gets hidden entirely because I’ve put on a hat.

I don’t think it’s practical to design gear to avoid some of the longer / more voluminous hairstyles, even just the more common ones. It’s unfortunate, but some gear pieces I just have to look at a given character’s head and say “Nope, that’s not going to work.”

Other than making a generic “tied back” alternate hairstyle to shorten long hair (rather than making a character go bald,) I’m not sure what alternative fix to this problem there is.

I’ve always wondered why they can’t turn on clipping for hair, like how tressfx hair in Tomb Raider 2012 realistically falls over her shoulder and clothes depending on movement, gravity, …

Gilosean.3805:

We’ve gotten almost an expansion’s worth this year, tbh. New zones, nice story for a game, tons of new skins, upgrades like the wardrobe, the trait rework (which I think is stupid and bad for the game, but it counts) and the NPE. A lot of stuff was added or updated.

Compare Factions or Nightfall with S2.

Factions: 15+ zones
S2: 2 zones

Factions: additional game modes for PvP (JQ/FA and AB) and PvE
S2: nothing of the sort

Factions: entirely new culture, a ton of new lore, a compelling story
S2: a soap-quality story that doesn’t go anywhere and leaves every cliffhanger hanging

And you dare call the NPE an improvement?? In what kind of game does S2 equal “an expansion’s worth of content”? Not an expansion I’d pay more than $10 for.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Mental Paradox.3845:

LA won that war thanks to the Risen. Zhaitan’s defeated now. Scarlet weakened LA critically. Remember the guard that says they don’t even have enough personell for one shift? How could they possibly resist the entire Krytan army?

Lion’s Arch is also its own independent city-state that has alliances with the other four major races at this point, on top of other groups such as centaurs (that’s more of a peace agreement though) and Zephyrites.

Mental Paradox.3845:

Also, Edair was a fool. I wouldn’t attack LA from the water – that’s insanity. Naval power is what LA is best at. I’d develop airships like the ones used by the pact and attack them from the sky. Bomb them into the ground, then send in ground forces.

You didn’t read the book did you? Edair not only created a naval blockade with a fleet that the Lion’s Arch fleet (what little there was at the time) could not withstand (they only survived thanks to the risen), but also created a land blockade across northern Lion’s Arch, preventing all trade route access. Edair created a 360 blockade around the entire city.

Also, you do not simply develop something unheard of before. You can say “I’d develop airships!” because you know such would work, but can you think of something completely new to yourself in every way and expect it to not only work, but be useful in combat situations?

This said, your posts convince me that you’re a bit of an egomaniac and I am glad you are not a world leader.

Airships already exist. They don’t have to be invented from scratch. In fact, they already contain human technology. All you have to do is reverse-engineer pact technology. And as I said, LA is severely weakened. I don’t doubt this second attempt would succeed. Also, please please please don’t think I want the city destroyed and it’s inhabitants killed or something like that. Not at all.

Lion’s Arch has always been a hub for international trade, even during and before 1072. I would even encourage people from other races and backgrounds to live in and trade in the city. My only beef is with the captain’s council, and their illegal (in my opinion) occupation of the city. Their roots are deep in piracy and treason, and that just doesn’t sit well with me at all.

Egomaniac? Not sure. Maybe? A little paranoid, perhaps – but what did you expect… Lore-wise, humanity on the Tyrian continent is not doing well. In times or hardship, “the people” have proven many times throughout history that are willing to fight to stand their ground… Sometimes this is misguided (cough Hitler cough), but in this case I just feel it’s important for humanity to make a statement.

But yes, it’s all just fiction, so we can agree to disagree =)

Kulvar.1239:

These are the players statistics, not the real one.

Charrs outnumber Humans and are more advanced technologicaly than them. Many Asura think that Humans are living museum pieces to study before their extinction. Only one out of five kingdom remain for what they know. Human population decreased brutally. Also, while others races can sustain themselves, Humans have to buy food and things to the others.

And even if they manage to reclaim Ascalon… For what? Having to fight Ascalon’s Ghosts, Flame Legion, Branded, Ogres, Renegades, and the local fauna additionnaly to Centaurs and bandits?

We’ll see who has the last laugh when we re-establish contact with the Canthan Empire.

Ranger has become a useful class? Please tell me how they do this…

I did this cheevo in 20 minutes playing nonstop.

Add I suck at timing (and did I mention I’m a mouse clicker, and don’t use the keyboard?)

It’s not that hard.

Guys, please.

1 Asura => 10 Asura
1 Mursaat => 10 Mursaat

Stop adding S where it doesn’t belong >.>

Korossive.7085:

New item in the Gem Store: The Action Bar!

(1,500 gems + soulbound to 1 character + not available in dungeons, fractals, WvW, cities, or during any kind of event – that’s extra)

Don’t give them any ideas…

lordkrall.7241:

You are missing a rather large difference between Guild Wars 1 and Guild Wars 2.

In Guild Wars 1 everything was instanced and created specifically for you and your party.
In Guild Wars 2 you share all maps with everyone.

For hard mode to work they would basically need to run multiple different versions of every map at all times.

Another thing that made HM what it was in Guild Wars 1 was vanquishing, something that won’t really work in Guild Wars 2 due to mobs respawning and such (yet again due to lack of personal instances).

Did you even bother to read his posts?

Aaron Ansari.1604:

Socially and technologically isolated, fighting a war on too many fronts to possibly be winnable, and at the mercy of roving adventurers swooping by at all times of the day and night to disrupt your operations and take a crack at assassinating your leader.

I don’t see how it would mean “too many fronts”. So far, I count four.

The war against the centaurs has been going steadily for centuries.
The human contribution to the battle against Mordremoth proves the centaur war is going well enough so we can afford to send troops there (though I agree we have no real idea lore-wise how large the force Kryta sent is).
My battle for Lion’s Arch would be one-day war, if the air/ground blitzkrieg strategy works. I’m quite confident it would. Quelling the resistance afterwards would take longer, though require far less troops.
And then the Tengu.

Then your next claim: “…and at the mercy of roving adventurers swooping by at all times of the day and night to disrupt your operations and take a crack at assassinating your leader”…

Here, you’re basically taking your own opinion (which is against my plans) and assume that ALL gw2 “heroes” will agree with you and fight me. You can’t use a game mechanic in a lore forum, my friend – lorewise, every single ‘hero’ would have to make their own choices regarding the war. Do you think the Charr would care about us attacking Tengu? They’re notorious conquerors themselves. The Sylvari aren’t the type to organize and fight for something not dragon-related. The Asura? There’s no money to be made on the bird-men… they might make money selling us tech to use in our war, though! Norn? They kill everything worth killing, so it makes no difference what we do or don’t… Also, you’re assuming these “heroic adventurers” would always win, as they do in game. That’s also a game mechanic. They could lose, you know.

I agree that times are rough. Sacrifices must be made to unite and fight the dragons.

But I ask of you all:

Why is it always humanity that has to sacrifice? Why didn’t the traitor/pirate Cobiah Marriner rob Charr or Asura ships? Why do WE have to surrender land (LA and Sanctum Cay), and not someone else? Enough is enough! Stand your ground, cowards ;-)

Aaron Ansari.1604:

Mental Paradox.3845:

I expected this kind of response.

It’s pretty clear to me. You have no backbone.
Don’t do it because whatever’s in there has value – do it out of principle.
Humanity has already surrendered WAY too much. Ascalon to the Charr, LA to pirate scum and a traitor, and now this vast piece of land by the Tengu.

Enough is enough.

Killing people on principle along racial lines? Can’t you see how well that works for the centaurs, dredge, and krait? Socially and technologically isolated, fighting a war on too many fronts to possibly be winnable, and at the mercy of roving adventurers swooping by at all times of the day and night to disrupt your operations and take a crack at assassinating your leader.

“Killing people” isn’t the point. Why assume I’m talking about genocide?

My goals with the Tengu would be twofold:

1) Bring down the wall and guarantee safe passage to any Krytan who wishes to venture into the area.
2) Force the Tengu into making a deal (a loan or whatever you want to call it) for the land. They can stay, they can live there, peacefully – but it will be side by side with Krytans, and not in isolation.

Funny, you claim Kryta would be isolationist, but it’s not Krytans that have walled themselves off from the world and shoot at all those who come close…

Of course, if (as some have suggested) a deal with the Tengu was already made (there’s no evidence for this in lore – but I suppose it could be true) – I’d respect it and leave them in peace. A deal’s a deal.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Titus.4285:

What if the Tengu built the wall to defend Baede’s Kryta, not to defend their own (we haven’t seen any walls on the other side, have we?). E.g. like part of a trade agreement for the land they’re now in posession of. Of course, that purpose may have changed by now though.

Novel maps show that the Dominion of Winds wall is all encircling.

Mental Paradox.3845:

I expected this kind of response.

It’s pretty clear to me. You have no backbone.
Don’t do it because whatever’s in there has value – do it out of principle.
Humanity has already surrendered WAY too much. Ascalon to the Charr, LA to pirate scum and a traitor, and now this vast piece of land by the Tengu.

Enough is enough.

You call it backbone.

I call it stupidity.

Leave yourself a buffer for when kitten hits the fan. Always. Don’t weaken yourself before the stronger enemy by fighting a weaker enemy. If you read Sea of Sorrows, Prince Edair attempted to do exactly what you suggested but with Lion’s Arch, and what happened? Oh yes, his entire fleet got wiped out by the Risen.

Lion’s Arch didn’t have that big kitten wall the tengu had either.

LA won that war thanks to the Risen. Zhaitan’s defeated now. Scarlet weakened LA critically. Remember the guard that says they don’t even have enough personell for one shift? How could they possibly resist the entire Krytan army?

Also, Edair was a fool. I wouldn’t attack LA from the water – that’s insanity. Naval power is what LA is best at. I’d develop airships like the ones used by the pact and attack them from the sky. Bomb them into the ground, then send in ground forces.

Also, I wouldn’t immediately resort to violence. Edair was also a fool when it comes to his “terms”. He wanted to tax the captain’s council for every year they lived in LA without paying tax to Kryta, and demanded all non-humans to leave the city.
I would not ask this. I would forgive/forget those taxes (I would start taxing them like the rest of Kryta) and allow everybody to stay there. ALL I want is for the captain’s council, the ruling body of LA, to dissolve – and for the Lionguard to swear fealty to Kryta once again.

Aaron Ansari.1604:

But the timeframe, though… yeah, I’ve got no excuses there. ArenaNet has always had a bit of a problem with times and distances. That all of this happened in a year is no more hard to believe than that the dwarvern civilization never progressed beyond swords and bows in 10,000 years.

I hate to invoke real life here, but humans in the real world also used spears, bows and arrows for 100,000 years – guns have only been around a few centuries. Aircraft 110 years. Internet, which we take for granted today, was a nerd’s fantasy 20 years ago. Smartphones are also only 5-6 years old. My point is that we’re in a period of exponential progress.

Tyria could work the same way. This war against the dragons may have been the best thing to ever happen to the world – it caused races to unite, and those races to develop more and more advanced tech/magitech in a short time.

What I find most heroic is that you somehow wanted to play a video game, when death was staring you in the face.

If someone told me I had cancer, I’d go insane. Games would be the last thing on my mind.

Anyhoo, all the best to you. Cancer is a horrible thing.
I’m confident that one day soon, that plague will be but a memory.

I expected this kind of response.

It’s pretty clear to me. You have no backbone.
Don’t do it because whatever’s in there has value – do it out of principle.
Humanity has already surrendered WAY too much. Ascalon to the Charr, LA to pirate scum and a traitor, and now this vast piece of land by the Tengu.

Enough is enough.

I think it’s unbelievable Kryta allowed this.

Imagine a foreign power appearing on US shores, building a massive wall around some coastal state, and stating that any US citizen that approaches their own home will be shot at. It’s absolutely preposterous.

If I was in control of Kryta, I’d get rid of that weak “queen” and wage war on the birdmen until we get our land back.

I would have been we cool with it if they at least asked Kryta for shelter and protection. But no, they simply claimed that (significant) part of Kryta and threaten violence to anyone who wants to go there. That’s an act of war.

Nothing, to be honest. The devs stick with their LS plans, so I have no hopes of seeing a larger amount of new zones in unexplored regions open up. TBH that’s all I care about: more stuff to explore.

No hopes for an expansion = no passion for the future.

ANOTHER mount thread?

NO.

NO.

NO.

Please lock this and ban anyone making another on sight.

Just find a few good spots, when a griefer pops up, switch grinding location.

1000 hours, + headstart, never seen a preq.

Diovid.9506:

Does anyone else remember these stories: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Stories. I loved them.

Edit: And now I find myself once again reading the awesomeness that was the Guild Wars 1 manual: ftp://ftp.guildwars.com/downloads/gwp-manual.pdf

I even remember the smell of those booklets, back from when I first read them in 2006… Instant flashbacks!

But professions didn’t get more complicated. GW1 had thousands of skills, GW2 forces a handful of skills on you that even a braindead preteen can remember.

Gwen will never be happy.

Agroman.7190:

It has also been said in this interview that the reason why we don’t see profession changes and dualclassing in GW2 is that the PC heroes go down a specific path and are too busy doing heroic deeds rather than dabble into another form of magic. Ree and Jeff say that it’s possible to learn two professions equally, but that it is comparable to being a college professor who has studied everything about physics all his life and then goes back to school to learn chemistry.

Wait, and the GW1 heroes didn’t do heroic deeds and saved the world FOUR times? They somehow found the time to learn 8 professions….

After all the dumbing down, it’s finally come to the point where you don’t even need to TRY playing the game to win. They just reward you anyway.

Perhaps playing the game was “too confusing for new players?” This is depressing.

cheshirefox.7026:

i know there are some dire issues with the game and lion’s arch burned and torn asunder.. but when concerns about scheduling arose, i decided to assemble the pact, voltron, duelwield caladbolg and excalibur, and waypointed in some red paint
    – sincerily, lord master of all things tyria and second
       only to caithe and her awesomeness
p.s. i said arose.. it’s funny, because i’m a plant.. though i have no personality and can not laugh, i leave that task to you commander

I totally read that in Trahearne’s voice.

I learned to respect Trahearne by playing the Sylvari storyline. He’s actually a cool guy, once you get to know him.

You know, if the war with Mordremoth ever ends, it might be possible to give the SIlverwastes areas unique names.

Pale tree origin, get the egg and find out how we intend to use it, get our collective behinds whooped by Mordremoth. Trahearne may or may not survive.

Hahaha! Seriously?? My worst case scenario was that next week would be finale, and now LAST episode turns out to be the finale?? Priceless!

Oh, by Abaddon’s rasta haircut… please please wake up Anet, the Living Story delivery method of content does not work!

Zero.4190:

Is there any progress with the fixing of personal story? I will not play GW until it will be fixed.
Sorry, I’m new to this forums and did not read previous pages. -_-

No, no news. I’ve got 5 characters in limbo until the issue is fixed, too. But to be honest, I’m not holding my breath. They are acting very, very weird about the subject.

PeterFries.1057:

The unexplored areas of our overmap are subject to change, which is to say as our map artists build out new maps to fit our current design. We couldn’t have anticipated every decision we’ve made in the last two years at the time that the art was created to hint at unexplored areas. The art for our world map gets refined as we go.

Josh and Tami, who worked on building out the Silverwastes and Dry Top maps for Season 2, built maps for every other GW release. Even though I’m a writer now, I built maps as an environment artist on Factions, Nightfall, Eye of the North, and Guild Wars 2. There are still plenty of us here from those days, including our studio’s environment art lead (who bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain Krytan legate minister).

Significant upheaval and terrain shifts have altered the face of Tyria in the past two and a half centuries, in some cases making familiar locations all new.

I assure you that no insult was intended. Sometimes we just change our minds.

Sorry if I sounded harsh. I suppose all I wanted was some kind of aknowledgement that the lagoon ever existed at all. Currently, no one even mentions it. You could have a priory scholar, or maybe a centaur from that tribe that’s lived there for centuries, speaking about it. A POI would be difficult, as the landscape doesn’t look at all like a lagoon was ever there.

Paradox.1380:

There is an in game reporting feature. Right click on the players name and report them.

Read the kittening OP.

You can’t report for hacking.

I don’t think you understand GW2 was supposedly built to do away with the kind of discrimination you’re suggesting.