Guild Wars 2

The peach core isn’t what gives the buff, it’s eating the peach. So transferring it to an alt should do diddly-squat.

I know you want real answers so that you could have more accurate RP, but part of the fun of RP in an MMO is finding those moments in between established plot moments and filling them in. As such, I’ll try and give my take on responses to help guide you a bit. I know Konig has already replied, but he and I don’t exactly share the same viewpoint.
(my answers are in italics)

- How much damage did the city take in the initial fusillade before Jennah’s shield went up?
Minimal damage, from what we see in the cut scene. The first volley definitely hit a couple things, and I think even the central dome was hit, but not enough to penetrate it before the bubble went up. If you replay A Meeting of Ministers, you can walk around quite a bit. The bubble seemed to cover only the Upper City garden, but that also seemed to be the only target of the volleys. The bubble is maintained until we can be certain the White Mantle attack has been repelled.

- How much loss of life has there been?
Again, probably minimal. If we discount the traitorous ministers, Ministry guards and White Mantle soldiers, I’d say there were only a handful of actual casualties. Again, replaying the instance shows that some loyal guards are simply passed out, not dead, and several nobles were being held hostage instead of attacked. It seems like outside of Jennah and the Commander, nobody else was being targeted. This would make for great RP fodder, that there are either no reported casualties or that nearly all the deaths were attributed to traitors.

- How permeable is the shield?
_Very permeable. As I said, you can see the edge in the instance, and nothing prevents you from walking through it (aside from being kicked from the instance)

- Lake Doric has an area called Mantle’s Breach, though that looks more like dam wreckage than broken city walls. Has the Mantle poured into the city?
I’d need to check the map again (which I can’t at the moment), but I don’t know if it’s necessarily a breach in the wall. I could be wrong as I say this, but I think “breach” can also be used to describe a gap in a mountain range. More on this at a later time.

- Is there rioting? Looting? What effect has all the propaganda had on everyday citizens?
Great RP fodder, if you ask me. You could become a rioter if you want to side with the White Mantle, or disparage at the comments of your neighbour. Honestly, though, this is something we’re more likely to learn in future patches, if at all.

- Will there be ongoing investigations of the Ministry even during the suspension, to weed out still-unrevealed traitors? How much influence/power will the Ministers retain, even if informally?
The Queen enacted a suspension of the Ministry altogether, so much of their legal recourses are suspended indefinitely. Now, as you said, these are wealthy and powerful people, who are not without resources and contacts they made while in power. Until this suspension is lifted, though, they have no legal power. Emphasis on legal, if you catch my drift.

Hopefully none of this touches on story yet to come, as I’m not interested in spoilers. I do get the feeling that the arc concludes with the final instance and future story may include mop-up and some aftermath comments, but that focus will be moving rapidly away from DR. My interest lies in the immediate impact and its effects on my many characters’ lives.

I’m pretty sure there aren’t any real spoilers in any of your questions. The traitorous ministers might have seen this as their last-ditch effort to enact their plan, and thus played all their cards in this act, but it’s possible there might still be one or two hiding, thinking this attack would fail and thus pretended to stay loyal to try again later, and be seen as above question since they did not partake in this attack. I suppose the big question is “how far into your RP did you get before the attack?” If he was caught before the attack, he could try to disassociate with White Mantle or Separatists while simultaneously refuting all evidence against him. Or perhaps she was killed during the attack, either by her trying to seize on this opportunity or as collateral/expendable. Depends on how you want this plot to play out.

Castigator.3470:

There’s one thing I’d like though: More NPC dialogues in the new Lion’s Arch!
In old LA there were many NPCs, that could tell you something about their home, but nowadays all the NPCs ignore me, if I press [F] on them.

I’d like more of this everywhere! There are so many NPCs everywhere that have bits of information scattered all across the core maps, it was fun when you happened to stumble upon one. Nowadays, even the major characters like Marjory don’t tend to have anything to say unless it’s part of a scripted conversation. What ever happened to the easter egg hunts?

Sarpan.9074:

It’s the pits.

That was nicely seeded into the conversation.

Amaimon.7823:

Warlord.9074:

What if Lazurus is not really Lazurus but its Zinn. If it is an imposter Zinn is the only person who could pull it off.

Howard Zinn? The historian and playwriter? Him? What an odd suggestion.

I don’t see how it could be Zinn. He was all the way out in Rata Novus, along with a bunch of other asura who all disappeared one day, either becoming chak food or… something worse. Honestly, if we’re throwing suspicion onto asura, I think we have a closer bet with Oola, who was doing necromantic experimentation and thus could still be alive. Then again, we’ve met her ghost and she seems happy to stick to protecting her lab, so I don’t think it’s her, either. Of course, I could be confusing Oola for another asura who specialized in necromancy, but whoever it was had data on it, and if they used the data to first prolong their life and then somehow intercept the resurrection ritual to take on a mursaat form…

Honestly, I have no clue what’s going on with the Lazarus we have met. I don’t know if Calden will find an aspect in the object sent to Caudecus or not. And I really don’t know what happened with the two rituals trying to bring Lazarus back. Whoever he is, though, has to be powerful enough to slaughter dozens of White Mantle in a single gesture and have some motive to pose as a mursaat if he isn’t truly one. Let’s hope we get some answers in April (or May, if SAB derails the projected release date) and learn more about this suspicious ally.

Aaron Ansari.1604:

undercover.9657:

- so they gods dont answers the Prayers? i hinted on the example of this one Priestess of Grenth who can help you twice (dependent on witch decisions you make) by praying to Grenth to summon some spirits – either this is terrible planed and a horrible paradox, or one side is lying

I’m with you on this one. There does seem to be a bit of a contradiction between the devs saying the gods have been quiet for 250 years on one hand, and what Priestess Rhie and the racial elites can do on the other. There are possible explanations (maybe the gods only grant blessings now, instead of sending an avatar you could chat with like in GW1, or maybe they only aid the high priests and greatest heroes and ignore everyone else, or maybe what Rhie and our characters can do doesn’t come from the gods at all), but in the end it feels like us trying to fill in a gap that shouldn’t be there. I wouldn’t mind a more direct dev response on this.

Now that I have a specific name, I can track down the character in question. The dialogue from her first instance specifically says that she’s using a ritual. A ritual, I should note, is not exactly a direct request from the gods, more like a more complicated spell. I wouldn’t count rituals as a request of the Six, unless it was specifically to summon one of the avatars. As such, we can maintain the claim that the Six haven’t directly interacted with humans since around the time of Nightfall, give or take a couple years.

Oh, he died during the story part? I didn’t remember that. I’m going to have to go through that again and pay closer attention. Maybe I’ll use my warrior so that I’m closer to the front lines…

When the next round of specializations come out, probably around the next expansion (whenever that is), they will be optional paths to the elite specializations already released. For instance, let’s say the next Thief spec is Acrobat, who gains lots of long-range movement skills. That thief player would have to unequip Daredevil and equip Acrobat instead. Also, there are a few people who actually prefer to have 3 of the core specs instead of the elite spec. Not many, but there are some.

So is this still an actual issue? At no point during my attempts to get the peaches did I need any speed boosts to get up. It’s a bit of a tricky jump, but not an impossible one. You just need good timing.

Irensaga.6935:

While we’re on the topic – for the benefit of new players – do you have to unlock the Heart of Thorns maps in order to get to Bloodstone Fen?

You need to own Heart of Thorns to do any of the Season 3 stuff. For most of it, you’ll want to have gliding anyway, as it’d be near impossible otherwise, but you don’t have to complete any of the story (to my knowledge), but beware of spoilers if you don’t play through to at least Act 3 of HoT.

Amaimon.7823:

Dora.2451:

After the final fight in the recent story episode, Canach asks Anise to be freed of his debt to her:

Canach: Anise, while they have their moment… To the matter of my billet…
Countess Anise: Not wasting any time, eh?
Canach: Not when it should be my own.
Countess Anise: You served me faithfully and, given the bearded reptile buried somewhere beneath me, you have held up your end of the bargain.
Countess Anise: Consider yourself a free sylvari.

What is that reference to “the bearded reptile buried somewhere beneath me”? The first time I heard it, I said “What??”. Any ideas?

I’m like 99.99% sure it’s either Mordremoth or Caudecus, and given the hidden meaning between lines, I’m like 87.23% sure it’s Caudecus

Um… how is there a 12.77% chance it’s a reference to Mordremoth? Mordy was all viney, thorny and plant-like. Nothing really serpentine about him, and certainly not bearded. Plus, at the time of the conversation, that dragon would’ve been dead for over a year. In my mind, there’s no doubt she’d been referring to Caudecus, thus his death led to the immediate release of Canach.

Not to my knowledge. And since Cin isn’t actually interested in buying them, you can just trash them after you’ve eaten your peach.

As you said, your rant seems to have turned away from lore issues and become more of an issue with the gameplay mechanics. While I don’t have a problem with that, perhaps your post would be better in General Discussion folder instead of here. I don’t mind that you don’t like the dramatic change in style, as a lot of things were revamped from 1 to 2, This just isn’t where such things should go…

Got any other lore questions, or is it all out of your system now?

So, I’m a bit curious about Uzolan. He was part of the Carnival PS, and appeared in Caudecus’s story mode, but while he had always been working with Caudecus and seemed to be tied up in shady business, I never quite got the read that he was truly evil, or at least had more plausible deniability than Caudecus ever had. Now we find this letter in Caudecus’s manor that made it pretty clear that he’s a Separatist, or at least anti-charr. Did anyone else get a different read on our favourite human inventory/plagurist? Also, whatever happened to him after Caudecus’s story mode? Could he be tied to the White Mantle somehow, or return later with new mechanical monstrosities for us?

They are frozen in time, trying to recover in Dry Top. Perhaps they’ll even try to settle in Prosperity, after some of those vines are trimmed back. However, their role in the story seems to have played out, now that the egg has been taken to Tarir and hatched.

Amaimon.7823:

I don’t think Malyck is still canon, he was in an early ps chapter, and then completely neglected by anet. As for the seeds, they’re already mordremoth’s, corruption in this game doesn’t necessecarily mean he corrupted the thing. Some things only exist in the corrupted state, which means the elder dragon controls it, or his magic flows through it. The blighting trees are most likely the ‘native state’

Malyck is indeed still canon. He was mentioned in Season 2, Chapter 4 in one of the books of the Hidden Arcanum. He never made it into Heart of Thorns, but he was thought about before its release. I’m still hoping that he might reappear in one of the Living Story chapters, but at this point, I don’t think we have any reason to go back into the Jungle besides the Dragon lab unless Primordus decides he wants another new summer home.

Amaimon.7823:

no, I meant that in any way associating hylek with the dutch is insulting to the dutch, we may be a watery people, but we do not associate ourselves with.. amphibians.

Very true. It’s the French who are frogs.

That said, I agree that it seems much more asuran in nature than any other culture we know. Does he also comment on the newer pets? The fire and electric wyvern, the tiger and the bristleback? If so, it probably means he’s still doing research on tamable pets somewhere.

Which reminds me, I still need to take an electric wyvern…

I’m not saying ALL plot threads from the whole history of Guild Wars will be answered at some point, but the two points I brought up indicate that some of the old plot threads are paying off now. A year or two ago, these negative statements were more justified, as there was little to no evidence of any of the old story lines paying off. Now, as even these little bits are trickling down, I think we can have more hope that the answers will come about.

As for how Magdaer will be reintroduced, I’m betting it’ll be through Logan. Eir commissioned the sword to be repaired so she could give it to him. She probably told the blacksmith about that, off-hand if not explicitly, and when it’s finished, the smith will send a letter to Logan about it. Then Logan, wanting a friend, tells us to meet him outside the forge to learn more about it. I mean, E did say that he needed him alive…

I don’t think we can say this is a “forgotten” piece or lore, considering how long it took for Demmi Beetlestone to return to the story. And remember how the sylvari revelation took 2 years, although it was decided before the game’s launch? Magdaer will return, when it becomes relevant to the story and not a moment sooner. So yeah, it’s with Eir’s blacksmith friend, and I imagine it’d take quite a while for a legendary magical weapon like that to get repaired. As I said, when it becomes plot relevant, it’ll return.

And where exactly did you come to that conclusion? She seemed like a common village girl in Ashford, and I don’t remember her mother being a noble, either.

Alternate possibilty: maybe the White Mantle forced the Forgotten to wear clothes, something which that race considered shameful. Maybe it was a way for the guards to tell apart these seemingly identical serpentine creatures. I mean, I couldn’t tell two krait apart if I couldn’t see their nameplate or health bar.

undercover.9657:

- well and to grand grand … mother/father influence on our life .. i guess you didnt really understood the feudal-system: IT WORKS THAT WAY, i mean as INGAME examples: – you set Salma on the throne of Kyrtha because her ancestors were kings 250 years ago or something (so Queen Jenna bases her rule on a around 800-1000 years old bloodline)
- the emperor of Cantha has an even older bloodline (as i remember it right)

so Thakery is still a noble and WHY shouldn´t Salma made our Characters nobles after their years as Adventures – for their deeds to all of Tyria (and makeing her Queen (in revolutions it often gone this way))

Did Gwen become a noble? I don’t know about that. Aside from the royals, there wasn’t really a noble court back in the original GW, either in Ascalon or Kryta. It was probably a recent development, so not necessarily around for Salma to award people. Also, present-day Kryta doesn’t necessarily work the same way as it did in Earth’s past. I don’t remember any noble claiming they were better because they had the blood of the gods running through their veins, or any similar claim.

As for your other issues – which I might not even be interpreting correctly – you have to accept that things changed over the years. Some professions died off or changed. There might still be monks out there, but they aren’t a common profession like they were back in the day. They weren’t the only profession to change dramatically in the 2 century gap. As you pointed out, rangers have rediscovered druidism and can use healing magic and staves; mesmers use clones now, instead of hexes and enchantments and a ton of interrupts; necromancers can summon minions without a fresh body lying around, and can enter a shade mode. Guardian-style magic is the main inheritor of the monk legacy, and unchained to religion so the other professions can also use them.

Nonsense! The Sentient Oddity is purple, while the other is clearly blue. How could you get the two mixed up? Unless you were colour-blind… OK, now I see your point.

Palador.2170:

So long as you’ve done Chapter 1 on a character, why not open it up for the account? Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that how the map for Part 3 works?

I can’t confirm it at the moment, but I believe all the Season 3 maps are locked unless the character progresses through the story or buys the portal map.

Alas, poor Demmi. We hardly knew ye.

Ithilwen.1529:

Several of those episodes involved major world events. If you missed those, they are perma locked.

I think you’re thinking of Season 1. All the important Season 2 stuff is replayable in instances.

Kralkatorrik is just so possessive. He just has to Brand everything he considers his.

Lexander.4579:

need a black character for diversity too then, where’s your political correctness

Is a green person not diverse enough for you?

I’m pretty sure none of the starting cities will ever be seriously hit, just because it’d be very unfair for new players to suddenly be thrust into an area they will visit frequently in the early game and then have to fight off creatures that were never there before. They will stay as safe zones for people relax in when they don’t feel like fighting horrible monsters, but any of the other parts of the world are free to be attacked and changed in different ways.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

The question is more: why is the Shadow of the Dragon from the Dream? The answer, in my opinion, could be one of two things. Either the Shadow of the Dragon met in the Dream is not the same as the one met in Tyria – that Mordremoth saw the Dream shadow and thought it would be a good psychological attack to use it on sylvari – or that it originally was not a mordrem and Mordremoth corrupted it somehow.

Or, third option, that the Shadow of the Dragon was another echo of the future that the Dream captures and merely acted as the manifestation of the infection.

1. It was heavily implied in later chapters that Aerin had shown the same symptoms as Scarlet had, and she was confirmed to have been overtaken by Mordremoth’s influence. Aerin was the indication that she wasn’t an isolated case, and it was him who made the Zephyrite ships crash.

2. We still don’t really know why the Forgotten were out in the Maguuma jungle. Some of it was probably to lead into the Exalted, who also had strong ties to the Forgotten, and it was as good a way as any to remind old players and explain to new ones who they are. Aside from Wynne hiding in the cave, and perhaps a hidden passage, there doesn’t seem to be any more significance to it, for now.

3. Are there? If so, point them out, and we can discuss them.

There’s also enough room in there for a raid wing, maybe two. I’m not eager to see that happen, but it is certainly possible.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

and what we’re told is literally “the Inquest are exposing subjects to various/multiple dragon energies”.

Did my research this time, so I’m a bit more prepared. They don’t just say “dragon energies”, they say concentrated dragon energies, which means it is at an intensity not normally found out in the world. It’s a bit like the difference between laser pointer and a laser beam; one has a lot more effect than the other.

Another thing seen in the Crucible is a fleshy creature turn into a destroyer. From everything I’ve heard, destroyers are made from the molten rock itself, not corrupted life. If that can happen, isn’t it at least slightly possible that the Inquest can make corrupted dragon creatures that not even the dragons themselves could?

I think you’re reaching a bit.

Braham: He is as much to Balthazar as Athena is to Ares. For those not as attuned in Greek mythology, Athena and Ares are both gods of war, but Ares is bloodthirsty war while Athena is strategic war. Braham doesn’t fight just for the sheer fun of it, but as a guardian does it to protect others.

Canach: Just because he’s angry and green, you tie him to Grenth? Way to typecast. RACIST!

And Taimi compared just for convenience? If nothing else, that shows how much this is a reach.

Plus, the Mystic Coin is one of those special items. People at first don’t see the significance of it, but as it becomes clearer, more and more people want them, and I don’t think they are that easy to find. This item will take a lot longer to balance out, if it ever will.

Were you here when Ascended gear was added, including armor and weapons? If so, there’s no higher tier of gear, and likely never will be.

However, Heart of Thorns did add a couple of new prefixes to weapons which granted boosts to 4 stats instead of only 3. Heart of Thorns also added an elite specialization for each class, which means new skills including one new weapon per profession.

If you aren’t a fan of “Fashion Wars 2”, aren’t held by the storytelling, or interested in the PvP options, you’re better off staying away. I never like to shoo players away, but I’d rather not see you play a game you really don’t enjoy.

Well, we are currently in the Hallowe’en event right now, and most projections are that the next chapter will be out next month. At the same time, ArenaNet has been flexible on nearly all of their internal deadlines, so it could be longer than that for reasons unrelated to the VAs at all. For now, I’m going to optimistically say that all the lines for the season were recorded long ago.

If there is going to be a delay for unforeseen outside circumstances, there will definitely be a blog post about it, explaining it in details. For now, just have faith that ANet knows how to do a Living World update by now.

narwhalsbend.7059:

I don’t want fancy graphics, I want more GW:B.

Or at least complete one for Elona? :p

Charrbeque.8729:

Cooking has a lot of ingredients you craft that are then used in other recipes.

This is very true, but the trouble is finding the right balance of materials to add and which not to. Probably only the items that are used in X recipes should be used for that. Loathe as I am to say it, I don’t think things like poultry stalk or herbed beef stalk is a good use for material storage.

That said, these items I feel are common enough to warrant a space:
*pile of salt and pepper
*ball of dough
*bowl of dry ingredients
*bowl of wet ingredients
*bowl of ice cream ingredients

Probably a few others, but it’s been a while since I maxed out my cooking.

Also, milling basins should definitely be added. They’re account bound so I can’t just sell them, and necessary if I want to craft any linseed oil, so I don’t just want to trash them.

What did you used to play before you left? That might be the best place to start.

Tekey.7946:

If you take a look at Ember Bay, you’ll see some of the easiest bosses ever. The sloth queen, the molten dominator and you can’t even fight the giant lava wurm yourself because a golem does it for you. The Fire Islands used to be deadly, now it’s just a joke.

You can see that it flip-flopped again after HoT.

It used to be deadly in the Guild Wars 1, you mean. While I won’t disagree that Ember Bay is relatively safe if you’re not sleeping in the monster fields or lava, you can’t exactly compare the two.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Rognik.2579:

Artificially fused dragon corrupted minions. I never said that the corruption couldn’t exist in one body, especially given the new destroyers, just that one template is not written onto another, at least not by the dragons.

Technically speaking the Elder Dragons corrupt “artificially” too. It’s not an innate thing but an active magical use. Whether it’s done by corrupting breath or done via a laser beam holding the same, unchanged, corrupting energies doesn’t matter much.

No, not technically. The corruption is coming from directly from the dragon, while the Inquest are taking various dragon minions and splicing them together. Think of it like the difference between catching a cold versus having the cold virus injected into you. The first is the way it normally goes, while the second had some other force tamper with the normal method.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

We see multiple dragon corruptions inside multiple subjects both done by Inquest and done by Primordus. How does that not disprove “dragon minions cannot have multiple dragon energies in them”?

That isn’t, and I don’t think ever has been, the argument in this thread. I’m saying that once a being has been corrupted, a dragon cannot corrupt it again. All the death-touched and plant-touched destroyers? I’m saying they were only made recently.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

If it were the remnants of a purification act, then Malyck (and his tree) would have the Dream too, while the White Stag and Mordremoth would not.

Why would they? Malyck and his tree didn’t get purified (that we know of). The White Stag didn’t need to be purified. Mordremoth can’t be purified. I see it as a subsection of Mordremoth’s mind bubble. All the higher-intelligent minions are connected to it, but the Dream cordons off the ones from the Pale Tree as opposed to all the other mordrem/sylvari out there.

As for the stag, I admit I got nothing. Either it is the thing that did the purifying, or is the physical anchor on this plain? Honestly, outside of Arthurian legend, I don’t understand the relevance and you’re the only one who ever seems to be bringing it up.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

But the Wyld Hunts come from the Dream. That’s more than just “flipping the script” – and not all Wyld Hunts focus on the Elder Dragons. Some send folks on diplomatic missions, others to aid groups in need of it. The PC’s first Wyld Hunt is to find the White Stag, help Tiachern/Ysvelta, or battle the Green Huntsman. The Knight of Ember’s Dark Hunt is to find Malyck’s secret. These have nothing to do with the Elder Dragons.

And you’re wrong there. The PC’s Wyld Hunt is always to kill a Dragon. All those other things are steps along the way. When a sylvari spawns, they get visions of the future, but that’s different from the hunt.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

And why would Mordremoth need Wyld Hunts/Dark Hunts to send minions that can feel his will and desire on missions?

What do you think a Wyld Hunt is?

When ascended gear was first introduced, only accessories could be ascended and were only available in Fractals. Later, they were more added to laurels, then I believe ascended weapons (weaponcraft, huntsman, artificer) before the armor (armorsmith, leatherworking, tailor). I might have the timeline off a bit, but I believe that’s how it goes. That’s why jeweler and chef are the only two crafts currently without ascended gear.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Subject_Alpha
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Kudu
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Kudu's_Monster

Artificially fused dragon corrupted minions. I never said that the corruption couldn’t exist in one body, especially given the new destroyers, just that one template is not written onto another, at least not by the dragons.

And with Ember Bay, I don’t think anyone can argue that “dragon minions cannot be corrupted by other Elder Dragons”.

Actually, that’s my exact argument. Perhaps it’s flawed, but I don’t see anyone disproving it to my satisfaction.

Except that it wouldn’t be, because mordrem are not tied to the Dream as far as we know.

…

And no one and nothing says that the Dream purifies anything.

And once again you missed my point. I’m not claiming the Dream does the purification, but is the remnants of the purification act left on the Tree and her children.

The major issue about the Dream being linked to Mordremoth – especially as Mordremoth owning, controling, or creating the Dream in some way – is that the Wyld Hunts and Dark Hunts actively send sylvari to fight not just other Elder Dragons, but Mordremoth himself. At the end of The World Summit, sylvari PCs state they have a new Wyld Hunt: to kill Mordremoth.

As I said, my theory isn’t perfect or flawless. It’s still a working theory, and the Hunts are an unexplained detail. It makes more sense to me that the Hunts were initially tied to Mordremoth’s desire, that he’d give them missions for them to go off to do or die trying. When whatever purified the Tree/Deam did what it did, it could’ve flipped the script around and instead sent the sylvari after the dragons instead of flesh-bags.

If you recently bought the game and this is your first character you’re leveling up:

1. Welcome to Tyria! We hope you enjoy your stay. Don’t mind the dragons. We’re working on that
2. I’d start by just exploring the world and getting used to the control system. I was initially going to say that there aren’t many games similar to GW2, but it’s been 4 years and action RPGs like Wildstar have started emerging. Even so, I’d start by taking it slow and getting to know all your abilities.
3. Thanks to the New Player Experience, I believe much of the PVP content is actually locked behind leveling up a character. Yes, you have that shiny level 80 booster, but I wouldn’t recommend you use that on your first character (assuming you haven’t yet). Each class plays very differently from one another, and many people like to take the slow path when playing a new class for the first time. Who knows? Maybe you’ll come to enjoy GW2’s story and rich lore.

Isn’t there already one of these in the gem store? I’m pretty sure that’s what it does, although it might also destroy the armor while it’s at it. Been a while since I looked in the shop.

In the name of the Six Gods, every single Spirit of the Wilds, and the Eternal Alchemy, please don’t pray for a destruction of Lion’s Arch again! Now, it would’ve been funny if the lion fountain was still there, because that got destroyed regularly, but we finally rebuilt it nice and pristine, and while it loses some of that rustic charm old Lion’s Arch used to have, I’m willing to accept it and move on. We don’t need it destroyed again. It’s a lot of work to rebuild these thing, and I’ll be quite happy if we don’t spend resources rebuilding our bases while we’re fighting ever more powerful dragons.

synk.6907:

When originally playing the HoT story, I thought something along the lines of, “Huh, so Mordy encroached on Zhaitain’s territory?” I think it’s better that the LS explicitly linked it to the latter’s death.

Well, if that is true (I don’t remember it myself but it’s been a while since I played through the full story) then that is foreshadowing that the ED magic is transferable after death, while the Living Story confirms it later on for those who missed the clue(s).

synk.6907:

Gorr should be all over this, but I guess Taimi’s the only asuran researcher these days…

There’s a lot that Gorr really should be doing. During Burden of Choice, do we go to Gorr first? Nope, straight to Ogden.

Daniel Handler.4816:

Are the ED unable to create uncorrupted things?

I doubt that they can, but even if they could, why would they? Their purpose (as far as we can tell) is to collect all the ambient magic in the world, and fall asleep after it has had enough. So what if a few mortal beings get killed in the process? They’re replaceable, and most have some of that yummy magic on their person! Usually not enough to count as more than just a morsel, but every little bit counts.

So counterargument: why would an ED create something free of their corruption?

I don’t know if we were caught that off-guard for Mordremoth’s attack. His initial attack, where he destroyed some waypoints and spread his vines across Tyria? Yes, that was a surprise attack, but we couldn’t have done anything to stop that. The assault into the jungle? Knowing sylvari with dragon minions wouldn’t have stopped the vines knocking the airships out of the sky. At best, it would’ve minimized the damage suffered after the initial attack.

Plus, we weren’t going in completely blind. The Durmand Priory had a scroll with the names of all the Elder Dragons (except the sea dragon’s part got very (and conveniently) damaged) and a bit of details about them. While it might not be a list of all the weaknesses of the dragon, it did prepare us for what was to come. Sadly, I’m pretty sure Trahearne’s sacrifice at the end of the main story was an inevitability. Without a sylvari bound to him, one who was strong-willed yet too entangled to resist, it was either him or Caithe, and Caithe is far too loved (by ArenaNet) to die just yet. Plus there was the whole killing Faolain thing and you know what I’m just rambling now I’ll be going OK bye.