Guild Wars 2

EdwinLi.1284:

Zojja is probably crippled for life.

I’ve pretty much given up on Anet giving any kind of update regarding this. We won’t know and likely will never know. Anet seems more interested in shiny new plot points than resolving anything left hanging from HoT and before, like what the heck is going on with the Nightmare Court after Faolain’s death and the Krytan locket/amulet thing from Season 2, just to name a couple.

I don’t know about anyone else but between this and how sloppy episode 5 felt in terms of pacing and consistency I don’t have much faith in Anet being able to handle anything story related.

That and their insistence on radio silence is just as bad as going all out on the hype train.

I’m tired of caring because it feels like Anet doesn’t care. :\

Nox Lucis.8341:

TheOrlyFactor.8341:

No because I hate the Charr.

If I want to deal with that much anti-theistic edgelordiness I’ll hang out in the YouTube comments section of heavy metal videos.

Well you’re no fun.
A friggin’ god just built up potentially fatal levels of bad karma in a world featuring explosive-wielding heavy-metal death-cats, and somehow you find room to complain. Personally, I’m feeling like

Sorry that my idea of fun doesn’t involve an entire race taking a hot steaming crap on people who believe differently than they do and that happens to resemble/reflect the sad behaviors of keyboard warriors in the real world but hey, you do you.

Nox Lucis.8341:

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A RAGING CHARR kitten FOR DEICIDE RIGHT NOW???

No because I hate the Charr.

If I want to deal with that much anti-theistic edgelordiness I’ll hang out in the YouTube comments section of heavy metal videos.

WendyB.1650:

Thanks ANet maybe Black Desert is calling me.

See you next week!

Boogiepop Void.6473:

Bitterfrost is the worst of the new maps…

YMMV but I thought this until I played the new map for Episode 5.

zealex.9410:

I wonna step on her

Now you know how I feel when it comes to Rytlock “Zipperlips” Brimstone except replace “step on” with “relentlessly pummel”. :V

Lazarus is Einhorn.

Einhorn is Finkle.

Finkle is Einhorn.

Einhorn is a MAN!

At least the deus ex machinima is cute. <3

TheOrlyFactor.8341:

I already asked my question but I have a feeling it won’t get answered. :\

And they didn’t answer it.

Why am I not surprised?

Still no update on Zojja. Still disappointed by this. When will Anet address this?

Story peaked too quickly at the beginning and the end before ending abruptly. Was hoping for more after the end.

Map is like Tangled Depths but as bad if not worse to navigate. I can’t believe I’m saying there’s a map that’s as bad or worse to navigate than Tangled Depths. This is now my least favorite map.

Ashantara.8731:

While I can’t stand Zojja (sorry @ OP), I do agree that we need to find out what is going on with her. I am sure another voice actor could jump in to do the part. People wouldn’t mind.

However, I have a strong feeling that we will see Zojja again by the end of S3. Just like no one expected we’d get to see Logan again, I am quite certain they will involve Zojja in the S3 story at some point.

It’s fine. :P

I want to hope that we well but I doubt it will happen. If it doesn’t happen though I’ll still be there to remind Anet what they said in the State of the Game 2016 article regarding Living World Season 3 (yes, I have it bookmarked).

I already asked my question but I have a feeling it won’t get answered. :\

There’s only two episodes left of Living World Season 3 and there’s been no sign of my favorite character anywhere.

See, here’s the thing: in the story we know why she’s been absent since after HoT. No, I wouldn’t call what info we have on her from Episode 1 to be actual updates on her condition because 1) it all amounts to hearsay and 2) we (the player character) haven’t laid our eyes on her like we got to with Logan in Episode 4.

However, I have a feeling the reason she hasn’t shown up at all in Living World Season 3 has more to do with voice actor availability (or lack thereof in this case). I’m gonna come out and say it: Felicia Day sure doesn’t seem very invested in the character and as much as I like the character, it’s hard for me to stay invested when its clear the VA isn’t invested. Even before Felicia Day got pregnant she didn’t seem that invested in voicing Zojja, as was indicated in Season 2.

Honestly, I think it’s high time to find a VA that’s willing to voice Zojja, someone who WANTS to voice her.

I’d ask someone from Anet what’s going on with Zojja but I know they’re not going to tell me anything. Sadly, this radio silence I feel like does as much damage as hyping things up.

So the only thing I can do is make a topic like this one where I get my feelings off of my chest, vent some of my frustrations, (much to my chagrin) probably have people come in this topic and rain on my parade about them hating Zojja when they could make their own topic about how much they hate her, and maybe (hopefully) meet some fellow Zojja sympathizers in this topic in the process so I don’t feel so alone in my frustrations.

Also, yes, my forum signature does, in fact, check out.

It honestly wouldn’t matter if there was more hype or continued (mostly) radio silence like we have right now. Much of the community – be it here on the forums, on Reddit, or elsewhere – won’t be happy anyway and they’ll complain anyway (claiming it’s “constructive criticism” when it’s anything but), putting Anet in a lose-lose situation no matter what they do.

Granted, I don’t like the radio silence/“judge us on what we release” route, as I feel like it’s going in the other extreme direction away from hyping it up. However, I don’t blame Anet for doing what they’re doing now.

IndigoSundown.5419:

Asura

That’s a funny way to spell Charr.

Only if we can nerf Rytlock in exchange.

And by nerf I mean get rid of completely.

Amaimon.7823:

Sartharina.3542:

… kitten, now I’m going to have to write a Charr/Asura romance story.

I think their core values would differ too much for a romantic relationship

Pretty much this.

Rognik.2579:

Lots of opportunities to puppy it up, but you also want to cheer them on so much more.

Not me!

I’d rather see Human/Asura.

I just want to see Zojja return but I doubt that’s going to happen. That’s all dependent on Felicia Day and Felicia Day seems content with doing other things not related to voice actor stuff. :L

DeanBB.4268:

How many gems for the Singles Meet Upgrade?

I wish I could upvote this more than once.

Another introvert here. Most of what I do is solo stuff because I’m not willing to PUG dungeons, fractals, and raids. When I’m done with Living World I generally take a break from the game until the next episode of Living World comes out. PvP is too toxic for me to go in solo and I don’t really have any interest in WvW.

I’m in a guild at the moment but it’s really small and no one really talks to one another so I’m likely to leave it when Episode 5 comes out. I probably won’t look for another guild after since I haven’t had good luck with them in the past (especially RP guilds).

Derigar.7810:

Reddit

Reddit’s been a massive salt mine as of late so there wouldn’t be any speculation, just a bunch of “ded gaem” posts and how Anet is literally The Devil™© somehow because they’re not doing things right/fast enough/to some people’s expectations/walking on water.

Can’t win for losing. :x

Really hoping this next episode brings back Zojja since in the last episode we got Logan back. :o

Either way, thanks for the heads up.

Ashen.2907:

I prefer Triscuit.

Edit: D’oh. I thought it said “Saltines.”

Chicken in a Biskits are the superior crackers. :V

Very nice! I look forward to seeing the finished product. c:

OMG I love your art style. <3

Alga.6498:

I really do hope Taimi, the little annoying kid kitten asura will get infected by all the dragon virus she’s working on in Rata Novus and cuz her legs are still kittenty for some reason and we have to kill her.

That would be an awesome episode!

Or a Norn/Charr will just stomp on her, work’s done!
I would gladly do that.

I’m sure glad you’re not one of the writers.

Canach is easily one of my favorite characters. Seeing him in any LW episode takes the edge off of the fact another one of my favorite characters is still MIA.

Glael.7643:

Oh please make long hair for asura !

THIS

One of my male Asura has long, flowing hair canonically and the best I can do for him is whichever one is the ponytail option.

Also I’m really loving and digging those hair styles on that Wix site. I’d throw money at Anet for those hairstyles if they were to show up in game. <3

I guess for me it’s important but that importance is something of a double-edged sword. It keeps me engaged but when certain things are left hanging and unresolved for a long time (Zojja’s condition [matters a lot to me since she’s my favorite NPC], Pale Tree’s condition, Nightmare Court’s status), it does affect my enjoyment of the game to the point I’ve taken breaks from GW2 because of those still-unresolved points.

There’s a reason why I have what I have as a signature. <_<

Ooooooo, very nice! <3 Hope to see more from you.

Khisanth.2948:

So … commando in expansion 2? :P

Not gonna lie even if they just released the skins for the Commando I’d throw money at Anet so fast to get them.

Copy-pastas from another thread

Story-wise I was…pleasantly surprised by this episode. Got to kill two treacherous scumbags (Minister Estelle and Confessor Caudecus) in one episode AND Logan comes back!? That made me happy. The lack of resolution of some of the characters from HoT has been bothering me.

Hopefully this is a telling trend that Anet is on the horse with regards to resolving the remainder of unresolved HoT issues in future episodes (Pale Tree’s condition, Nightmare Court’s state, and Zojja’s condition specifically).

I really miss Zojja and I’m worried about her (though I know the voice actor for her, Felicia Day, recently had a baby so maybe here’s hoping Zojja does show up again in Episode 5 or 6).

At the same time I’m trying not to get my hopes up too high. I did that and by the time Episode 3 came out I was so deeply disappointed with the story to the point where I moved onto other games and I just did log in rewards until recently.

From a game play perspective, Lake Doric isn’t Bitterfrost Frontier so that’s an improvement all on its own. :V However, the fight with Caudecus sucked. An AoE bonanza with little room to fight. Please don’t make another fight like this in the future.

50-word or less summary:

All in all, a definite improvement over Episode 3. Good job Anet. C: Hope to see more HoT-related character resolutions in the next and future episodes (especially Zojja, wink wink nudge nudge).

Nilkemia.8507:

- While Logan is okay, this makes me wonder if they plan to have Zojja just die offscreen, which I wouldn’t like.

I sure hope they don’t do that. :\

Story-wise I was…pleasantly surprised by this episode. Got to kill two treacherous scumbags (Minister Estelle and Confessor Caudecus) in one episode AND Logan comes back!? That made me happy. The lack of resolution of some of the characters from HoT has been bothering me.

Hopefully this is a telling trend that Anet is on the horse with regards to resolving the remainder of unresolved HoT issues in future episodes (Pale Tree’s condition, Nightmare Court’s state, and Zojja’s condition specifically).

I really miss Zojja and I’m worried about her (though I know the voice actor for her, Felicia Day, recently had a baby so maybe here’s hoping Zojja does show up again in Episode 5 or 6).

At the same time I’m trying not to get my hopes up too high. I did that and by the time Episode 3 came out I was so deeply disappointed with the story to the point where I moved onto other games and I just did log in rewards until recently.

From a game play perspective, Lake Doric isn’t Bitterfrost Frontier so that’s an improvement all on its own. :V

EDIT: The fight with Caudecus sucked. An AoE bonanza with little room to fight. Please don’t make another fight like this in the future.

That’s really awesome. <3 I’m always happy to see fanart of Zojja especially considering her absence in LWS3.

draxynnic.3719:

I suspect they will find ways to fold Logan and Zojja into the background – particularly Zojja, since Felicia Day seems to be hard to book time for these days.

Well, I can only speak for myself but I’m speaking with my wallet until Anet fixes this. :\

I’ve complained about this in a few other threads but I feel like now is the time to make a thread specifically for it.

Anet, I’m really tired of the Lost-style of storytelling you’ve decided to take on (I don’t know if there’s an actual term for this kind of storytelling), in which there are tons of unanswered questions and you dump on even more questions, only to answer one or two of those previous questions. There’s still stuff from HoT that hasn’t been resolved or touched upon that really should be settled before going any further into these new story plots. Just to name a few:

-Trahearne: Is he ever going to get a proper memorial for his sacrifice? Or is he just going to be forever snubbed?
-The Nightmare Court: What’s been going on with them ever since Faolain’s death? How has her death affected things?
-The Pale Tree: Are we ever going to actually go and visit her and see how she’s doing?
-Zojja and Logan: Are we ever going to see them either or get an actual update on them that isn’t just a line of dialogue from Zipper-Lips?

I mean, come on. I can only speak for myself when I say I’ve been waiting patiently for these points to be resolved only to have 10+ new shiny plot lines come up in LWS3 (I know it’s not literally 10+ new plot lines, I’m exaggerating). It’s frustrating and I’m losing my patience as well as hope for any kind of resolution and any drive to play GW2.

Is it voice actor availability that’s the problem for some of these (namely Pale Tree, Zojja, and Logan)? If so, why not find someone else to voice them, have them do their lines over. If I remember reading right, that’s what’s going on with the Male Charr VA. Find someone who’s more available.

I know I’m ranting and rambling and I’m probably all over the place with this post. I had to get this off of my chest. I’m just tired of the way the story is being handled. I’m tired of characters I care about being in some kind of limbo state, to the point that I’d rather them just be killed off so that there is some resolution. I mean, at least Eir fans got that going for them, even if her death was lame. I’m tired of more questions being brought up and burying old questions that are still waiting to be resolved.

I’m tired. :\

BuddhaKeks.4857:

About the ending. Well I actually agree with Braham. Why did we have to create a new guild? Continuing in Eir’s name would have been the respectful thing to do. It’s utterly pointless.

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks this. This is the only thing I liked from the recent Living Story update. This has been bothering me since Rytlock made the suggestion to make a new guild and ever since I’ve wanted nothing to do with Dragon’s Watch.

I hope Zojja and Logan snap out of their break and give Zipper-Lips a good beating.

How about resolving hanging HoT plotlines before pursuing new story stuff? Some of us want proper updates on Zojja, Logan, the Pale Tree, and the Nightmare Court. You guys were doing great with at least answering one unresolved issue per chapter but fell flat on this chapter.

I’m starting to lose my patience. :\

serialkicker.5274:

Please give me an option to kick kitten out of Braham.

Only if we can have the option to do the same for other members we don’t like (for me Rytlock and Caithe would be on that list of folks I want to beat around).

As much as I hate Braham’s whining he does have a point though. What’s the point of making a new guild when the other members of Destiny’s Edge are still alive in some capacity? Unless Anet ultimately has plans for Zojja and Logan that don’t involve DE or they plan on killing the two off, I think they should be carrying on Eir’s legacy instead of making a new guild.

Ultimately I’m getting sick and tired of this Lost-esque style of storytelling where more questions get dumped onto questions we already have and few of those questions barely get resolved. I want to know what’s going on with Zojja and Logan that goes beyond a line of dialogue from Rytlock. I want to know what’s going on with the Pale Tree outside of the updates we got. I want to know what’s going on with the Nightmare Court after Faolain’s death.

I’m sick and tired of Anet dragging their feet on these things.

draxynnic.3719:

Both Logan and Zojja are officially ‘recovering’ which implies they got back to a recovery point…

Actually Rytlock’s own words regarding that are that they’re “Still both laid up on my last visit” which could mean anything. I find it to be pretty vague wording.

However, that’s outside the scope of what this thread is about. I imagine I’ll be making a thread about that if Ep3 goes like I think it’s going to go. <_<

But yeah, Kasmeer is doing hunky dory as far as we know.

As someone with 21 (and counting) characters and 19 of those being Asura, I can confidently tell you with no bias whatsoever that Asura are the best.

Trust me on this. I have science to back this up.

Somewhere.

>_>

Amaimon.7823:

If thats true, wouldn’t it be nice if the grand courtiers actually start infighting for the title of Grand Duchess? getting fractured Nightmare Courts that start rebelling and plotting for the Duchess title. Could actually be a nice story, where Caithe gets pulled in.

^

Still bothers me there’s been nothing on the happenings of the Nightmare Court post-HoT.

While we’re on the subject of Anet not forgetting things, don’t forget about Zojja and Logan either. No, a line of dialogue from Rytlock in LWS3 E1 is not a sufficient update on their condition, especially when we get entire LW story parts dedicated to Eir’s memorial (E1) and Aurene (E2).

I’m probably gonna end up complaining about this more on the forums if it isn’t touched upon in E3. <_<

Curunen.8729:

Taimi is one of the main reasons I keep playing the LS.

This.

Especially considering there’s no telling when my favorite character (Zojja) is going to return or have a proper update on their condition.

We need more Zojja, especially considering her absence in LWS3.

Thank you for sharing this. <3

Allure.1249:

How do you keep it alive? It is killing itself. Its a meta-biased cyclone of toxic psychopaths who will outwardly rage at you for even playing a build that isn’t the top Metabuild for your class. Be it on your team or otherwise. People who will rage in full caps over the notion that you dare play something that isn’t the standard, on top of the fact that everyone screams at each other if they start losing.

Pvp is a septic wound. An ocean of free floating hostility fueled by rage induced tryhards who will whisper you and then immediately block you to avoid retribution.

You can’t fix it. Its a societal decay of the utmost degree. And as a result, these morally bankrupt troglodytes will completely destroy the pvp scene until its as toxic as league of legends.

How I wish I could upvote you more than once.

kdaddy.5431:

Ill give you the most honest answer,

PvP isnt fun anymore, the constant spam of everyone skills. It kind of blurs together and it is so obvious when someone isnt using a meta build.

When you see the DPS ele/ sword thief/ pistol-pistol engy/ etc etc these players/ builds become targets in a game.

So now you have people only playing PvP for AP points, easy titles, and in my case PvP potions for dailies.

Or in my case completely vacate PvP for good, which sucks because I was working on dungeon tracks before I called it quits.

PvP has become THAT frustrating to set foot in.

I’ll be honest. Dishonor isn’t really a good deterrent to prevent such behavior. That would just give them 30 minutes to an hour to play another game mode before going back and doing it all over again.

It would be better if all of the maps had some kind of achievement thing going for them so no one would be tempted to AFK or disconnect just because the map they wanted doesn’t get picked.

penelopehannibal.8947:

Here’s a tip for anyone who is worried about ‘flooding’ or so-called ‘spam’:

I’ve found that whenever people complain about RP (or any kind of chat come to think of it, it’s just roleplayers get unfairly singled out more often than not) most of the time it is from players who have stuck with the default chat channels that ArenaNet give you when you first start the game. I think the default is something similar to ‘Main’ and ‘Combat’.

You can create individual chat tabs, and tick which type of information you can see in that tab. The picture below shows how I have my chat tabs separated to avoid one type of chat over-running another.

I’ve found that realistically, you can have up to five ‘visible’ tabs showing at once. Any more than this and they are hidden (so you have to press the tab key to see it’s header). But five should probably be enough for most people anyway.

You don’t have to stick to how I have it, but I’ll show you what my tabs have enabled as a possible example.

Main: Has /map, /team, /squad, /emotes enabled. If you’re not a roleplayer, turn off /emotes from this one. Good for general PvE, WvW and PvP if not in a party.

Say: Self explanatory. Has /say and /emotes only enabled. If you’re a roleplayer like myself, this is where most of your RP will be conducted.

Whisper: Only has /whisper enabled. You don’t see anything else, no /say or /emote here, so no whispers can be missed.

Party: Has /party, /squad and /team enabled. Ideal for doing PvP or Dungeons, Fractals and Raids when in a team. If you’re a roleplayer who RPs with party members, you can turn on /emotes here as well. Beware though – if you type an emote in /party chat, it can be seen publicly too.

Guild: Self-explanitory. Has all the /guilds I’m in ticked. /g1 to /g5. Again, /emote and /say aren’t enable so you can’t miss a guild chat. Unless you’re on Mac Beta of course when the bug happens where it deletes! >.<

I really hope this helps people. Using chat tabs is a lot more of a friendly way of dealing with your problems than singling out any type of player. Please don’t unfairly cut out roleplayers. RP might not be to everyone’s taste, but we all have one thing in common – we’re all Guild Wars 2 players and we love this game so much! <3

So much this post. <3