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> @"Booey Bubblehead.4890" said:
> > @"dezkreet.3472" said:
> > I don't see an apathetic option being need. just splits up the no vote more. Whether you are mad about the mounts themselves or the misuse of valuable dev time for wvw, it's still negative regardless.
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> They wasted dev time because his is just another cash grab situation--warclaw mount skins coming to a gem store near you.
The mount was probably designed by a completely different team then WvW.
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> @"Pterikdactyl.7630" said:
> My hope is that it would take ~20 supply to deploy, ample time to set up, and have the engage ability make you lose your mount when using it, wasting all supply. This whole thing worries me a lot.
I’m also sure there will be traps to dismount people much like siege.
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> @"Ayrilana.1396" said:
> Working on the next expansion.
That’s what I figured as well. Since PoF ended development in 2017 means the next xpac will potentially have a couple more years of dev time then PoF. Which in itself, is quite exciting.
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I mean we have 3 teams right when season 3 was being created, while everyone else was building PoF. My question is what is everyone else doing besides the teams finishing season 4 and starting season 5.
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> @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > @"Tremor.7481" said:
> > > @"Tyson.5160" said:
> > > > @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > > > > @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > > > > > @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > > > > > I think the most logical solution for the next episode is to have Aurene come back and we kill Kralk and move on, but they could do anything. We could have interdimensional god-like beings pop out of the mists and scatter magic dust all over Kralk and turn him into a rock. Is it likely? No, but it's not impossible. Just seems futile constantly debating and picking apart posts searching for semantics to correct or dissecting sentence after sentence with citations when everything you think you know could easily change with one episode, and could be explained to fit in a way that you wouldn't have imagined because you were too stuck on your personal interpretation.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But I think sometimes people are more concerned about appearing correct or superior than they are engaging in meaningful conversation. I can imagine it must get pretty exhausting.
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem with that line of thinking is that your so-called "meaningful conversations" will never go anywhere, because everything and anything can be countered with "but ArenaNet can add a reason for this to (not) make sense in the very next release!"
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, by that argument, what's going to happen is that Caithe will go mad with grief and feast on Aurene's corpse and transform thus becoming a dragon herself and will go on to chase Kralkatorrik into the Mists despite being logically far weaker, without visibly killing them, but all will be fine because the magic is no longer building up even though we've been told that The All's imbalance is a more critical issue and magical buildup is merely a visible symptom of that. Oh, and let's not forget how Gaheron Baelfire's soul is gonna come in and stab Taimi with reforged Magdaer after absorbing all the Foefire ghosts. But that'll remain pointless because Taimi will have transferred her consciousness into Blish's golem body so that the two love birds can be together forever in the gut of the ever-fleeing Elder Scardycat Dragon Kralkatorrik.
> > > > >
> > > > > What, doesn't make sense? No reason for any of that to happen? Well you know it could all easily change with one episode, and could be explained to fit in a way that you wouldn't have imagined because you were too stuck on your personal interpretation.
> > > > >
> > > > > There's a reason why theories are based off of evidence and testing. Because without that, you can go into such realms of unexpected, random silliness and massive plotholes that you put Gintama to bitter shame.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can ArenaNet add or change something to make what couldn't feasibly happen, happen? Sure.
> > > > >
> > > > > But what's the point of theorizing over what's impossible now? Enter that territory, and there won't be any meaningful conversations beyond your own fan-fictions.
> > > > >
> > > > > People, especially those constantly having their "beloved theories debunked" by established lore, love to proclaim this, that others are "too focused on what lore has established that you forget Anet can change it any moment" but once you go into what ArenaNet can retcon or add that doesn't fit established lore, there's no real point in discussing it because *anything can happen or get retconned*. Might as well talk about how the skyboxes will turn green and Kralkatorrik will suddenly become a good guy next release.
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> > > > > Meh, I think I've made my point about the silliness of that statement.
> > > >
> > > > That was a pretty creative theory actually, and it could happen. I'm certainly not going to tell you it won't, because I'm not the one writing the story. So kudos to you for thinking outside the box!
> > > >
> > > > Great way for Taimi to go too. They've certainly been building up to her death these last few episodes, and your suggestion of her becoming a part of Blish ties in with her fascination of him. Though it seems like she's more interested in the other brother these days. Maybe it's a love triangle.
> > > >
> > > > And now that Sohothin has been abandoned by Rhytlock, that really ties everything in nicely. You should totally write the story from now on.
> > > >
> > > > Till we meet again, my hero.
> > >
> > > What is interesting about all this talk about not showing powers and the evidence is that even though eating Zhaitan and Mordremoth’s magic, Kralkatorrik did not display any of this until Season 4. We could have had lots of examples during Path of Fire, but Kralkatorrik shows no death magic powers. Does he use mind magic from Mordremoth? Maybe, but this do much harder to see, if at all.
> > >
> > > Also back to the Shadow Magic sphere. Where is that? How come no one is using Shadow Magic? Primordus must be swimming in the stuff and you would think Kralkatorrik should have some evidence of using this spectrum too, however it’s not shown.
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> > He may simply not have had to before. Until there was the mention that Kralkatorrik could see the future and was working to avoid one, he seemed one of the more 'primordial force' dragons versus strategy - when you just fly over an area and everything's dead or works for you, it didn't seem he needed any thinking to win. Brandstorm's a pretty winning strategy.
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> > But with the Last Scion of Glint gaining power he's had to up his game.
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> I think it's a newly established rule that that the elder dragons must use every power they have at all times. Else that power doesn't exist. Or so I've been so eloquently told.
*cough* Shadow Magic *cough*
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> @"Tremor.7481" said:
> > @"Tyson.5160" said:
> > > @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > > > @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > > > > @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > > > > I think the most logical solution for the next episode is to have Aurene come back and we kill Kralk and move on, but they could do anything. We could have interdimensional god-like beings pop out of the mists and scatter magic dust all over Kralk and turn him into a rock. Is it likely? No, but it's not impossible. Just seems futile constantly debating and picking apart posts searching for semantics to correct or dissecting sentence after sentence with citations when everything you think you know could easily change with one episode, and could be explained to fit in a way that you wouldn't have imagined because you were too stuck on your personal interpretation.
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> > > > > But I think sometimes people are more concerned about appearing correct or superior than they are engaging in meaningful conversation. I can imagine it must get pretty exhausting.
> > > >
> > > > The problem with that line of thinking is that your so-called "meaningful conversations" will never go anywhere, because everything and anything can be countered with "but ArenaNet can add a reason for this to (not) make sense in the very next release!"
> > > >
> > > > Well, by that argument, what's going to happen is that Caithe will go mad with grief and feast on Aurene's corpse and transform thus becoming a dragon herself and will go on to chase Kralkatorrik into the Mists despite being logically far weaker, without visibly killing them, but all will be fine because the magic is no longer building up even though we've been told that The All's imbalance is a more critical issue and magical buildup is merely a visible symptom of that. Oh, and let's not forget how Gaheron Baelfire's soul is gonna come in and stab Taimi with reforged Magdaer after absorbing all the Foefire ghosts. But that'll remain pointless because Taimi will have transferred her consciousness into Blish's golem body so that the two love birds can be together forever in the gut of the ever-fleeing Elder Scardycat Dragon Kralkatorrik.
> > > >
> > > > What, doesn't make sense? No reason for any of that to happen? Well you know it could all easily change with one episode, and could be explained to fit in a way that you wouldn't have imagined because you were too stuck on your personal interpretation.
> > > >
> > > > There's a reason why theories are based off of evidence and testing. Because without that, you can go into such realms of unexpected, random silliness and massive plotholes that you put Gintama to bitter shame.
> > > >
> > > > Can ArenaNet add or change something to make what couldn't feasibly happen, happen? Sure.
> > > >
> > > > But what's the point of theorizing over what's impossible now? Enter that territory, and there won't be any meaningful conversations beyond your own fan-fictions.
> > > >
> > > > People, especially those constantly having their "beloved theories debunked" by established lore, love to proclaim this, that others are "too focused on what lore has established that you forget Anet can change it any moment" but once you go into what ArenaNet can retcon or add that doesn't fit established lore, there's no real point in discussing it because *anything can happen or get retconned*. Might as well talk about how the skyboxes will turn green and Kralkatorrik will suddenly become a good guy next release.
> > > >
> > > > Meh, I think I've made my point about the silliness of that statement.
> > >
> > > That was a pretty creative theory actually, and it could happen. I'm certainly not going to tell you it won't, because I'm not the one writing the story. So kudos to you for thinking outside the box!
> > >
> > > Great way for Taimi to go too. They've certainly been building up to her death these last few episodes, and your suggestion of her becoming a part of Blish ties in with her fascination of him. Though it seems like she's more interested in the other brother these days. Maybe it's a love triangle.
> > >
> > > And now that Sohothin has been abandoned by Rhytlock, that really ties everything in nicely. You should totally write the story from now on.
> > >
> > > Till we meet again, my hero.
> >
> > What is interesting about all this talk about not showing powers and the evidence is that even though eating Zhaitan and Mordremoth’s magic, Kralkatorrik did not display any of this until Season 4. We could have had lots of examples during Path of Fire, but Kralkatorrik shows no death magic powers. Does he use mind magic from Mordremoth? Maybe, but this do much harder to see, if at all.
> >
> > Also back to the Shadow Magic sphere. Where is that? How come no one is using Shadow Magic? Primordus must be swimming in the stuff and you would think Kralkatorrik should have some evidence of using this spectrum too, however it’s not shown.
> >
> >
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> He may simply not have had to before. Until there was the mention that Kralkatorrik could see the future and was working to avoid one, he seemed one of the more 'primordial force' dragons versus strategy - when you just fly over an area and everything's dead or works for you, it didn't seem he needed any thinking to win. Brandstorm's a pretty winning strategy.
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> But with the Last Scion of Glint gaining power he's had to up his game.
Which is all well and good, however Kralkatorrik moved from the top of the Crystal Desert down into Vabbi. Are we suggesting that there were no corpses which would turn into death branded along that pathway? Also it’s not like Kralkatorrik having Death magic was a big surprise, we were already told that Mordremoth, Primordus and Jormag all had access to Death Magic. With Kralkatorrik’s proximity to Zhaitan, he would have gained a good chunk of death magic too.
Anyhow, I’m really getting off topic here.
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> @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > > @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > > I think the most logical solution for the next episode is to have Aurene come back and we kill Kralk and move on, but they could do anything. We could have interdimensional god-like beings pop out of the mists and scatter magic dust all over Kralk and turn him into a rock. Is it likely? No, but it's not impossible. Just seems futile constantly debating and picking apart posts searching for semantics to correct or dissecting sentence after sentence with citations when everything you think you know could easily change with one episode, and could be explained to fit in a way that you wouldn't have imagined because you were too stuck on your personal interpretation.
> > >
> > > But I think sometimes people are more concerned about appearing correct or superior than they are engaging in meaningful conversation. I can imagine it must get pretty exhausting.
> >
> > The problem with that line of thinking is that your so-called "meaningful conversations" will never go anywhere, because everything and anything can be countered with "but ArenaNet can add a reason for this to (not) make sense in the very next release!"
> >
> > Well, by that argument, what's going to happen is that Caithe will go mad with grief and feast on Aurene's corpse and transform thus becoming a dragon herself and will go on to chase Kralkatorrik into the Mists despite being logically far weaker, without visibly killing them, but all will be fine because the magic is no longer building up even though we've been told that The All's imbalance is a more critical issue and magical buildup is merely a visible symptom of that. Oh, and let's not forget how Gaheron Baelfire's soul is gonna come in and stab Taimi with reforged Magdaer after absorbing all the Foefire ghosts. But that'll remain pointless because Taimi will have transferred her consciousness into Blish's golem body so that the two love birds can be together forever in the gut of the ever-fleeing Elder Scardycat Dragon Kralkatorrik.
> >
> > What, doesn't make sense? No reason for any of that to happen? Well you know it could all easily change with one episode, and could be explained to fit in a way that you wouldn't have imagined because you were too stuck on your personal interpretation.
> >
> > There's a reason why theories are based off of evidence and testing. Because without that, you can go into such realms of unexpected, random silliness and massive plotholes that you put Gintama to bitter shame.
> >
> > Can ArenaNet add or change something to make what couldn't feasibly happen, happen? Sure.
> >
> > But what's the point of theorizing over what's impossible now? Enter that territory, and there won't be any meaningful conversations beyond your own fan-fictions.
> >
> > People, especially those constantly having their "beloved theories debunked" by established lore, love to proclaim this, that others are "too focused on what lore has established that you forget Anet can change it any moment" but once you go into what ArenaNet can retcon or add that doesn't fit established lore, there's no real point in discussing it because *anything can happen or get retconned*. Might as well talk about how the skyboxes will turn green and Kralkatorrik will suddenly become a good guy next release.
> >
> > Meh, I think I've made my point about the silliness of that statement.
>
> That was a pretty creative theory actually, and it could happen. I'm certainly not going to tell you it won't, because I'm not the one writing the story. So kudos to you for thinking outside the box!
>
> Great way for Taimi to go too. They've certainly been building up to her death these last few episodes, and your suggestion of her becoming a part of Blish ties in with her fascination of him. Though it seems like she's more interested in the other brother these days. Maybe it's a love triangle.
>
> And now that Sohothin has been abandoned by Rhytlock, that really ties everything in nicely. You should totally write the story from now on.
>
> Till we meet again, my hero.
What is interesting about all this talk about not showing powers and the evidence is that even though eating Zhaitan and Mordremoth’s magic, Kralkatorrik did not display any of this until Season 4. We could have had lots of examples during Path of Fire, but Kralkatorrik shows no death magic powers. Does he use mind magic from Mordremoth? Maybe, but this do much harder to see, if at all.
Also back to the Shadow Magic sphere. Where is that? How come no one is using Shadow Magic? Primordus must be swimming in the stuff and you would think Kralkatorrik should have some evidence of using this spectrum too, however it’s not shown.
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> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > @"Tyson.5160" said:
> > Kinda makes you wonder whether Zhaitan absorbed any magic from Abaddon or the other gods from some of the Orrian artifacts. It never shows it and I doubt it happened, but if Kralkatorrik was able to consume magic from Balthazar and gained mist walker abilities, seems kinda curious that in theory Zhaitan should of been consuming some sort of god magic, when corrupting Orr. Maybe the amount of god magic was negligible.
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> Zhaitan never consumed magic from a slain god though, and he doesn't show any magic but his own. That's kind of my point.
The only thing that comes to mind is the powerful artifact at the end of Temple of the a Forgotten God, which may or may not have magic imbued directly from Abaddon, it’s assumed that the mouth consumes it, but we never find out what it is. I would imagine it was a very important artifact, due to its location at the heart of the temple. Does the artifact contain Abaddon’s power much like Solhothin does with Balthazar, hard to say. It does make for interesting speculation.
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> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > @"Nova.7261" said:
> > It would make sense for things to go towards mechanized though. You can mechanize gliders and mounts, and its not like griffons, raptors, and manta rays, can fight effectively in the air, ground, and sea.
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> I think ArenaNet's made it fairly clear they don't want to introduce new means of combat other than elite specializations and situational-based like the special skill slot.
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> Besides, there aren't any air fights in the first place. Thus, as I said, the only thing we're lacking is mobility for underwater. That's more likely to be tied to a DSD expansion though.
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> > Its just easier to implement then other things. And fyi, the griffon is WAY faster then a glider but that didn't make the glider obsolete. The griffon still can not use updraft, stealth, and other bloodstone skills.
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> TBH, Gliding *is* obsolete once you get griffon. Unless you're in Bloodstone Fen. Griffon can't use updraft, but you can dive and ascend pretty easily. And gliding's stealth is pure kitten level obsolete tbh. The only real benefit that gliding has over griffon outside Bloodstone Fen would be more precise maneuverability due to lower speed.
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> As for your other comparison... ArenaNet would never go into such maintenance requirements for expansion selling points. If anything, that argument counts against yours IMO.
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> > @"cptaylor.2670" said:
> > We don't really know what kind of magic Joko had or where he got it from though. So while Joko himself may have been an ordinary human, the magic that made him capable of what he did hasn't ever been explicitly stated to be normal lich magic.
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> > And reading from the lost scrolls which were hidden by the six, caused the cataclysm and created a lich. So, the lost scrolls being related to the gods meant that god magic was used to create a lich. Joko, who had to die a similar death to Khilibron, could presumably have only been made a lich with god magic. Making whatever Aurene consumed some remnant of said god magic. Though, arguably, as the wiki states, we don't really know that the lost scrolls were god magic or even their origin. But in that case, we have a third kind of special magic with no known origin. If Khilibron and Joko achieved Lichdom using this same form of unknown magic, and we know that Joko's magic is capable of awakening Sylvari, then we don't really know what impact it could have on a dragon that consumed it.
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> > Ruling Joko's magic out isn't really a possibility at this point. Given we only know a little more about his timeline with the latest Halloween texts, and not how he actually became a lich. He abandoned his necromancy teachings to pursue a different path, and that path is what led to him becoming a lich. Given that we don't know the full extent of that path or what it involved, his magic and history can't really be ruled out.
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> > Ruling anything out at this point, seems pretty futile. Because as much research as you do, as much citation as you seed into a post, the writers can still take it whatever direction they want and find a way to make it fit. *shrug*
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> >
> > But in terms of this specific point, ruling out Joko as being just an ordinary human lich with some advanced understanding of Necromancy that somehow makes him unkillable unless killed similarly to Khilibron who became a Lichdom via some unknown ancient magic even the Gods wanted locked away, seems a little misguided.
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> Firstly, we don't have confirmation that Khilbron was made a lich by the Lost Scrolls, in technicality. Given that [Khilbron made The Hunter](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Open_Season) just [as immortal with his magic](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Know_Thine_Enemy) without a Cataclysm-like event would indicate that the Lost Scrolls was not responsible for Khilbron's lichdom, in fact.
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> But to the important topic: We don't really need to know where Joko's magic came from, in the end Joko is but a human made undead and nigh immortal with a powerful spell. We see Zhaitan, Jormag, Primordus, Mordremoth, and even Kralkatorrik - be it directly or through minions - consume magic not of their own domain. Yet not once do they utilize these magics they consumed. Like Balthazar never using Ice magic or whatever magic came from the Maguuma Bloodstone but only ever used fire and war related magic, the Elder Dragons too merely seem to warp the consumed magic into their own domain.
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> Elder Dragons have only gained the powers from the magic taken from those who had a direct connection to domains of magic - other Elder Dragons and (former) gods. And Joko is no such being.
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> And thus, because Joko is no such being, there is zero reason why Aurene would gain the ability to utilize the magic that makes nigh immortality like what Joko, Khilbron, and The Hunter had.
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> How Joko became a lich is irrelevant. What's relevant is merely whether or not he is connected to a domain of magic. And he is not. For despite all his boasting, he is no god. And he certainly is no Elder Dragon.
Kinda makes you wonder whether Zhaitan absorbed any magic from Abaddon or the other gods from some of the Orrian artifacts. It never shows it and I doubt it happened, but if Kralkatorrik was able to consume magic from Balthazar and gained mist walker abilities, seems kinda curious that in theory Zhaitan should of been consuming some sort of god magic, when corrupting Orr. Maybe the amount of god magic was negligible.
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> @"Orimidu.9604" said:
> > @"Arden.7480" said:
> > I secretly hope for the Pale Tree to step in, but all I want is to not have Season 3's finale 2.0. Please Do not introduce Anise and Kryta in the finale!
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> > I hope for the confirmation of my theory that Joko was actually using the Staff of the Mists, and it will be Livia who confirms it because she wields the Scepter of Orr.
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> > The reason why I think Joko used this artefact is because he actually could command the dead and he could trap the spirits of his Awakened inside of them as he wants. Also Joko saying that he entered the Mists with Balthazar to get more spirits from the Mists, so I guess his Staff was capable to do so.
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> > Also I think Joko was never immortal and Aurene only consumed some low quality lich magic, not magic that gives immortality, there is no such a thing, and certainly Joko wouldnt scream like a baby if he could just restore himself out of Aurene's teeth. I doubt Joko's death will be that meaningful, and it was left for us as a false path. Joko fooled us, was playing a role as an actor, I think his power came from the Staff itself or he was doing Abaddon's bidding all along with the Staff of the Mists in his hand.
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> The wiki page for the Scepter of Orr states that the Staff of the Mists was destroyed, although there is no reference to when that happened. The GW1 mission Cold Touch of the Past doesn't mention the staff being destroyed either.
I think you destroy it in the quest, don’t you? If memory serves me correctly.
Update: yeah it gets destroyed.
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Reality checks in video games. Yup...
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> @"Hannelore.8153" said:
> Shadow magic is the magic of stealth and subterfuge. Zhaitan used these abilities many times--commonly associated with Mesmers and Theives-- including at one point cloaking an entire fleet of bone ships, and at another trying to destroy Fort Trinity by infilitration.
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> This is never confirmed in lore, but if you look at Personal Story, Zhaitan used more trickery than any other dragon by far. He was the only dragon to not directly approach problems and instead try to take them out indirectly--and the only time he shows up in game is when he's pressed to directly intervene, in contrast to dragons like Modremoth and Kralkatorrik who were literally everywhere.
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> > @"Tyson.5160" said:
> > > @"Kevin Ardinez.8906" said:
> > > Zhaitan is the dragon of Death and Shadow
> > > can anyone give me example of Shadow magic of Zhaitan?
> > > according to the wiki, Zhaitans abilities are "Raise Undead, Poison Cloud , Putrid Explosion, Spray Poison and Summon Tendrils"
> > > do you think Poison cloud is considered shadow ability??
> > > i remember NPC (maybe Trehearne (claw island mission) mention about dark clouds above fleet of undead making difficult to see and attack
> > >
> > We have been speaking about this topic for a while now. I basically asked the same question in an AFC, unfortunately didn’t get a response. The Shadow magic sphere is a very elusive magic. I went through all the mob data on Risen and found a handful of Risen that use Shadow abilities, not including a shadow step( this might be included in Shadow?) I think it was called shadow orb. I suggested that maybe Zhaitan used Shadow Magic to corrupt the god statues in Orr, but my evidence for it is very small and inconclusive. Unfortunately much like Zhaitan’s weakness, we will need a dev response to sort this out.
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> Zhaitan's weakness doesn't need a dev response, its incredibly obvious. Caladbolg was a weapon forged by a purified dragon champion with an opposite sphere of influence to him (Life versus Death), similar to Primordus and Jormag.
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> The whole point of LS3 was to point out these counter-acting spheres of influence..
We got a dev response on Zhaitan’s weakness...
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/38094/zhaitan-weakness#latest
I was stating we would need a dev response to sort out shadow magic properly. Unless they explain it in the living world episode. A lot of those abilities could counted as Risen thieves and mesmers as well.
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Depends on the context of the kick OP. If there’s shaming involved send a report to Anet, especially since there’s evidence in the chat logs. Eventually those types will get a short ban or time out.
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> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > @"Tyson.5160" said:
> > > @"Teratus.2859" said:
> > > His mouth was serpentine but his full design has never been capable of being shown..
> > > We do see in a vision though a heart/seed growing vines.. and the name of the expansion Heart of Thorns I'm pretty sure is a reference to Modremoth's design.. him being the literal heart of thorns.
> >
> > Isn’t the large tree in Dragon’s Stand where the double helix is, the Heart of Thorns?
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> [Yes](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dragon%27s_Stand_%28Heart_of_Thorns%29).
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> > @"Tyson.5160" said:
> > > @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> >
> > > It requires completing Heart of Thorns to access, and you can do it before starting Season 3, but that doesn't mean it happens right after completing HoT. It was released between Episodes 4 and 5 of Season 3. ArenaNet considers release order to be the chronological order.
> > >
> > > Which means, in canon chronology, Caladbolg was reforged after Caudecus was killed, but before Balthazar was found out.
> >
> > Im going to disagree with this because, what I think has happened is Anet noticed there was no proper conclusion for Heart of Thorns and added this stuff in retroactively. If you don’t have Season 3 and are able to do this content with just Heart of Thorns then I would say it was more of concluding point of HoT.
> >
> > Very similar to how they went back and retroactively added a conclusion area for prophecies with droknars forge explorable. If we used the same logic there the ending for that last area, it would technically happened after eye of the north, which wouldn’t make any sense.
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> ArenaNet didn't really use the same logic in releases back then, and that's a clear direct continuation due to ending up there after the final mission. Caladbolg Reforged, however, is not directly tied to the main story, but is a side story triggered by completing the main story. And literally every other release in Current Events (now Side Story) was a **current** **event.**
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> Hence the name of the category.
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> As in, it happening _currently_ at the timefame of release. Not "this happened a year ago chronologically" but "this is happening now chronologically".
Which is fair but any new player would never know that when going through the game especially if they don’t have Season 3. Much like a new player of GW1, wouldn’t know there was never a droknars forge explorable originally.
I would argue that the very reason they attached it to the main story progression was as a continuation of Heart of Thorns, not something chronologically attached to Season 3, even though it came out much later during Season 3. I would be more inclined to agree with you if it wasn’t attached to finishing Hearts and Minds.
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> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> It requires completing Heart of Thorns to access, and you can do it before starting Season 3, but that doesn't mean it happens right after completing HoT. It was released between Episodes 4 and 5 of Season 3. ArenaNet considers release order to be the chronological order.
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> Which means, in canon chronology, Caladbolg was reforged after Caudecus was killed, but before Balthazar was found out.
Im going to disagree with this because, what I think has happened is Anet noticed there was no proper conclusion for Heart of Thorns and added this stuff in retroactively. If you don’t have Season 3 and are able to do this content with just Heart of Thorns then I would say it was more of concluding point of HoT.
Very similar to how they went back and retroactively added a conclusion area for prophecies with droknars forge explorable. If we used the same logic there the ending for that last area, it would technically happened after eye of the north, which wouldn’t make any sense.
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> @"Teratus.2859" said:
> > @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > > @"Teratus.2859" said:
> > > Yeah Mordremoth was essentially a large seed spouting massive vines and serpent like appendages.
> > > He didn't look like a traditional dragon at all which is one of the reasons I like him so much.
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> > He was a serpentine dragon. There's plenty of such designs through mesoamerican and asian mythologies.
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> His mouth was serpentine but his full design has never been capable of being shown..
> We do see in a vision though a heart/seed growing vines.. and the name of the expansion Heart of Thorns I'm pretty sure is a reference to Modremoth's design.. him being the literal heart of thorns.
Isn’t the large tree in Dragon’s Stand where the double helix is, the Heart of Thorns?
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> @"RaidsAreEasyAF.8652" said:
> > @"flog.3485" said:
> > > @"Astralporing.1957" said:
> > > > @"flog.3485" said:
> > > > > @"RaidsAreEasyAF.8652" said:
> > > > > > @"flog.3485" said:
> > > > > > Well I am pretty sure they wanted to time the release of raids/fractal with each living story update from now on. It was actually the reason why they merged both team.
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> > > > > Yeah, Ill believe it when i see it.
> > > > > I still remember 6 wings per year.
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> > > > > Btw. is there a way to change what i voted for?
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> > > > Yes, sadly there is no way to be sure it is in fact gonna happen. But there is a higher chance it is gonna happen if the teams are not seperate like before.
> > > Nah, having the teams not separated just makes it easier to use the formerly "raid devs" for other stuff instead of raids. It is also a clear sign that raids are no longer important enough to have their own dedicated team. It's probably good for fractals, though. We do see more of fractal stuff lately.
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> > I understand your position but really I will just never be able to agree with you.
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> > Honestly it is just not raids that had problems: it is the basic concept that they always had issues, since the beginning, to develop instanced group content (let’s remember the dungeon team and the lack of instanced content in open world ever since after core game content).
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> > I don’t think it is a lack of importance, but rather a lack of resources; obviously they identified that, spreading their resources too thin between two teams working on a really slow pace to deliver content every 10 months, is not the best way to support the release of instanced group content.
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> Its not only instanced content. Right now anet doesnt support a single game mode properly. Not even open world.
> One new map every 3 or 4 months isnt enough to cut it. After 1 or 2 weeks you are done with the achievements and will probably never go back to the new map again. Why would you? After you have done youre achievements theres nothing to do for you anyway.
I just think people get too spoiled and too impatient with the current design and don’t realize how much of a gift Living World actually is. Designing a map and a game takes time. If you want a huge influx of maps at one time, you will need to wait for an expansion. Even other MMOs aren’t pumping out new maps every month either.
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> @"flog.3485" said:
> > @"RaidsAreEasyAF.8652" said:
> > > @"flog.3485" said:
> > > No offense,
> >
> > No offense taken, dont worry.
> >
> > > but I think you overestimate far too much how fast a casual player might complete these achievements. And the general casual player might not see any value in playing a >map only to get the achievements and never return again.
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> > > I mean personally, I still have stuff to do in Jahai bluffs.
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> > Idk. I dont play that much anymore. Most of the time i only log in for raids with my static and even im done with the new map. I´ve probably spend 10 hours on the new map including the story. Im pretty sure that there are people not done with the achievements yet, but i assume that the majority of the people actually playing the content, is.
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> Yes, a fair point you bring up. I mean you could farm the resources of the maps efficiently with lots of alts but then again you already have quite a hardcore mentality behind it no matter how casual the content might be. And I don’t think the general casual player is into that if so much items in the game are account based anyway.
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> But anyway I digress. Let’s get back at topic.
> The best way to deliver content for Anet imo, would be to alternate raid/fractal for each major release to avoid burn out or make the player base freel like there is only quick content to get through living world.
> Given the thin resources allowed to fractal/raids, getting easy mode raids outside of the already implemented challenge motes is a bad idea.
It’s possible that they go the same route with LWS3 and attached a Legendary amulet or ring to it.
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This is what Sadizi said in the way forward from a PoF.
Sadizi: The hope was that Glint's legacy would stabilize the cycle.
Sadizi: We theorize these vacancies must be filled with **entities** that circulate and share magic rather than hoard it.
Sadizi: Only then will the balance of magic truly become stable. Only then will Glint's legacy achieve its ultimate purpose.
Notice he doesn’t state Dragons, but entities, which really opens up to what could replace an Elder Dragon.
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> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:
> > @"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:
> > The obvious geographical divide that separates the two the continent is the Blaze Ridge Mountain that extends to the south of Ascalon all the way to the sea. There is no obvious continental divide between the Crystal Desert and the nation of Elona.
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> By that argument, Orr is part of Elona. But you'll never find a single piece of information proclaiming that.
Speaking of which, I imagine when the Crystal sea was still around Orr was probably an island rather then a peninsula or maybe a group of islands making up the area.
And also in regards to the Crystal Desert and Elona, we have to remember that the Crystal Desert used to be a sea, which would make for a perfect continental divide.
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> @"Kevin Ardinez.8906" said:
> I always associated "Shadow Magic" with Dark Smoke/Mist/cloud that Blind enemies and hide allies (Like the combo "Smoke Fields")
> similar thinking with "Fire magic" with flames that Burn enemies and cleanse Condis
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I mean it makes sense Elementalists use fire and ice and Primordus uses fire magic and Jormag uses ice magic. We have thief that uses several different skills that have shadow in its name as well as traits. Is this the same magic that Zhaitan used? I’m not sure.
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> @"Eekasqueak.7850" said:
> I just assume Shadow refers to the times he uses stealth, well his minions. We see it most clearly with the wraiths in the story, and how Risen seem to spawn in with a shadowy teleport. What we don't see is evidence of the sphere being passed on to any of the others after Zhaitan dies.
Yes, I theorized that Risen teleported or spawned into location using shadow magic too. It would be nice if we see another dragon play with the Shadow magic sphere so we know what sort of influence it has.
What has also been theorized is that the shadow of the dragon was infused with Shadow Magic from Mordremoth strictly by looking at his abilities in Point of No Return.
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_Tendril
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Malformed_Shadow
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Smothering_Shadow
We haven’t seen Primordus play with Shadow magic unfortunately either.
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> @"ugrakarma.9416" said:
> It seems that this "shadow" does not refer to shadow magic, but only the old association of death with 'obscure things'.
The problem is this shadow sphere of magical influence hasn’t been properly explored or defined. I imagine the devs gave Mordremoth two spheres of influence in order to provide a weakness, then thought oh we gave a second sphere to Mordremoth, we need to give Zhaitan a second sphere as well, let’s go Shadow. I mean it kinda makes sense that it would be Shadow, however they never really described what that actually means.
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> @"Kevin Ardinez.8906" said:
> Zhaitan is the dragon of Death and Shadow
> can anyone give me example of Shadow magic of Zhaitan?
> according to the wiki, Zhaitans abilities are "Raise Undead, Poison Cloud , Putrid Explosion, Spray Poison and Summon Tendrils"
> do you think Poison cloud is considered shadow ability??
> i remember NPC (maybe Trehearne (claw island mission) mention about dark clouds above fleet of undead making difficult to see and attack
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We have been speaking about this topic for a while now. I basically asked the same question in an AFC, unfortunately didn’t get a response. The Shadow magic sphere is a very elusive magic. I went through all the mob data on Risen and found a handful of Risen that use Shadow abilities, not including a shadow step( this might be included in Shadow?) I think it was called shadow orb. I suggested that maybe Zhaitan used Shadow Magic to corrupt the god statues in Orr, but my evidence for it is very small and inconclusive. Unfortunately much like Zhaitan’s weakness, we will need a dev response to sort this out.
Is your reaction to the "Tame The Warclaw" teaser trailer positive or negative?
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> @"PookieDaWombat.6209" said:
> > @"Tyson.5160" said:
> > > @"Booey Bubblehead.4890" said:
> > > > @"dezkreet.3472" said:
> > > > I don't see an apathetic option being need. just splits up the no vote more. Whether you are mad about the mounts themselves or the misuse of valuable dev time for wvw, it's still negative regardless.
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> > > They wasted dev time because his is just another cash grab situation--warclaw mount skins coming to a gem store near you.
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> > The mount was probably designed by a completely different team then WvW.
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> Even worse. That means someone who is unfamiliar with the game type designed something for it that will not work in it. A+
I imagine it was the team that developed mounts as well as the art team. Much like how when new Armor & weapons are added to the game. I’m pretty sure these teams weren’t the ones making the decision to put mounts into WvW...