Fleebag.1384

I had a dislike for him, not so much as the character he was representing but how bugged and useless he was in early game stories/events where he participated,

Mostly I remember him stuck at the start or soon after, busy speaking his monologues while my character was busy fighting mobs, escorting things etc. Then in the end when a section or chapter was done he would superspeed to the rest of us and get the glory for succeeding with the mission.

If he hadn't bugged out so much and been a functioning active part of the events I wouldn't have minded him getting the glory/?

edit: spelling

Yod.... I mean, Asura, just needs to grow them ears a bit - (gar)guaranteed success - unless they get sued by Disney for some reason?

> @"jpsssss.7530" said:

> - Necro should get Warhammer (skin looks like a great axe) but make it a condi spec (since condi scourge is peepee poopoo). Vengeance/rage theme. very in your face condi spec.

I support this. Short timespan close combat survivability and In-Out ability (possibly in new "hammer-themed" shroud). Main effect being short range, epidemic style in your faces condi spreads and some short range AOE CC to help break up blobs.

Tengu mount would work too

Think it was Jeff Grub and perhaps Ree Soesbee - could have been in some german fansite interview.

I remember reading an interview with a couple of Anet lore leads in a fan mag sometime around core GW2, When asked which race is the oldest Tyria they answer was Asura. I can't find the article anymore - anyone remember this and can point me in the right direction?

A couple of other tidbits from this article to help jog memories:

- Asura would, if they could sort themselves out, - be the most dominating race in Tyria (accompanied by some description of crazy Asura tech example).

- The only real threat to Asura domination in this scenario would be a great enough number of Skritt - one of the reasons why Asura feel so threatened (dislike?) by them.

So - Any1 remember this and can link to it?

what caught my eye was "players haven’t yet seen in person" and assuming they included GW1 players, only one i could think of was E as we haven't seen him/her as "character" E in person. The other that popped into my head was whatever new God of War we got - but that is not a "character" imo??

E?

"There’s a lot going on in this new hub, including the debut of an unexpected fun character that players haven’t yet seen in person. Seriously, everyone here is excited. I’ll be following the forums to read your reactions. :)"

Neither... just female/male as options is too narrow!

Pretty much what I was expecting based on the preamble available... Had some hope they would surprise with something additional but that was always an outlier for me.

Got it again just now - so still an issue

Scouting Keeps and Towers?

Flipping and Defending Supply camps?

Shadowing enemy Zergs?

Walking or killing Dolyaks?

Refreshing Siege?

~~Repairing walls and gates?~~

Ninja-ing enemy Towers and Keeps?

~~Picking on the tails of enemy Zergs?~~

Tapping Keeps to contest Waypoints?

~~Trolling?~~

+1 a fight?

More diverse builds because MS traits/runes are now not mandatory?

Testing your skills against other Roamers who want to fight?

~~Stomping Zerglings who don't want to fight?~~

> @"Gaile Gray.6029" said:

> What did you think of the tale?

I really missed these background stories and would certainly like **more ** of them to flesh out and support the in-game content !!!

I'm for DE redemption - would hopefully bring closure and allow fresh new direction with old DE finally in the retirement home and debt cleared.

> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:

> Kralkatorrik: Killed off in a dance off to a poorly made remix set.

eheheh - rest in pieces - Poof the purple dragon

Well some things we can guess/deduce I think.

As I see Aurene's vision - she bases it on herself directly confronting Kralk with varying combos of allies - and always end up dead/crystallized... so either she needs to "die" before she can take Kralks place, or we need someone else to directly confront Kralk and keep Aurene in some auxiliary role.

We also have Naja and the Crystal Attunement — Collect all the Branded crystal samples that Naja requires - talking to her after completion she says: "With this set of crystal samples, I'm all set to make music. So to speak. Comparative harmonies, vibrational profiles...". And since we know what Kralk's weakness is... …

> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:

> Which tells us that the jackals are formed from Abaddon's remnant magic, not human-turned-demon souls.

So riding a Jackal ought to protect us from the K-riks lightning while in the brand then?

> @"ThatOddOne.4387" said:

> Fleebag asked how big "the sea" was and I linked the article to the Crystal Desert for explanation, I thought that was obvious but maybe not to someone so keen to jump on a post and say what it needs to "become an argument". (Hint: It wasn't being used as an argument)

Yup - I got it was in reply to my question :)

> @"ThatOddOne.4387" said:

> https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Crystal_Desert

So a rough eyeballing measure would put K-rik branding about the equiv 1/3 of the Crystal Desert in 2 strafing fly-overs - would that be about right?

> @"ThatOddOne.4387" said:

> > @"Tails.9372" said:

> The magic of a single god escaping (Abaddon) is enough to destroy Tyria whilst it takes at least 3 Elder Dragon deaths to start to result in the same. The mere clash of Abaddon versus the other Gods caused a sea to turn into a desert from the fallout, something no Elder Dragon has managed.

Not sure exactly how big the sea was, but K-rik by himself turned a lot of stuff into the brand/crystal - across several zones, seems pretty huge fallout, and that just by himself? (+Zhaitan lifting Orr and Mordy jungle corruption etc...)

> @"Fleebag.1384" said:

> Aurene ate and assimilated Jokos memories, and we will now be guided by those memories (through Aurene?) - Aftger all, It did seem Joko had a lot of in-depth knowledge of ED, their workings and our miserable attempts to contain it that we never got the chance to learn due to Aurene's unexpected feasting.....

Actually, thinking some more on this:

- Joko was the star of his own show - at least in his own view

- and we already had one of his memories played up for us in the "hidden" Joko statue

So maybe not through Aurene after all - , but through additional recorded Joko memories we need to chase down?

Aurene ate and assimilated Jokos memories, and we will now be guided by those memories (through Aurene?) - Aftger all, It did seem Joko had a lot of in-depth knowledge of ED, their workings and our miserable attempts to contain it that we never got the chance to learn due to Aurene's unexpected feasting.....

Although I agree we as Commander messed up bad by acting on bad info, I don't see the Elder Dragons as necessary, only the function they provide is.

So the problem/question is rather, how do we replace/modify that function to secure Tyria?

Same here. Gone through all my mails, got one from Skimmer Trainer Ardra to meet her and buy a skimmer saddle, (still in inbox) however, I already have the skimmer and talking to her doesn't offer me the Ebele missive. As mentioned, searched all char inventory, mails and bank - no missive.