RyuDragnier.9476

> @"Fenom.9457" said:

> We’re in a weird place where the plot would make perfect sense for there to be another dozen dragons out there, but it won’t happen due to real life reasons - people want to move on from that. Best we may get is a 7th/ultimate with this ‘mother’ kralkatorrik mentioned

I'm still of the mindset that Tyria itself is "mother", and the final Elder Dragon. Jormag mentioned that The Balance doesn't exist, yet the EDs don't fight each other over food. Every ED seems to absolutely avoid each other like the plague, yet can use each other's magic when one dies. They either seem content with their territories, or they're more scared of something else dealing with them if they fight amongst themselves. Assuming that my theory is correct, it makes sense that they could use each other's magic, they're all essentially siblings from the same mother, and also explains why they don't seem to want to leave Tyria, even after being able to enter the Mists. Children tend not to stray too far from their parent after all.

As Runiir said, Spirits are heavily used in PvE Raids. It's pretty much mandatory for any healing Druid to have them for use in those raids.

> @"draxynnic.3719" said:

> So, by this precedent, a Togo legend wouldn't HAVE ritualist skills. Maybe a couple, but it would also be expected to focus on what he did. And what did he do? He taught. He made peace. We already _have_ a pacifist teacher among the legends.

Perhaps we should be looking elsewhere for the Legend. Assuming they don't go for one from Factions, then let's look at other heroes. Perhaps Prince Rurik, Trahearne (just to troll the playerbase), or maybe even Snaff could work?

I'm betting the new system will be updated underwater combat. They wouldn't add underwater capabilities to the Skimmer unless something was in the works.

I'd say the density in PoF is way better than it was in HoT due to how spread out things are. HoT is still a nightmare to me to traverse and do things in, especially the Hero Challenges (it feels like pre-nerf Orr).

All I could want from the new spec is the ability to throw our traps again. I miss being able to do that so much.

> @"Tuco.2419" said:

> I can't be the only one that would prefer EoD comes out with mechanics that effect all professions, like a sixth weapon skill vs adding new elite specs.

The only weapon I would accept is Cestus/Fist weapons. That's right, I want us to be able to punch out an Elder Dragon. It'd fit a lot of professions pretty easily, and the animations could look pretty cool overall. Examples could include an Ele uppercutting an enemy with a giant stone fist, Rangers clawing at an enemy like a wild animal, or Guardians doing "aura pulses" from their palm to pierce an enemy with an unblockable attack.

I've always loved ranged classes, so I chose Ranger to start out with. Stuck through it with the horrors of at launch Orr (where the pet grabbed aggro by existing) that had double the amount of mobs it has now, all of LS1, and up until HoT. Once I got in Heart of Thorns though...I was basically destroyed by enemies I wanted nothing to do with and ended up dropping it for a good long time for Thief/Daredevil, whose stealth and evasion helped me survive at launch HoT and LS3 and PoF. I recently got into raiding, and picked up my Ranger again who is now serving as a Druid and healer for my raid group, so I'm happy I'm playing him again. I still play my Daredevil for the story and open world stuff though.

> @"White Kitsunee.4620" said:

> If they add spears to above ground combat, they better not waste it on a single elite spec.

If they add spears, I suspect most of the professions will get it. I'm personally hoping for cestus or fist weapons, but that's only because I want to punch out an Elder Dragon, as well as get more of that awesome hand to hand combat I got a taste of with the Daredevil spec on Thief.

I'm going to throw a curve ball in here...Tengu Ranger (Druid for HoT and who becomes a Revenant around the end of LS3) who has personal ties to Trahearne (possibly friends who met somewhere). Why? This prevents the stepping on toes for PS choices, and also gives a good reason for why they'd accept him as the Commander. He's not a part of any Order before this point, but because of Trahearne's personal recommendation along with them witnessing him taking down a Dragon Champion, they're perfectly fine with it.

By being a Ranger, it gives him a "link" to the magical forces of nature and could give a bit of a "sixth sense" to when dragon minions attack outside of Orr, allowing him to sense them (inside Orr of course would be difficult, due to the amount of corruption there). Druid would strengthen his connection to the forces of nature, something he'd need desperately in Maguuma due to everything trying to kill him in there. Learning the basics of Revenant shortly after the end of HoT from Rytlock, it builds off his connection to nature, giving him a connection to the Mists themselves and expanding his repertoire of magical energy uses, something we see the Commander do quite a bit in LS3. His learning of some of the new magic skills from LS3 would coincide with his gaining experience as a Revenant and his already extensive knowledge as a Druid.

Revenant would be fully mastered by the time PoF is entered, making specific events feel like they flow better. I won't go into much more after that due to how spoilerific everything from PoF on is, and you basically get the gist at this point.

> @"mezuzel.4987" said:

> As someone who started playing only a few years ago, these are so weird to see! What's the little blue ^ icon in some of @Veprovina.4876 screenshots? Is that what the hero point icon used to look like?! :open_mouth:

Correct, that is exactly what they used to look like, but they were known as Skill points back then. We used to have to use Skill Points to buy all our class skills instead of hero points to get it all off a trait ring. Trait books used to be bought from class trainers to teach us the various tiers of traits.

Old LA...man I miss it. Can we please have it back somehow? I miss that place so much, the new one isn't as good as the old one, at least aesthetically.

> @"EdwinLi.1284" said:

> > @"RyuDragnier.9476" said:

> > > @"Jack Swiftclaw.9076" said:

> > > Roland and Caithe: this interaction brought up the idea of Champions. What it means means for us and them to be a Champion of a dragon. I think they these interactions we are seeing that the dragon that has a mortal champion is more powerful. I don't think we are done yet understanding who we are to Aurene.

> > This brings up something that I've wondered for a while...why did Aurene give Caithe her power and not us? It doesn't make sense considering the deep bond we have. Unless she couldn't or wouldn't for a reason. Considering she can see into the future, it's possible that she foresaw something that could only be done if we were not given her powers directly like Caithe.

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> > Well, that, or...the Commander is already the champion of the EDs "mother", which leads to a theory that Tyria itself is an ED. Though that theory could hold water as to why "the balance" doesn't exist. It may just be that too much energy going off would wake "mother" and just lead to destruction from her moving around, leading to the EDs mere existence being to regulate the magical energy so she doesn't wake up. Which would also explain why the Human Gods left, it would be something that would make their mere presence there a serious threat to everything that exists on Tyria.

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> We are getting Aurene's Champion powers in the Mastery abilities being from Crystal Champion Mastery and the newly added Dragon Slayer Mastery

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> Though a different form of Champion abilites since these powers do not alter our appearance.

I knew I was forgetting something. "Mother" still makes my mind race to possibilities to what it could be, and I have a tendency to jump to plausible yet easily shut down theories because I always forget a detail or two.

> @"Jack Swiftclaw.9076" said:

> Roland and Caithe: this interaction brought up the idea of Champions. What it means means for us and them to be a Champion of a dragon. I think they these interactions we are seeing that the dragon that has a mortal champion is more powerful. I don't think we are done yet understanding who we are to Aurene.

This brings up something that I've wondered for a while...why did Aurene give Caithe her power and not us? It doesn't make sense considering the deep bond we have. Unless she couldn't or wouldn't for a reason. Considering she can see into the future, it's possible that she foresaw something that could only be done if we were not given her powers directly like Caithe.

Well, that, or...the Commander is already the champion of the EDs "mother", which leads to a theory that Tyria itself is an ED. Though that theory could hold water as to why "the balance" doesn't exist. It may just be that too much energy going off would wake "mother" and just lead to destruction from her moving around, leading to the EDs mere existence being to regulate the magical energy so she doesn't wake up. Which would also explain why the Human Gods left, it would be something that would make their mere presence there a serious threat to everything that exists on Tyria.

> @"anninke.7469" said:

> I'm a little concerned about him being in the same area as Lady Camilla, the established stal... I mean herald of the Pact Commander.

I'm concerned as well...what if she gives him the idea to write a book with us and Rytlock as lovers!? I mean, there's been more than enough things to happen to nod to it, but I don't think we want the entirety of Tyria thinking we're an item. On second thought...the Commander and Rytlock's reactions might actually be worth seeing from that.

Nothing was ever done with it as far as I can remember. Would be nice if they made it a Legendary Weapon we could make during the Icebrood Saga storyline.

What happened is they had their own Industrial Revolution without Flame Legion or the need of gods holding them back. With their need for weapons for war (since they have largely been a war-centric race), it was only natural they would innovate and industrialize eventually, similar to how humans have done so in the real world in the past. Higher efficiency, better quality, and pretty much an arms race to keep them ahead of the other races should war with them ever occur.

> @"Perihen the Thawk.9527" said:

> > @"Tyson.5160" said:

> > Given how the episode ended, speaking about the Charr having to pick sides and Andrew Gray’s message about episode 3 and 4 Meta being similar to WvW. I would imagine we will be seeing a charr civil war in the Blood Legion Homelands. Possibly with Bangar being defeated, licking his wounds and eventually running to Jormag to be corrupted.

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> I agree they're building up to a civil war of some kind, but I have a hard time coming up with a place/motivation for it that makes sense. Bangar is already the Imperator of Blood Legion, and the rank and file don't have much reason to revolt yet, so I don't see why they would be fighting in their own lands unless the other Legions are the aggressors. Maybe he declares himself Khan-Ur and tries to rally the footsoldiers of the other Legions to join him, so the remaining Charr from the other Legions... attack? I don't know, it doesn't really gel together for me. This seems like something Bangar might do, but I don't know if the other Legions would actually *invade* Blood territory over this, rather than simply try to keep a tighter grip on their soldiers and prepare their defenses while spreading their own propaganda.

I think the answer is simpler than you think. Crecia has seen what Bangar has done. She may end up revealing what he's doing to Blood Legion, announcing he's unfit to be Imperator and must be taken out of power. This would lead to infighting between those in Blood who believe that Bangar is a threat to the high legions themselves, and those who agree with him. We have our Civil War, without the other legions getting involved.

> @"Stephen.6312" said:

> > @"iRedfox.3198" said:

> > Is Rhytlock our best mate in GW2 so far? I mean he was with us trough all of our jorneys (well most of them) even though he has done some stupid things from time to time (like freeng Balthazar from his prison [even though he didn't know it was him] just to make his lighter work again).

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> Rytlock is a rogue agent. From the way that his requiem reads, his independent streak is partly due to physical contact with Sohothin. It's almost as though his mind is no longer fully his own and he serves the will of the sword.

It read more like he let the sword's power go to his head.

> @"Ayrilana.1396" said:

> It’s not at the difficulty of a raid boss though. The issue is that players are choosing not to learn, and execute, mechanics. I’ve been in some fail groups where players who were assigned torches chose not to do them.

Sadly you don't even need to do the mechanics. I was in a group about 30 minutes ago that completed the boss without doing a single mechanic, just because of how powerful our heals were.

> @"Fenom.9457" said:

> The bigger question is if aurene can keep sucking up dragon magic forever because if not we gotta find another dragon

Or just a vessel. I wonder if we can seal the magic into something similar to a Bloodstone.

> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:

> Anise is Livia's daughter by all appearances. I doubt a goddess is the daughter of some necromancer just over 250 years old. Besides, Kormir talked to Lyssa recently, which would put a huge hole in the theory because Lyssa officially left the world.

*pulls on tinfoil hat*

Did Lyssa actually leave? Or was it one of the twins with an illusion of the other sister?

> @"Thornwolf.9721" said:

> > @"Astrolicus.3716" said:

> > Imagine being so salty and complaining when we're just in episode 1, just wait until later this season, then judge. It is extremely early to judge LWS5 at this point. **_We are literally in episode 1_**

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> Ok so lets challenge your mentality here. They promise expansion level content, release a prologue that looks REALLY promising and then episode 1 comes out and is smaller in both story and scope than the Prologue. It is separated into two episodes spanned acrossed three months apart roughly, so its like reading a chapter of a book and once half way through it you get stopped and asked to not read again for three months.

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> To top that off we have received nothing expansion level in scope, No E-specs, no new toys or real masteries (The raven one feels like a S3 mastery that will be abandoned in the near future.) Fractals, raids, WvW, PvP have all been begging for content and are ignored and strikes (The new ones not the first one) have no exclusive rewards so due to the acheivo if you even care about it makes it a One and done. All the weapons and all the achievements in the new map are super fast, super easy to get and take no challenge or even real focus to be obtained.

Let me bold the important part for you.

**We are literally in episode 1**

> @"Fenella.2634" said:

> If norn society was really that strict about "failure", we would have seen something similar with Eir earlier. Did she get any backlash for "failing" to kill Kralkatorrik besides from Zojja and her own selfblame? I don't think so. Quite the opposite, she was well respected. Norn may be painted as rather simplistic and straight forward, but they are not stupid and I am sure they should be able to tell what was Braham's doing and what wasn't.

She DID get banished for failing to kill the Dragonspawn at first, which retaliated and attacked Hoelbrak. That was her big failure. Right now they're shaping up Braham to be like Eir, so I fully expect him to succeed in dealing with Jormag in some form, and being welcomed back by the Norn. Perhaps by finding a way to fight back Jormag's mental corruption.

To the Norn, it's an absolute failure. And that's all that matters in his mind.