I'd like to think everyone else participating in dragon bash breaks the piñatas normally and it's just the commander who comes in and absolutely obliterates them every time
Tarir already has, in game, mesoamerican influence within it's architecture. My character himself is also Mexican Indigenous, so I felt particularly emotional about the thought of leaning into that. So Here is Aurene inspired by Mexica art! In my mind, the exalted created this mural shortly after her birth, to commemorate it and soldify Leo as her champion... embedded into the walls of her sanctuary.
-Confirmed continued development on the first and second Guild Wars
-Reforged moving to mobile devices
-New content coming to 2 after VoE includes a new open world Orr map, a Hall of Monuments system, and WvW borderland, as well as updates to older content like the Zhaitan fight
After developing new Dungeons for Guild Wars Reforged and seeing their success, they're now trying a new (unknown) form of content soon to come
After VoE they're taking a break from expansion content for Guild Wars 2 until Guild Wars 3 has released. Then they are returning to Annual Major Content updates for GW2.
During the break after VoE finishes they plan to spend an entire year to go through each area of the game to make 'meaningful improvements'
They're updating the Zhaitan fight in the personal story??
We're getting a GW2 New Orr map and it is a 'Core game addition, free for all to play'
It sure is a good time to be someone who is very chill about games, because with the fact we're getting more GW2 alongside GW3, plus probably extra stuff for GW1, I really feel like
one of the many things I'm excited about re gw3 is the nature of it being a prequel and all the free extra depth that comes from that.
you're a vaelwarden, a protector of the people and spirits of orr. all the good your vaelwarden does, all the happy things that happen to them are going to be underpinned by these bittersweet, tragic feelings of "but in the end it was all for nothing". and maybe some people dont like that, but I think getting to see orr have it's fleeting time on tyria is like. awesome. maybe the vaelwarden will love orr and put their entire soul into caring for it all. and one day it'll all come crashing down and sink to the bottom of the ocean.
I could go on about how that the temporary nature of all that good ultimately not meaning much is very. life. that's life. and it still matters even if it all vanished. it matters because it vanished. but then its also what happens in gw2 that gives it so much meaning to me.
sure, everything your vaelwarden achieves is temporary, maybe nothing much in the grand scheme of things. but like 1300+ years into the future after everything you worked for was destroyed, someone who has never known you and your story will come along and be so dedicated to reviving the land that you loved and making it something new and cared for once again. some guy, part of a race you could have never conceived of, will rally the collective effort of the world for the sake of removing the rot and filth from this ruin that was so long forgotten. that legacy will encourage a whole new generation of adventurous spirits to flock to this place because they see hope and potential in what it could become with some care. they carry on your work in a new way.
the will of determined people echoing throughout the centuries. an unseen line between then and now.
since we had a raven helm for this year's dragon bash in gw2, which is relevantly norn themed because norn can go ravenform, can we also have a wolf and snow leopard and bear helm in future years' dragon bashes.
Happy June and happy Pride, everyone! If there's any month where I actually make my announcement post on time, this is the one to do it - next Saturday (June 6th) will be the first Saturday of a new month, which means it's time for another art party hosted by my guild, [VS] Verdant Shield!
For those not familiar, art parties are a concept carried over from Final Fantasy XIV: in-game get-togethers for artists of all kinds to hang out, chat, and create together! For GW2 parties there’s more of an emphasis on hanging out and gathering references during the party itself, and then in the days/weeks following to work on your creations at your own pace and then post to the shared art party tag. We’ve used the same one (#VSArtParty) since the very beginning so you can go allll the way back and explore what people have made! The most important thing to keep in mind though is this: the ‘goal’ of an art party isn’t to be drawn, but to draw others, and share with the community!
Time and /squadjoin information is below the cut, but will also be posted again on the day of the party as squads go up!
Location Information:
I've decided to make the Lion's Arch Gate in Gendarran Fields the Official June/Pride Party Location™, since it's a spot that Tyria Pride marchers have passed through every year, and will pass through again later this month during the event! It's super easy to get to via either the literally-right-there Cornucopian Fields Waypoint, or by walking north out of Lion's Arch (Trader's Forum Waypoint would be closest)!
Time & Squad Details:
As always, there’ll be two parties - the first one on EU servers and the second on NA ones - with an hour break in between!
The EU server party will begin at 9pm Central European Summer Time (aka 3pm Eastern Daylight Time or 5 hours before in-game reset). I’ll be hosting this one on my EU alt account, so please either /whisper or /squadjoin Paranomalous Plexxi for a taxi invite if you don’t end up on the right map!
The NA server party will begin 1 hour after the EU party’s official end, at 7pm Eastern Daylight Time (aka 1am Central European Summer Time or 1 hour before in-game reset). I’ll be on my main account for this one, so please /whisper or /squadjoin Kirslyn for a taxi invite if you don’t see my customary white cat tag hanging around on your map!
Closing Words:
You of course aren't obligated to change up your outfit for the festivities, but feel free to do so (or bring any of those Pride-themed cryptids I've seen lurking out there) if you feel like it! At the end of the day these events are for all of you guys, and I really do enjoy hosting them even if I've been on the quiet side lately! Have fun out there, and I'll see you soon! ♥
My idea for how to handle the character of The Commander if there's ever a guild wars 3:
-across tyria there are wildly conflicting accounts of the commander’s deeds and who they were
-these varying accounts line up with different personal story choices in gw2
-different species and factions claim the commander was one of their own
-there have been literal wars over who gets to claim the pact commander
-cue Trahearne Junior's speech about the history of the Guild Wars... 2!
-eventually you get a post-story end game quest where you find a lead on some actual documented, uncontested history of the commander
-it's long as fuck and extremely difficult and expensive
-the quest leads you to an elderly, ancient, snargle goldclaw
-the last living person to have personally known the commander
-he rambles on about his life and novels for a literal eternity
-only after you sit and listen through ALL his life stories including a bunch of different hidden dialogue branches do you unlock the option to ask about the pact commander
-he confirms that canonically, the Official Canon Pact Commander... "was the bravest choya i ever knew"
-he then immediately dies peacefully of old age
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