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[daeneryssansa]

It's only a passing thing, this shadow.

[guildwuff2]

next! zoxu backlog, feat. @neuromanceratronach 's hekk and @rata-whitz 's kurrt ✨

[rata-whitz]

Kurrt (bottom left, in the middle!), the most well-meaning out of touch old man goblin

[elliegully]

[rata-whitz]

Watches the GW2 Mistbound card game trailer - Charr with no ears - Charr with 3 sets of horns and no claws, that then manifests a fiery version of itself that 1. has a fox/wolf tail 2. Fox ears with no horns or Charr ears - Another Charr with no ears - A remarkably smooth Sylvari in completely Norn aesthetic - A Charr that looks more like a bat and cow mixed

I will not miss the game if it never comes to NA/EU. Glad to hear Anet aren't publishing or developing it, sad to know they unfortunately have to have their name tacked on it (not their decision of course, it's NCSoft)

[frogcroaks]

2026 sona ref. artfight is here and she needed a refresh coat of paint. look upon my frog

[frogcroaks]

2026 sona ref. artfight is here and she needed a refresh coat of paint. look upon my frog

[rosewoodroad]

I made a sort of AU swap-evil AU hybrid and the brainrot hit a little too hard. I blame @kasimova-dariia for inspiring me with her evil wysma art first (third pic LOOK AT HIM)

I haven't thought it through BUT I’m imagining a Tyria where Wysma somehow ends up as the de facto Inquest Director, and Vloxx/Isgarren are the ones dealing with the Elder Dragons instead (and stalling, because they don't have Aurene).

[kiqo-gw2-corner]

SO a bit ago I DMed a plot with @rata-whitz and had an utter BLAST. Played a sylvari named Bethan who use to be a mentor before falling down on hard times. When she discovered a recently created drug that bolstered one's magical capabilities, she quickly found it granted all the power she wanted. It was up to our party to stop this drug, especially when its darkest effect was revealed; it was slowly turning people into Margonites. Now I have a spikey purple mushroom and she's a mess <3

Gallo, the non-stop smoking asura belongs to @rata-whitz ! Gytha, the norn who managed to befriend this mess of a mushroom belongs to @guildwuff2 ! Jaehm, the asura with dreads and no time for this nonsense belongs to @adurolobe !

[rata-whitz]

It was awesome DM'ing this like- I had no idea it would evolve the way it did

what a fucking blast, look at all those ^^^^^^ adventures!! ^^^^^^^

Anyway here's a picture of Mortt, another absolutely deranged NPC from this plot. Everyone who he talked to has been changed forever <3

[kiqo-gw2-corner]

Points at this horrible HORRIBLE goblin man, I loved him and Gallo so dearly I would request more of Morrt but think rata-whitz's brain would melt in real time

[66-eyes]

supposed to be a warm up but then i did too much can't decide if floof or no floof either

[into-theocean]

After hours

[shroomlet]

"I knew you were going to find me, I'm glad."

[nyanamo]

Principal Biomancer Sebb

[rata-whitz]

GW2 news again! Off the back of their Live-stream Not a lot this time but tl;dr

Confirmation they intend to work on GW2 expacs (with the same current annual release schedule they have had for SOTO/Janthir/VoE) after GW3 is released

They'll be addressing each area of the game for modernisation and other changes from Core, then going through expac to expac, with a schedule of 1.5-2 months between each of those releases for the next year (or 18 months not sure, think they are counting from now and not from when VoE concludes)

They later addressed their intention to finally explore some lingering plot threads that have been hanging in the air for a long time for future GW2 expacs

They said that GW2's version of the Hall of Monuments would be a mix of stuff that applied retroactively and required you to replay it, albeit with very loose non-committal language to one or the other

The dev teams are completely separate for each game. This is a relief for me because I remember how rough Living World releases could be back in the day, when development teams were different between each release and there was a distinct disconnection and clear lack of communication between them. Nice to know GW2 & 3 probably won't have that

[rata-whitz]

Trying to think of the lingering plot threads too… All that comes to mind is:

The Charr Imperators that were implied to be up to something (Janthir epilogue)

Torment, at a stretch

Some Dwarves resurfaced but seemed to immediately get forgotten (perhaps by design) and by extension the Underground that Primordus destroyed and caused Asura to flee from is potentially open for exploration again

Malyck

Foefire

Wwwwhere's the Nightmare Court?

Bangar

Norn can return to the Far Shiverpeaks with the absence of Jormag

Where's my Itzel tonic?

Wonder if there's other stuff?

[rata-whitz]

GW2 news again! Off the back of their Live-stream Not a lot this time but tl;dr

Confirmation they intend to work on GW2 expacs (with the same current annual release schedule they have had for SOTO/Janthir/VoE) after GW3 is released

They'll be addressing each area of the game for modernisation and other changes from Core, then going through expac to expac, with a schedule of 1.5-2 months between each of those releases for the next year (or 18 months not sure, think they are counting from now and not from when VoE concludes)

They later addressed their intention to finally explore some lingering plot threads that have been hanging in the air for a long time for future GW2 expacs

They said that GW2's version of the Hall of Monuments would be a mix of stuff that applied retroactively and required you to replay it, albeit with very loose non-committal language to one or the other

The dev teams are completely separate for each game. This is a relief for me because I remember how rough Living World releases could be back in the day, when development teams were different between each release and there was a distinct disconnection and clear lack of communication between them. Nice to know GW2 & 3 probably won't have that

[smellyvampirez]

my toons, DUCK AND ROACH

[cloudcrouton]

dude ur lizard is nonbinary did. did you know

[rata-whitz]

i was today years old having played gw2 since 2012 and only just found out the personal story isn't replayable!? Well then! I suppose I must have never looked over the course of 14 years lmao Yeah with a redone Zhaitan on the horizon i'm sure they'll address that