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in the way that sky cotl is the only game i've played that understands what i want flight to feel like, gw2 is the one of the few games i've played that understands what i want animal mounts to feel like and be in the world. even outside of their mechanics, there's a little latency and weight to their movements but not enough to be inconvenient. with raptors you're really just throwing yourself around, lurching at sudden stops. there are boss fights where you get on one of your ground mounts and throw a chain at the giant enemy's legs and run in a circle and you can actually see the chain tangling around and around the enemy's legs until they're incapacitated. THIS is being an animal rider in a fantasy world. when you mount up inside a quest, all the NPCs mount up too, and their mounts have colors tailored by character, so they're not all getting on a generic brown journeykin warclaw. you're riding out with your crew and they've all got their own mounts. which is what i wanted
been sitting on these for a while and I think they're as done as they're gonna get! trying to simplify isgarren's whole wardrobe deal is about to make me start throwing things
some rambling/thoughts/etc. below the cut
idk I seem to be in the minority here but I do actually genuinely like isgarren. lol. lmao.
BUT most of the criticism I've read about him is all very valid. he's a character with a ton of potential that just isn't being used for some reason.
he doesn't exactly learn from his mistakes. he just kind of immediately shuts himself down emotionally and puts every bad experience into a box that he hasn't opened for centuries. that avoidance and weird selective amnesia makes him very compelling, but at some point, something has to happen. isgarren deflects every attempt to converse about the aforementioned Box, and at this point, it's starting to sound more like lazy writing rather than good characterization. I think voe is starting to tilt in an awkward-heart-to-heart-discussion direction, I hope, and I'm BEGGING anet to let us have an honest, genuine conversation with Isgarren about EVERYTHING.
I think isgarren's strongest characterization came in soto. his possessed monologue on top of the spire is something I think about often. we meet him at his absolute most vulnerable; possessed, at the mercy of cerus, and at the mercy of the commander who he's actively needling in all the wrong (right) ways. it's such a fascinating character introduction.
isgarren is a wonderful pragmatic/impersonal contrast to the commander's selfless/"i'd save the farm" mentality and I NEED them to yell at each other about it more.
I'm not a fan of how easily the commander came to heel next to Isgarren's side, and I wish they'd both tug at the leash a bit more, so to speak.
(again, I feel like voe is heading in this direction, ie. Isgarren can't touch ancora and the comm now knows about his exile. for once, it seems like the commander has a bit of power over him; both physically and emotionally)
(this is just me hoping that we get to see isgarren break in the next story update. he's got so much stacked against him right now, and as stoic and unmovable as he is, the Recent Events and Revelations are bound to get heavier and heavier to bolster by himself. I need him to either get really pathetic about it or just completely shut down. both would Cause Problems, and that's what I'm looking for.)
uhhhhhh this is absolutely just me, but I want the comm and isgarren's relationship to be a little more erotically charged. idk. I think the commander and isgarren are currently the two most powerful beings in tyria and that's a sexy and fun little relationship. I want them to fight. I want them to argue. I want them to stubbornly disobey their orders/a-previously-agreed-upon-plan bc they think they know more than the other. I want them to be in awe of each other. I want them to begrudgingly respect the other's power, authority, experience, and knowledge. I want them to kind of hate it. I want them to kind of love it.
I think isgarren is a voracious reader. that man reads everything (canonically including smut involving himself, to my absolute delight). I like to think that he's always in the middle of reading something, whether that be a tome, relic, history book, or Goldclaw's latest release.
he's also messy as hell, and is a little bit of a gossip hound. he likes To Know(tm).
I'm so enamored with the concept of a punk-ish, recently exiled isgarren deciding to take up residence in a floating tower. the unnecessary theatrical drama of that whole little number is so endearing to me.
I love that his all-knowing, all-powerful, holier-than-thou outward projection is occasionally rubbed away just enough to catch glimpses of his child-like petulance underneath. he's such a difficult person to get along with. he's just the worst.
I think he's a person who is obsessed with aesthetics, and, by extension, art. yes, it's good to be armed with knowledge and ability, but presentation is just as important. he's clearly given the astral ward a recognizable and concise aesthetic, and he's not even subtle about it. he likes all his little soldiers to be lined up just so in freshly pressed linens and newly polished weapons.
isgarren is a very good gift giver. I don't think he's handing out presents left and right, but he has an extensive collection (he's not called Isgarren the Curator for nothing, I'm sure) and knowledge of all sorts of artifacts, books, jewelry, weaponry, etc etc to know exactly what to present someone in the rare event that a gift is necessary.
Now that he's Out And About again, I think he probably gets mistaken for a djinn a lot
(I'm a little disappointed that the nickname given to him by those who are familiar with him is "Ren" and not "Izzy")
here at zhaitandeeznutz we believe in giving people hard truths and the time they need to digest them.
braham is a good character and his depiction of grief is very realistic, so is caithe and her actions are understandable if you take more than five minutes to digest the lore of HoT;
even the worse parts of the gw2 writing is leagues better than a good chunk of AAA games y'all just don't engage with the story on any level beyond complaining on Reddit;
the human-charr wars were messy but the overarching point is it was human genocidal colonization from top to bottom that caused it, from abbadon puppeting the flame legion into making the charr a misogynistic theocracy to gwen thackeray inspiring generations of bloodlust against charr to the point of her being a literal boogeyman in charr mythos;
palawa joko does is gay;
you're not supposed to view the wizards and the astral ward as always morally correct it is in fact a huge part of the text that they will do stupid shitty things and your involvement is sorting through them and keeping them from doing it again, which you would've known if you spent more than five minutes thinking about SoTO and doing something other than oggling peitha without considering her actual character and story impact;
the asura are indeed a deeply racist society while still being targets of deeply ingrained racism by humans and charr, this is not a contradiction this is how a lot of real life societies are across our literal globe, please consider the nuances before I, an asura main and enthusiast, rip your head off.
thank you, fuck you, get off my lawn, there's lemonade in the fridge.
The eastern zodiac is comprised of 11 real life animals and 1 mythical creature, the dragon.
In the MMO Guild Wars 2, for the Lunar New Year festival they use the same zodiac. However, dragons are an actual real creature that everyone knows about. But Guild Wars 2's lunar new year also features a zodiac of 11 real life animals and 1 mythical creature... the horse.
Update: It's the Year of the Horse and horses still don't exist. But rubber horse masks do. (Also pictured, Gourdon who is a perfectly normal living cactus)
so i assume we all know at this point that if you're an elementalist you can coat your tongue with ice and cheat the spicy chicken wing HP in shipwreck strand.
but did you know that the sad gay freebooter can be skipped if you're a Guardian?
pikrewe currently features 8 skin colors, 6 ear types, 20+ hair components and much more!
feel free to tag me in your creations! I would love to see 💚
future updates 📣
the next update will be the attire update🧣👕👖in early january, bringing tons of new accessories, headpieces, tops, and other cosmetics! there will also be new color options for skin and hair, as well as some new components
get involved! 🤝
have an addition in mind? feel free to drop it in my ask box and I will consider it!
please leave any and all feedback as well, it's my first time making something like this 😅
thank you 💚
I have invested a LOT more into what was initially just a small for-fun project and I really appreciate you for having read through all this haha. I hope you have fun!
just trying out my picrew makes me so happy already! if you'd like to further support me, I have a ko-fi as well ☕️
No context, just, I love you Commander... generic Commander. Everyone's Commander. Fully voiced mmo protag who is allowed to make individual choices to the extent it doesn't break this type of game. Commander with their own personality. Not just a blank slate who says nothing, thinks nothing, has no meaningful relationships with anyone.
I love you Commander. Sassy, cheeky, sad, angry, funny Commander who eats garbage for Hero Points. Thank you Anet
Hoping that one day we can get a female villain who’s obsessed with over by the community like we get with Vloxx and Cerus and Joko and
Sry it is just a tad bit depressing sometimes 😔 can’t remember the last time we’ve had an actual prominent story female villain since Scarlet (Ankka barely got to exist, we barely got to keep Mai Trin, now I just hope they at least pull through with Kuda bc it’s dire out here.
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