So, this was recently tweeted;
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I haven't logged in yet, but I bet it's more free stuff... Awful lot of freebies, lately.
Edit: Free Trading Post express.
I agree that Kasmeer and Marjory are more involved than Rox and Braham, but I think there's two good reasons for that. First, Rox and Braham's involvement has more or less been incidental; they were in the wrong places at the wrong times (Rox as a probationary member of Rytlock's warband, Braham because his village was attacked). Marjory and Kasmeer, on the other hand, were
hired by Logan to investigate the death of Theo Ashford, and have stayed involved because of their skill with toxins and illusions, respectively. They're sort of at the front and center because that's what they were brought in to do.
Structurally, it feels like we see more of Kasmeer and Marjory because Rox and Braham came first almost a year ago (Flame and Frost started January 28th, though we didn't meet Rox and Braham until March 26th). They kind of had their introductory phase and then sat on the backburner a bit until there was reason to bring them back (the Queen's Jubilee in August). So it seems like those two characters are being pushed hard because they pretty much didn't have that cooling off phase where we didn't see them.
And personally, I love having the NPCs 'talk over' me. I think the "I'M the hero!" approach to MMO storytelling
cannot exist, simply because every player has the same experiences and so becomes one of several
million special heroic snowflakes (which of course means that
nobody is actually special). I'd rather have ArenaNet give us strong, interesting characters than waste time and money trying to maintain the impossible illusion that every player is the One True Hero and Savior of Tyria.
Yeah you can. When I was trying to decide what I wanted my Norn Ranger to look like, I purposely made a really ugly female on purpose. There's a couple faces that are definitely not youthful and a few that are scarred, and you can make them bald. You do really have to dig in though, unfortunately, so you're not entirely wrong. And you're
definitely not wrong on the armor situation, since I'm a big fan of the 'petite frame in full plate' look (Joan of Arc, Elizabeth at Tilbury, etc.)
I get homosexual
vibes, but I think that's only because that's the closest parallel we have to that sort of relationship. I think it goes much deeper than "Leafy Lesbians"; Sylvari don't reproduce, spawn fully grown from the same 'mother', and they share a sort of communal memory in the Dream. I think for Sylvari there's a connection that runs deeper than any relationship humans could ever have, and the dialogue kind of plays on that. Without creeping into creepy terms, it's almost like they're twin sisters, lovers (the wiki confirms this) and best friends, all before they were even 'born' and all at the same time.
It's like how humans have three types of photo-receptors that allow us to see colors in the spectrum of blue, green and red, but some animals have photo-receptors for many more additional colors that we can't even name, because our brains cannot even process what they might possibly be (the Mantis shrimp, for example, has
sixteen types of photo-receptors). I get the feeling that the Sylvari are meant to have a bond that goes deeper than what humans can really think of.
I forgot how insultingly bad TERA's armor is. That takes "Chainmail Bikini" to a whole new level; "Chainmail Shoestring and two postage stamps."
That said, Shredder is pretty damn cool looking and your armor set up looks really good. I hope we get capes soon.
You know there's eyepatches in the gem store now, right?
It may spread to her entire body eventually (though not necessarily fatal, there is no known cure). It's actually very analogous to MS.
