Well, yeah. That's why for the first many years that Sylvari existed, they were victimized and experimented on. They unfortunately had the Asura for their neighbors.
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Well, yeah. That's why for the first many years that Sylvari existed, they were victimized and experimented on. They unfortunately had the Asura for their neighbors.
shysaursoft
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I always assumed the Shadow of the Dragon fought in the opening instance was a reflection of Zhaitan, but now, it kind of lampshades the whole Mordremoth thing quite blatantly, doesn't it.
Nevermind it looks nothing like Zhaitan, and some might say it's just meant to reflect the idea of the dragon threat to Tyria. But yeah.
Nevermind it looks nothing like Zhaitan, and some might say it's just meant to reflect the idea of the dragon threat to Tyria. But yeah.
shysaursoft
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Man, the Sylvari opening on Caledon is arguably the strongest in the game. Stunning area, great vista when you get out of the starting instance, and the opening instance fight is really cool, second only to perhaps the Asura one.
I believe the way the dream works is sort of like a collective consciousness, but I believe that the Pale Tree subtly influences who receives what parts of the whole. The experiences of all Sylvari are incorporated into the dream, but what you actually see appears to be a kind of mixed bag, and a good deal of time is spent trying to figure out what the dream means for each Sylvari. Caithe and all player Sylvari, for example, see the dragon, which is obviously meant to be their destiny (the sylvari call very deep-seated visions a "Wyld Hunt"). I'm not sure the Sylvari themselves understand everything, which is kind of scary since nobody really knows what the Pale Tree's goals are.
More here, obviously: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dream_of_Dreams
There's all sorts of cool little pieces of The Dream that they don't spend much time on, like how the Nightmare Court seeks to just flood the dream with pain and misery so that more Sylvari are born with their dark ideals entrenched. Or the Soundless, Sylvari who are so overwhelmed by the Dream that they become hermits or form small communities to purposely shut themselves out. In the wiki article, they reference Ghosts of Ascalon where the Sylvari character knew what things would taste like before she tasted them, because other Sylvari had done so before.
There's a download link for all of the tracks they post. I'm a huge nerd, so of course I have a playlist with all of them sorted by date.
I don't think it's anything the Sylvari can control. It's not like Star Wars where a person can remain a conscious entity through the Force. They just die and their memories and experiences filter back into the dream. I'm sure there will be echos of that character for quite some time, but I don't think they'll be anything resembling a conscious will.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh yeah I got some ticket for a captain's ship. What special stuff does the captain's ship have?
Saw a thread on Reddit where people are reporting tremors all over Tyria (not just LA). Anyone able to confirm? I haven't gotten on yet, been busy.
Nothing special, it's just all crafting vendors / tables, banks, TP, mystic forge and various vendors in one small space. Ports to all of the major cities as well. The only thing it has that the Queen's Terrace doesn't is the daily activity NPC.
Basically it's a nice place to port to (for free!) at the end of a day to clear out your bags and such.
Nothing special, it's just all crafting vendors / tables, banks, TP, mystic forge and various vendors in one small space. Ports to all of the major cities as well. The only thing it has that the Queen's Terrace doesn't is the daily activity NPC.
Basically it's a nice place to port to (for free!) at the end of a day to clear out your bags and such.
shysaursoft
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Nothing in Caledon, been there the last half hour.
shysaursoft
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So quite by accident, it seems my Sylvari is the Quake Guy:
Oh no, I mean more along the lines of what her knowledge will bring to the dream, and how it will affect future sylvarians. That is, assuming she will still go there after the whole experiment thing messing up with her mind.
Ah. gotcha. Who knows, maybe that will play a role in the story as some Sylvari are borne into the world with whatever knowledge drove her to madness.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Aww I wish that drop is more common
So quite by accident, it seems my Sylvari is the Quake Guy:
I accidentally did Hulk Hogan in GTA Online like that
You can get a few of them from the alliance bags. I have a stack of like 25 but I've probably opened upwards of 1500 bags. I bought the permanent one that my guardian has been using. nice to just click on and insta port to the ship instead of going through WvW or PvP since there's no crafting stations in the gendarran fields relocation.
Complistic
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Maybe if he catches me by surprise, otherwise he likely died before he got halfway to me. Those guys are tissue paper.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wonder why Almora Soulkeeper never provided crafting stations.
Complistic
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Nemesis121
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hahahaha Warriors, man they got nerf while back, IMO Thieves are king of damage...
Kos Luftar
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Happy birthday asho! Have a great day.
I wonder if they realized that we have hundreds from Achievement chest(i think that's where I got them?).
Kos Luftar
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Regarding the future feature patch:
Thread on Official Forums named "Will the feature patch be good?":
Thread on Official Forums named "Will the feature patch be good?":
via somewhere in the official forumsYes fifteen times.
-Even Lesh (Gameplay Programmer)
You know its a good update when after playing internally, you go home to play the ‘older’ game on live and wish you were back at the office.
Will it have every feature you guys want? No patch ever will. It’s still an awesome patch for the entire game.
-Even Lesh (Gameplay Programmer)
This build is so fun, it should certainly shake things up a bit.
Crazy changes are crazy
#elepocalype
Let the elements guide you
-Tyler Chapman (PvP & Balance QA Embed)
It’s not really going to be like that. Everythings getting new crazy stuff, I am just personally overly hyped about the Ele changes. Honestly I see every class being in a pretty good spot. It’s hard to tell what is going to come out of the build. Hence why we’ve kept the balance changes to a minimum amount.
-Tyler Chapman (PvP & Balance QA Embed)
I assumed Scarlet cut herself off from the Dream, soundless-style. Can't have anyone knowing what you're up to when doing the whole evil genius thing.
I was expecting Sylvari to be plant-elves when I started playing but I was happy to see they went a different way. They're just big children really. Adult-sized, combat-capable, sexually active naive kids. With Gaelic names ♥.
Stupid gemstore refuses to load any page beyond the main one since this March sale began, I'm hoping it's sorted by the time transmutation crystals go on sale.
I was expecting Sylvari to be plant-elves when I started playing but I was happy to see they went a different way. They're just big children really. Adult-sized, combat-capable, sexually active naive kids. With Gaelic names ♥.
Stupid gemstore refuses to load any page beyond the main one since this March sale began, I'm hoping it's sorted by the time transmutation crystals go on sale.
Kos Luftar
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Are you in the GAF Guild?
If yes. Who are you in game? I do not recognize your GAF name.
I am not. Forgot I had my gaf account, and someone pointed out there was a GW2 thread.
Coffee4cr on reddit
Edgar Doiron in game [NA-SF]
Since they're born from a tree, I don't think they're sexually active.
As they are all born from the Pale Tree they could be considered all of the same family; however, their family bond is not as strong as most families, with many sylvari considering others more like distant relatives with few exceptions, such as twins born from the same pod or those who shared dreams, though the latter may also result in lovers. Romance is practiced among the sylvari, disregarding gender between those involved. To a sylvari, love is spiritual and eternal, and it has nothing at all to do with the physical form or physical contact.
Kos Luftar
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You interested in joining the GAF Guild?
We are a small guild but we have a lot of passion.
No thanks,
I'm already running Forgeman Destroyers [FORD] on Sorrow's Furnace.
But thanks for the offer
Kos Luftar
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No thanks,
I'm already running Forgeman Destroyers [FORD] on Sorrow's Furnace.
But thanks for the offer
Too late. You were invited.
Go ahead and accept or decline. It is up to you.
haha, If I have room for another guild, I'll gladly invite. It's another pool of players to play with
Kos Luftar
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haha, If I have room for another guild, I'll gladly invite. It's another pool of players to play with
It will be about a pool of 400 players with 40-50 active members that play pretty regularly.
Dammit, I remember reading a dev post on the forums ages ago that explicitly said their genitals aren't just for show but I can't find anything now.
GG: Given that the emphasis is on courtly love with the sylvari, is this borrowed from another culture in Tyria? From where did these ideals stem?
Ree: The sylvari have their own ideas, and their own culture. It is influenced both by human culture, and by the ideals of the peaceful centaur, Ventari, but over the years that the sylvari have been awake and aware, they have taken those ideals and made them into a culture. Courtly love --love that has no reliance on the idea of sexuality between the lovers--is one of these natural extrapolations. As the sylvari don't physically reproduce, they simply put less emphasis on gender.
GG: The sylvari being new, and their reproduction being handled without sex, how much confusion is there among the other species as regards them? It seems there are already hints that no one is quite certain on their origins, so is there further confusion/ignorance about their culture as it stands now?
Ree: Other races are absolutely uncertain about the sylvari - but not because of their sexuality or reproduction. This uncertainty comes from the entirety of sylvari existence: they are a new race, with little history; they are 'born' fully grown with a strange understanding of simple concepts of the world; and their physiology is not mammalian, but is instead plant-based (even though it bears similarities to human form). The other races are still trying to figure them out, both physically and in regards to their culture.
http://gaygamer.net/2011/10/interview_guild_war_2s_ree_soe.html
Although I did find this, looking a bit deeper
Can sylvari have sex?
Physically, sylvari are male or female, and the relevant external biology is accurate on both [ ] - Ree Soesbee, Dream and Nightmare
Yes. They have the appropriate bits to do so.
Can sylvari reproduce?
[Sylvari] cannot sexually reproduce as the other races do; they have no internal organs capable of creating children. - Ree Soesbee, Dream and Nightmare
No.
http://guildwars2roleplay.wikispaces.com/A+Comprehensive+Guide+to+All+Things+Sylvari#VII. BIOLOGY-Can sylvari have sex?
Can sylvari have sex?
Physically, sylvari are male or female, and the relevant external biology is accurate on both [ ] - Ree Soesbee, Dream and Nightmare
Yes. They have the appropriate bits to do so.
Can sylvari reproduce?
[Sylvari] cannot sexually reproduce as the other races do; they have no internal organs capable of creating children. - Ree Soesbee, Dream and Nightmare
No.
http://guildwars2roleplay.wikispaces.com/A+Comprehensive+Guide+to+All+Things+Sylvari#VII. BIOLOGY-Can sylvari have sex?
Mr_Antimatter
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So basically, they can have all the fun parts of sex, but don't have to worry about the whole pregnancy thing?
I can think of a few folks in Goldshire who would have a holiday with this one.
I might have a reason to play my main once again, lol.
Mr_Antimatter
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Same. My Ele has not really been played as my main since about the first King Thorn event.
Edvardelis
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I got an Elementalist up to level 30. Wasn't fond of the whole fire/air/water/earth switching mechanic.
LumpOfCole
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Is this new?
LiveSpartan235
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Disregard any rumors that the Feature Build is months away
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/pvp/Opening-Chests-after-March-18th/page/2#post3757628
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/pvp/Opening-Chests-after-March-18th/page/2#post3757628
Id love to answer that first question but Id rather leave it up to either John C or Colin if they wish to dare
As for the second! Cant say too much about this, sorry ;( but remember this patch is just rewards phase 2 and the final phase is just around the corner! (Its not too long after this patch) Disregard any rumors about the feature build being months away. Weve worked so kitten this build, we are here struggling to be patient just as you all are :/
p.s. further more consistent leveling in pvp will come feature build;p
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