As neat as that new Scarlet video is, I *hate* Lorde's cover. Actually, I dislike Lorde in general, I find it hilarious when Weird Al spoofs one of her songs and has a wider vocal range than Little Miss Monotonemumble.
I didn't even think about the dungeon. That's an entire dungeon that would have to be remade or overhauled. All in all it sounds like a lot of work for not a lot of actual extra content, so I think the best bet would be it fails or triggers something worse?
It would be super lame if they were just like, oh yay the curse is lifted but they want to stay and be friends. Then the ghosts all turn into friendly NPC's xD.
I think anything major going on in Ascalon right now is a mistake from a narrative standpoint; here's this big, immediate threat that we
personally have seen and understand via Omadd's Machine. We know Mordremoth is there. We know his influence is spreading. So everything pausing to go dick around on the other side of the map, even if it's tangentially connected ("Oh well, he's going after the ghosts so we need to go stop that") feels like.... Season One, where Scarlet was over
here doing a thing and then over
here doing a thing and then over
there doing a thing, where the story felt more like an excuse to just have things happen. It felt disconnected, and I think if they decided to go all out in Ascalon it'd feel the same way.
If they want to redo Ascalon, do it as its own thing at some point in the future. Then, when the narrative doesn't need to pause, go all out. Have it really fuck things up, like the attempt to break the curse backfires and while the humans are freed, all of the Charr in the immediate area are cursed instead and turned into ghosts. Then you have a splinter group of the Charr who are ghosts, driven insane but aware of what's going on and hellbent on revenge or something.
I like to think of the dungeons of being time locked, like fractals, no?
Good point, but it would feel weird not to update it even if that was the accepted reason. Especially since dungeon revamps are something they want (and really need) to do.