Being a bit of a nerd for esoteric and occult weirdness, I can maybe help with Ipos a bit (my favorite legendary btw!) Ipos is one of the 72 demons mentioned in _The Lesser Key of Solomon,_ a Renaissance-era occult manual. The chapter it's found in is named _Ars Goetia_ which is the name of the precursor! The "Mark of the Unnamed" refers to Ipos' summoning sigil, which is illustrated in _The Lesser Key,_ and "The True Name" references the belief that knowing a demon's name grants the power to command it. As for Ipos, he's said to be a prince over hoardes of lesser demons, one who hoardes secrets and can reveal hidden and forbidden knowledge. He's one of the more amiable demons in _The Lesser Key,_ he can be called at any time of night, but only in quiet places "where Men gather not." I'm other words, Ipos has social anxiety. Given the "real" Ipos' affinity for secrets and forbidden knowledge, I'm disappointed they didn't include any references to Abaddon or Kormir's Library. I like to imagine Ipos as a demon in the service of Abaddon; a demon sent out to gather knowledge to hoard in the fallen god's library; cast low after Kormir rose; and, as GW2 demons do, seeking to bargain with a mortal: knowledge for knowledge, and power for power, all the while biding his time until he can reclaim his dead master's library. I like to think it was Ipos that led all those Ataxes and Shades into Kormir's Library after she left. :)
The spear is named like that after Kekai Kotaki, one of the main concept artists from the original game. I love his stuff, that's why I went for it as my legendary.
Perhaps the crew of the HMS Divinity willingly chained themselves to the ship as it sank as to deny Zhaitan the opportunity to exploit their corpses. I do really like your interpretation. It's my absolute favorite weapon of GW2.
Well the gods didn't mind when we killed our lord and savior Abaddon in cold blood, but they get all whiny about us T-bagging Balthazar. If you ask me, Lyssa was all in on balthazar's plot... there is no way that she didn't know or "forgot" her mirror so let them come, i say; this Commander is waiting for them in expansion 4
Yeah it's implied multiple times that Balthazar and Lyssa had a romance going on. And Abaddon was fear by every other god since he had alot of secret knowledge that the other gods didn't had. Balthazar cursed the gods but I think they where still closer than with Abaddon.
I wish they added the legendary armory like the wardrobe tab in your hero panel. So i could have a nice overview of everything that is unlocked. Next to that the full legendary armory in the bank tab (like the wardrobe again) with an overview of all legendaries to unlock. The bank tab would be a nice place to put all the lore books of the unlocked legendaries, so we can see them again.
The Kamohoali Kotaki its a reference to Kekai Kotaki, the Artist who made mostly of the concept arts of the vanilla gw2, he its just amazing, a great artist
You know one thing I would really like to see as an EOD Legendary, especially if human gods are going to be a topic, is Magdaer. We had an entire story during Ascalonion Catacombs dungeon where Eir was trying to retrieve it, and then she died in HOT and we never heard about it again.
my first was the Juggernaut. hearing it came from a time before Lupi was SO HYPE when I read it on the wiki. I've always wanted to know more about the Giganticus Lupicus' and what they did on Tyria. I guess I had a relic of their age for over 2+ years and didn't know it. EDIT: OMG please make a mysteries video on the astral creatures! that would be awesome!
I desperately hope we don't get Lyssa as a villain. We just did that with Balthazar, Abbadon, Dhuum, sort of... I don't want to repeat the same story over and over. Sure, maybe Lyssa is pissed and might not be exactly friendly to us, but I hope they're not setting up some kind of "Lyssa's Revenge" plot. How banal. I would certainly expect her to be complicated, but I don't want it to come down to "oh well, now it's time to kill Lyssa!"
I read a fun comment about Verdarach's lore on reddit. Something like "when Grenth's powers were raw and new, he accidentally made the horn 6 times the size he intended."
Yeah I was just going to say... I'm not maybe fully up to date on the timelines and such of the gods, but isn't the "canon" that the gods just brought humans to a Tyria that had already existed and been inhabited by the other races for... millennia at least?
@@brspies I was under the same assumption. Isn't that why they were unaware of the dragons? If they gods brought the humans to Tyria, then the land, cosmos, etc can still be seen as a gift from them.
@@brspies yes but the gods, when they came to Tyria, they kinda terraformed the world a little bit before humans where brought. The fogotten existed on Tyria before the humans and they where also created by the gods. And yeah the gods didn't knew the Dragons existed for a while.
I wonder if sylvari's dream and the fact they come from an elder dragon, and share part of its consciousness in some respect, helps them be more intelligent. Kind of like skritt.
@@kylevanderwolf4446 possible but from the fact that they never connected bifrost to the jotun or to any Norse inspired aspect of the game, I doubt anet has Norse mythology in mind when they wrote these descriptions, or maybe the person behind is just super inconsistent xD
@@dyewars2234 the bifrost is technically connected to the jotun tho. When you do the collection for the precursor, you have to bring bloodstone dust to those jotun runestone thingies etc. (idk about the rest of the collections tho, as i've only done the first one so far)
@@pixxally i see, i never did the collection, thanks for the insight, a bit disappointing they decided to not explore more on that with the new description
If you try Chuka tigers with the Tailor backpack (satchel wiith a quaggan embroidery on the side), on asura the tiger fits perfectly into the satchel, as if you're carrying them in it. So cute! On charr the tiger's butt clips through, and I am not sure about humans/sylvari.
I agree with the grumpy person about the astralaria lore. The collection through crafting it goes much more to jotun and norn lore, about runestones.. And yes I suppose the astralarium makes sense but back when that collection came out, PoF didn't exist and we didn't get to go to Istan.. But now they suddenly tie this weapon to sunspear lore?? When it used to be about jotun lore? It's not that it's not interesting to me it's just that the contradiction in what anet wants with this weapon frustrates me.. It makes me feel like they didn't even think twice about whether the collections for the precursors match enough with the final lore of the legendary itself.
Y'know, it always struck me oddly that Aurora and Coalescence's icons match one of the combined forms for the PvE trinkets but Vision is... something else. Was that a hint towards a fourth trinket all this time? Why would they use such dramatically colourful art for Vision and not have it implemented in-game like the other two? Though it's also weird how Aurora's icon is that of when you have two trinkets equipped, it was the first one we had and for quite a long period of time! You could argue it's supposed to be the single trinket form with the four yellow moon-like orbs but the radiating purple energy from the orbs on the icon is far closer to the second form to me. For Exordium's description, it sounds almost like an alien species to me. A good analogue in other media might be Deoxys from Pokemon. An unknown alien being that can change its form to match any situation it is dealing with. And I know this is not really a pressing story that even I care to know all of the details about but I found Kudzu's entry something of note because this sylvari was sacrificing her life to protect the Pale Tree! From who or from what? Was it something directly attacking the Pale Tree or is that just fluff about Lonicera dying in the name of the Pale Tree? It's also interesting that they are a Secondborn, meaning it's very recent and likely not directly tied to when the Sylvari first interacted with what would be a new type of living being/race to them.
the thing that made me really want to do a shining blade was the fact that it was related to the Seers. The race I want to know more about in the story.
Maybe a bit out there, but when you read the Frenzy lore, my mind immediately jumped to the World of Warcraft illustrated cinematics "Warbringers" - specifically Azshara's one [th-cam.com/video/hndyTy3uiZM/w-d-xo.html]. She's Queen of the Naga, and is affiliated with the deeps and the sea. "Magnificent" is something she's kinda known for, especially in that cinematic. She says it at 4:00 and 6:54. So, my thinking is, maybe this is a reference to that :D
I'm pretty sure Ad Infinitum is referencing the unreleased Fall of Abaddon fractal. A Mist Fragment of a floating island from the Crystal Sea(homeland of the forgotten?) or maybe the lands that are now the Desolation. The "someone" might be Abaddon himself, maybe Jadoth or one of the other margonites.
I'm curious how Zomoros fits into these lores, it was said that he crafted the originals, then had the skritt make copies to hand out to adventurers. During Qadim 1 he is shown weilding the Bifrost, Shining Blade, Eternity, and Sunrise. His abandoned Lair in Vabbi also contains copies of all the legendaries. It is after all the Mystic Forge that must be used to craft them, not any other source
For Kraitkin, "Living once again" doesn't have to mean a krait was brought back to life the way it was before. Maybe they were turned onto the living eels on the trident, or they were reborn into their larval form, perhaps looking like the eels on the legendary. Many descriptions are left so Intentionally vague that you can come up with a variety of stories and explainarions around them
@@gewreid5946 I haven't heard of this, could you point me in the direction to learn more? Is it in gw1? Keep in mind that Scarlet only tranformed krait and not the other races of the alliance. There's definitely sometning special about them
@@trevorcoates918 wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Krait Yes, it's in GW1. There were different classes (with different looks) of krait and they could use the skill Metamorphosis to shift between classes mid-combat.
I always assumed when they said “the gods made Tyria” they meant that the fixed Tyria. I thought they’d arrived at the planet which had recently been ravaged by-now-sleeping Elder Dragons, and they made it more habitable before bringing in humanity.
Yep that's what the Lore says. The fogotten where the first known race to me brought by the gods to tyria and after them the Humans. But for example Jotun would probably already exist in Tyria before the gods even came to Tyria.
Maybe the one from the Vision lore is Kormir? She probably knows the other gods enough to guess that they would be pissed at us killing Balthazar and that Lyssa was close to him.
Do we know for sure where in Tyria Siren's Reef is? I have seen the theory that Siren't Reef is Siren's Landing before Orr rose again and I really like that idea. Not sure if it fit though.
Thank you for your videos! Been playing gw2 on and off over the last 7 years, but always try to keep in touch with your videos. Your videos always get me excited to play again! Regarding EoD, it's probably really superficial but besides the story and new places, I'm also really looking forward to new hairstyles and faces etc. (Separate point; If gw2 wants to make money, new hairstyles on the gemstore seems like such an easy way btw, but unfortunately they mostly add a lot of new dye options). Do you think we will only get the, in the West unreleased hairstyles etc that they used for the China release? I'm really hoping there will be some more!
Wp wish you showed off the weapons, I know they're on the wiki, but even just looking at them while you describe the lore would help visualise their design
back in the old days, I have created 3 legendaries. The first was Kraitkin. I've crafted it to sell it to be able to buy Dusk, which was otherwise unattainable for me. After that I could craft Twilight which I wield to these days. The last legendary weapon I crafted was Bifrost. It cost me all my riches hidden in the account bank. It cost me hundred of hours of grinding, and it was actually gift to my girlfriend. A few months later we broke up. 4 years have passed and still the thing I am most sorry about is that I gave a legendary weapon to some stupid girl with a fresh account who doesn't even play anymore. Not to mention I bought her the game plus expansion plus gems for 100 euro.
I confirmed the name on the wiki, Sea of Sorrows had "The maw", which was a large champion, but I don't recall what it was described as, only that they blew it up with a ship.
The other day in your End of Dragons videos you were theorising where the plot could go after the last Elder Dragon is dealt with, and I think Vision's lore gives a pretty good idea where.
10:20 Krait in GW1 had that 'one-time rapid adaptation' thing going on. Maybe that reservoir of potential could be used to shock a dead one back to life. That's exactly what Vorcha do in Mass Effect, with reseevoirs of stem cells.
I have such a fond memory of crafting Chuka and Champawat. What an epic journey! One of the most memorable gaming moments of my life. I don't care how long it takes for them to make, i just so dearly wish Arenanet would have every legendary have that same sort of journey as the Chuka, HOPE, Astralaria, and that raven staff I can't remember the name of.
Vision has to be quoting Kormir. As the last of the human gods to leave and the goddess of truth and knowledge, she is inevitably going to learn of Balthazar's faqte, and fits nicely with their concern with the other gods.
I was under the impression that the human gods did NOT make the cosmos, They found tyria from somewhere else. Thats also why they left, to look for a world that the humans can inhabit without the threat of something like the elder dragons
As to the lore about the gods making the world, I am a firm believer that the human gods just SHAPED the world. That they had the ability to manipulate the limitless magic that existed and control it in ways that no other beings could.
Yeah I agree. They are beings from the mist, the center of the universe. We know they have powers to create their own dimensions. I think they changed Tyria in some way to accomodate themselves but they didn't create it since dragons already where in tyria.
Coming back to this, after looking over the Vision legendary, and I think they are moving towards a Gods story line post EoD. The shit about lysa being mad about balth's death? I mean come on. They could hook the mists stranger shit into it too.
I just crafted Blathazar's cake aka flames of war recently because I really want legendary torch and I don't like Rodgort at all. I have to say that it's better than I thought it would be, especially the effect when you draw out the weapon.
First thing first, such a great video, thanks a lot! Second... I appreciate lore tidbits, but they wouldn't sway me one way or another. I'm a super casual veteran player, and all my 4 legendaries (3 weapons, 1 armor set) were crafted in leisure purely because of looks. I didn't care knowing about lore of my first legendary until I actually saw it here haha. It's tied up amazingly with my personal experience with GW2. I started playing GW2 in 2013 because I wanted to play necromancer (not many MMORPGs, heck, even regular RPGs have this profession). I also love everything space-themed, so going for Twilight was a given once I was familiar with the game and had the right mindset for crafting it (i.e. not grinding for hours anything on purpose, taking my time and generally not spending gold/mats on unneeded stuff). It was before HoT times, and I was kinda bummed that my main wouldn't be able to wield it, but decided to go for it anyway. Imagine my levels of joy when they announced the elite specs! And now, Grenth being my favorite of the Six, I learn that Twilight has a bit more connection to necromancers too! This is so good, I am very pleased :D
Well krait are actually the overlords of the universe. Elder dragons are their babies, and the krait we fight close to the surface are lesser krait who have been banished because they didn't pay their income tax. Also, I know the screenshot they shared is probably Shing Jea like everyone says, but what if it is the Dominion of winds that's about to open its gates to us? Would be so exciting ^^
pretty sad that xiuquatl doesn't have lore related to xotecha tbh it would be interesting if they eventually went back and added more lore to the crafting of the legendaries that don't have the type of lore chuka and champawat, and those few legendaries, have
In my opinion it is sad that they just added the mistforged armor as another currency sink instead of making it the legendary counterpart to the ardent/triumphant version of the armor.
I think the lore for Pharus is correct. Pharus came out on the same patch where they added Siren's Reef fractal. So the flavour text may indicate that scholars recovered it from the fractal after it was cleared.
Wait where the sylvari even around when our Storm Elder Dragon awoke? If I recalled one awoke every 50 years and the sylvari race is only 5 years old at the start of the game. Also, was it Kormar (I can't spell) who knew we killed him.
The first Sylvari was born in 1302 AE and were thus around during the rise of Kralkatorrik in 1320 AE.The game starts in 1325 AE. Moremoth awoke ahead of schedule thanks to the meddeling of Scarlet Briar.
Kralkatorrik woke in reaction to destiny's edge and Glint plotting to kill him. Enraged, he woke up, Flew down to Glints Lair (now called the Prophets fall), and created the Dragonbrand. this happened in 1320. remember that caithe was a member of Destinys edge this Still fits with the idea that they awoke 50 years appart. 1120 = Primordus Awakens +45 years 1165 = Jormag awakens +54 Years 1219 =Zhaitan Awakens +51 Years 1270 = Presumably DSD awakens (First sign of krait and quaggans running from the endless ocean) +50 Years 1320 = Kralkatorrik Awakens. +8 years 1328 = Mordremoth is Awoken By scarlet, by artificially increasing the amount of Magic around mordremoth
For those who lack knowledge of HOPE: In first 3 collections, you research Hylek alechmy and Asuran technology and build the base of the weapon. Last collection is about crafting Alchemical Catalyst tube (the blue tubing of the gun, culmination of Hylek alchemy research), Transcendent Energy tube (red tubing of the gun, culmination of Asuran research) and Catalytic converter. Lore on the A Catalyst and T Energy says they violently explode, then mixed (Which probably powers the gun and why you should not drop it).
I'll be honest, the way they did the whole Mursaat and Seer plotline just wasn't satisfying in almost anyway...like...the ONE Mursaat to appear in GW2 wasn't even a Mursaat until we killed him, lol. And the whole "the Shining Blade is a Seer artifact" is just...REALLY? I really wanted GW2 to expand on the excellent lore and world building it had set up in GW1. I'll definitely check out End of Dragons, but God knows they better do the awesome lore they set up in GW1 Factions justice....I mean the Kurzick's and Luxon's were what made that game worthwhile...I really hope they don't just go "Yeah yeah, here, look generic Asian culture stuff". That's what made the Luxons and Kurzicks so weird...here you are in this giant ancient Beijing or something and then suddenly you're out in this wide open field at a crossroads...with a giant Jade Sea to your left and a giant stone forest to your right each with its own weird cultures, bizarre creatures and stories. That sort of dichotomy has to play a part here! Hoping for the best and that those unique lore and worldbuilding bits aren't just quietly put to rest like the Mursaat and Seer (and other) interesting lore was. I still say, the MOST satisfying way they could have led up to End of Dragons was to make Season 5 about having ended Kralk and then shit gets real at the Tengu stronghold with reports coming back from Cantha of like 50 ft waves and strange creatures washing ashore and attacking people. Then the story would consist of "Island Hopping" with like 4 or 5 new maps that slowly but surely carve a safer path through the Ocean all the way to Cantha (since a direct route through the Ocean would probably be sure death). And then we can learn more lore about the Deep Sea Dragon on the way, it could slowly introduce new players to Cantha as NPCs discuss Canthan history and timelines. You could meet some people from Cantha who had lived on different isolated islands for decades etc and then finally, by the end of the Season, you are just making the final stretch with your team to get to the Canthan mainland and WHOOSH, an ENORMOUS WAVE appears on the horizon and it comes crashing down on you as tentacles and fins tear and crush your ship and crew to bits and then the screen fades out and you appear on the shoreline of Shing Jea Isle and are taken prisoner by the Ministry of Purity who think you are a spy. AND CUT. They could save this tiny, tiny little bit (hell the very last part could just be a trailer/video even to explain what happens after the last episode just before the expansion release). Then the expansion would begin with you having to argue with the Ministry of Purity that you are not in fact a spy and that you are coming to aid them after reports from Tengu who (Secretly) have been coming back and forth to visit a secretive enclave of Tengu who still live in Cantha in the wilderness (just like in Shing Jea Isle). Right as the Ministry of Purity is trying to have you executed, bells/sirens ring out as the Deep Sea Dragon assaults the outpost and you now have to save your own captors from the threat. Anet, hire me ffs
Confrontation with Lyssa could be considered a somewhat logical escalation of power and stakes, right? In GW1 we fought lich and legendary warrior, then helped a human defeat an exiled god. Finally, we fight off an Elder Dragon's lieutenant. In GW2 we confront multiple Elder Dragons, then defeat a weakened god. Then we take on much stronger Elder Dragons with much smaller parties and even fight in 2v2v2 battle between three Elder Dragons at once. I think it wouldn't be that out of place to finally stand against a full powered god.
Personally, i wish i could get legendary armor, other then raids. I mean, since i don't do raids, i kinda feel left out tbh. I know i could just do it, but its pretty high order for me. I wish i could easily play around stats too.
I do get the disappointment with Astralaria's lore. I'm still crafting it myself, and the previous lore had you figuring out constellations and ancient Jotun ritual sites, among others. To now explicitly remove Astralaria from the Jotun and make it "just" an Inspired Project kind of thing feels rather hollow.
Before watching this, I thought the krait were simply a surviving race of the last dragons awakening. Now I'm no longer sure, considering the human gods are meant to have created the world. idk, shaping a ruined world drained of all magic would fit my headcanon more. Also, if there is an "enlightened" krait cult trying to remove magic from the world, my headcanon might still be correct. At least in some ways. Oh, yea and did you notice the shape of the krait shards? Looks like the remainders of the bloodstone in the fen. Like, I said, I have a headcanon ^^
What u think about this idea for EotD Taimi said in ls2 that killing 2 dragons at once would destroy Tyria Then we killed 2 in icebrood saga🤦♀️ Aurene cant hołd more magic inside her (it seemed to be hard for her at least) And now were goin to kill deepsea dragon? What about the whole magic dragons contain? Maybe we will have to bring back human gods so they can bring new balance for magic in Tyria?
I say Razah's return into GW2 maybe interesting because despite being a Data of GW1, it may have evolved beyond that over the hundred of years he has been alive. Razah is a clean slate in GW1 because it is just learning about everything including emotions, right, wrong, ideas, and etc. In GW2, Razah personality and appearance may end up being far different than its GW1 self because as mentioned in Exordium lore (being a lesser being of what Razah is), he can be anything or nothing based on what it is interested in being
I think Incinerator is more of a welding torch than a lighter. It was my first legendary as well. I used to play almost nothing but dagger/focus elementalist in the pre-HoT days so it was the obvious choice. Now that I main revenant, I'm hoping for a dagger elite spec so I can use it again. I was split on whether I want to make The Moot or Eureka next but the lore has settled it. I'm getting Eureka. It just seems too perfect for my Asura revenant who joined the Durmand Priory.
Astralaria was actually my very first legendary... Since then I've made five more, but because I started with this one the others have seemed not necessarily easier... But certainly less insane. Until Chupa & Champuwat, of course.
I was personally disappointed with Shining Blade since it was my first legendary. I made it cause of it's lore... can't say I was fond of them just saying "here are some silly/dumb codenames".
I like the jokey weapon. Can only see so many edgey weapons in fantasy games before they all start to look the same. My first legendary was Quip, and I've been wanting to try a Gen 2. I'm leaning towards Shooshadoo, but I can't find a good shield build to use it.
These are really cool. It makes me really wish legendaries had more of an epic flavourful quest or story involved in their acquisition to make them actually feel legendary to acquire, with gameplay to match of course. I do hope we get an Armory UI so that we can read these bits of lore anytime. I love when items feel like interesting parts of the game world. Also, it’s kind of amusing that both daggers are charr related.
I think I did some research on IPOS and I think some of the art matches a real-life Grimoire. It's actually a reference to real life occult stuff. Whether you believe in it is up to you.
I have an idea about the datamined information about the new trinket, if it's an old story remember the norn fighting tournament from the original guild wars? Gwen was a mesmer and one of the contestants. Just an idea...
Howlers lore and the stuff about the spirits of the wild makes me think they could tie in the Cantha with similarities to our real world Chinese Zodiac.
Could you please, for the love of god, put all your comments into one comment? It's really annoying to see you post 4-5 comments under each video, most of them only containing just one sentence ... for real now! You're not just doing this on WPs Videos but also on other peoples videos. ANNOYING!
Thank you for letting me know. There is nothing inherently wrong with multiple comments but i guess it does seem worse at the early stages of a video where few people have commented. I do see multiple people do this on other videos too, though i guess im the most obvious offender. I guess it also depends on the format of the video, some of these are verrrry long and span multiple topics. Sometimes its more appropriate to me to have separate subjects as different comments. (granted a lot of mine are just random quips that may or may not be funny, or bits of trivia). Some people have engaged in discussion points in the comments or outside in other platforms off the back. Some have actually said the opposite to you and enjoy my insight. As for other youtubers, not sure who youre thinking of but possibly inks (who actually mentions in his reaction videos he does the same as me / said "spam away" to me directly when i noticed). Maybe Xand? Im offering my perspective as a 'veteran' player to the new player comments. I know theres now an irony behind my response... but ill try to hold back in future
Ah youre the person on Xandrii's video who said i was making baseless claims about the Dreamyabaddon video (which i wasn't).... Glad you're not holding a grudge. You could have just asked instead of your rude comment
This reminded me that alot of the ascened accessories have tiny bits of lore. It's not much but enough to make them feel special to me. Like how my main has Sieran's diary in memory of her. Or my human of Canthan herritage that has a kurzick artifact. I hardly ever bother to craft ascended gear so legendaries is not something for me, so I enjoy cool gear lore where I can take it. x)
Being a bit of a nerd for esoteric and occult weirdness, I can maybe help with Ipos a bit (my favorite legendary btw!) Ipos is one of the 72 demons mentioned in _The Lesser Key of Solomon,_ a Renaissance-era occult manual. The chapter it's found in is named _Ars Goetia_ which is the name of the precursor! The "Mark of the Unnamed" refers to Ipos' summoning sigil, which is illustrated in _The Lesser Key,_ and "The True Name" references the belief that knowing a demon's name grants the power to command it.
As for Ipos, he's said to be a prince over hoardes of lesser demons, one who hoardes secrets and can reveal hidden and forbidden knowledge. He's one of the more amiable demons in _The Lesser Key,_ he can be called at any time of night, but only in quiet places "where Men gather not." I'm other words, Ipos has social anxiety.
Given the "real" Ipos' affinity for secrets and forbidden knowledge, I'm disappointed they didn't include any references to Abaddon or Kormir's Library. I like to imagine Ipos as a demon in the service of Abaddon; a demon sent out to gather knowledge to hoard in the fallen god's library; cast low after Kormir rose; and, as GW2 demons do, seeking to bargain with a mortal: knowledge for knowledge, and power for power, all the while biding his time until he can reclaim his dead master's library. I like to think it was Ipos that led all those Ataxes and Shades into Kormir's Library after she left. :)
Thank you for sharing, enjoyed your comment a lot! Also, "In other words, Ipos has social anxiety" is a great line, I had a good laugh reading it xD
My dude, Trogdor is from Homestar Runner's Strongbad shorts
DAMNIT. You see i'm not a real nerd
Edit: I have consistently fucked this up over the years. It just won't go in.
Yeah look up Homestar Runner or Trogdor the burnanator WP. It's old internet lol
@@WoodenPotatoes XD If it had been Tiamat or Bahamut, then I would have been elated (Very much a D&D nerd)
@@WoodenPotatoes The episode in question: th-cam.com/video/90X5NJleYJQ/w-d-xo.html
@@WoodenPotatoes th-cam.com/video/90X5NJleYJQ/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=homestarrunnerdotcom I find this hard to forget
Man, WP's girlfriend wishes he'd look at her the way he looks at Verderac.
Does he have a girlfriend? I was hoping he'd be gay :D
He has a girlfriend and he's not gay.
Your hopes = dashed.
Was looking for a timestamp comment myself but didn't see one, sooo:
Gen1
02:45 The Bifrost
03:20 Bolt
04:00 The Dreamer
04:37 The Flameseeker Prophecies
05:37 Frenzy
06:43 Frostfang
07:05 Howler
07:49 Incinerator
08:59 Juggernaut
10:04 Kudzu
10:24 Kraitkin
12:02 Kamohoali'i Kotaki
12:52 Meteorlogicus
13:42 The Minstrel
14:23 The Moot
14:38 The Predator
15:53 Quip
16:18 Rodgort
17:16 Sunrise
17:35 Twilight
18:09 Eternity
Gen 2
20:06 Astralaria
21:50 The Binding of Ipos
22:39 Chuka and Champawat
23:23 Claw of the Khan-Ur
23:49 Eureka
25:13 Exordium
26:01 Flames of War
27:03 The HMS Divinity
28:36 HOPE
28:51 Nevermore
29:14 Pharus
30:12 Sharur
31:10 The Shining Blade
31:32 Shooshadoo
32:07 Verdarach
32:34 Xiuquatl
Armor etc.
33:37 Perfected Envoy Helmet (Heavy pve)
33:58 Perfected Envoy Mask (Medium pve)
34:13 Perfected Envoy Cowl (Light pve)
34:53 Ad Infinitum
36:17 The Ascension
36:31 Warbringer
36:46 Aurora
37:07 Coalescence
37:27 Vision
39:12 Transcendence
39:48 Conflux
40:10 Datamined unreleased PvE amulet
40:28 Legendary Rune
42:25 More datamining
Thx so much.... this is all i needed! Why is potato always over over extending an actually short content... in this case to 40 min wtf??
The spear is named like that after Kekai Kotaki, one of the main concept artists from the original game. I love his stuff, that's why I went for it as my legendary.
They also did a lot of iconic GW2 art too
I wonder how many references of him there are. I know there was a charr boss in the first game named after him too.
Perhaps the crew of the HMS Divinity willingly chained themselves to the ship as it sank as to deny Zhaitan the opportunity to exploit their corpses. I do really like your interpretation. It's my absolute favorite weapon of GW2.
Well the gods didn't mind when we killed our lord and savior Abaddon in cold blood, but they get all whiny about us T-bagging Balthazar. If you ask me, Lyssa was all in on balthazar's plot... there is no way that she didn't know or "forgot" her mirror so let them come, i say; this Commander is waiting for them in expansion 4
Yeah it's implied multiple times that Balthazar and Lyssa had a romance going on. And Abaddon was fear by every other god since he had alot of secret knowledge that the other gods didn't had. Balthazar cursed the gods but I think they where still closer than with Abaddon.
interesting...
I wish they added the legendary armory like the wardrobe tab in your hero panel. So i could have a nice overview of everything that is unlocked. Next to that the full legendary armory in the bank tab (like the wardrobe again) with an overview of all legendaries to unlock. The bank tab would be a nice place to put all the lore books of the unlocked legendaries, so we can see them again.
The Kamohoali Kotaki its a reference to Kekai Kotaki, the Artist who made mostly of the concept arts of the vanilla gw2, he its just amazing, a great artist
You know one thing I would really like to see as an EOD Legendary, especially if human gods are going to be a topic, is Magdaer. We had an entire story during Ascalonion Catacombs dungeon where Eir was trying to retrieve it, and then she died in HOT and we never heard about it again.
my first was the Juggernaut. hearing it came from a time before Lupi was SO HYPE when I read it on the wiki. I've always wanted to know more about the Giganticus Lupicus' and what they did on Tyria. I guess I had a relic of their age for over 2+ years and didn't know it.
EDIT: OMG please make a mysteries video on the astral creatures! that would be awesome!
Yeah Juggernaut is a great one to have had!
I desperately hope we don't get Lyssa as a villain. We just did that with Balthazar, Abbadon, Dhuum, sort of... I don't want to repeat the same story over and over. Sure, maybe Lyssa is pissed and might not be exactly friendly to us, but I hope they're not setting up some kind of "Lyssa's Revenge" plot. How banal. I would certainly expect her to be complicated, but I don't want it to come down to "oh well, now it's time to kill Lyssa!"
imagine killing a mesmer goddess. she'd portal u back to the human realm ✋🏽😭
@@pureevil8091 if we fight Lyssa we deserve worse 😂
Having her as a villian doesnt need to be "banal". She can have her motives and so on.
As a Dark Souls fan, the lore is actually strong motivation to get legendaries and adds to my interest of certain ones.
Also, if we ever go to Xoteca I'll buy you a beer
The Moot is a weapon Lord Faren, my ex-best friend who seriously ghosted me, would wield.
I read a fun comment about Verdarach's lore on reddit. Something like "when Grenth's powers were raw and new, he accidentally made the horn 6 times the size he intended."
Eternity reads like an unreliable narator that was born and lived during the days the Gods up and left and have idolized them to the extreme.
Yeah I was just going to say... I'm not maybe fully up to date on the timelines and such of the gods, but isn't the "canon" that the gods just brought humans to a Tyria that had already existed and been inhabited by the other races for... millennia at least?
@@brspies I was under the same assumption. Isn't that why they were unaware of the dragons? If they gods brought the humans to Tyria, then the land, cosmos, etc can still be seen as a gift from them.
@@brspies yes but the gods, when they came to Tyria, they kinda terraformed the world a little bit before humans where brought. The fogotten existed on Tyria before the humans and they where also created by the gods. And yeah the gods didn't knew the Dragons existed for a while.
I love the description for Rodgort. "They whispered"--the flames? The flames whispered the dragon's name, that's so cool.
I wonder if sylvari's dream and the fact they come from an elder dragon, and share part of its consciousness in some respect, helps them be more intelligent. Kind of like skritt.
Yeah Sylvari share experiences with each other, if not more intelligence that at least maked them more knowledgeble.
About Howler: maybe the "serpent" is Jormag. After all sons of svanir revered him as spirits of the Wild, right?
the tooth of jormag is also called "the Fang of the Serpent", and i believe there are multiple instances where norn referred jormag as "the serpent"
I think it may be their version of a reference to Fenrir and the world serpent
@@kylevanderwolf4446 possible but from the fact that they never connected bifrost to the jotun or to any Norse inspired aspect of the game, I doubt anet has Norse mythology in mind when they wrote these descriptions, or maybe the person behind is just super inconsistent xD
@@dyewars2234 the bifrost is technically connected to the jotun tho. When you do the collection for the precursor, you have to bring bloodstone dust to those jotun runestone thingies etc. (idk about the rest of the collections tho, as i've only done the first one so far)
@@pixxally i see, i never did the collection, thanks for the insight, a bit disappointing they decided to not explore more on that with the new description
Flameseeker prophecies is probably like the bible, were still waiting for revelations end times.
If you try Chuka tigers with the Tailor backpack (satchel wiith a quaggan embroidery on the side), on asura the tiger fits perfectly into the satchel, as if you're carrying them in it. So cute! On charr the tiger's butt clips through, and I am not sure about humans/sylvari.
I agree with the grumpy person about the astralaria lore.
The collection through crafting it goes much more to jotun and norn lore, about runestones..
And yes I suppose the astralarium makes sense but back when that collection came out, PoF didn't exist and we didn't get to go to Istan..
But now they suddenly tie this weapon to sunspear lore?? When it used to be about jotun lore?
It's not that it's not interesting to me it's just that the contradiction in what anet wants with this weapon frustrates me..
It makes me feel like they didn't even think twice about whether the collections for the precursors match enough with the final lore of the legendary itself.
Really cool what Anet does with lore and legendaries. So much fun to speculate! :)
Excellent choice of music! It really enhances the feeling of distant higher-than-life mysteries
The Vision description is EXACTLY where I want Guild Wars to go.
Y'know, it always struck me oddly that Aurora and Coalescence's icons match one of the combined forms for the PvE trinkets but Vision is... something else. Was that a hint towards a fourth trinket all this time? Why would they use such dramatically colourful art for Vision and not have it implemented in-game like the other two? Though it's also weird how Aurora's icon is that of when you have two trinkets equipped, it was the first one we had and for quite a long period of time! You could argue it's supposed to be the single trinket form with the four yellow moon-like orbs but the radiating purple energy from the orbs on the icon is far closer to the second form to me.
For Exordium's description, it sounds almost like an alien species to me. A good analogue in other media might be Deoxys from Pokemon. An unknown alien being that can change its form to match any situation it is dealing with.
And I know this is not really a pressing story that even I care to know all of the details about but I found Kudzu's entry something of note because this sylvari was sacrificing her life to protect the Pale Tree! From who or from what? Was it something directly attacking the Pale Tree or is that just fluff about Lonicera dying in the name of the Pale Tree? It's also interesting that they are a Secondborn, meaning it's very recent and likely not directly tied to when the Sylvari first interacted with what would be a new type of living being/race to them.
As weird as it is to say, but the lore bits make me want them more.
the thing that made me really want to do a shining blade was the fact that it was related to the Seers. The race I want to know more about in the story.
Maybe a bit out there, but when you read the Frenzy lore, my mind immediately jumped to the World of Warcraft illustrated cinematics "Warbringers" - specifically Azshara's one [th-cam.com/video/hndyTy3uiZM/w-d-xo.html]. She's Queen of the Naga, and is affiliated with the deeps and the sea. "Magnificent" is something she's kinda known for, especially in that cinematic. She says it at 4:00 and 6:54.
So, my thinking is, maybe this is a reference to that :D
I'm pretty sure Ad Infinitum is referencing the unreleased Fall of Abaddon fractal. A Mist Fragment of a floating island from the Crystal Sea(homeland of the forgotten?) or maybe the lands that are now the Desolation. The "someone" might be Abaddon himself, maybe Jadoth or one of the other margonites.
I'm curious how Zomoros fits into these lores, it was said that he crafted the originals, then had the skritt make copies to hand out to adventurers. During Qadim 1 he is shown weilding the Bifrost, Shining Blade, Eternity, and Sunrise. His abandoned Lair in Vabbi also contains copies of all the legendaries. It is after all the Mystic Forge that must be used to craft them, not any other source
For Kraitkin, "Living once again" doesn't have to mean a krait was brought back to life the way it was before. Maybe they were turned onto the living eels on the trident, or they were reborn into their larval form, perhaps looking like the eels on the legendary.
Many descriptions are left so Intentionally vague that you can come up with a variety of stories and explainarions around them
There is that whole thing with the shapeshifting Krait from EotN as well...
I look forward to more krait lore, they could be so badass.
@@gewreid5946 I haven't heard of this, could you point me in the direction to learn more? Is it in gw1?
Keep in mind that Scarlet only tranformed krait and not the other races of the alliance. There's definitely sometning special about them
@@trevorcoates918 wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Krait
Yes, it's in GW1. There were different classes (with different looks) of krait and they could use the skill Metamorphosis to shift between classes mid-combat.
10:08 Lonicera is the genus for honeysuckle. Not sure what the connection with kudzu is, other than they are both in reference to plants.
I always assumed when they said “the gods made Tyria” they meant that the fixed Tyria. I thought they’d arrived at the planet which had recently been ravaged by-now-sleeping Elder Dragons, and they made it more habitable before bringing in humanity.
Yep that's what the Lore says. The fogotten where the first known race to me brought by the gods to tyria and after them the Humans. But for example Jotun would probably already exist in Tyria before the gods even came to Tyria.
Fixed? Psh, stole it from the other races.
@@mittensfastpaw naw by fixed I mean they restored the land back to a mostly habitable state because the Elder Dragons had recently ravaged the planet
In the lore of The Binding of Ipos it states "Any warrior brave enough ..." Who thinks Warrior is getting focus in EoD?
Who knows xd
Weren't Sieran and us a rogue Durmand Priory research team ;) :D
Maybe the one from the Vision lore is Kormir? She probably knows the other gods enough to guess that they would be pissed at us killing Balthazar and that Lyssa was close to him.
Do we know for sure where in Tyria Siren's Reef is?
I have seen the theory that Siren't Reef is Siren's Landing before Orr rose again and I really like that idea. Not sure if it fit though.
Thank you for your videos! Been playing gw2 on and off over the last 7 years, but always try to keep in touch with your videos. Your videos always get me excited to play again!
Regarding EoD, it's probably really superficial but besides the story and new places, I'm also really looking forward to new hairstyles and faces etc. (Separate point; If gw2 wants to make money, new hairstyles on the gemstore seems like such an easy way btw, but unfortunately they mostly add a lot of new dye options).
Do you think we will only get the, in the West unreleased hairstyles etc that they used for the China release? I'm really hoping there will be some more!
Wp wish you showed off the weapons, I know they're on the wiki, but even just looking at them while you describe the lore would help visualise their design
back in the old days, I have created 3 legendaries. The first was Kraitkin. I've crafted it to sell it to be able to buy Dusk, which was otherwise unattainable for me. After that I could craft Twilight which I wield to these days. The last legendary weapon I crafted was Bifrost. It cost me all my riches hidden in the account bank. It cost me hundred of hours of grinding, and it was actually gift to my girlfriend. A few months later we broke up. 4 years have passed and still the thing I am most sorry about is that I gave a legendary weapon to some stupid girl with a fresh account who doesn't even play anymore. Not to mention I bought her the game plus expansion plus gems for 100 euro.
40:10 think that might just be the PvP light armor text and last part (42:26) goes heavy WvW, medium WvW, heavy PvP, light WvW, medium PvP.
HMS Divinity.. "they were all recovered" - by the Vigil, or by Zhaitan? :D
I confirmed the name on the wiki, Sea of Sorrows had "The maw", which was a large champion, but I don't recall what it was described as, only that they blew it up with a ship.
The other day in your End of Dragons videos you were theorising where the plot could go after the last Elder Dragon is dealt with, and I think Vision's lore gives a pretty good idea where.
10:20 Krait in GW1 had that 'one-time rapid adaptation' thing going on. Maybe that reservoir of potential could be used to shock a dead one back to life.
That's exactly what Vorcha do in Mass Effect, with reseevoirs of stem cells.
I have such a fond memory of crafting Chuka and Champawat. What an epic journey! One of the most memorable gaming moments of my life. I don't care how long it takes for them to make, i just so dearly wish Arenanet would have every legendary have that same sort of journey as the Chuka, HOPE, Astralaria, and that raven staff I can't remember the name of.
"Nevermore" is also a reference to the Edgar Allan Poe poem "The Raven".
Vision has to be quoting Kormir. As the last of the human gods to leave and the goddess of truth and knowledge, she is inevitably going to learn of Balthazar's faqte, and fits nicely with their concern with the other gods.
Honestly, the stuff about the Deep Sea and the Krait give me anxiety like Subnautica did.
Ocean is scary.
I was under the impression that the human gods did NOT make the cosmos, They found tyria from somewhere else. Thats also why they left, to look for a world that the humans can inhabit without the threat of something like the elder dragons
As to the lore about the gods making the world, I am a firm believer that the human gods just SHAPED the world. That they had the ability to manipulate the limitless magic that existed and control it in ways that no other beings could.
Yeah I agree. They are beings from the mist, the center of the universe. We know they have powers to create their own dimensions. I think they changed Tyria in some way to accomodate themselves but they didn't create it since dragons already where in tyria.
Trogdor isn't DnD its homestar runner... early internet stuff.
They need to bring back Banana Scythe as a legendary staff.
wow has a spirit named "quip the swift" that might be referencning the thief from the legendary
We have all been talking about an elite spec for that Mesmer silhouette, but it could also be Lyssa.
Coming back to this, after looking over the Vision legendary, and I think they are moving towards a Gods story line post EoD. The shit about lysa being mad about balth's death? I mean come on. They could hook the mists stranger shit into it too.
I agree we need more lore in GW2. I would love a few traditional style quests ^^.
It would be cool if they added snippets of this as item flavor text
I just crafted Blathazar's cake aka flames of war recently because I really want legendary torch and I don't like Rodgort at all. I have to say that it's better than I thought it would be, especially the effect when you draw out the weapon.
First thing first, such a great video, thanks a lot! Second... I appreciate lore tidbits, but they wouldn't sway me one way or another. I'm a super casual veteran player, and all my 4 legendaries (3 weapons, 1 armor set) were crafted in leisure purely because of looks. I didn't care knowing about lore of my first legendary until I actually saw it here haha. It's tied up amazingly with my personal experience with GW2. I started playing GW2 in 2013 because I wanted to play necromancer (not many MMORPGs, heck, even regular RPGs have this profession). I also love everything space-themed, so going for Twilight was a given once I was familiar with the game and had the right mindset for crafting it (i.e. not grinding for hours anything on purpose, taking my time and generally not spending gold/mats on unneeded stuff). It was before HoT times, and I was kinda bummed that my main wouldn't be able to wield it, but decided to go for it anyway. Imagine my levels of joy when they announced the elite specs! And now, Grenth being my favorite of the Six, I learn that Twilight has a bit more connection to necromancers too! This is so good, I am very pleased :D
Well krait are actually the overlords of the universe. Elder dragons are their babies, and the krait we fight close to the surface are lesser krait who have been banished because they didn't pay their income tax.
Also, I know the screenshot they shared is probably Shing Jea like everyone says, but what if it is the Dominion of winds that's about to open its gates to us? Would be so exciting ^^
Great video! I'd been looking forward to your coverage.
Nice puns too, by the way. You had a bunch this episode.
For real, i know they will probably touch on it, but if they dont mention Lyssa in EoD, i will be SO mad
I always thought Rodgort stemmed from Trogdor the Burninator? From HomeStarRunner.
That’s where I knew the name from
Meteorlogicus's lore is weird as its design suggests a Ascalonian design with the text on its bottom
I always thought it had a better fit with the humans DR and the whole central astralarium
Visions quote is Kasmirs line after you kill Balthazar
pretty sad that xiuquatl doesn't have lore related to xotecha tbh
it would be interesting if they eventually went back and added more lore to the crafting of the legendaries that don't have the type of lore chuka and champawat, and those few legendaries, have
These lore snippets feel like Magic the Gathering card flavortext. Hinting at more, but not really giving anything.
In my opinion it is sad that they just added the mistforged armor as another currency sink instead of making it the legendary counterpart to the ardent/triumphant version of the armor.
I think the lore for Pharus is correct. Pharus came out on the same patch where they added Siren's Reef fractal. So the flavour text may indicate that scholars recovered it from the fractal after it was cleared.
[Screams in Homestar Runner]
On the Lyssa stuff - who is the Mist stranger that lead us to the Marionette again?
we know lyssa likes to disguise herself, could it be her?
Wait where the sylvari even around when our Storm Elder Dragon awoke? If I recalled one awoke every 50 years and the sylvari race is only 5 years old at the start of the game.
Also, was it Kormar (I can't spell) who knew we killed him.
The first Sylvari was born in 1302 AE and were thus around during the rise of Kralkatorrik in 1320 AE.The game starts in 1325 AE. Moremoth awoke ahead of schedule thanks to the meddeling of Scarlet Briar.
i had to think about it for a second but then i realized caithe was literally there when kralk woke up
@@engilaru okay they've been around almost 25 years.
Kralkatorrik woke in reaction to destiny's edge and Glint plotting to kill him. Enraged, he woke up, Flew down to Glints Lair (now called the Prophets fall), and created the Dragonbrand. this happened in 1320. remember that caithe was a member of Destinys edge
this Still fits with the idea that they awoke 50 years appart.
1120 = Primordus Awakens
+45 years
1165 = Jormag awakens
+54 Years
1219 =Zhaitan Awakens
+51 Years
1270 = Presumably DSD awakens (First sign of krait and quaggans running from the endless ocean)
+50 Years
1320 = Kralkatorrik Awakens.
+8 years
1328 = Mordremoth is Awoken By scarlet, by artificially increasing the amount of Magic around mordremoth
For those who lack knowledge of HOPE:
In first 3 collections, you research Hylek alechmy and Asuran technology and build the base of the weapon.
Last collection is about crafting Alchemical Catalyst tube (the blue tubing of the gun, culmination of Hylek alchemy research), Transcendent Energy tube (red tubing of the gun, culmination of Asuran research) and Catalytic converter. Lore on the A Catalyst and T Energy says they violently explode, then mixed (Which probably powers the gun and why you should not drop it).
I'll be honest, the way they did the whole Mursaat and Seer plotline just wasn't satisfying in almost anyway...like...the ONE Mursaat to appear in GW2 wasn't even a Mursaat until we killed him, lol. And the whole "the Shining Blade is a Seer artifact" is just...REALLY? I really wanted GW2 to expand on the excellent lore and world building it had set up in GW1. I'll definitely check out End of Dragons, but God knows they better do the awesome lore they set up in GW1 Factions justice....I mean the Kurzick's and Luxon's were what made that game worthwhile...I really hope they don't just go "Yeah yeah, here, look generic Asian culture stuff". That's what made the Luxons and Kurzicks so weird...here you are in this giant ancient Beijing or something and then suddenly you're out in this wide open field at a crossroads...with a giant Jade Sea to your left and a giant stone forest to your right each with its own weird cultures, bizarre creatures and stories. That sort of dichotomy has to play a part here! Hoping for the best and that those unique lore and worldbuilding bits aren't just quietly put to rest like the Mursaat and Seer (and other) interesting lore was.
I still say, the MOST satisfying way they could have led up to End of Dragons was to make Season 5 about having ended Kralk and then shit gets real at the Tengu stronghold with reports coming back from Cantha of like 50 ft waves and strange creatures washing ashore and attacking people. Then the story would consist of "Island Hopping" with like 4 or 5 new maps that slowly but surely carve a safer path through the Ocean all the way to Cantha (since a direct route through the Ocean would probably be sure death). And then we can learn more lore about the Deep Sea Dragon on the way, it could slowly introduce new players to Cantha as NPCs discuss Canthan history and timelines. You could meet some people from Cantha who had lived on different isolated islands for decades etc and then finally, by the end of the Season, you are just making the final stretch with your team to get to the Canthan mainland and WHOOSH, an ENORMOUS WAVE appears on the horizon and it comes crashing down on you as tentacles and fins tear and crush your ship and crew to bits and then the screen fades out and you appear on the shoreline of Shing Jea Isle and are taken prisoner by the Ministry of Purity who think you are a spy. AND CUT. They could save this tiny, tiny little bit (hell the very last part could just be a trailer/video even to explain what happens after the last episode just before the expansion release).
Then the expansion would begin with you having to argue with the Ministry of Purity that you are not in fact a spy and that you are coming to aid them after reports from Tengu who (Secretly) have been coming back and forth to visit a secretive enclave of Tengu who still live in Cantha in the wilderness (just like in Shing Jea Isle). Right as the Ministry of Purity is trying to have you executed, bells/sirens ring out as the Deep Sea Dragon assaults the outpost and you now have to save your own captors from the threat. Anet, hire me ffs
Confrontation with Lyssa could be considered a somewhat logical escalation of power and stakes, right?
In GW1 we fought lich and legendary warrior, then helped a human defeat an exiled god. Finally, we fight off an Elder Dragon's lieutenant.
In GW2 we confront multiple Elder Dragons, then defeat a weakened god. Then we take on much stronger Elder Dragons with much smaller parties and even fight in 2v2v2 battle between three Elder Dragons at once.
I think it wouldn't be that out of place to finally stand against a full powered god.
Personally, i wish i could get legendary armor, other then raids. I mean, since i don't do raids, i kinda feel left out tbh. I know i could just do it, but its pretty high order for me. I wish i could easily play around stats too.
You can get it through pvp and wvw as well.
Agreed, pvp is gated more as well than it should be due to tickets.
I do get the disappointment with Astralaria's lore.
I'm still crafting it myself, and the previous lore had you figuring out constellations and ancient Jotun ritual sites, among others.
To now explicitly remove Astralaria from the Jotun and make it "just" an Inspired Project kind of thing feels rather hollow.
Before watching this, I thought the krait were simply a surviving race of the last dragons awakening.
Now I'm no longer sure, considering the human gods are meant to have created the world. idk, shaping a ruined world drained of all magic would fit my headcanon more.
Also, if there is an "enlightened" krait cult trying to remove magic from the world, my headcanon might still be correct. At least in some ways.
Oh, yea and did you notice the shape of the krait shards? Looks like the remainders of the bloodstone in the fen. Like, I said, I have a headcanon ^^
What u think about this idea for EotD
Taimi said in ls2 that killing 2 dragons at once would destroy Tyria
Then we killed 2 in icebrood saga🤦♀️
Aurene cant hołd more magic inside her (it seemed to be hard for her at least)
And now were goin to kill deepsea dragon?
What about the whole magic dragons contain?
Maybe we will have to bring back human gods so they can bring new balance for magic in Tyria?
I say Razah's return into GW2 maybe interesting because despite being a Data of GW1, it may have evolved beyond that over the hundred of years he has been alive. Razah is a clean slate in GW1 because it is just learning about everything including emotions, right, wrong, ideas, and etc. In GW2, Razah personality and appearance may end up being far different than its GW1 self because as mentioned in Exordium lore (being a lesser being of what Razah is), he can be anything or nothing based on what it is interested in being
I think Incinerator is more of a welding torch than a lighter. It was my first legendary as well. I used to play almost nothing but dagger/focus elementalist in the pre-HoT days so it was the obvious choice. Now that I main revenant, I'm hoping for a dagger elite spec so I can use it again.
I was split on whether I want to make The Moot or Eureka next but the lore has settled it. I'm getting Eureka. It just seems too perfect for my Asura revenant who joined the Durmand Priory.
Astralaria was actually my very first legendary... Since then I've made five more, but because I started with this one the others have seemed not necessarily easier... But certainly less insane. Until Chupa & Champuwat, of course.
I was personally disappointed with Shining Blade since it was my first legendary. I made it cause of it's lore... can't say I was fond of them just saying "here are some silly/dumb codenames".
I like the jokey weapon. Can only see so many edgey weapons in fantasy games before they all start to look the same. My first legendary was Quip, and I've been wanting to try a Gen 2. I'm leaning towards Shooshadoo, but I can't find a good shield build to use it.
These are really cool. It makes me really wish legendaries had more of an epic flavourful quest or story involved in their acquisition to make them actually feel legendary to acquire, with gameplay to match of course.
I do hope we get an Armory UI so that we can read these bits of lore anytime. I love when items feel like interesting parts of the game world.
Also, it’s kind of amusing that both daggers are charr related.
all those others flew over my - except @37:39. WAIT, you mean the other gods don't know "we" ganked Balthazaar? Uh-Oh!
I think I did some research on IPOS and I think some of the art matches a real-life Grimoire. It's actually a reference to real life occult stuff. Whether you believe in it is up to you.
Just a small nitpick here, but the Bifrost isn't pronounced the way you pronounce it in the video, it's pronounced 'Bee-vrost'.
I have just now realised that both legendary daggers are charr themed. Hopefully EoD gives us non-charr players a little bit more variety xD
Look up "Trogdor the burninator", its an old Strongbad video which is what they are referencing with Rodgort.
I have an idea about the datamined information about the new trinket, if it's an old story remember the norn fighting tournament from the original guild wars? Gwen was a mesmer and one of the contestants. Just an idea...
Isn't there a chance Bolt refers to Aurene? After all, Bolt is Gen 1, before we knew Aurene's name, and she was just Glint's egg then.
35:18 What is this place mentioned? I don't even know how to spell it O.o
Howlers lore and the stuff about the spirits of the wild makes me think they could tie in the Cantha with similarities to our real world Chinese Zodiac.
Could you please, for the love of god, put all your comments into one comment? It's really annoying to see you post 4-5 comments under each video, most of them only containing just one sentence ... for real now! You're not just doing this on WPs Videos but also on other peoples videos. ANNOYING!
Thank you for letting me know. There is nothing inherently wrong with multiple comments but i guess it does seem worse at the early stages of a video where few people have commented.
I do see multiple people do this on other videos too, though i guess im the most obvious offender.
I guess it also depends on the format of the video, some of these are verrrry long and span multiple topics. Sometimes its more appropriate to me to have separate subjects as different comments. (granted a lot of mine are just random quips that may or may not be funny, or bits of trivia).
Some people have engaged in discussion points in the comments or outside in other platforms off the back. Some have actually said the opposite to you and enjoy my insight.
As for other youtubers, not sure who youre thinking of but possibly inks (who actually mentions in his reaction videos he does the same as me / said "spam away" to me directly when i noticed).
Maybe Xand? Im offering my perspective as a 'veteran' player to the new player comments.
I know theres now an irony behind my response... but ill try to hold back in future
Ah youre the person on Xandrii's video who said i was making baseless claims about the Dreamyabaddon video (which i wasn't).... Glad you're not holding a grudge. You could have just asked instead of your rude comment
I think the first armor you read as pvp is actually the light wvw armor, and the last wvw armor you read is the heavy pvp armor.
This reminded me that alot of the ascened accessories have tiny bits of lore.
It's not much but enough to make them feel special to me. Like how my main has Sieran's diary in memory of her.
Or my human of Canthan herritage that has a kurzick artifact.
I hardly ever bother to craft ascended gear so legendaries is not something for me, so I enjoy cool gear lore where I can take it. x)
I wouldn't be surprised to see largos in EoD, if only because the model is easier for anet then the tengu..
@WP, fun fact, Surya is the name for the embodiment of the sun in Hindu mythology