Curse

**cosyfiep** · Nov 06, 2006, 07:30 AM // 07:30

yeah snow, my monk Yuki (snow in japanese) would love to see some again!!

strcpy · Nov 06, 2006, 07:31 AM // 07:31

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Originally Posted by kuhu

I really don't know how they can make an enemy that is harder then the ones in nightfall. You fight a god afterall, what can be more threatening then a god?

I don't what could be more threatening - maybe the hero that thrwarted the Gods will on three continents and eventually beat him?

Until we see something the hero can not kill there is always something more threatening. Heck, maybe all the other gods do insane or something.

Plus we still have the whole charr/Ascalon thing - and they had some pretty kick ass titans too. I, for one, would like to at least see what happened to Ascalon after I left in a cinematic, a whole game would be even better.

maedrarle · Nov 06, 2006, 11:08 AM // 11:08

Follow-up and discovery of Orr would be nice. There's a guy in the Gates of Torment that speaks about the cataclysm after all.

doinchi · Nov 06, 2006, 01:13 PM // 13:13

Maybe when you begin chapter 4 using a char from a diff chapter, you do a quest which gets you dragged into a time warp? And then you go into the past and help the charr. The biggest problem I see is how a time travelling person will affect the future. It would mess up the storyline a bit too much for my liking. Maybe it might mean we have to start a new character?

I tihnk chapter 4 will be a new trilogy, but it would not be something so completely different. Im guessing an Icy landscape. Good ideas though. A chapter in Orr would be very interesting, but theres the time travel issue again.

led-zep · Nov 06, 2006, 03:12 PM // 15:12

chapter 4: play prophecies from the char viewpoint......

not a good idea, you know 8 bastard heroes are going to kick your ass

gobla · Nov 06, 2006, 03:19 PM // 15:19

I think Chapter 4 will feature northern tyria, there's just soooo much unexplored territory and lore there.

- Charr homelands north of ascalon
- Mursaat homelands north of the jungle ( where that alessio guy found them after he got lost in the jungle, he then started the white mantle. )
- Further North in the shiverpeaks.

And the Charr and Mursaat are indeed connected by lore. The Mursaat hold the titans prisoner in prophecies. The Charr ally ( Last day dawns quest ) with the titans and build burning statues in the shape of them.

This opens many possibilities. Where the Charr send by the Mursaat to destroy the human kingdoms so the Mursaat could come up as the great hero's that rescued the humans and then pose as gods? Like they did with kryta. Did the Mursaat drive away the Charr so that the Charr had to run south colliding with the humans because the Charr worship the titans while the Mursaat imprison the titans? And what is it with the seer? That black mursaat. Are they a seperate race? Are they like albino mursaat?

This would pose many many options. Some examples:

- A stroke in the lands conquered by the Charr wich can be conquered back by you and then you can build towns there. The Charr will constantly be attacking these towns. Kind of rebuilding ascalon like but without the time travel problems. Not PvP, PvE. Kind of the same thing as the luxon/kurzick battles but against monsters. If the line is far in the monster's favor then missions will be fairly easy and give mediocre awards. If the line is far in the player's favor then missions will be very hard but give very good rewards. Winning a mission moves the line in your favor and losing moves it in the monster's favor. It will also move in the monster's favor over time. And say every 'time period' it will be pushed back a lot as the charr launch a major offensive.
- Extremely strong Mursaat bosses, you have all seen the jade armors in prophecies. They're not living things but more like constructed with magic. Imagine those things 25 times as big and made up out of various creatures ( hands that are warriors using all kinds of attacks, feet and legs that are rangers using stances and speed buffs for the whole body, Torso that is constantly healing all body parts and a head that is an elementalist. And all body parts are using a spell that is easily interupted but respawns another body part. )
- Lots of options for new classes! Engineers trying to rebuild stuff in the Charr lands ( leather armored guy using guns and bombs etc. ) Nobles from ascalon fighting the charr ( heavily armored guys with rapiers and hired hands, human pets that can perform various functions. ) Druids from the maguuma jungle that have somehow managed to survive ( Spellcasters using natural effects like sending a flock of birds to attack the target, a snake to poison it etc. ) Seers ( with all the destruction in these parts people become closer to the gods, these have started seeing omens of the future. New skill type: Omens. Wich are effects that can be applied to others ( enemies and allies ). Like Omen of Bad Luck: You have -25% change to critical strike, end when you critically strike. Omen of Fortune: The next time you would take a fatal blow that blow is ignored and the attacker knocked down. These omens would last till the effect they're after is fulfilled, just like self-fulfilling prophecies. )
- A great story line building further upon that of prophecies!

Atleast those are my hopes and i personally think it's quite likely that this might just be it :P

GloryFox · Nov 06, 2006, 03:33 PM // 15:33

I’m still thinking of GW Atlantis,..

In the great libraries of Vabbi tales speak of an island continent that suddenly disappeared. I believe this will be the next area to discover.

LumpOfCole · Nov 06, 2006, 03:36 PM // 15:36

A Civil War among the Gods would be MOST delicious and interesting, especially if ANet really wants to develop the characters of their Gods over the course of time. Take a Greek God approach to the whole thing. Jealousy, love, cheating, etc. It would be good stuff.

SPOILERS: There's a new woman God in God-land now too. All the better.

To be honest, the new story arch could really be anything. It's hard to predict something that could have a start in any subject or theme. We'll see where it goes from here though. Personally? I'm hoping for something conquest based, sort of like Factions but make the stake bigger. Make people PICK a side and be forced to stick with it rather than giving them the option to jump ship. Then put some real prizes on the line for the conquesters: early access to preview content, etc.

There could be a story more pirate based. What if Chapter 4 was based around boat travel and pirates? What if the map was a big island chain (think Pirates of the Caribbean theme I guess)? Pirates versus Order? Those would be very interesting factions.

The story could be Roman conquest based. Royal family members turning against each other. Be in your own "Brutus" faction, "Caesar" faction, etc. Commanding heroes was just step 1? What about entire armies? The game does seem to be taking baby steps toward incorporating larger RTS elements. Armies for chapter 4? Click the flag for the troops to go there but instead of 3 heroes and 4 henchies, it's 40 army members. 100 army members? Maybe chapter 5 expands on that and allows you to create units on the fly, even more RTS style. Imagine the possibilities there for widescale PvP too!

There could be a Charr-lands theme. This would be popular. Maybe the next big innovation is being able to make a Charr rebel character? Imagine if the next two classes weren't human at all. There's no one saying it can't happen. Want to hop a ship to Shing Jea and be able to call everyone two-legs and /dance with four? You know there's a part of you that wants to.

There are simply way too many thing Chapter 4 can introduce in terms of story. We do know this: whatever story comes about, it will mold around whatever new gameplay features ANet has in mind. Not the other way around. This was confirmed on the Nightfall CE DVD. People may agree or disagree with this as it is a matter of opinion, but it is true nonetheless. Gameplay comes first before story with the Guild Wars series (which is just fine in my book, especially in an MMO), so if we can predict what gameplay features come, we can predict the stories.