Curse

Symeon · Dec 02, 2005, 06:35 PM // 18:35

OK, so we've got the new land for Chapter 2. I and others have already talked before about gaps in the current map that could be filled in.

Any kind of evolution obviously would only come with Chapter 2.
You can choose to not have any of this evolution simply by inserting the old disk, even if you have the new.

The world has moved on. You defeated the <evil man>. Here are a few things that have happened.

- In Ascalon, the Charr seem to be dying of a strange never seen before disease. Since the defeat of the Titans there, they have retreated, and were pushed back by the Ascalonian army to their last base area, which at this moment in time is under siege (mission possibility here).
With the Charr threat removed, those that stayed in Ascalon are rebuilding. Large projects have gone under way that have removed and destroyed the Crystals embedded in the ground. With the help of many from abroad, old debris is being cleared and new plants, grass and natural things are being planted. Rin, Ascalon City, Drascir and Surmia are half-repaired. People are returning to Ashford to build new homes, and the old Abbey is now being repaired. Fort Ranik, Serenity Temple, Piken Square, the Grendich Courthouse, have all been restored. Buildings throughout the country are mostly brought back, and most of the land now looks fairly green again. The Great Northern Wall in various sections is also being repaired, although many say it may be demolished entirely for new building material! Ascalon is mid-way to being a strong, pretty and glorious country again, with the help of others.
So now, Ascalon City is fairly nice looking. Surmia, Drascir and Rin are outposts, with some new skills/quests there. The Charr homeland is an entire new area and links to all these places. Ascalon as a country is 'half-green', and some of the old nuissance enemies are being removed, to be replaced with programmes to replace with old more peaceful monsters of which some were kept in shelter, such as the River Skale. Ashford Abbey name replaces Sardelac, and most ouposts are fairly well restored with new things in them.
So overall, Ascalon is well into redevelopment.

- In Kryta, various changes have occurred. Since their defeat along with the <evilman> in the Ring of Fire islands, the Mantle and Mursaat have been pushed out. Many were stirred by the old Mad King legend on the Halloween Day, and as news and rumours had spread of the Mantle's various bad deeds, along with ignorance in government, discontent had grown.
In Beetletun and Nebo, villagers had become fed up with lack of attention and declared themselves independent, forming an alliance against the Mantle. The land which the Mantle had taken throughout the Maguuma was lost to various factions, and in Fishermen's Haven many from abroad gathered to join in the war. Armed groups from there and Beetletun and Nebo marched throughout West Kryta, taking hold of the Temple of Ages and Bergen Hot Springs. D'Alessio was raided by sea by Canthan mercenaries, and Divinity Coast and the surrounding area was taken. D'Alessio was taken, and the groups marched around North Kryta Province. Along with support from the Ascalonians in their settlement, the groups drived all round Kryta, taking the Eastern Gate and eventually all land so that the Mantle only controlled Lion's Arch.
The groups camped outside the walls, along with various adventurers (you), and before the assault could occur the inhabitants of the city rose up in revolt, letting in the groups and killing many White Mantle. All White Mantle possessions had now been lost, so the few survivors fled to an unknown location. The Lionguard put Salma (or whatever her name was - that woman at ToA in the quest and she had royal inheritance or something) on the throne as Queen of Kryta, and all the land taken was given to the country. Lion's Arch is being rebuilt, with all the old barracks and things being destroyed and more houses, and general good city things and monuments being built.
Ascalon Settlement is growing in population and is now and outpost. Other places have also grown/are being rebuilt. Kryta is a good country again.

- In the Maguuma, various outposts are emerging more to population and they are becoming less obscure. Henge of Denravi is having building work done by the Shining Blade. Work is being done to generally open the jungle up more to outside influence.

- In the Shiverpeaks, Deldrimor is winning in war against the Summit. They have taken hold of several places, and outposts have been expanded. Droknar's is now bigger, and generally the Shiverpeaks is becoming more of a friendly place.

- In the Crystal Desert, scientific work is being done to try and restore ghosts to their bodies. Ancient Ruins are being rebuilt, work is being done to restore the Elonian country, and outsiders are encouraged to come there.

- The fire islands are now no longer missions areas but normal areas.

- Attempts are being made by explorers to look into the Ruins of Orr. It is not yet certain how much is accessible, what inhabits these areas and whether they will be opened or not.

- There are various more explorable areas, such as south of the Maguuma, north of Kryta, new Charr lands.

Hope you enjoyed reading that stuff. I had fun, and hope people would agree the current world should evolve along with the addition of the new one. If Chapter 2 has already been planned out and this could not be put in, make it in a Chapter 3 that would come out about 4-5 months later and would simply be this evolution of the old world, more a small expansion rather than another Chapter. Probably would be a paid download as it is too small to buy in shops.

Roupe · Dec 02, 2005, 08:07 PM // 20:07

yes, and quests in order to help the restoration in the various places,

for instance :Asford abby/ sardelac sanctums necromancers -needs strong adventures to go down and clear catacombs from the fallen necromancers pets, and general rubble

Symeon · Dec 02, 2005, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Someone mentioned it before, I think it may have been Tactical-Dillusions, about having a charity box for restoration of Ascalon City, the more money is put in the more work will be done.
Perhaps even more than that, there could be various people or groups around that need money to do something like rebuild house, plant trees, refill rivers etc. that you can pay, and gradually as more and more money is given, even though it's instance zones, those things start to happen.
For example, Ashford is being rebuilt, and Ellie Rigby wants you to donate money to help families build homes and buildings there. So people start paying her, and at certain points when there is a certain amount of money, the developers have set something to happen like the buildings are being built and you see people standing around building, then next they are half built, then nearly finished, then finished, then even further with nice decorations. So lots of gold sinks for people to think about simply so places can look nicer. It's a nice thought to have contributed to building a building or planted some nice little trees.
It could work, even though Guild Wars isn't an MMORPG.

Sharpe_116 · Dec 02, 2005, 09:48 PM // 21:48

very nice ideas

. love to see ascolon green and pretty again, since i hate the jungle look of kryta... and the shiver peeks are less of a country and more of an enourmas war zone...... And errr. ive seen guild wars officially classified as an mmorpg by many magazines and websites....

P.S. SEYMON U CHANGED YOUR PIC