Curse

ADGrady · Jul 14, 2007, 05:30 PM // 17:30

im not sure if this has been disscused yet, but im going crazy about it. is it just me or does the Shodow Army bear a striking resembalence to the white mantle? at first i thought they just looked the same, but then i saw the white matle emblem on the shadow army spellcaster armor! whats the deal?

here is a pic of :

1: the emblem of the white mantle

2: a shadow army mesmer, note the emblem on his chest

3: a white mantle monk, look familiar?

whats the deal?

Free Runner · Jul 14, 2007, 05:56 PM // 17:56

Anet simply used the same skin for the Shadow Army spellcasters. As far as i know there are not yet any ties between Menzies's Shadow Army and the White Mantle.

Damasus · Jul 14, 2007, 06:24 PM // 18:24

Yep, Anet just darkened the skins to save time and create a whole new army of foes quickly.

Of course, the Mission Bonus Promtion promises to show how the Mantle "really" rose to power...

Mursaat and Menzies??? O.o

Mesmer in Need · Jul 14, 2007, 07:44 PM // 19:44

Theres also a storage agent boss in snake dance. Reused skins.

mazey vorstagg · Jul 15, 2007, 07:15 AM // 07:15

Yeah but the Xunlai boss in Snake Dance is a Xunlai deserter, gone to find power for herself rather than aid the commercial expansion of the Xunlai Guild.

There's no reused skins in lore, all can be explained.

What if the shadow army are taken from the future (or time flows differently in FoW and RoT) and aid Menzies in fighting his brother. I wouldn't be surprised if the Mursatt were his allies as they don't seem to have a god.

Earth · Jul 15, 2007, 09:19 AM // 09:19

There's no reused skins in lore, you're right. Unfortunately, there are reused skins in games. Ever noticed how abyssals look like trolls? Reused skins.

Damasus · Jul 15, 2007, 09:59 PM // 21:59

Easily explained. Abyssals are simply the souls of disgruntled Mountain Trolls, who were killed by farmers. After death, recruiters working for Menzies convinced them that by joining the Shadow Army, they could have revenge on the farmers who so callously sent the into the afterlife.

</sarcasm>

Eldin · Jul 22, 2007, 03:32 PM // 15:32

A while ago we got a rather depressing article on the state of things by GW2. It states that Ascalon is still in the toilet, and Kryta STILL has White Mantle causing mischief (for a whole century?!). The only kingdom that got better was Deldrimor.

Perhaps in the future, the White Mantle will get aided by Menzies. He will smite the Mursaat (sadly) and will "persuade" ("I CAN DO THE SAME TO YOU IF YOU DON'T WORSHIP MEH!") them to join him. He will give them SuperPowers.

Then you will realize that "Shadow Army" is only their mortal name. The actual name, used by them and Menzies, is "X'thka" or "BLACK MANTLE".

El Pai De Buddha · Jul 23, 2007, 01:36 AM // 01:36

Eldin, are you referring to the article in IGN giving lore to the background of the Tyrian nations during GWEN? It wasn't talking about GW2.

Free Runner · Jul 24, 2007, 11:13 AM // 11:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eldin

A while ago we got a rather depressing article on the state of things by GW2. It states that Ascalon is still in the toilet, and Kryta STILL has White Mantle causing mischief (for a whole century?!). The only kingdom that got better was Deldrimor.

That article was reffering to the state of things in EotN (i remember it saying the White Mantle were still in Kryta and that troops from Ascalon were in Charr Terrortory). There is yet to be an article that releases details on the state of the world in GW2.

eightyfour-onesevenfive · Jul 24, 2007, 01:27 PM // 13:27

Smite Crawlers -> Scarabs
Aatxe -> Minotaurs
Grasps of Insanity -> Ghouls
Kraken Spawns (Factions) -> Phantoms (Prophecies)

I bet there are quite a few more. There may be no reused skins in lore, but there is also no lore in reused skins. Not everything that looks, sounds or smells similar has to be connected.

Guildmaster Cain · Aug 06, 2007, 08:30 PM // 20:30

Flesh Golem (minion) = Charr Axe Fiend
Burning Titan = Druids

And yes, many many more.