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Originally posted by -Wonder-Bread-

I greatly appreciate you replying. I'll admit, a large part of why I want this is in large part due to being in an RP guild and this sort of thing just makes RPing all the more exciting. I was so excited for Kourna as one of my characters is supposed to be from there.

There was always some amount of uncertainty playing a character from Kourna as there was little information given about the area in the 250 years after GW1. Regardless, I do not want to see ungrateful for what you have given us! There has been a lot learned and much that I can use to help make my character feel more real.

I look forward to the future and hope you can include more! Truthfully, your writing is just so wonderful, I just want more of it. :]

Originally posted by Majigor

Will we ever find out who E is?

Will marjory feature more in the story? What's the reason she's been so absent since HoT?

I get that you can't give away much about the story, but you've undoubtedly seen all the speculations this latest episode sprung. Are any of us on the right track? Will we ever see or know more about Joko?

Originally posted by Martinoice

Do you have any plans to add a complete caladbolg weapon set? I love the idea so much. Its one of my absolute favourite "quests" in the game and it makes me feel close to the story and my character, but I don't use the weapons that are avaliable. If there could be a caladbolg axe I would be so happy.

Originally posted by StrikerJaken

Just for fun. Make an old wise guys room like in final fantasy 7 where they tell you everything, fourth wall breaking

Originally posted by Nebbii

You could add a decoration that detect player movement nearby and change from one color to another

Originally posted by Valfaros

Just a small question why has the Kodan tonic no dodge animation. It's been a while but I happen to believe I saw Kodans dodge either in respective dungeon or somewhere else so why not add it.

Originally posted by elijahofengland

Sorry for this not being directly related to this particular episode but since watching you on guild chat I think you’re great! But my question is, coming into a game with such an established and complicated lore and picking up so far into its development, how difficult is it to try and work all this into the story?

I’m assuming coming in at PoF release you had to familiarise yourself with guildwars in general. Is there an archive you access, or talk to devs and other writers, woodenpotatoes on youtube or have you played both games beforehand to do a bit of research?

Originally posted by VaelVictus

Did I correctly detect a hint of Samurai Jack's "Aku" in Joko?

Originally posted by Exfrus

I don't think we've ever been in situation where we felt it would add anything to have a female norn say something differently from a male norn.

If you dig through the norn personal arcs I believe there are a few instances where female norn and male norn have different dialogue and some of those are voiced. It's pretty much exclusively restricted to interactions with the Sons of Svanir because they have VIEWS on women. Same story with female charr and interactions with the Flame Legion for the same reason.

Originally posted by talajian

Wait, so if I've been piecing together the delicate sketches of personality that you gave the Commander and have been enjoying that......does that mean I actually enjoy the Commander's character, what there is of it, or does that mean that your sleight of hand is working?

Originally posted by dixieflatcurve

I think cinematics use music volume slider, and many players have it on 50% or less, so the difference in volume levels can be staggering. It always bugged me too.

Originally posted by ReapEmAll

Now that Balthazar has been cast out and killed, who took over his role as the god of War, Fire, etc.? Did one of the other gods take it or was it usurped by Menzies? If it wasn’t Menzies, what happened to him and his Shadow Army? You really seem to be hinting at his death with The Fate of Menzies, but it’d be nice to have some confirmation. :)

Originally posted by Tivanshko

Is it possible that we get old untold stories (like what happened with the nightmare court and Malyck during HoT) within the scope of living Story releases ? I think that its not always necessary to use all 6 episodes to bridge 2 expansions. So why not use some releases to tell side stories?

Originally posted by TryToBeNormal

Hello, I have some questions. I apologise if they have been asked before.

1. Story-wise, what exactly happens to the remnants of the Forged after Balthazar's defeat? I forget if it's ever explained anywhere what becomes of them but an army without a leader is still an army even if it's disorganised.

   1a. I suppose the above question could also be applied to the Awakened as of the latest episode, presuming that Joko hasn't pulled some trick (which given the recording in the Loyalist Warrens, I feel like even if he has gone out he still has one final trick up his sleeve)

2. This feels like something I shouldn't ask, but how many players do fractals often in comparison to both how many players raid often and how many players don't do either?

3. I suppose this is also asking beyond what I should, but once it's finished, will Living World Season 4 have an associated Legendary Trinket equivalent to Aurora for Living World Season 3?

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Originally posted by Varorson

Troopmarshal Ogun is the legendary bounty, while the Beastmarshal is fought in the storyline. Both can also be seen while scouting Kourna in Forearmed is Forewarned.

We don't know what happened to the Wurmmarshal, though.

Originally posted by Taiaho

I think praising and adoring Joko as an Awakened is more of an effect of how you personally deal with the compulsion forced on you by the Awakening. Some recognize actively how they're being influenced/controlled and manage to discuss it in a differentiated manner, much like drug addicts who would like a way out, and some just dive into it and go full-praise mode. It probably has to do with the personal willpower and self-awareness of an inidividual, not with there being nuances to the severity of the Awakening process. But it's certainly an interesting question!

Originally posted by SAlNTJUDE

Im not sure who to direct this question too but here it is,

thinking about distant future, given the precedent of HoT and PoF being isolated content, how do you guys plan on handling new maps where mounts cant be a requirement but can be used to possibly trivialize a lot of it?

whats the process of deciding what content stays unique to a zone/patch/expansion and what becomes "core"

Originally posted by RandommUser

How did she get to Kourna?

Originally posted by foozlesprite

I'm thinking what BlueSakon said. Necro player character summons are pretty creative body part arrangements themselves, so I see no reason Joko couldn't have fun with corpse putty when he got bored.

Originally posted by -Wonder-Bread-

A bit late to the party here, but I really want to know if we'll ever get more lore that is not specifically story related. For instance, there are other MMOs and RPGs that give you more story and lore via books or just random NPC dialog that just tells you more about the world... makes it feel more alive.

The new map and really all of the new LS maps so far feel somewhat lacking in that regard. They don't feel lived in and necessarily like actual places that people exist in.

We get some during the actual story, especially during the part with the farmers, but even that is just a one and done and I really do not feel it explored enough of what those people's lives are like.

I really love the world of Tyria! It's beautiful, expansive, just gorgeous in general. But this just feels like a major part that is lacking currently.