I've complimented you and your videos in the past, but must say that you have out done yourself this time. There are a few GW2 content creators who know and express a lot about the lore of the game, and previous to this video, I would have placed you in the top 5 of those people. Now, with this video, you have surpassed them all! Really, I am stunned by your video editing and the script you prepared for this video. It is truly next level stuff. This is without a doubt, the best GW2 video I have ever viewed, period!
@@FornaxTheHerald I don’t consider my comment generous, more like “factual”! I haven’t seen all of your previous videos, but this one is easily the best I’ve ever seen. Edit: from anyone!
There was a leak that popped up a long time ago (8 months ago on reddit) had quite a few of stuff that may have been changed later in the dev. The intro with the ship was stated in that leak: "We arrive in Cantha by airship, only to be shot out of the sky by the defensive batteries at Shing Jea Bastion. Interestingly enough, it is just the commander and her buddies ( the new commander ‘mascot’ is a lady, Devs just referred to her as ‘Mei’). Still, it did feel a bit like they rehashed the HoT opening. The next few story instances take place on the Fortress Island of Shing Jea, with the Bastion essentially towering over one half of the island, and a big mountain range over the other. You mostly try to understand why you got shot out of the sky, what the current situation is ( there is a lot of unrest and apparently Luxons and Kurzicks feel confident enough to try and secede from the empire again), trying to find your friends ( Marjory is missing, after crashing you get a cutscene of her being dragged away by an unknown faction with some sort of waves-like dragon symbol on their uniforms), and making new allies."
I think Ankka will usurp mai trinn. Hence why we fight mai trinn in the strike. I think the black mist stuff at the end was "Mother" arriving. We see what looks like a face in the end card of the trailer, that seems to be made of the stuff. Perhaps the reason we are seeking the mysteries of the dragons, is to understand where they came from, and who "mother" is.
Just some random ideas from the vod. The last scene could be our end of dragons, the secret of the empire/jade tech could be that Jun's corporation has 'bubbles' may be unaware of the true origin of Jade power. What if that last scene is an elder dragon amalgamation/forming out of all the dragon energies loose on Tyria. The 'sea is gone' turned to jade and mined, what if 'bubbles' was a Jade Dragon (changed by the Jade Wind along with the sea), trapped and they are draining its essence from the Jade. But as we see, it escapes and it is reforming into 'bubbles', we have seen a similar scene when we enter Kralkatorik in Dragonfall.
Glorious speculations and trips down memory lane Herald! I agree with all points and the end shot I’m pretty confident is Elder Dragon related and the Canthans finally being burned by playing with fire for far too long
My speculation is that the Elder Dragon(s) of Cantha have a general agenda like Glint's Legacy or even they are specifically part of that. So there has been no resistance in progress to the Canthans like the corruption and consumption of magic like it has been in Tyria. So, all Canthans really understand is that people from a nation that basically just destroyed a human god, and five elder dragons has shown up. So, to Canthans this just looks like an invasion and threat to that peaceful legacy with their dragons. Then you've got these Aetherblades who are attacking and then we show up out of the goodness of our hearts to help them with that problem. What I am thinking is that none of the dragons are going to die but this is a story about the actual end of the dragon cycle itself. This story is just to tell how the world transitions from the end of the last dragon cycle and becoming Glint's Legacy.
I think the devs did say that Cantha experienced some consequences from the dragon rising. Perhaps their formidable dragon-jade technology shielded them from the worst of it. I also imagine the Empress has spies throughout the northern continents. Unless she deemed the nations so inconsequential, and ignored them. We will find out soon! \o/
Another detail, the scene where Taimi appears, she has some sort of jade leg braces, perhaps the jade tech is going to help with her illness in some way?
I think that the leg braces are there to help here walk normally, since here disease detoriates here muscles, as she can be seen limping trough the story.
@@tehno_thefallen386 yeah I’m aware, it’s just that when I look closely I see jade on them and that’s why I’m wondering that maybe it’ll help her with the magic that is in the jade, perhaps I’m looking too hard into this haha
I find it interesting that the cultural stylings for Cantha empire this time around are more reminiscent of Korean Joseon Dynasty, as opposed to Japanese
of course! Why did I always think the deep sea dragon would have a blue color? There‘s literally no light at the bottom of the sea, so that dragon might as well be pitch black I hope it looks absolutely terrifying
cantha in gw1 is more chinese and japanese based... can be seen in the names of the char.. . the emperor in gw1 had a japanese or chinese name. but in this upcoming canthan world.. it's more korean based.. even the name of the empress and her half sister is korean... the costumes are also more korean then chinese or japanese in style.
My speculation is regarding Mai Trin's new first mate. Who has a red and blue eye. Kind of makes me think there is more to them. (They may have absorbed some Jormag and Primordus magic, hence the red and blue eyes.)
Thank you for another great video, you've given me food for thought indeed. Impressively well done. I don't agree siege turtles belong in WvW though as it would inevitably create an a-team and a b-team; those who own EoD and those who don't. Yes you have to own PoF to get the warclaw, but if you don't you can catch a ride by running alongside someone elses mount, getting its speed. WvW is one of the core gamemodes in this game and it should be open to everyone. A siege turtle map wouldn't really do a lot of difference in that aspect. I am however really looking forward to the Alliances and hoping it has some new and invigorating features in store for WvW as well.
@@FornaxTheHerald I would love some new toys in WvW! It has been my favourite gamemode for a couple of years now. And one could definitely argue that F2P players can choose to upgrade etc, it's a valid opinion, I just think that Anet does a decent job at keepig the core features fairly equal and I appreciate that.
What if the aether blade are trying to create their own elder dragon? The artowork at the end of that trailer depicts a massive dragon made of energy in the background. Perhaps they harnessed some of the magic leaked from the elder dragon kills
Being in the mists that long, they could have encountered some exotic entity there. They could well be trying to do what Ruinbringer did, likely with the same success rate too.
@@FornaxTheHerald exactly, they would have witnessed kralk entering too during his last days. That does not look like a Aurene to me, but more closely resembles the mass of energy we see at the end
I've complimented you and your videos in the past, but must say that you have out done yourself this time. There are a few GW2 content creators who know and express a lot about the lore of the game, and previous to this video, I would have placed you in the top 5 of those people. Now, with this video, you have surpassed them all! Really, I am stunned by your video editing and the script you prepared for this video. It is truly next level stuff. This is without a doubt, the best GW2 video I have ever viewed, period!
Gosh, my thanks David. That is incredibly generous of you to say.
@@FornaxTheHerald I don’t consider my comment generous, more like “factual”! I haven’t seen all of your previous videos, but this one is easily the best I’ve ever seen.
Edit: from anyone!
There was a leak that popped up a long time ago (8 months ago on reddit) had quite a few of stuff that may have been changed later in the dev. The intro with the ship was stated in that leak:
"We arrive in Cantha by airship, only to be shot out of the sky by the defensive batteries at Shing Jea Bastion. Interestingly enough, it is just the commander and her buddies ( the new commander ‘mascot’ is a lady, Devs just referred to her as ‘Mei’). Still, it did feel a bit like they rehashed the HoT opening. The next few story instances take place on the Fortress Island of Shing Jea, with the Bastion essentially towering over one half of the island, and a big mountain range over the other. You mostly try to understand why you got shot out of the sky, what the current situation is ( there is a lot of unrest and apparently Luxons and Kurzicks feel confident enough to try and secede from the empire again), trying to find your friends ( Marjory is missing, after crashing you get a cutscene of her being dragged away by an unknown faction with some sort of waves-like dragon symbol on their uniforms), and making new allies."
Well they got one thing right - Mai Trin on a ship.
@@FornaxTheHerald xD well th leak also spoke about a scepter heal spec for thief ... so yea :P
I think Ankka will usurp mai trinn. Hence why we fight mai trinn in the strike. I think the black mist stuff at the end was "Mother" arriving. We see what looks like a face in the end card of the trailer, that seems to be made of the stuff. Perhaps the reason we are seeking the mysteries of the dragons, is to understand where they came from, and who "mother" is.
Honestly I had forgotten about mother, you could well be right.
Just some random ideas from the vod.
The last scene could be our end of dragons, the secret of the empire/jade tech could be that Jun's corporation has 'bubbles' may be unaware of the true origin of Jade power. What if that last scene is an elder dragon amalgamation/forming out of all the dragon energies loose on Tyria. The 'sea is gone' turned to jade and mined, what if 'bubbles' was a Jade Dragon (changed by the Jade Wind along with the sea), trapped and they are draining its essence from the Jade. But as we see, it escapes and it is reforming into 'bubbles', we have seen a similar scene when we enter Kralkatorik in Dragonfall.
Oh! That's so good, such an insightful, thoughtful theory. - Hats off to you Wytchlight
Glorious speculations and trips down memory lane Herald! I agree with all points and the end shot I’m pretty confident is Elder Dragon related and the Canthans finally being burned by playing with fire for far too long
Thanks, it was fun to dig out all that season one footage.
This is how you do a breakdown video. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you so much!
My speculation is that the Elder Dragon(s) of Cantha have a general agenda like Glint's Legacy or even they are specifically part of that. So there has been no resistance in progress to the Canthans like the corruption and consumption of magic like it has been in Tyria. So, all Canthans really understand is that people from a nation that basically just destroyed a human god, and five elder dragons has shown up. So, to Canthans this just looks like an invasion and threat to that peaceful legacy with their dragons. Then you've got these Aetherblades who are attacking and then we show up out of the goodness of our hearts to help them with that problem. What I am thinking is that none of the dragons are going to die but this is a story about the actual end of the dragon cycle itself. This story is just to tell how the world transitions from the end of the last dragon cycle and becoming Glint's Legacy.
I think the devs did say that Cantha experienced some consequences from the dragon rising. Perhaps their formidable dragon-jade technology shielded them from the worst of it. I also imagine the Empress has spies throughout the northern continents. Unless she deemed the nations so inconsequential, and ignored them. We will find out soon! \o/
Another detail, the scene where Taimi appears, she has some sort of jade leg braces, perhaps the jade tech is going to help with her illness in some way?
Oh, yes, that's interesting. I thought Taimi was close to death and Gorrik was the replacement... apparently no.
Well spotted! I completely missed* that.
I think that the leg braces are there to help here walk normally, since here disease detoriates here muscles, as she can be seen limping trough the story.
@@tehno_thefallen386 yeah I’m aware, it’s just that when I look closely I see jade on them and that’s why I’m wondering that maybe it’ll help her with the magic that is in the jade, perhaps I’m looking too hard into this haha
@@ghostie._ No its a valid theory and I hope we finally cure here. Now we just need to wait and see what will truly happen 👀
I find it interesting that the cultural stylings for Cantha empire this time around are more reminiscent of Korean Joseon Dynasty, as opposed to Japanese
I'm so excited for this! Thank you for the lore explanation as always! I was so excited the moment I was the trailer!
Many hugs and thanks for the love hun.
@@FornaxTheHerald
of course! Why did I always think the deep sea dragon would have a blue color? There‘s literally no light at the bottom of the sea, so that dragon might as well be pitch black
I hope it looks absolutely terrifying
cantha in gw1 is more chinese and japanese based... can be seen in the names of the char.. . the emperor in gw1 had a japanese or chinese name. but in this upcoming canthan world.. it's more korean based.. even the name of the empress and her half sister is korean... the costumes are also more korean then chinese or japanese in style.
I would like to see Siege Turtle in WvW too. So sad we are not going to have it.
Never say never!
Frank, best friend of Steve
Of course! 🐲🐉
cant wait for the dlc
seriously love your voice, great breakdown!
Many thanks
The release of this expansion and Magic the Gathering's newest set for Kamigawa both in this month could not be a coincidence
I'm trying to go into EOD practically blind so unfortunately I had to stop your video after the spoiler warning :( amazing production as always though
Glad I did not spoil it for you.
This was such an amazing video. Bravo, love your speculations and analysis!
Thank you so much 😊
My speculation is regarding Mai Trin's new first mate. Who has a red and blue eye. Kind of makes me think there is more to them. (They may have absorbed some Jormag and Primordus magic, hence the red and blue eyes.)
I had not thought of that!!
Thank you for another great video, you've given me food for thought indeed. Impressively well done.
I don't agree siege turtles belong in WvW though as it would inevitably create an a-team and a b-team; those who own EoD and those who don't. Yes you have to own PoF to get the warclaw, but if you don't you can catch a ride by running alongside someone elses mount, getting its speed. WvW is one of the core gamemodes in this game and it should be open to everyone. A siege turtle map wouldn't really do a lot of difference in that aspect. I am however really looking forward to the Alliances and hoping it has some new and invigorating features in store for WvW as well.
I see, that makes sense. I just want to see wvw players get some new toys/options to reinvigorate the game type.
@@FornaxTheHerald I would love some new toys in WvW! It has been my favourite gamemode for a couple of years now. And one could definitely argue that F2P players can choose to upgrade etc, it's a valid opinion, I just think that Anet does a decent job at keepig the core features fairly equal and I appreciate that.
Top editing. Top voice. Top video.
Thank you so much Kesa.
What if the aether blade are trying to create their own elder dragon? The artowork at the end of that trailer depicts a massive dragon made of energy in the background. Perhaps they harnessed some of the magic leaked from the elder dragon kills
Pretty sure that's Aurene
@@LoliNoxTan A corrupted version of Aurene maybe.
Being in the mists that long, they could have encountered some exotic entity there. They could well be trying to do what Ruinbringer did, likely with the same success rate too.
@@FornaxTheHerald Did someone read Noxxi's blog post? If you haven't it's quite a good read
@@FornaxTheHerald exactly, they would have witnessed kralk entering too during his last days. That does not look like a Aurene to me, but more closely resembles the mass of energy we see at the end
Great video! Getting me very excited for EOD!
Thank you for the spoiler warnings, I'll come back an listen to this after I've played through EoD :) :)
We all have to agree not to let Herald drive an airship ever again. The insurance only covers 2 airships ....
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so if you're an spvp and/or wvw player no real reason to buy it.. hmm
The new elite specialisation would the primary draw for competitive players I think. EOD does introduce nine new elites, one for each profession.
@@FornaxTheHerald Yeah I guess, but most of them seem PvE focused. We'll see.