EMPI.4013 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 We were standing right next to an explosion of similar, or greater magnitude as the bloodstone explosion at the beginning if LS3.( Just curious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayumi Spender.1082 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 It seemed more blinding than an actual damage residual explosion to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMPI.4013 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 @Ayumi Spender.1082 said:It seemed more blinding than an actual damage residual explosion to me.I agree it did look more of a blinding explosion but there is also the fact that we see large branded crystals get thrown into the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umut.5471 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Maybe because Kralkatorrik was absorbing the exploded energy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseofGilead.8907 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Plot armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 We are more powerful than a god, as proven in that episode. The energy contained within said god, then, is less potent than are we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djinn.9245 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 While it would have been good for them to show some kind of hint, Aurene was there and she has protected us in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shampanix.3928 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Both Aurene (for her it looked like something she couldn't control properly and seemed she might get hurt of it) and Kralky (good ol' omnomnom) immediately started to consume the power that was leaking into the world when Balthy went bye-bye. You could've seen it right after cutscene of him going down. So while we were to some extent exposed to it (tho happened to us plenty of times in the past - death of Zaithan, Mordremoth, BF explosion, we even had some side effects of that which needed remedy in current events), seems like quickly entire magic was consumed by both dragons which helped avoid total destruction. Cus not only this would kill us but also blew a hole in Vabbi. There wouldn't be any going north then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithranArkanere.8957 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Balthazar did not explode, he burned out like matchstick, and Kralkatorrik absorbed all the magic that seeped out as he burned.We killed him with a fiery sword, after all. He may have exploded if the other gods fought him and there was nothing there to contain the magic, but we fought fire with fire, and with a massive magic vacuum in front of us, which was probably the only way to defeat him without creating another Desolation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayumi Spender.1082 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 @MithranArkanere.8957 said:Balthazar did not explode, he burned out like matchstick, and Kralkatorrik absorbed all the magic that seeped out as he burned.We killed him with a fiery sword, after all. He may have exploded if the other gods fought him and there was nothing there to contain the magic, but we fought fire with fire, and with a massive magic vacuum in front of us, which was probably the only way to defeat him without creating another Desolation. My brain immediately thought about 2 suns near each other, one turned into a supernova and the other later turning into one itself when the 1st just became a blackhole.The blackhole immediately sucks up the power before the star blows out and die to become a supernova saving the surroundings around it.I'm weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereon.5219 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 We killed a god, how could we not survive an explosion? Not even death can stop us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuon Alpinus.7645 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 @Thereon.5219 said:We killed a god, how could we not survive an explosion? Not even death can stop us.That, and death LITERALLY cannot stop us.Like we opened a door out of the realm of the dead while giving Joko the finger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohoni.6057 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Out character survived the death of our character. Balth's death was nothing. Real reason, it was a more controlled explosion of energy than the Bloodstone one, it did ZERO damage to the terrain whereas the Bloodstone one completely decimated the area. It was basically more like a nuclear meltdown than a nuclear bomb, and the dragons sucked up all the radiation before it got to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMPI.4013 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 @Ohoni.6057 said:Out character survived the death of our character. Balth's death was nothing. Real reason, it was a more controlled explosion of energy than the Bloodstone one, it did ZERO damage to the terrain whereas the Bloodstone one completely decimated the area. It was basically more like a nuclear meltdown than a nuclear bomb, and the dragons sucked up all the radiation before it got to us. actually if you watch the scene you can see it did some damage to the terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jheo.3015 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 well, I think my character used distortion and teleport.*It´s like most action/ sci-fi movies where the hero no matter how many bullets you throw at it, never seem to get hit on a vital spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palador.2170 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 It's true that nothing human/charr/norn/ect should have survived that. But if you think about it, the Commander isn't human/charr/ect any more.It's a known fact that a mortal can take on the powers of a god, becoming a god themselves. And while we didn't get anywhere near ALL of the energy, it goes without saying that a good dose of it went into the Commander. The Commander is one step closer to becoming a god, possibly a new god of war. (Which would be very fitting, to be honest.)When The Six left (five, plus Balthy's replacement, who/whatever that may have been), they reduced the total amount of power flying around by removing a HUGE chunk of it from Tyria. They also left their spots open, something they've not allowed to happen before. Before now, even if a god was displaced, they were not depowered until someone was ready to replace them and take their spot.That means that we now have spots to fill, and it will take a lot of power to do so. It's another way to drain some of the energy from the world, and stop the Elder Dragons. The "replacement gods" (demigods, if you will) may not fall into quite the same roles, and they're sure to not be as powerful, but it still makes sense that we can remove a lot of the excess magic this way. With Aurene and the Commander to fill one slot, that leaves one slot for each of the 5 major races. (I guess the Tengu will miss out, because they won't get off of their feathery asses and become a player race.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaklex.6308 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 @MithranArkanere.8957 said:Balthazar did not explode, he burned out like matchstick, and Kralkatorrik absorbed all the magic that seeped out as he burned.We killed him with a fiery sword, after all. He may have exploded if the other gods fought him and there was nothing there to contain the magic, but we fought fire with fire, and with a massive magic vacuum in front of us, which was probably the only way to defeat him without creating another Desolation. You are not entirely correct, Kralkatorrik did not absorb ALL of the magic that came out of Balthzar, some of it was absorbed by Aurene herself, in case you didn't notice the magic flowing into here when she was floating in the air during the cutscene, that is what accelerated her growth in to what appears to be the same size as Vlast was. My guess is that it was a 80/20 split between Kralk and Aurene, or somewhere around those numbers, guestimating of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientoak.4258 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The magic energy missed us, and a big dragon devoured all of the power candy (and a little one also). What do we get, an afterparty ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighter.5631 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 distortion, strongest invuln out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyokku.5412 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Well I just mirage blurredAlso we've been exposed to so much magic being released in our stories, imagine it's nuclear radiation, we'd be totally radioactive by now, so Balth is like just a little more haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlin Sanders.3587 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 we survive due to a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.but really i just assume it has to do with either sohothin (it got it's new magic from balthy after all), Aurene, or both. one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohoni.6057 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 @ErikTheTyrant.4527 said:@Ohoni.6057 said:Out character survived the death of our character. Balth's death was nothing. Real reason, it was a more controlled explosion of energy than the Bloodstone one, it did ZERO damage to the terrain whereas the Bloodstone one completely decimated the area. It was basically more like a nuclear meltdown than a nuclear bomb, and the dragons sucked up all the radiation before it got to us. actually if you watch the scene you can see it did some damage to the terrain.Maybe some, but the one in Bloodstone Fen was like ten nukes! That explosion knocked thousands of tons of rock into the air, and it stuck there. If this had been an equivalent blast, then that entire region of Vabbi would look like Glint's Lair in Highlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Aegis, of course.Also, the same as with Abaddon's death - someone else was there to absorb most of that energy.(seems like a repeating pattern - we do the hard job, just for someone else to show up and reap all the benefits) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glott.7239 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 It's a new mastery called "Plot Armor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrubySzymek.1362 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The commander is wearing the most impressive gear any screenwriter has ever created - a plot armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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