Pre Seering Ascalon Instance for GW2

Nostalgia is a poweful thing. I miss spending time in pre seering ascalon, I would love it if they make a pre seering ascalon instance a bonus pack or something and give us more background stories about the seering as bonus missions. What do you guys think?

I would like a complete re-make zone of pre-searing remastered exactly as it was. But they won't do that. Anything they might do would totally fail to capture the experience as it was.

When I get all nostalgic, I fire up gw1 and play my pre char.

Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

@"Just a flesh wound.3589" said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

Obviously we Charr would be level 50 and kill any level 1-20s!(this is terrible idea, dont listen to me im actually joking.)

Though theoretically if this was a "in the mists" kind of thing we could be shrouded to appear human(provided this was just a side area).

@Dante.1763 said:

@"Just a flesh wound.3589" said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

So only human chars would appear as themselves and everyone else would be using a human standard form with no customization?

I've already been there and done that, I'd much prefer something new over something old. I say forget GW1 and move on to bold new lands!

@"Just a flesh wound.3589" said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

It would be odd, that is why I said they should make an instance of pre seering ascalon so that not just anyone can join the instance. If they do it something like the bonus mission pack in GW1 https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_Bonus_Mission_Pack, We could maybe we can play as Prince Rurik or someone else in pre seering. Or just make it a human exclusive zone.

And I agree with you , a complete re-master of the zone exactly as it was and maybe even expand it a bit would be awesome.

@narwhalsbend.7059 said:I would like a complete re-make zone of pre-searing remastered exactly as it was. But they won't do that. Anything they might do would totally fail to capture the experience as it was.

waste of time.

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Dante.1763 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

Yup, i mean if you are reliving the past(just like in GW1s dlc missions).

@Sombra.3246 said:

@"Just a flesh wound.3589" said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

@narwhalsbend.7059 said:I would like a complete re-make zone of pre-searing remastered exactly as it was. But they won't do that. Anything they might do would totally fail to capture the experience as it was.

So if it’s like a bonus pack it’s one person, or at most 5, going through and...... doing what exactly? Standing around Ascalon? Doing the presearing quests? Wandering around to see sights from an old game?

Dude.If you’re that nostalgic log on to gw1 presearing and get the real deal, not a redo that doesn’t capture the original because it’s an instanced bonus pack sold in the gemstore.

Considering Ascalon has regrown a GW2-era Ascalon map where things are less yellow would probably look a lot like pre-searing.

Pre-searing is apparently the autumn (according to the intro) and I'm not sure if GW2 Ascalon is earlier in the summer when everything is dry, or later in the autumn when more of the leaves have turned, but either way I think if we had a map set at a slightly different time of the year (or if we had seasons in the game as a whole) it would look quite different.

Alternatively if they did want a way to send us back they could always do something quasi-canon with the Commando's, but that would almost certainly be a short one-off.

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

Not if you're level 8-10 and stay in the Northlands. ;)

As a fractal, mayhaps. An entire zone is just too much just for nostalgia’s sake.

I have an alternate suggestion.

Put Guild Wars in the gemstore really cheap, maybe the price of a bonus mission. Then every gw2 player can buy it at a low cost and play together in the real Presearing Ascalon with their friends. If they find it fun enough they can buy the rest of the campaigns and the expansion.

Gonna point out: There is one.

Closest thing to pre-Searing Ascalon we're going to get (outside of actual Ascalon, which is well on its way to recovery under Charr rule) is roaming around Queensdale.

Or... you know... Guild Wars 1 hasn't gone anywhere...

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

Just stay north of the wall.

I still play regularly GW1. There are too many things I miss from the game, that we do not have in GW2. So for me personally, the solution was to just keep playing there. :3

@"Trise.2865" said:Gonna point out: There is one.

Closest thing to pre-Searing Ascalon we're going to get (outside of actual Ascalon, which is well on its way to recovery under Charr rule) is roaming around Queensdale.

Or... you know... Guild Wars 1 hasn't gone anywhere...

That isn't really close to pre-searing -- it's during the Searing (plus you're helping the flame legion call it down). It's definitely not what the OP was looking for, nostalgia-wise.

I think there are other examples in GW2 of areas with a similar feeling: the strawberry garden, the end of Troll's Revenge in LA, the home instances.

@Danikat.8537 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:Wouldn’t it be kind of odd for my Charr characters to be wandering around Presearing Ascalon?

In that case I’ll need to level up by death leveling humans. I’m going to need a gate monkey to open the gate. I’ll pay you a gold.

LF gate monkey, 50g

Gate Monkeys are no longer necessary, I believe. Was a QoL update not long ago.
So, it should be easier to Death Level. :)

@Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:Gate Monkeys are no longer necessary, I believe. Was a QoL update not long ago.

So, it should be easier to Death Level. :)

The Charr in Presearing got a Qol update? 0.o

/goes to bang on door.

Still doesn’t open!

I'd love a fractal for presearing catacombs with real gargoyles.

So many awesome ideas in this discussion.

It might be too similar to Fractals in concept, but what about a time machine? And what if it was more than just pre-Searing Ascalon – what if you went back to the time and place of your ancestors? A charr would go north of the wall and kill the occasional group of humans that ventured through. A norn would go to Eye of the North as it was then, and the surrounding area. A human would go to pre-Searing Ascalon, sans north of the wall. An Asura could go underground or whatever those creepy little things crawled out of. And a sylvari would enter the dream-world or something. Each one would be a unique zone with a few events and stuff, and some new items returning from GW1.

does anyone remember the april fools missions?you go back in time in disguise to fix something in the past, this could be done with the inquest trying to get rid of the humans so they have free reign in their time.