Crunchbone.7341 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Just a quick question. I started playing during beta, but quit for a while before LWS1 was even 1/2 way done, so I did not play out the story. I have finished everything else since (not exactly in order as I skipped ahead to get POF mounts.... no mounts was why I did not keep playing at the start). I have made a new character, gotten them to level 80 & did all the HP trains & got my exotic gear & builds down, but I only did the level 10 personal story. I remember later in the personal story dealing with the unhappy split of our races & their guild, & never quite understood what happened there. I want to do everything in order this time around on my fresh character. Is LWS1, then personal story, then LWS2, HOT, LWS3, POF, LWS4, IBS, EOD going to be the best order chronologically? Thanks for any input. I enjoy the story very much & want to see it in order :) Also Happy Easter everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konig Des Todes.2086 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Crunchbone.7341 said: I want to do everything in order this time around on my fresh character. Is LWS1, then personal story, then LWS2, HOT, LWS3, POF, LWS4, IBS, EOD going to be the best order chronologically? Thanks for any input. I enjoy the story very much & want to see it in order 🙂 Almost right. Personal Story -> Season 1 -> Season 2 etc. However, that's just the overall Story Journal. There's other story content happening, including dungeons, raids, and short stories that happen concurrently or preceeding certain story parts. I recently made an extensive full list on reddit so here's a copy/paste of that: Spoiler The full chronological story order (including gw1, novels, short stories, side stories, and festival stuff) would be at best placement: Dungeon: Cliffside Fractal Dungeon: Solid Ocean Fractal Short Story: The Family Business Guild Wars 1: Turai's Story (Bonus Mission Pack) GW1 Story: The Battle for Kyhlo Guild Wars 1: Togo's Story (Bonus Mission Pack) Guild Wars 1: pre-Searing (Prophecies) Dungeon: Urban Battlegrounds Fractal Guild Wars 1: Saul's Story (Bonus Mission Pack) Guild Wars 1: Prophecies (Concurrent GW1 Story: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6 & The Protectors of Kryta) GW1 Story: Chapter 7: The Rift Guild Wars 1: Titan Quests (Prophecies) GW1 Story: Chapter 8: Chasing a Legend GW1 Story: Sorrow's Furnace Guild Wars 1: Sorrow's Furnace Guild Wars 1: Fissure of Woe Guild Wars 1: Tomb of the Primeval Kings Guild Wars 1: Factions Guild Wars 1: Urgoz's Warren Guild Wars 1: The Deep Guild Wars 1: Nightfall Guild Wars 1: Domain of Anguish Guild Wars 1: Gwen's Story (Bonus Mission Pack) Guild Wars 1: Eye of the North Guild Wars 1: Slavers' Exile Guild Wars 1: Zinn's Task Guild Wars 1: War in Kryta Guild Wars 1: The Underworld Guild Wars 1: Hearts of the North GW1 Story: Miku's Tale Guild Wars 1: Winds of Change Dungeon: Swampland Fractal Dungeon: Underground Facility Fractal Dungeon: Volcanic Fractal Dungeon: Sunqua Peak Fractal Dungeon: Twilight Oasis Fractal Dungeon: Snowblind Fractal Novel: Sea of Sorrows Dungeon: Siren's Reef Fractal Dungeon: Deepstone Fractal Dungeon: Aquatic Ruins Fractal Dungeon: Uncategorized Fractal Short Story: What Scarlet Saw Short Story: A Shipwreck: How Ellen Met Magnus Short Story: Braham's Story Novel: Edge of Destiny Short Story: The Trek of the Zephyrites Short Story: Evon Gnashblade Disembarks Short Story: Mr. Sparkles, A Tale of the Asura Short Story: Rox's Tale Short Story: Marjory's Story: The Last Straw Novel: Ghosts of Ascalon Dungeon: Thaumanova Fractal Personal Story: Chapters 1-4 Dungeon: Ascalon Catacombs Dungeon: Caudecus' Manor Dungeon: Twilight Arbor Personal Story: Chapters 5-7 Dungeon: Sorrow's Embrace + Dungeon: Citadel of Flames Dungeon: Honor of the Waves Dungeon: Crucible of Eternity Personal Story: Chapter 8 Special Event: Shadow of the Mad King (partially unavailable) Season 1 (Scarlet's War): The Lost Shores Dungeon: Fractals of the Mists Special Event: The Wonderous Workshop of Tixx (partially unavailable) Season 1: Flame and Frost (VotP: Retake Cragstead; VotP: The Hatchery; Dungeon: Molten Facility Fractal; Dungeon: Molten Boss Fractal) Short Story: Shadowbox Special Event: Super Adventure Box Short Story: Canach's Story: An After-Hours Meeting Short Story: Welcome to Paradise Season 1: Secret of Southsun + Last Stand at Southsun (VotP: Canach's Lair) Season 1: Dragon Bash + Sky Pirates of Tyria (Dungeon: Aetherblade Fractal; Dungeon: Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal) Short Story: Aetherblade Pirates: Look up! Season 1: Bazaar of the Four Winds + Cutthroat Politics Short Story: Delegation Season 1: Queen's Jubilee + Clockwork Chaos + Tequatl Rising Short Story: A Message from Queen Jennah Special Event: Super Adventure Box: Back to School (partially unavailable) Short Story: Twilight Preparations Dungeon: Twilight Arbor's Aetherpath Special Event: Blood and Madness (unavailable) Season 1: Tower of Nightmares + The Nightmares Within + The Nightmare is Over (VotP: The Nightmare Incarnate) Season 1: Fractured! Festival: Wintersday Season 1: The Origins of Madness + The Edge of the Mists Season 1: Escape from Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch: Aftermath Short Story: Lionguard Security Force Special Event: Festival of the Four Winds (no longer available) Season 2 (Glint's Prophecy) Special Event: Mordremoth's Minions Invade! (no longer available) Festival: Halloween (pre-Joko stuff) Heart of Thorns Knight of the Thorn Raid: Forsaken Thicket Short Story: Notes from Rata Novus Short Story: An Interview with Queen Jennah Short Story: Tyrian Travels Side Story: Conservation of Magic Season 3 (Glint's Legacy) Episode 1 Side Story: Justice of the Blade Dungeon: Chaos Isles Fractal Side Story: Transfer Chaser Season 3 Episodes 2 Side Story: Anomalous Occurrences Season 3 Episodes 3-4 Raid: Bastion of the Penitent Dungeon: Nightmare Fractal Season 3 Episodes 5-6 Dungeon: Shattered Observatory Fractal Path of Fire Raid: Hall of Chains Season 4 (The Rise of Kralkatorrik) Episodes 1 Side Story: Portal Panic Season 4 Episodes 2-4 Festival: Halloween (post-Joko stuff) Raid: Mythwright Gambit Festival: Festival of the Four Winds Season 4 Episode 5 Short Story: All or Nothing: Requiem Season 4 Episode 6 Raid: The Key of Ahdashim Festival: Dragon Bash Season 5 (The Icebrood Saga) Festival: Dragon Bash (has some dialogue visible only after completing IBS Episode 5) Side Story: Seasons of Dragons End of Dragons VotP == Visions of the Past; content locked behind IBS but in-game Links for the short stories mentioned: GW1 Stories GW2 Short Stories A quick note: Fractals and festivals are all side-content so they're not very relevant to the main plot but I put them here in case you're curious. For a shorter list that focuses on just the main story and novels and doesn't delve into GW1's orderings or less relevant dungeons/raids: Spoiler Guild Wars 1 Novel: Sea of Sorrows Short Story: What Scarlet Saw Novel: Edge of Destiny Novel: Ghosts of Ascalon Dungeon: Thaumanova Fractal Personal Story: Chapters 1-4 Dungeon: Ascalon Catacombs + Caudecus' Manor + Twilight Arbor Personal Story: Chapters 5-7 Dungeon: Sorrow's Embrace + Citadel of Flames + Honor of the Waves + Crucible of Eternity Personal Story: Chapter 8 Season 1: The Lost Shores Season 1: Flame and Frost Short Stories: Canach's Story: An After-Hours Meeting + Welcome to Paradise Season 1: Secret of Southsun + Last Stand at Southsun Season 1: Dragon Bash + Sky Pirates of Tyria Season 1: Bazaar of the Four Winds + Cutthroat Politics Short Story: Delegation Season 1: Queen's Jubilee + Clockwork Chaos + Tequatl Rising Short Story: Twilight Preparations Dungeon: Twilight Arbor's Aetherpath Season 1: Tower of Nightmares + The Nightmares Within + The Nightmare is Over Season 1: The Origins of Madness + The Edge of the Mists Season 1: Escape from Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch: Aftermath Season 2 (Glint's Prophecy) Heart of Thorns Knight of the Thorn Raid: Forsaken Thicket Short Story: Notes from Rata Novus Season 3 (Glint's Legacy) Path of Fire Season 4 (The Rise of Kralkatorrik) Episodes 1-5 Short Story: All or Nothing: Requiem Season 4 Episode 6 Season 5 (The Icebrood Saga) End of Dragons And an Important Note: Season 1 is currently not available in-game anymore, due to the nature of the original design being temporary, however beginning in two days it will be returning in a 5-episode format in the Story Journal permanently. Episode 1: Flame and Frost launches on Tuesday, while Episode 2 launches May 24. Edited April 17, 2022 by Konig Des Todes.2086 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugrakarma.9416 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Konig Des Todes.2086 said: The full chronological story order (including gw1, novels, short stories, side stories, and festival stuff) would be at best placement: holy gods man that index is amazing, i feel like reading a book index. my utopia is that one day gw2 have a decent ingame codex(nothing too big, just a "summary" cards) like Dragon Age Inquisition. come on Anet, surprise us! https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Codex_(Inquisition) https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Codex:_Places_(Inquisition) Edited April 17, 2022 by ugrakarma.9416 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 16 hours ago, ugrakarma.9416 said: my utopia is that one day gw2 have a decent ingame codex(nothing too big, just a "summary" cards) like Dragon Age Inquisition. I'd rather them spend resources elsewhere. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugrakarma.9416 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, kharmin.7683 said: I'd rather them spend resources elsewhere. theres no more "elsewhere" to spend. also if the company can't make a codex, its signal is a on budget mode. Edited April 18, 2022 by ugrakarma.9416 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 1 hour ago, ugrakarma.9416 said: theres no more "elsewhere" to spend. Seriously? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchbone.7341 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 Thanks for the chronological order of things! I have no novels or short stories, just playing through the game & the stories. In the personal story early chapter somewhere, there is mention of dislike between Rytlock, Logan, Eir, etc. I do not know the story behind that & thought maybe playing LWS1 when it comes out would clear it up . It seems that the personal story ends at 1325 (year), & LWS2 starts in 1327 (year), so LWS1 fills in between 1325 & 1327 from what I can see. I had not been sure if I should play through the personal story or LWS1 first, but you have kindly answered that for me! Thank you so much Konig Des Todes! Personal story, then LWS1 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konig Des Todes.2086 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Crunchbone.7341 said: Thanks for the chronological order of things! I have no novels or short stories, just playing through the game & the stories. The short stories were all on the gw2 website and can be found on the wikis that I listed. 1 minute ago, Crunchbone.7341 said: In the personal story early chapter somewhere, there is mention of dislike between Rytlock, Logan, Eir, etc. I do not know the story behind that & thought maybe playing LWS1 when it comes out would clear it up . The events that caused Destiny's Edge to break apart is in the novel Edge of Destiny which details its formation to breaking in 1319-1320 AE, though the key parts are covered in the core dungeons' story mode (specifically Sorrow's Embrace story) which is why it's important to do them while playing through the personal story as the dungeons are the story of DE reuniting and why they show up in Victory or Death (finale to PS) as a working guild again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchbone.7341 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 Thanks again. Being 65 & with severe vision disability, I have always avoided anything that requires alot of skill in any group because I would not be at all helpful. I just solo things & engage in OW Metas where I can participate & enjoy the group setting. Are the dungeons available in a solo story mode? That would be awesome. Anything that says dungeon or fractal is no place for me if the group needs every player at high skill. I find a great deal to enjoy in GW2 with casual OW groups & solo play 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konig Des Todes.2086 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, Crunchbone.7341 said: Thanks again. Being 65 & with severe vision disability, I have always avoided anything that requires alot of skill in any group because I would not be at all helpful. I just solo things & engage in OW Metas where I can participate & enjoy the group setting. Are the dungeons available in a solo story mode? That would be awesome. Anything that says dungeon or fractal is no place for me if the group needs every player at high skill. I find a great deal to enjoy in GW2 with casual OW groups & solo play 🙂 Dungeons are technically not solo available, however due to powercreep and most dungeons being balanced for low levels, most of them are. The ones that are hardest to solo would be Honor of the Waves and Crucible of Eternity. And those can be easily duo'd if you can find a guildie or something, no high skill really needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus.6415 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Crunchbone.7341 said: Thanks for the chronological order of things! I have no novels or short stories, just playing through the game & the stories. In the personal story early chapter somewhere, there is mention of dislike between Rytlock, Logan, Eir, etc. I do not know the story behind that & thought maybe playing LWS1 when it comes out would clear it up . It seems that the personal story ends at 1325 (year), & LWS2 starts in 1327 (year), so LWS1 fills in between 1325 & 1327 from what I can see. I had not been sure if I should play through the personal story or LWS1 first, but you have kindly answered that for me! Thank you so much Konig Des Todes! Personal story, then LWS1 🙂 Living World Season 1 happened after the personal story though. The events around Rytlock, Logan and the Destiny's Edge happened actually before the personal story began 🙂 there was a book before the launch of GW2 that covered that (also the dungeon stories give some input about that i think). LWS1 on the other hand will cover how you, the commander, met Braham, Rox, Marjory, Taimi, Kasmeer and Canach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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