JTGuevara.9018 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Can gw2 NOT use the word "of" in its title? We've already had three so far! Come on, gw2. Let's muster a bit more originality here if we can... Heart of Thorns Path of Fire End of Dragons Thank you all and good day! 1 9 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Rise of the Deepwalker! Rise of Demons! RoD. Calling it now 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicName.4523 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 People find strange things to complain about... 8 11 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Guild Wars 2: End of the Of. 2 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie.3184 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 "Guild Wars 2: Abaddon's Awakening." since so many things love "Awakening" in title. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 The end we Dident see Coming. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega.6801 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 "Guild Wars 2: Clouds of War" or CoW for short The "of" is a staple at this point and I don't mind it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMoore.9453 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Randulf.7614 said: Rise of the Deepwalker! Rise of Demons! RoD. Calling it now I thought for sure you'd end out this list with RoI, Return on Investment. Should be interesting to see how their new content delivery plans work out since the upcoming expansion will be the first example of it in practice. ☕ 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RajaatTheWarbringer.6549 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I won’t repeat the alleged leak here regarding the title for the next expansion but the OP is going to be really disappointed if it’s true. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) this game is a huge pop culture reference and they copy similar titles at the time of development. pretty much everything in the game has been done this way since the beginning. Edited June 24, 2023 by SoftFootpaws.9134 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Soo...I wonder what it will be. 🤷♀️ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jukhy.2431 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Anguish of Darkness. Twilight of Shadows. The Endless Night. 7 hours ago, Doggie.3184 said: "Guild Wars 2: Abaddon's Awakening." Abaddon was destroyed in the end of GW: Nighfall, and Kormir absorbed his powers to become a god.. so I think it's more likely it'll be Menzies the Mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vayne.8563 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) Robert Ludlum had a bunch of best selling books that followed a formula. It's like a signature. You keep things uniform sometimes to enhance recognition. The vast majority of Ludlum books and all the onse that were in the same genre were the, proper noun, noun. The Matlock Paper The Materese Circle The Bourne Identity The Hoelcraft Covenant The Scarlatti Inheritance The Icarus Agenda The Janson Directive The Osterman Weekend And many more. If it's good enough for Robert Ludlum it's good enough for Anet. Edit: Ludlum also wrote the Road to Gondolfo, but it wasn't in the same genre as the others. Edited June 24, 2023 by Vayne.8563 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy.5981 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Three titles with "of" in the middle? Everquest is on its 29th expansion, 23 of them have "of" in their title... 3... lol..... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vayne.8563 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Andy.5981 said: Three titles with "of" in the middle? Everquest is on its 29th expansion, 23 of them have "of" in their title... 3... lol..... The first four Harry Potter books all have "of" in the titles as well. And worse still, they ALL have "the". Probably a lack of creativity. /s 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costepj.5120 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Five Shaespeare plays have "of" in the title; seven have "Henry". 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune.9572 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) Your wish has been granted. The next expansion will have "of the" in the title instead. Edited June 24, 2023 by rune.9572 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugrakarma.9416 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 the "End of Dragons" is the odd title compared to predecessors.... it should be "Dragons of the end". 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoNewb.5468 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 1 hour ago, ugrakarma.9416 said: the "End of Dragons" is the odd title compared to predecessors.... it should be "Dragons of the end". Sorry, I have no Idea how to describe a criteria where "Dragons of the end" fits with the previous titles... A way to describe the pattern so far is [noun] of [noun(s)]. With the first noun being related to a position/location. Pluralization of the second noun is variable simply because it is improper to pluralize 'fire' that is implied to be continuous. Before End of Dragons the pattern could be [noun] (made) of [noun(s)]. But that is up to interpretations as "Hearth of Thorns", can be interpreted as, a heart made of thorns, or (the) heart (center/roots?) of a patch of thorns (the jungle/Mordremoth). "Path of Fire" likewise can be interpreted as a Path made of fire, or (the) Path (of destruction) left by a fire (Balthazar). If we get really interpretive. even "End of Dragons" can be used to say, End ofby Dragons. If we decide that the use of "of" is an attribution of authorship. That is an uncommon use for "of" but it is somewhat valid. After all, this end was orchestrated by two dragons (with help from a third lesser dragon). Titles in general are ambiguous and usually stripped of much of any clarifying words. So there is kind of an art to using that ambiguity for literary effect. I think "of" might also just be a fun word to play around with. 17 hours ago, Randulf.7614 said: Rise of the Deepwalker! Rise of Demons! RoD. Calling it now If the story is moving into demons, and include the Realm of Torment and River of Souls, I say, "River of Demons" could be a legit name. It can either be interpreted as a large flow of demons, or A river controlled by demons, and it follows my previously stated pattern of [noun/location] of [noun(s)]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTGuevara.9018 Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 2 hours ago, rune.9572 said: Your wish has been granted. The next expansion will have "of the" in the title instead. You know what? I'll take it! At least it's used differently than the typical format of Noun of Noun 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedAlga.4235 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 20 hours ago, Doggie.3184 said: "Guild Wars 2: Abaddon's Awakening." since so many things love "Awakening" in title. I would love an expansion of Abaddon and the other gods drama! Yeees please 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batalix.2873 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I think it's required at this point. I'm all for it. Let the devs focus all that saved energy on revitalizing PvP, WvW, raids, dungeons, etc. etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justforvisit.3709 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 1:19 AM, JTGuevara.9018 said: Heart of Thorns Path of Fire End of Dragons Thank you all and good day! If you just would speak german, so much more variety! "Herz DER Dornen" "Pfad DES Feuers" "Ende DER Drachen" Okay, still all a boring "of", but at least the gender of the noun varies it a bit ^^ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Nukem.6783 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 seeing as the next expansion will add the spear for land use and the paragon as a new class able to mix and match heavy medium and light armor lets call it the guild wars 2 paragon party 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zohane.7208 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 "The Saga of the Mysteries of the Dragoons" (Yes, Dragoons, not Dragons - just to be creative) 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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