New Amnytas Teaser

[solzuul.6294]

Link to youtube.

Honestly looks great and I can't wait to griffin my way through this. Admit it, it got you excited. 

Thoughts?

[Linken.6345]

24 minutes ago, solzuul.6294 said:

Link to youtube.

Honestly looks great and I can't wait to griffin my way through this. Admit it, it got you excited. 

Thoughts?

looks like 90% to be a city hub so no not really excited.

[Knighthonor.4061]

so is this a new city? Will we finally get a new city with festivals and a place to play around with skins and costumes at?

[Sobx.1758]

Look at 0:17! Playable tengu confirmed!
*EoD trailer threads flashbacks*

0:29 the mini battles from metrica province still not playable!

 

Am I somehow excited about it? Wouldn't say so, but I like the design.

[Omega.6801]

12 minutes ago, Knighthonor.4061 said:

so is this a new city? Will we finally get a new city with festivals and a place to play around with skins and costumes at?

You are setting yourself up for disapointment.

[Omega.6801]

Looks reat like the last map flyover. But looks are never the problem with GW2, it's a pretty game and the environmental design is always great.

But looks only entertain for so long, at one point gameplay needs to take over.

[solzuul.6294]

Few things I noted:
 

1. Hope the opening shot is a real location we can get to, maybe location for final map meta boss? 

2. Love these orbs everywhere. I wonder if these are 'Obscures" and will have some interesting world-building attached to them. Orbs are everywhere at a dragon's death, and these could be purified (dragon) magic. 

3. Location at 0.36 being swallowed by Kryptis creep. 3rd map Kyrptis home world? 

I believe this is one of 3 maps we get at launch, other than the wizards tower (hub) and Skywatch Archipelago. 

[jokke.6239]

1 hour ago, Knighthonor.4061 said:

so is this a new city? Will we finally get a new city with festivals and a place to play around with skins and costumes at?

Spoiler

It's actually a new hub

1000 gems 

 

Edit: But no seriously, joking aside. This map looks cool. 

Edited August 14, 2023 by jokke.6239

[Balsa.3951]

3 hours ago, Knighthonor.4061 said:

so is this a new city? Will we finally get a new city with festivals and a place to play around with skins and costumes at?

a festival which sells magic potions and every year a magic trick emote... 

with mini magic games and card games 

winter style JP and and and 

that would be a nice breeze of fresh air

 

[solzuul.6294]

It does look very city like, and maybe a lot of the map will be non-combat until meta? Would be very cool if it played something like Auric basin. 

It looks like a great map for mini-games, jumping puzzles and flying mount adventures. I believe they have stated these new maps will have lots of adventures at least?

Also looks like there's a big reading / coffee / wizardry vibe and I hope that means that we can get excited about lots of lore drops. I wish to read many 📚 and 📜 . Maybe one day, I will even get to store them in a vault, and revisit them. 
 

(pls 1 day add library feature and mini games like mini-golem battle 🙏)

[Tom.8029]

Did anyone else notice the golems in this video are the same golems that guarded Lazarus’s imprisonment location?  So maybe there’s some connection to the Mursaat, Shining Blade, Livia, or something. 
 

I don’t think these golems are used anywhere else except that one story instance and now here. 
 

They’re called “Guardian of Secrets” or “Guardian Abomination”. 
 

I really hope it’s not just asset reuse.  And the fact that it’s in the town area means it’s not part of the distortions/rifts, but put there by the characters (I think). 

Edited August 15, 2023 by Tom.8029

[Nico.9361]

49 minutes ago, Tom.8029 said:

Mursaat, Shining Blade, Livia, or something. 

Old wizards made me think of Livia too tbh. Before we even saw this vid.

On the map. It's nice, game looks pretty. But where's the content? 😞

[Pifil.5193]

1 hour ago, Tom.8029 said:

Did anyone else notice the golems in this video are the same golems that guarded Lazarus’s imprisonment location?  So maybe there’s some connection to the Mursaat, Shining Blade, Livia, or something. 
 

I don’t think these golems are used anywhere else except that one story instance and now here. 
 

They’re called “Guardian of Secrets” or “Guardian Abomination”. 
 

I really hope it’s not just asset reuse.  And the fact that it’s in the town area means it’s not part of the distortions/rifts, but put there by the characters (I think). 

Yeah I noticed that too, I hope it ties in, it'd be interesting to see Livia in this expansion too.

[Ashen.2907]

Very pretty. A bit sterile, but pretty.

[Ashantara.8731]

2 hours ago, Tom.8029 said:

Did anyone else notice the golems in this video are the same golems that guarded Lazarus’s imprisonment location?

Yes, although of different colors, but the design is the same.

Very curious whether this will play a part in the story or it's just another lamented "asset reuse". 😆

[vandrefalk.6823]

The little we've seen, while some assets or structures might be familiar, looks great in the sense that we'll be in a new element, flying around across individual islands in the skies. Coupled with new events, mechanics, story, etc. I hope this will work out well.

[Gorem.8104]

Considering the clipping and badly designed Kaineng which features the games worst city by a large margin, then their "hub" in EoD, its hard to get excited by new cities. 

One thing I already noticed is it looks like it will amazingly have less npc's then eod zones. 

[GeraldBC.4927]

Please tell me this isn't New Kaineng 2 where it's just a friendly open world city AS an overworld zone. I hope there is some twist to it where either the astral ward is driven out of the city one story instance in, or the city's authorities have been taken over by an enemy. 

[Trejgon.9367]

I am liking the style of the architecture, not a big fan of their hats tho 🤔

[Flaming.4250]

Why wasn't there a link to this on the main page of the website?

[Gibson.4036]

So, it looks like I’m in the minority here, but I wasn’t very impressed with this video. The aesthetic reminds me of high fantasy cities in Korean MMOs,  all gold tracery and spires. It has a sort of prettiness without feeling like it has any character.

It has the feel of current LA.

The starter cities, launch LA, Amnoon all have a ton of personality.

This feels big and glowy, but without wonder.

[Zok.4956]

I think it looks pretty nice.

Reminds me a bit of the Djinn Envclave(Desolation) and the Necropolis(Vabbi), just less dead and sand and more gold and marble.

And as a bonus: Finally no more green radioactive toxic waste.

[Flaming.4250]

 

 

[Eekasqueak.7850]

9 hours ago, Tom.8029 said:

Did anyone else notice the golems in this video are the same golems that guarded Lazarus’s imprisonment location?  So maybe there’s some connection to the Mursaat, Shining Blade, Livia, or something. 
 

I don’t think these golems are used anywhere else except that one story instance and now here. 
 

They’re called “Guardian of Secrets” or “Guardian Abomination”. 
 

I really hope it’s not just asset reuse.  And the fact that it’s in the town area means it’s not part of the distortions/rifts, but put there by the characters (I think). 

From what I remember the Guardians had to do with Abaddon, who was the one who gave humans magic or something to that effect so them having ties to an ancient wizard order that may have been active when he was still around would make some sense.

[Randulf.7614]

Looks like a nice leiusrely map to explore. I'm all for it, especially if stuffed with things to find and flavour events