New Trailer

[Danikat.8537]

@Kal Spiro.9745 said:If you'd like a Spoiler, here's one. Aurene is using Griffon idle animation, which to me suggests we're finally going to ride her.

She's been using griffon animations ever since her new model was introduced at the start of the season. I think it is because she uses the same model as the griffon and I'm really hoping we do get to ride her eventually (in a story instance), but that's not a new development.

@miraude.2107 said:I don't get the people that want trailers to tell us everything. I freaking hate that when movies do it, I don't want my games to do it too. This snippets that the trailer did give us already has me interested. I honestly got frustrated that being Aurene's scion was a sub-plot thing. We've really done little to nothing with her. It's about time we do.

The only thing that has be a bit worried is the upgradable armor. I'd like more info on that as I've slowly been getting interested in doing more content and do not like the idea of having a WoW gear system where my gear becomes total crap each release. Not looking forward to that at all. Now if this armor is similar to heirlooms that scale with you as you level to make leveling easier? I wouldn't mind that.

I'm curious about the new Mastery as well. I've used the other one (share health with mount) quite a few times so to me it's useful, so I wonder how this one will work out.

I just assumed it was either a purely cosmetic upgrade or like the upgradable items we've got now, like Mawdrey where it starts off as exotic with fixed stats and can be upgraded to ascended infused with selectable stats.

[Donari.5237]

Has anyone downloaded the images from the blog? I wanted to peek but it was a zip file and I had no idea what software to tell Windows to use to open it (my guess of Media Player was a failure). I'd love to see more screenshots.

[hugo.4705]

use winrar, free and efficient to open archives! ;) or 7zip

[Red Haired Savage.5430]

@"Donari.5237" said:Has anyone downloaded the images from the blog? I wanted to peek but it was a zip file and I had no idea what software to tell Windows to use to open it (my guess of Media Player was a failure). I'd love to see more screenshots.

I usually use 7-zip to uncompress zip files, in windows though you should be able to right click and uncompress the file.https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028088/windows-zip-and-unzip-files

[Danikat.8537]

@"Donari.5237" said:Has anyone downloaded the images from the blog? I wanted to peek but it was a zip file and I had no idea what software to tell Windows to use to open it (my guess of Media Player was a failure). I'd love to see more screenshots.

You can download Winzip for free. There's other free programs which can unpack zip files too, but I can't remember what they're called.

Edit: But I uploaded them here:https://i.imgur.com/FA2a7xs.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/cZ9TEya.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/KUwk5HC.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/Nr6bCQr.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/pMyrmGi.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/MwqZxcV.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/ZwqXut4.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/bUpEFpo.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/Q9dhY1P.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/g4uetp6.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/2nb7QZD.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/MS5AOy1.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/nVFqav5.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/dT2DRT1.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/PMJCZy8.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/DjidpG3.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/596CF4J.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/qNIYPOR.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/JD2o2sP.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/TN3MfH2.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/lw38JBR.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/8Z4aA01.png

[Red Haired Savage.5430]

Looks like that shatterer has a cousin. I'm guessing the green is like when the destroyers had zaitan's magic?

[Ashabhi.1365]

I love that the trailer was rather vague. I like to be surprised with "things" that are merely hinted.

It may be that if Kralk and Aurene are "talking" to each other, then I can kind of see where we'll spend a lot of this episode trying to guide Aurene between truth and Kralk's propaganda (hence the "star to guide us" title) and maybe even riding her as part of the story. It intrigues me that it said Aurene could REPLACE Kralk. Maybe that's the key to saving the world... have Aurene become the all-powerful protector Dragon God of Tyria by absorbing the rest of the Elder Dragon energy... Ok, I know that's a stretch, but it's a fun idea... I just don't want Season 4 to end on a meh note.

Also... there's this one picture in the Asset kit... shows a giant stuffed quaggan... and, for the first time anywhere, a HORSE! Yes, I said horse... it's like a circus prop, and not a real horse, but it's the first time ANYWHERE in Tyria that I've actually seen a horse form...

(Personal note: Please don't make an Aurene skin! Riding her in an instance is one thing, seeing "over 9000" of them every time I go to town will be painful.)

[Dante.1763]

@"Ashabhi.1365" said:I love that the trailer was rather vague. I like to be surprised with "things" that are merely hinted.

It may be that if Kralk and Aurene are "talking" to each other, then I can kind of see where we'll spend a lot of this episode trying to guide Aurene between truth and Kralk's propaganda (hence the "star to guide us" title) and maybe even riding her as part of the story. It intrigues me that it said Aurene could REPLACE Kralk. Maybe that's the key to saving the world... have Aurene become the all-powerful protector Dragon God of Tyria by absorbing the rest of the Elder Dragon energy... Ok, I know that's a stretch, but it's a fun idea... I just don't want Season 4 to end on a meh note.

(Personal note: Please don't make an Aurene skin! Riding her in an instance is one thing, seeing "over 9000" of them every time I go to town will be painful.)

Having Aurene rideable in the open world would be so freaking annoying and would completely go against the "Shes not a pet, or some minion" thing that they have going that i hope it doesnt come true... :/

Weve known that Aurene could replace Kralk since about midway through PoF, that was the whole point of Glints children, so thats not much of a surprise unless you havent done PoF.

[Ashabhi.1365]

@Dante.1763 said:

@"Ashabhi.1365" said:I love that the trailer was rather vague. I like to be surprised with "things" that are merely hinted.

It may be that if Kralk and Aurene are "talking" to each other, then I can kind of see where we'll spend a lot of this episode trying to guide Aurene between truth and Kralk's propaganda (hence the "star to guide us" title) and maybe even riding her as part of the story. It intrigues me that it said Aurene could REPLACE Kralk. Maybe that's the key to saving the world... have Aurene become the all-powerful protector Dragon God of Tyria by absorbing the rest of the Elder Dragon energy... Ok, I know that's a stretch, but it's a fun idea... I just don't want Season 4 to end on a meh note.

(Personal note: Please don't make an Aurene skin! Riding her in an instance is one thing, seeing "over 9000" of them every time I go to town will be painful.)

Having Aurene rideable in the open world would be so freaking annoying and would completely go against the "Shes not a pet, or some minion" thing that they have going that i hope it doesnt come true... :/

Weve known that Aurene could replace Kralk since about midway through PoF, that was the whole point of Glints children, so thats not much of a surprise unless you havent done PoF.

I have, but I had forgotten it until they deliberately made mention of it in the trailer... which made me imagine a number of scenarios. :)

[Gehenna.3625]

Aurene can destroy and replace Kralkatorrik it says. Guess we have another dragon to slay after all. And moar branded. To be honest, I appreciate that it's coming out next week but it feels very been there, done that and I really hope we can leave the branded theme behind us soon. So I'll be hoping that we can get it over with this episode right away. That'd be nice.

I'm sure the raiders will be happy to get another raid, so that's cool for them. A new legendary item for the most devoted farmers but of course it will still require a gift of war and battle so lots of sPvP and WvW still needed, so that's not for me. And well speaking of sPvP and WvW, it seems that they have nothing particular to look forward to, but then there are contradictory messages on how many people do that still, so I'm not sure if that's a big deal or not.

But the upgradeable stuff sounds interesting. The gear and the base. So I'll be looking forward to seeing if that's something I want to get involved with.

And I guess it will be a new daily zone, so I'll be interested what new stuff happens there as well.

Just really hope we can soon wrap up season 4 and get into something actually new. I mean we went from Risen to Awakened and from one Dragon to the next and more branded stuff that keeps coming back as part of the theme. And well, I'll be interested to see how literal the title is for the trailer. That could be a satisfactory conclusion to the dragon saga.

Maybe we'll also find out why the human gods just decided to up and leave. Cause aside from their in-game explanation there has to be a reason why the writers decided to pull them out of the picture entirely now. So ok, it's another Dragon but perhaps there will be some interesting story twists or revelations that could yet be interesting.

That's sort of what goes through my mind now that I've seen the trailer. I do hope to be able to pull some things from LS4.4 that I can enjoy.

[Hawkclaw.9470]

@Gehenna.3625 said:Aurene can destroy and replace Kralkatorrik it says. Guess we have another dragon to slay after all. And moar branded. To be honest, I appreciate that it's coming out next week but it feels very been there, done that and I really hope we can leave the branded theme behind us soon. So I'll be hoping that we can get it over with this episode right away. That'd be nice.

The branded are cool imo, i just want to move away from desert map after desert map after desert map, can we go back to ls3's variety soon please? I have no enthusiasm for new maps because it's just another desert.

[Fenom.9457]

@"Red Haired Savage.5430" said:Looks like that shatterer has a cousin. I'm guessing like when the destroyers had zaitan's magic?

Either vine or death magic. Maybe both?

[Ayrilana.1396]

Or something else. Kralk did absorb Balth’s magic afterall.

[Donari.5237]

Many thanks, Danikat! I note of interest one of the shots of the instance seems to show tossing down a lot of decor, including a ton of mini-Jennahs ... o.O

[Ayakaru.6583]

@cryorion.9532 said:Yes. It is on their official youtube channel.How can they release something everyone wants so badly in such anticlimactic way is beyond me. But I am so happy that something is happening finally.

what is anticlimatic about it?I released it (a day later than usual) on all the usual platforms?Where did you expect the announcement apart from the places where it always is?It's always on their YT, and announcement on reddit and twitter, Dulfy instant update, and after 23 minutes and 48 seconds a wooden potato's frame by frame discussion

[Walhalla.5473]

Trailer is pretty underwhelming. The last two were much better, they showed some content from the Episode while also playing with characters and the visuals a bit. The trailer to " A Bug in the System " was a real step up from what we had before and the trailer to " Long live the Lich " improved on that. The trailer now is a step backwards. I know you want to surprise people but if you have new content you need to show some of it. So we get a new raid. About time, but there was no emphasis on it at all not even the first boss doing some shenanigans to kill the raid. And also the rest of the content that gets implemented like Sun's Refuge., just a small text at the end and no ingame footage. Like it would be just a small bugfix.

[Taelac.7036]

@"Donari.5237" said:Many thanks, Danikat! I note of interest one of the shots of the instance seems to show tossing down a lot of decor, including a ton of mini-Jennahs ... o.O

That image is labeled "MythwrightGambit 03" in the zip file, so I think it's from the new raid wing rather than the Sun's Refuge instance. But perhaps that's a clue that we'll be able to use our spare mini Jennahs in the forge soon?

[Cronospere.8143]

@"Walhalla.5473" said:Trailer is pretty underwhelming. The last two were much better, they showed some content from the Episode while also playing with characters and the visuals a bit. The trailer to " A Bug in the System " was a real step up from what we had before and the trailer to " Long live the Lich " improved on that. The trailer now is a step backwards. I know you want to surprise people but if you have new content you need to show some of it. So we get a new raid. About time, but there was no emphasis on it at all not even the first boss doing some shenanigans to kill the raid. And also the rest of the content that gets implemented like Sun's Refuge., just a small text at the end and no ingame footage. Like it would be just a small bugfix.

I like to give some feedback also and have to admit that indeed, the last trailer did nice on showing the new fractal, new mount and legendary. it was a very good hype for us. Even if you only gave us only 2-3 secs of Xiuquatl, suns refuge and Mythwright Gambit like you did with the bug in the system trailer would be nice.

I really like how this trailer starts with a flashback and builds up the story from where we ended.I'm really curious about the new content, especially the suns refuge, great job devs! I'm excited!

[Michram.6853]

@Gaile Gray.6029 said:

@InsaneQR.7412 said:

@Gaile Gray.6029 said:

@"Pifil.5193" said:I hope this actually releases on the 18th and hasn't been pushed back.

It will release on the 18th. :)

And for clarity: We gave the press early access to the video, at 6:00 AM this morning, along with permission to share it. None of our press partners broke embargo and what I've seen published was within our expressed guidelines, which we appreciate very much.

Very glad to see the next episode to be released so early. I have to say though that the last trailer was way more hype and excitement and i thought ut was a bit a bummer to not see the legy or the armor set etc. But i am reaöly looking forward to it.

I think this is valuable feedback. As you've noticed, we've created several different types and styles of trailers. Knowing how people feel about it is good for us, so thanks for sharing.

I'm going to make a stake for "Not the whole thing" trailers, though. :D How many times have you seen a movie trailer for a comedy, and all the best jokes are in the trailer? Every. Single. One. When that happens, by the time I see the movie and I feel let down because I knew exactly what is coming, what the payoff is for every joke setup. Granted, GW2 isn't exactly the stuff of comedy ;) but I still like a trailer that more suggests than tells me everything. But hey, that's a personal opinion, and we appreciate hearing

yours

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I completely agree with you! I loved this trailer because of that.

And also I think the designers wanted to give such peaceful, heartwarming trailer, but just to give more spice in the actual episode.

I personally think: "A Calm Before the Brandstorm" would fit better.

[Ghostrider.6879]

Well, when you don't hype it at all, then everything is a pleasant surprise.After all the is a start/set up of a semi-new plot, I wouldn't expect any major reveal or showdown.

[cryorion.9532]

@Ayakaru.6583 said:

@"cryorion.9532" said:Yes. It is on their official youtube channel.How can they release something everyone wants so badly in such anticlimactic way is beyond me. But I am so happy that something is happening finally.

what is anticlimatic about it?I released it (a day later than usual) on all the usual platforms?Where did you expect the announcement apart from the places where it always is?It's always on their YT, and announcement on reddit and twitter, Dulfy instant update, and after 23 minutes and 48 seconds a wooden potato's frame by frame discussion

I think most people were looking forward the trailer on Tuesday at around gem store update time. After I lost hope for the trailer release during this week, it arrived in form of "some article on the internet with trailer in it".

[brenda.9723]

OMG we will finally know what Zommoros is doing in the mystic forge.That is some unexpected raid content.

I liked the trailer. It was not generic over-the-top.It made me curious what will happen with aurene.This trailer was more focused on story, then features.

[Zaraki.5784]

@Ayakaru.6583 said:

@cryorion.9532 said:Yes. It is on their official youtube channel.How can they release something everyone wants so badly in such anticlimactic way is beyond me. But I am so happy that something is happening finally.

what is anticlimatic about it?I released it (a day later than usual) on all the usual platforms?Where did you expect the announcement apart from the places where it always is?It's always on their YT, and announcement on reddit and twitter, Dulfy instant update, and after 23 minutes and 48 seconds a wooden potato's frame by frame discussion

Wodenpotatoes is late this time xDEdit: nvm, it just loaded it 9 mins ago ahahahah

[Blocki.4931]

@"Red Haired Savage.5430" said:Looks like that shatterer has a cousin. I'm guessing like when the destroyers had zaitan's magic?

I've been saying this for MONTHS

The Shatterer isn't unique, another one pops up every time the old one is killed so it was only a matter of time until a new one appears! And of course he would show parts of the additional magic! That's epic! I HOPE he becomes something on a world boss level, at the very least a huge deal on the new map. Please don't just be the final boss of our story this episode

[Hybarf Tics.2048]

@Ze Dos Cavalos.6132 said:it seems the scepter summons a familiar to help the player in combat lol.Scepter that throws snakes? meh lolYou got it backwards, the snake trows scepters. ;)Finally a scepter I'm looking forward to build and own, and with the summoned snake that follows and help you.This is quite an innovation in legendary weapon making. B)