Gw2 - Living Story So Far!! 2/2

[@HawkOfDestoria]

As someone who has played since day 1, I really appreciate these "summary videos." With so much going on, sometimes it's hard to think back on what all has actually happened since the first day.

[@tobiasjohnson6280]

Thank you WP. You've given me the motivation I need to return to Tyria and visit some of my favorite people and places. I look forward to future updates about the news of the world that some of us unfortunately can't visit as often as we'd like.

[@dalannar]

I love this, please keep these going forward into the future. I really like the GW lore, and would really like to experience these updates and speculate about everything that's going on by myself but the gameplay that GW2 provides me for some reason just doesn't entertain me. There's no specific reason to it, I just don't have any motivation to play the game, and because of that I feel like I'm missing alot of a game that I was hyped about from minute one when it was announced.

[@jamesrauch831]

Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for everything that you do. It's amazing how much I learn from your videos even though I'm actively playing these things as they happen. You do a great job, and really add alot of depth to the experience for those of us who follow you. Thanks man.

[@Bankrotas]

Wow, thanks for this recap. Was away from GW for 6 months, back for 2 now and this clears up a lot.

[@alexn188]

Thank you very much Mr. Potatoes. I love lore and story and it's interesting to see such in depth analysis of all your videos and your passion for this game which I also like very much from the days of GW1.

[@AlphaLordRyu]

Thank you for this Living Story recap - you make the Lore so interesting and easy to digest, more so than the actual game :D

[@BlizDK8870]

Theo Ashford was the counsil member that was assassinated by the Aetherblades. The charr representative WP mentions was called Garrot Ambercowl. He was a cultural representative selected to attend the burning of the effigies.

[@Asadasek]

Now, since the mandatory brag is over, just wanted to say that I love these videos; since I'm having a hard time getting back into the GW2 saddle it helps me keep up with the whole thing. Would be nice if you could make these on a fairly regular basis to sum up the story so far, I'm sure I'm not the only one that likes this content.

[@huntrokilla]

I love the gw1 music you play in the background of your videos! So nostalgic :)

[@casperbuijs2217]

The more I hear about this rather cool story the sadder I get knowing that I'll never be able to play through it myself. I don't care if A-Net makes certain rewards exclusive to the people that originally play through the event, but please, let me experience the story that you guys have worked so hard to create.

[@ComatoseLife]

WoodenPotatoes has a video that follows an asuran quest that makes a cameo(via his journal) in GW2. This quest heavily suggests that the gods and the dragons are connected. It also states that every races religion is one and the same.

[@Roarbeard]

Great videos, loved watching them. Heard a lot of good things about gw2 recently so my brother and I are getting back into it and trying to catch up on whats going on. Could you please post a part 3 explaining in a condensed version what has happened since this video to now? The expansion is coming out soon I guess and I would love to get caught up on what I've missed since then. Maybe title a video "Coming Back to Guild Wars 2: The Story So Far." It seems like there is so much I feel lost coming back to the game. I know I'd be really grateful and I'm sure many others would too, or if there is something in writing on the internet that I can read to catch up I'd be glad to if you'd share the link. Thanks again for the great videos!

[@Asadasek]

I think you're right. My problem always was that I joined the story for one day, do some stuff, come back two days later, and find out it has all moved on and my progress was in vain. I know everyone has their pace, but Anet is pushing out tons of content that is only present for a few days. Right now it only hurts the slacker kind of players like me, but in the future, it may cause serious harm on their budget to spend so many hours of work on something that will just go to waste.

[@PsilentThunderer]

Did you do any more of these talking about the living story? I missed the scarlet thing and I would love to hear from you about it

[@inkthedink]

I love these videos and recap, because even though I am following the story and lore etc, I often miss much of the underlining plot that is going on. I also love speculation and it is nice to get the in game references. Move GW2 lore and general videos WP please :) makes my day.

[@Andural]

I don't think it was ever said that the Aetherblades are getting their funding from the Inquest, but rather the Inquest and a band of pirates teamed up to form the Aetherblades and the funding remains a mystery. I think it might be the Consortium funding the Aetherblades behind the shadows, getting back at the Council/Kiel for destroying their contracts.

[@TLSlimehunter]

ur one of the ppl that kept me interested in gw2. kudos to you wp!

[@FatalPapercuts]

E could be either Ellen or Evon. That way, no matter who won, the story conveniently melds back on track after a rather insignificant split, just like the personal story line.

[@Sturmjaeger]

There has been the suggestion that Evon Gnashblade might be in cahoots with the Consortium, based on the fact that Consortium merchandise has been sold of the Black Lion TP before. Also, one might question why a Charr would care about a fractal about a human god.

[@Manifibell]

That is a really really interesting Theory. I am liking thos whole Living Story so much now! So many theorys!

[@Hall0ikama]

thanks a lot for making this video, Because I hadn't played for months I didn't know what was happening in game so that put me off but thanks to you I start playing again, thanks again

[@GoddeGris]

I haven't really played since launch, but damn if this didn't make me want to try it out again! I'm blaming it on the massive wave of nostalgia brought on by your use of music. Damn it :D

[@DarkBattleMage0407]

Abaddon's lore was covered pretty well in Nightfall so just replay that. Or I could sum it up for you. Abaddon gave magic to humans which caused war his fellow gods took magic away he and his followers got mad and went to war. He lost was thrown into the realm of torment in a disembodied form and plotted revenge. His revenge led to the events of the entire original game and the second expansion ultimately leading to a final confrontation in Nightfall where Kormir replaced him. The end

[@xephini]

I've been wondering about the Aetherblades and why they're in every patch no matter how unrelated it seems: what were they doing in Labyrinthine Cliffs? Why are they the main enemies for Queen's Jubilee, and not any of those we have in Kryta since before (bandits, centaurs etc)? I hope there'll be an explanation like that Ellen Kiel theory to wrap it up. Maybe she was an Aetherblade, but left and angered them? Oh and btw, I love that you used the GW prophecies soundtrack for these videos. :D

[@hycup]

Ellen Kiel won because of what Collin Johanson said on the livestream that there was more to the thaumanova reactor lore and implied that players would also get answers to world defining lore. I'm surprised WP didn't mention it.

[@AOS-Chubby]

4 teams work on this content, but the other half of the company works on longterm fixes/upgrades and expansions (amongst other things). While I do get your point, this simply is Anet's policy, to provide a steady stream of free, quality content to keep players interest, instead of binding them with a subscription fee to keep playing till the expansion. Im sure gemstore gives em the recources they need , otherwise they wouldnt have chosen this business model in the first place.

[@MrWaterGud]

thanks for putting all this time into making these great vids!

[@nechoh]

I love this! I haven't been able to play gw2 and now I can keep up with all that going on :D

[@firelegendmushroom]

Thanks a lot for doing this, this will help me a lot in getting back into GW2. :)

[@bret9492]

WP, you are my favorite youtube channel. Quality content man!

[@WampireDj]

Awesome thanks! Was looking for series like this, i missed the first living stories and could not find final recap, justto get the current situation right.

[@DarkBattleMage0407]

E could be Ellen Kiel as well, as an investigator of the lionguard she probably had previous dealings with the Aetherblades. They were pirates after all this is just the first time we players heard of them but probably not the first for the npcs.

[@VonHaze]

Thanks for the summary mate! I'm very interested in the Lore and Living Story of GW2 : )

[@EliniLinxfoot]

IDK if it's just me coming from a background of WoW instead of GW, but Rox reminds me of this person named Jljarrar on youtube. She did wow parodies about pvping and stuff and played as a hunter with a pet sprit cat named Frostbite. Rox is a ranger with a pet who is also named Frostbite (or maybe it's Frosty I think that was it's actual name in game) and is also a Charr a race built on war. It's most likely just a coincidence but whatever I find that funny

[@edthered]

Hey thanks sooooo much for this I REALLY enjoyed it. I was a GW1 OG but only started being active on GW2 about 3 months ago so I missed a lot. This put me right up to speed and filled in the holes my guild mates left out. I'm curious, what server you play on?

[@KalSpiro]

As much as I love the idea of Ellen Kiel being the leader of the Aetherblades I wonder if it's too subtle for the current ANet. The opposite seems more likely E is Ellen and Crimson is Evon the candidate whose primary color was red. Ellen is just a pawn of Magnus the Bloody Handed

[@swordsman1600]

I'd say the biggest shoehorns right now are Faron and Kasmeer, especially for that thing with the Dead End bar.

[@edzebes]

With all these Sylvari villians, I wonder if we'll be going to the Maguuma Wastes to find another Palte Tree. I'd feel more confident about this if it wasn't for the Aetherblades supposedly coming from somewhere to the south. Considering they stole their ships from the Pact, I imagine that means Scavenger's Causeway. Since that area doesn't exist in GW1, I can't really come up with anymore ideas on what or who really created the Aetherblades and for what purpose.

[@Blunderbustable]

But haven't we learned enough about the silly asuras? I was getting hyped for some good old gw1 mysteries

[@ParsecV]

Yes! I knew that I'm not the only who thinks that Kiel is quite fishy character. I hope that hypothesis will be true. It would be a really great plot twist in lore!

[@WoodenPotatoes]

Because I think sometimes talk is cheap?

[@TheAfrodizzy]

The story is expanding quite far now

[@GaruruMoon]

ah thanks, that's nice to know. I haven't looked at the trading post much. but currently I don't want to spend real money and I'm saving my ingame gold for other purposes, so the not-infinite buttons will be sufficient for me.

[@HungarianParagon]

Might just come out Kiel's been infiltrating the Aether Pirates and didn't want any witnesses left alive. But gets me wondering what reasons Evon had to pursue the access to the historical fall of Abaddon, maybe just him being a Charr and having denounced the human gods?

[@zfxbzhdzd]

Scarlet is probably the mysterious figure who interrupted the queens jubilee

[@ComatoseLife]

"Lady Kasmeer? What are you doing here?" I was excited about finally seeing a real cinematic until Logan said that =/

[@Binidj]

Yes, sneaky the way they did that. =) Actually I'd be quite chuffed if it was Evon and he'd been quietly looking out for the greater interests of Lion's Arch all along. It would, I think, be a nice twist.

[@Watcher863]

Well the Ashfords were an important human family I think. It would make sense for Logan to know him.

[@DarkBattleMage0407]

And history of Tyria teaches us that at one point in time those lands were home to the Charr. How many Charr skeletons do you think those ruins sat on? How much blood of Charr and human was split for those monuments to the Tyrian human gods? The Charr were reclaiming their native homeland from an ancient enemy. Ascalon fell because of its own ignorance in thinking the Charr were defeated. They built pass their wall and it cost them dearly.

[@Tachyon1cRage]

E = Evon, Charr, with all the funds and as a business man is always busy and has the connections

[@artplays]

Hey WP when you talked about going to The Dead End in DR to find Marjory, I think you should've captured the scene from the storybook. Just sayin'!

[@Asadasek]

It's not like I think the time for these events should be changed because of players like me who aren't playing the game all that often, but at some point, Anet will have to spend less money on the game. Right now, there are a lot of new cosmetics, hundreds of lines of dialogue and code and hours of hard work put into each of these two week events. They don't have trouble with getting money yet, but for the good of the future of GW2, they should start saving up by saving that content for longer.

[@braveheart5088]

Thanks for the two history lessons, was very interesting. :)

[@xkmto]

Sure there is! 144p and 720p and everything in between is all there! I just checked! :)

[@WoodenPotatoes]

No the assasination was sort of off screen. Kinda sucks.

[@kmall87]

Man I love his videos. Every time I watch them, I get in the mood to play. I log in, ready to do some adventuring and chat about recent events....then I realize that my guild is lame and only focuses on CoF runs. -__- SEND ME GUILD INVITE WP! PLZ

[@CortossisRKHere]

I am currently watching it in 480p ... refresh the page , relaunch your browser , it may be fixed . It actually happens to me lots of times so don't worry :D

[@keksopfer]

Just a thought, but when you talked about "E", I just thought.. Ellen or Evon. Ellen knows a lot of People and has great connections trough Magnus and stuff, but in the letters and talkings and also the short story on the gw2site it sounded like E is a male person and that "he" is a very influential person.. which fits totally to Evon. This whole Ellen is a aetherblade-thingy is also worth discussing.. Really, really interesting. WP is there any possibilty, that people can discuss this with you?

[@gtafan110010]

usually i watch in 720p, but where i am now, the internet is pretty slow so it takes a while to load 480p. But many clips on the youtubez have issues, the 480p option just doesn't appear for me often. Dnno if it's because of the internet here.

[@KuriAoiKara]

so basically the fractals of the mists are a cmpilations of the bits and pieces of story from the living story? damn...i missed this much?!

[@danosqu]

Not all, but some.

[@brucewillis2]

ae as in aetherblade. i think the a is silent. it's E-thur-blades.

[@Manifibell]

His character name is Lys.

[@At0micFruit]

Personally think Ellen won because people thought voting for Evon was in a way voting for RNG, as it suggests people want to spend real money for chance of items from black lion chests. Interesting theory about Ellen being evil though, like it!

[@jyenh]

Didn't even notice anything about the 'E' stuff in the mail, I think I just skipped over them thinking 'eh it's just another 'show me my goal!' message.' Good perspective on Ellen being evil by the way, makes me feel a bit better now that she was voted in.

[@Binidj]

I'd just like to stand up as one of those people who is deeply interested in the GW2 story and who voted for Ellen specifically because she had promised to research the reactor. Honestly I get why people would prefer to see the Abaddon fractal but really, is it absolutely necessary to suggest (even by omission) that everyone who voted for Kiel did so for reasons other than story?

[@minion2]

Wait what if "Crimson" is Magnus? You know, the bloody hands and all that? What if the Aetherblades are a splinter faction of the Lionguard?

[@JerotmullinMD]

you didn't mention how the aetherblades are involved again. I don't know if you didn't know at the time of making this vid since you did it the first day of the Queen's Jubilee.

[@AngelavengerL]

loved this, thank you for doing it.

[@TheLKStar]

I really think most of the more dedicated players wanted Gnash to win, he's way more interesting, capable and was bringing a fractal for older GW players. The problem is, the dedicated players were a minority, most people were like, OMG CHEAPER WPS GO KIEL (it could even be because she's a human). Feels bad, I hope the living story doesn't lose much because of it and that Gnashblade is still relevant.

[@OhZordan]

So if in the town you live Time Warner is the only Internet Provider, you must not use the internet?

[@erdbeergugelhupf]

Hey WP, what's your take on a possible new alliance between aetherblades and steam creatures? (seen working together attacking embassadors)

[@ubermenschen01]

Huh, I never realized that both Ellen and Evon start with E. Hmmm....

[@LucyferBlak]

sometimes I think people get ramdom bits of factual information and create their own reality while not consciously realising it, like some sort of bizarre auto fallacy

[@WoodenPotatoes]

Drakes!

[@Ramontique]

So they put a human on the charr spot in the council!? Sound like a declaration of war to me..

[@tSGtGaming]

Gnashblades the CEO of the Black lion trading company... if you don't like them then you must not use the Trading post.

[@Nick.S.]

I've done a fair share of PvP, but I've never seen those. When do you get such rewards?

[@edb0tt]

perhaps E is ellion keil (or however u spell it) and evon ghnasblade is scarlet as his hidden identity (cause no one expects a male to have the name scarlet) the only person who knows this is ellion but evon has something over ellion so that she wont tell people reply what you think of my theory! (plz)

[@clerns]

Same here, I wanted that Abaddon fractal. Who cares about reduced waypoint costs? Its only for a month. People just looked at the tree without viewing the forest like they usually do. It's kinda like real life, stupid people elect stupid representatives, now we're FOREVER stuck with a Thumanova Reactor fractal that doesn't sound interesting at all. Probably does fit in better with the Inquest/Aetherblade story they got going though. Still I wanted a fractal related to the GW1 lore. I'm nostalgic

[@AOS-Chubby]

how would a whole new map to explore be different from the stuff theyve released, and how would you be able to explore a map if you arent able to do this content (cause of lack of time I guess?). whats the difference? and how is two weeks fast for something that takes like half a day max to get all achievements? I mean do you even play the game at all then?

[@Didoniac]

Ahh okay, I see. I always thought only 1 person died from the ceremony. Would have made more sense if we saw Ashford die and then investigated his death instead of some random charr dying and then Ashford afterwards.. At least I found it confusing to follow so I always assumed only Theo died.

[@ichuckpieatcars]

It's funny... he posted this video when I was 10 minutes into watching part 1. Talk about good timing.. ;D

[@lucascerviniable]

Now, to anyone who will say that GW2 lore is boring, I would slap him/her with WP's videos so that they might learn that it is compelling. >.

[@gtafan110010]

can i receive an answer as to why there is no 480p option? even though all others are there?

[@Nick.S.]

Aargh! Tell us what the trophies above your minimap are! Pretty please ;)

[@Poki3]

I wish you'd save your opinions and theories for another video WP. A recap should be mostly just facts :( I find it extremely unlikely that Evon could be "E". Marjory was grabbed by E from the back and she did not mention anything about him being a charr. Even without seeing him you'd probably notice if a charr grabbed you. In the Crown Pavilion story instance a mysterious character shows up at one point. I'm suspecting that's out Scarlet, though it's speculations of course.

[@Poki3]

You mean Scarlet, and it's more likely to be a woman based on the name. Magnus did a lot of good for Lion's Arch, I find it unlikely that he would orchestrate sabotage on this scale.

[@tSGtGaming]

I don't live in a town, we have many different internet providers and wtf is Time Warner?

[@AOS-Chubby]

Two weeks. It stays two weeks (sometimes a month). If youre not invested in the game and dont know when new stuff comes out, dont blame the game, blame yourself;

[@LegendaryMythril]

the chapters seem to be monthly, divided in two parts. so maybe you're better off waiting until the end of the month to cover the jubilee.

[@Aurthorious]

Just fyi, you can buy an infinite one on the Trading Post. :D

[@MikePhantom]

OR E stand for Ellen and scarlet is evon (looking at his mostly RED outfit)

[@Anthonille]

Is there a continuation of these Living Story so Far videos? I watched them to get up to speed on content I didn't get to experience.

[@Nr4747]

WP does story updates quite regularly on all parts of the Living World.

[@Anthonille]

A continuation from this video. Speedy version.

[@Sophrael]

I sometimes have the feeling they dont wanted Evon to win, i mean everyone i know voted for him but still Ellen won... (Maybe Shop-Tokens were the only ones which counted :P. ) After that i travelled to Lions Arch and talked to Ellen who said that she never thought about politics much and wasnt interested in it at all, which made me really mad.

[@GaruruMoon]

I still have over 200 evon representation buttons and will continue to have his face beside my Character for a while, so everyone knows I wanted Evon to win ;) (my reasons: I love Charr; Evon is the more interesting character; I don't really care about a waypoint cost reduction for 4 weeks; I find the idea of an abbadons fall fractal quite interesting and am not interested in some asuran facility; so far Ellen is a friendly character and all but who needs a boring human when you can have Evon^^)

[@xkmto]

Ouuuuuuch. That must hurt a LOT!

[@MrKushie]

They actually stay for a month a lot of the time, the stories just overlap.

[@bmxassassin4300]

feeling is mutual

[@AdamNeedsHelp]

Hey WP! Mind if i ask for a character name or account name so i can add you to my friends list?