tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post1519269522820980542..comments2024-03-28T04:50:52.945+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: When I Feel Heavy Metal (Woo-Hoo): GW2Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-11299525136607266422019-09-26T12:06:47.694+01:002019-09-26T12:06:47.694+01:00One thing GW2 has done consistently well since lau...One thing GW2 has done consistently well since launch is incidental NPC dialog. I did a post on it once but it bears repeating. Even when the storytelling has been at its worst, the NPC chatter has generally been good.<br /><br />I didn't listen to the lyrics (apart from "Metal Legion", which only has two words! I was too busy pogoing and runing about. Next time I'll pay attention. Given the twist in the storyline, the fact that they're so clearly in the Blood Imperator's pocket suggests they share his extremely dubious agenda.<br /><br />As for the effigy meta, I don't quite get what the problem is. I've only done it once and people were yelling about chains all the way through the last part but I had no difficulty running my buckets all the way to the drop spot on my own. As far as I could tell no chain was ever started but we completed the event with no issues.<br /><br />Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-4543059368221243042019-09-26T11:43:32.591+01:002019-09-26T11:43:32.591+01:00I love the verisimilitude of all the charr NPCs ru...I love the verisimilitude of all the charr NPCs running to the concert, and then running back to their various outposts when it is over. Stuff like that really makes it feel “world” like, rather than “game” like.<br /><br />And as one Ash Legion charr commented after, when passing by their camp or some other unrelated place I forget now, if you actually listen to the words, it’s kinda scary and sinister. Militaries mentioning “purity” in the same breath as war is a very bad omen.<br /><br />As a game event for players, it’s great. Frenetic, fun, and not at all reliant on any expectation of player competence, so one can just enjoy the ride. (Contrast with the Effigy meta, there’s still some organization to go on that one. A human chain makes the most logical sense, but no one has managed to herd player cats atm.)Jeromaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206083433625986970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-66683368485820036242019-09-25T22:37:20.374+01:002019-09-25T22:37:20.374+01:00I had to look Nightwish up... they appear to be so...I had to look Nightwish up... they appear to be some kind of Dark Elf Vampire/Troll hybrids! Very scary. Loads of snow in the first video I watched and the second seemed to be in some kind of Norn/Dwarf tavern, so yes, I can see that!<br /><br />The more I think about the Charr, the more I think they'd go for classic rock, edging toward the Led Zep end but definitely also The Stones. And the whole dark country thing late at night...<br /><br />Asura would be all over everything where most of the music is coming from complicated machines - not to mention the laser lightshow. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-53828762360108844392019-09-25T22:09:27.894+01:002019-09-25T22:09:27.894+01:00I can definitely see Charr kicking back, sipping w...I can definitely see Charr kicking back, sipping whiskey and listening to Johnny Cash. Or going all Vietnam era and listening to the Rolling Stones. As for the Norns - they look just made to be a race of Nightwish fans.<br /><br />And for some reason I can just picture an Asura recreating Jean Michel Jarre's Docklands, playing Rendezvous II on the laser harp.<br />Tremaynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-76059393687318159052019-09-25T19:04:01.996+01:002019-09-25T19:04:01.996+01:00That would certainly explain why I liked it. I was...That would certainly explain why I liked it. I was clutching at straws trying to place it in context. The whole "metal" genre is so unbelivably convoluted (as are most musical genres now) that no-one from outside the particular silos can hope to tell one strand from another. <br /><br />It sounded like the transitional period in the 80s to me, but that may be because I haven't really paid much attention to hard rock/metal since then. I did like it, though.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-33510527983140200842019-09-25T18:32:27.093+01:002019-09-25T18:32:27.093+01:00eh, that's not metal. Dead Kennedys inflected ...eh, that's not metal. Dead Kennedys inflected with surf punk. Dick Dale would recognise it as something he might play - if he wasn't dead, of course :).seanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838144101254951127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-54050296798115237032019-09-25T15:43:47.971+01:002019-09-25T15:43:47.971+01:00That is absolutely true, of course. There is, thou...That is absolutely true, of course. There is, though, a great deal of stereotyping in most (all?) MMORPGs when it comes to races. Most of them don't get more than a handful of racial characteristics. Humans, on the other hand, usually get none at all - they are almost always the jacks and jills of all trades.<br /><br />Charr and country music is an interesting one. I can totally see that. There are a lot of examples of Charr seeming quite depressed or dis-satisfied with both their own lives and the way their society operates. I can see them getting very maudlin late in the evening. As for the Norn, Braham is pretty much the poster-boy for Emo, or he used to be. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-67760872644470741202019-09-25T13:59:26.118+01:002019-09-25T13:59:26.118+01:00I like to think that all the fantasy races can enj...I like to think that all the fantasy races can enjoy all types of music.<br /><br />I can see a stressed char winding down with a depressing country song in a tavern. Or a asura humming some pop song while doing research in the lab or even better cooking a meal at home.<br /><br />Assuming, that only humans can enjoy all different kinds of music is just not fair. It's like assuming all klingons are warriors just too one dimensional to characterize an entire race.<br /><br />By the way i enjoyed the concert too :)Lognodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082043538449120339noreply@blogger.com