Replaying POF. Something really deeply funny about how alone the Commander feels going into path of fire. Like if the Commander has a character flaw it's hyper independence.

So the commander is going into the desert to fight the god of war and you only ask for a ride. That's it. And if you would have asked some Shining blade more than likely could have been spared, you could have gone to the pact for aid.

And Then half your friends who aren't busy or bedridden or mad af at you, show up any fucking way. Rylock just like "what up hear you where tussling with the god of war, I want in" he has zero clue that it's the same dude he met in the mist he's not even there for atonement his just there for vibes.

Speaking of just vibes. Coming in with "I was bored heard you where here so like what's up? Where are we going?" Canach is like "I don't have an evil woman to boss me around.... Sup commander" once again no atonement, he already did that. He's just bored.

Then we have our bravest little toaster Kasmeer. This bitch is a believer. A

Believer. Believer.

But one thing about Kasmeer Meade is that she's your friend and guild mate first and foremost, and a believer in the six second. Kasmeer believes in you more than she believes in the gods she was raised to believe in. I just wish they explored that more in story.

Kasmeer believes in you more than gods. She believes in her friends more than gods.

Canach would bet on you everytime.

Rylock believes in your leadership more than the most important thing which is his legion. Which he was tribune for.

Which is why it's night and day from what's going on with SOTO. All the sudden no one gives a fuck about where you are. And that's why it's jarring and over all doesn't feel right.

POINTING

Rytlock, Canach and Kasmeer keep their eye colours when glamoured into Awakened.

The Desolation

It's a pretty place when you can actually catch a breath between the sulfur and the mobs! :')

Big bastard boy I kinda miss you

I beat Path of Fire earlier this month with my partner @lofilesbo & the gals were going through it, so doodled what happens in The Departing.

I just think he's neat :)

post PoF Siyvhe.. new haircut!

Simple animation I've made of one of my favorite spots in GW2 Been spending alot of time here lately to just take in the ambience. It's especially nice actually without the music in the background. It was a very interesting mood.  Sponsored by ArenaNet

Playing through Path of Fire on an alt character and I am constantly reminded of how ridiculous the team you have for that expansion is. Canach, Rytlock, and Kasmeer. These people are not friends. At best they hang out in the same general circle. They're the ones in the friend group who sit in awkward silence at the table when the person who ties them all together leaves to get water.

But they're all here, and they do wind up with this weird sort of frenemies bond going on. Canach and Rytlock begin a rivalry over who can kill Forged the best. Rytlock won't stop grumbling about the gods, but he also won't kill the ghosts in Kormir's sanctuary because "then Kas will get mad at me." Nobody likes the Awakened illusions, and you know - you just know - that Kasmeer is making them worse on purpose just because people are making fun of her magic. And yet despite all that, they still bind together when things get tough... to pick on you for getting a little too into character as Archon Iberu, because apparently even literally dying doesn't make your Commander immune from teasing.

I don't think they become die-hard friends or anything, but I do think they have this weird shared experience that nobody else is privy to. They don't seek each other out, but leave them alone in a room together and they'll suddenly start complaining about sand sharks and calling Rytlock "Cuddles" and a million other in-jokes that nobody else understands. At some point Logan or Marjory or somebody walks in with a smoothie and stands in confused silence, wondering what in the actual hell they missed out on.

"I've died before; It's overrated. Where do I find this cave?"

~ The Commander (Before doing something stupid)

actually I'm really curious about this after a conversation I had earlier

favorite as in which you like best overall for story, maps, and metas, not including the living seasons or the gyala content

if you struggle with abbreviations: HoT is Heart of Thorns, PoF is Path of Fire, and EoD is End of Dragons

some of my favorite elon riverlands ambient dialog

"i'm stubborn. i just decided there's no way i'm ever giving joko the satisfaction of taking my corpse" is one of the best lines in game

The Crossing

I still find it so funny that Path of Fire takes place in the Crystal Desert because like:

Rogue human god cast out by his peers goes on a revenge crusade during which he tears through the Crystal Desert/Elona and leaves permanent damage and corruption in his wake part 2, electric boogaloo (now it’s fire themed)

Path of Fire & Living World Season 4 did a number on my poor lad.

/bless✨

Saving the sandshark pups is Serious Business™