8:15 pm, October 4, 2013
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Disappointing "Personal" Storyline (SPOILER)
This post will include spoilers pertaining to the personal storyline, so if you have not completed it yet, and continue to read on, don't complain.
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As far as my rant goes... and yes, that's all it will be: complaints, so if people whining annoys you, go ahead and pick another post to read. Perhaps I'll include some constructive improvements, but I doubt it.
The personal storyline (at least the Asuran one I began with) starts off amazingly: full of jokes, decisions that make you ponder about future outcomes, and lots of events revolving around your character. Seeing as I chose the Asuran race, I decided to join the Priory, being intellectuals and all that. Besides the very annoying Sylvari lady that becomes your partner (not even going to bother to look up her name) the storyline continues to be fun and engaging as you see your personal character move up ranks in the priory. However, out of nowhere, a good for nothing, un-hugged tree by the name of Mr. Douche (Trahearne) sweeps in and takes over your storyline -- it has now become completely impersonal. I will forgo the fact that I believe the sylvari are quite ridiculous, lacking the depth and uniqueness that the other races have. So here we walking around and helping to get this Psi-Lance built up so we can own some dragon minions... and the incompetent tree decides that we should go consult a pale tree. What the heck is a pale tree anyways? This is when the storyline goes from bad to worse... The personal storyline begins to be completely about Trahearne and how he is destined to lead us towards Zhaitan's demise -- we simply become "aid". As he says right after you claim Claw Island: "I'm the leader and you belong by my side as SECOND in command" -- he says something along those lines which I cannot/wish not to recall word for word.
Either way, I have become completely disappointed with this storyline, and no matter which one I pick, I'll end up having to answer to this worthless tree. Anyone share my feelings on this subject? As for improvements which I said I might include above, now that I think of it, a great improvement would be to add a different path to the storyline, one which includes your character just running around and setting Sylvari on fire, with the end boss being Trahearne -- allowing us to enter a cut-scene in which we torture him by slowly removing his leaves one by one.
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As far as my rant goes... and yes, that's all it will be: complaints, so if people whining annoys you, go ahead and pick another post to read. Perhaps I'll include some constructive improvements, but I doubt it.
The personal storyline (at least the Asuran one I began with) starts off amazingly: full of jokes, decisions that make you ponder about future outcomes, and lots of events revolving around your character. Seeing as I chose the Asuran race, I decided to join the Priory, being intellectuals and all that. Besides the very annoying Sylvari lady that becomes your partner (not even going to bother to look up her name) the storyline continues to be fun and engaging as you see your personal character move up ranks in the priory. However, out of nowhere, a good for nothing, un-hugged tree by the name of Mr. Douche (Trahearne) sweeps in and takes over your storyline -- it has now become completely impersonal. I will forgo the fact that I believe the sylvari are quite ridiculous, lacking the depth and uniqueness that the other races have. So here we walking around and helping to get this Psi-Lance built up so we can own some dragon minions... and the incompetent tree decides that we should go consult a pale tree. What the heck is a pale tree anyways? This is when the storyline goes from bad to worse... The personal storyline begins to be completely about Trahearne and how he is destined to lead us towards Zhaitan's demise -- we simply become "aid". As he says right after you claim Claw Island: "I'm the leader and you belong by my side as SECOND in command" -- he says something along those lines which I cannot/wish not to recall word for word.
Either way, I have become completely disappointed with this storyline, and no matter which one I pick, I'll end up having to answer to this worthless tree. Anyone share my feelings on this subject? As for improvements which I said I might include above, now that I think of it, a great improvement would be to add a different path to the storyline, one which includes your character just running around and setting Sylvari on fire, with the end boss being Trahearne -- allowing us to enter a cut-scene in which we torture him by slowly removing his leaves one by one.