Summary: Chris and Celeste talk about their Bazaar of the Four Winds experiences, go into some heavy lore with a new short story, and dissect the interview episode that we released this week. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: aetherblade retreat - tweeve, digi, holly, and mourning labyrinthine cliffs - sky crystals, best dive, belcher’s, sanctum sprint kites over tyria, just need fractal one obsidian sanctum - 3 hours in frustration and pain Chris: Got Labyrinthine Cliffs all waypointed out. Tried the Sanctum Sprint. 10th place... out of??? Report from Lion’s Arch Bazaar of The Four Winds https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/july-09-2013/ https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/july-9-content-release-notes/ labyrinthine cliffs - zephyrites sky crystal hunt - FUN kite hunting - really wish they were like crafting nodes, I hate taking things from other players sanctum sprint - rollerbeetle racing ftw belcher’s bluff - encountered this with Order of Whispers story and I really enjoy it, despite being pretty terrible at it - the problem with it is that, yes, you’re introduced to it in labyrinthine, you have to go do it in the home instances before you can play with the NPC there “new conversation with braham in cragstead” - refugees are in cragstead rebuilding, Braham is confused about his mum achievement panel changes, you’ll only get 1 chest per day during the catchup period, new skin rewards - radiant, hellfire and zenith no more swimming under rata sum some minor class changes, none of which are earthshattering spoiler free guide with all the new activities/areas for BoTFW https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-guide-to-bazaar-of-the-four-winds/ music for this release https://soundcloud.com/arenanet/sets/guild-wars-2-bazaar-of-the “ our narrative designer Angel McCoy came up with lyrics for a song that would tell the story of these new people. She gave the lyrics to Maclaine Diemer, who wrote a simple yet memorable melody that would define the rest of the music surrounding the Bazaar release.” - Leif Chappelle “This zone is only available for four weeks and will not be accessible after until a later date.” - http://dulfy.net/2013/07/08/gw2-bazaar-of-the-four-winds-patch-overview/(this guide is more overview but still may have some spoilers, click through at your own risk) Skyhammer PvP Map https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-new-skyhammer-pvp-map/ “When the only tool you possess is a high-intensity mega-cannon, everything looks like a target.” -Asura saying conquest with 3 capture points when someone walks on a “clear” floor a timer is triggered for that floor to collapse The Story So Far... http://www.guildmag.com/four-winds-living-story-primer missed out on why we’re going to the bazaar or what’s happened with the living story in the past couple of months? here’s a primer leading up to BotFW Ashford and his second died in Dragon Bash and Flame & Frost, respectively, so the council has an opening Kiel - former lionguard, hard worker to the point of masochism Gnashblade - powerful ceo of BLTC Trek of the Zephyrites https://www.guildwars2.com/en/community-news/short-story-the-trek-of-the-zephyrites/ current manifestation of the dwarven Brotherhood sworn to protect Glint and keep her secrets, like the egg that they helped to save in EoTN We’re coming here to retrieve whatever remains of her magical corpus, so that her sacred bones won’t fall into the wrong hands. Dragons consume magic, but they do not destroy it. They hold it within themselves like a sponge holds water. I only hope we’re faster than the scavengers and power-mongers who would use her body to advance their own evil or selfish plots. Holding a portion of her in my hand,
