Realms of the Gods

Firstly, for those who don't know, the Realms of the Gods are the places you can go to by paying an avatar of a god at either the Temple of the Ages in Tyria or Zin Ku Corridor in Cantha.
So far we've seen two Realms, the Underworld (Grenth), and the Fissure of Woe (Balthazar).

My question is, will we see more? Have the devs said anything on the topic? Do you feel that we should have access to the remaining realms?

I started thinking about this recently, as I wanted to deck my monk out in some armour that disgustingly expensive, but was up to the design standard of Chapter 2.
Its fair to say, that most Fissure armour sets, while still good, are a little out-dated in the context of Cantha.
I'd personally love a set of armour from say, Dwayna, which would look mighty and benevolent, so that those of us who don't which to sport that "manically evil-powerful" style avalable in the Fissure.

If I would be ArenaNet, those last three realms comes as free update for Factions owners. PvE content was pretty small and now they have a chance to do something about it.

Lyssa's realm, maybe. Perhaps we will see more of the darkness soon =]

A pity the Darkness is linked in no way to Lyssa, but rather to Menzies...

Actually everybody was expecting Melandru's realm and such to come with Factions. Instead, ANET gave us an access to the old realms (UW/FoW) from Factions. Most of us were pretty disapointed, but well...

Concerning FoW armor, I partially agree. I got one set a long time ago (before Factions...) and may have be willing to buy one set for my monk for example (which most likely wouldn't have happened anyway: too lazy) as FoW monk armor is definitely better than any of the 15k armors in Prophecy in my mind. But hell, how could you even compare now the monk obsidian armor with the 15k luxon or kurzik armors now? Yes, some of the fissure armors are outdated by Factions. Not all of them. I will not talk about the splendid armor for ritualists for example, since it's a new class. But I still like better my FoW male ranger armor than any factions armor.

Now how could ANET change that. There are not many options. Either ANET change the existing fissure armors to give them a better look, or they make a new smithy. I don't think the 1st option is suitable. There will be a lot of people pissed because they'd like the old armors better. And what would you do for the guys who already have an armor? Turn it to the new version? Some would be pissed again. Keep it like this? Other would like the new version better and be pissed as well.

So yeah I think the second option would be better: a new smithy, with new armors. And why not a few new realms to go with it? XD

i already see hordes of 55monk mobs in dwayna's realm :scared:

Their are already hordes of 55 monks in UW, Elonas, Droks, ect. That would be awesome if their was a new relam put in. It would give us new armor and enemies. New drops which means totally new weapons and maybe a place that a rare material drops are unique to that area. It would be a great idea for ANet to do that.

I asked Gaile about realms of the other gods a while back during an in-game visit of hers, and she said 'she thought it was definitely a possibility'. Which is what inspired me to begin the Spotlight Concepts in Sardelac focusing on the realms of Dwayna, Lyssa and Melandru (currently in the middle of Lyssa).

However, what I would like to know is whether the devs actually do have any desire to make these realms and/or have begun looking at and making plans for them. And whether these Spotlight Concepts are being observed by them, as I hoped they would be.

I'm thinking: maybe a new realm every other chapter? Perhaps Chapter 3 will have a new one. That would be great. Every other chapter because you wouldn't want to run out of them. ^_^

Hell no, every chapter, we can always get ANET to invent new gods...

true... its almost like Ultima Online and its virtue sistem running on 4 years now and still not in completion... there are like 4 of 8 virtues left they still havent even begun to complete...

im still relatively new to GW but it is rather disapointing to only have a couple realms out of what 5???

hope anet doesnt get into that downward circle of creating new content and never finishing old... thats what ruined UO for me after playing (paying) for 7 years

i agree that most of the fissures dont look half as good as the new 15k factions armors. i think the ONLY solution to the would be (and i know most of you are gonna hate this) is to somehow update fissure to where it has its own menu when clicked on and you can change the skin of it from that menu to any existing armor skin type.

lets face it- they cant update the looks because some people would be pissed b/c they liked the old look. they cant introduce another fissure set skin (unless its another realm set) without making the people who own the old set angry (knowing its going to look better because its newer). its a catch 22 right there. i suppose they could update the looks and give you a one time chance to change it.

even if no one likes the idea of being able to change skin for fissure armor, perhaps it could be suggested to introduce a new set within the next chapter or 2. call it "armor of the chameleon" or something like that- make it more expensive than 15k per piece (id suggest 100k per piece and quadriple the materials cost which woulnt necessarily be ectos and shards) but GUARANTEE that you can change it to any skin you want whenever you feel the urge. also guarantee that it will "adapt" as you buy new chapters (ie. you can change it to chapter 3 skins but ONLY if you have purchased chap 3). of course it would have its own special skin, but at least as armors got prettier and prettier, youd always have the option to change.

anyway, this is probably something i needed to direct to sardelacs forum but oh well, what does everyone think?

While that sounds like an alright idea cash, it's never going to happen as far as I can see, if anything, Anet will make new armour sets for the new realms.

All realms should be available to all chapters, or at the very least chapter 1. Because the content was MEANT to be there, as you can see the placeholder NPCs, but it was never completed.

I dont think it should be just for factions owners, because that would further split the ToA/Zin Ku grouping problems. If it worked in ToA then you would have to worry if all your party had factions. Plus the fact theres statues waiting to be filled, I would hope the realms would be core across all chapters.

they should just add the other realms and if need be down the line ad other realms to the game...

each realm having its own armor styles... i don't see the dificulty in that...

and for the concern about spliting the realms... if you have followed other online games inevitably the chapters/expansions get opened up for free after the company has made their profit and decide to combine the chapters to keep people from leaving (though anet doesnt make monthly profits so i could be completely wrong aobut this)

Yay more boring farming spots :P
Where are the times people went to UW and FoW just to explore ? =p

They need to link all the entrance to realms too.

I.E. Have 1 place where all chapters meet to enter FoW and UW.