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Aliens
Nerror
Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
How do you feel about aliens coming to Verra in a future expansion? Not the Ancients, but intelligent life from other planets in different solar systems or even from different galaxies on the material plane.
Premise and Assumptions
Verra exists on the material plane. There is also the celestial plane, the etheral plane and the void. We know constellations exist, and we can see the night sky full of stars, so my assumption is that Verra is in a solar system in a galaxy on the material plane.
We also know the Ancients came to Verra in Harbingers, which are comet-like celestial bodies, so I don't think it's reasonable to assume that the sky is a dome shape and that the sun, moon, and stars are embedded into the dome, like ancient cultures once thought on earth. (Well, in the game it kinda is, but you know what I mean!)
This leads to a another reasonable assumption that we could have more solar systems able to hold life in the galaxy, and even more galaxies with billions more solar systems.
Speculation
If other galaxies exist, are we sure that the 10 gods in the current Pantheon are the only ones in the universe? The universe seems like a big place for only 10 gods to rule, especially with three of them having been fired for bad behaviour.
What if other galaxies, or even just other solar systems in the galaxy Verra is in, have their own pantheon and divine races?
With divine portals, any sort of galactic travel is possible, and I think it could be a great way to bring new life to the game down the line, once the more Verran-centric storyline has been explored in the first expansions.
For example, what if the cool, evil gods won the power-struggle in that other place, and the boring, good gods were banished? That opens the game up to entirely new story-lines.
Anyway, it's not something I want to see anytime soon, but it's an idea for the future. Lemme know what you all think
EDIT: Just so we are on the same page, Aliens in this context is like the Eredar and the Orcs and Ogres in WoW, that all came from a different worlds (Argus and Draenor). It's not about little green men in flying saucers with lasers like in Attack from Mars.
Premise and Assumptions
Verra exists on the material plane. There is also the celestial plane, the etheral plane and the void. We know constellations exist, and we can see the night sky full of stars, so my assumption is that Verra is in a solar system in a galaxy on the material plane.
We also know the Ancients came to Verra in Harbingers, which are comet-like celestial bodies, so I don't think it's reasonable to assume that the sky is a dome shape and that the sun, moon, and stars are embedded into the dome, like ancient cultures once thought on earth. (Well, in the game it kinda is, but you know what I mean!)
This leads to a another reasonable assumption that we could have more solar systems able to hold life in the galaxy, and even more galaxies with billions more solar systems.
Speculation
If other galaxies exist, are we sure that the 10 gods in the current Pantheon are the only ones in the universe? The universe seems like a big place for only 10 gods to rule, especially with three of them having been fired for bad behaviour.
What if other galaxies, or even just other solar systems in the galaxy Verra is in, have their own pantheon and divine races?
With divine portals, any sort of galactic travel is possible, and I think it could be a great way to bring new life to the game down the line, once the more Verran-centric storyline has been explored in the first expansions.
For example, what if the cool, evil gods won the power-struggle in that other place, and the boring, good gods were banished? That opens the game up to entirely new story-lines.
Anyway, it's not something I want to see anytime soon, but it's an idea for the future. Lemme know what you all think
EDIT: Just so we are on the same page, Aliens in this context is like the Eredar and the Orcs and Ogres in WoW, that all came from a different worlds (Argus and Draenor). It's not about little green men in flying saucers with lasers like in Attack from Mars.
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we went to another world through a portal, which makes us the aliens. then the offsprings of our offsprings of our offsprings, which were born on that other, planet went back to Verra, making us aliens again.
The problem with the aliens is that usually makes developers to come up with completely new species, to suggest that they are alien compared to indigenous life.
I think the developers have already a pressure to create the life on Verra, different from the Earth one.
To me it would be enough if new content is added with the similar lore and style.
And if the history and politics between the 10 Gods evolves.
But I cannot really give a good answer now. Ask me again after I see the alpha
Yeah I thought of that, but as the divine species I think we can be considered native to the planet, even if most had to leave and those that stayed became the Tulnar.
Yes, it would be like déjà-vu all over again for us Tulnar.
In EQ2 this gods temple was a circular building that was just ever so slightly hovering.
The reason I say it was probably an alien is because it was never confirmed, and it was unclear if the powers from this God (both in terms of lore and function) were divine or advanced technology. It was just kind of put in to the game, and left up to players to speculate.
Now I am pondering about mind flayers haha.
In relations to the galaxy comment... Verra is just one part of the solar system let alone other celestial bodies like moons which technically are planets and some potentially habitable. Galaxies can hold many solar systems so dont necessarily need to jump galaxies when solar systems would be more practical first haha
I enjoy One Piece so for expansions I would still be in favour a sky expansion. I'll add spoiler below so people who are new to One Piece wont get the show, anime, manga ruined.
But yeah, other than that, lots of options for access to different lands or even multi-tiered elevational expansion potential with the original world map. It's a fantasy world so who knows. I definitely like the idea of keeping it more multi-tiered.
Eh, could totally have fantasy magic solution for interstellar travel.
Could even have the rainbow bridge style solution the Asgardians used in marvel universe to travel the nine realms.
*poof* there is a portal, and suddenly there are enemies invading
But truly, what makes "Aliens" different than "monsters" when it comes to us players fighting things, its only the lore of the backstory reason why they are wanting to move in on our land.
well, the ancients (the primary antagonists) are already aliens...
I dunno, I think the Tulnar War Boyz would do great in space, going all dakka dakka dakka on some aliens.
Gazoo worked for the flintstones
(just memeing )
I like the WarHammer 40,000 vibe....
but on a serious note, yeah there is always the chance for god/cosmic lore to expand the world building scope.
And water is made from oxygen and hydrogen.
If a mage casts chain lightning into salty water, maybe he gets some hydrogen out of it...
wrong thread? haha