Duuuuude, this looks cool! Neat scene and the foreground vines add a nice effect :3

I bet the mordrem look a lot worse. :3

Awesome details BC - even the grasses around his toes and the gauntlet - awesome. Think this is also a good lesson on why you wanna take a healer type such as a guardian with ya. XD

My fights with the Mordrem end up pretty similar to this pic. I kill a bunch, but the lack of healing gets me hurting in the end. The only Mordrem I will actively avoid engaging are Rolling Devils and cavaliers. Both are next to impossible to melee! x~x

*nodsnods* Yeah, those two are tricky. Rolling devils you can do if you time your dodges right. Cavaliers are harder, but then, they're part of the bigger overall issue that most enemies in GW2 are ridiculously over-powered. :P

I have to pull out my rifle for both of them, because they are just to dangerous to melee. Mordrem Rolling Devils have no defiance bar, so they are next to impossible to pin down long enough to melee. They also attack 3-4 times per second, and that makes ANY hit from them lethal, even for a warrior like myself. Cavaliers are easy to take care of if you can put your back to a wall so that their charging attack doesn't send them too far away, but out in the open, you'll have a hard time meleeing them.

Outside of those two, I only ever get bothered by Mordrem Leeching Theashers and Mordrem Snipers, and even then only when I'm preoccupied with other enemies; They are easy enough to kill at any range if focused on.

Even the Itzel/Mordrem Bladedancers and Shadowleapers aren't much of a problem once you learn the tells on their lethal attacks. The only truely OP enemies are ranked Elite and above, and only because of their Damage and Health inflation

Oh, definitely agreed on the Elites. I've always been of the Morrowind-like mentality though in that it's okay to have to struggle until you make it to the top, but once you're a level 80 with rare or better gear, I'd much rather most enemies be a cake walk so I was more free to explore and enjoy the incredible amount of detail they put into the art and world design. But then, I'm also a role player in-game - I spent at least 90% of my game time RP'ing. Which is why after 3.5 years of playing GW2, my most travelled character only has 62% world completion. XD

The difficulty (artificial or not) makes it fun for me, and adds to the atmosphere of the situation: You're stuck in enemy territory, and time is not your friend. EVERYTHING is trying to kill you, from the fungi and wildlife to the enemy you seek. Any step could lead to an ambush, every corner requires caution, and worst of all, you're never safe. Mordremoth can summon his minions from any patch of grass, tree, or even the sky at ANY time.

All this is made worse in that, if you do die, and your body isn't recovered in time to be revived, or burned if its too late… The Mordrem will take your corpse, and use it to create another Mordrem minion, OR WORSE, use your body as a template for extra powerful Mordrem that can be replicated indefinitely! (Just like Blademaster Diarmid)

Eww... nasty point about them. Only thing I wish they would do though is have the modrem up for a limited time. After all, story-wise, you eventually defeat Mordremoth, so... one would hope eventually they are purged from the lands.

Though heh, the fungi definitely made me laugh when I first saw them. XD I do find that new HoT zone very interesting for how definitely character builds play out there. My engineer is pretty much unable to travel alone - too squishy and insta-dies if I'm not paranoid about where I go. The warriors have an easier time of it, and my Guardian/Dragonshunter is really tough (Cleric build) and seems to have less worry.

The shadowy details in the foreground add so much depth. It really ties this piece together beautifully. Awesome job!

Love seeing the spinal blades backpack! Don't think i have seen any charr pics that used a back item in them.

Must have been a Mordrem Guard Stalker, judging by those wounds. And I agree with the comment above this: I don't think I've ever seen a picture of a Charr with the Spinal Blades backpack. And that looks like the Static Tempered Spinal Blades.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a.....psqbsyai75.jpg

I love that backpack :D

That's one awesome-looking Charr you've got there. And yep, Static Tempered Spinal Blades, as I thought. I'm only on the Advanced Spinal Blades.

Hehe yup fully maxed out ^^

I only starting making that backpiece because I had a bunch of Blade Shards lying around and nothing to do with them. I don't really care for the skin. And the prices of the Cores... I doubt I'll go beyond the Tempered Spinal Blades.

He's still alive, so I assume it wasn't pocket raptors.
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As usual, excellent piece. It's very ambient.

Did you see Anet's post that more than 1 million player deaths have been caused by Pocket Raptors? They're rivaling the Risen Thralls for kill counts.

gorgeous work

good, lick your wounds, before another hord threats arrives out of nowhere ^^

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Super super nice and awesome work, as always!

May I ask, for future reasons, what is the price of a comission like this? I am genuinely interested, in the next time you happen to be available.

This kicks ASS! That's a tough looking charr. Always the best kind. Amazing work!