Quote Originally Posted by HanWenqing View Post
Do you accept or not?

If you do, you can never return to the real world.
As a game character you will be immortal because you won't age, but there won't be any other players, just npc's. If you die in the game it will be a real death.

If you accept, what's the first thing you'll do?

I'd probably go home and eat all kinds of food

Yes I created this topic because I am hungry
Considering that the chances of you finding less Echo-empowered NPCs than players, and how stack markers exist, fighting primals is going to be a problematic encounter for anyone but you if you're a WoL or not the WoL but gained access to the Echo by inhabiting your character's body. Even the WoL needs Echo-empowered friends to run the duty instances, so eh... if you take over your character's body, then you will directly have to be involved with the fight. You and the WoL alone for pretty much the vast majority of the content without Scion Trust mode, which can be a problem if you're level synced. You don't really get a LB3, much less a LB1.

If I had to be a healer and cast 1 single attack spell for 90 levels? Horrendous.
If I had to wait until 80+ levels to be able to make simple recipes such as pizza and smoked chicken on my own.... that sounds bloody awful.

Don't get me wrong, adventure is great. But there's a lot of downsides to all of this. Especially once the WoL gets Azem's crystal. He's going to be yeeting us to fight Endsinger and all that nonsense every expansion. Retirement doesn't exist.

Finally, even if we never die, it means you'll just watch people you like and grown close to pass away either through combat, old age, or diseases. Immortality can be both a blessing and a curse for those who are not strong enough to wield it. The average player will start secluding and isolating themselves from the world if they can't deal with parting. Heck, it wouldn't be surprising if the denizens descendants eventually wanted to capture you for the secrets to immortality after many years of peace since our immortality is very unique (sundered, yet not mortal).

Most importantly, it's not known whether the WoL will attain immortality. That means the WoL will pass his responsibilities onto us to watch over the world and maintain peace in his and the Ancient's absence. Kind of a big deal in a way. I'm pretty sure Norvrandt will do just fine though.

Honestly, it would be more strange if we didn't end up trying to traverse through space and time to either go back to the Ancient timeline (since they're immortal beings who can live indefinitely) or go discover the secrets of the Rift to cross back to our world.