Guild Wars 2 devs on strange rocks, hatching eggs, and the making of Rising Flames

Now that Guild Wars 2 players have had an opportunity to play the Rising Flames update, they can learn a little more about the creation of this latest living world episode. This past Friday, a few ArenaNet developers sat down for a livestream to discuss the making of the episode and the new zone — with a few revelations about what was changed along the way.

During the stream, fans learn that the zone’s jumping puzzle originally had no checkpoints, Thermal Propulsion used to be a lot different, and the team lacked the budget to add gross and squishy effects to the egg hatching sequence.

While the devs talk about a wide range of topics, the one thing that they wouldn’t discuss at all was the strange rock infused with magic that has the community talking. What could it be? Our bet: It’s just a rock.