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Rationalizations

WARNING: Some conjecture involved.

Zhaitan

Our first fight with an Elder Dragon, the end boss of the initial release, has received nearly as much flak as Zhaitan himself does over the course of the battle. The fight with Zhaitan is admittedly short and ridiculously easy, especially considering the might a being such as an Elder Dragon would supposedly possess. However, I have decided the brevity and ease with which we dispatch the dragon are not unreasonable.

Firstly, we have to consider that the Gods first stepped on Tyria at the Artesian Waters in Orr, where they felt a magical presence strong enough to draw them from the Mists. Presupposing that this magic wasn't produced by any natural occurrence, this energy likely originated from Zhaitan himself, sleeping beneath the peninsula, given that Elder Dragons effectively "bleed magic". The gods likely wouldn't have traveled to Tyria just to ogle at the odd magical presence, so we can safely assume they worked to re-purpose, or even feed off of, this energy (the Orrians, as well, may have taken part in this, given how liberally they used magic in every day life). This likely went on for hundreds of years.

Also tied to this issue of magical energy, Zhaitan had to raise up the entire Orrian peninsula at the time of his awakening. Moving such a large landmass on its own would be one thing--that he also displaced a massive amount of water is quite another. This action would have taken a staggering amount of energy, further contributing to his weakness at the time of his battle with the players.

Consider the Fang cut from Jormag's mouth, currently sitting in Hoelbrak. Since its separation from its one-time owner, many have tried to harm the tooth, never leaving so much as a scratch, regardless of the means they employ. If we extrapolate this (un?)natural resilence to Zhaitan, then the main and secondary lasers on the flagship players fly on during the battle for Arah would have to pack an enormous amount of power behind them to instantly cut through Zhaitan's tails, and subsequently do enough damage to force him to land.

Gold

In the first Guild Wars, the gold coin was of no note, and even thousands of them barely constituted enough wealth to perform most actions more complicated than buying an identification kit. Conversely, in Guild Wars 2, gold coins have suddenly sprung into importance, and attaining a considerable number of them proves to be an enormous challenge compared to the first game. This *BEGS* the question: what has happened in the intervening years between Guild Wars the first, and Guild Wars the second?

The answer may lie right under our noses: Guild Wars 2.

Around the time of Guild Wars 2's release, most players were logging out, some for good, to partake in the newly launched game. As they did so, the money their characters had amassed sat in their Xunlai bank accounts. Seeing as how players, in total, acquired millions, or even hundreds of millions of gold coins, this likely left nearly all of the world's gold locked away in bank accounts inaccessible to anyone but the original holders, bringing the value of gold to an all-time high. This necessitated the advent of using more common metals for smaller sums of money, resulting in the copper-silver-gold system we have today.