User:Gordon Ecker

Predictions
Eye of the North Guild Wars 2
 * Dhuum is undead or a ghost.
 * The Great Dwarf is the sockpuppet of another, more well-known god.
 * The Great Destroyer is either an ancient god (possibly the previous god of fire, possibly a god who was not overthrown and replaced by a member of the current pantheon) or a sockpuppet of Dhuum or Menzies.
 * Bahltek is dropping hints about campaign 4. (plausible since we don't know much about Utopia)
 * Lord Odran will factor into the backstory, and Arcanist will be one of the new professions.
 * An engineer and / or crossbow user profession is also likely.
 * Like Nightfall, campaign 4 will involve travel to somewhere outside of Tyria.
 * Likely regional / cultural themes: the Americas, India, Scandinavia. (partially correct)
 * The "150 skills" rumor is false.
 * The "Eye of the North" rumor is plausible. (correct)
 * The Great Destroyer is connected to the Great Giants. (plausible, it was created by Primordus, one of the dragons who are probably responsible for the extinction of the Great Giants)
 * Altrumm was likely built by the Asura, and may have been built by the Dwarves.
 * Most or all of the new PvE only skills will be title-based with no profession restriction. (correct)
 * The port for Eye of the North will be either Janthir or the half-sunken ruins of Arah.
 * The spiked ridge in the waterdragon.jpg image from the fansite kit is part of the Great Destroyer.
 * The thing killed in A Time for Heroes was not the Great Destroyer, just a Destroyer queen.
 * The "Water Dragon", "Drakkar" and "Greater Destroyer" are hibernating Great Giants.
 * Whether by design or by retcon, Turai Ossa and Palawa Joko are Norn, or at lesat some type of half-giants.
 * The 2009 beta and the 2009-2010 release window are plausible. Plausible != correct. (I was right to be suspicious, they were a year off)
 * The rumor about Charr as a playable race is probably true. (correct)
 * The rumor about Norns, Asurians and Sylvanians as playable races is mostly or entirely false.
 * If the Norns aren't completely made up, the Seer is probably one of them.
 * If the Sylvanians aren't completely made up, they are likely either the descendants of Ewan's tribe, Wardens who have regained their sanity after the death of Urgoz, a Druid offshoot or Kurzicks who have split from humanity.
 * Guild Wars 2 will have fewer professions with broader concepts and more attributes / skill lines / specialisation options. The Paragon concept will be largely absorbed by the Warrior and / or Mesmer counterparts, although spears may go to the Ranger counterpart rather than the Warrior counterpart. Ritualists will probably be merged with Necromancers.
 * Palawa Joko will return in . (correct)