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aetherized weapons.....HUZZAH!
Man, it’s looking like all the Aetherized weapons will be disappointing. I don’t understand why they aren’t just giving us the Aetherblade ones.
Makes all the difficulty in getting them kinda moot…
Man, it’s looking like all the Aetherized weapons will be disappointing. I don’t understand why they aren’t just giving us the Aetherblade ones.
Well judging by the icons, the pistol, shield, and scepter looks the same.
Here the icons btw: http://raidwarning.com/guildwars-2-election-banners-armor-weapon-skins/
Darkness becomes light, light falls into darkness.
Man, it’s looking like all the Aetherized weapons will be disappointing. I don’t understand why they aren’t just giving us the Aetherblade ones.
Makes all the difficulty in getting them kinda moot…
The ranged weapons seem to follow the Revolver design looking at those icons, which is great.
The bladed weapons seem to have a special animation hiding and revealing the blades when they’re stowed or in your hands.
They have cool animations but they aren’t super shiny glowy weapons which I think it’s a good thing.
I know I’m getting at the very least the Shortbow that looks GREAT (always dreamed of a cool compound bow and only had the low level zones Steam Shortbow) and the Revolver.
GAME OVER. unless the rapier drops from the minigame, the skins from the scraps are VERY underwhelming.
i can hear the collective cries of frustration from everyone who ever wanted the rapier….
I laughed when I saw the rifle. Reminded me of this:
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
The sword makes me uncomfortable..
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Garbage at every profession 2015
This is quite the blunder. You put in the aetherblade weapons because the fanbase loses its mind when you don’t offer the (admittedly) very nice looking weapons. So what do you do? Release them a month later and take out the ONE weapon people were looking forward to. Now you’re just screwing with us, Anet.
See? Another reason to not vote for Evon and his Black Lion Company.
Was really looking forward to that rapier :/
The sword makes me uncomfortable..
i’m a dude and it makes me uncomfortable as well. can’t imagine how our girl playerbase feels…….it’s just…ehm…a tad inappropriate?
Well… no rapier, that makes it easier for me >.< I’ll see if I can get my hands in one of those pistols…
What do you guys think is the reason for not including the rapier like sword? I thought that it was the most desired weapon…
See? Another reason to not vote for Evon and his Black Lion Company.
I like most of those weapons, but anyway, either you like them or not, the designs belong to the Aetherblades, not Evon :P
In terms of scrap drop rate, I have now opened 36 boxes. Besides a number of the usual things (and a makeover kit and an Abyss dye OMG), I got 4 scraps, and 6 vote tokens.
Are those weapons obtainable outside BL chests? If so, how?
Why don’t they just put them in the gem store?
I like most of those weapons, but anyway, either you like them or not, the designs belong to the Aetherblades, not Evon :P
But you have to buy his chests in order to have a chance to get it.
More RNG. I guess thats more content I can’t access because I"m not lucky or willing to gamble.
SO from where skins are dopped?
Arena chests
Survivavble game chest
Black lion chest (scraps)
Trial?
WVW loot bags?
Handarand – Handacooon – Handa Panda – Handa Genie
The pistol is the only skin that looks halfway decent. Don’t have to bother with chests. Woo!
No rapier. Way to take out all the enthusiasm I had for this update ANet.
Im gona go play SMT4.
Dexson
Personnally i dont care about rapier…but i was waiting another gun , the HORRIK CANON !
Where is it ?
Double fail…bad skins,luckdrop / paygems….
Anet has to secretly be the military. Because in the military, we take all the options, have countless meetings about them, lay them out……….and pick the worst possible one.
someone on reddit said that a dev said that the rapier may come at a later time.
take it for what you will. : ))
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I’m pretty sure that is the GS skin from the vendor. You’ll need a token for it, a lucky drop, or 40-60 gold on TP (right now. Likely to be much less in a week).
Re rapier: The dev said s/he thought it would be in the next patch so I am crossing my fingers for 2 weeks from now.
During the live feed preview, one of the devs got that greatsword on their first try. They claim it wasn’t contrived. They’re just absurdly lucky.
The sword makes me uncomfortable..
i’m a dude and it makes me uncomfortable as well. can’t imagine how our girl playerbase feels…….it’s just…ehm…a tad inappropriate?
No more uncomfortable than inside the Karka Lair on Southsun Cove, I had to cross my legs when I ran in there to do the diving achievement, Thankfully the water at the bottom was the equivalent of a cold shower.
I have to say….that sword is about the most suggestive sword I’ve ever seen.
I’m really bummed that the rapier isn’t one of the skins, but I guess that means I don’t need to waste money buying keys/chests.
Coldin – Thief – Sanctum of Rall
I have to say….that sword is about the most suggestive sword I’ve ever seen.
I’m really bummed that the rapier isn’t one of the skins, but I guess that means I don’t need to waste money buying keys/chests.
yeah u can get eferything in best mini ever)))
if u know what i mean…
Handarand – Handacooon – Handa Panda – Handa Genie
SO from where skins are dopped?
Arena chests
Survivavble game chest
Black lion chest (scraps)Trial?
WVW loot bags?
SO??
Anyone knows for sure?
Handarand – Handacooon – Handa Panda – Handa Genie
gw2 cannot slide downhill any faster.
Some stupid “trade contract” that honestly, no one cares about. Will have no impact, no real new content. And then new, obviously hastily designed weapon skins that poorly imitate other games, which you can ONLY get through black lion chests, oh I’m sorry, gemstore keys.
Seriously? Anyone else just shaking their head at this, especially after GW1?
@TheLaughingMan
I agree somewhat, but you’re being a bit harsh. Some of the skins are genuinely charming, such as the pistol, the rifle (in asuran hands) the hammer, and maybe the staff. That being said, I do think that this is a kitten poor decision on Anet’s part. I come from GW1 as well when microtransactions were something we didn’t hear about till WELL into the game’s life. I want to close my eyes and blame it on the employee they pulled from NCsoft, but more than likely Anet has seen how successful it can be to delude the playerbase into thinking that it’s not that hard to get these new skins.
Before I get flak from this, let me explain. The calculated drop rate for a weapon ticket scrap is around 10%. give or take. Anet stated that these would be replacing keys on the loot table, and keys were being made rarer. Well. Pre-patch BL keys had about a 25-33% drop rate. They would also drop (very rarely) from the overworld, and in certain story missions. IE, they in fact did NOT replace them in the loot tables, they were simply crammed in as yet another item to get crammed in the BL chests without much foresight, while making keys rarer, thus less opportunity to re-open chests. Thus giving players even less options in obtaining these skins. And let’s face it, the drop rates for obtaining one in the Candidate Trials are abyssmal. And your best bet is by playing on the top tier, which has a new type of scaling method previously unheard of in-game, so you’re better off Solo-ing it rather than with a group. I won’t point any fingers, but all of these sleazy aspects start to boil up over time.
Personally, I think they should go back to the Dragon Bash model, where you get certain chests from monsters, and all these chests have a chance at one of the new weapon skins. While at the same time, introducing cash shop chests that have a better chance at it. Otherwise, it’s using clever language and objective lies to exploit players out of their money.
It’s either that, or the Wintersday Model, which I don’t particularly like, because you could ONLY get them via cash shop. But at least people knew that they’re money would be getting them something, not a big virtual middle finger.