Guild Wars 2

Hi, just wanted a bit of info on the current game.

1, last time I checked back the champ train was the thing, is that still around?

2, Never really did dungeons, whats the easiest class to do them story and erm challenge mode?

3, any big/active guilds on Deso EU who do group content/acheviements? (think that was the server I was on)

4, are groups still 4 warriors and a Mesmer ?

5, do u still need W3 for 100% map ?

4, havnt really done many LS I think last one was the four winds, did I miss anything important ?

Champ train is still around, but they nerf it pretty hard. I heard that frostgorge sound and edge of the mist (another kind of wvw) are the 2 train currently still going.
For class in dungeon, from what i heard rangers, necros, and engineer are the least favorite.
If you don’t joint any group that specify only warrior, you can bring any thing you’re most comfortable playing.
Yes, you still need all of wvw maps for map completion. Except for edge of the mist.
You didnt really miss much regarding the ls1, but if you want to know there is a section in gw2 wiki that could let you know

No.

Warrior? Whatever you feel most comfortable with?

Servers are kind of obsolete with the new MegaServer, except for WvW.

Depends on the group, I’m sure.

Yes.

Yes. https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/

Welcome return!

Champ train is still active in Frostgorge, they killed it in Queensdale by scaling most of the champs down. There’s a good karma train in Edge of the Mists though, especially if your server is ‘green’.

Warrior and Guardian are the generally most versatile classes for dungeons and fractals.

I’ll let an EU player answer #3

The ideal team comp for dungeons is a mix of Guard/Warrior/Ele

Yup, WvW still counts

LS …er. It’s mostly throwaway content imo, but you will be able to repeat the bits you missed for 200 gems each sometime in the future, as a part of the Story Journal.

Hope this helps.

1. Lots of starter zone champs got nerfed into vets. I hear the Frostgorge train got nailed as well. Might be able to find something in Kessex, but not as good.

2. Warrior, Guardian.

3. Can’t say, I’m from TC.

4. For speed runs? From what I hear, yes.

5. Yes.

6(?). Scarlet made the pretty part of Kessex hills ugly, and then ANet had her destroy Lion’s Arch in an attempt to make her a “serious threat”. ((Translation: We all knew she was going to attack, so they simply didn’t give us a chance to stop her. No NPCs tried to stop her. It happened, deal with it.)) LA is a wreck, but rebuilding. There’s a few lingering “Toxic Spore” events that pop up every now and then, but that’s mostly it.

Welcome back to pretty much the game you left, save with more nerfs. ((Town clothes: Nerfed. Trait points: Nerfed. Trait Unlocks: Nerfed. Server Communities: Nerfed. Champions: Nerfed. And custom arenas, if you bother with them, will soon/now cost gold instead of gems, in an attempt to force people to buy gold with gems to even out the exchange rate.))

Palador.2170:

1. Lots of starter zone champs got nerfed into vets. I hear the Frostgorge train got nailed as well. Might be able to find something in Kessex, but not as good.

2. Warrior, Guardian.

3. Can’t say, I’m from TC.

4. For speed runs? From what I hear, yes.

5. Yes.

6(?). Scarlet made the pretty part of Kessex hills ugly, and then ANet had her destroy Lion’s Arch in an attempt to make her a “serious threat”. ((Translation: We all knew she was going to attack, so they simply didn’t give us a chance to stop her. No NPCs tried to stop her. It happened, deal with it.)) LA is a wreck, but rebuilding. There’s a few lingering “Toxic Spore” events that pop up every now and then, but that’s mostly it.

Welcome back to pretty much the game you left, save with more nerfs. ((Town clothes: Nerfed. Trait points: Nerfed. Trait Unlocks: Nerfed. Server Communities: Nerfed. Champions: Nerfed. And custom arenas, if you bother with them, will soon/now cost gold instead of gems, in an attempt to force people to buy gold with gems to even out the exchange rate.))

They remove the gem requirement on custom arenas and your point is that they did this because they want us to buy gems O.o?
Ofc they obv want people to buy gems, since you know, it’s their income. But when they open up options to pay with gold instead of gems .. Then pls don’t complain ..

To OP. There have been a lot of new features to the game, not much permanent playable stuff though. But some .. New wvw map, 1 or 2 new pvp maps since you played, some mini games, new fractals, new dungeon path, new world boss and more that I can’t remember right now .
But, this should hopefully all change with season 2 beginning July 1st.
All content will be permanent in season 2, not returning events ofc thou, like dragon bash and so on.

jokke.6239:

They remove the gem requirement on custom arenas and your point is that they did this because they want us to buy gems O.o?
Ofc they obv want people to buy gems, since you know, it’s their income. But when they open up options to pay with gold instead of gems .. Then pls don’t complain ..

It seems I’ll have to explain this one.

Before now, custom arenas were paid for with gems. Both starting one, and sustaining one, cost a set amount in gems. To get those gems, you could pay cash for the gems or (and this is important) you could buy the gems with gold.

Now you have to pay gold to create and sustain a custom arena. You can earn the gold directly, or (and again, this is important) you can get the gold with gems you buy with cash.

In both cases, you can pay for it with either real world money or by earning gold in-game. By shifting it to requiring gold instead of gems, however, they’ve changed the direction of which gets exchanged for what. The people that were buying gems with gold for arenas will now just spend that gold and leave the gems alone. The ones that were buying gems with RL cash will now use those gems to buy gold to pay the fees.

The net result is fewer people buying gems with gold, and more buying gold with gems. This will help to shift the exchange rate. If the shift is noticeable, it will even increase the amount of gems needed to pay for an arena over time.

Right NOW, the game says the average price is 7g76s for 100 gems. Arena starter kit cost 1600 gems, for a gold price of 124g16s. New price is 200 gold. Right NOW, the game will give me 8g59s17c for 100 gems. Dropping the copper (for ease of figuring), that comes out to over 2300 gems. Again, old price was 1600 gems. And those prices will shift even more out of our favor if this has an effect on the exchange.

So, see the problem?