Guild Wars 2

New Legendary Mace: Eureka
A new legendary weapon is now available. Speak to Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion’s Arch to learn how to craft the new mace precursor, Endeavor, and forge the new legendary mace, Eureka.

Discuss

THEY LISTENED

I guess we can assume development has resumed?

None of my characters use mace. Oh well.

only 11 more to go?

Oh wow, that’s brilliant news.

Last I heard they weren’t going to be doing any more, so this is a big surprise.

I don’t have any characters who use a mace (although I haven’t settled on builds for all of them), but I’m hoping this means there will be other new legendaries later on.

Legendary GS where are you?!

It makes sense. WoW’s Legion expansion actually turned out REALLY good, so they are feeling some heat from that. Over the last 2 weeks, i’ve noticed my community of players suddenly go dormant, thus one does have to wonder what happened there.

A new zone, and a new legendary appears to be ANet’s answer to WoW’s latest xpac, and i believe FFXIV is ramping up to release some new content any day now, as well.

Gotta love what competition does to drive these companies to do their best!

Hopefully now the forums won’t be full of the over-use of the words ‘broken promise’

Ariurotl.3718:

None of my characters use mace. Oh well.

Yeah

I mean it’s great to see a new legendary released, but so far with Shortbow, Axe and Mace I can’t use them on my mesmer. And I already had bifrost before nevermore was released and Hope only affects one skill…

Really hoping for a new legendary Sword or Torch next.

Curunen.8729:

Ariurotl.3718:

None of my characters use mace. Oh well.

Yeah

I mean it’s great to see a new legendary released, but so far with Shortbow, Axe and Mace I can’t use them on my mesmer. And I already had bifrost before nevermore was released and Hope only affects one skill…

Really hoping for a new legendary Sword or Torch next.

I’d rather see a new Focus. The current one is ridiculously forgettable.

Now, if only Hobb’s actually had the book for sale……

Sartharina.3542:

Curunen.8729:

Ariurotl.3718:

None of my characters use mace. Oh well.

Yeah

I mean it’s great to see a new legendary released, but so far with Shortbow, Axe and Mace I can’t use them on my mesmer. And I already had bifrost before nevermore was released and Hope only affects one skill…

Really hoping for a new legendary Sword or Torch next.

I’d rather see a new Focus. The current one is ridiculously forgettable.

They just updated it today so let’s see!

Well it does look nice, I guess someone cracked the whip?

A step in the right direction.

Danikat.8537:

Oh wow, that’s brilliant news.

Last I heard they weren’t going to be doing any more, so this is a big surprise.

They never said they weren’t going to do it, they said they were suspending development for the meantime, while (not spoken out loud) they were getting HoT fixed and the LS3 up and running. It was players who declared “suspended” was code word for discontinued.

slamfunction.7462:

It makes sense. WoW’s Legion expansion actually turned out REALLY good, so they are feeling some heat from that. Over the last 2 weeks, i’ve noticed my community of players suddenly go dormant, thus one does have to wonder what happened there.

A new zone, and a new legendary appears to be ANet’s answer to WoW’s latest xpac, and i believe FFXIV is ramping up to release some new content any day now, as well.

Gotta love what competition does to drive these companies to do their best!

And you think Legion’s “success” had anything to do with this? They’ve been working on the legenday, on and off, for a while. If they could throw it together in 3 weeks they wouldn’t have needed to suspend development.

The industry have accepted that when WoW puts out a release, they will likely see a down turn in population and trying to directly compete is a fool’s errand. Stick with your own release schedule and ride out the WoW wave as it passes.

Sartharina.3542:

Curunen.8729:

Ariurotl.3718:

None of my characters use mace. Oh well.

Yeah

I mean it’s great to see a new legendary released, but so far with Shortbow, Axe and Mace I can’t use them on my mesmer. And I already had bifrost before nevermore was released and Hope only affects one skill…

Really hoping for a new legendary Sword or Torch next.

I’d rather see a new Focus. The current one is ridiculously forgettable.

Between the Anomaly, Priory artifact and Zenith focus I’m pretty satisfied with Foci at the moment, but can’t seem to find any Sword or Torch skin I truly like.

But yeah I wouldn’t say no to a new focus legendary (and mainhand focus for next mesmer elite spec!).

HEEELLL YEAAAH, FINALLY! I think the mace looks amazing!!! Not even sad that I spent 500g on a Fused Mace just yesterday xD Nice job, devs! Thanks for adding a replacement to the kitten ed Disco Ball!! xD Horraaaay

Blockhead Magee.3092:

Now, if only Hobb’s actually had the book for sale……

This^

I’m questioning whether or not it was a “typo” in the release notes.

Don’t count your chickens UNTIL Hobbs has the book for sale.

…just saying.

Later day patch I’m expect. Think they had a similar problem once before.

Condi Rev ftw?

/15

The legendary has no collections. Only recipes. They are in the 4th tab of the NPC.

Thank you thank you thank you thank you Arena Net <3 <3 <3

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Seriously. ‘Indefinitely’ doesn’t mean forever. Sheesh. Maybe now people will shut up about it now.

Tell that to everyone waiting for Starcraft: Ghost.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Seriously. ‘Indefinitely’ doesn’t mean forever. Sheesh. Maybe now people will shut up about it now.

Abelisk.4527:

THEY LISTENED

I guess we can assume development has resumed?

It would be more accurate to say we didn’t listen. They had planned to continue at some point. It was we, the player-base, who assumed “postponed” equated to “canceled.”

That way is even more sad for me.
Yes, they are creating new legendary weapons now. But they cancelled the legendary journey for it.

The journey for H.O.P.E. was really great and I was waiting for a new upcoming legendary rifle to have the same great experience again. Now I don’t hold my breath for that rifle….

Sartharina.3542:

Curunen.8729:

Ariurotl.3718:

None of my characters use mace. Oh well.

Yeah

I mean it’s great to see a new legendary released, but so far with Shortbow, Axe and Mace I can’t use them on my mesmer. And I already had bifrost before nevermore was released and Hope only affects one skill…

Really hoping for a new legendary Sword or Torch next.

I’d rather see a new Focus. The current one is ridiculously forgettable.

Not anymore.

Kodama.6453:

That way is even more sad for me.
Yes, they are creating new legendary weapons now. But they cancelled the legendary journey for it.

The journey for H.O.P.E. was really great and I was waiting for a new upcoming legendary rifle to have the same great experience again. Now I don’t hold my breath for that rifle….

Legendary rifle? There is no class that would make use of a stat swapping rifle. Only used on engi and thief, right? Seems wasteful. I am always told to salvage the Sabetha rifle drop because of it.

Pompeia.5483:

Kodama.6453:

That way is even more sad for me.
Yes, they are creating new legendary weapons now. But they cancelled the legendary journey for it.

The journey for H.O.P.E. was really great and I was waiting for a new upcoming legendary rifle to have the same great experience again. Now I don’t hold my breath for that rifle….

Legendary rifle? There is no class that would make use of a stat swapping rifle. Only used on engi and thief, right? Seems wasteful. I am always told to salvage the Sabetha rifle drop because of it.

Engineer and Warrior

Razor.9872:

Pompeia.5483:

Kodama.6453:

That way is even more sad for me.
Yes, they are creating new legendary weapons now. But they cancelled the legendary journey for it.

The journey for H.O.P.E. was really great and I was waiting for a new upcoming legendary rifle to have the same great experience again. Now I don’t hold my breath for that rifle….

Legendary rifle? There is no class that would make use of a stat swapping rifle. Only used on engi and thief, right? Seems wasteful. I am always told to salvage the Sabetha rifle drop because of it.

Engineer and Warrior

Haha yes, that. Signals from brain to fingers must be broken again.

Pompeia.5483:

Razor.9872:

Pompeia.5483:

Kodama.6453:

That way is even more sad for me.
Yes, they are creating new legendary weapons now. But they cancelled the legendary journey for it.

The journey for H.O.P.E. was really great and I was waiting for a new upcoming legendary rifle to have the same great experience again. Now I don’t hold my breath for that rifle….

Legendary rifle? There is no class that would make use of a stat swapping rifle. Only used on engi and thief, right? Seems wasteful. I am always told to salvage the Sabetha rifle drop because of it.

Engineer and Warrior

Haha yes, that. Signals from brain to fingers must be broken again.

You may not be wrong when the next expansion hits. We’ll see :P

So I crafted Hypothesis, anyone find the recipe for Eureka?

mrauls.6519:

Legendary GS where are you?!

Hopefully, we’ll eventually see this now. I think there’s at least hope that we will now. It’s the one new legendary I feel would be worth my effort to make, especially with the necro using it.

So I just read through the review of the new legendary process on Dulfy and it’s basically a grind and buy mechanic now for all future legendaries. This is pretty disappointing as it’s just boring. Grind currency, by precursor. Rinse repeat.

I understand that they couldn’t figure out how to make journeys without spending development time on it, but isn’t that the point? With the new system, you might as well just get out a CC and buy it off the TP. It’s just as meaningful.

Getting a legendary should be about crafting it by digging through the massive amount of lore that has been written for the GW franchise. Teach us about your world ANet by earning something really cool in the process.

Right now, the system is just “Push 1 to win” and that’s just sad.

MokahTGS.7850:

So I just read through the review of the new legendary process on Dulfy and it’s basically a grind and buy mechanic now for all future legendaries. This is pretty disappointing as it’s just boring. Grind currency, by precursor. Rinse repeat.

I understand that they couldn’t figure out how to make journeys without spending development time on it, but isn’t that the point? With the new system, you might as well just get out a CC and buy it off the TP. It’s just as meaningful.

Getting a legendary should be about crafting it by digging through the massive amount of lore that has been written for the GW franchise. Teach us about your world ANet by earning something really cool in the process.

Right now, the system is just “Push 1 to win” and that’s just sad.

There are plenty of posts in the legendary weapons thread to the effect of people being quite happy with no narrative journey so long as new weapons get developed. One player’s grind is another player’s treasure.

/shrugs

~EW

I think it’s great that they will release the legendarys in this manner, as it will placate all the masses who just want those weapons out there regardless of story elements. For me, I really love the idea of the journey and would prefer it for all the weapons. Perhaps Anet will be able to retroactively create journeys for these weapons at a later time, during downtime between future LS seasons or expansion packs. If I recall correctly, the first series of legendary weapons came out without journeys and those were added in later on. I’ll hold out hope that eventually it will happen!

Smart Anet.

The Moot was the only legendary I would absolutely never want to craft.

Now I will have to reconsider my options!