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Posted by: Nyx.6532

Nyx.6532

is there no way to unlock these masteries without buying season 2 part 1-2??
i do have HoT but from what i can read to unlock the ancient magic masteries you need season 2 p1 or 2.

it seems very iffy if you need to buy 1 episode from season 2, to unlock masteries needed for HoT’s(or is it season 3? but that one i already finished).
price seems excessive for just opening the masteries which is needed (dislike that kind of thing quite a lot. hate manipulation and hidden RL cost).

so anyone knows of any way to unlock the masteries for Ancient magics which doesn’t envolve throwing money at the screen? (after already buying HoT ofc).

best regards and ty
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Posted by: Randulf.7614

Randulf.7614

You dont need season 2 since that was before the masteries

You ideally need ep1 of season 3, altho i think i was told one of the other eps unlocks it too

Have you unlocked the mastery system from HoT itself?

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Posted by: Nyx.6532

Nyx.6532

You dont need season 2 since that was before the masteries

You ideally need ep1 of season 3, altho i think i was told one of the other eps unlocks it too

Have you unlocked the mastery system from HoT itself?

yes i got HoT itself. i Finished all the season 3 story stuff.
do i need to pay season 3 episode 1 to get access to it then? still think it is quite iffy but better than what i thought was going on :P

btw that would be 2.rising flames? right?

PS: if anyone in contact with the dev team read this then please tell them the ingame info on all this stuff is just horrificly badly made. comming back to the game i think 25+% of all my game time is used on google for answers which should be ingame and not difficult to find out :/

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Posted by: Randulf.7614

Randulf.7614

Just to clarify, since you have mixed reponses.

You have HoT and played enough to unlock the mastery system?

If you have finished all of s3, then you have access to the ancient magics line. Or do you mean, you finished the latest episode?

Yes you will need to pay for the first episode of S3 if you lack it and yes clarity and communication from Anet ( like most mmo companies i am rapidly seeing) needs improvement in areas like this.

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Posted by: Randulf.7614

Randulf.7614

The wiki has the clearest info

Ancient Magics is unlocked after entering Bloodstone Fen during the story of Out of the Shadows, or after entering Ember Bay during the story of Rising Flames.

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Posted by: Nyx.6532

Nyx.6532

Just to clarify, since you have mixed reponses.

You have HoT and played enough to unlock the mastery system?

If you have finished all of s3, then you have access to the ancient magics line. Or do you mean, you finished the latest episode?

Yes you will need to pay for the first episode of S3 if you lack it and yes clarity and communication from Anet ( like most mmo companies i am rapidly seeing) needs improvement in areas like this.

i have hot yes and finished it.
i finished the season 3 story as well (don’t own any of it, but it lets you play them through).
both my ancient magic and the one right before it is still locked and can’t figure out how i would get to the blood fen area.
the only thing i can think of is that season 3 without buying it doesn’t let you enter that specific area (my season 3 finished at the lava dragon where you stop the god from stealing it’s power. and it says finished on it and if i want to replay that part).

so do i need to buy the part of season 3 p1 to get access to the masteries? ^^

The wiki has the clearest info

Ancient Magics is unlocked after entering Bloodstone Fen during the story of Out of the Shadows, or after entering Ember Bay during the story of Rising Flames.

yer but as with too many things in GW2 that doesn’t really tell you what you need to know (i already ran through the season 3 story missions as it was available, so i assumed it didn’t say start at p1, then skipped to p5 ignoring the rest).

it is really getting tiresome that i am using a very large amount of time just doing Meta-gaming out game research to try and figure out basic ingame usage
think they should focus on doing a better job with ingame information and guidance ^^

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Posted by: Linken.6345

Linken.6345

if you dont own episode 1 or 2 you cant unlock it mate.

Seems you only own episode 5 the current released one.

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

if you dont own episode 1 or 2 you cant unlock it mate.

Seems you only own episode 5 the current released one.

It should also be noted that it’s not needed to complete any of the story besides those two (though it does make various fights, such as against Jade Constructs or Caudecus much, much easier).

Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.

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Posted by: Inculpatus cedo.9234

Inculpatus cedo.9234

I think the OP is confusing Episodes with Seasons. There have been, so far, 5 Episodes (each with its own map) in Season 3. We have one more episode, Episode 6, forthcoming before the Season is finished.

It sounds like he/she has finished Episode 5, rather than Season 3, as stated.

You will need to enter one of the two maps, Bloodstone Fen or Ember Bay to unlock Ancient Magics. You can purchase them with Gems acquired with cash, or by exchanging Gold for Gems. You could try Teleport to a Friend, though that may be hit-or-miss.

Good luck.

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Faaris.8013

yes i got HoT itself. i Finished all the season 3 story stuff.
do i need to pay season 3 episode 1 to get access to it then? still think it is quite iffy but better than what i thought was going on :P

i finished the season 3 story as well (don’t own any of it, but it lets you play them through).

I think it’s time for you to realize that you are confusing things, and stop blaming the developers for it. What I get from your posts (and that’s just trying to make sense out of them) is that you returned to GW2 after a break, and logged in recently, so the current Living World Season 3 Episode 5 is unlocked. The other episodes of season 3 are locked and cost 200 gems each to play.

You played through episode 5, and that’s it. That does not unlock the Ancient Magic Mastery track. As the wiki says, you need to enter Bloodstone Fen or Ember Bay, and to do that, you need to buy and play/start episode 1 or 2 of Living World Season 3.

I suggest you sell some materials or save gold and buy 200 gems with it. I think it costs about 58 gold. It’s about 2,60€, don’t know how much that is for you. In many cities in Europe, you don’t even get a regular sized coffee for 2,60€.

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In many cities in Europe, you don’t even get a regular sized coffee for 2,60€.

That’s a lot for just coffee.

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Posted by: Nyx.6532

Nyx.6532

yes i got HoT itself. i Finished all the season 3 story stuff.
do i need to pay season 3 episode 1 to get access to it then? still think it is quite iffy but better than what i thought was going on :P

i finished the season 3 story as well (don’t own any of it, but it lets you play them through).

I think it’s time for you to realize that you are confusing things, and stop blaming the developers for it. What I get from your posts (and that’s just trying to make sense out of them) is that you returned to GW2 after a break, and logged in recently, so the current Living World Season 3 Episode 5 is unlocked. The other episodes of season 3 are locked and cost 200 gems each to play.

You played through episode 5, and that’s it. That does not unlock the Ancient Magic Mastery track. As the wiki says, you need to enter Bloodstone Fen or Ember Bay, and to do that, you need to buy and play/start episode 1 or 2 of Living World Season 3.

I suggest you sell some materials or save gold and buy 200 gems with it. I think it costs about 58 gold. It’s about 2,60€, don’t know how much that is for you. In many cities in Europe, you don’t even get a regular sized coffee for 2,60€.

cool thanks for clarifying

and i should blame the devs, when stuff like this is so unclear that it is hard to even understand what i am on about when explaining it in details then there is definitely an ingame information issue which should be clarified.

when you have to search the web and ask on forums to figure out stuff that should be basic then the information part need some work ^^

*as example: go ingame and figure out how to craft ascended gear using nothing but ingame information, try to see how long it will take to just find the information ingame about what you need to do so. consider then that many of the mats are time gated by dailies so it is something where days of research will really hurt you, and that there is no way ingame to figure out the mat need before already acquiring all the recipies for the component (something which doesn’t seem easy to do) and to figure out where you get what recipies.
And do it ONLY using ingame information you get on your own. then come back and tell me it is a problem with Me not the lack of proper information ingame *

In many cities in Europe, you don’t even get a regular sized coffee for 2,60€.

That’s a lot for just coffee.

yer. for me it is more that it is a lot for such little amount of content(that i frankly don’t want as i just want to pvp, but seem to need it to gear for WvW in a reasonable timeframe).
however i don’t mind paying them extra since they do a decent job lowering the p2w crap (although it is depressing to see how much gold i get for 400gems vs. grind time, takes the lust to play right out of you).
i do dislike the “manipulation” tactics of how it is done however. dislike games trying to “lure” me into paying with unclear/hidden rl money gating.

just want a clear number from start of how much it will cost me to enjoy the product fully without all the hidden payment needed to optimize enjoyment.

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Posted by: Faaris.8013

Faaris.8013

just want a clear number from start of how much it will cost me to enjoy the product fully without all the hidden payment needed to optimize enjoyment.

In that I agree with you, and have expressed that at another place in these forums before. I’m fine with paying for content, I just want to know beforehand. When you are a new player and buy HoT, you have no idea that Living World Season 2 and 3 have to be bought with gems. I assumed I purchased the license to play everything in the game. I would have preferred to know about the additional costs, it wouldn’t have changed my decision to buy HoT anyway. I would just have purchased everything at once.

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Posted by: Linken.6345

Linken.6345

In many cities in Europe, you don’t even get a regular sized coffee for 2,60€.

That’s a lot for just coffee.

cost bettwen 3-5 euro here for a cup of coffie in norway so no it really isent.