Guild Wars 2

I haven’t played the game for almost 1 1/2 years and only started playing again around this week. My only question is how much content am I missing? (e.g maps that are needed for world completion, crafting materials, etc.)

There’s also the Carapace armor that needs LS completion to unlock, and the glowing blue version of Carapace, Luminescent, that needs LS achieves on top of completion. Also you need to do LS to get the starter bits to make Mawdrey, an ascended back piece that consumes bloodstone dust and gives back some low-value items. But nothing that you must have in order to do maps or crafting; those can all be gained just by playing the new maps.

Though if you missed Scarlet’s attack on LA you will have a hard time getting the mats needed for the Spinal Blades backpiece which can be promoted step by step to an ascended version.

One seasonal thing you can still get is a relatively cheap 20 slot bag. Candy corn is on the TP, combine it into cobs and pay 3 cobs per bag at the vendor near the destroyed LA lion fountain. It ends up being just a few gold per bag, I think.

You aren’t missing any maps, crafting materials, etc. Those are all available regardless of if you have the LS2 episodes unlocked.

What you are missing is access to some achievements and the Ascended Nomads and Sinister jewelry that you get from those. And the story instances, but you can join a friend who has those unlocked to manage that.

Thanks for the answers guys, I might not buy it after all, I’m not really a fan of the spinal blades back piece, and I’m currently saving to craft my ascended armor.

LS Season 2 is some really great content

Spinal Blades was season 1 anyway, so I’m not sure why it was brought up in the first place…

Donari.5237:

There’s also the Carapace armor that needs LS completion to unlock, and the glowing blue version of Carapace, Luminescent, that needs LS achieves on top of completion.

Carapace is obtainable without LS.

I don’t believe it is. You have to do the LS chapter to unlock the boxes at the vendor. I know that sometimes shoulder and glove boxes will drop from SW chests, but I believe the only source of the leggings (for example) is the LS, since the vendor won’t sell them until you unlock them in the LS.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Priory_Historian_%28Bandit_Crest_Collector%29#vendor3

Renn.8241:

LS Season 2 is some really great content

Definitely some better boss mechanics.

I don’t find LS2 to be worth paying for.

What is the total cost? It was probably the best story so far.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-April-14-2015/first#post4974411

Yes get it. It’s discounted 20% when buying multiple episodes. So it’ll save you some money, and get them all unlocked at the same time.

Have fun!

Just do not expect to get the full Biolumiscent armor. There is currently a bug that prevents you from getting an achievement required for the boots. If you have no interest in this “Meta” reward, by all means get it, otherwise, well.. don’t expect it.

There was 2 threads on it in Guildwars 2 Discussion that the mods deleted. So that does mean they know about it, know that players are not happy with it, but choose to hide this fact.

Gomssi.7246:

Just do not expect to get the full Biolumiscent armor. There is currently a bug that prevents you from getting an achievement required for the boots. If you have no interest in this “Meta” reward, by all means get it, otherwise, well.. don’t expect it.

There was 2 threads on it in Guildwars 2 Discussion that the mods deleted. So that does mean they know about it, know that players are not happy with it, but choose to hide this fact.

I suppose we are ignoring the fact that they have removed the package from the store due to a bug (which is most likely the bug talked about there) until they have fixed it?

lordkrall.7241:

Gomssi.7246:

Just do not expect to get the full Biolumiscent armor. There is currently a bug that prevents you from getting an achievement required for the boots. If you have no interest in this “Meta” reward, by all means get it, otherwise, well.. don’t expect it.

There was 2 threads on it in Guildwars 2 Discussion that the mods deleted. So that does mean they know about it, know that players are not happy with it, but choose to hide this fact.

I suppose we are ignoring the fact that they have removed the package from the store due to a bug (which is most likely the bug talked about there) until they have fixed it?

I wasn’t aware of that, IF this is the case (to fix challenge mote bug), I will go to all my comments that brings attention to the challenge mote bug and delete them all. Every, last, one.

That’s very unlikely. The challenge mote bug was reported over a month ago. They’ve known about it for just as long. Despite this they released the LS2 package, so it’s very unlikely they pulled it because of this bug.