Guild Wars 2

Update 10/4: free character box/art commisions :D

Hello everyone, and welcome to-

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A reviewer that is known to only give positive reviews ever:

I used to be a depressed little crying ball sitting in the corner all day, reflecting about the endless grey void which is my uneventfull life, but then I joyfully learned about this fantastic experience called Obsidian Sanctum. As soon as I got my 3d glasses and experienced Obsidian Sanctum in all it’s High Definition glory, I was immediatally given an undescribable feeling of pure joy and excitement. Obsidian Sanctum portrays the grave emotional turmoil, which is being captured by an evil overlord, tremendously well, aswell as nailing all the vigorous action scenes, which will make you rocket out of your chair many times.

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Update 1: I may have overdone this add a little.
Update 2: My heart is racing :o
Update 3: for some reason at 8:19 is a huge black part, I’ll fix it tomorrow :‘( It’s the 4th time I’ve rendered it, and this issue wasn’t in the previous 3 versions O.o
Update 4: Succes :D

Reserved, cuz maybe I’ll put all videos in one thread… But I’m lazy, so I dunno.

kill them before they lay eggs !

Wyrden.4713:

kill them before they lay eggs !

Oh no, you watched it D:

It actually got bugged, leaving a giant gaping black hole at 8:19.

I hope you enjoyed it anyway :D

was awesome, nice video:p

Aside the black part (I actually thought it was made on purpose -_- ) I found your video amazing. You should team up with Chaos: his narrative skills and your video editing skills would give birth to some interesting ideas in the movie industry Who knows?!?

Very well done

PS: regarding the ingame aspect of the video I really enjoyed the final battle. I probably wouldn’t have been able to beat that thief. Can you explain what kind of thief was that? I mean weapons/build etc because I reckognized it as the playstyle I struggle the most with (nearly impossible to interrupt/nail down). Any trick you would recommend?

Its an S/D 10/0/0/30/30, or 10/30/0/0/30 evasion spam thief, with emphasis on spam.

With shatter or lockdowb youre at a huge disadvantagr vs these, because youre ery reliant on an interrupt/mirror blade/ illusionary leap to start your combo… If a stray evade so happens to be used at th exact time, your whole combo fails :P. And since I’m using a defensive off hand, my burst is pretty much the only offensive option i have.

Phantasm or condi would be better. If you stay away grom your phantasms, they cant cleave both of you down at the same time, and if the thief chooses to attack you, the phantasms will occasionally hit past their evades. With condi, you actuallly stick with your clones, so they do cleave them down, and the time they spend hitting you, you have protection, and they have cripple and weakness and the like.

A duel with a thief is essentially a battle with your own cooldowns, that gets easier the more efficient you use them, and dont use unnescesary skills. A thief can disengage, and at worst wait 10 seconds for al their weapon skills to be usable again, you cant.

Generally what I try with shatter is to use all skills with defensive uses, defensively. For example blurred frenzy, is much better used defensivelythqn offensively, because it had a low cooldown and is only available in sword. Its better to save decoy, prestige, blunk and all those.

Other than efficient defensive skill usage… Its pretty much a guessing game. Your burst hits twice in a row? Good, theyre dead. If it doesnt hit… You give them time to heal and chip away at your cooldowns. Whenever I specifically fight Djuna (other s/d thieves i fought after nerfs are a joke), it becomes a frantic chaotic mess where i desperately try to stay alive for as long as possible… If a burst hits, i consider myself lucky, but dont get over confident to land another one :P

As for the black part, it was intended to pop into blackness there, but aprox 3 seconds later 2 new clips should start, which didn’t, for whatever reason :P.

As for collaboratrbateding (collaborating) with Chaos… There are sone vague plans about that with the lockdown book :D!

Edit: I’m extremely afraid of what the vigor nerf will do… Having 25% less dodges will most certainly kill us in situations where we were already at a balance disadvantage… Arenanet, you better not kitten this up :/.

Alissah.9281:

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Youtube bugged the video, making a part of it completely black. I decided to remove all links here, because I don’t want to show you something unfinished. There’s no way to remove a thread, so I’ll just type this. It’ll be up without bugs tomorrow (28th march)

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Update 1: I may have overdone this a little.
Update 2: My heart is racing :o
Update 3: for some reason at 8:19 is a huge black part, I’ll fix it tomorrow :‘( It’s the 4th time I’ve rendered it, and this issue wasn’t in the previous 3 versions O.o

I want to watch your video :-) your videos are awesome!

Actually it’s usually sony vegas who kittens up rendering when you put clips over eachother ’’incorrectly’’ which leads to black screens :<

Mice.8921:

Alissah.9281:

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Youtube bugged the video, making a part of it completely black. I decided to remove all links here, because I don’t want to show you something unfinished. There’s no way to remove a thread, so I’ll just type this. It’ll be up without bugs tomorrow (28th march) :D

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Update 1: I may have overdone this a little.
Update 2: My heart is racing :o
Update 3: for some reason at 8:19 is a huge black part, I’ll fix it tomorrow :‘( It’s the 4th time I’ve rendered it, and this issue wasn’t in the previous 3 versions O.o

I want to watch your video :-) your videos are awesome!

Thank you :D

BlackDevil.9268:

Actually it’s usually sony vegas who kittens up rendering when you put clips over eachother ’’incorrectly’’ which leads to black screens :<

Turns out I thought there was a mistake in my custom render template… It rendered 1480:720 (high definition)… But I figured it’s supposed to be 1920:1080. That made it unescesary difficult to process, which lead to it rendering blackness o.o I also minimized it to tray several times, that could’ve had a negative impact aswell.

Oh, and then there’s the fact that it takes 100% of my processor to render. And that I have 40 tracks… And that I still watch youtube videos and do other things while it renders.

Oh well, now it’s fixed :D. But my internet died at 98% uploading… And it’s stuck in “processing” x.x

Alissah.9281:

BlackDevil.9268:

Actually it’s usually sony vegas who kittens up rendering when you put clips over eachother ’’incorrectly’’ which leads to black screens :<

Turns out I thought there was a mistake in my custom render template… It rendered 1480:720 (high definition)… But I figured it’s supposed to be 1920:1080. That made it unescesary difficult to process, which lead to it rendering blackness o.o I also minimized it to tray several times, that could’ve had a negative impact aswell.

Oh, and then there’s the fact that it takes 100% of my processor to render. And that I have 40 tracks… And that I still watch youtube videos and do other things while it renders.

Oh well, now it’s fixed. But my internet died at 98% uploading… And it’s stuck in “processing” x.x

:O 40 tracks?? Ok now i’m really anxious to see this video. I actually just started using Corel Video Studio Pro X7 at Seven Mirror’s recommendation and I’ve been liking it a lot. Doesn’t have all the ‘bells and whistles’ that my copy of Vegas has but it’s much easier to use (imo), has cool features and renders faster while using less resources (at least on my PC).

Alissah.9281:

BlackDevil.9268:

Actually it’s usually sony vegas who kittens up rendering when you put clips over eachother ’’incorrectly’’ which leads to black screens :<

Turns out I thought there was a mistake in my custom render template… It rendered 1480:720 (high definition)… But I figured it’s supposed to be 1920:1080. That made it unescesary difficult to process, which lead to it rendering blackness o.o I also minimized it to tray several times, that could’ve had a negative impact aswell.

Oh, and then there’s the fact that it takes 100% of my processor to render. And that I have 40 tracks… And that I still watch youtube videos and do other things while it renders.

Oh well, now it’s fixed. But my internet died at 98% uploading… And it’s stuck in “processing” x.x

Haha yeah at least it’s not as bad as what I had once. It got stuck at 42% like 10 times, then I reinstalled sony vegas 3 times, even got the newest version possible., still didnt fix it, tried different render settings. The finally found some file that I had to drag into the map which fixed the problem ._.
#Sonyvegasftw

It was all an April Fools’ joke. There is no video. this thread doesn’t exist. You’re just dreaming. It’s all a hallucination. What is real. Inception. Meow.

Heh, for making vids I just stick with the standard ‘black flag’ package: fraps and adobe premier pro.

You are awesome.

Pyroathiest.4168:

Heh, for making vids I just stick with the standard ‘black flag’ package: fraps and adobe premier pro.

I used to slap music on gameplay like you, but then I…

Realised how much of a perfectionist I am, and how much I keep trying to make videos perfect, evem though that doesn’t work, because theres always something you can do better, and in the end spend 16 hours on a single video.

I hate myself :P

MSFone.3026:

You are awesome.

No, you’re awesome :D

OMG! You’re my idol!!! I would have hands down died to that thief. The video was hysterical too. I lost it when I heard the first screaming sound effect when you knocked the guy off the cliff.

may i ask which rune did you use?

ps. that last fight is awesome!

Pakki.4175:

may i ask which rune did you use?

ps. that last fight is awesome!

Traveler :D

The last fight was… Frantic :P. This was the first duel we had that day, and all at a sudden people start fighting all around, and I start spinning the camera like crazy… And at that one point where the guardian attacked him, I figured I’d portal away and let him instagib the guardian before we continue… ZOOM, there comes the backstab xD

Mek.2947:

OMG! You’re my idol!!! I would have hands down died to that thief. The video was hysterical too. I lost it when I heard the first screaming sound effect when you knocked the guy off the cliff.

I love you too <3

Entertaining as all get out (as usual). Keep ’em coming!!

skcamow.3527:

Entertaining as all get out (as usual). Keep ’em coming!! :)

I’m going to have to take a break first. 4 days straight of working on this is starting to take a toll on my non-sleepiness. And I’m glad you enjoyed :D

What spec and gear are you running? 20/20/0/0/30?

Mek.2947:

What spec and gear are you running? 20/20/0/0/30?

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fgUQNAsfRlwzKqHTTrGbNJipCEHqHYH49dkK0alUYbXIA-jkCBYLERjkFCREGYkIgJPhNBaIalhFRjVXDT5KxaXCqyAkvFA-w

I added it to the description now, too.

“Oh… You weren’t kidding about them ‘swarming.’”

“Why would I? Now go, get up there and kill them. I’ll cover you.”

Alissah couldn’t help but smile both at her friend’s words and the confidence the thief had in her ability to handle herself despite being grossly outnumbered. She ran up the stone stairs fearlessly with her crystaline greatsword clutched in eager hands, and picked her target from behind the tangle of enemies. Her greatsword weighed half as much as she did, yet the mesmer flicked her arms forward effortlessly, magically suspending the weapon inbetween both of her hands.

The sylvari channeled light and ambient ether into her greatsword, causing it to rapidly spin with mounting power before releasing the energy as a concentrated beam of multi-colored force. The lazer slammed into the unsuspecting Elementalist’s side, causing her to stagger and yell out in pain, which alerted the others. The human mage thought to cast, but her arcane chanting came out more as a cry of anguish as the Alissah seemed to spike her greatsword blade-first into the floor, causing a transparent ethereal blade to burst up beneath the elementalist and impale her… or so she thought.

Vision blurred from pain, the human glanced over to see the Mesmer. She took some solice in the fact that her ally, a thief, had also noticed the sylvari and was moving to attack, but that mirth faded quickly as a ghost-like apparition of Alissah raced towards her, pivoted on both heels, and whirled by with her ethereal greatsword slashing with all the ferocity of a real sword. The phantasm’s blade passed through the elementalist’s body, but sliced a nasty gash along her side. At the same time, the thief capitalized on Alissah’s distraction. The rogue had dashed towards Alissah while she was focused on the elementalist, she leveled a pistol at the distracted sylvari’s head with a grin.

BLAM

She hit nothing but air, her bullet passing through a myriad of fading indigo embers and was left with nothing but a ringing echo in the back of her mind for her efforts.

The elementalist was not so fortunate; Alissah appeared infront of her. Alissah appeared next to her.

Before she could tell which was the real Mesmer -before she could even finish gasping in surprise- both images lashed out violently with longswords in hand. She screamed, holding up her staff in a feeble, desperate defense as the Mesmer slashed lines of blood all across her body. Though her eyes were shut, she could still clearly see the image of Alissah in her thoughts. She could still feel the pain of a blade scraping across her flesh before all-too-suddenly that image of Alissah in her mind shattered apart like glass, and no rational thoughts could flow through the dagger-like pain that wracked her head.

The Elementalist’s world went black.

…And her enemies could not believe their eyes.

Alissah! It’s done! Its finalllyyy done! I fixed the nose, edited the head a bit and now all I have left to do is ink it in and maybe some photoshopping. I woulda send this to you as a PM but I keep getting an error each time I try. -_- and was tooo hype to wait till I got home.

This was great practice, and thanks for letting me use your character to get back on my drawing flow. I’ll send you the finished piece as soon as I can get it done, and I have about 50 more minutes worth of work to do on the Alissah-faces (50 more minutes as in.. all I have right now are rushed-sketches that I’m not at all satisfied with and will likely have to redraw. x.x)

Again, I hope this is decent payback for the video’s you’ve done for me (BoonStorm and MindCrush) and as always thanks for all the help!

(also… You’re a boss for using no condition removal. Dat supcutie-style!)

Chaos Archangel.5071:

“Oh… You weren’t kidding about them ‘swarming.’”

“Why would I? Now go, get up there and kill them. I’ll cover you.”

Alissah couldn’t help but smile both at her friend’s words and the confidence the thief had in her ability to handle herself despite being grossly outnumbered. She ran up the stone stairs fearlessly with her crystaline greatsword clutched in eager hands, and picked her target from behind the tangle of enemies. Her greatsword weighed half as much as she did, yet the mesmer flicked her arms forward effortlessly, magically suspending the weapon inbetween both of her hands.

The sylvari channeled light and ambient ether into her greatsword, causing it to rapidly spin with mounting power before releasing the energy as a concentrated beam of multi-colored force. The lazer slammed into the unsuspecting Elementalist’s side, causing her to stagger and yell out in pain, which alerted the others. The human mage thought to cast, but her arcane chanting came out more as a cry of anguish as the Alissah seemed to spike her greatsword blade-first into the floor, causing a transparent ethereal blade to burst up beneath the elementalist and impale her… or so she thought.

Vision blurred from pain, the human glanced over to see the Mesmer. She took some solice in the fact that her ally, a thief, had also noticed the sylvari and was moving to attack, but that mirth faded quickly as a ghost-like apparition of Alissah raced towards her, pivoted on both heels, and whirled by with her ethereal greatsword slashing with all the ferocity of a real sword. The phantasm’s blade passed through the elementalist’s body, but sliced a nasty gash along her side. At the same time, the thief capitalized on Alissah’s distraction. The rogue had dashed towards Alissah while she was focused on the elementalist, she leveled a pistol at the distracted sylvari’s head with a grin.

BLAM

After this point… I started having a severe case of “evil laughs”.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

She hit nothing but air, her bullet passing through a myriad of fading indigo embers and was left with nothing but a ringing echo in the back of her mind for her efforts.

The elementalist was not so fortunate; Alissah appeared infront of her. Alissah appeared next to her.

Before she could tell which was the real Mesmer -before she could even finish gasping in surprise- both images lashed out violently with longswords in hand. She screamed, holding up her staff in a feeble, desperate defense as the Mesmer slashed lines of blood all across her body. Though her eyes were shut, she could still clearly see the image of Alissah in her thoughts. She could still feel the pain of a blade scraping across her flesh before all-too-suddenly that image of Alissah in her mind shattered apart like glass, and no rational thoughts could flow through the dagger-like pain that wracked her head.

The Elementalist’s world went black.

…And her enemies could not believe their eyes.

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Alissah! It’s done! Its finalllyyy done! I fixed the nose, edited the head a bit and now all I have left to do is ink it in and maybe some photoshopping. I woulda send this to you as a PM but I keep getting an error each time I try. -_- and was tooo hype to wait till I got home.

This was great practice, and thanks for letting me use your character to get back on my drawing flow. I’ll send you the finished piece as soon as I can get it done, and I have about 50 more minutes worth of work to do on the Alissah-faces (50 more minutes as in.. all I have right now are rushed-sketches that I’m not at all satisfied with and will likely have to redraw. x.x)

Again, I hope this is decent payback for the video’s you’ve done for me (BoonStorm and MindCrush) and as always thanks for all the help!

(also… You’re a boss for using no condition removal. Dat supcutie-style!)

That was awesome :D. It’s 2:28 here right now, and I actually went from very sleepy to wide awake xD. Past the point where the thief shot at the clone, I physically started shaking… I’m so in love with your writing style!

I’m really liking all the details that are in the big sketch! There’s one thing I’ sliiiiiightly concerned about, though… She’s facing the wrong way :P. I like having them face towards the text in the boxes. I can just flip it, though… Most people probably wouldn’t even notice ;D

There’s one way you can repay me… I’m really hyped to start pvping again on the April 15th patch :D. If you have plans to make lockdown videos, or any other type of video, really… Then I’d absolutely love to help out!

@condi removal: what can I say… I’m just dangerous.
… And I’m professional t running away, too >_>. Pin Down and Sword Throw warriors are my worst nightmare :P. 15k damage in one skill? Thats… All my health.

Update

Someone actually asked me if I could make a character box like the ones I use in videos… I said “ofcourse!”. I actually really like doing it, and it’s quite easy since I already have the custom brushes and layers and whatnot.

I decided to take free commissions, in case anyone else is interested < ( ^ – ^ )>

Just give me some pictures of your character in either PM or this thread, also tell me the name, and which color/personality you want. It’ll be done in a day or so, free of charge :D

And here are some examples:

The last fight is probably the best duel I’ve ever seen ! That was so crazy ! You have all my admiration <3

Awesome work