Guild Wars 2

Please bring these animations back. I miss them a lot!

1) Bunny Ears in the Gem store. (It’s almost Easter!)
2) The old (longer) idle animations.
3) Legendary Aura stacking.

More to come soon.

Today, the Queen missed her meeting with the Ministry that planned to discuss resource allocation towards facing the Mordremoth threat. Later, when a member of the ministry went to inquire the Queen about her missed appointment, he noticed an absence of guards and then suddenly found the Queen collapsed next to her throne. For fear of being accused, he did not tell anyone of this discovery.

Later, the Seraph reported two peculiar marks on the Queen’s neck and stated that no one had visited her after the Countess very late last night.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/uLuDaRX.jpg[/img]

Currently the whereabouts of the Countess and the Shining Blade are unknown.

Morrigan Aensland from Darkstalkers and Capcom games.

Please bring back Bunny Ears!

Come celebrate Pie Day (March 14th) in Divinity’s Reach at 8pm server time (same as pacific time). The trivia will be multiple choice questions so you have a chance to win even if you think you know nothing. There will also be lots of pie to go around to apply on your face!

Thanks, I like yours too. Maybe I should’ve posted this in the mesmer forums ^^

Not sure if I posted this in the right place but here goes!

My mesmer with the horns :]

If the time, day and server suit you, we are currently looking for more people to join us on our weekly guild mission runs. We are very efficient and helpful as we try to make sure everyone that comes on time gets to finish and we usually complete all the missions in about an hour. We only have a few spots open for our “bounty hunter” rank as we are trying to stay <100 members to keep a more personal environment within the guild. Rep is not required except for during missions in which of course you have to rep to get credit.

Whisper me in game or send an in-game mail message if you’re interested.

Xsorus.2507:

Agent.3709:

Xsorus.2507:

Want to know a secret, I’ve only logged in a few times, I’ve been playing LOTRO expansion these past 2 weeks lol

Do you need to reply to every message? All you’re doing is running your mouth over and over like a record, and you didn’t even help your server.

Says the guy who posted this

“I know a lot of SBI might downplay our victory as a 2v1 but really it also had to do with two other things just as much: our own dedication and strategy.”

I mean come on…

Come on…

You can believe whatever you like; but your need to change the subject is telling.

The 2v1 might not even have happened if you guys didn’t keep provoking both other servers and it doesn’t happen out of thin air but requires planning and strategic decisions.

Xsorus.2507:

Want to know a secret, I’ve only logged in a few times, I’ve been playing LOTRO expansion these past 2 weeks lol

Do you need to reply to every message? All you’re doing is running your mouth over and over like a record, and you didn’t even help your server.

(I’ve never posted in the WvW forums before, so go easy on me.)

I’m surprised by how much attention this match received not just from the servers involved but also from those not in the matchup and it displayed both the best and worst of a WvW match. The best in the camaraderie seen from EB; I would not have thought such a feat would be possible when you consider how many people WvW encompasses every day and it can take just a small group to break alliances. Without no doubt do I think it was a perfect ‘2v1’ as many were calling it; but from what I witnessed there were few hostilities. The worst of the match was the spy fiasco that I witnessed firsthand for the first time. I’ve no idea whether this has ever happened before on our server or how many SBI were involved in this behavior but this sort of thing can only breed hatred. If something like this is a regular occurrence on your servers, I can’t imagine how you continue playing.

I know a lot of SBI might downplay our victory as a 2v1 but really it also had to do with two other things just as much: our own dedication and strategy. I know a lot of commanders who put in overtime this week and barely got any sleep because of it. I, myself, played WvW at an all-time highest this week despite originally deciding I wasn’t going to step into WvW this week, and I still didn’t get my key. T.T

I’ll leave you guys to make whatever of strategy as it isn’t something I feel entitled to discuss anyhow.

Also I doubt you guys will forget this loss anytime soon. Hopefully this match is an eye-opener for you and you guys take away something useful from this. Over all it was a very fun match and most likely the most interesting match of the whole season. Looking forward to seeing how you guys transform but hopefully another confrontation doesn’t happen very soon. We have a lot to be thankful for on Yaks Bend especially the dedication that not just commanders but everyone put into this week, and I’m sure your servers has very dedicated people that still refuse to give up as well. Cheers and happy holiday if you celebrate it.

1) Rewards
Adding PvE type rewards in addition to PvP rewards! For example in GW1, you could buy zaishen keys with balthazar faction (the equivalent of glory) and sell them for a good amount. Adding better rewards would give more incentive to PvE players to try PvP as well as regular PvP players as they won’t feel they are losing out on rewards.

2) Balance
I’m not an expert but this feels like it needs a lot of help. New changes like allowing immobilize stacking feel like a step in the wrong direction, I’m afraid.

3) Don’t let uneven matches commence.

1) More Maps (Also Cantha!)
2) More Skills
3) Less Randomness
Randomness in how PvE events occur, Mystic Forge, Black lion chest, fractal chests, etc.
The only thing I would really say that doesn’t suffer from randomness is dungeons.

I would also request you guys to go back to one month updates as lately the patches seem to be more quantity over quality and I would rather it be the other way. Thanks for listening to our feedback!

1) More Maps/More Life to Current Maps
We have 4 maps for WvW and 3 of them use the same one. I would love to see at least 2 more maps, preferably radical to the two current ones.
Here are two suggestions:
i) GW1 type Charr Homeland map where you cant use siege but have to ally with some Charr warband to use a Siege Devourer (as a trebuchet) and Armored Saurus (as a flame ram), etc.
ii) Maps with different themes like Molten etc.
Also, more events should be added to existing maps, similar to PvE maps to add more flavor. For example, maybe if one server holds Stonemist for too long, maybe a dragon boss like Shatterer comes and breaks some walls. Using siege weapons to take down a dragon could be an epic battle.

2) Skill Lag
Basically, improve lag. In huge battles, I can barely move or do anything other than auto-attack.

3) Rewards
Improve rewards, less randomness to chest. Perhaps every even chest gives a guaranteed rare.

This guide is dedicated to myself a few days in the past.

Before I figured out a way to do it, I was searching for a guide but only found comments about only this profession can do it solo, etc. I tried many different approaches: joining with a group of 5, trying to find a safe spot to stand, etc. but to no avail.

Please note that this is just one way to do this, and that there may be others

What you need:
Berserker’s armor, Berserker trinkets, Berserker’s Greatsword and any Focus

Trait
30/30/0/0/10
In Domination, I took 15% more damage with illusions, 20% more damage with Mind Wrack, and Greatsword skill reduction.
In Dueling, I took Far Reaching Manipulations, Phantasmal Fury and 4% more damage for each readied mantra
In Illusions, take 3% more damage for each illusion

Utility:
Mantra of Recovery
Blink
Mantra of Resolve
Veil
Mass Invisibility

Sigil: Perception (Bloodlust would be fine too)
Food: Dragon’s Breath Bun or Plate of Truffle Steak Dinner
Runes: Scholar (Ruby Orbs might be ok)

First thing to do when you start is stand a little behind where the plunderers spawn. (They only spawn on the left side until around 5:30) You should be able to kill the plunderers very fast with gs4 -> gs2 -> f1. Also make sure to pull the grenadiers with focus 4 before plunderers start to come on the right side. If any enemies spawn close to the plunderers, run back or stealth and blink until you lose aggro. You can run all the way back on the main land or set a key for look backwards to see if you’re still being pursued. You can kill the plunderer on their way back.

The challenge starts at 5:30 and some of it does involve getting lucky a bit. You need to stand just ahead of the mortar on the right. The main problem is the plunderer on the right. I’ve found that it was better to kill them on their way back. The key is to start attacking just when they’re two-three steps away from starting their throw animation. If you start earlier, you’ll most likely aggro other aetherblades and then have to wait a while for them to head back. You also need to stealth and run away, as soon as you see any of them coming for you!

You most likely wont have any trouble with killing the plunderers on the right. However, if f1 is on recharge, you need to rid of illusions or are starting to get low on supply, f3 is also a good alternative. It will stop the plunderer for 1-2s and hopefully be enough to kill them in time.

Thanks for reading and hopefully this helps someone!

Me and my guild [And Forty Stealthed Thieves] are planning on holding a cosplay contest in mid-late august. We’re still finalizing the details, but if this interests you, please mail message me in-game. I’ll update this topic in a week or two with more information, but tentative date for the event right now is August 17th around daily reset time. The more that participate, the more it will be fun for everyone!

P.S. Of course, there will be prizes!