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Watchwork Pick: Why No Response?

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hooray, this finally came around again!
I didn’t buy it before on principle then kicked myself cos I do really like the sounds it makes.
Would be happy if the sprocket generation was removed.

Reward server loyalty?

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server-bound WXP

Ancestral Outfit now in the gemstore

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woah, that is one ugly kitten!

.. I might actually buy one

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5 possible Misforged weapons?

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Anyone (like me) who’s thinking of getting some standard Hero weps, then upgrading their faves in seasons down the track, think again.

Here’s what the Hero weapons look like, without the shiny:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hero%27s_weapons
(scroll down to the bottom)
The particle effects really do make them, without they are kinda fugly, no?

Can't stop playing ranger

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Ranger has never been a main, am not terribly good at it, but it’s the one I always come back to esp when bored.
I can’t say what it is that’s so appealing, but the playstyles never get old and the animations are a delight.
It’s fun to call my pets silly names and send them off to their doom.
Gear options are nice, there’s no one set that is overwhelmingly better (unless limiting to specific modes eg speedruns).
Also makes a lovely dressup dolly; medium armours despite (or maybe because of) the lack of variety look awesome combined with greatswords and longbows.

remove repair canister from blc

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Repair Canisters seem pretty redundant now that repairs are even more trivial.

Perhaps it would be better to remove armour damage altogether? It’s now an annoyance rather than any real penalty.
To balance this, ressing should only work on Downed allies; Defeated will need to WP (or use Res Orbs).

On the other side of the coin, if armour damage is designed to be a penalty of sort, and this concept is set in stone, then make it real, for example:
one damaged piece = 6th rune slot bonus no longer effective
three damaged = 4th, 5th, 6th slot bonii gone until repair.

Right now, the canisters are just more inventory pollution and I too would be peeved to get one from a BLC.

Vampirism bug now even more annoying ..

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Superior Rune of Vampirism is still bugged
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_Vampirism

That is, if your armour gets damaged, then the 4-slot effect no longer works.

The quick way around it was to swap to town clothes then back again, which was a sort of re-set.
That’s nothing new, I think it’s been like that since start.
But now, with no town clothes swap, all the pieces need to be removed one-by-one and then replaced. Very meh

Best PVE ranger maximum dps build?

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hopefully not too dumb question -

as I understand, Rangers have a reduced damage coefficient to compensate for the pet.

So would that mean that Force, Night and other % modifiers give less bang than they would on another prof (say a War) with the same Power?

Also, would Air &/or Fire be just as good on a Ranger, as on any other class?
Or are their coefficients based on the Ranger’s reduced damage?

Bloodlust sigil - no nerf after swap?

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Ain’t gonna waste any more gold or effort to put one on underwater weapon seems it looks like a bug that will be fixed.

You don’t need to waste any gold tbh. A trick i used, since I already had 2x bloodlust on my stacking weps before the patch, just use Mystic Kit on them to salvage the sigil, then use it on another one. I did this 3 times on two alts, was basically a 100% salvage chance.

Actually the Mystic Kit has 80% salvage success for components.
You may be feeling lucky, but I’d prefer the 100% chance of a Black Lion kit.

Also, some items can’t be salvaged at all, ie if you bought your wep with karma or badges.

One thing I noticed about Bloodlust right after the 15/4 patch (haven’t tested since the two subsequent fixes):
- if I don’t get the full 25 stack (say 15) then remove the mainhand Bloodlust but keep another Bloodlust wep (eg in offhand), I kept whatever stacks I’d generated but no new stacks develop.

Game Updates: World Boss Synchronization

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I really do hope that there’s no set times for the world bosses to spawn.

Have done two so far (Jormag & Shatterer); there were so many people!
For both of them, I must have been on the “main” server, someone remarked that the particle effects will be spectacular, and sure enough, crash-to-desktop both times.
Luckily, when I relogged, I arrived on another map where the event was in an earlier phase.

Generosity vs. Purity sigil .... WTF ??

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has anyone tested if Generosity still “procs” even when there’s no condition to transfer?

In that case Purity might be more desirable, though I’d probably run both at once.
(and I still think that Purity – and Speed – would be more useful as proc-on-swap)

Real vs fake

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lol, this has to be a troll thread.

Even if you have twenty of the things legit, you can only equip one at a time.

Double sigil on 2H weapons

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a similar thing happened to me – Sigil of Battle being overwritten, without the new confirmation window.
In EotM at the time, and was the first time I’d tried to apply a sigil since patch.

I tested again in a PvE map and the new confirmation window did pop up & apply correctly.

Half my gold is gone! Poor Design to blame?

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OP, it’s very possible that whoever you sent gold to wasn’t even aware that it came from you.
Opening up mails in the middle of action, it’s easy to miss small details, like attached cash.

As a Commander you should never feel the need to recompense anyone for sending you siege, shares of bags, etc. In fact you should half expect it, and thankyous are not required because the items you’d received are THEIR thanks to YOU.

I often convert spare badges into siege and send on to a tag, in gratitude for their leadership. I would be sad if a commander sent me anything of value in return.

Suggestion: Quickdraw Bag

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This sort of thing would be amazing for swapping weapons out.
For maximum utility, would have to function as “invisible bag”, or even better, blocked for drops (so that random junk doesn’t clutter it by accident).

Edit: make it a “jewelry box” or something, requiring 500 jewelcraft – if it does all that it’d be worthy of Ascended status.

Perplexity Runes in PvP, PLEASE NO

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These things could have been added just for April 1st, and would have been an excellent way to livetest them.
You missed an opportunity!

March Sale item record

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Thx Shades for keeping this record!

personally am happy with the Transmute Crystals and Salvage-O-Matic, even though they can be bought anytime.

The final day sale is a bit of a disappointment, was expecting to end on a bang (and I’d kept some gems in reserve for anything cool)
- but with April Fool’s tomorrow, a trolly finale is apt

Like many others, was hoping for discounted chara/bank/bag slots, but these things go on sale periodically, so patience, everyone!

What I wanted the most is the Watchwork Pick (don’t hate me! I didn’t buy it earlier on principle but I do like the animation). Anyhow another cool mining pick will come along eventually (I hope ..)

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Stuck between a zerg and siege mastery.

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25 points is pretty good for an uplevel.
Would recommend one point to Build, four points to Supply (enough for that random return), and the remaining 20 into whatever siege is respectable.
[Not rams tho, not for an uplevel nor for a mesmer]

What siege do you find yourself using the most?

Golems, I don’t think personal stats matter nor whether you are uplevel, tho as a mesmer you are more useful outside the golem than in it.
Treb-monkey will keep you safe but you won’t level, so no.
Arrowcarts, ought to be plenty of opportunities to use, and plenty of experience to be gained. You can operate in reasonable safety from specific spots.
Catas, lots of opportunities but might need the safety of a zerg.
Other siege (cannons etc) won’t be as useful for levelling, and you’ll be too targetable.

shadow behemoth, you're scary but weak

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Give him a Fear-chain and that will extend the fight a little.
I know that several other world bosses use Fear as part of their rotation, but of all of them, Fear fits SB’s theme the most.

Inventory & Switching weapons (out of combat)

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There’s a bag that prioritises Exotics http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/20_Slot_Fractal_Exotic_Equipment_Box (and another that prioritises rares)

so you just need your swaps to be exotics, and they’ll go there instead with little risk of anything taking the swap-spot.

Unfortunately to get one you’ll need to run a bunch of fractals.

Best profession for a terrible player?

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OP, you want something that isn’t boring yet has decent survivability.

Would recommend Thief, or Warrior.
Either will be fun, and effective too without too much of a stretch.

Just don’t try to facetank anything, that’s why you had trouble as Guardian.
Would strongly suggest, as you level, not wearing any armour (or just equip as you find). Do try to keep your weapons close to your level tho.

Whats life like on the bad servers?

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“Whats life like on the bad servers?”

Well let me tell you, blobs are everywhere, the lag is horrendous and the queues endless.
On the bright side, my “1” key is now stuck so all I have to do is click the icon & autoattack away.

O wait ..

How legendary Should be.

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Legendaries should be account-bound on acquire
which would make them transferrable amongst all your characters
but not sellable.

However, they should only be able to be equipped by characters who have completed their Personal Story.
ie Legendary weps can only be wielded by legendary heroes

disclaimer: none of my toons have finished their PS, nor do they intend to

Ranger Pets Overpowered?

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BREAKING!!!!44!!!

You MUST reroll now if you want to be competent in the next season!
The OP ranger’s next pet:

is that a miniature giant space hamster?!!
must have!
here’s hoping, 2014 will be the year of epic pets

**Spoilers** Nowhere to hide....

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after messing about with clone-distortion, invis, decoy, blinking, sideways dodge and other fancy tricks all of which failed, this is what worked for me:

1. Stroll up avoiding circles (even forgot the speedbuff that time)
2. get knocked on my butt from a grenade or something
3. scramble onto my feet into Stomp range
4. Timewarp
5. fini

there, nothing fancier than a quickness boost.

On the plus side, I did get my monthly dungeon achieve in the process.

sigil of generosity

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assuming it works like other transfers (and that’s a big if)

then it uses your condi damage, not the original.
So in your example, it will be the 150-tick bleeds from you, not the necro’s 390.
Still, it’s streets better than Purity (which imo should work on wep-swap rather than crit-hit).

The duration would be unaffected (ie if your wep is Giver’s, that will have no effect on transferred conditions).

Note that sometime (?soonish), runes & sigils will get overhauled.
No shared cooldowns for one thing.
They’ll be extremely useful in a setup that has both Generosity + Purity since there won’t be a shared cooldown.

Looking for a Marksman class.

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the nearest thing to that “boom-headshot” feel, might be to trait for Ballista (in WvW).

Guardian currently has the highest ranged damage skill http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Smite I think it can even surpass FGS if all the stars align
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Cheat-Or-is-it-a-real-build
tho it’s probably more like calling in an airstrike than sniping.

Tormented Weapons Feedback Thread

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My first reaction to this was “How Lame! They should at least be a drop from the Abaddon Fractal.” (& I don’t even do fractals)
but it’s cool cos, haha, I didn’t think I’d be tempted to purchase the “Tuning Fork & Spatula Set”.

Another look at the skins “hmm they didn’t mess these up as bad as the Zodiacs, actually some of them look even better than the GW1 originals”. (yes it’s a matter of taste)

So now I have a Spear so far, cos – it’s the Spear@! (even tho only the only one who’d notice an underwater item is me, and my characters need a new Spear skin like they need another back item).
Sometimes I surprise myself ..

Ranger Pets Overpowered?

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Hi! relax guys. i know that the bearbow rangers are OP atm but i heard this till be the pet for next patch

its called a rhinark

OMG I wants one! (plsss Anet – legendary pet?)
It does however have a distinct lack of Ursan.

Incidentally, I recently learnt that the actual name for a grizzly (the archetypical Brown Bear) is ursus horriblis.

URSUS

HORRIBILIS

Why it’s so horrible is up for conjecture.

What class/build do you find most fun?

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Any class/build that has decent travel speed is most fun for me; tried a few builds without movement buffs and it felt painfully slow.

Ranger Pets Overpowered?

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Nothing wrong with pet AI
Last time I ran ranger in a zerg, I d/c – cos my clever bear stowed the useless rallybot

Collaborative Development: Ranger Profession

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Specific Game Mode
All

Proposal Overview
Rename the class.

Goal of Proposal
ppl coming from GW1 – where the Ranger was a highly versatile, tough-to-kill (and usually petless) master of interrupts and conditions, desirable in most game modes (except speed clears) – won’t have a sad.

other ppl won’t be hung up about the Ranger having to be “ranged”

Proposal Functionality
(suggested alternative names for the Ranger class, from this forum and elsewhere)

Warden (this seems the most popular)
Wayfarer (a little nod to GW1)
Hunter
Beastmaster
Scout
Skirmisher

Associated Risks
“warden” already means something else in GW2
“wayfarers” might get nicknamed “waypointers”
“hunter” has connotations with some other game, though how close the class is to that, I wouldn’t know.

New to WvW--Gearing?

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Consumables will give you a far bigger buff than Ascended stuff.
As per the above posters, just stick to Exotics.
The most important gear for WvW is empty bag slots.

Would sPvP Make Me Better at WvW?

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For reference, here is my build.

Nothing fancy; based roughly on the standard Warrior front liner / melee trainer or “worker” build I found on intothemists and a couple of WvW guild sites. I tried to pick something that is as widely used and simple to operate as possible. Doesn’t mean I’m any good at running it, obviously. I do manage to not die a bit more often than I did when I first started, so there’s that.

that’s not a 1v1 build, it’s tanky support.
Also, traited/geared for shouts but you only have one on your bar (suggestion – replace Berserker Stance with a shout).

Try a mix of zerker in there, starting with your weapons – eg Kodanroar is pretty cheap on the TP (looks pretty good too tho will likely clip depending on your toon).

What lvl do asc. materials start dropping?

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What you are asking for (dropping an Ascended chest – with a specific colour, no less) is like winning a lottery.

You’d be better off crafting it yourself, then at least you will get the stats you want too.

Since your ranger is new, you can max the Huntsman line to help level.

Cost will be 150~ish gold, minus whatever mats you’ve accumulated
http://www.gw2crafts.net/total.html
I think Ascended mats only drop from exotic bags (and even then, only if a lvl 80 opens it), but by the time you’ve maxed Huntsman you ought to have plenty.

what class should i do?

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but face tanking is fun… especially if you choose the smallest race so you have this tiny little character TAKING ALL THE HITS IN THE FACE

not familiar with druids, or WoW for that matter, but I do believe that an Asuran Necro would appeal to you
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Death_Shroud
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lich_Form
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plague
(except they will no longer be so tiny in those transforms)

Being rewarded for being evil

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Fitting penalties for committing this criminal act:

8. Trahearne

What a good idea!
– after kicking, no replacement invites allowed.
Instead, you get a random member of Destiny’s Edge/The Pact.

Need some explaining here...

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never done this myself, tho iirc it only takes about 8secs of consecutive stealth (or other forms of immunity) to sneak past the Defenders.

The real question is, could they get their crafting done?

Why can't we have one of these!?

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It could replace the model for Siegerazer, or the Legendary Defenders, without much effort – though that won’t add any more to the gameplay, it would add to the immersion.

CDI- Character Progression-Horizontal

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Please make more runes/sigils closer to optimal, there are so many varieties yet many never see use.
Right now it’s getting like skills in GW1 – so many to choose from, but the practical options are few.

Decide on a set that would be considered “balanced”, then work the rest so that they can compete – will open up a lot more build varieties.
(and please tweak those that are actual vertical progressions, eg Generosity>>Purity, so that they work in a different way, and not just functionally superior)

Sigil of energy with other sigils

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You’ve probably got cooldown from your other wep-set

eg,
Scepter/Torch = Sigils of Energy/Corruption
Sword/Pistol = Accuracy/Fire

if the Fire Sigil in your Sword/Pistol set triggered (cooldown 5 secs) and you then swapped before that 5 secs was up, your Energy Sigil won’t activate, since one Sigil cooldown affects all Sigils.

Your corruption sigil shouldn’t affect the Energy sigil, on either set.

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Advice on Dragonite farming

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the Tri-key chest in Kessex offers about as much Dragonite as a world boss, however it will cost you 45silver + 30 toxic spores if you don’t have any key components.

If you could bring one skill from GW1...

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Dshot, the one skill that most defined a Ranger.
(heh, imagine it in GW2, no 1-spam 4u)

Where are the Lions?

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they evolved into Charr??

Evon 4 Mayor!!!

What if hearts were repeatable for T6?

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Ppl do hearts for mats??
Well I do wish some hearts were repeatable, for the cool things in them, or certain dialogue, not for mats.

eg there’s that one in Timberline (nonmoa lake) that gives you a long-lasting stealth, and there are many that equip you with some cool or amusing enviro tool.

Oceanic Guilds in the Middle Tiers

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if YOU (NA) transferred to them (Oc/SEA/EU/w/e), that would also help balance things, no?

How can I show casuals the importance of TS?

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Show them that not everything is serious buisness. Try to get people on TS when your server does karma trains or other funny stuff. They will come on their own when they see/hear that you can have alot of fun on TS too. People who are not regulars in WvW hear “come to TS for better organisation” that doesn’t really sound like alot of fun does it?
They probably have the image in mind that everyone is serious on TS with screaming commanders and if you dare to do something wrong hell breaks loose.

And don’t try to force microphones onto them some people just don’t want to talk. You better mention that when you advertise your TS that it is not a requirement to talk on TS.

This.
I think a lot of the trepidation most non-voicecomms users is that they imagine it will be like this

but most of the time it’s chill & fun, just the commanders/scouts talking, plus some cool music.

Sigil of Generosity- Price

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the wiki data is from last year. It’s not current now – and on reading further, it wasn’t correct in 2012 either;
ie it lists the generosity sigils as a drop from large wintersday gifts, but when you look at the drop rates for 2012, it’s zero
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Large_Wintersday_Gift/drop_rate/2012

I’ve had several large and medium presents drop this year, I think from mid-low level areas. Not enough to base any assumptions on.

Unacceptable Change

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it’s cool – very few would actually use the charged quartz. At least the regular quartz can be sold.

The real Unacceptable Change, is that Generosity Sigils no longer drop this year.
Whyyyyyy???

Best way to get Globs of Dark Matter?

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You’ll need to discover a bunch of exotics on your way to lvl500 crafting.

Most of these exotics will have stats you won’t use, and won’t sell for enough to be bothered with on the TP – so you salvage them.

By the time you reach 500, you ought to have enough Dark Matter for at least one weapon (you only need 10 per).