Guild Wars 2

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Aliatis.7836:

XxTAFxX.6741:

Decrypter.1785:

i think ill just wait for some official dev post on this , it can stay in my Amazon shopping cart for now

Amazon sold out now.

Also from anet updated FAQ.
Can I pre-purchase through my favorite retailer?

Yes. Starting on June 23, 2015, you’ll be able to pre-purchase boxed and digital editions of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns from our official retail partners. You may also be able to pre-order through retailers, but there is no official pre-order program and pre-purchasing is the only way to receive the benefits of our pre-purchase program, including access to all of the Beta Weekend Events.
Note that the Ultimate edition is only available for purchase in-game and via buy.guildwars2.com. Additionally, there won’t be an option to upgrade to the Ultimate edition later if you decide to purchase the Standard or Deluxe edition.

I wish anet said this from the start tbh,instead of us jumping through hoops to find out what’s what.

Regarding this statement, does anyone know if dlgamer.it is an official retail partner?

You can find the list of official retailers in the Knowledge Base. Top/Bottom of Page – Support – Knowledge Base

Good luck.

Found it, thanks!

XxTAFxX.6741:

Decrypter.1785:

i think ill just wait for some official dev post on this , it can stay in my Amazon shopping cart for now

Amazon sold out now.

Also from anet updated FAQ.
Can I pre-purchase through my favorite retailer?

Yes. Starting on June 23, 2015, you’ll be able to pre-purchase boxed and digital editions of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns from our official retail partners. You may also be able to pre-order through retailers, but there is no official pre-order program and pre-purchasing is the only way to receive the benefits of our pre-purchase program, including access to all of the Beta Weekend Events.
Note that the Ultimate edition is only available for purchase in-game and via buy.guildwars2.com. Additionally, there won’t be an option to upgrade to the Ultimate edition later if you decide to purchase the Standard or Deluxe edition.

I wish anet said this from the start tbh,instead of us jumping through hoops to find out what’s what.

Regarding this statement, does anyone know if dlgamer.it is an official retail partner?

For this contest I chose another character of my, just to give all of them the chance to be fashionable

Here’s my Human Mesmer, Leila Emeth, in the guise of a Caudecus’ alchemist witch, immortalized while slacking trying to create a fashion potion in her laboratory!

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Winners Announced

I must first congratulate the TRUE Lilith’s choice. The first screen is below. This, however, was not entered as an entry. So therefore it could not win. I post it because I just love it. I would love to see more amazing fashion/dye/background combos like this. Plus Howler. Win.

Eternal blame on me for not having chose, for the Twilight Arbor entry, my favourite and picturesque dungeon glimpse along with my lovely main character >.<
Anyway thank you very much for your sincere appreciation! And thank you for giving us these opportunities!
I’ll try to give my best next time!

My entries

… as you may notice, they are quite similar in location, pose and retouch to those of Kerishan, my boyfriend, as we have traveled a long journey together to take the screenies!

1. My main, in the Swampland, trying to make her pet picking her axe and bring it back… hoplessly!

2. My water elementalist, blending with the environment of Twilight Arbor.

3. My proud bear cub (sister of Kerishan “gorgeous norn”!), enjoying a peaceful and icy moment in Honor of the Waves.

Sylanna.1947:

Aliatis.7836:

Beorn Saxon.4762:

they NEVER mentioned you’d lose all of your stored glory and the glory merch would be removed.

They did. I answered such a question many times in this sub-forum and I got an official response from a dev through a PM.

You should have simply asked.

That sounds like a great system. Every player come to the forums and individually ask and hope that a dev sends you a PM. Wonderful idea!

I haven’t asked on the forum hoping for a PM. I did PM a developer, and he answered me. It’s better than writing randomly on forums and hoping

Beorn Saxon.4762:

they NEVER mentioned you’d lose all of your stored glory and the glory merch would be removed.

They did. I answered such a question many times in this sub-forum and I got an official response from a dev through a PM.

You should have simply asked.

The Glory Vendor (the one who sells cultural and dungeon armors) will be removed, 100% sure (I got an answer from a dev).

Since you won’t be able to craft anything else (as mats will be removed aswell), I assume also rank vendors will be removed.

It will be deleted, so spend all your glory before that date.

(Official response I had from a developer).

I still have over 300k to spend, and I’m either keeping it to craft the skins I miss (doing this before the 15th, as crafting won’t be available anymore) and to buy Tome of Knowledge or cheaper Cultural Skins.

I’m wondering because the Vendor that exchange Chests for Paid Tournament tickets is still there (even if you cannot obtain those tickets anymore :P).

I’m just wondering whether the NPC PvP Glory Vendor (the one who sells Cultural and Dungeon Armors, as well as other stuff, for Glory & Gold) will still be available after 15th Apr patch.

I’m sorry if I’ve missed this info somewhere °-°

1. Marionette battle (best boss mehcanic and concept in GW2).

2. Dialogues and scenes with NPCs (loved those in Dead End Bar and in LA when you first meet Taimi).

3. New things to do every 2 weeks AND new hairstyles/faces the NPCs came along.

EverythingXen.1835:

That’s the biggest hold up for me.

I dont mind the grind to 500 crafting.
I dont mind the grind/gold sink for mats.
I dont mind the time gated materials.

I HATE that I’m forced to by more transmutation stones to keep the look of the gear I spent hundreds of gold already on.

+1

That’s why, imo, skins bought with gems should be usuable again.

Hello.

I’m having problems logging into GW2 (not on forum) because login doesn’t recognize the authenticator code as valid. I’ve tried changing password, I’ve tried putting different authenticator codes (10+), still I can’t login.

Error Code: 11:1030:8:423

Thanks in advance for the help and support.

EDIT: Fixed.

ValeN.3129:

Aliatis.7836:

Hsin.5294:

hi, i am a ranger with full ptv at every gear, legendary and ascended trinket(trinkets are not full ptv, but have defensive setting), and 0 agony resistance.
maybe 11/26, i fought the final boss (one huge robot remains) in level 11 or 12.

in the very beginning of fight, i use nature spirit, protect me, signet of wild(in passive state), troll unguent immediately.

i always die maybe in 30 secs with no exception. maybe 5 to 6 experiments are tested.

so i’ll guess it’s really need ar now.

The problem is that you don’t have Healing Power (so no sustained regen). I have Cleric gear, and at lvl 12 fractal I have never been downed for lack of AR.

Thing is, you can have mitigation on your normal equipment attribute all you want. Infusion slots will never give you dps and mitigate much better.

Yeah, ofc. I was only trying to somehow help him with his problem of not having any AR. Cleric is the standard equipment I have on my ranger (I don’t need to upgrade it to berserker/anything-is-better-for-fractals + AR as I won’t go further than level 20). My experience at lvl 12 without AR is positive with Cleric gear (and the “appropriate” build).

Hsin.5294:

hi, i am a ranger with full ptv at every gear, legendary and ascended trinket(trinkets are not full ptv, but have defensive setting), and 0 agony resistance.
maybe 11/26, i fought the final boss (one huge robot remains) in level 11 or 12.

in the very beginning of fight, i use nature spirit, protect me, signet of wild(in passive state), troll unguent immediately.

i always die maybe in 30 secs with no exception. maybe 5 to 6 experiments are tested.

so i’ll guess it’s really need ar now.

The problem is that you don’t have Healing Power (so no sustained regen). I have Cleric gear, and at lvl 12 fractal I have never been downed for lack of AR.

Aliatis.7836:

MasterMc.7543:

cazo.5018:

Two things, ignoring the pay to win argument:

1. All cultural armor should be available to all races. This sets a good precedent for that. Furthermore, it hints at race-changes, which players have been asking for since release.

The point to cultural armor is so that not everyone can have it only, the people of that race.

Someone said that now that we have human T3 cultural, we should have all culturals available for any character, and I agree with that.

BUT

I would have NEVER made this choice in the first place (the one to put a cultural armor in gemstore). I am a norn, I chose to be a norn ‘cause I like their culture and their environment, and I want to be the only one (alongside to other norns) to wear norn armors, be them stag or wolf or whatever. It’s the really and only peculiarity a character could have (or could had at this point), being a part of his race.

Forgot to mention something.

IMO, the skins bought from Gemstore should be “infinite-use”, just like Zenith weapons skins, for 2 reasons:

• the cost (the gem price is getting higher and higher and it won’t stop getting higher);
• the upcoming ascended armors (800 + ~200 gems for an old skin is too much, even if it’s still cheaper then buying a whole T3 cultural set and the 6 fine stones to transmute your armor).

MasterMc.7543:

cazo.5018:

Two things, ignoring the pay to win argument:

1. All cultural armor should be available to all races. This sets a good precedent for that. Furthermore, it hints at race-changes, which players have been asking for since release.

The point to cultural armor is so that not everyone can have it only, the people of that race.

Someone said that now that we have human T3 cultural, we should have all culturals available for any character, and I agree with that.

BUT

I would have NEVER made this choice in the first place (the one to put a cultural armor in gemstore). I am a norn, I chose to be a norn ‘cause I like their culture and their environment, and I want to be the only one (alongside to other norns) to wear norn armors, be them stag or wolf or whatever. It’s the really and only peculiarity a character could have (or could had at this point), being a part of his race.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

• Using human cultural armor was a poor choice for two reasons.
  One, Some people are understandably cranky that their already bought 100+ gold armor set is now in the gem store with added particle effects.
  And two, now the entire debate of making cultural armor sets available for all races will start again. So the concept of cultural armor is going out of the window, when can I have heavy human T3 for my norn?

Basically only this…

Plus the fact that you have to spend 120 gold and 200+ gems (fine stones) to use the T3 cultural on your actual armor, and now you can get the same armor (with cool effects) for 800 gems, with the pro to be a skin.

DarkWasp.7291:

I’m not sure I understand the merge on this thread.

The OP is about adding armor sets as rewards for the variety of PvE content we already have. The merged thread is about the armor design itself.

The OP has a very valid suggestion but now it’s been overrun by one of the (if not thee) most controversial topic in MMO history: Male vs female armor.

---

So on the OP topic:

We’ll be getting another set added to PvE finally sometime soon, but it’s going to be added to crafting. The ascended set.

It would be cool if we could get a Fractal set and perhaps a new karma set or two to reward open world or WvW content.

Talking about adding new armor sets as reward for different game contents, I’ll quote myself:

Aliatis.7836:

I’m really enjoying the 2-weeks-updates and new contents (whereas like ~6 months after the game launch I felt the game was dying).

I always work to finish the achievements and to get the reward, be it a skin, an home instance node or something else.

I’ve also bought (via in-game gold) 2 armor set from the gem store, ’cause they were awesome and the novelty is always good, at least for me.

Speaking about Living Story and skins, I would like to see some set of armor BOUND to the Living Story itself. I’ll explain: instead of having a lot of backpack skins or helm skins (I have a character inventory full of unused backpack and helm skins), you could design a set of armor bound to the Living Story theme of the moment and, for hystory cycles lasting more than 2 updates (like Flame and Frost or Scarlet&co.), giving a piece of that armor for each meta-achievement completed.

In my opinion, it will give people reason to play even if they don’t enjoy a part of a LS cycle, and in the end having the full set will be more rewarding than simply buying it through gem store. Also it would be affordable for new players.

I’m really enjoying the 2-weeks-updates and new contents (whereas like ~6 months after the game launch I felt the game was dying).

I always work to finish the achievements and to get the reward, be it a skin, an home instance node or something else.

I’ve also bought (via in-game gold) 2 armor set from the gem store, ’cause they were awesome and the novelty is always good, at least for me.

Speaking about Living Story and skins, I would like to see some set of armor BOUND to the Living Story itself. I’ll explain: instead of having a lot of backpack skins or helm skins (I have a character inventory full of unused backpack and helm skins), you could design a set of armor bound to the Living Story theme of the moment and, for hystory cycles lasting more than 2 updates (like Flame and Frost or Scarlet&co.), giving a piece of that armor for each meta-achievement completed.

In my opinion, it will give people reason to play even if they don’t enjoy a part of a LS cycle, and in the end having the full set will be more rewarding than simply buying it through gem store. Also it would be affordable for new players.

I simply think it’s awesome. Surely the quality of some shots isn’t perfect, but the idea and its actuation is brilliant!

Good job

KOPPER.1458:

My fear is it will be locked behind RNG temporary content, or BL keys… If neither is true then I will be happy. Even if it’s bad RNG perma content. Let me earn this over time and I’ll be extremely happy.

I bet more on a gem-purchasing, just like it was for Braham’s and Rox’s weapon skins

I just finally managed to get 17/17 (5th try).

I lol’ed so hard. During previous 4 tries, we have been just perfect (no deaths ~ yes downed), no disengaging, followed Dulfy’s and coronaas’ strategies, etc. But we didn’t get achievement, noone of us.

Last try:

• we didn’t kill the two on the ramp;
• we killed the Steam Watcher (and his adds);
• we killed only a small group around the Taskmaster near the boss, right side;
• we pulled the boss and lured him BEHIND pipes ~ wiped ’cause too many mobs came (= whole group dead);
• we pulled again the boss and lured him BEHIND pipes ~ killed the few mobs that came with him;
• at a certain point, boss lost his aggro, and resetted;
• we pulled again the boss and lured him BEHIND pipes (third time);
• finished the boss with 2 players on the ground, completely dead;
• cleaned the whole room, disengaging more than once the different groups of mobs;
• got the achievement.

The secret is: DO ALL WRONG! DONT BE PRO!

brunobyof.3541:

Just saw a video of this acheevo:
Guys aggroed some of the mobs at the front row then some at the right side of the boss. When there were about 8-10 left, they aggroed everything and killed all but 1 grenadier, which was targeted not to be killed. When boss was down, they killed that grenadier and got the achievement! Nobody died but they were downed though. They didn’t disengage as well.
Hope this helps

My group used this very same strategy (coronaas’ one) in our third attempt. And with “same”, I mean same since I’ve followed the video. But we didn’t get the achievement.

I’ve done the path 3 times with the same group (just to get used to tactics together). We all miss “Who is in charge here?”. We used three different tactics aswell.

1. Cleaned all the room, except 3 mobs in the far left corner (as Dulfy suggested), killed Foreman Spur around the room (no one downed), killed the mobs ~ nothing.

2. Cleaned all the room, except 3 mobs in the far left corner, killed Foreman Spur in melee in the far right corner (no one downed), killed the mobs ~ nothing.

3. Cleaned all the room, except 1 Grenadier (as coronaas showed), killed Foreman Spur around the room with the Grenadier on us (one downed), killed the Grenadier ~ nothing.

We are awesome

Thank you to everyone in Desolation.

Same problem here, same codes.

“Taunt” mechanic is already there in the world of GW2.

There’s an event in Vandal’s Claim (Brisban Wildlands), Defeat the sinister triad, in which Bandit Chief Thorne (basically a Guardian with sword & shield) “taunts” you towards him, just like a pull, and for 1-2s you have a debuff called “taunt” (you can always use stability to break the control).

I definitely loved this cutscene!

Marjory’s face seems real, Kasmeere’s armor is golden awesomeness, Noir atmosphere is simply amazing, dialogues are engaging and Logan . . . showed his hero dark side!

Wonderful job, really!

any balth temp open in EU?

Treeline.3865:

Master Archer Nente.9284:

Throw them in the Mystic Forge. I have gotten several gold by just saving my Major Soulbound runes and throwing them in the forge hoping for a superior.

Well that’s part of the problem, you can NOT forge superior runes. I usually forge all the major runes as well. The superior ones I can’t do anything with.

Actually, you can. If you throw 4 major runes into the MF, there’s a chance to get a superior one (I obtained several). The bad thing is that even if you throw 4 major runes of the same type (i.e. 4 major runes of divinity), it is not said that you will obtain a superior rune of the same type. That’s why I throw 4 random major runes all the time.
Another bad thing (which happened to me) is that you can obtain a dungeon superior rune, so it will be soulbound.

1. Largos – their style is simply awesome.

2. Kodan – I love their philosophy.

3.Tengu – a curious race which I’d like to explore.

Dresden.1736:

Rizzy.8293:

You have to lead mobs to her, let her die.
And revive her.

This is just how you remedy the bug for now.

Sadly, while this worked 100% of the time pre-patch, this only works about half the time post-patch. Too often, she perma-glitches, which is why I don’t even bother with P2 anymore.

The faster and safer way to not let her bug is cleaning the room right before going into the final one (so killing gravelings and oozes ~ 2 min?). I’ve always done in this way, and with decent dps is even faster than waiting for Detha’s death.

You’ve made my day!

Congratulations, I love the lyrics! Great work, really.

Iruwen.3164:

Don’t auto attack or simply press escape. Confusion only works against unaware, lazy or plain stupid enemies.

Lol’ed.

I almost never die in PvE for confusion ‘cause, yaknow, it’s a more “manageable” situation, so you can simply stop auto-attacking and run away from damage-source.

Think about PvP, a “frenzied” and “excited” environment, in which you can come up with a 1vX fight (or XvX fight, but you’re the target). Now imagine that you have a 25 stack of Confusion and half HP or less. You want to use, and actually you use, I don’t know, Contemplation of Purity for what? Pushing yourself to an even faster death?

Imo, confusion it’s acceptable considering damage, but it shouldn’t proc with heals and utilities that remove condi.

Electro.4173:

That said, a set would be really cool, because I like the “theme” that Braham’s weapons uses. Spirit animals with glowing eyes. It would make for a cool weapon set.

Spirits of the Wild with glowing parts as new Norn cultural weapons would be awesome

Thought the same as soon as I noticed it. It’s awesome.

Cyga.1246:

felivear.1536:

Serendipity.8326:

On the topic of laurels, apparently people are getting 10 laurels from completely the PvP Monthly now. I wonder if anything will be done to reward those who completed the PvP Monthly before, since 10 laurels (and another one for completing today’s daily after the update) is quite a significant amount.

felivear.1536:

Won’t this entice PvE players to come join us?

Probably not, since they can still get their laurel from PvE. Still a good change though.

I hit my monthly before the patch, does that mean I miss out on 10 just because I was playing before this hit?

Yes you lost 10 Laurels same like me;/ If someone did only PVE monthly before patch he will earn another 10 Laurels from PVP monthly after patch.

Great, so if someone have completed both PvE and PvP monthly before the patch (me, for example), that player lost the chance to gain 10 additional laurels… Nice…

I agree, I’d like to have the option to turn them off.

I like first timers, and I like teaching since I’m a really patient person. I’ve never written “80s only”, “experienced only”, “gear check” and bullkittens like these.

Today something’s changed.

From now on I will always write: “experienced only” (lvl doesn’t really matter). Let me explain why.

This morning I ran my daily AC, all paths, with my leveling-since-40-lvl mesmer (which is now 62 ~ AC exp only). As usually I’ve picked up anyone. All three kitten paths were a nightmare, really.
I can stand first timers, I can stand low levels. I CAN’T stand players who pretend to be experienced, who not say if it’s their first time, who don’t read the kitteng chat, who don’t know at lvl 80 their skills and their class.

Scenario1:
LvL 80 Thief who dies repeatedly while running through gravelings to reach final boss chamber.
My mesmer: “I’ll come with you (since I don’t understand how a thief can’t do this), use Shadow Step and pre-cast Shadow Refuge”.
LvL 80 Thief casts Shadow Refuge and go through it without waiting that circle disappears.
Lol’ed. I explain how SR actually works, no problem. He finally reaches the boss chamber.
My mesmer: “You’ve learned something new”
LvL 80 Thief: “Don’t be a jerk!”

Gone mad… By the way I didn’t rage-quit (never rage-quit in my life), and after something like 5 Howling King wipes, we did it ^-^

Scenario2:

LvL 80 War with both Ascalonian weapons (GS and LB) standing alone in front of Spider Queen and dying as hell in the poison circle ‘cause he wasn’t reading the chat.
I wondered how a player can’t see the situation around him: you don’t read the chat, “ok”, but aren’t you looking at the monitor either?

Conclusion:

Being experienced matters. I’m not acting like a god or something like that, but I’m a good “first timer” in dungeon to play with (I’ve done all my first Arah paths without wiping a single time) because:

• I read the chat;
• I know my class and my skills;
• I don’t pretend to be experienced and I ask every single thing I don’t understand;
• I know that I have to change utilities and traits to play best in every situation;
• I can understand and write in an international language.

codpin.6542:

I just did p4 with some guildies last night and it was fun. I was the only one that did p4 before (even before the nerf) and i was surprised how easy Simin is now. I mean they really nerfed it. We did it the first try, even if the guys didn’t had much clue what’s going on and we had a few people being petrified for more then a few seconds. Now with this nerf, i think p4 became the easiest path for an organized group. Its still long as hell but the bosses are waaaay to easy and the trash skipping is easier then in any other path.

I can’t understand people that want every path in every dungeon to be farmable. Every dungeon has its farm path and its longer and more tedious paths. Deal with it.

Today I’ve done p4 for the very first time with a group of pugs, with only two players who ran it before. It was a very smooth run, without wipes and Simin… well I don’t know how it was before the patch, but that boss is really doable easy even with pugs. A proof that smart people can do anything (we didn’t even push it towards the wall as “normal” strategy suggest!). No bugs, just raw dps + 2 people to kite sparks (one was me) + 1 player to throw tears. That’s it.

Group compo: 2 Guardians, 1 Thief, 1 Mesmer, 1 Warrior

SuperSpicyCurry.2415:

Raege.1069:

He looks cool but he doesn’t look like a Norn at all. No beard, dark skin, slender, unnatural haircolor :C

There are beardless norn, there are dark skinned norn:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/6/69/Raven_Shaman.jpg

there are slender norn, and Eir has the same hair color:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/4/47/Eir_Stegalkin.jpg

The Norn were inspired by Nordic culture. They are not Nordic so they do not have to look Nordic, they’re a different species than humans so they have their own spectrum of diversity not limited to Nordic skin tones.

I completely agree. And, beside the awesome look of Braham (I’d like to see his hair as a choice in character creation), I’d really like to have the Raven Shaman armor on females :Q_____

Any opened in EU servers?

Does anyone know an EU server in which Temple of Balth is uncontested? (whisp me in game, I’m in)
Thanks in advance.

I’ve spot one of the cause of 4v5. It happened several times to me:

when I try to whisper the missing random member in the roster to push him to join, I find out that he’s actually in the opposite team, so probably that missing member has come up in two different random roster.

Speaking about the “price” of new stuff…

In my strictly MMO point of view, the accessories rank (stats and price) is:
Top: Necklace (in GW2, amulet)
Mid: 2 Earrings
Bottom: 2 Rings

Now, in GW2 (speaking about Laurels) is:
Top: Earrings (40 laurels + 50 glob of ecto for JUST ONE)
Mid: Rings (35 laurels for JUST ONE)
Bottom: Amulet (30 laurels)

Though, the stats are Amulet>Earrings>Rings

It’s just silly…

Today I’ve done Arah (path 3) for the very first time in my GW2 life with pugs ~ only two of them were experienced players and so kindly lead the way. We killed Lupicus at the first try w/o any problem, very smooth, and, honestly, it’s far to be really hard.
I don’t know how Lupi was before the update, but if now it’s bugged/harder, then I’m proud of my group of pugs

EDIT: I forgot to mention that we killed it in 4 because at ~20% HP our mesmer crashed :X
Professions: Ranger – Thief – Mesmer – Necro – Warrior

Check here for another bug…

As you can see in the video, the skill Crippling Talon, both with or without Off-Hand Training, doesn’t reach the target even if I stay at 900 range.

I’ve tried at 600 range and it does, but traited it is supposed to hit at 1200 range.

http://youtu.be/YqneN_qYhQI