“In 1325 AE, Eir Stegalkin retrieved Magdaer from the Ascalon Catacombs, intending to have it reforged for Logan Thackeray. The sword has not been seen since”
Eir is now dead, and she didn’t give the sword to Logan, where is it? does the black smith still have it? who is he and where is his location?
just wondering and hoping they touch on that during this season and not just forget about it.
if you look back again at the game, the NPC’s do NOT recognize your profession, so being a revenant or warrior or dragon hunter mean NOTHING in terms of story, only you the player recognize that.
and Anet will do nothing to make sense out of playing as a revenant before Rytlock becomes one
Where has that been stated that ALL this work Anet is doing will be a Free patch? They claim this is ALL going to be released in HoT; in every blog post, it is a new cool thing that “we are releasing in HoT.”
I can only assume if you read the blogs then you have watched the Ready Up episode about specialization, in which they said this right before going into the changes to the trait system
this link, I timed it for you right when Jon Peters ‘Design Lead’ said the core spec (trait changes) ARE coming before HoT while the Elite specs will come with HoT
I think one reason to feel leveling is kinda slow now days has to do with the personal story, back in the days you could do personal story even if you are under lvl and get buttload of exp, but now u can only do the PS when u hit the story lvl and its like every 10 lvls to get a new chapter, so once u finish a chapter u have to grind lvl to hit that next chapter which can feel slow
It’s not a free play to experiment with specializations.
It’s not a free play to fiddle with the entire expansion’s Masteries.
It’s not a free play to go through all the story content of HoT.
It is a stress test. A stress of player characters and connections within new zones (most likely the starting zone of the expansion) as well as some of the new physics features related to; such as 100’s to 1,000’s of people activating the Glider or a Jump Mushroom in the same area. These are things that the developers want to test to make sure that their new engine tweaks are stable with their new features of HoT. Same goes for testing such things as possibly the new WvW map…maybe (hopefully).
Abilities and classes can be balanced internally between staff members of A.Net. Mass map connection and group is why they need to “stress test” things.
I think I said “whats in the beta?” meaning when the beta comes out, and just included the “stress test” as extra to the beta since the stress tests are for HoT’s beta.
lets try again: is the beta going to have the same content as the demo from PAX east and Rezzed or will it have more content?
I know English is not my first language, but im sure when you read the post its clear that I was asking about what to expect from the beta.
are we getting the same stuff in the demo client for the beta and stress test or is it deferent?
if its same as the demo then meh.
if not, (yes or no) for the following:
-specialization (thought im sure not until they give us the deep-dive on specializations)
-WvW new borderland map
-Strong hold
-a bigger chunk of verdant brink then the demo
-access to more masteries then just gliding
I hope we can get some info about what to expect from the beta and stress tests.
I agree. From the heart, I believe GW and GW2 have the best community of players, ever. (And I’ve been gaming a looooong time. )
evildeadjunky — It would be so nice to have merchandise to offer. I believe one of our teams is investigating those options, although I understand it’s trickier than it sounds. For instance, we don’t really have the staff to handle sales fulfillment, nor do we want to hire people to package merch and ship it off. Plus with a global player base, fulfillment can become a challenge. With all that said, I’m squarely in your court as far what a great idea it would be to offer GW2 merch to those who want to purchase it.
BTW, I just bought a Shatterer figure the other day, to add to my GW2 Shrine.
what im about to say might be wrong, but from my understanding of how amazon prime work you can do this:
sell stuff on amazon prime, you order the t-shirts from the printing company that you already using now, and make them ship it to Amazon prime warehouse, then amazon will handle the sale and shipping for you, all AreanaNet needs to do is order the T-shirts by phone or email and let amazon handle the shipping and stuff.
not sure if its a valid option but I just wanted to give it shot.
We are more likely to get a new fractal or two than a new dungeon,
IIRC last year they said they are working on new fractals and released only one (when you voted for Evon Gnashblade or Ellen Kiel, each promised a new fractal if they elected and only the winners fractal got implanted in-game)
we got “Thaumanova Reactor” for voting for Kiel (danm voters) and ther is still “Fall of Abaddon” fractal that im looking forward to.
Anet did NOT say “the game has NO grind at all” they know there is ( they made the game. lol) however, they said you don’t have to do it.
I did not read the whole thing but here are my thoughts on this topic in general:
the reason they took WvW map completion from the 100% world completion is because many servers are stuck vs way stronger servers, and never get a chance to do the WvW map completion, so that’s not something they are changing about the ‘Grind’ in the game rather its a fix for a problem.
take away the grind and make the game grind free!, everyone get dungeon master because they played the dungeon once and just for playing the game for 100 hours lets give you a legendary(that a grind for hours though) and lets not reward players who played the game days in and days out and invested many hours of game play and make em just like everyone who played the game for 3 days and quit, no more special skins for fractal grinders who played them for 100’s of hours to get that lame underwater skin that no one ever see and make it once you play an underwater fractal you automatically get the skin, and once you finish all fractals you get the fractal tonic that only a hand full of players have ATM, and once you kill a player in WvW you get the “ultimate dominator” title and kill a player in PvP and get dragon rank and finisher, I think you know where im going with this.
if you don’t want a ‘grind’ in a game maybe you should be playing a single player game not an MMORPG
I would highly doubt it. It’s been 3 years now, and we’re just “now” seeing an expansion on the PC.
It might be my own theory here, but, I’d say ArenaNet is in no position financial wise to start producing Guild Wars 2 on consoles.
That, or ArenaNet has given up on Guild Wars 2, and have already begun work on another project (game).
However, I get the feeling their “Gem Shop”, isn’t doing as well as they had planned, and they probably had wished they went with a subscription model.
Again this is just my speculation. Guild Wars 1 had expansion, after expansion, after expansion. So, it raises the question; why are we not seeing as many for Guild Wars 2? Surely, they don’t think what content they have now is “enough”.
The game has been out for 2.5 years when they announced the expansion, factor in that when they announced the expansion they already have many things done for it so that is few months of work, the China release alone is like making a new game and that took lots of recourses to make possible, don’t forget about all the living world updates we were getting every 2 weeks ( the 2 week releases are kind of like mini expansions if you think about it), so yeah with everything that has happened so far with the game, I honestly cannot see how we could have had a paid expansion any time sooner (but that’s just me)
back to topic: when the game was in beta lots players asked about console and IIRC one dev said they wont role it out, but its not something they are working on or will work on anytime soon, so basically in real life terms: No, never gonna happen. even the Mac client is still in beta since forever. so that should give you an idea about how console will go
Their surnames can vary in a multitude of styles. Norn without any achievements or legends have surnames after one of their parents (father/mother’s first name followed by -sson or -sdottir or a variant thereof); this is most commonly seen in children, and they’re named after the more famous of their parents even if they do not like said parent (e.g., Braham Eirsson). Surnames do not get adopted from generation to generation and they can be changed by the individual to fit their own personal legend (e.g., a famous Wolfborn member took the surname Wolfsdottir); married couples may not always share surnames either (though some may, e.g., Knut and Gaerta Whitebear). Some norn may also take titles instead of a surname if it fits them and their legend more (e.g., Borje the Sun Chaser).
OP, most of the good looking armors are NOT tradable so u will not see much skins in the TP.
play the game as u lvl up talk to all the heart NPC they sell good stuff for karma, mobs don’t drop any good looking gear, and do not buy gear with gold unless its cultural armor.
if you like a dungeon armor, once you hit the lvl for it, farm that dungeon and by the time you get all the token you need for the full set you probably will be lvl 80 since the dungeon gives soo much EXP
the main reason ppl are saying all skins are unlocked at 80 is because you don’t get a chance to enjoy any armor while lvling, for long time, u lvl fast and even when using rare armor(colored yellow) it only last for 5~10 lvls and u get better status armor, so you find your self going for the better status to lvl up rather then the better looking gear.
TL;DR buy armor from hearts or WvW with karma not gold they look better than the ones at trading post and are cheaper.
side note: IMO medium armors are the worst looking in the game.
They said that swapping between your ranger for example and druid is a matter of getting out of combat and swapping back and forth as you will. And I can only assume this will be the case when we get more specializations for each class.
As of how we get the specialization we still need to wait for the deep dive on them to know.
The expansion will be ‘buy with real money’ but still you might be able to upgrade ‘the expansion that you bought’ from standard edition to digital deluxe with gems just like we have right now
at 2:35 Colin Johanson said there are no more living world episodes.
however I think there might be some updates between now and the expansion release such as SAB or some holiday event.
from what have been said I think the revenant skills(utility, heal, and elite) will work just like the ele’s glyphs skills, so you select the skills you want to slot, and based on what hero you are channeling , that skill will have a specific effect
change attunements with legends and it could be the same concept
best place to get the coat is the chest at the end of Mordrem Vinewarth boss event, I got all 3 in just 4 runs to the boss, and so did many people in my guild took them about 4~6 runs only for the 2 pieces.
Based on the latest blog its worth getting a legendary. They will be upgraded into acended status and also you will be able to change the weapons status into how ever you want ( berserker, cleric, night, … Etc) when you get out of combat and no need to transmute it. So 1 weapn with changable status is somting i look for in a legendary, and you cant complain about the looks
Me and my friends have finished it from first try with no wipes at all, we had 2 tanky gards 1 support ele(thats me) 1 zerker ranger 1 zerker mesmer all lvl 80, its VERY IMPORTANT that you have conditions removal skill on everyone and blast finisher skills.
Before going in. Everyone in guild and in LA was complaining on how hard it was and i acualy thought it was that hard. When i got in i found it intresting and fun. and kinda easy once you know how to run the boss battles, i even got in for a second time with a PUG and just told everyone what to do and it went ok. wiped twice coz we had 2 uplvls.
If anyone needs help runing this dungeon just shoot me a msg or whisper me ingame aftre 7PM server time and i will be glade to run with you.
One last note, I love the way you have to work if you want to finish. Too tierd of dungeons where all u need to do is zerk the kitten out of mobs.
Some long time ago when first ascended items came out Anet stated that legendary weapons status will change to the lvl of ascended, and since you can change ur legendary weapons status from PTV to what ever you want and still have the perpule name and legendary status, its will be the same for when ascended weapons come out.
Here is why its not logan, when you talk with Marjory she said she never have done business with logan before and this is the first time and since he paid she will do it, and it seems like she has done business with E before .. also, why would logan come in as him self and ask Marjory to investigate when he has already sent you to her as E? It just don’t make since and seems redundant, and lastly, E knows lady Kasmer and Marjory work together, so if E is logan why would he be surprised to see her there in the dead end with Marjory.
Also Demmi is a full member of the Order of Whispers, i remember one time while talking to her after a mission she said that she has been promoted to a Lightbringer, but dont think she or her dad has anything to do with this story.
RE should spilt all its members into 3 groups. Send them to the T8 servers, and just play vs its self,
That way you have even forces split between 3 low tier servers so you wont hurt thier existing balance. And have a 3way on EB all RE vs RE
Almost every map has a world boss such as the fire elemntal, shadow behemlth, the shaterer and so on, but so far the only reason anyone would want to fight them is the 1 rare drop a day or the 1 time achevment for some of them.
If Anet make a specail skin for weapons and armor that can only drop from a specific boss like the staff that drops only from shadow behemoth, this will give us more reasons to fight the world bosses and also a reason to fight all the difrent bosses that no one ever go to.
Not sure if this has been suggsested before but here it is
Give us weapon and armor skins based around the looks of the boss that can only drop from him
Yeah i have seen it in other places too its just how its in a main location and in display like that and how its big and clear made me wonder
Fun stuff all over the place if you take time and look around
so I was running around the black citadel and found this map at the top of a table in front of Smodur the Unflinching with some marks on it,
do the Iron legion still plan on attacking the Humans? (thought I know it will never happen) or was just sitting there for a long time before they started the peace treaty with Queen Jennah?
looks like the super fun box is not activated for now, so ppl can stack on coins for now and then use in the “arcade” super fun box later when its open,
also check out how the controller looks on next to the fun box lol its just like a Nintendo controller add to that the game sound when u change ur computer date into Apr 1st, its ether a fools day joke or some really super awesome game.
yes it is possible to run staff in WvW.
now, about the guy taking on zergs in the beta, its way different now then it was back in the4 beta.
back then even as a lvl 2 ele u could do crazy dmg to everyone since everyone is low lvl, but now most ppl are lvl 80 with good gear so it a challange to take on more than 2 alone with staff, but i will say this, runnig staff with in groups it way better then DD, all the support and the AoE skills u have is worth doing staff rather then DD in a group.
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