Guild Wars 2

• Reaper’s Rumble 2012—2012
• Kryta Scavenger Hunt for Mad Memoires 2012—2012
• Lunatic Inquisition 2012—2014
• Resealing Bloody Prince Thorn story instance 2013—2014
• Ascent to Madness 2012—2012, 2015-
• Mad King’s Labyrinth, version one 2012—2012
• Mad King’s Labyrinth, version two 2013-
• Clocktower Jumping Puzzle 2012-

Their excuse in 2015 was Heart of Thorns.
Their excuse in 2016 is.. Living Story 3?
Right, even though we have endured hiatus before. Longer ones in fact, quite recently as well. I’ll deal with another if it means we get a high quality Halloween update for the whole community to enjoy together, because remember, this is an MMO first and foremost. Annual festivals invigorate the community and encourage people to interact in positive ways.

But no, again, there is very little to do.

• Repeat the same 5-player dungeon over and over again.
• Repeat the same labyrinth door events, over and over again.
• Repeat the clocktower JP, over and over again…

What a disgrace. I’ll not squander my time on these three empty, soulless activities, I’d rather play something else or, dare I..? Spend time with family.. in ..real life?

Have to wait >350 days now to see if 2017 is any better My spooky scrying pool says no

To finish this rant: I, having the capacity to think critically, recognise how little effort and passion ArenaNet have bothered to put in to another recycled Halloween update. BUT, as of course they would, there is a ton of new (and returning) Halloween-themed shinies in the gem store.
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…Do they still expect me to get suckered in and hand over money?
Really?

I know they want it, hell, they probably need it, but they ain’t getting it for kitten.

I’ve used real money in the gem store before but this is their job. Believe it or not, they have to work for it. Next year I want a continuation of Mad King Thorn’s story, involving Magister Tassi, the Lunatic court and possibly visiting the Hall of Judgement and Dhuum, complete with a reimagined design.

Get it right and I’ll buy something from the gem store next halloween.

Am I being too difficult? I’m sorry, I’ll shut up now.

I am also affected by this bug.

Today I finished off every known achievement in the Rising Flames category, with the exception of Patron (1,000g price tag) and The Friendly Ghost (started to work on that one today).

Before the required number of achievements was lowered to 23, down from 26, I think I actually had exactly 23. This is probably the consequence of that change.

How widespread this is, I do not know. I’ve not seen anybody talking about it in-game and not many people have commented in this thread. It would be excellent if somebody at ArenaNet could comment and tell us that they are aware of it.

My favourite miniatures are account-bound ones that you earn through actual gameplay. Dolyak (from the WvW season achievement, not the ticket vendor), Jade Construct, Liadri, Clockheart, Chak Gerent and Tiger Spirit are a few that come to mind.

The majority of miniatures in Guild Wars 2 lack prestige, meaning and context. Too many of them in the Gem Store early on ruined them for me. Christ, there are two Hylek miniatures sharing the exact same model. Simple humanoid character miniatures are all over the place in Set 1?Set 3 as well and barely any of them stand out. They’re just.. sort of, there.. for people to buy for 1g each..

In contrast, most of the miniatures in Guild Wars 1 were in free birthday presents. A nice amount of ones available to earn through gameplay all year round. Each one felt unique.

Menadena.7482:

There are some NPCs that do not have minis but I would buy them in a second. Taimi (we have Scruffy though). Sya.

This is one exception. I would buy a Miniature Sya and display it all the time.

For the next expansion, I would like to see Chef 500 and Jeweler 500. Chef 401-500 would be shellfish, other marine life, insects and arachnids plus a little bit of everything else before. Lobster, crab, prawns, anchovies, tuna, trout, sea bass, shark etc. Beetles, grubs, mosquitos, spiders. Some new vendor items as well like Glass of Luscious Honey for good measure, so it’s not all just seafood.

In the same way you buy gathering tools (mining pick, logging axe, harvesting sickle) from vendors, you could buy the different tiers of wooden Angling Rods from certain fishermen near large bodies of water and streams.

If the White Mantle and Mursaat are involved in Living Story Season 3, then yes, there needs to be a story mode version of the three raid wings. You are accompanied by Rytlock, Marjory, seeing as how they’re both in tune with the mists.

You guide them along, exploring the in-game areas first-hand. This is, for me, the most important part. Youtube videos created by somebody you may not even like and wiki descriptions are not suitable alternatives to understanding the scale and atmosphere of the in-game world. Nor can you take an hour leisurely reading NPC dialogue as it is happening.

This is not about lowering the challenge for people to use as a stepping stone to the ‘harder version’. It’s a Story Mode. Achievement progress should be disabled and nothing needs to give loot. The bosses should be downgraded to veterans and their mechanics practically unrecognisable from the regular raid wings.

..On the other hand, if the bandits are swiftly dealt with and the White Mantle storyline is going to have another 6+ year hiatus, don’t even bother…

The greatsword skills, the ability to hit multiple enemies at melee range (I thought this was unique to Guardian at the time) and buffing allies with boons reminded me of the GW1 Dervish with all the different scythe skills, enchantments like Heart of Fury and some warrior shouts (Soldier’s Stance with Fear Me).

And Dervish is my favourite GW1 profession.

Kaz.5430:

IMO, there should be a Story Mode, but it should be about experiencing the story, not about getting rewards, nor about experiencing the full mechanics of the raid. It also should not come out until the release ‘after’ the final wing for the raid is released.

Story Mode should work like story instances in the Personal Story, no drops during the instance, and a one-time reward issued via the story mode gui pop-up on the first completion of each boss. Boss fights would be balanced for a single player, and would therefore not include an easy method of learning the core fight mechanics of the Raid..

100% this.

No rewards or achievements necessary, all I want is a toned-down supercasual version of the raid where I can solo some veterans with Rytlock and learn about why the windblast occurred, what is happening with Sabetha, Gorseval and the Vale Guardian — plus whatever the next few Forsaken Thicket raid wings provide. At the end of a wing, you get a Story Journal entry with a summary of what you and Rytlock discovered.

Surely this is not too much to ask for, is it?

Completely agree with some people saying they should not rewrite Logan just for the sole purpose of forcing an interracial male same-sex relationship into the story.

I think there is room for a lot of charr living within blood legion/ash legion homelands and crossing over into flame legion homelands to be written as primarily homosexual and bisexual in the future (if we ever visit those areas).

Far away from their cities and invading flame legion territory, soldiers on the frontline begin to create bonds through hot gay charr sex, keeping an eye on each other’s backs and protecting their lovers and comrades from the evil flame legion spies.

Couldn’t get the achievement by avoiding the mordrem traps and completing the instance normally, so here’s what I did:

Avoid the traps initially (based on other people’s comments in this thread, it seems you don’t need to do this), kill the wolves and mordrem controller duo, enter Taimi’s room to trigger her dialogue, then I ran back to the traps to trigger them. Success.

Absolutely fine with it as long as no one was kicked to make room for more customers.

Mireles Lore.5942:

I guess I dont feel entitled to free stuff simply because they are offering something I already own for free. Why should I? Because little jimmy at the check out got candy and I didnt?

I think its good that new players can get the full game for the price of the expansion, it keeps the community from fracturing, everyone new will have the same access. As a guild leader I dont have to worry about incoming players not being able to join us in the expansion.

Only people this is a slap in the face for are people with a entitled attitude, you are at no disadvantage by other ppll getting the core game for free.

Letting yourself fall for such a simple trick, I see. Wise.

The core game is not ‘free’, as ArenaNet claims it to be. The core game having been bundled together with HoT is the sole reason why HoT is as expensive as it is. The pricing, may I need to remind you, is what people are upset about.

Let’s say you buy a large red marble for $10. A month later, you go to where you bought it from and notice they are now selling small felt bags containing two differently coloured large marbles. It costs $20. In the bag you purchased, one is red and the other is green.

• Did you buy a green marble for $20 and get a ‘free’ red marble? Great! Oh, but you can’t give your spare red marble to a friend as a birthday present. You might as throw one of them into a bin.
• Did you pay $10 for a second red marble visually identical to the one you already have just so you have the green marble that they refuse to sell separately?

Don’t you think it would be better for the customer if the shop were to sell the green marble separately for just $10?

I’m done with Lunatic Inquisition for the remainder of Halloween 2014. This particular location has completely ruined it for me.

At the start of every round, villagers flock to this location, passing by secrets that lead to getting the rifle and ignoring the item NPCs to summon feasts and roaming summons. You either join them up there as a villager and wait the full 12 minutes to run out before you get a measly 10 Trick-or-Treat bags and 1/8 towards Lunatic Inquisition Regular achievement, or you run to Mad King Thorn and kill yourself with the help of a courtier or gravity. If you’re quick enough, people are still trying to make the jump and you can guard it. If not? Then you can leave and join another game, not play it at all, or patiently wait it out and hope one of the other courtiers manages to get up there before the timer runs out and the villagers win. What happens if you leave and join another game? You encounter the same cheap tactic, just different people using it.

There are some major underlying problems with Lunatic Inquisition, and ArenaNet needs to show some initiative at resolving them if it is going to return next year. If they do not then I would very much prefer them to retire it altogether and give us back Reaper’s Rumble instead.

I already have witch hat, devil horns, master carver title and mask of the night, ArenaNet.

All I want is to get Mad Memoires back that I deleted to free up some space in early 2013 because I didn’t think you’d ever actually bother introducing a skin wardrobe. :|