Guild Wars 2

Wow, just when I was thinking about swapping servers I see this post.

I’ve got a new Norn Necromancer I just started leveling up. Looking at the post here and the website everything looks great. I’ll be contacting you all tonight!

BlaqueFyre.5678:

BraxKedren.8941:

Smollett.6270:

Hi Karl!
Do you know, that we are the only class who doesn’t have 1200 range weapon?

Scepter?

But with the Bow DH gets they have a weapon with1200 range. Which means Thief is the only class without a 1200 range weapon.

Deleted my response as I thought (really) I was reading in the Guardian forums so that response was from a Guardian thinking. Didn’t realize I was somehow in the Thief forum.

Highest level I got was a 35 Ranger and 30 Warrior before I stopped playing years ago. Returning now, pre-ordered for HoT. I plan to main a Guardian and a Revenant but would like to find people to hang out with while in game.

I love the exploring part of the game but would like to find those that I could join up with for dungeons and such as I’ve missed out on all of that. Looking to see as mush as I can this time around while leveling.

Skyline Crash.6254:

I had an idea for a hammer build that uses Shiro and Malkyx. The basic idea would be using dark fields and shiros quickness to spam #1 for life steal

I worked something similar and was going to test that this weekend. Not sure its going to be that effective though. I wonder if instead of hammer we should have gotten Greatsword so some of the sword traits could be useful.

Playing around with the build editors out there for my first chance at playing the Rev this weekend. I can build some decent dual-wield theories but having trouble finding anything in Specializations that would provide synchronization with using the hammer.

Is it just me or do none of the Specializations offer a good sync with using a Hammer? Devastation and Corruption could possibly work but that seems more for the dual-wield route.

Thanks for the help, appreciate it!

When the weekends are active, do you get a max level character to test out the specializations? Or do you need to have a character already max level and copied over?

cant find anything in the FAQ or Wiki.

Re-installing the gameand cleaning up the PC. Open the launcher and it starts downloading the files.

Problem is that it stops shortly after. Upon relaunching the launcher, it picks up where it stopped but then stops again shortly after.

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks for the help.

Looking at the builds and how I like the dagger so far, Blood Magic seems to be a build I would be aiming for. Looks like a fun build so I guess I’ll be working that. It might play well with the Reaper abilities once HoT goes live.

Coming back to play the game and really want to play the Necro (Was a Warlock for years in WoW). Playing around at low levels and trying to figure out how I would build around what I like so far.

Right now I love main hand dagger. So I am guessing off hand Warhorn pairs well?

Also for ranged is it best to go Staff or does the scepter/focus play better with the Dagger main hand?

Appreciate the help.

Thanks, that info helps a lot. Lots to catch up on.

Recently coming back to the game after leaving after launch. Having a blast but not sure if I’m on a good server. I’m starting over a new character so jumping servers isn’t an issue.

Which servers (US) are more populated around the 9pm Central time? Or is there a location I can find out more about server populations?

I think Twaddlefish.6537 said it best in his post.

I loved the difficulty. I loved what it meant to finally beat the tower after hours of attempting it. I loved the adrenaline rush when I beat my previous best spot and made a new one and the rush to get back to that spot.

I scared my dog when I got in the tower I yelled so loud

Don’t segregate this off, it was perfect t! Only thing I’d say fix is next time everyone doesn’t bunch up on top of each other and you will be the greatest Jumping Puzzle maker ever!!

I wouldnt change a thing!

Seriously the Jumping Puzzle Tower was difficult but thats what is so great about it. Its not one of those things that you do a couple of times (for most) and then it becomes a farm mode item. I loved it and want more of these types of things in game now!

As for people complaining about the Norns/Charr blocking their views and it being impossible on smaller characters, not so.

I completed the Tower on 2 Norns and 1 Sylvari. Sylvari was by far the easiest as my large Norn characters ou hit angles or areas where the camera would pop in and out on them. Sylvari just ran right through.

I think how the event worked perfectly and so much better than any other game.
Weird events start happening around the world.
Portals open up and get you involved more into whats behind everything going on
You kill the guy behind everything
You party

Brilliant!

32 Norn Warrior.
Took about 2 hours total.
also the overwhelming character abuse from being a Norn on this Jumping Puzzle.
No Speed Boosts

Best steps to do and use in trying to beat the tower, in my opinion:

1. Watch a video of the tower run. Unless you want to skip spoilers. This gets you familiar with what’s coming and actually will get you used to watched the turn sequence of the tower itself.

2. Don’t panic. There are times that the green mist will be on you and the skeleton hands will grab you…relax it’s all okay.

3. Pace yourself. Once you get to the pink colored stones, you aren’t really in a mad dash as you are moving more upwards than diagonally and you get ahead of the green mist faster. Take your time, position yourself and make timely jumps.

I hope this wont be the case as it’s an awesome item and will be a cool collectable for the first major event for the game.

Aveneo.2068:

Well, you can’t expect them to hand out books with level 60-80 stats to every level 15 character in my opinion. So it is posssible that they did it this way so low level characters and alts could get the book from the first act, mid-range characters could get the one from act 2 and level 80’s might get an even better book in act 3.

This way there’s something for everyone it seems.

The Act 1 book only had +4 Toughness for me. Don’t think that is a Level 80 stat book.

Think the book rewards is based off your level when you do the event and get the reward.

Seems with Act 2 the zones you need to go to to get the pages to complete the book is getting higher. Been difficult getting into the 45 zones to complete.

So does this mean that wit hthe next Acts that if I am not high level I am pretty much hosed in being able to complete this?

Dont bet on it. On my level 30 Warrior all i get from the chest is a Ritual bag, which gave me grey trash and a candy corn.

Anyone tried doing more combinations with some of the event items?

Just noticed that Chattering Skulls can be combined with Fine Salvage Kits but it needs more items to complete the recipe and not sure what else it needs.

I actually asked very little of this game as I played GW and never liked it. Reluctantly bought this when Swtor was becoming miserable and couldn’t be happier in my decision.
Maybe because I’m from the older crowd and the Old School EQ genre but this game is actually amazing in the amoun it lets you do and not be over-geared to do it. I can go back to any level content and have fun and be rewarded. I get to explore, do puzzles see amazing things and all of that is in the open world.

How many of your older MMO’s did that? When was the last time you really got to do those things in WoW without going into an instance?

To me, reading these forums it clear that a lot of gamers feel entitled to certain things and if they dont get them, the game is crap.

This game has saved me the $15 a month i payed subbed to other games that don’t give me as much satisfaction for the amount of time i might log in and play. Paying for things I never got to see and content I did. That’s 180 a year. minus the initail box cost I paid $60 and that’s $120 this year i’ll save.
So is it bad if i pop down $50 to bu some gems or account upgrades that i can actually use and benefits me directly? Nope, Here Arena.net, take my money please for making me an MMO I am addicted to and having more fun that i could have thought possible in an MMO again.

I know gear and weapons are random but are there any that have set rewards as well like high level salvage kits, black lion keys, high level gathering tools and such?

@RedFalcon
All you had to do was Copy/Paste your sig…sums it up pretty well IMO

IMO, People just haven’t got onto how this games is vastly different from other MMO’s. It’s never been about the rush to hit max level and sit and wait for the next content patch. It’s about getting out and being part of of the game and the community.
It’s about having fun in WvWvW. It’s running DE’s and keeping the world safe (in a story point of view)
I have yet to see anyone post a picture where they have every achievement and show that they have found every single hidden thing that is in the game and until I do…so in my book they have nothing to complain about.

Warcraft’s LFG system is like a person putting a toilet seat in their recliner and a fridge right next to them. You can eat, sleep and poop all in one spot. Sure it’s cool at first but at some point your going to miss the actual feel of walking to go pee, walking to your bed and standing at the fridge looking for something to make and eat.

Sure the current design needs work but I think making people put forth something on their end to run a dungeon is a good thing.

38…game, for me, is the best thing since playing EQ. I missed Exploration and doing things with other people without it being instanced off.

I have read many comments in multiple locations about how the end-game is currently and I understand not everyone is having a great time at that point.

Posting that the game is bad because its hard at 80 to do an area because the game is too difficult or its broken doesn’t phase me in how much I like the game as I’ll make my own judgments based on my own experiences, just like you have.

As for my original post, this game is just way too much fun…and I agree with @Teknomancer.8475 about the traveling thing…i miss my long Karana runs and running from Gryphons

I LOVE IT!

I know people are talking about being level 80 and all te recent posts on legendaries that are being found…but I brely have 1 charaacter above 30 and still had trouble deciding on a main character to take to 80 until recently.

Even with all of this, there has not been 1 night i have logged on and thought “why am I here again” because all I have to do is let my wanderlust take over and my enjoyment comes in a few seconds after logging in.

As a long time gamer that started in EQ way back in the day, THANK YOU ALL for bring back the pure satisfaction of exploration and cooperation in MMO that has been missing for me for a very long time.

I’m only level 7 at the moment and in the Norn area. Just did 2 heart challenges and noticed my karma pool has not moved from 28 at all.

I don’t know what server the OP plays on, but transfers are currently limited free.

I have yet to find an event going on that doesnt have people running to do them. /M opens up when most of them pop and people come running, even for the ones in caves.