Guild Wars 2

So after logging onto my thief I noticed the dagger on my whisper boots was bright red. I thought maybe the patch changed the color for some odd reason, so I went into dyes to change it back to gold so it would match the rest of my T3 human armor (the sandals are hideous imo) just to find that they took away the option to change the color of the dagger. Why?! Was it not bad enough that we were unable to change the color of the yellow tips, why take more costomization away? These were my favorite boots in the game and now they are ruined. Can some one please let me know if this was intended and why, I haven’t found it anywhere in the patchnotes. And please, please, please, ANET, change them back! (or even change them back and add the yellow part to change with the dagger color :P)

My guild has unlocked guild bounty and after doing it a few times I had some questions that I wanted to get some answers and (informed) opinions on. We are a medium sized guild with about 20-25 active members. We have only done the T1 bounty missions and we have only suceeded about 2/4 times. Mostly do to being unorganized. We are now looking for the more difficult bounties, before triggering the mission, but some of them have been very difficult to kill, I assume due to scaling. Has anyone noticed the most effecient group size per champ? At first I thought a 5 man party was good enough but they seem to be much more difficult than regular champs. Is this true or is it due to 10 ish ppl attacking one boss? I would also appreciate any tips/tricks you guys have found as far as killing the bounty. For instance half-baked kumali gains might when you attack and has a fire shield. You need to remove his stability without attacking in order to knock him back to get rid of the fire shield. This fight seemed soo impossible, but people were randomly attacking/zerging him. Organization seems very important!

NOTE: Please don’t turn this into a “guild missions are impossible for small guilds” thread. While trying to find relevant and helpfull information on bounties this was all I could find. I’m only interested in details on completing them and would appreciate staying on topic. Thank you and good luck!

OK, gotta give some kudos to the bunker ele from TC, guild tag PRO, around 1:00 am EST! We ran around the entire map, using everything we could to try and stop and kill you. It got to the point where we were like “No, now its a matter of pride” lmao. Warriors were using all the imobilize/cripples. Mesmer was using pulls, I (ele) was using chills, criples, and wind (can not remember the name of it), lol, buy you just kept going at full health. And even then you mist formed off a cliff (we still got the loot). It was quite impressive, would have been more impressive if you had fought a little, but meh. At one point I asked “Where is he taking us?” and my friends responded “I don’t think he even knows where he is, its just survival at this point.” It was fun though, a nice little rabit chase!

I understand your frustration, however you were given the opportunity to join the event. They said it would be a big one time only event. I didn’t get a precurser but good for those that did. I think the bigger issue is the RNG for getting them at all. There should be a way to get it without the gamble. I wouldn’t mind putting more work into getting it if I was guarenteed to get it. Some people burn through alot with no luck, while some get it without even trying. That is whats not right, not that people got an increased chance to get it from a one time only special event that everyone was aware of.

I was not crazy about the event, a friend actually suggested doing fractals instead, lol. I insisted we stick it out. For the type of event it was, I was expecting some pretty nice rewards. I was NOT dissapointed. I was happy with the 20slot accountbound bag alone. Everything else was gravy. The exotics I got weren’t worth a whole lot, but i can throw them in mystic forge or something. I am pretty happy right now!

I also had alot of crash issues, this couldv’e been a very differnet post.

Not sure if this helps, but from what I understand GW2 seems to be a very CPU dependant game. I know a few people with GTX660 graphics cards that have FPS and lag issues, but they have sub par CPU. I have a pretty good CPU with a sub par GPU and experience no issues.

I constantly get DC’d with a seemingly random variety of error codes. 7, 14, 3202, 58 are the main ones. I have followed the instruction provided on the site: changing my target location info on shortcut, port forwarding, changing my firewall setting, and even going as far as completely turning off my antivirus/firewall while playing (I know, but I also run malware programs to ensure my system is clean…it is) This is really getting very frustrating. It sucked to get to the end of a dungeon run only to DC at final boss and not get credit, but it is driving me insane for Fractals. I have only gotten past the 1st level even though I have over 50 tokens. Is there any advice/information I am missing. I don’t think it is my internet connection since every other device connected continues to run smoothly.

I appreciate any helpfull info you can provide me!

IN MY OPINION, the idea that only 5% of the population was only ever meant to get a legendary was never the intention. They may have said that, but then why put it as an achievement on the character screan, thus making it a goal for most players (if not all). Is it meant to be a long term goal? Yes. But not impossible. By the time most people get around to getting one, more skins will be in game and the people that currently have one will move on to the newest and shiniest. People may decide they don’t want an older one and shift focus on the new ones. This is an MMO, and one with alot of new content. I’m sure you don’t need to worry about seeing the same legendary on every person you come across. Again this is just my opinion. But yes, I do think certain aspects were made easier/more attainable and other were made more difficult/expensive.

As stated rings are a confirmed drop in FoTM, from what I understand more likely the higher difficulty levels. The back pieces are made in the mystic forge, I don’t think they will also drop. The recipe is 1 concentrated essene of the mist (drops from FoTM, I got 1 in the first difficulty level), 50 globs of ectoplasm, 250 T6 fine crafting mats (determines stats, from what I’ve found it is not the same as crafting….ie don’t expect rampager stats when using venom), and 40 crystals OR 240 philosophers stones from Miyani (crystals make defensive slot and stones makes offensive, either way it will cost 24 skillpoints). I hope this helps, this is all information I’ve found and seen in pictures on various sites…I have not made any of them yet.

PS: Defensive items have a book skin and Offensive items have a quiver skin. Just thought I’d throw that out there!

I actually really like this, it would be nice to judge how effective a given build is when trying them out!

Is the 60 tokens on the first run of the day based on account or character? I have a few alts I would like to level, and I would like to do it through dungeons. Any answers are much appreciated!

Sorry if there is already a post of this nature, I looked through the forums and didn’t find anything,mostly people complaining about DR or difficulty.

I believe at the very least Elementalists and Engineers should be able to switch weapons outside of combat, if not during combat aswell. Every other class has a unique mechanic in addition to weapon swapping, why do these two get penalized for theirs? You can make the argument that they get more skills because of it, but so do the others. Rangers have 2 pets, Mesmers have Phantasms and Clones, Necromancers have an army of pets and Deathshroud…and the list goes on. These mechanics give them access to more attacks during combat but they also get to swap weapons. The weapon swap goes further than just giving access to more attacks, it also gives the ability to adapt to a different range/style of combat. All of the staff skills are long range, most have a long cast/cooldown, and are AoE. How would that help if a single target is closing in and killing me. I can only kite and run. But if I could switch weapons, then I can adapt to the situation. If swapping is that big of an issue, have a larger cooldown for it then other classes have.

If not during combat, at least give them the option to switch between. That way the extra set is not taking up bag space or risking my selling it. Why should I have to use special bags to prevent this, or equip them from the bag?

I would love a PvE locker! I would just like the ability to store different sets of armor. The skin thing would be nice, but then transmutation stones are obsolete, so I doubt that will happen.

It is called World vs World vs World, not X% of each world. If you want even odds, play sPvP. I agree that they should take away the queing and make it truly WvWvW. Then balance the server population by matching up similar servers. That is something DAoC was not able to do, but they were still able to make it work…very well actually. And maybe they should offer benefits for people rolling on under populated servers. And yes, I know they give a buff in WvW when you are outnumbered, I mean something more helpful, maybe even also outside of WvW. That way they can level and make a better impact in BG/BL.