Guild Wars 2

This can be closed. I’m an idiot. Vial of Quicksilver is made by a jeweler. I was getting ahead of myself in trying to throw things in the Mystic Forge.

Vial of Quicksilver/Gift of the Forgeman seems to be bugged. I cannot craft within the Mystic Forge, which is extremely frustrating as I spent a lot of time and resources to get The Juggernaut. This is blocking my progress from doing so.

I bought the Gift of the Forgeman a couple days ago in anticipation for finishing the rest of what I needed, so I wasn’t sure if it was bugged because I wasn’t using it on the character I bought it on. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case as I’ve tried using the gift on all my characters.

Looking to start a healthy conversation on the Guild Wars 2 : Heart of Thorns Economy post. There are a lot of dedicated players airing their concerns here and on Reddit.

There is however one concern being aired that I feel is valid. That concern is that dungeons will fade into the background as new content comes forward. I understand pushing new content and giving greater incentives for that content. But I believe that dungeons serve, and should continue to serve, that middle ground content between casual players and hard-core players.

Based on what we know from datamined Heart of Thorns track rewards. We will be pushed into map activities for farming materials. This method is great because it allows the player to revisit the world and farm for what they need. This however method however serves the casual PvE player base best.

My suggestion:
Reduce/remove the gold benefit from doing dungeons, as currently planned, and include the dungeon as part of the map reward rotation. This would give players that want to do dungeons incentive to continue play dungeons (tokens + map reward progression). It would serve that ‘middle ground’ community of players. Additionally, it aligns perfectly with the number of weekly rewards (8 weeks of map rewards and 8 dungeons). It’s certainly viable to align with the map or be on a separate dungeon rotation.

I think this is a win/win because it reduces the flow of gold into the economy, which is currently an issue and sounds like it’d be one for the future state, and it plays by the rules that the expansion wants to set. But most importantly, it allows players to continue to play how they want.

*Edited for words/formatting

As an update. After discussing with our remaining members, we are all looking to fight the right guild and moving together. So please be willing to take on ~15 new members!

Thanks

Bump. Thanks to everyone that replied.

I will be reaching out to those that I think fit well for myself and the others!

Hello guilds of Tyria! My current guild has unfortunately begun to fall a part because our leadership has had some burnout and is unlikely to return. So I’d like to test the waters and see what else is out there.

Here is an idea of what I’m looking for:

• Medium sized guild that requires 100% rep. 15-30 players concurrently on at prime times
• Active mostly in PvE and WvW (possibly some PvP)
• Friendly and open atmosphere (typically posted as 18+, but as long as the members are mature it’s all the same)
• Casual but competent. No requirments on when/how members should play (this is a game and should be treated as such), but when players are playing they should understand dungeon/wvw/pvp mechanics or atleast a willingness to learn and improve.
• Use VoIP (preferably TS3)
• CST (or neighboring timezones)

Details about myself:

• Played since launch (w/ 5 month break)
• Can typically play for 3-4 nights a week
• Have extensive experience in all PvE (primary focus). I enjoy speed running dungeons and high level fractals.
• Would like to start branching out at WvW and PvP (WvW- Working in tight knit zerg busting/roaming groups. Not a pawn in the zerg.)
• Have 8 characters, but only three are above 20. Mesmer 80(main), Warrior 80 and Engy 46.
• My main is almost fully decked out with three sets of gear for 3 builds (PvE Phantasm, PvP lock-down, and PvP PU)
• Currently on Blackgate, and while I’d like to stay there, it’s not a must

Thanks for taking the time to read through this. I hope to hear from some of you soon. Please message me here or in-game (Cicatriz.7426)

PS- A few others are in the same position I’m in. So they could likely follow (3-10 additional members).

I’m working on a Restorative Manta healing build. The one thing that is stopping me from completing it is my Rune question. I was hoping the community would have an answer.

A lot of the Superior Runes have a “When you use a healing skill…” you gain swiftness/might/regen/etc. Using ‘Mantra of Pain’ counts towards healing allies, but does it count as a ‘heal’ that would activate the bonus from the Runes?

(I understand there are internal cooldowns on each Rune set to consider)

Thanks for clarification!

Drakenvold,
I’m not Portuguese… and I know that it means scar.

I’ve used this name for all gaming purposes since I played WoW on my main (So like.. 8 years). But I got it from a band called The Mars Volta, one of their best songs – Cicatriz E.S.P. Go listen to it if you haven’t heard.

Xinglam,
I checked out your website. I’m quite impressed, kudos to your web developer.

I will be applying to see if it’s a good fit for both parties.

Thanks

Hello there, I’m looking for a good guild to join. I have been away from GW2 since January and want to get back into it.

I’ve had plenty of experience in social gaming in the past. Raided WoW heavily in my college days (leadership roles/guild leader) and was a leader in a TF2 clan for a couple years after I dropped the WoW addiction.

What I’m looking for is an active guild that loves to PvE (and the occassional PvP). I don’t need something super structured where we have requirements to show up on set nights. But I would like to casually log on during weeknights (7-11pm CST) or on weekends and have people to smash through content together. So I’m really looking for a friendly/open/mature environment with skilled players that can focus when it’s needed.

The lack of the guild cooperation and activity within my previous GW2 guilds really ruined the experience for me. Please only reply if you have what I’m looking for, I’d prefer that things can be different this time around.

Final Notes

-I have an 80 Mesmer and a warrior in the mid 20s I believe. But I’ve always been a one character type of person. Before I left the game I had about 3 exotic sets for different builds and a couple professions maxed on the Mesmer.

-Currently I’m on Isle of Janthir but I’m willing to tranfer.

-Would prefer a guild that has voice communication and at the minimum a forum to socialize outside the game

-Message me, reply to this post or contact me in-game (Cicatriz.7426)

Thanks!

There are 3 traits in the Domination Tree that I believe are severly bugged.
-Illusion of Vulnerability
-Rendering Shatter
-Dazzling

All 3 deal with creating a lot of Vulnerability upon shattering your illusions with Diversion (primarily) or shattering in general.

The problem I’ve noticed is significant in the fact that it stacks very well but the duration is horrid.

If I shatter all 3 illusions and they hit at the same time I can get 0 to 25 vulnerability in an instant. I believe that is the first part of the problem, I’m not sure it’s supposed to get that high. The second part is that the time vulnerability lasts on the targets is less than half a second. Dazzling might be the only trait that works because it falls from 25 to 3 almost instantly and those 3 stacks do stay around for about 3 seconds.

I think either the tooltip is extremely off, or there is a serious bug.

Tweek.3190:

I have 2 questions:
inspiration trait X – Restorative mantras, it says it heals allies when you cast mantras. Does that make it a healing skill for the runes of Dwayna? Or does only skill slot 6 stay a real “healing skill”?
And second: it says ‘heal allies’, does that include myself? Because the runes of Dwayna specifically say “you and all neaRby allies”. (the R is missing in the ingame description)

All Mantras proc the heal. So you can essentially spam Mantra of Pain (which is the best to spam anyways cause of it’s low cooldown) and heal for 3k+ every few seconds.

And yes, you heal yourself.

natejosiah.3178:

Cicatriz.7426:

Here it is:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW7fl4zionRTkGa9IxpHQ35PHlCtndSKaNsB;TkAqbM3Iuxej7G5NrNGNs/A

Link isn’t working for me but a shatter/healing build sounds interesting.

To everyone who has tried this build:
How viable is this in medium sized groups in WvW? Will it heal everyone who is close enough to you or only 5 allies?

I’ve edited the link, but here it is again. Sorry about that.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgUQNAW7fl4zyoHRTkGa9IxpHQ35PHlCtndSKaNsB

Healing is very viable in groups. I don’t do much WvW but I can tell you when I’m running healing on Jormag I will see a sea of green all around me. I’d have to do further testing but from memory it looks like the regen is only applying to a few, but the ‘Mantra Heal’ hits everyone. Again, the 3k heals every few seconds is much more beneficial than the stacked regen.

I’ve played around with a healing build a lot and tried different things. From healing/condition/support to healing/tank and finally settled on healing/damage/support. From what I’ve found, toughness is great and all but don’t expect to be a ‘tank’. This game really doesn’t allow you to be a tank and hold aggro while taking a bunch of hits. Condition damage is nice, but confusion just isn’t as good in PvE as it is in PvP. So as you’ll see from the build it’s a healing/shatter build.

Here it is:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgUQNAW7fl4zyoHRTkGa9IxpHQ35PHlCtndSKaNsB

Gear includes: Full Mhenlo’s Set with the Superior runes of Dwayna, Exotic Sapphire Trinkets, and Kodan Power/Toughness/Vitality Weapons. What I’ve found works best is Staff or Greatword (both work well) and Scepter/Torch. The torch is negotiable, but I like the functionality of dropping aggro and blinding for my party.

There are some things to keep in mind. Healing only occurs when you ‘Charge’ a Mantra not when you activate it. Pumping out those 3k+ heals is better than stacking regen from the charges. On a regular basis when I went with a ‘Harmonious Mantra’ build I’ve gotten up to 60+ seconds of regen but I wasn’t pumping out those big heals as fast.

If you want to heal, I highly suggest going with this build. But just remember, you need to be stay focused because there is a ton going on. You have to be alright with spamming close to 10+ skills on different cooldowns WHILE you are paying attention to fight mechanics.

Just kill the spawns. Once you get past the first group you’re able to pick others off one-by-one. Once you near the end (around 80%) it’s harder to keep up, by that point however the damage is minimal and it’s easy to survive.

Did it last night easy with a Guardian, Warrior, Theif, Necro and Mesmer.

I’m in the exact same boat as the rest of you. Already 80 and would like to finish up my story quests! I’ve already attempted 2-3 times with the same results.

It actually does add a decent amount of longevity to them. If you have 3 illusions out at once, they do suprisingly well at keep eachother up through some AoE. Of course any direct targeting on them will take them down.

I haven’t tested it extensively, it’s just something I noticed in passing, so I dont’ want to try and answer that definitively.

However, at this time I’d say no just because the tooltip reads ‘grants allies regen’.

This should be a fairly easy change to the forums. I think it’d be benefical to add individual server forums to the official Guild Wars 2 forums.

Reasons why it’d help:
-Recruiting players for guilds/finding guilds (the Guild forum is a little overwhelming)
-Helps with alliances between guilds
-Creates a place for people to organize large events/WvW strategy
-Better sense of community within our individual servers

Please make this change ArenaNet!

If anyone has any other suggestions or would like to build on the reasons for or against it please add to the discussion.

Drakken.3427:

MikeLewis.7496:

The reality is that attackers are not using brute-force methods to obtain credentials. They already know the credentials, because they have them from other leaks and breaches from around the internet.

Can you explain this a little bit more? Are you saying people got keylogged on Mustang forums and a hacker is thinking, “Maybe he plays GW2”, and tries the username/pw?

They would be from related sites. For example, as embarrassing as this is, I almost had my account hacked for GW2 . In a complete lapse of judgement I used the same email and password for gw2guilds.org as I have for GW2. Because of that, I had someone try to sign into my GW2 account from China.Thankfully I had my email authorized so I got the email warning from ANet.

Switched to a spec with Phantasmal Healing last night and they do heal eachother.

Good morning!
Your group sounds like the perfect addition to our guild. We are also located on Isle of Janthir so there would be no need to transfer!

Our group consists of 30 players that have played video games together for a number of years(in some cases 6+ years).

The experience of the guild goes across games like TF2, LoL, WoW, Aeon, BF3, etc. Overall the group enjoys being competitive without dedicating our lives to the game. The focus of the guild is PvX, but most of us seem to be going the PvE dungeon route at this point in time.

We usually have 5-10 players on concurrently and are a friendly bunch of guys. Our group fits the same demographic as you and your friends (22-30) and we play at the same time.

We have a TS server paid for already, but unfortunately no website/forums.

Please feel free to contact me on the forums or in game.
-Cicatriz.7426

Hey everyone,
I’d just like to give a little plug for our guild. We currently have 24 members, all friends through gaming and/or real life. Most of the guild consists of people in their 20’s to 40’s with varying backgrounds (Army vets, professionals and just regular dudes).

As far as skill level is concerned, that all varies. We have players that are very dedicated to games (already have someone at level 80) and those that play very casually. The core group of our guild however has been playing games together for over 6 years (TF2, Starcraft, BF3, WoW, LoL, etc.) and we are looking for more members.

We do PvE and PvP, and would like to have a solid group of people available for both almost nightly. We are running into a few road blocks with getting full groups and would like to be able to play with people consistantly in both areas of the game.

Let me know or just post if you’re interested.

PS-We have a TeamSpeak channel paid for as well.