Guild Wars 2

azyume.6321:

Good change. We have been asking for it for a long time now. Thanks for finally remove the craft stations, Anet.

For those saying to put the craft stations in the HoTM, as much as bad as it is to stay there with nothing to do, a big and resounding NO. Map load often is taking longer than it should during prime time. There is no need to make it longer because people are idling at the craft stations just so they can keep their PvE location. Remember we have a 2 minutes grace for disconnect and crowding HoTM to make the come back harder isn’t the solution.

Make the Obsidian Sanctum the WvW lobby, add the craft station there. However, I wouldn’t make people immune, just for the fun of it since the map is a pvp jumping puzzle/gvg/duel map. You gotta fight for your privilege to use the stations! lol

The problem is removing the services and not providing a viable alternative, that does not impact peoples or play style. What we have is a no-brain decision. “I don’t use it, remove it for everyone, because it is certainly not useful”. No thinking about how it impacts players. There is something, that is always true, however. Make it hard and a nuisance for peoples to come to WvW and they won’t come. Next thing you know, there is another hare brain solution: “Oh well let’s group 4 servers, now because the WvW population is dwindling.” I call it the slow death of something, ill conceived where one forces everyone in inconveniences.
Peoples idling at craft stations are very few and just a myth. They never stay there for a long while. I see more idling in other parts of the map and no one does anything about that.
For WvW, the equation is simple: Make it difficult to incorporate in your play style and less will come, then everyone can cry why the maps are so deserted or no one want to stay or come. It will fix all problems when WvW is truly dead with no one on the map.

For those who didn’t see it:

BobbyStein.2315:

An update for those near the end of their Personal Story: The Victory or Death fix is undergoing testing currently. I don’t have a release date to share at this time, but I do want to let you know that things are in progress. Thanks for your patience.

And seriously, I can understand the frustration but please don’t overreact and lessen the drama, that instance isn’t the only thing in game. There are a lot of other content in the game that you can do while wait for the fix. If none of the other contents fit your likes, well then there is life out there too :P Just be patient, a fix was done and it’s in testing. Better a long and properly tested fix than a quick “amendment” that can bring up more issues.

BobbyStein commented two hours ago about this here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Personal-Story-Restoration-update/page/8#post5350146

“An update for those near the end of their Personal Story: The Victory or Death fix is undergoing testing currently. I don’t have a release date to share at this time, but I do want to let you know that things are in progress. Thanks for your patience.”

So they may have found the fix and are now testing it. Hopefully it won’t be long before it goes live.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Personal-Story-Restoration-update/page/7#post5337291

They’re currently discussing whether or not it’s a problem.

Citronvand.2837:

They have now acknowledged the (cannon) bug here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Personal-Story-Restoration-update/page/7#post5337291

No ETA though.

Soon™

Valmis, your post makes little sense to me.

The current recap is the only recap that was ever placed in-game for Season 1 – quality of S1 irrelevant.

And why would you want another item cluttering your inventory when an NPC-triggered repeatable cinematic is there? It serves the same function in the end, but is less cluttering.

And there was no change to the story anywhere, just a chance for new players to get a recap of events they missed until it can be made permanent (as Anet has said they wanted to do multiple times). They can’t/won’t/don’t want to divert resources from working on HoT to bring S1 back in S2’s format, but intend to after HoT’s release.

The current recap is literally just a placeholder using old video footage Anet made that focuses only on the plot relevant to S2/HoT (Scarlet’s stuff).

While playing during the stress test, there seemed to be a lot of confusion around masteries. A lot of people asking “Why can’t I use the mushroom, I put a mastery point in it?”

I think newer players, players that don’t watch much online, or those who need a little help understanding new features will need some help in this area. This is of course a simple stress test, but just in case, I wanted to share that the mastery system may need some better introduction.

For those in the stress test right now that may not understand “Why can’t I use the mushroom!?”

The Master System replaces leveling. In this you don’t level from 80 to 81, but rather level a mastery up when you fill the experience bar.

The following steps will let you use the mushroom:

Step 1) Aquire a Mastery Point (Complete the story steps and you will get one)

Step 2) Open the mastery tab, which is located on the bottom right, and place a mastery point in Mushroom Lore.

Step 3) Your experience bar will now be used to level up that mastery. Do the quests to fill the bar one time. (Progress will also be shown in the mastery tab).

Step 4) Use a mushroom!

EDIT: The attached image shows the mastery unlocking.
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I know this isn’t exactly a “stress test” issue. As far as that side of things, I must say this was one of the smoother stress tests I have been in.

Jae.5138:

Would you buy a guild wars 2 expansion for 20 bucks, if all it contained was a swimsuit wardrobe for your character?

maybe you should play The Sims instead of Guild Wars…

A ranger takes her drake to the doctor and says: “Doctor, I think my pet is sick. She’s gone all cross-eyed.” The doctor picks the drake up, and has a good look. Then he says: “I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to put her down.” “OH, no!”, exclaims the ranger, “is she that sick?” “No…” says the doctor, “but she’s kinda heavy”.

What’s the favourite skill of a dislexic norn?
“Become the Beer”.

4 warriors and a ranger walk into a bar.
The ranger gets kicked.

Why do rangers never get the good things which are coming for them?
Those are tanked away by the bear and knocked back with the bow.

What do Logan, Eir, Rytlock and Caithe say when they don’t have Zojja in the group ?
“We’re short an asura”.

What’s harder? Getting a norn to stop drinking or killing the wurm boss?
Only one of them will say:“Just try and stop me!”.

Which race in Tyria invented perfume?

The Scent-aurs.

A necromancer, a mesmer and a guardian are standing at the mystic forge. Miyana tells them, “throw any 4 items into the forge and yell out your wish, and Zommoros will reward you handsomely.”

So the necromancer can’t wait to try this out. She throws a couple of skulls into the forge and yells out “Ultimate power!!!”, and much to her surprise Zommoros rewards her with a powerful magical staff in return. “Sweet!” -the necromancer exclaimed poetically.

Next up is the mesmer. She throws in a pile of junk that she found during her travels, and yells out: “A new mask!”. And much to her surprise, Zommoros rewards her with a beautiful priceless mask. “Groovy!” -The mesmer exclaimed in joy.

Last up is the guardian. He throws in a couple of swords, and then he thinks. “I’m not as selfish as the both of you. I’ll wish for something that will make us all happy.” So the guardian thinks long and hard, and then he yells out: “I wish for a better world!”

Zommoros instantly pops out and decapitates the mesmer. “You’re welcome!”

What’s Tyria’s newest virus? A wurm.

These jokes are Krait, I’m just tired of all the Skritt ones.

A human, a Charr and a Norn are out drinking. All of a sudden the human smashes his glass and says:
“In Kryta we have so many glasses that we don’t need to drink from the same twice”
The Charr throws his glass in the air, draws his pistol, shoots it and proclaims:
“In Ascalon we have so much sand that we can make so many glasses that we don’t have to drink from the same twice”
The Norn is passed out…

Ashabhi.1365:

Did you hear about the agnostic insomniac dyslexic Asura?

He stayed up all night wondering if there was a dog…

Correction: He kept everyone else up all night explaining his theories about the existence of a dog.

The otter havroun went to the Mists one day to check up on the otter spirit but before he could get to it he found one of the spirit otters wondering the Mists, alone.
The norn asked:“How come you’re so far from any other otters or THE OTTER?”.
The otter replied:“What if I say that I’m not like the otters?”

Did you hear about the agnostic insomniac dyslexic Asura?

He stayed up all night wondering if there was a dog…

Orichalcum Ore: noun. One who would do anything for Orichalcum.

What would a fleet of airships be doing in Guild Wars 2?
Covering Death from Above!

what is bigger then a norn?
the ego of an asura.

What’s so big, that you can’t fit in entire maps?
An asura’s ego.

What do you call a Sylvari with all Cultural armor?

Ceasar-Salad

A Norn and his Eagle pet walk into a bar. The Norn orders a beer upon which the Eagle screeched" and one coke please!" The Norn turn towards the Eagle and says" shut up bird, you are not allowed to order without my permission". After a while, the Norn orders another round and again, the Eagle screeches " and one coke please?". The Norn glared to the Eagle and threatened " if you do this again, I nail you to the wall!!“. After finishing his second, the Norn goes for drinkinground three ..and again, the Eagle Screeches” one coke please!“. The Norn then gets furious, grabs the Eagle and nails it to the wall with two nails through its wings…right next to a small statue of dwayna which is hanging there. The Eagle looks towards this statue and ten asks..” did you also order a coke?"

What’s keeping us from entering the Dominion of the Four Winds?
All in all it’s just a….another brick in the WALL!

What’s Mossman’s least favorite band?

The Rolling Stones.

The Wizard’s Tower was Do not touch! before it was cool.

What do the humans and charr think of their battles?
They’re playing cat and mouse games.