I still havent seen a good example how heroes would work in this game without being mostly useless “i wanna see some1 micro dodges along with flagging and skills! xD”
and thats not even considering classes like elementalist and engi’s kits
Due to the recent changes that so called “balancing” have wrought upon the classes it is time to delete the +1200 ranged attacks or give other classes the means to counter them. Being 1111ed to death by a class that you cant catch or hit due to thier speed and range is not balanced or fair. Maybe upping the duration and reducing recharge of Poison Gas would help , but mainly making all ranged cap at 1200 would be the best. I realize this will make the ranged classes have to develop more skill then just hitting 1 and running away to a safe distance but there needs to be a better balance.
Weapons going farther then the listed range isnt new?
(Ranger/Druid longbow/staff)
(Ele fire staff 1)
(Mesmer Greatsword 1)
are just the few i recall off the top of my head!
(most of them cant hit moving targets outside the listed range)
Only thing that bothered me in the story was how easy the inquest disabled scruffy in that S2 mission “Dragon’s Reach 2” (it would have been way better had Taimi put up some kinda fight before we save her IMO)
Canach also dose engineer like things (bombs mines shield skills and grenade in HoT)
kinda look like Eir using old/unique bow skills with 1 skill oddly GW1 barrage like
Makes sence to me why humans have the winged theme on thing. Dwayna always had a angel look to her (like her GW1 statues)
and theres also the Avatar of Dwayna npc that look likes GW version of a angel
(also the kryta we saw in GW1 was mantle ruled they prolly wouldnt allow such to a point)
(for random NPC when it comes to weapon and armor i think it more like if it works use it! practicality—>style. when your life in danger)
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the book “Koss on Koss” is also in the Hidden Arcana S2 mission but the only extra info it had (thats related to this post) was that Koss did marry Melonni
I was thinking this was about the underworld at first xD
my biggest issue with underwater combat in PvE is mobs act weird (like sink into the ground or go though walls or worse just go invulnerable for no reason in melee range)
when a fictional character is made, nothing just “happens” all is there for a reason. this is not real life. when you put a strong female protagonist it is not because it just happened that way. it’s because the author has a point he wants to show through his/her character. every part of every fictional character is there for a reason. Does that mean everything is an agenda then?
if you put a trans character it’s of course because the author wants to express their point of view on some issue, but that doesn’t mean that the character will be only valuable because he/she is trans and won’t be an important and coherent part of the story.
i think everyone gets that but thats not what the OP post was about!
it’s curious that for some people all gay characters are propaganda. are straight characters propaganda too?
if thats the only reason they are in the story then yes they are!
/although being that sya is part of a order she has a legit reason to be in the story for her skills alone if anet ever decide to do so (but not for the reason the OP wants IMO)
Since mordy died in a different way then how zhaitan died. im actually interested in seeing what will happen to the non sylvari mordrem.
The story could detail the struggles that a transgender person in the world of Tyria, why Symon became Sya,
i dont mind Sya getting a bigger role in the story. But i dont want tyria to become a “exact” mirror of our world.
also im kinda still waiting to see will there be a struggle of being a sylvari in a post mordy tyria xD
I think Menzies would work well with a GS! (since we don’t even know what he look like xD)
however i want the The Black Beast of Arrgh! as a legend (with all the rain beetles sound chatter!)
i kinda dont think the tutorial was canon (since kormir kinda ask you to left click her xD)
(well more like it didnt happen the way we saw it)
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you lucky they keep attacking the forts im always defending xD (they do seem to like 4/4 defence forts in my exp)
GW1 was mostly a Human story (more about humans issues/encounters with other races in tyria)
Asura in general feel a bit underrepresented and kind of a “joke race”
Underrepresented?
You do realize that the Asuran player character conquers entire Tyria at the head of the steam creature army? Did any of the other races do that?
Well until they go through a dimensional portal and get killed by the player character in the dimension we currently reside in.
This also means that the alternate version of the Asuran player character is technically responsible for the rise of Scarlet and the entire living story, because the steam creature technology she used was brought from that alternate dimension and still linger in parts of our Tyria.
I think they mean like how asura mostly only show up to be genius and fix stuff.
i wouldnt mind having a LS arch around rata sum in general
my human ranger and elementalist been saying this for while.(i recall my ele saying it more) i always thought it was related to crits? :s
this can be fixed if we had more short and simple coats in median armor (there is actually a great variety of simple pants\glove\shoes!)
this is no different then how Astrology Zodiac Signs/horoscopes are used in RL! (i know ppl that live by them)
considering all the things leaving the underworld kinda makes me think dhuum is somehow stopping/weakening rez spells? (you would think the reapers of grenth would do something about the weaken barriers “to keep dhuum/other things from trying to get out”)
if you mean specs then they really dont do anything but group traits now (they took stats away from the lines and moved them to gear awhile back)
a general description would be neat but some lines cover alot and sometimes cross
over (like for example all minon/shroud traits are not in death magic/soul reaping)
if you hover over the trait for a sec.the tool tip box will show you what they do
well the risen do seem to have their past abilities (with a necro like twist)
The lore of the game is that weapons are how chars focus magical energies, or something like that. Unlikely that they’d throw that out 3 years into the game.
i think thats just pure gameplay mechanics
the Zhaitan fight was mechanically dull to me but it still makes more sense then whacking away at it with our tiny weapons xD the fight could have been interesting if we had to actually drag down zhaithan ourselves and then damage it
i actually enjoyed mordy’s dual front fight it felt kinda grand to me (since the story imply the pact was detracting the body)
it will get dull to me. if we face every Dragon with a large ready pact fleet each time.
The staff fits druid really well (even better then elementalist)
IMO Shortbow Staff and Pistol was really in need of a less silly/whimsical option.
its also very strange how Faolin was in the Hot preview cinematic at the end of S2. only to simply die in HoT story with a very small explanation why shes even there :s
Fully agree!
GW1 had a build save and -load system, but I can’t remember how that affected your armor and weapon.
The current professions and roles to take ingame desperately call for something like what Thalos is suggesting.
I recall only PvP chars could save armor and weapons in GW1
i agree it would be nice to have a build saving feature (especially when we get more elite specs)
isnt Aliyana a human? (not sure if you can make norn that short or with that hair)
also to add there are other times where spirits are angry and linger because of zhaithan using their body as risen. (something that cant actually happen to sylvari)
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dont see how a trinity will change that
/boring encounters is boring!
for a world like tyria 27 years is still a tiny amount of time. be kinda odd if they had ghost hunting like they been on tyria for 100s of years IMO (now that i think about it most spirits that linger seems to be human.)
You could take GW1’s fondation and go much further than merely “edit it”. The progression systems, the map systems, all those things could have been completely revamped. Do you think a GW1 with 80 levels, masteries, traits, events, public maps with meta events, world bosses, WvW, PvP leagues and an updated and more streamlined combat system with better technology would be an “edit”?
That would be the worst GW1 remake ever :s (especially the raised level cap)
some of those things dont fit well with gw1 base game play. a world boss would die in secs in a Gw1 like build system with a zerg of players xD (a skill like barbs would destroy it!)
i would rather just have the GW1 we already have updated (so i wont have to start over xD)
alil comic relief keeps things interesting to me. especially if its in side quest/detraction
(its why nightfall still my fav GW1 campaign)
(also nightfall had the most sillyness of the main 3 games xD)
Its pretty clear NPCs dont fallow player profession mechanic rules in GW2 (like the light armor longbow priory NPCs xD or that one pact NPC with a rifle AND a Pet!)
how close Garm was to Eir its kinda strange he didnt pop up in the story looking for her (unless hes dead :s)
i recall the eotn dwarves having their minds linked after the rite so ogdan should know if jalis is dead or not
that achievement should have been merged into Lunar New Year IMO
I would just be happy if we could simply show headwear armor while in outfits
So you’re 1/6th of the way to wishing it was armor. Now all you need is to wish you could turn off the shoulders or use costumes with the aura’s that take up shoulder slots and you’d by 1/3 of the way to wishing it was armor.
Then maybe it’s wishing you were able to wear the gloves you want with an outfit and you’re half way there…
…Or you could just skip to the punch line and join the growing chorus saying “Anet, the costumes are BLATANTLY built on armor rigs. Please make those pieces also available as armor of the same weight as it’s already designed around.”
Then people who like cookie cutters/leveling skins can have their cookie cutter/leveling skins and people who like to mix-and-match can do so using the same assets twice. (all without trying to hide behind a “but it’s the clipping” defense that doesn’t even pass the laugh test…)
It literally makes my head hurt watching them throw money on the ground like this. Fortunately after seeing that their “lets hide 9 suits of armor behind zone-wide event omega-grinds” scheme pretty much blew up in their faces, they might finally dump the “armor ONLY comes from in-game activities” as the steaming skritt droppings decision that it is.
not really i dont like carrying around 353453453543 sets of armor xD (its one of the reasons why i actually like outfits)
I would just be happy if we could simply show headwear armor while in outfits
I just kinda though they havent been on tyria long enuff for us to run into any sylvari spirits
(like 25+ years max)
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I have always had the feeling many older MMORPGs was prolly like that because of technology of their time (like not having speedy internet for examples)
I just kinda use variations of older names i have used in past games (Ragnarok,GW1)
or just run with what sounds good (to me anyway)
considering they prolly only had to fight mostly skritt or each other in the past. asura warriors makes alot of sense in that case. (that would be like humans never having warrior’s just because ele’s can make elemental xD)
It got revealed in S2 she created the steam creatures and dumped them into Lornar’s Pass. it is a recon because they had a different origin in early asura PS (that was a fun PS story too xD)
i think humans may have a better understanding. im not sure if most asura have even looked into that yet there is a possibility that the inquest may be far along in astrophysics tho (and possibly asura who are in the priory)
neer First Haven Waypoint in Gendarran Fields ontop of the fort there is a sleeping asura who has a funny theory of the sun xD
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I have to agree with one thing both warrior/guardian could use a redo for alot of their utility skills. (its at the point where you pick the good ones and rarely swap them out!)
by comparison i find myself swapping around ele/ranger/necro/engineer utility
skills alot
(also base ranger had party buffs that was useful till dungeons kinda died xD)
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If they was anything like those maguuma vine seeds (we dont know how big the seed was)
prolly was only practical to take one.
if the Mordrem have free will now any one of them can become a leader (also they had no issue moving about in a floating jungle and they still prolly have all their abilities)