Guild Wars 2

If only risen giants counted as giants instead of risen. need more giants, please.

Kind of annoying, affects my giant Norn and my tallest human and sylvari as well.

I’ve had this same issue since the latest pack update. My minions in PvP used to move around and be useful. I’m glad I’m not the only one having my minions stand around and look pretty. I haven’t noticed this issue in pve/wvw, as I don’t use minions there, but it is very noticeable in pvp where I’m counting on that extra damage.

I’ve had the zigzag effect happen to me a several times already in WvW. it’s rather humorous, not so much if you are chasing someone or being chased. Nothing like a random zing to the left. :-/

An extra 2 hrs and the spoon dropped off of a player. Thanks D.R. Necromancer.

RNG is not my friend in this game.

Since Beta Events. /15chars

The problem with some of your arguments is that you do not swap your weapons out. Your land weapons are still equipped under water and your under water weapons are still equipped on land. All it really is is a weapon swap. Running on land run into water… under water weapon are then swapped. You do not reequip them as they are already equipped. This is a weapon swapping issue not a weapon equipping issue. You don’t reequip your weapons when you pop in or out of water. You just swap to them as they are still on your character. Which is why this is such an annoyance. No one should have to be punished because the hit the water or have to go into the water. Its 18-20g for two sigils on the TP for just 1 character to get bloodlust stacks, that’s ridiculous.

Kind of silly that I had up to 6 prior to opening up the spoon collection box/achievement. Then I get 0 after 8+hrs of game play.

I added some of them to my account, prior to them becoming a new achievement. Then I added them all. On saturday, when I started getting the achievements for it. The ones I added previously to my account wardrobe did not count towards the new achievement. Yes 38 out of 54 counted. Not the Others I added to the account wardrobe a few days before. I all have 54/54 Mini Set 1.

There seems to be a bug with the drop rate. Prior to picking up the chest and starting the collection I received at least 5-6 Commander Spoons, with about 1.5-3hrs of game play.
Yesterday I was in WvW for 5hrs. No spoon drop. Today 3hrs still no spoon drop.
So after I opened and started the spoon collecting I have received 0 spoons. Prior to opening and starting the spoon collection chest I had 5-6 spoons. I could not get the collection piece from the guy in the game until Saturday. So i had sold my spoons as they were basically worthless and didnt count towards any collections.

Also, my new mini achievements are broken. I account bound several of them prior to the latest patch and they did not count towards the new achievement. Could this please be fixed?

Thanks.

If i didnt make it clear, MY NEW achievements do not match my OLD achievements.

I have the same issue. I added some of my Mini I set into account bound earlier… and they are not being added into the new Collection Achieve. I havent sold any minis that werent duplicates on the TP…

Back to the top. >:(

Would be nice to hear something about this. I would rather not have to avoid water all the time…or have to acquire a bunch of stacking sigils for underwater weapons…

shadowpass.4236:

added a second build for those of u who wanted a more damaging version of the soldiers build, not as many damage modifiers, and a loss of around 5k health, but still, rapid fire deals 2-4k more damage than the soldiers version

This is what I run plus weapon sigils:
I am tanky in wvw with solid power, before the “feature pack” I was hitting with GS on swoop for about 5k, it’s 4.x now.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQJATRjMq0waFLGsw1ag8gadAEBNQzbIhduwLxJjaKpA-TlBEABKq+jWK/A4BAIoSQ30FYy+DECQwYA-w

5 stacks of Applied Strength and Fortitude makes you even tankier 28k+health and more power. Pending on what I am doing I change my marksmanship master trait out.

QFT:

A good commander will make use of a ranger if he really has to, but he will always ask them if they have an alt first.

Seen in map chat, a commander said “Rangers hit cannons” he immediately corrected himself and " *ranged"

This isn’t that bad of a build. You can survive and do damage. I run a similar build(s) in spvp and wvw. 6/0/4/4/0. Though I would change your food out for Orrian steak fritters or something else, use different trinkets, esp if your worried about damage (knight,zerk,celestial,whatever), different pets (knock back is cool but the F2, not worth it), different sigils, and utilize the two handed fury, (you don’t need martial mastery) I would change a few other traits around as well. 1v1’s are pretty easy to take people out with unless they are heavy conditions/confusion. If you get ganged up on you will still have plenty of survivability and mobility to get away. Also if you use superior Sigil of bloodlust, put it on your bow, you will want more useful sigils on your GS.

Tell me about it….

I was in the 83-85% with a 50%+ win ratio. Rank 39

Now – 60%. Win: 264 Lost: 336 44.00%

Loyo.8526:

My only problem with the transmutation system is that now it is impossible to transmute gear for stats on things that were otherwise unable to be salvaged. this includes WvW gear and Karma gear. Doing this has cause a lock on rune sets making them go higher in price simply because they are now getting harder and harder to get. there needs to be a way to remove these runes from gear now that things have been changed, and it needs to be affordable.

Are you saying we can’t reskin wvw armor now? :-/

New trait system…meh. I feel sorry for anyone leveling up any character now and especially for new people having to wait until they are level 30 for any trait points. It was a pain leveling to get trait points before, I can’t imagine waiting until 30 to get, what 5 points? I will have to ask what the new people in the guild what they think of losing their traits.. I guess it’s called horizontal progression because you go nowhere?
Not real thrilled at the price of the new traits or being forced to do events that I’ve done plenty of times previously just to open up a skill, which are not all that great, ex. Read the wind.

I haven’t done any world events yet… But having the Wurm, Tequila and Karka ?spawn at limited times for a international game. I haven’t ran Teq in 6 months because just a hassle to wait an hour to get organized for a 13minute fight. #imissoldtequila

Mega servers… I would like to see more of my servers guilds in zones… Nice to have that people in zone feeling though. Will we be merging with specific servers for PvE in particular or just random?

WvW… Account bound WxP, awesome! Being 30 rank points lower then I expected, made me sad. Rank 466 instead of 496.

I already play PvX and this is a horrible integration. People that play the game just to PvP do not like PvE. To quote my guild mate “I hate PvE” This is creating limits on what people will do for daily. I normally do both PvE and most days I did most of the PvP dailies as well. Limitations on game play is bad for the game. Don’t force people to do gameplay modes they don’t want to play.

Although the new update has some nice features to it there are a several issues that bother me.

1. The biggest issue I have is why do I have to wear one set of armor style for PvP now? There was nothing wrong with the three tabs for PvE/PvP/Town Clothes. In fact this was and is still a better option then the current UI. I had specific style sets for PvP and PvE & WvW.

2. Why do I need to carry around extra weapons for PvP on my character, while in PVE?

3. The current transmutation system is basically double dipping into your customers pockets, for retransmuting items. People bought skins and props expecting to be able to flip back and forth between them seamlessly.

4. Tonics for town clothes??? Worst idea ever. I used sports sunglasses and boxing gloves… Mostly for costume brawl. Which my tonic shows my character using aviator glasses… I know many, many other people spent several dollars in the Trading Post to get skins to make unique identities. This was a horrible idea.

5. I liked having separate styles for PvP and PvE. Please revert back the tonics, give us back the screens for PvP and PvE and Town Clothes wardrobe hero screens. I want different styles for different game plays.

Cheers and Good Luck, Allie.

Waffler.1257:

No, my guild runs as an 80 man skill group. If anything, they should increase the map population cap so that we can get a second skill group in the same map to hit multiple objectives at the same time.

LuLz 80 man “skill group”.
There is no skill in that many people.
Press #1 and enjoy the lag.
Feed the blob.

I’ve been rather envious of your BL defense… I have cookies and ice cream to exchange for your secret knowledge of getting people to stay and defend.

Doesn’t OverWolf have a similar option like this? For those that don’t have multiple monitors.

Bumping up. /15 characters

If you are still looking Crystal Desert has big and small guilds that may suit your needs.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/recruitment/Crystal-Desert-Interested-Free-Transfers/first

Thanks and hope your having fun on FSP :p

Bumpity bump bump… bumpity bump bump.

The guilds of Crystal Desert are a great bunch of people to work with in big or small groups. We’ve taken some beatings but we keep on ticking!

Salad Bros are also recruiting! We are 2-3person plus havoc-defense annoyance team. We really want to expand our guild out and get more players in. WvW nightly!

More on our thread at:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/recruitment/SB-of-Crystal-Desert-Opens-Recruitment/first#post3777784

Thanks for the kind words guys! Its good to work with you as well.

Salad Bros.*[SB] of Crystal Desert is an Australian and Late Night North American Guild.
*Salad Bros. does not discriminate based on dietary preferences or gender.

Looking for a laid back friendly playing environment? Tired of being ten supply short? Enjoy doing roaming, flipping camps, homeland defense and being a general pest in WvWvW? Salad Bros do too! We are a small guild who have been playing together for over a year. We are looking to expand our guild with new players that like to think outside of the ZERG. We are seeking more players that can think for themselves, are confident to solo roam, split up, run siege, create havoc and are not going to cry kittens. We play to have fun, we win, we lose, we go back for more punishment. We are tenacious!

This is a call out for anyone in OCX/SEA/Late or Early N.A/EU time zone that wouldn’t mind joining up with SB. We work well with other roamers and have many allies and friends in Crystal Desert Guilds. If you are seeking a guild on CD or needing a break from your current server come roll with us. We are seeking quality players over quantity. Ideally, we prefer to get to know you over being, another number. Representing is not required, but would make it easier for doing more guild related events and communication within the guild. Sit back with a cold beverage dude and enjoy, the game!

Currently we are seeking at least 10-12 people for roam/havoc/defense parties. In the future we would like to have 20-25 for all the above and tower/keep defense. We are also open to possible GvG’s.

• Crystal Desert has been a solid contender in Tier 5 with a hardened WvW Core.
• Not to blobby. Not to dull. No ques. Drama Free!
• Free transfers ending soon.
• Normal play times around 10pm – 6am+ server times, expanded hours on the weekends. Mainly Oceanic type hours.
• We are on the CD Community TS and Website.
• Salad Bros is a small PvX guild looking forward to expanding
• PvE Guild Bounties and Missions are unlocked. Tier V and above.
• PvP we can often be found in spvp, tpvp or in a tournaments.
• WvW we are experienced in running 2-5+ havoc groups and militia commanding.
• We also enjoy open field combat and structure defense. We BBQ Dolyaks nightly.
• We have cake!

Interested? Send us a message in game.

Contacts: gypsy.7510 , barry.7845 , GarthDreamWalker.7806

More information about Crystal Desert:
http://www.crystal-desert.com/index.php?threads/crystal-desert-are-you-interested.1332

Psynch.4087:

GarthDreamWalker.7806:

Hi all, just made a revised version of the map key and changed a color so it would stand out better against the background.

Thank you for compiling this information, it’s really useful to have these maps as we try to speculate on the living story.
While I completely agree with giving credit to the contributors, I do find the map harder to search with so many colors. If it’s not too much trouble, could you post another version where the thumpers are one color?

Why yes, yes I can. Just checked back in and seen this thread didn’t die:)

First Attachment all points one color now.
Second attachment all dots connected.
Third attachment are all the dots crudely connected by triangulation(pink) and all connected (green) which looks sort of like a rough version of this…
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/antigravityworldgrid/images/antigravitywg011.jpg
googled: ley line
Mostly theoretical and I missed connecting a few lines. Feel free to use the first one if you want to play around with it. Another random idea could be linked with the new constellations and stars that appear when the dragons awaken… from the Arah Joten Dungeon path. /shrug

Treeline.3865:

GarthDreamWalker.7806:

Hello everyone, I think I found them all! /cheer I never found more then 3 per map and sometimes that 3rd one was rather hard to find. If anyone finds any more please let me know.

Wow. Amazing job man! I would never have had the patience to do this. I’m a little disappointed that it seems like another “global event that does not disturb newbies”. But I’m still curious what they are. I first wrote that they looked like Aetherblade tech, but it also seems Molten. with that hammer beating up the ground beneath the machine.

Hahaha…there were certain points where I was getting very frustrated.

Hi all, just made a revised version of the map key and changed a color so it would stand out better against the background.

Hi all, just made a revised version of the map key and changed a color so it would stand out better against the background.

Thank you Devon and team for doing this. My 8 characters are happy too!1

skullmount.1758:

wookiee.4631:

skullmount.1758:

GarthDreamWalker.7806:

as part of the conversation over at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/fractured/Lore-Scarlet-and-the-Reactor-It-fits I believe I have found the rest of them along with the help from Soneilon and Treelines maps.

Whats the difference between the green and red dots?

On the far left of the map is a small, sort of hard to see key that explains what each color means. Each one corresponds to someone who contributed to creating the map and finding all the locations.

On a related note, the purple points are hard to see up close and at a distance.

Ahh, thanks. At work so I can’t really have the pic open too big or long to really look at it.

Good point, yes,the purple is hard to see. When I get home I’ll make the contributor’s key better and make the purple to a more easily seen color. Maybe pink. Haha

The ones in wvw…i think are the same on all 3 maps. I made the map for the green one, but I seen the one north of the camp and the one west of the garrison on another map as well. As far as I know I havent seen one in EB, but I haven’t really looked for them there.
The locations are the black spots. West of Garri from west exit. North of NE camp and S.E. of Hills area on a cliff.

Theory crafting not sure. It seems for convenience the locations are in low event areas where you can WP easily too with a bit of a run. Some of them are mostly in triangles the long maps alter it a bit. But if you connect the dots you could easily try and make something of it such as the ley line ideas. All with the same general idea of Soleilons first map. Which would both come out of T. Reactor and The Grove due to the Pale Tree (almost diagonal from each other). Also 3 of them are right outside of all the Orders HQ doorsteps. From what I gather it seems Scarlet wants to change how the reality of life… so perhaps she is messing with the time,space,magic. Not everything is as it appears. Since it sounds like this would effect the Pale Tree and Sylvari in particular. Underground we also have the dwarves…? Thumpers to crack ley lines or fault lines in Tyrias surface. The only odd line that didnt make much sense as compared to the others was the one in Frostgorge. I expected that to be more scattered instead of a straight line. Maybe Scarlett likes the Koda..

inazuma.7021:

Treeline.3865:

GarthDreamWalker.7806:

The “do not touch”, I plan mapping/finding those Thursday night/friday morning unless someone else gets them done. Anyone know if there is just one per area or more and are just randomly found?

Do keep us updated and thanks for the effort!
So far I have not seen more than 1 per map.

I came across two in Malchor’s Leap.

Um…2 additional ones or are they the ones on the map?

as part of the conversation over at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/fractured/Lore-Scarlet-and-the-Reactor-It-fits I believe I have found the rest of them along with the help from Soneilon and Treelines maps.

Hello everyone, I think I found them all! /cheer I never found more then 3 per map and sometimes that 3rd one was rather hard to find. If anyone finds any more please let me know.

Be able to trade them in for a different ring/amulet/acc/backpiece..maybe?

For those that are watching this thread or care… here is what i have so far as of this morning. I color coded each location by person just to give credit where credit is due. Maps is not done yet but I should be able to find the rest of the points rather quickly now. Thanks to ZiemnyJoker for posting Soneilons work and Treeline. Both cut the time down alot! (minus the terrain)
Interesting how the three of the TNTD’s are right outside the Orders headquarters as well.

Soneilon – Red
Treeline – Blue
Treeline/Soneilon – Purple
Garth – Green

If anyone finds more then 3 do not touches in a zone please let me know and post where it is. Thanks!

ZiemnyJoker.1763:

My friend made this, it shows the locations of all “DO NOT TOUCH” pillars.
http://imgur.com/a/Q6Vmn

~Royal Historian.

Treeline.3865:

ZiemnyJoker.1763:

My friend made this, it shows the locations of all “DO NOT TOUCH” pillars.
http://imgur.com/a/Q6Vmn

~Royal Historian.

That’s not all of them. From the few I found, he is definitely missing one in both Bloodtide Coast and southern Cursed Shore.

Hello there!
I haven’t forgotten about this, I am currently in game running around finding if there are more Do Not Touch Devices (DNTD’s). Here is the location for the ones in the borderlands, I shall assume they are exactly the same for all three. So far the only pattern I see is a triangle (course there is 3 so…ya it can make a random looking triangle). Currently I have found 1 more DNTD in Kessex Hills and 2 more in Harathi Hinterlands. My current theory there is 3 per region… none in the starter zones. I ran around all of Metrica and parts of Queensdale and Caledon forest with no luck. I will be updating Treeline’s map with ZiemnyJoker’s friend’s map. Hopefully I will get the full map posted by Sunday…or something.

I also did a google about the gw2 ley lines and found the guru webpage with some interesting information and the whispers maps. Though not sure if the whispers maps are dragons, ley lines, whispers passage ways or other. But they dont seem to match dragon locations ie. Arah or even Scarlets new toys… http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/40761-the-complete-world-of-tyria-image-heavy/page__st__90
But we will find out soon enough what the DNTD’s are for… At least we will have mapped locations for them when the time arrives.

Im glad that finding the interview helped. It was on the wiki and I had to listen to it twice. Ceara (not a firstborn)was a rather naive inquisitive Sylvari who wanted to know everything… learned enough to not be a master. I figure with her time line it puts her at an estimated12-15 years of age (full grown sylvari). Awoke with the shared information of the dreams as a full grown adult. Spent 8 years in the Grove learning from the Sylvari, 1 winter..(4-6months?) from the Norn, 2 years with the Charr, 1 year each with dynamics and statics colleges and 1+ in Synergetics. Plus the time she was traveling and away. From the Wiki.
The Pale Tree doesn’t give you to much information besides Scarlet is Power hungry and the Councilor Yahk?(spelling) says they had to kick her out of the inquest… so ya.

*Edit: DNTD’s will appear on your map when your about 2500 units away. Mesmer Portal range or half mini map.

On my phone so this will be quoteless and appear to be fragmented thoughts….

I have become apathetic towards the L.S. As it seems to have dragged (especially the grindy parts) on and Scarlet and her story have seemingly been poorly introduced to us. The Pale Tree imo should have had an option prior to this update same with the Asuran in Rata Sum (screen shots in another thread) and the Charr and Norn, especially after she made her first showing to us. Marjory or one of our other contact’s should have had us speaking with people when it was realized she was a threat and behind the shenanigans . Some detective work for us instead of out of game source and grind mob smashing. Scarlets dialogue is weak for such an ‘overly achieved’ character i.e. “Die,die,die,die,die!” The Odd alliances between different species should be explained… Mia Trin???

From the fractals ( I haven’t done it yet) but Did Ceara say the “teaching” line or did Scarlet? Did Scarlet say the death and destruction lines or did Ceara? I am curious as if part of what Ceara seen in the alchemy was herself back at the T.Reactor? Just an idea.

From the Tower of Nightmares cut scene did anyone else notice she made more of a hissing noise or just extended her s’s more? Before she left. Not sure if her prior speech patterns were like that or not. Are the krait under some sort of spell or toxin, since they glow green and the Nightmare members do not, as far as I have noticed.

The “do not touch”, I plan mapping/finding those Thursday night/friday morning unless someone else gets them done. Anyone know if there is just one per area or more and are just randomly found?

I am truly hoping that the writers do give us a wow of a ending, as they mentioned it was.
Perhaps when I check with the pale tree and asuran councilman maybe some better clues will pop up as to what she is trying to avoid….or create as she has probably lost her mind.

Thanks Treeline for making this post, almost a bit of an ugh having her in another area, but it does go with the new lore and Ceara/Scarlet’s story…. hopefully it will turn out well.
In the books does it say what year the reactor blew? If we had that information we could almost put a time line together of when she started doing all of this from when she awoke from the pod. Least make it more linear for some of us…

seems like others posted while i was typing away.
*http://wartower.tumblr.com/post/60458277036/this-lorespecial-is-about-scarlet-briar-the-evil

I was interested in this as well. Are they actually in a pattern or just randomized. Thursday I might look more into it since I will be taking a bit of a break from WvW.

I believe i have an answer…

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/take-part-in-the-guild-wars-2-great-mmo-migration

Take Part in the Guild Wars 2 Great MMO Migration!

Guild Wars 2>News>Take Part in the Guild Wars 2 Great MMO Migration!
Take Part in the Guild Wars 2 Great MMO Migration!

by The Guild Wars 2 Team on November 27, 2013

The Guild Wars 2 Great MMO Migration has begun, and new citizens from all over are being welcomed to Tyria!

How can you, as a current citizen of Tyria, help the effort? Welcome in new heroes with open arms! It’s not so long ago, after all, that you were new to the world of Tyria – all the excitement can be overwhelming, and having friendly, knowledgeable veterans around can make all the difference. Show how Guild Wars 2 has the best community by providing that stable foundation to incoming citizens. As a bonus, every new citizen that joins the world of Tyria and the adventures within will get an item that grants a significant amount of influence to the guild of their choice.

If Tyria isn’t yet your home, you can move in for free – all you need to do is create a simple video! Pledge your commitment to the world of Tyria, send it in, and find out if you’re one of 5,000 winners of a free copy of the Guild Wars 2 Heroic Edition! Read all the contest details here.

Good luck, and we’ll see you in-game!

http://migration.guildwars2.com/en/

Same thing, 3 times to spvp spectator mode.

This started happening to me as well, I use win7. Alt tabbing became dangerous… I now use windows fullscreen… :-/