Guild Wars 2

Izaya.2906:

I guess its time to farm all the dragonites you need because we may have to say bye bye to event trackers with that update, even finding open CoF+CoE maps might be a pain in the kitten >.>

I hope their announcement later this week will allow dragonite to be farmable and somehow provide a realiable source of open CoF/CoE maps.

People will likely do the event chains to open dungeons instead of just finding an open place. It’s already doable and this update will just make it easier. Encouraging players to do the content instead of find a work around is a step in the right direction

Anet said they could now make gear sets with ferocity as a major stat. Actually a DPS buff. Everyone in this thread loses credibility

You must not have looked at the warriors tactics line

Looking at the wiki for the health values for the Idefender and disenchanter it shows different values on the phantasm page and the Idefender and disenchanter page. I know that illusions got a health buff a few months ago in a patch but does anyone know which page is right about the health values?

I tried using this skill with the illusionary persona trait but it seems like it didn’t remove the condition. Do you need to actually hit the target with the shatter or just the act of shattering that removes the condition?

I haven’t tried this trait without Ipersona so I’m not sure if it’s those traits combined or something I didn’t know about the trait. I’m just wondering if this trait works for other people and under what circumstances.

When I tried it I had no illusions out but the skill said it would remove a condition because of Ipersona but I won’t rule out the possiblity of another condition being applied and taken away immediately the time I tried to test it.

I have people who listen to me about the GW2 story just because no one else will and realized if you use lay mans terms it sounds really weird. So I thought it would be funny to see how people would explain a GW2 story arc in a way a non player could visualize it.

Here is my attempt at explaining the molten alliance:
An evil genius plant woman named Scarlet put together two very different races to make an army for herself. The xenophobic blind molemen worked together with the fire cats to combine their strengths for better weaponry. The molemen specialized in sonar and machinery while the cats had powerful magic. The true purpose of this alliance was to make sonar probes to locate the intersection of magic fault lines in the world.

Concerning Caithe’s secret here is some dialogue from the aetherpath from twilight arbor:

Scarlet Briar Hologram: “Ooh, and I just realized: I know something about you even Faolain doesn’t know.”

Not trying to knit pick but someone would have brought it up eventually

Becka Williams.4978:

My “wait for it” point was about how we’ve been told we just have to keep waiting to get the answers. And now we have to wait s’more. Why can’t they just ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS for once?

We got the answer of what Scarlet was after the whole time. Sure everyone wanted more answers but we got some and who says we won’t learn more in the future. There would be complaints if there was just one giant info dump at the end too

Lore wise who do you think would win in a head to head battle? If you want feel free to include reasons and strengths or weaknesses of each army.

I personally think that the pact would win because of the teamwork they exhibited in the PS. Scarlet’s alliances have been shown to not work well together so I think this would be a deciding factor for a battle between the two forces. Scarlet is probably the smartest and most resourceful person in Tyrian history though so I’m sure she would have a few tricks to pull during a fight. I did not include the players in this analysis though because there are millions of them and are massively OP.

The living story is meant to be in real time (ex. Mai Trinn was broken out of jail two weeks ago on Tuesday morning when the patch went live).

The only chance you would have to try to stop the attack is if you were logged in and in LA the moment the patch hit. No help from any other group because no one else believed the attack would happen. The Aetherblades also first targeted the asura gates so that people could not get in or out of them.

Anet have stated that two weeks IRL is two weeks in game for the living world which helps support the real time theory. Story instances are not included in this theory because it breaks it and I have no explanation.

In conclusion the reason you weren’t there to defend LA or you weren’t in the cinematic is because you were logged out downloading the patch when it happened

You can just ignore the tags

We are the lore now. In lore this is the second biggest event after Zhaitans death. No need for any further explanation for this patch, the destroyed LA, invading armies and giant drill explain it all

For clarification I was talking about the traits and not the banners.

I’m leaning toward strength just for the flat damage increase and the weapons I use (mace , sword , axe) have high power coefficients.

When I looked at my crit chance and damage in game with full zerker trinkets and checked the table on the crit chance page from the wiki it said that my overall damage would be 40% higher than with zero crit chance and damage when traited to full discipline and full adrenaline. These number are misleading due to the upcoming crit damage nerf, 300 less power than strength, and RNG but it does seem numbers wise better than strength on paper

Trying to get more damage on my tank build I want to go 30 into strength or disciple for the 15% damage or crit chance traits respectively. I will likely change to full zerker trinkets to help damage as well.

With the strength line the total damage increase would include 300 power, 20% damage increase (dual wielding and zerkers power).

With full discipline the damage increase would include 15% crit chance, 30% crit damage, and good use of fast hands with upcoming sigil changes (4 on swap sigils every cool down).

I’m wondering if the discipline line and higher crits would out damage the total damage increase of the strength line. Thanks in advance and feel free to include and handy traits or combos not mentioned above.

My point was simply that other things did happen during the Scarlet arc that did not revolve around her. Nothing more nothing less

Events that have happened since Scarlet was introduced that don’t revolve around her: Super adventure box, Tequatl, Halloween, Fractals, and Wintersday. One of which is a helpful Asuran invention and one is a peaceful humorous side task.

Iplaytokill.1674:

Theundersigned.4761:

It’s bizarre how many people hold their money over ArenaNet’s head like some kind of carrot.

You must be joking. What are you, 10? ANet sells a product, if their customers don’t want to buy said product, then ANet has no money.

The product is the $60 game which everyone here has already bought. For every person on the forums that says they aren’t giving Anet any money there are probably hundreds buying $10 gem cards. One person is small compared to the millions of people who bought the game

The aetherblade dungeon will stay and the map invasions will end most likely. That’s my guess

Ethics quote

With your logic, Arenanet could completely stop all production and work on updates and that would be fine, because they don’t owe you anything.

They could completely shut down servers so you can’t play anymore, and that’s fine because they don’t owe you anything.

This is completely true. Every game company has the right to terminate services at any time with no prior notice for any or no reason. Without this games like city of heroes would be sued because they took down their servers. All employment contracts have this as well and just about every other service provider in the world. This is just a legal formality that everyone does so that they cannot be sued later when they need to change something. Subject to change is also a formality to protect themselves. Every company in the world uses this type of language. My suggestions are looking at what they did include that was in the blogpost as well and not reading the next one because everything in there will be subject to change as well.

Jolene.7316:

It’s the old “buy 2 hours worth of 50% Magic Find for 100 spores” scam.

Some points:

• It takes spores from safe boxes and presumably invisible bags.
• It doesn’t mention exactly what you get in return.
• It doesn’t warn you not to change map or log out.
• It’s unbelievably bad value for “money”.

And yes, it scammed me for 100 spores when I mis-clicked on something by accident.

You mis clicked by accident. User error /thread.

Arleii.5304:

It might be possible that those Islands are actually Edge of the Mists map.

I’ll put my money on this theory. I bet the finale of the Scarlet arc will lead to the new WvW map

I’m always excited to see what comes next in GW2. The epic conclusion to Scarlet and a whole feature update are the only info we have so far but I think that will be a great start. After the coming in 2014 blog post is when a lot more people will be excited for this next year

You can report them but you will likely get reprimanded for abusing the report system

Read the other threads about HS instead of making a new one every couple days. All new HS threads on the warrior forum should either be merged into an existing thread or automatically deleted. Repeat threads violate the code of conduct and should be punished accordingly.

redslion.9675:

Qaelyn.7612:

Why are you even trying to argue for a buff to a weapon considered one of the most overpowered in the game? Good question.

What about we add a harmless condition, just for the sake of tradition?

0.05 secs of bleeding.XD

Pretend that your hammer has .05 seconds of bleed on aa 3 the rest of us can do without.

I also think she would be an invaluable ally but she has a history of using and abandoning her allies.

Or make it so that they cannot outrange everything else in the game. You can’t have everything on one weapon set

One time events have proven to be disastrous in the past so I doubt Anet will ever do one again

If bosses drop a gold when they are killed players will find the quickest and easiest boss to kill and that will be the new gold farm. After reading those points it will make dungeons either the best place to farm gold or take too much time for anyone to bother with them. I think dungeons are in a good place now and will get fun again as they start revamping them

Time gate forever! Selling ascended crafting materials is like the poster above said pretty much the only way to make a profit. They continue to be valuable because new players constantly enter the game, people are outfitting alts, or different stats on main for another build

Smooth Penguin.5294:

And you saw how quickly the population fully gear themselves in Exotics, and ran out of end game? Anet even admitted that they underestimated how quickly people would be getting all Exotic gear. This is probably one of the reasons behind the time gates now.

This is exactly true and what I was about to post. BiS gear should be fairly difficult to obtain which gives the sense of accomplishment. If ascended was in the game at launch the backlash would be much smaller.

The food is pretty expensive. If you build for passive condition removal you should be able to be good at it. Movement conditions aren’t too terrible anyways except chill because it lengthens recharges as well. If you could be fully immune to conditions all the time that would be an issue. If your opponent also has best case condition duration it goes back down to mediocre

Edit: if this is a jab specifically toward warriors than you should know engineers and elementalists can do the same

I’m pretty sure the reason the active sucks is because it was designed that way. Meaning you are supposed to have the passive keep you alive while other means of damage mitigation (stances, regen, shouts , dodge , block etc). You miss out on bonuses for activating your heal from runes and a burst heal when you need it

Let those who want to leave skyhammer leave then when they can’t play due to too much dishonor we don’t have to deal with them anymore. Part of Pvp is adjusting to what comes in the match. You have time to switch builds if that’s what you want to do.

Lupanic.6502:

yes, I have a PvP engineer at level 2 and a PvE Engineer at level 80. Now I have to play PvP with my PvE Engineer because the PvP Engineer in the mist can not try the new skill.

Do not like the change

Your pve engineer is able to anything your pve one can except it can also do things in pve and is 80. Why have two?

From a pve players perspective I like these achievements. Got me back into spvp which I remember I really enjoy. It takes a long time to do but you earn rewards while doing it and most importantly it’s fun. Sorry achievement hunters don’t want to do what it takes to hunt all the achievements but spvp players are getting more AP where it sorely lacked before and getting pve players to Pvp. I even played with a dev yesterday which makes it all worth it

/disagree. Gives dagger eles a ranged attack for hitting before the fight starts or when dodging away and still applying damage

As you may be aware, we changed to a new billing system last week. The system providers have fully reviewed the legal requirements related to sales tax (or its equivalent) and a charge is added to purchases in those states, provinces, regions, or countries that require taxation.

Dev quote for those too lazy to click on link above. Take your complaints to the government who taxes us not Anet who gives us free content every two weeks.

Precursor crafting is a very complicated problem because they have to find a way to implement it without destroying the economy or making legendaries too common. Considering the next feature update is in march this will be the earliest you will see this happen. Wait another 3 months then necro the thread again

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

So, Scarlet’s storyline has given rise to a lot of questions. Some of the things I would be interested to see answered in Januari are the following:

• Was it really necessary for Scarlet to make alliances, or could she have stolen the tech she needed from them?
• Was it really necessary for her to conduct her research in a manner that would draw so much attention, and inflict so much destruction and suffering on other people?
• Does she have a good reason for making alliances and then abandoning them again at the drop of a hat?
• Why did she not choose to work together in harmony with the various races, or with the players for that matter?
• Why was the assassination of a member of the Captain’s Council needed?
• Could she not have conducted her research in secret, perhaps underground, where her efforts would not have been foiled by us?
• How is all this technology she’s been studying a part of her final goal?
• What is her final goal?
• How did she convince all these alliances to join her? Especially after various other alliances had been defeated. Surely that would discourage any potential new allies?
• Why did she disrupt the Queen’s Pavilion, kidnap Lord Faren, and attack Queen Jennah?

This is starting to get a bit much to justify. You can perhaps see why I’m skeptical that this will all be explained.

1. The technology is a byproduct of the alliances. Fused weapons could not be made by just dredge or flame legion but by combining flame magic with dredge technology. Same applies for the toxin from the tower

2. Being a villain she likely didn’t care about the destruction caused. More likely was the destruction was the alliances doing. The molten alliance developed weapons so they could take more land and enslave others. Scarlet just took the weapons developed. The krait worked with the nightmare court to bring back their prophets, destroy all land dwellers and flood the world. They built the tower and caused mayhem while Scarlet was likely just after the toxin.

3. Made the alliances for the tech they could only develop by working together and dropped them because they likely outlived their usefulness.

4. Evil, doesn’t play well with others, trust issues, or right now unknown

5. To get Mai Trinn on the captains council and have influence on lions arch. It’s also noteworthy that the aetherblades are the only ones Scarlet keeps around as she has abandoned everyone else

6. The development of the weapons and toxin were keys to the goals of the individual alliances. They don’t work just for Scarlet because they have their own agenda.

7. To be revealed in 2014

8. See #7

9. Silver tongue worked for the molten alliance and both groups also had secret agendas. The moletariate pushed the dredge to ally with the flame legion for better weapons and the flame legion were planning to enslave the dredge afterwards. The aetherblades seem genuinely afraid of Scarlet for an unknown reason. Unknown why the nightmare court work for her. Krait allied to resurrect their prophets.

10. Info from new patch indicates that humans just make her mad.

Some are likely to be wrong but all will be revealed early 2014. Stay tuned for the epic finale of the living story season one: OP Sylvari Engineer

Blame the people who said they would pay for this feature long ago. It’s sad that people are complaining that Anet is listening to the people. If you don’t like it or think it’s overpriced then don’t buy it and thank those who do because these sales help us get more free content. I will buy just to thank them for the game and get something useful as well. Capitalism working as intended

Can someone post a pic of what your bank looks like when you get the collection expander? I’ve read the descriptions but still not fully understanding

Ewon.5903:

Heta.8629:

If you can’t or won’t put in the time to do every daily then you deserve to fall in rank.

Each comment like this is kind of a slap in the face to all achievement hunters who have dedicated time chasing achievements.

Is the effort we put in to do all the other achievements now invalid due to the fact that dailies are where we are now needing to spend most of our time? Why do you value the daily grind above the efforts we put in to get achievements from the general game?

We are putting in the effort, and we plan to continue to put in effort. The problem is, dailies are not the area for that effort. I have yet to find someone who has said they enjoy spending time everyday, doing every single daily. There are few saying they like having the option to do one or two extra, but not all every day (you would need high achievement points to prove this too).

You can say these are optional as much as you want but the leader boards will contradict that argument. Here is something optional, but there is a ladder for the person who does the most of them.

If you don’t think I have put in effort for my achievements, just because the added amount of dailies are draining, then i must ask, did you have any respect for an achievement hunter anyway? It would seem you are classing effort strictly as the amount of grinding you are willing to do.

Nothing is invalidated because when dailies are added you don’t lose AP. The leaderboard itself is optional and serves merely to show off as top players gain no tangible reward for being at the top. The leaderboard doesn’t make you do anything. I’m on the leaderboard but that does not compel me to complete every achievement. The leaderboard exists to show off time and effort in a particular field. Therefore it is logical that the people who do the most achievements should be at the top of the achievement leaderboard. Some achievements are grindy so yes effort can be measured by how much grind you do. There is a small component of skill as well because some achievements require skill. If you continue to put in the effort then everything is fine. More dailies were added to help Pvp players who have a harder time getting AP than pvers not to annoy people on the leaderboards. Anet does what is good for the overall game which at times is an inconvenience to some but is good for the overall game. The current system isn’t broke so no need to fix it.

Edit: dailies do not prevent you from playing the game as all dailies are gained by playing the game. If you don’t have time for the activities you enjoy than time management needs to be done. Do less dailies, devote more time to the game, get achievements done quicker, sleep less, eat while playing etc. make decisions on what you want to do and what you feel you need to do just like everyone else

Dbenji.9230:

GG Anet removing the Tower and the fractals meta, before I could even complete a single chamber or fractal.
Even though I was very excited about the inner Tower, I didn’t have time to complete it yet. Now, everything’s gone.
Thank you, Anet. I just lost interest in the game. LS sucks.

The tower was in the game for a month. If you didn’t even enter it in that month then it’s not Anets fault. Find time for the content or miss out. The reason it was available for so long was so that people could try it when they wanted to anytime that month

Lord of Rings.5371:

Ventrue.5731:

Well, it pumps out bunch of casual content with the living stories, it is pretty much like holly day events. Kill 200 mobs for achievement A, do a personal story for achievement B. But I would not expect any end game content if thats what your after…

Yes.

This game has little appreciation of the time players invested in the game. It keeps on demolishing players’ accomplishments and forcing them to lower levels, just like levels scaling down at a lower level zone. This type of nerfing appeared in all aspects of the game in zone scaling, dungeons, pvps, skills, and gears. And the biggest nerf is how little value GW2 gives to the time invested by players in GW1. This leaves a sense of deception when new items are introduced and the suspicion that obsolescence is already being planned as new items being released.

For the time I have put in the game, 4,495 hours, one could have earned $32,588.75 USD at $7.25USD minimum wage.

Would 1 shotting everything be more fun than getting scaled down? You still keep all your equipment traits and skills you just are scaled down to a competitive level for the enemies around you to still make the content challenging. If scaling did not exist you could solo all dungeons that do not require group mechanics and you might want to do this but it is unhealthy for the game. By solo I mean completely roflstomp. I can only assume the other part of the post refers to ascended equipment. Ascended is how devs planned exotics to be in the beginning but they were acquired far too easily which is why ascended is introduced now. Time playing != potential money earned so the comparison is pointless. What job can you find that pays you minimum wage for your time at a computer in your free time? If it’s not at your home than travel costs and time also have to be considered. Would you work in your free time if you weren’t playing this game or find something else fun to do?

Who says we get dragons after the Scarlet arc ends? Maybe we will get other random story arcs while they continue to make dragons awesome when they do come out

All temporary content has stayed in the game for at least one month. If you cannot find the time to do the content in that month then that seems more like a personal problem. Most people complain it isn’t enough content because they finish it in two days. Sorry you missed out on buying an axe but that axe was on the gem store for at least a month and the changes in billing lasted two days. What happened during the other 28 days that you couldn’t buy it then? Temporary content makes it special and proves you were there to play certain content. People still ask me about the fused gloves and they are special because they are no longer attainable in game

I like what this blog post is saying. Wintersday will last 6 weeks which is longer than I would like but this is slowing down the pace of new updates which some people wanted. Next will be a polished and relatively concise end to the Scarlet arc. At this point we will have no new features for about 3.5 months and a feature only update will come out. Seems to me that they are really focusing on one part at a time to make it as great as possible. For people who don’t like or care about the living story this will be a long time before new features come in but there is still other things to do in the game or you can take a break. I’ll be pretty bored for the duration of wintersday but I’ll patiently wait for the rest because Colin promises epicness. I can’t even imagine what will be in the feature only release after several months of features going into the game at once. Gonna be massive

If you increase overall AP gain it would mess with the in game economy because of the gold, laurels, and rewards that are given in the 500 point chests. Time invested should equal greater rewards. Being at the top of a leaderboard means something and you cheapen it by giving more AP for doing less. If you can’t or won’t put in the time to do every daily then you deserve to fall in rank. I believe a true completionist would still complete all the achievements even if there were no reward in order to feel that they have completed the content fully.

The signets active can be used very effectively in order to spike targets in WvW or Pvp. It needs coordination though. It is true that dodge rolling or blocks can negate this but a common theme in all the healing skills is that they can be very effective but have counter play as well. I expect to see videos of teams instant spiking with this signets active within a few days