Guild Wars 2

My initial thoughts went to one of the consortium, but they aren’t fully recognised “female wise” except one. I could see the consortium being beind it, but the personal nemesis aspect doesn’t make much sense.

Faolain was another option I considered but again put to one side.

I also even considered Captain Shud for the money aspect but again, was on the back burner as she isn’t really a recognisable character.

Caithe was another, but I can’t foresee them ruining Destiny’s Edge the moment they finally shut up kittening and get on with it!

As for cities, it could be any one of the races cities and Lion’s Arch. While the Grove isn’t a city in a conventional sense, the elven cities were regularly described in fantasy as being one large nurtured “home tree” or something similar. So it can be from any of the races.

Rox has no motivation except to try and prove her worth, but she had no idea why Rytlock would send her anyway (why would he send a gladium anyhow?!).

You can start from the very start. Refugee momentos, then events, then the missing items, dead drops, the two instances, then the dungeon and the two final instances.

Just do the achievements in order and read the descriptions for each achievement to understand what to do, in order.

They are testing a new way to achieve items….

Think of it this way. They have already stated that at some point not just daily/monthly will reward chests and the achievement points you have earned will be rewarded….

So why not try something out for a single item in a single story arc which realistically doesn’t take long to complete before upscaling it to lots of different achievement tracks…..
Maybe in each title panel there will be 1 form of currency (like a ticket). The more you collect the better new skins/items etc can be purchased (a little like laurels or commendations currently).

This is their test project. They dropped a pebble in the lake to see where the ripples go before jumping headfirst. (for lack of a better metaphor and having a distinct lack of sleep)

This cannot turn into another Livia personal nemesis thread!!!! Theres enough of that on the lore forums!!!

Besides some cool skins, new stat combos on armour, some ori nodes right next to each other, recipes worth a few gold…..
Just stick “molten” onto the trading post. The bottom few results show why it’s worth it!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/flameandfrost/Personal-Nemesis/first#post1934767

For your perusal

There is one individual per city involved (Hoelbrak, LA and Black Citadel).

I’m not discounting what you said, just that it’s another method to give you small amount of karma for exploring the dungeon more than most.

I think you are misunderstanding the scenarios.
The living story continues endlessly…. the FaF story arc ends on the 12th.
Hope this helps
As for where it continues, please read my thread on the FaF forum area for some clues

There is no DR for the dungeon. It can be farmed multiple times and the end reward stays the same. The only DR available would be the standard “killing mobs of the same type repeatedly”.

This is heading extremely far from the original post

The story modes are just that. Showing how a group of individuals refusing to work together (in your personal story) suddenly come together at the end to face an elder dragon. They justify how the rift is mended etc.

I actually think the choice to justify facing Zhaitan with more than 1 person justified, the same way as you cannot actually physically harm him yourself, it takes the collective of all the races/orders ingenuity, the best people on the continent of Tyria and months (citation needed but we presume) of work (in game time) to even reach Zhaitan and Orr.

The need for groups of individuals to face things like minor dragon champions (such as the corrupted kodan in HotW etc) or huge golems (in SE) actually shows that one person cannot change the fate of Tyria….
In the personal storyline I can think of few occasions where you possess the ability to take on millions of enemies at once and live to tell the tale…
There are some situations where a small group of individuals can accomplish great deeds with some luck and approaching with the right tactic, but rarely can one person defeat a force great in number….!!!!

Also, lore wise I never think he expressly calls you his only second in command, singular.
The same as WvW, multiple commanders can operate at the same time. It is much the same with the choices in the story arc post-Claw Island. You are given an option to fulfill a mission, where the other is stated to be done, just not by you. Why can this not be by the other commanders?

Dynamic events (while solo-able) are designed to be done in groups. With that in mind I personally think any event solo-able is only solo-able due to foresight by the developers of not having full maps with overflow permanently. Lore wise I’d imagine that there were groups there but for the sake of gameplay having to wait for people to show up to every event is unfeasible.

I cannot imagine any scenario where Rox, Braham and one other person could take on the two Legendary bosses in the dungeon… with the combined tech and magical combinations both of the individuals possess. The charr is twice the size of a standard Norn!!!!!

Personally this has gone very off topic and should just be closed as the initial (and several other) questions were answered!

That’s like describing the other dungeons as “forced grouping”. Open world PvE is solo-able, then suddenly dungeons appear which are 5 man parties…
Do you have an issue with the Arah Story Mode dungeon as part of the storyline?
This builds up the same way that does, just on a smaller scale.

It hasn’t ended, there is still a single FaF achievement to be completed.
“A Rallying Flame – Commemorate the completion of the Flame and Frost story arc in Lion’s Arch, Hoelbrak, or the Black Citadel.”
So there is at least something more to do, even if it is just watch a cinematic, but currently theres a tonne of refugees preparing to move to Southsun Cove. We have had no sight of our personal nemesis, who we are assuming will appear this time around and not in the next installment of Living Story.

The dungeon entries move until May 12th.

And to be fair it was clearly advertised as a dungeon, hardly a surprise. For the interest of community building I can’t really fault them for making it a group instance to aid in the discussion of living story.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/living-story-evolution/

“Aside from the Living Story main characters, we’ll also be surprising you with interesting villains, one of whom will become your personal nemesis. Again, no spoilers allowed, so I can’t tell you more than that, but you’ll recognize this sassy character when you see…um, him/her/it. <grin>”

As I understand it there will be a singular personal nemesis, and it was made out to seem like we have met her before. We know she is from a city and has a way with words and for whatever reason made the charr and dredge team up. She was effectively the driving force in the shadows behind the entire FaF.

In terms of the Lore I don’t know how or why it will be “personal”. I would have initially said it was someone from your own personal storyline arc before choosing an order, but specifying a sex shows its a singular person, not of a single order.

For me that leaves only people from dungeons, someone from the personal storyline beyond the order completion at Claw Island or someone from the Consortium!

Just some food for thought. And regonz: I honestly cannot remember when it was first mentioned regarding the personal nemesis. An interview maybe? I’ll see if I can find it again!

It’s not currently ended….. Just saying!

It’s a dungeon.. same as every other in the game except theres only one path!

In that case I have no idea, raised a support ticket?

There is no indication that it will suddenly disappear from your inventory once the dungeon disappears.

Did you leave using the lift interaction or the leave instance door above the minimap?

They are all currently achievable until the dungeon disappears.

If you have NOT completed both instances described in Avenger of the Disposessed then you will not get the gauntlet ticket. Just read the achievement descriptions…

Post a screenshot of your hero panel? Would imagine you have just misunderstood how to get the gauntlet ticket.

It is clearly shown in the Living Story achievement panel how to get it. Then mouse over the achievements required and it explains how to complete them.

Once the guy despawns it doesn’t matter which toon you are on. Just use it, right click, preview. Wait 5mins. Re-spawn the vendor

The gauntlet ticket is an achievement chest. You have to visit the two final instances described in the achievement

Our personal nemesis. Read my thread with the dev response…

It’s not quite the end…

Apologies for the spoiler tags not working. Can’t seem to edit them so that they work.

Thank you for your response. Found it awkward to enter the instance once I’d done it.
Below is the text from interactable prisoners.
[spoiler]Veteran Dredge Prisoner: Fuh-fuh-fuh-Flame Legion! Fuh! I told them! We never should’ve joined those coal-smoking charr. Their lava’s fried their beans!
<Player>: Why’d you join them in the first place?
Veteran Dredge Prisoner: For the fire, of course. We needed their fire magic to bolster the collective. With our hybrid weapons, we’d never have to worry about being conquered again. We believed them.
<Player>: Them?
Veteran Dredge Prisoner: Yeah, the flaming cow pies and their fast-talking friend from the city. Never again! Lying, silver-tongued, snake-nosed trickster! Never again.

Options (Dignity)
<Player>: Shame on you.
Veteran Dredge Prisoner: Shame on me? Shame on my leaders! They let themselves be seduced by power. We were fine until we got greedy. Evil trickster! Evil!
<Player>: I see you have nothing more to add. (End)

Options (Charisma)
<Player>: Cooperate and things will go better for you.
Veteran Dredge Prisoner: Things couldn’t go worse. We’re doomed! Doomed by our own greed for power. Blinded by seductive words and slippery promises. And now, we’re losing our weapons caches. Our factories. (sob)
<Player>: I see you have nothing more to add. (End)

Options (Ferocity)
<Player>: You blew it. Your plan failed.
Veteran Dredge Prisoner: The plan was flawed from the beginning. We were not orchestrating our own momentum. Instead, we listed to the seductive promises of that snake and stuck our heads too far out of our holes.
<Player>: I see you have nothing more to add. (End)
[/spoiler]

This may not be relevant to the personal nemesis, but included anyway. Veteran Flame Legion Prisoner = VFLP.
[spoiler-box]VFLP: What? You got a problem with me?
<Player>: Just curious. What did you hope to accomplish?
VFLP: You could never understand because you and your people are destined to die in our fires. Your time is coming. You should prepare yourselves.
<Player>: What are you talking about?
VFLP: Nothing. Never mind. Go fight your dragons. If they don’t, they’ll annihilate you.
<Player>: They’ll annihilate you too.
VFLP: I doubt it. We’ll be here long after the dragons have swallowed you and yours.
<Player>: In your dreams. (End)
[/spoiler-box]

Sadly true, but theres not many armour combos that would look great with them anyway! So wouldn’t worry too hard. Also you can switch it between alts, so long as they are all light, medium, or heavy!
Also theres 13s some karma and exp, plus some cool boss chest drops

This isn’t a complaint, this is me just asking.

Where is this personal nemesis. We still have alot of questions unanswered, and it was presumed our nemesis was the reason the two races were collaborating.

I still see no sign, and we are about to reach the “commemoration” of the end of the story…. I’m a little confused.

The entrance to the dungeon moves, but it’s been said there is only one path of the dungeon, there was no sign of our personal nemesis….

One Gauntlet Ticket, all the skins are the same but are not soulbound. You choose between Light, medium, heavy.

This sounds fine, as in the interview it was explained that it only halves proc on players. This naturally prevents people using siege/rabbits etc to break combat…. Also dragons etc are not considered standard bosses (as was shown back when condition damage meant nothing to them!).
I think if it worked this skill would simply be back to being abused, just more situationally…

While the initial post isn’t very helpful to the devs, maybe using this to post issues would be….

So, currently the bar for the new Dungeon is at approx 80%. Killing periscopes doesn’t modify it, nor does completing the old Portal events (in Wayfarer Foothills). Have yet to see new events anywhere that modify this bar and the entrance to the dungeon is uninteractable.

This is both on Underworld server and the Overflow. Also tested guesting on Ring of Fire and Gandarra server (guesting).

Please mail us on the forums with your answers We hope it provides the large amount of fun it has to our guild!

Ah, my apologies. Hadn’t experienced this third of the norn storyline!

Maybe he means the unique armor of the NPCs? I mean Brahams items look the sex and aren’t buyable yet.

Re-appeared in queue. Closing

So my guild had Rushes in the build queue for maybe 2/3 days, after obtaining the merits and influence etc.
This was obviously running over the patch, and has removed it from the build queue but not built it.

Therefore this cancelled said build queue.

However, where something was cancelled before in the queue you got any influence back (minus speeding upgrades up).
(Haven’t tested if merits are returned)

However this is not the case, so effectively the patch has lost us 80 merits and 50,000 influence.
Screenshot is attached to show that we have 5 merits . Have another screenshot to show that the merits have been spent (as we did guild trek after the Sat/Sun reset but have less than that).

Obviously annoyed that it disappeared, and lost the timer on the upgrades as it puts us back several days (and therefore another Merits reset, putting us back an entire week merits wise).

Is this going to be patched to return it to the same queue point (if it was saved before patch) or can we have the merits/influence returned…
As a guild community this is pretty tragic as we were working together to get this unlocked and anticipating this highly (not doing it with other guilds etc)….

Thanks for reading. Whats happening with this?

BB are doing a great job, had some nice fights on server reset night on UW BL, was tough for us, the moment we fought one zerg, the other server would hit us as well!!! The fights over garri were intense! Great job <3

@Sceinna: will certainly miss having you around, you could have formed a WvW team inside an already created guild! Swag is still in training before we start getting seriously organised
You could also bring your guild to your real home and continue building our WvW community!!!!

And Stealthy: when I’m online you won’t be alone <3 we’ll be running in with you!!!

This happens when Render Sampling is set to Native.
After testing a few things I changed all the graphics options one by one, and Render Sampling is causing this.
When set to Super or Sub sampling the game runs normally, when ran on Native it does what happens in the yt video.

Any advice to sort this?

I have re-installed graphics drivers and Direct X

Had a large amount of fun in FR BL this afternoon. Should really do more mesmer sweeps, and use scouts or just regularly check the map.
You were so focused on spawn killing FS that we waltzed into your garri with not a peep.
Then when you took it you didn’t bother with a mesmer sweep, and didn’t have scouts at hills, so while you were assaulting garri, you lost a 2nd waypoint :/
Had some great fights around bay before finally FS wiped the floor with us due to some greedy portal-users!
Was awesome, ty for the challenge

As above, UW has had literally no new guilds come to our server (especially WvW oriented).
This is just a much improved communication and experience thing, to the point where even casual WvWers on our server have learnt tier 1 tactics and are sticking with commanders, whereas last time we fought, we were dotted everywhere.

Our climbing the ladders has also meant that alot more PvEers have starting WvWing. Our server has always been a PvX and PvE will forever be our main forte, but its nice to have the additional support of the casuals.

I’m enjoying the match up, I haven’t seen the vid so can’t comment. Also the youtube vid at FS keep I am slightly disappointed in, but am glad none of my guildies were there the entire video. Wasn’t even aware it was possible (and I presume its now patched)

After some nice scrimms on both FS and FR Bls I was disappointed with the turn out this reset. We had literally no-one from one server come to our BL, I really enjoy the tense defence of reset night, with only your wits and movement/terrain to survive the onslaught of 3 full zergs with numerous objectives on the go, really challenges you as a commander.
So tonight, being sat at legendary defenders wasn’t that fun. Where are you FS? Last week you said you were waiting for us

This has happened two days in a row… The first one I just presumed I’d opened it in a daze, but today I took a screenshot too. Rather annoying, 2 laurels down the drain. This was post patch earlier today too….

Also, the Garri being taken was at about 00:20 GMT, and you guys had enough people to hold us off at Hills for a time (and even take out a few golems as was said earlier).

@Sajuuk, this is just for you
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Also, I know XT and WiC were mostly not involved in this, so I apologise to them, I have the utmost respect for what they do. But Angry Commander irritated me

Something I’m suprised Konig didn’t mention is that when a mortal dies, an envoy appears to escort the soul to the Mists. As far as I’m aware there is no in-game explanation as to why they don’t take ghosts…
This was learnt via Guild Wars: Factions, and Shiro using his powers as an envoy to create the Shiro’ken and Afflicted onto Cantha.

EDIT: Some things to note are that all of the envoys we saw were humanoid (if not human completely) so we don’t know if this stands for the other races…. Only the Oracle of the Mists could tell us more, and considering we are unlikely to visit Cantha any time soon, and have no idea of the fate of that individual, I can’t answer the likely questions this brings up with races like the Charr/Asuran.

So currently 2 of the 3 known portals the the Rift are under or in extremely close proximity to the branded.

The Tomb of Primeval Kings appears to be sat directly under Kralkatorrik’s position (if we can presume the largest branded area in the crystal desert to be where Kralkatorrik stopped.)
Now this is the biggest worry of the two, and while it was corrupted I can’t see Kralkatorrik himself not being interested in the power source of the mists sat directly under his belly…

This leads to my next point. If Kralkatorrik has sensed the power of the portal to the rifts, but can’t access it due to whatever reason (will presume the Primeval monarchs for now), then I’d imagine his Lieutenant the Shatterer would also report sensing a similar power source while casually flapping around Blazeridge Steppes, as the Tomb of Drascir which as PC we have never been in close proximity to, although we came close in GW1.

I’m also presuming that the third gate in the Battle Isles (Heroes Ascent) was destroyed along with the damage from Orr rising, but is that actually confirmed? Because if not Kralkatorrik could happily send endless branded into the Hall of Heroes and the Rift, then simply move his entire army to potentially right next to Lion’s Arch.

I’m expecting a few lore experts to shoot this down through my lack of detailed knowledge of the portals and the workings of the Rift, but surely this is a large possibility considering the magical context of the mists themselves….
What could possibly drive the ED into action more so than a handy access into the biggest (potentially endless) supply of magic on his door step?