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Well, I still want a ‘hunter’ rifle-based spec at some point, but this spec looks fun to play, main-hand dagger always looks cool, and it actually synergises with pets, unlike our current cosmic healer spec… Looking forward to it.
Deadeye.
I’ll give it a go for sure, just as I tried rifle warrior and engie, but they never quite feel right. I miss the pet and the rest of our toys.
But neither rifle nor pistol fit the ranger theme in GW2. It’s all about nature and those two are the complete opposite. I don’t see this happen in the near future.
That’s so narrow-minded. Rifles have for a long time been the companion of the outdoorsman and explorer. American longhunters used hunting rifles, and they were very much nature guys. If the problem is that rifles are manufactured, then we shouldn’t be able to use swords or any other forged blades either. A GW2 Ranger with a rifle can be whatever you allow it to be, you just need to be a bit creative. The whole idea that rangers can only ever be themed around spirits and entangling roots just anchors the whole concept into a druid template, but we already have a druid spec.
Souldbeast is a cool concept though, and dagger makes sense as substituting a claw or fang, very bestial.
Rangers are nature magic themed, not outdoorsman, hunter or explorer themed. A rifle has mechanical parts and requires the use of chemicals and other mechanisms to manufacture and operate. You can make a bow and arrows purely from totally natural materials without refinement. I think this is why most people do not agree that rifle/pistol is a Ranger weapon.
Well, my point was that thinking of the ranger as being nature magic and nothing else really paints the concept into a corner. Ranger in itself is a very versatile concept, with the druid spec hamming up the nature magic side of things, and Soulbeast going down the bestial path. After that, there are lots of things that ranger can be but then all we discuss is what it cannot be. Saying that ranger is not allowed to be outdoorsman, hunter or explorer themed is just sad creatively speaking. May as well have called it Druid or Shaman from the start then.
Well, I think the theme you are going for is more suited to Engineer.
I was never going for a theme, I was defending some other guy who wanted rifles. Bother to read.
Well, I still want a ‘hunter’ rifle-based spec at some point, but this spec looks fun to play, main-hand dagger always looks cool, and it actually synergises with pets, unlike our current cosmic healer spec… Looking forward to it.
Deadeye.
I’ll give it a go for sure, just as I tried rifle warrior and engie, but they never quite feel right. I miss the pet and the rest of our toys.
But neither rifle nor pistol fit the ranger theme in GW2. It’s all about nature and those two are the complete opposite. I don’t see this happen in the near future.
That’s so narrow-minded. Rifles have for a long time been the companion of the outdoorsman and explorer. American longhunters used hunting rifles, and they were very much nature guys. If the problem is that rifles are manufactured, then we shouldn’t be able to use swords or any other forged blades either. A GW2 Ranger with a rifle can be whatever you allow it to be, you just need to be a bit creative. The whole idea that rangers can only ever be themed around spirits and entangling roots just anchors the whole concept into a druid template, but we already have a druid spec.
Souldbeast is a cool concept though, and dagger makes sense as substituting a claw or fang, very bestial.
Rangers are nature magic themed, not outdoorsman, hunter or explorer themed. A rifle has mechanical parts and requires the use of chemicals and other mechanisms to manufacture and operate. You can make a bow and arrows purely from totally natural materials without refinement. I think this is why most people do not agree that rifle/pistol is a Ranger weapon.
Well, my point was that thinking of the ranger as being nature magic and nothing else really paints the concept into a corner. Ranger in itself is a very versatile concept, with the druid spec hamming up the nature magic side of things, and Soulbeast going down the bestial path. After that, there are lots of things that ranger can be but then all we discuss is what it cannot be. Saying that ranger is not allowed to be outdoorsman, hunter or explorer themed is just sad creatively speaking. May as well have called it Druid or Shaman from the start then.
Well, I still want a ‘hunter’ rifle-based spec at some point, but this spec looks fun to play, main-hand dagger always looks cool, and it actually synergises with pets, unlike our current cosmic healer spec… Looking forward to it.
Deadeye.
I’ll give it a go for sure, just as I tried rifle warrior and engie, but they never quite feel right. I miss the pet and the rest of our toys.
But neither rifle nor pistol fit the ranger theme in GW2. It’s all about nature and those two are the complete opposite. I don’t see this happen in the near future.
That’s so narrow-minded. Rifles have for a long time been the companion of the outdoorsman and explorer. American longhunters used hunting rifles, and they were very much nature guys. If the problem is that rifles are manufactured, then we shouldn’t be able to use swords or any other forged blades either. A GW2 Ranger with a rifle can be whatever you allow it to be, you just need to be a bit creative. The whole idea that rangers can only ever be themed around spirits and entangling roots just anchors the whole concept into a druid template, but we already have a druid spec.
Souldbeast is a cool concept though, and dagger makes sense as substituting a claw or fang, very bestial.
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Salvage Kits: What does the “X% chance of rarer materials” in their description refer to?
Is it items like Globs of Ectoplasm? I’ve always assumed it was because it’s obviously not referring to the chance of salvaging higher tier crafting materials, like the chance of getting t6 cloth/leather/metal as opposed to t5. A BLSK with its 50% would hardly give you a roughly equal amount of t6 and t5 leather if you salvaged a batch of leather armor for some (crazy wasteful) reason.
I’ve looked around the internet and found plenty of GW2 forum and reddit threads on the subject but no clear answer, mostly speculation and data analysis. Even GW2 Wiki doesn’t seem to have a good answer. I’m confused cause after the many years of GW2’s existence it should be pretty clear. The item text reads “X% chance of rarer materials” not “X% increased rate of rarer materials”. The language suggests that the percentage is set, not a modifier on some other hidden value. If it’s the former, then it should be pretty clear cut after years of many people doing their own tests and analyses to see what drop event from salvaging matches up to the stated percentage (by “drop event” I mean the event of say 1-3 Globs of Ectoplasm being salvaged as opposed to none). If it was the latter, then the item text has been somewhat deceptive for years.
Just wondering out of curiosity really. Anyone know? Has there been a dev/Anet response or mention somewhere that I’ve missed?
Have a nice day and happy salvaging!
I think numbers will go up soon again. I’ve personally been on a long break from the game after I completed what I wanted to do in HoT. With no interest in raids I was happy to let my characters rest for a while. Now I came back just yesterday after seeing the LS3 trailer.
GW2 is nice like that. I can take a hiatus then come back without the feeling that I’m behind in any way or that I’ve been missing out. Hearing that White Mantle came back in the latest raid wing got me pondering raiding though, but now that they’ll appear in LS as well I’m all happy.
So yeah, if there’s more people like me out there, they’re sure to come back for this.
Happy Anniversary Gaile!
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[POLL] Which is your LEAST fav map in HoT?
in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
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In my experience, WoW has a lot of short- and long-term goals in the way of Raiding and side activities. There’s lots of content so for a new player there’s plenty of stuff to explore. Doing raids and similar stuff will ensure every now and then you get a new shiny item with a bit of (or lots of) a power boost. There’s a long term progression but since there’s tiers to endgame content one can be content at a certain level and still feel there’s more to do. Exploring the world at max level will mean that you are doing it for achievements and/or the fun of it though, as you’re not really gaining much of anything while killing the low-lvl mobs etc. You can go to the old raids every week to try for some cool transmogs or rare pets, with varying degrees of success depending on rng. Personally I was all over the fishing achievements and have always gone for completing all of them each expansion.
GW2 is different in that most of everything you do can go toward any specific goal you have in mind. A lot of GW2 rewards and goals lie in getting that full ascended and completing collections / getting skins. A lot of that can be gained with gold and gold can be gained from anything. You never outlevel the content thanks to scaling and you can always work toward what you want by doing what you want (to a certain degree). The goals in GW2 are further away but once you reach them, they are done. In wow every couple of years the playing field is reset and we’re back to going down the same road again.
I think both of these games can be seen as “grindy” simply because they appeal to two different psychologies. Some players enjoy small gradual rewards while getting a fresh start again each expansion when they feel they’ve hit their ceiling with the current content. This is the same reason people enjoy seasons in Diablo 3. This can annoy people who don’t like their efforts to be invalidated. GW2 appeals to people who want their rewards to be permanent, and want to reach their goals over time. In turn, GW2 can annoy people who want feedback or checkpoints for their end goals, and thus feel dissatisfied looking at the long road ahead rather than the short stops on the way.
WoW grind is about punching in and out on that daily/weekly, knowing what to expect and being rewarded each step of the way. GW2 is more doing it on your own time with less impactful rewards but with less pressure to rush to the end.
I personally like both and see the virtues of each system. I also play them very differently.
I think grind is an unhelpful term because people interpret it very differently and what really lies at the core is the satisfaction with the ratio and nature of reward to work put in. And that ratio is not as simple as amount of work/playtime = amount of reward but must include additional factors and dimensions. For example, the distribution of appropriate rewards and the psychology of how the player experiences and approaches that playtime (smaller checkpoints vs. one long haul, specific locations with specific rewards vs. similar rewards globally). It’s about long-term goals vs. short-term goals, temporary vs. permanent (either of which can be negative or positive depending on the player and their tastes!).
Try WoW free to lvl 20 and see what you think. Your GW2 progress won’t go anywhere (which is why I love being able to take a month off without feeling I’m lagging behind!)
As a player who mostly likes running about in the world doing open events I must say that I’m really feeling like the target audience of the Mastery system. It really gives me a rewarding feel to log in and play knowing that experience counts toward something in the long run other than superfluous skill points. That right there made me really happy about buying HoT despite having little to no raid ambitions. 
Except that there are 2 currently on the market and no one has bought :<
3 – maybe more by now.
But folks aren’t going to be buying it instantaneously. Except for impulse buyers.
I’ll be waiting for the price to settle as all the impulse sellers try selling it to impulse buyers.
4 now
/15charrsonatable
I think I found something:
/15charrs
Edit: and it turns out you guys already found out
Well, I hope this dagger will return what I spent on it
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I know the corrupted shortbow and pirate needler are both of longbow length.
Personally I run with the slingshot skin though