Guild Wars 2

Is there any ingame explanation to why the floor of Verdant Brink is completely covered in vines?

The only other place i can think of that has those same vines is Spirit Vale, which is connected directly to VB.

Is it just a ingame mechanic they wanted to have on all maps, but abandoned after VB?

I don’t mind if it doesn’t get fixed soon ( with Tuesdays patch ), but can a dev at least acknowledge that this is something they know about it/are working on it?

This goes with most of the threads in the bug forums.

i think that’s only for the base game, not for HoT.

I didn’t even know it was supposed to move like that when I crafted the backpiece. Having it move would make it 5x better… Hopefully with the fractal patch or sooner.

Deflecting shot have increased projectile speed and should leave a trail that destroys projectiles for 2-3 seconds.

Something like the trails in Tron from the Light cycles

https://youtu.be/kLWELFZ-XdM?t=62

I dont think they come seperate.
You either buy GW2 and GW2 HoT with 1 char slot, or
you get GW2 HoT and add it to your existing account and get 2 char slots.
You can’t separate them as far as i know.

that’s the only code you’ll be getting.

For those that haven’t figured it out, and are asking for compensation because they’re going to “pay $10” for what they already have.

Prices of old games drop. And ANet has decided to drop the price of the base game down to nothing.

contact support

Tabasco.1743:

Yes it is an EVGA 980, the FTW model in fact like yours. Actually, underclocking the card also helped for a short period of time, like it did for you.
However I seem to have found some luck: the change from x8 x8 mode to x16 x0 mode on the motherboard DID IN FACT solve the issue for me. Still have no idea why it solved the problem, but Guild Wars hasn’t crashed even once since then. So far i’ve spent hours in game without a hiccup.

You’re also using an ASUS board right? Try checking to make sure the link speed is x16. CPU-Z/GPU-Z can reveal that information, if you hadn’t done that already. The P8P67EVO is a couple years older than your Z97-A is,(obviously) and only has PCIExpress 2.0 slots, but who knows.

Thanks again all for your help people!

I’ve already RMA’d the card, but right now I’m using my old 7950, and it’s running at 16x 3.0.
Could the 980 have been running at 8x on the same MB?
If so, how could I make it run at 16x?
I have an ASUS z97 Sabertooth Mark 1

EVGA 980?

I couldn’t find a solution to it, hoping maybe it’s a bad card, going to RMA tommorow.
Not getting my hopes up though….

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/EVGA-GTX-980-FTW-ACX-2-0-BSOD-Hard-Crash/

http://forums.evga.com/GTX-980-FTW-BSOD-help-please-m2300583.aspx

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/303ss3/gtx_980_black_screen/

I’m having the same problem with the same card (980 FTW). It runs everything else perfectly, but GW2 will crash the computer, sometimes seconds within loading into a map.

Lowering the clock seems to let it play for longer periods of time, but i’ve had crashes at even -100.

I’ve tried using older drivers, with the same results.
Is this something that can be fixed with a driver update? or maybe a future update to GW2 itself?
I hope so.

Could Trahearne have known he was a Minion of Mordremoth?

He might have known what Scarlet was up to (maybe even working with her) and instead of using the pact and all of its assets to try and stop her, he stood back, instead buying Scarlet more time to wake up Mordremoth. That would explain why the pact never bothered to help while Scarlet was terrorizing Tyria.

Also, now after defeating Zhaitan, he now holds all the strongest weapons against Dragons , organizations (Priory,Order,Vigil), the 5 major races, and even Destiny’s Edge along with the Commander (You) under his command.

I say he’s intentionally leading us all into a trap, which would then let Mordremoth have free reign over Tyria.

seems like an obvious trap set up by the dragon’s champion (Pale Tree) to gather and kill all race leaders in 1 attack. ( ?° ?? ?°) ?

Pale tree is on screen when they mention Shadow of the dragon.
“There will be no where to hide, When the Shadow of the Dragon envelops us”
Shows the Pale Tree. We will be at the tree for the summit. We can’t hide in the tree from the tree.

She is the only one that doesn’t react to the darkness.
She is not in the shot where something is flying from above down to the group of playable characters.

It’s happening.
All is vain.

any changes to the map (like the vines in Prosperity we saw in the trailer) will most likely be instanced.

Noticed a change the the map.

http://i.imgur.com/RdUZGfE.jpg

just left of where it says Magus Falls, looks like an undiscovered area, similar to the shape of The Falls in GW1

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/The_Falls

Also looks like another small area above Dry top as well.

600 bags, only 2 favors
I’ve gotten lots of stacks of tickets doing boss blitz, i’m using my tokens for tome’s so i’m not investing any money into this.

600 bags, 2 favors + tokens.

If you want a challenge, isn’t figuring out how to do it yourself part of it?

Anyways, since you have a mesmer, this is a video I made to get the 5 guantlet achievement.

Same thing I used last year, only thing you have to watch out for now is his 22k+ kick he does. Just dont get to close to him.

Wish that title was tied to the 8 orb achievement, and the mini pet was just for a regular Liadri kill. Make that title a little more prestigious, and give incentive to do the hardest Guantlet achievement.

I’ve been using this to great effect. Conditions melt off and you get so many tiny ticks of heal that you stay at nearly full health the whole time. I’d bring sure footed instead of dogged march, for a longer stability and longer endure pain. I let my passive endure pain trigger first, and then use my utility if I still feel i’m at low enough health.

I’d recommend throwing in cavalier’s or knight’s amulet+rings in there though.
Only downside is it uses expensive runes.

exhunter.7528:

WvW server 1v1 might be a good suggestion.

JQ wouldn’t log in, because they can’t 1v1 BG.

anyways, there is no 2v1 this week, it’s just BG focusing JQ for what they did last week.
SoS is just playing like normal, doing their own thing.

Here’s is what i’ve been using to great success, though it requires some expensive runes.
It has great survivability, along with good damage and CC.

Link to build and gear is in description.

My sustain comes from tagging as many enemies as I can, so I can get credit for as many kills as I can.

I’ll be getting much more credit from tagging up to 5 enemies in a cone, than I would by cleaving 3 in a small area in front of me.

And one of the main reasons I do WvW is for the loot, which is why I rarely touch any BL. I stick to EB for the fights.

Uploaded a few more videos i’ve recorded during week 1.

Drawn out fights aren’t usually a problem unless you’re fighting a stun heavy team and dont have stability available, or if you’re getting hit by lag and can’t heal/stability/invuln.

I’ve had problem with tank heavy groups where getting those initial first few kills take a good while, but that hasn’t been a problem during week 1, since everyone is trying to get into WvW and guilds can’t organize as easily.

a few variations i’ve tried this week as well is running sanctuary insead of SY! with ground targeted consecrations to use on stacking enemy zergs or when i need to cut off a choke and I have my wall on CD. Also when I’m having too much problems with conditions, i’ve replaced it with purging flames instead. I’ve had some good results with those changes.

This build is intended for Zerging only.

I made this to avoid having so much different gear in my inventory, and replaces only 3 items from a full Zerk build (along with the traits). It changes the Zerk Amulet + Rings for Power/Tough/Crit instead.

Runes I use are Scholar ( because it’s my PvE set ), but I would recommend Soldier or Melandru runes instead (for additional condition removal).

This build has low Vitality, and uses Sigil of Restoration + Omnomberry Compotes to keep you alive.

What this means is that you’ll have to survive the initial burst of damage with your dodges/shelter/ult/virtues, but once enemies start dying, you’ll basically be at full health for the rest of the fight.

Sigil of restoration (677 health) + Omnomberry Compote (970 health) + Virtue of Justice (15boons * 71health) = potential of 2712 health per kill, depending how fast you can spam Virtue of justice

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-7;4NFV40J3RG-90;9;5ET4J;15;035A;118-c-F0;9-i-F61-X5;3kVq0u1zY4_A527WA-2i;9;9;9;9;9;9;1Gk3R

Don’t have any editing software so I’ll just post raw fights.

(extended 3 way fight for SMC)

Minos.5168:

I don’t understand why we didn’t just get a freaking title.

“Defender of Lion’s Arch” or “Savior of Lion’s Arch” would have sufficed.

I thought this was a joke, until i saw you made a thread about it.
just Lol.

Hero of Lions Arch isn’t good enough?

Zin.1673:

It’s also a problem of logic in the story, a bit like when you kill a dragon and you got a stupid helm. Like someone would say “good job saving the world, here, take this cupcake and this beautiful helm”.

I mean, just imagine a distinctive, beautiful (aka no flames and spikes everywhere) reward. Or even just a symbolic reward.

Meanwhile, farming again and again the same boss is much more rewarded.

you keep bring up money.
and want to be guaranteed a valuable/unique reward for doing something easy.
you can’t have both.

If anyone needs it on engi

after you get knocked back, Elixir U > Toss Elixir S > Elixir S as you run up to her

if everyone get’s something rare/unique and sellable, then it becomes worthless.
If everyone get’s something rare/unique and not sellable, well that’s what scarlet’s veil is.

Sawnic.6795:

But now you’re changing your story.

No i’m not, once you hit the threshold to get credit for loot, you’re guaranteed 100% to get a champ box from champs/legendaries.

You don’t get credit for looking at a champ or slapping it.

OP didn’t get look because he was solo, which is alot harder when trying to get credit.
They’ve never officially announced it, but anyone that does these kinds of events knows it’s alot easier to get credit in a group (think back to ember farming)
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/archive/jubilee/Champion-New-Bags-WvW#post2543820

Champion Loot

All champions now drop containers based on their family. These containers have coin, skill points, crafting materials, weapons and armor, and rare chances at unique weapon skins based on family.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-August-6th-2013/first#post2621914

Sawnic.6795:

MassDelusion.9130:

Sawnic.6795:

MassDelusion.9130:

Sawnic.6795:

Why do you assume you’re guaranteed any loot at all?

champs and up are guaranteed to drop loot?
thats why

but in zerg events, you’re unlikely to get anything, for some reason being in a party means the damage threshold for getting credit gets cut by alot.

Want to come on some temple runs? You kill several champs and not get loot, but get credit for the kill.

Have been for months.

credit threshold for xp is alot lower than credit for loot.

I thought drops were guaranteed?

once you hit the threshold, it is.

Sawnic.6795:

MassDelusion.9130:

Sawnic.6795:

Why do you assume you’re guaranteed any loot at all?

champs and up are guaranteed to drop loot?
thats why

but in zerg events, you’re unlikely to get anything, for some reason being in a party means the damage threshold for getting credit gets cut by alot.

Want to come on some temple runs? You kill several champs and not get loot, but get credit for the kill.

Have been for months.

credit threshold for xp is alot lower than credit for loot.

It seems to me that by drilling into the ley line, she released a bunch of magic into the world (the big explosion of blue light).
Dragons wake when there’s too much magic in the world, to absorb it back again(?)
you can see magic coming out of his mouth at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_JtJsu20I0&feature=player_detailpage#t=1891

Those these are just assumptions, since i don’t know exactly how the ley lines work.

this might make the dragons more active maybe?

Sawnic.6795:

Why do you assume you’re guaranteed any loot at all?

champs and up are guaranteed to drop loot?
thats why

but in zerg events, you’re unlikely to get anything, for some reason being in a party means the damage threshold for getting credit gets cut by alot.

should put spoilers in the title
it was mordremoth

answered in the epilogue patch for season 1.

What happened to Mai Trin? We know she escaped to EotM.
Why did Tequatl get stronger? We were told it had to do with the LS.
Who is Mr.E?
Who made Scarlet crazy/was talking to her in her dreams?
Was that the person that wanted her to find the ley lines?
What did she really see when she “looked into the Eternal Alchemy”?
What does she know about Caithe?

I’m sure there is more..

Flissy.4093:

MassDelusion.9130:

get some life steal food (candied dragon rolls are 2s each)
along with your GS use axe/warhorn, and use a sigil of energy on the warhorn

the life steal along with the extra dodges on swap (and skill #5 warhorn) should help you out.

Sword is better than Warhorn. 5% damage from Dual Wielding & Riposte. Warhorn is for Weakness and when your group needs vigor, not personal use.

@OP, Your accessories is where you want the Crit damage. Try swapping your armor to Knights while you learn Dungeons, but keep your accessories as Berserker. As for a middle ground between PVE and WvW, there is no such thing. You will never be good at both with 1 gear set, just good at one or gimping yourself at both. Get 2 gear sets.

he’s asking for survivability, not more damage.
the weakness and the extra vigor is for more survivability

get some life steal food (candied dragon rolls are 2s each)
along with your GS use axe/warhorn, and use a sigil of energy on the warhorn

the life steal along with the extra dodges on swap (and skill #5 warhorn) should help you out.

Full ascended zerk with scholar runes.
With sword I get 97% crit chance with fury and trait.
100+ with banner or spotter.

Was edge of the mists even planned when the full Living story was planned?
I thought Edge of the mists was made to fix the queue system that everyone was complaining about during the start of Season 1.
That was after The living story started.

This makes it seem like Scarlet was added as an afterthought. Something wasn’t originally planned.

It should be majority, and it should have an option to refuse to kick someone.

I’ve seen a votekick go up on someone, that no one but that one players wants to kick, yet I can’t do anything about it.
The small window just stays up there until that one players decides to take it down.

Every time I go to an overflow, everyone immediately assumes it’s going to fail.

Why? It’s the same as the main map, people like you who are trying to get in.
It has the same mix of good to bad players as any other map.
Being on the main map doesn’t make you a better player, or the event easier.

The reason it fails is because many players give up immediately the second they see it’s an overflow, or they continue trying the get in the main map even while the event is going, which means they’re not helping.

TL;DR

Overflow is just a mix of a bunch of players who don’t know each other, just like the main servers.
Don’t give up, just put in the same amount of effort.

There were 2 diving spots at the Tower of Nightmare, I’m not sure if they counted or not.
If they did, you can’t get them anymore because it was taken down.

Dugtrio

http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/021/9/5/zombie_dugtrio_by_jakerichmond-d37og73.jpg

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

lol @ your ridiculous assumptions like the 250g mini and 5g loot anyway (lol, just lol at that “math”) to justify your truly asinine claim that the loot was at all commensurate with the effort this event took.

Look at the loot received, and the first one already sold for 675g.

I’m sorry, does that mean the mini will hold it’s price at 250g? Is that what that means? Oh right, that’s not what it means. You made up a number and then pretended that number had some basis in actual fact to try to make a point. For all we know the mini plummets to 10-15g in a couple of weeks. The point is, neither you nor I know and your claim of 250g is beyond ridiculous.

To say nothing of your claim that a couple of yellows and a green is worth 5g. Unbelievable.

I did say for weeks, i didn’t say it will always be worth 250g+
Tequatl held a price of 100g+ for 2 weeks after it came out, and that was buy offers, not sell offers.
This isn’t being completed no where near as often as Tequatl was, so that price will stay very high for a while.

And anyways like i said, if the people attempting it now are doing it for rewards, they’re wasting their own time.

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

lol @ your ridiculous assumptions like the 250g mini and 5g loot anyway (lol, just lol at that “math”) to justify your truly asinine claim that the loot was at all commensurate with the effort this event took.

Look at the loot received, and the first one already sold for 675g.
Also, listen to the people that just beat it, they’re probably happier than you have ever been in GW2.
If you’re doing this boss now, it’s not for loot.

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

we wouldn’t have had it, our dps was kitten.
took over 3 minutes to kill each of the 2 other wurms.