Guild Wars 2

Kitta.3657:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

Serenity.6135:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

We will be adding a new currency that is similar to Proof of Heroics that will allow you to buy new sigils, runes, recipes, and hero points from PoF.

Awesome, thank you!

One more question, will these be available in skirmish chests, like proofs of heroics?

There will be a new skirmish chest with the new currency in them.

Will that new chest replace the old ones in a retroactive manner?

All skirmish chests earned before PoF launch will contain Proof of Heroics. All skirmish chests earned after will have the new currency.

Cindas.6149:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

We will be adding a new currency that is similar to Proof of Heroics that will allow you to buy new sigils, runes, recipes, and hero points from PoF.

There will be a new skirmish chest with the new currency in them.

Thank you for this information.

After PoF releases, will Proof of Heroics still be available to buy HoT sigils, runes, recipes, and hero points at the current exchange rates?

There are players with many thousands of unspent Proofs of Heroics and there will be new HoT purchasers that would like to buy HoT goods and hero points…

I have many characters that I have not bothered to spent Proof of Heroics on and that have not gained their HoT skills. Should I consider spending them now or after PoF releases..

If past experiences teaches me anything, it’s likely that this system will change a lot more than we are currently being told.

Ref:
[Notarized Scroll of Heroics]
[Notarized Scroll of Maguuma Heroics

You will still be able to purchase everything you can now with Proof of Heroics.

Serenity.6135:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

We will be adding a new currency that is similar to Proof of Heroics that will allow you to buy new sigils, runes, recipes, and hero points from PoF.

Awesome, thank you!

One more question, will these be available in skirmish chests, like proofs of heroics?

There will be a new skirmish chest with the new currency in them.

We will be adding a new currency that is similar to Proof of Heroics that will allow you to buy new sigils, runes, recipes, and hero points from PoF.

aandiarie.7195:

I was wondering who won?

Vizunah Square

Chaba.5410:

Fort Aspenwood /15 charr

Valiant effort

We are aware and are working on a fix.

Balthazzarr.1349:

you mean.. AFTER you buy the three items ahead of the commander’s wings of war… right?

Correct.

The catmander tag will work as well. If you have either the catmander or commander tag you can buy the commander’s wings of war.

You can now earn more tickets but the amount of pips required to complete the track is the same.

The total number of pips per week did not change.

Another way to check what territory you are in is by looking at the objective icon at the top of the screen next to the score UI. It will always show the objective of the territory you are in. It’s a quick way to check territory color.

AoPle.7326:

same at the entrance to the jumping puzzle at the greene borderlands …
can’t pass the cliff before the jump through the waterfall

We are aware of this area as well.

We are working on a fix for this area.

King Latif.6903:

Also i’ve learnt u can just get through the whole being pulled out the sky when you are not in your on territory by using stab xD (need to fix ASAP anett!!!!!)

We are aware of the stability issue and are working on a fix.

We are working on a fix.

Congratulations!

Lowen.7109:

BTW, people can glide from EBG red keep all the way into an enemy held OW.

If you get a video/picture of it and send it to me that would be helpful

jucep.2094:

no more Ticket cap , i just got 14 tickets on the first Diamond Chest after finishing diamond tier.

This is unintended. There is supposed to be a weekly ticket cap and we will be fixing this.

This is not intended. We’ll look into it.

We’ll look into it!

choovanski.5462:

It’s coming to EotM right?

if so OMG

& also. could we get all territories there? that map would be amazing with full gliding. all it would need is npc turrets over keeps.

You will not be able to glide in EotM.

Chaba.5410:

McKenna please answer this question! Will we be able to glide while in a golem? PLEASE MAKE IT SO!!!!

You will not be able to glide while you are in the golem.

We have kept the time and cost of upgrading the ascended armor in line with raids armor.

Spartacus.3192:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

If you have reforged either the PvP or WvW ascended armor you will need to earn a new piece of PvP or WvW ascended armor.

Reforged ascended armor will not work.

What do you mean by reforged? Do you mean if the stats were changed via Mystic Forge? I picked marauder from the drop down for my armor so is that ok?

That is okay. Reforged is changing the stats via Mystic Forge.

rotate.8769:

I have a question! If I have the pvp ascended armor. I no longer pvp I just WvW, can I get the gifts I need to change the pvp ascended armor to legendary through WvW or do I have to go back and play pvp ?

PvP armor uses PvP gifts. WvW armor uses WvW gifts. So you would need to play PvP to upgrade the PvP armor.

CaboSoul.1204:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

Pillo.3490:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

animalmother.5940:

Hey Grant and McKenna, that’s great news.

Just one quick question: If you bought the Exotic version of the WvW Triumphant Hero’s Armor and transmuted another piece of regular Ascended armor with the skins, are you able to convert it to legendary armor?

Because the cost of tickets to get the Exotic version is the same of the Ascended and a lot of people (myself included) already bought the Exotic version just to unlock the skins and transmuted other Ascended pieces to it.

You cannot upgrade the exotic into ascended or legendary. You will need to purchase the ascended gear.

What if you transmuted the ascended armor, will that work?

Yes! Transmuted will work.

What about transmuted reforged armor?

Reforged armor does not work.

Pillo.3490:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

animalmother.5940:

Hey Grant and McKenna, that’s great news.

Just one quick question: If you bought the Exotic version of the WvW Triumphant Hero’s Armor and transmuted another piece of regular Ascended armor with the skins, are you able to convert it to legendary armor?

Because the cost of tickets to get the Exotic version is the same of the Ascended and a lot of people (myself included) already bought the Exotic version just to unlock the skins and transmuted other Ascended pieces to it.

You cannot upgrade the exotic into ascended or legendary. You will need to purchase the ascended gear.

What if you transmuted the ascended armor, will that work?

Yes! Transmuted will work.

Mel.3064:

Boris Losdindawoods.3098:

Mel.3064:

devalue my raid achievement…

LMAO – Legendary Armorer isn’t a freaking “raid achievement”. It’s an Explorer achievement. That fact would have be obvious to everyone if you hadn’t carefully cropped your image to avoid showing the left side of the achievement panel. Raids just happened to be the first way to acquire legendary armor. You’re not special in any way and doing raids won’t change that.

It is an explorer achievement but with a title related to the envoy armor set. Also it was probably added because people requested a way to show that they have 750 LI without posting all 3 armor sets in chat when joining raid groups. Letting the grind based WvW and pvp armors add to it would make it useless as a proof of raid experience.

example: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Titles-for-legendary-armors
but there were also a few requests on reddit

The new armor will not progress the achievement.

animalmother.5940:

Hey Grant and McKenna, that’s great news.

Just one quick question: If you bought the Exotic version of the WvW Triumphant Hero’s Armor and transmuted another piece of regular Ascended armor with the skins, are you able to convert it to legendary armor?

Because the cost of tickets to get the Exotic version is the same of the Ascended and a lot of people (myself included) already bought the Exotic version just to unlock the skins and transmuted other Ascended pieces to it.

You cannot upgrade the exotic into ascended or legendary. You will need to purchase the ascended gear.

If you have reforged either the PvP or WvW ascended armor you will need to earn a new piece of PvP or WvW ascended armor.

Reforged ascended armor will not work.

EBG Territories Preview

starhunter.6015:

So say Red team is airborn gliding in to safe fire keep, as blue team flips it. So does that mean any Red still in air will fall to possible death ?

An rangers will be welcomed back into zergs lol

You have a few seconds before you will be kicked from your glider.

C Cspace Cowboy.5903:

So Fire keep is pretty much screwed for whoever gets it?

I mean, unless you have people sitting on ballistas 24/7 you can glide directly into inner.

You can only glide in territories you own. So if you don’t own Fire Keep you can’t glide into it.

Serenity.6135:

Will we also have the ability to switch runes like on legendary armor?

Yes! You will be able to switch runes just like legendary armor.

Sarrs.4831:

Fascinating. But what are the PvP gifts? I’m guessing that Gift of Battle/War will be one of them, but the others?

This also means I can swap between Flock and Lyssa runes without spending 15s each time :^)

They are new gifts coming out on the 8th.

Fay.2357:

Shining One.1635:

What does this mean for people you knock off cliffs with your own skills? Do they still fall to their deaths?

When cced, you can’t enter the glider in PvE maps, not sure exactly how it’ll act in WvW.

It will function the same in WvW. So if you are knocked back while in gliding you will fall to your death.

Klmor.1250:

Sounds really good, but i have a question. When we upgrade our wvw/pvp ascended gear, will they be ’ legendary ’ gear and have purple name like other legendaries in the game, or will they stay as ascended but have stat change ability ?

They will be legendary gear and have a purple name like other legendaries.

Hello, Mist Warriors!

I am excited to reveal that on August 8th we will be adding Gliding to WvW. The team has been working hard on a way to make gliding in WvW feel fun and fair, and by using our brand new territory system, we believe we finally have come up with a way to accomplish both goals.

Territories

Each objective in WvW now has a territory associated with it, and the ownership of each objective is displayed by map outlines in the color of the owning team. In addition to the map displaying the territory, the WvW score UI now displays the objective of your current territory next to the War Score your team is earning that tick. The objective icon functions the same way it does on the map and clicking it will open the Objective Upgrades panel.

Gliding

Gliding in WvW does not require unlocking gliding through PvE masteries. Instead, you can acquire Gliding by using ability points in the new Heart of Thorns War Gliding Mastery. The War Gliding Mastery is available to those who own Heart of Thorns and allows gliding in territories that your team owns in the Mist War maps: Eternal Battlegrounds, Alpine, and Desert Borderlands. If you enter a territory that you do not own while gliding, you will be kicked from your glider.

We’ve made several map adjustments to the Eternal Battlegrounds, Desert, and Alpine Borderlands maps to better accommodate gliding. Besides map adjustments, we have also replaced Ballista’s fourth skill with an anti-air bolt skill that shoots people out of the air and immobilizes them for a short duration.

It is important to keep in mind that this is a test for gliding in WvW. If we discover with this test that gliding is not appropriate for WvW, we will disable it.

Ability Point Reset

With the August 8th update, we are also adding a new ability point reset vendor, the World Ability Master, to every portal/home keep (team starting area). A free sample ability point reset is available per character so that everyone with ability points can start gliding right away.

1. World sizes are based on WvW play hours and players. People who do not play WvW, or are guests, do not factor into the population size of a server. If a world is locked, it is because it has a larger population than our “Full” threshold.

2. Yes and no. We look at timezone participation but timezone participation is hard to balance because people who play at certain times tend to all gravitate towards the same worlds so they can play with a lot of people. There are not enough off-hour worlds that we could link to create 24-hour coverage for every world. It just is not possible with our current world populations.

3. Yes, high population servers are usually the benchmark for when we link worlds. For example, if Blackgate has 10 players and it’s the highest populated server, then we try to link worlds so their populations are also around 10. We can’t be totally precise so sometimes worlds might end up with 12 or 9 but we try to get as close as possible.

As several people mentioned, and Mo mentioned in the AMA, we release on our own cadence and will continue to release updates for WvW outside of the expansion release.

I also wanted to let everyone know that today is all about announcing the expansion, but later this week we will be talking about some of the upcoming updates for WvW.

Congratulations!

We are looking into it.

Tactics should be up and working again.

The fix for 1 up 1 down went out with this release. So this Friday we will be using 1 up 1 down again.

We are disabling tactics until a fix is in.

It went out in today’s patch. Just missed release notes.

I recommend not slotting any tactics until we get this fixed.

We are aware of the issue and working on it now.

We are aware of the issue and working on it now.