Guild Wars 2

Because it’s legendary armour. Why is it only avaible in raids? Well, because it’s the ultimate reward. You want the best gear in the game by doing daily fractals and farming obsidian shards? People who spend the time to raid and learn the encounters should be rewarded for their efforts(and not with minis almost nobody really uses outside of proof for killing a boss). Getting legendary weapons for completing lvl 10 event collections and mat sinks is enough as it is.

And why is this still being discussed? It has been clear for months that it’s going to be tied to raids only. You get ‘Legendary Insights’. Yes, go complete a WvW reward track for 25 Legendary Insights, why don’t you? Also, armour takes 150LI per set, can you imagine what that would equal if there was a way to get the armour without it? People sell one boss for hundreds of gold, bc each of the people who has to carry you has even more pressure on them. Getting this many insights takes a lot of time, even more for people who started raiding earlier with 3LI per week, but atleast they are done by now.

Let’s have a conversation!
I shout “Lazyyyyyyyyy!”
You say: I don’t have enough time to do raids, I have a life you know! Also I don’t enjoy raiding and shoudn’t be forced to raid to get the items I want. (Optional)I’m a WvW player as well.
Then I say: You don’t have enough time to raid, yet you have enough time to get the armour trough alternative methods that will take as long if not longer? I imagine others have lifes as well, and even if raiding took their lifes from them(which it DOES NOT), you shouldn’t have it both ways. You don’t enjoy raiding, but rather do other PvE content that is insultingly easy and want to be rewarded same as those who raid(not to mention raids aren’t god like difficulty!)? You should be forced to do hard kitten content to get best armour, by your logic I should be able to get a Sunrise by doing Keg Brawl, since it’s the content I enjoy.(Optional: then go do WvW. WvW is a big part of the game, but Guild Wars 2 is a MMO focusing primarly on PvE, It’s not a game that is WvW-like and happens to have some PvE on the side and PvP every 2 weeks on a full moon)

It only drops from smokescales in “Skyclaw Peaks” in Verdant Brink. There are about 4 of them there that rewspawn every 4-5 min or so. Think I got it from a veteran one but wiki says go there. Me and my friend got it both in about 25min.

Missing achievements points. Used to have around 7,545 this morning after some time in HoT I noticed I have 7,499 and after I hit 7,500 again I didn’t get a chest because I’ve already had it few days ago. Please resolve this issue I’m missing around 50AP and I don’t like it :/

Let’s start with activating Berserk(F2). It takes the same amount of adrenaline bars as activating any other Burst skill(F1). Why? Basically what happens is: (Let’s take the greatsword for example)You get all 3 adrenaline bars full. From there on you have the option to either use your normal burst skill(F1 – Arcing Slice) OR use Berserk(F2) which increases attack speed, dmg etc and gives you a better and more powerful burst skill(F1 – Arcing Sear)(Not to mention if you are using specific Berserker traits you get even more buffs). You get the filled merged adrenaline bar upon using Berserk so you immediately have the option to use Arcing Sear(F1) thus causing more dmg and conditions then the normal burst skill(Arcing Slice). There is no reason not to choose using Berserker because it is in every way better and stronger. You either choose Arcing Slice or Arcing Sear + buffs. It’s like having to choose between renting 2 cars and the one is better than the other and they both cost the same. You would go for the better one of course.
You can argue that you can activate Arcing Slice regardless of how many adrenaline bars you have full or not but that still leaves the issue of not using Arcing Slice on Stage 3. Or you can also argue that you might not want to use your Berserk skill and go for Arcing Slice to finish off your enemy and not have to waste your Berserk skill away on nothing. Aside from this being very situational the fact that the cooldown is like 14-15 seconds and by the time you move to the next enemy and get your adrenaline up it will be ready to use again is just ridiculous.

This leads to another issue. You can pretty much fill all 3 of your adrenaline bars and go into Berserk mode just by killing one enemy and it will be even quicker if there is a whole stack in front of you not to mention using traits like “Always Angry” which gives your first attack extra adrenaline or “Versatile Rage” which gives adrenaline upon swapping weapons plus other various skills that also give adrenaline. What I am trying to say here is that you can go into Berserk mode as simple as 123 and it’s over before you know it. Adrenaline comes and goes as if you are breathing air. You can’t just walk to a mushroom hit it a few times and then turn into this “mad” warrior who calms down after a couple of seconds. It really feels like you can have it when you don’t need it but no reason not use it and not have it when you need it because it’s already over.
What I suggest is: Make the adrenaline bars 5. Not 3, but 5. The time that would take to fill the first 3/5 bars is the same as it would now to fill all 3 now. That means in order to fill all 5 bars up it would take as if we are filling 3+2 right now. You just add 2 more adrenaline bars. Let’s say you have 3/5 adrenaline bars filled. You have the option to use the normal Burst Skill(F1- Arcing Slice) but NOT be able to use the Berserk one(F2). If you happen to have lets say 4/5 bars filled and use Arcing Slice it will leave you with only 1 adrenaline bar left meaning it still consumes 3 as before. If you have all 5 adrenaline bars filled you can then enter Berserk Mode. Lasting longer that it does now for 20 seconds with down time increased from 15 to 20 seconds as well. That way it deals with the problem of not using Arcing Slice on stage 3(being able to use it on 3 or 4 adrenaline bars filled) and give the feeling of this great and mad berserker the more satisfying and appealing to play. 20 seconds duration MAY be a bit much but it compensates for not using it as much. This all goes for the other burst skills as well the greatsword is just an example.

P.S. I can’t think of a way that Dead or Alive is that useful, again very situational. It’s a buzz kill.

Noticed that the beta achievements are not being carried to our account. So I am assuming we won’t be keeping them?

YOUNGaz.5690:

If you do a dance/emote, toggle your back item off then on again to get it to show during the action. ;] kneeling with wings is very cool looking.

Thank you for the tip. Do you happen to know any more?

There are a lot of tricks I see people doing like – dancing with weapon out or dodging in mid-air(jumping+dodging) or some mniture bugs that look cool. I know just some of them but if you happen to know any cool things like please do post them in this topic with an explanation on how to do them

I really want to play them since I’ve missed them by a month since I bought the game in 2014. I know they are working on HoT, but it will be nice to inform us if they will bring it back sometime in the future or before the expansion to occupy our time. Or at least the Queen’s Gauntlet.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Yes, you can. The price is 2400 Gems, I believe. (You can find both Deluxe Upgrades [core and Hot] in the Gem Store.)

Good luck.

Thanks for the info.

No. I mean let’s say I buy HoT standard edtiton. Can I upgrade to HoT deluxe edition from the gem store and NOT the deluxe edition of the base game.

So I saw this :
If I purchase the Standard or Deluxe editions of Heart of Thorns will I be able to upgrade to Deluxe or Ultimate later?

Starting on June 23, 2015, you will be able to upgrade to Deluxe in the gem store, but the only way to receive the Ultimate edition is to buy it from buy.guildwars2.com or in-game.
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Does that mean if I were to purchase Standard Edition now I can purchase Deluxe edition via gem store and get the items FROM THE HOT deluxe edition or are they talking about the deluxe edition of the game that offers that wolf from the original game?

I want to pre-order the game from a retailer, but I also want to get Into the Beta weekends. Is there a way that this can happen? If not is there a way I can pre-purchase a physical copy of the game trough the net and still get into the Beta(for example if there is any contract with amazon that I can link accounts so it is clear I pre-purchased the game)? Thank you in advance. Would really apreciate if GW support team answers this one.

Is there going to be Open Beta or is it just going to be closed Beta?