Guild Wars 2

Any US Server have it open?

Have done the dungeon on average twice a day for the mini and have nothing to show for it. It was fun the first few times but after 20+ runs trying to get the Mini, it kinda ruined the whole Living Story thing for me. Rewards from these events should all be account bound, non-RNG (tokens from the dungeon would have been perfect).

The people who want to have pieces of GW2 history suffer (either by wasting time or hard earned gold) while the traders who couldn’t care what the item was from make bank.

Open anywhere right now?

I’ve been in a few guilds and I’ve noticed their guild banks are filled almost exclusively to the brim with food items and the occasional cheap crafting material or minor rune.

I realize the main reason people avoid stashing better items is because they fear one of the more selfish members might take them out just to sell or salvage them. Another is they’re afraid of a newly added member looting the place and running off.

My suggestion is to give guild leaders bank options they can set to allow better moderation of the bank. Here are some example options they could have:

• Soulbound on Aquire: This makes items soulbound to the member withdrawing them. This would remove the scenario of a member taking items just to sell them on the Trading Post. This setting would make these items unsalvageble as well. A prompt would come up letting them know this and confirming the withdrawal.

• Weekly Limit: Sets a limit to how many items or stacks of items any member can take from the bank each week. This is to prevent any single member from grabbing too much gear, even if they plan on using it, so that others have a chance to benefit from other member’s generosity.

These settings should be able to be customized for each of the three different bank stashes.

I realize something like this is most likely a long ways off and might not even be possible with the current framework , but it’s something to keep in mind to extend the usefulness of guild banks beyond a large pantry.

Feel free to suggest additional settings to address any other possible unsavory scenarios or that might extend the usefulness/functionality of the guild bank.

If I could get an invite to check out BoC, that’d be great. It’d be interesting to do an All-Necro dungeon run.

Have it not hide my entire UI and just replace the skills in my skill bar like the Engineer kits or any other bundle for that matter.

Ah I missed that. Thanks!

This is more a question for ANet I suppose. Still, does anyone know if this item is just seasonal for Valentine’s Day or if it’s going to remain in the Gem Store throughout the year? Thanks in advance!

My advice: Use a dagger instead of an axe. It’s autoattack does about the same or more damage than the axe’s number 2 skill and doesn’t have a cooldown. The dagger number 2 is also equivalent in damage to the axe’s number 2, only a few parts of a second slower. I’m not sure if you’re doing this for PvE or PvP, but if the former, feel free to check out my guide on dagger necromancers.

Here’s a guide I wrote for Power Necromancers running a Dagger/Focus setup:

>> Clott’s Dagger Power Necromancer Guide <<

Ruby Orbs is what I use.

The Spiteful Talisman Trait for the Necromancer does not affect the skill Reaper’s Touch on a Focus. This is only in effect in PvE and WvW. In PvP, both skills are working correctly with the trait.

Searching this forum, this bug was first reported on Sept. 5th, 2012 and still hasn’t been fixed. This trait would provide a good boost to power builds, granting more frequent casts of Vulnerability, but with this bug, the trait is somewhat useless.

Please, if the Necromancer gets a single fix next patch, let it be this one!

(And then keep up the good work and follow it up by having Well of Corruption show the correct skill icon instead of Necrotic Traversal’s icon when the Focused Rituals Trait is active!)

I will agree that it is quite hard, but on top of that, it is not fun. My group and I were having a great time with P4 up until Simin. Then it became frustrating and tense. We didn’t beat her because a patch kicked us out, but it completely ruined the experience for us. She’s not a fun fight at all.

I’m planning on running Arah P4 on Saturday with a friend. We had tried it before once but a patch came in after the first boss and our group spent far too much time on Simin. I will be running a dagger power Necromancer and my friend will be using a greatsword Warrior, both with Berserker/Knight exotic/ascended gear for the Simin fight.

I’m looking for an additional 3 highly experienced players who have done any Arah path before (preferably w/ an Exotic Berserker set in hand) to come join us. We’re also looking to have one Mesmer in the group. Direct DPS is preferred over conditions, and having done Path 4 is a plus.

Note: Sorry if this sounds a little strict, but I would rather not waste or make anyone else waste 2hr+ of their weekend because we couldn’t get past Simin. I’m not trying to sound elitist or like a jerk and for any other run, any composition would be fine with me.

We will try doing Simin the regular way. If it doesn’t seem to be working, we will try the 4-1 Method. Please bring at least 2 Powerful Potions of Undead Slaying for Lupicus and Simin, some Plates of Truffle Steak for the fight with Simin and Bowls of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew for Lupicus (optional but helpful). I will be initiating the instance as I have nowhere to be this entire weekend, am currently living alone, and, barring acts of fate, will not be leaving the dungeon until the path is complete.

We are planning to being the run between 6PM-7PM EST. The run can take a while depending on how well our group does, so to be on the extreme safe side, try to set aside about 4hrs for it (though I expect it to be around 2.5hrs or less if we’re prepared and we do well).

If you meet our requests and are interested, leave a comment with your character’s name and let us know if you’re a Mesmer. I’ll send out invites on Saturday in the order of posting. Thanks!

If you have not done Arah Path 4 before, please watch the Simin fight in this video by strife025 by clicking the Skip to Dwayna annotation, so everyone knows the gist of the fight and we can keep the explanation time to a minimum:

I recently switched servers to FA and lost my personal guild perks. Would anyone be so kind as to invite me to theirs if they plan on using the 15% Karma bonus and banner today? I’m looking to chug some Karma and try to get the new mini from Orr.

I’ll send 50 silver to whoever sends me the invite as thanks!

Hello! I wrote a guide for a Dagger Power Build few days ago for some other communities and figured it’d be good to post it here as well. Here is the link to the guide (it is a Google Doc):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JO4-nBIOA-AshX-9xD8aOhc03rn4VA0eHVA0WEQmvk4/edit

I’ll try to update it often as I discover new things and might add a WvW section in the future. Note that I don’t claim to have “invented” this build, as I’m sure many of you have been running this or something similar for a while. This guide is meant for those who are starting a Necromancer and are looking for some (heavy) guidance or veteran Necros that are looking into Power builds to catch a break from casting conditions. Please also keep in mind that the guide was written for PvE and many of the statements in it (unless stated otherwise) will be aimed towards PvE.

Feel free to leave any feedback here or the guide’s reddit post (link in the guide). I’ll make sure to check both frequently to address any questions or comments you might have. Enjoy!

I do not like that I can’t play with friends, nor do I like that I’ll randomly join failed matches (only one Dolyak left, near death). Why not just have it be a normal instance?

The light armor prices for the Sorrow’s Embrace Vendor are incorrect. The gloves have the cost of the coat, the coat the cost of the pauldrons, the leggings the cost of the gloves, and the pauldrons the cost of the leggings.

The prices for the medium and heavy variations are correct.

Full Disclosure Note: I’ve never done Path 3 and am doing this to complete the achievement as well as get tokens.

Need 2 more people at time of posting. Type /join Clott to join in!

No Noll in Isle of Janthir.

When I try to sell items on the TP, the window comes up blank w/o the Match lowest seller, Meet highest buyer options. That whole section is blank, including the custom price section. This is preventing me from selling any items and has been this way since the Nov. 15th patch. Anyone else having the same issue?

Edit:

Now when I try to select items in the TP or check my listings, I get a login server error each time.

Code 10:59:1:252:101 for selecting items
Code 10:45:6:62:101 for checking listings

Note that I have not changed any internet or router settings since the last patch.

Also, at the end fight, the boss puts you in cages. We got put in a cage that was indestructible and could not free ourselves. We were a three man group at the time and one man died and the other two (including myself) got locked w/o a way out. Very disappointing

This idea is pretty sound. I would like it more if we just had a button to let us swap from Underflow to Main server instead of a periodic pop-up. This could be used to exploit nodes though.

In Spite: Training of the Master is not updating the tooltip for minions.

The Bone Fiend is not doing the damage listed on it’s tooltip. At level 80, it states a damage output of 572, but it barely goes over 400 between the two hits on a Heavy Golem. It will also spontaneously hit for over 800 damage between the two hits while not being a critical. Rigor Mortis does not increase its damage output as the tooltip implies either.

I was using SweetFX 1.3 earlier today and everything was great. I tried loading the game earlier today and I receive a message about GW being unable to load 3D output and to check my DX9 and drivers. This only happens when I open it through Steam. If I open it normally, the game loads but with no injector and it crashes when I close the game.

Is this the result of a patch? Anyone else have this issue and know of a fix?