Guild Wars 2

So basically this concern for better communication is about players who were going for some kind of “world’s first” but had to wait a long time and felt like they were being lead on because the folks at ArenaNet didn’t continuously post updates on various social media. Got it. I think they did fine.

This event can be done solo with a Mesmer using a greatsword from the shore near the cave to the hylek fort. There’s an old YouTube video showing how to do it. Any profession that can use a melee weapon can swim out to the ship, hop onto the boney part at the front and attack it and destroy it from there. If you’re even semi-careful not to aggro the risen they leave you alone. And you don’t even need HoT skills or specializations.

I think that particular shade of green clashes with the icy color of the rest of the weapon. A gem in a contrasting color might have looked better. Not a cartoon color but more muted to match the rest of the weapon. As it is, your eye goes right to that cheap looking green gem.

It’s interesting that there have been at least three weapon sets that looked real nice but missed the mark because of the color used for gemstones.

Grief definitely has various stages but they don’t happen chronologically. If they did, I would have slept through a few. Another thing, when anger kicks in it is not directed at the people around you because you know that they are grieving too. They, like you, are trying to cope. The anger is directed at whatever deity you believe in.

Braham’s behavior is closer to that of an injured animal lashing out at anyone and everything. He’s made it clear that he has no use for the player character or his/her concerns.

I don’t think it was necessary to portray the player character in such a weak manner in order to make whatever point the writer(s) were trying to make. I can’t even imagine what point they were trying to make. It was a choice the writer(s) made and it’s one that we will have to wait to see how it evolves.

I also know that it’s hard to tell a real story given the constraints of games. That’s why we’ll just have to wait and see how it all turns out.

I have, in fact, read and watched a lot of fantasy over the years. Some of it was good but an awful lot of it was quite bad. Stories with characters with anti-social behavior and lack of respect has been a writing trend for some time. We seem to be playing through just such a story.

I think the map itself is pretty, well except for that really cold area. I do wonder what makes winterberries so special that they have to be guarded by overlapping mobs. There are some inconsistencies with the currency of the last three zones that are odd. All in all I don’t think that I’ll be repeating this episode with all of my charcaters because the story is just not that good, in my opinion.

I wouldn’t terminate either of them by killing them off. I’d sever ties with them and look for replacements. It’s not like either one has been very useful. Marjory has always been more concerned with her personal interests and Braham has a tendency to get hurt. They’re both odious characters.

I was really disappointed with the rude behavior of Braham and Marjory and the lack of backbone given to my character during this story. My character has had to deal with Taimi’s continual evesdropping and interruptions and disrespect by many NPCs. In Bitterfrost he has even been lectured by a Kodan. And his response has been … nothing.

Who is in charge of this group? It certainly doesn’t seem to be my character.

I wish they’d look at the holiday events in Guild Wars to see what made them special. Things like the hats, the quests, the special drops, everything. It would take some effort though and they may not have the resources.

I know that this isn’t the first silly legendary. The screaming pony shortbow ranks at the top of that list, in my opinion. It’s a shame that somewhere someone made such nice textures and then someone decided that, of all the things in this game, quaggans should be the decorative touch. I wonder what sound it will have? Screaming quaggan ftw.

Interesting textures. The quaggans make it look silly. It certainly doesn’t merit being categorized as a legendary, in my opinion.

Disconnected 4 times in the past hour.

I hardly hear the guy playing the flute near the bank and trading post npcs because my characters generally use the artificer station or the other one that’s near it. From there I can listen to the trio playing a great little tune while two npcs dance. I do like that tune.
Listening to it I barely hear the background chatter that includes a female voice saying “have a good one” about every ten or fifteen seconds. That, to me, is annoying.

I hope this isn’t dumbed down. I’m not the greatest player, and I had some difficulty doing it the first time with my Guardian. While fighting Adrienne I realized that I was probably over thinking the mechanics and stopped to read the tasks. That’s when I noticed that Marjory and Canach were pretty much telling me what needed to be done. The White Mantle rangers were pretty stationary and could mostly be avoided. I’m looking forward to doing this next with a Necromancer and Mesmer.

There are some great tips in this thread. I will definitely be using them. I have already re-bound the special action key. I wish I had done that sooner.

The Voltaic spear model from Guild Wars that’s an underwater weapon in GW2 would make a great spear on land of course, but it could also be used as a staff. A great weapon skin wasted, in my opinion.

I managed to finish these events yesterday. The longest wait was in VB. After goofing around in that zone for about 40 minutes I looked at Dulfy’s guide and noticed that the Wyvern was also scheduled to appear in TD so off I went. It spawned within 30 minutes.

The other creatures spawned within about 30 to 45 minutes. I was fortunate to land in maps where people were having fun – playing music and using those boxes. And gathering – wood, ore, and plants.

The waiting around was similar to doing Triple Trouble and Tequatl or the other World Bosses. You wait.

I watched a YouTube video the other night of a Mesmer killing this boss solo. So no, I don’t think it needs to be nerfed. I think players, including myself, need to adjust their style and fight better. I know we can’t all solo everything, like that Vampire Bat in Verdant Brink – but I bet some people have. Standen is right, post something in map chat and people will usually come to help, unless you’re in a map that’s obviously trying to go for the meta event.

I prefer the airship to the Royal Terrace so I use it more frequently. I don’t find the background sounds of the airship as annoying as noise generated by players blowing war-horns, shooting that horse screaming bow, and elementalists repeatedly using firestorm. If I’m on the airship for any length of time I take off my headphones off.

And yet, that’s the mentality that the company seems to be catering to.

" … imparting our knowledge. " Lol, that’s a good one. Must take a lot of time.

It does seem like a goofy decision to make this dive part of a jumping puzzle that has so many silly gimmicks.

I like the male Sylvari voice. Not the sound they make when they harvest, but the speaking voice. Everything else on your list I agree with. The noise that bow makes is awful. Thing is, people are having fun with all that stuff (including wings) so to each his own.

I like the wings. Not all of them, but most of them. However I am sick of seeing sleazy human female characters everywhere. “And sometimes I wish there was a way to toggle it so I didn’t have to see them.” Different strokes.

Level 80 Sylvari Revenant with 88% Map completion still waiting for this story step to be fixed.

The game’s interface does not always tell players explicitly what to do in order to succeed at an event. The Wiki can sometimes fill in missing information IF it has been updated by players. Commanders can form squads for meta events in TD and AB and coordinate numbers in each section. They answer questions and give information to the squad relevant to the area or section the squad is assigned to.

In the past two days I’ve noticed that some players have refused to join squads for the meta events in AB and TD and it is typically those players that have almost caused an event to fail because they don’t pay attention to what’s going on. So an Octovine almost gets killed too early or one of the lanes in TD almost fails an objective.

Don’t like Commander tags for PvE events? Find a map without them and try to succeed. Maybe you will. It used to be that tags were needed for the Tequatl event, but I’ve seen it succeed without tags. However, this only happened when players communicated in map chat about numbers in each area.

Please no. Not in this game What an awful idea. Maybe The Sims or Second Life is what you want to try out.

I got to that one today using this video for reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_zhoanArRs&ab_channel=elflovers

I think it’s interesting when you get the pop-up that the map you’re on currently is empty and the new map that you’re plopped into has the same IP as the one you just left. Then, seconds later, you get another pop-up that the map is empty and you can volunteer to change again. And lose your participation progress. So you’re left to wonder, did I make a mistake leaving the first map? If it was really empty, who were all those phantoms doing the events and posting in map chat?

I was on an AB map on Wednesday where groups of players were actively doing the Pillon events for all four quadrants to get ready for the meta. In spite of this, we all kept getting the message that the map was a empty and we could volunteer to change maps. Other people were doing HPs. The map was not empty. We ignored that, kept going, taxied players in and completed the Tarir event successfully.

The World Boss tour may not be lucrative but it’s like a traveling party. Good times.

You might also try looking for a YouTube video with a guide for the specific HP you need.

After spending a lot of time in VB for the past two days, I found that you have to rely on LFG to get into a map that’s actively trying to go for T4. Usually these maps succeed. The same goes for the AB meta.

As soon as you get into a VB map, look at the progress bar if it’s daytime. That will tell you right away, if you need to check LFG for an active map.

AB is a bit different. The LFG taxis get advertised closer to when the challenges start.

IGN: RoxBuryNine.4210
Play: PvE (mainly) – WvW (rarely)
Server: Fort Aspenwood
Role: Scholar (currently)
Time: MST

I’d like to be considered for your Mesmer WvW division. I just transferred to FA today so it will be a few days for that to kick in. If you already have a full roster, then perhaps I could be an alt. Thanks!

There are people that spend a lot of hours farming Silverwastes and major events in Dry Top – like 8 to 10 hours per day. Those are the people making 100 gold. And they’re usually pretty cranky too.

It’s a Legendary. It should take time to make it. If someone can’t stand the time-gated nuisances, then perhaps the path to making a Legendary will prove to be too frustrating. Make something else.

Sephiroth nailed it. How dare they!

And maybe, just maybe, there are new players who didn’t know about this feature.

I hope they leave bundle as is. Buy it or don’t. Bundling products is a way of life. Do consumers whine about items bundled with purchases involving cars, groceries, or electronics?

People complain about outfits, but they’d buy this one IF it wasn’t bundled. People complain about gem store glider skins, but they’d buy this one IF it wasn’t bundled. Oh sure you would.

This isn’t the only game I play, but it is the game that takes up most of my game time. Right now I’m playing three other games plus I also go back to GW1 periodically to work on titles for my Assassin and Paragon.

It’s pretty much busy work. I plan to start working on one of the weapons someday, but haven’t decided which since I have the two Legendaries I want.

It’s not a bow that any of my male characters or my Female Ranger will ever use because I think it looks silly and sounds annoying. Whoever thought that a screaming bow was epic, all I can ask is please don’t let them design anything else.

Judging by how long it takes to get World Bosses to die, I don’t think that many players are actually using Berserker’s gear. From what people ping in chat, it looks like they’re actually using Celestial, Cleric’s or Knight’s.

Most World Bosses are not melting, as someone recently posted. Even The Shatterer is holding his own. Probably because 90% of the players are using ranged weapons standing on the nearby debris. Hey, maybe that debris should be removed too.

I’m just sorry that Anet didn’t see this coming when they picked that guild.

My Guardian is standing at the Treacherous Path Waypoint as I type this. The Coztic Itzel Belongings challenge shows that it was completed. Earlier he completed the Hero Challenge at Nobles Ledge and got credit for it. Now, the Coztic Challenge shows complete, but the challenge near Nobles Ledge shows as not completed. When he tried to commune with it again, he can’t.

Seriously, fix this.

I always thought it was interesting that someone decided that those two kids had to be placed near the bank. Why weren’t they placed near the Trading Post, or the crafting stations, or the portals to other locations? LA is huge, but they got placed near the bank.

All games include propaganda in their content. Just block it out if/when it bothers you and move on. When you’re near the bank in LA, take your headphones off or mute your speakers.

I thought the outfit looked awful when I previewed it on my male Sylvari characters, but it looks like poor Charr got hit with the ugly stick even worse. I hope you didn’t buy it. Whoever works on outfits really does need to improve.

I previewed this costume on everyone of my characters, with a multitude of dye combinations, and it never looked good. Mordremoth would be appalled. Terrible art. Stripes on the boots? Why?

I don’t think the price is bad considering that you get to use the outfit repeatedly on multiple characters of various races and both genders. Truly, if the price is not to your liking, or not within your budget, then don’t buy it. Perhaps it will be on sale someday and the price will be more to your liking.

Attempted to complete this mission twice tonight with a Mesmer. Both times the airship stopped at the Giants. No cutscenes skipped. Rytlock got his lines off.

First time, I moved my character to the forward deck. I thought that may have caused the problem. Second time, I had him stay at the point where he spawned on the airship. After a few moments he was defeated and given the option to retry from checkpoint, which I did however the ship had stopped moving.

This mission has been working fine for me up until tonight. My character is still on board the ship. I may try again after re-logging. I noticed that the NPCs were rubber-banding a bit during the second attempt.

Update: Re-logged and started the mission with a Ranger who completed it in just under an hour with no problems.

There are guilds recruiting now that, half the time, I don’t even know who or what they’re recruiting. I saw a guild recruitment in map chat several weeks ago that referred to “muggles.” Tonight there was a guild recruiting in Mount Maelstrom targeting “the international transfeminist transpiracy” and referred to “gross cis people.” I looked all that up out curiousity. I wasn’t surprised by any of what I read. So, yeah I’d say a hetero guild would be fine. Personally, I think it’s getting out of hand.

I think the artwork is very nice, but overall I don’t like it. The design is all over the place, giving it a theme park atmosphere. I don’t spend a lot of time in LA anyway.

Swimming is really funny. I like it!