Guild Wars 2

So, in the story journal, when you replay an episode for the achievements, sometimes you get this Grey Star on Chapters where you replayed the episode to do some achievements. And then it stays there even when you quit and the Entire Season shows as incomplete. This has been there since Season 2 and it is still not fixed. Please fix this Arenanet.

Hey,

I have completed all 23 of the Rising Flames achievements a long time ago, but still don’t have a star (the small one, not the big one besides the chest) on my Story Journal Page for that episode. Is that still the bug with the “Patron” achievement? How can I fix this? The support told me it’s a visual bug and I should post it on the forums, so here I am.

This screenshot shows whats up: http://imgur.com/a/5QkDJ

MatthewMedina.5419:

Haha, no my posts are not some “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” diversion. By all means, this is an interesting discussion. Although I think the evidence that Queen Jennah being real is fairly well established, I actually do enjoy reading the theories about her being nothing more than an illusion in the same way I’m fascinated by web pages which describe how we never landed on the moon, or that 9/11 was a cleverly orchestrated government plot. :-P

I too have argued that we need a “hide footwear” option on characters, but to no avail. We got the option to hide gloves/gauntlets not that long ago, and that was in response to a bug that was needed to be fixed. hint

This is kinda funny now that you guys are planning on doing this, along with the Lazarus = Balthazar twist.

You’re close, he’s actually Balthazar. And Jennah/Anise are Lyssa. And Kasmeer is Kormir..

Fix it.

15 charrs gather here.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Sirlath.1672:

Ensign.2189:

slamfunction.7462:

Honestly, i’m just at a loss as to why there hasn’t been any response or updates from ANet.

They aren’t in the habit of responding to witch-hunts or throwing their partners to the mob for minor NDA violations. They handle that stuff quietly and internally.

Expecting otherwise is naive and continuing to stomp and moan about it is petulant.

“Minor NDA violations”? What?! A violation is a violation and should have serious legal consequences for the culprit. It’s a criminal offense. And we have no confirmation whatsoever that they have ever handled anything quietly and internally.

It’s a contractual offense, making it a civil matter, not criminal. It’s entirely up to ANet to decide what merits “serious” consequences and what doesn’t.

It actually varies from state to state. In some states it is a criminal offense.

Ensign.2189:

slamfunction.7462:

Honestly, i’m just at a loss as to why there hasn’t been any response or updates from ANet.

They aren’t in the habit of responding to witch-hunts or throwing their partners to the mob for minor NDA violations. They handle that stuff quietly and internally.

Expecting otherwise is naive and continuing to stomp and moan about it is petulant.

“Minor NDA violations”? What?! A violation is a violation and should have serious legal consequences for the culprit. It’s a criminal offense. And we have no confirmation whatsoever that they have ever handled anything quietly and internally.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/51cgty/stabilizing_matrices_and_insider_trading/

The post has been updated again. Arenanet, will you respond? Why does no one from Arenanet respond? I don’t understand. They respond to all the silly things that get posted, but not to something so vital to their community?

The Raven in the Grendich Ruins doesn’t react to me using the spyglass.

Tentonhammr.7849:

Sirlath.1672:

Tentonhammr.7849:

I work full time and can only play 2-3 hours a night.

30 minutes of map comp, rest of the time spent in fractals (or doing whatever it is you like doing in this game.) I’ve done map completion 10 times with this schedule, despite the fact that I hate map completion with a burning passion. Nut up and get it done or live without it.

Honest question: why do you guys argue about/discuss changes like this, that any rational person can surmise will never, ever happen….ever?

It doesn’t matter what you like to do. Because you enjoy it, everyone has to? No. It could be optional and you’d not have to do it, others could if they want, done. You can not counter this with any argument, period.

And how do you know it won’t ever happen, are you the CEO of ArenaNet?

I…don’t….um…..what?

Did you even read what I wrote? I HATE map comp. Despise it. Yet I do it for world completion to make legendaries and have easy access to vendors and WPs and other things. I’m not doing it because I enjoy it. I do it because I feel it’s necessary for the way I play the game. If map completion is so vital to you, shut up and get it done, or do the bare minimum you need to get by.

And how is that an argument against optional account bound Map Completion?

Jana.6831:

Sirlath.1672:

You say People who have done 100% Map Completion like 5 times don’t want to work for anything? Are you serious? How often have you done it?

8 times and I don’t want as many legendaries nor do I have/want/need 100% on all my characters as I’m effectively only playing one.

Well then you’re one of the lucky ones who can do the same Maps over and over again and still have fun.

BrotherBelial.3094:

I do love ready through threads like this, with people expecting ANet to be able to do it with ease. Not to mention people don’t want to work for anything anymore. Just want it handed to them.

You say People who have done 100% Map Completion like 5 times don’t want to work for anything? Are you serious? How often have you done it? Sob off with that old man MMO player attitude. By the way it would be easy, Beta Characters had full Map Completion except for hearts. Your point again?

BrotherBelial.3094:

So it’s stopping you from leveling alts, that’s your problem, and yours alone. You don’t want to do it, but you want all the benefits that come with it. Again your problem.

Of course it’s my problem, not yours. So? You think only your problems and views matter?

BrotherBelial.3094:

There are lots of things I don’t want to do in this game. But I do them as that is how it’s designed to work. At the end of the day there will always be something we as players don’t like, but you can’t make everyone happy.

Well you are aware that designs can change, especially when they become obsolete for veteran players. And you can kitten well try to make everyone happy.

BrotherBelial.3094:

Sure people don’t want the rewards now, but what about down the line, ANet could add something that might require map completion. Then we’ll get QQ ANet I need my map completion back, QQ.

Why would they add something to an old, obsolete aspect of the Game? Also if it’s an optional unlock on character by character basis, the QQ aspect is eliminated. Easy.

Tentonhammr.7849:

I work full time and can only play 2-3 hours a night.

30 minutes of map comp, rest of the time spent in fractals (or doing whatever it is you like doing in this game.) I’ve done map completion 10 times with this schedule, despite the fact that I hate map completion with a burning passion. Nut up and get it done or live without it.

Honest question: why do you guys argue about/discuss changes like this, that any rational person can surmise will never, ever happen….ever?

It doesn’t matter what you like to do. Because you enjoy it, everyone has to? No. It could be optional and you’d not have to do it, others could if they want, done. You can not counter this with any argument, period.

And how do you know it won’t ever happen, are you the CEO of ArenaNet?

Jana.6831:

Sirlath.1672:

That is a bad analogy. It’s more like: “I have already written this exam, why do I need to write it again to get the same Degree?”.

Because you get something for it – that’s the point.
None of your characters needs 100% map completion, you might want to have all waypoints, you might need all hero points (with HoT), but you don’t need 100% map completion, unless you want to craft a legendary.

Well you’d just not get a Gift of Exploration if you choose to transfer Map Completion to an alt. As on your other point, it would be a feature added for convenience, which there is a ton of in the game. I don’t think it would take any effort to implement either. So why not add it if it’s optional? If you enjoy Map Completion so much then you wouldn’t have to transfer Map Completion, if you don’t then you could.

Jana.6831:

ODB.6891:

How is it free when I’ve already completed those maps at least once? Check the definition of free maybe? You may want to check the definition of everything while you are at it, because that is one thing. In fact, if you are having this much trouble with definitions…you may want to just buy yourself a dictionary lol.

“I demand to take this pint of milk home as I have already bought one last week!!”

That is a bad analogy. It’s more like: “I have already written this exam, why do I need to write it again to get the same Degree?”.

Arvizal.8436:

Why would you ever do that? That’s crazy. Some people want more than 2 tier 1 legendaries, you know.

And what if it’s optional on a character by character basis?

mXz.4512:

Sirlath.1672:

mXz.4512:

The reason I feel compelled to do map completion is because I, like some others, am a completionist. And it’s nice having all places mapped out without having to worry if you have it or not.

Otherwise if you don’t, you might feel as if you’re holding people back if they invite you to an event and you can’t get there instantly.

You might be able to find a closer WP to start from – that’s fine, but being given completion? No thank you, that only promotes laziness. There’s too much of it.

If you or someone doesn’t like doing it, we shouldn’t see anyone complaining about their characters only having 50% of the map or that they’re being nagged at for delaying time to get to a certain place.

And what would your argument be against optional account-bound Map Completion? How would that affect you or like-minded individuals in any way?

Completely against it. It’s fine as it is now, and much simpler without wvw. To me, even having wvw was a sort of ‘gate’ because you had people purposely trying to grief people trying to complete their maps.

Now that it’s out of the way, there should be no or little reason people should be complaining ’it’s too hard or takes too long’. Because guess what, nothing ever means much if you don’t put effort into it. Regardless if it’s repetitive. And you can at least say you have the patience for it.

So yea, nothing could convince me to accept something like this. Same could be said for irl, taking shortcuts makes you complacent.

But you don’t have to accept anything if it’s optional. You wouldn’t even be affected by it in any way. People that have done Map Completion 5 times already and make a new alt just want everything unlocked for convenience. There is no way you can argue against optional account bound Map Completion.

mXz.4512:

The reason I feel compelled to do map completion is because I, like some others, am a completionist. And it’s nice having all places mapped out without having to worry if you have it or not.

Otherwise if you don’t, you might feel as if you’re holding people back if they invite you to an event and you can’t get there instantly.

You might be able to find a closer WP to start from – that’s fine, but being given completion? No thank you, that only promotes laziness. There’s too much of it.

If you or someone doesn’t like doing it, we shouldn’t see anyone complaining about their characters only having 50% of the map or that they’re being nagged at for delaying time to get to a certain place.

And what would your argument be against optional account-bound Map Completion? How would that affect you or like-minded individuals in any way?

Just a flesh wound.3589:

How about 1000 gems and per char only.

Hell even this works but there’s no reason not to include this. It’s not even pay to win, exclude Hero Points and don’t give any rewards for Completion except for the Completion itself, done.

Just let us have the option to transfer Map Completion over to alts, except for Hero points. That way anyone that doesn’t want account bound Map Completion doesn’t have to and anyone that wants it can have it. Done. That is the best way to handle this and it is doable, evident by the Map Completion on Beta Characters. Make us be able to buy a Scroll or something for 10.000 Karma maybe even, or make it a gold sink.

Anyone that doesn’t find it wrong for the animation to start with a stab, seriously what? That looks awful. Maybe the other parts are alright, but the order is just wrong, the whole chain feels wrong.

So with the legendary reveal this week and launch being next week, I was wondering if what we saw in the BWE of the legendary weapon effects on the Revenant was final or if there are still improvements being made to incorporate more of the legendary weapons’ effects on the Revenant’s skills.

Especially with the new legendaries coming up it would be interesting to know if you are also considering the old legendaries.

Oh and if you have added these effects, on a scale from 1-10, how awesome are they?

SuinegTsol.1729:

Rising Dusk.2408:

1. No, it will not be coming back.
2. We don’t know how exactly yet, but my understanding is that it will be rescaled to some new higher-than-70 threshold at 100 and the gradient will change for the rest of the levels. We do know it will not scale linearly with what we have now (ie. It will not take 100 AR to get to L70, etc).
3. Yes, condition damage will be very meta at certain higher levels, especially factoring some new instabilities.
4. Pristine Fractal Relics become the exclusive reward dungeon currency for Fractals. You will be able to purchase Fractal weapons and more using these relics. There will still be some RNG, but it’s my understanding that with this change you can actually make progress towards tangible rewards that you’d actually want.
5. Mastery points are acquired by experience, and not running Fractals. You can earn these mastery points anywhere in the game and then apply them to the Fractal Mastery track to boost your efficacy there.

thank you trying to answer, but i’m looking for answers not “speculations”/“what we know now”. also you missunderstood some of the questions.

1. We don’t know.
2. We don’t know.
3. We don’t know.
4. We don’t know.
5. We don’t know.

Happy?

They also complete hardcore challenging World Bosses when they’re not running dungeons

I agree with this. I need to speedrun Map Completion so my OCD let’s me start HoT content without eating me up. Arenanet please. This doesn’t hurt anyone.

Mine is called Ceáthach, meaning “Mist” in Gaelic.

Michael Henninger.7451:

Hi everyone! Gameplan:
Guild Wars tickets will soon be handled with GW2 tickets – this will remove the issue of you guys having to wait weeks for help. Note: This will still only apply to game access as we do not support gameplay or bug issues for Guild Wars anymore.

What do you mean by soon? Because I have already been waiting for 2 months and I just want to access my Guild Wars 1 account, I just can’t because I have forgotten a Character Name (might I add that I do not like that System at all and think it’s unnessecary).

Zelkovan.2630:

Nike.2631:

There’s a bit of difference between animation and in-game footage .

How do you know which is which? In the reveal trailer, it all looked like gameplay footage. Yes, obviously characters themselves can’t push open doors and what-not but I’m pretty sure the clip where Rytlock beats a mordrem to death with a spear-like weapon wasn’t just “animation” but an actual skill (most likely an auto attack for staffs or a bundle he picked up). I don’t see why they would make an animation for a auto-attack chain just for the sole use of a trailer when it could be an actual skill. It’s the same thing with the anniversery trailer where all of the footage of characters is actual in-game footage, just manipulated in a cinematic way.

Also I feel like the reason why they showed the druid with a pet is because maybe they felt that if there was no ranger pet then players would not be able to distinguish what class it was. Or, maybe the druid doesn’t change the class mechanic at all and instead adds new skills and removes others. We will see.

I think Nike meant to distinguish between the animated trailers like the ones after Episode 8 of LS Season 2 and ones like the Heart of Thorns announcement, which are in-game footage.

Apparently reading and distinguishing the words “mastery” and “specialization” is important before making clear cut arguments and being arrogant. But reading’s overrated and costs too many skill points anyways.

People thinking that it’ll be measured by AP or play time: nope.

This: #104551 for GW1 Support and #1224810 for GW2 Support. (2 MONTHS)

For Guild Wars 1, but I wasn’t sure if Guild Wars 2 and 1 support were the same or not so I’ll just leave it here. It’s been 2 months since the creation of the ticket and I think it’s got to be some kind of error because a 2 month queue seems unlikely.

Koe Moe Doe.7915:

Bring back the Ritualist.

I’d vote for forum thread Necromancer as a new class.

Hey fellow Elementalists!

I’ve been a long time altoholic since I’ve started playing MMO’s really.

However in Guild Wars 2 I could somehow stick to my main Elementalist, (well, except my 6 other alts level 80, all classes except Ranger).

So with the recent announcement of the Revenant as the third heavy armor profession I was really interested, as I never really liked the current heavy armor professions, the Revenant sounded complex enough, and has a really cool theme, just like my Elementalist.

I thought to myself: I should have a main for each armor type, my Elementalist for light armor, the Revenant for heavy armor.
Now here’s my problem. I can’t decide on a medium armor profession.

The Engineer has the versatility and the depth thing going for it, similar to the Elementalist.
However looking for similarities may not be a good idea if I’m looking to make an alt for my Elementalist, what are your experiences with this?
Also I would miss a bit of magic in an Engineer, although an Asura Engineer with magitech would probably outweigh that a bit.

The Thief has the really cool Ninja theme, the initiative system and generally fast paced gameplay to it. I like hectic gameplay (Elementalist attunement swapping, Dagger/Dagger).
At the same time it would miss versatility, would be as squishy as the Elementalist, and maybe not have as high of a skill cap as an Elementalist.

The Ranger has a really cool nature theme going on for it, I like Sylvari a lot so a Sylvari Ranger with the Druid spec would be a real Sylvarigasm for me. I also like it’s spell effects, and the mobility it offers.
On the flip side, many of its weapon sets are really straight forward and boring (ahem, shortbow/longbow) and you spend a lot of time autoattacking, which I would like to avoid.

So basically I’d just like to hear your opinions and experiences with medium armor alts for Elementalists, which classes you liked, which ones offered a fresh experience from the Elementalist while being just as fun etc.

Thanks for reading and cya in game!

Golemancer.

Anet please. Asuras are the masterrace.

Eluveitie.1290:

Regarding the last instance, it was great. Had some really interesting points and the vision was very well done. Wish we could’ve gotten the PC to actually speak during the summit, but it was still good.

Wish the leaders adressed the current situation in the world. “Despite the Flame Legion being in civil war, they are still constantly assaulting us” and so on with every race. But they insist on being vague.

The crystals definitely seem to be the Bloodstone. Although I’ll need to watch the cutscene again when someone uploads to get better conclussions. We now know the dragon that attacked the Dream was indeed Mordremoth’s doing and it has been trying to influence the Sylvari since the start.

Sirlath.1672:

Eluveitie.1290:

Sirlath.1672:

You seem to not have played the episode completely. Or just don’t care.

Because most of the things you mention are addressed there. If you don’t like the story, then no ones keeping you.

Evidently, I’m writing as I’m playing it. And no one is keeping me from writing what I think as I play it, either.

Yes. But do not make assumptions and critisize before even playing the content. That is just disrespectful and ignorant.

I was playing the content and criticizing as it progressed each part individually. But you don’t seem to comprehend that. Anyway, nothing was adressed either.

I apologize if I was too harsh. I’m kind of a fanboy :P

A link to the cinematic though.

Thalador.4218:

Dirame.8521:

Glint’s Baby is the chosen one.

Pretty much this.

Also, the golden city with the pillars and towers far out in the Maguuma?

Abandoned. Mursaat. City. #YouHeardItHereFirst

I’m praying that the very theory with which I first appeared on Guild Wars Guru in 2009 will finally be proven correct… .

Got a link to that theory?

Slowpokeking.8720:

Sirlath.1672:

Slowpokeking.8720:

Sirlath.1672:

Slowpokeking.8720:

Ar those crystals in the visions representing Kralkatorrik?

Either Glint or the Bloodstones. Or both?

I only know of one thing that fits the theme of number 5 in Tyria, and that’s the Bloodstones.

Wasn’t Glint’s Kralkatorrik’s champion?

Yep. So you’re kinda right. Also I meant Glints child. But although it is the same as Kralkatorriks magic, that would be kind of weird to include him now.

Could the blood stone actually have some connection with Kralkatorrik as well?

Phew, I doubt that. Probably only in appearance. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bloodstone

Here’s a bit more info on it.

Slowpokeking.8720:

Sirlath.1672:

Slowpokeking.8720:

Ar those crystals in the visions representing Kralkatorrik?

Either Glint or the Bloodstones. Or both?

I only know of one thing that fits the theme of number 5 in Tyria, and that’s the Bloodstones.

Wasn’t Glint’s Kralkatorrik’s champion?

Yep. So you’re kinda right. Also I meant Glints child. But although it is the same as Kralkatorriks magic, that would be kind of weird to include him now.

Slowpokeking.8720:

Ar those crystals in the visions representing Kralkatorrik?

Either Glint or the Bloodstones. Or both?

I only know of one thing that fits the theme of number 5 in Tyria, and that’s the Bloodstones.

Eluveitie.1290:

Sirlath.1672:

You seem to not have played the episode completely. Or just don’t care.

Because most of the things you mention are addressed there. If you don’t like the story, then no ones keeping you.

Evidently, I’m writing as I’m playing it. And no one is keeping me from writing what I think as I play it, either.

Yes. But do not make assumptions and critisize before even playing the content. That is just disrespectful and ignorant.

You seem to not have played the episode completely. Or just don’t care.

Because most of the things you mention are addressed there. If you don’t like the story, then no ones keeping you.

You’re Norn. It’s obviously Mjölnir.

Hello fellow Rangers!

I am a Male Sylvari Ranger and I’m going for a legendary at the moment.

I am not sure which one I should go for though. I mainly play PvE.
I was thinking Sunrise or Kudzu. Sunrise I like a lot, and it would fit my playstylet too.
Kudzu fits Sylvari so perfectly it would look really cool. But you don’t use longbow in dungeons. There’s a dilemma.

Also if you have any other legendary suggestions feel free to share them please!

Cyrill Faust.9340:

Sigils do nothing. “Someone” was trolling you or is misinformed. Other than ’using exotics instead of rares there is no way to increase the chance of a precursor.

edit: Had to add a ’ before “using” because of the kittened up kitten filter

Well using the same weapon type can improve the chance there you go one way. Using exotics is another. This is exactly the same thought process and logically should lead to a higher chance.

Maybe if you use 4 daggers with the same sigil as spark?

Hey, I’m gonna be gone for 3 weeks but I wanted to try this out as well :P

I’m looking for an armorset on my Sylvari Male Elementalist that fits the legendary Incinerator, that’s the only requirement. It should really fit the incinerator, maybe incorporate cultural stuff, doesn’t have to. Just look good with Incinerator that’s all

I won’t forget to tip once I’m back of course, I love your work^^

Apparently it will come with time. I’ll just wait till tomorrow and hope it’s there.

I have saved all my loots for 3 days or so. So today I wanted to sell everything. But I received much less than i sold stuff for. I fear that my money is gone somewhere in the tp and I won’t get it back.

I really don’t know what to do. I’ve checked my sell listings, nothing there. When I look at what is in what I’ve sold everything is there, but it’s a much larger amount than what I received.

Hopefully I can get my gold back, I don’t know what to do

I kinda feel like this undermines a theory I had recently.

I belive that Arenanet quite some of season 2 content done before release. Seen by the southwestern part of Brisban Wildlands, coming out in Gates of Maguuma being there since release on the map (atleast partially).

This is probably the more western regions. I don’t know where he found it, but it definitely looks like early Guildwars 2 style. It still proves my theory even more right.

I kinda feel like it’s fake tho.

Greetings fellow Charr.

I have a Charr Elementalist which I would really like to look like a Flame Legion Charr.
The new crimson mask for example kind of fits this, the glowing looks neat.
Flamekissed would be interesting as well.

I tried the CoF armor, which was okay I guess. The only thing I really liked was the firey tail though. But it just looks too much like a robe.

So, I hope you guys could help me find a good combination