Guild Wars 2

On finding Zinn’s tomb there is some text on stone in one of the chambers. Translating from Ascalonian (Not New Krytan, nice lore continuity Anet) it reads:

‘Zinn
His genius
knew no bouns’

Is the missing ‘d’ from bounds a typo or some kind of weird joke that he was a genius but couldn’t spell? Just seems a bit odd to me.

I seem to recall one of the devs saying that Chronomancer was originally going to get a ‘time rifle’ as their new weapon. A shame really as that sounds like such a cool concept and would’ve helped bring the rifle back into the game a bit.

Noticed this today:
To unlock ‘WvW Guild Claiming: Towers’ needs:
20 Badges of Tribute
250 Elder Wood Planks
250 Mithril Ingots
80 Major Runes of Holding

But to unlock ‘WvW Guild Claiming: Keeps’ (obviously a higher tier) only needs:
20 Badges of Tribute
250 Elder Wood Planks
250 Mithril Ingots
33 Major Runes of Holding

Isn’t this a mix up? Why would unlocking tower claiming cost more than keep claiming?

In a quiet moment of WvW-ing our group started wondering what Guild Wars 2 professions would be… if they were biscuits. Here’s what we decided:

Warrior: Hobnob; strong, straight forward biscuit that can take a dunking
Mesmer: Pink Wafer (unsure if this really counted as a biscuit), colourful and sweet
Elementalist: Gingernut; hard to get used to but nice overall
Guardian: Chocolate Biscuit; good all round, liked by all

Any ideas for the others?

Also getting this, with seemingly no apparent cause; just goes to black with mouse and music. Been happening much more often since the last patch.

Considering other voice-over work is going to be added with HoT, including Reaper shouts, any chance that ‘Hold the Line!’ will finally get it’s audio fixed?

When playing through this chapter I’m sure the confrontation with Estelle is a sly nod to the Ace Attorney series (which, if so, is awesome; love those games).

I present to you the evidence Your Honour:
1. You are asked by Kasmeer to ‘Press’ and ‘Present evidence’ both key elements of Ace Attorney.
2. You work with a partner (Kasmeer) who gives hints as to when someone is lying, this also happens in said game.
3. You ask Minister Estelle to repeat her testimony so you can spot the lies; again, very similar.

I await your verdict.

There is new wallpaper; a picture of Ho Ho Tron and a snowman in the background.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/december-10-2013/

Scroll to the bottom of the page to find it.

When participating in Belcher’s Bluff the other day, I noticed asura have some interesting lines when they use the bonus skill. Male asura quotes:

‘Are you a parabola? Because I like your curves.’
‘Did you descend directly from luminous ether?’
’You’re positively exothermic. You must get that reaction constantly.’

Any other suggestions for asuran-worthy chat-up lines?

ArmageddonAsh.6430:

I agree that some traits could be reworked or changed.

I find the 5% damage to inactive foes to be confusing. Is it to people that are AFK or those that have been stunned/dazed or what ever? if its AFK then should be replaced, if Stunned/dazed then it needs to be re-worded to show that.

It’s to any foe that isn’t using a skill when your attack hits; moving without using a skill counts as ‘inactive’. Could be better worded though.

tetrodoxin.2134:

Heya guys, tetro here.

I guess everyone here noticed that anet tries to make interrupts more viable in this game. While I still think they aren’t, it’s a huge topic nevertheless that we should talk about and maybe give the developers some useful feedback and suggestions to get this in the right direction.

So let’s start with a list of our potential interrupts in this game:

• Diversion (F3) – Daze
• Illusionary Wave (GS 5) – Knockdown
• Chaos Storm (Staff 5) – Daze
• Counter Blade (Sword 4) – Daze
• Into the Void (Focus 4) – Knockdown
• Magic Bullet (Pistol 5) – Stun/Daze

Utilities:

• Mantra of Distraction – Daze
• Signet of Domination – Stun

Traits that directly affect the Interrupt mechanic:

Domination:

• Minor Adept: Inflict 3 stacks of vulnerability on interrupt
• Halting Strike: Direct damage on interrupt
• Minor Master: Dazing enemy applies 5 stacks of vulnerability

Chaos:

• Bountiful Interruption: Gain might + X on interrupt
• Chaotic Interruption: Immobilize and apply blind/cripple/chill on interrupt

Illusions:

• Illusionary Persona: Turn yourself into an interrupt (F3)
• Imbued Diversion: Diversion hits up to 5 targets in a large area. (Anybody knows the radius on this?)

If I forgot anything, please let me know.

tetro

There’s also Furious Interruption – Duelling Grandmaster trait, gives 3 seconds of quickness on interrupt (with a 15 sec cd).

Yep really miss the sound for mantras, particularly Mantra of Distraction. Made my mesmer sound more…mesmery. Please bring them back!