An expansion pack with no new race. Only Syvlari is now enemy race;P. All sylvans can be hunted down by other races. Grove is hostile area like Orr but minus pact.
In wvw sylvans are one team among all servers, and they run around wrecking havoc everywhere. And they summon Dragon Champions in wvw maps too.:P
Since runes and sigils are mostly costly, it would be nice if A-net reduced the ridiculous pricing on the upgrade extractor.250 gems for a single extraction,even for the AR infusion is just too costly.Either lower the price to 100gems or give it a charge of 3 or increase the gem cost with more charges. Just think this, if I want to change a rune set, for ex. Strength sup runes( the most costly atm in tp), from my ascended armor, I should either chose to waste 6 × 12 g (approx.) worth runes, or buy 6 extractors for 250gems each ( which will be around 200g),the second option being stupid.And what if I don’t want the new runes and go back to Strength runes.At that point I should waste gold unnecessarily and I should go into more grinding to afford it. So it would be nice If A-net consider re-pricing or re-defining the upgrade extractor.
Again please consider the WvW armors bought using Badges of honour. That armor set is totally useless, as for WvW players they would most probably need to change runes once in a while and will have to waste costly runes and sigils to try a new set. So it would be really helpful if for WvW armor at least, you introduced an upgrade extractor bought with “badge of honor”, which will destroy the armor only giving the sigils or runes.
Also I would really like to see an item like “Mawdrey II” and “Star of Generosity” to use up the dragonite ores. You shouldn’t have increased the drop rate of an ascended mat to this ridiculous level. My bank is now full of dragonite ores( until the fore mentioned items were released, the other ores too). Most players are throwing out the dragonite ores. Either reduce the drop rate or let us sell it to vendors or give an item to use dragonite ore up.
After reading posts on this topic, I think of an upcoming twist in GW2 lore.(I am new to GW2 lore and is not familiar with GW1)
What if the Jungle Dragon is the ‘good dragon’?[like Glint]What if the final dragon is working against the other elder dragons and support life on Tyria? Pale Tree may be essentially a champion of Mordremoth and “he” is just setting up premises for his battle against the antagonist Elder Dragons. And therefore the Jungle Dragon’s supposed to be minions, “sylvari”, are good.After all it is a First Born Sylvari ,the Marshal of Pact Forces.Many other syvlari hold strategic offices in Tyria’s top orders and organizations,fighting against Dragon minions. For example, Caithe who was instrumental in forming Destiny’s Edge and Laranthir ,Vigil Second-in-command.
Earth is the one of the basic elements, but jungle is just thriving wild life(flora and fauna).Why did they name it Jungle Dragon when they could have named it Earth Dragon,if destruction was to be it’s sole purpose.That itself may imply that Jungle Dragon is a symbol of life and supports life. Mordremoth may be the "light dragon and the rest five the “dark dragons”.
Also most of the sylvari wyld hunts are to protect life,they might have got the inspiration from their overlord “The Jungle Dragon” but they just don’t know it yet.It is like fate have decided them to be the guardians of life on Tyria.
It is said in the lore that the last time Elder Dragons woke up they destroyed every life on the planet and then went back to slumber.What if the last dragon to sleep was the Jungle Dragon and before he slept ,he sowed the seeds of life back on the planet.Only this time he chose to defend what he have created and so decided to make his own minions, sentinel creatures “the sylvari”,connected to a collective mind-a champion so powerful even capable of premonitions ,“the Pale Tree”?
And about the Nightmare Court, there are perverted minds all along history and that is all they are, they just got the message wrong.
How about that ? :P
I didn’t think about Agony infusion when I posted this topic.Well peter is right, the only upgrade worth to be extracted with upgrade extractor is Agony Infusion.But again you can’t extract them each time you need to combine to make the next level infusion.It is better to wait till you get a useful level of the Agony Infusion and then combine with equipment rather than using "upgrade extractor’ each time.
And peter ,about the scaling of Agony Infusion, it is way beyond insane.
The latest Black Lion consumable Upgrade Extractor being a very useful consumable,especially when one goes for a change of build,is currently less worth for the money at a cost of 270 Gems.Not even a single upgrade(Sigils and Runes) is worth of being extracted at such a cost.The current exchange rate for 270 Gems is around 18g-20g,while the most expensive rune costs about 10g-12g and sigil ,10g.
The upgrade extractor is clearly not worth for a single use , but if it is given a charge of 6 uses makes the purchase and use of the item justifiable. Even a raise of the cost to 500gems will be reasonable with multiple use charge while maintaining the item account bound.I think such a change will increase sales of the item too.
No one can blame the Rangers using LB. That weapon gives the highest damage and more at increased range. Using Sword or LB depends on the player .
As someone said above its the players nature that he/she would help others or just stay at a place and try to do damage.But unfortunately everyone think about Rangers like that and especially in dungeon raids 95% groups prefer “serker warriors” and oh yes they are doing SPEED RUNS!! Ranger is just useless to do SPEED RUNS and for that thank you A-Net.It seems I have wasted one character slot making a Ranger.
Well since Ranger is somewhat good in underwater fights and had some wins atleast underwater and they decided to remove the entire underwater content in WvW Borderlands.So why the worry about “OP ranger under water,thieves can’t kill them!!”.
Rangers don’t think We will let you be be good killers, yes,Rangers are destined to be targets only.Ranger shouldn’t be good and happy.That is for thieves and Warriors and Mesmers only.
I don’t understand what is the big advantage that ranger gain with pet.In PvE it is understood as a meat shield [not that useful in champion fights,because pets die very fast], but in pvp and WvW I don’t think pet contribute much. The occasional immobilize,Fear,Stun, or Blast Finisher may be good but in a solo fight or in a zerg fight they don’t contribute much. In zerg fights pet die fast so you should keep them in passive mode and in duels your opponent easily can outrun pet, The enemy wont be remaining at the same position as in PvE and by the time the pet understands that and re-allign to hit enemy , voila the Master is dead so no need to do anything more.May be with BM traiting someone might have got some kills, but then what about the Ranger damage,it might be hilarious.
So either buff Rangers with some health and more weapon damage ,or better nerf some other classes which I am of course not going to mention by name.Because YOU KNOW WHICH CLASS I AM TALKING ABOUT!! For now all Ranger is in in pvp is just an easy target and you know that is true.
Natural Healing is a joke.Seriously 133 heal per 3s?what difference is that going to make.I am not saying to make it 1333,but please replace it with something useful.
Ok!! Good work throw out the remaining good traits for Ranger and give more boost to thieves and Necromancers and Warriors.
You guys do one thing ,change Ranger class title to Easy Kill class.
Seems like to survive as a Ranger you need to learn a lot and calculate a hundred trait combos but for thief it is simple :go dagger dagger ;hide>backstab>hide Backstab>heart seeker>heart seeker >and top it with a stealth finish. Further simpler is: warriors ;get a Hammer>STUN>STUN>STUN.[all with heavy damages]
Necros now are like demigods!!![So no need to note anything further]
And keep buffing LB, like its going to help!! Please explain how the LB buff is going to help against a D/D thief whom you encounter when moving through a WvW map to join your team?
At least give out a better condition removal utility for facing some odds.
I am not an expert, but I think someone is neglecting Ranger Class.And you can say QQ and all stuff, but I seriously think Ranger can’t do much in solo against any other class.
I got the same problem but only after the latest patch. My friends are all shown as offline when they are still online, my guild tab shows am the only one member. Also whenever I get invited to a party I can’t see their details,status,location in map etc, but only use party chat. But if I organize the party the problem doesn’t occur.
All this began with the last patch.
Thank you A-Net.Finally the 3rd bonus is +50 power. And about the second bonus of 20% swiftness is obtained, only it is not updated in the skill icon.
Thank you once again to A-Net.
If Arena Net is not going to take any actions based on client’s reports then for matter they are maintaining this forums? The superior rune of the pack problem was reported as early as last November and yet they haven’ t corrected it? Now the January update is done and still it is not functioning properly. Is it that much difficult to correct? The rune still gives 50 + healing power as the third bonus. As I have told earlier if you can’t correct it at least re write the description on the rune.Or are you people above that?
Have noticed the same. Seeing the emerald jewel description I also thought the Major stat will be precision, instead on the crafted trinkets the major stat becomes toughness. That is quite funny as the embedded jewel still gives more Precision. I think no one have used this jewel till now??
I am using the superior rune of the pack set. I am having even more problems, not even getting the 20% swiftness duration. Are you obtaining that , the second bonus of the set?
This is same with the PvP version of the rune also.
My problem was fixed earlier when I found out that my game extension was running a repair version. A friend helped me in finding it. I have also received inquiry from A-Net concerning the matter. Thank you for the response. Keep up the good work
The superior rune of the pack is bugged. I bought 6 no;s of the rune and used three of them in my Ascalon Armor [ 3 nos;’s]. The first bonus of +25 power is received. However, the second bonus of 20% swiftness duration and third bonus of +50 power is not obtained. Further as many have noted in these forum, the third bonus is +50 Healing Power. Was it supposed to be like that and is just a mistake in the definition text. Even then why is not the second bonus of 20% swiftness duration not working? This being the problem please correct the issue at your earliest convenience A-Net. It is affecting my game experience as my build is based somewhat on the boons of this rune set. Please look into the matter
After the Halloween Update my game client executes a archive verification process each time I start the game. I can log into my account but can’t play until the 200k files are verified. When update is there after the update the verification begins. It takes about 20 minutes to complete the verification alone. Please help me
