Guild Wars 2

Glint is dead…thats like…a huge story fact. I am confused about this post…

I think the issue is that ANET got a backlash against changing the world the last time they did it (Lions Arch). As such they may be feeling more wary towards it. If they want to make the Dragons feel threatening they HAVE to affect existing maps more than a one off weekend event. That is a LOT of work though. Anything going in has to be tested, if they want to add new events to all the zones to denote dragon invasions, that’s a lot. I THINK they are doing a great job in testing the waters with these Bloodstone crazed beasts events, and bandit leaders. I get the impression these events are them testing this idea. If so, I like it.

What I would enjoy more is hitting a major city that’s not LA. They were VERY close to this with LS2 and Mordremoth attacking the Pale Tree, but they kept it all instanced and left no scaring.

To be honest, I dont think doing a entire seperate Story for a single race 1 to 80 would be much more of an undertaking AND it could add into the narration of the next expac, as the level 80 portions would tie directly into the other races level 80 portion, that new race would simply have a prologue to the story, perhaps areas of that level 80 story would have parts that were led up to via the new races lower level stories. In this capacity they dont need to rework the personal stories all the way up through for a single race, they just start fresh which is a lot easier and gives us a new Personal Story set post Zhaitan and Mordremoth.

Grant it would mean they would have access to the Mordremoth or Zhaitan story but they can always just create another core race character later. ANET should not be afraid to push the narrative forward. Zhaitan has been dead for 4 years, and Mordremoth almost 1, we can move forward and not stay rooted in the past of GW2.

Were going to deal with Lazarus and the White mantle Season 3, Season 4 will lead to the expansion for Primordus. That seems to be the apcing they wanted to look at. 2 LW seasons, Expansion, 2 LW seasons, Expansion. That gives them the 1.5-2 year window for Expac development.

lioka qiao.8734:

I liked the ending and this new way ANET is going with Guildwars 2. I think it’s ok to draw off Guildwars 1 because GW2 is in the same world simply 200 years in the future. It’s a world where some entities last centuries (Ogden is still alive) and the effects of past events linger well into the future. It wouldn’t be too far fetched to have any number of GW1 enemies return.

I agree with this 100%. It seems the new game director is trying to make sure that the world feels cohesive. Its what I missed the last couple of seasons and the Personal Story. Yes it was Tyria but it only made broad and very vague references once in a blue moon to the ENTIRE game series that created all of this before it. I am so far considering the game 2 for 2 on content updates since the new Director took over.

I thought the story was very good. Caudicus is obviously simply trying to manipulate the White MAntle to get himself in power, this is not an uncommon thing in the real world. Simply driving the zealots. The zealots though know kind of whats up and are hesitant. Now introduce Lazarus, whose probably trying more than anything to WIN the white mantle back over than to burn away those who disagree. The white mantle used a mix of fear and awe to control their subjects in GW1 to push their purpose. They did not hand out the smiting, they let their White Mantle do the smiting and reaped the benefits.

With Lazarus being the last of his kind, he is going to try real hard to win his enemies over instead of fighting them and risking himself in the process.

Im confident we will get a new Zone, but I am not confident it will be this early in the season. I am more looking forward to seeing how they bundle the episodes. Will they be 4 chapters per year of multiple parts each? One Really Long episode per 2-3 months? How much story per section will we really be getting?

You can consider the Raids a PROLOGUE. Not necessary for the story, but you may get more out of it if you read the prologue. This is the proper way of doing the raids imo as it provides more for folks who want to fight for it.

I personally find the Shiverpeaks beautiful. Granted I love the alpine and mountainous looks. I was hoping for either Jormag, or Kralky next. My belief is that Kralky would be last. In the stories with Divinities Edge, he was the first. I feel like DE2.0 will keep distance from him becaus eof this until the very last. Give a couple dragons for Glints Child to develop.

I think it could be snow/ice related. Also this could always be a teaser for season 4 as well. I feel they took all this time to get a full roadmap going to the next expansion, and if they continue with the 2 seasons then expansion model, that could work. I feel like we will be heading to the shiverpeaks, and that we may focus on Eirs son perhaps chipping the Tooth of Jormag to herald that in.

ROFL! I was thinking the exact same thing.

“Our forces were met with overwhelming force, and betrayal”

“Our forces were met with destruction, and betrayal.”

“Our forces were met with the stay puffed marshmallow man, and his gooey betrayal.”

So many other options!

RyuDragnier.9476:

Vlad Morbius.1759:

I would be thrilled if it was in the Far Shiverpeaks especially now that we are able to glide. I think you hit the nail on the head, far too many hints for that considering the paintings and all. I think it will be the snow zone because I believe that is the target for the next expansion, just a gut feeling.

This makes me wonder…if they add something new for masteries, what would it be? A grappling hook, wall climbing, what?

Laura croft esq ice wall climbing.

To be fair, I almost always farm PVP for my legendary crafting materials because its a whole lot easier and rewarding (minus Obsidian Shards). If you think its PvE’ers who get the bonus in Gift of Fortune, just try farming PvE for those T6 mats….it will not happen.

Its a legendary that requires Gift of Fortune…I do not see where the problem is….its just like any other legendary. We have known since Season 1 it required this. So I personally have been stock piling the last several seasons. About to finish Season 4 and will be able to craft it up right away.

Think ahead, prepare. Don’t cry about something you had time for.

I can +1 this. I would love a cloak.

- Thief who constantly dove head first into team fights.
- “Team leader” calling target on bunker ele’s with Necros and Guardians murdering him.
- Necro reaper going shroud, waiting, then diving into team fights.
- Thief (again), jumping in the end of a team fight (we lost) to try and kill an enemy ele with the rest of their team there. He said he was going for the “assassination”.
- Thief (again) Rushing enemy far in the beginning and immediatly getting blasted in the face by a DH who didnt even have traps set.
- Thief (again again) calling home (he specified our home), then running far, killing, enemy, then running home to cap. The enemy had since left mid to cap our home which they did. He then got mad he failed.

I got to about 20 pips in Ruby….I have since lost 17 games in a row. Mostly due to thieves, not focusing targets, teams who fail to rotate or have horrible map awareness, or simply dont bother calling targets. Ruby has been so fun, I have had to simply take a break from the fun, lest I explode from…the fun.

Give the Moa the ability to jump. You cant jump as a moa. Boxes are a Moas mortal enemy.

Knowing when to swap and what to swap to to help your team is the proper set up for Solo/duo queue. I do it all the time. If my team has three engi’s including me, I swap to something else so as not to hamper my team. If my team is all necros….well…I just stay Necro cause its like cancer. The more of it there is the stronger it is.

The Bard was going for about 90gp the other day. Picked it up and stuffed it in the bank.

Yup, I enjoyed the story all the way up until THIS ONE AREA. This is absolute horrid game design because you are completely gated from actually playing the game, or making a come back. Its simply, your died, time for time out for you.

This part needs a bit of a rework.

Bumping again, this is pretty obnoxious.

Chill needs to be bought down to match quickness, its opposite, I have no idea why Chill is still 66%.

Welcome to the rest of the game ele’s. Elementalists still are not bad, Tempests have the highest aoe damage output, along with a great deal of good survival skills. Hit up that Earth staff 3 and get 40% protection.

This helps eliminate the fact that Ele’s could faceroll an entire style of play without a care.

No Kormirr outfit either.

With the collection quests and PvP a lot of attention has been pulled away from HoT as people do them. I personally have had my hands full with Central Tyria, after the initial month of release and rarely get back. Orr is crawling with people due to the free to players getting to that level and doing those events.

I do not remember the source but it has been stated that magic is never destroyed. When a dragon is destroyed their magic pours out into the world and the strong try to consume as much. Kind of like a sudden all you can eat buffet for a limited time.

They honestly need a reporting mechanic so that players in this type of situation start to be matched together. Not reporting for things like this player bad yo, but for things like “Player Consistently DCed”, “Player exibited rude behavior”, “Player Akitten”

Sarrs.4831:

gricks.1897:

I think we said the same thing lol, I meant attain Saphire for season 1, attain saphire for season 2 etc. Then on the last season, attain Ruby.

Oh, I thought you meant them in that specific order. You need to get 10 rankups in total though, and Sapphire is only 2 rankups. I’m not sure how many seasons they’re running; this’d work if they were running 5 but I think they’re running 4, in which case you’ll need 2 sapphires and 2 rubies.

Aha! Good to know! Thanks for that!

Tried starting up Arah runs for arah tokens because I am working on Bifrost. Yea, thats never happening. There is maybe 1 group at any one time. Glad I do a lot of PvP as well or I would never be able to finish Gift of Color. Well done with the dungeon nerf’s, you now made it a hundred times harder to get a legendary simply because YOU REQUIRE DUNGEONS FOR YOUR LEGENDARY WEAPONS!

Sarrs.4831:

gricks.1897:

I thought all you need is Sapphire for three of the seasons, and then Ruby in the final due to the overlap of season achievements (wife and I are already half way through season 2 achievements).

No, the season achievements allow you to overflow your progress, for lack of a better term.

I’m in Diamond and Part II, but the extra progress I’ve made has been added to Part III.

I think we said the same thing lol, I meant attain Saphire for season 1, attain saphire for season 2 etc. Then on the last season, attain Ruby.

I thought all you need is Sapphire for three of the seasons, and then Ruby in the final due to the overlap of season achievements (wife and I are already half way through season 2 achievements).

Wife and I do about 3 games every weekday, usually splurge Friday night. Were both currently Sapphire. We could really get Ruby this season if we pushed harder, but we did not care enough.

I kinda figure this is pretty pvp casual, and as far as I can tell we are right on track for the Ascension.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Those Ambers HAD to be total newbs to be vs your team of emerald and sapphires. Duh!

Clearly your team had the advantage. It’s a mystery why you didn’t win this one.

The sarcasm is strong with you sir. I shall have a toast. More like a large heaping mouthful…maybe a bottle to understand what in the world was with that matchup.

PS I am the Tick Tokk from that Red team.

My wife and I both love Trahearne as a CHARACTER. He is a good character and well made. The problem rises with the narratives team of using him. Trahearne from a NARRATIVE perspective was horrible. His use in the personal story to provide a singular character to lead the pact to allow for the player character to be anyone and “fit” the story was poor story telling in general.

Trahearne was used to pull attention away from the main character and to allow for important events to be pinned on one name and face, which in a narrative is really pretty bad because you have worked hard for that mission, to make it memorable and now it does not matter as the mission has been attributed to Trahearnes Wild Hunt.

TLDR: Trahearne is not a bad character, the design teams decision of his stealing the narrative as a lazy means of telling a story is.

I agree, the precursor tier 2 is another example of bad grind and gold sink. Bifrost Tier 1 and 3 so far have been pretty awesome. Collect interesting materials, make paints, and pictures, test a bunch of different beam attacks. These are all VERY good collection based quests. We see time and again ANET can make really good collections, then suddenly they spaz out, and think, WAIT! BUT THE GOLD! and just dump one area into a huge gold sink for really no reason.

All HoT maps are horrible until you have been in them for an hour or two. But do remember, this is true for most maps in the game, the verticality just adds a bit more difficulty. VB is one of my favorite maps, but ti does start out as a major pain figureing it out. Just because its not instantly easy to you doe snot make it a bad map. Learn and adapt.

Auric Basin is probably my single most favorite map.

TD from a conceptual standpoint is definitely an interesting map, the problem where it falls flat is that it does what it does well. That is to be a tangled, confusing nightmare of mazes and mobs. It does that exceptionally well, which means, technically the map has succeeded. that does not stop me from hating it with a fiery passion of a thousand sons and hoping the designer OD’s on his obviously powerful drugs. Congrats Dev on an amazing map, I appreciate you from a design and imagination standpoint, and hate you from all other standpoints.

In some cases, yes, this is true.

Necro/Reaper – Both are still viable.
DH/Guardian – Bunker guard is still valid, MediBurst is still valid
Scrapper/Engie – I still love running my Condi Engi over Scrapper in PvP
Chrono/Mesmer – This is debatable, I think it mostly is determined on playstyle. Chrono can make it easier, but standard Mesmer can still work just fine.
Daredevil/Theif – I honestly have not noticed a difference between these two. The only way I know the difference is the third dodge. Which is just a third dodge…
Berzerker/Warrior – This is the biggest one I see the Elite Spec being better than the base warrior, as it really seems to be, both from facing and playing.
Tempest/Ele- Both are still glass cannons, Tempest is just more flashy. I really think Tempest shines the most in PvE.

Honestly, for the most part, the Elites really just do add a different play style over power. I have been doing PvP nightly and now that I am used to what the Elites do, its just like playing any other classes. Just know the signature thing that those elites do and your fine.

There are 1 of 2 events that will happen here.

1. Kralky is next due to the lead up.

2. They will continue building Kralky up to be the LAST dragon we fight and build up Glints child for that time period.

Those can really be the only two options narrative speaking that would make sense. My belief is Krlaky is next. For a few reasons.

1. We know they have map elements of the Crystal Desert that were pulled in ORIGINAL beta.
2. They have been building Glints Legacy up for a VERY long time, even before Season 2.
3. Rytloks quest to secure Ascalon, and his return and IMMEDIATE call to Glint for Aid. This is a pretty big beacon of, LOOK! GLINT IS IMPORTANT!

I give it about a 75% of Kralky Next, vs. 25% Chance hes the last boss.

We can also have the Crystal desert and NOT Elona. That is definitely possible, but ti would be a good opportunity for Masteries. That whole immediate death wasteland that buffers the Crystal Desert and Jokos lands is a thought.

Wow, have you people NEVER thought of just CRAFTING it as opposed to buying all the materials? You could even just buy HALF the materials, craft the other half, and you are now paying less. The cost of the precursor is either time or money or a combination of both.

This is how they said for a long time it was going to work. Stop complaining, and just get out there and craft. If you are going to harp on “but I gotta farm materials and grind them then!”

It takes a grand total of about 30 minutes to farm out enough materials for Deldrimor Steel, and Globs of Spirit Residue. 30 minutes, once a day. Spend 1 month doing that and your done. Yes, it is time gated. Welcome to freaking legendary crafting. Get back to me on the cost and time necessary for crafting them when you actually start the legendary.

VB was an absolute mess last night with a swarm of people waiting around outside raid location to get raid groups set up.

Oh no…we’re three weeks in and I don’t have my precursor! I have to buy the materials/farm the materials for so much money/time! It’s obviously broken!

/contributingnothingbutsarcasmandbeingtiredofthis

I play both DH and Ranger in SpVp….my Ranger could eat my Dragonhunter in a sustained fight. Traps? LOL! Ranger Traps have ALWAYS been horribly nasty. I can set a trap burst on a point and have you dead in about 2 ticks when running condi.

DH is not over powered, its just new. They have one burst ability and its a one shot deal. Yes its on low CD but so is your dodge.

Aeromu.9134:

Synergy is a guild started by some friends with a goal to create a small community of friendly players. We aren’t interested in having 500 members where no one knows anyone else. We are currently playing Guild Wars 2 primarily on the Jade Quarry server.

For Guild Wars 2, we participate both PvE and organized PvP in both WvWvW and structured PvP. Most of us have been gaming together since the days before Guild Wars 1 and continue to do so. Because of our long standing community, you will find that it is an atmosphere where everyone knows each other and learns to play well as a well oiled machine, hence the name Synergy.

•Focus on Living Story achievements
•Four dedicated teams for Raiding
•Chance to play with friendly players
•Structured PvP teams
•Active TeamSpeak
•Strong leadership with two PvE officers and two PvP officers to back up our leader.
•Scheduled events including Dungeons such as high end fractals and the like.
•Assistance with farming legendary items.
•LGBT friendly
•NA server
•Our own guild podcast located at https://youtu.be/GbmafSdD0YU
•Level 20 Guild Hall and rising.
•Officer positions available for:

PvE – with a focus on dungeons/raids
WvW – need experienced commanders

What we expect
•18 and up preferably
•Have a working Mic and TeamSpeak preferred
•Have a sense of humor but realize things may not always be PG13
•Attributes of a team player with a good attitude.

Feel free to check out our website : http://synergygw2.enjin.com

We have an application for our raid teams however to join you don’t have to fill this out. See below.

To join or if you have any questions feel free to PM myself or one of our officers listed below.

Guild Leader and Officers :
•Aeromu.9134
•Archdruidess.5143
•Cookiezz.5261
•Enfinity.8420
•DarkChaos.4326

Hey thanks for the reply! I think Synergy looks perfect, I would also be interested in those Structured PVP Teams! Solo queue is getting pretty aggrevating. (Only Rank 72 Phoenix Currently). I will send you guys a pm in game. Thanks!

Hey there,

With HoT Release and Raids coming out, I would like to search for a Raid guild.

I have: 6850 AP
80 Ranger (Full Druid Line) (Full Zojja’s Ascended, Amulet, rings)
80 Guardian (Full Dragonhunter line) (Full Qi Was Ascended)
80 Engineer (Full Scrapper Line)
80 Mesmer
80 Warrior
80 Warrior
80 Thief
80 Elementalist
80 Revenant

I am experienced in Ranger/Guardian/Engineer play styles across the gambit of how they can play, I do usual Dungeon Tours Fractals (capable of fractal 55 currently), and have a full understanding of Combo Fields, and skill rotation.

I have been playing since Guild Wars 1 Prophecies, through GW2 BETA to now, took a year and a half break for school and landing my first job, but came back at the start of LS 2.

Now that the crunch is done…

I enjoy playing in everything GW2 has to offer, PvP, PvE, WvW, and I love challenging content. I look forward to the Raids less for the rewards and more for the challenge. I enjoy screwing around and making bad puns. I love me some TS or guild chat goofyness.

What can I do at 80?

- Hunt Legendary’s (I have not found these grindy at all, they are very similar to Quests)
- Fractals of the Mists
- Push Map Metaevents, seriously there are a lot to a number of these Metaevents, try to push for Tier 4 VB.
- Hunt the Specialization Armors
- Craft Ascended for Raids
- Help the Guild Hall be build
- Achievements
- PvP

These are the items of content in the game. If this is not the content that interests you, then perhaps GW2 is not the best mmo for you? With the new collection quests for items, they are very similar to other games Quest mechanics. They are not any more or less grindy than other games quests, and they are a lot of fun. I have spent a LOT of time doing HoT since its release (including a straight 26 hours period), and still continue doing things and hunting things I have not finished.

Masteries are only a necessity for the first 1 or 2. The rest are nice and fun. Are some necessary for collections? Yes, but that can take time. There is nothing saying “You must have this mastery or you cant do the thing!”

Actually, there is ONE, the Stealth detection for the boss in Verdant Brink. Thats the only thing coming to mind. They always said the Masteries would simply be useful lateral progression that you will gain. You are welcome to grind them up all you want, but you do not have to. I have 2 in each tier in the Jungle, and 3 in Nuhoch just from doing the events, and that’s been perfectly enough.

On the other point int he exp necessary in general, yes it is rediculous amounts of exp.

This is the toughest map but players will figure out how best to do it. Teq was hard on his new incarnation as well, but folks figured it out. I think the only issue with this map is simply the rewards. For a harder metaevent, you really do need better rewards or folks wont bother.

With a 24hour charity drive (played constantly for 24hrs), plus playing almost every day since launch, there is still a lot I have not done. HoT has PLENTY of content, and plenty to keep you interested. I have been so busy I do not think I have finished a daily achievement since the release. I still have not done PvP or WvW either!

You are paying for the EXPAC. The Core Game is free and has nothing to do with the price. This is not an uncommon thing. Look at Bethesda Game of the Year Editions, look at WoW Box sets, look at EQ2 Box sets. These are all games doing exactly the same thing. After a time, the base game simply has no market value, so there is no point in forcing customers to pay for it to get into the expansion. More people will gladly pick up the expansion if the core is included, just to hop in and try.

Yea, I never used the dungeons personally for gold gain. Dungeons have always just been the easiest, brain dead method for gold gain. Very similar to Silverwaste chest farm. Its easy, super easy.

As mentioned above though HoT has introduced a BUNCH of easy gold gain areas. I got 13g over just an hour for the events in Auric. That’s the average.

PS: I am not using “braindead” to describe players, I am using it to describe the content. I do it plenty if I am bored and just want money.

I had a long winded rant about posts like these, but I decided to delete it.

Instead, I say:

Stop complaining and start crafting. It is not bad. It is maybe 3 months of work. It is not easy because it is not supposed to be easy. It is a JOURNEY, not a sprint.

My theory currently:

Season 3 will be the season of rebuilding the PACT and each other. I think mos tof season 3 will see this focus on the members of both groups and the PACT repairing, rebuilding, and coming to terms.

Where it goes from there may be all to clear, The egg absorbed some of the magic of Mordremoth and Glints child could easily be born very soon. That is a spike of energy from Glint that Kralkatorrik cannot miss. I will be extremely surprised if Kralkatorrik is not the next dragon.

If that is not the case, the ANET is going for the long haul, and making Kralky the very last dragon, and will be building up the Exalted and Glints progeny.