Guild Wars 2

Fractured.3928:

Wow….I bought the ultimate edition awhile ago. Figured you just didn’t get it till launch. Had 0 idea you had to redeem a code. /sigh

Seems silly if I bought it directly from the website.

Thanks for the accidental help!

You’re welcome, I guess :P
Have fun with your new goodies.

ShenMo.6190:

And if i already bought PoF, when do i get the max level boost? I can t seem to find the option in game.

Have you applied the game code from the email to your account? Once that is done (the PoF image in your account overview page should say “active”), the max level boost should turn up next time you log in.

Main reason for salvaging ascended is to get Balls of Dark Energy. Otherwise the return on salvaging ascended is very low. Backpacks are similar to trinkets in terms of drops.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Salvage#Ascended_equipment

Have a look at Anet’s FAQ. If you contact them, they’ll start by asking you to go through the steps outline there.

https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/201862998

And yes, I agree with Ell that your ISP didn’t really do thorough troubleshooting with you. Even if your connection to your ISP is fine, their connection to Anet may be broke. You can diagnose it by plotting your ping, but only they can fix it by routing you via a different network. Or a VPN may work too.

You could also go to a friend’s place with a portable HDD or USB stick and copy the .dat file. Your exe should recognize it and any further download should be fairly small.

Well done. I’m looking forwards to next week.

Hope everyone’s getting enough rest before the inevitable sleepless nights.

Ojimaru.8970:

The golem in the Special Forces Training Area requires somebody with a Commander Tag to access, and requires the Heart of Thorns expansion.

You don’t actually need a commander tag. Just click the arrow on the upper left and select “Create squad”. This creates a commander-less squad. You can enter raids without a comm tag this way too.

Sifu.9745:

Do they really expect that all players have access to credit cards?

Have you tried using Paypal? It can deduct money directly from a bank account.

Or your bank may offer Visa/Mastercard Debit cards… it’s an ATM card but with a credit card number, so you use your own funds instead of credit. From the seller’s perspective, it looks like any credit card.

Walker.7204:

First off, what items can be infused with AR, and how much do I need?

AR can be put into all ascended items except amulets (they have a utility slot that cannot take AR). How much you need depends on the level of the fractal. Anything under 20 doesn’t need any AR, and it starts increasing from there.
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Agony

Walker.7204:

Do you get the AR off of the market (or craft since I have 500 art)?

+1 AR infusions drop in fractals as part of their rewards. These are combined into higher tiers via crafting or one of the golem vendors.

Walker.7204:

For my other items, Do I just get them infused with similar stats to what I already have (most of my items are either zerker or viper) and where do I get this done?

Are you asking if your existing equipment needs to be infused? If you’ve got ascended armor, weapons and accessories, they all already come with AR slots. If you’ve only got exotics, there is no way to add AR slots to those.

Walker.7204:

I’ve also heard about getting an additional slot added to some of the items and i’m a bit confused about this.

Rings can be infused and attuned for a total of 3 slots each. Backpieces can be infused for total of 2 slots. Everything else can’t.

You can ask your local store if they are going to get any stock.

HoT had a box release, so I would think PoF will too.

We don’t know cos no one has PoF yet.

Most people are guessing 250, the same as HoT

Vayne.8563:

Metavahn.7293:

You can get a HoT key cheaper than a monthly subscription on those key selling sites, just make sure its a legit one that people know about, dont have to buy the $30 one from Anet

This is really really bad advice. Don’t do this.

For one thing, key resellers, and that’s what they are resellers, aren’t that picky where they get their keys from. Someone wants to sell them a key, they set up an account and sell it to them. And some of those keys may or may not be bought with a stolen credit card.

Even though the company is likely to replace a key bought with a stolen credit card, it won’t do you a lick of good because your entire account will have been closed. You’ll lose all your progress in the game and have to start over. If that happened to me I would absolutely leave the game.

Only buy from authorized resellers, not key exchanges. It’s not with the risk. People have been banned for it

Vayne’s right, is a few dollars worth risking your account?

If you want HoT cheaper than from Anet, Dlgamer is an official partner and currently has it on sale for US$20

Sifu.9745:

No more hardcopies? So i won’t be able to buy PoF that way?
Ok i am done with this game then, going back to WoW. I hope this game will die with such an ignorant treatment to their customers.

They definately have hard copies. I’ve seen them at my local stores about a year back.

I don’t know why you’re blaming Anet. Its the stores that choose thier own stock. If I were a store manager, I don’t think I would restock a 2+ year old game once copies are sold out. If you ask nicely, they may be able to do a special order for you.

Dragisnaj.2053:

When i already have to log around for crafting for what i need 4 slots than?

Isn’t the need to log around for crafting one of the main complaints you have? Doesn’t having 4 crafts on a single character help with that complaint?

Golems in PvP lobby. Added bonus of being able to swap stat sets on the fly… bar a few exceptions (e.g. Celestial)

Also, the raid training golem. But I think you need HoT for that. And you can’t swap stats freely like the PvP lobby.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Special_Forces_Training_Area

Dragisnaj.2053:

yes i am refering to the daylie cds and no its not an option to bypas it with tp … its going about that it brings you 0 Benefit if you lvl 2 crafting professions (you have 3 clases which would need tailor ….)

The current economy in ascended cloth/wood/etc is highly dependent on it’s daily cooldown. Until Anet see a reason to upturn that economy, I doubt they will change that.

Dragisnaj.2053:

The suggestion is for as above said to have it on each light armor user on 500 without need to level it 3 times becasue as sayed no benefit you have to log around or waste matterials/money.

So you want to be able to have 3 characters with 500 tailor for cheap because you’re too lazy to change toons. I’m sure Anet will see your point of view and waste not time implementing this great suggestion.

Dragisnaj.2053:

The gemstor item haha that has nothing to do with the problem here? its about that it has 0 benefit to level a crafting profession more than once.

You said, and I quote (with my spellcheck OCD on) “Would be really nice so you don’t have to log around your characters for the different crafting professions.” With the gem store upgrade, you can have up to 4 crafting professions on a character. I believe it upgrades all characters. So for example a character can have Tailor, Artificer, Weaponsmith and Cook. Instead of logging into 4 characters for your crafts, you can just use 2 (I’m assuming most people won’t bother with Scribe). Does that not reduce the need for you to " log around your characters for the different crafting professions"?

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Additional_Crafting_License

Dragisnaj.2053:

and the alst one i think you didnt understand, it is about the char login screen there you se theyr professions and that is what i think should only been seen if the profession is max so i want to unlearn them to not see them cause as sayed x tmes now 0 benefit to level for example tailor 3 times.

That’s a fair comment. It’s a matter of preference though. There will be some players that never intend to get crafting up to 500, but still would like to see who their weaponsmith is.

Dragisnaj.2053:

Hello,

i would like to suggest a change to the crafting Professions.

It is not cheap/easy to farm up crafting to 500 and thats ok but if you have more than 1 char you get 0 benefit from it cause crafting cd’s are global to your account.

Which crafting CDs are you refering to? Only a few ascended mats have cooldowns. Most other things aren’t on cooldown. And you can bypass those cooldowns via the TP.

Dragisnaj.2053:

Can you pls make a function where you can go in and say yes i pay for example 5g and activate the crafting at lvl 500 (only usable after you had hit already once the 500 in that crating profession).

Not quite sure what you’re suggesting here.

Dragisnaj.2053:

Would be realy nice so you dont have to log around your characters for the difrent crafting professions.

There’s a gem store item that’ll let you have more than 2 crafting professions for a character.

Dragisnaj.2053:

And if not at least allow to unlearn crafting profession so they arent shown in char select or show them only if maxed out.

You don’t need to unlearn a craft. Just go to a crafting trainer and the will give you an option to replace one of your crafts with whatever he/she is teaching. You can even return to your old craft at its old skill level for a few gold.

Be aware that in choosing to be a healer, there are very few areas where a dedicated healer is required. All classes have self-heal skills, so a lot of end-game content do not require one. This incentivizes players to maximize dps and mitigate damage with dodges, blocks, blinds, etc.

Raids are the primary content needing a healer. Even here, you can’t be “just” be the healer and stand in the corner spamming heals. Everyone one in a raid has to actively participate in the mechanics, and in some encounters, changing aggro means you may even need to tank while healing everyone.

Trying to taxi 10 mins before is too late if you’re trying to join Triple Trouble, esp during peak times. It takes at least 10 minutes to set up the groups and make the explainations. Once you actually see what’s involved in this boss, you’ll realize why it takes so long. Trying looking on LFG 30 minutes beforehand. Some groups also need Teamspeak, so have that installed beforehand.

If you’re in NA, look up TTS. If you’re in EU, GW2 Community. Triple trouble get run fairly regularly.

Why not fully switch to sms authentication? I recently changed phones and bumped into this post by MO himself when looking up how to change my authenticator over.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-new-way-to-protect-your-account/

Who did you buy the code from? And did it go through on the paypal end?

My rev uses this. Bladed but not double ended
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Pillar

Remember, none of the elite specs we’ve seen are their final form. During both stress tests, it has been explicitly mentioned that the changes they are making as the result of the preview weekend were not yet implemented.

Player GMs are a bad idea… how would you compel them to follow company policy across the anonymity of the internet? A suspension or ban isn’t that much of a punishment considering the potential credibility damage Anet could incur.

Anyone with that degree of power should be on Anet’s payroll.

zealex.9410:

Yeah but we dont see creativity we see simply abandonment of these points.

You don’t see the creativity because Anet have (wisely) left HPs independent of other rewards. By maintaining HP’s boring but necessary function, Anet have been able to create fancier forms of currency not limited by the potential of breaking the progression system.

As extreme example; extra HPs could have been used as the LS3 map currency instead of bound magic. Yes, it would become the HP sink you ask for, but it would mean balancing the necessity of a robust progression system, vs the QoL and items that are bought by the currency aspect. If HPs instead of unbound magic were the basis of LS3 rewards, you’d have to think a lot harder how to have these floating in the air, or as a gathering bonus, or salvaged from certain items.

The way I see it, if it’s working for it’s intended purpose, don’t change it unless the reasons are sound. Voltaire sums it up quite well: “Perfect is the enemy of good”

That build look pretty good, but a few suggestions:

Can you afford to get an SSD? It doesn’t improve your FPS, but it hugely increases loading speed of OS, programs, etc. No other PC upgrade will give you as big a performance boost.

Also, is there a reason you’re using a Nvidia GPU with a Freesync monitor? Either get a G-sync monitor, or an AMD GPU to take advantage if their respective adaptive refresh rate techs.

Do you need the ASUS sound card? Onboard sound has improved a lot, and the MB you linked is decent. You can get better sound with a dedicated sound card, but most people don’t notice that small improvement, especially if paired with lower end headphones or speakers. And if your aim is to get audiophile levels of sound quality, you should be looking at serious audio gear (i.e. external DAC and amp) instead of a gaming grade sound card.

Finally, you may be able to omit the wireless card too. Depending of the setup of your home, or if you live in an area with lots of other wireless networks (apartment complexes) wireless ethernet may introduce lag or contection stability issues… wired ethernet is always preferred when possible.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Of course not everyone will have HoT and its Hero points. A portion will have only PoF and some of those will be playing on boosted level 80s and no map completion (alt accounts for example as well as new accounts). Any Hero point sink will need to keep in mind people who have PoF and core Tyria only, use the Hero Point sink to buy goodies then find themselves without enough Hero points to get the elite spec.

Well said.

This is one reason I say HPs as a currency will limit the devs. It means any change to the progression mechanic will affect the currency and vice versa. A system with a single purpose will allow them to be much more creative with any changes without worrying about impacts on other mechanics. This is particularly true when talking about fundamental systems like leveling/progression. Imagine being locked out of your elite spekittenil the next expansion because you carelessly spent your HPs on something else… HPs are a character bound finite resource after all.

Remember, complexity is not the same as depth. And a simple system that does a good job is usually better trying to build a complex system that attempts to do it perfectly.

I doubt it’ll be changed.

Originally GW2 had skill points instead of hero points. Functionality wise, they did what HPs and spirits shards do now… i.e. unlock skills and buy MF related items. It was split a few months before HoT to our current system. I think having something that was both a progression mechanic AND a currency was too limiting to design around.

Dragonhunter with scepter. It’s close to ele in terms of power dps.

https://qtfy.eu/guildwars/benchmarks-august-balance-patch/

WARIORSCHARGEING.2637:

rwolf.9571:

Blude.6812:

Got my Hot from amazon.ca. (with disk included btw)

OP does not have a credit card. Although I guess Amazon you can link your debit card.

yes you can use a debit card for amazon . as I use mine for it all the time even tho I am not sure but I think and like to believe it would work for pay pal too . even tho I never used pay pal

Yes, paypal can be linked directly to a bank account, so you don’t even need a debit card (in Australia, but I presume elsewhere can do this too)

They definately will… it’ll be in 2 weeks time and the event will be called launch day

eldrjth.7384:

I think you can earn Hero Points faster with more level 80 chars too right?

Not completely sure what you mean here, but points are character bound. Having more levels 80s does not make it any faster to get HPs for each one to get thier elite, other that learning the most efficient methods with each subsequent character.

If you buy PoF, you’ll get another level 80 boost. It’s not a prepurchase bonus.

Finally, the game gives you tons of Tomes of Knowledge via login rewards and PvP/WvW reward tracks. So if you play even semi-regularly, you’d be able to instantly boost multiple toons to 80.

If you can’t get enough orchids, just do the heart quests. You can buy a bunch of 3 with karma from each heart vendor. Rinse and repeat with alts.

Game of Bones.8975:

I’ve got a few dwarven keys in a couple characters that are soul-bound, taking up a character slot, and I’ve never seen a chest they fit. I’m a hoarder and can’t bring myself to destroying them and putting them in the bank (to save the space) is about worthless when I may just find that elusive chest and need them.

Look it up on the wiki
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dwarven_Key

I remember them ruling out using mat storage as a keychain in a previous thread regarding the expansion of the mat storage slots (which has recently been implemented).

They didn’t rule out a different keychain though. We’ve just had something to that effect with the LS3 portal scrolls tome and the new combo Sentient eater.

Have you put that key you so generously expose into your account? It’s done via “My Account” on the website, not in-game.

Once you’ve done that, nothing will show in your Story mode because PoF is not launched yet.

Stalkingwolf.6035:

I’ve killed him several times without even stunnin’ him once.

I can confirm this can be done. Instead of waiting for a rez, it does require people to WP when fully dead and run back… it’s not that far. Others lose too much dps and risk getting down themselves when rezzing.

All classes have a reasonable (but not necessarily meta) melee build. Even a traditionally fragile ranged class like Ele has a meta Fresh Air melee build.

I may be outdated as to WoW’s modern combat mechanic, but in my time it was incredibly static. My rogue just sat at Rag’s toes spamming eviscerates, while the tank ate the hits. This was in the days of 40-man vanilla raids, so correct me if things have moved on since. In GW2, doing that will get you 2 or 3-shotted in HoT open world (core open world is much, much less dangerous). “Not being squishy” in GW2 means using positioning, dodges, blocks, blinds, reflects, CC or any other profession specific defences (e.g. distort on Mesmers) to avoid damage.

Anet’s servers use UTC, which is not affected by daylight savings.

So you have to keep track of your own time zone’s DST changes.

“Updated to prepare for the September 7 Path of Fire stress test.”

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-August-8-2017-3/6740223

I think that’s still useful info for the rest of us. Knowing we can unintentionally trip thier fraud detection gives an extra possible reason when trying to troubleshoot this problem.
Thanks

He probably kicked you because you should have said “spelling” instead of “grammar”
:P

(Although I suppose not using a capital letter is considered a grammatical error)

Xashija.7913:

I think the problem is there’s nothing new, so many players won’t join the stress test. Maybe it’d be better, for example, to show the whole new map so people want to see the rest of it and want to join your stress test more likely.

There were nearly no players from EU last test. This can’t be your goal.

My feeling is this wasn’t to test server capacity. More likely to make sure the new code behaves itself when applied to the greater game. You shouldn’t need many players to do that.

Things I can think of:

• Easiest way to obtain ascended trinkets and backpieces with both core and HoT stats.
• More MPs than their respective masteries require, so you can use the extras to unlock any other HoT mastery that you previously did not have enough MPs for.
• The new legendary accessory is only obtainable if you’ve got all the LS3 eps.
• New bloodstone/dragonite/empyreal eater https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gleam_of_Sentience
• You get to test your skill/patience in the Chalice of Tears… wink wink.

Good to hear.
Did they tell you what was wrong with your transactions? It may be helpful to everyone else having this issue.

PoF has consistently been described as a content heavy expansion, as opposed to a feature heavy one like HoT. If build templates are to be introduced, I’m guessing it’ll be during a subsequent update instead of at launch.

(Or they may already have it and are just keeping quiet… Anet’s recent modus operandi has been to keep some surprises to spring on us.)

I’ve seen standard edition HoT in retail boxes in Australia (probably could still get one if I looked hard enough)… so I’d expect PoF to have a version too.

Myst.9182:

Anet has never made that clear and when I played I was someone who was avid on staying up to date.

I’m afraid I have to agree with Ashen on this one.

Ep1 was a big deal, being the first significant bit of new non-raid PvE content since HoT launched. There was significant coverage of it (and LS3 unlock conditions) on Anet’s website, this forum, Reddit, and various Youtubers. In any case, LS2 had already set the precedence 2 years earlier (the main difference being there was no F2P/non-expansion accounts to need consider LS “banking” at the time).

Ayumi Spender.1082:

Does the PVP area have a good spot to simply test all the weapons and skills out that isn’t against a player?

You mean like all the practice golems and NPCs spread around the combat area of the PvP lobby?

Legendaries have always been the same stat total as ascended, with the additional ability to change stats on the fly. I fail to see the surprise.