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Hungry Hal

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Hi, kids! I watch lots of Project Runway*, so I know that "boring" = "bad design", and means you didn’t Make It Work and you’re out.

If Hal stopped being so boring with his design, I suspect the judges would’ve been happy and kept him on for NY Fashion Week.

Yes.

*Totally the baseline for design in all aspects.

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Chalice of Tears is pure evil

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The puzzle is not my friend because of the lava graphics and general animations. Those who have seen some of my posts before may know I’m epileptic, specifically photo-sensitive epileptic. This means light frequencies are something that, under certain circumstances, I’m going to be a tad bothered by. Annoyingly, this is one of those times (although I’ve done fine with the rest of the episode, so long as I don’t have ley-lines in front of flamey stuff too long when gliding about), and there’s no way I can do the puzzle as a result. I tried going into the place and nearly wigged out completely!

Ordinarily I don’t worry about this stuff, but when masteries and other collection items - Mursaat tokens in this case - are involved, I begin to feel conspired against (because, you know, this game is all about me). I was lucky in that I did a teleport-to-friend to a kind soul parked on the chest last night, so I did get the mastery. And I don’t think I’d ask Anet to stop doing puzzles like this at all (because so many people do find it fun), but please don’t do what some others elsewhere have wanted and take away things like Teleport-to-friends or portals in these rather dangerous environments! People like me sometimes rely on these to complete our wants/needs/whatevers!

I should also say me and my awesome hubby are working on ways to get those four mursaat tokens in the puzzle - he’s actually done the puzzle himself the hard way and picked up all the tokens, so I’m sure I’ll get them eventually with his help.

EDIT: Have just read the post above, posted whilst I was writing mine. They took away the ability to port to the end? As I’ve said here, I’d never be able to do this puzzle without this mechanism. I appreciate that PSE isn’t an everyday disability, but there are others who are disabled who could be very set back by not being allowed to port. If this is really the case, I ask Anet to thoughtfully reconsider that not everyone can take part in this sort of content, and thus you should add more disabled-friendly ways of acquiring masteries. Or simply don’t add a mastery at the end of a hardcore puzzle, but a title, extra-special loots, or whatever.

“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Steve R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.”

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[Suggestions] Gemstore Items

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I love the glittering wings backpack! Now make it a glider.

Also, bring the rainbow unicorn finisher back, preferably at a point when I have cash for gems! Feel free to personally check out just when is best for me.

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Personal Story Restoration update

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I’m glad this is happening. Now (or rather, in a few months or so) I can take my kid into Arah without having to worry about anyone being mean. She’s very excited to hear this!

Thank you!

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Toggle Backpack items over shields?

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Good call. I’d really like to see this option. I have a few nice back pieces I’d occasionally like to showcase ( ), but they get covered up bu the shield or clipped by the GS. I love my AC shield, but an option to switch between the shield and back piece would be great.

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Weird word censor.

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I just wrote a post where I said something was "too hard (and then) on me". It became "too kitten on me." Gotta love the censor that can’t identify context. It’s no wonder most of my posts are edited within an inch of their lives.

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Arena Net Don't you touch my Aurene

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She’s just adorable! I’d like to be able to look after her full time. Can I retire from general adventuring about to do just that?

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Thank you Anet!

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Thank you so very much for such warm and wonderful comments.

Have you seen the 4th Anniversary Video? I love what our team has to say!

I just watched it! Really touching to hear the reminiscing. Heart thoroughly warmed!

Happy anniversary GW2! Still the best game out there. <3

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[SPOILER] Last Boss way too broken

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Mine is bugged too. Updrafts didn’t work, and on the second attempt, the first rift spawned off the edge. I have a screenshot to prove it.

I personally can’t put more time into something that is very twitchy already for me (however much I actually enjoy it, my wrists and fingers are saying no, my brain wants all excess light to be turned off and thus my response time is now rather poor). I did, however, spend some time humming the Benny Hill music whilst kiting around. That was fun.

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Why are people so afraid of raiding?

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I did do some raiding with the last guild I was in, sort of learning the fight. I could only get so far before the graphics tried to kill me - the VG did some shiny orbs of electrical death or something, which my epilepsy didn’t agree with. I don’t remember it particularly well. Then I had a hard time with a green circle on a green bit of floor, in that I really couldn’t see it, what with other flashy stuff going on and the general green-on-green madness. Seeing as I have no desire to commit suicide playing a game, and the fact I’m no longer in a guild, I have no sensible reason to try and get back into a raid. In that sense, yes, I suppose I could be afraid to raid.

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Players need to learn what "DPS" means

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Are you trying to tell me that people saying lol aren’t actually laughing out loud? I’m a bit skeptical.

D’oh! Knew I should’ve clarified that better. I meant, people who actually say “LOL” when communicating verbally, and then don’t laugh. It’s a sad loss of real expression.

Although saying DPS is the much lesser crime by far, since it’s simply a lingistic change based on a mutual understanding, if not a grammatic one. We all know what is meant when somebody says DPS in a gaming context these days. Conversely, failing to laugh and saying LOL instead in spoken conversation is just tragic (and in a similar vein, laughing and saying LOL at the same time when communicating face to face is just weird).

Now if you’ll excuse me from this otherwise serious thread*, I’m just going to pop on my LOLlerskates and make for the nearest ROFLcopter.

*see below

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What is the inspiration behind Quaggans?

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Oh, now I have to..

SQUEEEEE! (it’d be longer than that, but I’m trying to remain somewhat dignified. Somewhat.)

I knew there was a reason one of my characters is walking for quaggan homelessness awareness .

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Charr and Asura female precursor armor

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They should remove it to the flat variant. It looks all kinds of wrong on something that doesn’t have anything to put in there, or something that may have two more sets of something but doesn’t have the shape of a humanoid equivalent.

Frankly, I’d argue for removing cups altogether on all races, but that would probably make too many people’s brains implode.

EDIT: Six or nothing, Anet, six or nothing.

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euguilds.com Guild Directory

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*bump* This thread should be stickied on the front page! Please make it happen, Anet!

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Half-naked females, fully draped males.

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Come back after a 2 year break from this game and this is still an argument?

Took about 5 minutes to check every female armor in the game and looks like there is still more non revealing armor for female characters than revealing armor.
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Human_female_heavy_armor
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Human_female_medium_armor
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Human_female_light_armor
In fact most of the female armor sets I’ve never seen in game because all the female characters wear the same few skimpy sets, especially the light armor classes. Seriously if someone told me the Sorcerer’s, Embroidered, Winged, and Inquest tops were the only ones available for female characters I would almost believe them.

This isn’t an Arena net problem though. They cannot control that people overwhelmingly pick the skimpy options.

Now I can get behind adding more Conan the Barbarian gear for the fellas. The male options are so samey it’s boring. But to say female characters only have half naked options is quite false since they outright have less half naked options than fully clothed.

Whenever I look at the female armor in this game 1 word comes to mind…..nuns, they want us to dress like nuns. I don’t even wear boring conservative cloths in real life, so why on earth would I want to wear them in a fantasy game…

Except we’re not really talking about the armour skins for the ladies in this thread. We’re talking about the fact that the armour skins for the men aren’t up to scratch in comparison.

There is such a huge difference between armour designs is some sets it’s a completely different set altogether. Point being, for female armour, we have a fair few sets to choose from to go skimpy – some of you might want more variety of those and it’s okay to ask for that, but can’t you see that this thread is doing as well, just for male armours? Going on about the female armours is out of place here (sorry to pick on your post, it’s just the last in the thread at the time of reading – I don’t want to come across as picking on you specifically, Ellie – I’m really talking to everyone discussing the want for more revealing female armours). I get you’re all passionate about what you’d like to see, but let’s try to stick to one thing at a time.

The male armour skins do not have the same level of choice, and this thread is asking for that. Nearly all the male sets are covered-up, and when they do show some skin, it often is questionable in aesthetic. We’re asking for straight-up equality in design: if the ladies’ armour is revealing, so too should it be for the men.

So can we get back on track and perhaps start discussing further design ideas for male armours? If we can establish some ideas as to what we all find appealing in male armours (as some of us have done already in the thread), then it can only be helpful to Anet.

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Masculine effects for a male Mesmer?

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<snip!> Mesmers to me are about trickery, elegance, and showmanship. <snip!>… but I just always looked at them in the same way I would look at a jester/harlequin type character. They cover the battlefield with dancing illusions, then when the time is right, shatter them all at once at once to create a marvelous crescendo.

Which, when I play this on my male mesmer, is so, so very schmexy.

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Citizens screaming

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Our shouts of encouragement are like how The Sims speak. Gibberish.

haha! My daughter played The Sims Online and would stand there and make pizza. I’d hear madness in her room, and walk in, asking her what the mad chatter was coming out of the speakers.. oomblaa essta ramano! She’d inform me it was Sim speak for pizza orders, as if I should be fluent in that stuff. Seems she was !

Madness, lol! I still have dreams sometimes where I hears Sims babbling in the background…

This encouragement stuff.. disturbing.. thoughts in this here thread!

Dag dag! I’ll have you all know Sims speak Simlish. It’s kind of adorable once you get used to it.

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Will we see a Halloween event this year?

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I vote for MK to take over the rest of the Living World season.

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GW2 Female Armour [Poll]

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Oh when I say “chest” I mean from lower abs to upper chest xD. Because if a man is showing off his chest, he’s more than probably going shirtless or open shirt (else it looks kind of weird).

:D No redefining anatomy! That’s just being cheeky. You mean the trunk (or torso).

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Homes for Quaggans!

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Homes for Quaggans! will continue over the weekend, at super random times and sometimes with a *cough*real live*cough* quaggan! (but still mostly with the hapless pretty twig boy Geirionydd, pictured above). Followers are welcome to come along for the walk, and bring kites, balloons, or other fun paraphernalia, all in the name of Homes of Quaggans! Together, we can raise awareness!

Be amazed at the escapade on Seafarer’s Rest throughout the weekend, or put in a request for a Homes for Quaggans! visit to your server! (EU only, sadly. There is currently no known US branch of Homes for Quaggans! )

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Communication? Disappointment.

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Chris Whiteside has stated, numerous times, that they’re in the process of hiring more personnel to work on the forums. So, hopefully, things will look up soon and he (and a couple others) won’t be the only ones speaking on the forums.

Raise your hand if you think they should hire me

ducks and runs lol

I’m really sure I read the other week (or thereabouts), someone kinda had you pegged as being in Anet’s employ already.

I personally reckon, with a small bit of training (if that, even), you’d be quite good at handling the forum – whether or not someone agrees with your position on any given thing, you seem quite dedicated, and I respect that.

We just want him be become an A-Net employee because then they’ll force him to not post, lol

Aww, don’t be mean, now! The chap stands well for what he believes in. I don’t always agree with what he says, but he has, seemingly, the courage of his convictions. Gotta have some respect for that.

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Stop blaming other players, plz

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It’s my fault. I’ve trolled each and everyone of these events that have failed. It’s been tough and I’ve had to use multiple accounts, but I’ve succeeded.

Bwahahahaha!!

narrows eyes

There’s a special re-education squad on its way to you right now.

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Can we please kill Phlunt?

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There are only so many orphanages.

If I call you Ghandi, will that make you happy?

LOL. Alright.

I’m very late to this party, so apologies for that.

However! I once played Civilizations IV, and Ghandi invaded my country. I had done nothing but be super nice and yet he invaded. Yes, that’s right, Ghandi invaded my country.*

Since then, I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him. :/

*Admittedly, I was playing as the English, but that’s not the point!

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Epilepsy Warning For Scarlet Hologram Fight

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A couple of the Orr cathedral fights are bad that way too. To be honest, I can’t imagine an epileptic being able to play this game.

Yet it’s possible! And for the most part, I quite enjoy it.

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This is Halloween, Something Ghouly?

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Definitely all the stuff from the last few years should be in there, including Lunatic Inquisition! No excuses! Plus a continuation of story for the Family Thorn, and some general light relief and silliness. Halloween in Tyria is my favourite GW2 regular festival (Wintersday being a close second), and it deserves the fullest madness! The fullest, I tell you!

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Wizard's Tower in Kessex Hills

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I’d love to get up there and have a look. Figure out if the elementals are what they’re said to be, and also being up in a tower in the air has got to be epic.

I want to know because I’m going to have to retire in Garrenhoff. It’s just got the look of somewhere I need to live, or that I’d love to design and build.

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Citizens screaming

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Dag dag! I’ll have you all know Sims speak Simlish. It’s kind of adorable once you get used to it.

lol, Ceri! My daughter still loves the Sims, my son teases her mercilessly over this. She was so sad when TSO shut down.

I wish she’d play GW2 with the rest of us, but this girl plays some other weird game, and believe it or not..still dabbles in Ultima

Heehee, it’s quite alright to play Sims, really it is. There’s some real innovators in the custom content design area, and the Apocalypse challenge (Sims 2/3) is not for the faint-hearted! I spend my time just building for it these days, however. It’s a personal fallout from when I used to mod Neverwinter Nights years ago.

My daughter does both Sims and Guild Wars 2 (sort of…), but is currently really into Minecraft, modded with My Little Ponies! The only way to make her even happier would be to combine the lot (e.g. by day, save LA citizens from vengeful vegetation, by night, build houses/families whilst defending from zombies! – all whilst using The Dreamer as a multi-purpose weapon).

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Unlimited Salvage Kit

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I just picked up the copper-fed in the recent sale (finally getting my act together on some QoL!), stuck it in the shared inventory slot and life is sweeter now. Is a recommended purchase.

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Sad tale of Drooburt. (FIXED)

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I’m always up for taking vengeance on behalf of any quaggan (Homes for Quaggans!), but it’d help to be able to see the video. Please! Make it so.

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How Can ANet Improve Average Player Skills

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But that is the thing- I call myself casual because I do not research builds for hours, have Ascended gear or do Dungeons much at all- to me that is a casual player.

I do however have a mind- and I use it to the best of my ability.
I do my best and I learn from my mistakes.
I am by no means a good player

What I see though is players not even bothering on reading the description on their skill bar- that is lazy.
There is no other word for it.

In big fights you at least have to have some situational awareness, read map chat and pay attention to what is happening around you.

Thing is people don’t and they don’t care and I don’t think Anet can really force them because they will say- play how I want or leave

Agreed on all points except that I have awful situational awareness if particles are involved. It’s been super hard for me to get through some of the fights, but I’m happy to do it, and I know I’m improving, and learning. Which is good, because I can’t do more than a few of them in a session and then I really should be done for a while. Hubby says I’d probably enjoy raid content if I got the nerve to ever do it, and I concur. Except for the particles, natch.

That “play how you want” keep coming back to haunt us! Technically, however, we all can still play how we want. It’s just we have to realise that in doing so, not all available content is for us (this is a meme now, isn’t it!).

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All I want are simple pants...where are they?

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I want to send out a huge “thank you” to everyone posting here. I am impressed the thread has actually contributed to the “conversation” for plain pants on light armor female characters.

I have seen all different threads from beta to present day and its the same idea in a continuous line….plain pants for light armor female characters….NOW to get someone at Anet to actually help us achieve this.

I appreciate all commentary and believe me, I am not bashing anyone, just asking for something I think is a simple request.

I’d personally been asking for this for a few years. Also more revealing male armours. Hasn’t really happened. Very disappointing. I’m on the verge of suggesting we all get our heads together and make some sketches and submit them for kind consideration.

In the last few months I’ve been playing some other games, and can say ESO affords the player character some dignity in this respect (whilst having some other armour issues that it needs to attend to). Age of Conan has something of equality when it comes to the armour for both sexes, plus the fantastic vanity tab which is far superior to what GW2 is offering, although it’s an older game with other issues.

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