Ah. I haven’t actually previewed a lot of the Gem Store items, because few of them caught my eye like the scarf does.
Not a big deal in any event. Mostly, I just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to make a thread with such a silly title. 
I may just be spoiled by XenForo, but it would really be nice to at least track threads you were active in and be able to jump to the first new post since you were last on.
You can. Just click on your name and hit the “find all posts by” option that pops up.
I like the design very much, somehow it’s much easier on the eyes than other forum designs. Not all of us are young gamers, dontcha know! 
The one thing I miss is a “new posts” button. In gaming, if I happen to get inexplicably booted or experience some other sudden technical issue, I’ll think “I wonder if anyone else is experiencing this” and go to the game’s official forum to see. At times like that a “new posts” button is helpful.
:)
Krait, art is something that many cultures use to express themselves and explore ideas. It can be practical like making clay plates to hold food or it can be just for it’s own sake.
Here, this is a piece of art I made for you to express how awesome you are!
The Community Team is squeee’ing with love over here looking at this.
Really? I hope someone’s recording that!
Seriously, threads like this are what makes me so proud to be a part of this community. We are a creative and talented bunch…not to mention entertaining! 
What if the Star Elder Dragon observes us from afar, examining us like one would watch microbe swarm and multiply in a drop of water?
Are you implying that this Star Dragon is an intelligence vast, cool, and unsympathetic? Because if it is, our only hope is to pull a Calvin and catch a quick cold.
…then, again, it might be Passel of Felines because some of us can never get enough home instance kitties.
Was Jeremy Soule’s stuff not live orchestra? That’s surprising if so. Either way, the teaser for S2 sounded awesome!
I don’t think so, but after hearing that I am really stoked for tomorrow. Music is a big part of the reason I fall in love with a game.
We’re gonna all be bouncing up and down like a bunch of skritt in a hall of mirrors by this time tomorrow, aren’t we?
Is anybody besides me pausing to check every single WP in the gameworld, regardless of where it is?
(There’s also a trio in the grove who run around having conversations and to me personally it looks like they’re a polyamorous trio…. But I don’t think it’s explicit. It’s really adorable anyway!)
Are you talking about the fellow who states that he wants to “leave a handsome corpse”? Yeah, they’re cute.
Well, this thread had now gone on for several pages, quite amiably despite the differing opinions presented in it, and has been visited by a number of Anet luminaries. I know only two have posted, but I’ll bet a pound of Braham’s favorite bacon that they’re all watching it. The fact that it hasn’t degenerated into text-based fisticuffs says something about us as a community.
Also, something I noted last night. My server’s overflow took down the BooBot, and I happened to be standing near Marjory and Kasmeer during the impromptu dance party that broke out afterward. Marjory asks Kasmeer if she’s all right and Kasmeer responds in a troubled voice—something along the lines of “I’m fine, don’t worry about it.”
I think there’s a storm on Kasmeer’s horizon. 
I disregard most of these lines, but every time some ditsy Sylvari says “All things have a right to grow” I want to turn around and say, “No, they don’t.”
He’s “Lord of the Everlasting Depths”, not “Lord of the Dance”.
I don’t understand what’s wrong with the name Scarlet.
Me either, as long as I get an opportunity, at some point, to say, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a kitten .”
Sadly, I think sometimes devs (and community managers, ironically) sometimes shy away from interacting with a game’s community due to the influence of…ah, more passionate personalities. Let us consider these folks under the banner of “crazypants”.
By crazypants I don’t mean those who are lobbying for a particular feature to be added to/removed from a game, or who are asking that a troublesome bug be fixed. We all do that, to one extent or another. What I’m talking about are those who go overboard…they become rude, insulting, or even stalky. They find out private information about other fans or studio employees and post that. Or they simply harass someone on forums or in-game. I’ve had that last happen to me personally (in another game), so I can see why it would spook Anet or any other game company, for that matter.
Now, I’m interested by community managers and their work, so I always try to chat with them if an opportunity presents itself. Do you old-time GW1 players remember Gaile Gray’s in-game visits? She (and Froggy) would appear in LA and answer questions, chat, and generally hang out. My warrior, Nikk Hexem, was named for the frontman of 311 and Gaile was very amused by that. It was fun times. But during her visits we’d see an increasing amount of nonsense questions being spammed by the ill-mannered, the uninformed, and bots for all I know. Gaile bore it all with a grace I’ve never seen matched in a game, but I expect she was a little relieved when her change of jobs brought an end to these visits.
Fast forward to last week. I had my mesmer out for one of the Shatterer’s visits and noticed people in map chat were saying an ArenaNet employee was in the vicinity. Sure enough, after “Shatty” was downed a player with the Anet logo was observed. I don’t know how other players’ interactions with him went, but I can say that my brief, polite greeting and encouraging note was replied to just as politely, then we all went on our merry ways.
Was he a dev? A community manager? The receptionist? No idea, but they’re out there. If you’re fortunate enough to encounter one, remember Kipling’s advice about a courteous tongue. It’ll get you far.
Whatever Anet has in mind, they might want to pick up the pace a bit…Halloween is not far off, and the Mad King might not be pleased to find his favorite city destroyed when he didn’t do the destroying.
Is this the same conversation where Marjory explains to Taimi what a “toast” is? I overheard that one last night, and laughed out loud at Taimi’s assertion that she “doesn’t have a fop to quote”.
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If I ever figure out which NPC “invented” gliding, I’m going to create a lawyer-type character and “sue” that NPC in a class-action Tyrian lawsuit, on behalf of all of us who forgot where we were and casually stepped off buildings, bridges…
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Thought of this the other day…
…then tried to picture my little asuran mesmer screaming through the woods on a vine, and couldn’t stop giggling!
I’ll take the liberty of linking a guildmate’s YT video here where he shows how he handled it on his guardian (don’t wanna say “dragonhunter” for fear of startling Aurene). Looks like once you and she deliver the coordinated attack you gotta burn the boss down fast. I’m still trying to figure out how to do that on my mesmer, but it was getting late last night and I was getting tired and aggravated. Anyhoo, here’s the video:
EDIT: Ooops, should have added, “spoilers”.
Slot chrono, keep 3 illusions out at all times. When the white circles appear stand in it, cast CS, cast WoC when his bar breaks, exit CS, WoC again and use MW in the middle of the cast, sword 2. He should go down in 1 burn
This worked, thanks!
I have no fear for Rytlock. He’s the Chuck Norris of GW2.
That said, I’m hoping he’ll explain how he got his sword back, and fill us in a bit on how Revenants came to be.
I’m almost willing to be money on Kralkatorrik being the next ED we face. Shatty is getting stronger, we have portals into the heart of the Brand all but ready, and there’s something else. I don’t remember which character it was, but early in LS1 someone mentions “We were going to go after Kralkatorrik next, then we heard Mordremoth’s alarm clock go off.”
I’m paraphrasing, of course.
Waiting around for him to spawn is just as perilous, though, which is why I’ve had this running through my head all afternoon:
Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads,
Fish heads, fish heads, run from them, BLAM!!!
They are not attacking the games directly, they are attacking the internet backbone that these games are hosted on.
I do not get the WHY for all of this is it realty that much of a rush to troll? Is empathy no longer with the human races?
I imagine the bigger kids picked on them a lot in school.
Wish I knew, and had noted the name of the player talking about it. I didn’t start to consider it seriously until many hours later.
I have yet to hear any kind of NPC conversation near it, though my engineer did discover that if she used Jump Shot to enter and landed perfectly, she’d be tossed up and down indefinitely instead of getting thrown right out.
So that’s progress of a sort. The thing now is to corner Josh, Peter, or Rubi to find out why they were teasing the Wizard’s Tower during the PoI. Bribery with cookies might be necessary before it’s all said and done.
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Will we ever get to find out what those inoperative Asura gates in Coriolis Plaza are for?
Also, what will become of the many NPC’s? Did the guy ever find the water closets? Did the lady ever find the bargains she was hunting? Did that skritt listen to his friend and stay out of the sewers? What about the lone nonviolent centaur who was visiting LA? Did that other woman near Trader’s Forum ever get the guide to Nebo Terrace she was looking for? Is some Asura parent ever going to rein in that precocious kid who keeps taunting the Charr guard about his face? And what about that inquisitive Sylvari who is eagerly awaiting “the next festival”? Boy, is she in for a surprise!
What will become of all these people? Minds that need examining want to know.
The wiki describes the Aetherblades as “sky pirates”.
So either they worship the dragons and are offended by the effigy ceremony, or the waterways of Tyria are so overcrowded by pirates some of them had to take to the air.
Dang, when I clicked on this thread I thought Anet was gonna provide us with hats and scarves ala Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor.
I’m fine with an Xpac, but having completed the episode I think they should rename it. “Heart of Thorns” sounds too much like a soap opera. I think they should call the expansion “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Blimp”.
If we’re drawing up a suspect list, I’d like to remind everyone that there is a Sylvari dashing about on the Sanctum right now, very eager to travel with them, and babbling that it’s the beginning of “great things” for him.
We also have a shady NPC named Carden, who keeps trying to sell…something…and failing because whatever it is alarms his would-be customers (“I know where you got that, and I don’t want any trouble with those people!”).
I’m still trying to determine whether these two had such dialogue during the original Bazaar, or if it was added this year. But certainly it’s interesting.
My guild rooster crows every time someone comes online.
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. But on topic…I guess it wasn’t possible to include everything in the guild panel. I do like that it tracks everything that is done in the guild stash, for example.
Well, if anyone has been keeping tabs on the other thread about this subject, you will know that Anet is well aware of the reaction it has caused, and I daresay it’ll be taken into consideration where future content is concerned.
As for the Kas and Jory “relationship”…I’m not as troubled by it as I was when I first started seeing talk of it. That’s because I (foolishly) was judging the matter by the many tweets and FB postings about it. I say “foolishly” because I’m always admonishing my friends to find out all they can about a subject before posting about it, and there I went flying in the face of my own advice.
What can I say, I’m a silly old Jersey girl.
By the time I sat down to do the content from the “Moment’s Peace” cutscene and the scenes set in The Dead End, I was braced for exactly the sort of blatant, politically correct pandering I’ve seen others decrying both here and on various social networking sites. But I found that the content is nothing like that…the “relationship” is certainly implied, but I don’t find it heavy-handed. Unnecessary, perhaps, but that’s just me. I don’t find commander tags or bows that shoot flying rainbow unicorns necessary either, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying the game. Neither does this.
I’m just sad that the lore of the gameworld doesn’t get a fraction of the attention this matter is getting. Again, that’s just me.
This happened last time there was a big patch too. It’s rather like that scene at the end of Airplane! where the reporters all run into a bank of phone booths at once and the phone booths fall over.
It’ll sort itself out eventually.
I’m all for it, as long as I get to look her in the face and say, “You are a horrible person.”
Because the latest meme generator caught my eye on Facebook, and my engineer just can’t resist getting into the act.
My guildmates and I were amusing ourselves last night by trying to envision an app for GW2 similar to Pokemon Go, and I thought I’d share.
How would it work? Could the complexity of an MMO world be fashioned into a smartphone app that players could carry everywhere? Could you enliven an otherwise dull stay in a doctor’s waiting room by finding a nearby Priory scholar who will give you a quick education on the secret history Kryta’s bandits?
Maybe there’s a way to bring gathering into the picture, and encourage players to get more heavily into growing their own food. Before you laugh at me, try a fresh tomato from someone’s garden. It definitely has its benefits.
Open world events? That would be tricky. Most people relaxing on a beach will not take kindly to someone splashing out of the water and shouting “There’s something in the water….HELP!” Followed by a couple of hundred players converging on the beach and shouting about turrets and “south boats”. Nor will the authorities permit folks to block off town squares in order to “retake Tarir”. It’s funny to think about, though.
Anyway, something to have fun with while waiting for today’s patch. Don’t try to glide at home, though.
Rather than start my own thread, I’m going to bump this one.
Yes, ArenaNet, I’m afraid you’re going to have to toss Miss Scarlet out onto the compost heap. And I’ll tell you why. She’s given the players a complex.
Witness the most active thread in this subforum…the “what’s happening in Kessex Hills” one. Count how many posts are running along the lines of “I bet it’s Scarlet!”
Lots, right?
Love her or hate her (and I really have no opinion of her one way or another; she’s not the best boss I’ve seen but she’s not the worst either), she’s starting to get in the way. Every time something happens in game, Scarlet either is involved or is suspected of being involved until it’s proven otherwise.
Tequatl is stronger, smarter, and more aggressive! It must be Scarlet!!!
Weird doings in Kessex Hills! It must be Scarlet!!!
A hylek farted! It must be Scarlet!!!
I enjoy the invasions as much as anyone, but maybe it’s time to have her “invade” the Splintered Coast then run up and try to pet Tequatl. Give her an end worthy of her…um, infamy.
Outworld is becoming one with the earth realm. It’s time to find Tyria’s greatest warriors and unite them for Mortal Kombat!
+1 to this. Has anyone seen Trahearne?
Yes. My Asuran engineer invented something she calls a “salad shooter”, and keeps trying to convince Trehearne to “come test it out” and to bring Scarlet if he can find her.
You’re all wrong.
His name is Cthulhu.
Any charr will tell you that “gods” can be killed.
How about a “guild kite” glider skin?
Her secret is she died a very long time ago to Scarlet before we even knew about her and she used her Mesmer magic to make her last clone last until it finishes it’s mission. Once Scarlet dies she’ll reveal this to Marjory and we’ll have a sad, dramatic scene of them saying goodbye to eachother~ then the clone explodes…
…which will kill Marjory or at least confuse her horribly. Depends on how Kasmeer’s traited.
Seriously, though, I’m getting a vibe that Kasmeer is just who she says she is…only she’s about to go bad on us. She’s been harboring resentment against the other nobles of DR for years for what was done to her family, remember. Then we have the finger-pricking incident, the perilous pursuit of Scarlet, and the lurking menace of ED corruption she must encounter in her travels.
Many have hypothesized the Scarlet will die at the end of the LS arc, perhaps in the act of redeeming herself. But somebody’s gonna have to take up the mantle of Bad Guy/Gal…
I would rather see Anet’s time, work, and resources go into further developing the actual lore of the gameworld, but that’s just me.
Well, since Rox and Braham are nice enough to run over and rez us when we’re downed, I consider them “friends”. It’s a little hard for me to look at Marjory or Kasmeer without rolling my eyes, however.
I understand why they left Taimi out of this chapter, though I’m hoping she’ll get to be more involved in upcoming ones.
I always thought the purpose of clones/phantasms was to distract an enemy while the mesmer escapes/moves into position to deal better damage. Like moving far enough away to let the GS deliver its maximum damage, for example.
Anyway, mine seemed to be holding their own well enough last night, and I’m using zerker gear on a dated build. I enjoyed the “first” teragriff fight—-the one where you’re rescuing the Zephyrites. I haven’t completed the episode yet so I can’t comment on what I assume is the “end” bossfight—-the “predator” Caithe and other NPC’s are talking about in the labyrinth.
Will finish it today, when I’m not so tired.
Care to give us a hint or two, Mr. Shaman? Kryta, Ascalon, etc? Minds that need examining want to know!
Guildmates are reporting that the Curse of Fireheart Rise has now spread to the Silverwastes. Sending my warrior to investigate.
Who is E?
And bless you for knowing The Scarlet Pimpernel.
He’s rich, you know.
The Black Citadel may well go nuts, but what will Gwen do when she sees us humans trading, working, playing, and fighting alongside the Charr?