Guild Wars 2

sephiroth.4217:

What the hell is with these infractions?

Mine was for this and it wasn’t even in english…

“I really love people like this lol, always a good laugh
Maybe next time use “Rampage” skill?”

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Can’t even respond back to em and ask why cause the only part of the message in english was “moderator note”

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Someone was offended I guess.

Jayne.9251:

Just build random catas and take down any wall. I solo ran supply to two separate cats today, got the walls down, picked up 10 to that title from that. And we didn’t take the keep either, but the minute the wall went down I got the credit.. Swiss cheese the map.

This is a bit hard to do on the underdog servers because the second you start the giant blob shows up and takes you and your siege out.

Getting a chance to get on a piece of siege can be hit or miss too depending on how fast your group needs to get through the door (before the above said blob shows up). Having mastery skills may make the difference in getting a chance at siege but it still would be nice to know what it is you have to do to get credit for hitting the door or wall with weapons.

Content that is easy for some may be difficult for others (for many reasons not just being bad players or on ‘bad servers’ as someone in another thread put it), so folk should take that into consideration when making all encompassing statements about how solo-able this is or isn’t…. Kudos for you if it is easy – don’t brag just give constructive advice to help others through difficult areas or what you did to make it easy for yourself. For those who have difficulty with these things I have sympathy as I am one who struggles on some of these events.

I tried a several times to get through and finally gave up because I got too frustrated. I tried to stick with a group several times, tried to solo a couple of times and it was a no go all around. We got so far (area with all the AOEs in the first area and then it fell apart… Solo you get mobbed if you even pause to look where to go and everything respawns very fast. I do think if you can get with a group that will stay together, clear areas, and help each other through the harder bits you have a chance to get through. I just don’t want to devote the time to slogging through this right now…. I most likely will try again later but not seeing this one as all that doable for me.

Definitely not working unless you are on siege. Any time I managed to get on a piece of siege I got credit. Any other time, and I was whacking away at the door, I got nothing even if I was hitting right as the door went down. No way I could manage correctly timing a final hit this way.

I can see getting credit for hitting it a certain number of times and doing damage but having to get the last hit or get lucky enough to be on siege is not cricket here…

Sagabatou.1076:

Hello SBI. I guess you guys really are bored.

Both sides were really bored….. We picked off the stragglers….

Khisanth.2948:

Aerinndis.2730:

The Champion Wolfmaster also had the debuff and interestingly, when he had it, he no longer had the Rock Dogs with him as he was walking around….

Are you sure the Rock Dogs weren’t just killed off by someone or something else? Did it have any Defiant stacks? I’ve seen it without the dogs even before this patch but it had Defiant stacks which means someone else was fighting it before.

There was a veteran golem in an event in Brisban which had it and it actually applied the Toxic Pollen debuff on you as well. I don’t recall getting that from the other corrupted things.

pathaugen.6572:

Or just play the game as normal for about a week and you’ll have it.

It would be nice if that was true but being random means that the only way to be sure is to actively go after things which might have it.

No, I was there when the event popped up and no one was around and no defiant stacks. The wolfmaster was alone at that time from start until I took him down. If I see it again I will take a screenshot. Possibly he was bugged or his infection killed the dogs, lol… I had put out he was out there and followed him around waiting for someone to come help kill him but never saw anyone else.

You can sell the mushed spores to a vendor so they aren’t a waste…..

Zaxares.5419:

From personal experience and gathering info, it seems that:

1. Only Veterans and Champions can have the Toxic Spores debuff, according to Autumn’s post above. (Unknown if Elites can have it too.)

2. Only Veterans and Champions that spawn during events have a chance to have the Toxic Spores debuff. (Unknown if this is true, as I have not checked many random Vets, like Oakhearts, out in the world to see if they have it.)

3. The Toxic Spores debuff doesn’t apply automatically to creatures when they are spawned. It appears about 1 minute after the creature is spawned. Therefore, it’s actually in your interest to hold off on killing an enemy after it first spawns to see if the debuff shows up (seems to be a 50/50 chance).

4. Reports have claimed that the Frostgorge Champ train never spawns creatures with the debuff. However, it is unknown if this is because Frostgorge Sound is too far away from Kessex Hills, or whether people are killing the Frostgorge Champs too quickly before the debuff has a chance to go on them. When I took part in a Scarlet invasion in Fields of Ruin last night, I didn’t see any Champs/Vets with the debuff, although some others in the map claimed to have seen them.

With all of the info above in mind, it seems that the best way to get the achievement is to visit maps that have plenty of events that spawn Veterans and Champs during events. When they spawn, wait a minute or so to see if the debuff shows up before killing them.

There were some of the Champs in Kessex that folk waited and it did indeed get the debuff after about a minute or so. Being patient paid off…. Unfortunately you also had folk that don’t listen to everyone telling them to hold off and they would go ahead and attack and the debuff never appeared before the Champ died… It is definitely worth waiting a bit just to see – folk might get the achieve a lot quicker…

So far I have not seen any veteran oakhearts other than the rotten one in Queensdale have the debuff and saw only a couple of Champs in Frostgorge during the Scarlet event that had the debuff – there were only a few folk there so they probably had the chance to get the debuff before we got to them. The Champion Wolfmaster also had the debuff and interestingly, when he had it, he no longer had the Rock Dogs with him as he was walking around….

Most of the achievements for this, I got in Queensdale, Wayfarer and Kessex. It was tedious and I am glad I am done with that one.

Folk of all ages play these games because they like them which is a wonderful thing. I saw 70 – 80 year olds in other games (including one adventure game that is the grandmommy of all adventure games…. whole nother tale there, lol) who were as young as anyone. Play is play no matter how old or young you are. We should all have that ability at any age and stay young at heart….

I will say, though, we could always tell the “youngers” by the way they talked and typed, lol. I do love the idea of all kinds of people, different ages, getting together and play together and just have fun. It makes for so much more interesting mix within the game.

The older ‘demographic’ just has more disposable income, heh, heh, heh (and time if you are retired)…..

Would be nice to have a crafting wallet space for items such as this and candy corn etc.

Looks like it will be on November 1 when the Mad King comes to Lion’s Arch

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-guide-to-blood-and-madness/

First time I saw this achievement I was able to do it and get credit but since have not been able to get credit once I make the key and I have tried twice now, so definitely bugged.

This is something I had been looking for. Thanks for sharing!

I did Battle of Claw Island the other day and same thing happened, dragon landed and disappeared. Only when I cleaned up the entire courtyard and moved around near where he landed did he pop in and out several times then proceed to fear so I could proceed. Definitely a bug.

I got Guardian of the Six http://dulfy.net/2013/01/11/gw2-shield-skins-gallery/#27 a while back and really think it looks nice, though which style you like depends on what look you are going for.

It does not appear to matter if you click or don’t click it. Nothing happens until the timer runs out and you get the kick notice for AFK. I tried both ways then tried clicking back and forth and nada except the kick notice… Definitely broken tonite.

I see Sanctum Sprint had similar problems from some other posts here….

You can sell the wigs (and the other items found) on TP – they do add up to a bit of change if you got a lot of them even if you sell them at 1 or 2 copper each.

That’s why the Chantry is so secretive!

Invite please and thanks for doing this.

:-( I will be travelling and so wish I could be there. I wish you all the best of luck and hope you take Mr. T right down!

Maybe some of the knowledgeable BG commanders would be willing to guest on other servers and meet up with those server commanders to help out working on strategy to beat Tequatl.

Would make for some nice inter-server community action I think….

Great video, thanks for making this.

Wychmire Swamp in Northwest Caledon (near where the Champion Trolls spawn) have several Veteran Oakhearts that respawn fairly quickly as well. It is right by the Wychmire Waypoint.

Congratulations to all who took Le Grande Tequo down! The two events I participated in so far showed how much cooperation does need to go into working on this. Nice job to all who have managed it so far.

Dulfy.net has a listing of the jumping puzzles and the guides to them.

Getting to Artesian Waters in Cursed Shore will also get you the Forgotten Stream Achievement

I had two of the monthly completed and the last two very close, at least I did get credit for the two I completed. The crafting at least I got that leveled up from zero to over 100 so I do not consider it any loss at all other than losing the monthly part of it.

It is what it is. In such a complex game these things happen as unhappy an event as it is. I am sure it is not what Anet wanted and definitely what we did not want but it has happened. I was bummed I had to start over on parts of the monthly but since I did not appear to lose any experience points for what I had finished, I find I can deal with it and move on. Yeah, those early completers may get double dipped, but kudos to them for getting through a monthly so fast. Life is like that. You win some, you lose some.

Anet may offer something for the mistake, I think everyone has learned from this mistake. I plan on just moving on, finishing the monthly and looking forward no matter what happens.

Ooooh! Can I get a Bank of Toytown Visa????

So far I have played Ranger, Guardian, Necromancer, Thief and Engineer. I plan to pick up the other professions eventually too. My favorites are probably Guardian and Ranger and I have enjoyed the other professions a lot but generally it is what suits you the best and is most interesting to you. I found all the lower levels tend to be hardest up until about level 20 or so (you are building skills, armor etc.) and then as you have the experience it gets a lot more fun. Since you get additional character slots you can play with those to see where you might want to go with it.

Stay in the lower areas at first, get your harvesting tools as soon as you can, harvest everything, sell what you can, get into all the cities and complete those areas (points, karma, money etc.) and then into the lower areas adjacent and you will level up quickly. If you need help completing an event or something call out in map chat, folk often respond to help out.

You can always look for guilds as well to help you out. Welcome back to GW2!

You have to go up to the very top where the gauntlet rings are and head over to just above Ogre side. It is a bit hard to cam exactly where the bale is down there but doable. Check Dulfy.net for pics on where to stand) and a video http://dulfy.net/2013/08/20/gw2-clockwork-chaos-invasions-and-achievements-guide/ Then go for it. I got it even though I landed just at the outer bit of the hay bale.

I agree, educate, try not to bicker. It also would help to have farmers state on map chat, farming [waypoint] and completers state event [waypoint] so that folk can pick where they would like to go depending on their inclination and know where the action is heading.

Harathi Highlands four times today! I finally was able to get the one I needed, yippee! I never expected it to show that many times in one day. Looking back at the other days posted that one was one of the rarer ones:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Scarlet%27s_Minions_Invade!/history

Iron Marches looks like it also has not been showing up the last couple of days so I would suspect it may suddenly start showing a bit more. Keep the faith.

Nicely said, Moira.

I also enjoyed the Pavilion and have been surprised that no one has returned there to continue the combats. Every time I have been in it is nearly empty which is sad. It was great fun to see an event start and everyone head out. I have to assume the LS rewards are currently more lucrative which is why no one has come back….

nearlight.3064:

First of all I never ask people ingame or in map chat for help. I have a limited amount of time to play, being a college student with limited money to even buy gems.

That being said, I understand the importance of working towards a legendary, but my aquaintances got help with theirs all the time, sometimes by me just giving them 50 gossamer bolts, or in my other case my friend using his and his friends money to mystic forge dawn (he needed dusk) which he sold, and has someone to fund the other half of his precursor. While these guys are my friends, I don’t feel like they’d be welling to help me right now anyway, as the activities to make gold means I can’t wvw wit them as much, and they’re al busy with projects such as the aforementioned one.

Also with the Invasion I’m not getting game breaking levels of gold, as I’m not gonna sell any T6 mats, and lodestone drops from champ bags are rare for me, maybe 1-2gold per event if even.

Te mega wealthy of this game will probaly never need any more gold. I don’t think its a problem if they were generous to others, even those they don’t know, almost like an act of charity.

There is no importance to working towards a Legendary unless you want one and then it is only important to you. Game breaking, no. From what you wrote it looks like you helped your friends out but it doesn’t appear they are that willing to help you out now. You may want to look for a guild that is willing to help guild members in working on making a legendary via some teamwork, not donations.

Your last paragraph stumps me. It sounds entitled and you don’t seem to realize those folk worked hard to get what gold they have or mats etc. even if they had the wherewithal to buy it. You may not think it a problem if they were ‘generous’ to you but it is disturbing you would so readily think it is alright to take the easy way out by just asking folk to donate to your cause. Adversity breeds character, working towards a legendary builds self discipline to wait when you have to, plan and think ahead and work to get to the goal you have in mind. Being a college student is no excuse in my book. Anyone can budget money for what they want if something is important enough. Ask for gem cards for birthday or holiday gifts. Put money aside that you would spend for cigarettes or snacks or other non-essentials until you have enough to do what you want to do.

If you have limited time to play then you need to budget what time you have to getting to those accomplishments.

Getting off my Mother soap box now…..

Looks like Harathi Highlands hit today at midnight, 2 am and 5 am my time. Looks like it is a no go for today on that one….

I would like to see ANet post the rotating schedule for each day of the event because it would allow us to plan a bit better on when we should be in to get the areas we need. They could even put a link to it in the achievement panel for that.

I also liked the suggestion I saw about putting a list of all the maps involved and which ones you have completed with a check mark. I would also like to see the name of the map highlight for the duration it is active.

Manoa.5897:

Edward Stryder.5706:

Has anyone been cataloging the invasions? (Heading off to google that.) If they have been then I can derive a predictive formula, and maybe reverse engineer the code base they are using to run the invasion schedule.

Some folks have been cataloging them on the Wiki.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Scarlet%27s_Minions_Invade!/history

Interesting looks like Harathi Highlands does not appear as often and that is the one I am still missing….sigh.

Got Mecha Anchor in box from Scarlett today so it is dropping in the Invasion events.

I like this too. Would be nice to have the current map highlight while it is active as well.

I kept track from the beginning of what maps I know I had covered. I just need Harathi Highlands and Blazeridge. I did Blazeridge the other day and did not get credit for it so will have to do it again but at least I know which two I may have to do over to get the 13.

I have not had any crashing issues at all on my computer but hubby said last night his was crashing constantly after this latest update. I was on and working on one of several invasions during the time he was having the issues on his so it obviously was not the internet. Wonder if there is a conflict with certain video cards maybe?

Today’s release really showed who the true commanders were.

I saw the whole gamut over multiple maps. Some truly led, some ran through said, “done”, and ran out leaving the zerg to battle the bulk of the enemy, others just went to areas alone and drew others who thought there might be a zerg and drew them into a slaughter. It did run the gamut.

The ones who intelligently led from one area to the next, showed the target, indicated what was needed or where to go next were simply wonderful. The good ones I tried to stick with as long as I could. I can only hope the others were just learning and will get better…..

All I can say is heavy sigh. Those who do not want to understand will not. Those who want themselves led on a golden leash are doomed to be disappointed. What you need to do is easily figured out and oh so many in this thread have tried to help… This is not rocket science, folks….lot of us have figured out what we have to do and when. Reading Dulfy.net or searching the wiki for what we need to know or hey….just asking in-world usually gets you the information. Just not sure what OP wants other than someone to play the game for him….

If you have not gotten a meta achievement since I do not know when then you do not have the patience for those. Dulfy.net http://dulfy.net/2013/08/20/gw2-clockwork-chaos-invasions-and-achievements-guide/ and the wiki http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Clockwork_Chaos hold all the info you need to do what is necessary. It does not take a lot of work to find the sources who help you figure out what you have to do. Not all of us need to be hand held through every step…

If you do not have the time or patience then, sorry, it is on you for what you want to dedicate your valuable time to. Nothing is meant to be easy, achievements mean just that, you work or make time for what you want to get out of this. ANet has provided a lot of time between events to let folk make that happen. If it is not happening for you, then maybe this is not the game for you. For those of us investing the effort and yes, a bit of time it has been fun and rewarding.

Dulfy explains what needs to be done fairly well. http://dulfy.net/2013/08/20/gw2-clockwork-chaos-invasions-and-achievements-guide/

I was confused at first and thought I had to find five people who witnessed the portals. Then I found http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Clockwork_Chaos which explained a lot.

Event starts on the hour, you need to watch for the announcement. Any overflow created in the first 10 minutes also has the invasion. Wiki says, "Only one zone will be attacked at any time. The current invasion location will be shown on the Living World UI. Any overflows created within the 10 minutes after the invasion begins will also host an invasion. All overflows created after 10 minutes will be normal zones. If you come later you have to wait which is why folk get into those and wonder why they are shut out or if you crash you probably get shunted there.

It wasn’t exactly intuitive but I do understand what they are doing. Also the mad rush as this starts will lend to folk not being able to get in and get it initially. Overall I think it was a wise choice for ANet to do. Once I understood it I was pretty good with it.

Dulfy.net has http://dulfy.net/2013/08/20/gw2-clockwork-chaos-invasions-and-achievements-guide/" has the usual excellent guide to the achievements as well which also explains what you need to know.

The Breached Wall took me the longest time to figure out but now I can run it almost without stopping. It took a LOT of tries, frustration and falling to get there, though.

The hardest points for me were making the jump from to the beam that stuck out (near the beginning) because if you took your time, you had ghosts popping up behind you and when you got to the other side two more popped up. For some reason in the beginning I kept misjudging that leap but now can do it with every avatar. It is where you line up to make the jump (swiftness can help but isn’t necessary once you know where to stand).

The others were the narrow ledges you had to jump then turn around. Also probably one of the hardest for me were the two arches. I did find you have to get down to where you see sort of a line where the first arch bends down (almost looks like you will fall or slide) and jump from there. If you jump much higher than that you always miss, though, thankfully, there is a ledge underneath which is a blessing because all you have to do is jump a gap and hop back up and try again.

The last jump from the chest, all I can say is I jump from the upper ledge not the lower one. I always missed from the lower one but got it from the upper.

This is one jumping puzzle that you will eventually get better with every attempt as you learn to overcome the places in it that are giving you difficulty. I hated it at first but now I actually enjoy doing this one.

OMG it will be a LoJen!!!!!!

OP, I feel your pain, but it was your choice to make that many attempts and spend whatever you spent. No one should complain about feeling entitled to getting something that is pretty much luck. That is like going to Vegas and then complaining I spent so many $$$$ so now you need to make me win….

I throw the odd bits in there and maybe someday I will get lucky but absolutely not counting on it so if I do I will be one of the most gobsmacked persons ever. Not a gamebreaker for me, there are too many other things and events that keep my attention in the game.

When I first saw the holo, it made me think of huge hubris…. oh what a fall she shall take…

You need to specify what it is that is bothering you about the game or what you think the devs are not providing. The devs obviously do read the forums. I think they have had to work hard to please a lot of different tastes and I think that indicates they do read the forums. A generalized nebulous statement is not helpful in getting your point across. Please clarify. (and it is losing, not lossing)