Guild Wars 2

coglin.1867:

JoxerNL.3752:

coglin.1867:

As far as Scarlet goes, just because one evil genius has invented or created something advanced, doesn’t by default make every thing else in the world out dated.

Way to go missing the post right above you and ignoring the fact that “pact” weaponry is far superior, but i guess there is no good retort for that one huh

Wait, what? What point did I miss? What part of my post says anything about the pact not having some advanced weaponry? I never even mentioned them.

My post simply encompasses the fact that comparatively, nothing the engineers use is particularly out dated. Especially when you figure in the fact that engineers avoid and dislike magic, and some of the assumed technology in the game is actually magi-tech. Which makes it not so technical as magical.

1. Engineers do use magic (new heal skill, clearly more asuran)
2. Just because magic is incorporated into technology does not mean it is not advanced or considered true technology. The magic appears to be primarily a power source, just like my computer runs on electricity. Just because lightning appears in nature doesn’t make electrical devices any less advanced. Technology is pretty much the understanding of nature and the use of it. Magic in Tyria is part of nature, so that means it can also be part of science.
3. Megalaser > mortar. Have fun trying to kill Teq with that tech! If there is something more efficient than current engineer tech, that makes it outdated. The only reason I can see for using the tech is the likely lower cost. Since the player character is high ranking in the Pact they should have access to more advanced technology easily, making this no problem at all.

Dustfinger.9510:

The problem with this is that the lore of the engineer class is that they specifically use charr tech. Not just any tech. other races are just now starting to slowly incorporate their own tech into the class, by way of racials. I don’t see how it would make sense that an entire class based around charr tech would suddenly be proficient with the tech of scarlet

Technically their technology is no longer limited to charr tech. The new heal skill clearly has a more asuran influence. Personally, I hope they continue to add more multi-racial tech because if any race can be an engi then engis should be able to use the tech of any technologically advanced race. Also, in my opinion: guns, bombs and grenades are boring when compared to asura and Scarlet tech and reflect reality too closely… and sometimes not enough (I’m looking at you bombs… the last thing I want to see is my character laying eggs that explode underneath them.) Why can’t we have a variety?

I really do hope they add these new telegraphs to the rest of the game in place of the old ones and hopefully add some to fights that need telegraphs but don’t have any at all currently. As someone who has spent most of their time playing a thief, unless I am familiar with the content it is insanely difficult to play because I cannot see well enough to dodge. Sometimes the enemies animation doesn’t even represent where it will hit me either, meaning I have to get slaughtered over and over until I finally learn it. This makes new content torture for me. This new update has been a breath of fresh air because I can take the skills I learned from playing the other areas of the game and apply it to these new fights instead of having to fail over and over until I finally know every single little move I have to make. Also, for eles and engis it is very hard to pay attention to the animations of your foes or thin little rings when trying to manage CDs and a ton of skills so it’s a huge help there too.

I love these new telegraphs. Best thing to happen to GW2 since SAB.

Well.. this is strange. Scruffy does sound familiar in my case at least. I’m an RPer and my asura has a golem called Fluffy, which judging by the description of Scruffy, has the exact same personality. I can’t even. I don’t even… so much for using the newly tradeable mystery tonics to RP as my golem Fluffy… I’m just going to stop RPing forever now.

The thing with MMOs is they get boring if they only make the same kind of content, like dungeons for example. I think it’s good they are introducing new and different modes of gameplay. If they only made dungeons and PvP changes this game would lack a lot of depth… it wouldn’t feel massive. Though, I think they are pushing it with these events that require 50+ people. It’s not a mod, it’s an update (not much difference between the two anyways…)

That golem is officially the most awesome thing I have ever seen. This makes me genuinely sad that golemancer is not a profession… If there is ever a GW3, racial professions need to happen and golemancer needs to be a thing. Would be way too awesome to ignore. Hopefully we’ll get mounts and that will be one of them.

Yes. This needs to happen. The dragons need to feel like characters otherwise slaying one doesn’t really feel any different than killing a random Moa in Metrica Province. Also, after Scarlet (a villain that actually talks and has personality, though annoying) a shy lizard isn’t going to be that exciting.

Norjena.5172:

Optimal is max dps. If a 10,8k health thief fails he dies. U can´t help them be healing them. But u can help them by making their enemys red bars going down.

Not true! My main was a pure DPS thief and let me tell you I’ve been saved by engis many times.

The build looks fairly high damage already but 30 points in inventions is not needed to achieve godly healing status. You could probably manage to go a little more DPS and still heal a ton. The healing turret on a full zerker engi is like an additional self heal to party members on it’s own.

I’m in the same boat you are… just remade my character a few days ago and it hurts losing everything. In a game like this that doesn’t allow things such as a multi-classing a class change might be beneficial for those who like to invest in one character. The problem is, how would this be done? To be fair there should be some kind of progress lost. For example, a person who leveled a thief to 80 should not be able to have a level 80 engineer from paying 25 dollars. Unless they have a level 80 of the class they which to change to on their account already… that might be more fair.

Where did you see the post about the zerker nerf? I looked in the dungeon forum but didn’t see anything. If this is true, this could be either really really bad or really really good. I feel sorry for all the thieves out there though, they will officially be the worst class in PvE if zerker turns to crap.

I do PUGs so my groups are random and I am using certain skills depending on encounter but it doesn’t change anything. I’ll die just about anywhere. I’m having the trouble of not being able to sustain survival for long… such as against Mossman, I’ll dodge all his attacks until I run out of endurance/initiative (can’t effectively DPS if I use daggers, I’ll have to spend all on evades), then I have to use heal skills.. then I’m done for.

So, I’ve started doing fractals recently using my 25/30/0/0/15 full zerker gear thief… am I trying something unreasonable? I figured with all the evades and short CD on healing skills it wouldn’t be so bad, but I keep dying no matter what I do. Often I find myself out of endurance and initiative with all my evades and heal skills on CD. I swap weapons and skills out depending on the occasion, but it doesn’t seem to help.

So far I’ve gotten up to fractals level 19, should I change my build or do I just suck? Any advice would be very much appreciated.

The same thing happened to me so I bought the griffon tonic in hopes of getting the recipe for the golem… it gave me another griffon recipe. Now I have 2 separate plush griffon recipes listed… 8g wasted I’m afraid to make the tonic for fear of getting another griffon.
Edit: when I look at the recipes it says I currently have 1 tonic already.. so it must make griffons.

I noticed today that the flame kissed light armor set is no longer available in the gemstore. Why?

I was going to buy one but I couldn’t afford it at the time because I had just bought gems. It was one of the few skins that actually fit an asura perfectly, even better than one of their own cultural armors. It even accounted for the toes! I was very happy to see armor like that finally made available to us ignored races…

Unfortunately you cannot unspend skill points. I am confused as to why you would need 50 skillpoints to make an exotic greatsword. To my knowledge, ascended weapons are the only weapons that require skillpoints and the cost for them is only 20.

People do that regardless of party title. I usually name my parties “p1” and the same thing will happen several times in a row. Just trolls.

I’ve been in too many guilds to count. While some have silly chatter or someone complaining over guild chat some of the time, almost all have had hours and hours with silence and the only people that weren’t ignored were the “core” people. I believe guilds are for socializing… but it seems I’m one of the few who thinks so.

I would love an invite if there’s still room ^^

Games of today are quick, simple and take little to no effort. When SAB first came out with world 1, it was just another. It felt like just a mini-game, another jumping puzzle. I still loved it though and was excited for world 2. (at this point I’ve been sitting here for 10 minutes now trying to think of what to say, but world 2 was so amazing it has left me speechless)

World 2 was the game I have been looking for… the game I have been hoping for. A challenge that took time, energy and thought. And it was fun. Each zone had unique challenges, not the same thing copied and pasted just with a new skin like most video games.

SAB, now, is more than just a mini-game. I’ve paid for several games that tried to replicate classic video games but they lacked the challenge and were done with in less than 2 hours. Waste. Of. Money. And SAB is free! I feel like a criminal, because I paid for one game and got two. SAB way past succeeded in recreating the type of gameplay found in classic video games and without the challenge, variety and difficulty I don’t think it would have.

I know SAB can be frustrating for some, but I do not believe its difficulty should be reduced. It would no longer be the rare gem that it is currently.

That fountain was annoyingly noisy and the lion’s face creeped me out. I do not miss it.

Balkanwarrior.5132:

New mini get’s released. It’s region locked + account bound = people complaining

New mini get’s released. It’s region locked but able to be traded so people just buy/sell at a high in game price = people complain that mini prices should not be this high blah blah blah

Please somebody prove me wrong on the 2nd point. I Guarantee if this Mr.Sparkles was able to be traded and had a price tag of 600g a thread would have been made complaining about it’s price.

’’I’m too casual to afford that! Wahh, why would you make it hard for me and not accomodate my OCD’’

I’d happily pay the 600g if I had it and I would not mind grinding for it. I just want a chance at Mr. Sparkles… Also, isn’t there like 100-300g minis out already? I do agree with you though in the sense that people should work for what they want (if the opportunity is presented)

Btw, I really do have OCD and I am not a mini collector (just want the golem) People collect as a sort of hobby, not because they have OCD. The goal is to complete the collection. I assume lack of completion would be as upsetting as getting all the parts for a legendary except one, and that one part you have to fly to Germany magically at the perfect time to obtain.

ANet hands out gifts occasionally to people who buy their gems, but also sells the gift in the gem store. The same thing could be done here.

OR they could every year at the end of the year sell all the exclusives they handed out in the gem store. That way people get several months to a year of having a special item, but the collectors and others who want it still have a chance to obtain it.

Please, just let us buy Mr. Sparkles. Out of all the minis there ever could have been, this is the one I wanted before anyone even thought of releasing it Please ANet… at the very least tell us what your plans are.

You came closer to getting Mr. Sparkles than I did….

lordkrall.7241:

Bright.9160:

I know, but the point I was trying to make was that Anet should’ve learned a lesson or two about exclusivity in GW1. That 1) people don’t like it, and 2) it can lead to some serious economical disproportions…

But thats just the thing though.
They DID learn, and therefore made them non-tradeable.
People actually DO like having exclusive rewards.

In reality most people who got it probably didn’t even care and will just leave the mini sitting in their bank or quit GW2. Meanwhile those of us that do want it can’t even touch the dang thing. I’d rather have Mr. Sparkles than a legendary.

There better be another way to obtain this mini. This is not fair to the mini collectors or people that don’t live in Germany…. I would pay money for this. Please ANet. Please!!

Njordfinn.4921:

Sparkles was handed out at the Community Meet & Greet yesterday in Cologne, perhaps you can win some on a few Fansites

Someone please tell me this isn’t true… I’ve been waiting for a Mr. Sparkles mini to come out for months and now this? : (

This is very interesting. The whole chronomancer thing might help explain the mysterious steam creatures and where they are coming from as well.

I really, really hope this is fixed. It’s making it difficult for me to play… way too distracting.

Thank you all for responding ^^ I have found a guild ankitten o longer looking. Again, thanks!

Well… there goes the two songs I could play.

Grimno.6172:

But you guys are right. You’re “so” smart that you but those brains of yours to good use.
The Norn are working hard to defeat Jormag and claim their homes.
The Humans are fighting for survival.
The Sylvari are working to understand the world.
And the Asura… are attempting to boost the intelligence of Skritt!
I mean outstanding work there. I guess after building that army of golems with a 50% chance of going rampant and attacking your own people, you guys must have decided to go for something more challenging… cept the point of a challenge is it’s “doable”.

Nonsense! Boosting the intelligence of skritt is not our primary goal! Our main focus is world domi- I mean stopping the elder dragons.

Also, we have many useful inventions that help bring the great races of Tyria together! Without our gates many great things would not be possible. Meanwhile… you charr are having a hard time “killing” some ghosts.

“You Asura, are so tiny it’s no wonder Arena Net never made Asura Children!”

Here are some of my best screenshots.

Dinky’s debating whether to eat or not to eat my tail… and also I think my elementalist is trying to turn into lightning.

I love taking screenshots… so fun to see how everything ends up posed when finished :P

Here’s my flame legion charr elemetalist in the hellfire gloves. So glad there were finally some decent firey gloves.

I do fear this game might not last.

I love the idea of the living story. So far I have had a great experience with it. I normally procrastinate and wait forever to get things done, but I can’t here. This gets me living in the present, hanging out with friends and making memories. And it leaves me filling accomplished… somewhat.

But I worry that the living story will not bring in enough permanent content… I want to see new races, classes, skills, dragons, maps, character options and more. Most importantly… I want this game to last.

So I hope they can pull it off because it’s a great idea… but they must be careful. This could crash and burn easy and it already seems to be upsetting many players. Expansions are something we are used to and gives us something we can look forward to. I would LOVE to have good, solid content I can look forward to.

So, basically. I fear that the Living Story method of adding content could kill GW2… but I’m on board with the experiment. I like the fact that they are trying new ideas and being innovative. I just hope that if it does fail they go back to expansions.

I have that problem on one of my asura that is using the same face. I don’t see it on my other 3 though. So, it doesn’t happen with all faces.

Logged into my level 15 warrior in metrica province. I ran around killing hyleks for the first 5 minutes and then ran off to see what kind of weird stuff I could climb. I even spent a few seconds making a golem spin around by running around it spamming the F key. I had fun. I’m surprised I enjoyed any of this. Especially killing hyleks which are my farming spot for coffers or getting a new character weapon skills… and whenever I do that even if its for 5 minutes it is BEYOND boring. Heck, I can’t even stand 1 minute of it. So, the fact that I didn’t have any goal in mind somehow made it fun. Another thing I noticed was I was able to focus more on the gameplay itself. In other words, I wasn’t playing as horribly as I usually do.

I am having the same issue. Glad to know I’m not the only one. I was scared for a moment…

Glad to know I’m not the only one who’s bothered by this. I had just gotten the armor the DAY before they broke it. I hope it gets fixed. For 119 gold that armor shouldn’t be bugged. Seems asuras get ignored a lot when it comes to asthetics.