Guild Wars 2

okay, my first thought it, why is it even there? You can use the tonic again to remove the upscale effect. But if you wanted to have a timer so badly, why so short? 15 minutes?
I’m using it on my asura, and it’s great fun, but I’m so annoyed by the fact that I have to constantly reapply it.

so for the love of the five gods (I’m still not counting you, kormir), please remove the timer or upgrade it to 24 hours or something.. there’s just no point to it other than it being an annoyance. I mean, there’s honestly no reason for it to have a timer other than to annoy people who use it

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

First crafter problems?

More seriously, see also the following Reddit post, which outlines a variety of outstanding issues:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68zaw3/legendary_armor_issues_and_feedback/

The useful thing about the thread is that the OP is doing a good job of trying to separate out bugs and objective issues, separating out critiques of the aesthetics (the first are more straightforward to address, while the latter are more complicated to agree upon, let alone do something about). That makes it more likely that ANet will get a chance to deal with each.

ah okay, so they acknowledged the brightness is an unintended issue. In that case I’ll hold my fingers crossed and can make a true whisper’s militant armor

OriOri.8724:

zealex.9410:

OriOri.8724:

Yargesh.4965:

Since you can salvage things from your material storage and not from your wallet it is a good thing they are there.

For the last time. We do not need the ability to salvage these currencies to obtain unbound magic! They can receive the pristine fractal relic treatment, where you use these currencies to buy a box that gives you a random amount of unbound magic. This technology already exists in the game!

The problem of them taking space in your bag has already been adressed why does it still trigger you so much? Besides some of them are basically crafing mats so it makes sense for them to be there. It would be cofusing to have half in the wallet and half in the bank.

That’s the thing, in my opinion the problem has not been addressed. As soon as you hit 250 of these currencies, your storage will be full and it will start piling up in your inventory again. This isn’t a solution to the problem.

Maybe.. just maybe..
YOU SHOULD EITHER SPEND THEM OR STOP GATHERING THEM!
you’re making a first world problem a nuclear war
seriously
If you don’t need them THEN WHY ARE YOU GATHERING THEM!?
If you do need them THEN WHY ARENT YOU SPENDING THEM!?

If your bank is full, and you have no intention of spending them, THEN STOP GATHERING THEM

and how will you consume or salvage a currency if it’s in the wallet?

There’s also the matter that Primordus didn’t go into stasis, or true sleep. Only thing that happened is that the machine drained so much magic (wherever it is now) that primordus has receeded to a pre-awakened stage. But that doesn’t mean he’s gone fully back to sleep, he just needs to wait to recover enough magic to move again. I’d prefer to call him knocked out, rather than back to sleep

(fainted, instead of asleep)

oh yes, so bad, it’s not like all the other maps where the story grants you access you the new zones.. it’s almost like you have to play the game in order instead of randomly move about, that is so unheard of and never done before in any game

sorry.. I just can’t add enough sarcasm..
to anyone who complains they have to play in sequence, rather than dot their way through.. is this your first game?

it’s not a bug, it’s a feature
the armor is so bright, that no matter the dye, it’s all a hue away from white..
I mean.. seriously..
I prize my Order of the Whispers dye-set on my main warrior, and I just feel kinda
upset that I can only use shades of white to color the legendary heavy armor.. I mean..
was that even necessary, I’d call this a legendary disaster..
You can quite literally only be a shining paladin of light, as even Abyssal Dye is just a light silver…..

Thundabolt.8541:

I had a few problems falling through the map too. It was caused by a thermal launcher, which is unsurprising considering the speed at which they shoot you.

ye, happened one time, too, but sometimes you just fall through by dodging, jumping or straight up walking.. I mean.. I thought the ghost floors were only for Trib-SAB, not the open world.. or did one of the SAB devs escape the cage?

zealex.9410:

Amaimon.7823:

“there’s a god of war and en elder dragon down here, but feel welcome to join”
yes.. let’s invite the asura with a bad back and no arms on her golem to join us down below

Keyword IN her golem. Tbh i didnt mind that thought it would lead to her death somehow but oh well better luck next time.

“there’s a god of war and en elder dragon down here, but feel welcome to join”
yes.. let’s invite the asura with a bad back and no arms on her golem to join us down below

I can make you one better, if your weapon is drawn, you mine with your sword, you log with your sword, and you harvest with your sword

more videos out, added them. Set is now complete

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

…our rough plan is to slot the expansion pack into the release cadence as if it were an episode: episode 5, then episode 6, then the expansion pack, then episode 1. But we’ll make some allowance for the fact that shipping an expansion pack is a big deal logistically and will probably take longer than the 2~3 months we normally allocate between episodes.

I translate that as:

• Episode 6 appears late July or August
• Expac November or December, but maybe later
• LS4 probably launches March (more than 3 months, but ANet is usually lightly staffed in Dec & Jan)

Mind you, none of those dates are “promised” — things can (and probably will) change. Just that for a change, those who are overhyped aren’t exaggerating the release date by much.

That said, ANet has usually had about 5-7 months between official announcement and the actual launch November is 6 months away.

that seems fair

I have 2 problems with the new map:

1) there are a LOT of places where you can fall through the map, just last night I had to WP back from somewhere quite a few times becauses dodging, druid-touch-launching or sometimes downright just walking makes you fall through the ground, get stuck in walls, get stuck in rocks, etc. Happened once, it was funny, second time, okay, but 10 more times and I was really getting annoyed.

2) the lowest lab where you rescue the druid, with the boiling water and the geysers, once you fall down, fair or not, you can’t get back up. I looked all around, the only way to get back up is to teleport back to the submarine and walk all the way back to the lab, that’s not punishing, thats just downright annoying

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Also, Primordus isn’t “the most destructive” dragon. He’s actually been the least destructive dragon in terms of his actions and influence on the races. He’s just been awake the longest thus should be “the most powerful”.

Jormag and Mordremoth have proven to be the two most destructive dragons.

He is, but he was also the least active (besides Stevy mcBubbles)
because the Great Dwarf was SUPPOSED to be be keeping him busy, yes I’m looking at you, Ogden, prepare for your monthly evaluation.
Mordremoth’s destructiveness was limited to the vines breaking apart forts, and later the fleet blips. Jormag did a lot more damage, breaking an entire mounting in the north, but that still pales to rising an entire peninsula south of Kryta causing a subsequent tidal wave, so with your logic, if you take inactive dragons out of the equation, Zhaitan is the most destructive dragon

you seem to be a bit overhyped, I can assure you, there will be a little time between episode 6 and Exp2, more than between the LS3 chapters.. I’m going to guess 3-4 months

Ogden is the Great Dwarf with all his brethren, sworn to keep the Elder Dragon Primordius in the .. wherever it was they left him..
If an elder dragon got past them.. don’t you think we would’ve gotten a message from Ogden in any way one or another.. I doubt Ogden would’ve just .. forgotten about his races’ duty..

you mean the become larger tonic?
if it’s until cancel, then we can’t use it in combat because we need a cancel skill

OriOri.8724:

Randulf.7614:

But it was Caudecus who set up the replacement artefact. I can’t quite spin how Balthazar then became Lazarus from the ritual. None of the lead in to Balthazar makes any sense, even if the return of the Gods is a great future hook. All felt a tad contrived.

Are you telling me that you don’t think the human gods could have found a way to trick Caedecus at any point?

At this stage.. a duck could be a god and we’d be just as confused as the current turns of events.. honestly..

Olveyn.2894:

Apparently as I found on reddit, this is in Ascalonian alphabet. It reads:|
ZINN
HIS GENIUS KNEW NO BOVNS.
Whatever “bovns” is supposed to mean.

V is is ancient letter for U in the greek and latin alphabets, on which kryta is loosely based.. so I guess it’s a childish attempt to sound “acient” or historic

Danikat.8537:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Walhalla.5473:

Divine magic is immune to dragon consumption and corruption

Do we know this for sure? Got a source for that?

I thought it was the opposite – the most common explanation I’ve heard for the gods withdrawal from everyday human life is that they knew the Elder Dragons were awakening and left Tyria to protect their magic (and by extension themselves). Much like the mursaat did the last time the dragons rose.

Didn’t they leave because of Abaddon, who by meddling with the bloodstones caused the Great Guild Wars (after which the series is named), causing the gods to withdraw because they realized their presence did a lot more harm to the world than good

Sublimatio.6981:

for the record, canon-wise mordremoth was the most destructive dragon

based on what? his tendrils tearing forts apart? all dragons do that

I agree, I had my share of frustration to finding all the points, especially the inquest fair took me almost an hour to find because I was at the ceiling of the world and the markers kept telling me to go higher..

that sad, I really quickly mastered the Druids Touch, it’s like being spiderman with wings, it took some getting used to, but now I love it

Nick.6972:

It gets better. Apparently, the fact that we barely took down a weakened human god in GW1 – Abaddon, doesn’t matter anymore. Screw that. Out heroes are capable of soloing Balthazar. Wonderful continuity.

I know, thats another thorn in my side, which can only be explained by “corrupted gods” (to some extend)

But most especially.. how was that supposed to be a plot twist? yea.. no one saw it coming because gw1 players knew it would make zero sense for him to be there, and gw2-only players wouldn’t find it a shock.. they would just say “who?”

Also I like to think that he was either extremely weak, or not a true embodiment of Balthazar, because the real Balthazar would’ve had a blinding presence that drives a man mad..

But back on topic.. Wouldn’t we have had a message of any kind from Ogden if they other Great Dwarf-members failed to keep Primo underground?

I found one shard which was way up higher than the others, try gliding up a bit more and then circle around..

I kinda thought MOX would be the new golem for Taimi, though, although it was just a whim’s thought

Late For Tea.1846:

So with LS3.5 we finally learned who Lazarus really is. And as no one expected, it was Balthazar making an appearance out of nowhere. Now Anet might think they have outdone themselves with such a reveal, but they missed one major point when it comes to “plot twists”.
If you want to have a good plot twist in your story, you should leave crumbs beforehan, that hint to the twist, without making it obvious. After the twist the audience should be left with a feeling of “how did I not see that?”, because then they realize you basically gave away the answer before the twist even happened.
But instead Balthazar randomly appears without any hints to it in the previous chapters whatsoever. He as a villain, concealing himself as Lazarus, makes no sense at all. It feels like a cheap “shocker”.

To make it worse, he disappeared as quickly as he appeared. So if he’s really gone, that means his involvement really didn’t mean that much. As such, he wasn’t worth all the hype and build-up.

Long story short, he’s propably not gone and there’s much bigger trouble which now involves the gods.
Why did a god of war feel the need to go through all this effort when their legends put them at the apex of the evolutionary chain. Apparantly there’s something bigger at play here..
Are the elder dragons and the gods connected?
Are the gods dying?
Is there corruption at work on a godlike level?

okay.. hold up.. ten.. no .. hundred steps back..
like.. all the way down the volcano, back to the submarine, back to rata sum.. steps back..

Did we just put the strongest, most violent, and most destructive dragon back to sleep?
We just ended it’s cycle..

what?

I mean, I get the story didn’t want us to kill it.. but all the hype from GW1, all the hype from GW2, and the first time we see the elder dragon is when he goes back to sleep?
And we don’t even get to see Jormag, just Taimi saying “And Jormag propably as well”

..

what?

Narcemus.1348:

Amaimon.7823:

Vesuvius.9874:

Amaimon.7823:

Vesuvius.9874:

I don’t think the Elder Dragons die at all since they are on a cycle of rising again and again after many thousands of years. Dying would mean that they are permanently dead and would never rise again. I think whenever anyone says that an Elder Dragon is dead, what they really mean is that they’ve gone back to whatever state they were in prior to waking up.

True and False
The Elder Dragon, at least is the theory being raised now, must exist. I plot similarly seen in Pirates of the Carribean “The Ship Must Have A Captain”.
As it stands, the popular theory is that the elder dragons play a vital role in the engine of the Eternal Alchemy, and that by killing the ED the engine stops spurring. That doesn’t mean it’s destroyed. The magic dissipates and does other stuff elsewhere. So it’s my belief that the ego Zhaitan and Mordremoth are dead, but the conceptual Elder Dragon still exists, and will rise again in one form or another, because the world demands it to exist.

I mean, that’s my theory, it’s not a fact. But I do strongly belief that the ego of Zhaitan and Mordremoth is truly dead.

Does that mean the next time Zhaitan or Mordremoth rise, will they remember their previous rising? Will they even have the same domains of magic? Or are you saying that the Elder Dragon will now contain a new ego or identity and may possibly be masters of other domains of magic with no recollection of their last rising.

no, as I said, the ego is dead. The ego will not come back. A new entity may (or in my theory, must) rise to become the NEW elder dragon. They will have the same domains, although the domains are slowly being corrupted by one another now. But I think equilibrium will restore the domains over time. But whoever, or whatever takes up these roles with be a completely seperate entity from Zhaitan and Mordremoth

Such as hopefully benevolent entities like maybe the Pale Tree or Aurene.

that’s part of my theory, yes
and maybe benevolent Joko as well (just kidding, sheesh)

Redfeather.6401:

They were all deleted, Amaimon.

I noticed..

so.. leaks confirmed?

Vesuvius.9874:

Amaimon.7823:

Vesuvius.9874:

I don’t think the Elder Dragons die at all since they are on a cycle of rising again and again after many thousands of years. Dying would mean that they are permanently dead and would never rise again. I think whenever anyone says that an Elder Dragon is dead, what they really mean is that they’ve gone back to whatever state they were in prior to waking up.

True and False
The Elder Dragon, at least is the theory being raised now, must exist. I plot similarly seen in Pirates of the Carribean “The Ship Must Have A Captain”.
As it stands, the popular theory is that the elder dragons play a vital role in the engine of the Eternal Alchemy, and that by killing the ED the engine stops spurring. That doesn’t mean it’s destroyed. The magic dissipates and does other stuff elsewhere. So it’s my belief that the ego Zhaitan and Mordremoth are dead, but the conceptual Elder Dragon still exists, and will rise again in one form or another, because the world demands it to exist.

I mean, that’s my theory, it’s not a fact. But I do strongly belief that the ego of Zhaitan and Mordremoth is truly dead.

Does that mean the next time Zhaitan or Mordremoth rise, will they remember their previous rising? Will they even have the same domains of magic? Or are you saying that the Elder Dragon will now contain a new ego or identity and may possibly be masters of other domains of magic with no recollection of their last rising.

no, as I said, the ego is dead. The ego will not come back. A new entity may (or in my theory, must) rise to become the NEW elder dragon. They will have the same domains, although the domains are slowly being corrupted by one another now. But I think equilibrium will restore the domains over time. But whoever, or whatever takes up these roles with be a completely seperate entity from Zhaitan and Mordremoth

Vesuvius.9874:

I don’t think the Elder Dragons die at all since they are on a cycle of rising again and again after many thousands of years. Dying would mean that they are permanently dead and would never rise again. I think whenever anyone says that an Elder Dragon is dead, what they really mean is that they’ve gone back to whatever state they were in prior to waking up.

True and False
The Elder Dragon, at least is the theory being raised now, must exist. I plot similarly seen in Pirates of the Carribean “The Ship Must Have A Captain”.
As it stands, the popular theory is that the elder dragons play a vital role in the engine of the Eternal Alchemy, and that by killing the ED the engine stops spurring. That doesn’t mean it’s destroyed. The magic dissipates and does other stuff elsewhere. So it’s my belief that the ego Zhaitan and Mordremoth are dead, but the conceptual Elder Dragon still exists, and will rise again in one form or another, because the world demands it to exist.

I mean, that’s my theory, it’s not a fact. But I do strongly belief that the ego of Zhaitan and Mordremoth is truly dead.

TBF, I never considered those arms to be even remotely insectoid, I just thought they were dried up bone or demonic limbs

Miellyn.6847:

ezd.6359:

1) Sometimes special key go on cooldown without moving.
2) Boss teleports to you and push from the platform.
3) No chance for redoing if boss is killed already. Good Luck find another group.
This heart must be changed!

1) Never experienced this. Seems like very rare bug.
2) That’s a boss mechanic where he charges across the plattform. An arrow indicates the direction.
3) There are plenty of groups.

Addendun:
1) not reproducable, must be a one in a million thing
2) I always wait with the boss being back in the center because
A) you won’t be knocked around, and
B) the green field at his foot is the safest place to be
3) plenty of new groups, I did 10+ cairns a week for the past month, I can assure you, there are plenty of Cairn runs. You can also join general W4 runs as they start with Cairn.

You can get it parsed in europe, if you have a year with nothing else to do. But it would only work for the items that include money directly or indirectly, since thats called gambling

lucadiro.4519:

Exciton.8942:

I have a different problem. I can’t get the Mursaat overseer’s achievement because my teammate always forgot to do protection and refuses to let me do it.

I feel you, same problem here

looks like you’re off to a new brand, then

all I can say is.. don’t give up!
Two weeks of constant trying and I finally got it.
Some tips:
Be one of the close dps guys, chances are low you’ll ever get agony.
Right after his swipe attack he spawn greens, so dont use the dash skill to dodge the swipe.
Stay close to the group for heals.
wait for the markers of the green fields to appear, and look for a ¹ or a field that already has sufficient people. If you have the dash skill you should have plenty of time to find one.

and as Zoomborg said, this achievement requires some selfishness. Find a balance between securing the green fields, and rezzing others. If you don’t rezz at all, you will risk not killing the boss and then it won’t matter how many greens you hit.

As was discussed in another topic, we know Abaddon deposed another god, but the concept of Arachnia is honestly called into question. All data and mentions revolving around Arachnia are limited to datamined content, no longer part of the game. As a result, we cannot consider them canon if there is no way to learn about this “god” without digging into the files.

I’d be in favor of white, purple, or even black

Ropechef.6192:

:)

am i wrong to be singing this in my head as “souxsie” ?

? I’m not sure what you mean
What I intended was a parody on the song Six Days of War

As the stages have been set
And the vale guardian’s been reset
It’s only Monday
As the colours make you frown
and the morale’s getting down
So starts the raid day

The spectres will not show until it’s too late

As the world erodes around
And the charged souls charge abound
It’s only Tuesday
And bandits throw their fit
And Karde launches the final hit
It’s Sabetha’s Birthday

No, the platform will not hold, it’ll be too late

Then the beast slowly wakes up
As his tantrums mess you up
It’s only Wednesday
And the morale’s getting low
As the Trio’s yet to show
It’s a three-way

The inquisitor will not show until it’s too late

When you meet Glenna down the road
Hungry Wargs on sight to gloat
It’s only Thursday
The core crumbles away
As the madness creeps, makes way
It’s madness-day

No, Xera’s fate will show you, you were all too late

Although the specters have been beat
And Xera has her end then meet
It’s only Friday
An empty stasis room awaits
A dreadful waiting of the fates
It’s mursaat-day

You will not know what happened until it’s too late

And the irony hits us strong
The white mantle won along
It’s bloodstone doomsday

I think tomorrow’s come, I think it’s too late
I think Palawa Joko’s come, I think it’s too late
I think the Desert calls, I think it’s too late

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Amaimon.7823:

If you want to attain a connection between spiders and Abaddon.. other than the Dryders.. there’s no connection.. at all also, spiders are 8, not 6

You forgot about Tormented Claws, which are basically giant spider legs. Those are a closer tie than the dryders, which were servants of Dhuum being “lent” to Abaddon by Dhuum’s emissaries.

But even the torment claws might have been “lent forces”, offered by the Dreadspawn Maw.

“which are basically giant spider legs” well.. they bear some resemblence.. but not much more

Sartharina.3542:

Leaks indicate we’ll be getting mounts next expansion – and they WON’T be just cosmetic, but instead provide more movement opportunities similar to gliders.

XenesisII.1540:

Ground mounts however can be set to speeds already obtainable on every character 25% run speed(traits skills runes), or 33% if they have the boon but not every class has it. Waypoints will still be faster. Instead of running on foot, you’re running on a mount, and gives anet another area to flood release additional skins like gliders.

But mounts can achieve higher speeds than Swiftness, while also providing utilities like canyon-jumping. And Waypoints aren’t as much a thing anymore, to the chagrin of anyone on Silverwastes, Lake Doric, Bitterfrost Frontier, and the SW side of Brisban,

and so the descent into gaming oblivion begins.. I shall have a wake for anet

ragester.8709:

Hi Anet!

We need flying mounts, and ground mounts in the new expansion.
In HoT learned the glider mastery, it way cool, but if u already explored all maps, after much confortable if have a flying mount, what can learn example with the new expansion mastery.
It will be good some new weapons too, example 2h axe…
Maybe a new race…

you’re confusing need with unrealistic want.
Mounts: we have waypoints
Flying mounts: would nullify the kites AND destroy the game

well, as the wiki says, it’s propably scrapped content.
I’m guessing it was going to be in the lore, originally, but then it needed some surrounding glamour. I think at the end of the game’s production they cut a lot of stuff.
I didn’t even know about this, but due to it’s scrapping I even doubt whether anyone, including anet staff, would consider the existence of Aracnia ‘canon’

PyrateSilly.4710:

So everyone looked for the definition for Flashpoint but did anyone try looking for the definition for “penultimate”?

Just in case you were wondering:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penultimate
Definition of penultimate
1: next to the last the penultimate chapter of a book
2: of or relating to the next to the last syllable of a word a penultimate accent

So only one more chapter after the May 2nd …….. Wonder what’s next after that? Another season or ?

yes, I’m pretty sure everyone knows that

After that is propably a long drought with an anouncement later

more videos out, will add them later

eeeh.. I feel like Mem wrote a story that sounded good in their head, but they have a key component of the story they didn’t share with us, so now the rest just doesn’t make any sense to us, anymore

If you want to attain a connection between spiders and Abaddon.. other than the Dryders.. there’s no connection.. at all also, spiders are 8, not 6

Ascalon Catacombs are having a lot of lighting glitches, too (at least on a fully updated 1060)

you also seem to forget that Eir survived a plummeling from the sky, and has been in a cage without sleep, food or water for a while, Let’s see you fight off a vinetooth on your own. Faolain knew not everyone was gonna survive, so she made sure at least one other was a proper meal for the vinetooth.
Eir might’ve also had her guard down because at the time the vinetooth wasn’t there yet and she thought she was rescued