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Chaos Armor?

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Want to glow my friend? try going full white charr with no armour in Blood Fen…

Here is my character in such an environment x3

OMG, that’s terrible! I knew there was a reason I keep post-processing effects deactivated.

The game’s currently full of people who make as large and obnoxiously glowy characters as possible, thinking it’ll make them stand out.

+1

Black Lion Chest duplicate bug

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It doesn’t give the key until opened. It’s a bundle that includes the Pass and the Key.

That’s how I remembered it too, thank you. Hence my previous argument was correct: this bundle does not qualify for “dublicate items”.

[suggestion]fir tree deco for Wintersday

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Yes, it is sorely being missed by everyone I know. Most of the GH decoration provided is insufficient compared to the better/bigger/prettier versions of the decoration’s equivalent used on maps.

looting is horrifically tedious

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REMOVE sigils/runes of blue/greens on level 80 gear that drops from chests/monsters. Who the hell even uses these in the first place? most people atleast have rares, and if not, they can simply buy a cheap ass green sigil if they want to use a green sigil from the trading post.

Uhm… soon there won’t be any to buy at the TP if they no longer drop.

Also, “Who uses them?” Well, people who are new to the game and still on the road of leveling their character(s) to Lvl 80.

[Suggestion] homage to GW1 dual prof

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I don’t think that would do the skill system of GW1 justice. They should have just adopted it in GW2 from the start instead of coming up with this “great new idea” of limiting skills to a weapon and profession. They ruined it, IMO.

Crystalline Ore

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Am I just expecting to much or are the Dragon Stand crystalline ore drop rates really annoyingly low? :C

Yes, they are. You need to grind quite a few 1.5-hour runs of DS to get enough for a legedary weapon alone.

Profession change, please.

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The OP has about 20 characters, yet asks for an option to change professions due to builds no longer working?

Errr… logic?

@OP: How about changing the gear in the Mystic Forge instead? Also, what would changing professions do about your problem, since I am pretty sure you already have all nine professions covered in those 20 characters?

weird player graphics bug

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Not sure if Windows updates your GPU driver properly. Always best to do that manually by downloading the proper driver for your model from the nVidia website. (Also, make a clean uninstall first by using DDU.)

Sudden game freezes/stutters

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Overheating can still be an issue even if you just launched the laptop. Cheap models (not specifically made for gaming) heat up pretty fast.

More details could be helpful:

  • Have you tried lowering the game’s settings?
  • Did you unpark all CPU cores?
  • Do you provide proper cooling for your laptop?
  • What OS do you use?

Favorite Glider

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LOL, I edited mine before I saw your response. Isn’t that the Soul River from one of the Elona missions in GW1?

Favorite Glider

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Oh! that glider is hilarious, at first I thought it was like little water speckles, but if you look closely, they look like feathers… but in fact, its just “tiny” soul people running and fall off as you glide!

I can’t get an angle on which I can actually recognize any such detail. It’s all “washy” from the movement. Do you have a screenshot per chance?

Edit: Oh! I took one myself, and now I see what you are talking about! They look like stick figures, heh. Love it even more now!

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Chaos Armor?

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Since we have chaos wepaons and chaos gloves (skin), are we gonna get any other chaos gear, like the rest of the armor and backpack and gliders?

Hopefully not. The chaos skins are way too bright, they hurt my eyes. I’m not using any of the ones I have unlocked. Terrible implementation of the chaos set.

Favorite Glider

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Soul River: I tend to watch the humanoid figures on the wings as I glide

How come I can’t see any humanoid figures? Can you provide a screenshot?

HoT Order Packs: need help

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yea, I mean, since I got the backpack again, I’m optimistic

Well, did not work for me, so I am sceptic it’ll work for you. I had to continue on with the original unlock character for the remaining two mission reward items.

Understanding Tooltips -- how?

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Communal Defenses is another effect that only affects allies.

Well, the difference (allies only vs. you & allies) should be noted in the skill facts. It really is a crime that players are left in the dark.

Black Lion Chest duplicate bug

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Yes it is. When I had it drop as a duplicate, it got automatically replaced by 2 black lion keys. It was just the pass that was replaced, though, the key to Noran’s chest remained.

Interesting. Well, since you do receive the key to the room anyway, it really doesn’t matter when the scroll accidentally comes along with it.

But I am asking myself: Why would the game replace the scroll with BLC keys while still delivering you the key to Noran’s secret room?

Emotes that played before you're there

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Can you be a little more precise? Do you mean emotes that are addressing another character? (like /wave @ character name)

LW3 Precocious Aurene possible bug

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You can use Google Search to search the forums (see the Stickies in some sub-forums)

Sure, because after almost a year I still recall the thread’s title.

or for you own posts, you can use the ‘Forum Profile’ (link above).

Wow, didn’t know that! <— yes, that was me being sarcastic

Seriously, I will not go through hundreds of threads I have posted in within the past nine months.

Good luck.

With what? It’s not me having an issue with the mission.

Ridhais nowhere to be found - Calabolg quest

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I can’t find Ridhais in my home instance either. This is after completing the Dreams of a Thorn and Shards of a Thorn and crafting the Vision Crystal.

Are you logged in on the character who started the quest line?

[Need Fix] Warrior headbutt

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You need to target an enemy in order for the skill to work.

Favorite Glider

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The super cloud glider is my favorite.

Yes, you are right to feel ashamed! Everytime I hear its sound, I am getting slightly aggrevated.

GW1 combat

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So no, the OP doesn’t speak for everyone and, without evidence, I don’t buy the claim that the OP even speaks for the majority of players, when they say that people prefer GW1 over GW2, except for the updates.

That is not what the OP said.

They said that many would pick GW1 over GW2 if it was still receiving new content and was updated in many aspects of the engine as well (hence their use of the term “ancient” and my further elaborating on that).

Yes, I isolated a part of the answer that the OP used and another poster used as part of their core argument.

No, you didn’t, as my response went way beyond what you claim was the “core argument”.

Understanding Tooltips -- how?

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Archranis, welcome to the confusing world of GW2 that lacks any tutorial and isn’t self-explanatory. Good thing there are veterans you can ask.

For instance, it took me a while to understand that all effects applied to allies do affect the user as well.

Taimi is all we need... (potential spoilers)

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Funny thing, Taimi was fawning over Scarlet, and guess what Scarlet was.

Would be hilarious if Taimi is responsible for the next expac.

I hope not. I really hope the writers will tone down all the high-tech computer crap and finally return to the roots of GW.

OT:

It is also the reason why I probably won’t buy another Bioware game despite having played their games since BG1. Way too much fawning over favoured NPCs even if they want to destroy the world.

The current Bioware isn’t the team that did the BG series and other wonderful releases. Those are now working at Obsidian Entertainment, right?

Is worth to buy HoT right now?

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We don’t have a release date for Expac 2 yet.

Furthermore, if they don’t buy HoT now, they cannot currently unlock Living World Season 3 and will have to buy that separately later, which is also costly. (Then again, LWS3 is almost over, so they will have to pay for that either way.)

In the end, it’s the OP’s decision. No need to quarrel over it.

"Not a guaranteed drop."

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If the drop rate is guaranteed for everything, it gets boring.

True that, but at least event boss drops should be guaranteed. At least they have been for the collections I did, so it is unfair if they are not for other collections. There should be a level of consistency there.

HoT Order Packs: need help

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Good to hear you found a workaround!

Not sure that’s a workaround, to be honest. I believe that you need to go through all the content with the original unlock character or it won’t count for the achievement. Then again, I could be wrong, so please keep us posted!

LW Season 1 had the best story

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Sort of yes. To be fair most people are pointing this out in the thread. I think the OP is looking at LS1 through a condensed video rather than firsthand experience, which means it is understandable they might look upon it wistfully without knowing what we know.

Exactly. And I will say it a third time: Regardless of whether one liked S1 or didn’t, it still leaves a huuuuuge gap in the story at its current state that isn’t filled properly (neither with fractals nor with the lame summary by the LA NPC).

I am currently playing S2 for the 5th or 6th time, and it is also way better than anything that HoT and S3 provided (although S3 had the enjoyable “teaching Aurene” story mission as well the cool Divinity’s Reach story mission, and Canach, which is always a plus).

But that is beside the point, too. Like I said, as a dev, you need to do something to close that gap for newer players, because the current state is unacceptable.

Belcher's bluff skills not unlocking

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LW3 Precocious Aurene possible bug

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You need Aurene to get the boss to that state. I have not played the mission in ages and forgot how it was done, but did post a walkthrough at some point. If only this forum’s search function would work…

Quality of Life (Asura Axe Animation)

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I, for instance, hate the way some races (specifically when you pick the female gender) carry certain weapons (like greatswords), as well as their posture when they stand still or sit.

Team vs. Solo: Which Do You Prefer?

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Depends on the content I currently play. However, I dearly miss henchmen (specifically using my other PCs as hero companions). I can imagine quite a few areas where that would be fun, especially while roaming the country and exploring.

Can you create nude armor skin?

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Funny enough (“funny”, because I just saw this thread), I was just thinking, “Darn, while many of the female armor sets attempt to expose pretty much every asset of my female characters, I can’t find a single good looking armor set that exposes any of my male characters’ neck and chest.” (And no, don’t point me to the ugly gladiator-type skins with funny looking straps, neck collars and what not.) Hmph.

[fixed] Clear preview removes ALL items

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UPDATE:

I just noticed that the same bug applies to the Wardrobe preview in the Hero Panel, not just the common Preview window.

This bug needs to be fixed ASAP.

GW1 combat

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While many of the responses have valid points of criticizing the OP, I have to agree that the OP was right on spot when they wrote:

the reason people play gw2 instead of 1 is because gw1 is ancient and is not getting updates

This.

If GW1 still continued on, I would rather be playing that at the moment, seeing as how boring GW2’s story has become, how repetitive its missions (with their “need” to provide even “more action”, like that would make them more exciting and increase quality), and how little variety the skill system allows (because it is bound to weapons, and because of the meta).

While GW2 did start out as an MMO_*RPG* (and I dearly missed the RPG aspect in GW1), it quickly turned more and more into a mere action game/hackfest with only a few bits of good story content here and there (I can count the good story content and enjoyable missions of HoT and S3 on one hand).

GW1 had the better lore, and before its release I had hoped GW2 would be an advanced GW1: more mobilty (jumping and swimming), but remaining the same at its core regarding the skill system and story-telling. And while it started out as a promising RPG, with personal story options, cinematic dialogue, and story missions that had more to offer than just fighting, it changed drastically over time. Now it truly is just action and very little fun/RPG.

Therefore, I can relate to the OP’s sentiment of missing the feeling of playing GW1, which also was an online action game, but — as stated before — with much more enjoyable content in many regards. So if I wanted action, I’d be playing GW1 — only I already played through all of its content tons of times.

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Slapped Yaks Respawning

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Is there anywhere it reliably happens, or is it just random?

From my own experience, it appears to be random.

[suggestion]HoT maps free to play

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In the future, if we release further Guild Wars 2 expansions, we plan to offer all of the prior expansions, the core game, and the latest expansion for one single purchase price.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/pre-purchase-community-address/

Nothing at all about previous content moving to Play4Free.

Exactly. It’s already in effect with HoT: You get it for free if you buy the game.

You can’t participate in the meta events without many of the masteries, you can’t even get everywhere without gliding, updrafts, mushrooms, and toxicity resistance.

Well, you need toxicity resistance in most of the game, really.

OMG, LOL! I am so sorry. English isn’t my first language. Of course, what I meant was “poison resistance”. How embarassing… Although it’s true: as of late, toxicity resistance has become a real pre-requisite for playing the game.

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Black Lion Chest duplicate bug

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I had the same problem with Noran’s Safe Room Pass…

Now I have four of them in my bank. I’ve send a few tickets over the ingame ticket system, though nothing changed.

Noran’s Safe Room Pass is not an item which falls into this category, as it always provides you with an extra key to Noran’s Chest, hence is supposed to be able to drop multiple times.

For leveling and doing hot condi build?

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Sword/Axe is still the way to go for a Rev, with S/Sh or Staff as secondary set.

Why is Tiami so small?

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In the last chapter Taimi was the same size of my female asura engie.

I’ll never get why people create super tiny characters just like I will never understand why many create gigantic ones (although I can imagine the latter being for RL compensation of sorts).

An engine of existing character names in Gw2?

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One must have a very limited linguistic talent and/or limited imagination to not be able to come up with new names that aren’t taken. As there are infinite possibilities in an almost infinite amount of languages, I don’t see how this can ever become a problem.

(I created my first Charr character just three weeks ago, and lo and behold, a simple name like “Thorne Hearthfire” was not taken.)

[suggestion]HoT maps free to play

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My suggestion is that when the new expansion drops to make the HoT maps free to play. Before I explain why I suggest this let me make this clear I only mean maps. Not masteries not stories not even adventures. Only map acces so people can walk around and participate in the meta events

You can’t participate in the meta events without many of the masteries, you can’t even get everywhere without gliding, updrafts, mushrooms, and poison resistance.

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Will Aurene come back in ep6? [spoiler]

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[…] and then the whole story ends and we get the cinematic and we see Gods’ Return.

I really really hope that other Gods will come back to Tyria.

…AND WITH THEM (insert drumroll) MONKS !

Please, please, please, bring back the flagship profession of Guild Wars. I want to smite my way through Tyria on a cool Shaolin-based, tattooed Monk. (sighs) <3

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Slapped Yaks Respawning

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Interesting. Instant respawn bugs have been encountered all across Tyria and in different game modes ever since LWS3 Ep. 5 went live.

Zaishen War Paint Kit

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Or, you were in one of the places that did drop dye. I opened all my keys in the Terrace; no problem receiving dyes there.

The bug seemed to be, either you got dyes (and things were ok), or got none (that was the bug). It was all or nothing, depending on where you were when you opened dyes.

Ahhh, okay then, I’m safe. I opened them in the Terrace, too, and definitely did receive dyes. Thanks.

Sworn Zaishen Helm Skin: Dye Channels

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It dyes the glowing and pulsating “lava” lines texture (includig the eyes). Try a neon green color and you’ll see.

Is worth to buy HoT right now?

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You might want to be working on the things that would be helpful when the next expansion arrives. It will probably be 5-6 months before the next expansion.

This.

HoT provides you with elite specilizations that won’t ever be available outside of it. The new expansion will bring completely different elite specializations.

Furthermore, you will find more people on the HoT maps (including those of Living World Season 3) than on any of the core Tyria maps.

Good luck.

Something I have been wanting to ask you for quite some time now: Why do you end each of your posts with “Good luck”? It does make you sound a bit condescending, but maybe that’s just me.

So... what happened to Orr?

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Plus the land had been submerged under the sea for many years. It’s saturated with so much salt water I think any flora would have a hard time growing there.

You are aware of the fact that there are plants that grow in salt water as well as along the shore lines, right?

As for the argument that it would take too long: What was the point of a “cleansing”, which by the way proved that with its magic growth returns immediately, when it shows no effect at all outside of the cave?

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Ranger pet - Unable to change pets

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Can you change underwater pets while above ground? I’m not sure; it’s too early here.

Yes, you can.

I just logged in to check for myself, and I am having no such issue. So it must be a bug that is connected to your account.

So... what happened to Orr?

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Do the Caladbolg achievement chain after completing Heart of Thorns.

In [the third instance,](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Sword_Regrown) you return to the Artesian Waters and there a vigil will tell you that the cleansing and killing risen is still ongoing, being very very slow.

I totally forgot about that. Yes, what a lame way to delay any progress in the Orr story, though. I mean, it’s been years now and it doesn’t make much sense, conceptually (in regard of the term “cleansing”; we should at least see nature regrow, no?).