Guild Wars 2

Jitsuryoku.9038:

I am wondering what was the reason behind the pvp sets being so much work.

Ascended Shards of Glory:
Last season we got 1300 shards for simply finishing each chest once .
This season to get 1300 shards we need to finish each chest once + play (and win) roughly 360 games (or if losing up to 720) if my math is correct (Last chest takes 18 wins to “open” and since you get 50/chest, you need 20 chests to get 1k shards).

I only started PvP this winter, so I was looking forward to completing my ascended gear this season.

After looking at the changes, however, I’ve decided that it’s not worth the effort. I’ll be done quicker and with less grinding being forced down my throat if I simply craft the armor and weapons I still need.

Not enough that they changed the whole ascended vendor system, now it’s like they want players to craft their stuff instead of acquiring it via gameplay. GG, ArenaNet, count me out of PvP this season. Nice way to turn a relative PvP newbie off.

Wargameur.6950:

Play for the pvp part and not the rewards. After a while they will pile up without you realising.

There are casual players who don’t enjoy grinding PvP. With such puny rewards, they feel even less enthusiastic about jumping into a PvP match in the first place.

I was looking forward to the new season, but with the current system I don’t feel too motivated to even get started.

Behellagh.1468:

It needs to be big because you are inside of it.

Which is the biggest problem in the concept of this glider.

When I first read “Raven Spirit”, I thought, “Wow, how cool!” Then I previewed the glider, and it’s cheesy and ugly beyond words.

First of all, why does the character have to be “inside of it”? And secondly, how much cooler a decent spirit effect with just a hint of wings and a beak would have been?

I, for once, won’t waste Gems on that thing.

Edit: I too would vote for “Disabling of big gliders and backpacks”. When I was doing yesterday’s JP, I missed several jumps because of huge characters with even bigger back items (namely wings) in front of me. Whoever came up with the idea of making in-game life miserable for non-Charr, non-Norn player characters by having those hulks constantly blocking your view when jumping or gliding did a great job.

I made a thread about this approximately half a year ago, with images and all.

I, too, miss the cool looking quaggans from the original campaign, as those balloony cutsie-wootsie ones with their annoying voices and childish phrases just make me want to pop them open with a sharp needle.

Cormac.3871:

Ashantara.8731:

Xula de Neiva.9508:

Did you trigger the second letter somehow or did it just pop in your mail box?

It just popped up. I am sure this is going to lead somewhere eventually.

I don’t think it’s leading anywhere. I remember Droobert and there’s no way I’m lending Blaine money, that’s for sure.

I doubt this is going to be about money. What would you need money for when you are stuck in a well anyway?

Straegen.2938:

So a player gets that rare one in ten thousand drop… an ascended ring… very exciting… oh wait these stats are useless to me… well at least I can… uhmmm… well I guess put it in the bank and maybe use it later. 10k drops later, same ring drops again.

Play WvW for a few thousand hours and you will have a bunch of useless rings as well with nothing really to do with them. Kinda silly to have a rare drop that is effectively worthless. At least with armor and weapons we can change the stats.

This.

We need to be able to change stats on ALL ascended gear, not just weapons and armor and the Bloodstone trinkets.

Motoko.2361:

Heres how i deal with the story.

Delete. Purge. Ignore. Ultra Delete.

the story is pointless, useless, etc, etc.

Here is every story you will ever see :

Party A, B, C, D…..ad infinitum is in conflict with Party 00, 02, 03, …..and so on.

They fight, talk, drama, rinse and repeat.

there you go. Every story every made. blah blah blah.

Your welcome.

1. You should quit story-driven games altogether, if they don’t make you feel anything and only turn you into a cynic.

2. I can see that you are not much into stories or reading in general by common grammar and spelling mistakes you made there.

Levetty.1279:

Ashantara.8731:

What is the most common current Mesmer build in terms of group support

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Chronomancer_-_Tank/Support_Sword/x

Ahh, “Last modified 1 day ago”. Sweet. When I started this thread, the build hadn’t been modified in ages. Thx.

Would you go for the main build or one of the listed modifications?

Broken Caladbolg was never soulbound but account-bound. You must have equipped it at some point for it to become soulbound, as you stated correctly.

Apart from that, I agree on certain soulbound decisions that don’t make any sense to me, either. Caladbolg, however, is not one of them.

Sarpan.9074:

Ashantara.8731:

By the way, it is one particular corn stalk area (certains stalks) that you need to cross in order to trigger the Mordremoth-esque growl/scream (the sound varies):

That pic is a good guide, but the area where the sound happens is much wider.

Not for me, I’ve tried every other approach mentioned here, but I seem unable to trigger it anywhere off that zone. Maybe I am getting your arrow figure wrong…

Sarpan.9074:

I’ve never heard a “scream.”

I have heard all the sounds mentioned on here.

Xula de Neiva.9508:

Did you trigger the second letter somehow or did it just pop in your mail box?

It just popped up. I am sure this is going to lead somewhere eventually.

Anyone? Pwetty please?

This is the Mesmer forum, and there are so many people on here. Someone must be able to help me, no? What is the most common current Mesmer build in terms of group support and decent damage?

Just a flesh wound.3589:

If the corn is making zombies/ghosts/???creatures, can we call these creatures The Children of the Corn?

OMG, jokes are getting better and better. (LOL)

By the way, it is one particular corn stalk area (certains stalks) that you need to cross in order to trigger the Mordremoth-esque growl/scream (the sound varies):

Where is this going? So far, they are merely disturbing (I fear for that man’s sanity and just want to get him out of that well!).

Any clues?

OriOri.8724:

What type of content do you want to do with your mesmer?

The less limitations, the better. It would be sweet if there was a build that allowed for Fracs and Raids alike (even if it was a little less efficient for one of them).

EDIT: Changed the subject — please answer question in last post, thank you:

So, what do you do when you can’t get +75 Precision via Infusions? Do you compensate it by using the Assassin’s build or buying specific Assassin’s trinkets?

Thank you, peeps. Inculpatus cedo was probably right, it must have been a client issue then.

The Aetherblade armor sets have arrived about 1.5 hours ago!

At long last (waited for almost a year):

Sarpan.9074:

Mustbeghosts.7043:

I now have the sudden urge to build a baseball field….

If you build it, they will scream.

LOL! Yes, they will. Loudly. I’m scared…

Danikat.8537:

And as a result Anet has lost out on a sale. Sure it’s only 800 gems but I’m sure I’m not the only one to do something like this.

Only 800 Gems? That’s ten bugs for a mere cosmetic thing. I think that’s a lot.

And as mentioned before, because of its time limitations people are more likely to buy.

SlippyCheeze.5483:

Ashantara.8731:

SlippyCheeze.5483:

Ashantara.8731:

CptAurellian.9537:

Mounts still are a horrible idea for this game, so please not.

Why? We already have a riding broom and a flying carpet.

It’s not so much the existence of mounts as such, but rather, the speed boost that comes with them — and in the case of flying mounts, the painful changes to mobility and content that derive from it. At least to my taste.

I was being sarcastic there.

hashtag sense of humor fail

Right, that’s what I was thinking about your post.

Mustbeghosts.7043:

I now have the sudden urge to build a baseball field….

I’m not sure how the corn would respond to that. Better get Kevin Costner for this.

Hellz Wind Staff.8603:

get your kittens together Anet! <3

It was fixed about half an hour ago. ^^

Eirian Direstorm.9748:

Though Trahearne got a lot of hate

I liked the character but was annoyed by the voice actor who played him, because he sounded like a robot with no emotions, gave the character absolutely no depth. Really bad casting there.

Eirian Direstorm.9748:

and had been bummed that there was so little made of his death

Yes, it was quite confusing that there was nothing big for him like for Eir.

P.S. Can someone respond to this, please:

zealex.9410:

zealex.9410:

Ok i gotta say these last couple of current events (destroyer scythe, shadowstone/krait oil and now caladbolg) are so kittening good like srsly if this is what collections can be from now on i can die right now.

Wait, what collection was connected to the Shadowstone/Krait Oil quests?? It ended abruptly for me and I am still waiting for the whole point of it. What did I miss?

I just finished the Knight of the Thorn achievement and went to my (human) home instance to unlock the remaining skins.

When I approached Ridhais, a clicking sound played like a movie was about to start, but I got a black screen instead with only the in-game mouse pointer visible. Nothing happened, so I had to shut down GW2 and restart. After that, my chance to watch that movie was gone.

Can someone tell me what it was about? Unhappy camper here.

SlippyCheeze.5483:

Ashantara.8731:

CptAurellian.9537:

Mounts still are a horrible idea for this game, so please not.

Why? We already have a riding broom and a flying carpet.

It’s not so much the existence of mounts as such, but rather, the speed boost that comes with them — and in the case of flying mounts, the painful changes to mobility and content that derive from it. At least to my taste.

I was being sarcastic there.

GWMO.4785:

Katana sword (mainhand) and dagger was once datamined. But they never really made it into the game unfortunately. Check attachment, or preview the chatcodes in game to see them for yourself:

Sword: [&AgGADQEAAA==]

Dagger: [&AgFcDgEAAA==]

Ooooh, they look pretty nice. Too bad they decided against them and gave us uglier skins instead.

GWMO.4785:

Poor dragon would be flat out and dead..

Hahahahahaha…

CptAurellian.9537:

Mounts still are a horrible idea for this game, so please not.

Why? We already have a riding broom and a flying carpet.

Sensei Hoisen.9821:

Ah, ok thank you for the info. I restarted the story but didn’t go to the location. So I was under the impression that I’d have to go through it again. I’ll go check then. Ty.

It’s been the same for all story achievements in the past. Once a character has finished it, you can select to reactivate it, then go to the location of the particular story mission you want to replay for an achievement.

Miellyn.6847:

Ashantara.8731:

Wait, what about it? I was going to start farming the WvW track for my first legendary (so close now!), and they changed something about its acquisition?? What did they change?

He meant the change that put the Gift of Battle into the reward track. Before that change you could simply buy it with Badges of Honor.
Nothing changed recently and you will be fine after you finished your reward track.

Phew, thanks! So it was easier to obtain at some point? Wow, I hate the fact that I have to farm WvW now for this. Hmph. Also, I wish there was an easier way to accumulate Mystic Clover than grinding PvP. ^^

Donari.5237:

The screams are triggered by running through the particular corn stalk

I can confirm this. Creepy.

zealex.9410:

Ok i gotta say these last couple of current events (destroyer scythe, shadowstone/krait oil and now caladbolg) are so kittening good like srsly if this is what collections can be from now on i can die right now.

Wait, what collection was connected to the Shadowstone/Krait Oil quests?? It ended abruptly for me and I am still waiting for the whole point of it. What did I miss?

Yes, enjoyed that Caladbolg journey, it was nice, lovely story. Funny enough, I had been to many of those places just a couple of days ago for the Nevermore collection. ^^

Gandolfi.1507:

But now I don’t have the broken caladbolg in my inventory anymore – is this normal?

You said it yourself, you gave it to Ridhais. Now just hand over the Vision Crystal and you are good to go.

Dakurus Sunfire.9157:

I’m completely indifferent to all of the characters and what they have to say

What do you play an MMO for then, if not for the story?

I only find this annoying when I’m doing the story for the 3rd or 4th time.

LyricDawnhagen.7803:

I just went and checked out the LA corn. That is weird and slightly unsettling.

Apparently, it’s Mordremoth’s magic that was absorbed by the other elder dragons. That’s going to end badly…

Yes, it happens with pretty much each new set of ascended trinkets, they just fixed the PvP trinkets and armor.

ArchonWing.9480:

So level 80 characters can’t use these things.

Sure we can. 20 of them = 1 Tome of Knowledge, which provides 1 Spirit Shard, which you need for Ascended Crafting.

DivaCeryn.2673:

It’s even worse today. Saw it in a line in LA yesterday now there’s that and it’s all over the TP.

Wow, that’s pretty bad. I only had to face about 1/30 of that spam:

Let me summarize this thread so far: Almost every class has been nerfed in ways that players complain about. Guess ArenaNet didn’t do their job right…

Agent Mulder.4531:

condi druid probably

They wrote “newb”, so it’s unlikely they already unlocked any Elite Specializations. Also, Condi Druid is not a melee class, except for torch skill 5 and the traps you fight at range.

I would recommend a Condition Guardian or a Berserker Warrior.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

But, if they do, they would need to revert the Gift of Battle acquisition, as well, just to be fair.

(At least this one was announced in News and Announcements.)

Wait, what about it? I was going to start farming the WvW track for my first legendary (so close now!), and they changed something about its acquisition?? What did they change?

Thanks for the heads-up!

Don’t feed the troll. ^^

I just want to throw it in there that for the past couple of days, several maps have been crashing upon certain actions. It’s crazy, the devs need to fix this!

As of today’s patch, this item no longer allows the daily purchase of a Pact Crowbar. The “Buy” button is greyed out (all other three key types are available).

Please fix!

I’m sure a patch will be released by tomorrow.

Yes, Mesmers now keep annoyingly spamming it for fun in outposts. Quote: “If you reactivate it, it stays.”

The issue has been resolved, all PvP gear now interacts with the Mystic Forge. Inventory icons have been corrected/replaced, too.

Thanks, devs!

Jon Olson.8439:

Hey guys, I was curious about this too:

It turns out, the Aetherblade set is coming in the next few days. Evon Gnashblade apologizes for the confusing wording.

He’s still distracted by his rivalry with Ellen Kiel. Silly charr.