One other thing. WHAT IN THE WORLD is the purpose of the water in this zone? OK, I had to go down there to talk to the Quaggan lady. OK, it’s pretty. But really, that’s it? No events? No hidden mastery commune points? No big roaming champions to beat? No hidden tunnels or ruins? Not even a point of interest?
You can collect Unbound Magic there. For those who prefer to dive rather than jump up some trees.
As for people complaining about the lack of a marker for the PoI at which you brew the Elexir: you should always take the time to explore a map in whole, and the abscence of a marker encourages people to get the 100% map achievement and reward.
Re: Koda’s Warmth Infusion — After I read all the complaints and checked out screenshots and videos, I decided against wasting gold, time and other resources to get it. It’s truly not worth it. What a disappointment.
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Sometimes, there is a random security check for accounts to ensure mobile authentication is working properly. Or maybe your ISP changed your IP? Don’t worry too much, wait for support to get back to you.
Also, make sure you are not dealing with any overheating issues. GW2 is quite demanding on the hardware.
HoT is indeed a pain in the behind, until you have maxed certain masteries. Then it’s a lot of fun.
I think the devs have learnt from that mistake and are approaching new content differently now. So, hang on there, go through the pain of getting those masteries (as we all did), then never look back.
Is there EVER some action on Dragon’s Stand? All the time I come there the map is deserted. So when is the best time to come there?
That’s because the meta takes place on a different map.
You join a squad about 15 mins before it starts (either on location or via LFG); then the whole squad “dies” and is teleported to the actual event version of the map. And yes, that one’s the biggest action event you’ve seen in GW2 so far.
For the exact times, check this website: http://gw2timer.com/
I have played many MMOs from Everquest on. In almost every single one, I have not gotten to an area and thought “what do I do here?” And those MMOs which people have not been able to figure out what to do in-game I consider badly designed or broken.
I have to admit that this is indeed the case in GW2. It is anything but self-explanatory and difficult to master for newbies. There are no tutorials, no manuals, no explanations, no guides. You have to gather all information by either asking or looking things up on GW2 Wiki or Google. It’s truly one of GW2’s weak spots.
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It’s been out for a year now, it’s no longer news, I can’t see why we still need to view the cutscene everytime or why it still has that horrible obnoxious fanfare theme that sounds like it could be a 70’s Superman movie theme.
The current background music for the city is truly obnoxious. Who needs heroic fanfares 24/7 while roaming a city? It’s a shame that many (newer) area have that issue so that one is forced to completely mute all background music in the game.
Keep to your Jeremy Soule style music Anet, it’s great the way it used to be, trying to copy John Williams is an embarassement.
+1
Jeremy Soule = <3
1. Losing weight to a healthy level is always good. One shouldn’t allow computer games to hinder that effort.
2. You asked why you should have bought HoT and enabled all the elite specilizations. Well, it’s simple: games evolve. There is always new content in MMOs with new professions, new races or new skills (in this case in the form of so-called specializations). One needs to adept. If you want a game to not evolve, then you need to stop playing MMOs.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Black-Lion-Chest-duplicate-bug/first#post6417344
There hasn’t been a fix yet. Each time this happens to you, you need to contact support — they’ll send you replacement keys after asking you to delete the item. Alternatively, opening more chests will fix this too as soon as another duplicate spawns. Yes, I know, it’s weird and annoying.
To avoid this from happening, close the BLC window after each chest opening.
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Try Ranger, I have played every profession and while they are all pretty good exploring the maps (Mesmers being noticeably slower) I would say Ranger is the simplest, most effective option! You ll never lack for support as you ll have your faithful eternally-juvenile pet at your side! ranged and melee weapons for any kind of scenarion, and quite a health pool to go along with! their sigils are very useful and the traits are great for exploration. although I do most of my exploring as an Engineer, I insist on suggesting Rangers as the better choice.
I would recommend the same (Ranger) for all things exploration.
If you ever need to rush through maps for some reason (e.g., harvesting), I can recommend the Revenant profession for that.
Uhm, how do I do that? I’ve always used the support website, didn’t even know and in-game feature existed.
Since ANet offers an option to pay a modest fee to destroy a weapon and replace it with the stats we want, it seems unnecessary for them to spend time creating a new mechanic that would allow HoT owners one type of drop down and non-HoT owners another.
It’s up to you if that’s reasonable or outrageous.
Are you an official spokesperson for ArenaNet? Your replies sure sound like that, always.
They could reprogram the game so that HoT owners get the chance for such drops in all ascended drop areas. But that would involve additional work, of course.
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You get spirit shards from Silverwastes bags tho (noxious seed pods) or airship cargo from VB, so he can still get said rewards just in a different way.
That’s Obsidian Shards, not Spirit Shards. Two different things.
Yes, I acquired one shortly before the content was disabled — that’s how I learnt about its existence in the first place. If only I had known earlier…
As I still need ascended trinkets, it is worth it to me, especially since it contains GW1 lore and I love it!
However, the content has been disabled for the time being (hence my question!):
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Ember-Bay-Changes/
I just recently discovered this item’s existence. Any news on when the content will become available again? I’d love to get one.
@OP: There is a misconception in your understanding of the XP bar. It does continue to progress, thus does level your Masteries just fine. It doesn’t matter what game mode you play (except for PvP, which has its own XP system), you will always continue gaining XP. It just takes a little longer than at Level 1. Your usual reward after Level 80 will be a Spirit Shard.
As for leveling Tyrian Masteries: All you need to do is activate the Mastery you currently wish to level, then you will see its progess bar. Once the bar is full, you need the respective amount of Mastery Points in order to finish the track, afterwards you can select the next one you wish to level and so on.
We all did it that way, it’s fairly simple. You don’t have to play any specific game mode for this, however, you need to do stuff that provides Mastery Points, which should be indicated in your journal.
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…when you can’t change the sigils like you change their stats?
This is a silly question.
No, it is not. First of all, many players I have met in the game think so, too, and second, I believe your argumentation to be “silly”:
Remember when Legendary Weapons were introduced Ascended Weapons did not and even after their introduction the ability to change their stats was not immediate. A completely hotswappable always up-to-date weapon that takes up just one slot is going to always be worth more than whatever paltry gold you spend on sigils. The only time it becomes cumbersome is if you’re constantly swapping which is not a problem of the system but a problem of player consistency.
What nonsense. There are professions that are versatile for a reason. Take my Ranger, for instance. At least three full sets of armor and trinkets are required (I even have four), along with weapons with different sigils that fit the current build:
- Viper (full Condi for Fracs and Raids)
- Magi (full heal for Raids, if required)
- Commander (for WvW)
- optional: Berserker (Glyph DPS build), IMO the best for your everyday solo PvE
Two of these builds require a staff, several of them a sword and/or an axe. All with different stats and sigils. I am not complaining about this, it’s my choice to want to be versatile — I love it, it’s fun.
Now back to my point: When you invest tons and tons of time, effort and mats into building a Legendary Weapon, you should be able to make it usable in any build you want, and just changing the stats does NOT do the trick if you want 100% efficiency. You are better off having simple ascended gear for that purpose than Legendaries, as the latter are only good for their skins and graphic effects — the stat change without the ability to change sigils along with them can only be viewed as a “mere inconvenience” by very few professions whose builds don’t depend on different sigils. It is quite ignorant to say otherwise.
The developer shouldn’t have to, in my opinion, answer for your willingness to just constantly change your mind.
My willingness? I hardly know any players who don’t agree with me on this. But hey, as long as you are happy, everyone else should be too, right?
Legendaries were designed to be purely cosmetic.
When the game came out all legendaries were exotics (ascended equipment didn’t exist) and there was no way to change the stats at all. (If I remember correctly they all had Soldier’s stats.) There was also no wardrobe so if you wanted different stats your only option was to obtain another exotic weapon and use a transmutation stone to combine the two – destroying both the original legendary and the exotic to give you 1 weapon with the stats and skin you wanted.
I didn’t know that. Even though I created my account on release day, I didn’t start playing the game actively until Christmas 2015. Thanks for the insight.
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