Guild Wars 2

Nothing wrong with making an alliance Troma; all is fair in love and war and all that.

We are just sharing these pictures because you guys kept claiming to have no alliance. And that makes it very funny when I was just killed by AS and VZ players after both groups sieged our garrison from the east and west for over 2 hours and afterwards were peacefully reviving their dead side-by-side

Stop being so serious and lighten up a little. It’s only a game...

Auzegeist.2836:

Aveneo i remember you, we were like someone’s joining in our dance haha Then Chancer threw a vanish on Osi so we could blot him out the picture muahahaha

Heh heh, I was standing on top of the keep with Shalene and jumped down to see why you guys were outside dancing. So I figured I’d join in as well

Some more funny of french camaraderie at Desolation Garrison

“Non, c’est toute une coïncidence. Nous n’avons aucune alliance.”
(No, it is all a coincidence. We have no alliance)

Awesome, I’m also in that video (as the Mesmer who wanted to see why everyone was dancing outside the keep)!

So you’re saying that my friend, who lives in the US and whom I have played online games with for over 8 years may not play with me anymore? You do know that this sounds an awful lot like a communist regime.

You want to know a better solution? Make every server International.

Why should the rest of the world be forced to change, just because you chose to play on a localized server?

ArenaNet themselves have stated that people are allowed to play where they want to play and that WvW was designed to be 24 hours a day.

Forcing people into servers based on timezones would only make this game (and WvW) worse, not better.

Same thing for me. Was in Frostgorge again for the first time since halloween and suddenly saw a candy corn node in the distance for a split second and then vanish.

I’ve also noticed however that the game becomes more sluggish the longer you play. Normally I never had these issues, but today I had to quit the game because I had only 9fps in WvW while standing in an empty tower.

Also, the rendering issues seem to be back.

Today I was forced to stop playing in WvW because my fps was reduced to 9fps when standing in an empty tower! Normally I would do perfectly fine even if it’s in big battles, but since the Nov 1st patch everything seems to clog up after a while.

Next to that the rendering issues seem to be back as half the time I can’t see enemy players and they just suddenly appear out of nowhere.

So I hope ANet can track this down as it feels like a memory leak combined with an old build. I even saw candy corn nodes pop up in the game which then vanished so it looks to me that this build has some dirty entries in it.

Was in Frostgorge when I saw a candy corn pop up in the distance and then going away again.

Also noticed a lot of increased lag in WvW (as well as rendering issues in WvW!), up until I only got 9fps and couldn’t play anymore.

It’s almost like there’s a memory leak or something going on and old entries not being properly removed with this patch as my game gets worse and worse the longer I play; up until it becomes unplayable and I’m forced to shut down my entire system because of nausea due to the lag.

And equally important, the rendering issues in WvW appear to be back; which -to me- is even more concerning.

Wait a minute… WvW gets badges that drop from bags which you have to physically click on to get the contents.

Yet in PvP you get glory automatically for everything you do? Then why do we even have badges in WvW? Why not simply have ‘Mist’ points or something. Then we wouldn’t need this broken system of occassional badges (but only if you are alive to loot the RNG-bags).

As long as it is not a race against time with wierd camera glitching, invisible blocks and gigantic bodies cluttering the view; I wouldn’t mind climbing a giant tree.

To Arborstone players. If it’s any consolation to you, I always deemed you a worthy opponent and can’t wait to meet you again on the battlefield.

Wish I could say the same about Vizunah, but I can’t… I respect most of them (even though some seem to feel the need to insult and spread lies close to the level of communist propaganda about Desolation), but in my opinion you guys from Arborstone are twice the fighters they are and you deserve the spot in top tier!

/salute

Full Knight armor
Full Valkyrie trinkets
Berserker weapons
6x Centaur runes

Now pay me 50g for my expert advice in becoming a god in WvW (and PvE)! :p

^_^

I’d like color coding very much!!!

(Light) Pink = Clone
(Deep) Purple = Phantasm

plasmacutter.2709:

Centaur runes sacrifice a crap ton of crit to get you that swiftness. that hurts when your dodges depend on crits.

It does not appear to hurt me and I’m still sitting at around 50% crit chance even with the Centaur runes. When I’m fighting, the Vigor boon refreshes itself constantly.

Aren’t you guys just talking about WvW? You know you can claim it for your guild if you invested in upgrades and the keeps and castles will then fly your colors…

Or are you talking about a more peaceful setting where one can only attack the other after a gentleman’s agreement?

Get an invisible bag and put Rytlock in there. He won’t be deposited if he’s invisible

I use a full set of Centaur runes myself because I don’t like the focus. Now every time I pop my heal, I get swiftness for 12 seconds. Be advised that the cooldown may state it is only 10s, but in reality it is closer to 15. So being a WvW Mesmer, I tend to use Mirror more than the Mantra

And I can tell you, 12s of swiftness every 15s simply by pressing ‘6’ is pretty nice

Sorry for dragging this up from the depths, but I would really like to see the pistol as a MH option. Currently I feel the Mesmer is an unfinished class and lacking severely in the mainhand weapon department.

Combined with the fact that there exist 2 illussionary pistols (Lyss and Ilya) in the game leads me to believe that it was originally intended for the Mesmer to have a pistol as a mainhand option.

Ilya
+90 Power
+64 Precision
+5% Critical Damage
Sigil of Superior Peril (Increased Inflicted Vulnerability Duration: 10%)

Lyss
+90 Power
+64 Precision
+5% Critical Damage
Sigil of Superior Nullification (60% chance to remove a boon on critical (10s cd))

So why would ArenaNet have implemented 2 illussionary pistols if a Mesmer can only wield one (as an offhand)? Personally I would love to run around on my Mesmer wielding Lyss in one hand and Ilya in the other.

Feedback? Hmmm…

1. They might have made more revenue/money by selling all the Halloween weapon skins directly from the shop. No need to make them account bound or anything, so people could just buy them in bulk (more money for ANet) and sell them on the TP. Because the items would have had a fixed price in gems, the prices people could ask in TP would not have gone out of control (at least not until after the event). They could have kept the skins as rewards in the BL chests (maybe even increase the droprate) so people could basically buy them direct or as a lucky draw from a chest.

2. Clocktower might have worked out better if it was solo (as intended). Fixing the wierd camera glitching and invisible snags could have also made the experience more enjoyable for more people.

3. A select few Halloween skins as mini-legendaries? Please don’t do that again. Instead just put them up for sale in the store next time.

Badges and loot should be added to your inventory automatically. How many times have I found myself lying dead behind enemy lines with sparkling bags right next to me…

Proves to show that you weren’t as good as you think, if you couldn’t even kill 7 downed players

I don’t get why it was just 100g in the first place. Simply allowing people to buy their rank made it more into a ‘look at me, I had money’ prestige thing.

To me it would have been better to buy the title with badges (and some gold) and that the icon would only show up in WvW maps. That way you have to earn your rank through WvW in order to be recognized as a commander in WvW.

:)

I have seen this on numerous occassions now. When a server manages to cap an objective, some dead players from the opposing team remain on the ground for the sole purpose of telling their server when the ‘coast is clear’ to come in and retake it.

In my humble opinion players should not be able to relay tactical information for easy recapping or reporting on troop movements indefinitely when they’re ‘dead’.

My suggestion would be adding a timer upon death. If that player has not selected a waypoint themselves after 3 minutes after being defeated, they get automatically transported to their main starting area.

Gave it my best for over 10 hours, but I just couldn’t make it to the top. Guess I have to thank ANet for showing me I no longer have what it takes…

Here’s hoping that in the upcoming ‘big patch’ ANet will have reviewed the responses and suggestions this community has offered in relation to SoW and agree that they may have gone overboard.

What they should not believe however is that by giving SoW a little 10% damage increase all is fine and dandy all of a sudden. It was simply throwing the dog a bone in hopes that he’ll stop barking (in my humble opinion).

As far as I’m concerned they can keep their 10% and their Retaliation. I just want my old Light Field back on a 10s(8s) cooldown and the skill showing up in it’s old spot on my bar.

Tried it and tried it again and then tried it some more for over 10 hours now and no dice. So time for me to throw in the towel and forget this thing ever existed.

Guess I am getting too old for this kitten… So thanks ANet for showing me that I no longer have what it takes.

Luxrin.3871:

It’s not egocentric. Egocentric is thinking you are entitled to achievements. Whether a person has less than perfect reflexes or a disability is beyond the point. There are many achievements that I will never get and I am okay with that. Achievements are achievements for a reason.

It has little to do with thinking you are entitled to achievements. Maybe this will allow you to understand the meaning of the word

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egocentrism

Besides, it hasn’t been much of an achievement to obtain all the other achievements related to this event; yes? All people had to do was carve pumpkins or hop into a zone. So I fail to see why some people are against two different modes so everyone may have an equal chance at enjoying content and get an achievement for their participation.

Anyone can complete the Halloween achievements, unless the doors are bugged

Not sure if this qualifies, but I found it hilarious :P

Sef.6918

If this DR carries on, bye bye Gw2.

bye bye Sef. Don’t let the DR hit you on the way out

Hunter Theron.6428:

Not all the Halloween events are meant to be completed by everyone, some are reserved for higher level characters.

Basically this. Lower level (15-25) characters still have access to the book from the first Act while the one from Act 2 was aimed at mid-high level characters.

So if you’d like to get a back item with high level stats as a low level, you should seek the help of some high level friends to help you get it. Or go out on your own and think of it as trying to survive in a hostile environment.

Luxrin.3871:

You don’t deserve an achievement for not achieving things.

For those with less than perfect reflexes or those that have a disability, it would still be an achievement for them.

So please stop preaching such pointless egocentric views and try to look at it from a broader perspective.

I tend to agree with 2 versions, easy and hard.

Easy: solo where the tower and green stuff is slowed down by 25-50%. Rewards are achievement and a few ToT bags from the chest.

Hard: like it is now

That way the event would have been doable for everyone and those that seek the extra challenge could do the regular ‘hard’ version afterwards to test their twitch-reflexes

Hmmm, a friend of mine stated that the chest on that cog (that you fall down on) has a cast-bar for opening it. At one point he exclaimed that he almost had it open and on his next run he had just enough time to open and loot it.

The chest contained 500 gold and every precursor in the game!!!!

…nah just kidding. It contained about 12 ToT bags

Now that you mention it, a Mad King Thorn mini would have been a great item as a memento

It’s a shame they did not include it as a permanent feature as it was great to be able to zoom out that far…

You chose to solo him and spend 45 minutes to complete the dungeon, and you ‘suggest’ to get one of the most rare items as a reward for your ‘efforts’?

There is no effort in defeating the boss at all; it merely takes time. Heck, I could solo him easily on my level 80 Guardian. The way I see it, you just want free exotics for no effort at all.

You can’t report someone for griefing based on their choice of race. Only if you have definite proof that they are intentionally trying to get you to fail can it be considered griefing.

For instance, a giant Norn warrior in even more gigantic armor standing in front of the group with a banner in his hand; giving the group a speedboost just so they overshoot the platforms and have to do it over again. That’s griefing.

Thankfully, ANet’s latest hotfix seems to remove any and all equipped weapons; including summoned grief-banners.

I fear that you’re out of luck.

Even if ANet can verify that you did the puzzle but did not get the slippers, they apparently do not have the ability to send/restore items at present time.

So if you really want to slippers, you might as well pick up the non-bound version on the TP for a bit of gold. However, be advised that the slippers do not have a unique skin. From what I’ve been told, they use the same model as regular lvl60+ gear.

Hmmm, is it possible to transmute the skin of the book onto your storyline ‘backpack’ (or a Guild backpack)? That should solve your gem issues if you just want it for the skin I think

Question… I noticed you were an elementalist in Air. Did you use that passive 25% speed boost trait?

The video is nice and it looks you’re on a casual stroll more than a gruelling race against time (even stopping at times to align yourself better for a jump), but the thing that would help me the most is if I can follow your path without the benefit of a traited speed bonus or if I need to use an elementalist of my own to match your maneuvers

Thanks!!

BraxKedren.8941:

The Act 1 book only had +4 Toughness for me. Don’t think that is a Level 80 stat book.

That’s what I mean. The Act 1 book is for low-level characters while the Act 2 book is for mid-level characters. Everyone got +4 Toughness from the Act 1 book, regardless of level.

Now if ANet follows this pattern, there might be a high-level book in Act 3.

Well, you can’t expect them to hand out books with level 60-80 stats to every level 15 character in my opinion. So it is posssible that they did it this way so low level characters and alts could get the book from the first act, mid-range characters could get the one from act 2 and level 80’s might get an even better book in act 3.

This way there’s something for everyone it seems.

A very welcome addition!

Some suggestions however to consider adding:

1. Center position to the head instead of the back.
2. Allow zoom to firstperson perspective.

Thanks!

Warriors can bring banners with them and give speedboosts to people when they least expect it. So what is a tricky and challenging puzzle now became a spot for warriors to grief others.

Well, I tried it for 3 hours or so yesterday but couldn’t make it. Guess my reflexes aren’t what they used to be now that I’m 37?

Add onto that Warriors that intentionally try to grief others! They can bring banners in with them and I’ve actually seen them running ahead of the group only to wait near a tricky jump and use their banner #3 (Inspire) just before other people are attempting the jump.

So next to having trouble seeing where I should be jumping because of bigger character models blocking my view (and a FOV centered on your back isn’t helping either), I now have to run it with warriors that find it funny to use their banners and give speedboosts to people when they least expect it.

If anything, ANet should push out a hotfix so that banners are removed upon entry to the tower in my opinion.

Log out of the game completely and log back in.

A friend of mine had the same issue where he would just hit the clock and slide off the opening. So I did some checking and others reported similar issues. Logging out completely seems to ‘reset’ you.

Osculim.2983:

Oki so its 6 mystery tonics, 1 candy corn and one booster right ? Doesnt seem to work for me

6 Mystery Tonic
1 Candy Corn
1 Booster
1 Booster

You’re missing the second booster as you have to use 2 of them to fill up all the slots in the Mystic Forge.

Hmmm, I managed to use the Strength ones just fine and people seem to report that the Killstreak may work too.

Maybe log out and back in, or split the stack into single tonics and see if that works

Wasn’t the skritt burglar supposed to be snooping around Divinity’s Reach? I think I read something about it in one of the official notes