Guild Wars 2

Here you go:
Champions: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_champions
Min-Dungeons: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mini-dungeon

Keep in mind that lots of groups farm Champs in certain locations in a specific order over and over (a “Champ Train”) and killing them out of “rotation” (the order the zerg / group in the area are currently doing them) is considered rude and may result in hostile reactions from the Train passengers. Note there are also players out there that enjoy derailing Champ Trains just to see the childish reactions from the riders (it is rather amusing to watch). While there are plenty of locations that may be running Champ Trains the most popular are in Forstgorge Sound and in the various Orr zones.

There is nothing wrong with hunting down specific Champs with a small group for a challenge, but it may be considered bad manners to not announce that the Champ is up in map chat, so others can join in and get the rewards.

I destroyed a dozen of them….

(sorry, couldn’t resist)

Sadly the days of having millions of spare karma are gone…..(I think I had 3.5 million at one point…..blew most of it when the Wardrobe system dropped).

Welcome back as well, but you need to rethink you aversion to exploring.

Finding the WPs, Vistas and POIs and earning the Skill Points is what the open world PvE part of the game is all about but there are other modes (mentioned above) if clearing zones is just not your cup of tea.

I have no idea where these players are when they ask “where is everyone?”. Even in the farthest reaches far off zones, I run into other players every minute or so now….

Megaserver may have some downsides, but it certainly keeps the zones populated as far as I can tell….

If I can make a suggestion…..go turn those 10 XP boosters into IMPROVED XP boosters at Lions Arch (Mystic Forge). Takes 5 XP to make 1 IMP XP booster, but the double XP and longer duration is worth it.

Search Exp Booster on the wiki.

I have much less of an issue with the items not being salvageable than with there being NO WAY to simply look at the item (or even it’s description) and SEE it’s un-salvageable.

I KNOW this has been suggested to Anet MANY MANY times.

Mad Rasputin.7809:

A lot of the older green master picks had no level associated with them, but they were tied to the level of the character at the time they were acquired.

Which means, you quite often ended up with ruined ore chunks. There was no way to tell the level of the item, if I recall. It was too big of a risk to use for mining ori that I just deleted all mine ages ago and purchased new ones.

That sounds kind of familiar from some hazy memory WAY back near release. The whole point of this thread was to end up with a stack of ruined ore because I was mistaken about what these were.

I’ve got a new Ranger I can put them on and stick to lower zones and use them up (or I may just destroy them if they start causing me issues), but thanks for the input.

@Astral – Spring cleaning in my bank is exactly how i ran across them…..

I would certainly put in a ticket to get those items back.

• Legacy Armor is great starter armor and USED to make BL key runs easy (not so much any longer). If you unlocked the skin for that armor before deleting, it may not be that big a deal, but you have to BUY that armor with gems if you want the skin unlocked in the future.
• An 18 slot box, in general costs at least 2g to craft. Having an 18 slot box from the start does solve some immediate storage issues.
• 10 Experience boosters costs 1100 gems and can be turned into 2 IMPROVED Experience boosters (that are VERY good items to have when leveling up). Nothing to sneeze at.

If partying up for LS2 content hasn’t dawned on you yet….wow.

I’m a mostly solo player too, but I DO have sense enough to recognize content designed to not be easily soloed.

I also think it’s quite unfair for me (or anyone) that wants to solo this content to kitten at Devs for designing the content of an MMO to possibly be geared toward a party of players.

Per above, it’s not impossible to solo, but requires some alternate thought and different tactics to pull off.

I’ve seen nothing that makes me feel that I will NOT buy it up to this point. Way too many nay-sayers and speculators opinions being posted and we have far too little REAL information for an intelligent person to make a decision yet….

This isn’t GW2 and at the time GW1 did that (added 2 char slots with Factions), you could NOT buy additional character slots yet. As I recall they added it when the in-game store was added several months after Factions released.

Again, this is not GW1, so I’m of the opinion they are not required to add a slot with the Expansion (but it would be a nice gesture).

Seriously? You have gotten 2.5 years (likely 3 by the time HoT releases) of totally free content (no matter you opinion of the content) and you want to whine about this possibly costing additional money?

Yeah, mapping the WvW maps is better done as a long term goal WHILE you are doing all the other mapping. Those maps being your final requirements is going to be quite frustrating for a PvE only player.

For my own part, I do VERY little WvW but do know some of the mechanics and have played enough to know when to attempt mapping and when to just move on and do something else.

Here are a few suggestions:

1. Map into Eternal Battlegrounds on a regular basis and if you see your server has control of Stonemist (the big castle in the middle)….RUN for it and map everything you can while you can.
2. Per above, it is easiest to map your own color Borderland. Colors CAN change every Friday at Server reset….that does not mean your server WILL get a new color Borderland but you need to check and see every week.
3. When your server color changes, also map what you can of Eternal Battlegrounds for that color (and possibly more).
4. It is easier to solo map at off server peak hours. Note that this depends on how good the enemy servers are at 24/7 coverage.
5. It is easier to map with a large group, but getting them to go where you need is far from easy.
6. Finding some guildies or friends to roam in a small group (say 3 to 10) is MUCH more likely to yield good results that trying to solo roam WvW.

I’ve mapped it solo twice by myself and play very little WvW so it CAN be done. Don’t get overly discouraged and realize that complaining about being “forced” to enter WvW to obtain a mostly PvE title is not going to change anything….just do it. Also, keep in mind that players that mostly do WvW or PvP are “forced” to do a MUCH larger portion of PvE to obtain the same.

So you consider your Dungeon runs the definition of what makes a PvE build pointless?

Good to know.

Outside your narrow view of the game, Mesmers can run these pointless builds and not worry about being disregarded by nitch-only players.

I don’t recall Master gathering tools ever being sold (and I certainly don’t recall buying any).

I still have some of the Master tools that DO have level indicators, but this one simply has NO Level indication at all. That’s why I asked if anyone recalls or has had any like this. While I guess I can get the code, I have no idea how to “check it thru the API”. If you just mean display it, isn’t it going to just display what I already see (no level shown)? Guess I could try that.

Now I just have to remember which of my dozen characters I put it on (supposedly to test it)…..

Did they even confirm that new Precursors or Legendary Weapons could be sold? I would be very surprised if they allowed this (Account Bound across the board is my guess). I’m not sure Anet thinks allowing the original ones to be TP-able was the best way to make them more available to everyone (I’m not sure they SHOULD be readily accessible to all players, myself).

I see the Revenant as a combination of Ritualist from GW1 (lore connection with Spirits and Heroes from the Mists) and Engineer (channeling mechanics may possibly work similar to Engineer weapon kits).

Folks, the Lore is Anets to “mold” any way that makes the class “make sense”. Your complaint that it is not “lore friendly” is like me complaining at every space shot in movies & TV that has sound effects. The fact that it bothers me does not mean me ranting about is going to stop the Tie Fighters from making sounds in an airless medium…

Aren’t the Mordrem simply Mordy corrupted creatures similar to Risen, Corrupted and Icebrood?

Please show Kessex Hills some “recondition” love too….It used to be such a beautiful Zone.

Trying to solo a Dungeon is simply doing the content WRONG.

If you don’t want to party up, either figure out the mechanics to solo it or skip the content (Dungeons are 100% optional, sans the VERY last Personal Story mission).

Overall, Conditions are NOT weak, they are just ineffective against single targets in group events. In terms of PvP and WvW it could be argued that some conditions are TOO strong (this is why the Confusion change was not applied to those modes).

Those players that imply the changes required to “fix” the stacking issue in Open World PvE as being “easy” do not understand the root of the problem and their statements that Anet “refuses” to fix it are unwarranted. I feel pretty confident that Anet has looked into HOW to fix the issue and has concluded that there is no EASY fix with the current condition system. Players “believing” there is an easy fix does not make it so..

This change was made to specifically help buff a quite weak (in PvE) condition to improve the option of using Confusion in PvE. (yes, mostly for Mesmers). Anyone that wants to argue that Mesmers were somehow OP in PvE will have a tough time doing so.

Exactly how mad would you be if someone that was NOT you contacted support and reset it, accessed your account and stole all your stuff?

Just something you may want to consider that changes our outrage to a possible need for some gratitude that they want to protect your account (even if it requires some hoop jumping).

Anet has stated that they will NEVER contact you about account issues (via game mail, email or any other method). As mentioned above, they have added a message at the bottom of EVERY in-game mail that identifies when the mail is from another player.

Anet would simply suspend the account and it will be your responsibility to contact support and get the issue resolved.

Just a suggestion, but have any of you tried using Google for DNS (rather than your default ISP DNS)?

Saying your internet is “working fine” is like saying you can drive onto an interstate highway, so there is no reason you shouldn’t be able to drive to any location in the world because you can drive to some locations without a problem…..

This thread is not really about build diversity, but the OPs quest to make a viable “Tanky” build the games new “meta”. ….(or a HEALER possibly?).

Not saying the OPs goals are invalid, but the method is not very well thought out.

Why are we doing this again? CD simply is NOT a good choice for World Bosses.

If you join a group and add some power to your equipment (Sinister), you will get the reward….move on.

There have been dozens and dozens of threads and suggestions on this getting “fixed” and there does not seem to be an easy one available to Anet (keep in mind they have to balance CD in PvP at the same time).

Can’t you just save some gold and buy her off the TP? I know I’ve sold her before and it wasn’t a windfall of any kind.

Marketing effectiveness is inversely proportional to the intelligence of the target audience

….take that as you will.

This thread is pointless as we have no idea how “big” the content is at this point.

Obtena.7952:

Equipping yourself in this game to be competitive has no grind. You don’t need BiS gear or Ascended to complete any of the content or compete in WvW. This is what I believe Anet is saying.

This has always been my take on the “no grind”, debate in this game.

No place in the game requires anything beyond EXOTIC equipment (really you can do it all with RARE gear). (EDIT: Ok, you need Ascended in some form for Fractals) The number of methods to obtain these tier of equipment is quite wide and requires NO GRIND at all.

Ascended and Legendary gear is completely optional (sans mid to high level Fractals) despite what some players want to claim.

It’s more likely you will see decreased performance as most drivers for Windows 10 are beta and in no way optimized for games yet.

You will have to install DX9 on the Windows 10 system to get GW2 to run, so DX12 being present will have NO effect at all.

You cannot salvage the following items (for the most part):

• Items you obtain from an NPC for any currency other than gold (to prevent easy conversion of other currencies to gold).
• Starter items and some story mission reward items.

The first item is a major concern to many players AFTER the wardrobe change. It basically means any upgrades (RUNES / SIGILS) added to items purchased with Karma or WvW Badges can only be retrieved with a quite expensive gem store item. Prior to the Wardrobe system, you could transmute the runes onto another item but now they are pretty much stuck there.

Moral: be aware that placing runes or sigils on non gold purchased gear is likely a permanent decision.

I recently ran across a 100 use Master Mining Pick (Green) that has NO LEVEL displayed. It was in my bank and I have no idea where it came from nor what it’s effective tier is.

There does not seem to be anything on the wiki about any Master gather tools without a listed level, so I’m stumped as to what this thing can harvest. I know I can try it and figure it out, but it just stuck me as quite odd that thing exists with no info on the wiki.

I’m guessing it came from some reward but I’ve been storing gathering tools in my bank since they went account bound WAY back so I have no clue where this came from.

Any ideas?

Paulus magintie.7432:

Keep in mind killing is the least efficent way to get EXP, so go for it.

That is not necessarily true if you use boosters and know where and what to kill. It certainly wasn’t true this last weekend (with double XP bonus).

Short of playing in Windowed mode and moving the window to the 2nd display, I don’t think so.

Windowed Fullscreen and Fullscreen both default to the primary monitor.

It is possible there is a command line switch that would alter this, but I’ve never heard of it nor investigated it.

As mentioned above, there is NO WAY to revive a deleted character (beyond rolling back the account and that is only done if it’s hacked and they only do it ONE time).

If you lost an item that was unique and either a starter item or something purchased with gems, Support may be able to get you a replacement (depends on the item). Open a ticket and ask.

It’s called “Marketing” and yes, it can seem pointless in retrospect.

Services (at top right) > Support > Submit a Ticket (at top of Support page).

Support has always been pretty good at replacing premium items (gem bought) when accidentally deleted or lost and that includes starter items (tho you only suppose to get some of those ONE time).

If you have the DAT file copied to a USB:

On system you want to install GW2 on:

1. Log in here and use the MY ACCOUNT link above to download and install the client (very small and quick).
2. When the client completes installation, it will begin the download for the 20GB DAT file. EXIT out of the client at this point.
3. Overwrite the DAT file that started downloading (small) with the 20GB USB located DAT file.
4. Restart the GW2 client. It will do a verification of the DAT file (may take some time…but not nearly as long as a 20GB download) and then start the game.
5. All other files will be generated but you may likely have to re-set up any custom keybindings or settings you had previously.

Craft Exotics until you hit 450 and then STOP and start on Ascended materials.

Craft Ascended materials (starting at 450) until the rewards go down (around 470) and then start crafting Exotics again.

NOTE: that several of the Ascended refinements only allow you refine ONE per 24 hours, so this method will severely delay you Exotic crafting when you hit that point.

The above all assumes you have reason to WANT to reach 500 with the least wasted opportunities to advance. If you really don’t care about reaching 500 ASAP for the least cost, disregard these suggestions.

From how the GW2 Engine works, I don’t think there is any debate that some improvement would be seen if it was re-written for DX12, but the odds of that happening are slim to none for a number of reasons:

1. GW2 is a 2.5 year old game that runs as a non-subscription game. What would be your source of funds to do this work?
2. GW2 is a fully custom Engine and thus the revamp effort would have to be 100% in-house work. This would take resources from further game content development (when they appear to be ramping this up).
3. DX12 would require the use of Windows 10 (a beta OS as of now). This would potentially splinter the player-base and alienate some of the players.

As the game is relatively financially sound at this moment and has potential to be even mores successful in the near future with the HoT announcement, I find it difficult to believe you could convince anyone at NCSoft (Anet parent) that updating to DX12 has any financial feasibility or is any way a sound business move.

Yes, many players would benefit, but GW2 is a business and I can’t see how doing this would be in their economic interest.

My Mistfire Wolf Skill unlocked at 31 (when you have access to the Elite skills in general) on my latest new character. Note that it is possible that the FIRST time Elites are unlocked under the new system may BE LVL 40 but no older account players would have a way to test that.

It’s highly unlikely ANY game developer would attempt to re-write their existing game engine to completely revamp the performance of a 2.5 year old game. This is an MMO and not a FPS so running beyond 30-60 frames per second is not a huge issue for 95% of the player base. There are exceptions, but I would personally rather have the GW2 Dev resources pointed at new content (as my current performance is satisfactory for me).

Anyone expecting a 4K display to run at a HIGHER frame rate than what you can normally get at standard HD resolutions, does not understand how graphics in a PC work….at all.

Would have liked to see some options here, but this may be just the start of expanding all the classes more with future updates/Xpacks.

Until I see the details (mostly toward if these “specializations” are a permanent choice in terms of character development), I’ll reign in any “disappointment” as much as possible.

Copestetic.5174:

aspirine.6852:

thefantasticg.3984:

And non-GW1 players won’t give two flying ___ks about having Gwen or not.

You obviously dont know who norgu is =)

lol The Hero that was always forgotten. At least by me.

To your point, I don’t think I EVER used Ogden as a Hero and yet he’s the only GW1 hero that is actually IN GW2…..so far.

60%5 of the stuff in WoW was in my 80’s D&D Books….I don’t see your point with this post.

Per the OPs question (if all their assumptions are correct), the answer is to START a new character that will lead to the desired specialization…..not sure how this is a difficult concept to accept.

I get that some players ONLY play one class or character, but that is a limitation that the player has placed upon themselves and the Devs (nor anyone else) has contorl over that decision.

From my understanding using a Macro for this is NOT ok (techncially), but it is doubtful Anet would notice it or care (as long as you aren’t using it outside of inventory actions. Keep in mind this is MY opinion and I don’t think enough of it to take the chance of a ban and do it myself.

One option that I have heard others use is to use mouse software to bind the click action (one action) to the mouse scroll wheel (or other scroll wheel on a control pad, etc.) and then you can simply scroll the wheel to use a lot of items….this should not violate the one key = one action policy. Note I have never seen any official “that’s ok” for this method either, so use the information at your own risk.

If they did allow for this, it would absolutely be a paid service of some sort.

The statement that is not possible (i.e. technically) is hard to believe. I certainly understand Anet not wanting to let this Jin out of the bottle….it would be a support nightmare (same with merging accounts).