Guild Wars 2

Was happening to me as well.

Yes. Why do you need so many earrings? They’re not that much stronger than exotics, you don’t need them for EVERY character, and I’m pretty sure you can get them through Guild Commendations and Fractal Relics too anyway.

If you go to the refugee area in LA and ask around, you find out that the Consortium has showed up and is helping out. They’re providing food and water, and there’s talk of building houses in Southsun for the refugees.

This would lead to a small town or colony. Which would lead to a greater NPC population in Southsun. Which would lead to more events as the people there try to survive. Which means there will actually be things to do there beyond farm karka.

It may not be PERFECT, but it’s a bit of variety from Orr, it’s closer to LA (meaning lower travel costs), and shows that ANet is listening to some people asking for a reason to go to Southsun now.

Yep. People were using the Revive Orb to walk around the inaccessable area, so ANet decided to do that to all those naughty little “hackers” (Not really hackers this is a joke)

You see that in a few places. I’ve seen it over near the old ruins of the Henge of Denravi (I forget the location of the region). I believe these tents are specific for the Priory.

Otaur.9268:

Drazma.8327:

Up this post with the same but IG this time
Nice work Anet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5bhk5CEK14

I enjoyed this more than the Anet one… Why? Cause I still got bugs that need to be fixed. Time for dancing = time for coding! Chop chop. Lol j/p all are entitled to some down time.

Maybe their code is compiling.

I only like the guy in the left corner wearing the YOLO hat, slowly shaking his head as if to say “Yeah… this was me once.”

Edit: Holy crap and I just realized the guy front and just right of center with the Golden Wing Icon Shirt is doing the GW1 Male Necro dance.

Kristine Heath.1483:

What happened to the creativity of the maps like in gw1? every single zone is a square or a rectangle, theres no imagination or variance.

You DO realize all the maps in GW1 were square or rectangular as well, right?

Further proof that you can never please everyone. There will always be someone Kittening.

Zaxares.5419:

Chessrook.8643:

…looking at the title, oh god I’m cracking up just imagining a fat charr 10 feet across laying on his back with a couple sticks of butter in one hand and bars of chocolate in the other, dozens of empty bags around him, yelling out “MOOOAAAARRR!!!” Don’t know why that visualization just popped into my head, but it did.

He’d probably get it by rolling across Queensdale and flattening all the bandits.

… Is his name Garfield, by any chance?

………………………it is now.

Two words: GHOST COWS.

The sheer deadpan disbelief the male charr PC delivers his comment in the quest just sells the entire thing.

…looking at the title, oh god I’m cracking up just imagining a fat charr 10 feet across laying on his back with a couple sticks of butter in one hand and bars of chocolate in the other, dozens of empty bags around him, yelling out “MOOOAAAARRR!!!” Don’t know why that visualization just popped into my head, but it did.

He’d probably get it by rolling across Queensdale and flattening all the bandits.

o.o I need to read these threads more.

Nice to see input on the strategy that there IS in the game. I look on the forums and… I know there’s small groups here and there, but you hear about people talking about the zerg so much, and the zerg is talked about so often in the Team or Map chat, you just don’t hear about the strategy very often. When I see a commander, almost every time he/she is just escorting a zerg about.

Maybe I’d just like to see one really effective use of tactics. Say a zerg attacking the NW part of the Garrison, or a treb assaulting a wall, distracting the enemy from the small group of four ramming down the watergate. I dunno.

Either way, the conversation has certainly been interesting.

Very true. What I’d like to see is real WvW guilds that actually have that discipline you speak of. Actually forming ranks and using the right classes at the right times. Guardians at the front putting up reflection walls to protect their elementalists raining fire and ice in the distance! Warriors charging to the front, screaming, distracting the enemy from the thieves sneaking up and stabbing them in the back! Mesmers mixed with the warriors, making the force seem bigger than it is! Rangers and Necromancers providing ranged support! Engineers…. uh… doing whatever engineers do!

You know, actual planning and usage of the different classes beyond “EVERYONE RUN FORWARD AND ATTACK!”

Ruin, good point, I forgot to add in that your units do not always obey orders, at best following your big shiny mouse and at worse wandering to all corners of the map.

Every time I hear the zerg argument, I think back to the origin of the term, and how that situation applies. I think back to Starcraft. Because WvW, big as it is, when you think about it is basically an RTS without a commander (Unless someone spent 100 gold).

Now think… Starcraft had three sides. The Zerg, who brought immense amounts of units onto the field with low health and cost… the Protoss, who brought small amounts of units onto the field with high health and high cost… and the Terrans, who were in the middle.

Here’s the thing though… in server war like this, you can’t control the “Cost” to field units. The only cost is the amount of manpower present in the server. Health and Power is also tossed out the window, as due to having to balance everything there’s no chance for different servers to have different stats. So no matter what, you’re always faced with the same sides facing each other. Zerg Vs Zerg. Protoss Vs Protoss. Terran Vs Terran.

Now those of you who have played Starcraft, or any RTS, think about what the battles were like when you had two of the exact same civilizations or races or whatever facing each other. I may not be an expert, but they eventually turned into a race of “Who can get the higher tech first?” Or, if starting with max tech level, “Who can get more resources first?”
Or, when all is even, when the tech is highest and the resources are turned onto limitless from the start… “Who can get the most forces out the fastest?”

THAT is the reason for zerging. Because we are balanced. WvW is Terran Vs Terran with limitless resources. We don’t have the benefit of choosing where to build our barracks and our bunkers. We can’t even choose how many marines we have marching behind the flamethrowers with ghosts sniping from the hill. All we’re given is a handfull of random units. The closest I’ve even seen to using a specific unit’s skill or ability is telling Guardians to put walls of reflection in narrow corridors or something, and the only unit control we have is siege.

So the few of you out there who are RTS players, think to yourself… when you have limitless resources, fixed points, and little to no control over unit production, with your opponent under the exact same situation….. how do you fight? How many options do you really have?

I dunno, maybe there’s more to it now that I think of it. Maybe I’m just rambling and want to start a discussion. I dunno.

I admit I’ve gotten yelled at on occasion when I’ve bought merchants in a tower or keep, but my reasoning is this:

If we have a lot of supply and are currently upgrading and we are gaining supply faster than we are using it, OR the supply is full and we’re about to get a caravan arriving anyway, I will buy it, because there is, essentially, no reason not to.

Maybe the dragons are keeping the magic in check?

Maybe, without the Elder Dragons consuming magic, the magic will just increase and Increase and INCREASE until it reaches dangerous levels?

molepunch.5673:

Come on now. The ridiculous skimpy armors for female humans and now Norns…

Hey now. The light armor may be skimpy but it’s nice to see heavy armor where men and women are BOTH adequately protected!

….even if women do have shaped breastplates…

o.o Wait, Kaineng is in T2 with us?

KAINENG?!?!

……….wow, I remember when they were the butt of every joke of ranking on the forums. Nice job Kaineng! VERY nice.

I’m going for The Flameseeker Prophecies… hey, I’m a bit of an RPer, and thematically it fits the character of my Guardian (A historian who specializes in studying the period of time between the Searing and the fall of the Great Destroyer… yes, the original GW games)
I’m gathering things as I go, so not really grinding. That said, I have the Gift of Exploration, the Gift of Ascalon, and almost have enough for the Mastery gift: 198 skill points on my warrior and about 320 Badges of honor. I can buy all the Obsidian Shards I need at any time, I’m just waiting… just in case.
On the other hand, I have about 20 bones, dust, and poison sacs, with less than 20 of each of the other rare mats, and only about 30 ectos (I had used several to craft fully exotic armor and weapons for my warrior. I liked the Draconic.). Also across my characters I have only around 30 gold or so. Other mats though, like the various metals and the like, I’m getting plenty of as the game moves on. Still don’t have the precursor, and haven’t even TRIED yet.

Compared to many of you I’m barely on my first steps, but we all started somewhere. I got a big grin on my face when I got the gift of Ascalon last night, because… well…

Like I said. I’m not a grinder. I’m getting them as I go. I don’t make hundereds of thousands of gold, and even in GW1 I think I only had around 150-200 plat at most.

So for me, I’ll be happy when I finally get me my legendary. It’ll be a long time coming, but I’ll get it eventually.

Narcs.9418:

Need I say more?

Stick a Farrk in him, he’s done?

Actually, I can tell you what would happen if Supply Camps had walls.

We’d have Pangloss.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

I haven’t seen mursaat technology. What are you talking about? Their towers and teleporters are 100% magical.

Yanno, so is the Asuran tech.

jojojoon.8607:

Hmmm… I’m not sure why Fractals would affect WvW. I’m thinking it could be either be guesting or the culling change that might have bugged the wvw queue.

Code works in weird ways. You can make a bugfix to adjust the amount of damage a sword does, and suddenly your dragons are flying backwards.

Red Falcon.8257:

I thought dailies would be a “rewarding Tyrian adventure” type of thing, where you get a list of world Events the player has the level requirement to partecipate to, i.e.:
- Kill Gargantula
- Complete 3 events in Bloodtime coast
- Defeat the Centaur King in Harathi Highlands

So you REALLY want to end up with 68 people standing around where Gargantula spawns, waiting until it appears at which point they all down it in six seconds?

Yeah, real good idea there. Top notch.

Dante.1508:

Problem with your method Rabbi Rick is i lose said paper, and 3 weeks later i’ve forgotten my password, in which case i’m Kittened..

Well that’s a problem with ANY password.

“Queue queue bug”. I like that name. I think that’s what we should call this.

Horrorscope.7632:

Rabbi Rick – Or just download a random password generator and click generate. Done.

His methods are more secure (As in less chance of going to a site that has spyware on it) and more funny.

XD You, Rabbi Rick, win an internet.

So you’re saying it should be Air, Water, Fire, and Tyria?

So Tyria is the continent, the planet, and the GROUND of the planet?

I think Tyria has enough definitions now, thanks.

The queue problem started on Monday, the big patch we got.
One of the thing the big patch fixed, was that people who got DC’d or booted from Fractals are able to get back in.
It’s possible these two things are linked somehow.

Just a thought.

Pretty simple… I’m wondering if there are parallels between the current five races standing against the dragons and the five who stood against them last time.

Currently we have Humans, Charr, Asura, Sylvari, and Norn.

The ancient races who faced the Elder Dragons were the Mursaat, Seers, Forgotten, Dwarves, and Jotun. So my question is, do you think, from what we know of the ancient races, there are parallels to the current races?

While I don’t know TOO much, I feel like the Forgotten might be parallel to Humans, Jotun parallel to Norn, and Mursaat parallel to Asura. Would that make Sylvari parallel to Seer, and Charr parallel to Dwarves?

While I do like the idea of automated turrets able to be deployed by players and left for a time (Also destructable, and probably similar to those Asura cubish turret…..thingies… you see all over the place) I disagree with it being a tower or keep upgrade. Seems a bit redundant there.

Vitu.3580:

Azunai.1065:

crossed swordes are only shown if 5 or more ppl from the same server are infight, including NPCs but not pets

Really? I didn’t know that. I wonder why my fights are interrupted so often. I guess its just bad luck.

Oh well, thanks for clarifying that.

Most likely. See one person, you should usually assume he has at least one buddy with him. People quickly learn that running around solo can usually end with death. Especially if you’re in enemy territory.

Azunai.1065:

crossed swordes are only shown if 5 or more ppl from the same server are infight, including NPCs but not pets

Exactly. Which is why the Watergate is so dangerous. Four players running up, taking out the NPCs, plopping down a ram and knocking it down is a completely viable stealth strategy if nobody runs down to take a peek at what that knocking noise is.

Especially if they’re distracted by the massive trebuchet giving them white swords on the NE wall.

ChyrosNX.1834:

It’s like going to casino with a lot of cash in hand and then go home empty handed.

Remember people: When going to a casino, the house ALWAYS wins in the end.

Tommyknocker.6089:

Name: Ying/Yang
Description: a matching set of daggers (one black one white) signifying the duality and change that happens in in nature.
Effect(s) They glow with a slight aura; each with it’s own color. These daggers make your footprints into the ying/yang symbol while wielding them.
Properties: Upon defeating a creature, thus changing it from alive to dead, make the user’s armor glow with a subtle grey outline.

I like this idea. Though I’d make one dagger named Yin, that’s a white blade with a black hilt, and the other named Yang, a black blade with a white hilt. Perhaps they wouldn’t have any special appearances UNLESS they were weilded together, causing something similar to that.

The Shadow
Type: Shortbow
Effect: The bow itself wavers, looking like it’s made from solid shadows, existing only faintly. Firing it shoots dark wavering arrows with no weapon trail behind them.
Reason: Thieves are stealthy, kitten

Gift of Mastery. 100%? Got it on two characters, almost three. 500 badges? Takes some time, but you can get it if you man siege enough. 200 skill points? I got a char 10 SP away without even trying. Obsidian shards? A combo of easy-to-get Karma and Fractal runs gets you all you need by the time the rest is done.

Essence Snow.3194:

What’s a hard potion?

I’d make a joke, but I don’t want an infraction.

It’s a potion that makes you an Earth Elemental, like any of those random tonics out there.

Tommyknocker.6089:

As for those of us that dislike WvW we seem to have been stuck with it as a monthly forever now – join the club.

We haven’t seen next month’s monthly yet.

Raebfle.5914:

Chessrook.8643:

Nappychappy.7046:

Ewww crafting… Seriously?

What a poor attempt at flushing materials from the playerbase for a lousy laurel.

Mine 20 mithril. Refine ten ingots. Sell for profit. Done. Can we shut up about this now?

I actually make jewelery for gold lol

Mine 20 Platinum. Refine 10 ingots. Use for jewelry. Sell for profit. Done. Can we shut up about this now?

wildcode.5403:

So Grenths new weapon is to throw us in the air and laugh as we fall to our deaths?

Dude’s the God of Death. Sure it’s not as flashy as Dhuum rising up, NOPEslashing a poor soul to ban him, and disappearing…… but kitten if it isn’t funny as hell!

What? Would you rather he just snap his fingers and cause you to just fall over dead without any fanfare? Where’s the fun in that?

Nappychappy.7046:

Ewww crafting… Seriously?

What a poor attempt at flushing materials from the playerbase for a lousy laurel.

Mine 20 mithril. Refine ten ingots. Sell for profit. Done. Can we shut up about this now?

Fuzakal.6432:

yeah happened to me but with 20+ players
the AOE dmg is insane and it’s covering the whole area

O_O By the six gods, the seven reapers, the eternal alchemy, the Claw of the Khan Ur, the Great Spirits, the Eternal Alchemy, and the Pale Tree….

…………HOW ON EARTH DID SOR BEAT THAT?!

Daily VETERAN slayer?!

……that’s new. I had “Kill 13 different types of creatures”. Where did that come from?

Vets? You don’t need vets for anything.

Raebfle.5914:

What vets count?
I’ve attempted WvW vets (Control points, vets running around, Ogres in EB) – Vets during DE’s like opening CoF… nothing is counting ><

….is this a troll?

This is a troll, right?