Guild Wars 2

BunnytheSwordsman.4173:

For the case of humans, I felt that was a bit of a problem. For the Norn, it was believable. I don’t know about the Charr, because I did not play them yet.

Look at it this way: You’re more of a local hero, in the beginning and then it grows.

However, the Sylvari have it really good. They’re born and they have a quest right off the bat.

For the Charr, it’s your duty, at least tutorial-wise. You’re a soldier. You were called to duty to assist Rytlock in putting down Duke Barradin. Again. You survived. Good job soldier, have a promotion. Now get back to duty.

BoAKaN.6052:

Chessrook.8643:

BoAKaN.6052:

The only changed I’ve personally seen was the predator. Now it leaves a red trail and makes the character have a fire aura around them, as well as shooting red ‘bullets’. Personally I think this change is horrible, the purple version was much nicer than this stupid fire crap they changed it to. The sci fi sound matched the purple more so than this dumb fire weapon. I’m extremely disappointed. If anything they should have made it similar to the juggernaut and had the color work around your characters colors.

The Dreamer shoots rainbow unicorns with an ANet cutie mark now.

Still think your Predator change was horrible?

Yes, still do. I might also think that one sucks if I get a chance to see it.

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/zhv2jjng/gw093.jpg

Enjoy.

Euriczski.9103:

Theres improvement made to legendary weapons ? is there a link that i can look to know which legendary weapon improve the looks & effects ?

Near the bottom of the Patch Notes, I believe.

BoAKaN.6052:

The only changed I’ve personally seen was the predator. Now it leaves a red trail and makes the character have a fire aura around them, as well as shooting red ‘bullets’. Personally I think this change is horrible, the purple version was much nicer than this stupid fire crap they changed it to. The sci fi sound matched the purple more so than this dumb fire weapon. I’m extremely disappointed. If anything they should have made it similar to the juggernaut and had the color work around your characters colors.

The Dreamer shoots rainbow unicorns with an ANet cutie mark now.

Still think your Predator change was horrible?

TheDaiBish.9735:

Personally, I’d have loved to see more Dailies targeted at livening up previous areas (Do / Kill / Gather x Hearts / Events / Enemies / Nodes in y Area, where y would be randomised for each player) since that was the aim of these systems (correct me if I’m wrong).

Well remember when you had 30 bots sitting at that dang broken bridge killing centaurs in that Krytan area?

Think of that, but double the amount of people, and make none of them bots.

I think that’s what will happen if you say “DAILY IS THIS EVENT AND THIS LOCATION.”

And that’s bad.

It’s cool man, it’s cool.

All is well.

cargan.5689:

Chessrook.8643:

You guys DO realize that the daily changed, right? Now you need to kill 13 different creatures, revive 10 people, dodge 15 attacks, gather 20 resource, and do 5 events.

If I hear a single person complaining about having to REVIVE someone I’m shooting a unicorn up their $&@*.

Im fine with reviving people what i do plan to do is hunt down and spike every one i see in WvW with dreamer its the people shoting a unicorn up my $&@* i have a problem with

Well I play a Guardian and a Rifle Warrior anyway so I don’t use the Dreamer. That doesn’t mean I won’t borrow some random thief’s Dreamer, though…

You guys DO realize that the daily changed, right? Now you need to kill 13 different creatures, revive 10 people, dodge 15 attacks, gather 20 resource, and do 5 events.

If I hear a single person complaining about having to REVIVE someone I’m shooting a unicorn up their $&@*.

Yep, the daily swapped over. Now ya gotta kill 13 different creatures, revive 10 people, dodge 15 attacks, gather 20 resource and complete 5 events.

The Dailies changed. You must now kill 13 different creature types, revive 10 players, dodge 15 attacks, gather 20 items and do 5 events.

Now stop kittening, and if you dare complain about having to revive people or [gasp] DODGING I will shoot a unicorn up yo %#&.

I don’t know whether the Dreamer change is “stupid”, “hilarious”, “awesome”, or “hilariously, stupidly awesome”.

See the little orange star in the top right corner? Keep an eye on that. It’ll tell you when the thing starts.

The Lion’s Arch Fountain is fully repaired! Huzzah! Took them three months, but it’s finally back! Screw You Mad King Thorn!

They’re like Bruce Banner. They’re peaceful pacifists that look nice and cute and wouldn’t hurt a fly. But push them too far…
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/e/ea/Enraged_Quaggan.jpg

For those complaining about the daily… you DO realize that dailies are going to change now, right? Don’t like this daily? Skip it and do tomorrow’s.

There is SOMETHING related to Lodestones, though.

I thought we would get laurels for achievements we’d already completed… was I misinformed?

I’M IN! FIRST!

Always wanted to say that, hehe.
Edit: kitten Second.

That and it’s at 950 megs at about 60% give or take.

40% with 800 MB. Not too consistant…

I’m at 31%. Zooming right along!

I’m surprised nobody noticed the BIG thing at the top of the list. Preloaded placeholder models. THIS COULD BE A BLOW AGAINST CULLING.

After all, culling was caused when too much info on characters was pushed through the line at once, causing a backup, causing culling. Placeholder models essentially says “Yes, there’s something here. We don’t know WHAT but it’s something.”

So you may not know the composition of the enemy force, but you’ll at least know there’s 30 of them about to zerg over your little squad of 2.

Toxyn.9608:

This patch is crazy huge. FML.

………why do I always read FML as “Full Metal Lose”?! I am so weird…

Now if only we could get people to wait single file to download instead of having them all clog the tubes…

Harbinger.8637:

I like all the Orr changes.

Death….Good!

Death of many of the undead very, VERY good. Huzzah for lower density! Huzzah for waypoints! HUZZAH FOR MAKING IT LESS OF A &%#*!!!!

Simply a place to discuss the changes specific to WvW. To spare you having to trawl the whole thread (Found at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-January-28-2013/first#post1307769 if you want to trawl it anyway) I’ll just sum up specific parts here for discussion.

World vs. World

Character load times in WvW have been improved through the use of preloaded placeholder models.

World vs. World

Siege is no longer usable while inside a WvW jumping puzzle.
Multiple areas have had their terrain adjusted to prevent players from bypassing gates and walls to get into objectives.
Superior siege will now be saved properly when maps restart.
In WvW, different types of loot chests will replace the bag drop depending on loot rarity. Players should now see bags for loot that is lower than uncommon rarity and chests for loot that is uncommon rarity or higher.

Oh yes, and Golems in a Box are no longer usable in WvW. While it’s comparatively small, I say YAY.

So yeah, as the topic says. Before we get loads of posts with people saying “This sucks” or “This is great” let’s have a thread here to discuss, in general, opinions on the changes, nerfs, buffs, fixes, and so forth. Read the notes here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-January-28-2013/first#post1307769

Personally? I like how they’re stopping siege becoming placable in puzzles. I never encountered them, but heard so many rage stories, it’s great to hear that fixed. They also seemed to have done quite a lot to Dungeons, the implementation of Guesting is a welcome relief, and the fact I can jump back into Fractals if kicked is wonderful.

He might be more annoyed by the fact that, for those of us who leave floating names on ALL THE TIME… dead players tend to crowd up the screen and make it seem like there’s more people there than there is.

Stumbled across a pair of charr, one named Whiteout Boy, the other Whiteout Girl. Asked them about the names, and they were married. Took a pic, but don’t have it on this comp. I’ll link it if I get a chance.

Well you can’t make a Legendary without two maxed crafting professions…

Plus, you can make exotics with crafting professions. Which have their own appearance, and are almost as good as Ascended.

Regarding taking an airship and getting Allies from Cantha and Elona… they kinda have problems of their own that they have to deal with. Elona is under the rule of an evil lich and by all reports starved of food or resources. They MAY want to evacuate, but they may also want to keep their home. And Cantha just hates everyone not Canthan, so they won’t help unless Bubbles washes up on shore, and even then they’ll only fight Bubbles.

I WILL HUG HIM AND SQUEEZE HIM AND CALL HIM GEORGE!

D’awww, why are quaggans so cute?

My question is what kinds of polearms are you talking about? Spears? Halberds? Scythes? Glaives? Guisarmes? Glaive-guisarmes?

That said, I think the Necromancer could do with a lovely scythe, don’t you?

I think I like the idea of a guild hall themed around each race. While I’m not sure about the structure of each, it would be neat to have the option.

I believe they use Pacific time because they are located in Washington, which is run on Pacific time. Most game companies tend to do things based on what time zone they are located in.

“You must be THIS TALL to ride.”
“One more step, and I jump!”
“One more step, and I throw the kitten off!”

You’re not the first to suggest the tastes of other races. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/lore/Tastiest-Race/first#post1190123

Fun fact: Some NPC in the game makes a comment about something “Tasting like harpy”…

Kerithlan.1659:

I don’t get any sort of reward when I defend a yak from getting killed and get it to barely slip by into a tower portal, but the person attacking the yak does get a reward for killing the yak.

Yeah, that’s because when there WERE rewards, bots were walking the easiest Dolyak routes 24/7 and getting loads of cash and karma while swallowing up space for actual players.

Master of Timespace.2548:

WvW is a ridiculous monkey zergfest and any gamer that comes from a mmo that has REAL open world pvp would laugh at it. Who even gives a flying **** wheter your world wins or not . In a few days it starts again anyway. and you gain nothing no matter what you did. Not to mention those towers that are repainted 10 times a day.

You fight, fight and fight, but for what? For some abstract points that appear at the top of your screen? Very interesting.

Well there’s also the bonuses everyone on your server gets the higher your score…

If you don’t mind me asking, what server are you on that is acting this way?

Leuddian.3057:

Iron Mines of Moladune’s infusion runs were always fun. GW2 version: Bringing Spectral Essence to the Seer will allow players to obtain an infused ascended armor of choice.

…….this is the best idea I’ve heard throughout the entire thread. Or at least, if not an infused armor, an infusion.

What can I say? People LOVE cookies. Omnomnom.

I was actually wandering around when two NPCs said something to each other. I missed the first one, but the second made a comment “Tastes like Harpy”.

So I guess that means people HAVE eaten Harpy in Tyria. What does it taste like? I DON’T KNOW!

I think the conversation was somewhere in the 15-25 Human area… I forget the name of the place off the top of the head.

Honestly? I’ve only gotten 3 level 80’s, and when going into WvW I’ve found them each falling into different jobs almost naturally.

My warrior frequently went out everywhere, doing a bit of everything… taking camps or sentries, or assisting the zerg on the front line.
My Elementalist found her place assisting in towers and keeps, throwing AoEs on top of the walls to take care of enemy siege and players.
And my Guardian has found her place helping DEFEND towers and keeps that we have.

I’m currently working on a thief which I expect may spend more time among enemies, hobbling them and crippling, and I plan on making a mesmer sometime soon. Ranger, Necro, and Engie will come sometime further in the future.

I would use FRAPS, except the free version, from what I’ve heard, sticks a MASSIVE watermark in the corner and has a painful time limit.

I know there’s a players helping players section, but this seemed the best spot to get the information I was wondering.

I’ve considered recording videos in GW2, perhaps a dance video or something else, but the issue is… I don’t have a vid capture or editing program, nor the money to pay for Fraps. So basically, I’m asking if any of you who have made videos can suggest any decent free vid capture/editing software that isn’t loaded with spyware or found on a virus-infested site or something.

I gotta say, so far? Looking like a very close match.

seby.8469:

Fsnowzombie.4352:

you could draw my guardian?

Or my ranger :d

OR MY AXE?!

Sorry couldn’t resist, hehe.

And just to keep it on topic, maybe I can have a pic of my Norn Ele? http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/Chessrook44/gw011_zps529f847e.jpg

Farzo.8410:

Chessrook.8643:

I am glad to see something like this. I’ve actually been hoping to see one, even considered making one myself.

I only have one question…

You showed Old Ascalon, but why not Ascalon City?

As said, some major places might have been left out since I didn’t record every place possible. Ascalon City was pretty hard though since it’s not that recognizeable anymore, it was hard to find a good spot which could show some kind of resemblance.

Not that Sanctum Cay is any different :P

True, it’s more recognizable on the map due to the shape of it. The Henge of Denravi and Aurora Glade though… they look NOTHING like they used to, completely overgrown.

The ruins of Fort Koga, however… THAT you should have shown, if you could have gotten into the right PvP map on GW1.

I am glad to see something like this. I’ve actually been hoping to see one, even considered making one myself.

I only have one question…

You showed Old Ascalon, but why not Ascalon City?

You’re forgetting other races. Skritt, Ettins, Dredge, Grawl, Harpy, Centaur, Dwarves, Ghosts, Risen, Kodan, Krait, Largos, Ogres, Tengu…… DANG there’s a lot of sapient races…