Guild Wars 2

EverSeeN.1630:

school uniforms? what is this 1980?

A large majority of schools now have school uniforms….. IDK what you’re trying to say here lol

Regardless.. Town Clothes just need to go away all together. I mean who seriously switches to Town Clothes when they are in LA? With Culling gone now it doesn’t even matter. Majority of people are just pink profession models anyway (for my low end rig anyways)

Well isn’t this conflicting information.

During the Live Stream on Friday, they said that every Legendary got a touch up or so. Perhaps Dulfy doesn’t have all the information?

Methods.4023:

Not sure where the post is but crafted ascended will be able to put on the trading post and ascended found in the world will not. They said something about they wanted crafting to mean something

No, they said the crafted Ascended would be account bound but the materials to craft it would be trade-able. That way there is an economy for the higher end mats.

Brother Grimm.5176:

Did anyone notice the comment about getting consumables that raise your Account MF permanently? He implied it was based on MF you currently owned that gets changed by the update. Anyone see a possible run on MF equipment between now and Tuesday?

Is it possible that having your stash full of Explorers and Travelers equipment may translate into a massive permanent boost to your account wide MF? Surely that aren’t that stupid.

How many pieces of Explorers and Travelers do you have stashed? Haha. I did go out and fully gear out one of my toons with MF gear though. I was halfway there when the announcement came out. I wanted to wait to see what the word was on the existing MF stat. Once I got that, I said F it and finished gearing my character out.

Brother Grimm.5176:

I at first felt Celestial needed a boost of some sort for removing MF, but after reviewing the math between it an other top tier sets, it was actually well above the other sets from the start. Removing the MF is just fine.

On another note, according to the redit blog post by a Dev, they will be sending out some consumable items to everyone that owns equipment that has MF being stripped (or changed) that increase your Account wide MF (at least that’s how I read it). Not exactly sure how they are calculating what should be sent or if this will be abusable or not (stock your bank with Explorer gear and get tons of MF consumables when the update happens)?

I was thinking too that the Dev’s knew that MF was being taken out. They talked about it months ago. Seeing as Celestial was just introduced, they most likely did so with full knowledge that the MF stat would go away.

I was actually starting to wonder if ANET was adjusting the difficulty of the invasion events so that they do in fact fail more than succeed.

This way when they continue further on, they’ll last longer and be more difficult? Just a thought I had.

direpath.4712:

Delvoire.8930:

Labor Day.

This holiday only applies to us Americans though……

I don’t see a logical reason why ANET would cater to just Americans and also change their normal patch day…

Not true. It is a stat holiday in Canada as well, possibly the UK too (?)

Yep.. I just looked it up and Canada was actually the inspiration for America to start doing Labor Day as well. They are the only two countries that do it on the first Monday of September. Others do it in October and then there is May Day too.

Learn something new every day.

Evolut.2398:

Us white walkers up here in the north also get the labour day holiday as well as ’mericans. That is of course pending that our internet connections can be maintainted throughout the bitterness of the year round winter we endure here beyond the wall.

But I totally agree with OP

Ouch. My bad, I didn’t realize Americakitten (ok.. looks like I can’t put an S and then follow that up with the word Hat without it being censored….) got the day off as well

I kid btw. I love Canadians but really didn’t know we share that holiday.

I agree with the OP that SAB can be a little boring, even for an old school gamer like myself..

I’ll pop in and check it out. Then get back to gearing all my toons.

Labor Day.

This holiday only applies to us Americans though……

I don’t see a logical reason why ANET would cater to just Americans and also change their normal patch day…

This thread has actually made me want to get Celestial gear now. It looks like the stat boost is rather good. Without the MF, it looks to be a good gear to get still.

Just looked through the MF thread to get more clarification on the Utility thing.

From the way it looks, the MF will be taken out of that Utility Fusion. It will switch to a different stat though. I believe I read that right as I dug through that thread.

They also said that the Runes and Sigils for MF will have a new/different stat combo. So that answers the OP question.

Wait.. they said that MF Utility Infusions would stay? That doesn’t make sense.

I’m still having a good amount of fun with it. I’ve completed all the achievements aside from the Playhouse Perfectionist one, and I don’t really care if I get it or not, and now have decided to farm these while it’s available.

Yesterday I farmed 3 of the events and got some good returns from it. A couple exotics, a handful of rare, and more mats than I can shake a stick at. Boosted my gold up some, bought some gems… Yeah, last night was a good night for me

I’ll be interested to see how these invasions play out as the weeks go on.

The crafted Ascended gear will be account bound. The crafting materials will not be though.

Scroll down the “Crafting taken to 500!” section.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/looking-ahead-guild-wars-2-in-2013/

TehPwnerer.7215:

PlagueParade.7942:

Zumy.6318:

T8, Gift of Gemstore

They already have thakittens called “Box o Fun” to make the gift of entertainment for quip and the moot.
(Where did the kitten thing come from I didn’t put a curse word there just a period and a couple of spacebars!)

That’s a joke right? They don’t actually require gem store items for a legendary, do they?

Edit: sadly, nope. It’s not. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gift_of_Entertainment

Yeah.. but “Box o ’ Fun” doesn’t need to be purchased from the gem store. You get 1 for every achievement chest. I have like 10 of them in my bank…..

I see what you’re saying Thrash.

I don’t fully agree with it though. I think we are both looking at that definition and fitting it into our own thought process.

My experience with MMO’s is small, only recently playing DCUO and SWTOR, and both failed greatly in my eyes. I wasn’t a fan of the the Raid and token collecting of DCUO and I never even got up to gearing in SWTOR as the servers were to dead to keep me playing. GW2 has been great though. The Ascended gear doesn’t upset me in the least. I wish all of the community felt the same.

Brendar.3548:

It’s possible it’ll work like like the +bonus attribute sigils. For example, you can’t have a superior sigil of force on two one handed weapons as they don’t stack. I feel this would be the best way to do it. Only two-handed weapons and infusions, or the main hand weapon and infusion gives AR.

That’s what I was thinking as well.

For the non AR boosts it would work the same as normal. Your stat boost would be for skills 1-3 and then 4-5.

Thrashbarg.9820:

This is the point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_creep
Anyone telling you something else is deluded or lying to sell you something.

The introduction of ascended gear turned me from “fanboy” to disillusioned cynic instantly.

To those still under the impression that higher numbers equals higher skill, I’m sorry, not trying to offend you, just trying to show reality.

That power creep definition is way off on what is going on with Ascended gear. Look closely.. it states the “successive additions”. We aren’t getting successive additions of gear… Look at DCUO. Launches with T1, then T2 comes out, then T2.5.. and now T3. That would be a power creep. The T1 gear, originally the best gear in game, has now become irrelevant.

Ascended Weapons are not the same as this at all. Seeing as Legendary Weapons were here upon launch and were the highest gear you could get, that still will hold true with Ascended Weapons.

spalt.6938:

I wish they’d replace is with something, even if it’s a non-combat stat.

Like +Gold Find or +Experience.

Hell, +Sparkles even.

If they added +Sparkles, I would head home right now and start crafting Celestial gear.

/justsaying

OoooOo. Another Skyler production. Good work man, keep it up. I know these were a hit for the Jubilee update.

Eidola.9148:

As for the 8-bit vs 16-bit… 8 bit graphics were pretty horrible back in the day, very limited resolutions and pallets were all that were available, which is why I thought SAB would be closer to 16-bit graphics than 8-bit ones.

HOW DARE YOU SAY 8-BIT IS HORRIBLE!!!!!! Pitfall may be one of the best games ever made. 8 bits of glory and fun.

Beorn Raukar.4328:

Actually, we never really kill her. Right before her health completely goes down she turns invulnerable and she mumbles something like ’it’s not my time to die’ and then laughs maniacally and teleports (you can tell by the animation). We never truly kill her, that is why later we see her at the funhouse, and she keeps invading after this LS chapter ends.

^^ That would be the answer to your question.

MastaNeenja.1537:

I don’t mind SAB because it basically has nothing to do with anything it’s just for fun. But I could have done without every Living Story arch that’s been created since the first time SAB came around.

Just wait until Scarlet’s Invasions start hitting SAB. that will be fun!

Namica.2951:

Kal Spiro.9745:

Delvoire.8930:

For the Fractal people, if you’re grinding to get Agony and Ascended for Fractals.. that’s your choice. You don’t need to do it.

I was with you up to here. Fractals is actually the deviation from the treadmill policy. But you’re still right, of course. Fractals were a concession to the people who actually want this. It was originally an experiment, but it was a successful one. It gave the people who wanted a treadmill, despite it being against the foundations of the game, a way to experience that, without interfering with anyone else.

So if you’re doing this because of Fractals you’re doing it because that’s what you actually want to do and enjoy. So you still have no place to complain.

It also had the effect of causing WvWvW becoming part of the Fractal Treadmill. Ascended should only have fractal resists on them if thats the point. The way ascended is implemented though, they become a NEEDED function for WvWvW, and something that you will always feel you need for PvE since you KNOW you’re not doing as well as you could be if you’re not using ascended.

They implemented the Ascended gear in WvWvW itself to help those players who were against having to do fractals for them. You can buy them with Badges in the WvWvW zone. They also added the Ascended gear via laurels and guild tokens.

Really the only grind is to get the Agony infusions and that you only need for the Fractal itself.

I’ll agree that adding that Ascended tear over Exotic can be rather frustrating for the player base. I’m personally like it. It was that missing piece IMO. Now instead of grinding out for 7 months or so to get a Legendary weapon, I can now craft an Ascended weapon that will be equal in stats but just not be as fancy looking or have cool effects. I like that.

Lisa.6102:

Lafiel.9372:

I have a sneaking suspicion that SAB is going to be a let down like every other sequel in existence.

Oh come on nothing could be as bad as Dirty Dancing 2 or Grease 2 …………… or could it?

Clerks 2 was better…. Just sayin

I personally loved the 8 kittenests and characters in the open world. I’m an old school gamer though who grew up on 8bit and thought it was amazing just to get 16 bit and 32 bit games…

Kal Spiro.9745:

Delvoire.8930:

For the Fractal people, if you’re grinding to get Agony and Ascended for Fractals.. that’s your choice. You don’t need to do it.

I was with you up to here. Fractals is actually the deviation from the treadmill policy. But you’re still right, of course. Fractals were a concession to the people who actually want this. It was originally an experiment, but it was a successful one. It gave the people who wanted a treadmill, despite it being against the foundations of the game, a way to experience that, without interfering with anyone else.

So if you’re doing this because of Fractals you’re doing it because that’s what you actually want to do and enjoy. So you still have no place to complain.

That’s what I meant. You put it more delicately though. Thank You

Kal, you are hitting the nail on the head.

There is no gear treadmill here. You CRAFT the new ascended gear…. I mean.. holy crap. You craft blues, greens, yellows, and orange/gold right now. THIS IS NOT DIFFERENT.

You don’t even need the Ascended gear to play the game. I have 5 toons and each only wear one piece of Ascended gear and it’s not for Agony Resistance. I’m fine and dandy playing EVERY piece of content in the game this way as well.

As Kal said, the gear treadmill is when you NEED the gear to play the content and thus must GRIND to get that gear. Far from the case in this game.

For the Fractal people, if you’re grinding to get Agony and Ascended for Fractals.. that’s your choice. You don’t need to do it.

Or don’t calm down and just stop playing altogether.

Personally I love all the LS updates, all the additions and changes to the game over the last year. This game is not the same game that came out 1 year ago. It’s better. It has me more entertained and ready for the next event/patch/update/change to come.

SAB, i’ll pass on a little. I’ll most likely drop in a time or two, or maybe just to get one weapon skin. I’m more excited to see the direction that the Scarlet Invasions will go and how that story will continue to play out.

It could either mess it up, or give another place to acquire those Ascended trinkets. Then again, the community outcry would be tremendous. I mean.. look at the MF outcry right now.

spalt.6938:

Delvoire.8930:

Sigils do boost stats…..

Superior Sigil of Bloodlust gives you +10 Power for every kill.. (max 25 stacks)
Superior Sigil of Perception gives you +10 Precision for every kill.. (max 25 stacks)

Now you’re just being silly…

Anyway, I have another important question though, how will Infusions factor in for 2-handed weapons. Will there be two infusion slots (i.e. we can socket 10 agony resistance) or will we be stuck with a max of 5 agony resistance unless we dual wield two 1-handed weapons. I’ve already felt the pinch with being able to use only one sigil but will we get the shaft with infusions also?

haha I was just responding to the people who said sigils don’t boost stats, when they do. Perhaps not from the get go, but you do get a stat boost.

The 1h vs 2h question is a rather good one though.

Sigils do boost stats…..

Superior Sigil of Bloodlust gives you +10 Power for every kill.. (max 25 stacks)
Superior Sigil of Perception gives you +10 Precision for every kill.. (max 25 stacks)

They’ve already said that you’ll be crafting the new materials needed for Ascended items. It will also be time gated, so the grind will be more of a slow process.

It will also help keep Exotic weapons relevant. Where Ascended will be more locked into a stat combo, you’ll be able to diversify more with Exotic weapons but just lose a fraction of stat max.

Yep, as JayMack said, you need to beat the Playhouse first before you can access the Crown Pavilion.

You should have been here during launch. Black Lion Keys dropped like candy. They were all over the place and also when you opened a chest, 9/10 you would get another key back.

Miss those days. I think I’ve gotten 2 or 3 total since they patched that.

They can easily add in Ascended weapon skins to the Dungeon vendors and just make them more expensive then the Exotic ones.

I’m more excited for the Crafting/MF changes than I am for SAB to be honest. SAB is fun but can get boring rather quickly…. IMO

Read the Update page… You’ll still be able to play world 1. You’ll even be able to try the new Tribulation Mode on it.

Did you beat Scarlet’s Playhouse?

Can we get any type of idea on what will happen to our current Magic Find stat on armor and trinkets?

I’m happy to see this update coming, but I’m wondering what will happen to my armor now. What happens to my Ascended Amulet that gives a good MF boost as well as the 25% MF infusion?

I don’t think any developer has commented on this yet.

Have you tried adjusting your graphics option before fully loggin in? You can do this at the character select screen.

Many are thinking that the culling adjustments is a cause of the DC issues. Try adjusting that to it’s lowest setting.

Also, you’d be best served if you posted a bug issue like this in the bug forum.

The only inflation i’ve noticed is the gold to gem exchange rate… but that’s been on the rise since launch. 50 silver could net you 100 gems. Now you need like 6 gold..

You should most likely report this in the bug section.

Lots of people have the 13/13 done so it could be isolated to certain PC’s, or servers or something.

I think some of you are missing the mark here a little bit.

See, and this is just IMO, I think the event will continue to go on because it is a part of the story. So moving forward, we don’t beat Scarlet (yet) and for at least a few months the invasions will persist (just less of them) to lead us up to one big confrontation with Scarlet.

I don’t think the invasions will continue for years so that when/if new people buy the game in a year they can play this same content. The story will evolve and in a years time, the continent of Tyria will be battling Scarlet head on or licking our wounds after a huge show down.

As for the invasions moving forward. They’ll be less often (not every hour), will most likely last longer than 45 minutes, and will scale. Again, just IMO.

Have you done the portal invasions?

Destroy them. Not only do the come back and upgrade the other minions, but destroying them helps with the progression bar of the event. As you destroy those, they hurt the portal overhead.

Solid Gold.9310:

I have no idea where I am with any of it, I did keep a list on a bit of paper but I don’t know which maps counted as being successful or not.

So I will have to keep doing maps until I get lucky.

We have records for everything else, why not this ?

Just an FYI, but it doesn’t matter if you were successful or not. All that matters is if you were there for the invasion on 1 of the 13 maps.

I need only Frostgorge.

rizzo.1079:

Farming Flats.5370:

Frostgorge finaly happened on Yarks bend today … .. i had to stay up until 1:00AM .. thx A.net …

i have all achievement except but i have 10/13 … i have no idea how i will be able to complete this .. limited time to play + map rotation is always the same when i log in.

Just like QJ, the dailies count towards the meta.

That’s correct for the 16 achievements you need for the Watchknight Tonic. That does not apply for the achievement of doing all the maps for the invasion. For that, you do indeed need to be a part of the invasion on all 13 maps. Win or lose, you get the achievement.