Guild Wars 2

There won’t be any feature builds or spvp improvements. Those things won’t come until late March or early April.

This patch will just be the two new world bosses, one temporarily (Marionette)the other permanent (Jungle Wyrm), and some new rewards. That will be all until 2 weeks later.

So ANET just posted up this screen grab on their Facebook page. It’s very interesting. In the comments they even point out the object on the left that has a slight glow. Thought I’d share this with everyone.

To the OP, as many have said, we shouldn’t have to convince you. If you want to play or don’t, that’s your decision. You should always play any game with your free time and enjoyment in mind. If you have neither, move along

I personally can’t wait for this new content. Looks exciting and fun to me.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Decimator.9128:

Scarlet is testing her robot so she can prepare for a fight with Primordus. Her five alliances are to handle Primordus’ minions, and I’m sure this giant robot has something to do with confronting the dragon itself. Basically an alliance with the power of the Pact (which killed Zhaitan), if not greater. The mysterious probes all across Tyria are probably to monitor Primordus’ movement. If this is true, it’s pretty interesting.

That actually makes a lot of sense… I had no idea what she was going to use a robot that big for… but they have a lot of story and fixing to do before I would believe that. I mean her whole campaign has been to kill all the people of Tyria, why would she care about the dragon?

This made me think about something. Scarlet hasn’t been trying to kill the people of Tyria though. She’s been testing them. The invasions have been a test against Tyria’s defenses. The whole time she’s also been laughing about what we think we know, we don’t and that we are all puppets to some greater power or some such. What if what she saw was that Primordus or some other dragon was actually controlling things in Tyria and she is actually trying to combat that her own way.

Hmmm… This is an interesting theory.

I think the may draw to the convenience of this is that you don’t have to worry about carrying a stack of food and consuming it every half hour. You just need one that last 12 hours. Seems like a decent pay off for 150 gems. I’m thinking of getting all 3 new Gem Items to be honest.

Actually.. I’ve just read through Marjory’s Short Story that was posted to the site some time ago. You can find it on the Wiki if you’d like. The part that’s interesting is with E. Please read below.

I stood slowly, and as I reached my full height, a body came up gently behind me. Arms wrapped so intimately around me that my fight or flight instincts never kicked in. Then, a knife appeared at my throat.

I froze. When you’ve been had, there’s not much you can do but listen.

A deep voice whispered next to my ear, “Calm.” I sensed no necromantic power radiating from my captor. This was someone different. “The man you’re chasing is Kraig the Bleak. Magic for hire. You’ll probably never see him again.”

I asked, “Who are you?”

“Listen closely,” the deep voice said. “There are forces at work in this city, in this world, that will take us all down if we let them. Together, you and I can make a difference.”

My body was relaxing, senses expanding, and I’d finally caught my breath. “And what a positive start to our relationship.” My sense of humor was even returning.

“One you won’t forget. I’ll be in touch. You can call me E.”

Before I knew it, I was released, throat intact. I spun around, but no one was there. My captor—E—had left me standing, alone, on a moonless night, at the edge of a cobblestone street that smelled of rotting vegetables and dog droppings, and all I could think was, I need a new job.

From this, E seems to be a Human Male. At least that’s my best guess.

NinjaChris.9340:

I sincerely hope they don’t do this.

Braham and Rox work good as a duo and Kasmir and Marjory do too. Shackling the 4 (plus a yet unannounced asura) to each other would just not make a lot of sense, as there is no reason for them to actually stick together. Sure, let them fight Scarlet as a team, but don’t force creating a team just “because Destiny’s Edge did it”.

If they kill off Kasmeer that’d be fine (though I hope she lives, since I like her) but if they insist to introduce a sylvari into a group that already feels forced just so very playable race can be part of it, that’d just be a stupid idea.
AN’s insistence on involving every playable race in their stories in equal measure is the exact reason why a lot of the Personal Story was as bad as it was. If they want to show us that they’re turning over a new leaf with their storytelling approach, they must stop doing things because of equality and inclusivity, and focus of just telling a good story.

It doesn’t seem like it’s forced. Due to circumstances, both the duo of Rox and Braham and Marjory and Kasmeer have been working together or near one another. I mean you can find all 4 now at the Dead End as it is. So they are talking and hanging out and getting to know each other better.

It just doesn’t seem far fetched to me and has been slowly coming together.

It would suck if Kasmeer dies. She’s the first of these characters that we met if I’m correct.

Rym.1469:

Hmm.. WP said in the video that reviewer from Eurogamer interview actually asked if the voice is the dragon.
And, sadly, they replied : “No, not dragon”

Perhaps it’s the three headed wurm, a champion of the Jungle Dragon.

Dalent.9358:

What letters are you guys talking about? I haven’t seen anything about this.

During Dragon Bash I think it is, perhaps sooner, the players began getting letters from Mr. E. He helped point us in the direction of Marjory in order to figure out who killed one of the Lions Arch Council Members.

A couple examples are below.

E

Seek out Marjory Delaqua

Chris RJ.1843:

Something the ‘voice’ said immediately stood out to me. He says that she may have to kill “every last one of us.” Now this is peculiar because it’s a very exclusionary statement.

We know that all of the races (save perhaps Largos) we have encountered have so far been affected by Scarlet’s shenanigans. This would put the speaker solidly outside the realm of races we have encountered or are familiar with.

Additionally he says that Scarlet MIGHT have to kill all of us. He says something alone the lines of “even if she has to kill…” This sounds very conditional to me. It lets on that Scarlet’s goal may not be destruction of the world (or something along those lines) or killing for the sake of killing.

The third observation is really a combination of those last two points (and assumes that both are true). If we assume the voice is a 3rd party we have not yet encountered and that Scarlet is not necessarily seeking to destroy the main races (but is willing to if needed), it might be reasonable to think that this voice may be either the target of her actions or feels passively threatened by it.

He speaks to us about Scarlet being a threat, yet makes it clear he is not ‘one of us’. Why is he warning us? Is he neutral or an enemy?

Folks have been saying it could be a dragon. I’m not sure (since they are all supposed to be forces of nature without much cognitive ability…iirc). Anyways… things to consider.

Or it could just be an achievement grind fest with literally nothing I just talked about….annnnd I just let myself down with the LW yet again

He doesn’t say “every last one of us”. He says “every last one of you”, which basically kills your theory. Sorry

I would put money down that it’s an Elder Dragon or Dragon Champion that is the narrator. Or at the least, like some have said, it’s just a voice over and means little to the plot. Since they haven’t done that at all yet, I don’t think that’s the case though.

Elder Dragon has my vote and this new Three Headed Wurm is one of it’s Champions.

How much does it cost in Gems?

Also, according to the blog post it’s supposed to make nourishment last as long as the Metabolic Primer does, correct? If not, then it’s bugged?

I just jumped on top of that wrecking ball naked and swung like a champion. I sang my heart out too while I did it.

Ehh.. ehh.. anyone?

Fiontar.4695:

I honestly do not see new zones as much of a likelihood. It seems clear they decided the game world was too big and thus turned to developing content designed to concentrate players in one place each month.

You should read some of the new articles put out today. One of which states they are working on new areas, professions, races and other stuff. That that stuff will be in the GW2 game, just no time table.

Xarius.6120:

In the past LS video there was a female voice to introduce them, now a strange male voice, that’s the first difference from all the others; probably to make notice the changes that will come.

BTW, what the hell does he say?

Youtube actually has a Closed Caption feature.

He says, and I quote, “She has grand designs…She will succeed at all costs…Even if she has to kill every last one of you…”

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Orpheal.8263:

I would have expected something better and when they implement a new World Boss, that it is really something completely new.

Bloodtide Coast is a good place for the patch ,the place has alot of water and could have been used for givign the game more underwater content, like an Underwater World Boss, something cool, like the Kraken for example, which would have been a thousand times better, than just another silly wurm

I agree. This would have been an excellent opportunity to give us an underwater world boss and some more underwater content finally.

But alas, this aspect of the game, it appears, is once again going to be ignored.

Eww.. I would hate more underwater stuff personally. My lvl 80 toon with some Ascended gear still has a lvl 5 breather. Not a fan of getting wet.

Destai.9603:

Nike.2631:

Nick.6972:

CDI threads won’t change anything, you can make your constructive criticism all you want. There have been tons of good well thought out threads before anything of this was happening with zero arena net replies or which were simply closed/locked.

Which should explain the difference right there: The CDIs come with an actual Dev reading them. The tons of random good well thought out threads created a cacophony that buried its own potential value. Yes, we lose the freedom to post anything at any time and pretend to ourselves that someone there must have read it maybe, in exchange for 100% of the posts on-topic getting read and Dev responses a couple times a week. That’s a step up.

And as to ‘CDIs: not changing anything’, you do realize up until this last December they never revealed plot more than 2 weeks in advance – and now they’ve told us clearly and specifically “We’re wrapping up the Scarlet thing in 4 more releases.” That willingness to open up a little and relieve our fears this… plotline… might go on for the entirety of 2014 was a direct result of the Living Story CDI.

In that case, I hope the devs can announce which things were a direct result of the CDI threads. Anything short of that is speculation.

They do plan on that actually. There’s been talk of the Devs going back to CDI threads and pulling out exact posts that have impacted the developing side of upcoming things.

Rawrawrr.7195:

Galen Grey.4709:

Can we at least wait until we play these encounters once before deciding they’re horrible?

Belenwyn.8674:

It would be a bad move to unveil the big surprise – may it a dragon or not- in the first release of the four remaining.

Please, yes, trailer is out since an hour and this thread is already filled up with so much negativity …

It really feels like whatever Anet will come up with, people are gonna come here to say how much they’re disappointed to not see in a 1 minute long trailer a Dragon, Gods, the Underworld, people killing Scarlet ten times, or the opening of a brand new dungeon in the Floating castle in Kessex Hills.

It’s why the CDI threads are compiled of good discussion and creative banter. Unlike most of the forums which is filled with vile and negativity for people who post only on behalf of their own needs and wants.

Harsh are the people who want a game created only for themselves to enjoy.

Julian.8326:

There’s also a preview on Joystiq:

http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/01/14/exclusive-preview-of-guild-wars-2s-origin-of-madness-release/

After all the speculation regarding the DO NOT TOUCH things throughout the world, about the magical leylines of Tyria, the Elder Dragons, Primordius and the Destroyers awakening… and I all we get is a big wurm… I’ll be very, very disappointed…

It’s eluded in the article that the Wurms are just the beginning basically. They aren’t happy about the Thumpers, but that’s not why the Thumpers are there.

Also there are 3 more updates after this one for the story. I doubt that this new Wurm is the big baddy that will rock Tyria to it’s core.

Meglobob.8620:

So if you love Tequatl then your going to love this update…

Otherwise, a part of the Bloodcoast ends up a ‘dead’ area, just like Sparkfly Fen is dead on most servers now…

Awesome…

Who even goes to Bloodtide Coast now anyways? lol There’s no reason to.

Arnath.2319:

sigh… all this hype about the final four releases, fist patch back from a long break and what do we get? Two boring world bosses that will either be to hard and abandoned like the new Tequatl (the most poorly designed epic failure in ArenaNet history) or something like the KarKa Queen who is easy yet no body gives a kitten about it because of its location and effort involved to spawn it.

I honestly was expecting something good in these final four releases, did they learn nothing from the epic train wreck that was Tequatl 2.0?

Tequatl 2.0 is done very often actually.. People do enjoy that fight a lot.

IDK how any of this looks boring at all. It is your opinion though and I’ll respect that. To me this update looks amazing and way better than throwing snowballs at skritt.

I’m sure there will be a preview page later in the day. It’s only a little after 7AM west coast time. Patience is a virtue.

Yargesh.4965:

Never gotten a key as a drop, just story and map complete. It is very, very easy to farm the lvl 10 story on a human commoner though, not the money grubbing that people like to throw around.

This is the common answer you’ll hear about finding Keys. People recycle a character spot just to get the lvl 10 story done and get the key reward. Wash and repeat.

Vayne.8563:

Delvoire.8930:

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Another thing that has me a wondering a little…. Why add a second world boss to Bloodtide Coast? There are other maps that could use a permanent addition of a world boss.

What world boss is at Bloodtide Coast? I can’t recall any…

The Hydra Queen..you’ll find it under boss achievements. It’s a pain to get that event chain to trigger though.

Edit: Taida Covington by name.

Thanks. I’ve been playing since launch and have never once fought that thing. What a shame.. now I’m interested.

Ohhhh wait. Now I’ve killed her. She’s the pirate that you end up fighting in the ship or something like that. There’s a Skill Point around there too I believe.

Hydra Queen had me thinking a multi-headed monster……kinda like this new Wurm.

LittleLepton.8915:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Ahh, thanks, Little. I’m not much of a guester, though. That just seems to compound the no one-around-on-maps problem. But, thanks for the tip! =)

No problem.

My husband really doesn’t want to transfer off his server to mine, and he hates guesting, but the other day he guested to quickly finish his daily and I think he fell in love.

It’s interesting how guesting itself likely causes more transfers than it prevents.

I guested to TC Divinity’s Reach the other day. It was…. interesting to say the least.

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Another thing that has me a wondering a little…. Why add a second world boss to Bloodtide Coast? There are other maps that could use a permanent addition of a world boss.

What world boss is at Bloodtide Coast? I can’t recall any…

Mortifer.2946:

Medazolam.3058:

I think the wurm is a side effect of the ‘mysterious probes’, scarlet trying to awaken a specific dragon has also riled up this new wurm.

It was thinking the same

Yeah after reading the article it sounds more like the Wurm is just a side effect of the Thumper Probes and not the end result that Scarlet is seeking. They likened it to earth worms coming up when the ground is wet and people stomping/walking on the ground and them coming up.

I’m sorry.. but that giant Puppet String Watchknight looks just awesome.

Very awesome video. I can’t wait.

Oh man.. That video was freaking awesome. I’m so very pumped for next week!

I thought it was the Queens Jubilee that was keeping all the humans happy and safe….

For those who dig on the story, there is an aspect you may not know.

The writers don’t put their story into the game. They write it out and then others would implement that action into the game. This is changing now and the writers will be able to add their story points in and that could change a lot of things.

For instance if they wrote a small part for a kittenaracter, the other person putting that into the game may not know the context or the reason and won’t fully implement that scene or character as the writer envisioned it.

So long story short, we could see better implementation of the story now that the writers will be adding those parts into the game themselves.

I’ve liked the story arch thus far. It’s been entertaining. Is it award winning? Nah. My expectations for video games isn’t that high though. I play for cheap thrills. Final Fantasy 7 had a good storyline and it was a good game. Toejam and Earl had a crap story line, but yet it still was a good game.

MastaNeenja.1537:

I gotta say from Dec 10 to Jan 21 has been great so far, and it proves that yes we can survive just fine without having an update happen every two weeks.

i disagree with this. I’ve been waiting for a next LS update for at least a week or so now. I’m ready for Wintersday to be over.

I’ve enjoyed the LS over the last year and it’s kept me entertained and playing this game. Without it, the champ farms, CoverageVsCoverageVsCoverage, Dungeon farming, and sPvP would be very stale very fast.

He can corrupt Chickens but not Skrit!?!

I’d say no.

The gifts are really crappy for rewards. Just my opinion though.

Thanks I’ll try this.

Thanks everyone. Yeah I’m now looking at a better Alienware rig instead that’s only slightly more expensive.

Thanks for the input again.

Does this no longer count towards weapon swap on a sigil?

I know before I had Superior Sigil of Battle so when I swapped attunements I’d get a 3stack of might. I now notice this doesn’t happen.

Was this patched or nerfed?

I haven’t used my staff in months so hadn’t had a chance to really notice until now.

Unless that Intel Core is the CPU.. idk. I’m a PC Noob when it comes to the technical side.

Intel Core i5-4440
8GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz

Sadly it doesn’t tell me the CPU..

I’m looking to get a new PC sometime soon in hopes to run GW2 at a higher setting than I currently do. Presently I’m running on low beyond low settings as my 2 year old Lap Top is the only thing I play it on.

So anyways.. looking at this PC I see the video card is an Intel HD Integrated Graphics card.

My question to the community is, will this be able to play the game at a medium to high setting?

I received my backpack on Wednesday.

That would be……. Awesome.

The Thumpers along the ley lines will cause a shift in time.. either future or past and this will cause great turmoil across Tyria as two time periods merge!

That’s my theory anyways

Perhaps the the Thumpers along the ley lines will cause the world of Tyria to time jump?

It’s an obvious point to the Thumpers, their work at whatever is underground and what that will cause.

Curious that it was sent as a metronome. An object to keep time, but with music and beats and not the actual telling of time like a clock. Remember before the Clockwork invasion Scarlet (ANET) sent out those pocket watches to a few people with a very similar inscription/poem.

If you know the paths and the ways.. all the dungeons are pretty easy if the group is competent. Aside from Arah which i’ve never done.

I do AC path 1 and 3 and CM path 1 daily as I have them down fairly well and can lead a team through them both.

It’s best to study the dungeon paths though via Youtube or something so you know what to skip, where to stack, and what can make a dungeon easier.

I take my Elementalist through both AC paths as Ice Bow skill #4 is highly essential.
I then take my Thief through CM since the stealth is a great tool to use towards the end of the dungeon where you need to sneak by large groups of bandits.

TLDR and to answer the OP. Just study and learn the paths and they are all easily done.

Who gave you this idea?? #1 or #2?

CureForLiving.5360:

darwin.2790:

OMG. Kinda shocked with the answers for living world.
I really hope that there will be more of permanent content, more interesting bosses (molten duo!!), more beautiful maps etc.
Lets see how this will turn out.
Thanks for the feedback guys

Agreed, the last year wasn’t horrible but as I look at the game world now and how it was at launch (ignoring technical and mechanical changes) it does feel like the world hasn’t really evolved and grown all that much (i.e. not particularly living).

I agree that I’ve liked the LS and that it will continue. I’d have to disagree that the changes to the game world haven’t been felt. From launch til now, there are have been some great additions and not only from a LS point of view.

Map Changes can be found in the following;
Kessex Hills
Wayfarer’s Foothills
Disseau Plateau
Southsun Cove
Twilight Arbor
Lions Arch
Divinity’s Reach

Then there have been some nice QOL updates.
Champ bags
Tequatl
Fractals
Wallet
LFG tool
Crafting
Ascended Gear
Legendary Stat Swap
No MF armor

Honestly the game is very different and has been changed since launch. The best part is, it’s all be with no sub fees or expansion costs.

Cheers to ANET.

I’m just ready for new content. The end of the Toxic event and Wintersday is something I can look forward to as it will give me a new path to go along as I do my daily events in the game. Dungeons, Farming, WvW and Crafting are beginning to stale without some new Living Story updates.

Xista.7391:

cainejw.7142:

As soon as I saw “January 21st” I asked myself, “Why not January 20th when MLK Day means many Americans are off and can flock to the game?”

Anet has really lost its mojo. The pacing of the LS is off and even the timing is off. What happened to the quality studio that just got it?

Because not everyone that plays this game is an American. Besides that, they’ve always released patches on Tuesdays.

Besides that.. not every American is even off on MLK day….

Aeolus.3615:

Kasmeer will die…

When Kasmeer dies.. this would mean her illusion will be gone and she’ll be nakie, right? Oh how I hope!!