Guild Wars 2

Eeep, Cynz, how could I have forgotten to include Glint’s Lair for the sheer wowness of first viewing?

Here’s one we haven’t seen since 2012: The mini-dungeon where we fought the Mad King under a ghastly moon.

The forum upvote feature is a nice way to quickly acknowledge that you like what someone posted without necessarily adding more forum clutter by just posting a Plus One at them.

The thing is that it greys out when you click it, which is a good way to indicate you already voted. However, I’ve found a number of posts with it greyed out that I did not want upvoted, so I clicked them back to bright red.

Ooops.

I just very belatedly checked my profile to see … and all those that I toggled to bright red? They’re showing as upvoted by me and some of them I absolutely do not agree with, which is why I went to the effort of ungreying them in the first place. Anyone who bothers to see what posts I vote for is going to get a nasty picture of me ><

I know there aren’t too many fixes that can be done to the forums thanks to the contractor situation, so this is more of a PSA to help others avoid looking like jerks due to their “agreeing” with jerk posts.

I believe it is once per alt.

There are two ways to activate a mini. One is from your inventory and that will still have the old disappearing behavior. The other is in the miniatures panel. There, you pick the mini you want to have out in the world, and check the toggle box in the square at the top to make it visible. If you check the box, you’ll have the owl out. It will persist except when a map is so crowded that minis get disabled.

You can add the teragriff to your wardrobe via right clicking it and picking Add to Wardrobe from the drop down. It will no longer be in your inventory, and it will be bound to your account so all your alts can use it from their Mini panel but you can no longer trade or sell it.

I’ve read another saying that when this happens you can still mouse-click the cog on your icons bar at the top of your screen to get your Escape menu, without needing recourse to Alt-F4 or Task Manager.

That was fun and energetic.

/relinks to guildies

It’s a bug. Check the bug forums.

Hmm, if we’re moving to just cool shots as opposed to documenting the moments in the game that made us go “whooooa …. awesome,” then I’ve another that is a blend. I’ve posted this one before. I think it’s the single best screenshot I’ve taken, compositionally speaking. And it shows the “wow” of fighting in the ruins of LA. Even after they announced the crap was about to hit the fan in LA, players didn’t believe they’d really destroy the hub city of the game. Then we got the cinematic, and then we ran in through the gates into choking miasma and Scarlet minions everywhere, we saved civilians and fought watchknights that required map-wide coordination and made it up onto the Breachmaker to a huge group combat set to epic music, which led to an instanced fight against Scarlet herself. So much RP spun off of all that, the echoes remain in plotlines to this day.

They haven’t released that info yet. There’s a datamined text string suggesting pre-purchase is coming, which should be no surprise to anyone. Beyond that we’re all waiting to find out.

I’m sure these forums will explode with multiple threads exclaiming about it once pre-purchase is announced.

Donut.6914:

and then you have to use Ventari and Jalis,

I can’t contribute much to theorycrafting as it’s just not a skill I have. But I do know this part is not correct. There are two more legends yet to be announced and Roy said more than once in the live stream on Ventari that there will be good synergy with the new ones, though he can’t say why just yet because they haven’t been revealed.

EremiteAngel.9765:

TheDuck.4526:

I don’t know if this counts as awe… but it’s definitely bleak in an endearing way

wow i especially like yours!
where did you take those pictures?

That looks like the broken road by Caledon Haven in nw Caledon.

I’m hoping that whenever they give us the info on Guild Halls in HoT, they will discuss other QoL changes they are bringing to guild management. They’ve hinted such things are coming but are completely close lipped on any details.

The rule of thumb is that one button press equals one action. The only in-game combo key I can think of off the cuff is ctrl-T to set a target. So obviously doing a ctrl-T bind would be legit, though note that is one game action. And some people say they like to use a modifier key so they are using 1-5 and shift-1 to shift-5, for example, and that should be bindable as well to let you open up 6-0 for other bindings.

However jump and dodge are two different game actions that can be executed together if you hit the two keys fast enough in the right order and moment. I think that would become clicking one button to do two game actions and would not be allowed.

What do you mean by locked?

Core Spec traits will be bought with Hero Points. You get those for a) leveling up and b) doing skill challenges (blue chevrons on maps). Being level 80 and having around 65 challenges should let you buy every core trait and skill. This change comes before HoT.

Elite Spec traits will be bought with more Hero Points. How many more we don’t know. I’ve added 35 challenges done to each of my alts (so all have at least 100 credited on the Map Completion list) and will add more as needed.

Presumably low level alts still won’t get all the traits.

I have a lot of fun with them, even though I can’t do the timed ones worth a darn.

OP, you mention camera issues. Those used to be really bad but with the camera changes they’ve been vastly ameliorated. Have you tried changing your settings while doing an enclosed JP?

JayAction.9056:

Late August release? Do you guys have amnesia when it comes to content being released for this game or are the rose tinted glasses making things a little blurry?

I mean Im not trying tto be a downer, but with how slow we are getting information about the game, on top of the fact that it’s already JUNE and we still don’t even have an idea of a release date, it’s way more than optimistic to expect in as little as 3 months they will get through all these minuscule previews, announce a release date, and then ship the game.

If HOT drops this year I will honestly be shocked, albeit happily.

Actually we have the clarity of hindsight going.

“On 23 January 2012, ArenaNet announced that Guild Wars 2 would launch by the end of that year, following beta tests throughout March and April.³ On 28 June, ArenaNet announced that the game would launch on 28 August 2012.”

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2

I’ve had a lot of “wow” moments in this game but I have to say the first truly epic moment for me was in the second battle of Claw Island, a month or two after launch. I had no warning of what to expect, no spoilers at all. And suddenly I was charging a freaking dragon in the midst of an army of NPCs while victorious music soared. It’s the soundtrack piece called “Raven Speaks,” or something like that.

Again, there have been many many moments. Many breathtaking moments. Yet I’ll highlight just one more — getting sucked into Omadd’s Machine without any idea what was coming. I was blown away.

I got one, and I am one of the dysfunctional Portal holders. I think they sent them out to anyone they had any indication had been affected — as it happens, I got my gems last night since I was already in contact with them. I replied to the email to tell them not to spend more time checking on my status as I already got the gems.

Some people hate ‘em, some love ’em. I’m in the love camp. Between tickets and depletion of my gold, I’ve got six of them now when frequently I’ll let a whole set go buy untouched.

Does that mean I’d pay hundreds for one? Nope. I don’t have hundreds.

So the question is whether those who do have hundreds or thousands of gold will want them more than they want other things they can buy, and there’s no good way to know that in advance. I suppose you can track the prices on them and compare them to other BL weapon sets in history to see if Daydreamer prices are markedly different. As in, after two weeks on the trader, what is their average sale value? I think some sets have stayed around 70 gold, others well over 100, and then there’s the ones that get removed and they soar.

I’m glad they’re verifying! They already had my info from earlier in my ticket so they added the gems and I found out later when I checked email.

Apparently the error had to do with the game recording the portal drop, and it didn’t affect too many people relative to the general mass of Portal finders. Just a few dozen.

I believe there is a crow finisher, though it adds in a scarecrow.

Here’s your thread for suggesting gemstore items:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Suggestions-Gemstore-Items/page/45#post5119933

Those of you affected, check your ticket emails. They’ve found the cause (though nebulously defined). It affected a few dozen accounts, and compensation has been offered, albeit not a proactive beta invite.

Which I shall take as a hopeful sign that future betas will be as open as were the BWE’s and that we are moving apace towards launch.

For UI I meant visually on the screen. One can hotkey anything on the keyboard, pretty much. Me, I use – to auto-run and = to toggle walk/run and I wouldn’t change that as that is the same in every game for me.

Right now there is quite a bit of symmetry to the hotbar, with boons/conditions balancing the F1-F4 skills/bars and 5 skill boxes on each side of the HP circle. I’m wondering where an 11th skill would go (ditto on the consumables/toys bar that many have requested, nice though it would be to have that).

castlemanic.3198:

Donari.5237:

I read this as saying you see through the Legend’s eyes. Maybe it’s easier to do that if you aren’t doubling up the input with your own vision, but not impossible, hence some Revs will ditch the blindfolds. I can see some RP potential there: an actually blind Rev, or a colorblind one, or a nearsighted one, using the Legend vision to enhance perception. Also different things will snag different people’s attention, so maybe while you channel Ventari you are more aware of the plants around you and when you have Malyx up you spot weaknesses and flaws … that’s a horrid example, I guess, but I’m just feeling my way into this for now.

which makes a bit more sense, but doesn’t explain how they’re able to fight while being blinded. I guess the mist sonar thing works though, it’s the best we’ve got for now.

I wasn’t typing very clearly. I meant the Legend becomes sort of an overlay. It’s not a figure standing off to the side, it’s mingled with the Revenant, so the Rev switches over to its eyes which are pretty much in the same position as the Rev’s. (Don’t ask me how Jalis’ eyes are at, say, norn height … magic, right?).

Yay, it was just the bug!

Ok, I have a friend who makes plushie fern hounds, in a variety of sizes. She can’t mass produce them, naturally, but who wouldn’t want one of these? She does them crouching or sitting, and the tail is free to wag.

Testing — forum bug? I only see a blank reply box, not the whole thread.

We’ll see in just over 24 hours when PoI begins. Well, in just over 24 hours plus however many minutes it takes them to actually start

How about Halloween masks? Quality full rubber ones of characters and monsters, feather masks such as the Jubilee one, etc.

Nope, that is ` / ~ — I was just confused by people saying they use that as an answer to the OP not liking “default.”

Thanks! I was about to say “Dulfy already does this” and then I realized this was a Dulfy post

I use your sites as regular reference for GW2 and TESO and they have saved me much time and effort. All the thanks.

Huh, what is the default key anyway? I thought it was ~ and that’s certainly what I’ve used all along in both GW2 and TESO.

Since Revenant doesn’t come out until HoT, and neither do Elite Specs, I don’t see how Rev could be “first” if several get it simultaneously. Ergo if other professions do get melee staff it won’t be until a second Elite Spec for that profession debuts some time after HoT launch.

VentiGlondi.9830:

I expected each legend to have a bunch of utility abilities to choose from within the legend.

This is quite disappointing.
I hope I can at least change the order of utilities on the skillbar.

In the stress test beta where we first tried out Revenant, you could indeed swap the order of the 7-9 skills. I did so first thing. I assume this remained true for last week’s beta or people would have lit up the forums about the change.

You might want to wait to do Story Arah, however, as that’s being changed to a solo instance to which you can invite friends. If you don’t have any other alts near that this will be your chance to see the new version.

Gaile had a thread asking for our ideas, but that seems to have vanished. I think at the time there were comments about legalities and licensing issues. That said, here are a few ideas:

TShirts, especially the grey/black logo one they showed in a Facebook poll around game launch.
Cell phone covers
Jewelery
Keychains
Plushies
Soundtracks
Replica weapons, possibly in latex form
Towels (terry not velour please ), bath mats
etc etc etc

Go to the Think Geek page and look at all the game/TV-related merchandise and tweak to GW2 stuff.

“A revenant’s signature blindfold isn’t mandatory, either, as revenants don’t become blind as a natural result of their profession. Most of them only wear a blindfold as a tool to help them commune with the legends, who are able to perceive the world through their own senses.”

I read this as saying you see through the Legend’s eyes. Maybe it’s easier to do that if you aren’t doubling up the input with your own vision, but not impossible, hence some Revs will ditch the blindfolds. I can see some RP potential there: an actually blind Rev, or a colorblind one, or a nearsighted one, using the Legend vision to enhance perception. Also different things will snag different people’s attention, so maybe while you channel Ventari you are more aware of the plants around you and when you have Malyx up you spot weaknesses and flaws … that’s a horrid example, I guess, but I’m just feeling my way into this for now.

I’m interested to see if they really meant the -skill- bar changes, not the -utility- bar. If so will it matter what weapon you have equipped as Ventari? And is that good or bad for synergy with a second Legend?

Also, there are a lot of threads with the same title, making it hard to track which one is saying what.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/Revenant-Compassion-As-A-Way-of-Life-1/first#post5121711
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/I-can-outrun-a-centaur/first#post5121897
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Revenant-Compassion-As-A-Way-of-Life/first#post5121798

I believe there was even a dev post stating Revs would get the same race-based start as anyone else, so there was no need for us to “call it.”

What does seem wonky here is the bit about Rytlock has already come back and passed on the secrets. He did all that in 10 minutes? Or are we getting a ret-con and somehow that’s all happening “now” without DE and the biconics knowing about it before they leap into the jungle?

I have RP going. Three of my RP buddies came back to the game in the wake of HoT’s announcement, and we have new guildies joining for more RP, woot! I’ve been gathering skill challenges on my stable of alts, doing odd bits of SW, I helped someone film a machinima the other day.

I also read books, hang out on these forums, play solitaire, join friends for tabletop (Exalted and 5E), avoid housework, grudgingly do housework … I’m eagerly awaiting the PS changes so I can run alts through to see what’s changed there. I’d try Witcher 3 but I’ve read some things saying I can’t remap from WASD. Maybe I can configure a setting on my HEX to put that on my mouse; if HEX lets me set LMB/RMB together as “W” then maybe I can play that.

And every Thursday I greedily refresh the News page on this site until a blog appears

I do like the idea of setting up a racial skill as an “extra.” It would add flavor and immersion. I see some cons, however, and would love to see how you would address them:

UI clutter — Right now all the skills fit in 1 – 0 and F1 – F4 (soon there will be F5). They are in an evenly split hotbar. Where would you put this 11th skill?

Balance — You’re asking to add in another utility which, while designed to be weaker than profession skills, still has an effect on combat. Do you change the racial skills to be cosmetic to compensate? Or if they retain combat effectiveness, how do you set them so they don’t add in any overpowering synergies?

Required race — If you need a certain race to do some certain skill in a place, you are altering a paradigm of this game. The philosophy here is to play the race and profession you want and not be ruled out of parties because you aren’t playing the desired mix. Sure players are human and will set up their own cliques (like kicking necros and rangers out of dungeon pugs), but it’s not intended that a particular mix be better for gameplay than any other. How do you prevent that, if you want special racial skills to make a difference?

Bsgapollo.5364:

Randulf.7614:

Every vendor has a buyback tab. if you sell something accidentally, you can buy it back

thanks, I never even noticed that, how does the pricing work though?

If you sold it for 3 silver then you buy it back for 3 silver. I suppose if you somehow spent all your money before visiting the buyback tab that you would not be able to buy it back, but that seems rather unlikely given that you only get the buyback option while you remain logged in on that map anyway (or in that game session? I haven’t tested it on re-zoning).

(rofl)

I’ll have you know that that, sir or madam, is not dejection but rather quiet contemplation of folly. Were a Norn to settle his or her much more … legendary sized rear upon that bench, no room would remain between oar haft and hip, nor indeed sufficient length of haft for Norn hands to grip.

Though perhaps a Norn need only wiggle the oar slightly in a thumb-and-forefinger grip to provide more than adequate propulsion.

The problem is it won’t automatically go in the invisible bag if you have any other open slots higher up.

You’re late to the party!
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/General-HoT-Launch-Timing-Confirmed/first#post5119292
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/Expansion-coming-this-summer/first#post5116304

This amused me today: I found a rowboat in LA (I was hopping around trying to trigger the new music but only got the dirge once, then ambient sound, but that’s another issue). And I realized that the builder had no idea of actual rowboat use — look at the relative positions of benches and oarlocks.

I suppose it goes along with the aft pennants on sailing vessels in cinematics, eg Claw Island, which stream directly back into the pushing wind … I’m pretty sure things don’t work that way.

Monarc.9726:

Not excited about the Dragonhunter, dislike name and gameplay. It’s just out of step with the Guardian archetype and based on 42 pages of comments there is obviously something wrong here.

I’m fine with the gameplay, not enamored of the name as I’ve stated before. I’m not sure the size of the thread proves something is wrong, however. There have been a lot of the same people posting, a lot of the same thoughts reiterated, and I’d ascribe some of the thread’s lifespan to people jumping on the bandwagon who wouldn’t necessarily have minded the name if they hadn’t seen others lambasting it.

I feel the criticisms of the name choice are valid, at least those that go into thoughtful analysis. I would be happy if a re-name occurred. But I’d hope that if ANet did so it would be due to the valid criticisms and not merely because people were loud enough long enough. Why? Because that would mean they were keeping control of their artistic vision while retaining flexibility to correct things that don’t work, rather than letting a committee of malcontents dictate design.

Ameepa.6793:

What’s up with the old armor sets and other permanent stuff being “available only for 7 days” and price is normal too? Are they going to remove them from the store?

Check the blog https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/daydreamers-wings-honor-guard-finisher-and-mini-beetle-in-the-gemstore/
At the bottom.

I’ve just redone my necromancer sylvari thanks to the Daydreamer wings.

Wreath of Cooperation — Shadow Abyss, Mint
Shoulders hidden (I checked the wardrobe, all of them clashed with the wings or were so tiny I might as well just hide the shoulders I already had)
Snapdragon Coat — Cyanide, Onset, Illumination
Profane Gloves — Redemption
Carapace Pants — Onset, Cyanide, Peanut Butter
Orchid Boots — Deep Glacial Teal, second dye channel has no effect.

Thanks for posting that, Dulfy, as always

I snagged the wings and redid my ‘vari necromancer with them and other bits to fit in. The wings have a nice flap animation when standing still, but the same stiff side-to-side full swing as the Orchid Coat back petals when running. I previewed Daydreamer weapons with the wings … I felt it was overkill of the theme to use the wings and weapon and this look, though I’m still tempted.

Guys, all these specific suggestions should go in the appropriate subforum, most of them in their own threads. The CDI subforum is for developer/player think tank discussion of larger scale projects, and this particular thread is about the methods of contributing to those discussions. If you want your ideas seen you probably don’t want to post them in a highly inactive place that requires no dev attention because there is no active CDI in progress here.