Well The Unique for GW1 End story reward was more for Looks rather than stats.
Sadly in GW2 the Unique looking Weapons are mostly in Mystic Forge recipes or random drop from mystic Forge.
However, I do know some of the Unique weapons can be obtained through Random drop in MF. Such as Adam (a focus weapon)which is the skull Eve had back in GW1 by placing 4 lvl 80 exotic focus into the forge (or if you want to take the chance 4 lvl 80 rares)
They’re still working on fixing the reward system for the End Story Tokens for Pact Weapons.
Disclaimer: Pact weapons are for looks not stats.
strange since there should be at least 1 unique rifle for Mystic forge since World drops are not unique and have other version of themselves for the other weapon types.
Unique weapons from Mystic Forge are like semi-legendary weapons because of their Unique look that can’t be obtained any where else.
Well there is still a lot of Untested recipes for Unique weapons. So I’ll probably have to wait a while or find one my self.
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Are you prepared to taste the Rainbow?
Has anyone discovered any Unique looking Rifle Recipies yet? I’ve seen only recipes for Unique weapons for all the other weapons in Mystic forge except rifles.
Example of Mystic Forge Unique:
FoeFire Essence:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/7/73/Foefiresessence.JPG
Wall of the Mists:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/d/d3/Ecto-Shield-Preview2.jpg
So how do you see each mentor you get for each Order?
For me it is
Forgal Kernsson: The father figure.
He feels like more of a father figure because of how he treats my character. Even in his last moments he tells you he thought he has no one left to pass on his legacy to after he lost his wife and children until he met you
Sieran: The adventurous friend
Remember that friend back in high school you had that always find life boring and always want something exciting to do with ideas after High School or College he or she would do extreme sports and not care how dangerous they are because he or she enjoy the thrill of extreme sports? Ya that how I see her.
Tybalt: The best buddy and yet strange friend
You just can’t help but feel like a buddy when your with him. Despite his strange love for apples. Even in his final moments he remains a buddy to the very end.
This is Fantasy world but Anet is not making it into one of those 100% fantasies where 80% of the likable character get to live a happily ever after ending and only few of the likable die so everyone else can live like every other fantasy world.
In War people will always die and mostly it will be the people you like. Did you really expect to go fight Zhiatan and see most of the characters you like live expecting only the characters you don’t like or don’t know about enough to die because you don’t care about them enough?
There are no happy endings in war and that what Anet followed with this part of the story when fighting a Elder Dragon and his army.
Cynn and Mhenlo became married near the end of Wind of Change and you can only see this scene if you played Wind of Change in Hard Mode. I think Mhenlo and Cynn remained in Cantha to live their “happy” married life since Mhenlo is the New Headmaster of Sing Jea Monastery in WoC.
Most like we may meet Cynn and Mhenlo’s descendant(s) once we enter Cantha in GW2.
The other Main character’s fates remain unknown since they were not covered in GW1 Beyond.
Lion Arch seems to be a very popular spot to find Dungeon Groups. I can easily find 1 group for each dungeon every time I enter LA looking for members at the same time.
Welcome to how life works in war(especially against a threat that can change the very face of the world *cough*Elder Dragons*cough*).
No matter how hard you try people will die wither you like them or not.
There is no happy endings in war. Only death or the pain that you survived the war while the people close to you died in it.
we’ll probably work as an ambassador/emmissary of sorts, taking the pact to new places, putting someone in charge of that place, and moving on to the next (like we did with trahearne, basically).
Most likely. So far I’m working on my vigil character and going through the story again ,for the 3rd time, I’m starting to think our character role in the Main Story is to be guides for the real Main Characters of GW2. The personal Story starts to feel like how our characters guide certain characters to fulfill certain tasks and destinies the more I play the Personal Story again. Most likely when we reach each Elder Dragon we will have to guide each New Character to complete their destiny they’ve been given so we can defeat each Elder Dragon like Trahearne and his destiny to cleans Orr.
I’m guessing with Jormag we will guide the New Character who will wield the legendary weapon that will damage Jormag’s Tooth in Hoelbrak to fulfill his or her destiny to defeat Jormag.
Makes me think the battle with Jormag will be a escort mission where we fight off Jormags minions and other attacks he sends at us while we clear a path for the Destined Hero or Heroine so he or she can fights Jormag and slay him once and for all.
I hope Anet makes the background clear enough for us to see that Destined Hero or Heroine fight Jormag or put it into Cutscenes.
Here is a Video showing Incinerator.
Disclaimer: That is not my character but the character of the person who posted the video.
Ya Trahearne probably will remain in Fort Trinity to finish restoring Orr since there is still a long way to go. Fort Trinity will most like expand into the Pact’s main base of operation against all Elder Dragons. Of course he will be getting all the paper work as leader of the Pact while we are free to take the fight to the Elder Dragons as the Pact expands. Most likely a new character will take his place for each Elder Dragon we fight.
Well finally found a video showing all Act 1 End Story Weapons.
(Still waiting for Anet to get the End Story token reward to work so I can get them for the weapon look)
As you can see they will not be soulbounded until you equip them to a character so use that 1 token per character properly. Bank them if you must for any new characters you plan to create in the future.
I won’t be surprised about OverFlow.
Anet releasing a Special 4 Act Story which a lot of people will try to complete before the week ends.
I believe he needs a good makeover…
For a nerdy scolar who becomes the hero, he surelly doesn’t show it.
At least have him change gears as the story progress! Have him first appear in simple scholar, non-Sylvari, clothes (to look well traveled) and with a backpack full of books.
Then by the end put him in some kitten armour that fits his sword and position.If A-net re-record his voice acting, it would also be wellcome!
Well that armor set Trahearne had during the cutscene at the end of Battle for Fort Trinity fit that description you say.
I still wonder why Anet didn’t give him that Pact Gear set they had him wear in that cutscene.
Well there may be a 7th Elder dragon because so far we are only aware that the Elder Dragons awakened near or in Tyria. However, it is only with in Tyria area so we don’t know if there are Elder Dragons we don’t know about awakening in Cantha nor Elona because those 2 continents were cut off from Tyria. There could be even more Elder Dragons beyond Tyria, Cantha, and Elona in continents we did not get to explore in GW1 because Anet scrapped expanding on GW1 for EotN to prepare for GW2.
Ya when the 6 gods arrived in Tyria the land was basically damage from a Ancient conflict that has long been forgotten. That conflict most like was the last battle against the Elder Dragons before they went to slumber.
@Thalador
Ya the Elder dragons are a mystery. With their different ideals it difficult for now what each Elder Dragon goals are.
We know they eat magic as food and they’re not doing all these things as mindless creatures but for their own agenda. Only mystery now is the Elder Dragon’s past, what their goals are and how did they end up like this.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Elder Dragons were the original gods of the world before they fell to their 1000 year slumber that Jotun mentioned and before the 6 gods arrived in the world.
If we’re lucky Anet may release something in the Halloween event to allow us to understand Zhaitan’s reason for his actions, if Anet plans on it as part of the 4 Act Halloween Story Anet have already announced starting on October 22nd.
@Red
the 3rd artwork they shown about the area they plan to released for the event with a broken tower, broken stairs, and chaotic zone seems to be the thing you’re looking for.
[img]https://d2vn94glaxzkz3.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/october-2012-concept-3.jpg[/img]
@kong
I said new area in Tyria. I never said anything about a new explorable zone.
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very bottom of the post they just added today about the up coming content in the “Tyria Evolving” section. Right under the section about tournaments.
WOOO!!! October 22nd comes Halloween event a new area in Tyria to explore. What wonderful Lore do you think will be hidden in these new events, jumping puzzles, bosses, mini-dungeons, and achievements?
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Not to be rude but…
I swear you people need to look at necromancy on both sides rather than just believing that it is evil because all our time in life we have been raised to see necromancy as something only “evil” people would us.
Take a look at the other side of necromancy for once in your life than the usually “oh necromancy is pure evil” stuff we’ve been raised to believe.
Necromancers are not bound to being only evil. They can also be good too. Necromancy allows them to learn a lot about living beings biology which is how they know how to control undead minions and why they have a understanding of many creatures biology. Those biology knowledge necromancers learn and have are also sometime used as medical knowledge to help treat diseases or abnormal symptoms in people.
Ya they can use diseases and abnormal symptoms as attacks but it their way of fighting. To use what you learn and know is part of combat and for necromancers the knowledge of biology for undead minions and medical knowledge with disease is what they use.
Ya for now there is little mention of our GW1 heroes in GW2 since they are the forgotten heroes of the past who journeyed with Devona, Eve, Aidan, Cynn, and Mhenlo. Also, it is only now that actually recorded data of our GW1 Heroes are being discovered.
The Hall of Monuments has been lost for years and most likely the Asura Gate was built before it was lost to history. Our GW2 hero only have that teleport stone because he or she inherited the teleport stone some how (either through family or discovering it). (You can only guess how if you’re not a Human race)
I’m interested to see how the GW2 story will be affected now that the lost history of our GW1 hero are being discovered now and they hold very import info that may be used to help our GW2 heroes in the Future Story Acts as hinted through out Act 1.
Well we are only in Act 1 of the story for now.
Did you really expect them to give most of the important info they have planned as future story parts right off the bat when the story of GW2 has just begun?
Well Orr is made to be a battlefield map and it is always dangerous on the front lines of a War. Things lighten down more as you get deeper into Orr and closer to Arah but having high toughness will get you through the Strong Argo enemies in the Orr Maps better.
Trahearne is the only one of the Major characters who wasn’t complaining like a child in Act 1 of Personal Story plus he understood there are much more serious things to deal with than his personal issues.
the Destiny Edge members are good Major characters but they couldn’t stop arguing for 10 seconds with each other until the end of Act 1.
People only hate him because of how Anet handled that part of the Personal Story.
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All I have to say is that you need more toughness. That stat saves my life more times in PvE and you can feel the different with your death rate being much lower with a good amount of toughness in PvE.
I kind of feel sad that our GW1 Heroes actions in GW1 are just being discovered in the ruins of places we once knew in GW1.
So what other things do you think Anet will add into the game that will mention our GW1 Heroes as they expand the world?
So far we have seen
a scroll about the events of Prophecies
and the tome of the Eye of the North events which you know is the journey our GW1 hero turned in for EotN Faction points
@Moonblade their only suggestions not requirements. It for handling the damage you receive if you’re not good at dodge or kiting yet or when a large amount of enemies ignores your NPC allies and goes after you.
If Anet follows the set up they have for Act 1 then in Act 2 we will have….
Continuation of Personal life missions for the first part
Then
Order Missions
and finally
then confront the Elder dragon and introduce a new major character for last part of Act 2.
Well with Zhaitan out of the way we can access Cantha again lore wise. However, what will happen when we go to Cantha is up to Anet. However, the boat ride to Cantha is a good way to introduce the DSD minions. Basically while half way to Cantha our Pact Ships become under attack by the DSD minions and we have to fight them off as part of the Personal Story mission.
After all the Dragons are not bound to their current territory and with the Undead Navy gone it leaves room for the DSD to expand his reach in the world.
If we want to reach Elona we need to deal with Kralkatorrik first since he is somewhere in the Crystal Desert (most likely that giant corrupted spot on the map) unless he begins to flee to Elona as a sign he has not fully recovered yet from his injuries.
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It been bug free for me on my personal story runs but the only issue I have is that NPC allies become too easily defeated on the personal mission where you have to face large groups of enemies sometimes which tends to result with you being out numbered easily.
Not even my defensive build can save me from a large swarm enemies bashing me at once.
Suggestions:
1)Meet the level requirement of the personal story.
2) Have Masterwork or higher rarity type gears.
3) Keep your gear up to your current level (which most people may find difficult to do due to lack of money or lack of crafting level until level 80)
4) balance your stats properly. Don’t focus on pure DPS or it will bite you back in higher levels. Add some toughness to boost your defense, vitality for more HP, or +healing to heal better. (toughness, vitality, and +healing focus save my life more times than the other builds I tried as a Thief.)
5) If you have traits focus on crit and strength then get gears that gives Toughness, Vitality, and +Healing to compensate for your lack of Armor and HP from having that trait build.
6) if you’re melee focused a lot then focus traits on maxing toughness and some Vitality. Also get gears that gives more toughness and +healing so you can last long enough until your healing skills recharges.
That all i can give you for now.
I think people had a too high expectations for the first part of the Personal Story to be a single story with a absolute ending that gives no “to be continued” feeling. Act 1 (Zhaitan Act) seems to only set the stage for future Story Acts rather than being one single story that has people appear only once then never appear again (or seen only once and never seen again) in the future Story Acts.
Anet already announced this a few weeks ago but they’re going to revamp the End Story reward to be like GW1 with a End Personal Story Token that you must trade with a End Story Merchant to obtain exclusive unique looking weapons you can only obtain 1 per character for completing the Personal Story Act for that character.
Anet already announced they’re still trying to get Zhiatan to work properly since the battle with him was never meant to be like the way it currently is. It seems Zhiatan didn’t perform how he originally meant to do when we fight him.
You do know Zhiatan is actually bugged? Anet is still trying to get him to work the way he was meant to fight us. Along with the end Story weapons we can only get 1 per character for completing personal story.
You miss interpret what I said Konig. I said we will go there to find a way to defeat the DSD or find a way to locate him in the unending ocean. I never said we will fight him once we reach Cantha. Most likely only to introduce his minions to us there and discover his location in the Unending Ocean.
If Anet wants they may only allow us to explore the location in the Unending Ocean where he is located rather than make a continent size zone.
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DSD
A small attempt to determine what the DSD may have for a desire. In the Movement of the World, we’re told that it twists water itself – similar to Primordus, it doesn’t seem to corrupt living beings, though we can’t be certain of this yet. Along with this, we’re told by largos that the ocean depths are now filled with “horrors” (sounds very lovecraftian to me). This in of itself doesn’t give much, but it does remind me of a certain NPC who corrupts living beings and transforms them in GW1: Kanaxai. Kanaxai is called a demon, though its origins unknown, and appears fairly humanoid. However, it corrupts and torments individuals by nightmares and horrors, turning them into Oni. Take note, that Oni had tentacles on their faces. And that Kanaxai was underwater when he was trapped by the Jade Sea. Not a solid connection, but a possible one.
Interesting to note is that these aspects of Kanaxai are also shared with Abaddon, though the “corruption of humans” are a bit different (shimmery and aetheral, with fish-like skin – whereas Kanaxai’s “corruption of humans” turns them into grey and… actually a tad bit insect like I think – not really sure how to define that )
If this connection is true, then I would thus link the DSD with the concept or desire of “psychopathy” “madness” or “insanity.” Something that horrors would often bring (once more, sounding lovecraftian).
Ya I’ve been think that Kannaxai may actually be a Champion of the DSD but it just my theory since the day he has been announced. One thing I noticed is where he was placed in the Jade Sea which is “the Deep”. The location is a very deep part of the Jade sea but if you think about what it may have been before it became the Jade Sea it would of been a Deep part of a Sea. Not to mention the name of the Luxon dungeon “the Deep” keep making me think of the Deep Sea Dragon. Putting these theory together I can only assume we will meet the Deep Sea Dragon once we reach Cantha and “the Deep” is where we may find info about how to defeat the Deep Sea Dragon or find out where he is located in the Unending Ocean.
As far as i remember it was something along the lines of the dragons wanting to mindlessly consume everything and just changing it in the process (ice minions on jormag, crystal for kral, etc), not exactly sure about the perfection part..
The Elder dragons are not mindless and have a intelligence that will allow them to command their minions properly through their champions but they do have the desire to consume all magic to survive. However, they also have their own agendas as well.
Zhaitan wanted to consume magic not only as food but also because he represent the Desire for Immortality so he wanted to keep living. His greatest fear wasn’t the Pact nor any other beings but the thought and fact that he will die.
When Snaff entered Kralkatorrik’s mind he discovered Kralkatorrik had a empty void in it. That void is what Kralkatorrik seeks to fill up which leads to his reason to consume life and turn them into branded. He seeks to fill that empty void and long for that perfection he seek.
Actually if you read Edge of Destiny. Glint tells Destiny Edge that back in GW1 a group of adventures she helped suddenly beat her to near death for some unknown reason before they went to save the world from the titans.
That bonus in GW1 did happen since she mentioned it in the book Edge of Destiny.
It is shown in the Book Edge of Destiny when Snaff entered his mind he discovered Kralkatorrik desire only to obtain perfection which is why he went after Snaff because he wanted that perfection he saw in Snaff.
I remember how someone on the “What are the Elder Dragons?” post how each Elder Dragon represents different Dark desires. Thinking about this now, he or she is correct. Each Elder Dragon seems to represent the greatest Dark Desires known to all living beings.
Primordus – Desire for Desruction:
Some where in all of us we desire the destruction of something and deep down we may even desire the Destruction of the world secretly.
Jormag – Desire for Power:
The desire for more power has always lead to corruption in people. It is one of the most common dark desires we have that tend to consume people who have tasted too much power or felt too weak and desired power to change things.
Zhaitan – Desire for Immortality
Deep down people fear death. Many have always fear death for many different reason or for similar reasons. The desire to cheat death and prevent death has been one of the greatest desires people have even today.
Kralkatorrik – Desire for Perfection
We all desire to be something more than we are now. We strive and fight for that perfection we seek but in the end no matter how close we get it still feels so far so we keep going. However, this obsession tends to lead people to being blind to how greatly wrong their actions have been and what you have lost to obtain that perfection.
Deep Sea Drago- ????
6th Unknown Dragon – ???
The last two desires the last 2 dragons we have not meet yet still remains unknown but with the given hints we have on the existence of the 6th Elder Dragon, for some reason I feel that the 6th Unknown dragon may be connected to the Nightmares some how. The 6th Dragon could represent Desire for Madness since the Nightmare represent corruption through madness by corruption the Dream and Sylvari.
Heck my theory on the 6th Elder Dragon is that he(or she) has no physical form but is actually living in the Dream of Dreams and his way of corruption is through the mind which is turning people’s minds into insanity. Since, the Dream is a like a type of mind for the Sylvari it could explain how the 6th Elder Dragon corrupts the Sylvari into becoming the Nightmare Court. Also that Dragon we face in the Sylvari into may have been one of the 6th Elder Dragon’s Champions sent to that part of the Dream to corrupt the newborn Sylvari (aka our Sylvari character) through the Dream like he has always done to the other Sylvari which are now in part of the Nightmare Court.
You will have to anyways if you want to continue to Act 2 of the Personal story. Also for that unique looking weapon you can only get once you beat Act 1 once Anet adds that on October 28
So who do you think will be the next Elder Dragon to be taken down?
I still remember the GW2 Manifesto trailer at the very last scene of that trailer showed a certain frozen dragon we saw in GW1 EotN that is no longer frozen underwater.
I can guess Jormag is next but that also shows that area is mostly complete now in some areas now even though Anet did not release that area in the full release.
If you’re looking for groups I suggest you start searching on Saturdays and Sundays when people don’t have school, college, or work (depending on your job). Those times i tend to see a good amount of people doing dungeon runs.
I swear it seems mostly everyone’s solution is to kill Trahearne. You people need to find other ways to make a story better than kill off a Main Story character because from all the games with horrible story. When they start to kill off characters people don’t like they only end up making the story worse by having a even worse character people hate more take his or her place.
Besides, i don’t find Trahearne much of a issue but just underdeveloped compared to the rest of the character casts. Anet just need to expand more on Trahearne background so we have a better understanding of this character. He even has a better understanding of his situation compared to the other Main characters we meet.