Guild Wars 2

I think it would be easier on people if there was at least one more waypoint further in, because even if you use the LFG tool and find a map with the boss, they definitely die before you can run over. Maybe this will ease when more people have the title, but I’m not sure.

And now this on the GW2 facebook page:

I think there is a pattern. With this update you can by Caithe’s Blossom for crests, and get an extractor for tendons— both the things needed for the previous episode’s luminescent armor skin.

Maybe next episode, there with be an extractor just for fangs and the currently required trinket will be sold for crests.

In fact, I think that must be how it will work, to ensure that people who come along later to get these skins actually have a chance, when the maps are emptier or less organized.

So I guess you may have to be patient, but at least it’s not hopeless reliance on the fickle gods of RNG.

From the release notes:

Bug Fixes:
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The Cryptobotanist will now exchange bandit crests for Mordrem fangs when he is asking for them.
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Except I just talked to him, and he didn’t say anything about fangs, so I’m not sure how that works.

Ok, a several of new events have been added— some new champs that seem to be part of opening the labyrinth which has an absolutely crazy event in it. I think this could keep me busy until another update (two weeks?) or Winter’s Day, whichever comes first.

Also— the jungle outfit; finally pants and no long coat! Not in love with the outfit, but I’m tempted just because I really want some pants and short top.

It was very short, but the achievements look harder. I think there were also some new events added to SW, plus the place where you can a scorp suit like in EoTM, except with (IIRC) one additional skill. I suspect wearing one into the story is needed for one achievement, but not sure… I’m reserving judgement till I have time to check all these new bits.

Apologies if this was suggested earlier and I missed it; please make foxfire a material that can be collected. I’d suggest the same for mystic forge stones, and all of those mystic specific things. Some you can choose not to buy until ready to forge, it’s true, but the foxfire clusters take up precious space which, if you are working on Mawdrey, is already cluttered with various ingredients.

So my guildies and I have been running CE repeatedly because some of them want to get 6 superior runes of the golemancer apiece… This video could almost be our theme song, except we are with guildies!

Using siege weapons to defend Indigo is one of the most fun activities for me; I think each fort could be really fun if it was organized like a Tequatl fight, with groups working on different tasks. I’ve ocassionally seen this arise spontaneously on a map, but I think it would happen a lot more if the reward for defeating all 5 champs in the breach was heftier, like it is for Tequatl.

One other reward for success should be a longer “time out” if the breach event succeeds; then we could all run around and farm and/or clear inventory, eat drink, etc.

Some ideas in this thread too: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/s2/Food-Cart/first#post4552339

I think it will eventually be similar to Arah in that you may have to use the lfg tool to organize a map for meta events. Unless the area that opens next week requires these metas in order to start or something. Or, the map may actually change a bit so that the forts can be held a bit more firmly. (I hope!) :-)

I can imagine a “Bloody Scarlet” drink that gives you a spicy buff, increasing condition damage and inflicting burning.

Also, red velvet bloodstone dusted cake, which reduces damage from mordrem and increases damage to them.

Maybe bloodstone rubbed steak…

The possibilities are endless!

I have Mawdrey II, and even though I feed her every day, have room for 500 in my collection, and have made about 65 bricks, I still have bloodstone dust coming out of my ears.

I want a recipe my chef can make with bloodstone. Even with Mawdrey II, I’m drowning in the stuff.

And if there are recipes, please don’t make them account bound like the food from Drytop. I got those thinking I could send yummy and healthnful food to friends, but no…

Or alternatively, I’d love to trade bloodstone to a chef in the wastes for food that was especially helpful against mordrem.

Or both.

Getting back to slightly more concrete suggestions…

It might be fun for raids to have meta achievements alond with the basic “beating the boss (or group)” goal. I’m thinking of things similar to the metas possible in the queens guantlet or TA Aetherpath, or in WvW.

Some could be easy, some could be hard. I think that kind of thing is helpful because the easy ones keep your spitit up whil you struggle to figure out the best approach to the raid, and the kittenes give you something work on after you master the best approach.

All of these should give World Exp points and maybe some other rewards here and there.

There’s at least one place you can walk to that’s not easy to see, esp. if you use the “hide in shadows” skill.

Using Mesmers or Necros to strip boons off the skeleton minions helps too.

Was in a successful group today, so I know it can be done.

I not only got the message, but while I got the message for comepleting the vent that said I had a live elemental, I can’t find it anywhere. :P

Anyone else have that issue?

I’ve had just one crash, but all the time I now see weird visual artifacts, especial around areas with glowing effects like waypoints or the mystic forge. Should I submit a ticket for that? It doesn’t really effect gameplay, apart from being annoying. :P

It’s funny to read how most people don’t use food much; I love using it. I find it interesting as a chef to try and figure out the best things to make for my alts dpending on their professions, stats, and situations. For example, eggplant fritters are great for my necro when she’s in Orr farming cypress and ancient saplings; they increase magic find and condition damage.

Like others have said, I do use them more when in a tough situation. In dungeons I’ll often eat something that regenerates some amount of health every second, along with maintenance oil or shapening stones or tuning crystals, etc. But I run with magic-find enhancing food pretty much all the time unless I’m just crafting or something.

It seems quite a few agree that having unlocks depend on defeating some particular champ is not wonderful; what about if you still had to defeat a champ, but rather than a particular one, it could be any champ in area X?

I actually like the idea of some traits depending on accomplishing something, rather than just leveling, but it is also true that you can get really stuck if there’s no one around doing the one specific thing required. Maybe a range of possibilities would be better.

I know this could get clunky in terms of explaining or even just listing the range; perhaps when a player wants to get details on how to unlock, they can click a a button in the train line to “write to your trainer for advice” which would trigger you getting a letter with the details?

Certain events, like karka queen are a real pain to accomplish if you don’t land on a map where someone has organized a run; I’m not sure what range of options would be best there. But in Orr, there are champs all over the place, and several different meta events, so maybe rather than a specific one, you could choose from a bunch.

So also could say “complete the Fort Trinity episode, OR defend a castle in WvW.” —This is kind of off the top of my head, and I’m sure there might be better combinations, but you get the idea. (I hope!).

Even more than that, I want Mawdrey II to be something I can put in my home instance; my pet carnivorous plant. Ideally, it will wave at me when I visit, and make happy chomping noises when fed.

I went to charge my phantasmal residue at the skill point in the Ascalonian Aqueduct skill point and ran into the following small glitch.

I happened to also have some quartz crystals in a bag at the time, and when interacting with the place of power, it would only offer me the “charging crystals” option, even though I didn’t have 25. I had to remove them from my inventory before I could see the dialogue to make my residue “weird.”

Ideally, you would see both, I think.

Well, I’ve never done fractals, but I don’t mind giving it a try. How hard to acquire are the fractal relics? — I know you have to complete the boss to get one, but how hard is it compared to any of the regular PVE dungeons, and is it time gated to once a day?

I read somewhere that if you hadn’t yet made the mysterious vine, you should be able to just start it now without hitting this bug. Can you or can anyone else confirm?

I’m still slowly collecting foxfire myself, so I still have the original seed in my mailbox, but I’m afraid to put it into inventory!

I left my mysterious seed in the mailbox, and it’s still the same, but now I’m afraid to do anything with it!

Some of the steps require combination in the mystic forge, maybe this one does too? (I am not quite to that step yet; when I get there, I’ll post anything I figure out, if no one else does first.

Or, wait for Dulfy.

I guess then just wait for people to get them to see if they seem worth the investment.

I’m glad though there is some way to get the pieces if you missed chapters. Laurels are a high price, but it seems a reasonable tradeoff vs gems and/or the time to play through earlier parts.

I was fighting the last two tendrils and got knocked out of the chamber. I survived, but can’t find a way back up, so the instance is stuck (I guess).

Should I just get myself kicked and start over, and, it that supposed to happen?

I think a new feature pack is coming because in one of the last couple of Ready-Ups (or it might have been POI 17) they were talking about a number of changes to skills.

Since I didn’t start playing until Feb 2014, I also really hope they have some of the fun events again, because I missed a lot last year!

I agree that Dry Top is not yet dead. I think quite a few people switched to LS for a bit, but now people want the new back piece and it requires several recipes from the dry top merchant. So I think interest will continue. I was in a T4 map several times over the last few days, and I was only logging in now and then, and random times. — Anecdotal yes, but then, so is everyone’s statement here.

Since the events also drop chests, maybe it will be the new high level Queensdale.

I understand there might be economic concerns, but I think is a good idea.

Me too, but it’s soooo big and the connection I have while traveling is soooo slow. :P

Still, glad it hit now rather than tonight.

I’ve also found that lately I am finding hidden stashes at cacti that have various crystal orbs in them, charged lodestones and other stone/metal-related drops from other events too. Plus all kinds of verdant weapons, which is kind of funny in Dry Top.

Llamas are also very protective though.

If the zone tooltip had an overview of active events and you could see them from afar and their status, we might see a lot more people get what it’s about and how to do it.

Just this would help a lot. I want to do the events, and I know the basic starting times for sandstorms etc, but when I first log in, I sometimes waste a lot of time trying to see where everyone is. If the shard race is on, that’s easy, but if people are working on the roots or Tootsie, that’s not visible unless/until I run over there. —the events are so short, map chat is not so helpful.

So just having map wide event circles and boss icons would help people organize.

Maybe I’m lucky, but I get a fair number of geodes, sometimes weapons or armor, or shocking crystals, or metal scraps, etc..

You could put your model of the bazaar in your home.

I don’t mind it, and I do kind of like the story sense it makes. Plus the idea of “silky” sand amuses me.

A house would be awesome… Did anyone here ever play a cute little mom called Glitch? the way they handled player homes was great. I’ll look for a good explanation (or write one).

I love the garden idea! that would be useful, but also decorative.

Eventually I would like ways to customize the home instance more. Maybe there could be crafting recipes for furnitures, carpets, etc.

I just finished him and while it took a while, because his shield kept knocking me off the platform, I got him in the end. I hadn’t done him with any other characters yet, so I don’t know how much harder it is now, but it’s doable.

It took me a stupidly long time t realize my really target was up above, and then to find the ramp. After that, it was just wearing him down. The jump (wind) crystals can help you get back up the ramp faster if you get bombed or dodge off, but yeah, not essential.

It was a bit tedious, but not bad once I figured out what to do.

Would this issue be addressed by going to the story journal and toggling back to the regular personal story?

I won’t have a chance to test it myself for awhile as I’m traveling and haven’t had time to play all the way through once yet, but throwing it out there in case it helps.

Go to the Claw Island Portage waypoint in Lion’s Arch and look for the npc on the docks with a gold star over his head. It’s one of the WPs in Fort Marriner.

This is the same place you start the Attack on Claw Island chapter of all personal stories, if that helps.

When you are on the ship, you can see others all around; I need to go check for one with red sails…

Here are some things to do: look for sky crystals and master sky crystals. There are videos showing how to get to locations, but there are tricky jumps.

At the top of the cliff there are npcs who can put you into the sanctum sprint or the aspect arena mini-games. Completing some of those helps your achievements.

On your hero tab (press h) under the living world part, look at the festival achievements for a list of things, and then post in map chat about the specific ones that confuse you, or that you need help doing.

From the notes:

“Characters under level 80 will be able to see the available episodes, but will not be able to play them until they reach level 80. Think of the Living World story as the constantly expanding continuation of your character’s storyline once they reach level 80.”

Do you mean that characters under level 80 can’t do any of LW season two?