Guild Wars 2

lordkrall.7241:

No, they did not say conclusion.
They said they would start to tie everything together, which is exactly what they have done.
We now have confirmation that Scarlet was behind the Molten Alliance. We now know who Scarlet is (more or less) and so on.

The Living Story is not over, it will continue and more stuff will be answered with time.

More stuff will be answered….but only after everyone has forgotten the question. The plot is taking far too long to develop.

They don’t have the answers. That’s why we don’t have the answers.

They’ve no idea where they want to go with the Living Story. There are too many cooks in the kitchen and not enough writers.

zeromius.1604:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Direksone.3867:

Thank you Tobi. I’m gonna call you Tobi. ’Cause I like you.

Completely conjecture and pulled out of . . . I mean, fabricated based on what little we have so far.

Probably one of the better strengths of a story with few details being dropped rapidly is seeing what other minds come up with to fill the gaps. I mean, George Lucas made a killing off licensing his work out to do that

Which is also one of the greatest weaknesses of a story where a lot of details aren’t available: when they get filled it can sometimes be obvious there wasn’t any continuity with an original "plan’ despite what anyone says about it.

. . . anyway, who else is looking forward to hearing Moto explain how he came up with the SAB in great excruciating detail?

Tobi is one of the main villains in the Naruto series. His power allows him to phase through material objects. If Scarlet has a similar ability then that would explain why she is able to constantly elude death.

Or perhaps….just maybe….
Scarlet is also a Watchknight…..the first Watchknight, the Alpha Watchknight created by….??

I quit doing the Clockwork achievements. ArenaNet doesn’t seem to care that they release buggy, unplayable content. They do it every two weeks with no apologies. As long as you people keep buying into the terrible content, they will keep making it.

I would suggest a boycott. Don’t play the game until ArenaNet decides to fix it.

EDIT: And yes, I’ve had that problem. I spent all day yesterday only to get into 2 portal invasions that didn’t count towards my meta….or anything else for that matter.

“…then I’ll probably have my watchknight tonic…”
“screw people who want the achieves.”

So, you are telling yourself off? I don’t understand.

Doggie.3184:

Can’t we just love everyone?

No.

I don’t remember that Logan part. All I remember is Braham and Rox following me around.

Who?

I’m sorry. I never got past the tornado lady.

Ayrilana.1396:

Elbegast.6970:

Bovinity.8610:

Not really a “dungeon” at all, and can be soloed.

Then they should stop labeling it as ‘suggested 5 players’.

Agreed. For the longest time people thought it was impossible to solo SAB because of that.

I never stepped foot inside SAB because of that. I don’t do group dungeons.

Bovinity.8610:

Not really a “dungeon” at all, and can be soloed.

Then they should stop labeling it as ‘suggested 5 players’.

Thomassassinate.9370:

My idea: We all wake up in the super adventure box from a horrible nightmare of enduring no point stories.

I would feel much better about the game had the entire first year been presented as nothing more than a dream sequence.

We wake up:
Asura, Skritt, Dredge….all extinct.
Sylvari never existed.
Charr use magic rather than steampunk siege weapons.

…and Gwen in her kerchief and Keiran in his cap had just settled down for a long winter’s nap.

I can’t even close the stupid portals for the achievements and you come here talking about silly portal devices?!?! We have bigger skritt to fry.

The first appearance of DC’s ‘Joker’ was in Detective Comics #168 from 1951. Rather than being named ‘Joker’, he instead appeared as the first incarnation of the ‘Red Hood’.

Wesley.4590:

Or you could have just waited another hour and see that it was just that single event that was bugged because of the patch -.-’ Working fine now

“We apologize for any limited-duration, non-recurring content you may not be able to complete. Please come back in approximately one hour and try again. Thank you for your time.”

I haven’t been able to enter, much less complete, a portal event for the past four hours or so. I have officially given up on this update.

After ~3 hours, I finally got in on one portal event only to be booted for a build update. I’m done. I am no longer participating in Guild Wars 2 for the duration of this event. I’ll twiddle my thumbs with ’Don’t Starve’ or ‘Angry Birds’ until this mess of a content update is physically ripped from the game’s coding and kicked firmly into the farthest, darkest corner of the living world’s closet.

BobbyStein.2315:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

…I think we still have much to find out rather than “we know all we will ever find out”.

There is a lot more to come. The Living World story is paced very differently than other content in the game, partially due to the nature of how we build and release it. I won’t spoil anything other than say that we’ll reveal more in time.

Your ‘pacing’ is too slow. I don’t remember what happened last content update…some politics or a party or something. By the time you tie this story in with the others, I will have forgotten it too.

Aside from the poor/lazy/unintelligible storytelling, these Living Story ‘chapters’ don’t work very well if you keep ripping them from the book once they are read.

DarcShriek.5829:

Ant.3415:

This guy must work for Anet because she’s one of the most annoying characters yet and this event is horrible so far.

But for some reason, an incredible amount of people are playing the events. I would say the character is a success.

I would say the achievement system is a success. It has little to do with some random, generic, evil?, DC comics, Joker-clone villain.

Who is ‘Scarlet’?

EDIT: And why should I care?

Loki.8793:

No. You have 2 weeks to do this, and it happens every hour. Get over it.

I don’t feel like ‘clocking in’ once per hour, every hour, for a chance to play the game.

Airala.8629:

Elbegast.6970:

I went to the invasion zone as stated on my event reminder, ‘Blazeridge Steppes’. Only there was no invasion in Blazeridge Steppes. I was placed in an overflow and COULD NOT COMPLETE THE CONTENT.

Do you understand?

Let me try and explain –
The content you need to complete begins every hour, on the hour. Because there are so many thousands of people playing, overflow servers become necessary. Any overflow server created more than ten minutes AFTER the hour (9 o’clock, 10 o’clock, 11 o’clock, etc.) will not have the event running on it. The reason for this is because the event itself takes 45 minutes. So an overflow that is created at 9:09.59 (H/M/S) isn’t going to end until 9:54:59 – then there is a 5 minute “rest” while the servers reset.

So at the top of the hour, you look at the upper right side of your screen to find out what map the event is happening in (Gendarran Fields, Lornar’s Pass, whatever). In order to participate, you must go to that map BEFORE 10 minutes past the hour. If you go to the map after 10 minutes past the hour, you’ll have to wait until the top of the next hour and go wherever the prompt in the upper right corner tells you – again, before 10 minutes past the next hour.

So – 9:00-9:10, you’re golden. 9:11-9:59, you’ve missed out until 10:00. 10:00-10:10, you’re golden. 10:11-10:59, you’ve missed out until 11:00. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Assuming you are correct on all of that, I can’t be bothered to follow such a strict gaming schedule. Who in the hell thought that sort of design would be a good thing? I’m not here to work, I’m here to play. Last I checked, there was no usage schedule attached to the teeter totter. The merry-go-round was usable for far more than 10 minutes per hour.

But this QS content…what in kitten is this?

Villious.8530:

Ok, let’s they this one more time..

The event starts EVERY hour, on the hour.

If you go to the specified zone within 10 minutes of the event starting, said event will be underway in EVERY overflow.

You MUST get there by 10 minutes after the hour. Like 2:10, 3:10, 4:10 and so on.

Why 10 minutes?

I made the last one in 7 minutes and there was nothing. Is it one of those ‘no longer than 10 minutes but not before 9 minutes’ things? Like everyone has a super narrow window or something?

I can’t even get in on a portal invasion event. I port there and …..nothing.

Villious.8530:

You’re still not understanding why that is happening to you. Slow down and read the explanations above.

I understand that I am trying to play the game and the game will not allow it. I shouldn’t have to have a degree in game design to understand why the game will not allow me to play it.

Villious.8530:

Honestly, I don’t think you’re fully understanding exactly what’s going on. Most people are moving right along with it. If you have ever been put in an overflow map, your perfectly capable of playing this content. Nothing RNG about it.

I don’t think you understand. I cannot play this content. It will not allow me to.

I went to the invasion zone as stated on my event reminder, ‘Blazeridge Steppes’. Only there was no invasion in Blazeridge Steppes. I was placed in an overflow and COULD NOT COMPLETE THE CONTENT.

Do you understand?

Wilhelm.6894:

Elbegast.6970:

Malchior.5042:

Look at event tracker. Go to zone. Kill things. There is no NPC hand-holding with this event. Just talk to Vorpp to get it started then jump into an invasion.

If you don’t utilize 3rd party sites, at least read the patch notes.

Okay. It said “Scarlet’s minions are attacking Blazeridge Steppes.” I went there and it says “Scarlet’s minions are not attacking this world. Please return to your homeworld when prompted.”

WhatTheFlyingKitten?!?! is that supposed to mean? How do I progress this stupid aimless content patch?

Do the events, that is the only way to do the majority of the achievements or even progress the story. You entered an overflow that did not have the event running, next time go there faster, they start at the beginning of every hour. Chances are high if you go there 20+ mins after it’s started you will not have any events on the map because it did not place you into an overflow with them running.

So, I have to literally watch the clock, follow a gaming schedule, hope my internet doesn’t lag and cross my fingers in hopes that the coding will let me into a living story event? Then I have to repeat that 4 more times in order to see the rest of the story?

Does no one else see a major problem with this content design? People will literally not be able to complete the content because of the spin of a RNG roulette wheel called ‘overflow’.

My game is broken, ArenaNet. I can’t play it. It won’t let me.

Malchior.5042:

Look at event tracker. Go to zone. Kill things. There is no NPC hand-holding with this event. Just talk to Vorpp to get it started then jump into an invasion.

If you don’t utilize 3rd party sites, at least read the patch notes.

Okay. It said “Scarlet’s minions are attacking Blazeridge Steppes.” I went there and it says “Scarlet’s minions are not attacking this world. Please return to your homeworld when prompted.”

WhatTheFlyingKitten?!?! is that supposed to mean? How do I progress this stupid aimless content patch?

Aerinndis.2730:

If you have not gotten a meta achievement since I do not know when then you do not have the patience for those. Dulfy.net http://dulfy.net/2013/08/20/gw2-clockwork-chaos-invasions-and-achievements-guide/ and the wiki http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Clockwork_Chaos hold all the info you need to do what is necessary. It does not take a lot of work to find the sources who help you figure out what you have to do. Not all of us need to be hand held through every step…

If you do not have the time or patience then, sorry, it is on you for what you want to dedicate your valuable time to. Nothing is meant to be easy, achievements mean just that, you work or make time for what you want to get out of this. ANet has provided a lot of time between events to let folk make that happen. If it is not happening for you, then maybe this is not the game for you. For those of us investing the effort and yes, a bit of time it has been fun and rewarding.

I don’t do 3rd party websites. I expect the game to be explained…you know…in-game. As of this moment, the game has left me hanging in Ascalon settlement with no clue as to what I am supposed to do next.

Wilhelm.6894:

Elbegast.6970:

Wilhelm.6894:

Elbegast.6970:

I don’t have time for that.

Looks like someone won’t be doing the event then or getting the meta. It actually explains fairly well what needs to be done at that part in the questline considering the box that shows wjere events are is always on your screen staring at you.

The achievement line you started is not for anything more than to get back into the pavilion and do the achievements in there, it has very little to do with the core of what was added with this event(which is the worldwide events that go on once an hour).

I haven’t gotten a meta achievement since….I can’t remember when.

And no, it explains absolutely nothing. If it did, I would be in-game and not here.

The fact is, despite what you people are saying, I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing right now. My character is still standing in Ascalon Settlement, scratching his head.

It’s been explained multiple times, do the hourly events that go on to progress the storyline and get back into the pavilion. The box that shows where the events are is starting you right in the face on the top right corner of your screen. Unless for some reason you can’t read, it shows entirely what to do and where the events take place.

It really doesn’t get any easier than that, if though you do not want to do the events to progress the storyline then the event is done for you. You have to do 5 events once you get on that part of the chain to get any farther in the storyline and access the pavilion again where there’s also a new event.

I must be playing a different game than you. I still have no clue what you are talking about.

Hourly events?
Event box?
5 events to access pavilion?

You may as well be speaking Canthan. Nothing of what you said makes any sense to me whatsoever.

I just want to know, what do I do after talking to Vorpp is Ascalon Settlement? Where do I go? Who do I talk to? None of that is being pointed out to me in-game.

I still don’t know what to do. I am standing in Ascalon settlement. I talked to Vorpp and he says I need to get 5 portal readings. That’s it….he says nothing else….doesn’t say where to go or what to do or anything.

Wilhelm.6894:

Elbegast.6970:

I don’t have time for that.

Looks like someone won’t be doing the event then or getting the meta. It actually explains fairly well what needs to be done at that part in the questline considering the box that shows wjere events are is always on your screen staring at you.

The achievement line you started is not for anything more than to get back into the pavilion and do the achievements in there, it has very little to do with the core of what was added with this event(which is the worldwide events that go on once an hour).

I haven’t gotten a meta achievement since….I can’t remember when.

And no, it explains absolutely nothing. If it did, I would be in-game and not here.

The fact is, despite what you people are saying, I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing right now. My character is still standing in Ascalon Settlement, scratching his head.

digiowl.9620:

Elbegast.6970:

digiowl.9620:

you need to hang around 5 invasion areas for the finish fight with Scarlet, that should provide enough readings for the next stage (that i suspect are gathering parts for his portal machine by fighting a number of champion clockwork horrors).

What are ‘invasion areas’? where?

Each hour, on the hour, the living story notification on your right will inform of a clockwork invasion of some zone. Go there, and hope you get there within 10 minutes so you can get into a overflow instance where it is actually going on…

I don’t have time for that.

digiowl.9620:

you need to hang around 5 invasion areas for the finish fight with Scarlet, that should provide enough readings for the next stage (that i suspect are gathering parts for his portal machine by fighting a number of champion clockwork horrors).

What are ‘invasion areas’? where?

eekzie.5640:

Check the top right of your screen, ‘’Clockwork Chaos’’.

Do that

All it says is “Tyrian authorities have issued a world-wide warning…”. That tells me nothing about what to do next.

Chessrook.8643:

You need to take part in five of the major invasions to completion. Not the events that are part of the invasion (like it says) but the actual, region-wide, 45-minute invasion, and be there when it ends. Five times.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

I guess I’m done with this event then. Nothing explained, nothing added…just drop you into the world with a communicator link to a clueless Asura. Not my idea of fun.

I went to the pavilion, did the closing ceremony, got a communicator and followed it to Ascalon settlement. I went to the portal machine, then went back and talked with the witness and now I’m lost. I don’t know what to do. I talked to Vorpp again but he didn’t tell me anything…just that this is where it gets complicated or something.

This is considerably disconcerting.

EDIT: He says he needs data from 5 invasion events. What the kitten is that?

Bambu.4270:

I bet those bears will be pure evil.

“Only YOU can prevent forest fires!”

ColinJohanson.2394:

Jumping puzzles (along with mini-dungeons) will be some of the locations that begin rewarding ascended crafting materials once crafting to 500 goes live; this is intended to help make these areas more rewarding and fun to go back to and play.

Can you make ‘Griffinrook Run’ drop two?

The White Mantle have changed a lot in 250 years. They now cart-pool about on Saturday mornings, knocking on doors and handing out religious pamphlets for The Mursaat Society .

Meriem.3504:

And that is why I think only the Mad King is scary thus far in this game. Delete the last phase where he jokes at the halloween event and hes pretty crazy and scary. I am serious when I say the candy corn monsters among the Mad Kings insanity is far far far better then these so called pirates which are more like clowns with batteries gone bad.

You may think it sound stupid but think about this for a moment. If in real life you saw giant candy corn monsters and plastic spiders and glow in the dark skeletons rips people limb from bloody limb with some crazy guy laughing, thats a hell you don’t want to see! The dumbest stuff is sometimes the scarier stuff.

A clown in the woods….omg!

She is Elonian.

I have a disconnect with my personal instance. It doesn’t feel like I am supposed to be there. I would much rather purchase a location of my choosing than to live in that glorified tree stump full of walking cabbages.

CaptainVanguard.4925:

My proposition for the Living World would be this:

Add an asura gate that leads to a place in the mists known as “The Glimmer of Memories” or something elaborate, its function? Allowing you to do the living story quest lines and fractal specific dungeons without having to miss out.

It only adds the quests themselves and the area maps they were associated with however, and thus, it does not feature the world or pvp features of living story updates such as achievements.

What I’m saying there is, you miss out on the achievement side, but you can still go to this fractal specific area that allows you to redo the bits you missed out on the story side.

If there are no achievements, there’s no point in running it. It would be yet another waste of development time and resources.

There is no story in-game. If you want story, you have to go to 3rd party websites.

Draconicus.7564:

lol…Or Legendary food…! weeks of gathering mats just to do like a stack of 10 pieces:P

Zommoros will give you cookies.

Angel Food Cake?

Secret Slew Arah = Scarlet Was Here

Definition:
slew
/slo?o/
Verb
(of a vehicle or person) Turn or slide violently or uncontrollably in a particular direction.

Zhaitan didn’t awaken, incidentally raising Orr from the depths. Orr was moved, by Scarlet, in order to awaken Zhaitan.

There’s only one person with that kind of power…

Alleluia.1320:

You think its an anagram? Interesting idea. Only one that I see that has promise is “We Rascals Three”. (And “A Scarlet Hews” is missing two letters.)

Yeah it was supposed to be ‘a scarlet hewers’. I fixed it.

Scarlet Was Here

Alas Three Crews
A Heartless Crew
A Scarlet Hewers
We Rascals Three
A Reach Swelters
Satchel Wearers
Atlases Her Crew
Alters Hew Scree

Scarlet = Ellen Kiel = Livia…..'s daughter!

Just sit right back
And you’ll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful group,
That started up in Lion’s Arch,
For Living Story loot.
The Thief was a mighty tattooed man,
The Mesmer; brave Asura,
Five players all skipped work that day,
For a Living Story tour,
A thirty balloon tour.

The coding started getting rough,
The tiny group was tossed.
If not for the patience of a pug or two
The Achievements would be lost.
Forever would be lost….

The Joker first appeared in February of 1951’s issue of Detective Comics #168, “The Man Behind The Red Hood”, as the ‘Red Hood’ .

Coincidence? I think someone at the office is a DC fanboy.