Guild Wars 2

It’s on vinyl? I gotta find that!

I generally have map and say chat turned off anyways. I got really tired of 12 year olds constantly talking about their (and others) private parts.

“….old Tyria….”

~is whisked away on a Guild Wars 1 wave of desire~

Horrik, release the Grentches!

Cool. can’t wait to get it.

Personally, I’m terrible at jumping puzzles. Most take me several tries, but if my fumbling fingers can get the diving achievement at the Aetherblade site, AND get the Going for the Gold achievement in Silverwastes while using a necromancer and no help from a mesmer, I can beat any jumping puzzle….eventually.

Agrotera.1254:

Thank you Anet for ruining Wintersday for me by just recycling the same thing we had last year.

I wasn’t playing this game last year, in fact I was still doing the Guild Wars 1 Wintersday. So, the Guild Wars 2 Wintersday is completely new to me. Thanks Anet!

Cerby.1069:

~~~incoherent babble~~~

Not on my watch!

~prepares the flamethrower~

Bottoms up!

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Having flashbacks to “Incorrigible Ale-Hound” acquisition. Weeeeeeeee!

At least you don’t have to wait for a fricking timer between drinks to get the associated points.

Let the good times roll!

Yep, I remember those days. Glad I got that over and done with, mostly during the timer days.

“Nachos”

Jaxxi performs the Golem Dance for the politicians of Divinity’s Reach. They were quite charmed.

I would totally want a Sky Commander title!

Ayrilana.1396:

Do the gold coin achievement in Silverwastes if you thought the aetherblade JP puzzle was difficult. That one also rewards a mastery point if I remember correctly.

Yep, I also did that one with my necromancer. Again, I’m glad that’s over and done with.

@Zedek – That is kitten brilliant!

@Silmar – I wasn’t aware that Asurans rode a carpet like that. I kinda want to get one now.

Meanwhile, Zerina and Taimi are BFFs!

I feel your pain.

When the masteries came out with the expansion, I finally decided to tackle this. I’m terrible at jumping puzzles (just ask any of my guild mates that get frustrated with me), but I managed to do it…

…with my necromancer.

It took me two jumps and a little over an hour of my time (yes, I have a full time job) and no help from mesmer portals (although Spectral Walk was used quite a bit). My first jump I hit a pole on the way down. The frustration was real, but I persisted. I was so nervous on the second jump, and ready to rage quit. Lots of encouragement in /say and /map chat.

I jumped.

Things were whizzing by at ludicrous speed, and I was starting to see plaid, but I was managing to avoid everything. I somehow hit that small puddle of water, and the achievement and mastery point bubbles popped up. I can’t begin to describe the sense of euphoria and relief that came over me. So glad I never have to do that again.

Anyhow…

TL:DR: If my 47 year old fumbling fingers can do it, so can yours.

Jaxxi Deus doing some rifle training.

Jaxxi Deus is helping Tyria, one flamethrower burst at a time!

By the Alchemy, just how many fail-to-win-for-legendaries are there?

Zera Allimatti.2541:

This ‘toxicity’ you speak of is highly subjective though… There are ways around it. There is a working block feature, and a chat filter.

There is also a third (and far superior) method of overcoming this ‘toxicity’ that is taking over your gaming life. You can try to be like me. You can have a strong will and constitution to not give words any power over you. This third part requires an understanding of certain things that most people will likely never understand, but it IS something attainable.

Not even 30 minutes ago, I was told in map chat that I should never breed, all because I had the audacity to tell somebody that their idea of mounts with passive speed boosts in the gem store was not a good idea. Most people would be influenced to consider thoughts of self harm, or would foolishly believe that they really shouldn’t breed. They will take these words to heart and start on a downward spiral that depletes their self-worth and self-esteem. But not me.

You know what I did? I read the comment, laughed, and continued to explain why his idea was bad. I got my point across, everyone else agreed with me, and my ‘attacker’ was silenced by the natural flow of the conversation. Some other player tried to jump to my defense, saying “Wow he says one thing and you all attack him like that?” and my response to that player was “You call that an attack?” and I politely asked that player to spare me his concerns for my well-being because the words of that other player had NO EFFECT on me. At all. There is literally NOTHING that ANYONE can say in map chat to offend me. Nothing.

So, you can complain about ‘toxicity’ all you want, or you can be the change you want to see and be like me: take back the power you gave their words over you. I recommend trying to be awesome like me. You’ll be glad you did.

I like the cut of your jib. +1

Just one, my necromancer.

Dara Potocska.8196:

Guild Wars 2 is Faren well with a hero such as he! <3

This person needs to be pun-ished!

Follow me…TO ADVENTURE!

Young Jaxxi Deus playing with her toys.

(She only just reached level 30, so no fancy armor yet)

I wasn’t aware that NPCs had accounts.

Yes, because my view isn’t blocked enough.

I like some of the glider skin ideas though.

Notsoperky.2348:

Other one I was looking at is ‘going for Gold’ or something in SW, which is basically 30 or something jump puzzle type things to grab some badges. After falling off the rope 4 times, finally got to the platform (yes, it’s SM8- well it could be), then need to jump on to a log in mid air..10 tries later I’ve had enough of Jump Puzzle SM8.2 and just log off in frustration.

The need to get Mastery Points finally encouraged me to get Going for Gold completed. I did that with my main, a Necromancer. THAT was a chore, but I’m very glad it’s done as I’ll never have to do that one again.

Spectral Walk saved me many, many times.

I also did the dive at the end in one successful jump.

OtterPaws.2036:

Arent there bags that make it so things dont show on the TP if its in that bag?

Yep.

I spent the entire weekend playing in Guild Wars 1 Cantha maps.

~sigh~

I bet Rixxi wonders how Gristlemane got so big eating food of that kind.

Best Starter Map:

Metrica Province: I love how the scenery, the hum of Asura tech, and the gentle music mesh together.

Best Map:

Timberline Falls: It’s simply gorgeous. I can almost feel the crisp, cool air whenever I go there.

Worst Map:

Any of the Orr maps really. If the developers were going for dreariness, they got it right.

Best City

Rata Sum: For many of the same reasons as Metrica Province, but with the added bonus of having all the services nicely arranged and easy to get to. By the way, have you seen the Rata Sum sky at night? Beautiful!

Divinity’s Reach gets a close runner up as it’s the only “city” that actually feels like an actual city.

Welcome to your Legendary Journey.

I’m already starting to think of character designs that can use these skins.

Actually, the mastery points encouraged me to complete the Dive Master and Golden Lost Badges achievement with my Asura necromancer. I ended up using Spectral Walk quite a lot during some of those puzzles, it saved me many times (that 1 minute cooldown however…)

All I can say now is thank the Alchemy that those are over and done with.

Well, I loved the original Executioner’s Scythe effect. Now I’m afraid to log in and see what happened to it.

From what I understand they post more on reddit than on here. No idea why.

Didn’t someone say in another thread that you can get this same tooth in Southsun?

Redfeather.6401:

The core game personal story ending reminded me of GW1 campaign endings.

That’s exactly what I was thinking as I read the original post. If I remember correctly, there were even fireworks at the end of Prophecies. Definitely a party.

Zetsumei.4975:

Vephar.8475:

Chest trains still happen. Also nerfed it? I am making MORE money from it now than I did before the expansion.

They did decrease the number of chests to slow it down

Yes. I was with a group last week that counted all the chests and it’s definitely down by about 10 or so chests.

OP is the reason why we can’t have nice things.

Just saw a character named Mightochondria.

Clever.

I’ve always though of e-sports as glorified key-pushing.

I crafted it all pre-Heart of Thorns. I spent a LOT of time in the Silverwastes to fund it, mainly by gathering all the required silk and linen for Bolts of Damask that I salvaged from drops.

I’m sure others got theirs in a different manner.

Harper.4173:

Let me just point out that it’s not the Raiders’ fault that Anet put the entrance to Raids in Verdant Brink. Both groups have a right to do their own thing – sadly Anet overlooked the fact that they can’t both do their thing without interfering with the other.

My thoughts exactly.

Amineo.8951:

They shouldn’t be that strong, they deserve a huge nerf……

A nerf? To what, the kitchen? Are you from the 1950s?

Just saw for myself how bad it is. Absolutely no one was doing the night events in Verdant Brink, not even the Pact Rally Points right outside the main entrance, and the map chat was full of LFR requests.

As much as I loved my krewe in Guild Wars 1, I don’t ever see that happening in this game. It’s just not designed for them.

People will always use “taxi” instead of "ferry’ because in today’s short-attention-span world, “taxi” is one keystroke less than "ferr—

ooo, something shiny!

Glacial.9516:

^ That is a great screenshot. Partly because its cute. And partly because at first glance your ear+ponytail looked like a scythe when combined with your staff.

Huh, I never noticed that, and my Asura is a necromancer too.

Also, I made her as tiny as I could (she barely comes up to a Charr or Norn kneecap), so it really shows just how miniscule Taimi really is.

“Don’t worry Taimi, you got this. I believe in you.”