Guild Wars 2

Blade shards, please.

~EW

Selfrighteous.2931:

Yes I’ve said this game. Gw 2 follows Gw1, it’s the same universe. But I was talking about a warrior concept as a whole… You won’t read/see in any other fantasy depicturing warrior as fighter who slowly kills their enemies by bleeding them to death.

That’s because none of them are awesome enough to have what we have…
…a WOODEN SWORD!!! O.O

(death by splinters is a horrible way to go)

~EW
(image from the wiki)

InsaneQR.7412:

As you mentioned, sword #3 is lackluster and should apply some conditions instead of a power dmg attack.

I’m quite okay with it doing a power damage attack. Even if it applied conditions, the slow wind-up means it’s still only good vs stationary targets… which is a problem in non-PvE content (except against downed opponents, maybe?).

If I were to buff it, it’d be one of the following: 1) you can move while it’s casting (iirc you can’t), 2) it casts quicker, or 3) it does extra damage for each stack of bleeding on your target OR each unique condition on your target.

~EW

Eventually it’ll be purchasable for 300 cobs, no worries.

~EW

Aldath.1275:

I still wonder why people still submits to this form of elitism, where they have to set aside their favorite classes in order to participate on a Meta which isn’t really needed…

I don’t think it’s elitism. Meta requires no thought for a player to parrot, and there’s easy-to-find info on how to make the meta builds work. It means the players can get into the game faster and do the content knowing they’ll be effective at it. When it comes to group/raid play, focusing on meta makes it easier for the groups to have/know their synergy. Groups need to be able to work together, and I think it’s understandable that there are some who’d like to do what they can to increase the odds they’ll be victorious… the meta means groups can skip the ‘learning about what the others are doing, and trying to figure out how to best apply that to the challenge’ stage of content requiring that level of organization.

That said, I don’t bother looking at meta. My endgame is build experimentation. I get an idea, and I try it out for a while. But, I also don’t group, I have no guild, and I don’t (yet) raid. I find the PvE content a blast to solo, and my build experimentation (I think) has taught me the ins-and-outs of my main profession (Warrior) better than I would have gleamed from playing a meta.

If/When I get into raids, higher tier fractals, etc, I do plan on trying out the meta builds. This is because I’ll be able to quickly learn the content I’m facing, and some of the things useful to overcome the content. After that I’ll bring my own builds to the battlefield… by then I should be playing with a regular pool of players who know me and I know them; players I know how to work together with.

~EW

Congrats!

penelopehannibal.8947:

Haha, thank you guys.

I did also want to kind of get what other people feel about the account-bound BL skins too. When they were first released, there was a bit of an uproar about them being Account Bound at first…snip…

I think the uproar came from two parties: the first is those who wish to make money off of skins. The second is those who want to get a full collection, but not use tickets for all of them. Personally, I think both concerns are legitimate.

However, there are always new skins being added that are tradeable, and as long as that continues I don’t see any reason that the other format shouldn’t exist simultaneously. Like you I also appreciate the fact they’ll never be more than 1 ticket each. I also agree with your suggestion that a completed collection for this type of skin should have a title… it just feels right. +1

~EW

JemL.3501:

Currently there is some prefix in ascended trinkets and back items which cannot be obtained if you dont have HoT

That is a doggie move

Fix that

No, it’s a good business move.

Learn that.

~EW

The Enchanted Key should work, too.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Enchanted_Key

~EW

It wouldn’t matter how they designed it, it woulda still gotten a vitriolic response. Even if it’s not one’s cup of tea, it’s cruelly disrespectful to not recognize the time and effort put into its design.

I think it’s cool, and it’s too bad I don’t have the energy to put into raiding to earn it.

~EW

Alin.2468:

Not everyone comes every day on forums.

I…. I don’t understand this concept….

My brain hurts now.

~EW

Girth.9731:

…snip…

Not all weapons shine in all game modes… it sucks, but that’s the reality.

The 1-h sword is awesome in PvE with a hybrid-build. The AA does more condi damage than the necro scepter when you’re fighting more than one enemy. Savage leap is better for closing the distance and enacting leap finishers. Final thrust is admittedly only useful against stationary targets – so pretty exclusively PvE-worthy there. Impale lets you stack torment while you’re doing other things. Riposte is a fast-cooldown block that rocks against ranged attacks, since ranged attacks don’t end the block. If you go berzerker, then you also get a lot of fire damage with your burst. 1-h sword rocks in PvE…. so if it sucks in PvP, oh well… as I started this post, not all weapons are good in all modes.

As far as the hammer, I’ve fallen out of love with it… and that makes me sad ’cause that was one of the huge draws to get me to try Warrior.

~EW

Deck out an alt in Halloween pails.

Start working towards the Nightfury skin by seeing if you can get the tattered bat wings and unopened endless bottle of batwing brew to drop.

…that’s all I got, sorry…

~EW

Valento.9852:

Felblade.8701:

Now people can spam their 1 skill all day! Anet’s plan to make everyone zombies for Halloween, literally.

Much better than empty Lab maps with upset players. I for one am happy to become a mindless zombie along my hord of undead friends. <3

I prefer soloing/duoing in the empty labs. Every time the zerg swarms by I can’t get in tags before everything is killed…. and last night when I was trying to stay on the other side of the map from the zerg, they got upset that I opened doors near me. I wasn’t even a member of their zerg/squad, and I got a message that I’d been kicked…. I didn’t know that was possible.

Tonight I’ll be jumping maps until I no longer see a commander tag.

~EW

As always, you rock sir.

~EW

Ayrilana.1396:

fourhim.3584:

Actually I have an 80 Engineer too. Is flamethrower better?

Why staff guardian? (I have an 80 Guardian too)

Staff auto attack covers a wide conic spread in front of the players out a decent distance. It’s probably the best weaponskill for tagging.

Yup, that’s why its nickname is the “loot stick.”

~EW

If the legendary armor wound up being Lord Faren’s Loincloth, there’d be very little to criticize.

~EW

Looks awesome to me.

Though, I think it’s look even better if different rune sets caused different visual effects.

~EW

If it were some type of sub-forum, it’d have to be named something like, “Frequent and Popular Threads,” or “No Dogs Allowed,” or something….

I get the feeling such a sub-forum would be like the GW2 Forum attic… where pretty threads that once got a lot of use are being stored ‘cause they’re too precious to toss away or donate to Reddit.

~EW

Danikat.8537:

It’s not there. I checked Dulfy’s site, which had a screenshot of the cat. I went to the exact same place and there was no cat.

It’s probably ‘cause of your wings. If I were a cat, I wouldn’t want anything to do with a bird that size.

~EW

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Maybe all the ‘Suggestions’ threads could be placed in the ‘Index’ thread.

Lol, I was just typing that up you sneaky ninja, you. :P

~EW

edit: the Personal Story Restoration Update could probably get the boot.

BrotherBelial.3094:

He’s been there to fight every year since, just not this year. So this year we have less Halloween content.

According to the chart on the wiki, every year has been missing 2 events except the first year… so 2013-2016 has had an equal amount of activities: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Halloween

As far as new content, it’s all new to me! Every year except this one I was taking a break from the game ‘round this time. For the rest of ya’, sorry there’s nothing new to you, but I hope y’all can find some enjoyment. I think it’s a nice change of pace to my usual evening/weekend activities.

~EW

Bolvack.7641:

About crafting, there’s not a limit on how many crafting specializations (idk how to call it) you can get? I sort of remember there was limit of two, right?

There’s no limit to the amount of crafting disciplines a character can have, but you can (default) have only 2 active at a time. To switch an inactive to an active, you’ll have to pay coin… 10 copper per level of the discipline you’re activating. You can spend gems to have more than 2 active at a time.

~EW

Bolvack.7641:

I would like to know if there’s a way to reset the ability points you’ve spent on your build since im kind of a new player and don’t know how to do a good build and for what.

(darn it, ninja’d) By the time your character is lvl 80, you will have enough hero points to unlock everything, except your elite trait line. So, just level and seek out hero challenges to buy up the triats/skills that you currently don’t have open.

Imo play around with your traits and skills to figure out builds that work for you and (more importantly) you enjoy playing… for most/all of the content those’ll be the better builds to use. Once you’re more confident in your profession, then check out the profession sub-forums here for ideas on new or tweaked builds you may not have thought of.

~EW

Evon Skyfyre.9673:

Ok, I showed up, attended the entire session, only goofed once, and received 5 gift bags and a key that resulted in 3 greens 2 blues. The Clocktower rewards a non unique skinned chest (Exotic). Halloween in GW1 was so much better, what am I missing? To be honest, loot in game is really sad. I hope Wintersday is better.

Do I need high mf, and luck before the loot gets better?

The list is short for the things that come out of that chest: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mad_King's_Chest

I’ve gotten a grand total of 2 globs so far. *shrugs

I’ll get that moa one way or another.

~EW

kdaddy.5431:

I mean who is this game even for anymore?

Me.

There’s content that I can unwind with when I get home for work. And, there’s content that I can challenge myself with on the weekends when I have more time to play.

Lab and (I found out soloing last night) Ascent fit in the former category, which I love both being that way. Clocktower and a lot of non-Halloween content fits into the latter category.

~EW

Tekey.7946:

Some people pointed out that the price for a Mini Bloody Prince Thorn is contradictory:

• Official Halloween vendor: 10.000 CC

• Sonder the Seller: 6000 CC

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Candy_Corn_Cob

It might have been overlooked by the ANet devs… mistakes happen. It might have be that the way prices are programmed into these specific vendors they have a lot of difficulty reprogramming them. It might be a trick to go along with the treat. It might be that the devs purposely do things like this to keep these forums active. Regardless, buyer beware.

Tekey.7946:

The other question I have: Is it possible to get 120.000 Candy Corn in 2 weeks? Without using the trading post?

If I were still a teenager, and playing hooky from school I’d give it a go. But, I’m many years and many gained responsibilities away from that time.

Tekey.7946:

We’ve got Mini Gwynefyrdd (110k) and the Shadow Raven (120k). How do you feel about these prices?

I don’t care. They look cool, but there’s a lot of cool looking stuff in the game. I have other treadmills more enjoyable to pursue. Congrats to any who has the desire, money, and time to get one.

~EW

Amaimon.7823:

Or Marjory picking up Belinda Jane’s Greatsword?

I’m sorry if I’m being pedantic, but Treherne was a necromancer who used the greatsword a lot.

As a side note, I rather like the AB event that leads to the discovery of the druid spirit…. it’s story that can be voluntarily participated in w/o putting the elite behind any wall.

~EW

…solo’d the mad king tonight… that was a blast!

~EW

Make Rye Known.6273:

Also the link wallaby posted is not official>-< the wiki is just people like you and me, so most of it is just speculation:P Anet doesn’t want us too know how it works:s

True, but even anecdotal info can be useful to an extent.

The thing I’m most curious about is if the Clocktower or Ascent can wipe away the DR from Lab…

~EW

LadySwan.8751:

I’m not entirely sure how DR works but I can say after farmin the event yesterday like crazy, then takin a good few hour break. I’m talkin close to ten plus hours of break time and logging off livin rl and what not, I came back to bad drops. DR was still havin its affects on me and pretty badly if I do say so ..I was only getting Karma and Copper from doors at this point. So I asked around and people said to switch or do other events. So i switched charas to one that’s never been in the lab this year and STILL, just karma and copper from doors and only mobs were dropping treat bags for me and not a lot after a good while of playin.
I’m currently logged and waiting til reset as i heard that can reset the cap on it. Hopefully it does..

Anyone else have an experience like this??

here you go: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Diminishing_returns

edit: imo there are 2 important things to know: 1) DR is character based, 2) the best way to shed it is to go to other maps with that character to do stuff.

~EW

Last night was my first time ever doing Lab…

…I have never seen so many guards running around with loot sticks.

~EW

Darkness Commander.6417:

What is your favo/scariest Halloween minipet? Also mention why you like that specific miniature.

…snip…

I’m very curious about your choices!

My favorite will be the one I finally loot.

(but, I am hoping for the spooky moa the most… it makes me chuckle)

~EW

Shozzru.7493:

Thank you for the replies but what is TP?

Selling them on the Trading Post instead of salvaging them. I’d rather get the crafting mats from salvaging them, but ymmv

To elaborate a little on what I said previously, I don’t use the Black Lion kits on my rares because I use them up fast enough on the exotics I get. I’d rather have the better chance at globs of dark matter AND the ectos by using them on the exotics, instead of just globs by using them on rares. But the better chance of mystic kits to get globs is why I use them only on rares and (sometimes) exotics… don’t waste the mystic kits on anything less.

~EW

I currently run resistance 100% of the time.

Bring it. *flexes

~EW

Galtrix.7369:

II solo’d the mad king (not a big achievement, but still).

I’ll be trying this tonight. Do you have any tips, since I’ve never fought him before? (maybe pm them to me if you do and are willing, ’cause this is admittedly off topic).

~EW

I’d be happy just to be able to get past the first mess of gears that arise to allow you to continue up, lol.

~EW

Shozzru.7493:

Hey guys,

I just made my first “Mystic Salvage Kit” but I don’t really want to waste it. So I was wondering, which kits do I use when salvaging what rarity item type? I was previously using the Fine kit for everything that was Fine and below, Journeyman’s for Masterwork and then Master’s for above that. Is that correct or should I be doing it differently?

Thanks!

I use:
BL (when I have them, otherwise mystic) for exotics
Mystic for rares
Basic for everything else

~EW

mia.8209:

Togo.7094:

this has been brought up probably as many times as the mounts suggestion. I don’t think anet will ever do this.

Well I hope you’re wrong cause this is seriously frustrating and downgrading my quality of life in game.

I share his opinion: this comes up often, and it likely won’t be addressed. Treadmills are a primary way MMOs stay lucrative, and exploration is a tried-and-true treadmill. As things currently are, the best way is to try to approach it in the least grindy way you can. For example, when I was leveling my new main, I did only one map per day at most… and a few days when I wasn’t feeling up to doing hearts, I just ran around killing trash mobs going from waypoint to waypoint – something I don’t mind doing at all. For me that lessened the grind to more of the treadmill I think is intended.

The suggestion/solution/compromise I’m most fond of is for a level 80 to be able to exchange a gift of exploration for core-tyria map completion (w/o gaining any xp from it, nor new gifts of exploration).

~EW

Superior sigil of speed can work really well.

No build should live-or-die on a specific sigil, so there should be little reason you can’t spare the slot. And, there’s always quick-to-kill trash mobs around to keep up a few minutes worth of swiftness this way.

~EW

Lockheart.4312:

You either build tanky, or you build bursty, anything in between is punished severely in the harder content.

If that were true, then celestial wouldn’t work so incredibly well.

It’s probably more that ‘anything in between’ requires more thought and effort to build effectively. A skill never/rarely required in earlier content when it’d be a good time to learn it.

~EW

Seera.5916:

Ayrilana.1396:

Seera.5916:

Ayrilana.1396:

OriOri.8724:

Slashmeehup.1495:

OriOri.8724:

You are deliberately missing the point. People shouldn’t be forced to buy mats off the TP to get what they need in a reasonable time frame.

I actually disagree with this. The trading post should always be the most effective way to get the things you want.

A big draw of this game is “Play your own way”, and the trading post is the backbone of that philosophy. The fact that virtually everything in the game rewards sellable loot, and most things can be bought with coin, means that you can get practically anything you want by doing practically anything you want. Structuring the game around the TP is deliberate, and I would say, necessary.

There is a difference between it being the most effective way and it being the only reasonable way, and you people are stubbornly refusing to accept this. I never said it should be more efficient to farm your own leather. I said that it should be reasonable to do so if you wanted to. And currently it is not.

This is ridiculous how much you guys are defending a broken system right here. If you want to use teh TP that is fine, but it should by no means be the only reasonable way to obtain the mats you need.

Exactly what would you consider reasonable?

For anything except for legendary weapons, things for time gated components need to be earned by a player who plays 3-4 hours daily by farming within ~25% within a period of two days assuming that the player spends 30 minutes not farming. So if it take 100 random item to make special object, I should be able to farm ~75 in two days while taking a beark from farming for 30 minutes each day.

Legendary items should be expected to fall within several months.

Ascended gear is optional and more along the lines of a luxury. There are also various weapons that require lodestones making them take a long time too. In either case, a player can easily get 150 thick leather within 3-4 hours without using the TP.

Where is this magical farm of thick leather because I don’t get anywhere near enough to multiply out to 150 in 3-4 hours?

SW Chest farm? Open up all bags/purses w/ your level 80, and salvage everything instead of selling it.

~EW

ArtemisEntreri.8450:

And… Any hints about weapons? The basics seem to advice “bow for ranger, staff for X, sword for Y” but as I read some “self finders” around it seems like even akward choices can be viable.

Learn all the weapons your profession wields. Different weapons work better with different builds against different content. Over all, knowing all the weapons your profession can use means you have a better understanding of how that profession works. On top of that there might be an “awkward choice” that you find most fun to play, or meshes best with your play-style… you won’t know until you test ’em all out.

~EW

Ceridwen.6703:

The text for it is something along the lines of, “Communicate with this cat in a way you don’t quite understand.”

Donari.5237:

It’s not a bug, Cedo! It’s witch’s broom toy, skill 5 when not in Brawl. It makes an interactable feline familiar. Anyone with the broom can proc it at will.

That’s better than what I feared…. /ScootAcrossTheCarpet. o.O

~EW

afrocrusade.4253:

EphemeralWallaby.7643:

-snip-

Things should all have their niches and high points, saying all classes should be capable of all of the same things is quite silly.

And that’s not what I typed, nor implied. Professions should have their niches, strengths, and high points, but that doesn’t mean any of those should always be required. There should be more than one way to skin a Gorseval.

~EW

afrocrusade.4253:

Thanks to this new balance patch, raid diversity is effectively dead.

Necromancer can not out put anywhere near mediocre ele DPS, and so, is irrelevant.
Heralds were weak as-is, now they’re worthless.
Chronomancer was so demanding that now it’s effectively dead too.
Engineer? Lmao.
Thieves? Just get an elementalist.
Guardians? Never really saw the light of day with raids.
Anything but magi druid? Lmao kick.

It seems like anet wants raids to not be harder, but simply more annoying and less enjoyable from a class perspective. It also seems like anet is back on the “we love eles” train, considering they’re pretty much going to be the only DPS class that sees action (thieves are generally subpar).

A lot of my friends threw in the towel as far as raiding goes (we already have 150+, they were just fun but now they’ll be significantly less so), chronotanks and necros, crap, nobody received this patch well because all of the classes (save guardian a LITTLE, and Engineer) had their own place and niche.

I still can’t believe chrono took such a hard hit over WvW. No one thought to split balance? Why can’t they revert these changes and do them right? Is anet actually understaffed or something? It makes no sense how so little is being done with the community of such a giant, profitable game.

When no specific profession is required, then balance shall be obtained. Maybe. Maybe not.

/flameshield

~EW

The teal poly refractor has me drooling soooooo much.

~EW

Mea.5491:

Make Rye Known.6273:

And I am on my 4th or 5th char now, I feel sorry for the people that wanted to farm but don’t have 13 lvl 80 available:s

Yeah. XD As a mainoholic, I only have one lvl80, lol. But I only wanted to farm some gold, I’m not interested in the items. So whatever, I guess I’m going back to do AB multiloot. :P

Since DR resets when you do other stuff elsewhere, then it seems that those who enjoy AB/ML will find it the perfect way to reset Labyrinth DR….

~EW

It was sacrificed in a long and involved ritual designed to resurrect SAB this year. Blame Asura necromancers.

~EW

Since this is the first time I’ve been able to participate in this, I have what is probably a silly question: do you have to have him highlighted/selected when you do the emotes?

~EW

X T D.6458:

Personally I found this update to be rather mild, nothing to big.

Ditto.

Sure, I’m reconsidering the structure of some of my builds… but I was going to have to do that no matter what was changed.

In the profession forums, the saying isn’t, “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything.” Instead it’s generally, “if you don’t have anything negative to say, don’t say anything.” Considering player reactions in the profession forums right after a balance patch is not a great idea.

~EW