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Why can't Dervishes exist?

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I’m pretty sure this has probably been explained before, but the official statement given by Arenanet doesn’t really make sense to me. They say that it’s because other races don’t believe in human gods, and I assume for the vast majority of others races, that holds true.

Is there something preventing other races from worshipping human gods? Do the human gods only accept the prayers of humans? If that was true, and the human gods were racist, I could see why other races can’t be Dervishes.

But couldn’t a Charr worship a Human god if he really wanted to? Charr are usually atheist from what I’ve seen, but even among the Charr there are differences. Some are Flame Legion, and some are totally atheist. Why couldn’t it be possible for a Charr to worship a Human god?

It would be quite easy to implement, from my perspective. The first questions that asks about your class in character creation could ask you something like “Why did you start to worship the Human gods?”

Answers could be something like
1.) An avatar of the gods appeared to me as a child.
2.) I had a vision of the gods after being seriously wounded.
3.) I have always felt the hands of the gods guide my life.

This could conflict with the cold shoulder the gods have been giving the humans, though. Or perhaps, in a future update, the gods break their silence, and that is evidence enough of the god’s existence for the other races to begin worshipping them.

I’m sure my theories and stuff have lots of holes in them, so feel free to probe.

From a lore perspective there isn’t much reason why non-human worshipers of the six couldn’t exist.The reason why we won’t see Dervishes in GW2 is from a mechanics perspective. Even in GW1, Dervishes consistently lacked a clearly defined role. They were meant to play as a sort of hybrid caster/melee DPS but they never worked out in that role: warriors and assassins were generally more versatile melee characters and ritualists/eles/mesmers were more useful in a support/caster DPS role. It took the invention of a new mechanic to make them useful and that mechanic basically turned them into an enchantment-driven warrior with a few overpowered skills.

In GW2 every class role is already pretty much filled. Adding more classes would run into the same problem we saw in GW1: no particular role for the new class. We’ll be much more likely to see new weapons/weapon combinations rather than completely new professions in GW2.

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Ecto bubble bursting?

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Looks like ecto prices topped out around 37s on saturday night and have steadily declined to ~30s monday afternoon. Do you guys think now’s a good time to cash out? Will they keep dipping back down to the low twenties or is this just a post-weekend dip that will move back upwards later in the week? Cheers.

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Razah fate (or even M.O.X.)?

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What do you think happened to Razah from Guild Wars 1? Do you think he is in Elona still? Given his semi-demon state of being, he could be immortal. If he is still around do you think he is the reason why the order of whispers can easily transverse around both Palawa Joko and Kralkatorrik forces? We did get to see Ogden again. Of course I was a bit surprised not see a hidden reference to M.O.X. in GW2 yet. Also M.O.X. story-line was never fully fleshed out about involvement to stop some calculated assassination attempts in GW1. I don’t know there would be any relation 250 years latter unless time travel is involved.

We don’t really know. I think a developer mentioned somewhere that Razah won’t be making an appearance in GW2, but I don’t have the link handy and he may have only been implying that Razah wouldn’t be in the initial release. If we do ever see him again, my bet is it would be in an Elona GW:Beyond storyline in GW1 (if it ever happens)

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Wizard's Tower

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The Eye of the North holds no resemblance whatsoever with ancient jotun structures.

It holds a stronger resemblance to the Tarnished Coast ruins, whose origins are – in my opinion – most likely ancient Orrian (though it could hold other origins, but I doubt seer or mursaat as most claim – too little evidence for such). There is evidence, however, that could indicate the seers were in the Far Shiverpeaks in the distant past – found in some of the dungeons are statues which highly resemble seers, imo at least.

One such statue: http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/KonigDesTodes/GW/StoneStatues2.jpg

(side note: Nothing says Verata was attempting to access the Wizard’s Tower).

Don’t forget that a lot of the more geometrical ruins in the Tarnished Coast could be remnants of a Mursaat civilization. We know that the Asurans established Rata Sum on the ruins of a previous civilization and that one of the reasons they chose the site was that its geometric features applied to them on an aesthetic level. “When the Great Destroyer drove them from their homes in the Depths of Tyria 250 years ago, they arrived at the ruins of some previous civilization, setting up geomystical generators for power within these already fortified confines and establishing the area as their new capital. The aesthetic sensibilities of these ruins are reflected in modern asuran architecture.” Combined with the fact that Rata Sum is an anagram of Mursaat and I think we can reasonably assume a pretty heavy Mursaat influence in the Tarnished Coast at one point in time.

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Fractal dungeon colossus lore

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Honestly the Colossus dungeon didn’t seem very Canthan to me…what it most reminded me of were the White Mantle + the northern parts of Kryta in GW1. The Diviners and Archdiviners have clothing that seem very similar to the White Mantle Ritualists(http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/White_Mantle_Ritualist). The cliffs remind me a lot of the Northern part of Kryta, especially the Divinity’s Coast mission and Watchtower Coast explorable zone. My bet is that we’re looking at something White Mantle/Mursaat related in the cliffside fractal

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The Asuran Room: Great Mystery of Ebonhawk

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Very cool perhaps will have something to do with future content leading to Crystal Desert? Anything having to do with Ebonhawk screams “Crystal Desert Incoming” to me ^__^

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Top blunders in MMO history...

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NOTHING compares to the Nov 15th SWG NGE “update” Took a beautiful sandbox game and gutted it to please Sony execs =(

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Lost Shores Feedback Thread

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So much fun! The two-hour event chain felt more like a war than anything in the personal story or Orr ever did. and then the epic conclusion + great loot! AWESOME JOB ANET.

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Thoughts on Ascended Gear? [Merged threads]

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https://d2vn94glaxzkz3.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ascended-EN.png

Ascended:
+50 power
+50Precision
+10% Magic Find
+18 Power
+18 Precision

Unused Infusion slot which ONLY gives you a defensive stat which is ONLY useful against the agony condition which ONLY appears in the high-end levels of the enw dungeon

Exotic:
+48 power
+48 Precision
+7% Magic Find
+15 Power
+15 Precision

That’s a TOTAL increase of +5 power, + 5 precision, and +3% magic find. And it’s only available on two pieces. And they’re only going to be made available one slot at a time.

Take a deep breath, calm down. Your exotics are not worthless. Your exotics did not take all that much effort to get in the first place, and it won’t take much effort at all to get this new piece. And this new piece ONLY provides a meaningful upgrade if you plan on playing the HIGHEST END content of ONE dungeon.

I love you guys but you need to chill the kitten out.

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Thoughts on Ascended Gear? [Merged threads]

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How is it that you guys can read “slightly more powerful” and conclude that exotics are automatically obsolete and it’s the end of the world? O.o Have you noticed ANYTHING Anet’s done so far in GW1 or GW2? If they offer ANY sort of significant game advantage I can guarantee you they’ll take less than a week of casual gaming to obtain.

Stop judging Arenanet based on the standard set by other treadmill games when there’s no precedent for it and you have NO information on what Ascended gear will actually be.

Even if it has the same stats as exotic, but comes with an “infusion” slot, whatever that may be, it means exotic armor is obsolete, thus introducing mandatory gear grind.

Why do you think it’ll be a grind?!?!?! Even EXOTICS weren’t a grind. You could get a full set of exotics by doing 1-2 dungeons a day for a week! You guys are basing all this hysteria on ONE sentence in a MAGAZINE and your perceptions of treadmill games from the past.

Why don’t you WAIT to hear from Anet about the items and how they’re acquired. Right now we know NOTHING about how they’ll work or how they’ll acquired. Jeez, is EVERYONE on the forums a Chicken l\Little?

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Thoughts on Ascended Gear? [Merged threads]

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How is it that you guys can read “slightly more powerful” and conclude that exotics are automatically obsolete and it’s the end of the world? O.o Have you noticed ANYTHING Anet’s done so far in GW1 or GW2? If they offer ANY sort of significant game advantage I can guarantee you they’ll take less than a week of casual gaming to obtain.

Stop judging Arenanet based on the standard set by other treadmill games when there’s no precedent for it and you have NO information on what Ascended gear will actually be.

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Thoughts on Ascended Gear? [Merged threads]

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Sounds like Ascended gear is armor-only for now. Legendary/exotic wapons will probably still be best-of-the-best.

Also I don’t see Ascended gear being SIGNIFICANTLY better than exotics, and if they are they won’t be absurdly difficult to get. Arenanet has never been about gear gating: any incredibly difficult to get equipment will offer a very small benefit over very easily-obtainable gear.

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Why is the price of Ecto spiking so much?

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Erm, why do you guys seem to think this is a grind-oriented game? I understand that in a subscription based game, it makes sense to have a lot of pointless grind and time-killing build in to make the players keep subscribing month after month. That sort of design technique doesn’t make sense in GW2. The design team’s greatest incentive is to make the game FUN so the player is more likely to spend more money on cosmetic items and content. Grind-based content actually works AGAINST Arenanet in a non-subsc game.

That being said, GW2 only becomes a grind if that’s how you choose to play. Going for a legendary ISN’T a grind if you don’t make it one: regular playthrough in WvW and flipping items on the trading post generates absurd amounts of karma/gold/achievments and they’re both FUN. If all oyu do is penitent/shelter farms of course you’re going to feel like the game is a grind and you’re being cheated by market fluctuations: you’ve chosen a BORING and INEFFICIENT way to play the game!

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11/2 Rematch: Ehmry Bay vs. N. Shiverpeaks vs. Sorrow's Furnace

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SF obviously can’t compete with EB or NSP, that’s why they’re constantly sitting in jump puzzles griefing people. Just let them get crushed so they drop down a tier. Putting them against better servers every week does nothing for anyone.

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Krait Bot Balls in Borderlands?

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Screenshot Attached. Lately there’s been a real epidemic of bots in WvW. They’re jus a giant ball of rangers with harpoon guns and pets that form a tight ball underwater in WvW near one of the krait events. They target whatever is nearest them and nuke it while healing each other. Is there anything we can do to combat these botters besides killing/reporting them? I can’t even screenshot them to open tickets because their names are blocked in WvW. Hope Anet knows about this and will do something proactive to blow them up!

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Blocking players doesn't prevent their comments from showing up in guild chat?

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Heya all. I love my guild to death, but there’s one member who I just don’t get along with. To prevent myself and the rest of the guild headaches, I decided to just block said person. Unfortunately, since Halloween I’ve noticed that the block doesn’t prevent that person’s chat messages from showing up in guild chat. Is this intended? And is there anyway I can prevent seeing this person’s messages in guild chat (and vice versa) short of unrepresenting? Thanks

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Clock Tower- LEAVE IT AS IS

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It’s only frustrating b/c o0f the number of people in the instance. Drop the instance size to 4-5 and it’ll be much more fun.

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WvWvW Jumping puzzle bugs [Merged]

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Still bugged as of 9:55 GMT-5 Oct 17th after the update. Can we get another update from Anet on this please?

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WvWvW Jumping puzzle bugs [Merged]

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Still bugged as of 9:30 AM GMT-5 Oct 16

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Money Making Tip Today

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Investing in high end T6 metals wouldn’t be a good plan right now…dev tracker says they’re contemplating lower the respawn timer on them (which was recently upped to 24hrs) which will surely crash the market on them

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Was The Name Lions Arch Inspired by Singapore

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http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/2982/Whats-in-a-Name.html

Some history on how Lion’s Arch was originally named during internal and public testing for GW1

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WvWvW Jumping puzzle bugs [Merged]

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Still bugged on Sorrows Furnace borderlands

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Ehmry Bay vs Gate of Madness vs Sorrow's Furnace

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To bring a summary of page 3 of this thread. [PRO] is Pro.

No but really there are the same people out in WvW on GoM since launch and its good times.

Also its not a huge influx of new players on GoM, we are just that good. hehe

Most of the new names are from the server and just new to WvW. The only place that transfers have filled in is off hours like late PST into morning EST.

Don’t forget about the GoM groups using noclip hacks to clear out garrisons at 4 AM EST every night. They have nothing to do with your success, nope.

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Mistwrought Vault bugged?

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The borderlands puzzle is indeed the bugged one.

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Mistqrought Vault bugged?

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Update: The gate is currently bugged for all three borderlands: Sorrow’s Furnace, Gate of Madness, and Ehmry Bay

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Mistwrought Vault bugged?

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Mistwrought vault in the Sorrows Furnace borderlands is bugged, the door cannot currently be opened by anyone. Personally have both keys (from the same borderland area) and using F key won’t open the door. Mapping out, relogging, etc doesn’t fix problem. There’s about 10 people standing in front of the door right now because it won’t open for anyone. About to check if the other borderlands are bugged, can anyone else on other servers confirm if it’s happening there? Currently Sorrow’s Furnace is the red team (so we’re the Northern Borderlands).

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Mistqrought Vault bugged?

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Mistwrought vault in the Sorrows Furnace borderlands is bugged, the door cannot currently be opened by anyone. Personally have both keys (from the same borderland area) and using F key won’t open the door. Mapping out, relogging, etc doesn’t fix problem. There’s about 10 people standing in front of the door right now because it won’t open for anyone. It’s really rather annoying.

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Defend Severed Breach Dynamic Event Bugged

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The dynamic event for the Severed Breach has been sitting at 8/9 waves for the last 3 days on Sorrow’s Furnace. This forces the waypoint into “contested” mode making it unusable which is mad annoying >.> Reported ingame, hopefully this’ll go on a list of bugged events somewhere in Bellevue =P

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I want to disable Email Authentication. How?

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Same here, I’m at university and (despite checking the “remember this network button”) I’ve started having to get email authentication EVERY time I log in for the last ~week. I’d like to either get the network remembering working properly or shut off the whole system >.>

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Caps lock key minimizing game client?

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Nevermind! Some googling solved the problem, apparently it was being caused by a piece of bloatware from Dell called Quickset stealing the focus whenever the Caps key was pressed. Uninstalling the program solved my problem!

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Caps lock key minimizing game client?

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Heya all. For the last 2 weeks or so hitting my caps lock key has caused my game client to minimize (in a similar manner to alt-tabbing). Any clue what could be causing this?

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Issues with the guild system: please post here [MERGED]

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3040:1002:3:1930:101
Still bugged as of 9/26. Would be nice to see a response from the live team about this

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Issues with the guild system: please post here [MERGED]

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3040:1002:3:1930:101
Getting the same error here. I was able to join my guild during early access but I haven’t been able to join any more since then so I’ve got 4 pending invites at the moment =\

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Nerfbat will create more "OP" claims

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No, this is a mistaken mindset that has been there since WoW was pejoratively called World of Roguecraft.

There is a belief that a thief/rogue should explode any class in 1v1.

Play a thief, they’re PAPER THIN. Honestly, if you’re not playing a burster who sits on the sides of the fight until he can jump in→nuke someone→and get out you’re playing the class wrong. Thiefs can’t participate in regular pitched battles unless they play like this because splash damage alone wrecks them.

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Compilation of all POI & skill point bugs

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-Vista
-Diessa Plateau
-This is the Mad Mardine Catapult bug. Essentially Mardine’s assistant Tigh Snatchskull is supposed to go to Dawnright Ranch and walk back with a bunch of cattle. The event then happens and you can interact with the cannon to get shot onto the vista at Moorwatch Tower. The quest is bugged currently so that Tigh just stands next to Mardine and doesn’t fetch the cattle. So the event gets stuck and the cannon remains unable to be interacted with.
-Sorrow’s Furnace (but occurring on many other worlds also)

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Multiple heart and event quest bugs across many zones

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Think you must be massively over-exaggerating things as the result of 1-2 frustrations…I’m at 75% world completion and so far I’ve only encountered one bug that prevented me from completing a piece of content (Mad Mardine’s Catapult to the vista in Moorwatch Tower in Diessa Plateau).

If you’re running into bugs preventing content, please describe each of them, individually, in detail along with methods for reproducing the bugs.

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Mad Mardine's Catapult

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Trying to keep this on the front page…it’s affecting almost every server at this point.

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Moorwatch Tower Vista Bug[Merged]

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Been bugged since Saturday morning on Sorrow’s Furnace

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Mad Mardine's Catapult

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Heya. This pseudo-event keeps getting bugged preventing map completion for Diessa Plateau. Check out the screenshot below:

As you can see, Mad Mardine’s event has started…Tigh Snatchskull should be running over to the Dawnright Estate to grab the cows. But he’s stuck at the cannon and won’t move. This prevents the event from finishing which makes it so players can’t interact with the cannon. Once it gets stuck like this, the event stays bugged until the server resets which is massively frustrating because it means you can’t get the vista on top of Moorwatch Tower.

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