Guild Wars 2

I think maybe, just maybe, IOU’s existed before TV.

Rangers are being shunned because most rangers in PvE are bearbow and don’t bring much to the table. If you run a Greatsword/Sword+Warhorn Ranger with Frost Spirit and Spotter, you bring a significant damage boost to the party, but you have decent dps yourself.

If you bring a bear and a bow, you don’t bring much damage or utility and will probably die if something gets to you.

You’ll be fine, just don’t expect to be able to solo everything…

laokoko.7403:

I don’t know why you keep saying chance are 1/400.

I saw wiki’s that keep updating the drop chance over the past years. It’s more like a few thousands results gathered and I’ve never seen a permanent license drop.

If you dont’ believe go through the list of XXX black lion chest open on youtube, and check how many permanent license drop, pretty much 0.

I dont’ want to put false accusation, but I always get the feeling some marketing person keep come up to forum posting inaccurate results so people will buy those RNG stuff. Well the accusation is probably false, since there are always ignorant players, but it does make me guessing it is possible.

The original hair contracts were only dropped during Wintersday, therefore all of the data gathered on permanent hair contracts were equivalent to 0%.

However, if you look at the drop tables for the other contracts, they’re all floating around 0.25% which is 1/400. I’m assuming it’s the same as the other contracts. If it’s not, it’s probably lower, not higher.

And to be completely honest, I know they drop. I looted a Black Lion Trader Contract without even knowing they were in the tables during the original release at Wintersday (double chance at the time, although I believe the rates were different back then).

I also looted another Black Lion Trader Contract on the day of the patch.

You can’t see my Personal Trader Express, but he’s in my inventory. If you want proof of them side by side, I can provide it. Either that or you can just say I shopped the image and bought it with real gold along with my original one.

Guardian can provide reflects with better uptime than Feedback and projectile destruction with better uptime than 2 Wardens (once 3 Wardens are out, it’s 100% uptime).

Guardians can also provide 10 seconds of Quickness (on par with Time Warp) in 2 5 second bursts 15 seconds apart. The cooldown on this is significantly shorter than TW.

Guardians can provide Aegis, Stability, and Swiftness for running as a group. Mesmer can drop portals but they still have to run it (typically solo) and they don’t have very good swiftness uptime, so unless you retraiting for PU in between fights (and/or waiting on all cooldowns so you can swap to Decoy Veil Blink MI) you’re not going to have a good time with Portal.

Additionally, Guardian has higher DPS than a Warrior, but can’t do PS for permanent 25 party Might.

The only downsides to bringing a Guardian over a Mesmer are:
Wall reflect vs Dome.
Projectile Destruction is worse after 20s
To get TW, dps goes down the drain (but still exists).

Upsides to bringing a Guardian over a Mesmer:
Safety and Damage.
Higher Reflect Uptime
Projectile Destruction is better assuming things don’t only use projectiles (aka every fight except Alphard and most bosses in CM).

Boneheart.3561:

Lazarus.3970:

This backpack annoys me. At least I had a chance of getting the spinal blade thingie, but didnt because I was too lazy to farm the items needed, but this one takes the cake, and I hate it. Requiring 3 different skills at 400, none of which I have even started, or a kitten ton of money from people price gouging.

I will never get this back item, and its not because I don’t like it. I just will never have the money or skill level to make it. So now I have 4 items that will sit in my bank forever as a reminder of an unobtainable item.

Thanks. This is bullkitten.

From what I can tell, all the components required are a permanent addition. You can make this back piece whenever you want. Oh except maybe the clay. You should probably grab twenty-five pieces of clay quickly, I know at Tier 5 they don’t cost a single copper, probably the same at Tier 1, so just round up a stack of Geodes.

Clay costs less Geodes the higher tier (1 less per tier) but you can only buy it at Tier 3 or higher. Currently, the price of Clay is 8/7/6 per (maybe more Tiers later on).

So, if we have Fiery Dragon Sword Sohothin, can we make a rift and jump in to help Rytlock?

Edge of the Mist and WvW are decent methods. If it’s your first character, it’s highly recommended NOT to do this. Explore the open world and take your time. You shouldn’t rush because this is your introduction to the game. The game truly starts at level 80.

Permanent Contracts are a 1/400 drop. Even having 400 BLKeys is only a 63% chance of getting A permanent contract, not necessarily the hair.

It’s in Kryta. It’s in Krytan.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/New_Krytan

But then I have to turn off all the other circles… can’t you just let us pick the color?

No, really, it says IOU…

I’m talking about the numbers within the chat rings.

It says “IOU”.

You mean like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefEpdItXeM

Could you add an icon for the chests? I’m red-green colorblind and the color of the chests blends in with the background for me.

I don’t think Precursors are the reason why T6 prices are as “low” as they are now.

And Fractals .

Simple Piggy Bank
Put as much money as you want into ordering an Endless Ooze Tonic.
If you have more than 1000g, recommended to split your gold into multiple orders.

When you want to get your money back, undo your purchase listings.
Loot money from TP.
???
Profit.

They’ve actually tried to fix this, to some degree.

In CoE, the Golem that gets buffs from turrets can now move. This causes players to end up moving around to keep up with him when he decides to do the move-slide-dance. If he goes too far from the center, he will simply run back to the center. It is possible to get him near a wall, but not possible to stack on a wall/LoS corner vs him. The standard tactic my group uses to fight him is to shove him into a turret and force him near a wall from there.

In AC, the spider’s breath attack is an AoE attack that wipes groups. It is no longer affected by the LoS stack and the spittle attack can no longer be reflected. To counteract this, we simply have a Warrior use Fear Me! and it dies before the duration ends.

I think that what he meant to say was Block.
It costs significantly less Endurance than a dodge roll and prevents skill usage while being used.

Also, I think Blocking and Attacking was meant to be more of a duelist type game, if you look at the Claypool Heart in Human Starting Zone.

Miku Lawrence.6329:

Esplen.3940:

Null Field skill fact is incorrect, please fix skill to match description ANet.

It must indeed say “Conditions cured per pulse : 1”

Nonono, fix skill to MATCH description. Pliss Anet, you did with iLeap.

I thought it was literally a waypoint inside your home instance that could be used outside for free and would then let you go back to where you were.

Would make my daily gathering a lot faster because I wouldn’t need to load 4 times to get back to where I am. I don’t really care about the gold cost, either. Too bad I’m not getting it, I already destroy my HoM Portal Stones because I can get them for free.

Just make sure to state that you’re new somewhere in there or in party chat… and try to host the instance.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Anmida.4058:

The material requirements get more amusing by the update. Come on, Anet. 50 gold of materials for a decoration. Naw…

You could try being less impatient and by next week it will cost 5g tops.

Or just hit some trees.

Brother Grimm.5176:

Your point is valid except that typing a question in Open World and typing a question in the midst of Dungeon are going to get you VERY different reactions…..

Esplen.3940:

Well, just like anything in any game, doing something with no prior knowledge and not being in a group that’s accepting or knows that you’re new is a bad idea.
…
it’s really, really good to get a group that’s willing to teach you the ropes (and by group, I mean Guild).

Already got you covered.

Or they could have just released capes and have been done with it. Sure, there will be clipping issues with Charr. Get a fashion designer or just a designer.

But with the release of all these backpacks, there are still flaws in the backpack system. Asura have the backpacks set too low on their backs causing most bags to look like fanny packs.

I’d really appreciate if Anet decided to design things around races other than Human (yes, I know things look pretty on your norn and sylvari, but everything is made for human, not the rest).

Well, just like anything in any game, doing something with no prior knowledge and not being in a group that’s accepting or knows that you’re new is a bad idea.

However, you can’t really learn mechanics of GW2 just by reading (for the most part), so it’s really, really good to get a group that’s willing to teach you the ropes (and by group, I mean Guild).

When I got to level 80, I kind of did whatever but had no focus. After joining a small guild, I started to do dungeons frequently. Then I kept doing dungeons more and more, and left the guild to join another one that did a different set of dungeons and so on. Almost all of my guilds have been learning experiences as opposed to “REPRESENT ME AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE WE’RE PVX AND HAVE 500 PLAYERS” because I personally don’t believe in PvX and also believe that a guild with 500 players is a community, not a guild.

Read the posts here again, you’re blatantly misunderstanding what’s being discussed.

No, 900 gems is a very fair price considering you… can’t use it in WvW, Dungeons, Instances and also get stiffed depending on what Race you’ve picked!

Oh wait…

In WvW, as long as I don’t get overrun by a Zerg (which happens most of the time T_T), I usually die because I know I got outplayed or didn’t play at my best. I know I can improve, and this is also extremely relevant in PvE where I’m still not capable of soloing Lupicus even though I know all of his attacks, animations, mechanics, and more by heart.

I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a bad player (but please tell me that I’m not bad…), but apparently what other people tell me is that I’m a really good mesmer. I ended up joining a speedrun group through LFG as a PUG and they picked me up because I was capable of doing what I needed to do and I knew how Mesmer worked.

The thing about Mesmer is that, while we are getting shoved down under the rug, we are still a Profession with a very, very high skill cap. We’re just getting a higher and higher skill floor as well… and we’re being forced into specific roles due to lack of variety, but that’s a different conversation.

My point is that as a Mesmer, sometimes you don’t think about it, but you can almost always be doing something better. No matter what build you’re playing, knowing your Illusions attack timers and position can help you out. If you’re playing a Phantasm build in PvE, you want your Phantasms (typically) to be in a safe place. You also don’t want to replace them while they’re attacking (unless you’re trying to re-stagger Wardens). If you’re playing Shatter, you want to know where your Illusions are so when you shatter they won’t just run forward a few steps then explode because they ran too long. If you position well enough (a little bit of luck involved), you can also get a chain daze off on someone (although if you’re bursting, it’s better to just get the 25 stacks of vuln then do a mind wrack, but still..)

So we have to be running at least 2 skills to escape, assuming the enemy doesn’t have any leaps or is capable of chasing down?

If we’re in combat, we ckittene stealth + blinks to move around, but we’ll still be stuck in combat, especially if you chase us. While it is possible to OOC and maybe waypoint away, it also relies on nobody actually hitting us or chasing us down with ANY leap or teleport.

Yeah, the Laurels give players a huge choice of what they can get. I would say to put Guild Commendations in the list, but the difference between Laurels and Guild Commendations, both lore and as a currency, is pretty significant.

I wasn’t originally thinking of adding the Black Lion Claim Tickets or Gems, but since these are all (well, almost) granting players an aesthetic item of choice, I think they’re very, very relevant.

There’s obviously a significant disparity between the rewards, but it’s also fair, in my opinion, because everyone wants something different and if they were all streamlined, then people would be getting 800+g’s worth of items (equivalent to ~4000 gems, which is also, theoretically, 1/10 of a Black Lion Ticket, meaning you’d be buying Ticket Scraps).

It’s possible to convert Laurels to money, but that’s RNG related, meaning you’d be getting over a thousand Laurels.

Yeahhh, let’s not look at the disparity…

I remember waiting “patiently” for my 22 days to get my set of Celestial Exotic armor… (22 because I have the node, so I can strike it for a chance at a Charged Quartz).

Currently, I have 1000 Quartz, 60 Charged Quartz and nothing to do with either, because I have my Exotic Celestial set. If I want Ascended Celestial, I have 3 Ascended Armor Boxes that can give me Celestial (out of 4 Boxes [Raider’s doesn’t give Celestial]).

For Weapons, I think it’s nice that there are Exotics that give Celestial, and they have reasonable prices.

For Armor, I think it’s a fair system, albeit slightly too gated. There’s no reason for it to not be faster, but at the same time, making it 1/char/day is unfair to those who have fewer characters or don’t buy character slots.

I understand your frustration, and almost all players attempting to make Celestial went through the same “why?” moment back when it was released. It’s a luxury item, so the fact that it’s not easy to make is fair.

Additionally, it only requires 30 days to make a Celestial Armorset, and the weapons are almost all available on the TP.

Take your time and run dungeons and fractals on the weekends. I’m currently juggling school and work for a whopping 56 hours/week not including travel (and I take the bus). I do not work weekends, yet I manage to do my dailies and make at least 5g everyday, not including items.

Over the past 2 weeks, I have made 100g. If I liquidate all of my assets, I can get another 700g (although I did loot a Permanent TP Contract, so that’s 270g that’s not really fair to count).

So I have ~300g right now, but if I liquidate my assets, I can easily pass 1000g…

Over the course of the 2 weeks, I probably made around 150g in unliquidated assets, if we don’t count the contract. I also did some core upgrades, yielding 40 Charged Lodestones, so that can add another large sum…

Don’t complain if you’re not willing put in the effort to change your playstyle.

Keep in mind, dungeons are not the most efficient in terms of time, but they are the most efficient and cheapest in terms of money.

You are effectively getting paid money and given items to get your armorset if you do dungeons. It comes at a price, being time, though, so keep that in mind.

Well, to be make it simpler, they could do one of a few things, bar the Merchant:

If you use the TP Contract, you can withdraw from the TP anywhere, anytime. No NPC spawned (it clutters the “mercenary” usability space and tricks players).

Bank tab is added to all hero panels under crafting. This can be used to VIEW your bank. Everything is grayed out and immovable unless a bank contract, crafting station, or banker is near you. (Same goes for Collectibles.)

Possible to access makeover kit as part of wardrobe section. Hair changes may be completed for free with contract on any character. Could also use this to convert makeover and full makeover to transmutation charges, but that might make you lose some money. Previewing facial/body changes along with armor would definitely be appreciated, though. Problem with this could be changing gender in preview.

Merchant contract will add a “sell junk” button to your inventory gear in addition to having a button next to it that will open up the Merchant window to buy or sell. Right clicking items will show “Sell to merchant” if sellable. Items above green rarity will show a confirmation, enticing players to open up merchant window.

Mystic Forge Conduit or Node… should still just be usable as they are.

Sarrs.4831:

Relying on one weapon set is a build?

Dungeon PvE Mesmer uses main hand Sword on both sets because GS is counter intuitive in coordinated play.

Power Necro uses Dagger in both main hand because they have very little weapon choices (ckittene Axe, but Dagger is better unless you HAVE to range).

Wouldn’t Mesmers already be able to do this? I find it degrading that Kasmeer, Anise, Jennah, and all other NPC Mesmer’s are way stronger thkitten yet we’re forced to go and kill everything because they’re all “too weak” and “too busy”.

Heck, Kasmeer has Feedback on less than half the cooldown of our own and can ground target it. Same goes for Time Warp.

Anise can spawn upwards of 10 Phantasms instantly, except she doesn’t do this if you’re a Noble.

Jennah can effortlessly convert an entire army of clockwork machines to not only look, but also act like other creatures (which goes beyond Phantasms). So effortlessly, in fact, that she’s unable to take off the illusion…

Mmmmmm…

The other Permanent Contracts are all at a 0.25% drop chance. Assuming the Hair Stylist is the same, that’s a 1/400 chance (THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL GET ONE WITHIN 400 TRIES).

I opened 15 Chests today and got a Trading Post on my 4th one. Yay for my second looted Trading Post…!

They should just give every profession laser beams out of their eyes. They do no damage, but instantly disintegrate clones, so people can literally kill clones by looking harshly at them.

It will also get rid of all the tab targeting complaints vs Mesmers…

Null Field skill fact is incorrect, please fix skill to match description ANet.

NICENIKESHOE.7128:

Just a suggestion, maybe you press a movement key before or during blurred frenzy? As I recall there’s a slight delay in blurred frenzy before you actually go into evade mode and movement during that time can cancel it.

The delay is very, very, very minimal. At least, recently, the evasion has kicked in before I even start the animation… well, other times it doesn’t, but not recently. I’ve been using Blurred Frenzy to dodge Lupicus kicks, grubs, and barrages, so I’d know if the first shots hit me (especially when I get a late Blurred Frenzy vs kick/slap).

NICENIKESHOE.7128:

Duel a hambow friend and you’ll have high chance of seeing it. It may not be guarantee but phase retreat while stun can cause that.

Yeah, basically this, when you Phase Retreat while hit by a hard cc, it resets the cc duration, in my experience (DO NOT QUOTE ME ON THIS).

It gives the devs a reason not to look at the individual subforums of the professions.

Also, Mesmer’s can’t escape as well as a Warrior vs Zergs.

Really? I soloed it as a Mesmer. Drop Warden on statue while he’s vulnerable.

Rytlock will kind of sit there attacking, so some Ghosts will cluster there and get hit by Warden.

Focus your effort on the Mender whenever he appears. He spawns outside of the room, so just start thwacking him.

Roll through the Fire if they get near you, similar to Liadri clones.

After killing Mender, pick off Archer or Mages off to the side or pull them to Rytlock/Wardens.

When Statue becomes vulnerable Phantasmal Warden → Signet of the Ether → Phantasmal Warden, melee auto attack on the tomb to get triple hits (won’t affect Blurred Frenzy or Wardens).

If you ever go down, rally off of a Fear Statue, assuming Rox doesn’t revive you.

Gift of Renown
Token that can be traded to any Laurel Merchant for…
Account-Bound Precursor of Choice, also requires Laurels and Gold based on One/Two Hand.
Laurels (100)
Black Lion Claim Tickets (5)
Gems (800)

Don’t want a precursor? Get a Black Lion Weapon.
The one you want costs too much or you don’t want one? Get some Laurels.
Don’t need any Laurels? Get some Gems.
Don’t need any Gems? Seriously, stop looking a gift horse in the mouth. You have enough choice by now, so just pick one.

To name two problems:
Permanent Mystic Forge isn’t account bound.

What if players equip 7 Account Bags?

don’t use auto attacks and count to 1 before using the next chain

Warhorn 4 Bullrush Greatsword 3 5 Sword 2 Drop Banner Banner 3 4 Sword 2 Greatsword 3 5 Bullrush Warhorn 4 Sword 2 Drop Banner #2 Banner #2 3 4 Sword 2 Greatsword 3 5 Bullrush Warhorn

The Phantasms doing 0 damage to Thaumanova is weird and not really stable. Usually when I fight him I have 3 Phantasms up and 2 are hitting him with 1 dealing 0 damage or vice versa.

Additionally, versus Operative Belka (Arah P2 Final Boss) and Legendary Jotunn (Arah P1 Final Boss), you can spawn Phantasms that deal damage, however you must spawn them before the appropriate effect is applied.

To have Phantasms hitting Belka, you must spawn them before the party gets Phased so the Phantasms get Phased as well. If they get hit by her Inquest Risen Mouthbeam Technology, then life sucks again. If they stand in her piddles of confuddlement, then life sucks again. Because of this, the best Phantasms to spawn against Belka would be iDuelist at max range with Duelist Training to give them the highest probability of survival.

For the Jotunn, you can spawn 3 Phantasms, but they must spawn before the Ring of Fire appears and, because Phantasms don’t move, will die to his Fire Field. They can also die to a stray projectile, especially if you didn’t get Wardens up.

AND for the best part, more bugs:

If you spawn Underwater Phantasms/Clones and the enemy LoS’s using land, the Phantasms/Clones will walk onto land and have no attack, causing them to run directly next to the enemy awaiting decapitation.

If you spawn Terrestrial Phantasms/Clones and the enemy LoS’s using water, the Phantasms/Clones will stand at the waters’ edge and look pretty.

If you spawn Terrestrial Phantasms/Clones and the enemy is underwater, the Phantasms/Clones will spawn in the water and be unable to move or attack.