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Fix the drink Achievement

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Fix it in what way? It’s working as intended. It’s 80g or 700k karma to max.

Note: 700k karma is a lot easier to get than 80g (unless you compare the karma-gain to CoF P1).

Twerk emote/dance book

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Yes dancing is so much more inappropriate than killing millions of things.

You do know what twerking is, right?

Shooting people in the head to steal their money is ok, but god forbid somebody shake a booty.

Yehp. :D

This seems backwards

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The Thaumanova Reactor explosion (and the fallout caused by it) does not affect only the Asura.

Steam creatures? Tied to the Thaumanova Reactor.
Mass portaling of random creatures to other places of the world (or even through worlds)? Tied to the Thaumanova Reactor.

Hats off, ArenaNet

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Also we’d be fighting humans, not Margonites (although they could be humans called Margonites) as they were humans before he, Abbadon, was cast into the Realm of Torment (with them).

Heck, we could even be fighting the Margonites as they are destroying some of the statues of the other gods.

OR inversely, we could be the Margonites as we destroy the temples of the other gods.

Thaumanova "Chaos Mists Discussion"

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That’s assuming that we’re there during the reactor fallout. I’m quite sure we’d be there right before as during would be extremely dangerous and potentially death-inducing (to the characters).

Right before the fallout there were sightings of Destroyers.

Unidentified Dyes..

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I tend to prefer to open them when I have at least 100 to open. That way I’ll at least get something of value back, of course I don’t purchase dyes (at least not with Gold or Gems), so I’m not ever really “losing” per-se.

Twerk emote/dance book

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Yes dancing is so much more inappropriate than killing millions of things.

You do know what twerking is, right?

Hats off, ArenaNet

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Fall of Abbadon is just one dungeon.

Thaumanova Reactor could have unknown effects that affect things outside the fractal. The possibilities are endless!

Other way round. Thaumanova Reactor is just… a reactor. Fall of Abaddon is the most central piece of lore ever. Unless you think Tyria would be better off without magic, in which case it’s still interesting to know why he did what he did.

Actually, the Thaumanova Reactor is the reason for the steam creatures (which are created by the Asura protagonists in an alternate universe where they are antagonists because they were led by Teyo, iirc). It was also disrupted by Destroyers, supposedly, and not the Inquest, which means it could potentially mean that Primordus is going to be seen soon (or even seen in the fractal itself).

With that said, it can just end up being a 5man Great Destroyer fight.

However, the Fall of Abbadon will most likely not place the players as the Human Gods, and simply as foot-soldiers who fight off Abbadon’s minions (which would, at the time, simply be elementals and other humans) and then fight one of his champions at the end, while the actual gods are fighting Abbadon.

How large will the discounts be?

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Nobody knows yet. The official details haven’t been released either. Ask again on Tuesday.

Twerk emote/dance book

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Yes it’s inappropriate, and yes you are only one of a few that would want it.

The game of 3 classes....

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You don’t need to use your LMB to use grenades. You can just double-click spam (or turn on fast-cast ground targeting for single-click spam) and just aim with your mouse. As a Mesmer, you’re going to move your mouse at about the same speed as that, anyways, but for different reasons.

Fix the drink Achievement

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So… you can buy drinks with Karma and Gold, yet you don’t want to spend Karma or Gold so clearly it’s ANet’s fault. Seems legit.

Bot Traders - Ban Them

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There can also be people who flip on the market and have written their own code to get notifications when they get outbid on items through constant API calls, however I’m quite sure something like that wouldn’t be instantaneous (or it could potentially DDoS the GW2 API through too many calls in a short span. It would also require a very powerful machine to sort through it that fast.)

I digress. While it is possible (and potentially true) that there are bots on the TP. The fact that you, @Earlywood, claim that nobody can respond that fast means that you’re probably using a bot program with which it’s inhumanly possible to react (and then double check the price). Think about it, how else would you be able to know that someone else is outbidding you at a speed incapable of a normal human? Just a logical fallacy on your end…

Fix the drink Achievement

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You can buy drinks with Karma. When you get to endgame where getting 1m+ karma is a joke, then come back and complain.

Vote Kiel for Destroyers --> Primordus

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The spirits of the wild are not the human gods. The spirits of the wild are beasts in the mist that the shamans commune with to gain insight in their troubles.

Correct way to report griefing?

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WvW JP griefing isn’t griefing. It’s a PvP tactic in a PvP zone.

Please stop designing around asura

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The camera was changed a few months ago to be in the same spot for all races.

The old camera used to be positioned at your characters head, so your height made a difference. This was unfair for Norn/big characters because they were always hitting a ceiling. In the current camera iteration, if your camera is hitting a wall, so is everyone else’s. However, if your character is too big/in the way, that’s not going to necessarily be the same problem with everyone else. Lastly, when you start zooming in, that’s when the camera starts going to your height-specific position. If you’re using a transformation or tonic, they all have inherent heights which may or may not be accurate.

If your problem is that your character is too big, there are a few solutions. Personally, when I run into parts where I’m unsure of how far to jump, I’ll aim my camera straight down at my head so I see the top of my head. This lets me see how far I need to jump but I don’t see the Y axis (height). Usually that’s fine since I know where the next jump will be. If I can’t see anything at all, then I turn my camera so I can see where I need to go, then go back to the fantastic (sarcasm included) view of a wall/the inside of my face to continue.

Whatever happened to the epic login screen?

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I mean, it’s nice that we can login in our patcher, but I’d rather have that screen. :D

Steam Dragon

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Actually, if this dragon were to be released (in the current state of game) it would be a fractal boss.

This is due to the steam creatures being created by Asura in an alternate dimension with which portals through time and space rip out and allow them to transport to our dimension.

However, another option could be a more in-depth look at personal storylines (or just opening up personal storylines to other choices allowing you to look at and fight implications of their continuance without the player having been there to make the changes).

Again, in the current iteration of the game, it would only make sense in a fractal.

Out of Combat Double Blink

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Video please! (15 pfffffff)

If I made a video it would be 240p.

empty maps make story mode suck.

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Ask for help in Lion’s Arch. There are a lot of people there willing to help (and me there to troll you!)

But seriously, in Northern Shiverpeaks, the community in the open-world will do their own thing. Try finding a guild to join in Lion’s Arch and move on from there.

Lastly, all skill points are soloable, albeit some harder than others.

I could go on but I’m really tired.

Radiant Amour Skin Series

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Helm: Hellfire (Achievement 9000/18000).
Shoulders: Radiant (Achievement 6000/15000).
Chest: Vigil (Order).
Gloves: Radiant (Achievement 3000/12000).
Pants: Winged (Crafted).
Shoes: ???.

Armor type: Light.
Race: Asura.

Dyes: Celestial/Midnight Ice (in Preview, may opt for other choices later).

Things to add: Fractal Capacitor or Wind Catcher. (I have a Wind Catcher, but I’m 60 ecto shy of a Fractal Capacitor [and I’m not sure if I want to rush it].) Anomaly. Ignus Faatus. Fractal Sword.

Why do I have Hellfire helm? I prefer it on Asura over the Radiant helm (even with the silly ears sticking out, heck I like the silly ears).

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MF and unified wp costs for all cities

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Mystic Forges in other cities would be so nice.

Also having a button that teleports you to your home instance (or city) would be nice, since we can get to LA with 2 map portals for no cost, I see no reason as to why we can’t portal to our home city with 2 map portals (1 to get to instance, 1 to get to city).

Caudecus Storyline Continuation?

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You should probably put the entirety of that final paragraph in a spoiler.

Also, he’s kept there so that he is unable to cause trouble as he’s being watched at all times, essentially a prisoner of the Queen whilst formally a guest.

Black Lion Chests are... not very exciting

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You mean like the feeling of opening a Mann Co. Crate? Oh wait, it’s the same feeling, you just didn’t spend [as much] real money on the MCC’s.

Will Champ rewards kill cond builds in PvE?

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Cond builds work more effectively in solo play PvE (when facing Champions).

The easiest method for me, as a Mesmer, to kill a champion is to equip a Staff and always have 2 clones between me and said champion. This tactic works for the majority of solo-able champions in the game. I actually do that running full zerk, meaning I have pretty much no damage output, but if I do run it as a Cond Mesmer, it makes it slightly faster (not too much, though, since 6-16k damage warlocks are still good dps even if they always die after 1 attack).

Icing Dyes?

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If they truly wanted to make an impact on this dyes price, they would have had to have increased the floor buy price by putting in a large amount of buy orders at a large price, like 2g, so that other people willing to buy this item would have to spend at least 2g on it just to match the price. The downside would be that they would also get a lot of Icing dyes, but if they play their cards right (and have enough gold) they could force the item to change it’s price, if not just for a little while (until they pull out).

Why does my Snow Wurm have to die?

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My golems explode… I have to go to my home instance to rebuild them and/or redesign them everytime. My back hurts from carrying his ruined frame all the time. :(

Out of Combat Double Blink

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Just thought I’d share this little tidbit of information with y’all. I was running around and realized that when traiting for Far-Reaching Manipulations (Dueling I), your Blink actually gets replaced with another skill named Blink. This allows you to blink twice while out of combat.

This isn’t a particularly useful feat in most scenario’s, but when you’re running to keep up with a zerg in a non-combat oriented environment, it can be helpful. Especially when combined with Master of Manipulation (Chaos III). Note: Master of Manipulation will not allow you to get another 2 Blinks. That trait is an actual dynamic modification of the skill.

Have fun clicking a bunch of times to get double blinks!

EDIT: Proof of two separate skills (type these into the game): [&B20oAAA=][&B9gnAAA=]
When Master of Manipulation is [in]active, the description will change from 30s to 24s or back. The actual skill is chosen based on whether Far-Reaching Manipulation is active or not. You can also use this trick with any other Manipulation based skill.

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Pirate Captain's Uniform... Why No Legs

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Because this was made back when town clothing outfits were going to be made the same as costumes in GW1, where you had a hat and a costume, that’s it.

GW2 Soundtrack

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Vote Kiel for Destroyers --> Primordus

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The Thaumanova Reactor fallout was caused by destroyers. Destroyers = Primordus’ Minions.

Vote Kiel to fight Primordus. Duhhh.

Bounty Hunters for Open World Population

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They’re already adding open-world incentives. Read the latest blog post. :D

Is there a better place than orr farm?

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CoF P1 farm. Embrace it or die.

Fastest way to get to 80?

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Why Ascended Gear is a bad idea.

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Greens would only work as well as writing it on a piece of paper. Places more impact on your trait stats and boons than there would be in a build with better gear and you’ll under perform in wvw.

While you will underperform a full exotic build, the difference is ~22% of stats.
Primary stats will have 60 more points if you went full exotic vs masterwork.
Secondary stats will have 40 more points if you went full exotic vs masterwork.

So unless 60/40 in a stat is going to make or break you, I’d suggest re-thinking your “Everything MUST be max stat or I’m useless!” mentality.

Overall, yes you are losing out on 140 stats, but when you have an average of 1500 in each stat (not including Healing Power/Condition Damage/Critical Damage/Condition Duration/Boon Duration). If you actually do the overall math on it, you’re only losing out on 2.33% of your total stats (average of 6000 stats in a full build, so 140 / 6000).

Recycling radiant/hellfire skins at 12k?

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That is what the Wiki doth sayeth to us.

Why Ascended Gear is a bad idea.

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I disagree. Currently, it’s easy to test your build with green items. Once you are confident in your build or actually enjoy it, then you work on the Exotics. The greens are about 1000x cheaper than their Exotic counterparts.

This means that when Ascended gets released, you’ll have time to test the build with greens, then work towards Exotics (optional), THEN get the items in Ascended, all while working towards the Ascended items.

Help on picking viable weapons for classes

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I like Swords. :D

Why Ascended Gear is a bad idea.

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For all we know, Ascended gear won’t have inherent orbs. They might just have an infusion + an upgrade slot.

Secondly, it’s going to be time-gated.

Special Abilities (Sleath and others)

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Yeah, I think all professions should get a unique system.

Here’s how this should work, I think:

Elementalists should get these attunements which let them swap their skill sets to different elements. These elements each have their own characteristics, like Water is more healing based, Fire is damage based, Air is mobility based, and Earth is slowing/tanking based.

Guardians should be able to burn things and help others with their skills. They should also have block and regen.

Warriors should get these gigantic attacks which you charge up by hitting things.

Engineers should have this toolbelt that lets them activate special attacks on things.

Ranger should get a pet that does cool damage and has its own skillbar while also getting boosts from your skill bar!

Necromancer should have this form that puts him closer to the Mists (and death) which will allow him to channel necrotic energies! He should charge this similar to warriors but instead of hitting things, how about when things die?

And Mesmers should have clones so that it’s confusing to find the real one. They can even explode the clones to have special effects!

2ndary Professions

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Ah, I thought you were actually replying to Fortus, not adding.

2ndary Professions

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I believe you missed Fortus’ point by a mile, Conncept.

However, both of your points are completely valid and true.

Will anet ever do another transfer weekend?

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Probably if, and when, the server sizes become imbalanced.

Profession specific dodge/block mechanic.

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Nono, it was meant at the OP.

The game is essentially a F2P (P2W) version of GW2. The combat isn’t as fluid. There’s a quest system (very linear). Each class has an evade button which is essentially a dodgeroll but it has a special, personalized effect for each class.

Fall of Abaddon and/or Thaumanova Reactor

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Keep in mind, Thaumanova Reactor is probably about Destroyers.

Source: Word on the street[s of Rata Sum].

Profession specific dodge/block mechanic.

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I feel like someones been playing too much Neverwinter…

What was last POI added to game?

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Dead End Bar in Divinity’s Reach.

Second Aetherblade Base in Gendarren Fields.

Challenge Accepted ANET

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It’s a visual bug.

Trait points costing 2/3 per selection?

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Because you have 7 points in the line. It’s asking if you want to quick-spend to the required amount (in this case 10).

If you had 0 points, it would ask you to spend 10 points to get it. If you had 3 points, it would ask you to spend 7 points, etc, etc, etc.