Guild Wars 2

And insta-fail the fractal? It’s up to you xD.

I think you will find that lowering the listing fee is potentially economically damaging.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lore
Is a really great place to start.
Down the bottom of that page is a little table with more lore articles.
The ones that might be of particular interest are the ‘Storylines’ since you didn’t play through GW1 and a lot of the lore was delivered through the GW1 storyline.
Prophecies: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storyline_of_Prophecies
Factions: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storyline_of_Factions
Nightfall: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storyline_of_Nightfall
Eye of the North: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storyline_of_Eye_of_the_North
Beyond: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storyline_of_Beyond

If there is anything more specific be sure to ask and someone here will be able to give you information or point you in the right direction.

The Guild Wars 2 wiki also has some helpful stuff as well:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lore
Once again there is a table down the bottom of the page which has links that may interest you.

The Timeline can be pretty helpful for putting things in perspective:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Timeline
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Timeline

The Movement of the World offers a good overview of how things are at the beginning of GW2:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Movement_of_the_World
While the table at the bottom also has links to lore articles for all of the major races as well as the minor/lesser intelligent races (e.g. Quaggan, Skritt, Krait etc.)
And of course if you’ve played through the GW2 storyline and dungeons then you’ll have a much better knowledge

Konig Des Todes.2086:

FlamingFoxx.1305:

One of the dev’s mysteriously posted ‘I wonder what happens when chaos energy mixes with the mists’ (not a direct quote but thats the gist of it) in response to the thuamanova fractal – which does of course make it sound a lot more interesting.

I want to support Kiel, but the Abaddon fractal is just too tempting to turn down

There was also a comment that hinted that Evon’s wanting to study Abaddon’s fall may be religious.

I’m interested in the Thaumanova Reactor because it can grant lore on the ED.

I’m interested in the Fall of Abaddon because of a fan-fiction I wrote (and am re-writing thanks to GW2 lore) being based around that.

But I’m also interested in what Kiel and Evon would do if they become/don’t become a member of the Captain’s Council.

I may end up not voting at all. So torn.

The way I understand it is that tokens drop as loot all across the world – so you may want to vote (there will probably be achievements for voting), just vote evenly xD?

Definitely agree with you on being interested in what they will do if they don’t win. Kiel seems level headed enough, but Evon doesn’t exactly scream sanity to me _. I suppose with Kiel you could have her story go either way – with either research and exploration into the thaumanova reactor, or further investigations with Majory and Kasmeer?

WP costs are in no way crippling… People need to stop complaining about that. I’m a casual player who doesn’t do dungeon runs often and doesn’t grind or play the TP – I’ve still managed to build up 30ish Gold and WP costs are always paid by the less than 1 gold I have on my person which is sustained by selling junk items…
History lessons are far more important. If you’re that strapped for cash then run everywhere, and remember that Asura gates are free! you can cover very large distances of the map using an Asura gate and it takes 5 minutes at most to go from one end of a map to the other.

This post belongs either:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions
or
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2

Shanna.4762:

Mouhappai.5406:

Found some pretty nice concept art of Canthan architecture in a Chinese GW2 forum, not sure if anyone has seen them before but they are nice nonetheless.

Thank you for sharing these concept art pieces. Are these fan made for Cantha in GW2? or is it GW1 Art? I haven’t seen them before!

It’s GW1 concept art. Unfortunately a lot of the GW1 concept art never got displayed very prominently. It exists in the back corners of the internet mostly xD.

Thanks Anet for this. I never got to participate in the Molten Alliance dungeon because I was swamped with University assignments. It’s great to know that at some stage I will finally get to play it

One of the dev’s mysteriously posted ‘I wonder what happens when chaos energy mixes with the mists’ (not a direct quote but thats the gist of it) in response to the thuamanova fractal – which does of course make it sound a lot more interesting.

I want to support Kiel, but the Abaddon fractal is just too tempting to turn down

ghost.3208:

I just hope that in the future we can get the other option, I can’t decide which of the 2 options to pick

1. Abaddon: GODS, nuff said.
2. Reactor: It intrigues me to know what happened there, what were the Inquest using to release such chaotic energies?

Seriously Anet please, let us have the second one some time in the future

YOU ARE MY HERO. I love that advert! That little girl is a legend!

Please learn the lore…
The Charr know that Abaddon was behind the events, they have members in the Priory.
They also know that the titans they once worshipped were false gods – this is obviously a contentious issue for them. I can see exactly why a Charr might want to research into this and maybe even just see Abaddon die out of malice and hatred for something that manipulated their entire race.

ThomasLeung.4082:

hello!
How can I buy this book? Destiny’s Edge.
I live in Melbourne.

You can easily buy an ebook copy. Alternatively I’d strongly suggest getting it from http://www.bookdepository.com/Guild-Wars-Edge-Destiny-Robert-King/9781416589600
The Book Depository has free worldwide shipping and they consistently have lower prices than retail (at least than NZ retail, so I would assume they’re cheaper than Aus retail as well).

It’s all over the place to disguise the fact that you actually get to partake in a very small number of story quests and they need to get you across as much of the map as possible >.>.

Fafnir.5124:

Was the Cataclysm possibly caused by Zhaitan then? for a large source of undead minions.

No, it was caused by Abbaddon.

Just an FYI, Konig is a far more reliable source of Lore than Wooden Potatoes >.>
I repeat again, yes there is no information about her life before she was corrupted, but it clearly points to her having HAD a life before being corrupted – which is the most important part.

Side note @ Zityz, the Luxons and Kurzicks were dissolved by Emperor Usoku so there are no vassal states anymore – everyone is just Canthan.

Colin has also said they haven’t decided one way or the other on Expansions.. The whole “No expansions ever” has been widely misquoted and the context forgotten. The dev who said this initially was trying to say that they want to explore the viability of the living story and hope to get it to a point where it can actually replace the function of expansions. By having content released every two weeks they could actually uncover parts of Cantha in a meaningful and realistic way for example. But honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if an expansion is in the works…

There’s a drastic difference in the Kraken and the DSD. The threat of the Elder Dragons is visible to all Tyrians. Everyone is very aware just how dangerous they are. We haven’t been able to travel the oceans because they were littered with Dead ships from Zhaitans armada for example.

You also have to take into considered the lore examples of expansion. Humans have travelled from Cantha to Elona and eventually to Tyria. In GW1 we saw new areas of Tyria being opened up as we investigated further north. There are lore reasons for the boundaries we experience.

In Prophecies for example, North of Ascalon was Charr land, so of course nobody went there. The Shiverpeaks were dangerous to cross and littered with Stone Stummit dwarves. The Crystal Desert and a lot of Elona is barren and dangerous. The Maguuma is dense and full of carnivorous plants etc. etc. etc.

Now in GW2 we have Jormag to the North preventing travel in the Northern Shiverpeaks. The Flame Legion homelands prevent outwards travel from Ascalon, the Crystal Desert has been closed off because of Kralk and Palawa Joko’s army. Zhaitain blocked the sea routes directly out of Kryta and the DSD roams somewhere off in the ocean.

It’s also important to take into consideration the LENTH of time it takes to traverse places. Yes in game it takes like 3 minutes to go to one end of a zone to the other, but the ‘real life’ distance would most probably be much farther. GW1 did a better job at conveying the passage of time through missions and you sort of get the impression that it took about a year for us to travel all over Tyria during Prophecies, a year during Cantha, a year during Elona. So ignoring the life threatening monsters that border us – travel would be no mean feat.

It’s quite possibly wreckage left over from the tidal wave caused by Zhaitans rise.

Nobody beats Jora. Jora is just the cats pyjamas.

It’s not that there are no other topics like this – there are hundreds – the forum search just doesn’t work properly.
They’ve already confirmed that they are looking into the viability of Guild Halls, so just sit tight.

My Elementalist just rolled his eyes and decided to stay Fashionable and wear his Heritage gear…
+1, I’m quite disappointed that they completely ignored the fact that Light, Medium and Heavy all have different appearances and use different materials.
The Hellfire skins are a joke for Light armour wearers, there isn’t a single thing they actually look good with. You can put them with CoF gear dyed red and black but even then the hellfire skins look shockingly out of place -_-

Raestloz.7134:

It’s probably more because he wielded Tidus’ Ultimate Weapon

I sincerely hope you realise that Caladbolg originates in real world mythologies not in Final Fantasy (as almost everything in FF does)

It’s not really a long shot O_o. re is a prefix, to regain something you have to have had it in the first place – definite fact. If they had meant it to be read that she was freed of corruption and gained free will and identity they would have said “gained” not “regained”.
Also that’s not quite true. The Age of the Gods is not the same as the year they entered Tyria from the Mists – we have no idea how old they truly are. Although Glint is almost certainly older than the Gods arrival on Tyria considering she must have been awake during the last cycle in order to have been corrupted in the first place (just assuming this is not a Nornbear situation considering how own power etc).

I might have something to do with the lighting, try finding a very well lit area in game and seeing if the colours look closer to how they did in Character Creation.
I do think the colours might be a little different, but it’s not a glitch it’s more about how the character creation screen handles colour and lighting (would be my guess). At least it isn’t like Aion, the skin colours in their character creation weren’t close to how they looked in game at all >.>

Sirius.4510:

Do we have any evidence that there ever was a “before” Glint was a champion of Kralkatorrik?

It’s heavily suggested in the wording.
From Arah Forgotten path:
“Warden Illyra: Yes. Yes! Look at these runes. The Forgotten were able to remove Kralkatorrik’s control over Glint.
Warden Illyra: Glint remained in crystalline form, but she regained her free will and identity.”
To regain something you have to have had it in the first place so that would suggest she was corrupted rather than created by Kralk. The fact that she “remained” in crystalline form also suggests that she had a previous form before Kralk corrupted her.
The Zephyrites also refer to Glint as being older than the Gods (although not sure how much I believe them)

I would’t be surprised if they are working on an expansion and have just chosen not to say anything about it in order to keep people as interested in the living story as possible.
There is always the Daniel Dociu ‘Untitled work for NCSoft’ concept art of an Asian inspired futuristic city which could potentially point to Cantha (at least I’m going to hope so until it’s eventually confirmed or shown to be for something else) http://danieldociu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/0/13009351/6102340_orig.jpg

They should have had the Radiant skins and the second set should have had a cloth or leather appearance. It seems ridiculous to me to create two sets that are clearly heavy. Try finding cloth armour that isn’t CoF that goes with them -_-

It was a joke Bruno

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Achievement_rewards#Achievement_rewards
Actually you can get all of them. They come back around at 12000, 15000 and 18000.
Although how long it’ll take to get that many AP I have no idea _

+1 I honestly can’t play any other MMO anymore (except GW1 because it’s just special).
I played Tera for a month but I had to stop because it was just so torturous. The combat was insanely repetitive and the MP bar felt like a massively pointless hindrance. Also I can’t stand being rooted in place while casting. To the person who said it makes you be tactical with your skill choices – try playing a Sorcerer, every skill roots you in place including the default attack skill which isn’t quite fast enough for the combat to feel smooth. I don’t want to play a game where I cast then run backwards then cast then run backwards. GW2, run around and cast = yay!

Arcalas.9368:

ill help with proof that zhaitan is dead. ive found two pics of the arah map in beta and pic of the old model of zhaitan dead in arah.

Beta maps aren’t canon so you can’t use them as proof. But he’s dead all the same xD, honestly I wish they’d left that in there, would have been so cool to see in game.

Please go and get a higher education if you think good and evil are instinctual…
I’m not going to add more on to that, Konig does a pretty good job of it.
(Also whats the whole reapers thing O_o?)

inazuma.7021:

Rata Sum is an anagram for Mursaat. Just sayin’.

Which is more likely to be a nod by the devs or a nod to the fact that their names both have the same latin roots… Rata Sum follows Asuran naming conventions so it’s not likely they came to the surface and saw the word Mursaat and went ‘OMG lets make an anagram and use it as our city name because we’re so intelligent we like puzzles typically found in Bookah newspapers!!!!!!! LOL’

+1
I <3 GW2 and I honestly couldn’t play any other MMO anymore (other than GW1 because I still love it to pieces). It just gets so much right. There is a lot of room for improvement, but from where I stand it’s already well ahead of the competition.

Well that is definitely ridiculous then

Vayne.8563:

I was under the impression that the drinking game was a permanent addition to Guild Wars 2. It’s not going anywhere.

That is the game itself. The achievement is tied to this Living Story arc. So theoretically after this event these NPC’s will go away (or maybe they’ll stay you just wont be able to get the achievement anymore). But you will still be able to play against other players.

There are Banks in all the major cities >.>
If by professions you mean crafting professions? Then you do get to pick that, if you mean fighting professions, you got to pick that also -_-

TwoBit.5903:

Skills are too dps-centric, and by that I mean that design is too focused towards numerical values rather than the factors of their execution. It’s thoroughly designed with the mentality of MMO combat. It tries to be actiony by removing self rooting and making it so that new skills don’t phase out old ones, but all it ends up doing is removing the fat that made MMO combat interesting.

Games like Vindictus of DFO do action combat correctly because a skills in those games are balanced through the nuances of their execution- the hitboxes, windups, frames and so forth. Consequently those games tend to have even fewer overall skills, and little to no phasing of older ones.

And yet games like Tera and Vindictus who have ‘true action combat’ feel really really horrible (to me). GW2’s combat is exactly how it needs to be to avoid animation locks, which I love it for. If there is one thing I cant stand as a caster it is being forced to stand still to cast all of my skills, GW2 treats stationary skills properly by using them sparingly.

I think people just need to accept GW2’s combat for what it is. It is intended to please action combat lovers because that isn’t a gameplay style everybody enjoys. It’s quite simply meant to be a step up from traditional MMO combat, which it is. Even then there are a lot of people who complain about having to move while fighting, so you can’t win over everybody.

I agree in some respects. There is a certain element of skill to Belchers Bluff, but there is also a lot of luck. People just want to experience it and get the achievement, for people that really want to play they will play it against their friends and other people, but the NPC’s are there to introduce you to the game and offer the achievement so it shouldn’t be so difficult.

The only tip I can offer – Fight Adnul after all the others and use the Woo achievement on him when he has about 50% health. It prevents him from drinking water and healing. Use Bluff sparingly and drink whenever you have the ability to do so. Watch his moves, if he has been drinking a couple of times use Woo to prevent him from healing and then use Belch on him, either he’ll bluff and you;ll catch him out or he’ll drink and his health will go down.

Admittedly I did this before the patch and used Mango Pie for healing so that did make it a little easier.

I don’t know what the Jumping Puzzle without checkpoints you’re referring to is though? This update didn’t bring in any new Jumping Puzzles.

I get so confused by all the Australians complaining of rubber banding. I live in New Zealand in a rural area and I’m able to consistently place in the top 3 for Sanctum Sprint >.>, I’m not saying the performance is flawless, but as long as you’re aware of where your character should end up and respond to that accordingly rather than just what you see on screen you should be fine.

The thing is though: Most players are really nice and generally if you ask the people you’re playing with if they would mind letting you come first next time so you can get the achievement they will be happy to oblige. I’ve been in multiple groups where we’ve done this for players and just waited at the end and let them be first to cross the line. People play the game for the achievements and once you’ve come first it doesn’t matter what you place for the rest of the 25 races for the achievement, so people dont mind.

No? When you use the map and it circles the port in LA for him it’s actually telling you to take the ship there to Zephyr Sanctum to face him (just in case you got the mail from one of the other instructors without going to Zephyr Sanctum and therefore had idea how to get there -_-). I’m not entirely sure how they will deal with it after the event, it is possible the new map will stay open and just the ship will leave?

Scale the Norn males down. They are so ridiculously hideous. Look at a GW1 male Norn (no they aren’t pretty) then look at a GW2 Norn. The GW2 Norn are for some bizarre reason ridiculously disproportionate and ugly >.> KILL THEM WITH FIRE.

Personally I think the GW2 skill system is great. Then again I do main as an Elementalist which means I have 20 weapon skills at my disposal

There is no reason anyone should need to inspect another players armour.. Let people play how they want to play – you don’t have a right to start telling people they shouldn’t do dungeons or whatever because their stat combo’s are wrong.

Also, don’t be surprised if you get suspended for your account name. I mean seriously that’s imbecilic.

This would suggest you are pulling it to far away, trying going up to where it stays on it’s own and fighting it there. If you don’t pull it away from its spawn zone then it shouldn’t reset.

Is it possible that the Forgotten were actually attempting something of the sort by releasing Glint from Kralk’s corruption, or at least giving future races a tool with which to combat the Elder Dragons?

Technically we don’t know for certain that this person was behind all of that, and we don’t know how much of a hand they had in it. They could have just set the wheels in motion or they could have orchestrated the whole thing. Who knows?

^— Yup. Trolls (and Jotunn) are also from Norse mythology and the whole turning to stone thing was commonly used as well.

I’m confused. When I go up to the Mission starting flags (when missions aren’t active) it says “A guild officer must activate this mission” – does that not actually extend to the literal activation of it O_o? If not then they definitely need to change it, I can see it being very annoying if some random new guild member just activates it when you’re still waiting on half the guild to show up or something.