I still don’t get why the fractal was a part of this event anyway. It’s a really low blow to people who actually do fractals. I would like to see the number of voting players that do fractals, and if that number is higher on Evon, than obviously Abaddon should win, and vice versa for Kiel. It was wrong to create this melting pot of casual/less casual players in the first place by using fractals. I hope I’m being clear. I don’t intend to whine about one fractal or the other, but it was totally inappropriate for fractals, an event considered “more than casual” to be included in this content.
^everyone is suggesting instances so
it’s extremely difficult, extremely time-gated, and extremely temporary. Really ridiculous.I’d honestly rather pay a sub than deal with these time gates.
I don’t understand your post. You’re upset because it’s not another game?
Not to mention the fact that it’s a queue system and not instanced. This game is getting terrible.
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Interesting, I’m going to try on Necro aka slam my face against the wall
I wonder what professions were tested
Side note,I think ANet admitted that the Zhaitan fight was lame because they were pressed for time.
Thanks for the response. I guess I’m just not really thrilled with the way the dragons are being protrayed. The combination of Zhaitan being severely underwhelming, a weak personal story, and no content driving the dragons’ story in the world after personal story, kind of painted a picture in me mind mind that the dragons aren’t much to feel threatened about. Hopefully we see some more relevent content with the culmination of all these living stories.
Well I come from a strictly PvE perspective
I???m not sure if this is a bug or an effect of graphic settings, but the past month I???ve had problems with terrains becoming transparent when the camera has more than one part of the environment overlap.
For example, in the harpy fractal, the platforms will become transparent if the wall of the Asuran building structure is in the background, or if two platforms happen to overlap in my camera view.
A more prominent example is in a dungeon that requires going through narrow hallways ??? the walls will become transparent when overlapping the stairs that my character is on. I have screenshots that I can upload tonight when I get home. I posted in the bug section as well, but i’m going to assume this is an issue with my settings. Only thing is, I havn’t changed my settings since launch (I play with max/highest, GeForce GTX 670 FTW edition).
I guess it started happening around the Bazzaar patch
Thank you.
Do you honestly think that they would make the Abaddon fractal a dead end? people who use the argument “oh Abaddon happened and it dumb and doesn’t advance the plot” are not taking into account the fact that they wouldn’t just make a dead end story. I would bet that the flowchart of these fractal events have the same ending. Tying Abaddon with the dragons or Thaumanova with the dragons. writers don’t develop dead ends, that’s stupid.
If you root for the underdog, go Necro
Avoiding the religeous aspect is what I figured too. If we get the Thaumanova fractal I think the inquest theory would be viable.
group of karka = repair bill
If there is a market, people will find it.
Maybe if they made these bosses worth killing int he first place
Is it contradictory of Elder Dragon lore to give kralk a personal vendetta (Glint)? These dragons are supposed to be forces of nature with no particular agenda. I’m wondering how we are to perceive the dragons since the world has taken an interest in seeing them destroyed, rather than going full on defense and wait out the storm that they are.
If they made a dragon take the life of a character that player is invested in, they’d have to do so in a way that didn’t downplay the dragon’s role in the world which is a force of nature. It would be difficult and frankly foolish for your character to delevop a personal vendetta with such a creature.
I think the problem is rooted at the foundation; the fact that these dragons don’t necessarily have an agenda, except consume – they just exist.
Unfortuneatley the gods can’t really be a huge part of the plot considering they are the human gods and we are now dealing with multiple races. I think it would have been more interesting to allow the living story to culminate into the major plot, which we may still see I suppose, but we know the overarching theme is these dragons.
If a particularly nefarious group found a way to control the dragons, it may add a layer of personality to the story (looking at you, inquest).
Dragons were not always the main antagonists of Guild Wars 2. According to The Making of Guild Wars 2 book, original drafts for story included demons and angelic beings descending to the world to judge it.
I’m wondering why this was scrapped in favor of dragons that have no particular vested interest in the world.
Has anyone else seen this issue?
My statement wasn’t really in reaction to your post, I’ve just neen on these forums all day at work and it amazes me how little people read the content
THEN WHO WAS PHONE
Varesh and Shiro are two of the most well developed villains I’ve ever encountered. Shiro (and for that matter the entire Factions story) was phenomenol.
I wonder what polls would look like if people could getit through their heads that this is not the GW1 Abaddon fight
I’m banking on Thaumanova giving us destroyer/Primordus details
Judging by your other posts and the fact that Kiel is currently ahead exposes this thinly veiled plea for the Abaddon fractal. It’s a vote, and is working as intended.
I’m interested in what people think will be the outcome for the loser? Especially if Evon loses. I can’t imagine him sitting back and taking the loss like a champ. Any thoughts?
I feel like Hammer would be similar to staff but without the range. It would be cool to see a weapon that primarily supports MM (assuming of course MM becomes worthwhile).
Do you think it was the telling of the story or the design of the dragon itself? I felt it was completely underwhelming just because of Trahearne, and the back seat world saving you did because of him.
I think for future dragons they should try to find a way to make a personal connection with the character but also keeping them unbiased, independent forces as they are intended to be. For the most part I agree with you, the story is not engaging. But I think Trahearne has a lot to do with that.
So are you upset at how Zhaitan is portrayed (as a force of nature) or the fact that he (a force of nature) had no character. I think you’re answering your own question. Coming from various other games, I think it’s just difficult to adjust to the mentaility of what these enemies really are. The fact that they don’t necessarily have intentions, and that they just “are” is a difficult concept to grasp when you add the hero aspect.
I’m not sure if this is a bug or an effect of graphic settings, but the past month I’ve had problems with terrains becoming transparent when the camera has more than one part of the environment overlap.
For example, in the harpy fractal, the platforms will become transparent if the wall of the Asuran building structure is in the background, or if two platforms happen to overlap in my camera view.
A more prominent example is in a dungeon that requires going through narrow hallways – the walls will become transparent when overlapping the stairs that my character is on. I have screenshots that I can upload tonight when I get home.
Thank you.
They already said no
hopefully it is an entire cinematic of the flight. Obviously skippable
With the new achievement system I’m really surprised we didn’t see a way to track which dungeon paths have been completed. The new interface is beautiful and could most certainly hold this information
Yes, they will also drop them in WvW.
And legendary mobs will indeed also get champion loot rewards.
Maybe since the entire driving force behind the game’s story is these dragons, ANet decided not to throw more than one at us in a year and are developing a world through multiple plots and different stories about things that happen in Tyria.
To me, living world does not mean making a thousand tiny plot points to necessarily meet in the middle, but to actually create a world that has events and things happening outside of the main event. When there is a presidential election in real life, does your entire world stop to focus on that one event? Do they cancel the circus because there’s a war? Nope.
I think people should enjoy the many plot points we have and realsie that they aren’t going to give us all the dragons in 2 years. This game has a long future planned. Enjoy it
That sounds cool, do you know who I could contact about that guild?
I posted this in crafting as well, but I’m being impatient :p
How long does it take to craft a piece of celestial jewelry? I need an amulet and 2 accessories. How long would it take to craft these 3 pieces?
Thanks
I was curious about how long the time gate is on celestial jewelry. I need an amulet and 2 earrings. How long would it take to craft these 3 pieces?
Will these bags have diminishing returns?
Thanks Colin. Do these champion bags suffer diminishing returns from champ farming?
And the dev in this thread stated that deposit will no longer be possible
Mystic coins are crafting materials, not a currency
Prepare to welcome back Orr temple farming chains.
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As much as I like this wallet, I really think it should be opt-in. It’s going to cause a lot of problems with a lot of players.