Guild Wars 2

bought 10 and got a shadow abyss and shadow indigo. My new revenant might be a shadow dye character.

had the same issue. i havent adjusted the camera at all. Addition of lore would be really cool.

probably the stability change. people probably want the reduced stun duration for wvw since blobs will eat your stability stacks easily

EDIT: double ninjad

can we merge this and the other 10+ topics in the ranger/spvp/wvw boards PLEASE??

Also, i enjoy fighting the zerker ranger builds. with my soldier runes, i can survive their hit and then take em down with next to nothing from my own rapid fire. doesnt really matter where they are. as a general rule, if they can hit me, i can hit them.

Counters to ranger:

• Reflect
• Line of Sight (hide behind a rock/tree. surprisingly large clumps of grass sometimes cause obstruction issues)
• Block
• Invuln/damage reduction
• Move out of range (1500 or 1800 or whatever =/= to infinite range)
• Move into melee range
• Shoot at it with your own range

its fine. The “remove WvW map completion” topic showed up every week or 2 and look what happened. I think we need more “move Geodes, Bandit Crests, et al to the wallet” and “add this stuff to the crafting materials section of bank” topics too

pdavis.8031:

So what happens to those who have slogged through WvW, have gotten ganked on a regualar basis trying to do the map completion?

I understand we got our rewards for doing so, but are those people just going be ignored?

most likely, yes. It is also very likely that they will remove the map completion chests from mapping the wvw maps as well which would be very disappointing.

that is disappointing. Oh well, guess id better get that last skill point on my ele before it no longer matters.

Totite.6543:

I play 1.5 hour/day silverwaste, got green/yellow item. Salvage green for essence luck, sell yellow for gold = make 1.5 g / day . So 45g/month . I’m curious how others can make profit from crafting.

when they introduce a new timegated item to any crafting profession, there will always be someone willing to pay a lot of gold for it (unless it is account bound). I think bolts of damask went for 30 25 gold the day they were released!

They might be removing it only for the Chinese gamers, much like only the Chinese version has a VIP program

oh hey this topic is back

I love the zerker ranger LB builds that i see everywhere. Rapid fire takes them down so quickly.

I still consider a survived encounter with a theif as a win despite the fact that i have taken some down lately.

I shamelessly use sic em on enemy thieves in the middle of our zerg

I will probably not have an instant lvl 80 revenant on expansion release day

i avoid copper in SW because i dont want to deal with the “no AOE” noobs even though i only have 1 AOE skill and it isnt even that great against copper

i am still beyond surprised that people dont realize there is a world boss timer on the wiki. Thus i am also annoyed when they ask “When is XXXXX going to spawn?” I may just start answering with “type /wiki world boss”

prior to the april feature pack, i bought 150-200 laurels worth of dyes. probably made close to 300 gold that month. When maudrey came out, i made glow lamps and meaty food. got at least 200 that month. I have a current idea for my next money success, but it will be a one time thing that may or may not happen anytime soon im hoping for 600 gold from this, but they may not even implement the change that will allow me to succeed.

EDIT: if this topic is still going when they implement it, ill post my results

Most items are sold/bought often enough that you shouldnt worry too much about this. I have found that if i want something immediately, i just buy it for the buy order price. if i can wait, ill post some random price between highest sell and lowest buy. I’ll eventually get it that way.

they are VERY likely not getting much WXP from kills since most players will probably die very quickly. WXP award from a player is reset to 0 when they die, i think it takes about 5 mins just to start increasing. They are likely not surviving that long, so the only WXP you would get from this is from any drips of WXP that drop. Its likely someone would get 2 ranks/hr max (that excludes extraordinary thimble+ drops). The only benefit i see with this is the loot, the kill count increase, and experience (skill points). I see this as being the worst WXP farm availible, but i could be wrong (would have to actually test it to know exactly)

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lordkrall.7241:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Oh yes. In answer to the question, store updates will be coming out soon, but likely not today.

Again, thanks for your patience!

What are you doing up at this hour?!? :o

I’m in Brighton, England, for meetings with my EU team members. Then on to EGX Rezzed in London Thursday through Saturday.

Well that’s explained the extra U in rumor. You are probably posting from one of their machines and their spell check “fixed” it for you.

Actually, I used to live here, and for me “armour” really does have two “u’s.” I have to consciously remove the second “u” in all sorts of words. (One of the founders of ArenaNet gently told me we needed to go with “armor” back when I first started writing website content.)

Where does the second u go in armour? Armouru?

i think it might be a double u (not w) kind of thing so im thinking armouur?

EDIT: although now that i think about it armuur is probably most likely

Lishtenbird.2814:

Unsurprisingly, people are still raging – in a 60 page, 3000 replies thread.

since this thread has turned into another arguement about the new dailies, can we get it merged with the above link, the original thread to argue about the new dailies?

i could see ascended food as adding a tiny increase to current stats and adding a 4th bonus (likely a karma/exp/magicfind/w/e)
For example, bowls of sweet and spicy butternut squash soup currently give the following: 100 power, 70 ferocity, and 10% Experience from kills and lasts for 1 hour. The ascended version of this could give 105 power, 75 ferocity, 15% Experience from kills, and 5% WvW XP gain from kills and lasts for 1 hour. The increases are small, but the food itself is still useful.

Could you not see a full ascended booster food being completely awesome (like omnomberry bar that gives 30% magic find, 40% gold from monsters and 10% xp from kills)? Maybe an ascended version could have something like 30% magic find, 10% gold gain (universal as opposed to kills), 10% xp (universal), and 5% Karma gain.

I have found that trading laurels for T6 material bags isnt too bad a way to go, but that takes time. promoting T5 mats hasnt been too bad for me. The 5 Crystal Dust is the only requirement that I seem to always need (the others being 50 of the T5 Mat you want to convert, 1 of the T6 mat that is the same type as the T5 (potent blood to powerful blood etc), and 5 philosopher stones which are 10 per skill point). I think most people will tell you to sell T5 mats and buy the T6 directly, which also works. Ive just found promoting to be better for me since i have ectos (which can salvage into dust) from world boss running.

The precision required to get a critical hit changes with your level. At lower levels, you need less precision, so you can easily have a much higher critical hit chance at a lower level if you trait for precision. For more information, read this:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Precision

Im betting they give it to us as something to do up until the patch comes out. Always have to stay optimistic about these kinds of things

wow i saw the topic name and then the first part of your post and thought you were going to sue them to replace your mouse.

i normally get all kinds of crazy stuff when i salvage, though i use a BLSK so it always gives a rune. I dont think it matters what kind of armor you salvage, but 1 silk from exotic gloves is depressing.

Also as a side note, only certain stat combos will give an insignia.

yes. i think stronghold will fit my playstyle much better than conquest has.

Is this about the much anticipated for over a year, jewelcrafting to 500 update?

sorry, i couldnt resist. Just out of curiousity, is there any kind of update today? (sorry if i missed that information elsewhere)

reddie.5861:

Gobble D Goop.4081:

ATM populations in WvW are very subject to change. The new expansion will bring many old players back and many new players in. There has been an influx of new players since the announcement, so many of them will probably be getting into WvW soon if they havent already. I’d stay on your server and try to work with the people that you have met. The more points your world gets, the easier it will be to get more people (be it casual people who only play when you’re winning or new people that want to try it but are scared due to huge point differences)

Also, servers dont ever stay at the bottom forever. Just work with who you have and your server will eventually climb the ladder again.

how it will bring new players to a dieing server? i mean no offense but takes lil to no research to figure out what eu/na servers are really crap WvW wise.

if u ask me any server is good aslong ur not in top dogs server and not at the bottom..
top servers are just zerg it up
bottom u get dominated likely by 3rd last one. why? cus 2 on bottom have small community and 1 server has big zerg squad community but they cant rank up cus everything above them will stomp them down the list insstantly so this is quite boring also, tho im quite happy when our server for once does unite and kitten the zerg server quite easily. then again majority of the time i feel sorry for our server and the other server that have to stand up against force that out numbers both servers big time and can fight on both fronts against both servers at same time and still bring double more people against both servers but hey w/e floats their boat i personally dont like winning when it goes that easy.

i think you overestimate new players a little bit. Most new players wont research what server to join beforehand. Most will just download the game and pick a server, either at random or by which one sounds coolest. At some point most players will wonder, what is this WvW thing? They will then wander over and either like it or leave.

You also underestimate the revivability of some servers. AR, SOR, and Kain were all on bottom within the last 6 months. They are now ranked 17,18, and 19 and rightfully so (although they will probably all pass my server, we are unfortunately on the decline atm). Several servers do fluctuate. If you were to look at the leaderboard from 6 months ago, it would look much different than today. Here are the servers that were in what league in the last tourney (roughly 6 months ago)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/WvW_Fall_Tournament_2014

here are the current rankings:

https://leaderboards.guildwars2.com/en/na/wvw

if they started a tourney on friday, here is what servers would be in a different league:

Maguuma was in gold, they would be in silver. YB and DB were both in silver, they would be in gold. DR and BP were in silver, they would be bronze. Ebay and DH (now ranked at were both in bronze, but now would be silver. Also of note, SBI and HOD were in 6th and 8th place respectively. They are now ranked in 11th and 10th place respectively.

At any rate, i find it to be a massive waste of gold/RL$ to transfer servers because they will all rise and fall at some point. @ OP I recommend that you stay on your server and wait it out (or help build it up), but if you must transfer, try to avoid a bandwagon server because the wagon falls apart at roughly rank 9 (many of the guilds xfer elsewhere) and then that server has a very bad 3 months+

i knew i should have played pvp last night… i love taking down RF zerkers…

party buddy.4956:

so the following statement is true:

Any exotic armor/weapon may be salvaged for the possibility to receive all of the following results. crafting materials, inscriptions/insignias, ecto, darkmatter, and a rune. as long as the inscription/insignia of that armor/weapon is not craftable by discovery no matter the source of the armor/weapon. If the exotic inscription/insignia is discoverable in the crafting menu then only the possibility of receiving crafting materials, ecto, darkmatter, and a rune exists.

with the bolded changes above (adding crafting materials and changing item to inscription/insignia) it is correct. You will always recieve common crafting materials when you salvage (which is why salvaging an exotic item is almost like opening a chest since you can get so many things from it). I put the inscription/insignia in instead of the item because you can take the salvaged insc/insg (my abreviations) and craft your own armor/weapons.

I do believe that you have the gist of the idea. According to the wiki the following can only be obtained by salvaging exotic weapons/armor:

Cavalier
Dire
Magi
Rabid
Sentinel
Shaman
Soldier

Every other insc/insg can be crafted although you need recipe sheets for Celestial, Nomad, Settler, Sinister, and Zealot insc/insg

EDIT: i will add that i think you can salvage settlers items and get an insc/insg, but i could be mistaken on this fact

gemstore things are purely cosmetic or make your life easier. If you dont buy anything with gems you wont be at a disadvantage.

The only gem purchases that might be seen as a massive advantage (even that is iffy) would be the bank tab/inventory bag slot expansions which allow you to have more in your bank/inventory.

i believe that the post for the sales this week said all the items were going to be availible in the future, so yes, they should be availible eventaully

i could be wrong, but i dont think you can salvage dungeon armor.

I can however answer your second question. You cant salvage for insignias that can be crafted. You can only salvage for non craftable insignias, like soldiers, sentinals, rabid etc. So you will never get a berserker insignia from salvaging armor. It is still perfectly acceptable to use good salvage kits on exotic armor though because rares and exotics have a chance of salvaging globs of ectoplasm at level 68+ (level requirement on gear, not character level) and exotics have an added chance to drop globs of darkmatter. Sometimes, the rune is worth selling on the TP, so you also want to try to get it from the armor as well. So despite not getting an insignia from the armor, most people will still recommend that you use the better salvage kit on exotic items of level 68+ (I am one of those people)

EDIT: strikethrough incorrect information

ATM populations in WvW are very subject to change. The new expansion will bring many old players back and many new players in. There has been an influx of new players since the announcement, so many of them will probably be getting into WvW soon if they havent already. I’d stay on your server and try to work with the people that you have met. The more points your world gets, the easier it will be to get more people (be it casual people who only play when you’re winning or new people that want to try it but are scared due to huge point differences)

Also, servers dont ever stay at the bottom forever. Just work with who you have and your server will eventually climb the ladder again.

add the following to the crafting materials tab in the bank:
need to be added
*Doubloons
*Foxfire Clusters
*Blade Shards
*Bloodstone Shard (the 200 SP legendary req item)
*Augur Stone
*Crystals
*Philosophers Stones
*Bottles of Elonian Wine
*Mystic Binding Agents
*Mystic Forge Stones

could be added
*Various cooking intermediate parts (balls of dough, pie filling, etc) because unlike the other 7 crafting disciplines, many of these intermediates can be used anywhere from 0-400
*Vision Crystals-including lesser version
*Gifts of Exploration

im sure theres more (i can only remember so many things)

Things that need to be added to the wallet:
*Geodes
*Bandit Crests

i think i have maybe 15 AP from dungeons and i have 14.7k AP. The dungeon master title would be much better at measuring skill then AP (and even that is a flawed measurement).

Shouldn’t this topic be in the dungeon/fractals board since that is what it is about? Why are you complaining about noobs in dungeons that dont do what you think they should do in a topic that isn’t posted on a forum board designed specificly for dungeons?

WvW also awards empyreal fragments from camp supervisors and tower champs. Although you can get bloodstone, empyreal, and dragonite from SW chests (bloodstone from bags and one of the other 2 as a drop from the chest)

gotta love the max player thing. If you use ranged weapons, you can usually tag an enemy quick enough to get credit. I normally always get a bag with my ranger, and i almost never party up in EOTM.

The champ bag will drop if you get credit for the kill unless it is an event where the mobs dont drop loot (ex. fort defense in the Silverwastes)

looks like it might be a Euro time zone because that certainly isnt anet time

sentry turrents cant attack.

yes please. And doubloons, mystic forge stones, Augur stones, bloodstone shards, blade shards, philosophers stones, crystals, as well as numerous cooking ingrediants made from other cooking things (balls of dough etc)

honestly any of those would be helpful.

i wish i could see this.

They could do it like the finishers and have the limited tonics in there as well

Congratulations on your map completion.

i have like 70 of these pesky things (accumulated for about 3 months). i wish i could trade them to you since i doubt ill ever lead a farm (if i do itll be a noob farm since i dont know the commonly accepted routes)

now that i think of it. they said that mastery tracks can only be advance in PvE. I think the bigger question is whether you can still gain skill points by leveling in WvW or if they’ll just remove experience from it (WvW that is). If the keep skill point gain in WvW, then there is a good chance that theyll keep tomes the same (you gain level and get skill point). They might disable using tomes in PvE.

At this point it is ALL speculation.

im pretty sure there was. it may have been back in december though, the weeks are running together too much lately. At any rate, there will be another eventually. There is also the slightest (very unlikely) chance that they will include a slot with the expansion.

in the past, most of the discounts for character slots have only been 20% off which would be 640 gems. You will likely need 140 more gems, but for all we know, they might have a 40% discount or something. They just had a sale on slots a few weeks ago, so it might be a while before they have another one

personally, i believe that it will still give a level to a char under level 80, but will only give a skill point to a char at 80. Surely they wouldnt let you get “mastery levels” (for lack of a better term) from it just judging by how many time gated/grind gates they have added recently (time gated crafting, geodes, bandit crests etc)

regardless, we can only speculate about it now. Theres nothing wrong with hoarding tomes on the very low chance they do allow you to gain “mastery levels”

party buddy.4956:

Khisanth.2948:

Reset will be in about 55 minutes.

Seems like they might be removing WvW from world completion in HoT.

I don’t understand this? reset is not until around 6 hours from now

i believe the Euro servers reset at a different time from the NA servers.

I doubt that they will add the new zones to the current map completion. At most, i could see them creating a new map completion achievement for the new stuff.

I hope this can help you

Guide for WvW map completion

Method 1: (only for active servers)
actively follow the commander around the map as they take things

Method 2: (any server)
transfer to an active server and follow method 1

Method 3: (most popular method for lower tier servers)
Run to objectives on reset night to get exploration quickly (before your server loses things). WvW matchup resets 1 hour and ~5 minutes after the daily reset on Friday night (currently 5:05 PM PST for NA servers)
When the matchup resets, your server has a claim over all the keeps and towers in their Borderland and the keep and 4 towers for your corner in Eternal Battlegrounds.

When reset occurs go to your BL and run like crazy (bring swiftness!) to the 2 southernmost keeps (Bay and Hills) get all the POIs and vistas there. Then move north from them visiting towers, camps, and the garrison. You should have the 3 keeps and all the towers and camps north of Bay/Hills (dont worry if it takes more than 1 week). If your server still has stuff in EB, then go there and pick up your keep, 4 towers and the 2 camps on your side (will likely need more than one week for this and BL). to get the stuff in the south, you have to wait until your color is NOT the same as the BL (go to BLs that are “not your server name borderlands”)(unless you are really fast and can get to that southernmost tower before the enemy gets it). You will need 4 friends. You can activate the commander NPC (seigerazor/siegecrusher) if he is there. He will help you take the tower closest to your spawn. You can also take the 2 camps nearest to your spawn and get the south skill point/vistas.

Stonemist Castle will probably be your biggest issue if your world never takes it. The best way i can see to do it is to follow an enemy zerg into it (be careful they will see you as an easy target). Stealth is your best friend (if youre a mes or thief just equip your stealths and carefully fun around the perimiter picking up the POIs, otherwise bring a freind who can stealth you). You have to follow your enemy through the inner gate as well in order to get the skill point (this should be done after most of them leave).

Tips:
*Be patient, this is a PvP map and it might take some time to do if your server has 0 presence
*Always avoid enemies when you can. Anyone that sees you will tell their 50 “freinds” in map chat and generally try to engage you
*Stealth, speed boosts, and even invulnerability skills are very helpful
*non-peak times can also be helpful if you are against servers where people actually get some sleep
*If you mention what server you are on, you might find someone here that will help you as well

Good Luck with your exploration.

reset night is tonight. At the end of a match most people will actually ignore you. Reset will happen at 1 hour and a few minutes after the dailies reset. Between when the dailies reset and when WvW resets you will probably be able to get whatever your world has. There will be some roamers, but most will just run by you. You might even be able to rally your server since they will be sitting around in WvW doing nothing. When reset happens, you will start with everything on your color’s BL and a keep +4 towers in EB.

The skillpoint next to the hylek is probably one of the more annoying skillpoints just due to the krait you have to get through just to get it.

i would like to have a storage location for runes/sigils. They could also make them salvageable.