Guild Wars 2

i think we will get it next week, if only to farm the numerous bandit crests and mordrem parts that we will need to complete the luminescent armor. Then there will probably be a feature patch/ wvw tourney in january to give even more time to run silverwastes for crests before the next section/season of the LS

Randulf.7614:

Im a bit confused;

1- What purose do they add. What are they giving that an ascended doesn’t already, bearing in mind it can’t give better stats or else risk a stat grind, which is regarded as something players don’t want.

2 – Why does only 2 Gifts of Exploration per character matter? Those who want multiples, just get more on new toons since Legendaries and gifts are account bound

1. Legendary weapons allow you to change stats any time you arent in combat. This alone would make it better than ascended.

2. It’s more of a lore thing for me (1 character should be able to equip themselves with whatever they want as opposed to relying on other characters) sometimes it is easier to do something on another char (ex. farming T1-5 mats) than it is to do on one, but making it so that you have to create another char forces someone who only uses 1 char to use a different character. (personal preference basicly). If they added gifts of exploration to the laurel merchant (only available to chars that have explored the world) then i would be ok with gifts of mastery

STRanger.5120:

Why?

/15chars

why not?

airick.9850:

Ascended items are locked into the stats obtain for them, while Legendaries are flexible. That is one plus. However, what will be the cosmetic difference? No one will know you have it, unless you ping it, so there’s got to be some sort of reason (other than stat flexibility) to obtain one. Otherwise, I’d just use laurels and guild commendations to get my new stats.

they recently added refractors which turned your character a specific color. they could do this, or add a glowing ball of light that follows your character (so more legendary trinkets could be added)

Name: Infinite Coil

Mystic Forge Ingrediants:

1. Gift of Fortune (stack of ectos, 8 stacks of T6 mats, 77 mystic clovers)

2. Gift of Infinity
a. Gift of Inquest- recipe from Miyani/mystic forge attendant, Requires 400 Weaponsmithing
1. Gift of Knowledge (500 knowledge crystals)
2. 250 Sprockets
3. Symbol of the Inquest (exotic)
4. Flux Matrix (Eldritch Scroll, 40 Mystic Coins, 100 Crystalline Dust, 60 Crystals)
b. 50 Icy Runestones (50 gold)
c. Gift of the Asura- recipe from Miyani/mystic forge attendant, requires 400 Artificing
1. 250 Steel Ingots
2. 250 Orichalcum Ingots
3. 250 Piles of Crystalline Dust
4. 250 Powerful Venom Sacks
d. 250 Obsidian Shards

3. Gift of Jewelcrafting (JC raised to 500)
a. Superior Vision Crystal (500 JC)
1. 50 Bloodstone Bricks
2. 50 Empyreal Stars
3. 50 Dragonite Ingots
4. 10 Augur Stones (20 Skill points each)
b. 20 Xunlai Electrum (450 JC)
c. 10 Crystalline Ingots (added with update)
d. Gift of Gems- Miyani/mystic forge attendant, requires 400 jewelcrafting
1. Red Verde Orb- 10 Ruby Orbs and 10 Emerald Orbs
2. White Azul Orb- 10 Opal Orbs and 10 Sapphire Orbs
3. Blue Rojo Orb- 10 Chrysocola Orbs and 10 Coral Orbs
4. Green Blanco Orb- 10 Beryl Orbs and 10 Azurite Orbs (recipe added to upgrade crystals to orbs)

4. Precursor- Prismatic Coil 12345678
I can see this item being a combination of several exotic rings that are each a reward for completing the story achievements of the next LS episode:
Red Coil 1- Zerker stats
Orange Coil 2- Carrion stats
Yellow Coil 3- Assassin stats
Green Coil 4- Knight stats
Blue Coil 5- Shaman stats
Purple Coil 6- Celestial stats
White Coil 7- Cleric stats
Black Coil 8- Rabid stats

each of the rings can be combined with the others to create the Prismatic Coil which is the a combination of 2 or more of the above rings (each of them will have a double click to combine with another ring function). When combined, 2 rings will create the Prismatic Coil and they will keep the number from their name (EX, Red and Blue coils will combine to make the Prismatic Coil 15). all 8 need to be combined to make the Prismatic Coil 12345678. This ring will also be able to switch to the stats of the rings that have been added (EX PC 15 could have zerk or shaman stats)
These coils will have to be added to a new zone vendor so that they can be reobtained (they will be locked until the acheivements are complete)

I’ll answer some questions before they are asked:
Why no gift of mastery? there are only 2 gifts of exploration per character, so until more are added, characters could be locked to only 2 legendary items
Why jewelcrafting? rings require jewelcrafting, therefore, a legendary ring should rely on it somewhat

Thats my idea. Thoughts?

there is a PvP reward track that awards gloves for completing it if you dont want to farm for 1000 more crests

I also agree 100% with the compact bags and the WP changes (other 2 im kinda meh on due to not camping in LA or HOTM)

obviously in a year they will add this with the following item required to make it:

Precursor Orb:
use this item in the MF as part of the precursor creation process.

This item will be added to all loot tables and have a very very very low droprate (as opposed to the very very very very low precursor droprate) and its account bound

West of Queensdale, old Majesty Rest area with world boss, Rotscale, who for whatever reason is still alive and kicking with his many undead buddies (complete random speculation)

no, i mean the material tab in the bank, forgot it got renamed recently

EDIT: im sure most people would like at least geodes and BCs in the wallet TBH

add Karka Slayer to the Slayer add list, since such a thing isnt there (it bothers me that is isnt there)

I would also like doubloons and foxfire clusters added to the collections tab (not sure if this meets your hour requirement though)

if i dont get them this time ill just get the random extractor in 2 weeks for the next parts and then i might get the bladder/spleens that i need then. why waste extra crests on a guarenteed thing if i still need to play the RNG slots for the next parts?

These items were added as part of a scavenger hunt type thing. They wanted everyone to do several different types of content (of which you are aware). I think the fractals requirement is really the only content requirement that most people have a problem with (ive seen several topics about it).

To address your main issue (items are worthless if you only do LS), I’m not sure how they could make a scavenger hunt that would start with usefull items and make them better. It is a lot of items that are non tradeable (although if you turn those bricks into a pot, you can sell it on TP), but i think it does help most players in the game that have a lot of time and need something to work toward ( i know i made a lot of gold selling the tradeable items needed for the backpiece)

Your only real options for them is to store them and hope you want to do fractals/JPs/whatever else is needed or destroy them and go to the second half of the season, where it rewards armor skins from the LS instead of scavenger hunt items.

i think its funny that she is already a legendary rank individual (clicked on her and the purple legendary badge was around her picture)

The next episode will release with wintersday and then there will be a break as was done last year. The last wintersday update also updated kessex hills with the destroyed tower and even added a new set of achievements for the LS (LS and holiday released at the same time). There was then a 6 week break (Dec 10 – Jan 21)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/A_Very_Merry_Wintersday

i have about 50 lumps of mithrillium for the off chance that jewelcrafting gets an update

im pretty sure those used to (like at launch) give the full amount (at least the ori in OBS and the one(s) that used to be in EB). They got nerfed at some point. i guess people were farming them too much. The mithril was probably nerfed when the ori was (at least in EB).

Also, yes i have noticed the “rich” mithril vein in silverwastes that only gives 2 strikes. i think it moves too, but that is usually after i have mined another rich vein in Silverwastes.

If you really want mithril you can go to Orr.

The rain season is coming! I bet it will be interesting regardless.

skullmount.1758:

(whats foxfire at now anyways?).

it was roughly 28 silver last night when i checked it

they could’ve sold the ori/ancient nodes for 500 gems each and made a killing. who wouldnt pay 500 gems for guarenteed T6 mats?

EDIT: i dont think very many people would buy the T5 mats though

Tachenon.5270:

Postscript: Alternately, a skritt PC might be an asura-engineered individual with five brains…

5 skritt crammed into a robot? i think this has potential. I would probably use this race especially if there are random skritt based shouts as the racial skills. for example, the character shouts “SHINIES” and gains 3 stacks of might or something.

Valento.9852:

Besides Sword and Torch, what more could an ele use in your opinion guys?

i could see main hand focus as a possibility

ugh, i hate elves. they think theyre better than everyone. There are already enough races that think theyre better than everyone… Asura, Kodan, Tengu to some extent. Even Norn and Centaur have some of this. Elves would just be another race that thinks theyre better than others.

there are several castles in this game. WvW has most of them (you and your 34 friends might enjoy WvW). there is also the vigil keep and fort trinity. not to mention the numerous palisades/camps that show up

As for the darker element, did you miss the halloween event? Prince thorn is right up your ally for dark

As for the dragons being stale (someone mentioned it above), there is a certain lich king that is in GW lore if we ever go back to Elona

you could always wait until next update and get the expiremental extractor (it will probably still have fangs in the loot table). then you could aim for the new part(s) and maybe get the fangs you need as well.

ive been seeing a lot of these as well:

*map exploration not needed WvW completion
*what to do with extra bloodstone dust/empyreal fragments/dragonite ore/ascended rings (theres usually a picture with full bank slots)
*WvW is unbalanced/lower tier servers never win

thanks for the link. That does sound exciting doesnt it.

Im guessing this topic is in response to some kind of PvP announcement? could someone elaborate/post a link?

i wish they would update jewelcrafting to 500 and make legendary trinkets what you craft there. One requirement could be a Superior Vision Crystal that requires 50 bloodstone bricks, empyreal stars and dragonite ingots as well as 10 Augur stones.

The precursor(s) could be a huge scavenger hunt/ achievement reward for completing all the achievements for the season (pick one) as well as a random drop from enemies. it could also be a rare mystic forge drop from throwing 4 ascended rings into it (infused could have a higher chance).

The other 2 requirements could be some other item sink (probably at least including Xunlai Electrum and Crystalline Ingots somehow)

Regardless of how many legendary trinkets there are, i think there should be a ring called The Infinity Coil (it just sounds legendary).

Pros:
*sink for ascended mats and rings
*Jewelcrafting level 500 with the 6 that currently are
*The ascended crafting materials would all be availible and the collections in the bank would no longer have spots with zero materials

Cons:
*Cooking would be only one not at 500
*might not be as legendary if the precursor is awarded for all achievements for LW S2
*might not take as much effort/money/grind as weapons thus offending the people with legendary weapons
*no way to craft ascended trinkets, thus alienating the people that dont already have said trinkets (i dont think there are that many of these people)

Try cutting down stuff in the new zone, i tend to get more of them there

your best bet would probably be to craft the legendary regardless, since this thing is account bound (its doubtful that it will ever be a TP item). You could then either equip it anyway or just sell it on TP.

Regardless of what you do with it, this is a painful choice to have to make. Hopefully they’ll find a way to make it less painful in the future though.

i just list mine on the TP for the 19 copper, they will eventually sell and it clears my inventory immediately instead of whenever im near a merchant. I would like to be able to salvage them though

YR: they send out a failed to win message for each and every ticket scrap you submitted that lost (upon deleting an old mail, you get a new one until you have recieved 1 for each ticket you submitted)

Devildoc.6721:

Mordrem Wolves and Teragriffs hit way harder than any dungeon trash.

Where are you running that has these in abundance? In general, these guys only show up near the forts. There are the occasional 1 or 2 that wander somewhat, and there are some that are at oxen occasionally, but if you are trying to get to the other side of the map, you should avoid all this stuff (most of it has an orange event circle on the minimap).

basicly just avoid the events and you avoid most of the mobs.

This map is designed to have only 1 WP and i hope that they don’t add another one

Ohoni.6057:

Think of this map as a world boss/raid kind of thing and not just a map with only 1 WP.

No, I think I’ll think of it as a map with only 1 WP.

Whatever you want to think of this map as, it is an open world raid. To successfully complete the objective, you have to coordinate between at least 4 different groups (1 at each fort). There also has to be some people with the pack ox, but there are essentially 4 groups (RAID content).

As for the missing bosses thing: if you need a specific boss, then go to that fort and wait for it. it will spawn eventually. If you just want to get them go to the fort in the middle (INDIGO) and run to the other when its called. legends dont melt in seconds, they tend to last at least a minute or two. Also, it helps to build for the map you are playing on. This map requires moving to get to where you are going, take a speed boost skill and stability so you arent pulled/snared.

The run for the final boss in AC P3 is much farther and more involved than anything here. If you die frequently to this boss, then you will be running through elite mobs, which can hit for much more than anything that randomly shows up on this map. And thats the easiest dungeon, Arah has some much longer runs than AC does.

As an aside, are there just more chest spawns at amber or is the farm zerg just pushing to be as far from the WP as possible?

I bought Carcharias (im sure thats mispelled) about a month ago for 120 gold

Is everyone dieing so much that they spend more time running back to the fight than actually being there? Ive spent several hours in this area already and don’t die that often, in fact ive only had to run back to something once or twice. often people will revive you if you die, especially if you are near the forts. The “long run” probably doesnt bother me as much because i WvW though.

Incidently, have any of you timed the distance to get to some of the world bosses? FE is a good distance from Muridan WP (i doubt anyone dies here anymore though). SB is somewhat far as well. Teq isnt near a WP (the one nearby is contested). KQ when she shows up at her initial spawn (the large fort) is a fair walk as well (especially if the south camp is contested). its also sufficiently more difficult to rez when defeated at a world boss, so running is required.

Think of this map as a world boss/raid kind of thing and not just a map with only 1 WP. Also, if you dont like the long run try to avoid dieing (dont YOLO 4 veteran mordrem for example, you will lose)

INB4VideoOfSomeoneRunningFromWPToWestSideInUnderAMinute

i like the 1 WP idea for this map. This map is not anywhere near the size of EOTM and should not be compared to it in any way. I really do hope someone posts a video showing that you can get from one side of the map to the other in a minute

i put in like 11, so i think my chances are .0000001%, awesome!

O wow, this topic isn’t about humans massacring centaur and krait enslaving quaggan?

there are people that have opened more than 20k bags just trying to get a mini.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Gwynefyrdd-the-Halloween-miniature/first

at least one person in there has opened a million bags. i think he said he only got a stack of tin foil tickets though. I think you could also buy tickets from the gemstore, so the 10 or so that the average person put in (i think i put in about 10) wont mean anything compared to the gemstore people who actually are trying to get these things.

EDIT: it seems that it will be a global thing and not a percentile since there was an actual quantity of items in his inventory (not that a percentile thing would matter since RNG seems pretty rough anyway-see above thread for evidence of that)

*I dislike when people ask when a world boss is going to start.

*I really dislike seeing LFG every 20 seconds when i go to EOTM (just freaking wait till the next LFG and join that group seriously!)

*I am only rank 2 in fractals

*I was very annoyed in June when people still didn’t know where the mystic forge was in LA

*I’ve been hoarding materials for the inevitable Jewelcrafting to 500 since about March (750 silver ingots, 650 gold ingots 700 plat ingots and 40 lumps of mithrillium plus whatever ore ive found since august) and i still hope for it with every update!

*I’ve ruled out getting Maudrey due to fractals being part of the requirement yet i dont fault ANet because they are trying to reward people for doing lots of different things in the game

i like this idea

I’m sure people would consider it a great QoL improvement. Ascended equipment with all stats fused into it could even turn to the legendary purple color since it allows its stats to change to any combination availible (this would require crafting/obtaining 20 ascended items!)

I would say run it here, but the moderators might not be too keen on that here. Maybe a Moderator would clarify if they were ok with this?

Oh i forgot one

*I’m currently in the process of crafting the Legendary SPEAR because the precursor was in my price range

*When sieging a tower/keep in WvW i always feel a need to shout DPS WALL!!!!! so i do… in party chat.

*About a month ago i was in a hotjoin that was a 1v1. My opponent was obviously much more skilled than me (he was 55 ranks higher as well). i lost 500 to 100ish

*I run Piercing Arrow and Eagle Eye because i dont like the grandmaster traits or Spotter.

*I run soldiers LB and take much pleasure in splatting poor zerkers that think im as frail as them.

*I’m still pretty bad at JPs

*I have 7 characters, but only use 1 most of the time.

I will be saving some of mine in the hopes that they do go up. The Candy Corn Gobbler will probably drive the price of CC up, which should in turn drive bag prices up. If it doesnt then ill just open them in a few months and have lots of halloween stuff in February or something

I guess while im at it, could we also get doubloons added into the material storage?

6 so that would make my chances of winning around .000006 WOO i can totally win something!

Can Dry Top and Southsun Cove have a similar idea for the loading screen as the other maps (shows POIs, Vistas, Skill Points, and Waypoints on the bottom of the loading screen)? Can these also show up when the cursor hovers over their name on the world map (same as the other map names)?

Could we also get karka slayer and mordrem slayer added to the slayer achievements (it may be a little late for karka slayer though)?

These things may seem trivial, but they kind of bother me somewhat.

two months of bloodshed… searching for precursors can really suck

wow… just wow… that is quite an anecdote you have there.

anyway, i dont think its quite as bad as it seems. Im sure they will come out with some new PvP map/mode before too much longer. The LS update sounds fairly promising. I havent given up on this game yet