All names are first come first serve, and are held until that player deletes the character and doesn’t use the name again 24hrs afterwards.
No exceptions. Get creative.
We do not take character or display or guild names away from valid accounts. Someone may step away and return to the game later, so the names must stay in place.
Crafting material tracks sound good. You would gain raw materials for 1 mithrillium/etc. every tier? There could be 4 different tracks for this. One for leather, one for cloth, one for metals and one for wood. It sounds very unglamorous but thinking about it, this would actually be useful.
I was more thinking the raw materials over the 8 tiers would equal the amount you need to craft all 4 of whatever ascended base material (Iron, platinum, soft wood, wool etc)with the account bound timegated bits at the end of the track (hence the 24hr gate suggestion on the reward track.)
Limiting it to 3 per end box would give some a reason to just nip back into PVE to gather the final bits to make the fourth if they need it.
And there’s nothing wrong with enjoying other parts of this game, doesn’t mean people aren’t good at what they do in game, PvP or otherwise. Isn’t that the intention? A track like this doesn’t take anything from you. /shrug
There’s leaking ley lines. Events spawn in 10minute timers and there are 4 hidden achievements.
My tinfoil hat theory is depending on player actions, which ever Dragon minion has the least deaths and eats the most ley magic, their Dragon master will become active next. /tinfoil
I was thinking of an Ascended crafting reward track that would be time-gated to 24hrs after completion before you could complete it again. PvP reward potions would not be able to be used on this track. (You’ll see why)
Each tier would give raw materials to craft Spiritwood planks, Deldrimor Steel, Elonian Leather and Bolts of Damask.
The end chest on completion would give you the option of 3 of the following (you cannot pick 3 of the same): Glob of Elderspirit Residue, Lump of Mithrillium, Spool of Silk Weaving thread, Spool of Thick Elonian Cord.
It is abyssmal to gather leather and cloth reliably and even more so as a PvPer. This game modes reward needs to be brought up to PvEs Xgold/hr standard. Plus for those of us which enjoy more than just PvP don’t lose out by not PvE mindless farming (/sarcasm) to make better armor and weapons to enjoy the other stuff like WvW and fractals.
But anyone can get the Tiger Spirit mini.
That “back piece that isn’t a back piece” is kind of part of the story. Which most legendary crafting journeys seem to have. If I read correctly didn’t Nevermore crafters get an Egg/raven chick? Does this give a visual when you use it? And eventually The Raven Spirit merges with your raven so having a spirit raven mini pet doesn’t make a lot of sense (within the game world and the Nevermore journey timeline), because it became a part of the staff :P
The people who craft The Collosus for the Juggernaut get “a tonic that isn’t a tonic” which puts the metallic armor effect on any class.
So there are other flavours and bonuses, if you will, of crafting certain things. And that’s not a problem. It’s part of the flavour of the journey.
Also, you really want them to backtrack on a legendary journey just to add a mini and a visual? Pretty sure it would cause a lot of code bugs. No thanks. Let them work on newer content please.
Same animations with mesmer.
Ele staff air skill 2 has the staff being used to cast. But I like the fact that when wielding a staff the characters other hand does the conjuring. I’d find it weird if conjurers threw their staff willy nilly to cast.
I don’t actually get the point of this thread. There’s nothing wrong with the animations as they are.
1) the forge’s interface is very bad for any sort of bulk operation
2) promoting through more than 1 tier is probably going to cost more/sell for less than just selling the parts
Your first point is not exactly valid. You don’t promote gemstones reliably in the forge. You use jewelcrafting to do this.
Your second point is correct. Promoting (transmogrifying) t5 to t6 costs roughly the same as if you buy it on the tp. But if you promote from say t3 to t6 It becomes more expensive again.
If you farm the materials yourself you are still stuck with the poor obtainability of which ever tier gemstone plus dust you need to promote them. So this obtainability is across the board really but popular stat items will drive prices. Not everyone would like to just buy everything off the trading post, some people actually like to gather these things themselves.
I can see why people would like the stats Maguuma Lillies and Freshwater Pearls give, especially for WvW. But the price on those are ridiculous.
There’s no issue with supply since they are not making anymore new legendaries.
The thing is you need these orbs, pearls and burls whatever for other things than just amalgamated gemstones. So the title is kind of not the problem, and is just a knock-on effect of the real problem :
but the issue is that there is NO reliable way of getting these said orbs, crests, etc.
This, is a problem that needs addressing. Not for Amalgamated Gemstones, but for everything else you craft with these items. It was a bad decision requiring so many gems/crests etc for Amalgamated without adding a reliable way to obtain them in the first place.
Or they can increase the drop rate from the intended source, mining nodes, by adding orbs to Mithril nodes as well as Orichalcum.
I agree for crests being in more chests but orbs should be increased in their usual source. (Normal orbs from mining nodes, freshwater pearls from mussels in Maguuma, Burls from Maguuma tree nodes and Lillies from Jungle plants. These drop rates need fixing regardless of if it is for Amalgamated Gemstones or not.)
Can anyone tell me what CC a Daredevil gets, i’m not seeing any at all, bare in mind new players or Returnees like me have yet to even master all their specs so all the new skills aren’t accessible to me yet (in all classes)
It’s in the skills’ descriptions with a few exceptions
Soft CC
Disabling Shot
Weakening Charge
Dust Strike
Sword AA
Dagger AA when traited with Lotus Poison
Shadow Shot
Distracting Daggers
Black Powder
Blinding Powder
Needle Trap
Caltrops
Devourer Venom
Ice Drake Venom
Hard CC
Pistol Whip
Headshot
Tripwire
Scorpion Wire
Reflexive Strike from Bandit’s Defense
Distracting Daggers
Basilisk Venom
Thieves Guild – the female thief summoned will use Scorpion Wire
Ambush – this could be either type of CC depending on if it summons a male or female thief
DD elite as well, https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Impact_Strike (it’s 3 attacks, the first 2 are cc’s, 3rd one you don’t need to use as it is mainly for finishing players in spvp/wvw)
So only two on DD, i must use daggers pistols or obscure secondary skills switching and swapping… very annoying i use none of the above ever..
I use Dust strike and weaken charge all the time and they do nothing.
Btw they are thief skills in general.. I haven’t unlocked the elite yet.
Along with the Daredevil elite skill (which is 2 CC skills in one, plus finisher if relevant), we also have Palm Strike (2s stun) in chain after Fist Flurry. Reflexive Strike (2s knockdown), in chain after Bandits Defense. And Distracting Daggers, thrown to interrupt enemies (1/4s daze per cast, 3 per use)
So no, not “only two” on DD. Personally though I only equip power+precision signets with either Fist Flurry or Bandits defense.
I do not have the elite, i said that in the first post, its gated content and i’m still gated, jesus…
I am well aware you have not unlocked the Daredevil in it’s entirety. My problem was with your lack of understanding and basic brushing off of skills.
If you had read my post properly, I was replying to the fact you stated, specifically, Daredevil has “only two” crowd control abilities. Which is incorrect. I listed all of the crowd control abilities Daredevil exclusively gets when it is traited for, and Khisanth listed all of the base thief crowd control abilities quite handily.
I’m getting now the same people asking for “nerf HoT” are the ones that just don’t want to use any skill that is not pure DPS.
Aye, I’ve been thinking this for a few months. People just need to see those high numbers (I do play as glass on all of my toons though, I just don’t ask for nerfs to content that is fine as it is. I rarely die now however :P) you either need to be good at dodging and active defense such as blocks, be able to type in mapchat for added support for some events. Or die :P
Can anyone tell me what CC a Daredevil gets, i’m not seeing any at all, bare in mind new players or Returnees like me have yet to even master all their specs so all the new skills aren’t accessible to me yet (in all classes)
It’s in the skills’ descriptions with a few exceptions
Soft CC
Disabling Shot
Weakening Charge
Dust Strike
Sword AA
Dagger AA when traited with Lotus Poison
Shadow Shot
Distracting Daggers
Black Powder
Blinding Powder
Needle Trap
Caltrops
Devourer Venom
Ice Drake Venom
Hard CC
Pistol Whip
Headshot
Tripwire
Scorpion Wire
Reflexive Strike from Bandit’s Defense
Distracting Daggers
Basilisk Venom
Thieves Guild – the female thief summoned will use Scorpion Wire
Ambush – this could be either type of CC depending on if it summons a male or female thief
DD elite as well, https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Impact_Strike (it’s 3 attacks, the first 2 are cc’s, 3rd one you don’t need to use as it is mainly for finishing players in spvp/wvw)
So only two on DD, i must use daggers pistols or obscure secondary skills switching and swapping… very annoying i use none of the above ever..
I use Dust strike and weaken charge all the time and they do nothing.
Btw they are thief skills in general.. I haven’t unlocked the elite yet.
Along with the Daredevil elite skill (which is 2 CC skills in one, plus finisher if relevant), we also have Palm Strike (2s stun) in chain after Fist Flurry. Reflexive Strike (2s knockdown), in chain after Bandits Defense. And Distracting Daggers, thrown to interrupt enemies (1/4s daze per cast, 3 per use)
So no, not “only two” on DD. Personally though I only equip power+precision signets with either Fist Flurry or Bandits defense.
How it’s worded is confusing it seems.
You pay 100g initial fee to claim a new guild hall. This is the expeditionary fee, regardless of whether you already have one or not. So yes, 100g every time to swap.
Because it is a lot of materials, time and gold sank into something which uses the PvE gear set, so actually trying to PvP freely in the arena doesn’t happen without again sinking lots of gold into armor and runesets to try new stuff out.
It is a PvP arena (only called a Guild Arena, but it is for player versus player combat entirely) after all so +1 for this idea. It should have been an option from the start.
Shoe-horning anything not just LGBT+ into any story plot is just bad writing. Simple.
Some of the comments I have read in this thread about the transgender community have actually shocked me, these are other human beings you are talking about. Who cares what gender they were assigned at birth, their lives do not effect your own so please just stop.
On another note, look at all the tv shows lately which have short life spans of lesbian characters this year. Anet don’t you dare follow suit just yet.
If there isn’t much on your current paid account, like account bound materials of achievement points, Id play on your free account and apply HoT to that. You’ll then have two lots of log in rewards coming your way.
You will also get the level 80 boost when you upgrade to HoT. So if you can’t wait to get stuck into the newer content you won’t have to.
Reason for minimal dailies each day is to limit how much time is spent on them. Complete 3 for the daily reward. Easy. 4 per mode is again to simplify it and focus players into different areas each day.
JPs were also added to the rotation.
They’re fine as they are. I like they daily 10ap and now the 2g, I don’t want to have to do 5, as you say, to get the same reward.
I’m pretty sure every profession gets Soldiers stat equipment, along with a few weapons including underwater stuff. I think they have Rune of the -profession- in them too. None are salvagable either.
They are a little confusing now.
Maybe a QoL change could be when you select the fractal scale, it is a dropdown list with the number of the fractal and what it is called.
I like the warhorn sound, I never quite understood the obsession with people comparing the sound to farts.
Some unique skins have their own unique warhorn sounds, you can try using one of those. The only ones I know of are the Super Warhorn Skin and the Crimson Lion Warhorn Skin. The first makes it sound like a trumpet and the second replaces your warhorn sound with a roaring sound like that of a lion.
I dont want to use a skin to alter the sound. I don’t like those skins you suggested anyway. I want the warhorn to sound as magically imbued as the skills make it seem.
I would like fire crackling, electric surges, rocks crumbling and to hear the sea.
I think of names that fit the character I’m creating. Some are pretty obvious and some are just what I liked. I don’t need to explain them to anyone.
For example my first character, a mesmer, I named her Alys Malafaux. It rolls of the tongue and I liked it. Her back story was high born and I think the name fits her well. One of my engineers is called Orion Tinkerpaw. Pretty obviously fitting :P I used Orion because it was the cats name in Men In Black haha. “The universe is around Orion’s belt”
All of my characters are names accordingly and lore appropriate.
In beta I saw a Revenant running around with the name “We Need Weapon Swap”. In the second beta, it was changed to “Thx for Weapon Swap” that tickled me.
So I just got back into playing my elementalist. I’ve started using warhorn and I’m enjoying it a lot for PvE. There’s just one issue. The lacklustre sounds that it makes. Can something be done with this to make it fit the theme of Tempest? Anyone else feel the same?
Thief d/d or staff hits like a truck single target. Staff can cleave 3-5 targets instead of two. So has decent AoE potential.
Non moving targets, dagger warhorn ele.
Multi-target I’m not quite sure on but my power reaper melts mobs.
I don’t think I encountered MMR hell either. I spent several days teetering t6-7 of Diamond until I winstreaked yesterday. But I think those losses were down to my mistakes as well as the team. As soon as I recognised the issue with my game I started winning again.
Is anyone else thinking that what people are experiencing is not down to their personal account but other younger accounts that are given the average MMR on starting PvP? These new accounts are the ones technically throwing matches due to the owner being new to PvP and inexperienced, but given a free carry pass with the avg MMR their account has.
If you can’t/don’t get the legendary if a specific year then there will be another way to obtain that specific backpack. I can’t go into any details on that, but you WILL be able to get previous years backpacks in some way.
disappointing, so there’s no value to them at all.
indeed, it is easy enough to get the legendary already
ascended backpack should require diamond division in all seasons of year of ascension
legendary backpack should require legendary division in all seasons of year of ascension
starting season 3 it will have no prestige anymore and I will probably reskin it because everyone will have it
I disagree here. There’s nothing wrong with how to obtain the Legendary back item as it is now. However, I feel that it should be retired after season 4 (The end of Year of the Ascension) ready for the next Whatever that we can earn in season 5-8.
Calling it “Year of The Ascension”. So you should earn it in this year.
Can you imagine how cluttered that achievement panel is going to get? Its not fantastic as it is.
Maybe a long term solution would be to not have something that requires more than 1 season to obtain (a “once it’s gone, it’s gone”, kind of thing), and doesn’t require X division crosses but regular PvPing, keeping the win X matches, win on X profession achievements and Daily Participation but increasing the requirements within reason.
The Legendary Leaderboard should be where the prestige is.
I wanted to just chime in here and make some things clear as they may not be clear.
The “Year of The Ascension” achievement do not reset/clear between seasons. Whatever progress you have carries over to the next season.
If you can’t/don’t get the legendary if a specific year then there will be another way to obtain that specific backpack. I can’t go into any details on that, but you WILL be able to get previous years backpacks in some way.
We also understand the frustration of players and matchmaking this season and will do our best to make some changes for Season 3.
Can the Raid only items get this treatment too? Another way to earn them.
I don’t understand why add something that should take effort to get, only to assure people they will get it anyway as long as they want it.
40% Achiever
40% Explorer
53% Greifer
67% Socialised
Im a highly casual player, but I do like my achievements and to express them in gchat :P some questions were difficult to answer as it’s mood dependant.
My first was the Incinerator 2 or so years ago. I was envied by my guild for the precursor dropping, and have had decent luck of precursors coming my way, compared to the rest of my guild, I’ve sold maybe 3 precursers. I finished Incinerator 4-5mths after I got the pre, and I loved it, the visuals, the sound. Perfect. As much as I love staff for thief I love d/d far too much and even more with the legendary. In the last 2 years I then crafted The Juggernaut and Quip for myself, followed by The Bifrost which I gave to my (soon-to-be) husband, and The Moot which I sold.
How nice for u. Come play on my acct and see what its like trying to rank up.
It’s not about ranking up, its about enjoyment. If you’re not enjoying it, play un-ranked. It’s incredibly simple. Getting to X devision doesn’t mean squat, the question is, did you enjoy it?
It’s nice to see someone else not taking the league too seriously.
I’m in a similar boat although I do want the backpack, I didn’t participate in s1 due to how you could bait the system, it just made me facepalm and I didn’t want to be farmed. Due to that, I’d need Diamond once and Ruby twice for the division cross.
So I play my 3 daily matches maybe 1-2 more if I get a win streak on it, I then log out until the next day if I lose 2 in a row. No stress, I get my progress and don’t get annoyed. Win-win. I reached Diamond last week and I’m currently teetering in t6-t7 the last 3 days.
Will I get to legendary? I don’t know, but I only have this week because I fly on holiday next week :P RL>gaming, as fun as it is.
That is a bit ridiculous,but since not many players are up there yet, I wouldn’t expect anything else. I kind of blame the winstreak being set at only +1, instead of incrementing a bit more for further wins. (Like, on your 5th win you get +2 until your 7th or something where you’ll get +3, until you lose again.)
Yes it’s great, you got to legendary woohoo and everything else, but you’re pretty much alone up there… great, long queue times. I get it is prestigious, but surely playing PvP trumps that, rather than waiting to play. Kind of why I want to stay in mid Diamond xD
“It doesn’t make you spend hours preparing to have fun rather than just having fun” – Maybe this quote should apply to PvP Legendary Division League aswell? Idk, a thought for the developers methinks.
edit: just fought against these 2 and same outcome… they got face rolled :/
Maybe they weren’t informed of the antismurfing change this season? I’d think this is borderline greifing behaviour tbh it’s not fair if they only duo queue, for them or for the rest of the pug team.
