Guild Wars 2

NPC mercenary.
Why it’s even there?

Kirrund.2654:

Make some friends. Run with a group.

lfg for a thief, lvl80 only.

Chief.5928
Asura. Necro. Without any speed traits. My 3 chests run.
(recorded on laptop, so the quality is somewhere else)

Yeah, there was only one charr this time. But with this video I wanted to show if you can’t see – find a place from where you can or just be faster. Honestly, I saw only 5 other people who were using left gear platfor at the start and none of them were Asura. Why? It gives you almost perfect timing sense. Oh well.

On a side note, there’s my video of Clocktower secret level / spectator mode that one dude showed me.

Sigh… I was SO close to completing it with gem store window.
Well… Guess, until next time.

Motivation? After playing Super Meat Boy and Cave Story Hell Level the Clocktower is just nice and peaceful entertainment for the whole family.

Best part of the event, best jumping puzzle in the game, and my second best GW2 mechanic after WvW.

Spent there days. Completing it took me 2 hours, first time I was so happy in the game.
For second time it was 15 minutes and after this I could pretty much run it without problems as long I don’t make problems myself.

But I wanted problems. Loot all 3 chests on the way? Did it. Must say, on an Asura Necro without any speed traits it’s kinda hard.
Then, doing the puzzle with evade-jumping? Did it. Took me some time, but hey – it looks awesome, makes people around lose concentration at sight of such badkittenness.
Completing the puzzle with TP window on the screen? Sadly, because of Sandy I didn’t have time to complete that, but I managed run half of the way before passing out to sleep.

Thank you, Josh Foreman, for this puzzle. I wish there will be more challenging puzzles in the game. More random, more frustrating and because of it – more rewarded at the end.

On the screenshot: foundation of the Clocktower – ocean of pure tears.

Holy kitten, what is this?
Forged in God’s very flames.

Do mine eyes tell me lies,
Orbs removed from game?!

…

Finally. It’ll give a chance to low-populated servers and now fights won’t be such one-sided.
But just removing them was very lazy decision. Why not make orbs work like outmanned buff and outmanned buff like orbs? Oh well, guess it will take another two-three months.

Ram the Raptor!

You can wait two days until the chest event ends, so people get back to Orr and continue mindlessly farm.

Hm. Human has the same… Issue. The Helm has shoulders skin with it.
Then that’s the point of shoulders? Or, why they’re different from helm-shoulders?

Currently [Shadow Helm] on Asura showing slightly different [Shadow Mantle] skin with it (first two screenshots), so shoulders from another set won’t be shown (3rd screenshot).
Is it a bug or just another example of anet’s logic?

Playing mostly WvW I can always have full life force. But yeah, I guess in sPvP Spectral Armor makes sense.

As for boons skills, again – in WvW Necro’s boons not really that great compare to warriors/guardians. Even in sPvP I still use my conditions and signets. Just because I can help my team with them more than with Protection for 5 s once per 40 seconds.

Not really with bunch of guardians/warriors nearby, just waste of slot.

I just prefer not to watch news, so I didn’t know about deaths…
… Dunno that can be said about that. In that case 2 days is just a joke. Maybe a NA server where the event will be up for another month?

Let’s imagine that we got all our skills and traits fixed, which of them still be completely worthless for you?

Skills

1. Spectral Armor
   Protection for 6 seconds and breaking one stun with 90 seconds recharge time? No, thank you.
2. Spectral Grasp
   Works only on standing targets, yay – let’s kill all afk people!
3. Spectral Wall
   Siriusly?

Traits

1. Reanimator
   This unwanted minion here to help your fores get up from downed state. He bleeds already, so it won’t be so hard to kill anyway.
2. Dark Armor
   Gain 400 toughness while channeling. Awesome! We can have 400 toughness for 2 seconds!
3. Full of Life
   Gain 5 seconds of regeneration when your health reaches 90% (30-second cooldown).
   Because hey, we really need regeneration only when we don’t really need regeneration.

As some of you might be aware, Hurricane Sandy currently reaping East Coast.
Even living in Brooklyn (where no actual hurricane is) it affects my internet connection / ping horrible. In Clock Tower I’m not able to jump in time, or game suddenly decides I was too slow and porting me back.

I’m not whining – I completed the puzzle more than 150 times already and not really care, but other people having technical issues with it right now. So, it would be nice from Anet to extend holidays events in time of disaster, just to be fair to everyone.

Why should it be bannable? It’s their account.
There’s plenty of people who sharing an account with siblings and friends. Is it bannable too? No. As long they don’t playing simultaneously it must be ok.

Greatswords are too mainstream.
Such hipster as Necro wouldn’t want it anyway. Just gives a permanent rock with one skill for 20 damage. This won’t ruin the balance and will be nicely fit in our current arsenal.

So, you’re that guy from reddit?

Thanks, I expected something more like 0.05%, but with 2% chances to win at least better than in lottery. Now you can open 750 mad king chests and make a new study.

Ectos for 13s? Nice. Time to work on my jewelry sets.

Nope, there was some bug with shards so it took more than 3 weeks I believe.
Also, a chance of getting a precursor from forge was significantly nerfed, so now it’s harder to get than before.
But yeah, karma jugs…

Oh well, I was just trolling whining people anyway =P

But… But this game has a ridiculous achievement for 10 legendaries or something already. I don’t think in next 2 years somebody will get it.

And I know about current achievement, but anybody can get 1 run at least, so it’s not interesting.

Asura.
20 times.
=P

I want more cats in my puzzle, too easy.

So, I completed Tower Puzzle about 20 times and very dedicated make at least 100 successful runs.
Can I have an title/achievement for that? Dungeons have one, why not jumping puzzles?

Just went to LA dummies and tested it.
This is the line where I’m dealing damage, so seems like I don’t have this problem…?

It was fun match, honestly. With all those flames on the forum, just playing mostly against Darkhaven was fun. First time I saw such persistence from organised zerg.
Good luck Darkhaven in their next tier (kill all Yak’s Bend).

I wish Yak’s Bend good luck in next match… Oh wait, I don’t.
Go Crystal Desert! Go Darkhaven, you learned PB – so make use of it and smash Yak’s as hard you can.

Powerr.3649:

Regarding the #1 ability, blood curse, has anyone figured out why it misses almost 50% its shots if your not directly facing the target and very close?

Just like in real world – you most look where are you shooting at.
Scepter has 900 range and yes, you must facing the target, just like with all other direct hit weapons/skills.

But yeah, kinda frustrating since it’s magic and not a rifle or bow.

No, and there more chances that bone fiend just fail stun an enemy anyway.

From my experience:

1. Minions are great for PvE, extra damage and in some way – your extra HP. Mining ori while zombies are busy killing my brainless minions – priceless.
2. Minions are terrible for dungeons. One hit and they all are dead. Use wells, they’re awesome.
3. Minions especially terrible for sPvP and WvW. They can be used by your enemies to getting up from downed state. You’ll hate this more when realise that you can’t get up by killing ranger’s pets or turrets >_>
   With one exception: Flesh Golem. It’s great for 1on1 and other small fight situations. It can regenerate while out of combat, and his Charge just pure awesome – so many died because of it.

I just didn’t want to kill his pure soul with this cruel truth… =(

No, gear doesn’t affects minions, you must use traits to buff them up a little.
Keep in mind – some of traits are bugged.

Jon Peters using DS as it was intended (5:30) and kicking kittens with it.

I must say I’m impressed by tonight’s portal bombs from Darkhaven side. Some of them was really well done.

No, it’s working for me.

Higher level of event – more karma, exp and coin.
People tend to believe that reward for dragons is better than for some worm, though all loot in GW2 is ridiculously cheap.
Dragons fights are kinda epic, at least first 3 times (so I prefer not to do those events too often).

And yes, those events now not challenging at all, I’m glad I did those when there was only 10 people for an event.

1. Will you or will you not be buying black lion trading company or random number generation materials again?
- No, I will not.

2. Did you buy them in the past?
- Yes.

3. If you would not buy trading post material/gamble, would you support direct to buy weapon skins and what general price do you find acceptable from a business standpoint both as a customer and realizing that they must make money as a business?
- Yes, I would buy them even if they were direct purchases.

4. Do you believe that future events will also be handled with random number generation to make profit based on limited time item acquisition?
- Yes.

5. If you believe that the future events will be handled in the same manner, does this realization negatively effect your trust of Arena Net in regard to handling micro transactions for permanent content?
- Yes.

6. Did you obtain a skin or whatever it is you were looking to get from the black lion trading chests? From the Mad King Chests?
- No. 10 BL chests and 20 mad chests. I’m kinda lucky to spending only 900 gems on it.

About “must have them” part.
If you can use greatswords, you’re fine with usual ingame skins, because they’re awesome.
But other classes not so lucky, and the scythe staff skin is the only one really good skin for Necro.

Karma and killstreak boosters don’t work for this recipe. Though, I won’t give it my karma boosters anyway – 20 mad chests opened, not a single skin inside.

Oh my god, this is /plane!

Remember. Only greatswords get cool skins in this game, other folks there just to be killed by those greatswords to show their awesomeness.

Spectral Walk… Sigh…..

So far Darkhaven and Maguuma both showing superior knowledge of tactics and the art of war.

I can’t care less about dungeons, but in WvW Necro is kinda awesome. Conditions, marks, wells, plague… If you look around – we’re the only anti-zerg class in the game.

The thing is, Necro is probably the most difficult class in the game as well. We can’t just spam one or two skills and expect to get a kill, but with right build we can make life of huge zerg miserable.

fellyn.5083:

I hate that I have to point this out but there are people who have no clue what they are doing on every server.

Just because you got a screen shot of some one doing that it doesn’t mean those kinds of players can only be found on darkhaven.

It’s true, might as well be just wrong blueprints, but it’s still hilarious.
I played against 80% NA servers and this is the first time I saw a golem behind gates during siege.
Best. WvW. Ever.

saiyr.3071:

Second favorite Darkhaven tactic!

Probably it’s the first one.

Ah, Darkhaven, you gave me so many laughs…

hobbes.6178:

Relax, I play on Maguuma. Certain classes can glitch their way through gates. Hell any class in the game can get past garrison water gate by simply running through it…if they know the right way.

Whaa, that’s just disgusting!

hobbes.6178:

Very easily.

The only ease I can find in your answer is the right to assume that some glitches were used.

I don’t mind mesmers and night capping, but I’d like to know how did you managed bypass outer gates all the day.

PS
To Northern Shiverpeaks.
There is no logic taking camps in our borderlands when your own is under Darkhaven control, y’know.

Hello, I’m guesting on Maguuma this week, so there are many things I don’t understand.

First of all, how exactly Darkhaven managed bypass outer gates at all three keeps in Maguuma borderlands? During the day it was small groups of 10 or so (those who attacked souther inner Garrison gates), after a big zerg took Hills like in two minutes and then I logged out.

At one point I spent a hour just looking for mesmer in Garrison, but – nope, nothing. Then someone said you can bypass outer gates using some glitch… If it’s so, then some serious BS is going on. Basically today I spent some gold and time upgrading/building/escorting donkeys just to see how a keep was taken in 5 minutes. Not a QQ post, just trying to understand how exactly Darkhaven did that.

Spawn camping is bad for ya!
Thanks, Darkhaven, that was fun =)

morrolan.9608:

Thats just silly.

1. 1 hacker was a transfer from a non Yaks guild who transferred in to cause trouble.
2. Both times Yaks let SOR take the Orb back.

We did the same.
Sadly, there isn’t a reddit post about this, so I doubt anyone else still remember.

But it’s Yak’s who started “GoM are all hackers”. Thanks to them we lost all our main guilds and best WvW players. Ya, silly, but I still hate them.