Guild Wars 2

Is there anyway to hide my trait build from spectators?

TheMightyAltroll.3485:

It is impossible to defeat 3 good players singlehandedly outside of WvW.

Being realistic must be a stretch for you.

Of course, one good player vs another good player is a fair fight and could go either way. But not everyone is good. Actually most players are simply average in skill. If you charge into a group and kitten then great. If you fail cause they’re good players then at least you tried.

It’s not the build, or the class, it’s the player. Some people just got the heart of a lion and you gotta let them be. No one can’t tell me not to charge in. I just go. I probably sound kitteny to you, but there are tons of outmanned videos on youtube. People just destroying groups by themselves. Or dispatching a zerg of 10 people with only 3. The proof is out there, being Rambo isn’t fail. If you’re a good player, you’re actually doing your group a favor by charging in and keeping 2+ players busy while they handle the rest.

There are some superb players that a fair fight to them would be 1v2, or 1v3, or even more against a bad group of players. I always charge in, always. Even if the odds are against me, and I always expect to win. Most of the time I can take out 2 players solo and a third if I’m in my zone.

One good player on a team can make a 5v5 seem like an unfair fight because that one player can easily kill multiples by him/herself. I notice a lot when I join games, whatever side I’m on usually dominates, and the other team starts leaving. Then I get put on the other side, and the team I was on before starts leaving…

Not everyone who charges in is giving the enemy free points. 2 good players can definitely take out 5 mediocre players. So it really depends on the player. But even bad player, I think being Rambo is a good thing cause even if you die, you’ve learned something and it can only make you better.

I’m still having this problem….

My sylvari has always had white underwear. She has a blue complexion. I never realized the underwear can be different colors until I saw this post. Well, I’m glad she has white instead of green.

I started making videos 2 to 3 weeks ago. It’s something I always wanted to do, even in past games I’ve played. I try to upload videos regularly. Check them out and you can like and subscribe to be notified of when new vids come out.

Right now the vids I make are pretty random. I record anything I find enjoyable at the time. Lately I’ve been doing mostly WvW videos. Anyone interested in seeing a pure melee mesmer will enjoy these videos I’m sure. I don’t always win every fight in the vids, but they’re always fun to watch.

These are just my 3 favorite of all the ones I uploaded so far. You can my channel for more.
http://www.youtube.com/user/zero450571

I started making videos 2 to 3 weeks ago. It’s something I always wanted to do, even in past games I’ve played. I try to upload videos regularly. Check them out and you can like and subscribe to be notified of when new vids come out.

Right now the vids I make are pretty random. I record anything I find enjoyable at the time. Lately I’ve been doing mostly WvW videos. Anyone interested in seeing a pure melee mesmer will enjoy these videos I’m sure. I don’t always win every fight in the vids, but they’re always fun to watch.

These are just my 3 favorite of all the ones I uploaded so far. You can my channel for more.
http://www.youtube.com/user/zero450571

ahh okay. I am using Rune of Air. I’ll make sure to watch the combat log next time I feel like my invis has ended too early. Thanks

Edit: I’m rewatching that part over again and I really don’t see any lighting, there is usually an animation. I don’t know. It happens so fast. But if it is breaking because my runes proc an attack, it makes a lot of sense.

I’ve noticed this problem recently. The first few times I just assumed it’s because of something I did to cause mass invis to break early or to not apply at all. In the last couple weeks I began recording vids so now i can replay all my combat encounters. Mass invis sometimes fails to work at all, and sometimes when it does, it ends way sooner than it’s supposed without me doing damage.

Maybe there is something my eyes are passing over. But can anyone tell me why exactly Mass Invis fails to work at 0:58 seconds. You only need to watch that part of the vid since that’s the only time I tried to use Mass Invis. If this is a bug and not something I’m missing I’ll repost in bug forums.

I totally agree too. I just posted something similar in someone else thread, I should have posted it here.

I love the combat in this game. I play a pure melee build and I don’t have any problems with range trying to kite me. The reason I feel that turns most players away, and even myself sometimes, is the lack of game types. They’re all the same game type!! Every single map!!! and the maps: they all feel the same after a while because they’re all small. I left WoW for this game and I don’t regret it. But I miss WoW battleground maps so much. I miss Alterac Valley, Eye of the Storm, Twin Peaks, and I especially miss Warsong Gulch. A Warsong Gulch map in this game, same size, capture the flag, 10v10, same rules, etc, would be kitten awesome.

I’ll spvp for about a week, then get tired of it for 6 weeks then try it again, and realize how tired I am of the same kitten game type on every single map… and did I mention the maps feel the same because they’re all relatively small and cramped. I like Kyhlo and Temple of the Silent Storm the most because of the multiple levels, and multiple ways to get to each level.

But yeah, that’s just opinion on the matter. I truly believe if Spvp had a Warsong Gulch, Eye of the storm, alterac valley, etc: just some WoW battleground type of maps and game types there would be so many more people spending time in the Mists consistently. I really don’t think it has to do with a lack of rewards. I used to be hardcore in the WoW pvp scene, and my friends also, and since coming to GW2, the one thing we don’t miss is the gear treadmill and gear meaning so much more than skill in pvp. We love that we can just make a character and play. We don’t have to worry about missing a week and falling behind on gear and then not being able to stay competitive. We don’t care about the lack of rewards. Actually, we love just being able to get cooler looking armor sets with no stat upgrades. That’s enough for us, but plz, give us some thing more than capture the point on every single map.

blah, no other video I posted was private. let me see if i can fix that.

Kk, not private anymore. I think it’s something to do with the length of the video. Cause youtube made me verify my account by having them call my house phone with a verification number just to post this vid, cause it was long. I’m still trying to get the hang of this.

I started making vids two days ago, so I have no idea how to edit. The transitions are awful and was a weird part that I zoomed in on and I don’t know how I did it. I also don’t know how to add music to videos so all the music is just from a playlist a normally listen to when playing.

Since I got Fraps, I’ve been making all sorts of random videos without putting much thought into it. I thought I would just go into arah and solo the whole dungeon. Didn’t work out that well, but this is as far as I got for now. I’ll probably do this fight over after I’ve put more thought into it and properly prepared. I made some careless mistakes, but I had fun doing the fight and making the video. I hope you all enjoy it also. I plan to make more videos and hopefully the future ones will be much better than this.

I decided to make a video showing exactly what the problem is.

I’ve noticed this also.

I know people that transmute their soulbound legendary weapons to white quality so they can send it to another character to use, then they can transmute it back

Will Jormag’s Breathe light up dark surroundings if it is wielded in the offhand?

Okay, it has been a few days. I’m positive now that attacking with Bolt removes the aura. Whenever I’m in combat, the aura goes away. In combat, lighting pulses on the sword alone, no lighting around my character all. After combat I have to repeatedly press the Swap Weapon Sets buttons to get the aura to appear on my character again. Please fix.

Jason King.2647:

There have been a number of issues with transmuted legendaries, so in the interest of making sure everyone is on the same page, here are the recent and current issues I’m aware of:

• —Fixed— The color of a transmuted legendary appears as exotic when linked in chat.
• —Fixed— Transmuted legendaries display their sigil suffix in chat.
• —Active— Legendary weapon precursors cannot be used to create their legendary weapon if they’ve been transmuted
• —Active— Transmuting a legendary prior to equipping it will not award the legendary achievement

The last two items are issues that we’re working on, but I don’t have an ETA on when we’ll have a fix. If there are other issues with transmuted legendaries that I missed, please update this thread.

Thank you!

I just made Bolt yesterday. There is a bug with it. The aura comes and goes while in combat and outside of combat when the weapon is unsheathed. Electricity will only appear on the sword and my character has the footsteps, but that’s it. The electircal aura around my character completely goes away. I don’t know what causes it. It appears to be random and happens about 50% of the time and then the aura comes back on its own. A fix for this would be great. Sucks to work so hard on making it and the electrical aura isn’t there half of the time.

I play a sylvari mesmer if this helps. I keep Bolt in my main hand and i use a sword in the off hand. In my other wep set, the main hand is empty and I keep a pistol in the offhand.

I just got Bolt today. Was a lot of work. I noticed almost immediately when doing my first dungeon that the Lightning aura goes away sometimes for some reason i can’t figure out. I start combat with the aura and during combat at some point i have no lighting around my character, only the sword will have lightning. I wield it in the main hand and i’m a mesmer if that helps. The aura comes back on it’s own or sometimes if i unequip and re-equip the weapon. But sometimes if unequip and re-equip that won’t fix it. Btw, this is when the weapon is unsheathed and i’m swinging it.

Anyway this happens sometimes, but enough to be very noticeable.

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Hot Boy.7138:

I’m still missing about 200 of each tier 6 material, 100 charged lodestones and zap. that’s it really.

Update 3/3/2013:
I still need about 200 of each tier 6 material, 40 charged lodestones, 110 ectos, and precursor.

Update 3/14/2013
I need 15 charged lodestones, 12 ectos, about 200 of each tier 6 mat and the precursor.

Update 3/17/2013
I need 10 charged lodestones, and about 200 of each tier 6 material for gift of might and magic.
I also just got supremely lucky in the mystic forge. I put in about 16 exotic swords into the MF that I bought with dungeon tokens. I figured that okay cause it wasn’t costing me anything. My homeboy says to try rares. I told him that would cost me money and the chance was super low so it would never work, just a waste of money. So I buy 20 rare swords just to prove to him it’s a waste of gold. And the first 4 rares I put in gave me Zap. I almost kitten myself. Couldn’t believe it.

Update 3/26/2013
So now I’m only missing 100 icy runestones, 139 elaborate totems, 150 vicious fangs, 150 vicious claws, and 184 armored scales. I’m having a hard time getting tier 6 materials, but I’m closer now than I was yesterday. So yeah, those are the only things I’m missing at this point.

Update 3/28/2013
I’m missing only 150 Vicious Fangs and 100 Icy Runestones. Going to try to get all the fangs this weekend and then just worry about Icy Runestones.

Update 3/29/2013
Okay. All I’m missing now are 100 icy runestones. I’m tempted to buy gems to convert to gold, but it’s so expensive. Don’t know what I should do. Will let you know. Hopefully the next update will be me saying the Legendary is made.

Update 3/30/2013
I was impatient. I didn’t want to have to farm another 100 gold to finish my legendary. So I bought 100 dollars worth of gems. It came up to about 135 gold. I bought the icy runestones I needed and have someg old left over; and now I can relax. I just finished crafting my first, and probably only legendary weapon, Bolt! I just want to give a big thanks to myself for not giving up on it. I’m very happy right now.

thanks a whole lot. that really helps me out

any open on any NA servers right now?

Thanks and that’s a lot of money. I think I’ll just be patient and farm haha

I want to know if there is a Gems to Gold calculator. I’m desperate to hurry up and finish my legendary weapon and I need about 300 gold. I want to know how many gems I would have to buy that will equal to 300 gold. If anyone knows of any calculators for this may you please link it for me.

Thanks

yeah, it’s green

I made bronze dowels with artificer

[/quote]Same behaviour of a slot machine, after all. “Nah, waste of money for stupid people” “Try” Jackpot pops. Don’t illude yourself, first and last lucky strike of your entire gw2 life. Enough proved by other people’s reports around you.
Now don’t waste your jackpot. Make a legendary with Zap, or sell it for buy your beloved precursor (if possible). Invest, don’t let yourself caught in the trap of gambling. Enjoy what you got

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I’m glad you said that because I’m going to take those words to heart. After I got lucky with Zap, I finished up map completion and gathered all the lodestones immediately. I was left with just a few silver left. I realized all I need now are tier 6 mats gift of might and magic. So I sold everything in my bank, came up to about 30 gold and then proceeded to waste it all on the mystic forge in the hope of getting lucky again to buy the tier 6 mats I need. I’m done with the mystic forge. I lost 12 gold this morning on it and I wanted to cry because it was all I had, and I could have bought 40 powerful bloods with it.

I tried for a month using dungeon tokens to buy swords so it wouldn’t cost me anything, since I was running dungeons already. I made about 1 attempt every week so about 16 exotic swords put into the forge and didn’t get anything from it.

Last weekend, my friend says I should use rares cause I could get more attempts in without having to farm 1200 tokens. I told him rares are a waste of time cause the chance is much lower than exotics and it will cost me money instead. He insists. So I buy 20 level80 rare swords to put into the forge just to prove to him it’s a waste. The first 4 rares I put in gave me Zap. I couldn’t believe it. Cost me about 1.5gold. Extremely lucky.

As of right now, I’m only missing…

100 icy runestones
154 bloods
206 claws
181 fangs
187 totems
173 bones
250 crystalline dust
202 scales
186 venom sacks

getting these tier 6 mats is the most overwhelming part of this legendary experience for me.

thank you, texzero. that helps a lot.

I actually like how things are right now. I don’t think there are too many gap closers and I don’t think there are too many ways to create a gap either.

Yeah, i checked that out but seems to only have a chance give karma jugs or lodestones. And the lodestone drop chance from the chest is incredibly low. What i need are the regular tier 6 mats, like bloods, totems, dust, etc.

Since there aren’t any cast bars, the animations of every mob and boss is very important to watch. The problem I have is that when I am working with others in a group, whether it be a dungeon or dynamic events, I can’t see the mob or boss I’m fighting. Instead, what I see is a moving ball of light. It’s hard to judge when to dodge, or to block when I can’t see their animations.

I like my spell effects on the maximum settings. This game is beautiful and I like to play it in all it’s glory. But there should be an option to turn down spell effects only on mobs/bosses. Anything that’s a veteran and higher rank needs special attention to carefully avoid their high damage attacks.

Besides converting tier 5 materials to tier 6 in the mystic forge, and the mystic clover recipe, have any better methods for getting tier 6 mats come out? I’m working on gift of Magic and Gift of Might right now and I need about 200 of each material. I have about 3 million karma and no use for it. Is there any way to use karma to get mats?

I just wanted to add that it would be great if Champion Risen Abominations couldn’t build up frenzy stacks from attacking my illusions.

I also really enjoy the Lupricus fight and don’t want to see his ablities changed in anyway. But he has a tendency to focus one player insistently until that player is dead. I’ve downed Lupricus at least 100 times so surely it’s possible to down him as he is now, but he should change targets more often than he does.

DeathPanel.8362:

It’s not really a matter of heavy armor but a learn to play issue.

Devs balance the game based on what each class CAN do, not what average people end up doing.

People with lighter armor who are mediocre in general don’t take advantage of all the evasive abilities and builds available to those classes and end up underperforming.

This then creates the stereotype that lighter armored characters are somehow no good and promotes discriminiation against them.

^ this 100%. This game is balanced at a high skill level, which it should be. It’s not balanced around the average player who don’t play their class to the full potential.

MysticHLE.7160:

Hot Boy.7138:

Devs, while you’re looking into iLeap, I have a suggestion that I think would be an awesome addition to the skill. Currently, staff users can use Phase Retreat to escape from Crystal Prisons. I wanted to suggest the ability to cast iLeap while in a crystal prison. This change could add more depth to gameplay by allowing mesmers who react quickly to switch places with the clone outside of the prison if they’re able to cast it on a target. Maybe I should put this in suggestion ?

You can cast iLeap (the swap) while inside a crystal, and it will get you out. The first part doesn’t work…and that’s expected. After all, you are creating the clone in-place and swapping with it after it has appeared. How it currently is is fine. If you see Alpha or whatever boss perform the crystalizing attack, quickly iLeap, then swap after you’ve been crystalized.

I suppose you’re right. I want to be able to cast the clone while I’m in the crystal. But I guess I should just work on my timing so i can get the clone out before the crystal so i can swap after.

Devs, while you’re looking into iLeap, I have a suggestion that I think would be an awesome addition to the skill. Currently, staff users can use Phase Retreat to escape from Crystal Prisons. I wanted to suggest the ability to cast iLeap while in a crystal prison. This change could add more depth to gameplay by allowing mesmers who react quickly to switch places with the clone outside of the prison if they’re able to cast it on a target. Maybe I should put this in suggestion ?

I genuinely missed how stealth worked before this patch. I just enjoyed it much more. I just don’t enjoy this new stealth. I just don’t like it.

Not sure if this belongs in the Spvp forum or crafting, took a chance and put it here. But didn’t Glory vendors used to sell armor tokens directly. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a Glory vendor, but I went just now and they don’t have any armor tokens for sale. Is the only way to get armor tokens now is through salvaging spvp gear?

you can add me to your friend’s list for arah. I don’t exploit though. So I’m down for legit runs.

Currently, creating illusions in the Forward-Forward path in TA inside of the bubbles, during the encounter where you fight the archers and need to go through the portal to attack them, causing the illusions to instantly die when created. Can you make it so illusions that are created in that bubble don’t instantly die.

Also, illusions don’t do any damage at all to the final boss in Arah path 2. It would be great if illusions were able to damage the boss.

Thanks

I imagine it will be sorta like a Matrix-style evasion while shooting. that would be amazing.

I had the same problem after buying the set, dye, and fine transmutation stones. I was upset and just scrapped the whole set. I’m wearing tier 3 now and notice the chest is giving me the same problem, but not to such a degree as tier 1 did.

http://www.guildwars2-crafting.com/crafting-guides/