Unfortunately this just makes matters worse. I am currently playing on a German server, but I set my client language to English, since I don’t want a translator between the author and me as a further indirection. I do the same for books and movies whenever possible. This is not an isolated case, but many people do the same. Another problem is that the people with a different client language are still on the map, you just can’t communicate with them. Therefore, client language is a terrible means to filter the chat.
Other options would be:
Filter the chat by home world: This is better, since you select the language you want to read in chat when selecting a world. But it still does not enable you to see English and German messages, for example, and the other people are still there – even though they are invisible.
Filter the chat by preference: What I mean by that is that you can somewhere set to see messages from German worlds and international worlds (checkboxes). This is already way more customizable, but again the other people are still on the same map.
Only put people on the same map if their home worlds match: This means that you only merge German worlds to create one (or however many are needed) megaserver and only merge English/international worlds to create another. This solves the aforementioned problem that other people are still on the same map, but invisible. A downside is, however, that the maps might get emptier and that you could need more versions of a map again.
Personally I would prefer the latter solution.
Edit: Oh, and please disable the megaserver system in towns. Worlds should still have some central hubs where people can gather, talk or roleplay.
I’m pretty sure, that this is the intended behaviour. The pres happen more often than the final event. Have a look at the world boss schedule to get the spawn times. The same happens at the Frozen Maw meta, by the way.
If you do not equip intermediate infusions, you need 2^(n-1) 1-infusions to make an n-infusion. This means that you need 536,870,912 1-infusions to make a 30-infusion, as Mystic said.
If you equip every intermediate infusion and overwrite them with the next one, you need (2^n – 1) 1-infusions to make an n-infusion. Here is an example: You equip a 1-infusion, overwrite it with a 2-infusion, overwrite this one with a 3-infusion and so forth, all the way to a 30-infusion. This requires 1.073.741.823 1-infusions.
I also stopped using Google, ever since they came out with that stupid Google Nose. I still cannot forget that wet dog smell… Seriously, if you do not like the bobble heads, close the game and come back tomorrow. Dishing out empty threats is not going to help.
Thinking about it again, I would prefer a system where you unlock stat combos one after the other instead of all in one. This can still use ascended insignias, but you get more functionality in a shorter timeframe. You also have the option to stop at any point and just unlock, say, Berserker, Knights and Soldiers.
Instead of using ascended items right away, I suggest that you first need to unlock stat combos on an ascended item. Once you have them all, you can use them as precursors.
Bug or not, nearly all ascended backpieces are infusable and those two are among the most expensive ones. Because of this, there should be the option to infuse them.
In my opinion getting best in slot gear should not be challenging, but rather learning a build and designing new ones for different situations. Making ascended and legendary account bound is a step in the right direction, especially since you can now share infusions betweens characters. However, it is not a complete solution, since
you need multiple sets of gear for your builds
your ascended stuff can get less useful because of balance patches, making it obsolete
your current stats can be entirely useless for some – possible new – content, requiring another set
you can basically completely discard your ascended gear once you get the legendary counterpart
it is tedious to carry multiple sets of equipment
This is why I would still vote for unlockable stats on ascended items and for the use of fully unlocked ascended items as precursors. Unlocking stats can be expensive, say half as much as making a new ascended item, but at least you have a more convenient weapon afterwards.
As a consequence, balance patches have less impact, since you can keep your item and simply unlock another stat combination. This is less expensive and frustrating than making a new one and you also make some progress towards your precursor. And due to the link ascended -> legendary, you do not need to decide beforehand which path you want to pursue. Instead you start out with ascended and improve the weapon as much as you want. As a bonus, this is a guaranteed way to a precursor.
Each point you put in the arcana line reduces the recharge by one percent. The global cooldown (the time until you can swap attunements again) starts out at 1.625s and can go down to 1,25s. The cooldown of an attunement (the time until you can use it again after swapping away from it) starts out at 13s and can go down to 10s.
The formula seems to be as follows:
<base time> * 100 / (100 + <points in arcana>)
Wait until March, 27 when they release information about the “Removing Restrictions” and “Account-Bound” section of the feature patch. There is some potential that your problem will resolve then.
I’m not a dev obviously, but we already know that the overall damage of Berserker is going to be reduced by about 10%. We also know that some new traits are coming that could make support builds more powerful. Some changes to encounters could also be on the way. All in all, it’s way safer to just wait till the feature patch is released and see how it plays out. Yeah, waiting four more week is hard, but making a potentially wrong choice now and having to redo it later is worse.
Major traits will now be unlocked via traits guides, a new in-game item. Double-clicking on a trait guide will unlock its associated trait. You can find trait guides by completing specific content in the world, like story dungeons, minidungeons, WvW, personal story, specific bosses, and discovering certain areas on the world map. As excited as we are to let players earn traits with feats of bravery and cunning, we know not everyone is the exploring or adventure type—which is why we’ve included the option for you to buy trait guides from profession trainers! The cost of current traits varies based on the tier of that trait. Newly added traits to the game will be set at a higher price point
Nah, it’s not going to be an April Fool’s joke. All of their previous jokes where released on April, 1, not sooner. You could also recognize their prank if you paid some attention, like with the Commando class.
This. Sounds. Awesome. This is exactly the kind of progression I want to see in the game. Going out in the world and exploring as much as possible instead of just getting to level 80 as fast as possible. And it also facilitates experiments with builds. By the way, great marketing to post the titles of the blog posts already.
There are lot of ways how to combine items to get precursor… well, rather chance to get it. I got lost now and need help – what happens if I mix (exotic!) 3 harpoons and 1 axe? Will I get random exotic weapon with chance for precursor?
You will get a random weapon of the same rarity (if exotic this includes precursors).
Just to be super explicit here: A random weapon really means random. You can also get a greatsword or a bow.
They could at least tell us how long we have to wait until we get to know when they announce the date where they give us an ETA on how long it is till the feature patch.
First, this is not going to be the big feature patch, as has been stated multiple times by devs already. Glory is going to be removed and the first living story arc is concluded.
Currently you seem to need 30+ players per knight to even get them down within the 15 minutes, as long as everyone pays attention and knows what he does. How are you supposed to get them down within 6 minutes for the achievement?
That said, I welcome the change to loot and attunements. They have to look at event scaling, however. And loot should be awarded for everyone participating at one of the events, as long as one knight gets defeated.
Nice and useful suggestion. Especially when you quickly need to change skills between encounters, it can happen that you accidentally activate a skill.
I have the same issue with my ele, even though I’m level 80, use full Berserker gear as well as the powerful potion. I use FGS whenever it is up, frostbow and what not. I don’t get loot more often than I get it, however.
Bonus points to people who finish Scarlet with the Cow, Quaggan or Snowglobe finishers.
There you go. Peneloopee is finally happy.
As for the achievement: I did not get it yet, mainly because I do not want to watch the cutscene every time. But I probably can’t resist to try it anyway.
I assume you mean the assault knights. According to
Legendary Assault Knights will drop 5 Deluxe Gear Boxes and a chance at an Assault Knight Power Core, which can be used to color the Tempered Spinal Blades back item. Defeating all three knights within 6 minutes will award several masterwork items, a luck bonus, 1 Obsidian Shard, and 5 Blade Shards.
you should get five chests for killing such a boss. I only got those once however. The second time I got 3 Bags of Alliance Supplies and the third time nothing at all. It could be that you only get the chests once per day. I hope that the Power Cores are not restricted, however.
1. Right click them and select equip to equip them without choosing stats.
2. Yes, you can still upgrade them later. It even becomes account bound again,
3. The recipes are probably staying after the event.
Is it better to split the zerg to fight the Assault Knights or should you get them down one after the other? Also, do you have any thoughts about how to get them down within 6 minutes?
Just craft the spineblade back piece. The basic one with no upgrade whatsoever. And enter the purple portal.
This only grants you entrance to the very last part of the story, while skipping the actual battle. So to do that, you still have to defeat the Assault Knights.
At the top of the hour, every hour, three assault knights spawn in Lion’s Arch which you have to kill. Kill all three of them, get all three color buffs, and you’re able to go through the white portal. After that there’s a hologram and i’m not sure what else other than that the ending is awesome (I used the purple portal which skips you to the ending given you have the spinal blade pack and doesn’t require the assault knights to be killed)
How long does the buff last? (Don’t all three spawn at the same time?) At work so I can’t test the new stuff out yet.
