Guild Wars 2

I’ve not been able to get the choir daily. All others have worked for me.

Aura of the Lich – instant army and power up to your death magic and max minion capacity.

Agreed. My guild already has 2 offshoots and this would make us so very happy.

I thought I read it somewhere, but can’t seem to find it now. How long does Wintersday go on?

Salvageable or mystic toilet random forging would be nice. That’s my vote

I’ve made the same remark on many posts now so I won’t go into it all again. But in case devs are looking, I’ll add my weight again. YES PLEASE

I don’t know, the medium armor set looks pretty good to me.

Not sure I’d call it a failure, though I must say that I do agree with some of this. Rewards need buffed. A few fractals need reworked big time (look at you dredge fractal!).

I love this theory and hope that it comes true…without Scarlet! The lore and the great story do very well on their own and Scarlet being added just makes it cheesy at the least. Well written and this is a discussion that is rather interesting.

Frankly I don’t think the OP knows what P2W means. Play2Win means you have a tactical advantage in gameplay by paying real money. Looking pretty does not give you that advantage. None of the items in the store give you that advantage. The only tactical advantage I really see is the halloween outfits that give you good skillset for constume brawl, but those are hardly P2W either.

Yes. See existing thread in the bug category (also another one in this forum I believe)

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Fractal-portal-only-showing-Story/first#post3273056

So I did story again (painful) and got the loot chest. It took us back to the observatory and would not progress further. All NPCs there acted like we hadn’t done it yet. I waited for 15 minutes and talked to all NPCs and no progression. As it stands I’m STILL sitting with only “Story” as an option.

Saulius.8430:

when you do a story mode and return to dessa’s lab, there is still long dialog between dessa and keel. if you leave w/o waiting for the reward, then you didn’t complete story

don’t rush, do stories properly

P.S. when i did story, 1 player left too early, like 1 min later story reward poped up. the remaining 4 of us had a nice laugh and the poor rushing soul who will have to repeat it

Story mode did complete, I have the achievement. I just didn’t get any loot because I was stuck, dead on top of the reactor and wasn’t revived and since I couldn’t waypoint and I was the instance leader I couldn’t log out-in again. Nobody could res me because I was on the reactor below the top floor and above the middle. It wasn’t impatiance, it was a bug.

@Risingashes – This same thing happened to me, perhaps that is what is causing it to bug. I’m hoping ANET simply fixes this because, quite frankly the story fractal was not my favorite and I’m not thrilled with going through it again.

@Zedd – appreciate the advise, though even that doesn’t help. I can walk up an touch the portal and still have no other options.

Yes, it affects all of my alts as well. I’ve tried rebooting, rezoning, and 6 other toons. All have the same issue.

In a word….buggy.

Want to enjoy it, but I keep getting blocked by bugs!

So I completed the story mode fractal shortly after the update, and now when I go to the fractal portal I only see the story mode option. There is no exp. option any more. I’ve rebooted, I’ve rezoned, and I’ve tried going in on my alts. All have the same problem.

I can enter if somebody else enters first, but cannot enter on my own. This is extremely frustrating to say the least! Anybody else have this issue? Any advise?

So I completed the story (it bugged out on me, but I got the achievement even though I missed the loot) and now all I can do is enter the Story mode. It doesn’t give me any other option, just “Enter Story Mode” and “Close”

Very annoying as I cannot start any other fractals now unless somebody else does it for me!

Same here

This topic has been posted and reposted many MANY times since they added the unlocked reward section in the Achievement section. I agree and have posted many times on this. Hopefully ANET is working on this, though I’m not sure as they’ve never replied to any of the threads to my knowledge. Such a great system they added, but never use it!

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

So as of a few days ago we know that we should hold on to our excess bloodstone dust (etc.) because (as dev said) we will definitely be needed more, or a lot more, in the near future (my guess is when ascended armor is released in 2 weeks).

Meanwhile, lots of players have foolishly destroyed any ascended materials they didn’t feel they needed.

The thought occurs that the devs are trying to do those people a favor who prematurely decided to chuck out their bloodstone dust.

The favor would be to make it tradeable or give it some lesser uses at least. I really have no desire to craft up to 500 for ascended gear. Since I have no desire to do so, but have 12 stacks of dust that I can’t use for anything else and can’t trade, it ends up just taking up too much space.

Yes please. The skin and animation is there with the executioner toy. Would LOVE to have that on my necro!

I would agree, though more just to get it in the achievement panel so I can easily see exactly what level fractal I’m on. I do fractals on occasion and have 8 toons. Most of the time I have no idea what fractal they are on. It going accountbound will make it easier, but why not a progress bar easily seen in the panel?

Love the account wide measure as I love my alts. That said, is there a measure on what fractal level you are at? I don’t think there is now, would love it to be tracked in the achievement panel so that I always know where I’m at (frankly I do them sparsely and don’t always remember where I am on track).

All I want is the same as GW1 in that I can save my build (skills and traits) and then switch when not in combat. I’m fine with an ingame fee that is more than the trainers in the main cities. 10s would be good, heck I’d be ok with 50s per retrain on the fly. Just want this functionality “back.”

Frankly I agree with the majority here. It isn’t hard core PvP, but it does pit players vs. players and therefore qualifies. I enjoyed doing them knowing there was some reward to work towards since finishers are now in PvE. I would play the activities more than to just get my daily, but now with no rewards worth repeating I’ll be getting back to just doing it for the daily and moving on. Very disappointing and bad form on Anet’s side!

Agreed, this is absolutely nuts. They have a wonderful system in the Acheivements panel to allow for skin unlocking, but don’t use it! A back slot is good, but frankly the best option would be to USE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE. I hate this system of a new single use skin with every event.

GrimHero.5140:

tbf im pretty sure Anet is an american company though.

In addition, they have in the past with GW1 done small Thanksgiving additions. They are often in the guise of a small food or drink drop or even in NPC dialog. I’m hoping for something similar, but agree it should be small. If it isn’t there at all, no biggie.

It seems they went very half kitten d this Halloween which is very disappointing. Yeah the Bloody Prince was cool, but both of the instances were very short and left me wanting. The Mad King Says was just a copy/paste from last year minis the cool breakout scene.

In addition, there was no build out from the excellent story of last year. All and all I feel ANET dropped the ball on one of their most iconic events in Tyria!

It seems they went very half kitten d this Halloween which is very disappointing. Yeah the Bloody Prince was cool, but both of the instances were very short and left me wanting. The Mad King Says was just a copy/paste from last year minis the cool breakout scene.

In addition, there was no build out from the excellent story of last year. All and all I feel ANET dropped the ball on one of their most iconic events in Tyria!

It seems they went very half kitten d this Halloween which is very disappointing. Yeah the Bloody Prince was cool, but both of the instances were very short and left me wanting. The Mad King Says was just a copy/paste from last year minis the cool breakout scene.

In addition, there was no build out from the excellent story of last year. All and all I feel ANET dropped the ball on one of their most iconic events in Tyria!

Complete the daily ToN achievement. There will be one or two every day to help you finish it off. This seems to have become the norm for Anet patches.

Brindled.2179:

The “prestige” that people get from having these weapons that require so many materials is for the people with deep pockets or all the time in the world. Even the latter might have trouble making one of these weapons.

Up until recently I had the excess time to maybe work for one of these weapons of “prestige,” but now I do not. Admittedly, I have a legendary that I worked for, but can’t see putting the amount of effort/cost into a Halloween weapon. Most games have an abundance of holiday gear to make it more festive and not making it an exclusive type content. I could only imagine what it would be like for the person that still likes to game but doesn’t have the funds to buy gems due to having children/wives/responsibilities that won’t allow it.

No love for the average player when it comes to these weapons of “prestige.”

Hey at least I can log in and still see the complaining about the derailing of the champ train in queensdale every day.

Agreed, I’ve participated in the event fully, but nowhere near enough to get these items. Holiday items should represent participation in that year’s event, not in how much grind or how much money one is willing to spend.

Where is the source of this poem? I’m not doubting it, but would like to look-up the article in which it was given.

TC usually does Teq. once a day immediately after server reset. Times outside of that are rarely done

eisberg.2379:

Why did Hitler decide to fight a war on so many different fronts? Germany clearly had the technological superiority, yet the still lost. The answer is, we do not know why evil tend to make non logical decisions. Hitler would have been better off coming up with a plan to get other countries to fight each other, let them weaken themselves, and then come in for the final blow and take over the world.

Be careful with actual historic references like this. We do have a pretty good understanding of why Hitler did many of the things he did. One big error in judgement is not listening to his top generals which was largely an ego thing. Another big mistake was turning on Russia, however at the time he thought it was sound reasoning as he expected they were about to attack him and he was trying to preemptively remove that threat. In this he vastly underestimated Russia and overestimated his own capabilities. He thought it would be a quick and decisive strike, unfortunately for him it was quite the opposite.

On topic, my guess for Tyria lore is simply that they haven’t thought of it. These are not militarily minded people. Scarlet is a genius, however she is land based and a land plant by nature. Although it may seem obvious to us outside the fourth wall, it simply is not something prominent in her mind. In addition, the logistics of underwater building may simply be too huge of an undertaking.

The Krait are not militaristic either, they are slavers and prey on the week. In addition, their prophet seems to like towers and so that is what they build.

Bubbles, like all the dragons, doesn’t seem interested in conquering, or even destroying. They don’t seem to really pay attention to us little insignificant races (in their eye). They are more of a force of nature, so there is no reason to mount an attack as s/he’s been left alone.

Other threats I think fall into the same category as Scarlet in their reasons.

zamalek.2154:

I’m not trying to bash on your argument here, but some clarifications do need to be made.

Invictus.1503:

In addition she has supposedly seen and understand the great alchemy itself.

In some interview with a dev it’s stated that was a hallucination. I can’t find the dev interview, but I do have one post where the legendary Konig reminds us of it: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/tower/Why-I-think-Mordremoth-is-next/first#post3079408

Invictus.1503:

Perhaps she was able to convince the Krait she is an emissary of their prophet (or even the prophet herself).

Plausible, one thing is she isn’t a Krait, bringing us to:

Invictus.1503:

Krait are shapeshifters after all and I’m sure she could change her own appearance if needed.

She isn’t a mesmer (don’t worry I thought she was one two until the friendly folks on the lore forum corrected me), she’s an engineer.

Invictus.1503:

The best way to get such a zealot group like that to do what you want is to convince them they are doing their god’s (or in this case their prophet’s) will. In the end, that supersedes just about anything for a group like that.

I can completely agree with that. The question is: how? Or at least “how?” without having a lame excuse? The only thing is I don’t want to see that happen because the Krait are one bad-kitten race and I don’t want to see SB dragging them through the mud.

My argument wasn’t that SB won’t be involved (in fact I pretty sure she will be); it was that either: established lore is going to be contradicted -or- there is going to be a weak explanation for it.

You make some good points, though if I may counter with a few thoughts as well. As for her not being a mesmer, I knew she was an engineer as well. However she obviously has a lot of talents beyond typical engineering so I wouldn’t put it beyond her abilities. Even if it is beyond her abilities, she has a lot of minions and employees and I’m sure a talented mesmer has to be within her employ.

As for the great alchemy understanding, hallucination or not she does have an understanding of the world that rivals or surpasses just about everybody in Tyria. Those portals for invasion is a perfect example. Further reasoning is that she fully completed all Asura schools which is a feat in and of itself unrivaled. If we assume those schools team valid understanding of the universe, coupled with the studies with the other races and her experience, she can be said to understand the universe in ways that others simply can’t. This itself could lead one to the brink of insanity, but a very dangerously informed insanity.

That said, I think if they do it right and she tricked the Krait this wouldn’t have to break from existing lore. I think there is enough foundation to fit it in. Another theory is that perhaps she has started dabbling in altering a sect of the Krait (maybe that is why they look different) to break them to her will. Either way it is possible to keep the lore in tact. UNFORTUNATELY given the current writing I don’t think this will happen, they will probably take the easy road of “it’s this way because we said so” in this.

Roman numerals is much better in my opinion due to quick reference. It is much easier on a forum or on a build discussion to say “Curses IV” when than it is to give the full trait name. If they change it to an icon you no longer have that quick reference point.

zamalek.2154:

Astralporing.1957:

Um… Her idea of “indirect manipulation” seems to be “they work for me, because they want to live”. She’s hardly subtle. And that should not work on krait.

Exactly, the Krait would blindly fight a superior force (The Pact, anyone?) than kneel down before them. Let alone one person. They wouldn’t even do it with the intention of eventually stabbing them in the back.

Let me pose an alternative theory. Scarlet is supposed to be some insane and gifted genius. In addition she has supposedly seen and understand the great alchemy itself. Perhaps she was able to convince the Krait she is an emissary of their prophet (or even the prophet herself). Krait are shapeshifters after all and I’m sure she could change her own appearance if needed.

The best way to get such a zealot group like that to do what you want is to convince them they are doing their god’s (or in this case their prophet’s) will. In the end, that supersedes just about anything for a group like that.

P.S. I’m really hoping they bring in the lore element of Krait shape changing when they are close to death. That was great in GW1 and is actually in the GW2 wiki.

Nothing has been said yet, but the wording they use “seed” “nightmare” etc. seems to hint that the Nightmare Court may have something to do with helping the Krait. I wonder…

I think Aegis is ok as it is. Everything should have a count, and this one is to use multi-hit skills. Just my two cents.

danbuter.2314:

I will never run MM because they are not undead, they are cthuloids.

Think perhaps you have your lore mixed up. I just don’t see it. There is a plethora of lore to choose from, however the go-to for me is D&D. Our undead are basically flesh golems (which are constructs from pieces of the dead), or a lesser version of Zhaitan’s Abominations.

Per wiki on cthuloids:
“In “The Call of Cthulhu”, H. P. Lovecraft describes Cthulhu as “A monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind.”⁵ Cthulhu has been described as a mix between a giant human, an octopus, and a dragon, and is depicted as being hundreds of meters tall, with human-looking arms and legs and a pair of rudimentary wings on its back.⁵ Cthulhu’s head is depicted as similar to the entirety of a giant octopus, with an unknown number of tentacles surrounding its supposed mouth. Cthulhu is described as being able to change the shape of its body at will, extending and retracting limbs and tentacles as it sees fit."

That is great, I noticed the singing as well and love it. Though I haven’t noticed hobo-tron’s return. Is he back? If so, where?

You don’t have to do PvP or WvW. This achievement is doable by going to the Heart of the Mists and killing then stomping the NPC in the Fallen Halls of Glory section (Northern section). This has been confirmed as working as intended by the devs as they wanted to give an option for those who, like you, don’t want to PvP or WvW.

Yes

Azure.8670:

actually have no idea what youre talking about bro, sorry

Think s/he’s referencing last Halloween when the Mad King destroyed the statue.

Pets, minions, phantasms all getting a 71% increase of health. I’m assuming this is PvE and WvW only, though they didn’t clarify (even though it was asked a several times for clarification).

At least a little common courtesy to acknowledging the MANY people asking about that would have been nice. Seems once again the “lalala I cant see or hear you lalala” syndrome was very prevalent.

rizzo.1079:

There’s a post on the forums somewhere in which Colin(I think) said they’re working on it. I think there are 2 disparate systems at work here, the original ach system and the new rewards system. They’re probably working on integration of the 2 systems and it’s probably not that easy.

Good to know and I can appreciate this to a point. That said, I don’t understand why the new content doesn’t use the new reward system. I would love to see them apply retroactively, however I wouldn’t expect to see that. Just start with the newer living story skins please!

Ok, so we revamped the Hero Achievements panel and frankly I like it (though it is missing a simple interface to show you wish parts of each achievement you have accomplished, but that is for another thread). What I want to know is, why haven’t they built on this to add unlocked items from the personal story as skins such as the Zenith and Hellfire items.

C’mon, the system is great in my opinion, and this would be very well received as it would allow us to use these earned skins whenever we want and create more diversity and happiness. As it is, I have multiple nice items and either they are on toons I rarely play or just sitting in inventory.

Doing this would also create more diversity. If I new the skin was there anytime, I’d switch up my toons’ look much more often. As it is, I don’t want to transmute my current back item because then I’d lose that skin, but if I could just pull it out of my Hero panel anytime I wanted, I’d be much more inclined to switch up more often. Just annoys me that the system is there and was well thought out, but is still not being used to it’s potential!