Guild Wars 2

Ummm, you do realize what a “stress test” is don’t you? It wasn’t meant for a large scale beta to test how things work together, they were putting stress on the environment to see how it reacted and to identify glaring bugs. This has to come before any real beta can be planned out. Seems you either didn’t understand the purpose of that time, or you simply want something to react negatively to on the forums.

Give that melee staff a blast finisher and I’ll be a happy camper!

These are stress tests, be patient. You may be chosen for a larger Beta. I bummed I didn’t get an invite too, but no reason to be mad at those who were chosen. I’m hoping for a weekend beta invite soon, those were very fun.

Lorgus.6148:

Aomine.5012:

My only question is why many times the buffs do not apply to myself…

I think it’s coded to not overwrite any food though I’m not 100% sure

This exactly, which is a great thing. The only thing I don’t like is how poorly it scales in lower level zones (at least for the Karma and Magic Find portions).

JoshuaRAWR.4653:

P-p-p-place holders.

Colin himself has stated that everything can and most likely will change, look at the classes we have now and how they played in Beta.

They’re all completely different.

Placeholders yes, but doesn’t mean without merit. It gives an idea of what type of weapon they are expecting these to be. And as for Betas, I was there too and although they were much different, the same could still be said for them then than I’m saying here now. No reason to be derogatory towards people who are using these skills to speculate.

lost flower.3180:

I don’t know if someone mentioned it already so sorry if you did but, a really hope for scythes or/and whips.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it is confirmed no new weapons. That said, there are a couple of scythe skins for the staff, and Revenant is going to have a melee fighting staff. So, you can fight up close and personal with a “scythe” at least.

Alexandrovitch.2765:

So, will the revenant be able to use the Greatsword?

If the data mine is correct and all there is then the answer is thankfully NO

ronpierce.2760:

I just realized that the removing the energy costs on weapon skills was a HUGE nerf to the trait that spawned a healing orb when you spent energy.

I’m not convinced this is what is going to happen. In fact I expect that it won’t. I can’t see them removing the energy mechanic to the weapon skills. I think these are just rough place holders.

gricks.1897:

All other legends are race founders, except glint. Glint is a dragon. Glint had egg.s Legends are founders of their races. Glint player dragon race confirmed!

How is Shiro a founder of a race? Mallyx was a Morganite leader, not a founder. Jhalis is also far from the founder of Dwarves, in fact he oversaw the destruction of that race. Unless you consider the stone version of Dwarves a new race, but even then it was “The Great Dwarf” who designed the ritual.

I guess the other 3 threads on this exact topic are buried a few pages down and the search function sucks on these forums, so I’ll play again.

In short, mine will be Sylvari. The glow effect should look cool with this profession and the maps are confirmed to have a lot of expected gameplay during night cycle. That will make my list of toons as follows:

Revenant: Male Sylvari
Necromancer: Male Sylvari
Mesmer: Female Sylvari
Warrior: Male Norn
Gaurdian: Female Norn
Elementalist: Female Norn
Necromancer: Human Female
Thief: Male Charr
Engineer: Male Asura

Loex.5104:

Invictus.1503:

Wow, staff cooldowns are huge when not able to swap weapons (as mentioned above). Looks like they want us to either use our legend skills almost entirely (thus depleting energy so we don’t have it even when the skills are off cooldown) or they just want us smacking our enemies with AA most of the time

just think about the fact that there are no energy costs mentioned … be sure that this are just placeholders to replace later as the energy-system is patched in.

That could be, and hopefully is right. I’m really looking forward to melee staff, but I don’t want to just AA all the time. Not to mention that I’m disappointed in the fact it doesn’t have any blast finishers either.

Wow, staff cooldowns are huge when not able to swap weapons (as mentioned above). Looks like they want us to either use our legend skills almost entirely (thus depleting energy so we don’t have it even when the skills are off cooldown) or they just want us smacking our enemies with AA most of the time

Please look at the forums before creating a new post. This is the 4th I’ve seen on the subject, and at the time of this posting the following one is even on the front page!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/Revenant-Legends-Scarlet-Briar/first#post4877343

lordkrall.7241:

Still no confirmation if there will be a build saver or not as far as I am aware.

One could of course point out that we have clearly survived for almost 2,5 year without one, so it is probably not that high on the priority list.

In an interview during Pax East Colin specifically said they weren’t working on a build saver right now. He thinks it is cool, but currently they aren’t diverting any resources to it.

Because they don’t know how to do it easily and don’t want to invest any resources into developing it. It is a great QoL improvement, but isn’t shiney and eye catching. They are currently only working on the latter.

In a recent interview, Colin even said it would be cool, but currently they are not working on it at all.

Dragon specialization – Only able to channel Glint and/or Kuunavang. Energy will always start at 100%, but will be on a constant degenerative state.

Yes, they did confirm in some interviews that the pet is still part of the druid. They did say overall mechanics are changing, but didn’t say if or how this would affect the pet.

All I can say is that I hope (though not holding my breath) that they add the maps in PvE that don’t currently count. I don’t think they will though, and that is frankly Bull kittycats (didn’t want the filter to change it so did it myself).

Currently the following don’t count, but should since they are perfectly integrated pieces of PvE content:
- Southsun Cove
- Dry Top
- Silverwastes
- Claw island (I think)

Palador.2170:

No Scarlet because she’s not a legend.

Before anyone yells, back up and think about it for a second. She’s not a legend, she’s a FACT. People know her, and know just what she did. There’s solid documentation on a lot of it, and lots of the people that met her are still around.

A legend needs time to grow. To become its own thing. To take on a life of its own. Scarlet’s story hasn’t done that yet. You can say she was epic, but you can’t really call her a legend. Not so soon.

One definition of “Legendary” is remarkable enough to be famous; very well known. which I think Scarlet qualifies for even now. Of course I’m not advocating for her to be one that is channeled as I like a lot of other people better and she doesn’t even make it into my top 10 (maybe top 20 though).

mugen.4763:

Not necessarily Shiro from factions. Theres still Urgoz and Kanaxai. I can’t see urgoz being very revananty but Kanaxai is a good candidate as any.

Although I’ll be very sad if we don’t get Shiro, Kanaxai would be a good consolation prize. I also think Kanaxai is more likely as it would follow the theme and logic of no human/charr/asura/norn/sylvari. I’m thinking they are tying to avoid the playable race legends so it doesn’t feel weird using a human as a charr character (with the same said for other races).

I agree with Diovid in that I too think Glint will be tied to the Revenant’s specialization.

Speculation – Revenant specialization has to do with dragon channeling and will get two legends to use…Glint and Kuunavang.

Toepac.9076:

And maybe cooking 500 in the form of ascended dyes? (some nice dye effects maybe?)

I really like this idea. It may cut into their gemstore dye sales though, but if they could make it work, this would be awesome.

Gaaroth.2567:

Conncept.7638:

Nephziel.6053:

Knighthonor.4061:

Duke Nukem.6783:

there was talk of spears on land in the expansion, is this happening? i want to phalanx!

No. Revenant is getting Melee staves.
Role play it as a Polearm.

hopefully another class also gets melee staves as specialization.

This claim has no proof.

There is likewise no proof that we are not getting water weapons on land, the subject of the thread in the first place. The only thing that has been stated is that no new weapons are being added in the expansion, however by pretty much any interpretation of that statement, harpoon guns, tridents, and spears are in the game and as such are not new weapons.

That said, I think it is incredibly unlikely we are getting spears or any of the other underwater weapons on land, but all the same, no developer has stated we are not so you can hold out hope for now if you want.

Actually in one of the ladr week’s interview Colin directly confirmed no new weps and no water weps ill come to ground. The staff on the reveal trailer was also, by Colin admission in another previous interview, devs having fun/trolling.
Sorry.
Still you are free to hope all you want…hey maybe they are double trolling us, who knows XD

All true, except for he didn’t say it was devs having fun. He said it was the art team. This was during the time when people expected that the trailer showed a land spear. It is a distinct difference because devs may have made an entire encounter with animations just to start speculation. However the art team would only have the capacity to design the skin shown and/or the concept art that has shown a number of spears.

Randulf.7614:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

There is no information regarding purchasing HoT with Gems in-game, one way or the other. There is information, however, regarding the Revenant. You absolutely will need to purchase the expansion to be able to create this new profession.

Good luck.

Actually, there is information about purchasing the game, as opposed to acquiring it for gems. (Emphasis added for clarity.)

Q: Is the expansion “buy to play”?
A: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is a paid expansion to Guild Wars 2, but once you buy it, there are no subscription fees. This means that you can continue playing and access future updates for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns with no subscription fee.

Since gold can be acquired simply through playing the game, using in-game currency is not a form of payment in this context.

And yes, owning Heart of Thorns will be required in order to create a Revenant.

I would suggest updating the FAQ to highlight the the fact that the gem store will not be selling the expansion. Clarity is better than amibiguity

They can’t do that as they haven’t decided whether Gems will be able to be used. They’ve said this in multiple interviews and I believe on these threads too. They know it will be purchasable by real money (thus the wording), but they haven’t decided whether it will be purchasable by Gems yet.

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

DiogoSilva.7089:

There’ll be a whole weak devoted to each one of them.

hmm interesting, where was this stated?

Pax East interviews

No information on this at all. They did say they announced all major features of HoT already, so the question then becomes, would they consider such a change a major feature, or a minor tweak.

Personally, I figure if they do something like this, it will be part of a feature pack rather than an expansion. So, wait and see with the rest of us

The only real change I’d like to see to the system is a real majority needed. I’d much prefer the kick vote to require 3 people rather than just 2.

BellewTheBear.2081:

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Anet is screwing the pooch here. I understand that crap happens and there’s nothing you can do about it. This is a huge bummer for the players as well as Anet. But perhaps in the future Anet could refrain from hyping an update before they even know whether it’s going to actually work or not yet…

First, you at least put it politely so thank you. That said, this is exactly why they stopped communicating much with the community. If they open up and say something, then get unforeseen delays, or even have to scrap something, they have people up in arms (usually much less polite than this, but the same message).

I miss the early days when they were very open on what they were working on and they’re hopes for the game. Sadly that era ended due to all the negative responses they got when things delayed. They have recently opened up a little (nowhere near what they use to do though) and I’m grateful.

I just want to see LA rebuilt. Really tired of the slums and refugee camp. Especially tired of seeing people hammer the same bridge week after week with no progress.

My Norn Warrior rocking his intimidating gear

I’ve not looked that hard, but found pretty good stuff (though not much new stuff we didn’t know) from:
WoodenPotatoes
BogOtter
AngryJoe

Ghostrunner.4728:

I kind of like the idea of the Sylvari becoming unplayable to all but those already with characters created for a while. Just seeing as any Sylvari that are recently awoken might be unable to resist Mordremoth (its not quite the same as the other races evil part, those under the influence of Mordy would have no free will ). Just my thoughts.

When asked in another forum what race your Revenant will be, a dev said his choice was Sylvari because the glow is great on Revenant. Additionally, in a POI we saw Pop the Sylvari Revenant.

In the end, since Revenant is only in HoT this all but confirms they remain to be a playable race you can create at the launch of HoT.

rgraze.5169:

Im figuring all sylvari will become the enemy. If you have a sylvari every non sylvari will see you as an enemy and vice verse, so you could be attacked anywhere even in cities, even by npc unless your at the sylvari home or base. Also you can attack any non sylvari, pve, www, etc. should make things interesting.

Wow, just wow. There is just no way. There will likely be special dialog for Sylvari that show distrust by other races. May be an extra mission option or two (they said they are going back to giving options), but nothing that changes the game dramatically. If they really did what you are proposing, they’d likely lose a LOT of players, including me. I don’t want to stop off to get stuff out of my bank, and then end up getting killed while managing my inventory.

I doubt we’ll see anything on specializations until after Pax and Rezzed. They don’t look like they are part of the demo (from the early access demo videos) so I doubt they’ll give info until then. Hopefully I’m wrong, but I doubt it.

Cestrial seems a pretty good bet. But then, what Shadelang said.

Another of these threads (seems we just keep getting new threads on existing topics). Alright, I’ll play along though.

-Hammer (confirmed)
-MH Mace (confirmed)
-OH Axe (confirmed)
-MH Axe
-MH & OH Sword
-OH Dagger
-Staff (melee)

Shinzan.2908:

Ranatoa.4869:

Shinzan.2908:

Is the Defiance fix going to be applied to old bosses and creatures or just to new content?

This has already been covered here:https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/The-New-Defiance-Article

Got a relevant quote? Dev post in that topic only talks about what depleting the bar will do.

From the Tentonhammer interview http://www.tentonhammer.com/interview/guild-wars-2-interview-jon-peters-and-kevin-stocker-talk-defiance-wyvern

Jon: One thing I will say is that because the Defiance bar is going to be in the core game, we’re not going to keep the old Defiance system on the old bosses. They’re going to use at least the most basic version of – they have a bar that you have to work together to break to stun this creature. That is the most basic version and that is the version that will exist which we retrofit that we don’t have time to do more on. That’s in every part of the game, not just Heart Of Thorns.

Orangensaft.7139:

i think in general jumping puzzles are harder in first person view since you cant exactly see where you stand…

but i definitly appreciate first-person view coming if it does
always nice for screenshots

In general I’d agree, however so many have very tight spaces that the camera can’t penetrate well and you can’t see your next jump very easily. In those cases switching to first person will be a godsend.

The FoV slider will also be rather great depending on how it is implemented (I’m optimistic).

From Euro Gamer
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-26-guild-wars-2-getting-a-first-person-camera?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph

Short and sweet article. I guess this is a product of the new toys they have to play with for HoT. Specifically the skill that they showed that changed the camera view (drop the hammer). This will make some jumping puzzles much easier, and have a few other fun applications too!

Your guess is as good as anybody’s as they haven’t said one way or another. Personally I’m going to guess that there will not because technically the server you’re on doesn’t prevent you from experiencing all of the HoT content and they want to see server population in WvW increase.

Scoobaniec.9561:

Can someone explain me why everyone see Glint as support? I actually want it to be a dps one :<

Her very nature has always been support. She supported humanity for many years guiding them as a prophet. Then she guided the flameseeker prophesies. Then she supported the Zephyrites until her death and even after death her body and her wisdom continued to support them.

Her very nature was supportive, which is why so many assume if she is channelled it will be as a support role. Frankly I agree and hope this is so. The DPS channel (if there is only one) should be Shiro in my opinion.

Am I the only one amused by the fact that during the conversation the OP keeps trying to make very logical, numbers based arguments, but then concludes his account is cursed?

So, which is it, are we dealing with supernatural circumstances, or cold statistical accounts?

I seriously doubt it as you got what you paid for already. Besides, they didn’t (nor should they have even considered) give any compensation to people when they changed the armor repair from having a cost to being free. This is very similar.

Now you know this isn’t going to happen. If it is truly a concern and not either a “funny” or “trolling” thread then you should probably wait a few weeks before going there yourself. Spend the time learning your new Specialization instead.

BrunoBRS.5178:

Invictus.1503:

Why can’t I be both. I plan to make a Revenant, insta-level to 80 with my tomes, and jump into the jungle to learn the jungle and the Revenant at the same time. That’ makes me both type of people by your definition.

and then you won’t play either because your wrist will go on a strike after opening and confirming 79 level up notifications (including destroying all the unsellable soulbound gear they throw your way)

Touche. That made me laugh and cry a little bit at the same time

This should help explain a few things on HoT (from the official GW2 website)

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/105801626-General-Guild-Wars-2-Heart-of-Thorns-Questions

Scoobaniec.9561:

Invictus.1503:

Aomine.5012:

raubvogel.5071:

i hope it’s a new ascended armor set for crafting so it needs some time and not everyone will get it (fast).

No. Make it outfit so everyone can use.
We don’t need more time gated “privilege”

Please no. I don’t care how many people run around wearing it, but an outfit means no mix & match. I want it as an armor so I can pick it apart and combine it with other armors to make a cool look.

I dont like mix&match. In many cases ppl think they created something “cool” but in fact they look like a joke. No offense but that how it is. Sure theres a few that actually looks pretty decent, but everything else…

On another note i wish this set was to revenants olny as their iconic set. In b4 fake “revenants” called guardians and warriors with blindfold..

No offense taken as “cool” is different for everybody. The point is options and an outfit limits those options significantly. As for the blindfold, you can already have a blindfold as they are already in game. Limiting an armor to a specific profession goes against their three armor type model and I’m fine with that. Otherwise we end up like we had in GW1 where you could only where very specific profession armor.

Aomine.5012:

raubvogel.5071:

i hope it’s a new ascended armor set for crafting so it needs some time and not everyone will get it (fast).

No. Make it outfit so everyone can use.
We don’t need more time gated “privilege”

Please no. I don’t care how many people run around wearing it, but an outfit means no mix & match. I want it as an armor so I can pick it apart and combine it with other armors to make a cool look.

Why can’t I be both. I plan to make a Revenant, insta-level to 80 with my tomes, and jump into the jungle to learn the jungle and the Revenant at the same time. That’ makes me both type of people by your definition.

So many complaining about the stability change. As a Necro main, I say suck it up. People like me have had to live with little to no stability for years now so we’re use to it. Besides, I doubt it will be as bad as people are making it out to be in the end.