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Kiel vs. Evon

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… hang on a minute. You mean we pay pirates for the use of waypoints? No wonder they are so expensive (and why they don’t have to go pirating anymore)! Daylight robbery!!! >:(

I say we get in there and kill them all. For FREEDOM!

Stop the Cheating and Match Fixing in Races!

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This is PvP not PvE, it’s competitive and has rules that need to be followed.

Don’t mean to give you a harder time here BlueSoda but nowhere did I read that participants cannot throw the race, or race how they like. Where are these rules you speak of?

Stop the Cheating and Match Fixing in Races!

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This is just a case of people playing the game differently which bothers the other people who play the game differently. Perhaps if ANet actually let you race against your friends this wouldn’t be an issue, because you can then race the way you like.

Alternatively the next best fix is don’t have an achievement for first place or any placings. Instead just have a fricking big prize gap. If first place nets 1 gold (or whatever is in a world boss chest) and every other place gets 1 silver I’m not sure how many people will be throwing the race.

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Stop the Cheating and Match Fixing in Races!

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I am entitled to ask people to play fairly and not cheat, and you should respect that and you should respect the rules too. I should not be asked to loose to someone so they can get an achievement point. I should not be yelled at because I do not let someone win.

Quite right. Likewise you should respect those who stop at the finish line to let others go ahead, they too don’t deserve to be yelled at because they let someone else win/letting themselves lose the race.

I somehow got 2nd place after a chain of 5 or 6 light travels. If I ever get first then I’ll be making it a point to stop outside the finish line too. Actually I’ll just run the race without using number “2” so that I won’t get harassed/accused of letting other people win at the finish line. :P

Stop the Cheating and Match Fixing in Races!

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Oh hey, looks like they were listening to the OP.

•Rewards in Sanctum Sprint have been updated to once again give quartz and to reward the winner with extra karma and coins.

Don’t know why I bother to keep playing the mini-game since it is so overseas unfriendly (not a reflection on any of the players at all, just the unfavourable mechanics). :/

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… aaaand it’s back to the murderous rampage. :P

Can’t really blame them though. For each enemy that gets the achievement means an increase quartz supply for their opponent + a potentially stronger enemy individual (thanks to achievement rewards) to face later on.

But they’re not thinking about that. They’re just thinking about camping.

Guide on how to use Lightning Pull!

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“Fubar in a race,” I forgot to add.

Guide on how to use Lightning Pull!

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The auto pull on those ones just over shoots you (well, me and the OP anyway). I found the safest way (for me) to do it is stand away so you get the manual target then aim so that you roll into the pyramid thingy and not overshoot.

But yeah it’s buggy at best. Here’s another example, doing a sprint – I was actually first to the first check point! Reached the bridge – press “3” nothing happens. Fall into water.
Reach bridge again – press “3” no response. At least this time I stopped entirely. Press “3” again and FINALLY the lightning pull activates, now I’m in 12th spot – which is where I usually am. ;p

Not just that part either. For all the lightning bits I usually have to press it a few times before it goes. Not such an issue while exploring but having to -stop- to activate it / ensure it activates is fubar.

Belcher's Bluff Spam

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Mango pie worked for me last night. After getting my alt to beat everyone (fairly) but the Norn I decided to send my main to do the job, starting with the troublesome Irongut. Used pie. Same single slice of pie lasted against all the other masters.

Worth noting: The signature moves are not achievement tracked, as in – my alt beat 4 but it didn’t matter, my main had to go about to beat them all to get the signature moves. Didn’t try the frog immediately after the norn (at which point my account had beaten all 5 masters) so that may still have worked.

Since they are designed to cheat (we can only use signature moves ONCE in a match while they can spam them – that’s not fair) I thought it totally applicable to out cheat them. There’s pie in your face grandmasters! Mango pie! >:)

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Guide on how to use Lightning Pull!

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Great vid, almost exactly what I went through when doing those jumps! At least it prepared me for how to handle the ones higher up near the second way point,

Threes cheers for Deathshroud!

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Oh ok. I can see how that would be handy in the cliffs.

I wonder how many zephyrites became paste while putting all those sky crystals about… maybe they all had death shroud too? :P

Zephyrites singing

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I’ve only heard one part of the song and it sounded pretty nice. Looking forward to a whole compilation of them sometime, but am not going out of my way to find it myself in-game.

Threes cheers for Deathshroud!

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Sounds like Meriem is into necrophilia? (no offence Meriem, that was just my first thought since I have no idea what you’re on about)

Kiel vs. Evon

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Where the heck are people getting info about reduced WP or Black Lion key things? :/

Edit: Ah failed to read the answer higher up.

In that case – Kiel for sure. Black Lion keys are as useful as orrian turds for people that love RNG. WPs everyone uses. Even those that don’t gem shop. They should switch it around and have Kiel reduce the keys and Evon reduce the WPs, then it would be a closer race.

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Kiel vs. Evon

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Kiel has boobs. That decided it for me. :P

Stop the Cheating and Match Fixing in Races!

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People should be able to run the race however they like, be it stopping to let others finish first or going for gold all the time, without getting bagged out on their decision. It’s ye olde, let them play the game how they like to play it.

Personally I’d like a version where everyone is just walking and only use the “1” and “3” skills when required (turtle race). Not gonna happen though, not without being able to choose who you race with. :P

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Stuff like this is awesome. I hope more servers hold truces!

Living Story- Where are the Dragons?

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At the least, have an Elder Dragon decimate a zone for pete’s sake…

I vote they annihilate Lion’s Arch, the most overused city in the world and leave it destroyed for at least a year in real time.

We need to be able to race friends only.

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I support this idea, even if the achievement acquisition from the friend/guild-only version run is removed/changed (ie. best guild time achievement). It will still be fun enough to run I think.

100 gold to play a mini game

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Slightly more entertaining than the commander icon, but less useful. :P

World vs Kite

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Thanks Celestina! Hey that means I don’t need to worry about getting 1st place in the race either! phew

Achievement chest rewards -WARNING

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At least it turned out to be a good result for you Kilrik, despite the initial reaction.

World vs Kite

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So the Bazaar Ambassador counts each big kite individually? Woohoo, I’ll be skipping the one in Obsidian Sanctum then! I die there often enough on my own, without other players trying to kill me!

Kite Baskets not Lootable?

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I reached two big kites yesterday (colossus twice and the poor man one) and could loot neither. Thought that was odd, but maybe the skritt ate everything in the basket already? :P

World vs Kite

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A little off topic but, does everyone need this to get the meta reward? Like, does the meta count individual kites (the big ones) or do you need the Learn to Kite in its entirety to count?

Adnul Irongut

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Methinks ANet are looking into it, but if you want to beat him as he is now you can out-cheat his face by eating health regen food. Mango pie I think was the suggested item. I’m going to have to make me some! (Prior to this I didn’t even realize there was health regen food) :P

Made it to the VERY top of Zephyr Sanctum!!

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That is amazing! Congrats you crazy people!

You remind me of these guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIL9X9hLR3g

Great Job

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While I am vocal about my issues with the aspect skill lag (Oceanic player) I have to agree. Good job Anet!

Living Story- Where are the Dragons?

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The dragons don’t like JPs, temporary dungeons and mini games so they’re off playing other games at the moment. ;p

Oceanic Player Issues

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Haha Crazylegsmurphy! I like at the end where you make it but then get ported down and shrug. Just can’t win! :P

Unless you resume active play...

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Yerp and sometimes in those 2 minutes I -still- don’t reach the finish. Though I do get to other odd places (beneath where other people die/teleport)! Rubber banding combo skills to the max! :P

Must admit it’s a very very nice zone to get lost in though… even if I’m meant to be racing.

Sanctum Spirit? No luck, no win.

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A few tips:

- Watch which bag you run over, the 2 bag types look different, 1 is for offensive skills and the other is for defensive skills.
- Keep the “Grounded” skill (#6, defensive) at hand and activate it before jumps or when you see the lightning animation starts above your character head, that skill will protect you from the next attack within a time frame.

If you happen to get in a race with me, when I get to the finish line first, I wait for someone to cross the line first since I already got the achievement and there is not much difference in chest reward no matter the race placement. I met other people who do this as well. During one race, two other person and I were waiting just before the finish line for the next person to cross, lol

I think my only chance of winning is for 11 people to be as generous and thoughtful as you Zenon. Or I get lucky like Luthan and race against myself!

This was a bad idea

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I’m sure next they’ll have a dungeon or instance where you have to use aspects while fighting or simply to traverse the area. The only plus side to that is there’ll hopefully be less lag.

Just imagine the “run away from the explosives” countdown in the molten weapon facility, but with aspects.

Sanctum Sprint is Awesome!

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It’s a “nice” mini game. If only it didn’t rubberband me in every fricking direction then maybe I’d classify it as “fun”.

Oceanic Player Issues

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Also getting issues here (Sydney, Aus). In addition there’s almost no chance for me to actually be competitive in the sprint. Before the first checkpoint I would have rubber-banded so much that the rest of the group are already miles ahead.

Not sure what ANet can do besides grouping people based on latency though (for the race, everything else – no idea).

The new JP is awesome

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While I totally skipped the dungeon content, this jumping puzzle is heaps of fun! Thought I’d have problems due to lag from oz + gear mechanics but it wasn’t the case as I managed to reach the chest and get up to the goggles with no problems. Ofcourse, diving the entirely wrong direction at the end resulted in me going splat but otherwise it is great! Especially with all the people there atm because I like talking! :P

Two strange things though: One, my dive count got to 38 despite me jumping the wrong way (I’m fine with that :P). Secondly, while trying to get back up there for the hell of it I was helping other people fight aetherblade scum near the first chest. After defeating veteran number 4 or 5 (I fell a lot, sometimes intentionally when I saw people fighting on low health) I was suddenly teleported into the air high above a bay filled with sharks and after falling in, swam to shore where there was a camp of singing pirates. Did I step on some sort of trap?

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Guys/Gals.....

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I just looked at the content list and the possible rewards when it came out and decided that I’m skipping this one. Main reason being that I’m not really interested in helping pirate scum fight other pirate scum. Let them wipe each other out for all I care.

Your favourite thing about Dragon Bash?

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Gotta admit that cutscene at the Dead End was pretty awesome, and just edges out being able to barf at the stupid genie (who I wish I was able to kill).

Most zones near-empty

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Outside initial exploration and specific world boss-hunting, there really isn’t much reward wise to go to the harder zones. More xp? Insignificant once you hit 80. More gold? No not really. If things actually started dropping “gold” gold and not pitiful copper coins then maybe it would bring people out there.

Even dailies encourage people to go to low level zones because they can get it out of the way quicker. Personally I don’t find it’s really worth the TP cost to zip out there either. I don’t mind the run, but there’s nothing worthwhile out there to run to?

About Lion's Arch and Pirates

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If they were truly sanctioned privateers, which nation did they initially serve? And how did that come about given all the different races? I’m still finding it difficult to see where they become “good guys”.

As I said elsewhere pirates are generally thieves, rapists and murderers (especially from the point of view of their victims) and I’m inclined to destroy every single one of them if the game actually let me.

Aetherblade pirates

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The privateer theory is pretty good, but which government did they serve given that they were the “first(?)” to “diffuse longstanding racial biases”… and why do they cling on to their “Pirate” title?

These questions and more, but I’ll go look over at the lore thread first in case they already have been answered. Thanks for that Zaxares.

Sky Pirates of Tyria revealed!

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Garuna we technically have one, except we keep it parked at Fort Trinity. x_x

So....Is Zaithan dead?

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Yerp. We killed him by pressing “2”.

Aetherblade pirates

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Pirates are bottom feeding scum regardless of their flag. I wish we get the opportunity to flatten Lion’s Arch and all of its crime-loving inhabitants (past and present) along side all the other privateers out there. Kinda irks me that ANet decided to make that place the main hub of the continent (there shouldn’t be a main hub), but hey – it’s their game so whatever.

You know that Lion’s Arch is not run by pirates? It’s run by ex-pirates.

They don’t pillage and destroy anymore. They trade.

And apparently diffuse longstanding racial biases.

Thanks Gibson, I had the charr/asura voice over of that going in my head as I read that. :P

Still, I’m not comfy that all these ex thieves, murderers and rapists basically are off the hook simply because they decided to no longer persue those activities. Forgive and forget you say? Yeah right. Tell that to their victims/family of their victims.

Maybe they did it so long ago that it’s no longer worth chasing them for their crimes? Well, there’s a truly messed up view of things. I’m still inclined to destroy every single last one of them, unless ANet specifically says they were all captured at one stage and imprisoned for prolonged periods of time, suffering horrible karmic consequences for what they did in their “previous” life.

Meanwhile, IRL…
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/18/19018168-98-year-old-charged-with-unlawful-execution-torture-of-jews-during-world-war-ii?lite

GW2 Becomming a grind fest

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ANet should make a mission editor/creator. That’s the main draw NWO has for me over this game. I love making adventures and so do a lot of other people. Player generated content = endless, and cost effective. :P

What keeps you clockin in to Gw2

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Living story stuff, generally not the grindy bits either.

Aetherblade pirates

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Pirates are bottom feeding scum regardless of their flag. I wish we get the opportunity to flatten Lion’s Arch and all of its crime-loving inhabitants (past and present) along side all the other privateers out there. Kinda irks me that ANet decided to make that place the main hub of the continent (there shouldn’t be a main hub), but hey – it’s their game so whatever.

Your favourite thing about Dragon Bash?

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Being able to throw up at Zomorros. That’s the highlight for me.

The Historian - for people who missed content

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Hall of Monuments pool? Where is that? I thought I had 100% world completion but I don’t think I ran into that on my wanderings.

do u want 5/46 dailies everyday?

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5/46 sounds great to me. I gave up jumping through hoops to do the dailies, which more often than not didn’t align to what I actually want to do with my limited time in game.