Guild Wars 2

No ones has the numbers but I’m going to guess that Warrior, Guardian and Mesmer are the most and Engineer and maybe Revenant are the least.

Seera.5916:

Race doesn’t matter.

If you are into doing jumping puzzles at all, I would suggest not Norn or Charr since the camera angles can get a little crazy with those races. But they’re still doable on those races.

There are tonics that can be bought cheap and used on jps, including the tonic in Lake Doric that makes your char tiny.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Another thing. I normally give containers to my level 53 to open. This won’t be possible with the requirement of doing a heart first in a level 80 area. Even if I can get it to that area, doing the heart on a regular basis will give that char XP so that starts leveling again.

Can’t you just salvage them directly on the 53 char?

Idk. Will they be level 80 gear when salvaged directly or level 53ish? The gear from HoT containers originally was level 80 only. Lower level options was added later. And there’s the problem again of losing all rares and exotics.

Another thing. I normally give containers to my level 53 to open. This won’t be possible with the requirement of doing a heart first in a level 80 area. Even if I can get it to that area, doing the heart on a regular basis will give that char XP so that starts leveling again.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

They Devs stated, just very recently, they can not, due to technical reasons.

Do you have the source for that? I’d like to save it.

Only for you: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Mistlock-Sanctuary-s-Fractal-Access/first#post6669846

At this point, no. It is actually not possible to do this in lounges that are in open world maps because of how we export character position on map transition.

(It’s always great to keep up with the Dev Tracker.) =)

Thanks for the link.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

They Devs stated, just very recently, they can not, due to technical reasons.

Do you have the source for that? I’d like to save it.

Now if only they made these places “return to the map you ported in from” with a UI exit button/panel, like the sPvP lobby.

I don’t think everyone in the game needs to see the names. Too much screen clutter.

Now if ANet wants to make a client side only nameplate so only you can see your mount’s name, that should be good enough.

From the few examples given it sounds like rares drop more frequently in that area. The cost to ID might be a gold sink put there to offset the expected increase in income from those rares and ectos

Stitch.1794:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Agile Sound.7516:

Thanks Just A Flesh Wound for your reply. So i tried using an Infusion on one of the earrings which works however I am still unable to wield both earrings simultaneously.

I’ll try to ask Anet if i can get an exchange.

It’s been some time, but I’m pretty sure it’s agony infusion that you have to use the mystic forge to add, and it’s expensive, or so I read. Unless you’re going to infuse for high level fractals you’re probably better off getting a swap.

You can’t infuse accessories, only rings and backpacks, so this isn’t going to work for the OP anyway.

Ah. Ok. Never done it myself so fuzzy on the details… (and the restrictions seem kind of arbitrary)

Agile Sound.7516:

Is the reason for the jewelry being unique because of certain quest, or is required to obtain a legendary weapon etc for future updates etc?

No. They’re bought from laurel merchants and as far is I can tell it’s there for [reasons]. The difference between what you can select is the offensive/defensive infusion slots. Pretty minor.

I’d prefer that they not make it less cramped, in the sense of moving NPCs. imo, all the NPC’s close together is the big advantage of these passes. I get the pass for the efficient placements of NPC and space as well as the port to an area, not atmospherics as such.

sorudo.9054:

the crystal desert doesn’t just change that drastic in 250 years, mountains and rivers don’t just get there because of a bit of water shift.
Anet doe that with every single thing in GW2, they remove entire mountains because it doesn’t fit in their map design, drastically changing a map beyond reason.

just think, the first thing that already annoyed me is the shift of northern kryta, all of a sudden it’s allot flatter and the ascalon settlement is on a hill. (it’s suppose to be equal to the rest of the area)

Except it has changed drastically before, when it switched from the Crystal Sea to the Crystal Desert, in such a short time that boats were stranded in the middle of the now dry land.

A switch from a sea to a desert in such a short time is definitely a drastic change.

Having green un ID stack is great. Hiding rares and exotics inside and asking us to pay more than the value of most green gear to ID and find them isn’t.

Since I rarely get rares and almost never get exotics, I’ll be losing money when I ID the gear, and I’ll be losing the few rares that I do get if I don’t. The need to pay for IDs is a lose lose situation.

Im not crazy about the heart requirement either.

Agile Sound.7516:

Thanks Just A Flesh Wound for your reply. So i tried using an Infusion on one of the earrings which works however I am still unable to wield both earrings simultaneously.

I’ll try to ask Anet if i can get an exchange.

It’s been some time, but I’m pretty sure it’s agony infusion that you have to use the mystic forge to add, and it’s expensive, or so I read. Unless you’re going to infuse for high level fractals you’re probably better off getting a swap.

I could see more dye channels on the gem store mounts.

For example, feathered raptors with dye channels where you dye the feathered sections.

Two dye channels and let the dyes be brighter. Most dyes aren’t visible enough to make a difference.

I just want state that I ran into these situations “below” after the purchase and am wondering if anything can be done about it so that i don’t have to farm for another month to acquire another.

You can either infuse one of them to make it different from the other or you can make a ticket and ask support to give you the earring with the same stats but with a different infusion slot.

allart.3746:

In Lion’s Arch you can still find traces of the gw city. Amnoon looks like a totally different place, with loads of ancient looking piramyds which didn’t exist 250 years ago!! Sloppy

The one standing up in this picture is what the Asura looked like before they went underground.

Also, try different languages. For my new Elonan thief I googled African last names and found: Akachi, which means: The hand of God. Combined it with an Elonan first name and it went right through.

I opened up the boxes, got a ranged weapon for my second weapon set and used the food given to us. No problem. Whenever I got low on health I dodged out and switched to range. The non boss mobs died easy. It was only the boss that gave some trouble.

If you didn’t get a ranged weapon or food from the boxes given to you, do that next time. Makes a difference.

Yakez.7561:

Why casuals do need ascended armor? You can do lvl 50 fractals with specialization weapons, ascended trinkets and exotic armor.

Why casuals do need legendary armor? They need to play 4 different builds on their WvW mesmer?

Casuals do need only exotic armor. Full set is like 30 gold? Ok, vipers may be a bit higher.

Anet foresee economic crash. It is a thing they intend. They cater to casual player base witch would benefit the most. And completely destroy veteran player base witch have some patience to research economy in their favorite game and invest their hard earned gold in mats.

And no, I am not a TP baron. I have around 50-100 gold in my wallet and max 300 gold invested in mats and orders at TP.

No one is playing this game because of need. No one gets ascended/Legendary armor because of need. It’s all want.

And why not cater to the casual players? They make up the bulk of the player base. Any company that disregards their base to cater to the few is forgetting where their money comes from.

(And no, I’m not going for ascended/Legendary armor, nor do I flip items for resale).

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

I wonder why ANet didn’t forsee this economic crash after two years of design and testing.

Maybe it’s because they did forsee and tested it and there’s no incoming economic crash.

Or they are doing it specifically to increase the supply of these materials. Either way, I agree.

Lower cost materials is better for 99% of the community. People complaining about them coming down in price is like the billionaires complaining about their income taxes being raised.

If they’re going to push out new Legendaries from now on at a rate of about one a month or two then they probably do need to increase supplies of mats to keep them from going up in price. This maybe their way of increasing the flow of mats for the release of future Legendaries
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The trial map is the perfect time to try out ecto gambling. Zero impact on your real account.

I wonder why ANet didn’t forsee this economic crash after two years of design and testing.

Maybe it’s because they did forsee and tested it and there’s no incoming economic crash.

I’ve made several new chars this year. No problem getting a name. Just give it a first and last name, and don’t choose obvious names from popular movies and books.

Mine works for my mount.

Beta weekends are beta because there are likely to have bugs and issues that need to be found. If it’s going to be upsetting it’s best not to play on days when things are being tested.

Ikr.

What you can do is go to the sPvP lobby and beat up the golems and the profession NPC’s. It’s not great but you’ll get an idea of the skills and how it handles.

You will create a new char that will be level 80 and will have boxes of exotic gear. You can use that gear to set up your char. If you have ascended gear you can put those in the bank to be copied for the beta char to use.

For funsies you can throw the excess gear in the mystic forge. (And then come crying to the forums if you get a precursor) ^^

If this beta is like the HoT beta the game will create a “mirror account” that your beta char will access. Everything that’s in the bank will be available for it to use.

So, you might want to put ascended weapons, armor, trinkets in the bank as well as food, nourishments, etc. It’s possible that the char won’t have account bound slots. In case it doesn’t you might put any items that are in account bound slots into the bank for your beta char to use. After you create your beta char it’s too late to put items in the bank for it.

The mirror account does not keep account progression, so, no buying/selling on the trading post and buying/selling to vendors is not permanent.

Cloud Windfoot Omega.7485:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

The time probably depends on when they get the last bugs fixed.

HoT beta weekends

The first public Beta Weekend Event was from August 7 at 14:00 UTC-5 to August 10 at 14:00 UTC-5

The second public Beta Weekend Event was from September 4 at 14:00 UTC-5 to September 6 at 01:59 UTC-5

The third public Beta Weekend Event was from October 2 at 14:00 UTC-5 to October 4 at 01:59 UTC-5

Looks like they aim for 01:59 UTC-5

thats the end not the start, the started at 14:00 each time

Yah. You’re correct.

The time probably depends on when they get the last bugs fixed.

HoT beta weekends

The first public Beta Weekend Event was from August 7 at 14:00 UTC-5 to August 10 at 14:00 UTC-5

The second public Beta Weekend Event was from September 4 at 14:00 UTC-5 to September 6 at 01:59 UTC-5

The third public Beta Weekend Event was from October 2 at 14:00 UTC-5 to October 4 at 01:59 UTC-5

Looks like they aim for 01:59 UTC-5 14:00 UTC-5

They haven’t said. The earliest start time would be 9AM Pacific time. The real start time is unknown, since it might depend on last minute bug fixing.

Ashantara.8731:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

As far as I know the ones in the OP is it. I haven’t seen dozens of smilies on the forums. Just the few that are on this thread’s opening post.

Hmm, you sure? I could swear I saw people using several others… Or maybe that’s just my imagination.

You notice that no one added more after the thread was started long ago and no one has added more since you’ve revived it.
The handful posted on the OP is pretty much it. There may be a couple more but certainly not dozens.

Ashantara.8731:

Is there a link to a complete list of smilies for this forum?

I googled and couldn’t find one, but apparently there are a lot of people here who know dozens of smiley codes. So, help please?

As far as I know the ones in the OP is it. I haven’t seen dozens of smilies on the forums. Just the few that are on this thread’s opening post.

Wolfheart.7483:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Wolfheart.7483:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Well, you’re right. I logged on to check and I literally could not tell by looking or mousing over the icon which repeatable ones I’ve already done.

Edit: mousing over map completion % on the UI made the ones not done flare. So I guess try that.

The icon for an HP you haven’t done has a small “+” on it. The icon for one you’ve completed but is repeatable has a small infinity symbol on it. You can tell just by looking at the icon.

I saw the tiny plus sign on some but had no idea what it meant. It could have meant that that’s the ones I still need to do. That’s a bad design imo. Why not an obvious color change instead of a tiny plus sign that can be hard to see.

The flash upon UI mouse over tells which one is still needed, but not everyone knows that trick or may have forgotten it if the last map completion was some time back.

The icon has a physical variation to it. If you open your map and zoom in you can easily see the difference. There is nothing wrong with the icon.

You didn’t know what the plus sign meant and how it differed from the infinity sign. Fair enough. That means you probably were not aware some HPs were repeatable when you saw the 2 icons. If you were aware then I would say the infinity sign is an easy indicator that it’s the repeatable one.

So, if you were unaware some HPs were now repeatable, how exactly would a different color icon have made that any more apparent than the infinity symbol? It’s just an altered version of an icon that was already there. Whether an altered symbol or different color, it indicates something changed for that HP.

The icons are fine.

No, the icons are not fine. They’re tiny and I had to look closely at them in order to see them and to tell them apart. I had to be told they were there to know to look in the first place.

The reason why a color change is obvious is because you’ll get to a hero point you haven’t done before that’s one color, you do the hero point and then it’s another color. And then you can see two different colored Hero points on the map and you know that you made the change. That’s intuitive to know that if you made the colors change then any others of the same color are of that type.

Wolfheart.7483:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Well, you’re right. I logged on to check and I literally could not tell by looking or mousing over the icon which repeatable ones I’ve already done.

Edit: mousing over map completion % on the UI made the ones not done flare. So I guess try that.

The icon for an HP you haven’t done has a small “+” on it. The icon for one you’ve completed but is repeatable has a small infinity symbol on it. You can tell just by looking at the icon.

I saw the tiny plus sign on some but had no idea what it meant. It could have meant that that’s the ones I still need to do. That’s a bad design imo. Why not an obvious color change instead of a tiny plus sign that can be hard to see.

The flash upon UI mouse over tells which one is still needed, but not everyone knows that trick or may have forgotten it if the last map completion was some time back.

Well, you’re right. I logged on to check and I literally could not tell by looking or mousing over the icon which repeatable ones I’ve already done.

Edit: mousing over map completion % on the UI made the ones not done flare. So I guess try that.

The challenge ones then with champs, not the commune Hero points?

Yah, if you can’t easily tell which ones you’ve done already that would be very annoying.

There’s repeatable Hero points now?

The thing is, we aren’t the cheering section yelling Go Team! for each suggestion. What this is is the suggestion and discussion forum. Part of discussion is pointing out flaws and problems with suggestions. If the weak points are pointed out then the discussion can work on fixing the problems, making them stronger and more likely to be considered by the Devs.

And then there are the people that suggest something that requires a complete remake of the game or that the Devs have already said is costly. It’s part of the discussion to point out that what the person wants is costly from known information and how these costs could impact the game. Discussions of possible consequences are a valid part of the examination of any suggestion.

bOTEB.1573:

I lag too, others lag too – don’t act like you don’t know whats happening. Yes – some of you may not experience the lag but you are aware that a lot of people are complaining about it. Personally, I started experiencing the lag recently, maybe 1-2 weeks ago.

I play Overwatch, Diablo 3 and WildStar too and I don’t have lag there (I never had) + as I stated before the lag started 1-2 weeks ago, therefore it cannot be my PC or my internet connection.

And I am pretty sure this is the OP case also.

Did you contact support to see if it’s something they can help with?

Maybe contact your internet service to see if it’s something that they can fix? Maybe your computer needs upgrading?

I like it well enough. I didn’t much care for how we got Masteries points.

Hero points, the char progression up to level 80 had sufficient Hero points given to you for leveling to 80 to max out non elite specs and far more points than needed available through doing easy content on a map to get elite specs. Masteries, the char progression after 80, had none given to you for leveling even basic Masteries and the available ones ranged from Hero point easy to Masteries requiring multiple tries, low ping &/or other people. It’s very uneven in what is required. And then there’s the scaling in numbers needed to reach the last levels of a Mastery, which may not even get you anything worth having, other than the “thrill” of finishing a Mastery line.

What I would like is all Masteries to be meaningful, even if only map specific meaningful (although I would like to see them carried over to the next new map at least which would give players two maps to use these new map specific Masteries instead of one. Makes them more meaningful.) and if Mastery points are going to be behind hard or group content there should still be enough at the Hero Point difficulty level to fill the mastery lines.

Kreejaffa.3682:

Best one I have ever found that is always updated is found here:

http://www.thatshaman.com/tools/guide/

Interesting. I’ve heard the new maps are big. We can see the first map of the new expansion at least and compare it to the size of the old maps.

Spurnshadow.3678:

As far as I’ve known, the attack angle of Staff 1 has always been 170 degrees. That’s what I based my calculation on.

The game release notes from yesterday says it used to be 90 degrees.

As I recall. For the last beta we got a new char slot that was used for a beta “mirror account” and you switched back to your regular char to play on your regular account. The “mirror account” was identical to our old account and had our wardrobe, dyes, mats etc, etc. It couldn’t interact with the trading post and all vendor purchases, mystic forging, drops, event rewards, etc were all on this temporary mirror account when we played using the beta char and were not saved.

So
1) new temporary beta char slot
2) mirror account accessed through the beta char
3) no permanent rewards on the mirror account
4) switch back to regular account by switching to your old chars.

TheGrimm.5624:

Rauderi.8706:

TheGrimm.5624:

LucosTheDutch.4819:

In GW2 you’re not truly rich until you can buy the ’I’m Rich You Know?’ title without giving a kitten because the amount of gold it costs means nothing to you.

( https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Contract_of_Patronage )

That’s a nice one. I admit I think I have seen only one person run around with “Golden” but hadn’t seen this one yet.

Personally, I’m not sure I want to use Golden or I’m Rich titles. Call it paranoia, but I don’t want gold spammers or hackers thinking I’m an attractive target. :P

If I had one I hear you there and agree. Also always surprised when people publish their gw2efficiency.com keys. Asking to be account targeted then if you have a shinny account. I appreciate the geekdome and bragging rights but….

Wouldn’t the hacker need to figure out both the email and the password? And to get past SMS/authenticator if that’s set up.

I doubt the gw2efficiency public keys give a hacker enough information to for it to be a consideration even if you ignore the other security measures.