Guild Wars 2

Countess Anise: Your intentions in that affair, whether noble or not, aren’t what concern me. It’s your failure to evade capture.
Canach: I beg your pardon?
Countess Anise: Noble intentions don’t interest me. What I need is a sharp instrument. A knife that can be employed before anyone realizes it’s struck.
Canach: Show me where to cut, Countess, and I will be your blade.

This has me concerned that he might turn against the Pact.

The language of a “knife that can be employed before anyone realizes it’s struck.” is rather specific. One has to wonder why she would say it in front of the PACT commander, though.

In any case, I hope he wont be corrupted by Mordremoth, either. That would be a dumb way to kill him off.

How it could be improved: When we feed Maudrey II Bloodstone Dust, it says “Feed me!”, similar to the Copper-Fed Salvage Kit.

Must be Blood… Must be Dust… Must be trash!

<3 This backpiece. He’s like a cuter version of Audrey… Except, you know… Not evil, and all.

Actually, I find the flavor dialogue actually kinda cute, and the fact we can feed it and it gives us gifts is adorable.

Can say I am a big fan of this backpack!

Too late. I had commit suicide, and Rodgort Fireheart was born.

My flame will temper the metal, forging weapons and machines of Charr pride. I give shape to Iron; I am part of the forging machine.

Legionnaire Pyre Fireheart reporting for duty, sir!

I am a level 80 Elementalist in the Ash Legion. Unfortunately, I am unsatisfied with my legion. I have played the personal story, and I feel quite unattached both to the aesthetic and my experience… Furthermore, the lack of a proper homeland bothers me, and I feel weird having my HOME instance being inside another Legion’s capitol.

However, after witnessing the most noble actions of Smodur of the Iron Legion during the new “Living Story” events, I am considering switching myself to an Iron Legion and training up to level 80 all over again.

Should I commit suicide and be reborn as an Elementalist in the Iron Legion?

(Should I delete my level 80 Elementalist and re-roll him to be in Iron legion?)

Mawdrey is basically a nice version of Audrey II, and I find it absolutely adorable. ANET really did a good job with the flavor text.

So you want an ascended backpiece… without wanting to do the content it is intended for?

Don’t you need Fractal Relics in the first place to get an ascended backpiece? Heck, even if you want to make a Quiver of Swift Flight, you still need a Vial of Condensed Mists Essence.

I don’t see the issue. It’s elite gear intended for an elite dungeon. If you like the look of it, then just do 5 fractal runs.

Yeesh, gamers today… Back in my day, we had 3 lives and game over. Now babies are spoiled over some White Tanooki kitten, or something… Why not just make a game we could beat just by pressing Start on the controller?

Smodur, because he’s the only leader who’s actually nice to us. I’m really surprised, considering how sinister and warlike the Charr can be, Smodur seemed like the most noble and least cowardly.

This update made me really proud that my alt is a Charr in the Iron Legion.

Canach and Anise are total opposites, and this dynamic works too well. OP summed it up best: Anise is elegant but very devious and deceptive, whereas Canach speaks crude and sinister, but ultimately has a good heart.

Both of them make a really great anti-hero pairing, and I don’t want to see this awesome dynamic tossed aside becuase of the boring biconics. But if they do make Canach join the Biconics, I still want to see Anise’s antics every so often.

I think it’s an established GW tradition that the Wizard’s Tower will always remain mysterious.

The fact it’s in GW2 is probably more of a inside joke than anything else. It was the first quest designed in GW1.

Canach is a great character, and he is a welcome anti-hero to this story. But I feel our mistrust of Canach is partially what makes him sooo baddass. He gives us attitude, and interactions with him are usually quite tense. This makes him stand out really well in a story like GW2 where we usually get along with most characters.

It’s very refreshing to have a character we know is good, but in-universe acts incredibly shady and independent from the protagonist an allies. Whereas our character and allies are high-moral righteousness, Canach is someone dark, who makes violent jokes about severed heads, and he really can’t give a kitten whether or not we find it offensive. It’s kinda like Canach is more concerned with doing his own thing, through his own means.

Overall, just a very well handled character throughout the ENTIRE living story. ArenaNet better not mess him up. I would be annoyed if they ever did a cop-out with Mordremoth or something, considering Canach is so well liked by the community. I’m liking the chemistry with Anise, and I want to see more.

I liked how music was handled in general. It matched the dialogue and character interactions much better, making it sound more like a traditional RPG experience.

Hello,

Sometimes when browsing the forum, sometimes when I post, I get a 502 Gateway Error, which does not go away until waiting until a random amount of time passes and the website working again.

Unfortunately this occured while I was trying to make a post earlier, and had resulted in me triple or quadruple posting the same post, without me noticing. Specifically, each time I tried to post, it gave me a Gateway Error, so I was not sure if it even made my post in the first place.

Obviously this is something which can create a great misunderstanding between the rules and innocent forum posters. It might be a good idea to look into this, so that users are not wrongfully infracted or banned over it.

My body is ready. FOR SCHOOL!

So has anyone gotten the plant thing which eats Bloodstone Dust yet? What does it give us in exchange for the dust?

To be honest, ArenaNet missed a really great opportunity during the endgame instance, in order to make Trahearne liven up a bit. I think the roles between Trahearne and the Player character should’ve been reversed… The player should’ve been the ones contemplating, while Trahearne telling us to loosen up.

Trahearne is love. Trahearne is life.

5 hours left, and I am saving up every gold I could for an Eternity. Currently making nice progress, but I am quite anxious.

Convince me that Chickenado is worth spending 63g on in gold -> gems.

I like MegaServers because it means I don’t have to deal with trolls like a certain “Meat & Chop” consistently.

Hi,

I’m looking for a guild dedicated entirely to achieving t5 Dry Top and farming Geodes?

PM me ingame,

Thanks!

Because Guild Wars is a franchise of dressup simulators, going back to the original GW1 and the legendary Obsidian Edge.

Know what I want? A shout which gives our pets fury.

For X seconds, half damage you recieve is redirected to your pet. Your pet gains 20 seconds of fury.

For one, I think Zhaitan should’ve actually used its tentacles to cling onto the ship, like an octopus.

The player would have to actually slash the tentacles using their own weapons.

Zhaitan would probably poke his head at the front of the ship instead of snapping it off, and we’d have to kill each individual “tongue” of Zhaitan.

At that point, Zhaitan would probably retreat, and then Zojja would use the Mega-Lit cannon. Now that Zhaitan is weakened, the real fight can begin: Players must aim the cannons on BOTH sides of the ship in order to hit Zhaitan, while he is flying and summoning minions. The more you damage Zhaitan, the more “tongues” break off and land on the ship for you to kill.

After that? Actually, I would keep the part where he’s struggling on the tower, but I would also silence the music. I know that sounds weird, but when I fought Zhaitan at launch, when his music didn’t play, that tower scene felt very cinematic and special. It felt like you’ve stripped Zhaitan of his limbs one by one, and he is struggling as he clings onto his last breath. The scene itself is incredibly cinematic, because it shows that at that point, Zhaitan could do nothing but squirm, as the Pact fires at him. It asserts that at that exact point, the Pact had become more powerful than Zhaitan, and that victory was finally in sight. It was just an overall really satisfying moment to watch Zhaitan be the one to struggle, after all the crap he puts you through during the personal story. But when the music was muted and all you could hear Zhaitan’s Roars and cannon fire? Beautiful. You could almost hear Zhaitan crying in pain, and it was sooo satisfying!

Sorry, but MH Axe wont be worth using, even with Might on autoattack.

It really pains me to say that as well, considering I quite like a lot of the Axe skins, and I mgiht even be going for a Frostfang soon.

As much as I love my Engineer, and speaking as an Engineer main myself, I really believe stacking 25 Vulnerability to foes should’ve been a Necromancer thing.

They really need to give axe Cleave, and it really needs to step its game up for applying Vulnerability.

Prickly Pears will go down.. Eventually.

I do think they have the recipe in reverse, though. Nopale should be 20, Spiked Fruit be 5.

I REALLY want to see Trahearne at a moot, actually…

ANET, if you readin’ dis, make it happen!

While it sounds cool, players who’ve spent makeover kit just for glow would be upset.

Still wont cleave enough to be wanted in Dungeons. It helps, but not enough.

I think the reason they introduced Nomad’s gear, is because the community demanded it in the CDI thread opened by Izzy himself.

You asked for it, you’re at fault. You should’ve asked for Ferocity+Power+Precision instead.

Wouldn’t it be nice if Living Story rewards gave us crafting stations in our home instance? And a trading post? And a forge?

You know, actually make it feel like a home, and make that warp stone worth its gems?

Yes. Rerelease the skins!

(But make sure to give a heads up in a very subtle manner, not to kitten off the sellers..)

Can someone PLEASE record a video or post screenshots of this so called “jumping puzzle” they’re having so much trouble with?

Why not introduce mounts for context-specific regions of the game? Such as Junundu Wurms for exploring later parts of the Maguuma Wastes, and the Crystal Desert expansion?

Mounts could be a fun gimmick for later maps, especially if they were handled as well as the Junundu were in GW1. They could maybe give them their own skillbars and unlocks as an incentive for players to experiment and play in that zone.

That said, keep them the heck out of Queensdale!

As a Quebecer, I proudly agree. They should really add Poutine to the game. It could be sooo good! The question is, which stats should it raise?

On the subject of Canadian food, they should really add Maple Syrup to the game too. Perhaps a chance to harvest Maple Syrup off of t2-4 Tree nodes?

Could combine Maple Syrup with Icy Core in order to make Maple Candy (and help get 5 Icy Cores out of the economy…)

I’m convinced if enough people jump on board, and support this idea, they will consider it.

I heard that shoulders and gloves work differently than the rest.

I do hope they consider removing weights off glove/shoulder skins someday.

Firstly, I would like to make a point and link this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODcadowNgSU

In this video, a player is using an Everlasting Margonite Tonic to play PvE as a minion of Abaddon. Why? Could be roleplaying. Could be a big fan of Abaddon. Or could just like the look a lot. But there is also a bigger reason: Because it’s fun.

I would like to make a proposal that ArenaNet makes Tonics usable in combat. Obviously this would not involve stationary tonics like Furniture Tonic, or those with weird animations, but I imagine a majority of tonics should work, especially those combatible with "bundle" items, like the Frost Gun.

Here are the mechanics I am proposing:

* Combat Transformation (1 hour): Double-click to transform into a TRANSFORMATION_HERE. Double-click again to end the transformation.

For those without swimming animations, add this clause:
* This transformation ends upon swimming.

Think: Like the Thoughtful-tonic.

It would address the following:
- Those who want to play as Skritt, Quaggan, Hylek, Kodan, etc...
- Town Clothing Tonics in combat
- Horizontal progression of those who collect

The downside of this, is the loss of some costume brawl skills. However, many tonics at the moment, such as Kodan, feature no costume brawl in the first place, and I am sure the community would be in favor of ditching costume brawl on a black quaggan tonic if it meant they could use it in combat.

I understand some animations could be a little finicky, such as a dredge "running" through water as its swim animation. However, I do think that is part of the fun.

And for clarification, I do believe this clause should be added as well:

* Cannot be used in PvP or WvW.

Well, what do you think? Playable Skritt, Town Clothes tonic usable in combat, and playable MOLTEN BERSERKER!

I am assuming there may be some technical limitation on ANET’s end which makes this difficult, but I do hope they someday look into this and consider it. I imagine it would be an immense profit to them if they locked some tonics behind the Black Lion Chest!

I hope for Legendary Armor, they allow us to craft all the pieces at once, instead of individual pieces.

Also, I hope they make it compatible with every race’s problems. That is, make it not clip a Charr’s tail, and make it not clip an Asura’s toes. Also, make it not suffer from horrible stretching problems the Sylvari have.

Seriously, if they have legendary armor, they better kitten make it compatible for each race! Make it cultural if they have to…

Why not just give us a Skritt Tonic and let us use Tonics in combat, like in GW1?

Isn’t Zodiac Armor technically Legendary Armor? It has the particle effects, a skybox, and everything…

I will agree that the Wind Crystal jumping skill makes my eyes bleed too. But that’s an unrelated issue.

However, I am getting tired of people trying to confuse the devs into watering down their game design. First we get complaints about the statue fight, now people want the devs to get rid of the verticality which give this map so much depth?

I really wish players would stop complaining so much, and simply play the game. It’s not unheard of for a player to ask for help in an online game with social interaction.

If OP needs jumping help so badly, then I’ll hop on my mes and personally port you the whole place. Just PM me ingame. But please, for the love of Abaddon, stop trying to confuse the devs into watering down their game design. Some people actually want Guild Wars 2 to feel engaging.

Nades are viable for autoattack even in a condi build because of the trait “Shrapnel” which is a 45% (15%*3) chance to apply 15s of bleeding on every autoattack. Also, if you invest in Firearms, you have an additional chance to apply bleeding on each critical hit anyways, and nades are 3 chances per hit.

It also stacks vulnerability the best in the game, not only increasing your own overall damage, but also your team.

Also, Nades are AoE.

Still, Elixir Gun is good if you want to maintain weakness on foes. But the condi duration doesn’t compete with grenades spam.

As for your bomb question, it IS preferred over wrench due to access to a fire field, and the ability to use 3 blast finishers in your current build. (Elixir Gun #4, Big Ol’ Bomb, and Magnetic Shield #4 skill). This gives you AND your team might, increasing your overall damage, but also your condi dmg as well.

I can see this happening. Perhaps we go to the Mists and see Rytlock?

I’m still disappointed the Molten Alliance told us nothing about Flame Legion. It’s too bad too, because that would’ve been a great opportunity to expand on the charr storyline.

Food for thought:
The third picture summarizing Job-o-Tron hits the nail on the head.

If I may inject my own thoughts, I think it would be best to compare Job-O-Tron to Majora’s Mask. The entire WORLD of Majora’s Mask was so rich and endearing, even though most of the characters were mostly just side characters. Perhaps the most memorable were Anju and Kafei, but also the plotline involving Gorman.

See this for Gorman’s sub-plot
http://www.zeldawiki.org/Gorman

There were huge, HUGE amounts of sub-plot going on in only the 3 days of Majora’s Mask, and massive amounts of character development for nearly every citizen of the city. Most importantly, the game actually SHOWS you the day-to-day life of characters, for example, Gorman playing cards on the second day.

That’s how I think Living World should be. Not forcing the commander of the Pact to waste time with a ragtag band of misfits we have no reason to be travelling with.

Most of the important things have already been brought up. I genuinely hope ArenaNet does not water down content in order to accomodate 1-mashing, otherwise they might as well turn every fight into Zhaitan and get rid of dodging from the game.

Furthermore, calling this “horrible” just because it is challenging, is technically incorrect. Does that mean Mega Man is “horrible” because that game is also challenging? What about Gradius III for the Super Nintendo? Super Mario Bros. 2 The Lost Levels? Are those games horrible too?

Oh, those games aren’t RPGs? Okay, here’s an RPG example: Lunar the Silvar Star Story Complete. Defeating Ghaleon is a pain in the kitten there, and the game didn’t hold your hand.

Want an MMO example? Okay. Guild Wars 1. Did that game hold your hand through Gate of Madness? Hour long Personal Story instance, where if you died, you had to go back to the start of it all, then you had to successfully defeat the 2 final bosses of the first two campaigns at the same time. DEAL WITH IT! Does that make Guild Wars 1 a horrible game too?

Since when was there ever an expectation of always “being able to see the story” otherwise something is horrible? Does that mean they should suddenly nerf Arah and Giganticus Lupicus so that people could learn about the Seers and Bloodstones?

Look, above all else, you can argue something is challenging. But don’t call it “horrible” just because it’s difficult. That’s like saying Touhou is a bad game just because it’s hard?

Yeesh, kids these days are waaaay too spoiled by Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, and emulator savestates. Back in my day, gamers didn’t complain as much.

Here, have an AVGN beat-a-game-button if all you care about is the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p4t44t7fdc

This “being able to see the story” logic is exactly what resulted in the White Tanooki suit in Mario, which goes entirely what video games are about: Playing a game.

Seriously, the heck IS up with this expectation anyways? It’s like expecting to win a game of solitare where the cards are pre-arranged for you. Is that even a game at that point?

They need to add a reward each time a tier is reached. Maybe champ boxes, obbi shards, or karma?

I have legendaries, but no one could see them because hobosacks.

Why does ANET always show promo-screens for an Engineer using Predator, if in the real game other players rarely see our legendaries because hobosacks?

Reading Ask-Marshall-Trahearne Tumblr page and all the memes associated with him, really made me love Trahearne all that much more.

For any of you who didn’t know, Trahearne is a grumpy alcoholic who makes wonderful, drunken love with Riannoc.

How could you not like this guy!?

Lil’ gif I made using the art from ask-marshal-Trahearne.

Could be fun for trolling, or something… Enjoy!

Source:
ask-marshal-trahearne tumblr page.