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It is. I’ve been doing that for the last 78 levels.
Actually only 58 … haven’t upgraded in a while.
I sometimes have 90% crit on my thief.
Could be higher if I adjust things a bit.
The green color just means modified/effective/… It also means temporary. For a thief the most likely reason is having Signet of Agility which gives you +precision. It is temporary because you will lose that +precision if/when you activate the signet. You get it back once the skill recharage.
It’s silly really out of the 4 lvl 80’s and 1 lvl 50-ish (Engi, Ele, Guardian, Ranger, Warrior) I find the Engi the most versatile and fun to use. I really have no idea why they are the least played if it is indeed true. Personally I would have thought necro would have been, after all who dosn’t like guns right!? O.O
From discussions in game I found most people who don’t play Engi either doesn’t like the ranged-only limit, doesn’t like kits or doesn’t like the playstyle of steampunkish gunner as they prefer more classic fantasy archetypes.
I believe Engi would have been liked a lot more as an Alchemist instead.
More emphasis on alchemical potions etc and less on guns.
They are not range only! Equip a bomb kit.
By the way, if anyone is wishing to get all of the dyes, the cheapest way to do so is to simply purchase them all on the trading post (set your own prices, do not buy a dye outright). I spent about 50-ish gold a week ago to acquire ALL of the dyes in the game. The only expensive ones are Midnight Ice, Midnight Fire, Abyss, and Celestial. Most of the others are inexpensive.
You can save a lot of money if you do this instead of craft the dyes yourself or play roulette with unidentified dyes.
Hmm 450 gold … nah.
I do this for common dyes.
Never saw a point to crafting dyes.
If you think GW2 dungeons can be done with heroes then you haven’t really thought this through.
Lets start with AC, any path. Nothing fancy, just walk up to the top of the stairs before the spider queen without getting hit by any traps. How well do you think the heroes would handle this?
Okay you figured out how to do that now lets head over to Kholer. Just as heroes in GW1 were not perfect at interrupts, they won’t be perfect at dodging either. They are going to be pulled X% of the time. They’ll have to be programmed to know that they have to try to get away as soon as they are pulled.
Lets assume you’ve made it through. Now for path 1, so time for some more burrows! I think it’s very doubtful that an AI will be able to keep Hodgins alive you’re going to have to do that part. Now you are kiting/killings/dodging scavengers all while trying to blindly control the movement of the heroes to destroy the burrows.
Path 2, assuming the trap sequence can be done with just by setting off two traps then it should not be a problem.
Path 3 should be fine as well.
CM.
Path 1 and 3 are probably okay with heroes.
Path 2 gate bombing sequence … uh good luck with that.
CM path 2 highlights one of the biggest obstacles for heroes. Other places with similar issues are CoF p2, the laser grid in CoE, Arah p4 both for the orbs to open the doors and for the fight with Simin.
One option to solve that is remove all content like that from dungeons but that would take away a lot of things from dungeon designers. Some that are already in game and some we haven’t even seen yet.
Well they might need something for dungeons because at the moment finding a group for them, especially story mode is a massive pain in the rear. Problem is I don’t know that AI would work to well with this sort of combat or the traps.
The problem there is the lack of any reason to redo on ANY character other than to help someone out. Give people a good reason to redo story mode and that problem goes away. You’ve already seen the story, it takes just as long as explorable AND you are basically guaranteed less rewards. For fun? Are all story modes more fun than explorable? Opinions will differ there.
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That is pretty much the worst part of EVERY mmo. The group of vocal people that all they do is bash the game. It’s happened in every mmo. They make mountains out of mole hills and everyone else believes them and listens with religious fervor.
The worst part of MMO’s is the people, but it can also be the best part of it.
The thing most developers don’t realize is you can never actually read the forums for the game you make. You get a false idea about what is broken and what works.
Form your own opinion, and stay away from the forums. That pretty much works with everyone.
Luckily ANet is at least aware of that problem.
So they collect data and do stuff based on that. Content everyone is doing isn’t necessarily good but content nobody is doing is probably bad.
Also … http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Vocal_Minority
Back to the topic.
Hardcore people aren’t this game’s worst enemy.
Casual people aren’t this game’s worst enemy either.
Those labels are useless at describing the full range of players. At best they describe the extremists.
The game’s worst enemies are the people who complain about every little thing without ever considering the reasons for why things are done that way. If they don’t like it then it must be bad.
Nope. Have you looked at the minimum spec required for doing this sort of thing? Alternatively just play with the options window opened and make sure vsync is off and look at the average FPS you are getting. Will you be okay with it if it drops by half(probably more)? If you are used to a certain FPS then dropping below a certain threshold can make things feel sluggish.
Then there is memory usage. GW2 usually uses around 1.1G for me. Does your system have that much to spare?
For CPU you are probably looking at a minimum of a quad core.
Hmm … there is a free trial. That is probably simplest.
What FPS is good depends on you. Do you feel like the lower FPS is negatively affecting how well you are playing? If it IS negatively affecting how well you play, do you care? It is fine not to if you are still enjoying the experience.
I usually play at around 50-60 but I generally don’t notice anything unless it dips low enough that turning the camera feels sluggish which is usually in the 20s.
Although this is quite an old post I just combined some rings and earrings into the Mystic Forge and I got a darksteel earing. I’m a level 315 jeweler. Anyway, I’m quite happy because its worth close to 10 gold.
somehow i doubt that and it is certainly NOT 10g worth since it ahve the EXACT same stats and lvl req as a rare “ruby platinum earring” (whihc even then comes with a ruby jewel inserted so you don’t have to go and spend that if you find with having same stat combo in the upgrade slot, which is only about 60s or so on TP
Sometimes people pay stupid prices for whatever reason. I’ve seen the same thing with ’Berserker’s Ring’ vs the equivalent crafted ring.
Let’s not decide for other players what is best for them… just point out the options and let them play how they wish.
Indeed . . . though I just was putting that post there to caution away from throwing all money into Gems prematurely
To the OP, what server are you on? I might be able to help you get started with some bigger bags when I go to upgrade my alts.
You can mail stuff cross server.
8 slot bags are very cheap on the Trading Post.
I found that after the first character none of the others really need a bag slot expansion.
20 slot starter
15 slot equipment
15 slot normal
15 slot craftsman’s
15 slot oiled
The above is enough space for clearing a map usually, along with visiting a merchant to sell junk whenever you run across one. Keep in mind you can always sell to karma NPCs and repair NPCs as well.