Guild Wars 2

I’m lucky. My friend and Guildmate is a total WHIZ at jumping puzzles, so she shows me how they are done. The challenges of completing them are still there, and some are so frustrating that I can only do 2-3 attempts before I need to walk away to try another day.

What would really help, is if there were ways to recover your progress in some of the more difficult ones, or at the very least make respawns of hostile mobs not quite so INSANE. The worst so far is the one at the Breached Wall in Diessa Plateau. That one and the Pirate ship one..I forget where that one is, but it’s another constant combat spot

Are there any more side stories to be done with our chosen orders, once the personal stories merge with the main story?

I’d really like to be able to earn higher ranks within the orders, or gain influence with other races like we did in GW1.

I slotted this on my Elementalist the other night. Other than giving you an extra dodge, it’s not very useful. It does no real damage that I can see. Unless they add a stun, or make it a bleeder, I won’t be using it again. I really wish we could get our skill points reset. I regret having wasted so many on that skill.

Although; if they added an effect that is class dependent and it might make an very interesting skill.
Ex:
Necro: Life Steal (.2% max HP of mob, multiplied by # of points in Blood Attribute?)
Guardian: Bind
Mes: Confusion
Thief: Bleed
Ranger: Poison
Warrior: Cripple
Ele—>Depending on attunement:
Fire: Burning
Water: Freeze
Air: Blind
Earth: Cripple

It’s a racial skill, so it’s not used for PvP, where the added effects might be OP.
Racial Skills are part of what makes our characters unique. They should at least be useful.

Arahzor.1832:

The tail makes it a must to roll one. When you stand still the tail is moving to left and right like a dog when it is happy. ;D

More like a cat when it’s on alert; watching, thinking about, or actively hunting. This makes more sense, considering Charr culture.

Weindrasi.3805:

Kitty La Boom Boom.4065:

Weindrasi.3805:

There was this lady in one of the Arenanet interviews who was a voice actor. As soon as I heard her talk, I thought “omg it’s Elexus!” But I don’t know what her name was.

Where can I find these interviews? Are they part of this site, or Arenanet’s Youtube?

Apparently her name is Sonya Eddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLaGH-WuWR4
Go to 2:12

EDIT: I think you were right.

Rawr! Thanks! As soon as I heard her voice I knew it was her, but I couldn’t find her in any of the credits, and my Google-fu failed me.

Weindrasi.3805:

There was this lady in one of the Arenanet interviews who was a voice actor. As soon as I heard her talk, I thought “omg it’s Elexus!” But I don’t know what her name was.

Where can I find these interviews? Are they part of this site, or Arenanet’s Youtube?

Tybalt Leftpaw..’nuff said ;P

Well, really, Tybalt was what influenced me to try out the Charr, but the quality of the environments, the NPC chatter, the interactions, the quality of the VA’s, and the storylines are what have made me grow to love my Charr toons.

This just came to me as the perfect comparison of the human armor as it is currently adapted to Charr and Asura.

It’s the same result as what happens when you take fashion that was designed for a skinny woman’s body shape, and think that making it a bigger size is going to make it fit a voluptuous woman. It’s not..at all.

The long coats and robes on the Charr physique is just WRONG. No wonder we have such difficulty with jumping puzzles. We keep tripping over our armor ;P

It think GW 1 had a much better design for Charr armor. Take Pyre Fierceshot:
!http://wiki.guildwars.com/images/d/d1/Pyre_Fierceshot.jpg!

See how the armor covers vital areas, but does not encumber mobility, or as is the case now, try to be something it simply isn’t

Also, just as a personal peeve: The Charr clearly have a more sophisticated aesthetic now, than they did 250 years ago. Look at the monuments to their heroes, and the refined quality they have, and tell me why the same could not have been done for fashion. All the cultural armor looks like rags that have been patched together.

A lot of thought was clearly put into the cultural armor of the Sylvari. The cultural and physiological aesthetic of the entire race was completely re-conceptualized to reflect their lore.
The Charr character design itself is wonderful. I can’t say I’d change anything except perhaps adding more options for manes and tails, horns, fangs, etc.
I really think they got the short end of the stick in the armor department though.

This just came to me as the perfect comparison of the human armor as it is currently adapted to Charr and Asura.

It’s the same result as what happens when you take fashion that was designed for a skinny woman’s body shape, and think that making it a bigger size is going to make it fit a voluptuous woman. It’s not..at all.

The long coats and robes on the Charr physique is just WRONG. No wonder we have such difficulty with jumping puzzles. We keep tripping over our armor ;P

It think GW 1 had a much better design for Charr armor. Take Pyre Fierceshot:
!http://wiki.guildwars.com/images/d/d1/Pyre_Fierceshot.jpg!

See how the armor covers vital areas, but does not encumber mobility, or as is the case now, try to be something it simply isn’t

Also, just as a personal peeve: The Charr clearly have a more sophisticated aesthetic now, than they did 250 years ago. Look at the monuments to their heroes, and the refined quality they have, and tell me why the same could not have been done for fashion. All the cultural armor looks like rags that have been patched together.

A lot of thought was clearly put into the cultural armor of the Sylvari. The cultural and physiological aesthetic of the entire race was completely re-conceptualized to reflect their lore.
The Charr character design itself is wonderful. I can’t say I’d change anything except perhaps adding more options for manes and tails, horns, fangs, etc.
I really think they got the short end of the stick in the armor department though.

I’m not sure that all the female Charr voices were done by the same VA. It seems to me that there are at least 2 or 3. While one of the voice types I can easily image coming from Kate Miller, the Elexus Shredskin voice has a definite non Caucasian quality.

Anyone remember the contest they held for GW1 EotN weapons design? I think it would be a great idea to hold another contest like that, for the armors.

IMO, it would really love it if each race could have armor that is unique to them. The names could all be the same, like they are now, but they already call different models for Male and Female humanoids, and Asura/Charr sets. The designs would be based on what is already out there, but the models would be those designed for that particular race, and the skins would more accurately reflect the culture.

Example:
Mighty Embroidered Coat:

Human, Norn, and Sylvari models really need no change because they have similar body shapes, BUT! The skins should be more representative of the culture, and have some way to display the cultural/racial differences of the Norn and Sylvari. It’s such a shame to cover them up so much. Norn and Sylvari embroidery textures should reflect the cultures as well.

Asura and Charr have vastly different body types. It makes no sense to try to morph the same model to fit these races, and even less to have them share skin design. I can see the current embroidery designs on the Asura, but on the Charr they look quite out of place. Also, the Charr have such lovely fur patterns, why hide so much of it?

I chose the Ocelot pattern for my Charr. I think she’s so beautiful, but once the armor goes on, she looks pretty much the same as any of the other Charr females with that choice of face.
In regard to the skin, wouldn’t it make more sense to have a Glyphic style of embroidery for the Asura, a Celtic knot style for Sylvari, Scandinavian style florals or tribal knots?

Who is the VA for this NPC? She sounds a lot like Sonya Eddy.

For #1, I am also referring to the period of time after I have already killed something..the mob is dead, and my skill is still activating, and/or I am still in an active combat stance and unable to return to normal status for several seconds.

If my minions or summons are engaged with a mob, I should be able to either disengage them and deal with the mob myself, or leave them to it and disengage myself, from active combat. If I have no target, and nothing is targeting me, I should be able to exit combat status manually, instead of having to wait for the timer to run out before I can do things like map travel, or talk to a vendor.

1. Please give us a way to disengage combat mode. If I am no longer fighting something, or if I choose to let my minions/pet/summons deal with a mob while I make my escape, I should be allowed normal movement, including map travel.

2. Please make it so attacks stop once the target is dead. It’s very frustrating to have a skill continue for several seconds, even after the target is dead.

3. Please give us a way to self interrupt. I hate wasting CDs on dead targets.
Ex: I hit a skill, but another players attack kills the mob..my skill still goes off on a dead target, and now I need to wait for the skill to reset. A self interrupt would give me an opportunity to stop my action during the skill animation, and save my CD for another target.

Faze.6948:

Try doing some cooking discovery in Lion’s Arch. You’ll leave somehow certain that you should never let a wrong ripen into evil.

That one and the Steam Screamer in Hoelbrak are the only ones that really bug me. The LA Chef NPC because he (along with every other male Sylvari VA) sounds just like Trahearne (there is NO escape!), and the Hoelbrak Steam Screamer because she is incessant.

Well..I named mine. Just in my head tho ;P
My Flesh Golem is “Fred”, Shade is “Shadow”, Bone Fiend has no name yet. I’m thinking, maybe “Harvey”. The little Bone minions are the Bobsey Twins, and the Flesh Reaver from my weapon sigil is “Gladys”.

Oh! …and the teeny little jagged horrors are “Poppers”

Why yes; yes I am easily amused ;P

It seems rather deceptive not to do so. I list something for 30 silver, I pay a fee up front, but then it sells and I only get 27 silver? Why is this not stated up front? (unless I missed seeing it somewhere?)
Ex: “Expected profited after sale: _”

mercury ranique.2170:

Kitty,
It is very much doable and doesn’t require good reflexes or super coordination. You got a full 8 seconds to cross if you look at the flags and time it right. The problem I had was due to the fact that I was trying too hard and rushing things. Best thing is to close your eyes first and count to 8 in your head while imagining you are crossing it. You will see that you have plenty off time and shouldn’t be rushing it.

I finally did get it done. My problem is that I kelp losing time by having to reposition my camera so when I went to cross, I wouldn’t fall off by mis-stepping. I finally solved my problem by getting naked and grabbing a beer, lol. No more frustrating armor damage, and much reduced adrenaline jolt when I did fall, made it a lot easier to focus, lol.

I think Karma rewards would be a great addition for those that help out with PS missions.

That’s how it goes. I think that was the mission where I ended up removing all of my gear to get it done so the armor I’d just spend all my gold on wouldn’t all end up broken within 3 hours of purchase. The best skills I was able to use for missions like that (did this on my Necro) are the ones that I could keep moving while doing, and just spam conditions and debuffs/buffs everywhere, so the NPCs could take care of them. I did a lot of rezzing NPCs too. That helped a lot.

I think Meloncat has said it the best so far.

Side note: I keep trying to leave Trahearne for dead every time he dies in an instance, but the other NPCs keep reviving him, even that Norn Priory NPC that rezzes NOBODY..ever..except Trahearne.
I keep hoping if I can leave Trahearne dead, that I can have my Tybalt back.
I miss Tybalt. A lot!
Soaps bring characters back from the dead, and turn heroes into traitors all the time. It’s easy. #hinthinthintbegplead

If a person does not have the reflexes and coordination required to do this section of the story, they are pretty much stuck, and cannot continue. I’m about ready to just reroll my character so I can take up a different order. A shame, since I already have a lot invested in her.

Agreed! I loved him. I keep hoping we’ll find out he didn’t actually die.

But I didn’t get that. I chose the Priory NPC to help with the swamp mission. After that, the next part was to return to Divinity’s Reach and make the choice of Order. Only the Vigil and OoW were available as choices of orders to join. I’m very disappointed, as I had to choose the Vigil, since I already have an OoW character.

Oh! kitten Never Mind. I think I get it now TY

o_0; d-e-r-p is a forbidden forum word? *points at “kitten” in above sentence.

Hi, my Ranger just finished the rescue the children from the undead in the swamp story mission. I chose the Durmond Priory NPC to help with that. I was hoping to have her join the Durmond Priory when the choice came up at the next part of the story, but the only choices offered were Order of Whispers, or Vigil.

Did my prior choice to use the Priory method in the last mission now exclude the Priory from my choice of orders? When I did this on my Necro, I chose the Vigil’s method, and I thought I remembered being able to choose from all 3 (I chose OoW for her).