Guild Wars 2

All three are considered ‘unique’ maps even though their layout is identical.

You will need to complete all three for 100% world completion.

Yes, this is a problem for some people depending on the server they are on.

Probably not activated in game yet.

There was a swift utility infusion data-mined also, but no one has seen it in game yet either.

The extra +5 stats are not really worth it, imho.

+5 precision is not much at all considering you need +21 precision at level 80 in order to get a 1% increase in critical chance.

Infusing rings in the MF is fairly cheap. But you do need shards/globs/vials of mist essence which can only be found in the FOTM. If you can, I would at least infuse these first.

The backpiece costs 250 globs of ecto to infuse and I don’t feel it is worth that cost either.

Accessories and amulets can not be infused right now. They might be able to get infused sometime in the future though.

If this is happening on a character that is ‘parked’ at the event and that character is not doing anything else, it could be DR kicking in.

I remember reading about DR affecting events like the dragons and such if you were parked there.

Yeah, pretty much the same as before the buff. But now, you will actually be rewarded for doing an event the first time every day. Not ONLY crap.

The Jan/Feb/March patches surely don’t seem anywhere near an expansion’s worth of content to me. Guess I shouldn’t of had my expectations up there either.

And maybe I shouldn’t have been too lazy or ignorant and read up on Flame and Frost. But these ‘teasers’ have done nothing to ‘tease’ me and peak my interest. That is the whole point of a teaser isn’t it? To peak your interest?

I might consider the legendary shield, but the verdant shield just looks too good with my Sylvari Engineer. Don’t think I’ll ever replace that skin!

On a side note, I didn’t think it would but the Quip looks really good on my Sylvari Engineer. And as cheesy as I thought it was, it kinda grows on you.

Melting enemies down one minute with the flamethrower, shooting daisies and confetti at their corpse the next!

I believe you can log in with an ALT and still get the chest, just not the guaranteed rare.

And yes, if you have one level 80 character you can still do all the events and nothing will change for you.

My guild gives gold on a regular basis during guild events. We also sometimes give out minis.

Been wondering about some other ideas lately myself.

Hate to say this, but not much there really peaks my interest. The Flame and Frost story line has been a huge disappointment to me, and this ‘living story’ just doesn’t seem to exist. Sounds like there might be some good additions for WvW, finally, but I don’t play WvW enough to be excited over it.

Man, I hate to be THAT guy who just complains. But, meh. It is what it is.

Oh, and the addition of three new bounties? Great.. now my guild has to try to find 18 bounties before we start the guild bounty mission. We are not that big and have a hard time finding half of them now.

You will still get loot from the chests, and yes you will still have that chance for a rare or exotic.

But unless these chests themselves were buffed, they will be like the pre patch chests. Which was a rare every once in a great while. Exotics were even more unheard of. These type of chests, in my and many other’s opinions, were not worth the effort.

And it goes without saying that the time right after the daily reset is one of the busiest times of day. For ANY activity in game. So yes, the events will be more crowded during this time than other times of the day.

But I still believe we will notice a decrease in the amount of guesting people showing up to events. Which will translate to fewer overflows. And contrary to what some of you believe, there are some servers where guesting is causing a lot of the overflows.

^ This is probably the case most of the time people claim not to have gotten rares.

That said, I can confirm that in some cases people are not getting a ‘guaranteed rare’. Hasn’t happened that often at all. Not enough for me to complain or be sore over. But it does happen.

Oh, and as far as the OP, while I despise people who use the guesting system to abuse the guaranteed rares and get multiple chests on ALTs, I do not believe they should be punished for it. They are simply using the system ANet put in place. I’m glad they are fixing the debacle they caused.

Now, if people were able to guest to another server and get another chest on ONE character, this would be an exploit and I say let the ban hammer drop.

Um, guesting is not the real issue.

But guesting is making the real issue more of a problem.

Being able to guest to server hop and get multiple ‘guaranteed rares’ is the problem. The problem didn’t exist when guesting was introduced because people were not server hopping to get these chests.

The fix coming in the next patch will fix the real issue, people wanting to guest to do multiple events on ALTs. Guesting is a good thing, and I’m glad it is remaining untouched.

Anyone who claims the overpopulated events are just from everyone on each server showing up to their own events is mistaken. While there has been a dramatic increase in ‘natives’ showing up for events, there has also been a dramatic increase in ‘illegal aliens’ showing up as well. This is due to the guesting, but guesting is NOT the real issue.

The fix in the next patch SHOULD fix most of the real issue. Seems like a great fix by ANet in my eyes.

I can confirm that I have twice since the patch not gotten a ‘guaranteed rare’ from a couple of these chests. That being said, I’m not complaining because the loot has made these events worth doing again.

I’m just confirming that this does happen. Remember, they once said that champions were fixed and were guaranteed to drop loot… we all know how that turned out.

Vagabond.9037:

On Fort Aspenwood we have had it bugged for a couple of days now. The wiki says there is no tie in to the Brenda Escort event, but Brenda is bugged on our server and is just standing still with no way to activate her. Need to maybe check if there is indeed a link to the Shadow Behemoth someplace.

Not to be a wise guy, but based on the comments here, protecting the brew shipment (Brenda Escort) mission is most definately tied to the Shadow Behemoth spawning.

This is why I hate having a user editted wiki as the official source of information on a game. It obviously needs updating in this case.

^ That isn’t a bad idea really.

Thanks to guild bounties, I go there at least 1-2 times a week now.

Not much there, however, since the Rich Ori was turned off. Still a couple ori and ancient wood nodes though. Nice if you are farming that stuff. Along with the mithril and elder wood.

At least people will be able to do events on their own home server now instead of being pushed into overflow thanks to the greedy ‘illegal aliens’ guesting. Bye-bye guys.. it wasn’t fun having you.

Everyone is still guaranteed their loot at least once, so I stand by my comments. Awesome change.

Awesome change. Great solution. Instead of limiting the chest to once per day per account, they are only limiting the ‘guaranteed rare’ to once per day per account. The rest of the loot in the chest can be had multiple times per account (using alts).

Bye bye to the illegal aliens.

And yes, I have done some of these events recently and not received the ‘guaranteed rare’ like I should have. This has only happened a couple times for me. Loot is still good and rewarding so I can’t complain. Just a confirmation that it does indeed happen.

Another ‘ignorant’ response about an actual problem that someone evidently doesn’t really comprehend and their only suggestion is to leave the servers to die, and crowd the other servers more.

The problem is more than just T8, it is just a bigger problem with T8.

Mystic forging ANY item creates an entirely new item. Mystic forging an ascended ring to create an ascended ring (infused) creates an entirely new item. The entirely new item will not have the infusion slot filled, regardless of whether or not the infusion slot was filled with the initial ring.

I know a lot of people do not like this mechanic, but it is working as intended.

Based on Colin’s comments about doing enough damage to qualify for loot, I’ll stick to my belief that being in a party helps qualify me for more loot. Party damage does count towards your qualification for loot so you should end up with more chances at loot, thus more loot.

But I hear plenty of people doubt the party theory. To each, his own.

They have relaxed the qualifications for loot so it should be easier now than before for an individual to get more loot. But I doubt it would still be better than being in a party.

Obviously, SF deserved to move down to T8 and fill the void left by a departing Kaineng.

But no server should be stuck in the mire of T8. Every server should have the reasonable opportunity to move up or down. Not be stagnant.

A server who wins for 8-10 weeks straight (especially with dominating wins) should be allowed to move up and test their skill at the next level. Even if Glicko doesn’t agree.

I’d hate it for HoD if they did move down to T8 and faced the same issue SF is now facing. Which would very likely happen to them if they do move down.

You are correct. That should have read ‘you will be eligible to get loot’.

There are plenty of times enemies do not drop loot even if you are eligible.

FilthyRat.4652:

Mad Rasputin.7809:

The real issue is how SF can continue to dominate like this for weeks upon weeks, and still have no chance to move into T7.

It seems most weeks they even lose overall points despite dominating. How long does a server have to dominate a tier before it gets a chance to move up? The ratings system is broken.

This is not true if you look at the history….the problem was when we landed in T8 the scores of the other teams were so low.

Um, I believe that is what I was trying to say. No matter how high SF dominates in the weekly matchup, they have very little chance of moving out of Tier 8 because their overall ranking can still drop.

That wasn’t a dig at SF. It was an observation about the ratings system. And yes, ET and FC having such low scores when SF got here is a lot to do with the problem.

Any server like SF who dominates for this many weeks should not be penalized because they are stuck in the Glicko Ghetto. It really does have a lot to do with the servers in T8 having to previously face two giants in DR and Kaining who both had problems themselves escaping T8. ET & FC scores are so low now, it makes moving out of T8 a near impossibility for SF.

What more can SF possibly do to move up to T7? Not a whole lot in reality. SF dominates the weekly matches. It is not their fault they are stuck, but it surely is a travesty.

The real issue is how SF can continue to dominate like this for weeks upon weeks, and still have no chance to move into T7.

It seems most weeks they even lose overall points despite dominating. How long does a server have to dominate a tier before it gets a chance to move up? The ratings system is broken.

I believe many people are delusional about the competiveness of T8 servers.

That said, I’m sure Jade Quarry would hand us a new one if we faced them.

It is normal. Not 100% this is intended, but it is normal.

Recycle is right. Your parties total damage is used to determine if you did enough damage to qualify for loot. And as long as you ‘tagged’ an enemy and your party does enough damage, you will get loot.

So, more times than not, it is better to be in a group to get the maximum amount of loot possible.

I’ve heard of similar stories.

One other thing I have heard is that you sometimes can’t access guild vendors/banks if you are not on that guild’s home server. Not sure if you are on a different server or guesting somewhere.

I have seen an increase in the number of bots over the last two weeks.

Probably has a lot to do with it.

It really is crazy that a ‘dungeon’ like fractals that takes 45 minutes minimum and up to an hour and a half average to complete does not count towards guild influence.

It is more difficult that some, and definately longer than most other dungeons out there.

Why shouldn’t you get influence for this content is the question?

Leveling an Alt is a good source of skill points.

Running WvW zergs for exp/karma is another good source.

Fractals is another good source also. Costs 35 fractal relics for a skill point, which is fairly cheap.

Confirming it was stalled yesterday on Ferguson’s Crossing. Haven’t logged in this morning, so I don’t have any further update.

http://dulfy.net/2013/01/07/gw2-fractal-of-the-mists-fotm-guide/

According to this guide, there are 8 chickens.

I absolutely hate having to go to the ‘wiki’ for official game information like this. The wiki is user edited, and I have spotted numerous mistakes in it in the past. I guess these mistakes in the wiki are officially correct??

It is just pure laziness that there is not a true ‘official’ spot for this information. I have to rely on secondhand information that anyone can change on a whim.

Lots of people have noticed that lower level fractals appear to drop the same or better loot than higher level fractals. That includes me.

Official response is.. it’s just RNG.

I believe most if not all of the Balthazar pre events will give Large Moldy Bags. Like most of the risen on Straits of Devastation.

Malchor’s Leap and Cursed Shore seem to be the area to be for the Heavy Moldy Bags.

The pre event for Arah is a great one! I forgot all about that because it has been a few weeks since I have farmed anything. I’ll have to remember that for tonight.

This has been happening more and more lately since January patch. Prior to that, there were isolated reports of this happening.

It takes into account your PvP gear. It is only a graphical error and you are not getting the added benefit from your PvP gear while in PvE. If you equip only one, it will appear like you have 7 of 6 equiped but you in reality have only one and will only get the benefits from one.

It is a long standing bug.

^ What he said. Before the patch you could farm these events and ‘tag’ wave after wave of risen and get tons of heavy moldy bags. Now, these events will ‘scale’ with the number of players participating and champion level risen will appear. This slows down the amount of loot you would otherwise have gotten. These events are on a 10-20 minute timer, and if you are lucky you can run from one event, to the next, to the next, and then rinse and repeat.

And yes, there still are other sources of heavy moldy bags. But the Pent/Shelter/Jofast chain was an excellent source for lots of continuous bags and that has been slowed.

You can still get a good amount of heavy moldy bags by farming other events in Orr.

The heavy moldy bags were an excellent source of T6 materials until the last patch. They still are, but the Pent/Shelter events where you could gain a whole stack of these fast were buffed with champions. This slows down the accumulation of heavy moldy bags if you are farming them at these events.

Still, they are probably one of the best sources for T6 materials right now.

I believe Piken Square is the EU unofficial RP server.

That link will show you the classes that can use the scepter.

Guardian
Elementalist
Mesmer
Necromancer

Take a look at the cost of a precise infusion vs a versatile precise infusion:

Precise Infusion:
250 Passion Flowers
100 Vicious Claws
50 Philsopher’s Stones
20 Mystic Coins

Versatile Precise Infusion:
100 Passion Flowers
250 Vicious Claws
100 Philsopher’s Stones
50 Mystic Coins

That is where the difference is. And only the amulets are available with a utility slot at the moment.

Personally, the extra +5 stat is not worth the cost. I’ll stick with my cheap +5 AR versatile simple infusion for now.

The engineer’s toolkit wrench is really their only source of true melee. It is not bad, coupled with the prybar, but engineers are not that great at melee.

But engineers can put out some DPS and condition damage. Lots of AoE means lots of enemies going down. While AoEs only hit 5 enemies max, I can constantly hit quite a bit more than that per attack. With coated bullets, the first target I hit has a chance to process an AoE effect from my sigil of fire. Then the next one has another chance. I routinely see 10-15 enemies in a mob getting tagged by me at once.

They are pretty good soldiers in their own right.

Usually this is due to being attacked while harvesting. It could also be you were ‘stuck’ in combat and that caused the ruined ore.

Those two issues aside, it does appear there is a random bug with this as I have heard several people in the past claim they were not in any form of combat and they have had this happen.

Tarnished Coast is the unofficial RP server in the US.