Guild Wars 2

Defeat the Risen pirate Captain Rotbeard aboard Death’s Anthem near the very south WP in Cursed Shores.

• Large unique looking chest
• Chest actually causes Captain Rotbeard to appear
• Defeating the champion boss ‘Captain Rotbeard’ is an event in itself, nothing more—nothing less
• This occurs in the Open world, it is probably not as farmed as a majority of other more conveniently located Places (particularly anywhere—BUT an ’ol Pirate Ship infested with undead orrians)
• I noticed after I finished Soloing Rotbeard (MUCH easier to do if you kite him to the ship’s deck), there was another chest: a ‘splendid chest’ ( the round orrian kind ) that was near the Larger Chest the boss appears from. NOTE: I am not sure if the chest was already there -OR- if it appeared after the Rotbeard Event.

Let me preface by saying there seem to be very nice (no-clip) focus options in-game
http://i.imgur.com/tYkJb.jpg

however some of exotic foci seem to have very uninteresting unsheathed positions:
http://imgur.com/hFQFk

This is an exotic focus ‘Flux Matrix’, and as you can see, it’s phased into my forearm. It would be nice if you guys went the lil extra mile to polish details like these on items that are intended to be cosmetic.

SoA Bubble:

myself and another guardian from the guild I’m in tried many different test to gauge the distance of the push-back distances for the different size shields.

I can confirm they are all the same push-back distance.

If an an asura guardian uses his SoA bubble in the center of the target golems, and then a norn uses his SoA bubble—You will see the target golems go a further distance.

However, this has nothing to do with bubble size—rather it has to do with a fixed pushback distance on the shield (ie there is no control in your test)

Simply put, if a guardian uses a push-back on foe at position (1)
\_ foe is now at position (2) but is still in range of a second push-back
\_ if pushed by a second SoA, foe will be pushed to position (3)

Our method for determining the actual bubble ‘size’ and its sphere of influence for knocking enemies back involved:

Both starting at a max range from target golem, using the ability & inching our way closer until it did hit (and push-back).

both of our SoA push-back effects effected a distant foe at the same point, with the larger shield providing no extra push-back reach or knock-back distance.

Furthermore, we tested the ‘actual size’ distance of the combo field with projectile finisher moves. Bullets just outside the tiny Asura bubble will still trigger a combo projectile finisher, ergo the bubbles are the same despite their aesthetic differences.

Hmm….myself and another guardian from the guild I’m in tried many different test to gauge the distance of the push-back distances for the different size shields.

I can confirm they are all the same push-back distance.

If an an asura guardian uses his SoA bubble in the center of the target golems, and then a norn uses his SoA bubble—You will see the target golems go a further distance.

However, this has nothing to do with bubble size—rather it has to do with a fixed pushback distance on the shield (ie there is no control in your test)

Simply put, if a guardian uses a push-back on foe at position (1)
\_ foe is now at position (2) but is still in range of a second push-back
\_ if pushed by a second SoA, foe will be pushed to position (3)

Our method for determining the actual bubble ‘size’ and its sphere of influence for knocking enemies back involved:

Both starting at a max range from target golem, using the ability & inching our way closer until it did hit (and push-back).

both of our SoA push-back effects effected a distant foe at the same point, with the larger shield providing no extra push-back reach or knock-back distance.

Furthermore, we tested the ‘actual size’ distance of the combo field with projectile finisher moves. Bullets just outside the tiny Asura bubble will still trigger a combo projectile finisher, ergo the bubbles are the same despite their aesthetic differences.