Guild Wars 2

Finally, at the last boss…the enemies we needed to kill didn’t spawn. Of all the times to bug out…

Warning: Minor complaints within.

No waypoints between the start and the second boss. Sigh. And before you ask, I couldn’t revive them in the same room without ghostly spiders eating my face off.

Didn’t know they had it in them.

Meh. They’re…ok, but they don’t really suit me. Same with the armor. It’s not bad, it just looks more like armor from a new dungeon rather than the (soon to be) strongest armor you can make. I’d probably just transmute them, since we can do that.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Vayne.8563:

The idea of the living story is that it’s a living story…Anet didn’t want to make it so people have to log in to follow the story. It was an intentional design decision so that people who came and went wouldn’t feel lost.

That doesn’t mean that big things can’t happen or won’t happen…but the living story was never supposed to further the main story or be the main story. If you expect it to, you’re bound to be disappointed.

Actually they did make it so that folks will have to log in.

That’s the entire point. They’re “spacing the story out” and will “tell it to us later” all these loose ends they have.

The sad thing, the living story is supposed to be the main story. But that takes a back seat to the fact that the living story is made to keep people logged on as much as physically possible.

This. Completely. I’ve stopped caring about it all together. At least the next one doesn’t involve that invasive weed, but she’ll be back eventually. (sighs)

She’s had her chance to impress/intimidate, and she squandered it completely by the end of Clockwork Chaos. Most of the things she’s accomplished are just nonsensical and seem to just ignore the lore regarding them. She’s supposedly so smart, yet her only real victory so far was indirectly killing one Captain on the Lion’s Arch Council, which became pointless in the long run. Supposedly she’s got a bigger plan, but all I’ve seen is “hey let’s kill everyone” from her endeavors so far.

Fafnir.5124:

Nilkemia.8507:

Shiren.9532:

Zhaitan killed Tybalt Leftpaw. Checkmate.

And Forgal and Seiran. Well, his minions did it, but still more or less it was Zhaitan. Triple Checkmate. Scarlet hasn’t killed anyone important.

Everyone is forgetting that she killed 10-50k people in the pavilion by bombing the only escape rout. So she killed a kittenload of people. Npcs should matter and be greater motivation for players to decapitate her giggling head off.

10,000 to 50,000 people in the pavilion? (If you’re using that K=1,000) Where are you getting these numbers? I don’t think there were even a thousand in there. That last bomb was just where Logan happened to be at the moment from what I saw, and only the bunch right around him got taken out (save for the one he managed to use aegis on). Around a dozen at best?

In that case, Zhaitan still wins due to killing far more at Claw Island. That’s not even counting all those who died when Lion’s Arch got flooded just by him waking up and rising Orr in the process, or all those the Risen have managed to kill in other attacks.

I noticed that the Legendary rank icons (The purple circle badges) on the Destiny’s Edge characters are gone now. Guess they realized that was really silly when said NPCs couldn’t even handle a regular veteran despite being supposedly legendary. Still, wish they had actually made them more useful and stronger. Seriously..

nethykins.7986:

I’ll just…leave this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU9H7zaD6zs

I don’t know whether to laugh or to sigh at that.

Neat. Not my thing, since my necromancer’s a sylvari, but still nice.

While underwater combat isn’t that popular right now, this is still a good question, since the Aether-mare weapons are just the Nightmare ones with some blue glow added to them, and the Nightmare set had underwater weapons.

Vayne.8563:

But your “logic” isn’t being used to solve what seems to be a significant problem. Mine is.

And what problem is that? Berserkers killing faster than other stat types? You don’t say. Not sure if serious.

champ.7021:

no no no no no

Koptev, is that you? :o

Following this logic:

Two or more guardians using symbols should cause feedback loops if they overlap, making the seals damage and debuff anyone on them along with strengthening them.

Bomb and grenade explosions hit enemies and allies alike.

Bouncing attacks from a mesmer’s staff and greatsword hurt allies as well as giving them boons, and vice versa to enemies.

Thieves’ Caltrops and Poison Gas skills also cripple, bleed, and poison allies. Their Blinding Powder and Smoke Screen blind allies as well as enemies.

Ranger’s Healing Spring also heals enemies and is useless in very dry areas. Also, their axe bounces hit allies too.

Elementalists’ AoE hits friendlies too..

Same with Warriors…

Hmm, need I go on?

Answer: Interesting idea, but no thanks.

As interesting as this could be, there are probably a lot of things that could bug or mess up from this.

Some are hoping the Mad King kicks her out of the Living Story. Others think she may be his pawn. (I’m hoping on the former.)

This has potential, but I’ll wait and see.

While I don’t want to get the shield, it looks neat and I think it should come back.

Also, the waves come only one at a time, prolonging the time it takes to clear it enough for Scarlet to come out. Presumably they did it to reduce the farming, but it just means most invasions will fail more from a lack of interest as well.

Who’s Cannith? Also, it doesn’t look like Cannach either.

Shiren.9532:

A wall of text pointing out how nonsensical Scarlet is.

This. All of this. +10.

With the exception of some friendly dredge in Frostgorge Sound and the ones you help in Sorrow’s Embrace, the majority of the dredge are xenophobic and would never work for a half insane sylvari without something big in it for them. The story of Sorrow’s Embrace was much better, showing Kudu managing to work with them by appealing to their desire for more power and giving them technology to sick them on the rest of Tyria.

In fact, the Flame and Frost arc seems to imply that all we did to help the friendly dredge in Sorrow’s Embrace was for nothing, since either they failed to stop the corruption of the moletariate or became just as corrupt afterwards, and decided to work with another bad guy faction again, this time with the Flame Legion, who are known for enslaving their own kind, and dislike females. These two vastly different factions aligning was already implausible from what we know about both of them, and both of them just being okay with working under Scarlet with nothing good to gain from it(that we know of) is utterly nonsensical.

Then the Aetherblades. Where is she getting all of these recruits from? Do they willingly join or do they consist of people she just kidnaps? What to they get from working for her that they can’t get some other way? She claims they do it because they like living, but I fail to see that as a valid reason when she sends them off to die by the hundreds in invasions and in the bases that keep getting raided.

And now the Nightmare Court. I thought Scarlet was trying to avoid the whole Dream vs. Nightmare dichotomy, and that was part of what made her choose her path. Apparently that was quickly forgotten, because she’s working with/has a deal with them now.

Remember that talk of the Dream and Nightmare, Caithe and Faolain, all being part of a bigger design for the sylvari, and how she’s supposedly trying to change the rules? (at least for herself) What happened to all that? I thought Twilight Assault might at least give us an inkling of what her bigger goals might be, but instead, more gimmicky bosses, more annoying trash, and ooohhh, Caithe’s got a secret, but I’m not telling!

Scarlet’s been around too long now to not be working into her bigger plan by now. She’s had her chance to intimidate/impress me, and squandered it completely by the end of Clockwork Chaos.

This kind kind of villain can work, but it’s been done already, and better. There are plenty of other threats we could be dealing with that are more dangerous and interesting than her.

Sigh. They really need to alter how the rewards work.

I know PvP and PvE are separate modes, but Rank 60 for Tier 1 is just ludicrous compared to how easily they can be obtained outside of that.

I saw a huge thread complaining about people farming to Rank 50 in 2 weeks, but when I see how much trouble it is just for one piece I want, I can’t really fault the farmers for finding a way to do it faster.

I probably won’t do it, since I don’t enjoy PvP enough for that.. sigh.

….I hope not, at least not for Tier 1 boots that I could buy with 34 silver from the Tier 1 merchant.

I’ve done some looking on the PvP reward listings, and apparently it comes from Shark chests…at rank 60 and up.

Why so high up just for Tier 1 cultural gear? I could see Tier 2 being that high, but I think that Tier 1 gear should be obtainable at Rank 30. That would seem better. With how long it takes to gain rank, it makes no sense for Tier 1 gear to require that much.

Sigh…

Specifically, the Tier 1 cultural light boots for asura. I want them because they’re the only boots that match well with me and cover my toes. So I’d like to know specifically where they can be gotten.

The wiki has no page for them.

If the rewards are good enough to make them consider consecutive runs.

Uh oh, it’s this thread again, and I have no popcorn!

Yep. Amazing how much they hyped this up and at the end of the day, we accomplish little more than killing more pirates and gimmicky bosses. So really, just go watch a video or read up on the wiki if you want to see what little “story” there is.

Tommyknocker.6089:

Nilkemia.8507:

I second this. Along with some pants for the light armor users! I don’t care for all those skirts..

Especially when you’re playing a male sylvari!

I play only female sylvari and I still don’t like it! I have to go with the Embroidered Pants since they have the least skirt, all the other pants have robes/skirts around them.

Yes. Please. There are times I wish I had done different choices for some of my characters, or at least got to see the other choices. After completing the Source of Orr, you could get a fractal portal or NPC to interact with in your home instance to replay story missions and see the different choices you didn’t make the first time around, or even change to choices you like more for that character.

Well, the Order of Whispers and Vigil were helping out during the fighting with the Molten Alliance. And back during the Shadow of the Mad King (which is apparently part of the living story, at least according to the wiki), there was something with the Durmand Priory trying to find out about the Mad King. Besides that though, the Living Story has acted like they don’t exist, which doesn’t feel right.

Not lore-friendly? Warmaster Efut disagrees.

Apparently some Inquest have fantasies of violating him.

Remember progeny: violating a golem is a crime too. Unless they try to do it to you first.

Not worth the trouble, from what I’ve read.

Agreed. They have plenty of things from GW2 itself they could be expanding upon, not to mention all the myriad things from GW1. Even if Cantha and Elona aren’t counted..

Hey, Account bound Nightmare weapons don’t seem bad at all. Saves you some tokens, no? Still, would be nice to get the exclusive weapons more I guess.

From what I’ve read, the Aether chests mainly give green items, which isn’t good at all considering the length of that path.

Key pieces don’t seem to be really rare, and you can buy them at about 3 silver a piece(the last time I checked anyway) Still, that’s annoying that even they have a bug.

It’s clearly meant as a curse. There are no indications of the Sons of Svanir working with/for Scarlet, and I’m sure they never would.

smekras.8203:

there was a thread about the Sons of Svanir. can’t find it now but the basic idea was that while they abide by hoelbrak’s rules, it is in norn culture to tolerate them

Ah okay. So just as long as they don’t try murdering anyone there, they’re fine.

I give up. This is a waste of time. You misinterpret and twist my words, seemingly on purpose. I try to humble myself and you insult me further.

If a moderator is actually out there, by all means close this thread now. There’s nothing further to gain from this rambling.

Aye.8392:

bromi.7809:

Is it me or people didn’t read her short story at all?
Scarlett is, of course, a 100% plagiat on Harley quinn, but it’s good enough for the game level. Its not like we had a proper made character after Rurik anyway.

Palawa Joko anyone? He was over the top too, but in a much better way.

Palawa Joko seems like he would be a good Personal Nemesis, at least for people who played Nightfall, because his conquest of Elona is partly due to the fact that we let him out (to save the world admittedly) and never seal him away again, making it more personal because it was a result of our actions.

Or, at least it feels that way to me. I never played any of the first Guild Wars.

PopeUrban.2578:

Favorite part of the new path?

How much Caithe hates Scarlet for no reason at all.

I think this is going to become a running gag “Scarlet? Man she’s annoying. I hate that chick.”

Well, if some invasive weed I only met once and didn’t care for then came back, mailed me a challenge, and then claimed to know my secrets, I’d hate them too. Especially when said weed loves to hear herself screech and needs half a dozen holograms for just one room or corridor in her facility.

“My vanity is the only vanity allowed here!”

And like you said, her personality is much more fitting of a minion or decently ranked henchman, but not the boss of the whole thing.

“Arrow Cart. Kill.”

Answer: Depending on what you’re looking at specifically, yes and no.

MastaNeenja.1537:

I think most of the people complaining don’t actually do dungeons they are the LS crowd (meaning they mostly do open world PVE) that got pulled into a dungeon.

This. Rather bad planning to have a hard dungeon be featured as the new thing to do for people who may not even be into dungeons.

Well, thanks. At least I should get to see what little story there is….

Well, not quite. turns out they skipped a cutscene or two, and I didn’t get to see the confrontation between Holo-Scarlet and Caithe, which was supposed to be of that new cutscene style like the Faren and Marjory ones, or so was my impression. Still, at least Caithe didn’t get turned evil or have something awful done to her by Scarlet.

It’s clear to me now that I’m just second rate at even PVE. Can’t do PvP or WvW well, so I thought I’d at least gotten good at this. I’ll just stick to what I can do.

Locuz.2651:

So i guess you think you are a lot better than i am, since you expected to do it a lot faster? I know im quite casual, but there is no need to act like an elitist like that.

I don’t recall ever typing once that I was better, or thought I was better, than anyone else on these forums. Ever. Feel free to find a post where I said that, and I’ll correct my mistake.

- You agree with a thread that discusses proper morals and values within a dungeon setting. Yet you come to the come to the forums after ragequitting a dungeon and write a post demanding the dungeon to be changed or the devs to be fired.

And those contradict each other how exactly? There’s no connection here.

I like the opening post because they point out certain terms people use quite a bit here, as well as pointing out that people shouldn’t be judged solely by their class, but by their skill and how well they work with the others in a dungeon.

Nice to see you completely ignored that I tried more than once, tried different things, had some measure of perseverance and only gave up after most of the others did anyway. And I didn’t demand the dungeon change/firing, I said it should happen. But I already know it won’t, so no point demanding. Quit twisting my words.

Its funny how you talk about woodenpotatoes in your own thread and how his video only describes the lore. There where a few statements he made that describe the difficulty and what he thinks about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySyHANB2xo

Starts at 3.28. (for some reason the forum doesnt want to include my time added to it.)

That doesn’t even have anything to do with this thread at all. Are you just trolling now? (In before this gets infracted and removed by a bot moderator for questioning that.)

I didn’t demand instant success, which is why I gave 3 attempts to this path, and only gave up after too many consecutive losses and too many others just leaving/ragequitting.

I complimented this thread because I agree with a good amount of the opening post, nothing more.

A learning experience doable for everyone? I think you’re referring to the Molten Facility. A pity that one is coming back in Fractals of the Mists.

More reasons this encounter shouldn’t have been done. Making our survivability rely on the actions of NPCs had already been considered stupid. Doing it now with enemies was just blatantly designed to make it unnecessarily harder. And go figure it bugs too. For all I know, that might’ve been what messed up my runs too, but I was too busy trying not to die from everything else to notice.

Wonderful. Making more annoying gimmicks for bosses? Okay to them. Making sure said gimmicks don’t bug out and mess you up? Nope, didn’t need to do that!

Are you surprised? It was inevitable. There are other world bosses, easier to get them. Although, they’re more tedious than before too..

The Inquest are on good terms with the Arcane Council to an extent (one of the Council being a member, and the head of the council possibly being in their pocket as well).

As for the Sons of Svanir…I don’t really get why the other norn let them hang out so close, but the Sons behave themselves there at least. (Better than they normally do, anyway.)

Maybe somebody’s done this…but…

Here’s to that overly enthused explosives expert. May you rest in peace.

Is it sad that I think this guy is more memorable to me than the likes of Rox, Braham, or most we encounter in the Living Story?

Thanks for the feedback on that. Just to be clear, I don’t dislike Trehearne so much as I dislike how they just shove him into the story and didn’t try to integrate him into it before meeting him on Claw Island.

He could’ve turned out to be our herald, telling us about the dungeons. He could’ve shown up with the Order representatives while you’re still choosing an order, trying to get them to work together and even help you during that.

While I don’t regard him with hatred, I can see why many do.

As for him turning evil…well, right now I just can’t see a good motive for him doing so, given what we know about him. He could get forcibly corrupted by Nightmare, but other than that, doesn’t seem like the kind of guy that would turn against you.

Shelledfade.6435:

..and got 1 GREEN item out of each aether chest. Lol.

Why would I go through that much hassle again for such crap rewards?

No good answer for that. I wouldn’t either.

Azure Prower.8701:

I thought people went into dungeons because they were challenging and fun.

No. I did it for the skins/stats I wanted, and I’m very certain I’m not alone on that.