Guild Wars 2

Swift.1832:

Hm yeah something i miss from beta. those last hour big battle where you ran with one of the edge of destiny guys. was pretty neat

I missed that, but yeah, that’s exactly what I was talking about. Sounds wonderful

XD

I know what you’re saying, and like I said, I just played through this story line myself. However,

Esplen.3940:

With the first part, you can assume that it’s a future of the current reality where someone corrupted the minds of Shodd and Asura PC to convince them that Zojja is controlling and then they reach greatness by ignoring the governing rules of Asura. Key words, though: MY creations.

It could mean that the PC created these exact ones we see on the screen, not the entire concept, or their potential predecessors. (In the same way that creating a particularly awesome golem doesn’t make me the first ever golemancer and parent to all golemancy.)

Secondly, it could be anything from an exaggeration / bold claim to an outright lie.

Esplen.3940:

With the second part, you can tell that it’s not the current reality but a fragmented reality (assuming ours is the “real” reality) because if we killed ourselves, then how would we kill ourselves and that’s a philosophical debate for another day.

And nothing says that the steam creatures couldn’t have evolved in both “our” timeline and “theirs”, or that the timelines split after the initial creation of the first steam creatures.

Esplen.3940:

It’s interesting to note that they conquered Tyria, so that might mean that there is a much larger, stronger steam creature capable of defeating Elder Dragons.

It could also just be a timeline in which our living story event ultimately failed and Scarlet won. We don’t know what the Asura (N)PC means by “conquered Tyria”, and that that would have to include the dragons is an assumption on your part.

I am trying to decide which technological field to pick for my Asura character to study (for her background story and/or in case I ever decide to RP).

Which fields can you list off the top of your heads?

The obvious ones are

• golemancy
• teleportation and portal technology

Neither of the two really fit her character.

Then there is, I guess,

• messing with gravity (floaty things)
• messign with energy and state of matter (force fields / Asura “glass”)
• messing with living matter (shrinking, morphing, etc.)

… which ones did I miss?

Astral Projections.7320:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Hellsoul.6502:

Wait. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Experience_Scroll

My characters are at least one year old. I never received this scroll. Checked mail; no dice.

Guild Wars 2 went live on August 26th last year.

Today is August 12st.

Actually, I do believe today is August 21, for both of us. Unless you are in a VERY different time zone from everyone else. ^^

In my universe, August 12st is a thing.

But on a more serious note, I typo’ed on both dates, and that is a bit embarrassing, seeing as I was in the middle of smugly educating somebody.

Ayrilana.1396:

Fixed.

I know, I know, I edited! The shame!

Hellsoul.6502:

Wait. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Experience_Scroll

My characters are at least one year old. I never received this scroll. Checked mail; no dice.

Guild Wars 2 went live on August 28th last year.

Today is August 21st.

Nice try

Or maybe not:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

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For all we know, this could be how the steam ceatures first came into being, and the Asura player character just sent them back through time in the infinity ball story line. The PC’s dark version may claim to have created them, but that isn’t necessarily true (and I don’t even remember the NPC explicitly stating as much).

Source: just played through that personal story this week.

You mean this thread?

Esplen.3940:

Steam Creatures are created by PC Asura characters with the Infinity Ball choice. They come from the future of an alternate dimension.

I would like to point out that while the dark, alternate future PC Asura character with the Infinity Ball choice _does_ send back steam creatures, that doesn't mean that this character _created_ them, or is the only person involved in that creation process.

Lord Trejgon.2809:

good thing – sadly I’m affraid that there is not time to make this real

Yeah, but maybe next time… I think it’s safe to say that parts of Tyria will be invaded again, be it by karka, destroyers or whatever.

:)

I loved the old one and I have wondered the same. What drove the change?

Please look a this thread’s URL, at the top of your browser.

It ends in “forum/game/suggestions/Mounts-44”.

That means that there have been 43 other threads with this exact title (not counting threads wth variations of the title).

This should give you an idea. If not, you can always enter any number <44 into the address bar and read through the other threads.

:)

The new sort order is reflected in the top right corner, yes

Please read here
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/speech/Swift-Closer-1
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Swift-Closer-achievement-bugged

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

It’s worth noting that Aetherblade and Molten events to not count towards this.

When you complete your first portal event you get a 15 minute buff, you have to finish 4 more portal events before the buff runs out.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Very nice find. Also, the HUD says you can drag and drop achievements to re-order them, but I don’t seem to be able to do that. No biggie.

Go to your hero window —> achievements panel —> watchlist

There I can reorder my achievements via drag & drop. (Worked last night anyway, I did it pre-hotfix.)

Nice find.

I liked the GW1 zodiac weapons, and I like the GW2 zodiac weapon skins.

They’re not that different.

Yes, in many cases less is more, but in this case I like both the “less” and the “more” versions.

I espacially like the axe and dagger skin.

That is my impression so far anyway. I might be wrong.

Has anybody managed to mystic-forge 4 S1 minis into a S2 mini?

Darkbattlemage.9612:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Talonblaze.3175:

But yeah, I would like to see them a bit more involved. But this instance was a pretty short lived one to begin with and the difference between the Flame and the Frost and now is that they are representatives like most of the other races. So… them getting involved and a chance of dying wouldn’t go well with Kryta.
So, at least flavor wise that reason could satisfy some.

I’ll give you this for Rox, who was at the Jubilee in official capacity, but not for Braham (her +1) and certainly not for Thackeray, who is supposed to be fighting this exact fight (as Anise points out), and probably bring a few dozen Seraphs with him.

:)

Isn’t Rox eager to impress Rytlock for official recognition into the Stone Warband? How convenient that there just so happens to be a prime opportunity for her to raise the reputation of the Black Citadel, simply by lending a hand against Scarlet.

On a side note I actually liked them participating in the fight alongside me, even though Braham did prevent from me from stomping on the last two twisted minions.

I agree that Rox has perfect reason to join the zerg fest. Thanks for pointing it out

Actually, I love how Rox, Braham and Logan all have different reasons to join the fighting, and their individual lines could easily reflect this.

I just add my dailies and/or monthlies to the watchlist manually, so I have all the achievements I’m planning to work on in one big list.

It is more effort to manage the list though since completed dailies and monthlies don’t automatically vanish – I have to manually take them off the watchlist when I complete them just like any other achievement.

A hybrid would have worked better for me, but I can live with this workaround.

+1

Crazylegsmurphy.6430:

Had we all known that a few months later we could pick them up for 20 – 40g, I’m sure most of us wouldn’t have put in so much effort.

Something to consider, if the weapon skins wouldn’t have been marketed as exclusive (account bound), people would have farmed fo dragon coffers less, and fewer leftover weapon skins would be on the market now, so they wouldn’t necessarily be so cheap now.

Yeah, thinking that you have only one shot at getting a specific skin and overspending just to find out later that the rules were changed can suck. But players asked for the weapon tickets or skins to be tradable and got their way, and all things considered I’m happy with the change. It just came too late, it should have been implemented this way in the first place.

It’s nice that I am now able to see fellow players better (or more of them), but that was never my problem in PvE.

The problem is that half the time I don’t know what I’m shooting at. Like the ice pillars in the Claw of Jormag fight? Mostly invisible to me until the moment a golem crushes into them.

The problem really shows in the current zerg events, too – lots and lots of floating labels for me to attack.

:’-(

SAB for my birthday?

I would have liked an underwater pizza slice if only to spice things up.

But if the humans never had to fight an epic battle under water, then it doesn’t make too much sense… I guess you would have had to make something up or move part of the pirate fight under water.

I’m amazed that there is no pizza section with risen, seeing how it was the risen that stomped the Krytan capitol city into the ground (Old Lion’s Arch). I would have thought that they were more of a “challenge to humanity” than, say, the ogres or destroyers.

Talonblaze.3175:

But yeah, I would like to see them a bit more involved. But this instance was a pretty short lived one to begin with and the difference between the Flame and the Frost and now is that they are representatives like most of the other races. So… them getting involved and a chance of dying wouldn’t go well with Kryta.
So, at least flavor wise that reason could satisfy some.

I’ll give you this for Rox, who was at the Jubilee in official capacity, but not for Braham (her +1) and certainly not for Thackeray, who is supposed to be fighting this exact fight (as Anise points out), and probably bring a few dozen Seraphs with him.

:)

Love the cutscene.

You can’t join on your friends once the server is full, you’ll just get an error message telling you as much.

People were asking for large-scale open world battles and ANet delivered.

I personally could do without the zergs, but I do appreciate that ANet designed this whole thing for players who kept asking for it.

So one month we get instances, another month a dungeon, another month a zerg-fest… I can live with that. Not every single living story chapter can or has to appeal to every single player.

You mean to tell me that we’ve been trying to find out information about a super-villain named Scarlet… and all we would have had to do was to check the University of Rata Sum’s student register?

Just some input in case large scale open world zerg events become a thing.

In the instance, Rox and Braham were so eager to go and fight the baddies. Logan Thackeray was called out by Anise for not being out and hunting down Scarlet. It would have been awesome to actually fight alongside them on the battlefield.

In more detail, this would have been my approach:

• Add Rox, Braham and Logan Thackeray to every “battle map”, including overflows.
• Make them super tanky with very high armor/hitpoints so they don’t go down all the time.
• Make them do low or no damage. They’re not supposed to do the fighting for us, just keep us company.
• Make them shout lines so players notice that they are there.
• Make them spawn in different locations.
• After an event, have them run to the nearest active event that doesn’t have an NPC presence.

Firstly, it would help splitting up zergs.

Secondly, how cool would it be to communicate to your party members that you are “in the Rox zerg” or that you have spotted Logan near this or that waypoint? NPC spotting could become a thing.

Thirdly, it would draw attention of new players or players who haven’t yet actively participated in the living story towards current events (through the NPCs shouting their lines). Give the living story some more, or better, exposure. So they don’t just see the epic battle, they also see/hear a little bit of why it is happening.
Establish a visual presence of the living story’s characters (the story is supposed to be about the characters, right?)

It would be a little bonus for players who are in this for the story, connect to the NPCs, want to feel more immersed, etc. etc. and further connect the living story instances with the open world events.

Optionally, you could expand on this some more:

• Possibly add more Seraph or other NPCs actively partaking in the battle.
• Add achievements for fighting one event alongside each one of the living story NPC heroes.

What do you think?

It’s worth noting that Aetherblade and Molten events to not count towards this.

When you complete your first portal event you get a 15 minute buff, you have to finish 4 more portal events before the buff runs out.

Aaaaand after last night’s patch, just like that, the artifacts are gone again.

At this point I just sit back and enjoy the show, but I do hope that ANet don’t unfix it again in September

Nay of the Ether.8913:

Aeolus.3615:

Kiel hologram eyes looks like wan to pop out :S, very very scary face!

That’s what your eyes look like when you have no soul.

That’s what your eyes look like after a night of little sleep.

Wolfheart.1938:

What about champion loot increasing (or decreasing) the longer (shorter) it stays up? What I’m saying that like EXP people should be rewarded for doing champions that aren’t usually killed!

Like the inverse of our diminishing returns algorithm? I like that.

I’d suggest Engineer, purely because it has the most different ranged weapons (pistols, rifle and then ALL THE KITS) and facilitates very different playing styles. So your time levelling it is never wasted, you can just move on to another kit.

Just a tidbit of information here.

I always thought that King and Queen were gendered descriptions of the same job. A friend of mine from the UK educated me otherwise. In the UK at least, the King always outranks the Queen. The rank in ruling the monarchy goes King → Queen → the rest. King and Queen are not equal.

The current queen’s husband was never the king, and never will be. As he didn’t start out a monarch, but only married into the whole thing, his title is “prince”. But this is not how it works for a native king who marries.

So, no, legally, “King” and “Queen” don’t mean the same.

Olba.5376:

… I could go all linguistic philosophy on you, but I’d rather not do that.

Please do! I’m genuinely interested.

Vardainiel.3674:

Would a guy like to be called a woman’s title?

“Nurse” is a traditionally female job title that is now used for both genders, but there are very few examples this way around.

Main City Jumping Puzzles – full of grand ideas and wishful thinking!

You’re obviously got talent, why do you waste your time on the wii u? :p

Or they could be made so that only the owner hears them. Problem solved \o/

I’d love that something fierce.

That looks fun! I’d definitely love to see crossbows in game (always been a big fan), and especially as a great fit for engis.

So, all the thumbs up for the crossbows!

As long as Whips (click for all those awesome details!) get some love, too. It would be tough if I had to make a choice. <3

QUAGGAN

I agree that the broader discussion should probably move to a separate thread.

Fantastic Timez, as a woman who plays mainly female characters, I can’t contribute to your study, but I am grateful that you’re working on this. There have been a number of (varying quality) studies on women and gaming (gender roles, conventions, expectations, etc. etc.) and in the interest of a fair and complete picture, we should of course look at both genders. It feels ever so slightly weird to me to, for the first time, not be the one that the survey is addressed to, and I absolutely welcome it!

Are you playing on a North American or European server?
Welcome to Guild Wars

That would be SO nice.

Alternatively, a compact view.

I think this thread explains it the best.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/jubilee/The-Gauntlet-is

I would love to get one only IF it speaks. (I already find the talking Mini Kiel hilarious.) And I love Tara Strong’s cute Asura voice.

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