Guild Wars 2

Arden.7480:

I didn’t understand this, because I didn’t know this word.

Thanks for answers.

Charade is the act of pretending to be someone else. They are (presumably) saying they are putting a stop to whoever is pretending to be Lazarus

They are not going to spend years building up Aurene, only to kill her off so suddenly and quickly. I don’t think you need to fear – Aurene is part of the long game I expect.

Stitch.1794:

Konig Des Todes.2086:

• At 0:51 there’s a brand new green-destroyer model, as well. There may be more, finally some diversity in destroyers.

As to Lazarus “definitely being not Lazarus” – I wouldn’t be so sure. The PC’s lines are, after all, created from an incomplete perspective that we players know more about (that being that Lazarus can physically exist without all his aspects). All the lines prove is that the artifact did indeed have an aspect of Lazarus, if we take them at face value.

And whoever Lazarus truly is, it would seem that Kasmeer’s surprised by it (if the lines-to-imagery is giving an accurate depiction). Which if so implies Kasmeer knows something about his true identity (that is: knows who the person pretending to be Lazarus is, not that they were pretending to be Lazarus).

Something this reminded me of (which may or may not be completely irrelevant here) is some of the dialogue from Hidden Arcana, where Marjory and Kasmeer are surprised by, but seem to recognise, who gave the Master of Peace the egg – something that’s not really been revisited since, nor has it been revealed who they though it was.

It reminded me in the same way too, not that i can find much plausability in any potential link mind you.

As said, it is not the finale coming up. It’s the penultimate episode

Arden.7480:

Randulf.7614:

It cant be

kk, but where’s a hiccup?!? I am really disappointed

No more Kasmeer’s hiccuping? Pls it cant be true..

We haven’t gone back to a lot of that stuff – the hiccupping, the reading minds…

..yet

It cant be

Looks like it’s now on sale

Amaimon.7823:

In my opinion, Wizards Tower should stay a mystery, because in all honesty, it’s all it has, If they open up the Wizards Tower it will become a “normal” place and we will forget about it as we forget every special place in Tyria, it’s aura of mystery is the only reason we like it.

Precisely, this

Bry.8140:

’she’s on the way, what should we do?’

Who is ‘she’?

I think it’s “he’s” on the way, rather than “she’s”, at least it is when I listen to it. I assumed they meant Lazarus is coming.

Amaimon.7823:

Randulf.7614:

Amaimon.7823:

Randulf.7614:

Who is Kyle?

Kyle is the brother of Kasmeer who get her entire generation of Meade’s into the sewer. he was originally only a theoretical character to give Kasmeer a tragic background, but this is a good window to actually use him for the story.

That would a terrible way to bring in a character the vast majority of the playerbase has never really heard of. To build all this up and it to be essentially a nobody, would be a huge anti-climax and let down.

You’re the vast majority of the playerbase? not my fault you don’t read dialogue

No I’m not nor did I say I was, but I’m pretty confident in my saying most ppl wont have heard of this character as I would expect players to have forgotten any mentions of someone who is barely mentioned up to this point.

I’m not saying you aren’t wrong with your guess, but it’s def not a char which will have any significant impact as a reveal, which means if you are right, it’s going to fall dead flat.

Amaimon.7823:

Randulf.7614:

Who is Kyle?

Kyle is the brother of Kasmeer who get her entire generation of Meade’s into the sewer. he was originally only a theoretical character to give Kasmeer a tragic background, but this is a good window to actually use him for the story.

That would a terrible way to bring in a character the vast majority of the playerbase has never really heard of. To build all this up and it to be essentially a nobody, would be a huge anti-climax and let down.

Who is Kyle?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/A-Plea-for-a-Raid-Story-Mode/first#post6417040

There is a whopper of a discussion going on in that thread and has been for a few months. I’m pretty sure the devs are monitoring ongoing discussion there if you want to add in your thoughts.

Pifil.5193:

Susy.7529:

Could you post a link please? I’m too dumb to navigate in reddit forum :S

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Ep5-update/first

He said closer to three months than two, I’d guess some time from 2nd-16th of May, but if quality is at risk it might be a little later.

They meant the link the dev allegedly talking in Reddit about the meta map

TomySawyer.5831:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

There you go. Best to buy from ArenaNet.

OK thanks
Do you know if there will be a discount in the near future?

Almost cetainly yes, but we dont know when. Episode 5 of season 3s story is due out in the net 2-3 weeks, that would seem a reasonable chance for a discount to appear.

This is a global internet game. Different countries have different expectations or laws or moral codes concerning in game violence or blood. Rather than code around these problems or make things different for different countries and territories, it is easier for most to just lower the rating and make it more accepting.

Yes Skyrim is cool in that respect (I have screenie somewhere of my charatcre on a bench with the decapitated head of his enemy rolling underneath), but it is a grittier, more realistic setting. GW2 is not realistic in look and feel and blood would actually be out of place. Blood and gore works where used in appropriate games. This franchise is not one of them.

Whilst I main Mace on my warrior, I also main mace on my guardian and find it rather useful. There are prob better options, but I find traiting for it alongisde heal blocks, makes it much more effective.

I’d like to see more mace using professions though. Nothing like a good, blunt thwack to ones opponent…

Wanze.8410:

Real immersion would be, if you stop playing video games and be a hero in real life.

Sometimes I step into games like GW2 just to step back a little and take a break from being all heroic.

You could try contacting Support and politely explaining the situation. They can be quite flexible with gemstore policies

World bosses have an extremely small chance of a precursor drop and I think an even smaller chance of an ascended drop (except Teq and Worm who have higher ascended drop rates).

People mostly do them for dailies, salvageable rares, a chance at a Pre, and for many because they are fun yet easy. Claw of Jormag also has an associated collection derived from an item it very rarely drops.

In Orr, the Temples are done regularly for a variety of reasons;
- Collections (eg legendary precursor crafting , exotic item collections)
- Exclusive GH decorations
- Same rewards as other World bosses,
- Makes map travel in Orr a bit easier if the Temples are cleared

I always took the Elder Dragons to be vastly older/more primal than the Titans and certainly a considerably greater threat than them.

The suspension was lifted ages ago as per the above link. The suspension was only there until they found a new implementation method, which brought in with episode 2 onwards.

Wasnt it mentioned in one of the dev videos about it being 6 episodes?

You are today’s winner of the internet

TJgalon.5012:

Randulf.7614:

TJgalon.5012:

Sephas.8793:

TJgalon.5012:

Sephas.8793:

Have you tried going to a major city? I remember reading somewhere that you get it when you visit a city.

everyday for the home istance, heh

Have you gone outside of the Home Instance though? To the city itself?

You mean leaving divinty? Yeah, This is my main charcter i play the most, so she travel all around tyria and such, for daily and normal play too.

They mean Divinity’s Reach the city. Not the home instance, not the rest of Tyria (altho any mani city and LA will work).

Also, is it possible you have April’s brew from last year already?

Yeah double check I have the firs 4, so I assume May will be the start of missed one. And of course entering the main city, not sure how else one could visit their home unless entering the city first. Unless there an item that does that, then, I do not have/ use that, lol.

There is a home portal stone, yes. It’s become so second nature, I forget it’s not something most ppl have

TJgalon.5012:

Sephas.8793:

TJgalon.5012:

Sephas.8793:

Have you tried going to a major city? I remember reading somewhere that you get it when you visit a city.

everyday for the home istance, heh

Have you gone outside of the Home Instance though? To the city itself?

You mean leaving divinty? Yeah, This is my main charcter i play the most, so she travel all around tyria and such, for daily and normal play too.

They mean Divinity’s Reach the city. Not the home instance, not the rest of Tyria (altho any mani city and LA will work).

Also, is it possible you have April’s brew from last year already?

Sephas.8793:

Have you tried going to a major city? I remember reading somewhere that you get it when you visit a city.

Correct

With the Dragons being able to absorb spheres or powers or whatever from other Dragons when they die, this may make the DSD a more plausible possibility. As much as I like underwater content and am sad to see it devolve like it has, a fully oceanic expansion is not going to have widespread appeal, even with a massive overhaul of the mechanics.

Being able to absorb other Dragons magic/powers should bring the DSD closer, with minions potentially adapting to being on land.

Even if I am wrong and we do get an expac focussing on a lot of underater and sea based content, that is a lot of risk, work, imagination and mechanics to be added into the game. For that reason, I would not expect to see the DSD until last, to give to time to build up the rest of the game and work on what is necessary to get everything right.

As far as I can remember, all the Doric map tracks are reused assets

LS2 was never free unless you logged in during the initial launch period for each episode – exactly the same as LS3 which uses the same system.

Seasons are designed to be more like DLC’s bridging expacs, rather than outright free content, rewarding those who where there for the ride and also being able to be purchased using in game gold as well.

Now, it’s not a system I have favoured – I find it great for the time it was released, but confusing for newer players coming in and a bit of a strange gate which will exasperate as more seasons appear.

I’m not sure what the alternative is though, since it is a source of development income for the game and making it fully free may not be the right approach.

The desert is great…until you meet your first hydra

I didn’t see a timer, but I assume it was on the achievements tab like they used to do for time limited content. If that’s where it was, it’s good to see it return.

Adry.7512:

Randulf.7614:

Except the bits that aren’t facts of course, like fractals being an utter disaster at HoT’s launch, which is subjective, entirely subjective.

You do realize that fractals were pretty abandoned right?? He basically said that fractals got so much attention that it has become one of the best parts of the game and that he loves fractals now. Did you even finish the videos?? sigh if you didn’t, then technically you haven’t even earned the right to comment on the material.

Yes, I watched them all. Fractals were not “awful, like really terrible” regardless to whether they are now in an even better state now or whether he acknowledges it. I loved fractals back then, I love fractals when they first launched and I love them now. At no point in their history is it a fact to say that they were “really terrible”.

I also don’t agree that HoT was bad on launch, although I appreciate that is his opinion and that of many others in the game, so that’s just a difference of opinion (one of many I have when I view his videos).

I also don’t agree the Current Events are “fantastic”. We have had some great ones with Caladbolg and the bandit bosses and executioner. But, whilst I agree with him the Current Events are a structurally nice idea, the quality has varied considerably and that has been reflected in pretty much every forum feedback thread I have read on them.

Was 2016 the best year for the game? Hugely subjective and perhaps slanted more to the pve side of things. 2013 felt stronger – we had a huge number of new features, new fractals, living story (despite the obvious issues with LS1), the start of more challenging boss mechanics with Teq, Marionette and Breachmaker, more festivals and a more lively WvW. 2016 was not WvW’s finest year imo.

Yes, I have watched the videos, but they are his opinions. They are not (all) statements of facts (there are some facts in there ofc) and I don’t really think he passes his reviews off as such.

Except the bits that aren’t facts of course, like fractals being an utter disaster at HoT’s launch, which is subjective, entirely subjective.

The Desolation beyond the main Crystal Desert also contained Junundu, which were pseudo-mounts inspired heavily from the sandowrms in Dune. They were kinda fun to play though. People have speculated about their return in any future content related to Elona/Crystal Desert, however if The Desolation has become verdant again, who knows what their fate was.
https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Junundu

There was also a really quite colossal statue which dominated the skyline of one of the maps, but I think (sadly) we blow it up to make a bridge

I don’t agree with a lot of what he says, but then again, I’ve never (personally) rated him as any sort of GW2 authority anyway.

Something would be very wrong if the answer was not to change an almost never used environmental weapon and nerf an entire class instead. I suspect the weapon will either be restored with restrictions or removed entirely.

I think Reddit is worrying needlessly here.

This has been debated many times. As posters have stated, the game could not sustain the fragmentation of the playerbase. Who would go to to Tequatl in nm when they can go to hm for better rewards? It would do damage to the long term feasibility of even having metas.

The other issue is, what will happen when those mastering it get bored? Demands for an even harder map? Abandoning altogether?

Anet want their open world accessible and encouraging cooperation across all skill levels. True challenge modes are rightfully reserved for instanced content.

5 tickets is just insanity and disregards our ongoing feedback about reducing the level of rng in the game. Even 3 tickets would be an over the top price, but at least it would be more appropriate.

This 5 ticket requirement is unhealthy in my eyes.

Anet will not give out this info and we have no idea. Random sales are generally ongoing. If it suddenly gets discounted a few days after purchase, support are usually pretty good at refunding the difference (albeit in gems)

Bloodstone Fen.
Pretty much got it all right, from a spectacular environment, a great story and excellent mobs. With a bit of farming as well. The only thing it got wrong was the number of players needed for Jades. Loved the lore as well and all the throwbacks to GW1. The NPC retelling the raid was excellent storytelling. The perfect season starter map and episode

Ember Bay.
This wins for the environment. The JP was one of the worst implemented designs anywhere in the game by a considerable margin imo, the mobs are dull, the events are mostly OK, but lack challenge. It never really felt dangerous and Death/Plant Destroyers look stupid and just made zero sense even with the explanation (which barely holds up to scrutiny anyway). However, despite all the negatives, I simply love the map!! So it gets ranked higher than it should. Plus I loved the drum thumps in the soundtrack.

Lake Doric.
Really I should rank it first or second – the map is decent, the events are well tuned and it has a top notch map story running through it. I am only downgrading it for a personal lack of interest in high end Krytan zones. It’s an excellent map, let down only by the completely ridiculous and out of place centaur farming section.

Bitterfrost.
Bits of it are brilliant (the meta, the forest, the quaggan/kodan city). Bits of it are terrible beyond belief. I mean logically the map shouldn’t even exist in this geographical layout. It is a dumping ground of areas in a small space which make no real sense. This should feel like a distant wilderness, yet Hoelbrak is in regular touch with this area? How did this area feed the Kodan ships into Frostgorge when it’s clearly been frozen for a long time, with no real links to further waterways?

I love all the Kodan lore and as a huge fan of “cold” areas, I love the feel when the storm hits…but even the story is dire. We go to the old zone to find an Icebrood with new corruption…yet a death touched Icebrood event starts at the entrance to the map!!
I wanted to like this map more than any other, since I am desp to see the Northern Shiverpeaks again…but it was the worst episode in the worst map for me. It didn’t even have music which fitted the atmosphere of the map…I think I detected starter zone music at one point which was completely out of place!!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Battle-of-Lion-s-Arch-idea/first#post6553959

Just to keep the feedback together

Didn’t even notice a change. Prob wouldn’t have ever noticed either if no one had said.

Endless Soul.5178:

Palador.2170:

Nope. It’s stuff that talks only, from what I understand. Chatter, not sounds.

~facedesks~

I would say this a positive step forward toward such a potential feature

The instanced story content is overall shorter than LS2, but not by much

It is used like a city though. At no point it is functioning or used as a theme park. Sure it has big aquatic animal buildings, but it also has a trading and crafting and eateries and cannons and working docks and fishing and even a wedding venue. It was simply not believable the ramshackle Old LA could withstand any significant threats and as it turned out..it could not.

Like it or hate it, it functions and is used by the populace, as a city as it always has. It’s just been modernised. Cities move on as technology progresses. It is an important symbol that the main inter-racial hub of the continent shows this progress.

I do however like the idea of a rebellious faction of the population fighting back against progress. That would make it more realistic, even if they would be destined to lose.

Our guild has 2-5 active active members. We have a level 40 Hall with further exploration right now, so small guilds aren;t shut out.

That said, it was quite the grind to get all the stuff for it and the Hall is just way to big to be relevant for us, but it has some sense of achievement behind it at least.

1 PVE story episode every 2-3 months, often bundled with other content
4-5 PvP seasons a year
4 recurring festivals a year

In between, we get balance patches, fractal updates and occasionally a new raid wing.

They simply couldn’t sustain the 2 weeks content period and work on an expansion and other content like they did after launch.

Elite spec – gardener.
Weapon – Trident = Pitchfork
Elite shout- GET OFF MY LAWN!

I’d settle for shortbow ele or rifle thief/sniper

kazuma.4680:

Randulf.7614:

I wasn’t aware they made a festival – it’s an orchestra that the composers and Audio devs had links to and worked with them to use their music as part of a performance.

The music since LS1 has been exceptional from GW2’s sound studio, whether it’s Scarlet’s BreachMaker Theme, the Maguuma Wastes or the excellent tracks from Auric and Tarir. They are on par if not better than some of the stuff Jeremy Soule did specifically for GW2 (which aren’t as great as his GW1 tracks).

My only criticism is that it hasn’t entirely followed through into LS3, but that may be a resource factor. I have high hopes for the 2nd expansion of a return to form.

The orchestra was a bit off in places, but overall it was a cool and fun thing to listen to

Pardon me, it wasnt a music festival it was supposed to be an ochestra perfomance but because i forgot what the word was then i use music festival instead of that Really A pain, havent use orchestra or listening to orchestra words for a realllyyy long time so i had forgotten about it. And thank you for correcting me. Well there will be time when we can listen all the soundtrack of each maps in GW2

Well, you sorta can. There is a way of using the below link and GW2 to create your own playlists. I don’t really use it to know how, since with only a few exceptions where I switch to the Skyrim OST, I’m happy with the existing map playlists.

Might be worth an explore if you haven’t encountered it before

https://soundcloud.com/arenanet