there are 3 other threads below. Looks like they are intermittent server issues
Yeah myself and some guildies are having login issues as well
I have to say one of my big plusses about the expac is the music. Whether its the Auric Basin meta battle music or the re-mix of the old GW1 Maguuma themes, it has all been outstanding, so well done to the audio team.
One thing I particularly enjoyed is the Hylek who play their lutes for and with you. It is a nice touch and the music is a nice timeout to listen to after battling through some quite dangerous situations!
That’s it really, thought it nice to give some feedback on one of the neat little touches to the game that gets overlooked amongst the threads of HP/grind/masteries.
Its not false advertising. It is a poor concept and a rip off though.
I got one of the Polly-luminescent (green) as a drop. Combined it with a 3rd year birthday gift electro lime and was sufficiently glowy for my taste. ^^
Can you post a pic? That sounds quite interesting.
Also, the outfit is amazing – great job design team (same with the new crystal aspect one)
The concept is fine, but it isn’t working. WHen I’m mid event and I’m still getting it then yeah it is bugged. When I’m getting it because I’ve tagged and walked off, then it is working as intended. Currently both systems are active here.
It’s still not “easy” it comes down to time. Either an alt does all of the jungle or it does World map + some jungle. Diversity of classes is good for the game long term and it is clear elites weren’t meant to be this hard to obtain.
I’d understand the comments if it “improved” your character from a vertical progression POV, but this just gives extra options and gating it so heavily could only be detrimental to the overall experience and to the game.
250 is much more reasonable, well done and great job on such a rapid turnaround on listening to feedback.
Also glad to hear there was a bug with empty maps. Was beginning to worry…
Except the forum is also the only place to find info about bugs and voice feedback about the game and those ppl shouldn’t have to read a spoiler for the sake of some personal responsibility on the part of an individual poster. It’s very easy for someone not to spoil something in a title. If someone then clicks on a spoiler thread and reads, sure it is their fault, but spoiling via a thread title is a no no and has been reinforced by the devs time and time again.
The reason in part you are not seeing them is that the mods/devs have stepped up their game to delete those offending threads or change their titles quickly.
Thank you Gaile. It’s sad how many of these spoilers with the spoiler in the title have appeared (and there are some on the front page of this subforum..still!). There was even a post from a dev which I caught when I went through the dev tracker for something, which spoilt a major twist – was very annoying.
I don’t think anything has changed since yesterday
I’d be interested to hear tactics for those who did it with 5. It was not even remotely close when we tried, far too many mobs and the vinetenders have so much HP, it was nigh on impossible to kill even 1 in the time limit, let alone 2 plus the Maw and travel there…all in 3.30 mins…
My guild did it with 5 (and one player was….not top tier), and it was tough, but certainly doable. Our team was a Necromancer, Guardian, Elementalist, Warrior, and Mesmer with various exotic and ascended gear. No legendary weapons. Here’s some things we had success with:
- Focus on the Vinetenders exclusively at the start of fights. Run past all other mobs. Use knockbacks to break the bar and then hammer it with all you have. We focused on one Vinetender at a time and were able to kill it and the other fast enough. Make sure to keep the CC attacks up on the Vinetenders as the damage will be greater with the break bar down.
- Once both Vinetenders are down, focus 100% on the maw. ignore EVERYTHING else. Just hammer it down and rez only if it can be done within 5 seconds.
You’ll have to do this 5 times. Once you get the pattern down, you’ll be successful. Also, if a maw spawns really far away, let it go. You can skip 4 before the whole instance wipes. Try to get your group to the center of the map so you can most efficiently travel to the maw spawns.
- Finally, on the last boss, use as much ranged weapons as you can and stay away from the black lines he drops. You will have plenty of time for him, so just keep the pressure on.
Enjoy! Once you get the formula down, it really is a fun experience. Message me if I’m online and I’ll help you out.
OK thanks. It is sort of what we tried, but we were simply overwhelmed by dozens of adds. We’ll refocus and try again
I’d be interested to hear tactics for those who did it with 5. It was not even remotely close when we tried, far too many mobs and the vinetenders have so much HP, it was nigh on impossible to kill even 1 in the time limit, let alone 2 plus the Maw and travel there…all in 3.30 mins…
It has gone up then a lot since yesterday.
Also Metacritic is generally not considered worthwhile since people either give 0 or 10 when they review, showing they have no clue how to score a game. Virtually no game can score a 0 (except maybe Superman 64) and a 10 should be the absolute creme of the genre.
Yes, despite a few minor grumbles and being able to empathise towards some of the complaints (maps lacking coherency and elites not being unlockable as easily as they should be) I am thoroughly enjoying the expac.
It is a shame so many spoilers are flying around the forum, including a big reveal from a dev who didn’t think it was important to spoiler tag their post, however it’s just a good excuse not to visit these forums as much..
You can unlock the greatsword with 60 points and start using the Reaper, albeit with severely less skills/traits than would be desired and the 3 core trait lines need to be done.
You can get hero points via wvw
Has Anet said anything? Is this new difficulty here to stay? I would like to know if I need to start looking for a new MMO to play with friends.
The difficulty was overwhelmingly approved of during beta test play. So much so, that when a bug caused a brief drop in difficulty to the same levels as core map, there was huge outporing of negative feedback. Anet came out and said the diffuclty nef was unintended as it was to be restored to (how it is now) for launch.
Like it or hate it, it is here to stay at least for now. What they do later down the line (ie like Orr) is another matter.
We went in with 5 and were obliterated several times. The sheer volume of mobs versus us is so overwhelming that 3.30min including travelling to each point was not doable.
So I’d advise getting more ppl or teaming up
OK ty, it seems our wvw failure gave us favour anyway.
Now to get the GH. Seems 5 ppl isn’t close to being enough to getting GH so will need ally up I think
To gain 150 favour, is wvw or pvp the only option to earn the required amount? Is there a pve method and if so, how do we activate it?
thanks
Please don’t put spoiler in your title and proceed to add a whopping great big spoiler straight after!
Verdant Brink is one of 4 maps. So there is plenty of new pve content.
Size wise, they are at least as big as the other maps. The verticality makes them bigger in a way, however if we take VB as an example, the canopy content is massively smaller than the middle floor content. So whilst it is a huge amount of fun to glide these big open spaces, there isn’t a huge amount in the big open spaces content wise apart from bosses which appear as part of the meta.
Overall, if you take into account the content across all 3 biome layers, take into account the main level is pretty path like, then I’d say you are looking at map sizes comparable to a core zone, with generally more to do than say SW or DT.
I didnt see this at all, i saw full events all day.
Having said that, people have already rushed into the second zone and i saw comms packing that one out. Curiosity will have got the better of beta players especially.
Add in new, vast swathes levelling Revs, new map rewards etc, then im unsurprised to hear ppl are so spread out.
Ah shame. It explains why labyrinth is so empty, but if it cant be done, it cant be done.
Pity the code is such a minefield, such fixes could be so risky tho.
Appreciate the communication at leasr
As far as I can tell, that comes with a collection, so you shouldnt need the exotic once it has ticked itself off the collection
You can unlock your elite via wvw
Hesrt of thorns……you will have a heart attack with that lot!!
It is a good plan tho…
Essence of Luck – they look like a starburst.
According to wiki, you would get 5 of the legendary versions https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Essence_of_Luck_ (ie purple hued) mailed to your account
That link also shows you the exact mail you get from Anet with attachment
That is very impressive!
Yes Im fairly certain I read it had been fixed for live as well, barring it returning ofc
That is a good question. Usually it would be the first character you log in with. I’d suggest trying all and then submitting a ticket. After 2 years it probably got bugged out
Same time as HoT I presume – there have been no indications these would form separate patches, which would prob be riskier if split by a few hours than doing one
Like any expac for any mmo, Im expecting a large patch in the morning, regardless of how much is already in the client, especially with any changes that have been added over the last couple of months.
10GB sounds like a reasonable expectation, but realistically we wont know until the patch hits
And don’t forget the new streaming in feature will help (see above comment from Kaz)
CHeck your luck stat and see if it hasn’t auto applied. I’m afraid it is way to far back to remember how I got it, but if it was mailed, ensure your mailbox isn’t full
The streamers reaction was pretty funny lol
I think they’ve earned their waffles tomorrow!
Just be careful not to burn them…otherwise they might just be too HoT….
It happens to me too, usually when the camera turns round certain areas in Sw, Fg, La and other spots. Even in Queensdale. My performance was fine 2 months ago with W10, so unless aW10 update or other driver is causing an issue, there may have been background changes ready for HoT causing slight issues.
They already explained why on reddit a while ago. Doesnt mean it wont happen, but the upshot is due to how their engine works, they dont believe there would be a signicant upgrade in performance.
Depends how many points you want. There are a few quick wins and wiki has a very useful guide for the early few, but realistically it is a time consumer as you progress. A few months dedication for the higher level points.
And also a reminder about spoilers on the forum. Spoiler tags and spoiler free thread titles fall under the “considerate community” umbrella as well.
choosing a profession is effecting me in RL
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You wont be able to unlock them straight away, so id choose based on which core class you are happiest sending in first to explore for hero points.
To help you sleep whilst you choose, Id also suggest a glass of warm milk and anything written by John Wyndham or Stephen King. They did a fine job of boring me to sleep with their books…
Well the first level 80 was only a few days into the game and that person started moaning they were bored already. There is more than enough content in the masteries and with 4 maps that require unlocking said masteries to progress through, for content to carry on right through into next year.
If people rush through and complete things quickly that is of course up to them, but I’m not sure I see the benefit of doing everything as fast as possible. Some things yes, but not everything.
I suspect this is why things are more gated this time around, because of those people who rushed through the core game in the first days/weeks of launch.
It’s a well known scam. I think there is a sticky about it in this subforum https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Alert-In-Game-Mail-Scams/first
Report the mail then delete and ignore it.
Oh and please remove the link. Never advertise these things on a forum – ppl do fall for it…
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Randulf,
https://www.librarything.com/catalog/Randulf
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I just wish you could dye them. They are pretty, but the purple unfortunately does not fit my color scheme (and my taste)
Same, the purple has held me off too,
My money is on me caving and getting them anyway though…
At least there are no cats in America
In case the HoT thread gets missed
Roy, post that in the Ranger subforum and I’d bet a statue being made in your likeness by nightfall
There is only one response to this good news…
Banana!!