Guild Wars 2

That’s interesting because I wear earmuffs made out of Charr!

Anet do not give times for patches. Even if that changes for the release I doubt they will announce anything beyond a day or 2 before.

I thought they called it a “vine creature”, but didn’t confirm it was/wasn’t Mordremoth. If that scene plays out in a similar form in the story, they may be using the term “vine creature” to keep people guessing and speculating.

They do feel like an immersion breaker, but considering how often the community has complained about visibility of things, they obviously decided to use that feedback here. If they are in BWE3, they might be collating feedback about this.

Dulfy has videos on her site. You can view them via youtube

http://dulfy.net/category/gw2/twitchcon/

Have you tried going in at night?

This is the 3rd one coming up.

Beta 1 – East half of Verdant Brink
Beta 2 – West half of Verdant Brink

Either started from Silverwastes depending on if the character started the story yet.

The blog specifically states the BWE2 area is the repeated zone, with access to jungle floor and canopy.

Bit of a shame since I preferred the first area, but I guess more testing is required in the 2nd half.

Originally teq couldn’t be critted. Then they recently changed conditions to be able to stack really high. However, this killed teq too quickly. So to balance him, they doubled his health and re-balanced it by making him crittable.

However, due to a bug, only one spot (near his head, but not actually his head) was crittable. This was subsequently fixed since it was unintentional and didn’t really work as a mechanic.

That is why it was changed.

In theory it could have worked, but the new condition changes was obviously causing balance issues, so having only 1 crit spot was quickly changed to how it was intended to be. Also, because the crit spot wasn’t targetable, it wasn’t a viable mechanic either.

Because that doesn’t fit Anets working schedule. They have to fit these things round they work since the betas are entirely tied to when their working hours are – exactly how it should be.

Also, betas aren’t every 2nd weekend? It’s been at least every 3-4

The beta weekends are for Anets benefit though – existing to gather feedback for improvements. As a result they can only facilitate their own schedules, otherwise they’d run off course. They aren’t meant as early access.

There is no possible way they can run these things to fit the schedule of every person, profession, country, timezones. People will miss out, but enough ppl will play to get the feedback Anet require.

If she purchase the 99$ version, she’s not losing out on the game, the gems or the remaining pre-order bonuses

portedGoblin.7413:

Why is Rytlock wielding a dagger as a 2hander?

That’s his flaming dragon sword, although yes it does look very short when not aflame.

Perhaps more does need to be said, since some of us probably have no idea what you are referring to.

Not unexpected tbh, makes sense to bundle everything into one patch. It also has the advantage of slightly spreading the community out a little.

I’ll be farming away candy corn for new bags for sure

Also hope there is more being done to axe, especially after that huge thread on the problems caused when they changed the animation from extremely good, to bland and boring. There were lots of constructive ideas buried in there which would assist axe improvements.

U can test it during next weekends beta, but outside that, not til the 23rd oct

Unless Anet decide to do a new snapshot, there is no way to reset your bank.

DragonflyDusk.6582:

Randulf.7614:

Brawson.4701:

Is there anything wrong with enjoying characters in the game? I already knew the threat was a elder dragon, I think it’s more of a shock that a main character is missing from your characters team.

It’s not meant as a criticism in any way, it is a good thing ppl are invested, I merely commented thinking the talking point would be round the end of the trailer.

I can have that discussion once my engineer’s hammer is firmly in my grasp.

That’ll be to pry Rytlock from between his teeth presumably

Brawson.4701:

Is there anything wrong with enjoying characters in the game? I already knew the threat was a elder dragon, I think it’s more of a shock that a main character is missing from your characters team.

It’s not meant as a criticism in any way, it is a good thing ppl are invested, I merely commented thinking the talking point would be round the end of the trailer.

Next weekend

I find it interesting that more people in game/guild/forum are discussing the absence of Rox than the appearance of the “thing” at the end. Perhaps players are more invested in the NPCs than many realised.

The purple glow has existed on the vines since before the egg came into the story

Obvious set up by Colin and Rubi fidgeting to announce it lol, but a nice surprise. DIdn’t expect it ready so soon.

We’re gonna need a bigger boat…

Was that….?

Raid in the next BWE…nice!

lordkrall.7241:

Randulf.7614:

I haven’t watched the stream,. Can anyone give an (unbiased, regardless of stance on trinity etc etc) synopsis/overview of the Druid?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3md6yh/twitchcon_panel_2_druid_ranger_elite/

Aha thanks!

lordkrall.7241:

Randulf.7614:

What other new pets did they announce?

Lightning Wyvern.
Smokescale.
Tiger.
Bristleback.

Ooh Tiger. Smokescale….oh the funsies!!

I haven’t watched the stream,. Can anyone give an (unbiased, regardless of stance on trinity etc etc) synopsis/overview of the Druid?

What other new pets did they announce?

I’m a big fan of the daydreamers finery. I’d love to be able to equip glowing eyes, but I use the outfit more than any other. I do agree the mad scientist one is very good. And I have a liking to the Harbinger of Mordremoth as well

As for armour skins, I quite like the scarf!

NodeUK.9073:

Can i group with expansion guys for dungeons etc?

You can play with anyone anywhere in pve except HoT related maps and stories

Doesn’t overly scream Pale Tree to me, especially considering its proximity to the current one – I’d have expected the Pale to Tree to know. It could have been a stolen seed, but seems to well grown to have been in the time the Nightmare Court have been around for.

Corrupted normal tree perhaps.

Vegeta.2563:

Randulf.7614:

Lodius.5392:

I guess I was wanting to know if there are also any new features that maybe I overlooked. I just don’t have time right now to go through 6 months of patch notes and upcoming changes.

The trait changes to specialisations ready for the new elite specialisations are the only significant gameplay changes in 6 months that I recall.

Lets not forget about that black lion key farm nerf.. only 1 key per week at low level story.

Not really a significant change though that has widely affected the game and most players as a whole

True and you’re probably right about that difficulty, but that doesn’t have anything to do with the OP getting his Kudzu

When HoT arrives you will able to craft a precursor and obtain mats via events in maps.
It is highly likely legendaries will start to drop in price in the coming months.

Lodius.5392:

I guess I was wanting to know if there are also any new features that maybe I overlooked. I just don’t have time right now to go through 6 months of patch notes and upcoming changes.

The trait changes to specialisations ready for the new elite specialisations are the only significant gameplay changes in 6 months that I recall.

dlmoore.7293:

I seriously think they increase the drop chances for players who are new or have been away for a while. It makes sense, they come back once on a whim and then find “oh I’m getting good stuff, I think I’ll keep playing” and they are sucked into the addiction cycle.

This is a similar system Diablo uses, but GW2 doesn’t. It has been discussed as an option and in a thread with dev interaction, but it doesn’t exist in this game at this time.

So it was. I genuinely read it as Bobby…must be the painkillers making me hallucinate.

I stand corrected!

dlmoore.7293:

Lord Trejgon.2809:

out of curiosity – which dungeon and about which path you asked?

It was CoF P1.

So I’m a little confused. Do people think I’m blaming the f2pers? I was simply posing a question. As it stands, I have no position on this particular topic.

Well yes, because your thread title suggests it. Perhaps change your thread title to your actual position to avoid confusion

When did they ever drop as loot in the open world though? Ive never seen any of those drop and I’ve been here since headstart.

Except people don’t agree. Calling them white knights because they don’t agree with you is unfair. Many of us have played truly dropless MMO’s and this isn’t amongst them.

A lot of it is your own perception. I disagree the yellows and exotics are junk, because they provide a source of material salvage to make what I want, rather than relying on waiting for an exact item to drop.

10 years ago I played an MMo where you camped a boss which had maybe a 5% chance to drop a desired item amongst an array of items which were worth perhpas 1/100th of the junk dropped in this game when you compare economies. And then you had to out damage an opponent to get that chance of a drop anyway.

GW2 system is far superior than most. It still needs tweaks though. Ascended hasn’t hit that sweet spot and named exotics from bosses are just a little too rare for my tastes.

The fact is, opinions differ and many genuinely prefer THIS system. If people don’t agree with you, then accept it or continue to discuss maturely. Or ignore them. But you shouldn’t call ppl trolls etc just for having a differing opinion.

What fun utility drops have been removed besides dyes?

My understanding was it would be a universal feature, just shipping with the expac. I don’t have a source, but I imagine it is something easier to give to all rather than exclude and updating core rewards whilst excluding core map only players seems a bit harsh.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/lore/Glint-the-Forgotten-and-the-timeline/first#post4543794

The above link to Konig and Angel’s posts should clear it up

In an ideal world, all races would be more different in their approaches through the story. When you compare GW2 and GW1, races were “universalised” somewhat for gameplay reasons. Hence why Norn and Charr are joining Orders so seamlessly, which makes little sense. Yet it would have made more work to separate everything out and write for 5 distinct races every story season.

Having the Sylvari attuned to Mordremoth in such a way is outstanding design and I’m sure we’d all welcome more individuality and flavour between races, however resources are finite. You can call it bad design, but in reality this is a need to manage what is achieveable for the design team, the writers, the VA etc.
This is about the Sylvari, so it also makes sense to channel the focus into them.

I have no doubt when we come to Jormag, Norns will have exclusive story flavours as well. And perhaps Asurans when we go off to fight Primordus. If focussing one race at a time is the best way for them to manage it, then so be it.

Personally I welcome this direction they are going in.

Well, they specifically say style items are coming back, but no mention of the finishers. With a finisher panel dedicated to them I can’t see them never returning, but the wording seems to imply that.

Zaron.1987:

Jonny Hood.1786:

Maybe they have not decided yet if they come back, bud the Blooms would be fit Perfect into the HoT theme! Than would be an answer “We haven’t decided if they come back” honest & nice

Also the answer “We haven’t decided if they come back” is ok cause it would be an answer

Indeed

Gratz. You know if you have one Incinerator you can just reskin a dagger for a 2nd? Unless you are going for the achievement of course.

The odds are against it, but still entirely possible. Presuming of course they didn’t link a chat code.

Did they get it from a chest or a drop? Magic find only affects drops.

Ultimately your account is not being targeted, that is not something any company would go to extreme lengths and workload to code into a game. So, no, you did not upset a dev.