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Still can't rep guild

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Did they say that would be a possibility?

Portal to the Heart of Maguuma

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It was only meant to be for that one particular beta access period

Information

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All the editions give the same game access. Its just the prepurchase upfront bonuses that differ. So yes, you will have full 100% access to everything with the standard.

I have no idea what CBT or OBT is meant to stand for

8/7 beta

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And that toon has full access to all skills, traits and specialisations and ele/necro/guard/mesmer have full access to the elite specialisation

8/7 beta

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You can already join the beta, it’s already running

Help with Info: Want to Comeback to GW2

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Thanks all “my re-up” comment was that I believe I remember that if you paid a subscription like monthly you got some valuable benefits….being a person who loves gaming I always wanted to be a paying patron to get the best benefits.

Thanks,
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That exists in many MMO’s but never in GW2, (unless the China release received something like it)

meet .......!!!

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Actually in summer there is probably less time to play as an adult. Still working during the week, no summer break here. Weekends are spent at zoos, parks, water parks and what ever else my wife can come up with.

Agreed, this is one of the busiest times of year for many of us outside of Xmas and also a time when people will be indoors a lot less.

It was always unlikely that much info was going to come through that wasn’t being announced via Gamescom anyway.

Help with Info: Want to Comeback to GW2

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I find the whole daily thing quite interesting. I think GW2 does it better than most games, but im surprised how many people only logged in for the old style dailies/monthlies

Thats not a dig at anyone and only Anet have metrics to say if it impacted the game when it changed, but i think there is evidence that dailys are a more important part of MMO gaming than many think.

Three legendaries?

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They said very early on that the legendaries wouldnt be released in one go and that only a few would be available from day 1 of the expac, with more to follow after.

Red icon notification on skills

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I presume you are seeing this on an ele, guardian, necro or mesmer?

It’s a known bug, there’s threads in the bug subforum about it. Current thinking is related down to bug around the revealed elite specialisations and the upcoming beta.

Class change item

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If we’re opening this pandora’s box, to be honest, I think that rigid class systems are outdated and ruin immersion by encouraging altholism. I’d love to have a way to just acquire and mix skills from different classes on one character.

GW1 sort of did it. And TSW does it. So the industry has toyed with the concept, I’m just not sure if the wider mmo playerbase like having so many options to play with.

All Aboard The Hype Train

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Honestly? Nothing, due to the sheer fact that I expect the entire expansion to be around 20 FPS for me. The performance in Verdant Brink during the last beta was just painful, and I don’t have the money for an upgrade right now.

PS: my FPS is around 40 in old pve maps, dungeons and pvp.

I had the same issue due to the amount of smoke from crashed ships. The haze effects in DT and LA are causing issues for my PC as well. I’m hoping later areas will be less intense from environmental effects. Otherwise I’ll prob live with it until I upgrade.

Now that everyone has settled

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In response to the steroids trait reply, not really. I like how it can strengthen a good stat or make up for a potential gap. Theres good synergy in those traits when applied correctly. Are they fun? Well, sometimes functionality wins out instead.

Thats my wisdom of the day…im going back to bed to die of fatal man flu….

Legendary stats

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Absolutely not. They are intentionally on par with the highest stats, they are purely for skins, animations and changeable stats on the fly. That makes them a luxury, not an essential gain, which they would be if stats increased.

To give them increased stats would go against their design and upset an enormous number of people who came to GW2 to avoid stat treadmills. After the uproar caused by Ascended, the game does not need more treadmills

Now that everyone has settled

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Many people (like me) can’t read these walls of text on a screen. Any chance of making it easier on the eyes by at least putting spaces between 1-6 points please?

I had to pick out bits as I can only skim read computer texts, but I agree with no.6. I’ve accepted procs, but never been a fan. Playing TSW, a game built entirely round RNG based builds did me in there I think…

Steroid traits. Kinda a fan sorry and my teams quite like them as well

Not sure what you meant by 2) since it seems clogged with a colourful analogy rather than an example. Can you elaborate?

Apart from some improved synergy and some profs neededing traitlines to have bettter “identities” (like warrior), I’m enjoyingthe new system very much.

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Wizard's Tower Content

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That’s the thing. After all these years, could anything they implement match the imagination and expectations of the playerbase?

Wizard's Tower Content

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I’m on the fence as to whether content should ever exist for the tower. I like the fact it has an air of mystery about it and has done since GW1

Rise of the Vampire Lord

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My opinion is the wings do not fit at all and def not the holo ones, they would be much worse

Obviously if you like the wings, stick with them, but the ensemble works perfectly minus the backpieces

Race for a revenant?

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Originally Norn because I only had 1 Norn toon, but after the recent Rev playtest, it’s human all the way, with a mist and ice theme.

Rise of the Vampire Lord

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I agree with dropping the wings, otherwise absolutely superb work there with the theme. I like the staff you matched with it as well.

Training tab exclamation mark in Hero Panel [merged]

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It’s def a bug one way or the other, since it doesn’t happen on all characters. Just one of my alts

BWE1: What will you do?

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Mostly see how my PC fares in the new map. Last stress test, the smoke effects made it unplayable. If I can’t get it to run to a level I’m happy with, it’ll decide whether I upgrade my PC this year or not.

Champ Bags with HoT release

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You wont get a dev response on the forums for this I’m afraid

The Mad Moon

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Thank you. I read the recipe for it and was like OK, this will take some work…. and right now I’m not sure I’ll be online during Halloween as my parents are traveling from the UK over here to Australia and as I haven’t seem them in two years I don’t think they’d be impressed if I was online a lot during their visit! Looks like I’ll be saving up PDQ.

You are right to choose a priority life and family is important.

A shining, grinning shield however is more important

Grrr! Smarty pants!

Remember, you can’t choose your family…you can choose your shield!!

The Mad Moon

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Thank you. I read the recipe for it and was like OK, this will take some work…. and right now I’m not sure I’ll be online during Halloween as my parents are traveling from the UK over here to Australia and as I haven’t seem them in two years I don’t think they’d be impressed if I was online a lot during their visit! Looks like I’ll be saving up PDQ.

You are right to choose a priority life and family is important.

A shining, grinning shield however is more important

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Guards Burning vs Ele Burning

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Anet wont reply directly first off.

As for a realsitic explanation, well I don’t totally agree. My ele can stack burning pretty high and keep it for longer than my guardian can.

Also remember Guardians are masters of the holy flame as much as eles are of the natural flame, so it does make sense if this is what you are finding

You guys do have QA testers....right?

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They already stated they tested it and none of the bugs appeared. They hit exclusively on live. They also stated a post-patch investigation revealed that it wasn’t something overlooked. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Instant-God-Walking-Amongst-Mere-Mortals/page/16#post5327378

It’s annoying, a tad worrying with an expac looming, but also just one of those things

Anet WANTS us in a shouting match....

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Revenants will get shouts and draw on the legend of Dom Joly.

Calling it now

Axe skill 1

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I’m impressed. I gave up on this issue a while ago. Glad to see people keeping the issue alive

Need help picking a second class please

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Thief was the profession that immediately screamed out when I read your post. It can be squishy, but there are plenty of ways round that with stealths, evades and high leeching.

Accessoire infus broken, ez fix, plz justdoit

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Why are you guys talking about the loss of +5 power?

You can already get an infusion with +5 power that can be used in a defensive slot, it just doesn’t have a WvW effect on it. It’s actually just +1% damage to Lords and Supervisors that’s being lost, not +5 power.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Versatile_Mighty_Infusion

Problem solved

Accessoire infus broken, ez fix, plz justdoit

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Because the game is built on skill not stats. 5 power will not change anything because when you hit with a skill, the exact damage is not eh same each hit – it varies between a number range. 5 power adds virtually nothing to that number.

EVen if the extremely rare circumstance occured where 2 people of identical builds and stats etc occured, it is impossible to quantify “identical skill levels”. +5 power will not bridge that gap.

There has long been a discussion that the advantage of full ascended vs fulle exotic is neglible. Many highly skilled players do not use ascended simply because it doesn’ t enhance them enough over their own skill level. If players find an entire armour jump neglible, then +5 from an infusion is dismissive.

I am not ultimately dismissing the suggestion to add these items. I have no issue with their existence, but they simply wont be added within half an hour (it would take longer for so many reasons) and because the difference the infusions make, drops them to a very, very low priority.

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Accessoire infus broken, ez fix, plz justdoit

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Both your sentences are inaccurate. 5 power will not change anything. There is no competitive unfairness here.

I really remain baffled by the idea it will only take half hour to make a change/addition to a live mmo game…

Norn turtorial area broken RIGHT NOW

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Wrong subforum. If you want any chance of being noticed on a weekend when there are virtually no devs around, you want the bugs subforum.

Accessoire infus broken, ez fix, plz justdoit

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An extra 5 power will make no difference to any fight ever. It’s such an insigificant gain, I’ve always been baffled why infusions for stats like this exist. Even multiplied across the set, it’s still no noticeable change to damage

As for changing, well they have priority lists to work through and I would expect something like this (even if they wanted to do it) to sit right down at the bottom of those.

Question for Vets?

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Im not actively doing as much, but thats a natural consequence of a reduced content calendar. I potter away with alts and their story/world completion though.

I’m not too fussed about the content drought, but I was looking forward to maybe 1 festival over the summer

Crafting

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There is no benefit beyond the convenience in not having to alt when you want to craft.

which helmet looks better

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ok what helmet would you think would look better than 1

Difficult to say. The issue for me isn’t the actually the helmets themselves, I just find that armour set as a whole quite bland. I think it could be the greaves or maybe the shoulders. That is a personal opinion ofc.

As I said, 1 works well enough with that look if that’s the set you like and it’s your opinion which matters most

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which helmet looks better

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2 is a complete mismatch with that armour. Based on the 2 options, I would def go with 1.

best personal story?

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I loved the circus storyline for humans. The stuff for sylvari seems to be the most memorable and talked about though.

I remember nothing about Norn and Asura do not interest me.

Elementalist Weapon Swap Out of Combat

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Repeated disconnection.

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Is anyone else experiencing this, or is it just me?
If it is just me, how can I fix it?

Submit a support ticket. If it’s an issue your end, they’re pretty good at helping solve the issue. If it’s an issue their end, your ticket will help them identify and fix something more serious.

PvP in a PvE?

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I’ve seen absolutely nothing to suggest pvp in pve map. Certainly that quote from the other thread can’t possibly be the basis of this “fact” since it could refer to any number of things.

Or have I missed something that has actually been announced?

Legendaries..

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Ansolutely not, legendaries should only ever be equal to the highest tier, in this case ascended. It is about the skin, the animation and winding up your guild leader when you get your fifth precursor and they have none…

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Its a general mmo thing i find. Lots of companies start something then abandon it, rather than address the issues behind the idea. Often metrics overwrite context.

It can be frustrating, but i just go with the flow now. Seen it happen enough in the business world over the years, ive accepted its just a way of life for companies in this day and age.

Why glide when you could fly?

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Not sure if you can have a “handy” jetpack. Ive seen jetfliers go 125mph…i wouldnt want to do that in a jungle…!!

“Hey..im a Rocketma…………..” ..crunch

Low tech is sometimes the optimal solution for exploration.

Return of Aetherized: My dream goal of GW2

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I’d support this and fused as well. Even if they end up stupidly expensive, it is better than not at all. There are some skins from the ranges which have now exhausted the supply on the TP

July without gemstore update?

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I remember back when people complained like mad about them releasing stuff in the gem store every other week.

People actually did that? -_- Lame…

Yes, there were plenty of threads complaining about the constant gem store updates. It crops up frequently in unrelated threads too.

They can’t really win tbh

What is this?

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Asuran Death Star. Or the Tardis going supernova….we did hear it in LA last month after all…

Is it possible to refund HoT ?

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You need to contact support rather than the community forums. Only they will give you the answer you require.