Guild Wars 2

Fluffy.6058:

Randulf.7614:

You aren’t buying the core again. You are buying the expac. The core comes free for new players, but you aren’t paying for it.

You are buying the core game and then getting the exp and with that price just for the standart package is just to freaking high for poeple that allready own the kitten game

The dev post in this thread is very clear. No matter what you feel about the price point, or the value, the expac is £35/$50. The core game is free, the price has not been risen to cover it.

Whether the value you are receiving or whether you think the price itself is too high is an entirely different matter and is still openly being discussed.

Some legendaries have been updated. Moot was updated this year. Not in a good way in my opinion, but it was still updated.

You aren’t buying the core again. You are buying the expac. The core comes free for new players, but you aren’t paying for it.

I think they all survived. Apart from a concept image of Braham with a similar bow, that’s all there is pointing to Eir being dead. Concept art rarely reflects any accuracy in the detail.

It also wouldn’t make sense for him to have that much rage since there is very little connection between the two. A slight de-frosting during S2, but no real emotional re-connection.

Its frustrating, every time I save a dye I have to re-log

Mikuchan.7261:

Randulf.7614:

Mikuchan.7261:

Randulf.7614:

Actually, it occurs to me the “timeline” is currently frozen since we are between the end of the events of S2 and the start of HoT. Yet an entire city was built between these few moments.

Only a Time Lord could be behind this….

The timeline is real time. The tyrian, or Mouvelian calendar was changed to match the real one perfectly for this reason. Before it was 5 days shorter.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mouvelian_calendar

It was also stated HoT would take place immediately after S2 without pause. So technically speaking we are in a frozen point from that perspective. That discrepancy I notice is noted in the wiki article you linked.

The personal story in Heart of Thorns will continue right after those events, yes. However personal stories are more of flashbacks.
You can make a new character right now and play the core game personal story with it, but it doesn’t occur right now, it occured a few years ago, timeline wise.

This is why the Doctor is coming. To straighten all this out!

And SAB, yes I like that idea too!

Mikuchan.7261:

Randulf.7614:

Actually, it occurs to me the “timeline” is currently frozen since we are between the end of the events of S2 and the start of HoT. Yet an entire city was built between these few moments.

Only a Time Lord could be behind this….

The timeline is real time. The tyrian, or Mouvelian calendar was changed to match the real one perfectly for this reason. Before it was 5 days shorter.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mouvelian_calendar

It was also stated HoT would take place immediately after S2 without pause. So technically speaking we are in a frozen point from that perspective. That discrepancy I notice is noted in the wiki article you linked.

Actually, it occurs to me the “timeline” is currently frozen since we are between the end of the events of S2 and the start of HoT. Yet an entire city was built between these few moments.

Only a Time Lord could be behind this….

Problem is, more people die as attrition when the Doctor is around than the Dragon cause!

Doomed by timey-wimey!!

The current system is fine, it just needs a bit of tweaking. No need to over-complicate something

I opened 5 yesterday and got 2 scraps from 1 chest, 1 from another…and I cant remember if I get or fourth or not. Haven’t had a ticket drop for a while though. Not that I buy many keys mind you for any accurate measurement.

Considering you need 5 tickets for most weapons and there’s an achievement for getting all in a set, the drop rate vs weapon cost per ticket seems incredibly disproprotionate. One would wonder if they’d make more money if they either increased the drop rate to 1 guaranteed scrap per chest or reduced older skins to 2 or 3 at most.

How is digital any different? I have digital version of most games and have no problems.

I’d get used to it, the long term future is digital as more and more companies realise the costs of boxed games are becoming less worth it

Yeah I have to zone or re-log to temporarily fix it

I’ve noticed Teq and Jormag today aren’t dying super quick like I expected post-patch. Slightly quicker than normal, but that’s it. Has a fix gone through to boost them?
Or am I just getting into low dps maps?

edit: have asked to move to the correct subforum and not HoT

Is it likely 2 profs will get staff?

Plus people see and interpret what they wish to see

It comes as a single serial key, so no you wont be able to do that.

She was in an episode of Grimm I recently watched.

Many died…

Some minor reading for you

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Mounts-merged/first

Enjoy!

I’m afraid not, it’s not available via the gem store. Only the upgrade from standard – deluxe is in the gem store.

They might do it post-launch or down the line though.

Haven’t experienced the issue or heard about one. Def worth a ticket or a post in the support or tech subforum. Is it only pvp you are experiencing it in?

They have stated there will not be one

Tachenon.5270:

Eles could hold the warhorn against their foreheads (pointy side out) and charge, like some wild elemental unicorn, at their enemies.

I want this

They dont have a test server. I imagine they thought it would happen, but believed it would easier given their resources to implement and adjust.

The problem with knowing Teq will get squashed is how do you adjust it beforehand without data and testing to show where to make the adjustments. I doubt they have enough numbers in house to make a raid

Then again, it asks the question how did they get teq, wurm, vine, marionette so right if they dont have testing.

Its a mystery!

SirDrygan.1823:

Errmmm…. didn’t some of you all realize that you all are throwing one of the most valuable items in the game right? 250 ectos is like hours of my time farming world boss/orr and SW. Why would you even consider using it to get something that could give you random stuff?
I would rather use it to make Legendaries or keep them.

You can gain more ectos than you put in

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/How-about-a-Revenant-Profession-forum/first#post4836244

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/Can-we-get-a-Rev-forum-please/first#post5125439

Dev responses to said question

How do we think berserker and torch tie together thematically?

If these players you pigeonhole are that loyal, why wouldn’t they be pre-purchasing? A truly “loyal” player (a strange concept in a no sub model where they’ve given out as much as we’ve given back) would surely pre-purchase between now and launch and get the slot?

Also, isn’t this discussion already taking place in enough threads? They only get merged eventually, so why not post there where the devs want them to be for easy access?

Yes I’m not sure the benefit of changing the icon. It was much clearer before.

Bit of a head scratcher that decision, I’d have thought someone would have thought ahead and realised it wasn’t an easy to see icon.

HaZe.2843:

Just like title asks. Never saw a date around.

Pre-purchase ends on launch day. That we don’t have a day for

One NPC alone simply does not make this a gambling game. There is other gambling in this game and has been since inception and on a far larger scale than a completely innocuous NPC. Examples have been given many times now. The mystic forge people “trust” to give good results and they often lose thousands of gold. It is no different at all in any shape, myth or form than this NPC. Except this NPC is of less worth and has less impact on the game than the forge.

aspirine.6852:

I cant remember a dev answering a question regarding dx version, ever. So I wont keep my hopes up you will get one this time.

There has been one a long time ago. I believe they said it wasn’t on something they were looking into at that time

PeterFries.1057:

Lurinna.4306:

Here’s another one- 9: Why isn’t Magnus missing an eye anymore?

He’s, uh, trying out a new glass eye for feel, though something tells me he’ll decide it doesn’t suit him and return to the old eyepatch look in the near future…

(tugs collar nervously)

Pst next time go with mesmer magic. It works for so many cover ups!

You’re welcome

serenke.4806:

I hope they won’t be congratulating themselves for sorting out what they should never have broken in the first place.

That implies a deliberate break. It was unforeseen, so whilst in an ideal world it shouldn’t have broken, it was clearly unavoidable

But this has been explained. It does say the result is random ie that you are gambling. It is there, at the NPC. And yes you could lose on the ram if you were unlucky. I know I did.

I presumed they just meant the much fanfare is its actual fix considering the desire for it and the hard work that went into fixing it

There is no potential date I’m afraid. As you said, it’s an extremely complicated fix, but they will not give out a date, it will just go out live as soon as it is ready.

Lian Olsam.9541:

Randulf.7614:

But it is quite clear that the result is unpredictable. The tooltips on the items say you get random back. If it was a way to make money outright, everyone would be rich now.

There are only so many pop ups and warnings and tooltips Anet can add. Someone will always not read them or overlook them. It’s down to the responsibilty of the user to think “should I spend or gamble 100g, not knowing what I will get back”

you are right but it is the first time after 3 years we see something like that, my mistake was trust on anet, i never think they will put a gambling NPC, is like slot machines, click and lose

But it isn’t. This is just another NPC in a line of NPCs and other tricks that have done this. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I actually won on this NPC, but I didn’t invest much, knowing I’d probably get shafted.

They exist for those who like a flutter. Next one you encounter (and there will be more I’m certain), just walk on by.

Lesson from the real world.

Larger dogs are wimps – they get chased or beaten up by cats. I’ve found this out the entertaining..I mean hard way!

Small dogs think they are big and mighty so go after everything they can. Results are…..mixed

But it is quite clear that the result is unpredictable. The tooltips on the items say you get random back. If it was a way to make money outright, everyone would be rich now.

There are only so many pop ups and warnings and tooltips Anet can add. Someone will always not read them or overlook them. It’s down to the responsibilty of the user to think “should I spend or gamble 100g, not knowing what I will get back”

I like the idea. If it does happen though, I’d like to see some decent skins

Thanks! I presumed it was me missing something obvious

Gambling is riddled throughout this game;

- the skritt, which was implied in the NPC dialogue
- the new year festival
- black lion chests
- mystic forge

Much of the game’s rewards are based on risk and gambling. This is just another, albeit smaller, addition

If you lost 1000 globs and 100g, that means very quickly you knew what was going to happen and you continued to roll with it. The NPC does tell you and it is extremely easy to see what is going on with the NPC.

You weren’t cheated or betrayed, you played an obvious gambling game and it simply didn’t pay off for you. Whereas it did pay off for others. Sometimes in life, you discover these things for yourself and luckily this was harmless since all that was lost was pixels.

Am I misreading this, but shouldn’t a fire aura kick off when attuning to fire? Can’t seem to see it happening.

Somebody say….trap?

Nynuwe.5893:

I wonder how they make soap.

Quaggan drool

Its enough for me. I gave them money they gave me a fun game. I gave them more money they gave me gems to buy pretty things.

Been here since headstart, i dont feel owed in any way nor would i expect to

Karoth.1725:

It said that things and happened and to check them out. i’m talking about something before hand to warn me that “Hey, no how you like changing and mixing up your build on the fly? well after today you can’t do that, so log out with what you want to try and keep!”

It wouldn’t have helped since the system made a judgement call on what it thought you were using based on the fact that traits have moved lines and changed functions now. No one knew how it would precisely turn out. As it happens, under lvl 80’s have got a bit of a raw deal. But you can read more in the official response

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Things-we-know/first#post5199666

If you are level 80 though you can re-spec freely to your hearts content and unlock everything

It isn’t messed up to the point of needing a fix.. It’s just the way it has been coded. There is a thread on why it is doing it and why they choose that method, believing it to be the best of 2 scenarios

When you logged in, a pop up message summarised this. You couldn’t have gamed the system by logging out with a specific traitline system since we didn’t know how it would pan out.

It is, what it is I’m afraid.