Guild Wars 2

tbh im impressed with what i have seen bemeric do with the engineer, i didnt expect him to move away from the thief.

Evans.6347:

RedCobra.7693:

Evans.6347:

The greatswords without a doubt. Also, the amount of times you see them just puts me off. I find my Greatsaw more legendary than those (or at least for a little longer).

Twilight gets my personal vote for the ridiculous black sludge dripping off your character when they walk. Kudzu is my follow up because it’s footstep effect look like puddles of vomit from a distance.

It upsets me a lot to see that people hate on twilight just becuase its the most common legendary, Do you know how childish that sounds, just get what YOU like, and tbh i love the twilight, i saw it before i purchased the game and knew even before HOW to get it that i HAD to get it xD

basically read my signature xD all i need is my gift of Exploration and im 85% :S

Oh I’m sorry, I thought this was a highly subjective topic discussing tastes. I didn’t realise that makes me childish.

For the record, it’s because I am of the personal opinion that the greatswords look lousy and overdone that I’m close to finishing my Flameseeker Prophecies. I want this legendary because I will use it on my main who inherited the name and legacy of my GW1 main who in his turn completed the Flameseeker Prophecies. I will thus treat it as an heirloom.

well i apologise for that the childish comment was aimed at people who say they are too common, i may have replied to the wrong person :P

bri.2359:

RedCobra.7693:

What got you through it? Enjoyment?

Yup, I enjoyed the solo exploration experience on my ranger. The only annoying part for me were the WvW maps.

What got me started was my initial goal, at lvl 20-something, to collect all the ranger pets. This task took me all over Tyria and was a nice starter for world completion.

Oh, I have no interest in legendaries, so this was not for the gift but personal satisfaction. The map rewards and exp were nice as well. The key to the enjoyment for me was taking my time, and not treating it like a job that had to be done.

Having said that, doing 100% world once was enough for me. Would not bother doing it again

i just wish i could of done the explore without having to do it for the legendary, i think ill do it a second time with an alt but slowly after i have my legendary just to explore and learn the world

Tom Gore.4035:

Wait… you hate repetition but didn’t even flinch at grinding the mats/gold for the other components of the legendary?

Does not compute.

im a previous runescape player :P so making gold is second nature, i play the tp you see, not only that, ive played a long time and the guild has just built up.

Taterz.1706:

Diviner.7405:

Posting in this thread again.

Its like as if people want everything handed to them, and if it is not, it is considered too hardcore.

As if.

So does it say anywhere in my post that i am asking for anything. I am mearly saying i thought they was monitoring the prices of precursors so they didn’t go too high.

if they are selling then that means people are willing to pay that much, and guess what? they are selling, its economy bud, you just cant afford one, i dont want the devs getting involved it would just make it unrealistic

i just need explore, im on 85% at the moment, its killing me, i have such a short attention span :C

Zoij.3498:

You could pretty much sell dusk and use the profit to make a non-greatsword legendary, but if you want to make Twilight then you’ve got the hardest bit covered.

thats subjective i believe, i cant stand exploration (i love the sights just not the process) as you can see its the last thing i have to do, im on 85% and i find it extremely difficult.

juno.1840:

Direct player trades have a couple “negatives”:

1. They do not remove gold from the economy like the 15% TP tax
2. We’ll see chat spam like Kamadan 1 in GW1… “WTS Tomented Shield, 60e”

I really don’t want the chat spam, and the 15% tax is necessary.

100% agree with you here, you sir are an intelligent gentleman,

we need more people like you who understand the economy, there is no need to trade between players, just sell it on th etp

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milo.6942:

emullins.7369:

Solys.2736:

Bring back Guild Halls.
Bring back GvG.

GvGs are already active within the game but must be purchased via the gem store. See “Custom Arenas” -> Allowance by guild.

that was a bad joke

if he said that in front of me i would punch him xD
do people still not get that we dont want to go use a character completely different to the one we spend 1000’s of hours outfitting, not for stats but for the looks we worked for, sam goes for dueling, whats so hard about implementing and arena to duel and gvg in, just give me Guild halls :’C

read my signature on 85% now

Upham.6137:

Senjun.8149:

Use their moa ability on someone who you already outnumber 3+ on 1… I hate you.

Why do i keep seeing this? Shame on all of you.

And to all the mesmers who don’t use moa, I love you.

To me it’s just a way for bad mesmers to try trolling people in outnumbered fights. So take it as it is, and look for better players to fight against.

while the skill does have its uses and is useless in fights when you yourself are outnumbered im afraid you’re right, the skill is just used by too many to troll, why cant we have an elite phantasm

Advent.6193:

I see your point, but at the same time … some of the Guild tags or names I’ve run into, makes me think that we might not have too much of an issue, unless some whinebag decides to feed the Drama Llama.
One quick example, from my server:
Guild Name: Reich
Guild Tag [SS]

If THAT has flown, for months, [OMFG] should be A-OK.

yep sending me hate mail lmao thats cool, not you advent xD, but this doesnt rectify the issue, it still puts the guild at risk, one guy murders a school that doesnt make it A-OK to stab someone, little extreme of a comparison and considered a hyperbole but you can see my point, i just worry for the guild thats all.

Vick.6805:

RedCobra.7693:

i got my dusk in the mystic toilet 2 days ago and all ihave left to do is my exploration (literally) i am on 49% and i feel like i have been doing it for an eternity.

No, you’re doing it for a Twilight. :P

Seriously though, doing exploration one map at a time, rather than spamming several in a row, would be my suggestion. Also, switching up what region you’re working on helps, too, as the enemies and areas you’ll encounter will be superficially less similar.

^^ made me laugh, tbh youre suggestion seems interesting, i never imagined switching zones i just assumed it would be best doing one zone at a time, im on 85% now and i have to say its been very difficult for me, and thats coming from someone who grinded for 99’s on runescape :S dont get me wrong though someone said dont do something that makes you want to quit, oh i would never do that, i dont enjoy exploring the world and seeing the sights its just the kitten points and hearts xD

Evans.6347:

The greatswords without a doubt. Also, the amount of times you see them just puts me off. I find my Greatsaw more legendary than those (or at least for a little longer).

Twilight gets my personal vote for the ridiculous black sludge dripping off your character when they walk. Kudzu is my follow up because it’s footstep effect look like puddles of vomit from a distance.

It upsets me a lot to see that people hate on twilight just becuase its the most common legendary, Do you know how childish that sounds, just get what YOU like, and tbh i love the twilight, i saw it before i purchased the game and knew even before HOW to get it that i HAD to get it xD

basically read my signature xD all i need is my gift of Exploration and im 85% :S

Guys Im 84% exploration now and that is all i have left to do, its been sooooo difficult but i have to be honest and thank Kosake the beers helped xD, not only that, music was a huge benefit, just sticking in old albums i hadnt listened to in a while was good, the whole matrix trilogy and i might go through the harry potter series to finish it off xD

and thank you bore for the link and luthan.

skcamow.3527:

RedCobra.7693:

I dont mean to rain on your parade but [OMFG] refers to profanity and will be disbanded.

“Official Mesmer Forum Guild”

? im confused, are you trying to educate me on what the acronym stood for or are you trying to persuade me that it doesnt refer to profanity?

which it does “Oh My ******* God” and Anet are a lot harsher than what my opinion dictates. im not trying to be a killjoy i just wouldn’t like to see the guild get shut-down in its prime -_-

Rigel.3092:

Ross Biddle.2367:

RIOT’s definition of small team roaming synonymous with gank squad, and run away from anything actually challenging.

Though in all fairness your group setup is tight. Don’t presume to kitten with these guys if you haven’t got your kitten together.

They run away from anything actually challenging? LMAO, your smoking what? Most anyone one that roams in WvW will run at some point and living to fight another day is bad? Right.

Interesting you made such a claim and yet gave a caveat to your claim by giving an “in all fairness” mention. RIOT is one of the best roaming and/or small group guilds around and not one to be taken lightly, at all. They wreck crap all the time, despite assertions that they “run away from anything actually challenging”…..no doubt you and Red Cobra have been wrecked by them extensively to come here and make such derogatory mentions and assertions. lol. =.=

I’ve seen a lot of there videos and even spoke to them, they admit that they pick easy targets in roaming, thats how you’re supposed to do it, thats just not my playstyle though, you sound like you’re getting offended over someone else, control your emotions, its childlike.

i agree, this guild (even though they admit it) only fight enemies they KNOW they can kill, where’s the fun in that, scratch that, where’s the skill in that, the person i was impressed with most in that guild was the warrior, his ability to survive in outnumbered situations was quite impressive

yeah, it winds me up people who complain about this skill, you were going against three people, what did you expect? -_- i prefer to put myself in situations where im outnumbered so i need Mass invis tp target break, but if i run into a thief that keeps fleeing being a troll i can assure you that moa is the next skill ill use

I dont mean to rain on your parade but [OMFG] refers to profanity and will be disbanded.

xephire.8324:

I don’t get players……they farm hours and hours to get ton of gold just to buy armor sets and legendary weapon to just play dress up with.Its just armor with different design and color.Weapons with different design and colors.Just to make you pretty.And if you think that farming 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 hours just to get that kind of gear will make people think that you are hard working or should be respected.Well, all i can say is lol.

i play WvW i want twilight all i have left is explore and im on 84% and im going to love my GS, you simply find it laughable because you know you will never get one

we dont know what happened to make it explode, they hard trouble with chaos energy okay yeah we know that much, we do know they capture ED minions to get the energy from, they currently have a DSD minion in the Infinity coil so im hoping we get to see one or two of these break loose in the fractal

Ive been itching to get back into WvW, people have noticed i haven’t entered it for over a week, but when i return ill be a new gw2 player

“change being the word” i dont want a title giving in a lower teir or more stepping stones, i want ultimate dominator title

i agree, i love WvW and its my endgame, i can see my self playing it for years but i stil wont get any of the titles

youve got to think though, they cant lower the kills one now because someone got 250k kills, they would take that away from him

stale.9785:

No, legendary carriers don’t impress me. They either ground gold till their fingers bled, bought gold (via TP or RMT), or got enormously lucky in drops/mystic toilet usage.

Were the Legendary account bound, and required something other than stupid amounts of gold/grind to get, it’d be impressive. As it is, my assumption is that someone spent their money/stole daddy’s credit card to get it.

how sad, another case of you cant be bothered so say everyone cheated, yes i might of got lucky for my pre (280g spent in forge) but all the rest i earned by playing the game, just because you cant (yes not because you dont want to, you cant) doesnt mean other people cant.

MattyjRulz.2840:

Magnetron.5823:

Recently i made the Eternity, and 80% of the reaction from people are; Crap legendary, Ugly, Noob, Gold buyer.

I will be impressed when people congrat u with one, instead of insulting.

Yeah I was shocked to have encountered negativity with having a legendary, lol I bet everyone who insulted you is either working towards a legendary, or not willing to put in the effort to work for it. Kinda sad being witness to this toxic attitude, anyway congratz xD

yeah its people playing sour grapes, people who have nagativity towards legendaries dont have one, they dont know the pain involved, i would like to say gratz aswell ^^ yes im impressed with legendaries, im not a lazy person in life and not in games either, ive been called an idiot for going for one and a Noob??? can you beleive it but now i just have my exploration then i can enjoy WvW with my new shiny ^^,

darn you’re good :P

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

RedCobra.7693:

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

I would put a legendary GS on a Guardian, rather than a Mesmer. Mostly because I believe that Mesmer GS is underwhelming, however Guardian skills also do a better job of showing off the weapon via animations. For both dungeons and open-world PvE, GS on Guardian is top-tier, while GS on Mesmer doesn’t really do a whole lot relative to other Mesmer weapons. WvW is similar, GS on Guardian is very strong where as GS on Mesmer is… well, I guess it’s ok there.

>“Scumbagzerkerspeedrunner” input

ahhh you hurt me sooo much xD GS mesmer is not lacking, its crucial to my build, im not in anyway showing off here so please no attacks people xD but i can take several people on at the same time and the GS is what lets me do it, (with s/f) Zerk ftw. please dont make bold statements when almost every class can be good it just takes skill to exploit there strengths

You can build around a weapon to bring out it’s strength(s), but that doesn’t necessarily make it better than another option. I was also referring to PvE, not so much WvW because I don’t really skirmish in WvW anymore. The reality is, in dungeons where melee and DPS is king, GS on Mesmer is lackluster, where as it is very good on a Guardian.

yep even in pve, if you were to try lupi solo you’d need GS and s/f with reflect, the GS for speed is crucial for the dps, you could replace with sceptre and pistol but it wouldnt be as fast

but yeah i 100% spec fully for WvW its my endgame

aspirine.6852:

Go do Wvw as soon as possible. If you are on a server thats get pounded by the other two you will need the time. If you are on a top server yourself it’s a break from pve and quite easy.

oh thats already done 100% forgot to mention :P I love WvW

youre hiding a camp at the bottom, im sorry but i have trust issues xD

kazi.6438:

Staff has been kinda underwhelming since the confusion nerf imo. Sure it’s good defensively, but good luck killing anything (especially if they decide to kite you).

hmm i wouldnt be so sure about that, im a full zerk mesmer and sometimes i can switch my GS to a staff and be so much more mobile it does sacrafice some dps but it makes fighting classes like warriors and guards easier.

yeah im probably the go-to guy in my guild for jp’s, i think im a natural it just so happens to be very lucky im a mesmer main aswell

Berelious.3290:

I’ll admit I’ve never played a mesmer, so my opinion is going to be a bit biased. That being said, I would play it on a guardian, simply because on my guardian I’d die less. There’s nothing more pathetic looking or embarrassing for myself, personally, than to have a big flashy legendary and dieing with it all the time.

very well said there ^^,
id put it on mesmer, but i main a mesmer so its a biased choice, and ive played every class apart from a a guardian, ive never really had trouble with guardians apart from one from the TAG guild in RoF but he still didnt win he was just a tank, my point is, put it on what you are most skilled with, the worst thing i could think of just like berelious here is dieing with the legendary and looking like a pve noob that just knows how to farm.

Morrigan.2809:

RedCobra.7693:

Waar Kijk Je Naar.8713:

kossman.8206:

datamine…. 400 gems

200 actually. And only if you log in on the 28th.

omg i thought it was a joke, is this serious??? if so, then im pretty dissapointed in anet dont they care about their own birthday?

What do you mean?
I thought this was pretty nice.
We don’t know that this is all there is to it- it is not the 28th or our character’s birthdays yet

i dont get me wrong im not fussy about gifts lol, im ghreatful for anything, i just assumed theyd do something good id like a hat though now thats good

Waar Kijk Je Naar.8713:

kossman.8206:

datamine…. 400 gems

200 actually. And only if you log in on the 28th.

omg i thought it was a joke, is this serious??? if so, then im pretty dissapointed in anet dont they care about their own birthday?

Royce Melborn.3276:

AshleyFenton.5301:

Gwalchgwn.1659 post is a bit extreme thinking FoW need to cheat to beat him. Its a transmutated sunrise off my warrior, just to make my mesmer more fun to level. -_- didnt know that was a crime. lol

LoL that’s awesome and kittened at the same time bro

meh he did it too outshine MY mesmer xD im the guy with the exact same outfit but no legendary :P

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

I would put a legendary GS on a Guardian, rather than a Mesmer. Mostly because I believe that Mesmer GS is underwhelming, however Guardian skills also do a better job of showing off the weapon via animations. For both dungeons and open-world PvE, GS on Guardian is top-tier, while GS on Mesmer doesn’t really do a whole lot relative to other Mesmer weapons. WvW is similar, GS on Guardian is very strong where as GS on Mesmer is… well, I guess it’s ok there.

>“Scumbagzerkerspeedrunner” input

ahhh you hurt me sooo much xD GS mesmer is not lacking, its crucial to my build, im not in anyway showing off here so please no attacks people xD but i can take several people on at the same time and the GS is what lets me do it, (with s/f) Zerk ftw. please dont make bold statements when almost every class can be good it just takes skill to exploit there strengths

kossman.8206:

datamine…. 400 gems

lmao, this^^

Datamine, RNG box with skins inside

hey im currently at work so cant whisper but, im lazy at finding the jps, so if you show me, ill do the puzzle and port you, telling me the locations is more thatn enough reward for me, just said us a mail ingame for when i log on tonight 7pm bst

boredinbc.2786:

I’m doing my exploration now. 68% complete, and it feels like there is still sooooo much!! Lol.

Regardless, I printed a map of the world with the zones already blocked out, and I used a big black marker to color in the zones I already finished, each time I finish a zone I color it in, and its actually pretty satisfying. It’s a very tangible way to visualize you progress.

I also try to either work a whole zone to completion before I do anything else since I’m easily distracted. If I have too much to do and not enough time I always make sure that I do something, anything, each time I log that progresses my map completion. Even if its just a waypoint, or POI.

I also always log off where I finished exploring last, this way when I hop back on I am close to something like a heart that needs to be done. Less chance to get distracted.

If I do good in a session I reward myself by making insensitive chat comments in LA.

i think you may be on to something here, thats what i did with my twilight and it was extremely useful, would you be able to post where you got the map?

Falunel.7645:

RedCobra.7693:

RLHawk.3290:

If you don’t have friends to do it with, you can also often call out in map chat to see if anyone wants to go along with you.

I personally found the whole map very fun. But I enjoy exploring. One thing I will say though — it’s more fun when you’re doing it because you want to do it than when you’re just trying to rush through it.

this seems to be the issue, i really want to enjoy it but the legendary is teasing me, do i enjoy the explore that i have left or rush for twilight, ive been on the game 1200 hours now and every minute has been dedicated to twilight

Stop and think about why you want Twilight, and what you plan on doing after it.

The core game won’t change after you get Twilight. You’re not going to get access to top-tier raids or dungeons or PvP, unlike other games after grinding for a certain piece of gear. Neither are you going to have mass admiration or fame. Nor will you become a more powerful player. A legendary is a skin and a personal goal, not a game-changer. You get one because you like how it looks (as in, even if it was common as a blue drop, you would get it because you like how it looks) and then you continue playing the game as always.

With that in mind, is it worth getting the skin if you just burn out and blow past content you want to enjoy? My friend has multiple legendaries (all of which he made himself) and 100% map completion on five characters. As soon as he decided he wanted a certain legendary or map completion, he went after it hammer and tongs whenever he was in-game and didn’t stop unless someone needed his help. Yet the work hardly bothered him- rather, he enjoyed the feeling of making progress towards his personal goal, and after finishing those goals, just played the game as always.

However, I on the other hand don’t go after things so fervently. I like doing things on a whim and will usually drop everything if someone calls in with a question or even just wants to chat. I have my legendary’s precursor, WvW map completion, and more than enough clovers, so all elements of chance are out and the only thing that keeps me from finishing my legendary is straightforward work. Still, I spend most of my time online not actively working, but just doing things I like to do. When I explore, I pick an interesting direction and just walk and see what I find.

My way of doing things is much slower than my friend’s, but we both enjoy the game and progress without burning out or getting bored, and neither of us feel forced to work. Ultimately, that’s the most important thing. Make sure you’re getting the legendary because you want to, not because you feel you have to or that it’ll earn you admiration or make you a better player. And when you do the work required, try to do it in a way where you’ll enjoy it. Your legendary’s not going away, and there’s hardly any point in getting it if the process leaves you burnt out on the game itself.

really good response ty, your right i guess, i think im a mix between you and your friend though which causes the pain but honestly as good as the game is im all for WvW, i love it and id like to JUST play that lol, however this kitten legendary (which was love at first sight before i even knew how to get it) is in my way, me and my brother said at the start that WvW would be our endgame and we would both get twilight and sunrise, and he has his sunrise now and i feel left behind.

Gears.1927:

Hum not only on Vabbi there is something strange sometimes … not lvl 80 and legendary ?

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/545809gw102.jpg

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/183029gw104.jpg

LMFAO thats all TSOC xD im the mesmer at the bottom of the pics, the legendary is falcon x

RLHawk.3290:

If you don’t have friends to do it with, you can also often call out in map chat to see if anyone wants to go along with you.

I personally found the whole map very fun. But I enjoy exploring. One thing I will say though — it’s more fun when you’re doing it because you want to do it than when you’re just trying to rush through it.

this seems to be the issue, i really want to enjoy it but the legendary is teasing me, do i enjoy the explore that i have left or rush for twilight, ive been on the game 1200 hours now and every minute has been dedicated to twilight

yeah i suppose, ive been doing it solo atm, i didnt want to encumber my guild, i guess if people are up for it i could do zones with them that we both havnt done

Undertaker.2731:

I went from 31% to 65% in 3 days, what got me throw it? Music lol..lots of music xD

yeah that seems to help for me, ive been making a mix, Should i just get like 40 albums together, or maybe watch a show? hmm

Hi guys,

pardon my exaggeration, i got my dusk in the mystic toilet 2 days ago and all ihave left to do is my exploration (literally) i am on 49% and i feel like i have been doing it for an eternity.

i Have the absaloute shortest attention span when it comes to repetative actions, so please please please help me, im asking all those players that have done their exploration,

What got you through it? Enjoyment? why don’t i find it fun, the hearts just seem to take so long, i actually think i prefer the fetch quests on wow than the hearts, i thought anet said it was supposed to give meaning to the quest, (off topic now :P)

But in conclusion what can i do to make it easier, any suggestion would help ty in advance,

Almost a twilight owner,
RedCobra

i dont really have trouble (GS mesmer) with staff mesmers, however i do tend to burst them down fast, if i let the fight drag out it gets harder harder but id just reset if possible, then re-initiate with a larger combo burst.

Double its damage