Guild Wars 2

Electro.4173:

Rognik.2579:

Anyone know why these things churn out more Empyreal Fragments than Petrified Wood? I mean, I guess it follows much like Bloodstone Fen’s mining crystals gave bloodstone dust and bloodstone rubies, but I just don’t see the connection.

Yeah, its odd. I guess maybe its because an “Empyreal Crystal Formation” wouldn’t really fit with the setting or something, but mining wood and getting mostly crystal is… strange.

Petrified Wood is not actually wood – it’s a silica and other mineral fossil that has displaced wood. I’m guessing that Empyreal Crystals are one of the minerals that form inside the petrified stumps (Just as Quartz is so often found in real-world petrified wood.), with the harvested chunks of petrified wood being the intact “Other minerals”. Would have been nice as another source of quartz, though.

… Can Norn males please remember Leg Day too, please?

Eh… with the latest story, it seems the chance for Caithe to get killed off for being a treacherous and murderous liability has passed, unfortunately. I don’t think you quite understand HOW much Caithe’s actions hurt and betrayed the commander (Though I’m not sure the developers do, either). Then again, as far as I’m concerned, Destiny’s Edge aren’t "The Heroes’ – They’re a bunch of washed-up, incompetent and overly-dramatic losers who failed to kill one dragon, uselessly stood by and watched as the Commander and an airship crew killed the Zhaitan, and contributed nothing of significance to the death of Mordremoth (Aside from Caithe’s desertion leading to the destruction of the Pact Fleet, and Logan, Eir, and Zojja’s incompetence leading to the capture of the Pact Marshal)

That said, I am disliking how much of a jerk the commander’s being, especially in the last instance. But then again, I became a Lazarus fan as soon as he arrived and just started with “They are tied up in battle as well! I do not come with ill intentions!” before jumping immediately to defend the barrier and kicking so much kitten . That said, the “Right. Get me Taimi” line is the best, because it’s a joke, and both parties involve know it’s a joke (Taimi is way too busy doing other things). Caithe was even the one to suggest “Not me?” when the commander suggested someone watch the hatchling.

insanemaniac.2456:

the “I’ll keep it cuz I don’t wanna rebuy it” people arent the target for the “people are sitting on their leather” comment. that’s referring to tp players sitting on 10k+ or so squares.

Why wouldn’t they sell it, knowing the “I’ll keep it cuz I don’t want to rebuy it” people who normally keep such prices down aren’t selling, and the price will continue to rise?

Flowerpower.6795:

Yes i play the game since launch and know about lions arch and so on.

Danikat.8537:

It just doesn’t have cruel or violent anti-heroes turning on their allies for personal gain.

I think that is exactly what i am asking for. I dont like this good/evil and nothing between stuff. I want those evil characters that turn on their allies and actually i want to do so myself if possible :P

We have Lazarus(Maybe), Caudecus, and Phlunt. That said – The evil characters that try to turn on their allies are seen a mile away from the protagonists (because they’re not all dumb), and have none of that bullkitten.

Frankly, I find “Evil people who betray their allies” to be completely insane. Your “I want Rytlock to be a bad guy” is “I’m wanna be an edgelord for the sake of being an edgelord, screw logic and consistency”

Yeah… the destroyers are incredibly underwhelming this time around. My warrior just shredded them without thought or pause (The only time I was threatened was when 5-6 were attacking me when I came back from AFK. THey did manage to down me… but I rallied again from downstate damage)

That said – my guildmates seemed to struggle significantly more against them.

I’d suggest either Warrior or Thief, but that’s because I can’t figure out Revenant and its stances (It doesn’t help that my favorite stance, Demon, doesn’t have a stunbreak on Absorb Pain.)

Initiative is an amazing mechanic on thieves, and once you get Daredevil, with Physical utility skills and an extra dodge (That can be traited to be either Swiftness+Defense, or attack), the speed of actions can get pretty insane (And, thanks to initiative, you don’t have to wait on cooldowns)

Warrior is also great, thanks to its Burst Skill class mechanic. Berzerker makes the class get even more fast-paced (And you catch yourself on fire)

I’ve opened a few, usually just getting junk. However, the very first one I opened gave me two Petrified Wood. I don’t know that sort of drop rate, though.

Ronin.7381:

Arden.7480:

So, if he will lead White Mantle again, what will happen? The White Mantle will turn into good way as Lazarus or Lazarus is lying…

Well to be fair, there’s no more Abaddon so the threat of Titans is no longer relevant to any Mursaat. Abaddon pulled a Self Fullfilling Prophecy on the Mursaat which begs the question, would they have sacrificed any one on the Bloodstones to reinforce the Door of Komalie if their existence wasn’t threatened by what was on the other side.

I hope he’s honest or at least practical, “I don’t like you but we both don’t like the Elder Dragons.”

Then again, the bias in me has loved the Mursaat since Prophecies so I was happy to see him come to our aid…. again.

And, Lazarus has died through seeing the result of the Mursaat treachery. I was going to say he lived through that chain of events, but he didn’t. Of course, I’m not sure if Lazarus is being dishonest, or if he’s just too full of coming across as righteous and holy to use honest snark.

I don’t like how our characters were, well, characterized. Sure, I understand being distrustful of him – but the threats were absolutely laughable, and uncalled for. (Then again… he had me at his very first words. He’s now my second-favorite character, beating out my long-standing favorite Captain Ashym from the Urban Battleground fractal)

There’s a whole pile of “I know you know” going on with Lazarus, though – We know Mursaat were untrustworthy. Lazarus knows we know Mursaat were untrustworthy. He’s now come with the same deal from all those centuries ago, but… is he being honest, knowing that because we know the Mursaat are dishonest, he might as well not try to decieve us. Or will he try to decieve us anyway with the same deal, knowing that we know that’s what he’s doing, and we know he knows it, so would he really try it? I’ve gone cross-eyed.

As far as I could tell, the Circus people are castaways trying to survive on the island. We don’t know how long they’ve been there, but I think a big part of their behavior isn’t so much ‘Driven insane" as much as trying to give the facade of a normal life (As circus performers) to cope with the reality that they’re stranded on an island with little to no hope of rescue.

Buy the Portal to Ember Bay item from the merchant.

Ze Dos Cavalos.6132:

If I knew the achieves had a time limit I would have done them on the first week but I didn’t know that …
I was chilling coz I thought I had unlimited time to do those achieves so I didn’t rush to do them.

Did anet inform we only have 2 months to do them???
If they did I missed it coz I don’t usually come to the forums.
Why remove the achieves in the first place?

The achievements were indicated as limited time (Until end of what was then the next season) in the patch notes and all release material concerning the map.

Wanze.8410:

Sarrs.4831:

I would prefer for them to be targeting Silk, Gossamer, Mithril and Orichalcum prices, honestly.

Silk is as cheap as never before ever since ascended crafting got introduced, gossamer is cheap as well. Mithril lost 70% of its value in the last 6 months, orichalcum about 50% of its value.
What are you talking about?

I think he’s saying that those material’s supply far exceeds the demand.

RyuDragnier.9476:

I always thought you weren’t there because Trahearne basically said offscreen, “Commander, you’ve done a lot of hard work, take a vacation for a while. All the hard work is out of the way, and I don’t think the small fry left would interest you much. I’ll call you the second anything big comes up.”

As someone who didn’t play Living Story 1 because I was busy leveling instead at that time, I was under the impression that the screw-up with the commander’s characterization was from Living Season 1 and Personal Story essentially treating the Player Character as two separate characters. In the first, you’re treated as just an inhabitant of the (living) world, making fellow adventurer friends, exploring the world, and responding to each new crisis as it comes along, whether you’re a new level 2 character or level 80. In the latter, you’re a high-ranking commander of a military force.

Living Story 2 tried to merge the “Commander of the Pact” and “Adventurer in Tyria” into the single character – and it results in the awful runabout commander we get in LS2, Heart of Thorns, and ultimate Dereliction in LS3. (Of course, I think the Personal Story had the Commander hold onto the “Naive Newcomer” card for too long).

Yes, the main character is a godawful commander, given that he spends so much of the game just running around with the Biconics instead of actually leading the pact.

I am going to say – I do not like the Jumping Puzzle, nor that a mastery point and the map’s Full Achievement are tied to it. From what I’ve seen (Having completed it with the help of a map-breaker enthusiast mesmer), the puzzle isn’t for Jumping Puzzle enthusiasts – it’s for map-breakers. The use of gliding in the puzzle is great… but the sheer amount of dishonest geometry (Cliffs that look to steep to land on but aren’t, and platforms that look shallow enough to land on but aren’t), glitchy jumps (Either single, seemingly-arbitrary points to stand on dishonest geometry, and jumps exceeding normal jump height and angle, and jumps combining both, over unrecoverable falls), the puzzle goes from “Fun adventure” to “Complete bullkitten”

The techno themes of the newest legendary weapon is starting to drag, seeing that it shares the same theme with Astralaria, Predator, and H. O. P. E.

I’m wondering if people are sitting on it because it’s too scarce to sell, especially with the ridiculous acquisition imbalance (Going through high random loot content, I end up with ~1/4 the amount of Hard Leather as Gossamer when I go to refine. “I’m not selling this because it’s too expensive for me to re-buy when I need it again.”

As far as “Not farming it for profit” – there’s no way to do so!

Honestly, I was far less interested in our new dragon, and far more interested in the new friend we made! Sort of. Except my character decided to be a jerk to him.

Like last zone, there’s a portal scroll for sale once you get there.

Do the first mission – it’s fun and hilarious.

Zanjii.8214:

Patron i think that is the worst archievment ever , i mean , pay 1k gold to get 5 ap and the titel “im rich , you know” i dont rly like it

Where is that achievement? it doesn’t seem tied to the Story Journal. Personally – I like it. It’s something silly for the game’s wealthy to spend their money on and show off while being completely pointless.

Kudzu’s used to be just a conspicuous twisted rope glaringly connected to nothing. Now it’s a nice ethereal string that matches the floaty nature of the bow.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Seriously. ‘Indefinitely’ doesn’t mean forever. Sheesh. Maybe now people will shut up about it now.

Tell that to everyone waiting for Starcraft: Ghost.

Gaile Gray.6029:

It’s beautiful! (I have that bow, too. )

I have the other shortbow. I wanted to show you it when I saw you the other day, but I was on my warrior at the time

Gaile Gray.6029:

It’s beautiful! (I have that bow, too. )

I have the other shortbow. I wanted to show you it when I saw you the other day, but I was on my warrior at the time

New strings for all legendary bows.

Curunen.8729:

Ariurotl.3718:

None of my characters use mace. Oh well.

Yeah

I mean it’s great to see a new legendary released, but so far with Shortbow, Axe and Mace I can’t use them on my mesmer. And I already had bifrost before nevermore was released and Hope only affects one skill…

Really hoping for a new legendary Sword or Torch next.

I’d rather see a new Focus. The current one is ridiculously forgettable.

Vyrulisse.1246:

Experienced something similar in Dry Top. Saw someone fighting a boss, thought I was helping. Apparently the boss wasn’t supposed to be killed (???) and I was promptly told to go “kill myself”. Kinda puts a damper on any desire to lend a hand.

Skritt Queen? Or Sand Giant? Or not during the sandstorm. I could see someone not wanting help at the Sparring Rock boss because effect spam of other players could obscure the knockbacks.

Either way – this sort of thing happens in Dry Top because Dry Top is an absolutely horrifically-designed map, as far as the events go. Unlike the Frostgorge or old Queensdale event train, getting full rewards from this map requires a full hour of organization and commitment. The events are tied tightly to the timer, and the rewards are tied to the progress made during the calm.

Sand Giant usually isn’t fought because it takes the entire Sandstorm to kill. But nobody should really care if you fight him or not.

Skritt Queen opens halfway through the sandstorm, but requires the map to have made it to Tier 4 during the calm. However, there are several other events that spawn at the same time. I think most people have written Skritt Queen off as a loss, though, because of the Quartz (Did I mention that Dry Top is a completely bullkitten-designed map?) That said – it’s generally polite to run carefully around the edge to avoid aggroing her if you’re just popping into the map for the quartz.

Hesacon.8735:

There are events required for collections in Orr that require a map to fail. Good luck finding one.

Like? Last I checked, those collections were fixed to also allow completion of the defense events.

Miku.6297:

TheShniper.1852:

There is a reason for meta builds. People want to get raids done fast. Not wait around for someone who has a terrible build/arnor set. Most of these people arent being snobs.

The first part of this I agree with, and is a perfectly fine attitude. I totally understand people wanting to get through content as quickly and painlessly as possible. It’s the second part that gets to me..

Just because someones build/armor set isn’t EXACTLY what YOU consider meta, doesn’t mean it’s “terrible build/armor set”. That mentality, and condescending attitude is being a snob.

While it is true some people are more sensitive about comments. If you walk up to someone and say “your build is terrible and your armor/stat layout is terrible” Do you really think that will be well received? Or is it more likely to be considered an insulting…

Actually, I’m not sure if it’s about “Get it done quickly” as much as “Get it done at all”. Raids have extremely rigid, punishing mechanics, and an Enrage Timer that prevents passive/survival play. They also require close teamwork – If you’re gonna run as a PUG, you need to have the role you fill already fit a functional composition. It’s especially important to have the best stats possible if you’re inexperienced (Sure, pro groups do it in greens. But new raiders are best using at least ascended weapons+trinkets and exotic armor for the leeway in damage and armor they provide).

voltaicbore.8012:

(armors keeping frogs pinned/dead)

Armors suck at fighting frogs without players who actually deal damage to back them up – Sure, they can break the bars somewhat easily (But it takes all 3 CC skills – hope you don’t need a bonebreaker stopped), but then they’re immune to further CC for a while. Also – their own CC spam shreds the armor’s breakbars. And Armor has a strong single attack, but its sustained DPS is awful. Frogs do a better job distracting armor than the reverse.

Weapon boxes are irritating because they pick up every piece of junk you collect. The idea of making Invisible Bags invisible to Loot and Compact is that you can keep your items you want where you put them (And have Compacting be available to condense salvage junk and bag-opening residue).

Balthazzarr.1349:

omg.. it’s not even NEW… They never left the gemstore! sheesh

Yes they have. Most of them have been gone for months at a time (And in that time, the forums end up with “When’s (item removed from gemstore that you think is still there) coming back?”

Anet’s been fixing Torment by making new enemies more mobile. In HoT maps, I’ve never had a problem keeping enemies moving with torment on them.

Chad.6104:

Daroon.1736:

Chad.6104:

What is the point of having a minus (in combat for a minute)? You can’t use these in raids, WvW or PvP. That leaves dungeons and regular PvE. Are so many people doing dungeons that a full minute of in combat is needed?

Maybe arenanet needs to rethink this item. It’s expensive to buy for what it does and most of the time there’s a waypoint nearby so it’s easier to waypoint then run back rather than use something like that.

You’re assuming that Ring of fire and all future zones will have multiple waypoints.

I read that the new map wouldn’t have multiple waypoints,

Oh god really? Are they really keeping with the “Not enough waypoints to let you get into the action/area you want to be” bullkitten again? Why the hell can’t they stop that behavior and properly seed the map with enough waypoints to make travel not a headache. It’s bad enough that Silverwastes lacks any waypoints in the entire West and North areas (And one of the non-starting waypoints has a gate preventing access/exit more than half the time, and the other’s flat-out contested because of the dumbest event ever), and they blew up the waypoints in the Southwest of Brisban and middle of TImberline falls (Leaving massive swaths of land uncomfortably far from functional waypoints), and Tangled Depths has its most important waypoint contested every cycle because of the most irritating champ event ever…

Lost Precipice Guild Hall. Lots of house-things to decorate everywhere.

You’re welcome.

Stitch.1794:

TheNecrosanct.4028:

Stitch.1794:

Chad.6104:

Invisible bags are useful but when you switch out two one handed weapons for a two handed weapon one will go in the two handed weapon slot and the other will go into the first open inventory slot, which means it’s possible to sell it. I sold an ascended weapon to a vendor once when my game lagged during selling. I got it back because I reviewed my sales to merchant but a don’t sell mark on it would have stopped that.

You just need to leave a space in your inventory after the two-handed weapon – if you swap a two-handed weapon for a main and off hand, the main hand will go into the space vacated by the two-handed weapon, and the off hand weapon will go into the space to its right, if empty.

Except, any loot you get automatically fills up the first available space. So this only works if you don’t get any loot. If you’ve been running around for a while and want to switch a two-handed weapon to 2 one-handed weapons, it’s highly likely that space you trying to keep free is already filled up with something that dropped for you in the meantime. So your suggestion doesn’t work very well in practice.

This is why I keep my invisible bag at the bottom – the spare spots for swapping to two-handed weapons only get filledwith junk when I’m completely out of space.

But then the off-hand weapon gets punted to the first available space.

Frankly, I think the developers need to make it so that Invisible Bags are always last to fill with junk, and immune to inventory compacting. – They’re the bags you put your important stuff in, and it’s, from a player-convenience perspective, best to have that at the top of the screen so it’s readily available as soon as you open your inventory.

Rising Dusk.2408:

Sartharina.3542:

… why a 60-second combat lock?

Presumably so you don’t immediately start regenerating HP back to 100% and to maintain some measure of thoughtfulness in the proper usage of the item (ie. Don’t use if surrounded by fifty Chak).

Except “Surrounded by 50 Chak” is now one of the better places to use it, since you’re going to be locked in combat forever anyway.

Previously, Revive orbs were handy if you died somewhere obscure, like falling to your doom in a jumping puzzle or getting ninja-ganked by a flung rock in Bloodstone Fen. Now, with health regen and move speed snared for a full 60 seconds, it loses all of its “Get up and get back to exploring” function.

Before, it was a nice tool for resuming exploration after a misstep or lingering damage from a won battle (Condi or lingering area-denial) Now, the Revive orb has lost any sort of function outside of getting back up (instead of WPing) during a world boss fight.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

But armor? No, it’s not worth buying ascended armor in my humble opinion. Not with gold at least. And if I had to guess? Sooner than later we’ll be able to farm something to buy ascended armor. If that’s the case, I’d seriously wait until the new map is open.

There is – Magnetite shards. And high-level fractals have a decent ascended drop rate. I still use Laurels and Guild Commendations for trinkets (Especially Accessories), because Blood Rubies aren’t worth the effort to make. There’s a whole world out there, not just Bloodstone Fen.

… why a 60-second combat lock?

I log my characters off… anywhere, really. When I’m done playing, I just quit to desktop, regardless of wherever I am – in combat, in a city, by a crafting station, in the guild hall, mid-glide… anywhere.

Hey, Almighty Dervisher. I have a 1995 Mustang in my garage. Do you have any automotive technical knowledge? I’d like to update it to the 2016 model. Or at least just upgrade its engine.

Mea.5491:

psychosiz.7109:

Most people quit due to content difficulty

My opinion is that as a Knight Necro I never get downed or die in HoT maps / story, thank you very much. LOL at people wearing full dps meta gear and complaining about “too difficult” content. Full dps gear can be nice if you can handle it, but 9 out of 10 people can’t. Just go to Dragon’s Stand. You will see 5+ people getting downed every second. It’s ridiculous yet they refuse to wear defensive stats. -shakes head-

Eh… In Dragon’s Stand, I find I still get downed frequently by the sheer amount of area denial even in full Wanderer+Minstrel gear on my guardian.

… There are people who click their skills?

Yeah – the thing about Skill 2 is that it’s actually a chain skill, as simplesimon said. You want to learn how far the first jump is, so you can use the second to launch.

That said – You’ll want the “Return” key bound to something comfortable as well. I have Gold. It took a LOT of practice to get the jumps just right.

Hyper Cutter.9376:

messiah.1908:

and maybe pet dmg (buff the old ones and nerf the new ones)

The bristleback and smokescale (let’s not mince words here, you’re not complaining about the useless wyverns or the tiger here) already been nerfed repeatedly.

The correct thing to do would be to revamp all the core pets’ skill bars to bring them up to that level, but if people whine this much about the smokescale (literally a bear, that walking joke of a pet family, stat-wise but with about half their vitality), actual DPS pets like cats or birds with functional skill bars would cause us all to drown in tears.

But can we please have Devourers be viable?

Behellagh.1468

And at 39K, it’s virtually unattainable. Don’t you need like nearly every AP currently available in game to get it? Maybe that’s the point. Only those who get nearly all the other achievements, plus the 15K from dailies only deserve to get it.

Currently, Nobody is even within 5000 AP of earning it.

I’m not sure what the point of the cap is at all.

I want Lord Faren’s Maguuma Jungle outfit for my female charr.

For my two Legendaries (Kittybow and brownoar), I went with “Buy the materials to craft the legendary, using Gems→Gold to buy the materials”

Still had to work through earning the Obsidian and Gifts.

I would love this so much. Chuka+Champawat deserves to be able to be used by Warriors (Because big kitten bow that shoots tigers) and Dragonhunters (So we can get our Tiger vs. Dragon thing going on by hunting dragons with tigers)

I think they should buff core enemies, sort of, but along guidelines that make them not irritating to fight:
1. Be very judicious, not liberal, with CC spam. Enemy attack patterns should NEVER open their attack patterns with Cripple, immob or CC, or long-duration condis. Combat shouldn’t be a complete pain in the kitten to get out of.
2. Give faster, lighter-hitting attack combos.
3. Greater mobility/position play of the mobs, but without actual Evade frames.
4. Much shorter evade/block phases. Perhaps more use of short-duration blind (What the hell is with Dust Mite’s multi-minute blinds!?) and aegis on mobs (NOT blind/evade fields) – Nobody likes sitting on their thumbs waiting for a mob to become vulnerable to attack again.
5. Very judicious use of Defiance, or modify it so that Cripples, Blinds, Weakness and other soft CC still take full effect on veterans and lower. Unbreakable bars should be replaced with Earth-elemental-style stability (No Stun/daze/immob/knockdown/launch). Sure, no CC-immunity makes large group enemies a joke to zergs, but control should still be functional and critical in solo and small-team play.
6. Better enemy teamfight compositions. Between Punishers, Tormenters, and Snipers, I’m pretty sure everyone can attest to Mass Mordrem Guard causing too much area denial spam for fun fights. (However – I think this is simply a problem with the Into the Ruins Pale Reaver event, and somewhat in the Mouth of Mordremoth pre-events)

HazyDaisy.4107:

It would help if some core events were changed to be harder or atleast not on a set schedule.

Take SB for example, me and a friend saw Brenda (the beer escort) last night and started talking about how confused the new people would be having to do a pre to start SB.

They’ll NEVER experience Brenda, the old school SB portals, or even simple pleasures like the Queensdale Champ train.

The queensdale champ train was a blight on the game, not a pleasure. And the Shadow Beast DOES require a pre-event to start. All world bosses do.

That said – I wish they’d revamp Barradin’s Crypt into a world boss. Ascalon needs one.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Heart of Thorns was a sea change in difficulty and overall pace. I know people don’t like hearing that, but it’s true. Compared to the Core Game world, it was jarring to casual players. The fact ArenaNet said HoT would have more challenging content also cannot be denied.

Beforehand, it was play at your own pace. With Heart of Thorns, it became zerg or be left behind. It didn’t help that certain content was impossible until a certain criteria was met.

But this topic is pretty much a dead horse at this point.

Might be best to Google it and read the many, many, many threads about it.

“Zerg or be left behind”? What? Unless you’re referring to the main map metas (Octovine, Gerent, Dragon’s Stand, and partially VB night) it never was such a thing. That said, it did make teamwork significantly more rewarding, and required active participation in the maps. The only people who had to ‘zerg’ were the braindead players who only knew how to zerg the Queensdale Champ/EotM karma trains anyway.