Guild Wars 2

Yea it’s obviously so-as to not clip with helms. Which is fine for the halo, since halos are designed to float above a head. But the horns are gonna look odd floating above the head when they should jut out from the sides.

I always thought the Marionette was just a device that absorbed energy to power the zone-killing super laser above her.

exits stage right and heads to the lore forum

Yea, I’m looking forward to patch day if those notes are real. Will definitely be slotting KR and FT.

I’m really hoping, for my engi’s sake, that these are real.

For the sake of some of my alts however, I hope they’re incomplete.

Loot is fine. You’ll earn MORE loot from doing the event properly. Let those that don’t understand have their couple bits of blues/greens. I’d rather win the event for better rewards.

Manasa Devi.7958:

The zone-wide achievements are rubbish and indicative of nothing. I completed almost all achievements without lifting a finger or even realizing what I needed to do for them. I still don’t know that for some of them, and don’t care to, because I already have them. It happened when I was just exploring and looking for rubble. I just needed to do some more escort events and some of the events that spawn at 40 minutes.

Mission accomplished, nothing learned, not planning to go back in there because it’s boring.

Congratulations. Everyone else did what was needed while you reaped the rewards doing nothing productive. Your story is anecdotal and proves nothing. The facts of the event remain.

Nothing learned? That’s your short-coming. Clearly you’re not enjoying the event and that’s your prerogative. You judge the mechanics by your achievements and not the success of the event. I’m glad you’re not going back in because I’d like to think the people in my overflow are working together for higher rewards.

I think it becomes soulbound on choosing stats, not equipping.

Love the account boundness of it though. I’m crafting a couple of various tiers for alts.

This actually looks more or less believable. Here’s hoping, cuz it’ll make my favorite kit (Flamethrower!) more viable and fun to play. The reemergence of Kit Refinement will make me happy too. Juggernaut + KR + Go For The Eyes = Awesome!

Delvoire.8930:

We have a few months to worry about our next holiday.

Also, we may be too preoccupied with fighting an Elder Dragon to worry too much about partying…

Dragonbash will be us actually bashing a dragon?!!

Heirlooms can be traded for Obsidian Shards, but those are too coveted because of the selfless/selfish potions. Bladeshards for Obbies would be nice.

Still, Blade Shards will need a sink. I get tons of them each run thru LA so even with the couple sets of backpacks I plan to make for alts, I’m gonna have a couple stacks left over at the end.

Moshari.8570:

Seras.5702:

I got Triple Play last night on an overflow. Seems people are starting to understand how the events are to be done. Really, it’s a crapshoot as to the type of people in your overflow. Do you have selfish bag farmers or those who understand that the greater rewards come from succeeding in the events?

I got it last night in overflow also…same overflow??

Your name looks familiar. Were you the commander showing people rubble piles?

thefantasticg.3984:

Seras.5702:

And as for people still zerging and not learning, I recently got my Triple Play achievement yesterday. That’s a zone-wide achievement and it means people are learning how to play properly rather than mindlessly zerging for loot. Anet doesn’t have to spell it out for us. We should have to learn the right mechanics & strategy to win.

As we found out with the Scarlet Invasions it is EQUALLY selfish of you to want those who want to zerg to instead PLAY THE WAY YOU WANT instead of how they want… but sure, we can bring those arguements back from the dead if it tickles your fancy.

That’s a foolish argument. That’s like saying it’s selfish of me to want the players in my dungeon group to kill the champs instead of /dancing with each other. I’m supposed to want my allies to play in such a way that is beneficial to them as well as us as a whole.

The event was designed to give greater rewards for organized play rather than zerging. Which means even the selfish people who just want better loot will benefit from organized play and saving 1500 citizens.

I got Triple Play last night on an overflow. Seems people are starting to understand how the events are to be done. Really, it’s a crapshoot as to the type of people in your overflow. Do you have selfish bag farmers or those who understand that the greater rewards come from succeeding in the events?

Well, the forums were filled with complaints during Wintersday #2 & Halloween #2 about it being the same old thing. Now it won’t/can’t be. We’ll have those holidays elsewhere most likely. Dragonbash may still be held at the ruins of LA as a sort of remembrance.

Has anyone checked under LA in the sewer tunnels? Anet has stated that full map completion is still possible and iirc there is a POI that you have to swim thru the sewers to get. That would be a great place for the skritt to take refuge.

Waldir.2571:

Seras.5702:

I got the cutscene again even when I logged into a character that’s 1) been to LA since the patch and 2) was in Rata Sum.

I think (and dont quote me on this) that whenever there’s is a patch (to fix a bug or something) it resets as if you had never watched it.

That was my assumption as well. It doesn’t bother me cuz I can skip it. But it happened and it made me go "huh…… o.O "

Facepunch.5710:

Since that time, there have been new patches to fix bugs, but they haven’t added this stuff to the Vigil Keep. I don’t get it, and I really don’t see an explanation that fits better than cash grab.

Wouldn’t you rather they fix the bugs first so things work properly? I know I do. I’d rather the limited time events run smoothly and have to (gasp) walk thru the free asura gate to access a laurel vendor and crafting station.

The only thing missing from Vigil Keep that was in LA are the crafting stations. But truth be told, LA was not convenient for crafting anyway. I’ve always done my crafting in Rata Sum because the crafting stations are closest to the bank & TP.

There are asura gates to all major cities in VK, just like they were in LA. And if you go thru the LA portals that’re in the major cities, they take you to VK.

Even if LA is gone for good, the Vigil Keep is a hastily thrown together refugee outpost (in game terms, not developer terms). Give Tyrians a few weeks/months to recoil from the sudden attack on LA, fight Scarlet, and begin a new city. Give it time and we might see a new city to replace LA, the expansion of the various Order headquarters, a new push into Southsun that results in the creation of a new grand city. Or maybe Anet is just sick of everyone afk-ing in one place and has plans to make all of Tyria more appealing to visit.

You can’t whine about inconvenience when there’s very little inconvenience and Anet offers you TWO ways around it. Buy the unlimited pass or open event bags and maybe you’ll get some 1-time use passes. I’ve gotten 3 so far and haven’t used one yet because VK isn’t inconvenient. The bank and TP are actually closer in VK than they were in LA. So are the asura gates.

I got the cutscene again even when I logged into a character that’s 1) been to LA since the patch and 2) was in Rata Sum.

It’s not really a sink when it costs tons of gold to make anything using these ingredients. A Bloodstone Dust sink would be a vendor selling gathering tools, and Orrian-esque loot bags, and Obsidian Shards in exchange for these things. Instead, we get recipes that cost not only the dust and stars, but refined versions that require Shards and have to be combined with other T6-7 mats and expensive stuff to craft anything. That’s not a sink. That’s just new ascended recipes.

Mikuchan.7261:

They have made an attempt, sure.
But that doesn’t change the fact that there is no direct encouragement for helping citizens. All you see is a number rise, you don’t get anything direct from it.

False. Each milestone of citizens saved gets you a bonus reward bag. The more citizens you save, the more reward bags you get. Also, you get a final reward at the end based on your citizens saved. Again, the more you save, the better the reward.

The fault isn’t with the event. The fault lies with the selfish & lazy zergers who want to autoattack en masse for blue bags rather than win the event. Effort is required to save 1500 instead of 600.

And as for people still zerging and not learning, I recently got my Triple Play achievement yesterday. That’s a zone-wide achievement and it means people are learning how to play properly rather than mindlessly zerging for loot. Anet doesn’t have to spell it out for us. We should have to learn the right mechanics & strategy to win.

Imagine what the Selfish Potion horns will look like on asura. Tiny floating specs.

True. But for it to go from all conditions > 1 condition is a gross over-nerf.

I think it’s apparent that Anet has made serious attempts to design this event to promote non-zerg play.

- The achievements encourage varied, non-zerg play. Triple Play and Group Effort are awarded only if the entire zone is played with strategy. Each area needs groups of people defending escorts and accomplishing events.
- As the map as a whole succeeds, the higher the number of evacuees, and the higher the rewards.

It’s individual selfish play that hampers the event, not the design of the event. Anet learned from the Scarlet Invasions from zergs just farming til failure. In Escape from LA, farming til fail is less rewarding than smart zone-wide play and citizen saving.

I think that’s a valid suggestion. I’d say that the difficulty of the monsters would have to be slightly increased so-as to balance out the advantage of the big laser. But it would be a sweet dynamic. Maybe every champion would have to be pulled into a laser twice to remove a specific buff that vastly reduces damage taken.

Nah, that kinda sounds like our elite signet. As it is we just pop it to make everything hit harder. Flat stat increases are boring. The F skills now have some flavor: fire field, knockdown, fury, immob/bleed, etc. A second F skill (I like the idea of it being based on the oh) would make oh weapon choice more micro and would give 2h weps more variety. GS could have a F2 that is defensive (like a block) while axe oh could be an aoe attack and vulnerability spreader.

Classifying it as a stance should make the boons pulse, but that also means that any knockback or knockdown would remove you from your stance. Right?

Unfortunately, stances act exactly like a personal shout. Like a mutter. Mutter powerful words to yourself and gain boons. There we go, reclassification.

I think true stances would be better. They’d obviously need a rework, but would make warrior mechanics a little more dynamic. And I think that’s needed.

Between those 2 only, I’d go human. They look good in all armors, depending on your tastes. Charr have clipping and stretching issues in most armors, but look fantastic in T3.

But personally, I’d go asura. They look awesome and have the best animations. And the best T3.

I’ll be honest. I feel heartier with my Engi than my warrior. Stats are all well and good, but being able to gain protection, have perma-vigor, perma-swiftness, aoe blinds, tons of combo fields and blast finishers is much better in my book. It’s about more than just “he’s got 22k hp and 2800 armor and I only have 19k hp and 2600 armor!”

Another bump for great justice. I’m excited for the new backpack but it saddens me to think I’ll rarely see it and when I do it’ll clip. Please fix this already!

409 should effect Med Kit’s Antidote imo, causing Antidote to cleanse 2 conditions per use. It would justify taking that trait in a non-elixir build.

Now I’m excited to take my newest alt through his personal story. The meeting of Destiny’s Edge by the lion is going to be creepy as hell.

I think all of the ascended recipes cost too much, not just this backpack. I can understand putting new materials in the game like bloodstone and dragonite, but to require so much of everything makes it quite expensive to craft anything. So much for making BiS stuff accessible to everyone. I refuse to waste my time and money on a single stat allocation for so many pieces.

Thankfully, Engi has a lot of tools to increase survival. We’ve got whoosits and whatsits galore.

My favorite would be the synergy of Invigorating Speed (Alchemy I) with either Speedy Kits (Tools VI) or Infused Precision (Firearms III). This will give you near perma vigor, giving you more dodges.

Blinds are your friend. Smoke bomb, pistol #3, and grenade #3 are each very helpful in that regard. Yes, grenades are weak for damage without the Grenadier trait, but it’s got some use for blinds, chills, and poison field. Blast a poison field you’ve got aoe weakness.

Elite: always Supply Crate. Though I’ll admit, the asura golems are fun in open world.

Has anyone checked to see if any of the sewer access points are still open? After all, Anet said exploration is still possible and I’m pretty sure there’s a POI in the sewers. Skritt could be there.

A lot of other people said it well before Bush #43, including Lenin and Jesus.
And you misquoted him. “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” – Bush #43

But yea, that line is pretty hardcore. Makes me glad Magnus is on our side.

Edit:

We like our tea & cookies North American lifestyle, believing that we’re better because we’ve read a good book. But when the zombies come up from the sewers and you’re having philosophical debates with yourself, the barrel of my gun will already by hot from pointing it at the face of everything that comes near my home and doesn’t look like me.

Nicely said

cesmode.4257:

1. Funnel us all into one or two areas — Check Nobody is being funneled. The event occurs in LA. Choose to take part or don’t.

2. Create content that fosters zergs — Check (although to get the highest rewards you have to split up, but it is not required and I still see a lot of zerging). The major complaint about Scarlet’s Invasions were that nobody completed it intelligently after a while because higher rewards cam from farming champs rather than winning. Anet responds with an event designed to give higher rewards for winning. Good planning on their part

3. Create content that only requires auto attack and minimal brain activity — Check That’s your choice how to play. You can autoattack all you want. I’m going to help the whole zone win the event.

4. Inject the same monsters into the content — Check Well it makes sense doesn’kitten Scarlet creates a large and varied army of krait, clockwork, aetherblades, nightmare court, dredge, and Flame Legion. That’s 6 factions, each with numerous types of enemies. Of course she’s going to use the army she spent the past year building.

5. Do not give the player much direction as to where to go when he/she logs in for the first time — Check Read your mail, check the upper-right of your UI. Talk to other players…it is an MMO after all. It’s really not that hard.

6. Tell the story abysmally — Check. Truth be told, there’s not much story to tell. What, did you need pages of lore and revelations? This is the culmination of the story…a massive attack on Lion’s Arch. We get a cinematic showing the beginning of the attack and we take part in the evacuation. What else needs to be told?

Actually, I like it. On the surface it seems zergy, but that’s not the most efficient way to win the event The more citizens saved, the better the reward loot. And that requires not a single monster zerg, but rather a number of groups stationed at various locations and succeeding events. Give this patch more than a day and you’ll (hopefully) see fewer zergs and more organization.

Also, I love the back items!

The armor itself is sweet, but I hate the blue skin, especially on the faces. It makes my asura look like a strange alien (er, stranger and aliener). Nope, won’t do it. The detail is great and the idea is good. But because of all the blue and the totality of the armor’s coverage, you’re gonna see a lot of shiny blue folk that all look the same.

Agree with OP. If we form a party in, say, Gendarren, it’d be nice to end up all in the same overflow. This LS event really benefits from 5-man teams roaming and being able to do that with friends would be the hotness.

Yo, Tixx needs to return with his monstrous flying airship and help out. After all, if it weren’t for the merry citizens of LA and all their help (and commerce), where would Tixx be?

Given Scarlet’s penchant for enlisting races to her cause, perhaps she worked a deal with the Tengu. She’ll spare their side of the wall if they shoot arrows into our bodies whenever we approach.

I ran it 3 times, made up to the masterwork version, and still have 150+ shards.

I like the pack piece without the blades too (first tier). It looks like a lesser jet pack. I plan on throwing one on my engi.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Evon Gnashblade has proven to everyone that he’s the true hero of LA,

How exactly has he done this?

sfxblade.3459:

Here is an update on my Mesmer, i was looking for a more combat look instead of mage, and found a nice Steampunk looking combo, i really am in love with this look at the moment.

LOVE IT

I had an alt parked at one of the JP chests in LA
Logged in with her and she was still standing at the chest
Opened it like any other day

There’s another new POI to the east along a path just below the ogre cave.

I love em too! The tiers, the various looks, the ability to make many for alts, the ability to select stats. All wonderful!

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