Guild Wars 2

I know they are easy to deal with. One aoe and they are all dead. But they are still annoying as hell.

Ahhh it’s that time of the year, Wintersday! My favorite festival!

But now I wonder, how much will change this year? If anything at all?

I understand that Halloween was ‘rushed’, some devs pulled a few all nighters to save Halloween, and in the end it was the same thing like every year, except they added the Ascent to Madness from the first Halloween back (still nothing new). And removed the Lunatic thingy where you chase players through the labyrinth (what happened with that pumpkin game we had at the first Halloween though?).

Yeah they had to revamp the new new Lion’s Arch to fit the festival and added a new item (Nightfury) which is locked behind a wall of gold. But that’s it, the content was the same, even the achievements were a copy paste (maybe I’m wrong but I think the ones from last year completely reset so now we had to do them all over again to regain the points we lost?)

So now I wonder, will the same happen to Wintersday. Will they actually have the time to make something new with it? And no, I don’t count LA decorations and new skins (props to the devs who are working on those of course, don’t mean to devalue their work).

Will they copy paste the achievements again, unlock Toypocalypse, the jumping puzzle and that PvP arena thingy with guns? Will they add some Nightfury rank item for Wintersday as well to make people farm like crazy to make it feel like there is something to do during the Wintersday too?

What are your thoughts guys, do you think that festivals should receive some love as well? What would you like to see added to Wintersday, do you have some idea for a new game that could be very fun?

First thing that comes to my mind is how awesome it would be to have some kind of a race for Wintersday, snowboarding race for example.

Please don’t mistake this post for whining and/or bashing of the content like Halloween or things that ArenaNet give us. Even if Wintersday comes with nothing new I know that I will spend a lot of hours just playing the JP and Toypocalypse cause I love em. So please, discuss about your thoughts and things that you would like to see changed or brought back.

I hate those things, don’t even want it as a mini even if they gave it for free.

Gaaroth.2567:

is there a sroom in DS?

Yeah, that’s the only one that I killed.

It appeared after the meta was done. Right on top of that waypoint in the central lane where the Hero Point is. The one that actually requires the meta to be done for it to open.

That shroom unlocked the Berserker collection thingy for me.

They have to retroactively reward us cause the map completion of the new zones give gifts required for gen 2 legendary weapons, so don’t worry about it.

This issue is not a priority if you ask me. I’d rather see them fix other issues first.

Wasabi Kitty.8247:

I haven’t gotten any of those achievements, despite killing blademaster and axemaster multiple times.

I’ve got the achievement for Stavemaster and Axemaster on my first try. So far no luck with Diarmid, gonna try again tonight after work for my 3rd run on her.

Narrrz.7532:

do they all split the way diarmid does? i bet that’s what the problem is.

That also came to my mind. Cause other two don’t split and she does. Probably something buggy happens there.

Fluffball.8307:

I got them all on the first try. Are you in tanky gear? You might not be doing enough damage to get credit for killing her.

Nope, I’m a full zerk mesmer. Who is also in the squad/party of the people who are killing her. I get the exp reward from the 3 champions that she splits into when she reaches that phase (I think I saw exp for them at least), and a gold medal when she dies as an event reward.

Yeah a revamp of the LFG system is needed. It didn’t recieve any love recently.

Recently the Tarir events i went to had most problems at west for some reason while south went perfectly fine and very fast.

I killed the one in Dragons Stand last night while I was on my mesmer and it added the spore to the warrior collection only.

So out of 65 people who viewed this no one can confirm that they got this achievement?

A wise man once said “so little content, yet so many bugs”

Regardless, my main also has world completion and I did all HoT maps without getting the rewards. And I don’t even care cause I know they will fix it sooner or later. The insane amount of grind was added to keep us busy until they fix all the issues. Which is exactly what I will do, grind :P

I hardly doubt there will actually be a place that requires you not to be a zerker. We’ll see.

Lyssa is actually my favorite. So it’s ultra cool that you are doing this. I actually bought this from the tp for like 4s xD are they still tradeable? Can’t check now.

Oh. No wonder I haven’t seen my Liadri in a while xD

Not a stranger to FPS games myself but this adventure is super hard, and not in a good way. After a dozen attempts I gave up for now. Hopefully something will change about this.

Quick question about this achievement, is it bugged or am I doing something wrong. There are three of those achievements to kill each Mordremoths officer in the last event of the meta in Dragons Stand. I got the other two but can’t seem to be able to get the last one. I killed her twice now and no luck.

Am I missing something?

Person who skips cinematics and doesn’t read the dialogue detected

Auric Viewer also requires you to type the name to delete it. No reason why since I got 3 of those from the npc and they stack, you can get an endless amount of those. Yet still you have to type the name to delete it and it remains in your inventory even after you finish the achievement related to it.

But yes, I do agree. Some items need a cleared indication for what they are used in, especially since I read that some items are used for multiple collections, the same item. But apparently only counts in one (believe it’s some item related to specialization collections, some mushroom).

Berserker gear is still viable and my personal favorite. No matter how much they increase the difficulty scale I’ll always find a way to survive even in zerk gear. Can I either melt face or I don’t even bother

But to answer your question, the concept is still the same, if you are still not a master of dodges and the evasive abilities your class offers then yes, you will need some survival gear in HoT.

Pretty easy, right?

I also agree with the OP, LFG needs some love. It hasn’t received any in a long long time.
Everything is inside Open World, even some dungeons and fractals can STILL be seen there just adding to the whole mess.

I do agree that they should be enabled all the time, but sadly that’s not an option like this.
Cause some adventures are in the middle of events.

For an example the first time I tried Shooting Gallery I went in, 3 seconds later the adventure itself locked. But I remained inside of it until my timer ran out. During my shooting an event appeared right on top of the place, so I had to try to shoot the targets while mobs were attacking me. They don’t really care that I’m doing an adventure.

The other issue that I’ve encountered is that scavenger pit adventure or whatever the name was (too lazy to check now) in Verdant Brink. Where you collect some scrap parts while tendrils are shooting at you. The issue there was that I was doing it while 2 others were too. One of them died, right on top of a scrap part that I needed to collect.
The result was that I couldn’t get that one until he respawned. Which he didn’t do for a while…

So my solution for both of these, always unlocked, and other player being a bother, is that adventures should be instanced.

They are actually needed for some Guild Hall upgrades.

Jaken.6801:

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

They’ll probably use the whole “Now that Mordy is dead we can finally explore the jungle in peace and see what we can find.”

That way they will add all sorts of things that we are talking about on the forums that are completely missing in this expansion and it was its perfect place to be in HoT

Which would be interesting, however in the end we would ask: “why couldn`t it have been in there from the beginning?”

They can always pull a “You didn’t have the time to go explore what mysteries can be found in the jungle, no time for other Pale Trees, Malyck, Dragon weaknesses, Egg, Exalted and Forgotten and everything else you were expecting at the release of HoT, cause remember, Pact was in trouble, your friends (Zojja, Eir, Logan, Trahearne) needed help. Immediately. Would be silly for you to go and explore stuff while they are in immediate danger.”

And just by saying that they can pretty much justify most of the things they missed.

They don’t even remember the lore of their own game

They’ll probably use the whole “Now that Mordy is dead we can finally explore the jungle in peace and see what we can find.”

That way they will add all sorts of things that we are talking about on the forums that are completely missing in this expansion and it was its perfect place to be in HoT

Nah, that’s not my advice, Many people also got the chest piece so yeah…
My real advice is to follow the schedule of Gw2community and do the map with them. They always get the stuff done, so whenever I need something organized I check their calendar and see when they do it.

I find it hilarious you want to quit the game because you can’t get one item :P
Before you leave, can I please have your stuff?

On a more serious topic, it’s been a week, I’m sure that in time (when everyone learns what’s what) t4 of this map will be done easily.

Just look at Tarir now, almost every attempt I’ve tried recently was a success. Cause people learned and found the most optimal way of doing it. So chill, if you are not up for it now, go do something else, come back later when people learn the content better. I know many people who pre purchased HoT but haven’t even started HoT maps yet, they are doing Halloween and Fractals.

CureForLiving.5360:

Boysenberry.1869:

I’m confused a bit about the Pact. In Verdant they are isolated, scared, and barely hanging onto survival in small makeshift camps. In Auric, they are mostly priory running around going ooooh and aaaaah at all the golden shinies. I’ve been trying to avoid Tangled Depths since I don’t like the map layout but it seems like suddenly they are trying to organize some kind of offensive. Not sure where they mustered the means but okay.

Then in Dragon’s Stand they are marching an army of soldiers and copters to go kill Mordremoth. A tattered and broken down Pact just picks up some scraps off the ground and says…let’s kill Mordremoth anyways! A bajillion Mordrem stand between our half-dead soldiers and our goal. We got this!

I haven’t fully played through the later maps yet, but in Verdant Brink the fact is very much in disarray, scattered and unsure who to trust with enemies all around. You help the Pack to establish outposts and fight back and lessen the danger in Verdant Brink. From their the Pact is able to push into Auric Basin, meet the Exalted, help to fight off the Modrem, and reestablished another foothold. Seems that the Golden City offers safety and respite for the Pact forces to rest up and push on.
So basically the first two maps are least clearly show the Pact regaining some of their strength and establishing a foothold to push on deeper towards Mordy.

That would actually be an interesting theory, that by progressing from the map, you basically progress through the story as well. But that could only work if you see the NPCs, relevant NPCs from Verdant Brink in Auric Basin and then later in Tangled Depths and in the end Dragon’s Stand. But as far as I know, you don’t.

CureForLiving.5360:

clearly he sprouted roots and started growing wildly

The thought of an actual dragon, a giant beat, actually sprouting and growing all over the place. Spreading himself around EVERYTHING gives me the creeps. For some reason reminds me of something from John Carpenter’s The Thing….

I thought that by destroying his mind in the story we actually killed him for good, right?

If Grenth himself is shielding you, you can’t die. Cause he is Death, and if Death is protecting you… what else is there to kill you? That’s at least how I understood it.

I wish to see what DSD corrupts. Sadly we didn’t get a chance to see during the Trial of Strength. Only “salt water”.

Characters who got 100% world completion before HoT are also not getting rewards from completing Verdant Brink, Auric Basin, Tangled Depths and Dragon’s Stand. And that’s not intended, it’s a bug. Because those maps give gifts that are related to those maps, combine all 4 gifts to get a Gift of Maguuma that is required for new legendary weapons.

Aren’t those a part of an event?

Well the books are canon. Their purpose was to fill the gab between GW1 and GW2 as they said. Just like you can find characters from the first book in the game. And the graves of those who didn’t make it (I’m still sad when I remember her death).

As for Caithe, our character (even as sylvari), probably thinks that Caithe was corrupted by Mordremoth, like Scarlet Briar is(was?). The reason for her running away with the egg can only make you think the worst, especially cause she never said a reason why she did it, except for that cryptic thing she said before vanishing with the egg “I’ve no time to waste” or something like that.

I knew that in the end she remained loyal, cause I, as a player and a book reader, was with Caithe since the start. I was with her when they made Destiny’s Edge (through the book) and I was with her when they killed Zhaitan (through my character), and my main is a sylvari so I’m even more connected to her. But our character doesn’t know her from the start. In his universe, when the clock is ticking, the survival of the whole world is at balance he doesn’t have time to play favorites and put blind faith (caithe) into others.

So yeah, not trusting her was the logical thing to do for him/her. It’s the same thing when you as a player know that some character is pure evil, but you can’t do nothing about it while your character trusts him so you wait till you get stabbed in the back :P The complete opposite.

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Oh my, then I need to rush the achies I haven’t finished today.
Although I really don’t see a reason why they don’t say when it’s going to end. It should be such a secret

Isn’t Mordremoth also forcibly turning sylvari to his side as well? Just like most Icebrood were turned by force?

If I remember correctly someone in the story (Canach?) said that Mordremoth makes you think that his voices in your head are actually your own thoughts, and that leads you to giving in and listening only to him.

We can clearly see that while doing the achievement in Rata Novus to talk to the wounded Mordrem guard. Who clearly says that the voice is quieter here. And for a few seconds you talk to him normally, talking to the sylvari that he once was.

gw2community does these big events all the time, not sure if they added TD map to their schedule. Look them up.

I’ll have to quote a guy that commented on these skins.

“Oh man, I wish Anet would lose their sense of humor. Why did they have to have fun making these weapon skins? What a waste. Even though I have the option not to buy them, this is just insulting to me. Siiiiiigh.”

Personally I found them funny. While I was watching the skins I chuckled a few times. True that they look like low level mob drops, but I don’t mind.
People did whine how black lion skins look better than legendary weapons, so some balance has been restored now xD

I actually yelled “NO!” at my monitor when we were about to kill him. I also liked him. Never had a problem with him.

But I guess some things never change. Majority of the community comes to the forums to whine, ANet has to make their wishes come true. Proven over and over again

Solomon Darkfury.3729:

Lévis.5489:

You get Resonating Fragments from guild missions.

No… they don’t… Resonating slivers do… I’m currently STUCK at scribe 150 as I am locked behind the waiting for these resonating fragments.

I haven’t tried this myself but can’t you double click on the slivers to make fragments? The same way it works for the new lodestones?

Chak that go into the wall are not an issue.
Tried this achie five times. First solo, didn’t get it. Then found three people to help out, second attempt one person got it. Others didn’t.
The one who got it left, then we went in three man. Again only one got it, who also left (those two wew pugs).
In the end only me and my friend went in. That time he got it, I still didn’t.
We decided that this time he opens the story, cause I was the one who opened all others. We killed all of those again, but I still didn’t get it. Decided to wait for a patch.

So yeah, dying, leaving the pit, mobs going through the wall, none of those matter. But still, some people do get it. Somehow. Only one though.

I honestly have no problem with the sounds either. Playing a Chronomancer since HoT launched and had no issues with the sound. Honestly I’ve yet to figure out what makes that sound of an old music box (probably of the wells) but I’m loving it. Please don’t change that one.

Double click them.

Also bugged for me. I got Beginner and Expert. Two of the Chak I found inside the walls. I managed to pull them with Chrono wells and Greatsword #5. And even after I cleared the whole room and killed those two that I found inside the wall I could still hear that gurgling sound that the chak make. When I left that pit the sound became quieter and quieter. So I got back, tried to find it by sound but wasn’t possible. So yeah, one (or more) of them beg stuck somewhere in a wall. Maybe even on the ceiling?

ALIVE!
Don’t worry guys, she is ok. Garm also.
I just went to visit her home and was surprised to see here there.

I was like “Hey gurl! What the hell happened?! I though u ded!”
But she was all like “Nah man, I faked my death so that I can finally get some alone time and finish this statue, ttyl.”
And then I said “But Braham…”
To which she replied “What do I care lolz, I never liked him anyways. He finally did something to that awful hair of his though, took his mother to die in order for him to do something about that horrid thing. Now leave me alone, busy.”

Yeah I know that this is a personal instance, that they will always be here, like Rytlock will always be a normal Rytlock back in the Black Citadel. But I still found it very funny for some reason

Because you need to buy more bank tabs and expand your inventory with gems

Bump. Anyone? Please? Is there really no way to change it?

Adine.2184:

correct me if im wrong but dont Commanders have squad chat ?

Mentor tags are also not usable in WvWvW as far as I’m aware?