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Is Guild Wars 2 dying??

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I would also say that the times you’re playing could be a contributing factor to your perception of server population.

I’m on Fort Aspenwood and live on the Pacific Coast. I’ve been in several guilds and do PvP/WvW as well as dungeons and meta events. If I choose to play anywhere from 2 PM to 7 PM PST I’ll always find a healthy amount of people in map chat, the LFG tool is active, and my guildies are available for events and what not.

If I play between 7 PM and 2 AM PST server pop drops dramatically the night gets. There are 3-0 guildies online, some metas find less than 20 people trying to participate, and the server seems low pop to even dead. Even in WvW, which is has been a great time frame for me (past midnight) to sneak in and do some WvW map completion with out the hastle of actually WvW’ing (pre season). Nobody is there.

It seems for all intensive purposes I’m on a server that will see the most traffic during East Coast prime times which would be 5PM to 10PM. If I was only a night owl I would think my server is dead or that the game is dying but I’ve seen it at all hours of the day and have found there is a lot going on when I’m not paying attention. Maybe it’s the same with you.

What's the fotm class for PvP now?

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I read this what’s the fractal of the mists class for PvP now?

Same here. I’m really confused by the title.

What happened to paperbag helms?????

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But this wasn’t just data mined as it also appears in the wiki.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Paper-Bag_Helm_4-Pack

Should crafting be account bound?

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I’ll throw in with those who say they love their free crafting levels.

Bug w/ Celestial Ori. Imbued Ins.?

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Man, why would they change the process for crafting items ONLY on select items?

Here, we’ll let you learn our crafting system which follows the same scheme for 400 levels.

Create inscription, create weapon parts, discover weapon.

Then, for all exotics – EXCEPT Celestial – learn inscription recipe, create inscription, create weapon parts, discover weapon.

For Celestial, learn inscription recipe, learn weapon recipe, create inscription, create weapon parts – create weapon.

What makes Celestial so special of an exotic that they had to make it different? I can understand if it was for Ascended or a Legendary precursor…

They didn’t change the process just for celestial items. Any recipe from any crafting profession that has a recipe you have to buy/find requires you to read the recipe first. These cannot be discovered.

The most common occurance of this is from heart vendors selling weapon and armor recipes such as: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bloodsaw_Leather_Work_Boots

During Dragonbash there were Dragon’s Revelry Starcake which were rng from BLTC:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dragon's_Revelry_Starcake

You may know the components to make items such as these but you can’t make them without the recipe. This wasn’t some new exception created just for celestial gear.

Lunatic Inquisition

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This isn’t a new game, we had this last year.

That’s why Chaotic Storm said again.

Craftable dire trinkets

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silly in-game pop culture references

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Isn’t Benn Tenstrikes kind of a direct reference to Ben 10?

PM and Party Chat the same colour?

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Having several types of chat in the main window gets visually messy for me no matter the color; plus, it sucks when party chat or whispers get bumped up and out of the way to make room for map or guild chat.

I open multiple tabs and assign what type of chat dialogue I want where. I normally have a window for guild and party to keep lines of communication clean.

I know this isn’t quite the answer you’re seeking out but hopefully it can help you some.

Thief Heal - Superior Rune of Tormenting

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I think this is a totally valid suggestion. Since you’re moving away from the enemy they’ll want to close the distance thus maximizing damage by torment. Good idea.

Interesting, but not what the game needs

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As opposed to the dungeons were you skip mobs, explot a glitch to bypass part, run past optional bosses, and stack in a corner when you have to fight? Fun!

Twilight Arbor + Scarlet Briar =

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khani, you know what? I forgot all about Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Where do they fit in with this Living Story? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

No one has even mentioned poor Rarity yet! Maybe it’s because so many are frustrated with her RNG drop rate? I mean you have to get gems and even then there’s only a chance she might show up.

Do we get a free hair style change?

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I bet that anyone who bought gems within a certain window will get a kit. They did it with holographic minis and kites so why not this? It seems about time for another dose of free stuff considering the time frame from DB to BotFW.

Twilight Arbor + Scarlet Briar =

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Ya know, I really like her mane.

Hmmmm. there’s something not quite right about that picture.

Here. I fixed it.

Edit: Even better, let’s keep the pigtails!

Cooler by approximately 20% but still needs something.

Hmm…

Ah, hah!

That Pinkey Pie is amazing!

Game is beyond boring...

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Yet the game is still a success for you. Since you have played the game, and tried out all content (I assume).

How many hours is that? 60+?

money well spent i would say. Worse games out there that only give 5 hours total game time and sell for $60.

I played about 3000 hours of GW2, and I can happily say I should’ve spent my money on a game that would’ve given me 5 hours of gameplay. That game would’ve left me with some type of happy ending or a fulfillment of playing.

Guild Wars 2 was fun for the first few hours until I hit 80 and then the fun just slowly dissipated until it vanished and was replaced with work. No feeling of fulfillment. No feeling of joy. No feeling of accomplishment.

3000 hours? This games been out, what, ~400 days?

3000hours/400day = 7.5 hours a day? 52 hours a week. No wonder why you’re burned out, you play longer than most people work.

(400×24)÷3000=3.2 hrs daily. That seems more manageable than 7.5 hrs daily. Even so I would be bored too if I played this game daily even for that amount of time. No wonder your burned out and feel like it’s a job. TAKE A BREAK!

Eternity worth two legendaries?

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Dont craft it. Visuel effect added to eternity is just a joke.

Eternity is a bad disco designed sword.

But link sunrise and twilight on different char.

You know nothing (Jon Snow) about disco until you’ve seen Moot. There’s no disco in Eternity.

Where to get good Karma items?

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If you’re looking for karma gear at your current level they’ll be sold from heart vendors in the level appropriate map. Not every vendor sells each weapon or armor piece so you may have to shop around several in the same map to get what you want.

how do i make the quagan backpack?

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You need to use an actual back piece. I don’t think you’ll be able to equip a back item till lvl 35 though.

Dance for next race

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How about the tengu doing the chicken dances the Bluth family does in arrested development?

Don't waste your gems on the Salvage-o-Matic

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I think this is a great buy, personally. My MF is at 84% and I only salvage greens and blues with this kit. Yesterday I ran the Frostgorge champ farm for 2 hrs and 15 min and salvaged my greens and blues as I acquired them. At the end of the run I came out with something close to 74 fine, less than 10 masters, and three rares (essence of luck) before I even got around to opening my champ bags.

It’s been stated that the quality of the kit used does not effect the luck drop rate.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Essence_of_Luck

Additionally, I love the bag space it clears up and the fact that I don’t have to keep extra kits or have to go to a vendor for more when I’m on long dungeon/fractal runs or champ farming.

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Mining pick comparison

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This looks more like a scythe than a pick.

Only a matter of time.

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Guys, guys, stop watching FOX News.

Q, Here be dragons Daily changed

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It’s been switching between Teq only and including meta bosses. I’ve seen both over the days of this event.

Regeneration?

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To quote the wiki:

“… when affecting allies, closest party members are affected first, followed by closest non-party member allies.”

Last line of the first paragraph.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Area_of_effect

Celestial Backpiece

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It’s really tough to predict if this will be something that stays with the mystic forge. My initial thought is that there should be no reason why it wouldn’t be permanent; my second thought is that this is ANet we’re dealing with.

I say craft now while the prices of vicious claws are low. With more crafting levels and the ability to make precursors soon it would be a shame to see the prices jump up.

how many 80's do you have

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I have two who are fully geared with armaggedon and dungeon armor sets + ascended relics and a third who still needs some work. I’d like to get all 5 starting character slots to 80 eventually.

Mini-pet equipment slot

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I just keep a couple mini’s in an invisible bag along with an alternate change of armor and some consumables. This at least keeps them from being deposited in collectables and as as you’re in the same map they dont go away if you’re porting around (champ farming for instance).

This isn’t exactly what you’re looking for since you have to activate your mini every so often but it is a reasonable work around.

Moving Tequatl into Claw Island Instance

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Tequatl does not attack Claw Island. It’s another dragon known as Blightghast the Plaguebringer.

Legendary Infusion

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Yes you can and the infusions can stack.

Please - make a "use all" function for stacks

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As an artificer you can upgrade these huge stacks of luck to the next tier to reduce your clicking.

5 fine (10 luck) = 1 masterwork (50 luck)
2 masterwork = 1 rare (100 luck)
2 rare = 1 exotic (200 luck)

Compressing your essence stacks may be the best answer you can hope for.

Retrain professions?

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Hahaha, this isn’t Skyrim!

Regeneration?

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It was previously to closest I think or random at least. Anet mentioned that now AoE buffs favor party members in range dunno if it was already implemented or will be.

AoE buffs do affect those in your party first.

zerker trinkets what to do hmm

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Also if you plan on going ascended you can use guild commendations + gold to take the pressure off earning laurels.

Cosmetic Mounts

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Allow PvP-only mounts that can be used in PvE and WvW as well. Like I said, no movement boost, just for the looks.

I had to read this statement a couple times to make sure I wasn’t missing something. It’s very silly.

Transfer

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When they do (and have done) free server transfers it’s to low population servers only. Don’t think you’ll get a free ride into Blackgate or Tarnished Coast.

Utility Infusion: Gold Find vs Magic Find

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It goes without saying that over a period of time gold find would have a cumulative benefit but the fact of the matter is that not every mob drops cash and when they do it’s a paultry sum. Getting 20% of a couple silver is nothing. Gold find only relates to coin dropped from mobs.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Account_bonus

Empyreal Fragments

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There are actually 5 chests in Queensdale that aren’t jumping puzzle related. Each can drop up to 4 shards and can be obtained daily by each of your toons. The run takes about 5 minutes to do with each character. It’s an effective farm.

Here is a vid of the Queensdale locations I made with some of my guildies.

Should i delete...

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If a class or character isn’t meshing well for me between level 30 to 50 then I feel that I gave them a fair shot and can delete them with no hard feelings or much time lost. If your ele isn’t working for you then give them up.

Problem with Master of Arah achievement

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Did you do story mode? Those count toward finishing achievements for dungeons too.

Do you know what would make me happy?

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This was already brought up 6 days ago. In fact, if you scroll down on the dungeon forum page it’s still on the first page of posts.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Time-to-make-Fractal-Account-Bound/first#post2862228

Account wide fractals is a terrible idea. No.

Is Dungeon Loot Being Left Behind?

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I would like to see the introduction of several new dungeons that require agony resist in various parts of their content. This opens the doors for an alternate way to ger ascended armor/weapons, new skins, and most importantly would give validity to having infusion slots outside of fractals.

Continuing on this track at these dungeons we could also buy infusions with dungeon tokens. As it stands now infusions that boost stats are a slap in the face when they only give +5 at the cost of 100 T6 mats and 250 of something else (passion fruit, karka shells). That cost is absurd for the gain. I’m not asking for higher stats per say but just another way to gain these dual function infusions.

Minimum level? FotM Ascended weapon chests

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I got an ascended weapon chest on a lvl 24 fractal and a guild member I was running with received one from a lvl 10. Both of us have reward levels in the early 20’s (mine 21 at the time) and the weapons came from the daily bonus chests in their respective brackets.

share some love for the alotholics

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There are achievements for finishing the personal stories from each of the races. With 5 slots and 5 races this encourages players to at least try a toon of every type.

Having something for the professions would be nice in addition to this though. Maybe 8 lvl 80’s giving some achievement points and maybe a title. We need more meta related achievements with titles.

Justification for WvW World Completion please

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While I think it’s silly too, its not that hard to do and I play minimal wvw , its just annoying.

I just kept an eye out on wvw at every opportunity and when I saw a skill point or poi that I thought I had a chance at getting I ran in and attempted it, Actually some of it was quite fun, a few times I ran into enemy supply areas knowing that I they were guarded , just hoping I would trigger the poi.

My last skill point i had been trying to get forever that was always contested was open but in the process of being taken, so i ran through the Zerg got to the skill point (all the time trying not to pee my pants) then noticed a JQ player standing there communing so I let him be, then I communed with the Skill he waited while I did then promptly killed me

My WvWap completikn experience was pretty similar. I waited for times when WvW activity was slow on both sides (11PM-3AM PST) then I would sneak in to grab points, vistas, and skills. There was a lot of waiting for my server to hold certain parts of the maps but when they did I cleared them as fast as possible.

survey: would u buy map completion items?

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I hate WvW and would have loved to have a way to opt out to get my gift of exploration. I would gladly pay 800 gems per map! I suffered through it though and eventually got 100% map completion. I thought the gift of battle was going to be a horrible trial to suffer through then, thankfully, achievement chests came along allowing me to purchase 2 gifts and give a big middle finger to WvW for the rest of my days.

I thought Weaponcrafting 0-500...

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It was between 40 and 50 gold plus previously farmed mats to make 450 for me. The cost to 500 is pretty steep.

Knowing that it would be a great cost I decided to max out weaponsmith first since every class could benefit from at least one weapon the profession could craft. This decision ultimately gives me the most utility for my resources.

salvage o matic

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The salvage kit was never about a financial savings, for me at least. The costs of salvage kits is petty to most.

The true benefit is bag space gained from not carrying several kits around and bag space gained from being able to clear your inventory without a visit to town. I’m able to run back to back dungeons/fractals with out having to stop the party to clear bags or beg a team member for a merchant. When I ride the champ train the salvage-o buys me a ticket that doesn’t stop when till I want it to stop. And my low level alts have no pressure to upgrade bags at their current stage cause they always have room to spare.

Though the numbers in the tool tip seem low compared to a masters or bl kit I am able to consistently get elder wood logs and mithril (lvl80 blues/green) which I upgrade for 500 crafting. Doing so has been a great savings considering the increased costs of ancient wood and orichalcum. Plus, I don’t have to take any more time out of my day to try to find nodes here and there.

The value of this salvage-o-matic isn’t in monitary gain and one would be foolish to assume so. See it as an investment for inventory piece of mind and quality of life.

Still no legendary fix? >:(

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Complaining about polished legendaries is silly in the light of the tabloid shield or chicken harp.

Lets help those in need first shall we?

This is too true. To hear someone complain about Bolt, Incinerator, and Bifrost (all of which are greatly desired and highly visible) really is a slap in the face to FSP and The Minstrel.

Best Way To Gain Karma Now?

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My guildies and I are all in our lower 20’s regarding fractal reward level and have run level 2 fractals for karma netting about 6k a run which is worth the time and the loot on the side. Here’s the link to the Reddit that I think you’re thinking of.

http://dd.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1lqrjl/karma_nerfs_got_you_down_you_can_still_make_20000/

salvage o matic

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I agree that this lil machine is pretty convient and I’m glad I decided to pick one up. It’s account bound so your alts can use it too. When I feel like doing map completion or story on an alt I’ll place the salvage-o in the bank with my main and pick it up on the alt. I don’t feel that it’s that far out of my way considering all the bag space I save by constantly salvaging.