Guild Wars 2

you will soon have people saying they opened 100 and got nothing and some saying the first one the opened they got one. Until a few thousand are opened the odds won’t be known.

Good question. We get these boosts for the living story, depends on if the story stays on Southsun during the dragon bash or not. People will not be upleveled to 80 either when the story moves on.

Vayne.8563:

Yargesh.4965:

kokiman.2364:

No HUD                     

That actually would be pretty cool to see.

ctrl-shift-h will hide your UI completely and you can play without it.

yes I know, but I am garbage at playing with just keyboard so seeing someone do a run without HUD would be cool.

kokiman.2364:

No HUD                     

That actually would be pretty cool to see.

do.
/15 more char

Is it just me or do most discussions seem to look like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEt6YSkggc

Tolmos.8395:

TheBlackLeech.9360:

so which one is it?

Heh, get used to it. Go to any MMO of your choosing with an active forum and look at the topic discussions for the past 10 days. You’ll find 1 thread of each on there, guaranteed.

This topic is older than graphical MMOs.

No, seriously, it really is.

Sadly this is very true.

green is fine, don’t worry about it.

even better… no armour, no traits and equip main hand sword only and must use skill 4 and 5.

Be very cafeful around the karka, drakes and welll everything on the island. You are capable of survival since I did it on a lvl 60 thief and lvl 60 necro but these are not your usual mobs.

Until the story is finished you are upleveled to southsun. That is you are given lvl 80 basic stats.

http://www.gw2dragons.com/balthazar.html

They are all linked. It is not brilliant storytelling but the link is there. Basically the people forced out by frost and flame where forced to work on Southsun. Various fuzzy things happen and we are where a giant Karka attacks every once in a while. Next leg of the story is unknown.

InPhamouZ.9732:

Thanks everyone!

Yeah, I was just interested in the story. I guess I also misunderstood the concept of living story, so it’s a story that constantly moving forward. I was under the impression of the story will keep expanding BUT also keep the old content, so player who didn’t do it the first round can still have a chance to do it.

That’s ok though I was just looking for a change of pace haha. Are all Living Story linked? or is this Southsun Cove is a standalone Living Story?

Thanks!

RoterFuchs.9216:

Yargesh.4965:

Ah, another they lied to us thread. Nothing beats them. Except walking away from people who continually lie to you, but that would be too easy.

Or you could tell those people to stop lying and man up. Nah, rather run away.

I have yet to see these so called lies. But I guess I am just not you.

Come on. Bet him! Easy money. Much like find the queen is easy money lol.
:)

ReMix.4321:

Rama.6439:

Vayne.8563:

Aeonblade.8709:

Vayne.8563:

Aeonblade.8709:

ReMix.4321:

i have some friends that play gw2 that doesnt come to the game anymore because they have nothing to do in the game

I think this is everyone’s friend list atm. Mine is a ghost town most of the time these days, but don’t get discouraged. Stick it out for a while longer, I have a feeling we may be getting some content with some meat on it coming down the pipe soon.

I try to give MMO’s the benefit of the doubt these days. I’m giving Anet a few more months of me doing the daily and WvW. By then they should have more in game for us to do I believe.

Maybe you just make friends that play the same way you do. And I make friends that play the same way I do, because my friends list hasn’t substantially changed at all…except that it’s grown. Most of the people here at launch are still here.

How much do they pay you by the way? I may change my tone if the price is right too.

If they paid me, I probably wouldn’t work this hard. That’s like asking a football fan how much the team pays him to be a fan. Silly question when you think about it.

This is exactly right, I have seen multiple people ask him the same question, I think Vayne is just an Anet employee using a basic email account to post on the forums. He never criticizes anything anything about Anet or NcSoft, just sticks up for them and he spends way to much time in the forums to be in game…

How much would you like to bet that I never criticism anything about the game or Anet?

Would you like to put money on this?

Ah, another they lied to us thread. Nothing beats them. Except walking away from people who continually lie to you, but that would be too easy.

Well done.

Auesis.7301:

Shayd.9712:

Since you’re such a kitten list all skills in this video.

Elementalist:
1) A Glyph of some sort (early cast animation copied the current Empower, Ether Renewal etc), followed by Meteor Shower
2) Phoenix
3) Static Field -> Chain Lightning
4) Water Trident
5) Churning Earth

Warrior:
1) Eviscerate, with a Chop
2) Stomp and Savage Leap
3) Sever Artery->Gash->Final Thrust and Shield Bash
4) Arcing Arrow
5) Shield Stance and Mace Bash->Mace Smash->Pulverise

Ranger:
1) Barrage + Moa/Bear attack chains
2) Hunter’s Call, Slash->Kick
3) Bonfire, Poison Volley
4) Serpent’s Strike, Hornet Sting, Crippling Talon
5) Whirling Defense

Necromancer:
1) Unidentified Mark (effects heavily modified for release version since this video), Doom
2) Bone Minions, Putrid Explosion
3) Grasping Dead
4) Unholy Feast (early version), Locust Swarm
5) Life Siphon

Guardian:
1) Orb of Wrath, Shield of Absorption
2) Leap of Faith, Strike->Vengeful Strike, Virtue of Courage
3) Zealot’s Defense, Flashing Blade
4) Banish, Wall of Reflection
5) Hammer of Wisdom->Command, True Strike->Pure Strike-> Faithful Strike

Thief:
1) Unload, Scorpion Wire, Pistol Whip
2) Cluster Bomb->Detonate Cluster, Infiltrator’s Arrow
3) Dancing Dagger, Death Blossom, Heartseeker
4) Shadow Shot, Caltrops, Roll for Initiative (early version without the roll), Body Shot
5) Flanking Strike, Hide in Shadows, Steal (early version)

Engineer:
1) Throw Mine, Rifle Turret, Hip Shot
2) Poison Dart Volley, Glue Shot, Big Ol’ Bomb
3) Jump Shot, Net Shot, Hip Shot
4) Poison Grenade, Freeze Grenade, Flash Grenade, Slick Shoes, Grenade
5) Drop Bandages, Magnetic Shield (early version split in to 2 stages where you could fire the stored projectile a few times)

Mesmer:
1) Mass Invisibility, Spatial Surge, Ether Bolt
2) Mirror Images (early version with longer cast), Mind Wrack, Temporal Curtain, Mind Slash
3) Chaos Storm, Blink, Winds of Chaos
4) Phantasmal Duelist (early version), Ether Feast, Mind Wrack
5) Portal, Spatial Surge

There ya go.

Vayne.8563:

Just remember this. Until you’ve unlocked every weapon you really haven’t tried a profession. For example, I didn’t love the mesmer, until I unlocked greatword, sword and torch. The start scepter i felt was meh at best. Then I got a staff. Good, but not as much fun for me.

Different weapons can completely change the playstyle of a profession.

absolutely this.
It comes down to what you yourself understand and enjoy about the weapon abilities and when to use them. For me I started a mesmer after I had 3 other 80s and from lvl 1 it was a dream. All weapons where good but the greatsword and sword with off-hand pistol where to me a blast. Also for me the ele dagger dagger was meh, the sceptor dagger on the other hand was perfect for my PVE solo preference. The ele staff on the other hand is great in group play of all sorts.

pricer.5091:

Yargesh.4965:

pricer.5091:

In fact I played games back in the 80’s that were more addictive than this one.

“There is a door to the left and one to the right”
a) Turnaround
b) Open the left door
c) Open the right door.

“You have chosen(Open the Right Door)”

“A goblin has stabbed you in the face”

“You are dead”

MUDs still exist. If you are so bored with the game why? Just why? Do you really need to stress yourself over a game?

I’m not. Honestly, I’m smoking a cigarette and drinking a Whisky. Im merely pointing out how poor I think the game is in the vain hope that someone will come fix it so I can get back to playing it.

Don Quixote? Is that you? I just saw you in this other game I am playing!

pricer.5091:

In fact I played games back in the 80’s that were more addictive than this one.

“There is a door to the left and one to the right”
a) Turnaround
b) Open the left door
c) Open the right door.

“You have chosen(Open the Right Door)”

“A goblin has stabbed you in the face”

“You are dead”

MUDs still exist. If you are so bored with the game why? Just why? Do you really need to stress yourself over a game?

Find the person that tells everyone they are the best, the richest and just super good. That is a perfect example of who is not any good at all. Look for guilds that are relaxed and willing to teach, and take pointers from them. A good guild will have good players. Learn from mistakes and if you are not having fun find something that is fun.

tolunart.2095:

munkiman.3068:

Well, to be fair to the WoW folks, they did sell this game to be everyones game. It made me nervous to hear them say it, since it’s really an impossible goal..

My most valuable life lesson ever learned: don’t believe the marketing hype. Ever.

This about any game, any product in the world.

That map has tequatl. Look at the timer and when the dragon is almost done (not before) ask in chat for help. You will have lots of help.

I don’t buy the whole ‘main’ idea. I do however suggest taking one character to 80 then doing more than dabble with other builds. I have had fun on mesmer, hunter and ele in orde of what I consider fun. Not as much fun on guard but it is very hard to kill. My thief I don’t enjoy. Sorry to say but it is a very personal choice what you find fun.

If southsun came as a shock maybe you should review how you play. It is not easy, I personally have a problem with vet level. Normal level I can take 2 or 3 at a time. I prefer one at a time. I absolutely hate the drakes but I still kill them. It is a learning experience use it as one.

TooBz.3065:

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To quote a cowboy junkies song “this weather I could almost stand if the sun would shine a little brighter, or even if the sun would shine at all.”
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Canadian bands not allowed to be used in forums

War Siren.2346:

sigh every game has it’s forum Warrior Fanboi who actually hurts the game more than he helps it by his fierce, blind, loyalty… seriously Vayne, I understand where you’re at I ‘ve been there with other games. But all you’re doing is hurting the game by trying to shoot down everyone’s ideas vehemently so you can keep this game niche. Passionate Constructive Criticism helps a game grow and thrive, Disagreeing is fine, disagreeing with disagreeing is fine, but when you pop up in every thread and start arguments by blind loyalty… that’s not fine you hurt the game you love. (I’m not saying don’t voice your opinion, in fact I say do it.. but stop the long drawn out arguments that has caused mine and several other topics that probably should be a page count or two smaller, than they are because you are doing the Knight and shining armor for the game.)
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I personally find his willingness to play ping-pong comments annoying. I would seriously question where you get the warrior fanboi crap from though.

Peetee.9406:

Blissified.8369:

But now that i see ANOTHER big content update, i’m starting to realize maybe a.net really will work their buts off with the money they gain.

The money you spend in the gem store does not necessarily go to ANet, it goes to NCSoft. They choose to allocate it how they wish, you very well could be funding an expansion for Lineage for all we know.

Of course it goes to NCsoft. ANET is paid by them to develop the game. Just like every other division of every other company in the world, the point is to divide your talent hopefully optimally and pool your resources.

Astral Projections.7320:

Which chests are you referring to? There is one in Southsun guarded by a champion skelk that I know of. Never got better than a green off it.

5 chests on southsun, 2 at the steam stone jumping puzzle, 1 at the pearl island jumping puzzle, one at the champ skelk below the pearl island puzzle and one on a sunken boat south of the champ shark. I have gotten an exotic some rares but mostly blue7green.

Ensign.2189:

You’d have to process a couple liters per second at the physical limit to extract raw oxygen from the water; that certainly isn’t impossible, though I can’t imagine it would be comfortable given the pressures that would require for the space constraints.

‘Realistically’ you’d use an external power source (fusion batteries, right? right?) to electrolyze water and create breathable oxygen from the water itself. I have no idea what the technology that could do that would look like, but I cannot think of any reason to say it is impossible in principle.

I’m not concerned about the gas phase at all, in either case; you’re recycling virtually all the gas anyway, and just need to scrub / replenish a pretty modest volume of gas.

Humans use an enormous amount of energy compared to aquatic animals of a similar size. ‘Humans with gills’ is a fun idea, but the energy just isn’t there – there’s a reason aquatic animals are all cold blooded, low energy creatures.

all those cold blooded inactive whales/walruses/penguins are neat, think another name for cold-blooded inactive mammals/birds is dead.

Dangerkips.6035:

Yes, having no idea whatsoever of how much you are contributing to the group is great. Leechers everywhere, rejoice!

Keep up the good work guys!

You carry every group you are in?

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Jaall.3420:

We really don’t need yet another thread on this, it’s exactly the same as what was answered in every other thread.

that thread is “why” and this one is “do you want?” so its a bit different.

It is not different at all and will either get merged or deleted.

That dream is hundreds? thousands? of years old. The closest is a system that still has a tank but does not outgas, just recirculates the air and scrubs the CO2.

EDIT: the system that would work here is if Assuran gates where embedded in the mask. Don’t remember seeing gates in my area of the world, when they create those the mask is a snap. Of course you have clothing in game that you can go from freezing cold water to freezing air environments and have no problems as well.

darkace.8925:

DeWolfe.2174:

Dev’s…. lower the damage to defense ratio. You are out of control!

Or you can try something other than 30/30/x/x/x with full Berserker’s.

j/k. I’d wager it’s not the damage output that’s killing people in most cases, it’s the sheer number of mobs that spawn and bumrush the settlements.

The mass trample runs are hilarious, annoying as heck but hilarious.

I too am interested in wildstar. I am curious though why people think wildstar which is a NCsoft game will have any less problems attributed to the parent company than GW2 which is a NCsoft game? Am I missing something?

Did the queen first spawn and one after that. It never came close to failing either time. That said I don’t think this will be a popular meta.

Mirta.5029:

Mjgander.1905:

Oh yeh the concept and the actual lore of the living story is fantastic imo, it’s just that it’s so badly executed I just can’t help but facepalm at it

I just think that because it’s something new and no MMO has done it it takes them time to learn from their successes and mistakes. Example:
Southsun story developed far faster than Flame and Frost. It also awarded two items for completing achievements (something that they learned that people liked from Flame and Frost).
Unfortunately it didn’t provide a dungeon, just a boss encounter, solo dungeon part was strictly solo, the story wasn’t told well enough trough cutscenes (people complaining that they couldn’t understand or find the story) and the unique weapons were given us with heavy RNG.
However it wasn’t horrible. It awarded people more than well (I got 2 gold from doing Null, 20 silver for Canach, 20 silver for that boat/protect thing, 2 yellows for killing the karka queen and 2 backpieces, it gave the game yet another nice little mini game and presented content and story development quickly (weekly instead of monthly like flame and frost did).
The next one is a festival, however I can see that at least two items will be gotten by achievement points (not RNG), people are talking about the new weapon skins that we will be able to buy in the gem store (hopefully no RNG) and it promises yet another mini game.
Overall the team seem to be learning slowly. I wonder what the living story chapters are going to be like a year from now

I have to say I was dissapointed with southsun overall. Flame and frost started very badly and was saved by a great dungeon. The part on southsun I thought started very well with the rebellion of those who where forced to sign their lives away. Then the solo was ok, not hugely impressed but ok. The group dungeon was however not great in any way. The final karka queen is bad, no other word for it. So 2 legs of the arc, 1st started badly and ended well, second started well and ended badly. Will need to see how the 3rd leg works out. Since the festival is 1 month long it seems it will be either interwoven in the bash or on a backburner.

Mourningcry.9428:

Behellagh.1468:

Me, I fixate on threads where someone thinks the game is unfair because they can’t get something now in the easiest way possible, but that’s me.

+1

Psst… you’re not alone

Not at all alone.

There was no update, the server just kicked in a new event sequence.

marnick.4305:

Yargesh.4965:

marnick.4305:

I would start with the precursor, instead of building all gifts for Eternity bar the two most expensive parts … in my opinion, that’s not a good way to go. One doesn’t buy a wheel first and then ask how long one has to save up for the car itself.

I am personally not going for a legendary but I don’t see any problem with working on what you can first and letting luck strike whenever it strikes. Just a difference of perspective really.

I don’t count on it just do whatever and if it happens great if not keep doing something else. He could stumble on the money needed to buy the thing while collecting to make gifts.

I don’t count on luck. That’s bad practice.

Villious.8530:

penatbater.4710:

ProxyDamage.9826:

Additionally you shouldn’t tell people how they play the game. Some people can only play a little every day. Others can only play a lot on select days. Forcing one method of playing the game in detriment of all the others is, again, bad design.

Maybe you shouldn’t tell how Anet should run its game then.

That’s right. They’re doing a great job at shooting themselves in the foot all by themselves. With the decisions month after month, sounds like pandemonium there. When the new MMOs hit the market, that’s when we’re gonna see how well they run their game.

You realize that exactly this same thing with slight variation will be on the forums of whatever the next game you play don’t you? Every single game I have ever played has had this stated in forums and every game I play in the future will have this in forums.

marnick.4305:

I would start with the precursor, instead of building all gifts for Eternity bar the two most expensive parts … in my opinion, that’s not a good way to go. One doesn’t buy a wheel first and then ask how long one has to save up for the car itself.

I am personally not going for a legendary but I don’t see any problem with working on what you can first and letting luck strike whenever it strikes. Just a difference of perspective really.

Since it is not live yet I am betting on the 5th. Long time left in the 4th yes but I think it is an auto server based thing rather than a release.

June 5th is the change.

A Monstrous Threat

Even if you manage to capture Canach, can you also foil his master plan? Defend the new settlers on Southsun Cove from a massive final onslaught of rampaging wildlife or die trying! And beginning June 5, a hulking monstrosity joins the fray—without your help, it will destroy the settlers and everything they’ve built!

Roughly the same number of hours, focus on world events. I flush all rares in the MF since I don’t care about them. I get some very nice exotics and those that are not in demand I save up to put through the system again. The thing about random is that it is random, I could do this every day for 20 years and never get one since the odds are the same each time I try. I could do it and get a precusor from every try chest, MF whatever though ANET would take a serious look at it since the odds where probably shifted.

I used mostly earth attunement and sceptor/dagger with ele. Getting the feel of switching attunements takes time and for me anyway earth was a lot more friendly. My ele did not do any crafting to get to 80 either, I don’t find leveling a pain.

EDIT: unless running in a group I would not recomend a staff. At least for me the staff was horrible for leveling solo.

Rangers are a lot of fun and quite good, sounds though like you want a mesmer.

Ackos.7942:

I dont want to say much, but i farmed cof for my bagslots and bankslots. You can use gold to pay for gems. The only problem is pvp they dont get gold from pvp.

sPVP you are given everything, what do you need gold for?

3 games with a truly horrible greedy in-game shop, Allods, Entropia Universe and Atlantica online. Go play them and then come back and talk about this games shop. It is purely fluff which is exactly right in my opinion.

GW2stuff.com give which temples are being contested and also which have failed to be retaken. This info comes directly from the game so will be accurate. Also there was a topic in players helping players which listed open Balth.