Guild Wars 2

The pet, the wilderness hunter archetype, the stigma. Not necessarily in that order. :p

I love the Tiger. Kitty dps and AoE fury every 10s is neat.

Dusted off my ele alt yesterday… What a shock that fireball was… It’s like hand-throwing yellow paint balls.

Hope you folks get it back, there’s plenty of over-the-top FX that i wish i could disable at times, but never since beta stress tests did i ever think “my, i wish these fireballs were smaller”.

That’s a single piece swimsuit, not a bikini.

I probably have less than 30 kill, but scored 3 ascended out of that (Claymore of the Sunless, and two ascended weapon boxes from the orange chest). I don’t know you, but at some point in your past, i guess you offended RNGesus.

Riku.4821:

So what I’ve gathered from skimming through this. WvW players are to lazy to buy gear for their alts and are scared of some plague or something if they step foot inside PvE.
Noted. It was confirmed that this “change” was a bug fix, deal with it. PvE players have to go to PvP and WvW for things they want. You can get off your high horse and go to PvE. It wont kill you

Being a bit less insulting or condescending to a vast slice of the player base wouldn’t kill you either Mr Forum Specialist.

Various game modes have been modified to cater to their player base, like improving the life of PvE only players by removing the requirement of wvw map exploration for world completion. I don’t think that’s a reason to label PvE only players as lazy and scared either.

Because e-sports.

Sol.4310:

Finally they fixed this bug, 12 second ICD doesn’t affect much if anything.

Cool. Then we can agree they should reverse it, since it doesn’t affect much if anything.

LughLongArm.5460:

Some rangers with godly APM used to F2+F3 with dogs and were able to spam the blinds.
Might be the reason.

Typical that rather than fix the bug they slap an ICD for the rest of us. Same as Clarion Bond being abused through tonics…

I think it should also be locked out behind CAF, just to be sure.

I want a Juvenile Mordremoth.

F2, “Oh no, not my secret weakness, aaauuuuuuugh!”: the Juvenile Mordremoth dies but nobody’s quite sure why or how, causing 10 stacks of confusion to nearby foes.

Got mine on the first try from Bloomhunger in level 2 swamp.

sphinx.8107:

Infusion.7149:

So much negativity.

The squad UI was a nice change. Don’t deny it , it’s not a PvE-only change because it shows supply.

Yes. Squad UI was fine. What else?

Removal of culling. To me that’s the one shining beacon in a list of dubious features.

Found on reddit:

ArenaColin posted:

As an engineer main, this remains one of those things I’d love to see addressed…But the reality is we need the bulk of our own internal engineers (coders!) to continue to focus on stuff like our major WvW overhaul right now we’ve been working on for over a year that’s much higher priority for the game over-all.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3u7bo1/no_hope_for_legendary_effect_on_engineer/cxcqyvo

Bit split here between cautious optimism considering the current state and cold cynicism considering pretty much every single new ‘feature’ introduced until now. I guess i’ll hug EB while i can in case it’s replaced by EotM by surprise.

Even my Nuhoch Warbler is disabled, for shame…

Valiant.6453:

cafard.8953:

The split part is incorrect: blue/green are reversed. The green spirit does the blue teleport circles, while the blue spirits pops the green lightning circles.

Pretty clear otherwise, cheers.

Are you referring to the video? I can’t seem to find the part where I say them the wrong way around.

Edit: I’ve found the mistake on the written guide and updated it. The video should have it the correct way around.

Yeah i actually used your video to verify that i was remembering correctly.

The split part is incorrect: blue/green are reversed. The green spirit does the blue teleport circles, while the blue spirits pops the green lightning circles.

Pretty clear otherwise, cheers.

My main issue with sword is that there is no way i can reach the on-paper DPS. I’m not a pro, so if i leave the auto-attack on, i’ll be locked out of a critical dodge and die (or on the SV guardian, be teleported away, wasting a lot of damage). If i disable the auto-attack, then i can be careful and dodge when needed, but at the cost of some downtime between each press of ‘1’.

I don’t care much for dps meters, but i’d be curious to see how i fare with sword vs what i get from GS: dodge on demand, and no dodge required either when the cue syncs with the auto-chain means less downtime so i should be closer to the on-paper GS DPS.

LB is a great weapon to rotate through with quickdraw, but isn’t a full replacement imho due to requiring distance to make the most of it and missing out on party stuff like boons, buffs and condi clears.

Xillllix.3485:

I think a team shouldn’t be fighting the clock but instead the content.

The clock is the content.

Do you even know a single person that bases their gaming purchases on metacritic?

Earix.5684:

cafard.8953:

I can picture the map chat from here now: “DON’T KILL THE SENTRY!!! WE NEED IT TO CHARGE UP AF!!!”.

That’s exactly what I will have to do this evening. My raid will love it…

Good luck with that! Asking the zerg to not kill a sentry is one of the most difficult tasks on Piken.

I can picture the map chat from here now: “DON’T KILL THE SENTRY!!! WE NEED IT TO CHARGE UP AF!!!”.

I like underwater content, and the T1/T3 collections for the spear and harpoon gun were entertaining. It was slightly more expensive than the TP, but at such little cost, who’s counting anyway? And it came with APs that TP buyers will never get. :p

As an underwater fan, i have to say that the recently introduced (underwater) precursor collections are the biggest ‘new’ underwater content since launch. I enjoyed doing them a lot.

Even Southsun Cove, a post-launch island map, has no diving spot worth speaking about.

Frenzy III: The Quaggan Games event in Frostgorge sound is fixed, which allowed me to complete the collection. The Quaggan Friendship bracelets from the collection are still impossible to delete however. 14 slots perma-used in my bags…

Valento.9852:

Solar Beam change is outrageous. It’s the only auto-attack in-game that requires a target.

Well, it fits. We also have the only auto-attack in-game that prevents dodging after all! :p

I’ve been forever confused by my Norn exclaiming that yellow/orange loot is “Better than moon boots!”.

adormtil.1605:

cafard.8953:

It felt very rushed out to me. It’s all about rushing in to save the various Destiny’s Edge people before “bad stuff” happens. Fine. Run to rescue friends ASAP, think about rebuilding/attacking later, makes sense. But then, as you gets the rescue done, you just go ahead and kill the dragon just like that because why not?

I’m with you OP, i liked the Zhaitan story much more. You spent ages gathering an army and making war machines, and you ended up using them to defeat the big baddie.

And its was so boring that it was a pain to find people to help you finish the dungeon later on.

The final mission was too slow alright, and requiring a party for it a bad idea (having another player’s character speaking in the cutscenes was really bad form). Flawed execution, but the concept was good imho. It was refreshing to actually use tanks, airships and lots of people rather than beating Zhaitan to death 1v1 in an arena with a shoe.

EazyPanda.6419:

cafard.8953:

Underdark.3726:

if you are an asura and what to spectate in first person

Try a Norn. You may be surprised by which part of a Norn’s anatomy apparently contains the eyes…

Did you by any chance, did not check the ‘adjust camera to character height’ option in the General Options?

Ooooh, no i didn’t! That’s definitely going to make it less awkward. ^^

[And on a side note to the moderator who moved this thread: this is about the Guild Hall arena, in PvE, and the first person camera, it has nothing to do with sPvP…]

Underdark.3726:

if you are an asura and what to spectate in first person

Try a Norn. You may be surprised by which part of a Norn’s anatomy apparently contains the eyes…

It felt very rushed out to me. It’s all about rushing in to save the various Destiny’s Edge people before “bad stuff” happens. Fine. Run to rescue friends ASAP, think about rebuilding/attacking later, makes sense. But then, as you gets the rescue done, you just go ahead and kill the dragon just like that because why not?

I’m with you OP, i liked the Zhaitan story much more. You spent ages gathering an army and making war machines, and you ended up using them to defeat the big baddie.

Pretty sure there are rich plant nodes, they’re just not labelled as such. Every now and then you find a plant node that you can harvest 3-4 times.

Another bug in Frenzy Part 3: apart from 2 out of 16, the quaggan bracelets you need for the collection can’t be deleted from inventory… Delete attempt prompts you to enter the item name, but even with the exact name down to the casing, the ‘ok’ button stays greyed out. I now have 14 bag slots used by these…

Bump as i notice this compiled thread. Stuck on Frenzy Tier 3, the Quaggan Games event in Frostgorge Sound is stuck and doesn’t happen: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Quaggan-Games-bugged-Frenzy-T3-uncraftable/

Hi,

One of the items in the final collection to craft the Tier 3 precursor of Frenzy (legendary harpoon gun) requires completion of the Quaggan Games event in Frostgorge Sound.

Unfortunately, the quaggans seem stuck around the arena and nothing happens. I can tell the judge i want to help one of the two champions, but nothing happens after that either. I’ve been trying for 3 days with no luck, and after asking on map chat today, a fair few other players have the same issue. As is, the precursor is impossible to craft.

In case it’s related, there’s a 3 year old thread mentioning this event being stuck:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Broken-Quaggan-Games-Event-Chain

(on a side note, one of the item tooltips in this Tier 3 collection mentions helping the quaggans in Cursed Shore, when it actually is Malchor’s Leap).

It’s detailed yes, but it still is incredibly ugly. Also, no idea why it’s pet-themed when the trait line including exclusive weapon, exclusive utilities and exclusive class mechanic has absolutely nothing to do with pets. Should have been astral/celestial/blue-spaceman themed rather.

I’ll add my voice to the chorus. We were all a bit sad after claiming the hall when all the updrafts had disappeared. The temporary drafts on pads are a neat compromise, but a central master switch to alternate between “on demand” and “always on” updrafts would be ideal.

walsd.4968:

The description of that build seems pretty accurate. Definitely wasn’t using sb but I’m pretty sure it was staff and axe/dagger now. What’s the counter? As much stunbreak as possible and/or ranged attacks to avoid cc in the first place? I can’t even access more stun break than I had lol

I’d say probably stability to get started. It’ll spare you all the soft cc, and therefore prevent Ancient Seeds (immob+bleed when applying cc to target). Then use those stability stacks to get up close and get your own cc to connect first. After that, it’s like with another ranger: scare him enough while saving your hardest-hitting cooldowns so he burns his Signet of Stone, survive that yourself or apply plenty of conditions, and finish him…

Easier said than done of course.

Digital Dragon.2697:

realized I had to use greatsword to jump that distance

Look into the ooc sword 2 leap (out of combat, hit sword 2, swap weapon to cancel the leap back, swap weapon again to sword, hit 2 to leap forward), it’s a very useful proper long leap, unlike the weird hybrid run/leap of GS3. It’ll take you to plenty of places the GS won’t, and make the GS reachable places safer to leap to.

Digital Dragon.2697:

As to those who are complaining about the wyvern and tiger being hard to get, they are not. The events are fun. It’s a feeling of accomplishment to finish the event and get the pet.

I have ambivalent feelings about this. While i like the idea of a few pets taking some work to get and enjoyed getting those two, i believe gating them behind a map-wide event is a bad idea looking forward. Right now, the main issue is the client crash and this can be addressed after a fashion (potato mode or 64-bit client). But such events are terribly tied to population. If/when a better farm comes out, DS may get deserted and fail most of the time, and it’ll be tough for younger rangers. Just imagine if some pets were gated behind Triple Trouble…

A long open world soloable chain like the GW1 Black Moa would be my preference going forward. In fact, i’d love if such quest chains or collections were added to unlock even just cosmetic pets akin to the ones from HoM.

Got two killing sharks in Southsun Cove on a diving trip to underwater precursors. No use for it either just yet.

Eirdyne.9843:

In older games and even many new ones you choose the type of women you are going to use.

What kind of games are we talking about?!

#teamlostprecipice

ferdi.1452:

I think they should have never called them ‘elite’ specializations in the first place. It gives the impression they these specializations are better than the old ones.

Dunno. It ties up well with Elite skills, not in the sense of “better than the rest” but in the sense that you can only use one at a time. Elite specs will be mutually exclusive if Anet sticks to the concept and develops new ones some day.

And be glad you’re not a Juvenile Bristleback…

Raise a hand if you love [Thistlereed Waypoint].

If you ever needed platinum or Shiverpeaks daily miner (or lumberjack, or forager in fact) in a rush, you already know and love [Thistlereed Waypoint]. Great location, plenty of gathering mats around including that rich node, the second rich node that sometimes spawns in the Ogre’s camp, the Ogre’s chest just because why not…

We’ve been mourning for a while now, as Mordremoth’s vines broke our second favourite waypoint (because let’s face it: [Accountancy Waypoint] is love, [Accountancy Waypoint] is life). Like Tyrian peasants, we now have to walk all the way from [Valance Tutory Waypoint], which is not only exhausting, but terribly undignified.

But since (HoT spoiler) Mordy took a heck of a beating, i believe it is now time to kick somebody’s bottom and get things done. Even though the waypoint lies in Hoelbrak’s juridiction, i’d imagine the waypoint installation and maintenance contract was outsourced to someone in Rata Sum. Well, dear someone, it’s time to get back to work and FIX OUR WAYPOINT!

As a protest, my Norn will eat a scientific paper a day until Rata Sum finds and sends whoever’s job it is to fix our beloved [Thistlereed Waypoint]. If this doesn’t work, by next month i’ll upgrade to eating an Asura a day.

Rata Sum, the ball is in your court.

It’s not too bad actually. The new drops when you rank up are a pretty good way to unlock skill/hero points for power leveled 80 alts.

Eros.6801:

Extra : after get wyvern in action!! i really just want to smash the keboard onto the screen not worth all the time and effort i put in it.

Dude. It’s all about the collection.

But yeah, the wyverns are bad bad bad. Well the electric one is still good for aoe swiftness in wvw i guess. The tiger is definitely worth it though. Usual great kitty damage, and 10s fury+burst on 8s cooldown (traited)? Yes please!

Well, did DS again today, with graphics in potato mode. No crash, and the two pets are in, I HAZ ALL POKEMON AGAIN!

Cheers for the maps.

Azure.8670:

where are you guys

By your side, tagging mobs with an old MM/WS/BM build that actually gives me xp and loot.

There’s also the disconnect post-win. Client crashed last night as i was walking to the chest. Relogging dumped me into an empty pre-event Dragon’s Stand without chest, without noxious nodes, without ranger pets, and it wouldn’t allow me to join up my party members due to a “Network error: please check your internet connection”. Yeah, blame my ISP now…