No dungeons witnessed.
Hopefully there will be a tutorial that pops up when you hit 80. (Or the first time you log in with a level 80.)
I found something I loathe more than bearbow longbow #4 spammers: the mallyx skill that keeps teleporting mobs out of the circle. So annoying especially with the lag that results in enemies leashing/teleporting back into the circle only to be moved out again.
It has its uses when done right. Like covering people from griffons while they were trying to move eggs to giving NPCs you need to protect some breathing room. But yes, most players had no idea when they should use it.
There is none right now.
can please anyone that knows where to find this video link it?
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/ready-up-core-specializations-summary/
At the bottom. It’s 4 hours long, have fun.
Re: Masteries, they are not like the skill bar now because as you get more advanced Masteries, the XP required to unlock them goes up. It’s not a static number across all mastery levels.
I thought the quadrupling of the exp required for the 2 level of gliding was ridiculous. I could see doubling it. Are they going to make you get eight times that required for 3 level? Lots of grinding for exp.
It’s hard to say right now regarding this. They either made level 2 extremely high so beta testers would not obtain it, or these are accurate numbers and they are intended to just take that long to level.
If the latter I can understand, as the payoff is account bound. Good when you have 18 characters, not so good when you have 1-2. I found that doing events naturally granted me much bigger chunks of XP, to the point where I don’t think killing mobs even moved the bar at all. If the new content will be event based like SW then it might not be so long.
I really want to see a good payoff for pulling off event chains though, like SW. Otherwise I can’t imagine a reason to stay on this map.
Pretty sure the video in which they go over every class’s traits explains this.
Re: Masteries, they are not like the skill bar now because as you get more advanced Masteries, the XP required to unlock them goes up. It’s not a static number across all mastery levels.
As to 5A. The pale reaver rifles aren’t for the grunts at the bottom of that event, they’re for the husks that try to run up the steps. Grunts have to be taken out normally. ’
And as for 3B. they said that masteries would be account bound, pretty much everything progression-wise in the game (PvP ranks, WvW rank, Fractal personal reward level) is account bound, it shouldn’t be surprising that masteries would follow suit.
1. I see! I did not know this. Perhaps it was said when you first got to the point, as I followed up after capping another point.
2. I must have missed this too. I’m not really surprised as I didn’t know it was going to be a thing; but it is nice.
Thank you for your comments.
Too many pictures to post one at a time so here is a photobucket: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/cocowoushi/slideshow/GW2%20HoT%20Beta%20Issues
1. One of the downed airships you can run around and check out: I assume there is supposed to be glass in these windows because I could totally stand in the open areas without falling. Didn’t show up.
2. Rev Mace#2 clipping issue: Going up slopes, didn’t notice it so much on the way down. Axe #5 seemed to visually trigger 40% of the time, but that might have been because of lag.
3. Lone Troll Mob wandering around with a code name.
4. Vine Pit Adventure: Before I got my glider I tried jumping straight into the pit to see what would happen and was teleported to the top, as expected because of the nature of the event. However before I would hit the ground I’d still get poisoned from one of the vines, which when I teleported back to the top, would fill my Energy gauge. Tried this again using Resistance (Mallyx Utility #7) and was not poisoned, so no energy given.
5. Pale Reaver Rifles: They were stationed here during the event. Picked one up to try them out. Tried shooting some of the mobs down the slope but did VERY LITTLE damage. Like, 38-48 HP. Not sure why these rifles were even there for this part when they did such tiny damage.
Other things:
1. Like others said about the glider popping out too often. It got very annoying, especial when scaling the steps to get to the Wyvern eggs.
2. Was following an event train regarding the frogs. Something about enslaving the other frog race. We followed the NPC to a cavern and waited for the next chain to start but it turned to night and he just disappeared. We were really confused until someone mentioned it was because it was night. That wasn’t clear at all.
3. Made a Warrior to try out some things with the last 30 minutes or so left. Got to Amber Fort and realized I could still use my glider. I guess I didn’t realize Masteries were account bound?
4. Was getting Skill Point Scrolls in loot bags.
5. Map did feel very confusing. I haven’t spent much time in Dry Top so maybe I’m not used to this style. But I didn’t like it much at all. I hope there are different types because I won’t want to do that map more than once.
6. It was nice to see the Mordrem Guards dodging to avoid attacks.
Lots of technical stuff but nothing that seemed to be very buggy/game breaking. Good job!
(So many roads……….)
Revenant: leg. dwarf elite into demon stance
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Posted by: cocowoushi.7150
^ what donari said.
Why do people ask when there is literally no information? If you’re looking for speculation if say Q4 at the earliest.
It’s not hard compared to other classes but smashing things with my hammer is soooo satisfying.
Yep. Rev and new specs and new areas. New weapons/armor and new(?) fractals. Curious about the story and where it’s going. Hoping for more big bosses like Teq/TT
I also hate UW anything (except Quaggan) but this is an interesting point about Rev. We’ll have to wait and see but I assume it will be a switch over with skills, so maybe a couple of purely UW spirits.
If I have to press 6, I’m doing something very wrong. I’d hit it more if it did more than like 1k heal.
I wouldn’t expect more specs until after E3, which is in 3 weeks with Anet confirmed to be there; which from what I hear, they usually aren’t. They are all very busy and hopefully saving big guns for the show.
Anet isn’t going to cater to you; they are going to work with what is best for their schedule. No amount of qq will change that and they have no reason to change it. It’s closed beta. More restrict than open beta. Why are you surprised?
Tried logging in as a different character and swapping at character select but still booted.
Re logged as my character in Hoelbrak and did my PvP daily, then entered LA with him fine.
Moved him out then tried character select for a LA character. Worked this time.
Now there is a build ready in 10 mins. Think it’s working now or will be soon.
Same error. Was able to log into my thief in Hoelbrak just fine though.
Before anyone asks:
“*This invitation is for this Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns testing event only. This does not guarantee access to future events. "
I still like Warden. Short, simple, has protective and hunter undertones.
Dungeon WPs shouldn’t be free, but it would be nice if they unlocked once you get the in-game Mail for them.
Vinewrath? Not quite as sure. Might depend on which skritt tunnels are active.
I hate dying in that one. If no tunnels are active you have to run all the way across the SW to get back. Of course some monster will try and attack, delaying you.
The good thing is if you did enough damage first it does not matter as much. Even if the fighting ended right after you died the path to the chest will stay open a good long time.
I still don’t understand people who WP to Camp instead of Hidden Labyrinth if defeated at VW. I’ve never been to a VW where someone hasn’t cleared the WP beforehand.
Honestly, it’s just better to WP out if you are defeated vs timed bosses. People likely won’t take the time to Rez you and if they do, they run the risk of dying too and aren’t supplying DPS.
Their patch this Tuesday caused a number of crashes/rollbacks but it seems to all be sorted out now.
Not having enough people to beat a boss means you didn’t get there soon enough and got pushed to a new/overflow map. Such is the nature of the beast; take into considerate your time of day and which world boss it is. If you’re trying to get into Sparkfly for Teq during NA East Coast prime time 15 minutes before it pops, chances are you will not make a populated map.
Transferring to a map with a defeated boss just means the map you were on was low in numbers (likely because people realized there was no hope to down the boss) so you were offered to go to a more populated map. That map was the main map that had the numbers to down the boss quickly then people left, freeing up spots for you to join.
You can right click your party member’s name and select “Join in (Name of map)” to try and get on the same map as them if there is room.
The “It’s ready when it’s ready” is so prominent with information because god help you if you give a projected date and you fail to meet it for any reason whatsoever. If they give a date for ANYTHING they need to be 100% sure they will meet it without delay.
If you plan to level you rev by crafting, starting now and collecting low level mats with a new toon as you progress wouldn’t be a bad idea for now.
Considering you haven’t had to pay a cent after initially buying the game because you could purchase everything with in-game gold converted to Gems for 3 years, a $50+ price tag is more than reasonable. They can’t just keep making new content for free forever.
Oh yes, because no one has ever bought anything with real money other than the retail game.
Either you didn’t understand what I said at all or you’re exaggerating it for some purpose.
How can I be exaggerating? And for what diabolical purpose are you accusing me?
You say, “They can’t just keep making new content for free forever”.
I say there’s no such thing as a free lunch.I don’t really know how else to put this and I’m tired of repeating myself.
I assume it would be the purpose of trying to sound arrogantly intelligent but falling short of your mark. But this has gotten wildly off topic; you just don’t get what I’m saying. People above this post have already explained it enough ways anyways.
Considering you haven’t had to pay a cent after initially buying the game because you could purchase everything with in-game gold converted to Gems for 3 years, a $50+ price tag is more than reasonable. They can’t just keep making new content for free forever.
Oh yes, because no one has ever bought anything with real money other than the retail game.
Either you didn’t understand what I said at all or you’re exaggerating it for some purpose. I never said no one buys Gems with Cash; I said you don’t have to. Account upgrades, cosmetics, even LS Season 2 could all be bought with Gems which, if you have the gold for, you can buy without using actual cash.
I’ve heard plent of people say they have over 1k gold. They have no reason to spend real money on Gems unless they feel they want to support Anet.
Buying the expansion is exactly that: supporting Anet for all their hard work in making this new (and future) content. You can pay for it, or you don’t have to. But Anet needs more than mircrotransactions to pay the bills.
Still not really understanding the fractal hate when all you need to do is one level 1 stage to get the Daily Fractal checked off. I guess I just don’t see the difference between doing it vs doing a dungeon?
And yet there are no dungeon dailies, so apparently someone does see the difference.
Let me rephrase: I don’t see how someone can like doing dungeons, or at least see them as a necessary evil to get gear/gold, but turn around and loath the idea of doing a single stage of a fractal. That’s what I meant about that comment.
Considering you haven’t had to pay a cent after initially buying the game because you could purchase everything with in-game gold converted to Gems for 3 years, a $50+ price tag is more than reasonable. They can’t just keep making new content for free forever.
We took a week off of elite specs for what?
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Posted by: cocowoushi.7150
Well the longer they prolong the reveal of all elite specs then longer it is till release, so I think that more people are interested in elite specs than WvW at the moment.
Obviously Anet has an idea of a time frame they want/can release and have such planned these weekly reveals with that in mind. To think we are getting HoT immediately after they blast through 9 weeks of specs is being VERY optimistic. HoT will take longer than that, so they are pacing their information.
Not all the specs are ready; that much is clear when they had a PowerPoint for Engi’s core traits.
I lost Genesis (93g hammer) due to the rollbacks. Submitted a ticket to have it returned. ANET rep told me that they checked their records and the rollbacks were not their fault. As such, they refused to return my lost items. I tried to escalate the ticket. I plan on posting the whole conversation if not resolved.
You realize that if the account is rolled back the record of getting that weapon was lost. They are not going to give it to you on your word alone. They need to be able to see it in their records.
This may or may not be true.
I worked on the backend of an MMO before, one many years older than GW2, and no where near as complex. Every player had a log each time then logged in. Within that log we could see certain actions (acquisition of items/gold, things sold, location, etc) as well as when and how they logged out (Timed out, disconnect, ect).
I would assume Anet’s logs are much more advanced than this, and might be able to see if an item was gained, then not listed in their account on the next log in. But without knowing what their logs look like, you can’t say they can or can’t see it.
Living World Season 2.
Start working on Mawdrey. You get the key items from the above.
^ This will force you to level crafting, do some fractals, do some mini dungeons.
Jumping Puzzlw achievements.
Still not really understanding the fractal hate when all you need to do is one level 1 stage to get the Daily Fractal checked off. I guess I just don’t see the difference between doing it vs doing a dungeon?
It’s not like you can roll Cliffside on your first stage.
There us a high chance someone who dislikes fractals may also dislike dungeons.
Then I’m also not understanding why disliking so vehemently so much of the game (Dungeons/Fractals, WvW, PvP) that one refuses to them means that 10 AP is important to this player. Casual play (DE, exploring, RP, etc) don’t even have to worry about the self-Imposed “AP checks” that other elitist players expect.
Can you please explain why losing the 10 AP for the day is so important to a player like this? I really just don’t get it.
Still not really understanding the fractal hate when all you need to do is one level 1 stage to get the Daily Fractal checked off. I guess I just don’t see the difference between doing it vs doing a dungeon?
It’s not like you can roll Cliffside on your first stage.
Double fractal >>>>> event completer zerg rat race.
Honestly.
Guild Halls + Closes Betas date/s (PvE and WvW) are my guess.
GG for Crystallize who mapped out all the significant WP in 37 mins in a post that everyone is just ignoring.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ambrosia
Stay thirsty, friend.
Will likely contact someone tonight; or happy to get a mail.
Warrior exclusive; I usually run PS when I fractal but make sure there is no overlap if there are other Warriors and happy to swap if so. I’m only lv 20 personal reward level but looking to continue raising it. Despite the level I know just about all the ins and outs of the dungeons. Can solo Reactor Room, etc.
I don’t have 35 AR yet; I’ve been working towards ascended Fractal backpiece which I will have soon. Then I will gain required AR. Happy to learn more.
I kinda agree with the OP to be honest. Why don’t we remove minor and major runes from the game entirely? No one uses them anyway, during leveling it’s usually cheaper to socket your item with gemstones anyway. Why not remove them and rename Superior Runes/Sigils to just ‘Rune of….’ and ‘Sigil of….’. I think there is actually alot of similar items in the game that are completely useless. Maybe they should do a pass at all of those kind of items in the game and remove alot of redundant and useless crap.
SOMEONE is buying Major Runes/sigils, otherwise they wouldn’t be going for double the price on TP.
Simple answer: Automatically unlock the waypoint next to the dungeon when you get the in-game mail for it.
I can understand people having different characters to be able to change to for Dungeons and each profession, but 18 characters…. You can’t really blame anyone else for that.
Think you’re just unlucky. Prior to change my friend always complained he didn’t get many ecto, while I’d get plenty. Post update I really haven’t noticed a change in my intake, but I haven’t salvaged many rates last night. I’ll keep an eye on it.
New Spec: Meta Fighter. Warrior F2 transforms them into a Revenant.
(I’d love staff, spear, or bare fists. I absolutely don’t want pistol; I’d take torch before pistol.)
If I have to use the active on my healing signet as a warrior then I’m doing something terribly wrong. All the others I use when needed.
Precision: Always good for extra crit; use active to get full adrenaline so I can drop a fire field from bow to burst stack might before a boss.
Strength: Only use in world bosses; don’t even remember what the active does
Dolyak: passive toughness is great; active stun break/stability is even better
Endurance: passive and active save my kitten every time vs Mai Trin especially with how fast she can stack bleeds/cripple
Rage: “about to burst the kitten out of something” button
The portal was for the upcoming closed beta event. The preorder, when it arrives, will be for the beta events after that, probably the open betas if it’s like the game’s original preorder.
You’ll get your closed beta.
Exactly this.
Lost loot I would have gotten; DC’d just prior to last Teq burn. Ended up back in Lion’s arch. Tried to warp back quick. Event already completed.
AP check
ROFLMAO