Guild Wars 2

Casual is a state of mind, not a time card. One can casually play four or more hours a day, or play hardcore for an hour every other day.

Joke’s on you guys, Zommoros is immune to burning.

Wangatang.1938:

Does anyone have a recommendation as to the second weapon set that goes well with mace + shield on a guardian?

I run staff for tagging in DEs with my mace/shield guardian.

It depends on what you mean by “more effectively”. The shield, for example, is a personal defense weapon for the warrior and more of a group support weapon for the guardian.

TooBz.3065:

A great sword deals 995-1,100 in damage. A sword deals 905-1000 damage.

A two handed weapon already deals 10% more than a one handed weapon. That’s like two sigils of force.

Okay, now take into account two sigils vs one. Where a two-handed weapon user must choose between the extra damage of a Sigil of Force or the extra damage on crit from a Sigil of Air, a duel-wielder can have both.

Vayne.8563:

Just farm in different areas. Surely it’s not that hard. If you farm in Orr, then farm in Southsun Cove, then farm in Forstgorge sound, you won’t end up hitting DR.

I don’t spend a lot of my game time farming, but if I did I wouldn’t accept “stop farming the most efficient farming spots and move to a less efficient spot when DR kicks in” as a very player-friendly solution. I understand DR was implemented to keep gold farmers (and possibly “no-lifers”) in check, but I believe there’s got to be a better way to go about things that doesn’t include as much collateral damage to everyone else.

From where I’m sitting, there are only two types of people who are genuinely hurt by the addition of speed bumps to popular/efficient farming methods: people who want Legendary weapons and people who want to buy everything from the Gem Shop with gold.

As someone who would like a Legendary weapon or five, I sympathize with those who find themselves X gold short of Y. But I also recognize that I can do literally everything in this game without a particle-effect producing weapon. So I’m somewhere between “that sucks” and “meh” when it comes to farming nerfs.

New, limited edition weapon skins obtained via RNG-BLCs.

You had me until “shiny silver”. I’m probably in the minority, but I’d rather the footprints left by Legendaries be much more subtle (or absent altogether).

maddoctor.2738:

They are used for a Guild Bounty in Fields of Ruin. Once the bounty is active you must interract with the rats until you find the “correct” one and start the battle.

Ah, I see. I hadn’t been back since the Guild Bounties were implemented. Thanks.

I was clearing Fields of Ruin on one of my characters, the fourth time I’ve done so, and I noticed “Suspicious Rats” all over the zone. When examined, it said something to the effect that they’re probably used for surveillance. Have these things always been there and I somehow never noticed them on three previous clears of the zone? Or are they new?

Fishing? Yes please.
New cooking recipes born from fishing? Yes please.
Seaweed is a level 400 cooking material, and it’s currently used in one recipe. Sushi is the perfect way to make Seaweed useful for something outside an occasional Swiftness burst.

I can’t help but feel this change was done solely so those squishy little glass-cannons in PvP and WvW wouldn’t cry when being dumped on their squishy little heads. God forbid they slap some +Toughness armor on…just nerf the thief’s 45 second cooldown Steal – their class mechanic – that may or may not critical so Berserker Billy doesn’t get hit too hard.

I’ve read before that an ability triggering while harvesting will cause you to get ruined fibers/logs/ore. So if, say, you’ve got a trait that activates X ability at 75% health and you’re being hit while harvesting you’ll get the ruined fiber when X triggers during the harvesting process.

Looks fun. Thanks for the link.

From where does this information come?

Mouhappai.5406:

I posted this about several pages back, but I think what we want to see of Cantha is less poverty stricken and more culturally accurate, like an Asian Divinity’s Reach; with falling petals, people travelling in and out of the city, playful children, shops, mansions, and the usual city hustles. Comapre:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Divinity%27s_Reach_loading_screen.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOVOB9oD97I

Who is “we”? You certainly don’t speak for me. I, for one, feel the endless slums of Kaineng City were one of the defining features of Cantha.

And what does “more culturally accurate” mean? Cantha is a fictitious nation; its culture is exactly what its creators wanted it to be and, accordingly, its culture is as accurate as it can possibly be.

Michikyou.9617:

• Guild Halls – removed, until further notice. We have heard from the staff themselves that they have no intentions of working on them.
• Epic end game stories and expansions removed.
• No promise of new playable races or classes.
  *Denying new areas until ‘PVP’ is perfected.
• Removing important cultural aspects of GW from the game to create a more ‘unified’ and ‘Culturally sensitive’ community.
• Lore updated so slowly.

How does the lack of any of these…
A) discriminate against anyone?
B) prevent roleplayers from roleplaying?

Palador.2170:

Personally, I’d love to see some kind of elementalist/knight class. Heavy armor, and uses elemental magic to charge their weapons in battle. Basically, an elementalist that wears heavy armor and works in melee range (and maybe uses a bow or rifle at times).

The way I see it, and I don’t know any more than the next guy, is they’re not going to double up on themes. I’d be very surprised if they added a second profession that utilized elemental (elementalist), divine (guardian), arcane (mesmer), or dark (necromancer) magic. They can still add new magic users, but I suspect it will be unique.

So to fill your desire for a heavily armored spell caster, and to appease those who long for their ritualists and dervishes, what if they added a soldier profession combining the combat mechanics of the dervish and the spirit magic theme of the ritualist?

Einlanzer.1627:

TriggerSad.2597:

Because it’s direct, requires little to no thought in figuring out what it does, and doesn’t complicate anything.

Tell me – did you have a hard time figuring out what Power, Precision, Toughness, and Vitality do? Was it a terrible, frustrating chore?

The reasons for leaving it as is outweigh the reasons for changing it back. It’s an unnecessary change that adds little to nothing to the game. As is, it’s objectively logical. The old way, it was subjectively “cool”. There’s no reason to make the change.

The ubiquity of white and black dyes in this thread disappoints me. So many dyes in this game and we (the community) all gravitate to the same two.

Kelso.8539:

Do engineers have good DPS without using kits?
So that i can use my weapon skills and the rest for healing turret and elixers?

I’m not expert, but my engineer has an exotic rifle and full exotic knight’s armor. Because the #1 skill on the rifle fires slowly and because their rifle’s hardest hitters work better at close range, I’m not sure I’d recommend it for someone strictly wanting ranged dps. The damage is there – and it’s not at all bad damage – but you gotta stick your nose in there to get the most out of it.

I can’t speak for the engineer’s damage capacity with pistols, though; so you’ll have to ask someone else on that matter.

Personally? No thanks.

Personal feelings aside, I hope this game continues to attract new players. I’d rather they not have to figure out what things like Malice and Expertise actually do.

I peek in here every once in a while to see what’s going on, so correct me if my observation is off base. But it looks to me JQ is shedding some big ol’ tears of bitterness now that they’ve been knocked off their high horse.

It looks to me there’s enough room to perfectly fit two more bank tabs, for a total of ten. Has ANet said what we’ve got is it? Or is there the possibility we’ll get access to more via LE expansions (or something similar)?

Edit: typo

I didn’t know whether to start a new thread on this same subject or necro this one, but I did want to voice my disappointment in the Protector’s Armor. I don’t know why we can’t dye the tabard and the tarbard’s trim separately, but until such time as we can I’m going to forgo purchasing this armor. This armor, and many others, could really use a fourth dye slot.

I have a feeling the nemesis is going to turn out being some Consortium puppeteer not too dissimilar to Mass Effect’s The Illusive Man sans the good intentions.

azurrei.5691:

I think it says a lot that people are already wondering what is on tap for next month…two days into the current one.

Perhaps the reason people are wondering what’s next is because this month marks the end of a four-month long story arc?

PS – I think it says a lot that people the game has been updated with new content, free-of-charge, just about every month since release.

Paul Belz.7351:

The new food buffs last twice as long as other food buffs i believe.

That’s all well and good, but the requirements to make them are significantly more than double. And since food stacks, I don’t see 10x the cost/materials for twice the duration as a good investment at all.

I’m all for new cooking recipes and new stat combinations for consumables, but I really think you guys should go back to the drawing board on these new recipes.

via Mystic Force, pleeeease. I’d love to be able to do something with the stack of Transmutation Stones.

Simon.3106:

Yes, my point exactly.
" “this patch ruined the game” sentiment that pervades this board every time the game is updated. "

Because it happens “every time”, I assumed you were just one of those people. -_- That is why I typed, “Secondly, are you another one of those people that like to complain about everything that are given to them?” We’re clear now. I apologize for my comment.

Accepted.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Perhaps referring to ‘the game has been destroyed yet again, I’m sure’? Sounded a bit negative to me, as well, but maybe I just didn’t get the joke. No offense, just explaining how it might look to others. =)

I thought Clicks “Create Topic” while sarcastically whistling REM’s It’s the End of the World as We Know It"… was a pretty good indicator that I was being sarcastic and mocking the “this patch ruined the game” sentiment that pervades this board every time the game is updated.

Simon.3106:

Look for it yourself. It is full of surprises. Secondly, are you another one of those people that like to complain about everything that are given to them? This update was excellent compare to the previous ones. -_- I assume you didn’t even try it out before making that assumption.

What in the heck are you talking about? Did you even read my post, or did you just skim it and jump instantly to conclusions? /smh

darkace.8925:

Okay, now that the hoopla over the RTL/MF has died down I’m going to bump this thread.

I spoke too soon, you guys still seem pretty heated over the patch. Speaking of, the patch increased the duration of GoS’s storms. It looked pretty good on paper before, and better now. Too bad GoEP doesn’t proc effects based on current attunement instead of the attunement as of time of casting.

lookitsandrea.8531:

I think personal storage would indeed have to be limited, so as not to act as a free additional “bank tab”

Yeah, I would have it completely separate from the bank tab. It would be character-specific and accessible only from the player’s house/home instance.

lookitsandrea.8531:

What kind of personal keepsakes are you talking about specifically? (curious)

Weapon and armor skins I like, nicknacks from personal story, thinks like the thank you letter from F&F (karma consumable), etc.

Any others? Or were the weapons it?

Bard/Minstrel. I don’t know what mechanic would set it apart, but I would give it plenty of group buffs.

Thanks for the feedback, guys; and please keep it coming.

I’ve seen mention Focus is better with Power. Truth be told, I’ve always intend to run a healthy dose of Power in spite of being a conditionmancer. Condition Damage and Condition Duration will still be my primary focus, and Precision might get some love too, depending on my choice of Sigils. But the reason for the Power is many mobs in open-world PvE simply don’t have the staying power to justify the effort required to set up the dots.

I’m not sure this is a good idea, but it’s something I’ve had in mind since I first started theorycrafting. Feel free to let me know how, if at all, this changes your stance on the dagger vs focus. And thanks.

Jordo.5913:

so theres this thing….called gold…that you acquire in game through playing….that you can trade for gems….to get those items in the gem store

everything i have gotten in the gem store…i got through playing the game how i want to play it….and traded gold for gems….i haven’t spent a single dollar

That’s all well and good, but there’s two things you should consider. If new armor is added to the Gem Shop in the form of “randomly acquired from Black Lion Chests”, then that’s not the same as “new armor has been added to the Gem Shop.”

Second, some people want to earn their new armor. Vabbi armor in Guild Wars, for example, took considerable effort to earn. It presented many players with a challenge/goal to work for. Plopping down a credit card or dumping a bunch of gold isn’t quite the same. To put it another way, “T-Rex doesn’t want to be fed. He wants to hunt.”

Aura.9530:

So after completing the first living story…I have to say this.

It’s not necessarily over, there’s still the epilogue to come.

Aura.9530:

Please; restore her to her former glory, she deserves better than this.

Former glory? Oh, you mean her guild dissolving because of all the guild drama she couldn’t curtail?

Aura.9530:

It just doesn’t logically make sense for Eir to have a son by birth.

Would it have been more logical for her to offspring to be birthed in some hatching chamber or grown in a beaker in some laboratory?

lorazcyk.8927:

WOW, how rude of you! Are you trolling, or just rude? I hope you’re trolling, because I can’t imagine anyone would say something so ignorant.

Wow, calm down. You’re acting as if someone just personally insulted your dearest friend.

A lot of variables, indeed.

I’m still in the planning stages of making a necromancer, but I’m wondering how bad I’d be gimping myself going S/F over S/D. On paper the dagger looks better for a condition build, but for aesthetic reasons I’d rather run a focus. I’m primarily an open-world PvEer, so I can afford to sacrifice a bit of optimization and still get by. But there’s a line where less-optimized becomes self-defeating, and I’d like to know if S/F lies on the wrong side of that line.

And while I’m asking for tips from the pros, I’d really like to run CPC. But I’m already planning BiP and Epidemic. That leaves just the one slot, and I’m thinking it will probably go to a signet. What do you guys think of CPC, particularly in the open-world PvE context?

Thanks for any wisdom you guys can impart on this novice.

SundayTrash.9562:

You sure its casual?

Yes.

SundayTrash.9562:

Casual means I am given everything and still be able to do all the events even if I missed

Wrong. Casual means you’re not punished for playing lightly or not at all.

SundayTrash.9562:

but instead u have to grind laurel, ecto, gold, tokens every day to get ascend stuff.

“Have to”?

I’m not going to use it to craft myself anything. I can sell it for a gold (a lot of money to a peasant like myself), or I can sit on it in the hopes that after F&F closes shop the price goes up. What would you do?

The new cooking materials (Pile of Walnut Crumble Topping, Pile of Zesty Herbs, and Bowl of Garlic Butter Sauce) do not list the crafting discipline and required level, as do every other crafting material in the game. This might be intended, or it might be an oversight/bug.

You’re going to stop dodging? And killing things? And gathering? What, exactly, are you going to do when you log on?

Mkalafut.1273:

darkace.8925:

TheZeus.8617:

Lol really Darkace.. you must be a fanboy if you do not see the amount of money Anet brings in off the gem store. So they throw you a bone with the gauntlets and maybe a slime chance at a back piece… That’s to just keep you quite. MAYBE if you take a look at all the CRAP that still needs fixed you would wounder where the hell your money is going from the gem store.. guess where.. BACK into the gem store.. and for the record if you don’t see that then no one can help you.

I’ll say it again for you, TheZeus…some of you people need to grow up.

So because people don’t share your point of view they need to grow up. Ironic.

Try reading the thread again, and maybe – maybe – you’ll understand why I said what I said. I’ll give you a hint; it has nothing to do with a dissenting points of view.

stale.9785:

Dude, guardians were never invincible – just had advantages to make up for having 10k base hp, and about 15k traited. Boon hate sucks balls, and warriors got a bunch of love this patch.

Most powerful (outside of pvp) class gets more powerful, everyone else stays the same. Whee.

So you’re saying boon hate and three unblockable attacks are going to make a huge different in PvE?

Goose.9317:

WTF is lemongrass anyways? is it lemon or is it grass? Whats with all these puzzles Arenanet? I just want to sit in Lions Arch with nothing to do in peace, i don’t play this game to be confused.

You’re in luck, then…the chaps over at the Mesmer sub-forum are saying Confusion has been removed from the game.

In large group events, there’s usually so many spell-effects firing off it’s virtually impossible to see what’s going on (and thus be able to time your skills/dodges). In times like this, even my melee-oriented characters switch to a ranged weapon. You don’t have to build around the ranged weapon since you’re essentially just “farming” events when they get this big.