Guild Wars 2

I do not see any increase in attack speed. The tool tip says it should be a 15% increase in the speed, but I do not see any increase in my attack speed nor do I see the cast time change on auto attack when I trait this.

Mogar.9216:

The worst thing about ranked is people raging in chat during a match.

This is what scares me from entering it the most. I realize I am not the best pvper, but I do like it and find it fun, but I do not want to be attacked while I am there.

I was wondering if there was any advantage to playing ranked pvp. I just play for fun and by myself. I just finish up the reward tracks and I have been having fun, but I wonder if it would be better to just jump into the ranked ones?

I am considering doing a name change, but I am wondering if it would take 2 or 3 name change contracts to swap between 2 characters.

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I have been doing pvp and map completion. Just kind of playing around with things.

I have just finished leveling my thief and have been playing with builds and skills, but venoms and traps seem awkward to use. Are these used often and what would their use be? The venoms are interesting, but it seems odd to have a skill that gives conditions and then a 30 second cd. The traps I really cannot figure out so any help on that is appreciated.

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Sorry if the wrong spot I do not see a blacklion area anymore. I was just curious if dyes were still a good investment after the account bound changes.

I would love some pants and shorts! This could actually be like a all class item. Some nice shorts and just some simple pants. I like the skirts too, but variety would be great.

As the title says I would like to know if it is possible for condition damage to crit
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I am glad that people are pointing this out. Arenanet really just cannot win. When the game first came out they started giving gifts to people that had bought gems as a thank you. Guess what? The forums blew up with the people that had not bought gems because of how unfair it was and now they “had” to buy gems. It was a nice gesture and they were attacked by it. I also see people begging for SAB to come back. Do these people not remember how they torn the poor guy to shreds the last time it was out? They were absolutely cruel. I would not want to relive that if I were him either and maybe that is why there is no more SAB. Now we have this fiasco. I for one feel so bad for the employees and I hope that it settles down and once HOT does release it is a huge success.

With the announcement of the guild halls it looks as though my husband and I will need to be in a med-large guild to see it all. We would like to find a SBI guild if possible that has older players. We would like a relaxed and casual atmosphere with active people. We like to have fun with maps and dungeons but are not looking for groups/ guilds that want set builds/classes. Hopefully there is someone out there that meets that!

I was wondering if there was a place I could buy the jacket worn by Robert Gee in this video? (Skip to mesmer)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/ready-up-core-specializations-summary/

My guess is there could be new recipes for them – gift of stealth, unicorne statue, ect will be for the old ones. I am still betting that we will need the clovers, gift of exploration, might, and magic. I think this because they do not like to disrupt the economy too much and if only the old legendary used all those high level mats it could disrupt the prices and it also creates a gold sink associated with the weapons. I also think the clovers will stay because it keeps the rng in the weapon.

Is this at all possible with a mesmer solo? I can get to the shards and have just under 2 mins but I cannot get the shards. I read invisibility, but I reveal before I can get the crystal. Is there any other trick to this for the achievement? Thanks

I am looking at making a legendary, but kind of want to wait and see the new ones before I use up the mats. I wonder though if it would be ok to make the mystic clovers and those could possibly be used for either. I know that it is impossible to know for sure, but it seems like they should both use them. Anyway just looking for thoughts if I should make them or wait.
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I cannot remember if you get the rewards for the story (season 2) if you complete it on multiple characters. Is it a one time reward per account or is it per character?

Also I finished all of season 2 but do not have a carapace chest box? Did I lose it somewhere?

Thank you so much. I was not sure if I needed to enter the story for it to be saved.

I just want to check on this. I am not playing this game currently, but if I change my mind in the future I figure I should have the stories to play. I am under the impression that all I have to do is log in to unlock them for free. Do I not need to do anything else for the unlock to be available?

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Ascimator.6735:

Oogabooga.9138:

If you enjoy playing this game the way Anet wants you to play then so be it. Although, I would recommend actually reading the posts before making such a callous response regarding other players mentality. I wish I could go through life with blinders on too.

And I would recommend you to avoid implying that I “have blinders on” because I dare to think that it’s not as bad as you’re making it out to be.
But really, you’d think people would realize after 6 months of tugging on Anet’s skirt that they will not listen because it’s their game and they want it to remain like this because they like the change. It seems that after all, the charts did not show a massive enough downfall of players, which implies that whoever actually quit the game is in the minority.

I honestly believe it is because most players have not experienced it yet. I am curious to see what the uproar will be like when they, if they, introduce a new class or race. I am willing to bet it will be insane.

Well I posted earlier how much I hated this system and just wanted to post how it did actually hurt anet financially.

I had purchased a character slot and total make-over kits spending 30 dollars to level 2 more mesmers so I could change my race and to have something to do in the game. I had planned on doing map completion eventually and unlocking story modes, honestly most of the stuff that the trait unlock system required anyway. I used a birthday gift and leveled up cooking and one other craft, so that put me at about level 35. I leveled in the starter areas until about level 40 and was so frustrated from having no trait points available through game play I just stopped. It was absoulutly tedious and boring having only weapon skills and the few skills I had unlocked to kill things. I purchased ffixv ankitten ow playing that. The lS season 2 was most certainly not enough to pull me back into the game even on my main character. So now instead of playing this game and leveling a new character I turned to a new game and will most likely be putting my time and money there. I doubt this is a single person occurrence, but when you don’t have updates that give substantial content for 2 years and then completely break leveling new characters, players will look for something else to do with their time and money. I was a costumer that gave them money for gemstore items fairly frequently, and now that money will be going to another game. Anyway, this change won’t be altered by Anet imo and is here to stay. Those that are waiting and hoping I really hope they are not holding their breath.

I realize by doing events I am awarded these but I am having a really hard time finding where the events are. Is there a way to tell where events are happening? Is there another way to get geodes? I have to say I am really sad to see geodes account bound with so many recipes costing 100+ geodes each and each event gives me around 3 geodes.

Nageth.5648:

Were you trying to buy during the sandstorm (that was when I looked that the vendor)? Or maybe it is a bug.

I am not sure I will try again and see. Maybe that was the problem.

That is what I thought but even when it says that I saw earned rank 2 and the vendor was blocked out, so I am really confused on how to get the recipes. Have you all bought anything other than keys yet? I was able to buy 1 key no problem, but everything else is blocked. I will try again tmr, but it just seems like I can’t access the vendors for the recipes.

Does anyone know how to purchase items from the vendor in the new area?

So I see to buy the recipes I need to have the geodes and favor of the zephors. I also notice that I have pop ups on my screen stating that favor 1 or 2 of the zephors has been reached, but I am never able to buy any recipes. Is this an actual token I am suppose to get somewhere for the vendor or what? How do I purchase things from this vendor?

I know recipes usually hold their value well and go up, but this one is so expensive I am wondering what the thoughts are in investing in this before the event is gone.

I am curious was the design intent of this to have you level to 80 with no traits, because that is what you have done. It is the worst design in the game to date by far!

I am currently leveling a new character and already had the intent for map completion, but I am currently level 40 with no traits. I can’t open any traits at that level because I don’t have the area or the levels to complete even the level 20 trait unlocks. I HATE this system. I will not be purchasing any character slots in the future. I do not understand why anyone thought that leveling a character with no traits available to the player would be a good idea. Did you even try leveling a new character before you implemented this change?

I am fine with adding new traits to earn at 80, but what was the thinking behind making leveling a horrible experience? It will hurt Anet financially I think. You have people that will no longer create alts- that would have been character slots, bag slots, ect. Glad I have so many characters grandfathered in, but if I picked this game up today I doubt I would continue to play it. I have never seen a game want to handicap a player as they level.

I just started leveling a character and yeah, the first blue traits some of the things you have to do as a level 20 to unlock them are not even possible at that level. I wish I made this character before the patch. I doubt I will make another one. I also found the new traits on my 80 fun to unlock, but leveling with this system kinda sucks.

The new eye colors are nice, but instead of just changing the iris area they are filtering the pupil as well. It gives characters a blind or cataract look. It is very apparent with the very light colors. It is very ugly. Is this intentional or just a mistake in programing the area to color?

Belenwyn.8674:

A new race at July 1st is possible and would be a nice surprise since we lost one. But a new race I would rather expect during season 2.

Doesn’t season 2 start July 1st?

Didn’t they mention needing water? I was thinking crystal desert area may open up.

Well I was using that as an example of why we could see it soon. There has not been a whole lot new, imo, for me to spend money on in this game.

I am thinking of making an alt but wonder if I should hold off until the next patch. Do you think we might see a new race with it? It would be a great way for Anet to pull in some money from character slots, bag slots, name changes (if you like a name you already have), ect.

Ellieanna.5027:

jazzllanna.1278:

Hi, I am hoping you will take a look at this. I just saw this post and the issue is from last year but it still upsets me because of the lack of support on the issue. My husband had the Halloween scythe and when he transmuted it onto the new ascended staff it disappeared. He tried to use a transmutation splitter as well and the skin has completely disappeared. The ticket number is 130922-002084 from September 2013. I just feel that a bug in the game caused this skin to be lost and he really enjoyed it and was lucky enough to get the skin from the Halloween event. It seems reasonable to ask that the skin be returned, account bound if you are worried about anything, because it was in fact lost from an error on Anet end.

They won’t be able to pull up that ticket. They haven’t used that ticket system in so long that those tickets are inaccessible.

Ok, well just in case it is account is Rut.3548. In September 2013 after ascended crafting was released, and after finally getting crafting and the mats to make his ascended staff, my husband made the item. He had been using the Halloween scythe skin on every staff since he got it out of a Halloween blc in 2012. So he used a transmutation stone to transfer the skin over the ascended staff and the Halloween skin vanished and he was left with only the ascended skin on the staff. We tried using a transmutation splitter and it did not do anything. He wrote a ticket explaining that an apparent bug caused this skin that he had had for almost a year, to be gone from no apparent fault of his own. They would not replace the item even though it was lost from a bug. So please take a look at this, again the account is Rut.3548 it was lost in Sept 2013 and all that is asked is that this skin be returned since it was lost due to an in game error.

You never know if there will be another way added to get the recipe. IMO 125g or whatever the price is now is a nice price I would be happy to get. Depends on if you want to take the gamble on it raising. If nothing is added to the game, it most likely will rise, if they add some kind of vendor July 1st you could lose out.

Hi, I am hoping you will take a look at this. I just saw this post and the issue is from last year but it still upsets me because of the lack of support on the issue. My husband had the Halloween scythe and when he transmuted it onto the new ascended staff it disappeared. He tried to use a transmutation splitter as well and the skin has completely disappeared. The ticket number is 130922-002084 from September 2013. I just feel that a bug in the game caused this skin to be lost and he really enjoyed it and was lucky enough to get the skin from the Halloween event. It seems reasonable to ask that the skin be returned, account bound if you are worried about anything, because it was in fact lost from an error on Anet end.

Halberto.8790:

You feel like you are being abused by people who offer a taxi for tips? Get in the taxi and do not pay them if you think it’s wrong. If you do that enough, then people will stop taxi’ing.
If ANET finds a way to “nerf” this, then you definitely will not see many more taxi’s into organized pavilion’s.

I don’t think people should stop taxing, but they should not expect tips. I think of it this way, I play a mesmer I have ported plenty of people through jumping puzzles. I have never expected anything nor have I asked for anything. I was there and was glad to port the community. I am not sure why the taxi people expect to be paid for something that should be helping the community. Anyway, as I stated before I learned my lesson with the first porting for tips I took, and then I realized I should not be tipping for this and I don’t.

These lfg taxis can be scammers anyways. The first time I took a taxi, after learning about them on the forums, they took me to a horrible server. I had already tipped them before I found out. I have taken a few taxis since then, and they are almost never gold runs. All I can say is don’t tip the taxis they are usually people porting to either just forming servers or in some cases dead servers. Most of the time it is a server trying to get organized, but not a gold server.

I have opened maybe 3-400 total for the event. 1 favor, 1 monocle, rest tokens.

I agree the bags should drop a unique currency that could be used for the items. 1 token is really a slap in the face consolation prize.

I opened 90 after the patch and got a medium monocle skin the rest was tokens. I have always kind of wanted the monocle but this was the medium skin one. Not sure what to do with it.

It is probably harder to get now, but there are so many out there.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

skullmount.1758:

That can be said about anything sold/bought on the TP. It can go both ways. What about those that sold precursors for cheap? Should they be re-compensated? What about the revers, those that got to sell them for high prices before they dropped in price due to karka event? Its the same in the real world. Just look at the prices for new electronics. There are always those that spend more than others, just to have one at the time. This doesn’t mean everyone has to pay that price. Stop trying to cause exclusive items for only the rich top 1% of the players.

Actually, it’s not an exclusive item. It’s an extremely rare one that’s tradable between players. In my Gold BB group, two people had gotten them in different days, and they aren’t rich by any means. When we take breaks between runs, they opened their chance bags. One person got it on Friday, and one person got it on Saturday.

Edit – Well, at least one of them is rich now, since he sold it for the 2,000 Gold Buy Order.

Are they getting bags outside of the gauntlet? Does the downstairs event reward this?

Jahroots.6791:

Am I the only one that doesn’t even think that it looks good? That’s the least appealing of the god-themed back items, imo.

I think it looks ok. My problem with the whole crappy drop rate is that I have collected every recipe that is from events. I can’t get this one though.

Zaxares.5419:

Since the Festival end date is now fixed at July 1st, I’m hoping that we’ll see this addressed before it goes away.

My three preferred solutions (I’d be happy with any one of the three):

1. Increase the drop rate of the Chaos of Lyssa recipe to 2% from a Gauntlet Chance, and 10% from beating Liadri.

2. Allow people to trade 250 Gauntlet tickets for a recipe.

3. Allow people to trade a Favor of the Festival for a recipe.

I don’t think trading gauntlet tickets would be fair to those that actually tried the gauntlet with their tickets. I do agree with your other 2 ideas though. I am actually saving a favor of the festival in hopes that they do add it as a purchase option, although I highly doubt we will see any changes in the current event. Maybe next year.

I am starting to doubt it will be changed. I would think something would have happened by now. I wonder though if maybe another way to get it will be added at a later date or maybe next year when the event comes around again.

Actually no outfits work on mesmer clones and it has been reported for over a month with no fix. As much as I like this outfit I will not be getting it because of this bug.

I opened about 200 and got 1 favor the rest were single tokens. I have tried in about 2 days since it is really just not worth it. The person who designed the rewards loot table on the gauntlet must have never tried it.

They should have just sold to the highest buy order of 1500 imo. I would be scared of a patch and being out that listing fee.

Sublimatio.6981:

just opened 258 chances (for today! not lifetime) and guess what…. 258 festival tokens i was farming with 5 gambits for hour….

It is basically an hour of game play with nothing to show for it! I have no idea what they were thinking on this. I opened maybe 200 and decided it was not worth my time in the gauntlet. Based on forum posts and my experience I just cannot find any reason to try for this recipe any longer.