Guild Wars 2

Since old items are coming back, can we please have teq wings back pls. I wasn’t around when that patch was live xS
Would fit perfectly for Dragon Bash, or maybe add a new achievment to Teq or smth where you get it .. pllllllllllssss .. I can’t stand my 2 other wings, but really like the teq wings 8D

Achievment skins is heavy looking thou, so that kinda evens it out.

Yeah, they should try and look around in game .. TONS of THE BLAZING LIGHT titles running around ..

Yeah this really surprised me aswell, that when I bought one they got unlocked on both light, medium and heavy.

Flash.6912:

Liadri would own every mini w/ her imba shadows

hmm .. Scarlet mini vs Teq mini would be an interresting fight thou xD

If you can lvl a thief before july 1st, then go thief with lifestealer build and it’s easy mode ..
If you want to feel like you actually earned the achievment, don’t 8D
..Oh and btw, It can also be done on necro I think ..

Doggie.3184:

We could make use of the little mini Arena in LA.

Liadrimon, I choose u 8D

wooooooooooow .. just got her xD

Casmurro.9046:

jokke.6239:

Willycat.7310:

Hi guys,I intend to carry along a ranged weapon with me when I go for Dungeons/Fractals

Which Bow you guys think,would be better?

Thanks for any help

You should try longbow and shortbow combo .. Really great for fractals imo
No need to choose then xD

Nooo! Please dont be another bearbow in fractals.

Zerk ranger with no bears .. But thanks for assuming 8D
And I have ALL weapons in my inventory ..

oh it will go up .. These are popular skins, when first they become 5 tickets they should be at 250-300 g after 1-2 months I would guess.

Willycat.7310:

Hi guys,I intend to carry along a ranged weapon with me when I go for Dungeons/Fractals

Which Bow you guys think,would be better?

Thanks for any help

You should try longbow and shortbow combo .. Really great for fractals imo
No need to choose then xD

KenSniper.8690:

I believe back in the old lion’s arch, there was this small arena near fort marriner, with an Arena.net shaped arena (lol) where npc’s were pitting mini’s against mini like pokemon, speculations from last year went along around polymock arena being the next mini arena in future updates

but alas, all just rumours and speculations

I haven’t played gw1, but probably the King of Fighters game they were talking about above 8D

I like the idea, but .. pls let us just first have perma slot for minis xD

So I recently bought Golem Banker for 500 gems. The purpose of this was to use it on every alt I create for 2 weeks, like the one in collecters edition does.
Collecters edition is 2k gems and has loads of features and items. Single golem banker is 500 gems. At that price, you would expect it to be at least as good as the one in collecters edition.
There is not any indicator in store to tell me that they were different, I thought it was same item.
I have absolutely no use for this golem banker, since I already have tons of instant bank expresses.
Please work on the information you put in item descriptions.
We shouldn’t have to go to third party sites to find out what we buy.

No pls don’t .. I’m selfish and I like to feel special xD ..

tolunart.2095:

There is such a variety of hair and beard styles that if they didn’t remove them when wearing a helmet there would be even worse clipping issues than there are now. It’s not the ideal solution but they were probably working under deadline and rather than deal with each individual issue every time they design a new helm, they avoid the problem by removing the hair altogether.

Sure, a lot of people don’t like it, but they wouldn’t like the clipping problems either, so you are going to be disappointed either way. Don’t expect this to change any time soon, they make more money from releasing new armor skins than from fixing the old ones.

Still .. Rather than beeing bald as female, some random hair style that wouldn’t clip, is still better than beeing bald 8D

His remakes it’s absolutely amazing.
Use this guy for all new music pls xD
I had a break from gw2 not long ago, and was so glad to hear so much new music in the game when I came back. A lot of the new stuff fits so much better, it creates a great atmoshphere, and I get so much more immersed in the game cause of that 8D

Jae.5138:

jokke.6239:

see .. also a Norn problem xD

oh GOD what is that :O

Celebration hat, if that’s what u meant xD

see .. also a Norn problem xD

Awesome website, GJ

Yeah, I would love a fix for this to.
It’s not just humans btw.

I never played GW1 .. I like Fear Not This night, great track, actually remember hearing it in gw2 while i did world completion at a vista, don’t remember where though..
But .. I do think gw2 soundtrack have a lot of great and emotional epic sounding tracks, even much better ones than Fear Not This Night .. It’s all subjective though ..
I took long break from halloween to april, and I was pleased to hear that more music had been added to the game .. I’m pretty sure there have been added music, correct me if i’m wrong ..
This gives me goose bumps everytime 8D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW6NbXqyGr8

Ranger

Head – Phantom’s Hood
Shoulders – Flame Legion
Chest – Striders
Gauntlet – Hellfire
Pants – Krytan
Boots – Zodiac

Really enjoyed looking through these ..
Here is my 2 best looking heroes .. My shift key broken by the way, so no ctrl shift H to hide UI, sry xS

Warrior

Head – Glowing Crimson Mask
Shoulders – Protectors
Chest – Protectors
Gauntlet – Armageddon
Pants – Illustrious Tassets
Boots – Avengers

This is the most “prestigious” guy I’ve seen in the game

simplesimon.2084:

jokke.6239:

simplesimon.2084:

I think you may of been misinformed. There is no mixing of skins. The glow at night from the Ghastly weapons is part of the skin. If you put a new skin on it you loss that glow.

Then you need to ask yourself how I got the Zenith staff on the picture to glow xD

You still don’t get the glow from the Ghastly weapon. It just bugs the new skin. The Zenith staff always has a glow.

I know it’s not the same look as AC ..
It just makes the new skin glow much more than it usually would .. I posted without glow and with glow, look for yourself.
If you really can’t see any difference from looking at it, then I really can’t explain it to you 8D

Zanshin.5379:

We never know when Anet will decide to fix that, though.

PLS NEVER “FIX” THIS ANET

Zanshin.5379:

simplesimon.2084:

I think you may of been misinformed. There is no mixing of skins. The glow at night from the Ghastly weapons is part of the skin. If you put a new skin on it you loss that glow.

He’s talking about a bug.
If you transmute a skin with visual effects on an Ascalon weapon, at night the effect of the second skin will be multiplied.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX-6Jq-I41Y

Thanks for that link.
I so need to pimp my fused gs now xD

simplesimon.2084:

I think you may of been misinformed. There is no mixing of skins. The glow at night from the Ghastly weapons is part of the skin. If you put a new skin on it you loss that glow.

Then you need to ask yourself how I got the Zenith staff on the picture to glow xD

Normal Zenith staff appearance without glow at day

So .. About transmuting skins to AC weapons, to get the glowy effect at night.
I was wondering if you guys could help me to find out wich skins it works on, and the ones it doesn’t work on.

So far I have tried with Zenith, Vision of the Mist and Sovereign. It only worked with Zenith..
However .. It appears that it sometimes bugs out and you have to re equip the weapon before the effect appears again, so not absolutely sure if it doesn’t work with vision and sovereign, since they have been salvaged by now.
If you have tried yourself, then please post your success and failures in this topic.

Picture attached of the Zenith staff with glow effect

Luthan.5236:

If we say patches are every 2 weeks… then next week would be too early(maybe only some small Wintersday story patch for story stuff). But 4 weeks it already is January 7th.

Till 21th really seems too long. Would mean they bring 2 more story patches for Wintersday? Or just let it as it is and only do balance fixes the next 6 weeks?

They are bringing 4 more story patches to conclude the first season of living story. Not sure about 4, but think it was.
And a “big feature” patch at some point.

WyldKat.4712:

Not that it couldn’t be improved, but how about just seeing it as a stand-alone mini-game with pretty lights and sounds. It is what it is when you don’t try to relate it to real world experiences.

Well some of the suggestions would not be hard to add.
It would make a lot of people have a lot more fun.
I know nothing will happen this year.
But since it’s a returning holiday event, I’m sure Arena Net is happy to hear peoples suggestions.
They have made a lot of changes in a lot of holiday events already from last year, at least I hear that. Didn’t play Guild Wars 2 last Wintersday.

ElenaDragon.8401:

It can be rough when you are with people who need more practice, but when you end up with a group of people who know what they’re doing, it can really sound awesome! You get the teamwork feel that you would never get doing it alone.

That’s awesome!
But think it needs many improvements ..

skullmount.1758:

LadyRhonwyn.2501:

I wondered the same… Will we have 6 weeks to finish both metas?

I’m pretty sure we will. Next major/LS patch isn’t till the 21st, so I think its safe to say it’ll stay till then. Unless for some reason they just randomly decide to do a patch that removes the LS achievement tabs…

I hope not :S It would be nice to be able to do them in January after christmas.
Hope a dev or a player with knowledge will post the info soon ^^

Manijin.3428:

They give you the tempo before the piece begins. That’s more than lots of musicians post-high school get. We don’t need a metronome to keep the beat for us. If it was implemented to help those without any musical training or background, sure, I could see that, but those are the players who will likely switch the sounds off and rely primarily on hand-eye coordination to finish the game.

Also, I play by ear mostly. You need to have a bit of coordination to play the correct notes, but not much. All it takes is getting accustomed to the input delay of your key presses to what you hear, much like when conducting (or, to reference a different game, like playing Parappa the Rappa :P). You make your cues on time and trust that the sound will come, and use this as a basis for future key presses and keeping a firmly established tempo.

Give me an example of where you don’t have a lead to follow, except if your playing solo, but then you are following your own tempo pretty much. All people with musical experience DOES have a lead, most frequently a drummer who holds it all together. Hence why drummers always slap their sticks before they start playing. A game with a bunch of randoms where you have to play the song together, it is pretty crucial to have a tempo to follow, even more so when you are distracted by all the players who play out of beat. And even more so when you have no idea what song you are playing.
It’s great that you can do it without, hats of to you. But I stand by that it would be a very good improvement to add.

Do we have until januar 24th?

hexil.6823:

I’ve done everything for the merry wintersday, and even repeated some achievements but the main one which you get for completing all achievements (starts at 0/20) is only at 17/20 only achievements remaining are repeatable and don’t seem to be acknowledged, anyone know what’s wrong?

There is daily achievments to that rewards you with an achievment to the wintersday meta. Look for the daily achievment with the wintersday logo under the “Daily” category.

Luthan.5236:

The NPCs ingame obviously are talking to your char. If they say something about music skills they mean your char has music skills. You can do it without music skills of course by just playing the game and being good at the gameplay.

Any changes they should make: They need to make it so even people not interested in musical stuff can play it and get good scores(with a bit training but not tons of training or musical eductation, this should not be required).

Remember: It is a game. They want players to play(and maybe pay). Making it too hard will drive away players(= less customers and less people that might pay). Especially if it is christmas soon and this Wintersday is like christmas event and they want easy stuff where people can have fun instead of getting frustrated. Hard stuff they can make at Halloween to scare people away lol.

Well, it’s not unheard of to be immersed in to your character in an RPG ^^And they have a big focus on music instruments in the game, so i’m pretty sure they were also refering to us. And also, our chars won’t have any musical skills without us, they are merely just puppets to our commands ^^
That is how it is right now .. Hand/eye cordination is all that matters.
And I agree that they should make the content to fit the majority of the playerbase interest. They just didn’t do that with this mini game ..
In my opinion this was just a bad idea for a minigame in the state it is now, as I stated the reasons to above.
They could improve it by adding a metronome through the song, so both people with eye/hand cordination AND musicians would enjoy the game more. And let us being able to disable other players bell sounds, even though it would break the “play the song together” vision they had .. But it would still be our choice if we wanted it or not .. And I know I would enjoy it a lot more that way ..

Azure Prower.8701:

…and I love it!

It’s replacing clock tower as top spot jumping puzzle now.

It is very challenging at first. But when you first get a hang of it, it’s actually quite easy in my opinion.
Clocktower still the most challenging ^^

Ardenwolfe.8590:

May I ask what part of ‘I already did, please reread it’ are you not understanding? Honestly, this is like watching you stick your fingers in your ears and saying, “La, la, la,” at this point.

But, hey, your call.

Now that’s irony!

Ardenwolfe.8590:

(chuckle) Let me get this right. You want me to explain to you, because you can’t be bothered to reread why I’ve already stated why your reasoning is ironic, why it’s ironic because I have the inability to do so, even though I already did, and I’m now afraid to do so . . . even though, again, I already did.

All because you ’can’t be bothered’ to figure it out on your own.

…

Merry Wintersday.

“kitten , I have no idea what to say .. Let me just repeat myself and hope that he stops asking about what the irony was .. "

Ardenwolfe.8590:

I really do love that you’re proving my point without even knowing it. Happy Winter’s Day to you too.

I really love your inability to explain yourself .. Or maybe you are just afraid that your reason can be discredited.
u 2 <3

Ardenwolfe.8590:

I already did. Please quit cherry-picking and realize why your request is ironic on your own. Either way, it’s late and I’ve indulged you and this thread long enough.

Good luck with your suggestion.

I’m not going to bother, that’s why I asked you. But you probably even don’t have a clue ..
Thanks for your valuable feedback, and have a nice day!

Ardenwolfe.8590:

jokke.6239:

“much less a drummer. It’s called a bell choir for a reason”

A bell choir have their songs practiced and have a lead bell player that everyone follows.
Every orchestra/band have a lead, it doesn’t have to be a drummer, just a person who keeps the rhytm going.

Sigh. And that is also in the mini-game if you’ve paid attention. Unfortunately, like your example, it requires someone who understands that and knows how to do it. Usually with a lot of practice, as you’ve also hinted.

You do realize you’re making a lot of noise about something basic, that can be farmed endlessly for gift boxes, and requires the hand/eye coordination of a child to complete? Yet you, the ‘musically inclined’, want more cues to help you achieve better results.

You’re still not seeing the irony in your request?

I’m making a lot of noise?
What’s with all the negativity?
I’m letting A net know how I feel about the minigame, and how I think it can be improved.

“hand/eye cordination”

Exactly, glad you can confirm that this is what it takes.

“You’re still not seeing the irony in your request?”

Please do point out the irony.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

You have this curious hangup about ‘musically inclined individuals’ or words to that effect. But, I believe you misunderstand the intent. Musically inclined doesn’t mean musically gifted as well. In this case, it means you like music more or less.

Also, yes, some people suck at the mini-game. But, if they suck too badly, the game punishes them by removing their ability to continue the song. While I do agree the songs can sound amateurish because of player input, I’m also not expecting Air Force Band-level expertise either. Nor should you given the effort some of our peers show in their attempts at pretty much anything.

Again, I think your idea has merit, but not for this event. Remember, it’s a bell choir with holiday elements and attempt to stay true to that goal.

I stand by most of my points. I only tried it out a few times before I made this post, so didn’t notice the “play the song together” vision they had with this mini game, but I also stand by that this is a to optimistic idea for a mini game in a mmo.
There is still not a reason for not having the metronome to keep on going through the song, but just at the beginning.
Right now it doesn’t just punish the player who plays out of beat, but also the other players who gets distracted by his playing. An error that could be fixed by letting the metronome continue through the track.

“Remember, it’s a bell choir with holiday elements.”

I don’t get your point? A bell choir requires you to stay on beat as much as other types of orchestras.

“much less a drummer. It’s called a bell choir for a reason”

A bell choir have their songs practiced and have a lead bell player that everyone follows.
Every orchestra/band have a lead, it doesn’t have to be a drummer, just a person who keeps the rhytm going.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

is to hear the complete song with the other players. So your idea, while it has merit, is counterproductive to this ideal.

Interesting, didn’t think about that. Only tried it a few times. While I like the idea, it just doesn’t work to well when executed. It will 90% of the times sound like a 1st grade school band, than the actual song, when you are playing with random people.
It only serves as a distraction from my pov. Now, if you were able to join with friends, that would be a different story.
But can see why they chose to let us hear what other people plays then, but think we should be given the option to disable it.
If the idea is that we are suppose to play the songs together, it is a interesting yet bad idea. This is a way to optimistic to design a game like this in a mmo, and think that it will actually sound good with the majority of the player base.
I’m glad that you enjoy the game, I most admit that I am not able of this.
Mostly because it is promoted to the musical individuals, even though it doesn’t require any musical skills to succeed as it is right now.
Sure, a lot of the changes might just be me and other musicians that would benefit from it. But think they should promote the game differently towards the majority of the playerbase insted of “musical individuals”
And no thanks. I only tried it once a couple of years ago, just used it to compare. I’ll stick to my Guitar

Medieval.1679:

If I wanted to play guitar hero, I’d buy an X-box.

The game is clearly promoted as a game where you use your musical skills to win.
The npc even says something like “Musical individuals, now is your time to shine”.
Sadly that is not the case.
And the game is clearly inspired by Guitar Hero.
I’m not saying it have to be like guitar hero. My point in comparing it to Guitar Hero was that you can hear the track in the background. For the same exact reason that you have a drummer in a band, so you can play to the beat of the music.

I really enjoy this patch, since I didn’t play it last year.
I was however kind of let down by the bell mini game.
I play a lot of music in real life, and I’ve spent countless hours just playing flute in LA.
My problem with this mini game is that it have nothing to with being musically talented.
It could be with some changes.
First of all. The metronome/beat only runs before the song starts. This should be changed to allow us to hear the beat while you try to play the song. Like in Guitar hero etc. you have the track playing in the background, in this game you have silence, except for other players spamming the bell. Right now I actually found it easier to play the notes right when I turned the volume off. It is more about hitting the button when you see it hits the right spot on the screen, than actually using your ears as the most important tool. To make it even worse we are able to hear what other people around us is playing, to distract us even further. You should just disable sound from players around you.
Another change that could save some frustration is that if you changed the view automatically when you enter the “bell circle”. Right now you have to adjust the view with your mouse if you want to see it from a top down perspective.
Another thing I found rather pointless was the “Free play” .. “Play your masterpiece” .. While being able to hear what other plays .. It serves no purpose, and is just annoying .. You should just skip that part. Or is there actually some meaning behind it that I missed? Do we score any points for it somehow?

Another thing I noticed is that the tones for the bell is the tones we miss on the flute/horn ^^ (Either that or you just start on a different key for “1” than you do on flute/horn)
I hope you someday implement some kind of layout to be able to play all the tones. Like having f1,f2 and so on be the minor notes. I know this is a lot of work, so a easy solution until this is maybe someday made possible would be to let us choose between minor and major layout for the flute. To open up more choices of songs to play on the flute.

Thanks for reading!