Guild Wars 2

I suspect the reason for the lack of noise yesterday was because 4 July landed on a Saturday, so it was possibly a Bank Holiday Weekend for the US. I couldn’t tell for sure as I’m from the UK.

Edit: Happy Belated 4 July ArenaNet

Why was it necessary for the use of the P-word in the first line? Not funny in the slightest.

11,200 and no pre cursor.

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Gunsnroll.2657:

Berelious.3290:

That looks to me like a Rifle.

Ok to settle this once and for all, look at those 2 pictures, if you still see a rifle, a spear or wathever else than a staff, you’re blind and I feel sorry for you.
Or you’re just a troll.
And the preview show the staff in game.

Yeah I don’t get how people can possibly see a rifle in what is quite obviously just a stick.

There is no stock, barrel, muzzle, trigger or any sort of mechanism on that entire stick. How could it possibly be a rifle.

It’s clearly a rifle. It’s just a magic rifle that doesn’t need a stock, muzzle, trigger or bullets.

DeathPanel.8362:

It’s doubtful thieves will get staff since rangers are already getting the staff. It’s also counter to the theme of thieves to use staffs.

If anything thieves lack long range weaponry and a rifle would round out the thief class in that manner.

ArenaNet never said each weapon will be unique to one elite specialisation. >.<

There’s more to Heart of Thorns than Elite Specialisations.

lordhelmos.7623:

Players didn’t know that you needed to complete the ENTIRE LS chapter with the same specific character to be eligible to get the achievements.

It’s kind of a given that story progression is tied to your character, ever since launch. It wouldn’t make sense otherwise.

Trahearne: “Ah, you’re back Commander… erm.. you look different..”

Even if they did implement a kit where you can change your race (unlikely) – it would probably be cheaper or the same price to purchase a new character slot anyway, given the price of an Identity Repair Kit.

Wanze.8410:

Just buy a total makeover kit and choose the biggest hands possible, problem solved.

I’m sure this isn’t a serious reply, since this suggestion isn’t possible. Even if you mean making your whole character larger, weapons & bundles scale to character size anyway.

Gern.2978:

I have a thought.

Based on other data mining, there is some pretty good evidence that thieves will get kits with their specialization. So maybe thief will get rifle as their new weapon, and get staff as one of their new kits.

Aye, that’s one possibility.

OR

The other way round too – Staff main weapon, rifle kit.

Fox Reeveheart.1890:

>35 hours a week
>35 hours
>every week
>140 hours every month, plus the odd amount from days left over of the 5th partial week
>1680+ a year
>of your life
>to one game

anon plz no

Was this response really necessary?

There are some people, including myself, that spends at least double that amount of time in Guild Wars 2.

Wetpaw.3487:

penelopehannibal.8947:

Berelious.3290:

That looks to me like a Rifle.

[&C6EXAAA=] Preview it in game, and come back to me and say it! >.<

Gem store item?

I don’t know, even though it’s a code, it’s still speculation at this point, as everything is until ArenaNet says so – but I’ve heard on the grapevine that it’s possibly a future ascended item rather than a Gem Store item.

Early days yet of course for anything

XxTAFxX.6741:

penelopehannibal.8947:

XxTAFxX.6741:

Coldtart.4785:

It’s not quite 100% that thief gets staff, but it might as well be.

To me that looks like a spear.
But imo i don’t think the thief will get a staff tbh.

Except Spears usually have points at the end.

Fair enough.
I was going by the other pick as it does look like a (cut off the pic) blade at the end.

Ah I see, yeah it’s a little hazier on the “Specialisation Background” – but having said that, anything can still happen.

Gern.2978:

How so? From a logical point of view, it makes far more sense than staff because of all the reasons I listed originally.

This sounds to me like what you’re saying is “My point of view is above everybody else’s and only I have a logical opinion”.

I’ve already said earlier that the thief already has more ranged attacks than melee. So in my opinion, it makes more sense for thief to get staff rather than rifle.

Anything can happen though, even with the picture of a specialisation background, that’s clearly a thief holding a [&C6EXAAA=], anything can still happen. Thief could end up with a focus yet. Imagine running around as a thief with the Inquest key-shaped focus!

The only way to turn it off as far as I know is to turn off the chat entirely, which is not at all ideal for most people.

The term ‘clutching at straws’ is starting to spring to mind with these ‘Thief gets rifle’ threads now.

Berelious.3290:

That looks to me like a Rifle.

[&C6EXAAA=] Preview it in game, and come back to me and say it! >.<

XxTAFxX.6741:

Coldtart.4785:

It’s not quite 100% that thief gets staff, but it might as well be.

To me that looks like a spear.
But imo i don’t think the thief will get a staff tbh.

Except Spears usually have points at the end.

Yeah there’s a couple like this. Please fix these ArenaNet! (As well as re-paint the icon blue! )

One I know of is the Harpy Nest area in Fields of Ruin. I actually finished the Hero Point Challenge there before I realised it didn’t show until I completed it!

Behellagh.1468:

The “Note: This message was sent by another player, it was not sent by the Guild Wars 2 Team.” on the e-mail should have been a clue.

So why do players so easily disregard that warning yet take the phishing mail at face value?

Because they’ve seen it so many times from people they know are friends, that the text has become part of the ‘furniture’ perhaps. I know I don’t read that bit every time I get the mail.

Edit: There is nothing wrong with a player coming to the forums seeking reassurance just to make sure – please don’t treat players badly as if there is!

Arobain.8274:

each class gets 1 new weapon, if a class already gets that weapon for their elite spec, another class will not be getting it for their spec, rest assured that thief is getting rifle

And where did ArenaNet announce this exactly?

Gern.2978:

Second, and more importantly, thief has plenty of melee options,

Thief has melee Dagger and Sword. Sword has three melee skills, dagger has 4.

Ranged skills a thief has are Shortbow & Pistol skills. Shortbow has 5, Pistol has 5, plus 1 dagger throwing skill. There’s already more ranged skills than melee skills for thief.

(Underwater it’s 50/50)

Edit: Other than point and shoot, what other moves can a rifle thief offer over the fine martial arts style of a melee staff? A staff can offer both good ranged, melee and magical skills for thief that we would have never in the past have even conceived.

Wyvern.5329:

still not found >.<

It doesn’t matter how many times you try to necro your own post from the forum toilet, you’re not going to get bathrooms!

Aye it’s a known issue, I think it’s going to get fixed soon. Can’t remember where I heard that from though.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Well, not necessarily….

Eir might have had her eye on someone from afar. Heard of their exploits, and thought they were someone worth recommending, without ever coming over to introduce themselves.

Now, it would seem likely that person would have heard of someone so renown as Eir, but I suppose they could just walk around clueless like so many of us. Lol.

Just my take on it…

Could be. I suppose ArenaNet have bigger fish to fry anyway than to scrutinise this story.

Hi,

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but in the Norn story line “A Weapon of Legend” there is a continuity error in the script.

Firstly, you receive a letter which says:

“Hail, Slayer of Issomir! I heard of your victory in The Great Hunt, and Eir Stegalkin herself recommended I contact you….”

But later in the storyline, Beigarth the Blacksmith asks the player in the cut-scene “Have you ever heard of an Eir Stegalkin? She travels with a big black wolf” – The blacksmith should know I have if I came recommended by Eir herself!

Why was Caithe’s ex-girlfriend banned from playing soccer?

Because she was Faolynn.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

starlinvf.1358:

penelopehannibal.8947:

What actually makes a player a ‘veteran’ player anyway? How are we measuring this basis of calling someone a ‘veteran’ for comparison, and at what point does someone have ‘the right’ to be called a veteran?

Its usually measured in “back in my days”.

I personally use an “envy meter.” The higher the envy, the more unworthy the other player is and the more veteran status is removed from his account.

Both are very good answers!

But further to my point is, how can ArenaNet measure who is and who is not a veteran player? It seems no matter what ArenaNet does lately, someone has to call “It’s not fair!”

They can give priority to streamers and you tubers where people who didn’t get an invite can still see the content. Is that so bad? Apparently so, it’s bad for ‘veterans’.

If they gave out invites to dedicated WvW guilds, someone will cry out “This is not fair on smaller guilds!”

If they gave out invites to people who played since Day 1, someone will cry out “This is not fair on people who played less days, but put in more hours!”

If they gave out invites to people with a certain amount of hours according to /age, someone will cry out “This is not fair on people who don’t have time to play the game as long as they do!”

If they gave out invites to people with a certain amount of AP… well, you get the picture I guess!

Fiennis.4387:

Why is it that all of it looks terrible. All of it, 100% of it.

Because it’s in your opinion – only you can answer this question.

I think there are many great looking heavy armour skins for the ladies – especially the ones that are actually covering the whole body!

Places to look out for:

2 New Hearts in Plains of Ashford
1 New Heart in Caledon Forest
1 New POI in Gendarran Fields
2 New POI in Kessex Hills
1 POI in Chantry of Secrets (Accessed by either entering cave in Bloodtide Coast, or the secret panel behind the wardrobe in Lion’s Arch Whispers Bar if you’re a member of the Order of Whispers)
Check you’ve not missed any of the racial cities (That’s been over-looked before).

WvW is no longer required so don’t worry about there anymore.

Hope this helps.

What actually makes a player a ‘veteran’ player anyway? How are we measuring this basis of calling someone a ‘veteran’ for comparison, and at what point does someone have ‘the right’ to be called a veteran?

Welcome Back to Guild Wars 2.

Many changes have come with the interface and such, but since it’s been two years, I’ll mention there was the April & September Feature Packs (April & September 2014) which introduced a few changes to things like how dailies are done, dyes are now account bound, you have the wardrobe system for unlocking weapon & armour skins, and costumes replaced town clothes.

Basically, log on with every single character you have for the above reasons to make sure you unlock everything you’re owed.

Paulash.5814:

What you guys think the new profession mechanic for thieves will be?

I was thinking earlier today “What could possibly replace ‘Steal’ for thief?” and then I realised that a thief would no longer be a thief with the Elite Spec anyway – so whatever replaces F1 & F2 would probably involve perhaps Shadowstepping to the foe, and doing some sort of Hand-to-Hand flurry, maybe then Shadowstepping back to safety with F2.

I can also kinda see the specialisation being able to do some Quasi-Magic Shadow manipulation too – like surrounding in a black aura perhaps, that absorbs or blocks damage.

The beauty of the thief profession is, by it’s very nature it’s all vague to start with – so a lot is up for possibility.

Don’t worry I’m not disagreeing with you entirely Tamasan – but I am saying we still need to hear the full details of how invites will be sent out, and to whom, before we start lighting our torches and sharpening our pitchforks.

Walk (or rather, run) the full length of the plank, and carry on pressing forward after you jump.

As someone said in another post about this, a Beta Weekend is different to a Stress Test.

However, I can understand some kind of upset if people who didn’t pre-purchase get invited over people who did. But the full details of how invites will be given out haven’t been mentioned yet, so let’s hold on to our seats for a short while.

Miyani only trades stuff for Spirit Shards – Hero Points are separate. I think you mean Spirit Shards (since you mentioned you have 8 × 80s as well as Miyani) but even so, both Spirit Shards and Hero Points are said to be tradable for new things in the future.

Aye, happening to a lot of people.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Unexpected-Deaths

phokus.8934:

Vix.6730:

phokus.8934:

First, it’s “a lot” and not “alot”.

Second, there is no cash flow problem for ANet and GW2. Misguided direction from from leadership is the culprit.

Pot calling the kettle black.

And to the OP – I support a ethereal/goth band on Patreon. It’s a pretty solid way of supporting an artist. Anet is too big for something like that, besides they have a robust cash shop full of juicy items we don’t really need yet purchase anyways.

post from phone and you’re comparing apples and oranges.

The point is you didn’t need to correct their spelling. It was quite rude and condescending towards the OP, isn’t nice when it happens to you, is it? Besides, how do you know the OP wasn’t using a phone either?

Back on topic:

ArenaNet has a few ways to get money, other than in-game purchases. Don’t forget there’s also hardware and merchandise available to buy as well, such as Guild Wars 2 mice and mouse mats, posters, and of course, the adorable plushy Rytlock. I think ArenaNet are far from needing public funding!

Aerlen.5326:

Psssttt.. you can use the weird letters with dashes and stuff over them…

Evans.6347:

Yöu cóùld bé créätïvê wïth nàmes

Perhaps the OP is talking about using names like O’Leary?

Bovan.9481:

Because there are so many questions about the Wolf fear and Taunt, I decided to log my Ranger and test it. The Taunt goes off instantly while the fear has a somewhat long cast time. What happens is the target gets taunted first, attacking the pet. Then the cast time finisher and the fear goes off.

Quite an interesting and fun reaction and this will make sure your AoE fear goes off because the taunt is instant. Unfortunately the long cooldown on the fear makes this very gimmicky.

Thanks – I’m going to have to load a ranger and charm a wolf from WvW now just to try it! It does sound fun!

Dorian Ordenda.1398:

Anyone have any good ideas for getting rid of those obnoxious players who have nothing better to do than follow you around in game? I’ve blocked, but that doesn’t
really make them go away. Report options don’t have a choice for them. I kind of think this one may have followed me while I opened map because he didn’t know what
to do, but still…he could have asked for help and I would have been glad to help. When I asked him if he was following me, etc. I got no response-this was before I blocked. I
just had to get out of game for awhile. But sheesh! How annoying!

Aye, as the guy with the red tag says:

Michael Henninger.7451:

I’ve got one!!

You should block the account and then make no further attempt to interact with them directly or through a 3rd party (i.e. having a friend send an in-game mail).

If they continue to harass you submit a support ticket with as much detail as you can provide.

:)

I have a question: If I have a Ranger with that “Pets cause Taunt on F2” trait attached, and I have the Wolf equipped which causes [Fear], what happens to the enemy? Do they run away from or towards the pet?

Not all the titles are about prestige. Some are about self-expression too, such as having an Honorary Skritt title to show your love for Skritt.

I have same iMac and was able to use the Beta Test. Should be usable for your machine as well – and I’ve bought the Pre-Purchase if that puts your mind at ease.

The minimum system requirements section of the HoT Pre-Purchase states:

“The Mac beta version of Guild Wars 2 runs well on the below machines or better. Your results may vary if you’ve upgraded or changed your Mac hardware or are running on lower hardware specifications.

iMac 21.5", 27" (Mid-2010)"
(Then a list of other machines)

So, yeah you (and indeed, I as well!) should be fine. The biggest thing is to keep your OS up to date.

There’s still less than 10% of the skins that are actually Outfits I believe. Outfits are a great way to level a character without having to use loads of Transmutation Charges to look good during the levelling process.

So let’s not get rid of them completely – they are useful. We could do with a few more armours though, but that’ll all probably come in abundance when HoT is released.

phokus.8934:

First, it’s “a lot” and not “alot”.

Second, there is no cash flow problem for ANet and GW2. Misguided direction from from leadership is the culprit.

You only needed one ‘from’ in that sentence.

Further to my post, when the mission is successful, all the Keliths speak at once!

Hi,

For a while now, the renowned event in Fields of Ruin Help Legionnaire Boneflayer crush the Renegades has been bugged, in that there have always been two of the same NPC, the Charr Legionnaire Kelith Bonflayer.

Recently, it seems that he has a small army of Keliths now! I did the event earlier today on one of my rangers, /ip ending in 62 and I counted no less than seven Keliths!

This small army is getting to the three veteran renegade leaders and killing them quite quickly, making the event much too easy now – it was nice little challenge for the area before.

Arrow.4619:

I recognized and found the others on my thief but just missed that one.

Kits could be a very cool specialization for the thief.

Aye, I never would have even guessed that until MattyP just said it – of course, I’m nowhere near saying it’s completely possible going off that picture, as to me it just looks like knives – not even looking like an ArenaNet looking image – but his suggestion of kits does sound like a good one.

Trowing knives, throwing stars, maybe some sort of Quasi-magical throwing blobs of shadow skill!