Guild Wars 2

so . . .

turns out what i have here is actually shamrocks

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kitten

you mean the zephyrites crash ? . . . that was sad

“We fly on high into the sky…
And sing, “Alas, alas..”

the crown pavilion in flight

yYYEEEAAAARRRrRrrrrrroooooommmmmmmmmm !!!

craftable tonic PLEASE !!!!

smile nice for the camera !!

in the back of my mind i thought there is always the possibility that this is an intended change to the teleporting . But also , if it is intended to say that i am too close to the target to teleport thats fine if i am already in hand to hand range of my main sword skills sword of wrath and sword arc Range: 150 .

i don’t have a problem losing out on the unnecessary teleportation , tho it was some times handy to have the camera view realigned the way that skill does when it works .
i miss out on the rest of the skills effects , witch is blinding up to 3 nearby foes .

of course blinding doesn’t work on my last example of teq’s finger . but on the mordrem wolf , especially if there is more than one , the blinding effect is a dearly missed element of my defense .

i got it again today wile at the Tequatl event . i didn’t get any screen caps . i was fighting a tequatal’s finger when i got the error . anyway . it’s not just happening at silverwastes .
i think the foe has to live long enough to use flashing blades a second or 3ed time . once to get into melee range , and the next time it thinks i’m too close .
so it’s really only some top level stuff .

and even tho you should probably start a separate topic for skills other than the guardian skill , flashing blades . i didn’t have any problems with my necromancer .
i found an old staff that i haven’t used since i was still leveling up , and even equipped flesh worm , witch i had unlocked but never used before today.
i didn’t have any problems relating to the topic using any of the skills .

i don’t know about the thief skill . thief is the one profession i don’t have .

also , i don’t know that these combat logs really add anything to the investigation , but here they are . 2 different battles in the silverwastes again . 0ne with a vet wolf for a “clear out the mordrem threat” event, and one vs the troll boss under amber during the breach .

both screen caps are taken after the fight from just scrolling back the log .

got it again today , after the March 20th update . it’s pretty easy to make it happen in the silverwastes . maybe only because things don’t die as fast there ? maybe because of stationary foes like the slinger here in the photos ? it’s 2 different views of the same slinger giving me the too close message as i try to use flashing blades on it .

i was also in southsun cove today and i didn’t see it happen there at all .

i haven’t had any luck trying to reproduce this in a more controlled situation .
i tryed the target golem in the heart of the mists . but i was only able to get the " no valid path to target" message .

funny enough it’s probably a bug too because look where i am when i got the message .

here is another . i managed to get the message a few times in a row .
again , in the silverwastes . this time holding the north lane during the vinewrath event .
i’m kinda hard to see , i’m the little guy attacking the husk , you can kinda make out my holographic shattered dragon wings .

here is one . it died just before i managed the screen capture . you can see it in a pile at my feet . i’m on top of a wall defending an outpost in the silverwastes .

a few times since the update i have gotten a game message something along the lines of “too close to target to use this” when i use guardian skill flashing blades . all aspects of the skill fail when the message appears . no teleport , no blinding flash , no damage , no cool down . the skill can be used again immediately and i’ve not yet gotten the message twice in a row .

i will try to get more info on how close is too close for point blank AOE . a screen cap of the on screen message . also , i’ll see if i can find a way to reproduce it easily .

i leveled up chef to 400 cooked up all kinds off food to max out the title and get the points . i didn’t think of it as a grind at all . it was actually a lot of fun . just poking at it and trying things . seeing what i could mix together . now that i made all this food i have to eat it . and let me tell you , chewing is such a . . .

i’m really enjoying the new camera .

the first person view is perfect just the way it is for sight seeing and getting a closer look at distant objects .

the far away and above view is much much better . i can finally see around my own character !!

even with the FoV resetting on log in , it is still way way much more better than the old view .

having come form gw1 , the view you gave us now is the view i was expecting on day one of coming to gw2 .

thank you very much . sincerely

my , friend says maybe it will work this weekend ? he didn’t say why but i’ll try it again .

;-)

what is the most up-to-date online build maker for gw2 ? i’ll just start pre fabing some trinity builds .
just say there is trinity and then there is . simple as that . start your LFG with " DSP looking for heals and tank" or what ever

as a primarily solo player myself , i see this trinity thing as the old way for people that don’t know how to be their own trinity yet .

now having said that i could see it being fun in small amounts running my guardian as a healer/party buffer . if fact early on i saved some gear to use in this way . i merched all that gear eventually , it seemed pointless after i learned how to play the game as it was rather than as i thought it was going to be . .

the great thing about gw2 is that you are not locked into filling a roll . like any of the console games . like tomb raider or dante’s inferno , there can be only one out come . it dosn’t matter what you want to do . the path and the world and the design only allow you to do one thing .
with gw2 you can pretty much do what ever you want , and you can change the world.

you want trinity . make trinity . no one is stopping you .
i like not having it forced on me .

short answer to the OP ; no .

my necro dosn’t do conditions . in fact as i improve my particular build based on my own trial and error my condition damage stat approaches zero .

necros deal with flesh , not spirit . so , revenant and necro are 2 very different things .

by the way my necro is beastly . including party buffs . it did take me a bit to work it out and i can see why people have trouble with it . personally i have trouble with thief , it’s just not my style . but , i don’t see how necro should be looked down on or is neglected somehow . maybe if you are following out dated build guides or something ? i don’t know i don’t use guides .

firstly i would like to wish a happy friday the 13th and a happy valentine’s day to everybody .

guild wars has been a part of my life for many years , ever since factions was first released .

it is to me a beautiful living world , a place to exercise puzzle solving abilities of the mind . goof around with pals & meet new people. a place to learn how to work as a team and to get things done on your own . a great place to have some fun .
much like life , guild wars 2 is whatever i make of it .

the forums always are full of complaints and problems but it is what they are for and tho there seems to be a lot of negativity it is only because people that are not having a problem are playing the game and not messing about in the forums .

so i wanted to say thank you to every one involved in guild wars for bringing so much to my life for so long , almost 10 years now . hopefully i’ll be seeing you in the game .

now for my troubles , try as i might , some thing is wrong .

i’m having a problem with getting my clovers to go into the mystic forge
what have i done wrong ?

i have been farming these things like crazy for months . it was actually not as much work as i thought it was going to be , but still it took many many months .

i finally have enough clovers . . i even counted them twice .

you can imagine i was pretty excited as i took them to the mystic forge .

but

nothing happens . . .

the forge doesn’t want accept them at all

here is a photo

lifetime survivor achievement 500,000 exp without dieing or using map travel .
now i don’t use way points out of habit . if they were free i could break the habit , but at the same time i like walking around in tyria harvesting the plants and picking up shiny rocks and looking for adventures

no one left be hind achievement revived 1000 players .
they were gald to see me , i was glad to have them back in the fight .
i’ll res every one , i don’t care if your downed or dead or afk if i can get to you i’m gonna res you .

i went and added up all my /deaths from all my toons for a grand total 2,213 deaths
that is to say “two thousand two hundred and thirteen lessons learned”

and while i may not like going for the anvil when i need it . at the same time it suggests i should , and gives me a moment out of combat to take a look at my armor choices .

Since i’ll have my hero panel opened i could give my traits a once over . my utility skills are right there too maybe i should try that other skill and see how it goes .

and while i am working my way to that better over all build i want instead of smashing my face into some monsters fists and making people have to pause their personal progress just to have to res me again . i could try a zone where i can live up to the challenges presented to me in a way that is more fun to me and makes me less of a burden on those around me while i am learning to play better.

when i finally do make it all the way to that top level zone and manage to keep my self from dieing except by some unfortunate lag or being over powered by a spawned mob i know i will appreciate that those around me are also living up to the challenge and we don’t have to res each other 6 times per battle

or i could just pop an instant repair can and get right back in to the face bashing.
monsters look out for your fists !! here i come !!!

ascended . . . Over The Top . . .

i just don’t know what to make of this whole thread

can we talk about spannungsbogen instead . . . or would that be “high” jacking

I crafted myself a spare set of armor . my first time with the point on no return boss it was handy to have it with me .

I do like that Idea of removing way point cost and putting the cost back on armor repair.

I don’t think it was ever ment to be a gold sink .

To be blunt ;

It is a reminder that you get killed a lot and need some l2p or a tweak to your build.

I’m sure you could make ingame purchases to get your grand value .

I hope it is $79.00 . I hope it is HUGE and flipping awesome !
I hope it is not $20.00 or less and underwhelming or worse .

I remember getting “the eye of the north” the day it was released . That made me happy . I like getting a good value.

The flux matrix in the RC Golom still needs to be recharged .

I don’t know if it’s just me , but I have gotten 7 chest boxes . I get one from the Vinewrath every time The Breach is successful.

Lishtenbird

thank you , you stated this so much better than i could have , thanks for taking the time

my little rant follows

i just played for 3 hours and 45 minutes , and made 0% progress on any of the dailies .

i also , find the walk to the green star and press F style of play does not make me feel rewarded compared to using my brains and finding a solution my self .

the book “hunt” &“cypher” in the library is a great example . i didn’t have to think at all . theres a giant green star. i didn’t have to care what the pass word was i could keep guessing til i got the first half of the cypher .
it was nice of the librarian to mention how the books were organized on the shelves so i could get the second half but it didn’t matter. theres a giant green star in the exact spot where i need to press F . . .

its not even play really . its i dono connect the dots ? paint by numbers ?

anyways , Lishtenbird , thanks again for helping be my voice .

Dear Mr Toymaker Tixx

for Wintersday this year I would like to play a few games of RC Golem with my friends or vs the computer.

I’ve been very good and ate all my vegetables and went to bed on time all most every night and i wasn’t mean to my sisters and brothers and i promise to share the game with any one that stops by and wants to play .

thanks,
hopefully
z

PS I’ll leave some cookies for you in the usual place where you find them every year .

well , i’m sorry to every one that has been rated a 10 so far . my charr’s name will be bumping you all down to 9s . And all you poor named suckers that got rated a 1 won’t even rate any more.

Say hello to ;

Gargamel Smurffeater and his feline pet Azrael .

please don’t even bother to rate the name as it is obviously as awesome as possible.

Paetunia is a 10/10

as is Argyreia

necrodendron , in case you can’t guess by the name alone , is my sylvari necromancer .

adapted from ; Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ????? rhódon “rose” and ??????? déndron “tree”

i was really looking for a name with something to do with or related in some way to poison ivy , but all the ones i could think up were already taken.