Fair enough; I appear to have over-interpreted. But I will cite confusion by way of their poor English. When the author writes "walk" he surely does not mean to refer to the RP walk button; otherwise there is no distinction whatsoever between walking and running in GW2. A total disregard for the game mechanics.
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Fair enough; I appear to have over-interpreted. But I will cite confusion by way of their poor English. When the author writes "walk" he surely does not mean to refer to the RP walk button; otherwise there is no distinction whatsoever between walking and running in GW2. A total disregard for the game mechanics.
shysaursoft
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Just got out of a giant 100+ player fight over a supply camp in the FA borderland. It lasted almost 20 minutes. It was insane. I wish I had shots to show, but no matter what I try, screenshots don't ever capture the sheer scale of fights in WvW.
The Ascalonian zones are pretty cool if you only play in the human zones. Should be much less barren now with the mega server system.
Coriolanus
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This was new to me. Apparently it's normal? Was supah fun. 10+ golems
TwofaceTomahawk
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These WvW are looking insane.
rumored to be more "open world" - reminded me of your idea for Halo4.
Ah, didn't know people paid any attention to my mega posts. I just assume the folks who don't have me on ignore just see my wall of text and skip right past.
Mr_Antimatter
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So far i've yet to run into a barren zone since the patch. Seems like a lot of new alts, which means everyone is still trying to fill out that trait list.
Will be interesting to see how long that lasts, honestly. As time goes on, I think there will be fewer and fewer trait hunting. I'm not looking forward to it on the alt after this one. It is something of a grind.
Woot I'm feeling younger already.
Dice
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You know it's funny, with how many important things this game doesn't really go out of its way to explain to you, it will put up a very annoying popup that tells you double tapping movement keys makes you roll... every battle... even in the 10th battle you have done that in... can I turn off tips?
shysaursoft
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Usually if you close the tooltip with the little X on its window, it doesn't come back at all. Strange.
That moment where you hope someone resses you.
So I just started this game back up after a year+ hiatus. I have a level 71 Warrior and honestly have not a clue of what is going on. Almost want to just start fresh..
But at the same time I enjoyed the warrior class. Only reason I stopped playing is my friends and at release it seemed impossible to get in the gaf guild. Hopefully I can start playing with people there to hold my interest.
But at the same time I enjoyed the warrior class. Only reason I stopped playing is my friends and at release it seemed impossible to get in the gaf guild. Hopefully I can start playing with people there to hold my interest.
Must have been really early, the first week or so had issues with guild membership. Post your name.#### and someone will get you into the guild ASAP.
Im in now and yeah it was around launch when I tried.
What's with the sudden change to a Devy avatar?
Added. Welcome and suchnot.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Should I sell the Cores, or should I turn them into Lodestones?
Thanks!
Noisy Ninj4
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Depends on the type. Right now molten, destroyer, and onyx cores are worth upgrading.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
What about Charged Core?
Deliverance
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Hey guys, can any of you invite me to the guild? My username is Patata Frita.2805. Thanks!
Kos Luftar
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What are a Devy and Epicloud? I only listen to late 90s pop so I have no idea what you guys are talking about.Because Epicloud is amazing to listen to while playing GW2
TwofaceTomahawk
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Can I get an Invite to the Guild too? My username is Twoface Tomahawk.4617
shysaursoft
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Not at all. Now is actually the best time to get in, since we're in-between seasons. As for the content you missed, it was temporary, so just reading a summary of what happened will get you up to speed (in short; a crazy Sylvari went nuts, blew up a city, and likely unleashed a dragon).
When does Season 2 start?
Kos Luftar
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Welcome both of you. Make sure you represent the guild, in the Guild Window (G) so that you can see guild chat.
First living story was interesting but almost everything was temporary except for the last few updates. You can still get into the game because the personal story and dungeon story have nothing to do with the living story.
Loving story did some damage to Kessex Hills and destroyed Lion's Arch and possibly awoken another elder dragon so I think this is perfect time to start up because you can get familiar with the game for a few weeks before they start the new Living Story season which I guess will be influenced by what happened in the first season but you won't need to have done it to understand what is happening.
Here is a quick summary of what happened in the first season of Living Story:
shysaursoft
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We're thinking June sometime. But until then, there's still the entire game you can enjoy (the Living World stuff is really just extra side-content, it's not the main game).
The Cowboy
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I'm considering getting back into the game, i stopped playing around the Guardian retaliation nerfs and the introduction of the ascended rings/fractals. When i left i had a full Knights set on my Guardian with Berserker jewels (and similar decent gear on my D/D elementalist), I know from reading the patch notes even more Ascended gear was added and as such I'm wondering a few things.
Are the Ascended items still generally for the fractals?, and can i just go strait ahead without bothering with gearing up again in all the new open world PvE content? (basically is the gear i had back then still considered good?) - i noticed 80 is still the cap (thank god) and would just really like to know if i really need to start gearing up again.
Also, regarding the clan, is there an EU one or is it global (i forget how the GW2 system works)?.
Are the Ascended items still generally for the fractals?, and can i just go strait ahead without bothering with gearing up again in all the new open world PvE content? (basically is the gear i had back then still considered good?) - i noticed 80 is still the cap (thank god) and would just really like to know if i really need to start gearing up again.
Also, regarding the clan, is there an EU one or is it global (i forget how the GW2 system works)?.
Skill Points to Gold
As of this post looks like all core promotion yields a profit except for crystal.
everything is still the same. they didnt change anything about gear. you can still enjoy the game like you did with your current set... maybe you would like to review the runes, but most unlikely.
shysaursoft
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There's almost zero reason to go for Ascended armour and weapons, except if you really want to inch out a few more numbers on your damage, or if you want to build up a collection of account-bound items. Ascended is now account-bound, so rings you get from fractals, armour and weapons you find or craft, can be given to any character on your account. So in that sense, they're worthwhile to have - like if you make a full Knight ascended armour set, and then later decide to go full Zerk or something, you can give the Knight set to another character.
But no, you don't need Ascended for anything, except perhaps Fractals - but even then, only if you're doing the really high-tier stuff. Usually when you hit that point, you're getting rings as drops in the Fractals anyway, and Agony Resist now drops as items you can combine and slot into Ascended items, so building up some Agony Resist is pretty easy.
A Guardian in Knights with Zerk jewels is pretty much set. You'll want to check your Traits since that system has changed a lot and reset what you chose - but it's free to retrait now, and much easier since they reduced the number of points involved. But there are new Grandmaster traits to collect (or buy straight if you have the gold and skillpoints).
As for the guild, ideally you'd want to be on SBI (NA server). Guilds are regional (so EU, NA and China are split) I believe.
You're fine. Nothing in the game comes close to requiring full Ascended gear, even Fractals. Make sure to set your traits again and if using 2-handed weapons, you can put an extra sigil in them now.
Unfortunately the regions are not cross-compatible and if you're on an EU server you can't play with the GAFGuild, but if you are on any NA server you can. If you're in an EU one and are interested in joining anyway we have an immigration fund you could apply for to get a transfer: http://gafguild.com/index.php?threads/stormbluff-isle-immigration-fund.312/
shysaursoft
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A collection of interesting notes on what GW2 players in China think about the game since it just launched there, via reddit:
Also, new on the gem store:
Fuzzy Cat Hat - 200 gems
Fuzzy Leopard hat - 200 gems
Fuzzy Hylek Hat - 200 gems
Mini Polar Bear Cub - 400 gems (available for 7 days only)
More shots at dulfy: http://dulfy.net/2014/05/06/gw2-fuzzy-animal-hats-and-mini-polar-bear-in-gemstore/
And via reddit:
Also, new on the gem store:
Fuzzy Cat Hat - 200 gems
Fuzzy Leopard hat - 200 gems
Fuzzy Hylek Hat - 200 gems
Mini Polar Bear Cub - 400 gems (available for 7 days only)
More shots at dulfy: http://dulfy.net/2014/05/06/gw2-fuzzy-animal-hats-and-mini-polar-bear-in-gemstore/
And via reddit:
shysaursoft
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I was talking to a legit Arah P1 seller last night, because I saw the listing and I was curious about it.
Talk about a good way to make money. The warrior solos the dungeon up to the final boss using all sorts of mob skips and such, takes about 30 minutes they claimed.
Then, they list, get 8g from each person joining, and then solo-kill the final boss.
The dungeon gives 3g on completion, so they personally earn 32g + 3g. And of course, they can repeat it for the 32g as much as they want, because there's no DR or cap on people paying them.
So with just two hours of play, a Warrior can earn 128g.
TP flipping aside, I'm starting to see why there's so much gold in the economy, and why being sub-1000g seems to put you in the "poor" bracket.
Talk about a good way to make money. The warrior solos the dungeon up to the final boss using all sorts of mob skips and such, takes about 30 minutes they claimed.
Then, they list, get 8g from each person joining, and then solo-kill the final boss.
The dungeon gives 3g on completion, so they personally earn 32g + 3g. And of course, they can repeat it for the 32g as much as they want, because there's no DR or cap on people paying them.
So with just two hours of play, a Warrior can earn 128g.
TP flipping aside, I'm starting to see why there's so much gold in the economy, and why being sub-1000g seems to put you in the "poor" bracket.
That WvW queue is huge (and I guess totally expected since that's why they even initially launched EotM). But I have to think that queue is also the blue team which seems to be extremely lopsided in that matchup.
I also want that frog hat >.<
Devy = Devin Townsend. One of the few respectable Canadians out there.
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I also want that frog hat >.<
Devy = Devin Townsend. One of the few respectable Canadians out there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NraG_UFkkFY
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
fuzzy hats don't really work unless you can combine outfits 
I've been away, because of Heroes of the Storm. I've commented before that this game feels like what would happen if you asked the GW2 devs to create a League clone. I will continue to be away, because of Heroes of the Storm. Will be back soon, or learn to better balance both.
What is the buyer getting for that 8g?
The Cowboy
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Thanks very much for the info peeps, very helpful indeed and I'm downloading the game as i type.
3g, whatever drops out of the boss chest, Arah dungeon tokens. Also possible achievement points.
Most likely, someone willing to spend 8g on a run like that is paying for the completion of that path for the first time on their account. Arah 1 was the last path I needed for Dungeon Master (complete every dungeon path) and it's a doozy. Paying for the run allows you to "beat" it without having actually managed to do so.
I know that's what you likely meant by "possible achievement points" but I just wanted to clarify for Teggy. Paying 8g for 3g, 60 Arah tokens and a dungeon standard boss chest wouldn't be very motivating.
shysaursoft
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Today's collection of cool GW2 art and screenshots:
http://kleinrebeltje.tumblr.com/
http://bookofrat.com/post/75454427553/singing-asura
http://khurje.tumblr.com/post/82560237202/baby-charrs-are-dumb-i-need-20-x
http://supajackle.deviantart.com/art/Charr-Engineer-Commission-451537617
http://leordan.deviantart.com/art/Tequatl-the-Sunless-450030494
http://sligarthetiger.deviantart.com/art/They-Know-386678352?q=gallery:SligarTheTiger/13483087&qo=17
http://sligarthetiger.deviantart.com/art/Undead-387514114?q=gallery:SligarTheTiger/13483087&qo=16
http://gwexalted.tumblr.com/post/77630373341/bittersweet-cantarella-the-true-evil-mind
Just because I thought it was hilarious:
Finally - we've all been there:
http://s-moogle.deviantart.com/art/Playing-Hero-427070802
If you go to YouTube and put in "arah path 1 solo" you'll find lots of 20-30 minute solo runs, usually Warrior and Elementalist.
http://kleinrebeltje.tumblr.com/
http://bookofrat.com/post/75454427553/singing-asura
http://khurje.tumblr.com/post/82560237202/baby-charrs-are-dumb-i-need-20-x
http://supajackle.deviantart.com/art/Charr-Engineer-Commission-451537617
http://leordan.deviantart.com/art/Tequatl-the-Sunless-450030494
http://sligarthetiger.deviantart.com/art/They-Know-386678352?q=gallery:SligarTheTiger/13483087&qo=17
http://sligarthetiger.deviantart.com/art/Undead-387514114?q=gallery:SligarTheTiger/13483087&qo=16
http://gwexalted.tumblr.com/post/77630373341/bittersweet-cantarella-the-true-evil-mind
Just because I thought it was hilarious:
Finally - we've all been there:
http://s-moogle.deviantart.com/art/Playing-Hero-427070802
If you go to YouTube and put in "arah path 1 solo" you'll find lots of 20-30 minute solo runs, usually Warrior and Elementalist.
shysaursoft
Member
According to the seller, the primary reason people pay for Arah runs is to finish the Dungeon Master achievement track, and for Arah dungeon tokens so they can get the nice looking armour. Paying 8g to get the tokens in an instant, instead of having to spend 30-40 minutes with a group (or longer), is very appealing for some people.
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