It makes Reaper only slightly more attractive than Soul Reaping for a condition build and that's mostly because it adds a useful Shroud. At least there's a handy golem to beat up and figure it out on now.
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It makes Reaper only slightly more attractive than Soul Reaping for a condition build and that's mostly because it adds a useful Shroud. At least there's a handy golem to beat up and figure it out on now.
shysaursoft
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It's just a bunch of bugfixes and QoL improvements. If you stopped playing because of those, then sure - but if you wanted new content, there's none of that yet.
BeekleMatter
Member
Well I have yet to buy HoT. So if it's worth it now, I might give it a shot. It just didn't seem worth it initially.
NormalFish
Banned
Can I get an invite back to the guild?
Yoggs.5701
Yoggs.5701
Nemesis121
Member
Rewards system buffed, grind reduced, some of the adventures easier now, overall it's a good time for new players to purchase HoT, this patch rocks.
NormalFish
Banned
Yup, I just bought it myself.
Don't play the 50$, though. Buy 3rd party. 50$ is such a terrible price.
Don't play the 50$, though. Buy 3rd party. 50$ is such a terrible price.
Noisy Ninj4
Member
Better hope you didn't get burned on a dupe copy.
Yep, if you're expecting to buy gems anyways, you might as well get them at a discount. Even if I don't necessarily believe the last 6 months has been entirely Gemstore Purchase-worthy, I still think that's the way to go if you're going to buy the expansion.
NormalFish
Banned
Well I already redeemed it, so I'm not terribly concerned.
That's not how you'd find out though; when someone buys a legitimate copy and finds the code already used, ArenaNet closes down your account as fraudulent.
Here's a link to a dev post about it, which has a link to their authorized physical / digital retailers by country; https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/support/support/Buying-HoT-through-a-3rd-Party-Careful/first
BeekleMatter
Member
Well I'm not a new player at all, I just quit playing a while back. I leveled another char to 80 in anticipation of HoT coming out but when it did, it was met with so much backlash and I had other games I was focused on that I held off on my purchase. I play alot of WvW so I was just kinda waiting for something to change there as well.
How rewarding is raiding and dungeon runs now?
NormalFish
Banned
Well I've already paid. No one mentioned this when I asked a while back.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I know right?
The patch really livened up the game. With that said I still feel the HoT legendaries are overkill
Nemesis121
Member
T6 leather is 45-50s WTF...
Nemesis121
Member
I got Dreamer few months ago, best bow...
It kind of bugs me that other legendaries don't have those, even if they cost the same. I made Astralaria, but I don't have a fancy garden, an endless wolf transformation tonic or even that amazing chromatic ooze. It's kind of odd that some legendaries get extra gifts and cosmetic perks, even if they cost exactly the same (or even more, as the new legendaries are lot more expensive).
appletoasty
Member
I started Chuka & Champawat last night and I LOVED it. I ended up staying up 1.5 hours longer than I originally intended because I didn't want to stop chasing tigers across the world. It is unfortunately pretty buggy.. there are parts where you have to fight the tigers to progress, the event will pop up but the tigers won't appear if there are too many people around or it triggered too recently (which inevitably will happen because there are a lot of people working on it right now). Boo.
If the other legendaries in progress were anything like this collection then it is a huge waste to have thrown them away
I don't even want the new legendary shortbow skin, I don't think I'll bother making the full legendary, but I want to do the collections :< Chasing tigers and being told a story is fun. Clicking 9 billion fucking times to throw rocks in the toilet is not fun
Also the fractal changes are amazing and so much better than what we had before. The high scales are still significantly easier than old 50 but it feels closer to what it was.
If the other legendaries in progress were anything like this collection then it is a huge waste to have thrown them away
I don't even want the new legendary shortbow skin, I don't think I'll bother making the full legendary, but I want to do the collections :< Chasing tigers and being told a story is fun. Clicking 9 billion fucking times to throw rocks in the toilet is not funAlso the fractal changes are amazing and so much better than what we had before. The high scales are still significantly easier than old 50 but it feels closer to what it was.
human onion
Banned
The fractal changes are great, I agree. RIP Swamp of the Mist.
I almost feel like the two gold daily is overkill, the prices of stuff on the TP is gonna shoot up. Not like I care too much about that though.
I almost feel like the two gold daily is overkill, the prices of stuff on the TP is gonna shoot up. Not like I care too much about that though.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
How much did you end up paying?
UltimateIke
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[qT] DPS Benchmarks/Tests for all classes
Pretty interesting information, and it's nice to see videos with proof and accurate numbers for once.
Biggest takeaway for me is that Scholar is only worth a ~800 DPS increase over Strength for Warrior, in perfect conditions with 100% HP, so I don't see any reason why you'd ever use anything other than Strength. Better solo rune, better dungeon rune, and (in real-life situations) better raid rune.
Pretty interesting information, and it's nice to see videos with proof and accurate numbers for once.
Biggest takeaway for me is that Scholar is only worth a ~800 DPS increase over Strength for Warrior, in perfect conditions with 100% HP, so I don't see any reason why you'd ever use anything other than Strength. Better solo rune, better dungeon rune, and (in real-life situations) better raid rune.
shysaursoft
Member
Since it's birthday time for Guild Wars 1, I thought I'd log in and check the minis. For some reason, my password doesn't work, and the GW2 account page shows I have no GW1 linked to my HoM anymore (though I still have the points). I'm hoping this is just a system error on their side or something, sent an email to support to see what's up. I doubt someone logged into my GW1 account because I have two-factor, and it would have notified me if the password was changed (you can't change a GW1 account email after all). If you have a GW1 account, may want to check it out.
appletoasty
Member
I just checked mine, still linked on the account page and still able to log into the game. Hopefully your thing is sorted soon :s
NobleXenon
Member
Checked my GW1 account and it's fine.
I also took a picture of my Mesmer.
Boy, GW1 Characters are super skinny, lol.
I also took a picture of my Mesmer.
Boy, GW1 Characters are super skinny, lol.
appletoasty
Member
I never thought I'd see the day
So apparently action camera doesn't take quickness into account when holding down LMB?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4fv3e9/action_camera_bug_causes_roughly_a_30_dps_loss/
That's a pretty huge dps loss if so.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4fv3e9/action_camera_bug_causes_roughly_a_30_dps_loss/
That's a pretty huge dps loss if so.
oof
Noisy Ninj4
Member
Wait, you can hold down the button to autoattack? I've been spamming LMB since action camera came out.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Chaos Gloves when
LumpOfCole
Member
I may have just won something that has be abuzz. Pictures in a few weeks or whenever it arrives!
Le gasp :O
Didn't know ArenaNet had allowed officially licensed vibrators.
"Avaliable in Elder Dragon, Charr, Human, Asuran and Raider sizes!"
NormalFish
Banned
about 30$. Not too much. I'm not upset about it, just would've been nice to have known this before hand.
Unrelated: The current PvP meta seems ridiculous. Condition damage out the ass and I don't understand how to cope with revenants.
Also, could I get an invite to the guild? Account is Yoggs.5701. Currently playing on "Voldja"
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Y'know, it occurs to me that the risk of illegitimate keys was probably much higher prior to release.
Noisy Ninj4
Member
Probably licensed out to Bad Dragon for the non-human ones.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I never realized that I am running out of airship parts
time to spend time in VB then
also what, I thought warhorn tempest isn't used for offense
time to spend time in VB then
also what, I thought warhorn tempest isn't used for offense
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Yeah, I really wouldn't worry about it. If I get HoT it certainly won't be through Anet because it flat-out costs too much.
NormalFish
Banned
yup, that's where I'm at. And since I've been playing PvP quite a bit, I feel pretty severely hamstringed if I don't have the expac. Thus if they void it out I can't be assed playing regardless.
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