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Guild Wars 2 - Heart of Thorns |OT| Welcome to the Jungle...

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UltimateIke

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I had them all in a picture together once before, but it was before Revenant existed, so he's been absent for a while.
 
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Error

Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
how do I make new stuff when crafting? do I need to level up the discipline or do I need to buy recipes?
 
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appletoasty

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Error said:
how do I make new stuff when crafting? do I need to level up the discipline or do I need to buy recipes?
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You either get recipes as you level, learn from recipe consumables, or discover them. The method that you learn a recipe by depends on the thing you're making.
 
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Nemesis121

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Created a new Engineer with new character slots i bought during the sale. my second engineer..

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Black/white is temp color will post improve color scheme when i am done..
 
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Nemesis121

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Looks like he skipped leg day.
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Charr and Norn look like shit if you go with the big muscle version, they look fine in creation tool, but once the armor comes on they all look fat and wide, my second character, created 30mins apart from my main is a Charr Warrior, i went with the big muscles and when the armor went on i hated the fucking look, I got the creation kit from the CS and redid my Warrior..
Same body build as Engineer...
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Error

Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
I like the roided up Norn look heh, looks exaggerated and cartoonish and cool.
 
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Error

Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
The jumping puzzle in the Breached Wall in the Diessa Plateau is seriously one of the coolest things I've done while exploring an MMO world. It was so seamless that I didn't expect it. Then I kept going and going. So cool.
 
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DJIzana

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Curious... my friend downloaded this recently and I was thinking of joining him again.

I used to play way back, when this game launched, then just kind of... moved on and had a few questions before I come back.

1. How much has the world expanded with Heart of Thorns?

2. Have they released any new updates since the expansion or is anything planned upcoming?

3. Are there new jumping puzzles in the areas for Heart of Thorns?

4. How active is PVP?

5. How are the new specializations / classes? I read into them and don't really understand how they work. Like... Druid, for instance, do I lose my pet as a Ranger when I go the Druid route? How does that all work?

Thanks!
 
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Wanderer5

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Got invited into a couple raid runs tonight, and went through Slothasor, Bandit Trio, and Keep Construct.

Couldn't beat Sabetha in the last 40 mins or so that we had. She sure can get quite insane in her last third or so.XD Pretty cool fight from what I can tell through, and am probably bit of a sucker for a engi theme boss.

Raid can be such a wonderful experience, and don't think I had much enthusiasm beforehand lol.
 
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Kos Luftar

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DJIzana said:
Curious... my friend downloaded this recently and I was thinking of joining him again.

I used to play way back, when this game launched, then just kind of... moved on and had a few questions before I come back.

1. How much has the world expanded with Heart of Thorns?
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4 new level 80 maps. 2 guild hall maps.

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2. Have they released any new updates since the expansion or is anything planned upcoming?
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there has been small current events updates going in which seem to be hinting at things to come. (New events in older zones)

Living world season 3 episode 1 has released. It brought a new map (bloodstone fen) and new story instances. You need HoT to play it but you can unlock it just by loging in now even if you don't have HoT.

DJIzana said:
3. Are there new jumping puzzles in the areas for Heart of Thorns?
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Yes. They also added gliding which is really fun and a bunch of adventures (mini games but happen in the new maps).

DJIzana said:
4. How active is PVP?
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Pretty active. I think the pvp seasons has helped keep it active.

DJIzana said:
5. How are the new specializations / classes? I read into them and don't really understand how they work. Like... Druid, for instance, do I lose my pet as a Ranger when I go the Druid route? How does that all work?

Thanks!
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I like the scrapper (engi specialisation) because I like playing melee classes. I like that it hasn't change the engi drastically and he is still jack of all trades with all his tool kits.

I don't play ranger so I have no idea, but I think you don't lose your pet ever because I remember people complaining about it when Druid was announced because people want a pet-less ranger.
 
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Wanderer5 said:
Got invited into a couple raid runs tonight, and went through Slothasor, Bandit Trio, and Keep Construct.

Couldn't beat Sabetha in the last 40 mins or so that we had. She sure can get quite insane in her last third or so.XD Pretty cool fight from what I can tell through, and am probably bit of a sucker for a engi theme boss.

Raid can be such a wonderful experience, and don't think I had much enthusiasm beforehand lol.
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Sabetha might be my favorite :D It's chaotic but when everyone knows what they're doing it feels tidy. It's great. It's like dancing with 9 friends
 
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Wanderer5

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appletoasty said:
Sabetha might be my favorite :D It's chaotic but when everyone knows what they're doing it feels tidy. It's great. It's like dancing with 9 friends
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Not a dance that I would like to be in, but whatever.:p I am probably going to dread meeting Matthias at last through.XD

Slothasor is probably my favorite for now that I have seen the defeat of.
 
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UltimateIke

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I beat [qT]'s PS Warrior DPS benchmark today. ^_^


[MEOW] PS Warrior DPS Benchmark (Realistic/Air)

Pretty sure it's the highest DPS rotation anyone has ever recorded and shared for that build and those particular boons.



Edit:

An alternative build uses Accuracy Sigil rather than Air, and I managed to get it very, very close to the same DPS. I actually have much more consistent numbers with this build, but this is after I had been practicing the rotation for much longer too.

[MEOW] PS Warrior DPS Benchmark (Realistic/Accuracy)


Edit 2:

Finally got around to doing the Condi benchmark. May as well stick it here so they are all together. [qT]'s attempt for comparison.

[MEOW] Condi PS DPS Benchmark (Realistic Boons)
 
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Hawkian

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Unfortunately, I can't make missions tomorrow night as I will be out of town (in Atlanta for the weekend).
 
Lashley

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Why does he wear the mask!?
Considering purchasing HoT and returning to the game, have the MMO itch

btw, that is a superb OT
 
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Wanderer5

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Guess we didn't have to wait till the last location to know for sure, cause second episode of LS3 confirmed to take place at the Ring of Fire and the wait won't be long!

Dulfy Summary:

  • Ember Bay, set in the Ring of Fire Islands is the new map coming on Sept 20 with Episode 2.
  • Ley Line Gliding Mastery needed to move quickly across the large map.
  • New Mastery, Thermal Propulsion (Ancient Magic tier 2) costs 3 Mastery Points and allow you to shoot around point to point much like Nuhoch Wallows.
  • New jumping puzzle designed by Josh Foreman at heart of the Mursaat Fortress
  • Heart Quests will be returning in the map with repeatable daily and rewards

  • New rewards include a skritt contract that allow you to summon a skritt merchant, a new weapon set, and new shoulder/gloves from achievements.

  • New bosses including the Molten Dominator. Defeating it will unlock special updrafts that get you to special areas that were previously closed off.

  • New conquest PvP map also arriving with this update – Eternal Coliseum. It is a 5v5 map with 3 capture points and two new items to capture: Sword of Reaping or the Shield of Life. They either finish downed players or give health/shielding and one revive if you fall.

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Morokh

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Hope the Heart Quest thing ctaches up with the community so that they expand it everywhere ! Good things on the horizon !
 
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Taffer

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Ley lines are shit, updrafts are unreliable, new movement skills are always toilet but maybe they'll fix it after a few weeks. Can't wait!!
 
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Spehornoob

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Jumped back in a couple weeks ago! Really enjoying Bloodstone Fen and excited for the Fire Island Chain!

What's the quickest way to get Ascended Gear? Fractals?
 
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Squall ASF

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Fuck yes to Ring of Fire! will definitely log in for that episode when it hits. The new plot thread tying into the first game is making it really interesting to me.
 
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Wanderer5

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Kind of bleh in pics, but Ghostly Infusion is a pretty cool aura that feels like it works with revenant well, and will be cool for Halloween. I wouldn't have paid with shards for it through, which I been getting quite a bit that I decided to look into the White Mantle hammer. Really like the head design for it.

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