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Queen of Hunting
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Omg they added skill re targeting for when a mob dies during battle
Also this
Also rip edge of mists
Also this
Also rip edge of mists
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Guild Wars 2 - Heart of Thorns |OT| Welcome to the Jungle...
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Yup, I need a day or 2 to take in everything.
yeah, i can't even, my current activity is "trying to even" status: can't
The action camera and new targeting options alone make so so so many things possible that I was trying to jury-rig with third-party software. even to just barely approximate them
There's so much to just fucking play with, goddamn
Also unlike many of our fans I played none of the betas and didn't follow balance discussions at all (on purpose) so literally EVERYTHING is new to me. Apparently Revenant Mace 2 is a 3 second fire field on a 3 second cooldown ahahaha what.
The action camera and new targeting options alone make so so so many things possible that I was trying to jury-rig with third-party software. even to just barely approximate them
There's so much to just fucking play with, goddamn
Also unlike many of our fans I played none of the betas and didn't follow balance discussions at all (on purpose) so literally EVERYTHING is new to me. Apparently Revenant Mace 2 is a 3 second fire field on a 3 second cooldown ahahaha what.
There's no setting- it's a new keybind that will toggle the full mode on and off. You'll have to go set that keybind in your controls.
After that, the basics are A and D to strafe, Click/Click-hold to autoattack, Right-click to target what's under your crosshair.
edit: 71 guildies on at 5:18AM Est lol
niiight everyone
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Queen of Hunting
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amazing dam awesome smooth launch, how do they do it
Some of them depending on the class are a serious trade-off since you must sacrifice a current trait line for it.
But, yes that's the plan for expanding classes in the future, although I don't think we'll see new specializations for a long while.
Ah okay, so there is a trade-off then? All the previews regarding the specializations just talked about what you get when changing, not if you loose anything, so it made me wonder if there was any reason to stay a regular Guardian or not. Can you switch from your specializations back to regular?
Kos Luftar
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Had to put mumble on mute because way too much information was getting shared and everytime someone said something I wanted to leave and go check it out.
I'm just going to focus on the story for awhile o think.
Smoothest launch ever! Amazing!
I'm just going to focus on the story for awhile o think.
Smoothest launch ever! Amazing!
They recently re-worked the way traits works in the game.
Basically now you pick 3 full trait line, called specializations out of 5 to make your build.
The elite one is a 6th specialization line you can pick in your selection of 3.
The only difference with the others is that it unlocks a new selection of utility skills and a new weapon you can only use only when you have this specialization line selected.
It changes the way the class is played, but it's not supposed to be an overall upgrade, the base specialization lines are still all perfectly viable.
To be fair on some classes right now it might not be the case, might be because it's all new and shiny, but they still will have some balancing to do, and they are committed to more regular balance changes and will be forced to stick with it because of PvP league resets.
In some cases, like the Ranger whose elite spec is basically a dedicated healer, if you're not going to heal, no need to take that line (unless you find some sort of synergy you can play with)
Kos Luftar
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Invite sent.
Everything that was available to you before is still here and didn't change.
All the UI and camera upgrades/changes are available to you.
You have access to the new Stronghold PvP mode and the new WwW borderland if that's interesting to you.
And while it may not be the case right away because everyone will be caught in HoT maps and Halloween, you will certainly see more people running around in the world taking advantage of the new map reward system and completing their Legendary collections.
The expansion is mostly level 80 progression stuff, so until you get there, you're in no real rush to buy it.
aw....da hell, guess I'll pick a different class. I don't even want that as an option on a ranger
. Especially when it has the word Elite associated with it. I'll go necromancer just so I can use a scythe lol
also omg, this really makes me go reaper! Talk about Shang Tsun levels of awaseome! The reapers healing skill is
aw....da hell, guess I'll pick a different class. I don't even want that as an option on a ranger
I'll go necromancer just so I can use a scythe lol
Since stats are not tied to trait lines anymore, but entirely to gear, you can in theory select your Druid specialization, with two more damage oriented lines, and full DPS gear and still do damage while taking advantage of the new spec's healing and support options.
Just FYI
Ranger is definitely one of the weird specs, but there should be some interesting things to do with it.
Since stats are not tied to trait lines anymore, but entirely to gear, you can in theory select your Druid specialization, with two more damage oriented lines, and full DPS gear and still do damage while taking advantage of the new spec's healing and support options.
Just FYI
Ranger is definitely one of the weird specs, but there should be some interesting things to do with it.
it's interesting though that they make a spec totally based on healing and support
are they slowly bringing back the trinity system? If so, I'm all for it lol
They'll never make a hard trinity like you see in other games, but they seem to finally be able to realize their vision of the soft trinity they wanted to make at launch and well ... failed at.
While the druid elite spec is heavily focused on healing, there are several other options on other classes as well.
performance? the game has always ran well for me......even my laptop with the GTX 675m runs the game basically at 60 on normal settings
now SWTOR......dear heavens, screw the hero engine......that engines complete garbage and can't even run the game in 1080p on low
There has been no big engine change that I'm aware of, but depending on when you played last, your best bet is to log back-in and try for yourself as there have been plenty of little tweaks here and there.
Even if you encounter some issues, don't forget to mess with the graphic options, a few more options were added in there.
Just keep in mind that for some of them to take effect you need to switch maps.
Baron Aloha
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I assume the pictures in the OP explain what is new in the expansion? I can't see them right now (firewall). Thinking about getting back into the game. I stopped playing back in June 2013 because of an upheaval in my life - not because I didn't like it.
But one thing that always bothered me was I didn't quite like any of the armor in the game, legendaries took forever to obtain, and the stats - particularly toughness - felt meaningless to me (what I mean by that is that you died quick regardless so you might as well go full damage). Have they addressed those issues? Is there a place where I can see the new armors they have added?
But one thing that always bothered me was I didn't quite like any of the armor in the game, legendaries took forever to obtain, and the stats - particularly toughness - felt meaningless to me (what I mean by that is that you died quick regardless so you might as well go full damage). Have they addressed those issues? Is there a place where I can see the new armors they have added?
Just read the patch notes.
"Black Feather Wings Backpack and White Feather Wings Backpack owners can receive a free matching glider by equipping the backpack and talking to any map scout in Verdant Brink."
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
"Black Feather Wings Backpack and White Feather Wings Backpack owners can receive a free matching glider by equipping the backpack and talking to any map scout in Verdant Brink."
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
This is the only reason I've not bought this, no one to play with. No way am I paying the £20 to move to the US to play on their off peak times. Fuck that noise.
human onion
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The problem always was the high count of players during the big open world events, like Dragon fights and WvW
Reducing the number of visible players always put me back into a smooth 60 FPS, but god damn, anything above Medium and it's chaos.
I'll check it out
Gosh, Heart of Thorns is hard. Hero challenges can kick your butt if you don't do them in a group. Regular enemies (ie non veteran+ enemies) can down you in seconds in glassy gear. I'm constantly dying and it actually feels really good. It's hard to believe Guild Wars 2's PvE is actually challenging now, but it feels great.
And speaking of feeling great I love the action camera. I didn't think I'd even use it but I've fallen in love.
And speaking of feeling great I love the action camera. I didn't think I'd even use it but I've fallen in love.
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