Kos Luftar
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Wow. That's a lot of stuff but no LS3 till after March...LS team must have been completely on hold during expansion development.
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Guild Wars 2 - Heart of Thorns |OT| Welcome to the Jungle...
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Noisy Ninj4
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I like what I'm reading.
Except fractal leaderboards. Do not want
Except fractal leaderboards. Do not want
human onion
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Well what do you know, new Fractals. Also Shatterer has been long overdue for an update.
Where are the other legendaries though.
Where are the other legendaries though.
Lots of great stuff in there.
My favorites:
Toggle to show all interact objects. No more holding down alt!
New fractals
Lunar New year! Dragon ball PvP is the best. Sounds like there might be new achievements too.
Profession updates every three months aww yiss
Shatner getting update Wat???? Totally excited.
Eager to see more stuff, possibly get into raiding, who knows.
My favorites:
Toggle to show all interact objects. No more holding down alt!
New fractals
Lunar New year! Dragon ball PvP is the best. Sounds like there might be new achievements too.
Profession updates every three months aww yiss
Shatner getting update Wat???? Totally excited.
Eager to see more stuff, possibly get into raiding, who knows.
New backpacks! Can't ever have enough of those! /snark
At least gliding in Tyria comes soon and they don't ask you to jump through additional hoops for it. That's something. I applaud them for that. Should mix up things a bit.
The rest....eh. Didn't expect the living story not coming back soon thing at all.
At least gliding in Tyria comes soon and they don't ask you to jump through additional hoops for it. That's something. I applaud them for that. Should mix up things a bit.
The rest....eh. Didn't expect the living story not coming back soon thing at all.
appletoasty
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Even if they put in a mastery line for gliding in central Tyria I'd be happy, my exp from fractals isn't going anywhere anyways 
Fractal leaderboards sound boring but I will wait until I see it to be grouchy about it
Fractal leaderboards sound boring but I will wait until I see it to be grouchy about it
Shatterer is a good unexpected surprise, but for everything else, nothing really meaty until March, kind of bummed at no LS3 until at least March
Curious to see what's up with Gliding in Tyria, from the maps where there is barely any verticality, to things it might break, there's quite a long list of things to adress.
Curious to see what's up with Gliding in Tyria, from the maps where there is barely any verticality, to things it might break, there's quite a long list of things to adress.
New Fractal Idea: How Rytlock got his powers.
"Hey cub, what in those humans' loving deities are you doing here in the mists?"
"A fractal, eh? Well help me beat up this guy for my sword back."
"Who are you? Mallyk? You want to use me as a medium to regain a foothold into Tryia? Whatever, you're just a ghost, give me new powers already."
"Stop worrying Glint, I got this. Oh, you know about Glint? Great, saves me time from explaining. We're Mist buddies."
"Heading back so soon, cub? Fine, take this. Glint says it'll help us beat that purple winged annoyance that snuffed out Snaff. Let me know after you've got it analyzed and I'll know you're all caught up."
"Glint, I told you already, this won't cause a paradox or whatever!"
"Hey cub, what in those humans' loving deities are you doing here in the mists?"
"A fractal, eh? Well help me beat up this guy for my sword back."
"Who are you? Mallyk? You want to use me as a medium to regain a foothold into Tryia? Whatever, you're just a ghost, give me new powers already."
"Stop worrying Glint, I got this. Oh, you know about Glint? Great, saves me time from explaining. We're Mist buddies."
"Heading back so soon, cub? Fine, take this. Glint says it'll help us beat that purple winged annoyance that snuffed out Snaff. Let me know after you've got it analyzed and I'll know you're all caught up."
"Glint, I told you already, this won't cause a paradox or whatever!"
Vigilant Walrus
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seems good. Was hoping on Dungeons being merged with fractals.
nice to hear about new fractals, but nothing on new guild missions? nothing on changes to scribe? nothing on SAB?
No ETA on WvW overhaul!
I hope moa racing returns with the lunar festival.
shatter update. i hope it will be a really nice alternative to Teq. Would be really nice.
Sounds good
The support changes that means you get reward participation for healing and boons is a game changer for me. gonna whip out my support character in PvE now8)
Glad to see people can no longer rez the dead in combat. has always frustrated me.
... so the next expansion is jormag?
Please.. I want Cantha. I miss cantha so much. CANTHA!!
nice to hear about new fractals, but nothing on new guild missions? nothing on changes to scribe? nothing on SAB?
No ETA on WvW overhaul!
I hope moa racing returns with the lunar festival.
shatter update. i hope it will be a really nice alternative to Teq. Would be really nice.
Sounds good
The support changes that means you get reward participation for healing and boons is a game changer for me. gonna whip out my support character in PvE now8)
Glad to see people can no longer rez the dead in combat. has always frustrated me.
... so the next expansion is jormag?
Please.. I want Cantha.
I miss cantha so much. CANTHA!!Heart of Thorns final boss (?) spoilers
Am I missing something or is the gliding phase bugged? My character yells to get into the air but I cant use the updrafts to get into the air half the time. Sometimes she shoots into the air and the game won't let me open my glider. And if Mordy hits me once with a rock I'm dead and I don't know how to dodge them.
On to the "State of the Game" post;
Pros:
Biggest Eyebrow-raising line award:
"Successful Parts of the Game" sounds like anything they deem unsuccessful isn't getting touched ever again, even in this year of polishing and adding depth. Dungeons? Not gonna happen. Guild Missions? Keep dreaming.
I wasn't even thinking GW2 stuff. Bunch of personal stuff going on (sick in-laws, car is crapping out, etc) and Bowie dying hit me really hard. That's all. I didn't even see their thing from yesterday until this morning.
The raid zone is to the north of Maguuma zones, I think that's what they mean there.
Pros:
- Shatterer getting a revamp. He's the one who needs it the most, I think.
- WvW Kills and death changes could make commanders stop turning tail the instant they see another blob.
- A new raid wing, I guess. Nothing I want but it's a pro for the tiny sliver of players who raid.
- New Fractals. Finally. Only been 2 years.
- Gliding in Central Tyria is useless without details. Can they be used in JPs? Will there be reasons to glide or is it just a parachute?
- Fractal QoL updates seems like stuff they should have implemented in HoT. Whatever.
- Likewise with event participation recognizing support. Should have been in the base game.
- Squad QoL updates should have been in with the new Squad UI too.
- More decorations for our guild hall that sound inordinately expensive to buy.
- Lunar New Year is kind of a dull holiday, maybe there will be new back items (yay?)
- More PvP leagues.
- No Living Story until after March?
- Brew of the Month club is an uninspired, slow-burn login reward. How is this worth a blurb in an article like this?
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Biggest Eyebrow-raising line award:
"Successful Parts of the Game" sounds like anything they deem unsuccessful isn't getting touched ever again, even in this year of polishing and adding depth. Dungeons? Not gonna happen. Guild Missions? Keep dreaming.
I wasn't even thinking GW2 stuff. Bunch of personal stuff going on (sick in-laws, car is crapping out, etc) and Bowie dying hit me really hard. That's all. I didn't even see their thing from yesterday until this morning.
The raid zone is to the north of Maguuma zones, I think that's what they mean there.
Apologies for the double post, patch notes are live; https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-January-12-2016
I've gotta be honest, there's some pretty good ones in here and one big giant "Fuck you."
Shared inventory slots should be free at this point, or at the very least buying them should unlock all 5. Instead, you have to pay a shitload of gems for each of them. So if you already bought the items you'd actually want to put in those slots (permanent harvesting tools, salvage-o-tron), now you get to pay for the privilege of having them account wide. This is the scammiest thing they've ever put into the Gem Store.
I've gotta be honest, there's some pretty good ones in here and one big giant "Fuck you."
Shared inventory slots should be free at this point, or at the very least buying them should unlock all 5. Instead, you have to pay a shitload of gems for each of them. So if you already bought the items you'd actually want to put in those slots (permanent harvesting tools, salvage-o-tron), now you get to pay for the privilege of having them account wide. This is the scammiest thing they've ever put into the Gem Store.
Nemesis121
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Shared Item needs testing, if it works like i think it works i no longer need to buy salvage kits for other characters, i can put the Copper-matic in the shared slot, also looks fucking expensive could be 1 slot for 700gems..since we have a max of 5 slots only..
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Yup it's expensive
1=700gems
3=1890gems
5=2800gems
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Yup it's expensive
1=700gems
3=1890gems
5=2800gems
I'm with you there. This should be a free QoL update, or at the very least they should give you a bunch of slots free and then allow you to purchase more if you want them, like bank tabs / bag slots.
LumpOfCole
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Nemesis121
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Got 1 poor now...
Ugh, they squat in the inventory like that? That's a deal breaker. I use 10 or 20 slot bags because having little empty spaces drives me insane. So I'd need to buy 10 of the damn things (and I can't, obviously) or every time I open my bag it would drive me insane.
Obviously if you're just using one giant bag it's fine, but I don't.
Also, they need a fucking "Adventurer Wallet" or something for Shovels / Crow Bars / Lockpicks / Bandit Keys / Chak Acid / Machetes / Exalted Keys / Essences of Nightmare. You know, items you want available to all characters.
Well, they're not "Keys" so that doesn't exactly fit thematically. Honestly, they could call it my Grandfather's Salty Taint and I'd be happy to just have a huge chunk of my inventory back.
Don't worry. It'll be available in the gem store in 8 months.
For 2600 gems
Kos Luftar
Member
Hawkian will buy this
LumpOfCole
Member
I think the fair thing to do would've been to bundle a slot with certain premium gem store items, such as the Royal Terrance permapass and Copper-Fed Salvage-O-Matic, sort of the way Anet changed perma gathering tools to be account-wide instead of soulbound per character.
Nemesis121
Member
I would love this, I have 50Chak Acid on Main had to buy more yesterday on Warrior because i was doing TD map exploration...
LumpOfCole
Member
How to make your asura look like a shaman of nature:
How to make your charr look like it got thrown into a tree:
How to make your charr look like it got thrown into a tree:
I bought five. Yeah the price is steep. Yeah I'd prefer a bag slot. But there are probably some severe technical issues that revolve around this stuff. Anytime a game messes with storage/db stuff, bad things can happen. Anyhow. Its expensive, but now all 12 of my characters have access to my salvage bot and gathering tools. Any future characters I make will too.
If you aren't a big alt person, probably not worth it. But as someone who rarely plays their 'main' in pve, its pretty nice. I'll most likely buy more if they raise the cap. Its just too useful not to.
Its really glitchy in general. Half the time your npcs will get stuck during the 'final' phase bit. Sometimes updrafts don't appear. Sometimes, bubble/jump isn't there, sometimes the breakbar doesn't work. Its been my experience if you die once, everything goes to hell.
If you aren't a big alt person, probably not worth it. But as someone who rarely plays their 'main' in pve, its pretty nice. I'll most likely buy more if they raise the cap. Its just too useful not to.
Its really glitchy in general. Half the time your npcs will get stuck during the 'final' phase bit. Sometimes updrafts don't appear. Sometimes, bubble/jump isn't there, sometimes the breakbar doesn't work. Its been my experience if you die once, everything goes to hell.
Nemesis121
Member
I simplify it for ya, how to make FUGY outfit..
The Tree outfit would be okay without the ridiculous bird shoulder. You can hide the moosehat at least but that shoulder is just... no. Very WoW-esque.
My wife and I are convimced they make really good armor/outfits then someone comes along and adds one dumb thing to ruin it. Like the last step for approval is some marketing guy takes a crack at it.
My wife and I are convimced they make really good armor/outfits then someone comes along and adds one dumb thing to ruin it. Like the last step for approval is some marketing guy takes a crack at it.
Well at least it's not my fault...
I probably won't bother until i can run it with at least one other person to make it go faster.
Not Spaceghost
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Maguuma is messing me up real good, I think I might have to try this reaper cavalier tank build people are talking about, just something to survive these champions.
Also anyone know the best way to get hero points to max out my elite spec? I know the maguuma ones give you 10 but is there a guide or something to getting them when you're just starting out? I dont have my glider yet because I need to get more XP.
Also anyone know the best way to get hero points to max out my elite spec? I know the maguuma ones give you 10 but is there a guide or something to getting them when you're just starting out? I dont have my glider yet because I need to get more XP.
Dulfy has guides on how to get the various hero points and lists what's needed for each one. Without gliding you won't be able to access many of them though.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Well then, I guess I'll just uh do stuff in the jungle to get my glider.
Also do I went vigil but I really want a piece of the whisper armor set, so does that mean I need to level a new character to 40 to join whispers and buy their stuff to unlock it for everyone?
Also do I went vigil but I really want a piece of the whisper armor set, so does that mean I need to level a new character to 40 to join whispers and buy their stuff to unlock it for everyone?
Made and tomed a Charr thief. Instead of pure glass like my other thief, playing in whatever soldier-like stats leystone armor uses. Using traps, venoms, tricks and all that stuff too. It feels a lot more fun. I just wish it wasn't so ineffective compared to zerk/glass/dps.
There might be some scaling woes. When I duo'd it, it seemed to have absolutely massive health.
Yep, you'll need to play a character to the point where they join an order three times to get all the skins (Priory/Whispers/Vigil).
Datamined, along with that outfit and a weapon set for BLC.
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