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Awesome, thanks for running with that man!
I wish I could have gotten in. On thursday we should probably split again into a "What the hell is this" and an "I know what I'm doing!" group, then merge them after the intro.
So glad you got an SS of that. Made me laugh out loud.
Dead Prince
Banned
did it go down already or just me? lol
EDIT: nvm. now it works.
EDIT: nvm. now it works.
I wish my computer could handle WvW since it seems like a lot of fun
Too much shit going on on the screen absolutely tanks by fps. even tried it on the lowest settings and it was still unplayable. Oh well...
http://www.videogamer.com/pc/guild_..._wars_2_overflow_server_separation_error.html
Anyone posted this yet? At least we know what the problem is now.
Anyway, just before me and the gf decided to stop for the night, we decided to do some more of my personal story quests which involved stepping into gendarran fields for the first time from the Kessex Hills entrance.
After getting the first waypoint, I noticed a skill point to the left, I couldn't see it out and about so I thought there must be a cave entrance.
Went around, found it, ran through fighting a couple of spiders and then running from the rest. Once we got near it, we fought some spiders and then saw a veteran level 30 spider.
We were level 27 but we were able to beat it quite nicely by some dodging and maneuvering (and some water ele healing) without anyone else around to help us.
First time beating a veteran monster that was higher than our level without anyone to help us. Felt good and was a rather good fight.
Tomorrow, we hope to get two more levels (at 28 now) and complete Gendarran fields fully and maybe try out the story mode AC dungeon. Hopefully some of my Guildies will do it, I'd rather not have to hunt for people in map chat to come with us.
Anyone posted this yet? At least we know what the problem is now.
Anyway, just before me and the gf decided to stop for the night, we decided to do some more of my personal story quests which involved stepping into gendarran fields for the first time from the Kessex Hills entrance.
After getting the first waypoint, I noticed a skill point to the left, I couldn't see it out and about so I thought there must be a cave entrance.
Went around, found it, ran through fighting a couple of spiders and then running from the rest. Once we got near it, we fought some spiders and then saw a veteran level 30 spider.
We were level 27 but we were able to beat it quite nicely by some dodging and maneuvering (and some water ele healing) without anyone else around to help us.
First time beating a veteran monster that was higher than our level without anyone to help us. Felt good and was a rather good fight.
Tomorrow, we hope to get two more levels (at 28 now) and complete Gendarran fields fully and maybe try out the story mode AC dungeon. Hopefully some of my Guildies will do it, I'd rather not have to hunt for people in map chat to come with us.
Dead Prince
Banned
did you defeat it with no clothes on?
I had to keep hitting checkpoint and running back in before the enemies healed back to full. I did it eventually since I had nothing else to lose. @_@
Dead Prince
Banned
maybe that's how the story unfolds.
would still aim for gold now that i have more skills lol
Meh forget sword and roll with a crit build - your crits apply the bleeds for you
Nothing like axe/axe and watching your crits apply bleed and vulnerability. Walk up to mob - 2, 4, 5... if they flee throw a 3 in there and if they stay they're dead. I'm 80% to crit right now. If I craft a precision piece and get one more signet i'll sit over 100% chance to crit without activating a single ability.Yeah probably. The quest had me fight 3 really strong characters, the Ringmaster with all those anti-cc buffs, and a bunch of weaker but still annoying trash mobs. I assume the game wanted Thackery and the friend to tank for you but they died pretty quickly. Also didn't help that they died where the enemies leash back to, and that one of the enemies has a slow that made kiting impossible.
The Return of
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Can I not move my skill slots around??
ComputerMKII
Banned
Human Guardian + Sword and Torch + Noble/Dead Sister background are so fucking entertaining.
ALL of the thief signets are ludicrously good in PvE. I'm gonna try that one now.
Nope. GUI is locked in.
I definitely died a few times. D/D elementalist going 1v5 (ally NPCs are nearly useless) is not a good look.
The Return of
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Alright, thanks.
yup, just go into the equipment tab and left or right click on your helm and it will pop up an option to show it or not
For Huntsman, 125 was when I gained access to a bunch of different skins. Many of them were from yellow recipes made through discovery with the materials from Karma recipes (the ones from the master trainer by your workstation).
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Pistol/Dagger Thief with stuff in Trickery, Shadow Arts, and a little bit of the first trait tree is basically unkillable.
Even with 5 people on me I could just stealth away and pick them off one by one when they separated.
I am not liking having to grind events for xp.
Even with getting all the hearts, skillpoints events and crafting/gathering I still have to grind in order to meet level requirements to not die horrifically.
That's one thing Guild Wars definitely has over this game. Maxed level early on and could proceed at your own pace.
Even with 5 people on me I could just stealth away and pick them off one by one when they separated.
I am not liking having to grind events for xp.
Even with getting all the hearts, skillpoints events and crafting/gathering I still have to grind in order to meet level requirements to not die horrifically.
That's one thing Guild Wars definitely has over this game. Maxed level early on and could proceed at your own pace.
Around what point did you start crafting 50-75 masterwork items? I know the guide is saying that start doing that at 50, but id love to see the actual math on that since those masterwork pieces take a shit ton of Stat enhancer items
Tell me more!
Sounds great. I recommend attendees queue up for the battlegrounds at least 20 minutes prior to the event.
Just keep in mind mobs give bonus experience based on how long they've been in the world. For example: I've found the Kraits that swim in the WvWvW border zone, as well as other creatures, give a shit ton of experience (~250xp per kill at level 40) because people rarely engage them.
Wow this game's performance is ALL OVER THE PLACE, what I mean is that playing with everything maxed out (including supersample) and downsampling from 1440p gives me around 30 FPS in WvW PvP with a ton of people fighting on screen, I turned off downsample and played at 1080p also turned off supersample and it gave me 33 FPS lol.
Only 3 frames of difference with one of the biggest FPS hit techniques! Can't complain but I do hope they bring up performance because all that combat at 60 FPS would be delicious even if it means sacrificing downsampling, which would be totally fine if they included an actual AA method other than FXAA.
Only 3 frames of difference with one of the biggest FPS hit techniques! Can't complain but I do hope they bring up performance because all that combat at 60 FPS would be delicious even if it means sacrificing downsampling, which would be totally fine if they included an actual AA method other than FXAA.
Do you have a link to the guide? I'm hitting a major wall on both huntsman and artificer
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Oh my - just played for like 7+ hours straight. Did some quests in the Black Citadel area, including some crazy event in a tomb with 3 crazy hard champions. Saw and rez'd some GAF folk there, too. We had to quit at Horace because apparently PBAoE stands for "fuck everyone in the face forever"
ComputerMKII
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I just realized that, by setting the Frame Limiter to 30 fps, I could turn on Supersampling and max out Shadows (with post-processing still off because it looks like crap). I'm a fascist about 60 fps but I hate framerate drops so I find this to be a good compromise.
But seriously, this game is way too CPU-dependent. Not everybody has an Intel Core i7 and the game doesn't even look that pretty so ArenaNet had better optimize their shit.
But seriously, this game is way too CPU-dependent. Not everybody has an Intel Core i7 and the game doesn't even look that pretty so ArenaNet had better optimize their shit.
Just remember, when you use it.. the on-hit won't work until it's off cooldown.
Yeah I'm running around with Signet of Agility and Assassin's Signet. Didn't really like the thief during the beta but I decided to give it another try and I'm glad I did. Yesterday was the day when everything finally started to click. Love the pop in and out of stealth mechanic.
I think I'll try that Pistol/Dagger combo today.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Trickery 30 - XI Hastened Replenisment
Shadow Arts 30 - I Master of Deception, V Infusion of Shadow, XI Shadow's Rejuvenation
(this one isn't needed) Deadly Arts 10 or Acrobatics 10 - Fleet of Shadow
Healing Skill
Stealth Heal Thing
Utility Skills
Blinding Powder
Shadow Refuge
Use Cloak and Dagger then your auto attack for good bleed damage.
4 skill for crippling people.
3 skill for getting away from melee if they are tearing you up.
Stealth when in danger.
Be mindful of 3 second stealth CD upon attacking from stealth.
Consider taking Ambush Trap and Ninja Army elite so you can call ninja's to help you out in though situations.
Usually if there's one or two people, you plus your three ninja's should be able to down them with ease.
Save your allies with BLinding Powder and shadow refuge.
Any finishers your enemies try to use on allies will be interrupted if you stealth them.
While stealthed you can then revive your ally before it wears off.
With this build your stealth timei s increased by one second.
Shadow Refuge stealths in the AOE for 10 whole seconds.
Abuse this.
I use it as my last resort trump card.
Watch as people can't kill you because you are stealthed pretty much constantly. You also regen HP while stealthed with this so you still heal even if your heal stealth skill is down.
My pie chart was showing up normally.
ComputerMKII
Banned
20 to 60 minutes maintenance. They announced it three hours ago.Is the login server down for anyone else?
Was going to sneak in some prework guild wars
Scheduled server maintenance, 20-60 min downtime according to the in game announcement.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Is the login server down for anyone else?
Was going to sneak in some prework guild wars
20-60 minute maintenance started at 12 PST
E: beaten
I think it was around 50. For Huntsman, you absolutely need to be leveling through the Discovery pane. Don't even bother with anything but refining or creating materials in Production. Absolutely do not craft any weapon recipes you already know.
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