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Guild Wars 2 |OT| Buy Once, Sub Never, Fun Forever
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razgriz417
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bestbuy.com?
Back in business! Queueing up now.
edit: Wow, we're losing. WvW is so close right now!
Yes. There are 8. The first is accessible at level 30. They are awesome, and replayable in an explorable mode with multiple paths.
edit: Wow, we're losing. WvW is so close right now!
Barack Lesnar
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Where is it? I'm 38 and wanna try the 30 one
TDLink
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Ascalonian Catacombs is the first dungeon and it's in the Plains of Ashford zone. There is a level 30 (Story) version and a level 35 (Explorable) version. Both are different/have different bosses/have different rewards. Each dungeon has two versions like this...Explorable is obviously harder.
And from what I understand, Explorable is repeatable with different experiences.
Okay so I finally got around to trying this controller set up and it seems pretty good though I am far more used to the KB+M as far as moving around properly and stuff but I think I may get used to this after a bit. All the important functions (skills, dodging, jumping, moving, etc) are easy to remember after all.
One small bug (and I don't know how I did this so it may not even be a bug) is that I somehow in-game made it so that camera mode is pointer mode (but with no pointer so it's still camera mode) and you use Y for map and stuff that is supposed to only happen during pointer mode while in pointer mode, my skill 2 (Y) was used instead of map which now happens during camera mode.
Again, don't know how that happened so it may not be a bug but thought I'd mention it. I just restarted the START.BAT file (after closing the open programs) to fix it.
Also my main issue with the control scheme is AoE aiming, the aiming circle is always to the top left and is unable to move it without turning on pointer mode (which makes it more difficult to move using the controller since we have no camera to use) but that's my main issue in combat.
Barack Lesnar
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Thanks, damn I'm thousands of miles away frm that area. I don't even have shiverpeak mountains uncovered.
1) If you're ever in what seems like the wrong control configuration, just hit the back button once quickly and all should go back to normal (Camera Mode, set one).
2) It sounds like the script that resets the mouse cursor is not working for you at all. Do you have UAC (User Account Control) enabled in Windows?
Um. I have some good news for you.
Perfect Cha0s
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I'm honestly kind of disappointed in dungeons so far. It seems like group cohesion isn't important at all, as though you just need people there to not die and deal damage. I mean, it's a visual treat to have a bunch of people, and seeing all of their spell effects, but the dungeons themselves just feel poorly thought out.
In CM, I spent most of my time inside the mansion battling the camera that kept getting pushed in or caught up by the ceilings, and none of the fights were in the slightest bit interesting. It was just a matter of standing behind the boss and mashing my 1 key, occasionally pressing 2, hoping I didn't pull the boss off of whoever else it was looking at and die. The first boss was the only one I felt slightly engaged in, because I had to dodge-roll out of his spin attack, and we had to dodge rockets. Even then, half of my group either didn't care or didn't know how to revive, and so the boss turned into a zerg of dying, running back in, repeat.
Which reminds me of another problem - it's hard to see which way a boss is facing or see when he's charging up an attack because of how over the top all of the spell effects are, and how crowded it may be from melee characters.
In CM, I spent most of my time inside the mansion battling the camera that kept getting pushed in or caught up by the ceilings, and none of the fights were in the slightest bit interesting. It was just a matter of standing behind the boss and mashing my 1 key, occasionally pressing 2, hoping I didn't pull the boss off of whoever else it was looking at and die. The first boss was the only one I felt slightly engaged in, because I had to dodge-roll out of his spin attack, and we had to dodge rockets. Even then, half of my group either didn't care or didn't know how to revive, and so the boss turned into a zerg of dying, running back in, repeat.
Which reminds me of another problem - it's hard to see which way a boss is facing or see when he's charging up an attack because of how over the top all of the spell effects are, and how crowded it may be from melee characters.
TDLink
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You can get their really quickly by taking the portal to Black Citadel from Lion's Arch. The zone directly to the east of Black Citadel is Plains of Ashford (it's the Charr starting area). If you don't know how to get to Lion's Arch, go to your race's city and find the purple Asura Portal.
TheChewyWaffles
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Yep - aside from the bug you mentioned, AOE aiming is a big PITA.
edit: maybe Hawkian's suggestion above will fix it.
Is the script working for you...?
1. Ah, alright
2. probably since while I know what it is, it has never bothered me enough to turn it off. (how do you turn it off?)
Don't think so, but apparently it doesn't happen unless you're in a party (which I think is kind of unfortunate actually).
So when you hit the back button, it's not resetting your muse cursor to a spot in the center, right?
Nope, tried several times with the toggle and the back button one (edit: I didn't restart the computer so maybe UAC is still on, will try now)
Barack Lesnar
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Niiiiiiiiice
A potentially faster way to lions arch is to press H --> go to the mist (bottom button) --> the portal right in front of you (after clearing the tutorial for the first time) = lion's arch
I'm sorry, but there's no need for this. For many people the setup was quite effortless, and there's no reason people should not try to troubleshoot their issues if they want to try it.
Everybody interested in the WvW tour, queue up for Dragonbrand Borderlands! Seems to be the easiest to get into at the moment.
I'm doing this mainly for my girlfriend who uses my laptop which has a pretty bad keyboard which has messed up plenty of jumping stuff before. Hoping the gamepad will fix it which it just might
and thanks to your post about UAC, a restart and it works, it resets like it should.
My main issue now is that when you're looking straight ahead to enemies who are running towards you, the AoE circle may be too far ahead so will require looking at the ground a lot when enemies are near you.
But I'm sure we can get used to that, just takes practice. Thanks again Hawkian
Ahh, excellent.
Yep yep, that's functioning as intended- to fire AoE close to you, you sort of "look at" the spot on the ground. It definitely becomes second-nature over time. If you play in windowed mode, you'll even get a crosshair to help!My main issue now is that when you're looking straight ahead to enemies who are running towards you, the AoE circle may be too far ahead so will require looking at the ground a lot when enemies are near you.
But I'm sure we can get used to that, just takes practice. Thanks again Hawkian
Easy with warrior. Equip two hand maces and the kick utility spell. Get in the middle of them, use the spell that knocks them back, then kick one of them farther back. Then devote one person to locking down a lover with boulders.
Well fuck...
I gathered it was intended but I'm sure I'll get used to it. It's certainly a way to play until Anet (if they) put controller support in the game.
Going to wait for the shatterer to pop up (should be any time now I think) to test it out properly
Or boulders on the ground. I played with a pug and we died alot there, i made myself the designated boulder man because everyone else just dps :/
even when people helped they just kept keeping them togethere in a corner
The group I played with managed to lure one of them into the passageway leading to where they spawn, and closed the door so neither of them could get in or out. It's much faster this way so everyone can deal damage instead of having one person being the 'boulder guy'.
No dice, anywhere else I can find a regular digital download that's in stock?
(gave up after 3 times of the order being cancelled)
CaptainMintMan
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I didn't even know that the Lovers were difficult, at all. I've ran through the story mode at least 3 times and had no problems.
That's what we did. Situational positioning ftw.
wow i didn't think you could do that because they usually stand there and take it in the butt
VindictiveGnome
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Thought this was a worthy screenshot. I felt like I was being watched.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Perfect Cha0s
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I tried AC, and had the same general issue: I spend most of my time running away from the battle waiting on my healing cooldowns than I do actually fighting.
Edit: I dunno. Maybe it's just the group composition I wound up with, but I find dungeons to be plainly not fun. Maybe it's the thieve's toolkit that doesn't really work all too well for dungeons. A lot of my leveling experiences fighting mobs and even big boss events focused more around me dodge-rolling, stealthing, and running around enemies to avoid damage, and hopefully kill it before I run out of options. In dungeons, I end up having to use my cooldowns, and the enemy is still at some high health percentage, so I'm relegated to standing around far away from the fight, waiting on my cooldowns again.
Revengeance
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Any officers online for an invite? Bea Trice in game
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