That was not as painful as I thought it would be. I expected it to have me pulling my hair out but it was pretty smooth. I had a lot of fun running AC Story with all of you.
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That was not as painful as I thought it would be. I expected it to have me pulling my hair out but it was pretty smooth. I had a lot of fun running AC Story with all of you.
You're a junior? Come on, forum code, fix that right up. She's a class act.
EXP is based on level, and scales to your level. Score!
Score!
To clarify, I got a substantial amount more XP doing the lowest level dungeon at around level 70 versus around level 40.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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This is what I was asking about months ago when someone posted a pic of someone fighting some elf looking guy on a mountain.
Nope. They track you unless you roll. It would be absolutely stupid to just be able to walk away from a ranged attack.
Also a roll every so often is true unless you use skills/traits which recharge endurance. There is no infinite dodging.
As for melee - its a hit unless a) it is dodged b) out of range or c) blocked.
There is no RNG dictating a "miss" - just glancing blows.
Edit: I'm leaving GAFguild to make space for new members. I will find a smaller, more focused guild.
I don't know what that is but I basically leveled from 79 to 80 in 2 CM story runs. A nice way of getting XP if no zergs are going on in Orr.
Anyways, thought about rolling a ranger buuuut I will gear up my warrior first.
I level mostly as melee on my Mesmer, and I manage to survive and avoid hits with a lot more than just dodge. It has a lot to do with skills, range and movement for me. Maybe it's just my clones, but I find defense/survival to be highly active.
I can't seem to find out much information on it but how is Citadel of Flame Story mode? Difficultly wise/boss wise?
After going through the previous dungeons, I feel like I can handle anything the dungeons throw at me but I bet thinking that will come back to bite me in one of the final 4 dungeons (CoF, CoE, HotW or Arah >_> )
After going through the previous dungeons, I feel like I can handle anything the dungeons throw at me but I bet thinking that will come back to bite me in one of the final 4 dungeons (CoF, CoE, HotW or Arah >_> )
Just tested some of the Mesmer changes. Mind Stab looks to have a different animation. I know it used to be a straight downstab animation. It's more a forward stab now with a bit more oomph. It doesn't really help the entire problem with the skill since it still locks you in animation and the AOE circle is still on the small side.
Spatial Surge seems exactly the same.
Spatial Surge seems exactly the same.
One of the bosses is REALLY REALLY annoying, but once you learn how to dodge his attacks, it's ok. There's one more that can be problematic, but a bit of caution is enough.
We didn't have much problem aside from the first guy I've mentioned.
From my experience with the greatsword Mind Stab was borderline useless. The fact you have to aim it with that tiny reticule AND stay still while casting makes it worthless IMO.
True, it's almost a nothing skill. If it ripped all boons rather than just one it'd be worth the tradeoff.
br0ken_shad0w
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Same here. By the way, anyone know if Battle Standard (one of the elite skills for warrior) revives someone after you activate it or does the person have to be down first and activating it is what revives them?
Yeah it was annoying for us as well. Though I was the lowest in our party at lvl 44 with the second lowest at 57 so that might have helped us a bit.
I see nothing for Necromancer despite its current terrible state.
Mistwalker
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Would REALLY like confirmation on this as well, stuck waiting to do the last story quest because of it.
Snapshot King
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Man, I just jumped back in the first time this week, and the field of ruin starter area is FUCKED.
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Teknopathetic
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New guardian trait blows. 45s internal cooldown on that?
I don't think the patch has actually gone up yet. The wiki says tonight, which I'm guessing is their usual 12PST time.
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Zyrusticae
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My warrior is so bloody cute, it's criminal.
The fact that she can cave skulls in as well as any Norn just adds to the appeal.
The fact that she can cave skulls in as well as any Norn just adds to the appeal.
Snapshot King
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God, this game is a breath of fresh air. I've only popped in for a total of 5-6 hours the past week and a half, and I don't care. The lack of monthly fee has taken all the pressure out of it.
Edit: These patches are cool and all, but I wonder if they're ever going to fix the Rangers opening strike skill not working with Swoop.
Edit: These patches are cool and all, but I wonder if they're ever going to fix the Rangers opening strike skill not working with Swoop.
We actually all got scaled down to 30, but yeah I definitely had some helpful traits.
razgriz417
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Still no necro fixes/changes, damnit anet...
Ah, so I just hadn't noticed the change to Mind Stab animation until now. That's hilarious. Shows how little I like using the skill.
it's good to be Asura
rolled a (new and improved) ranger, my third Asura character. Going to level her up fast with all the crafting material I gathered.
yes, and a DE in Brisbane Wilds that restarts like every 2 minutes. And one in Snowden Drifts.
my best races ranking: Skritt = Quagan = Kodan = Asura > Charr > rest
I think my favorite heart was on the Kodan ice ship in the last snow zone where you have to prove your wisdom by answering riddles. We need much more of those in the expansions.
"Life is a trial - Koda the judge, and Kodan the jury."
e: oh hey they fixed On Red Alert
rolled a (new and improved) ranger, my third Asura character. Going to level her up fast with all the crafting material I gathered.
yes, and a DE in Brisbane Wilds that restarts like every 2 minutes. And one in Snowden Drifts.
my best races ranking: Skritt = Quagan = Kodan = Asura > Charr > rest
I think my favorite heart was on the Kodan ice ship in the last snow zone where you have to prove your wisdom by answering riddles. We need much more of those in the expansions.
"Life is a trial - Koda the judge, and Kodan the jury."
e: oh hey they fixed On Red Alert
DrBaalzamon
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What settings does everyone play the game at? And does anyone know which ones effect the game the most? I have everything at max and it seems to run smooth 95% of the time, unless i am in a very crowded area etc.
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How's that function called in case you use Ctrl for something else?
There's one of those in the Norn starting area, too.
yeah, the one with the ravens. I also quite enjoyed some of the math puzzles. They were all a bit on the easy side, though.
*except the puzzle in the underwater lab in Bloodtide Coast, it was driving me mad. I still don't fully understand how that was supposed to work.
I got the monthly exp achieve by just killing the end boss in our AC run (I definitely died a few times during that fight). Was a fun run. Definitely not as painful as i thought i would be. Really wasnt bad at all besides the lovers fight
And finally hit 80! WOOO
Nice not wearing level 65 gear anymore (im REALLY cheap - and its definitely a challenge when things can destory you in a few hits and it takes a while to kill things)
Decked out in all masterwork. really didnt want to spend the gold to upgrade to Rare yet. Kinda want to craft the stuff, or hopefully just find it. I have to say, Im looking pretty spiffy, though sadly I had to ditch my awesome engineer monocle. Dont really want to waste a 80 transmute stone on a masterwork, so ill just keep it in my bank
i know ill be rocking the monocle forever. shits just too awesome
It's kind of like the grid of lights that turn adjascent ones on or off that you see in many games. Basically three roulette wheels, and raising or lowering the 3 interactive objects cycles them - - +, + + -, + + +, - - -, + - -, - + +
So you've gotta get the numbers correct like that. The interface for it is obtuse since it's just in game clicking chat boxes, therefore the ACTUAL logic involved once you figure out how it works is very easy.
hockeypuck
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I think I messed up our boulder order up in that fight and then things FUBARed, lol. Hawkian goes through all that trouble setting up the order and the first 10 seconds of the fight I'm thinking, did Kimaka throw hers yet? Crap, I can't tell! I better throw mi-, then I got killed.
"Show enemy names"
Oh, that was just a shit fest. I basically died immediately screwing up the order right there, lol. After that, I just started heaving any boulder I could find at the chick
I use a rifle, grenades, FT, and Elixir B
Grenades is pure damage and tons of AoE damage with some nice control and a useful poison field. Best kit we have
FT I use mostly for control. I like the pushback, blind, and the field can be useful as well. 1 and 2 abilities kinda suck i think. The FT toolkit ability is pretty sweet as well. Nice damage boost
I use rifle mostly for control on fights i want to avoid melee range. If not, ill use it for damage - mostly playing of my grenades or other people's fields - jump shot for the leap and the rest for projectiles
Elixir B is simply a nice Buff
Grenades are better than bombs because you can chuck em and they arent on a timer. I think turrets kinda suck since they die real easily and are kinda boring.
Thanks for the tips.
I loved my Druid in WoW, being able to be a tank if need be, or dps or heals. Engineer seems the same way to me, which I love. Just seems like I have so many useful abilities to use lol
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