Complistic
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Ah Ok thanks.
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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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Ah Ok thanks.
KoruptData
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Is there a list of all the level 80 exotic karma vendors in the game?
I do for my thief, I can't even afford repairs right now.
How are people making cash dammit.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
I can't afford waypoints! WAYPOINTS!!!! Q_Q
Run dungeons/event & don't play squishy class XD
1) Go to The Mist
2) Go to Lions Arch Asura gate
3) Use the Asura gate to go to the closest town that is near your desired waypoint
4) Go to waypoint
You will save like 1-2s each time :3
I usually build up a ton of cash running around WvW due to all the event completions.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
I...will do this! ^_^
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Bu...but you're Speedpop!
Yep, that's totally how I play. I use Greatsword/Shortbow and typically run into groups of mobs and swing away. If things get too hairy I switch to shortbow and get some distance on the enemies. Once they've thinned out I usually go back into melee. The great thing about using greatsword with a ranged weapon is swoop has a range of 1100 so you just need to take a few steps forward and you can leap into melee. I find that I'm pretty survivable with a bear pet to take hits for me. The play style is definitely doable, but I'm no expert on builds so I can't really speak to where it sits in comparison to other builds.
Nemesis121
Member
TP being down is annoying i want to buy gear for my Engineer...
I go Sword/dagger & Shortbow
I switch between sword/dagger & shortbow for non boss
I use shortbow exclusively on boss
razgriz417
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Still doing this at lvl 80, every silver counts
Also if you wanna be cheap, use Lion's Arch Asura gates to go to the starter city closest to your destination (i.e. If I need to go to Orr, I'll gate to the Grove first
or if I need to go to Fireheart Rise, I'll gate to Black Citadel )Nemesis121
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Been doing this for a while...
Still doing this at lvl 80, every silver counts
Also if you wanna be cheap, use Lion's Arch Asura gates to go to the starter city closest to your destination (i.e. If I need to go to Orr, I'll gate to the Grove first
that's what i meant by 3) Use the Asura gate to go to the closest town that is near your desired waypoint, I wasn't clear.
For anyone who is interested in utilizing the custom soundtrack feature, WeltallZero (of Controller-GAF fame) developed a small app to take some of the legwork out of organizing/creating playlists for this purpose: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwgV6PdDgkbBTUlpdjRzT01KTUE/edit (requires java)
I have an enormous amount of affection for Jeremy Soule, so all I've done so far is replace the main menu theme with Epic Struggle (aka the instrumental version of Fear Not This Night). Eventually I'm sure I'll want to mix it up and it's nice to be able to categorize the tracks contextually.
I have an enormous amount of affection for Jeremy Soule, so all I've done so far is replace the main menu theme with Epic Struggle (aka the instrumental version of Fear Not This Night). Eventually I'm sure I'll want to mix it up and it's nice to be able to categorize the tracks contextually.
I turn music off in many games, especially MMOs. I did it before I even logged in, so I've never heard the music.
How is the Gaf guild? I just started last week, still guild-less. I have a ~24 necro, been doing a decent amount of spvp.
If you don't have an SSD, the time spent doing this could probably be better spent doing something that earns money. You'd come out ahead.
How is the Gaf guild? I just started last week, still guild-less. I have a ~24 necro, been doing a decent amount of spvp.
Rip-off of my WoW name, clearly! Primordius the Undead Mage.
GAFGuild is going fine, we just removed a bunch of inactive players to free up additional room, and there's always the overflow guild as well. And as always, people are welcome on Mumble (info in the old OP) and at Gafguild.com
Actually, Fish made a typo and it's actually closer to your character's name; Primordus
Zyrusticae
Banned
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Only for Lornar's Pass of course.
Welp.
The sylari reminds me of a bald Saren from Mass Effect 1.
The human reminds me of death.
Well crap. I went through the trouble of checking my spelling for the other dragons and that's the one I mess up.
Kralkatakatoranicnacpaddywhack
It seems a lot of people here did not come from GW1 where the progression was the challenge of completing the missions and making new builds with skills.
I still don't get the progression argument. It's not like your typical MMO but I didn't expect it be with my time playing the original and with Anet's design philisophy I knew what to expect. Shame other people didn't.
I still don't get the progression argument. It's not like your typical MMO but I didn't expect it be with my time playing the original and with Anet's design philisophy I knew what to expect. Shame other people didn't.
Any other sword/sword mesmer out there for PvE? I honestly feel it may be the best tank in the game. 2s evasion every 8 sec, a block skill that can be converted into an interrupt, two leap finishers to combo a bunch of different armor spells. This isn't even counting shatter distortion, utility skills or traits, particularly precision's vigor on crit and toughness' 3% reduced dmg per active illusion. In dungeons, I often find I am always the last one standing.
Guardian probably edges out, but mesmer tanks might be right up there with them.
Guardian probably edges out, but mesmer tanks might be right up there with them.
Yes, I sword/sword. For tanky puproses, I normally couple it with staff and not scepter, though you can couple it with scepter/torch. I feel Signet of Inspiration is good if you're going that route.
Thats great and that kind of "progression" may work for an Online Co-op RPG but not a MMORPG.
Everything is different for MMORPGs so how ArenaNet did things with GW1 has little to no bearing on how things people will be expecting them to be done in GW2.
So, ArenaNet can continue to do things just like they did in GW1 but they will also continue to come into conflict with a portion of the community. The response to their anti-farming changes and dungeon changes proves this.
Cronnie
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I was running around with the greatsword for a while, works pretty well in PvE.
There is no reason that sort of progression doesn't belong in a MMO.
Yeah I think Staff is definitely better, since a lot of the buffs/debuffs are useful irrespective of your condition damage on gear, which is pretty much zero for sword/sword. Plus Staff is just a good overall defensive weapon.
Sword/Sword also has the benefit of dealing out pretty damn good damage while tanking.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
I know. It's like people think the game is dying because of it. It isn't. Sales still seem to be thriving. The Walmart that I go to seems to constantly run out of stock on the game. This game is an MMO meant for MMO players looking for something different and for non-MMO players.
Says who? You? Works fine for me and I enjoying the game MUCH more then my few months playing WoW.
Like I said, Anet have their own design and the game is a MMO and a RPG so it fills the definition. If it doesn't have the progession that YOU wanted from a MMORPG then look elsewhere, you were never going to get it from Guild Wars.
01DragonFly
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I like to go the extra mile
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Well, it seems ArenaNet agrees with me and the rest of the people on the official message boards
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/for...eward-System-Overhaul-Needed/first#post193458
"were very aware that our reward system is not up to par for dungeons."
Robert Hrouda
Content Designer
It's good that they are aware. Guess I'll hold off on doing dungeons on my necro for now.
Zyrusticae
Banned
That's them talking about the incredible amount of grinding required to get dungeon sets (especially with the diminishing returns system), not the progression system itself that caps out at level 80 exotics (and then legendaries, but who cares about those?).
Edit: Seriously, did you read the posts you quoted? Because that doesn't say anything like what you want to imagine they're saying.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
...Okay? The dungeon system /=/ the entire progression system that works really well. ArenaNet does not want to change that and all developers go through tweaks to their current systems. It doesn't prove anything about your statement on how the progression system conflicts with MMO design.
WoW? Why do you keep going on about WoW? I never said anything about WoW so do you keep bringing up WoW?
The game is not for you, man!
Their progression -> reward system overall is pretty bad. I know that proper balance needs a shitload of testing, but like I've said before, they give away a lot for almost nothing early on, then they ramp it up so steeply that you are wondering if this is even the same game. They want to discourage grind too, but many rewards are only achieved through grind, so there's a heavy disconnect there.
It will take time, but hopefully it will get there.
It will take time, but hopefully it will get there.
I never said you did... It's just the most popular 'traditional' progression based MMO at the moment and it seems that's what you want or what you're going on about in MMO design. And as others have you said you completly missed the point of your last quote so I won't even bother going on.
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