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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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2 freaking people on balance? Hahaha
Haha is this serious? It's semi-ridiculous right now. Or did you mean a specific item?
Well everyone at the Jormag event seems to have gotten a lot less drops than usual. Like less than half normal. And people on the map weren't getting many drops from their kills too.
Though I did just get 9 gold from Jormag, so pretty good!
3 corrupted lodestones, midnight ice dye, three rares, and like 50 silver worth from drops and quest completion.
Best run I've ever had.
holy wow.
wtf
You know, I just went through AC path 1 last night, it was my second run that day. The leader, a warrior, just took off running through trash mobs and expected the two elementalists and I (Mesmer) to just keep up. After the party wiped a few times, he changed his mind.
It was my first experience "waypoint zerging" though I didn't know it had a name until I read your post. Completely ruined the experience for me. I think the whole run took about 30-40 minutes or so, but I don't know - something about trying to exploit game design just to get to the bosses (aka PhAtt LoOtz) left a bad taste in my mouth. I hope zerging is not the norm. I don't mind it taking longer since I actually go into dungeons to experience the content.
AC path 1 shouldn't take 40 minutes even without cheeeeeesing
So you weren't playing before you stopped playing?
>.>? I stopped playing when they announced the whatchamacall it gear tier.
You can try dungeons soon if you like milady
Damn it, was fully ready to start making a Tool Kit engineer with turrets. For some reason I was thinking "Tool Belt" and not "Tool Kit." Turns out it's yet another big ass ugly backpack I have to lug around.
Sucks that Tool Kit is best used with Turrets, but the Kit itself actually takes a slot you could use on a turret. :/ Oh well.
Changes to professions are underwhelming, but that's more my fault for expecting a lot. I imagine Thieves and Elementalists in WvW will probably complain the most, though Conjured weapons have been buffed a bit so maybe we'll see a bit more of that. Engineers will have to start looking around for alternatives to grenades and I'm scratching my head at some of the elixir changes. I'll probably make a Turret engineer just to try them out, but I hope they make backpack visibility something you can toggle like other backwear. I doubt it but I just don't like the way they look.
The changes I'm actually most excited about are the Necro changes. It will be interesting to see if Blood Minion is a viable heal now. Most necros go Consume Condition in solo and the healing well in group play. Increased survivability + 200% increase in healing makes it a lot more attractive. Increased damage to Ghastly Claws is a small step in making Axes viable. Almost no one I know uses them. Same with increased Vulnerability stacks to Reaper's Touch - since no one really uses the Focus either. They've still got a lot of work to do on the class, but it's step in the right direction.
Mesmer changes are pretty much in line with what I expected. I'm no Mexpert though. I think Eti is probably right about the increased Portal cooldown. I don't think they know how to balance the skill so long as the Culling problem remains so they just lowered the cooldown in an effort to get players to use something else. I was hoping for some more AI fixes, but Mesmers are in a pretty good place so...
Thief changes were expected, though I don't know if anyone saw the nerf to Dancing Dagger. I don't have a high level thief, but I usually ran S/D (or D/D) + Short Bow. I used Dancing Dagger mostly for the cripple and the AoE aspect - I never knew it was being used as a source of damage for most Thieves. Too bad, it's a fun skill. Blinding Powder CD reduction makes it an interesting choice for utility. Scorpion Wire range increase is nice. Shadow Trap looks interesting. I was hoping for some more Trap love, but I guess they don't really need it.
Will probably switch to my Necro for awhile since I've got the feeling they're the least played class right now. Making a Thief is looking attractive too but their play just seems limited to other classes. With a class like the Engineer and Mesmer, their options and playstyles really seem to expand as they gain levels. Thieves (and Necros) just seem to get more focused on their builds. Not necessarily bad, but I'm not confident that they'll have enough to hold my interest for 80 levels.
Sucks that Tool Kit is best used with Turrets, but the Kit itself actually takes a slot you could use on a turret. :/ Oh well.
Changes to professions are underwhelming, but that's more my fault for expecting a lot. I imagine Thieves and Elementalists in WvW will probably complain the most, though Conjured weapons have been buffed a bit so maybe we'll see a bit more of that. Engineers will have to start looking around for alternatives to grenades and I'm scratching my head at some of the elixir changes. I'll probably make a Turret engineer just to try them out, but I hope they make backpack visibility something you can toggle like other backwear. I doubt it but I just don't like the way they look.
The changes I'm actually most excited about are the Necro changes. It will be interesting to see if Blood Minion is a viable heal now. Most necros go Consume Condition in solo and the healing well in group play. Increased survivability + 200% increase in healing makes it a lot more attractive. Increased damage to Ghastly Claws is a small step in making Axes viable. Almost no one I know uses them. Same with increased Vulnerability stacks to Reaper's Touch - since no one really uses the Focus either. They've still got a lot of work to do on the class, but it's step in the right direction.
Mesmer changes are pretty much in line with what I expected. I'm no Mexpert though. I think Eti is probably right about the increased Portal cooldown. I don't think they know how to balance the skill so long as the Culling problem remains so they just lowered the cooldown in an effort to get players to use something else. I was hoping for some more AI fixes, but Mesmers are in a pretty good place so...
Thief changes were expected, though I don't know if anyone saw the nerf to Dancing Dagger. I don't have a high level thief, but I usually ran S/D (or D/D) + Short Bow. I used Dancing Dagger mostly for the cripple and the AoE aspect - I never knew it was being used as a source of damage for most Thieves. Too bad, it's a fun skill. Blinding Powder CD reduction makes it an interesting choice for utility. Scorpion Wire range increase is nice. Shadow Trap looks interesting. I was hoping for some more Trap love, but I guess they don't really need it.
Will probably switch to my Necro for awhile since I've got the feeling they're the least played class right now. Making a Thief is looking attractive too but their play just seems limited to other classes. With a class like the Engineer and Mesmer, their options and playstyles really seem to expand as they gain levels. Thieves (and Necros) just seem to get more focused on their builds. Not necessarily bad, but I'm not confident that they'll have enough to hold my interest for 80 levels.
Been playing around with dancing dagger tonight, it's still a great skill. Spamming it vanilla on a single target is just not worthwhile, but using it through a combo field and especially between 3 targets is great.
SnakeswithLasers
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You douchers culled me from the guild. =P
Who is on now for an invite? My character that I'm currently logged as is Footpants.
Who is on now for an invite? My character that I'm currently logged as is Footpants.
Like everybody is. whisper Hawkian the Blade or you know what
Ferny, Ashodin Venteal, Hawkian The Blade, Gojira, Professor Retro, Nephenee Reginleif, or Wallach.
Disheveled_Zen
Member
Nah that's not the norm. Every now and then you will get "that person" who either bitches the entire way through that it's taking a long time, or just decides to plow through everything and people keep dying as a result. For the most part though, people want to run it correctly, so don't let this experience spoil it for you.
Please tell me you are joking.
There's a couple youtube vids floating around with 2 thieves dropping multiple groups of enemies with DD in WvW, pretty ridiculous stuff.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay, friend gave me a trial key, if I want to play with people do I have to be in the same home world as them, or is there cross world play?
Cross-world play isn't in yet, except for dungeons. You should join their server if you want to play with them.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Wow - after another evening of dungeons and random adventuring, I can say that I'm very excited for the future if dungeons. I made a good chunk of gold tonight from not only mob drops, but also the new chest rewards.
That's right - Kohler is now worth killing every time!
That's right - Kohler is now worth killing every time!
Mr. Luchador
Member
The Bomb bandits are the worst. THE WORST.
And you enjoyed hanging with us homies!
I wish I could find a group for Arah story where people don't DC. Every time it happens the person returning gets thrown into a new instance and no one feels like trying it again so the party disbands.
I just had another party where someone disconnected and it bugged the actual instance. The second airship ride wouldn't trigger. When someone tried to leave to find a 5th, they couldn't get back in the instance with us because it was throwing them into a new one.
I just had another party where someone disconnected and it bugged the actual instance. The second airship ride wouldn't trigger. When someone tried to leave to find a 5th, they couldn't get back in the instance with us because it was throwing them into a new one.
I'll need to do Arah story to finish off my story quest.
So for the past 20 or so minutes I've been making Portals of Death in Lion's Arch. I've always wanted to make a portal in mid-air, but you can't drop portals while jumping or falling, and portals at the edge of where you stand always put people at the very safe edge of an area.
And then I got an idea!
Dodge backwards off a ledge, cast portal exit immediately after.... and success! A portal exit in mid air that leads to death by fall damage!
Yes, I'm proud of myself. This is almost better than what I dropped portals on top of dragon treasure chests before they put in F-key priority.
So for the past 20 or so minutes I've been making Portals of Death in Lion's Arch. I've always wanted to make a portal in mid-air, but you can't drop portals while jumping or falling, and portals at the edge of where you stand always put people at the very safe edge of an area.
And then I got an idea!
Dodge backwards off a ledge, cast portal exit immediately after.... and success! A portal exit in mid air that leads to death by fall damage!
Yes, I'm proud of myself. This is almost better than what I dropped portals on top of dragon treasure chests before they put in F-key priority.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
My Warrior support shout healing build is now in shambles. Combined with my traits that had Shouts heal, and my runes that had shouts removing conditions, and then running around spamming 3 shouts constantly in rotation, i could heal unlimited amount of folks with sometimes 7-9k
rune of the soldier wasnt a joke folks!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So what's new today?
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Event officially starts and FotM open!
Oh most def - guild wanderings are fun always. I love running with guildies and chatting in Mumble about random whatever. And I agree 100% with you animlboogy. It was pretty nutso with that jump puzzle dimension Hawkian showed us last night and wandering the world like we did. It's easy to get caught up on the dungeons and money and goodies/loot - it's nice to take a step back sometimes and enjoy what this game has to offer.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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I need to get in on this increased dungeon loot. I was planning to log some time this weekend during the event so maybe I'll get to those dungeons I've been putting off for a while now.
Yeah, love the feeling of charging through a zone and making it right at the transition of a Meta Event to the final phase. It's cliche at this point but the world really does feel alive, like that all would still have been going on if we weren't there.
Based on the silver I got from that little random adventuring at Maelstrom, I'm definitely excited to get the rest of my world completion done. For the most part this patch made it just more rewarding all around to do the things I enjoyed doing already anyway.
Ugh, work. And family dinner and possibly Skyfall tonight. What vile personas keep me from the lost shores
Totally agreed. I'm glad they're incentivizing dungeons even more and adding new instanced content, but the open world is really a triumph for the most part. I love the feeling of "knowing" something you can show your party if you happen to be in the right place, like the way the hidden garden opens. Plus you never know when they are going to have added something even if it's a zone you've completely conquered. That was my first time running into a skritt burglar! Nice job murdering him by the way. For the curious, he didn't drop anything extra-special for me but I made about 12s off the loot from the encounter.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Yeah, love the feeling of charging through a zone and making it right at the transition of a Meta Event to the final phase. It's cliche at this point but the world really does feel alive, like that all would still have been going on if we weren't there.
Based on the silver I got from that little random adventuring at Maelstrom, I'm definitely excited to get the rest of my world completion done. For the most part this patch made it just more rewarding all around to do the things I enjoyed doing already anyway.
Ugh, work. And family dinner and possibly Skyfall tonight. What vile personas keep me from the lost shores
Totally agreed. I'm glad they're incentivizing dungeons even more and adding new instanced content, but the open world is really a triumph for the most part. I love the feeling of "knowing" something you can show your party if you happen to be in the right place, like the way the hidden garden opens. Plus you never know when they are going to have added something even if it's a zone you've completely conquered. That was my first time running into a skritt burglar! Nice job murdering him by the way. For the curious, he didn't drop anything extra-special for me but I made about 12s off the loot from the encounter.
On the first point - I have <40% world completion, so I've got a long road ahead of me. But damn if it isn't exciting to think about. There are some zones I went to for the first time in 200+ hours of game time this past week. That's crazy to think about.
On the second point - I did manage to nab a rare that net me 2-3 ectos, so I definitely enjoyed that little guy. I love how he just danced through the zone and led us through enemy mobs, haha. I imagine one of those in a zone of Risen or "hard" meta events would be absolutely nightmarish.
And your plans for the evening, while wonderful sounding, suck. Suck suck suck. But we'll all be here ready to rock more FotM and events when you get back from being social (something I haven't done in far too long...).
You get scaled up to 80, so you can make a level 1 and participate if you so wish!
Nope, it looks like bumping people up to 80 for the duration of event content is gonna be a regular thing.
By the way, doing this is such a stroke of arcade-gamey genius that I would be shocked if it is not adopted by a majority of games that have scheduled events within a few years.
Same, I'm at 59% complete, and when we were just running around Wayfarer killing moas while the drop rate was screwy I noticed that The Frozen Maw was active for the first time I'd seen- had just never got around to doing it. I'm gonna have to make a checklist of the Meta Events at some point. They vary in scope but the ones that are big are really awesome.
Damn you!
Yeah I just want to cocoon up for the weekend and tell people I'm unreachable :-x Alas. I'm definitely up for trying the Fractals between getting home from work and going to see my parents though.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Secret Pirate Ghost cave with torches. No idea what I'm doing.
Ah, crafty crafty Weyandt.
Remember the name of the cavern for when the time comes! Sorry you got kicked btw, have you been readded?
Mr. Luchador
Member
Ah, crafty crafty Weyandt.
Sorry you got kicked btw, have you been readded?
Nah, I've done that one
down the water fall yeah?
Gendorran, turn right after you leave Lion's Gate and it's inside a cave network. Sign says 'Warning: Greed is Dangerous' and there are 4 ancient torches to light. Lit them all but nothing happened.
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