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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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01DragonFly
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I get this but it goes away a second later and continues downloading
The official forums should be treated as a banned site on GAF. Every time I go there I leave feeling like humanity as a species has no future.
Give me, give me, give me! You're saying too much! You're not saying enough! I'm planning my life around this and you can't tell me the exact second this starts, where everything is, or tailor the schedule to fit my lifestyle? ANet FAIL, give me stuff!
Give me, give me, give me! You're saying too much! You're not saying enough! I'm planning my life around this and you can't tell me the exact second this starts, where everything is, or tailor the schedule to fit my lifestyle? ANet FAIL, give me stuff!
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
So does someone want to explain to me how events work in this game? I went to The Grove b/c the letter said to go there and I see a shop and people building something but I have no idea how to get the stuff to buy the items from the shop.
It's not starting in the Grove until tomorrow. 10am PST I think, unless someone corrects me.
Nemesis121
Member
New mat storage muhahahahaha....Mystic coins, Ectos, festival items, etc...
I'm patching now, but I don't think I'll actually be playing tonight. For some reason today's tragedy has pretty much incapacitated me... can't really focus. I'll read the notes if they're available so I know what to expect when I get back from this weekend- are they actually up? edit: nm
At first glance all of this looks really, really good. I very much like the insight provided into the class balance changes as well; providing the rationale behind changes goes a long way to putting them in perspective.
At first glance all of this looks really, really good. I very much like the insight provided into the class balance changes as well; providing the rationale behind changes goes a long way to putting them in perspective.
Ascended gear changes weren't even slated to be part of this patch, but based on the text of the patch notes I must disagree. These all seem extraordinarily significant to me with regard to obtaining Ascended items:
Also, while more minor, the significance of these cannot be at all denied:
Very good stuff. I look forward to exploring this new iteration of Tyria on Sunday night.
Zyrusticae
Banned
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!?!?!?!?!?!
/RAGEQUIT
Really REALLY happy with the ascended gear tweaks. Love that we can finally infuse rings easily with our pink goop drops, plus getting a free ring every 10 runs with those special tokens.
Still wish there was something I could do with the fractal tokens themselves, other than buy skillpoints. Wish we could turn them into goop or exchange a couple thousand for a ring.
Still wish there was something I could do with the fractal tokens themselves, other than buy skillpoints. Wish we could turn them into goop or exchange a couple thousand for a ring.
I hate being forced into using the grenade kit since it's so much better than the others (particularly once you have access to grenadier). I especially hate having to aim it all the time, and lead targets manually. If this brings them all in line, I like that. However, if it just means the kit can be just as good, but now you have to buy sigils, then that sucks. Hopefully the other kits are more comparable now.
You can buy ascended back pieces... I may have missed a reason that you're not considering this.
Already got
. I guess I'll stockpile them in-case they let us get armor or something in the future.
Does it look like a penis?
Now I'm disappointed that it doesn't.
I'm not happy. Not happy at all.
Besides nerfing grenades and the elixer gun they didn't touch the other kits. Sigils won't make up the 30% difference or bring the other kits inline.
I went on to play tonight now that the semester is finally over and I said hi in the guild chat to no reply.
Then I realized I was in the overflow guild. Meh. I need some closer friends to play this with me whenever I ask them to.
Oh and I LOVE the little guitar hero minigame they made in LA. Fun and competitive!
Hawken is pretty cool too.
Then I realized I was in the overflow guild. Meh. I need some closer friends to play this with me whenever I ask them to.
Oh and I LOVE the little guitar hero minigame they made in LA. Fun and competitive!
Hawken is pretty cool too.
Nemesis121
Member
Made 7g, got some green crafting mat sold it quickly, so now i have 7g to port around and find presents lol..
RepairmanJack
Member
Damn this event is fun. At least the Snowball Mayhem and the jumping puzzle are so far.
Hurray Wintersday!
That jumping puzzle was pretty cool. I'm glad they decided to split players up somewhat, at least for the start. Trying to see where you were going in the clock tower was very annoying with the number of other players jumping along with you. This one didn't seem quite as urgent as their last event jumping puzzle (a little more lenient on players who slow down a bit) so I was able to complete it quite a bit quicker.
I find the bell choir to be just adorable. Awesome mini-game. I found out you can heal yourself between songs by playing any note, which helps for not getting kicked out for too many misses.
Snowball fights are expectantly ridiculous but still fun in bursts. I love the classic "unique skill for each class" just like the old GW1 snowball fights. (this is how it works right? I haven't tried anything other than my Mesmer, but cloning is pretty unique to them, and I'm pretty sure I saw a thief go invisible.)
I'm very interested to see what the toymaker fellow has for us to do.
Weapons seem fine. Not sure why they took out armor previewing like that though.
That jumping puzzle was pretty cool. I'm glad they decided to split players up somewhat, at least for the start. Trying to see where you were going in the clock tower was very annoying with the number of other players jumping along with you. This one didn't seem quite as urgent as their last event jumping puzzle (a little more lenient on players who slow down a bit) so I was able to complete it quite a bit quicker.
I find the bell choir to be just adorable. Awesome mini-game. I found out you can heal yourself between songs by playing any note, which helps for not getting kicked out for too many misses.
Snowball fights are expectantly ridiculous but still fun in bursts. I love the classic "unique skill for each class" just like the old GW1 snowball fights. (this is how it works right? I haven't tried anything other than my Mesmer, but cloning is pretty unique to them, and I'm pretty sure I saw a thief go invisible.)
I'm very interested to see what the toymaker fellow has for us to do.
Previewing armor types your class can't use from your inventory and chat RIP.
I didn't test it for weapons. I wonder if that is bugged as well.
Weapons seem fine. Not sure why they took out armor previewing like that though.
The wedding from yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-96RSZ1aIX8
Three words. Sigil of Fire.
Edit:
The thing that annoyed me the most about the patch notes was the very bottom; the stuff about how they view each class. Say for the Thief, what they've done for the profession fits their design goals, but also makes them feel way too out of line in normal gameplay. Having highest single target DPS and the best mobility and all the pluses from stealth just feels too strong. They're so powerful at harassing that only a handful of skills can take them down when they're stealthing all of the time, and those skills are directly countered by their movement capabilities.
As for Necro, they practically confirmed I was afraid of: Dagger Necromancers are never going to get that much of a buff, because you already get a ton of survivability plus easy access to extra DPS through conditions, minions, and/or wells. Unfortunately this means that you pretty much have to use those to get up to anything close to spike damage. Otherwise, I constantly see people getting away by saving certain stun breakers, teleports, dash skills, etc. I'm going to have to practice rotating the different snaring skills better, I suppose. The only plus is that Necros get easy access to every snare skill (Cripple, Immobilize, Chill, and Weakness thanks to it's -50% endurance regeneration) just not for the longest durations.
Three words. Sigil of Fire.
Edit:
The thing that annoyed me the most about the patch notes was the very bottom; the stuff about how they view each class. Say for the Thief, what they've done for the profession fits their design goals, but also makes them feel way too out of line in normal gameplay. Having highest single target DPS and the best mobility and all the pluses from stealth just feels too strong. They're so powerful at harassing that only a handful of skills can take them down when they're stealthing all of the time, and those skills are directly countered by their movement capabilities.
As for Necro, they practically confirmed I was afraid of: Dagger Necromancers are never going to get that much of a buff, because you already get a ton of survivability plus easy access to extra DPS through conditions, minions, and/or wells. Unfortunately this means that you pretty much have to use those to get up to anything close to spike damage. Otherwise, I constantly see people getting away by saving certain stun breakers, teleports, dash skills, etc. I'm going to have to practice rotating the different snaring skills better, I suppose. The only plus is that Necros get easy access to every snare skill (Cripple, Immobilize, Chill, and Weakness thanks to it's -50% endurance regeneration) just not for the longest durations.
Who the hell thought of some of those Holiday presents though...the fucking Grinch lol?...
I see my first Giant Present box in the wild and :
...seriously? lol
Anyway,Lions Arch looks great all decked up but man,around the Mystic Forge,its super laggy...
I see my first Giant Present box in the wild and :
I happily head towards it,expecting some candy canes or something,I click on it and it explodes and 10 Skritss come out of it,I see a gift on the ground but by the time I kill all the little guys,the gift is gone lol
Anyway,Lions Arch looks great all decked up but man,around the Mystic Forge,its super laggy...
Nemesis121
Member
So I sold 25 Wad of Enchanting Stuff for 7 gold last night, right now hours it only sells for 2.25 gold, muhahahahaha, my friend got ripped off buying pop gun skin for 2.25 gold 10 hours later it's 20silver he's gonna be mad lol lol.
MotionBlue
Member
How long are the events? I'm working overtime for almost a week straight thanks to the holidays.
Is there an idiots guide to getting any equipment? I have some tokens, and I don't know what they're for.
Oh they nerfed Engineers? Guess I won't be back for long.
Is there an idiots guide to getting any equipment? I have some tokens, and I don't know what they're for.
Oh they nerfed Engineers? Guess I won't be back for long.
Zyrusticae
Banned
Well, in truth Elementalists are kind of punished for it as well by being incredibly squishy unless they specifically spec for a bunker build.
Yeah. It's terrible.edit*
My grenade damage is down to 184 on the tooltip
Flash grenade and poison grenade now doing damage can't even come close to making up for that (and they have laughable damage, at that).
Does nothing for you if it never or hardly ever procs.
Guess I'll have to try it for myself first...
Hey, I have a question for you guys. I know the game just recently launched, but is the New MMO Luster still there? That's always my favorite part of picking up an MMO. I'm thinking about surprising the BF with copies for each of us shortly after Christmas. Mists of Pandaria has been a weird experience: I think it's Blizzard's best WoW expansion -- love the progression flow, aesthetic, sheer amount of content... I even think the story is cute. But I just can't be bothered to play it. So, yeah, looking to GW2 to revive our MMO habit.
They did increase speed a little but not enough to make much difference.
I understand that they probably needed to be toned down a little since sigils now work, but 30% is just way to much.
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