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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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So one of the guild got hacked. That's terrible. Hope no one else runs into that.
Hmm? Who got hacked? Nothing appears to be missing from the GBank.
Damn, wish we could go 2 weeks without people getting all grumpy at each other. I realize it comes with the method of communication but, dayum.
Even today I had to apologize to someone in the guild just to be on the safe side even though I'd made a joke in-character.
I have a bunch of characters, each with their own personalities. My Lady of Winter is a slight twisted, sadist - cold like the season she's named for. Just saying, it makes it hard to role-play her when you're worried about pissing guildies off. Guess I should put everyone in ""s.
To Be Orr Not to Be
Like the idea of the event and would love to participate. Three things are keeping me from doing so:
1) My highest level character is 38 :/
TBH, I'm trying to nail down which character I want to raise to 80 first. This event, as well as wanting all of the event-specific goodies, is convincing me that I'd better get a character up to 80.
2) The length of the event.
This can't be helped and is not your fault. I only have two times I can play, during my lunch break and a little at night. I also have a 2-year old son that wakes up and calls for daddy sometimes which means I drop everything and go. Sucks for party members I'm running with and I try to let everyone know up front that it can happen. Not a big deal though since we're not really running any instances.
3) Mumble
Again, since I'm either playing at work (and am the only english speaker) or at home (while keeping an ear on the baby monitor), Mumble isn't really an option. I wish it wasn't so, WvW on mumble sounds awesome, but that's my situation.
Looks like a potentially fun event. I understand what Usea is saying, but the tone was pretty new for him so that took me for a surprise. I'm not holding it against Keoni though since he's going through the trouble of organizing the event. While I can see the desire for wanting to know what is going on specifically (especially for people who have specific goals in the game or limited playing time), I don't mind just showing up and taking it from there.
Sigil Question
I've never really had to worry about sigils but the changes to Engineer got me thinking - are two-handed weapon users missing out compared to dual-wielders? Dual wielders can get two separate sigils on their weapons, one active and the other passive (to avoid cooldown), while two-handed weapon users only get one. Is this an issue or are two handed weapons balanced around it?
Even today I had to apologize to someone in the guild just to be on the safe side even though I'd made a joke in-character.
I have a bunch of characters, each with their own personalities. My Lady of Winter is a slight twisted, sadist - cold like the season she's named for. Just saying, it makes it hard to role-play her when you're worried about pissing guildies off. Guess I should put everyone in ""s.
To Be Orr Not to Be
Like the idea of the event and would love to participate. Three things are keeping me from doing so:
1) My highest level character is 38 :/
TBH, I'm trying to nail down which character I want to raise to 80 first. This event, as well as wanting all of the event-specific goodies, is convincing me that I'd better get a character up to 80.
2) The length of the event.
This can't be helped and is not your fault. I only have two times I can play, during my lunch break and a little at night. I also have a 2-year old son that wakes up and calls for daddy sometimes which means I drop everything and go. Sucks for party members I'm running with and I try to let everyone know up front that it can happen. Not a big deal though since we're not really running any instances.
3) Mumble
Again, since I'm either playing at work (and am the only english speaker) or at home (while keeping an ear on the baby monitor), Mumble isn't really an option. I wish it wasn't so, WvW on mumble sounds awesome, but that's my situation.
Looks like a potentially fun event. I understand what Usea is saying, but the tone was pretty new for him so that took me for a surprise. I'm not holding it against Keoni though since he's going through the trouble of organizing the event. While I can see the desire for wanting to know what is going on specifically (especially for people who have specific goals in the game or limited playing time), I don't mind just showing up and taking it from there.
Sigil Question
I've never really had to worry about sigils but the changes to Engineer got me thinking - are two-handed weapon users missing out compared to dual-wielders? Dual wielders can get two separate sigils on their weapons, one active and the other passive (to avoid cooldown), while two-handed weapon users only get one. Is this an issue or are two handed weapons balanced around it?
I'm sure this isn't what he's talking about, but a few weeks ago somebody logged on and said they'd just gotten their account back from a hacker and they were missing all of their money and stuff. So we all pitched in some gold for them.
Usea sounds like he doesnt know what this game is about... yet he has a level 80,you go somewhere and do an event and guess what another opens up....we've been doing that since level 1 now half this page is trying to explain what we are doing when we all damn know its the same shit over and over. Sorry iam not trying to be mean but usea sounds like a small troll right now lol.
Ive been gone from this game for awhile but i would like to come back and stay this time you guys(guild) seem like genuine people and i want to be apart of the guild more often
Ive been gone from this game for awhile but i would like to come back and stay this time you guys(guild) seem like genuine people and i want to be apart of the guild more often
So one of the guild got hacked. That's terrible
Hope he gets his stuff back, he had the legendary Bolt. =/
Naw, I'm sure he knows what the game is about, but everyone likes to play a different way. Like those lil green dudes said in WoW, "Time is money, friend." He probably wants to know what is going down before deciding to participate. Some people have limited playing time, or are extremely focused on doing something else so they want to measure the benefits of doing one over the other.
He could have a point about communication needing to be better if GAFGUILD is hoping to get a bigger turnout, but I probably would have worded it differently. Having said that, I was fine with how it was written. Different strokes.
Good god. I'm surprised he's still playing. That would probably turn me off from the game completely.
I don't have an engi, wish I did. With regards to your question generally, as one example, I have NO trouble understanding why greatsword mesmers are only allowed one sigil.
zulfate, I know you absolutely mean well, but let's let it go
Jesus CHRIST. Who was this? If he does keep playing, we must do something for him as a guild.
zulfate, I know you absolutely mean well, but let's let it go
sorry i couldnt help it but i mean no disrespect.
so i started a guardian, i know there are a ton of them but fuck it they are a fun! omg where have you been my whole life!
Aaaahh why did you get banned lol.
Well fwiw, the dyes are Black and Butter and a bit of dark olive in the pants
crimzonflame
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What's a fun class to play as for a beginner?
Probably warrior, thief, hunter or elementalist. The rest are fairly trickier to play and harder to level.
Complistic
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Guardian. Great for beginners, and plenty of room to master the class once you fully understand it.
hockeypuck
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I can attest that the northern path in Straits is solo-able if need be since that's exactly what I had to do during one of my failed attempts to take down the Balthazar priest. I'll be there on the 29th. Ultimately taking down that priest with 8 other GAF members + 30 PUGs was some of the most fun I've had in this game.
Pour bastard.
I think Hawken's reaction to said post was far more civil than the one he would have gotten from that slain child's father.
All sorts of people...
Ranger, Guardian, Warrior, maybe Thief.
Which class you'd enjoy depends more on your playstyle than your lack of experience.
Stay away from the OT. It's a bigger trap than gaming at this point.
I don't know how to answer the best class for a starter question. I like classes that ask me to be very active and have me processing info. Some people like to start off with classes that offer reliable and more obvious purpose and results.
I don't know how to answer the best class for a starter question. I like classes that ask me to be very active and have me processing info. Some people like to start off with classes that offer reliable and more obvious purpose and results.
This is also my experience with guardian.
In terms of best class to play as a beginner, it really depends on what you mean by "beginner" and what kind of experience you are looking for.
If you're looking for class that will suffer fewer deaths and greater power at a lower learning curve then Guardian, Warrior, Ranger, and maybe even Necromancer are decent choices. All of them have decent auto-attacks or can offer a lot of utility with very few button presses.
Thief is another choice, but their class mechanic is so far removed from the other classes, that you might want to avoid them unless their style of play really sounds appealing to you. They're another class that has a good autoattack and high-powered attacks, but they rely on mobility and fairly fast reflexes to stay alive.
Elementalists can be a lot of fun, but as a beginner you will probably want to stay in one or two attributes. This may serve you for awhile, but as you get on in levels you'll need to learn how to switch between all of the elements quickly to get to each one's best spells. If you want to start with a mage-type character though, they're a good choice and chances are that your skill as a player will also continue to develop alongside your character.
Mesmers and Engineers will probably be a headache to play. Mesmers rely a lot on their clones, escapes, and movement. They can be difficult to level for some people during their early levels. Engineers also require a slightly different mindset for some of their builds, but if you just want to drop turrets and shoot things they can be fun. Chances are that if you're new to MMOs in general, they may require some skills like kiting that you may not be familiar with.
All in all, I'd say pick a class that looks interesting and try it. All of them are workable from the beginning - mesmer is probably the hardest to just dive into. If you're looking for a class that is visually impressive and has a wide range of weapons, maybe Guardian would be a good fit. If you don't like your choice, you can always reroll so just jump in (and join the guild.)
If you're looking for class that will suffer fewer deaths and greater power at a lower learning curve then Guardian, Warrior, Ranger, and maybe even Necromancer are decent choices. All of them have decent auto-attacks or can offer a lot of utility with very few button presses.
Thief is another choice, but their class mechanic is so far removed from the other classes, that you might want to avoid them unless their style of play really sounds appealing to you. They're another class that has a good autoattack and high-powered attacks, but they rely on mobility and fairly fast reflexes to stay alive.
Elementalists can be a lot of fun, but as a beginner you will probably want to stay in one or two attributes. This may serve you for awhile, but as you get on in levels you'll need to learn how to switch between all of the elements quickly to get to each one's best spells. If you want to start with a mage-type character though, they're a good choice and chances are that your skill as a player will also continue to develop alongside your character.
Mesmers and Engineers will probably be a headache to play. Mesmers rely a lot on their clones, escapes, and movement. They can be difficult to level for some people during their early levels. Engineers also require a slightly different mindset for some of their builds, but if you just want to drop turrets and shoot things they can be fun. Chances are that if you're new to MMOs in general, they may require some skills like kiting that you may not be familiar with.
All in all, I'd say pick a class that looks interesting and try it. All of them are workable from the beginning - mesmer is probably the hardest to just dive into. If you're looking for a class that is visually impressive and has a wide range of weapons, maybe Guardian would be a good fit. If you don't like your choice, you can always reroll so just jump in (and join the guild.)
Well for me it seemed guardian was by far the easiest to play as a complete beginner. The most fun for me personally was the thief though.
I love the thief because its such a active class with constant movement and little tricks to decieve the enemy. However it is a class that requires you to pay attention all the time. (At least for me it does)
While you can relax abit more and do alot less movement on the guardian.
(A guardian can spit blue flames though...which looks amazing!)
Yeah, the guardian staff attack, spirit weapons, and focus 4 look particularly nice.
Warrior_Keoni
Member
Congratulations, what kind of mesmer will you focus on? WvW, dungeon, etc.
At 80 - same. We have so much less to do and manage than the other classes.
Sir Abacus
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IGN 2012 PC GOTY
Two major sites so far. Suck it haters.
Two major sites so far. Suck it haters.
RepairmanJack
Member
I am kind of getting hooked back on this game.
I never really had any issues with the game, for some reason by time it came out I just didn't want to play. Now it seems I finally do.
I never really had any issues with the game, for some reason by time it came out I just didn't want to play. Now it seems I finally do.
Hey I don't mean to harp on this, but it would be really nice if the guild could give those of us on other servers upgrade powers.
We've been accumulating guild influence in Borlis Pass that is separate from the ones you've been raising in SBI and it's just sitting there unused.
The guild has no upgrades on this server and we don't get any of the buffs that you guys order on your server. It'd be really nice if we could order them for ourselves especially since it wouldn't affect the guild on SBI at all in any way.
We've been accumulating guild influence in Borlis Pass that is separate from the ones you've been raising in SBI and it's just sitting there unused.
The guild has no upgrades on this server and we don't get any of the buffs that you guys order on your server. It'd be really nice if we could order them for ourselves especially since it wouldn't affect the guild on SBI at all in any way.
Warrior_Keoni
Member
I honestly am unsure of how to head over to that server unless I transfer or something. If anyone can figure this out, let us know!
Head over to what server?
Warrior_Keoni
Member
I don't know how to utilize your influence on Borlis Pass. =(
Well if you could give me upgrade powers, I could just do it myself. I don't need to be an officer or anything, just make a new rank with activate upgrades.
Warrior_Keoni
Member
I'm at work right now, can you see if another officer is on? Maybe Retro can do that or something. Good luck!
Oh, I don't need it asap or anything. Just whenever you get around to it. No rush.
Thanks
EDIT: nvm, Retro is on so I'll just ask him
EDIT: Woot, done
thanks all
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Since the update my GW2 has started running very sluggish.
1) Have anyone noticed any difference with the Nvidia drivers released december 17? Only mentions GW2 once; "Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2" in the cliff notes.
2) I am running in SLI. Should I disabe it, since GW2 doesn't take advantage of multiple graphics card?
1) Have anyone noticed any difference with the Nvidia drivers released december 17? Only mentions GW2 once; "Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2" in the cliff notes.
2) I am running in SLI. Should I disabe it, since GW2 doesn't take advantage of multiple graphics card?
Warrior_Keoni
Member
I'm certainly not an expert in the SLI department but running in ambient occlusion would give you more shinier graphics? GraphicsGAF, please assist!
This patch has also made WvW sluggish for me with random disconnects happening since last night.
wow, got plenty of bank space now much more stuff can be put into the collections tab. about time. best part of the whole wintersday update
1 fractal away from getting my first monthly achievment ever!
had some great PuGs. Just one guy quitting because we were "too noob" (elitist) - so we finished it with 4 people and had a blast. still love the game.
1 fractal away from getting my first monthly achievment ever!
had some great PuGs. Just one guy quitting because we were "too noob" (elitist) - so we finished it with 4 people and had a blast. still love the game.
Since when does GW2 not take advantage of multiple graphics card? Or is that just an Nvidia thing?
Agreed. Why they made us use lame abilities is beyond me, all you need to do is spam catapults and snowmen and then just upgrade them and you surround the center with the defenses and you win. It takes so long and then in the end all you get is 8 presents in total I think, it's pretty shitty.
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