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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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improve? sure, slighty, but not fix. that's not the problem. the problem is you step foot out and everyone targets you. no one on your team will follow so you die. this forces everyone to stay at range and then /yawn. you toss some spells, they players runs back and heal and repeat til you logout 15 minutes later.
What's your account name? The one with the four digits? I'll get you set up with that invite.
Sent. With any new characters you make, all you have to do is hit your guild key and then click on "Represent" at the bottom to show up in the guild and chat and what not.
lazorexplosion
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Just discovered how insanely good ash legion spy kits are in PvE. Instant 10s invisibility as long as you stand still that even works when you're channeling stuff. It's basically brokenly useful, a total lifesaver. All for 28 karma each from the heart merchant at the Victor's Presidium in Ashford Plains. Go buy 250.
Vigilant Walrus
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If they make new weapon types, Mesmer needs Whip. There are already enviromental whips in the game, so the models are there!!!
<3 Court.
The price of ectos keep rising man.
At this rate, I'll never be able to afford the incinerator.
Kos Luftar
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Keep doing those dungeons, convert tokens to rares, salvage the rares and watch you ecto stack increase.
i salvage a lvl 80 rare and got only 1 ecto . so sad
That's pretty standard.
Obviously, personal experience means nothing and my memory isn't perfect, but I say I'd get 1 rare 40% of the time, 2 rares 30%. 3 rares 20%, and nothing 10%. Something like that.
Spehornoob
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Does anyone know when the changes to which Fractals a party can enter are going live? I'd really like to try them, but I doubt many people are looking to do Lvl 1 anymore.
Burgerface
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I think in the big patch on Jan 28. Hope so anyway.
Sorry to bring this up again, but I'm in the same WvW dilemma. For me, during the first couple weeks when queues were constant and groups of GAFfers (or my irl friends, for that matter) couldn't get in with me, I'd jump in solo. I really loved playing. I got to see as different guilds rose to the top of the pecking order like CaLM, SF, and WM, buying Commander Icons early and doing their best to lead. Since I was solo and didn't like zerging so much, I often used the crappy LFG icon as well as team chat requests to start havok squads a ton. And from there, I met a small guild, Remnant Heroes [RemH], and ended up joining them.
And those are the guys I've mostly WvW'd with. I'm sure there's another GAFfer or two that joined as well. Since GAF really is a casual guild, just yelling in guild chat every once in a while to see if anyone is interested in a group doesn't work for anything beyond dungeons. Since there are PvE events, I'm sure there's a decent portion of the guild who wouldn't mind PvP and WvW events once or twice a week. The modes offer hardly any progression or crazy rewards, but are just so fun that getting more and more people for them would be great. For PvP, all we'd have to do is find an empty 16 man server and all get on mumble, letting the game shuffle the teams for us and have chill time while killing each other.
I was going to do it... but I ended up choosing the fun-right-now, and playing a bunch with RemH instead of trying to work up the aspects of the GAF guild I wanted to see improve. And now, RemH is considering changing servers. The two under most contention are Sanctum of Rall (where many of the most recent exodus are going) and Kaineg (War Machine's current home, others are joining, and who I've been secretly rooting for).
So for now, I think I'm going to transfer, if they actually do make the decision to transfer. Getting back on SBI won't be too hard if the population goes down any further. PvE can still be guested and PvP is still linked among all of the NA servers which means I can always encouraging get togethers for that still. But WvW, my bread and butter, my favorite thing to do... I'd miss you guys.
And those are the guys I've mostly WvW'd with. I'm sure there's another GAFfer or two that joined as well. Since GAF really is a casual guild, just yelling in guild chat every once in a while to see if anyone is interested in a group doesn't work for anything beyond dungeons. Since there are PvE events, I'm sure there's a decent portion of the guild who wouldn't mind PvP and WvW events once or twice a week. The modes offer hardly any progression or crazy rewards, but are just so fun that getting more and more people for them would be great. For PvP, all we'd have to do is find an empty 16 man server and all get on mumble, letting the game shuffle the teams for us and have chill time while killing each other.
I was going to do it... but I ended up choosing the fun-right-now, and playing a bunch with RemH instead of trying to work up the aspects of the GAF guild I wanted to see improve. And now, RemH is considering changing servers. The two under most contention are Sanctum of Rall (where many of the most recent exodus are going) and Kaineg (War Machine's current home, others are joining, and who I've been secretly rooting for).
So for now, I think I'm going to transfer, if they actually do make the decision to transfer. Getting back on SBI won't be too hard if the population goes down any further. PvE can still be guested and PvP is still linked among all of the NA servers which means I can always encouraging get togethers for that still. But WvW, my bread and butter, my favorite thing to do... I'd miss you guys.
SolsticeZero
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My fiancee finally managed to get over to Stormbluff and join the guild. Finally, a guild worth being a part of. <3
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Started playing my Thief a bit again. Pretty sure I was 67 when I left off.
I've recently had the desire to play a pet class. So I was on my Ranger for a bit as well yesterday.
Best pet class I've played was probably the Mastermind in City of Villains. I don't think I've played a pet class from another MMO that has come close to that.
For anyone who plays Ranger, any thoughts on their weapons, in terms of PvE/PvP viability?
I've recently had the desire to play a pet class. So I was on my Ranger for a bit as well yesterday.
Best pet class I've played was probably the Mastermind in City of Villains. I don't think I've played a pet class from another MMO that has come close to that.
For anyone who plays Ranger, any thoughts on their weapons, in terms of PvE/PvP viability?
I've still never used one of those (little need with a Thief or a Mesmer I suppose), but I bet they'd come in damn handy on my other chars. Are they soulbound?
They are.
Ahhh but karma jugs are not
Ahhh but karma jugs are not
but you can still only use them for your charrs ?
Sir Garbageman
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Finally beat Arah and the personal story. For whatever reason I thought the weapons you get with the victory token was an exotic but they are just rares :/
hockeypuck
Member
Average salvage rates for ectos are 0.8 to 0.9 over the long term, depending on kit (master's vs black lion).i salvage a lvl 80 rare and got only 1 ecto . so sad
hwah?
Garbageman, what you're really getting from that quest token is the skin- that's the only way in the game to get the Pact weapon skins.
cartoon_soldier
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I wish there was a more of an item progression at end-game within the same tier, currently it looks like GW1 (all about skins!)
I've wanted to swap to SoR for awhile now, but holy crap at trying to join it. I tried waking up a few times last night to see if it dropped out of "full", but no dice.
edit: SoR is open atm @ 2:30pm PST; just switched over myself
Yeah there is actually no progression within the same tier at all (any item of a given rarity and level has the same total stats as any other). It's definitely just like GW1 in this regard.
Personally I'm very thankful for it, especially playing this so soon after Diablo III. Sorry it's not to your tastes!
There's a (small) bit of progression at "end-game" for your back piece and ring slots in getting the right Ascended gear, so that's something. Let me know if you want tips or more info on that.
Hey Gaf,
Got this game all downloaded and ready to go. Bout to dive in after the pats game. Was just wondering if you guys got any tips for starting out. I remember trying GW 1 and being so lost on what to do that I just said forget it. Didn't really give it much a chance though. My MMO experience is basically WoW.
Thanks, maybe i'll see some of you on.
Got this game all downloaded and ready to go. Bout to dive in after the pats game. Was just wondering if you guys got any tips for starting out. I remember trying GW 1 and being so lost on what to do that I just said forget it. Didn't really give it much a chance though. My MMO experience is basically WoW.
Thanks, maybe i'll see some of you on.
Jest Chillin
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GW2 isn't anywhere near as confusing as GW1 can be for new players. The thing that's most different about GW2 is that Questing doesn't really work like other MMO's. What you'll want to do after you get past the Prologue is just walk around and explore the maps. As you do that you'll come across events whose goals will pop up on your screen in a tracker on the right. You'll also find NPC's with Hearts over their heads that will seem like Quest Givers (and indeed you help them with tasks) but really they're not so much Quest Givers are they are Map markers for areas where events will take place periodically.
You are looking at a Spider from Metal Warriors for SNES. It featured one of the most innovative two player versus modes of the era.
A combination of school and work has everyone scattered to the winds, with a few more scouting out other servers. It looks like if they're going to move, the server is going to be Kaineg. Server decided, but it's still a maybe.
That said, everyone is on for at least a few hours every few days. Just either in WvW or doing a dungeon run.
Let's not. Like I said over there all you're doing is trying to split the guild based on who you consider to be true pvp'ers. If you want to talk about joining an entirely new guild and server for pvp it makes more sense to do it here where at least you'll reach a larger audience.
And as I told you there, you don't understand my motivations. It's not about who I consider to be true pvp-ers, I used "wvw-centric" as a self-identified term. It's for those who have already decided to leave SBI. And nowhere have I talked about joining a new guild. GAF guild =/= SBI.
I understand it's difficult for you to see the perspective of those who think differently than you, especially when you make so many false assumptions about them.
And like I keep saying, you're objectively wrong that all self-identified wvw-centric people agree with you. You keep making the assumption that everyone with that identification agrees with you and like I said over there I've talked to people in the guild who identify that way and don't agree with you. I honestly don't care if you move or how or even how many go. I just think you should stop with labeling people who don't agree with you and you don't even know.
I guess you are referring to this statement: "If you don't see the need to leave SBI, then you are a PvE-centric player."
I don't agree with your inference that this means I claim to speak for all wvw-centric players, but I will acknowledge this reads as more inflammatory than I intended. I thought it was understood that a generalization by definition isn't mean to apply to every single person in the group.
I'd like to introduce you to my pal Irony.
I read the other thread. Here's what it comes down to.
Xeris, you have one point: Moondrop made a generalization/assumption. The rest of your post is overly antagonistic. And the fact is, your counter example completely proved his point. As you said, the people who you've talked to that are fine with staying in SBI but aren't having fun with the WvW there, complain about rewards. But most people you find calling themselves "WvW-centric" are those looking for a competitive fight, rewards be damned.
But fine, you may find disagreement with that point too. You might find my making any definition of what someone who calls themselves "WvW-centric" to be a terrible thing to do. But it doesn't stop the valid objective of Moondrop with his post.
GAF guild is a large guild. Moondrop doesn't know everybody. He's just making a shoutout for those who want to continue playing together on another server. The whole point of the GAF-guild is having people to play with together, and because WvW is limited by server, coordination is required right now for those of us like Moondrop and I.
Xeris, you have one point: Moondrop made a generalization/assumption. The rest of your post is overly antagonistic. And the fact is, your counter example completely proved his point. As you said, the people who you've talked to that are fine with staying in SBI but aren't having fun with the WvW there, complain about rewards. But most people you find calling themselves "WvW-centric" are those looking for a competitive fight, rewards be damned.
But fine, you may find disagreement with that point too. You might find my making any definition of what someone who calls themselves "WvW-centric" to be a terrible thing to do. But it doesn't stop the valid objective of Moondrop with his post.
GAF guild is a large guild. Moondrop doesn't know everybody. He's just making a shoutout for those who want to continue playing together on another server. The whole point of the GAF-guild is having people to play with together, and because WvW is limited by server, coordination is required right now for those of us like Moondrop and I.
I do have a problem with other people placing labels. As it stands right now, the people I'm talking about were long term rvr types in DAoC before coming here. They wanted that same sort of experience but found that wvw is too zerg dominated for their taste and required little skill. To them there was no real competition in any meaningful sense so right now they're just gearing up waiting for the hoped for wvw improvements to see if they cut down on that or before they go back full time. When I'm talking about rewards, I mean things like feeling that going in a small group and taking over a camp actually means something to the greater fight. Going to a tier 1 server doesn't change any of that and wanting to stay on SBI doesn't make them not wvw-centric.
Xeris, I want to put this behind us. I did not intend to imply that people who have problems with WvW are not true pvp-ers. Their feelings are totally valid.
But at the same time, there are people who love wvw despite its flaws and will continue to play until they shut down the servers. For those who feel as I do and are concerned about the direction of SBI, I wanted to let them know that they were not alone and could choose to join me in the hopes of continuing to participate in competitive matchups.
But at the same time, there are people who love wvw despite its flaws and will continue to play until they shut down the servers. For those who feel as I do and are concerned about the direction of SBI, I wanted to let them know that they were not alone and could choose to join me in the hopes of continuing to participate in competitive matchups.
You can get a competitive fight in a lower bracket. The exodus is, to a great and unspoken degree, about ranking pride. That's the truth to the whole thing and it's silly how it's not mentioned.
Also, it's many of the WvWvW guilds who complain about a lack of more to do and a lack of rewards in WvWvW. This was a complaint going back to TA breaking up.* I don't want to argue over who or who isn't WvWvW-centric. All I know is that I did do WvWvW a lot up until this month. The reason I quit is because the WvWvW game got stale and it has needed changes for awhile. This whole thing goes back to the same issues people were worried about in the game's first month.
And speaking of that, I know there's the dream that every issue these guilds are having will disappear elsewhere. That's obviously a silly idea, but I know a part of this fantasy is that having WvWvW guilds bunched together will alleviate grind and burnout. If they just build a mega server then things will be okay.
Except, Henge, and ET, and JQ, and BT, and so many servers have been through this. SBI went through it in its own way.
It's just a whole lot of mass stupidity. I plan to WvWvW, but I don't need to switch because server hopping has obviously not worked for anyone out there. Improvements must come and when those improvements come then so will the people.
There's just this bubble of panic right now with SBI. I imagine there are people in these guilds that know what I'm talking about and know it to be true, but they cannot fight against the rest who are stuck in that bubble of panic. Paid tranfers are coming! Paid transfers are coming! So let's behave like we did with free transfers?
Come on.
Also, this isn't a personal attack on anyone. I liked playing with many of these guilds. It's just hard to watch something so obviously panic stricken and foolish, and remain silent on it.
The thing is after the paid transfers are here and if there is transfer remorse, there is no reason for anyone to come back unless they are willing to pay up in some form. The only folks that will join the server are potential new players. The only folks that will hop in WvW are those new people or those that feel ArenaNet has finally made it so that WvW is worth something to them. Then again, WvW is worth completely different things depending on the player.
I personally just feel that I'd rather be in an overflow now because it's so quiet in our own server's Lion's Arch.
Edit: I actually like the nonsensical chatter. I don't pay attention to it but it's nice to know it's there. I don't know how I end up in the overflow honestly, since our home LA tends to be quiet and empty no thanks to only being able to see players within about 7 human-character spaces in any direction.
I personally just feel that I'd rather be in an overflow now because it's so quiet in our own server's Lion's Arch.
Edit: I actually like the nonsensical chatter. I don't pay attention to it but it's nice to know it's there. I don't know how I end up in the overflow honestly, since our home LA tends to be quiet and empty no thanks to only being able to see players within about 7 human-character spaces in any direction.
I don't often get into the home LA district. It's full and I end up in the overflow, but I tend to not like overflow because of the chatter. It's pretty bad mmo general chat nonsense most often. =/
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