That depends if you are playing for fun or are in a minimum effort gotta-go-fast no nonsense pug
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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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That depends if you are playing for fun or are in a minimum effort gotta-go-fast no nonsense pug
CornBurrito
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Well are high level Fractals winnable if you are playing for fun?
CornBurrito, I gotta ask, and this is not a loaded question or an attempt to make you 'look like a n00b' or anything stupid like that, but is GW2 your first MMO? It feels like most of your questions are asked with the goal of making sure you don't get kicked from groups, guilds or are just 'playing wrong'.
Cuz you've gotta unlearn that crap. GW2 is laid back as hell, and GAFGuild perhaps even more so. Play the class that's most enjoyable, not the one you think will get you in groups easiest. Nobody in this guild is going to say "You can't come because you're 'Profession X'" and if they do let me or one of the other officers know about that bullshit.
Play what's fun, for fun. Wander around, do events. Don't rush to 80, don't worry about farming stuff yet. Forget everything you know about MMOs, whether you've played one before or have just heard about them. Guild Wars 2 is different, and that's why we love it.
/mini-friendly-rant.
Cuz you've gotta unlearn that crap. GW2 is laid back as hell, and GAFGuild perhaps even more so. Play the class that's most enjoyable, not the one you think will get you in groups easiest. Nobody in this guild is going to say "You can't come because you're 'Profession X'" and if they do let me or one of the other officers know about that bullshit.
Play what's fun, for fun. Wander around, do events. Don't rush to 80, don't worry about farming stuff yet. Forget everything you know about MMOs, whether you've played one before or have just heard about them. Guild Wars 2 is different, and that's why we love it.
/mini-friendly-rant.
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Deleted member 10571
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Please based Anet, rethink the cross-continental restriction for players. Please please please. I wanna play with you guys, but I don't (yet) want to leave my home server :/
Anyone who says Fractals are all about DPS is either nuts, insanely skilled to the point where they'd be unbearable to group with, or very low level. In my experience survivability is increasingly important the higher level you get to, especially when you're fighting through agony.
It's not that they "decided against it" or anything like that, it's just too complex to implement without substantially more work. I think the easiest interim solution will be an international world that both regions can guest on (this was in place in a sense for GW1). I really hope it gets done soon too!
its just got it all, mang: condition removal, fury, swiftness, heals (the heals part is kind of clunky, but it can save lives in some of the higher fractals)
Fully traited, you can get that toolbelt heal down to a 15s cooldown.
and simply opening the kit triggers "on heal" procs from rune set bonuses for some easy and cheesy boons. (with 6 Altruism Runes its possible have have 100% uptime on might, and close to 100% uptime on fury)
CornBurrito
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My first MMO was Maple Story. And there was definitely a lot of build purists in that game. I was actually one of them
Anyway I am taking your advice and playing a Rifle/Flamethrower Engineer. Range for when I want it, Flamethrower for mobs. And if I get bored of that stuff I switch kits. Went around today slaughtering Champions with a group of people in Queensdale. One of the few times I've seen people keeping track of events like that. Now that's fun, even if it is hard to tell when you're contributing a lot sometimes. I just aim for gold.
My first MMO was Maple Story. And there was definitely a lot of build purists in that game. I was actually one of them
Yeah, throw everything you learned in Maple Story out the window and have some fun.
Complistic
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I love naturally stumbling upon jumping puzzles. I think I've just "found" 4 or 5 of them now. (I've done more, by looking up where they start in a map). There's nothing like wandering aimlessly around and suddenly you take a fall and you've got a brand new experience to figure out for the next twenty minutes or so.
CornBurrito
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I had no idea this game even had jumping puzzles until they were mentioned in the thread. Still haven't done one. Or found one.
CornBurrito
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Also Hawkian, I don't think Champs drop chests all the time after defeat. I'm 80% positive that 4/5th of the Champions I fought dropped nothing.
They should drop chests more frequently.
They should drop chests more frequently.
I was trying to explain in-game. The little chests they drop sometimes are just a visual indicator of loot.. those chest will drop from any mob if the contents are worth more than 1s or something like that. They're to help you see it, so you don't miss the fact that the mob was lootable. But if you loot the mob fast enough you won't see the chest.Also Hawkian, I don't think Champs drop chests all the time after defeat. I'm 80% positive that 4/5th of the Champions I fought dropped nothing.
They should drop chests more frequently.
The loot champs drops sucks, but as long as you get a drop that's working as intended for now (whether or not you see the chest).
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You're still on SBI right?
Complistic
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I think just about (if not every) map has at least 1. Not really sure how to explain how to find them. Once you've done or found a couple you start to learn how they hide them. After getting 100% in a zone, google whatever map you're on and jumping puzzle and that'll pinpoint the entrance. From there you shouldn't cheat, just try to figure it out. Some are harder than others.
CornBurrito
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My first MMO was Maple Story. And there was definitely a lot of build purists in that game. I was actually one of them
lol i know what you mean. "DEXless or restart!"
Ugh...i'm so glad GW2 isn't like that.
CornBurrito
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Dat Norn T3
Well, except the shoulders since I like the Fanatic ones more.
I think those mini chests are broken. I've gotten absolute garbage from them several times.
Well, except the shoulders since I like the Fanatic ones more.
I think those mini chests are broken. I've gotten absolute garbage from them several times.
Holy crap, that dye scheme. Outstanding.
edit: Getting that GS for my mesmer right now... . nobody else get it so I can be cool too!
The majority of GAFGuild is still on SBI, yes. A few people went off to other servers for WvW-related reasons, but by and large we're on Stormbluff.
CornBurrito
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What color dyes are those Divvy?
Black and Butter
EDIT: Although I'm using SweetFX so the colours look more saturated on my rig.
Yeah, probably, just put in a versatile for now then overwrite it with whatever later.
Is anyone interested in doing a low level dungeon later? I've got a lvl 40 Mesmer and a lvl 65 warrior. I'm trying to get back into the game, and my favorite thing about MMOs (mostly just WoW:BC) are dungeon runs.
I tried getting into the dungeons when the game came out, but they always seemed just waaay too chaotic... I'm so used to the mechanics of Tank-Healer-DPS that I couldn't quite figure out what the hell was supposed to be happening in the group dynamics here.
I understand that everyone can heal and dps and that the what you should be doing on a personal level is doing as much damage as possible while avoiding as many enemy attacks as possible and then buffing/cleansing the team. But it has always felt like there is just way too much incoming damage and that getting downed was inevitable.
So I'd like to do a dungeon run or two with people who know what they are doing (and know what I should be doing) so they can watch me screw up and then tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I tried getting into the dungeons when the game came out, but they always seemed just waaay too chaotic... I'm so used to the mechanics of Tank-Healer-DPS that I couldn't quite figure out what the hell was supposed to be happening in the group dynamics here.
I understand that everyone can heal and dps and that the what you should be doing on a personal level is doing as much damage as possible while avoiding as many enemy attacks as possible and then buffing/cleansing the team. But it has always felt like there is just way too much incoming damage and that getting downed was inevitable.
So I'd like to do a dungeon run or two with people who know what they are doing (and know what I should be doing) so they can watch me screw up and then tell me what I'm doing wrong.
scotcheggz
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I'd be up for some dungeon ketch. I'm not experienced with them though. I still need 4 runs for my monthly and time is ticking! I'm Leifa or Eydis Kane in game, most likely I'll be on Eydis since I'm still levelling with that one.
I'm pretty sure there isn't such a rule. Family and friends of gaffers is fine.
Complistic
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Only rules for non-Gaffers is that they abide by GAF rules while in GAFGuild. Tell him to message one of the guild officers for an invite.
Complistic
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I'm just using slightly increased intensity. Makes the colors pop a little more.
Non-GAFers are welcome to join so long as they understand the guild follows GAF rules pretty closely; cursing is fine, hate-speech is not, don't be a dick, don't start drama. We're not exactly family-friendly, but we try to come down hard on crap like sexism, racism, homophobia, etc.
CornBurrito
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Is the word cunt allowed?
I... erm... let's say no. Someone did say it a few months back and a few whispers were received so... no.
Yeah, this would be acceptable, since that's pretty much what he is. Just don't direct it at anybody else and don't go crazy with it. =p
Someone told me that just flipping on and off the medkit is enough to trigger "on heal" runes. Yeah, I know. Engineers actually do have it good.
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