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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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Will be interesting to see what kind of event they do and if they'll go with handing out birthday presents and minis or something else entirely.
Nemesis121
Member
For the hell of it, reposting Hawkian's "lazy assholes" image with the new update:
Just think, with the Dragon Bash datamined, we might have three updates in June.
Already know Winter's day and Halloween events are repeats, just hope they aren't giving us all these events just to turn around and repeat them next year like they did in GW1..
lazy assholes!!!For the hell of it, reposting Hawkian's "lazy assholes" image with the new update:
Just think, with the Dragon Bash datamined, we might have three updates in June.
Sorry, how do you know that?
Nope, they said they're going to keep some of the popular games and add new ones along with new storylines and content for each year. New items too but that's a given.
Tonight:
7:00PM EDT (~3 hours from now) - Kvothe's WvW Small-Squad Training/Madness Funtime
9:00PM EDT (~5 hours) - Puzzle and Bounty Makeups
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Told you they wouldn't be on time, Jira.
Damn there's some really good stuff in there. Even hooks for the next update, June 5th, 2 weeks confirmed etc. etc.
WvW is about to blow the fuck up, people
also, ahem: "new Laurel and Badge Merchants" hmmmmmmmmmmm
irfaanator
Banned
yaaay new wvw stuff in this patch. Especially new matchup changes. WvW has gotten a bit stale in our tier since SoS and CD are mainly oceanic/eu time zones. Good thing I still ahve about 600 badges for those new wvw infusions.
Also since I never did Lost Shores, Canach is not part of the consortium anymore? and how did we go from dangers in southsun to canach trying to hurt the consortium? I'm confused I guess.
Does it also mean that there is a new 5 man instance along w/ a world event?
Edit: Also better wxp is soooo good. It's pretty lame that in 2 hours I only leveled up half way one day since we didn't PvDoor it.
Also since I never did Lost Shores, Canach is not part of the consortium anymore? and how did we go from dangers in southsun to canach trying to hurt the consortium? I'm confused I guess.
Does it also mean that there is a new 5 man instance along w/ a world event?
Edit: Also better wxp is soooo good. It's pretty lame that in 2 hours I only leveled up half way one day since we didn't PvDoor it.
Canach was arrested after the invasion was pinned back to him and apparently slated to stand trial before the Lionguard for instigating the attack, but escaped and hadn't been seen for months. Unless there are some higher-ups pulling the strings, I believe he stands apart from the Consortium in this case and is acting alone.
So a Solo Mission followed by a group "Adventure".
Crazed Karka Queen!
(Kodin mentioned in chat a new World Event....hmmmmmmmmmm)
WvW Infusions. Not my cup of tea but it's cool people will be able to really choose what infusions they want depending on what they do most.
And some Southsun Trinkets...hard to get too excited about those since they aren't cosmetic but maybe they will be cool collectibles.
Crazed Karka Queen!
(Kodin mentioned in chat a new World Event....hmmmmmmmmmm)
WvW Infusions. Not my cup of tea but it's cool people will be able to really choose what infusions they want depending on what they do most.
And some Southsun Trinkets...hard to get too excited about those since they aren't cosmetic but maybe they will be cool collectibles.
When
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Lo and behold, raw horizontal progression added to the game via Ascended gear, the dreaded source of pure vertical progression. How sudden and unplanned!
More stuff for Crab Toss is more stuff for me. Need like 5 more steals for Crabgrabber.
Missed this for WvW
Brilliant
He said it's really awesome, starts week 4 of this storyline, is permanent and will require serious guild coordination and has the best loot chest in the game. So first week of June then? Goes in line with the "And beginning June 5, a hulking monstrosity joins the fray—without your help, it will destroy the settlers and everything they’ve built!"
don't be fucking with me
I will abandon this guild!
yes that is clearly it
all of that stuff you said is real stuff he said?
Yes, ask Ash or Retro or anyone else who was on.
irfaanator
Banned
I can vouch for that as well. Also I won't be able to join wvw tonight. Gotta wake up at 5:30am to make to job orientation on time lol
Nice catch...I wonder how they're connected? We don't really know much about Canach at this point really to draw any conclusions. Will have to wait till the 28th to get the story.
Oh, also did you notice how they didn't mention new gemshop items? I wonder if that means they're just going to put the perma tools up randomly between now and the 11th?
ANet posted their API for public use:
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/community/api/API-Documentation
Someone noted there are 1,636 Dynamic Events in the game.
This is going to be huge for app development, dragon timers will be accurate down to the second.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/community/api/API-Documentation
Someone noted there are 1,636 Dynamic Events in the game.
This is going to be huge for app development, dragon timers will be accurate down to the second.
Whoa....
WXP chests are retroactive:
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Upcoming-WvW-changes-may-28th/first#post2063031
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Upcoming-WvW-changes-may-28th/first#post2063031
To be honest I think it's a solo story dungeon which unlocks an explorable 5 man.
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Hawkian in game a bunch of times said:
brb buying gemsHawkian on Reddit said:
Shit, great catch. So glad they aren't wholly abandoning the Molten Alliance thread. Might be our silver-tongued friend from the city...
I thought the same thing.
Oh and in regards to the new perma content, during a recent livestream they mentioned that there will be a big event chain you have to do in order to kill the Karka (I assume this is the Queen).
So I think in the Story mode we'll have to kill Subdirector NULL, in Explorable we kill Canach, and the open world meta will be the Karka Queen. Agree or disagree?
All caps "NULL" makes me think it will be a golem, rather than actual Null. I could see it being a golem the consortium created to fight the karka, but it backfires and goes rogue. I really don't get an evil vibe from the consortium, just greed and incompetence.
The other theory would be that Null is actually the mastermind behind everything, and he's playing the consortium, the molten alliance, canach, and the settlers against each other to further some much larger goal.
Squall ASF
Member
A World Event that has the best chest in the game? They have finally found a way to get me to South Sun! Also, next living quest portions sounds up my alley, at last. I still haven't bothered going to South Sun for the current event and will probably just skip it until the 28th release. I'm kind of curious to see what it looks like but playing around the beach and killing wild creatures is meh. Chasing down a man in his secret lair sounds awesome, however and doing a portion solo to unlock group content is definitely intriguing. Throw in the meta event and I'm crabbing my sun tan lotion and towel!
That's also cool that they are adding another method to acquire ascended gear as there are bound to be people that virtually only play WvW. Some other additions in that mode those people will certainly enjoy. I was hoping the daily WvW might dole out a laurel, that would make me consider actually hopping into WvW to accrue laurel faster. That said, I'm more and more considering going after a Legendary after my ascended gear and I'll need 500 WvW tokens so I very well may end up in there after all, eventually.
That's also cool that they are adding another method to acquire ascended gear as there are bound to be people that virtually only play WvW. Some other additions in that mode those people will certainly enjoy. I was hoping the daily WvW might dole out a laurel, that would make me consider actually hopping into WvW to accrue laurel faster. That said, I'm more and more considering going after a Legendary after my ascended gear and I'll need 500 WvW tokens so I very well may end up in there after all, eventually.
Here's my speculative summary of the patch next Tuesday:
- Temporary solo story instance
- (After beating solo instance) Temporary, repeatable dungeon a la MF
- New permanent (or semi-permanent, as should be considered all events in the game at this point) events for Southsun
- New Mini
- New trinkets/accessories from Southsun
- WXP for destroying siege, repairing walls, escorting Dolyaks
- Additional WvW Dailies
- Bonus chest for WXP Rank Ups
- New WXP ability lines
- Ascended gear in WvW
- New WvW-centric infusions
- New algorithm for WvW matchups (likely less "fair" but more interesting)
- Informal Custom Arena "cream of the crop" culling- Time Tokens being added to gem store
Not sure. It mentions that you defeat Canach in the solo quest.
Hah!
Ah maybe the other way around then? Canach then NULL?
Squall ASF
Member
I really like what they are doing for the WvW folks these past few updates. It's finally becoming a grand mode with enough content and incentives to sustain interest for PvP players. There is still more to be done, but they've made some terrific strides and are well on their way.
Complistic
Member
The holiday itself will be repeated and you'll probably be able to do most of the same stuff again. But there's no doubt they'll add a bunch of fun new stuff to do as well.
Dont forget the perma harvesting sickle.
edit: this is amazing
https://api.guildwars2.com/v1/events.json?world_id=1001
Called it.
(which is all I want to do when I log in now)Check it
Preview and release header used the same concept art, but cut you off from the reveal:
But if you look at the wallpaper:
Fuck the Gold Legion up their sexist feline asses, but I say when this is all over we hand Canach to the Dredge. They couldn't possibly have known any better and were just looking for some power to follow. As a result they got decimated and gave a bunch of technology to a race that finds them to be deeply inferior. I think they'd be the most appropriate ones to punish him.
Preview and release header used the same concept art, but cut you off from the reveal:
But if you look at the wallpaper:
Fuck the Gold Legion up their sexist feline asses, but I say when this is all over we hand Canach to the Dredge. They couldn't possibly have known any better and were just looking for some power to follow. As a result they got decimated and gave a bunch of technology to a race that finds them to be deeply inferior. I think they'd be the most appropriate ones to punish him.
Following the threads in Southsun, it doesn't sound like Canach is the one who started the Molten Alliance.
It sounds like he's been on southsun for the majority of the time since Lost Shores, and has been trying to free the settlers from the consortium, except through an insane and really unhelpful plan. He honestly sounds like he's being played. I don't see him gaining anything from the Molten Alliance, especially when he's supposedly trying to help the settlers.
Right now, my bets are on someone from the consortium, acting independently of the consortium itself. Rather, he's the one that ordered Canach to the island in the first place, who released the karka. Once this step completed, he went formed the molten alliance as a way of displacing a large group of people. From there, he convinced the Consortium to take in the settlers. He rigged the contracts to keep the settlers on the island and tricked the now renegade Canach into trying to free them by giving him the plants that enraged the karka.
It's someone that's trying to A. Get a bunch of people on southsun and B. Enrage the karka. Perhaps the enraged queen karka is sentient and needs to be fed. Perhaps someone is acting as her avatar. Or perhaps the Karka are actually the servants of the infamous "Bubbles", the underwater dragon... dragons are known for being schemers.
http://v2.gw2stuff.com/events/stormbluff-isle
Now using the new API which is polling right from the game, no more user submitted info.
Now using the new API which is polling right from the game, no more user submitted info.
Jest Chillin
Member
this is AWMAZBAWLS!
That makes sense, although his motivations still aren't clear and who he'd be taking orders from in his exile is confusing. Certainly odd that he'd have the gauntlets either way and I still say we let the Dredge handle him.
Holy... shit.
~45 mins to Kvothe's WvW Group! (er.. crap. Does TS3 have an android app?)
~3 hours to Puzzle/Bounty makeup session.
Well that was quick. So long Dragon Timer.
Jest Chillin
Member
There is an Android App for TS3 and it appears to be in beta. Latest version appears to be updated as of May 15th. However I haven't found the actual app and don't have my phone to check to see if it's in the Google Play store.
Weltall Zero
Member
Hollllllyyyy shiiiiit. You can even ask directly for any and all items in the game. It also conveniently uses JSON (at work I've developed all the JSON clients for the Android app we've been developing for over a year). I could code an Android app that's a GW2 item database 100% synched with the game. This is crazy.
A guild already implemented real time WvW stats and live feed of maps for all servers:
http://mos.millenium.org/na/
Site is a tad slow though.
http://mos.millenium.org/na/
Site is a tad slow though.
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