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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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Kos Luftar
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I think when I get home today I will be selling a lot of Ectos so that hopefully I can convert them into 800 gems for the sickle.
My wife and I spent a lot initially, on bank / character slots. We're probably spending about $10-20 a month combined now. Last time I bought gems was April, I think. I'd say we've probably spent a combined $400 on gems over the last year.
That sounds like a lot, until you consider a subscription MMO for both of us would be $360 a year. If we had to transfer servers once or do any sort of name/race change it would be $400 easy.
I really don't mind. It's gone towards supporting a great game we play just about every day, and the purchases have all been optional / quality of life things. Nothing has ever felt obligatory.
That sounds like a lot, until you consider a subscription MMO for both of us would be $360 a year. If we had to transfer servers once or do any sort of name/race change it would be $400 easy.
I really don't mind. It's gone towards supporting a great game we play just about every day, and the purchases have all been optional / quality of life things. Nothing has ever felt obligatory.
Weltall Zero
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It happens from time to time, it seems that Windows 7 derps every so often and "forgets" the compatibility mode options. As Hawkian mentioned, just right-click the .exe and select Windows XP SP2 (or SP3?). It's in the instructions as well.
If you already have a couple of characters, Ele is a ton of fun for me, possibly my favorite class. If it's your first class, Ele is also one of the most intimidating, as they have tons upon tons of skills that take quite a while to memorize. This is slightly alleviated by sticking to one single weapon set until you know all 20 skills by heart. I use, and recommend, Dagger/Dagger, as it's both one of the most fun sets and the novelty of playing a melee mage never wears off. I also recommend you use Ice Bow as one of your utilities for those times where you need ranged attacks. Ele and Engi are the two classes that can't equip both a melee and ranged set the "normal" way, so in both cases you use utilities to fill the other gap.
That said, all three classes are awesome. The mileage you'll get out of the Mesmer is directly proportional to how cool you think the concept of constantly creating clones to mess with your enemies' heads (both humans and AI) is; I personally find it really awesome, so I love the class. Guardian is so much more interesting than, say, WoW's Paladin (by far my least favorite WoW class), with lots of mobility and varied neat skills/effects.
Re: Gem spending, I might be at around 60$, plus boxes (one for me, one for Edelstein). All of which was pretty much motivated by a desire to support the game, something I don't usually feel with AAA games.
Even if the animation and sound is a bug, just reskinning the lava animation to water is extremely lazy for something they want us to spend $10 on.
Hopefully it's just temporary...
I'm jonesin' for some patch notes. Those always help to get me through update days!
While I don't disagree, you're more paying for the infinite nature.
While I don't disagree, you're more paying for the infinite nature.
Well, yeah. But the fact that the sickle is probably the least used tool is all the more reason for them to give it an amazing animation. Personally, I won't be getting this one because I hardly use the sickle. I'd be more inclined to get it if it had a great, unique animation.
Have it spawn a karka hatchling that chomps up the plant or something.
I think it would have been neat if it spread some fervid censers out from the plant you're harvesting.
In this particular case I do disagree, and while I certainly wouldn't have minded it being priced cheaper, I think the gem cost is fair in that it's equivalent to the pick in function, whereas in terms of it having a special shiny animation I don't care particularly much. It made sense for the molten pick, but this is just a Consortium-made sickle, why does water spring out of the ground anyway? I'd have no feelings one way or another about purchasing it if it had no visual effect whatsoever; I didn't expect it to.
Much more of a concern for me personally is the fact that the use animation and audio is simply broken. You hit the plant like it's an ore node. Just needs a hotfix
edit: Aha, heeere we go
Weltall Zero
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I hereby dub the late ancient Karka "Chompsworth McChompsalot".
http://www.twitch.tv/mmorpgcom/c/2339032 To those who want to watch the matches. We were in the first round so you'll see us play immediately.
Kos Luftar
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They are getting close to eliminating culling! Yes!
The WvW chests are yet another way to get Ascended rings! Rofl.
Basically the WvW merchants are a 10 laurel discount on rings or amulets for 250 badges (selling accessories for the same 40 laurels/50 ectos). Not bad, really, when you work in the additional badges and potential ectos from the WvW chests. It's certainly now viable to get full ascended pieces except a back slot item without leaving the Mists.
Spectator mode goodies are excellent too.
Looks like a nice bunch of class bug fixes too.
Basically the WvW merchants are a 10 laurel discount on rings or amulets for 250 badges (selling accessories for the same 40 laurels/50 ectos). Not bad, really, when you work in the additional badges and potential ectos from the WvW chests. It's certainly now viable to get full ascended pieces except a back slot item without leaving the Mists.
Spectator mode goodies are excellent too.
Little thing but this will be a load off for inventory jugglers like myself.
Neat, haven't been back since right after the last patch.
Looks like a nice bunch of class bug fixes too.
Kos Luftar
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Looks like Southsun Cove will be in overflow for a few more weeks.
Weltall Zero
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Yep, the +33% increase to pretty much all Ranger underwater projectiles is going to come in handy; they did feel slow, but I guess being underwater, it made sense.
Which reminds me I never got around to try the new, faster axes as well...
Also I just watched the sickle's animation on Dulfy and it's quite cooler than I expected from all the hate. Not sure if you guys noticed, but it's NOT simply a recolored lava geyser; in particular, vines, roots and small flowers also sprout from the ground, much like in the Ranger's Healing Spring. I'd even be perfectly good with the mining pick animation if it was only the first strike, it looks badass; you sure show that onion who's boss.
Kos Luftar
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Has the update gone live yet?
I don't think so. Everyone got an in-game mail about 10 minutes ago, but since there are bug fixes and such, I think a full client update will be required. So no.
Edit: And just as I said something, the update went live.
Weltall Zero
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(credit to Retro, I only commissioned it!)
I scared Edelstein with my roaring laughter. Simply perfection.
please get better m8
Squall ASF
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Thank you good sirs. It was late after a long day and I couldn't recall where to tweak those settings. I feel really derpy now. I will check this when I get home tonight! I had to run a fractal with keyboard and mouse...never again!
Time to read the patch notes.
People have been working to hold all the camps for a bit now and no queen yet, also:
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/livingworld/southsun/YES-YES-THANK-YOU-ANET/first#post2106502
Kos Luftar
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Isn't the settler stuff a new stat combo anyway? Healing, Toughness and Condition Damage.
It's exactly the same instance. I completed the group one and was like "is that it?"
Kos Luftar
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You are going to make
Kodin
Is there at least a chest like in the Molten Alliance Facility?
There is a chest
I don't start for another hour and a half and won't be playing for seven. They don't sound particularly excited in game right now either but I'm not in there to play. I did notice the custom arena game-time tokens though... anyone know any more about those?
I don't have remorse for any of the things I bought except for the sickle only due to realizing how little I'm going to use it. Plants are single-collect with the exception of the rare occasion where you get more whereas saplings and ore nodes are normally 3+.
All in for the Chompy-sickle.
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