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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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Just as a heads up for Mesmers:
After asking about this on the official forums, getting a response and doing some testing, it is indeed a bugged skill/trait. With the 5 point Inspiration trait Vengeful Images, your Berserker will attack immediately upon summoning, while without the trait, the Berserker has a delay before attack.
It makes a pretty big difference, but I am not sure if I want to go back to my old build just for the more effective Berserker.
edit 2: Vengeful Images makes ALL Phantasms, as I have tested, attack immediately upon creation. Otherwise, Phantasms feature a small delay before attack.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I think I'll switch servers for now while it's free for wvw maps. Any server recommendations?
br0ken_shad0w
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Dungeon runs today or tonight? Preferably I'm down for AC, TA, and CoE.
Eradon Terrace will most likely destroy their competition again, so they're a safe pick.
Eradon Terrace will most likely destroy their competition again, so they're a safe pick.
The LFG tools in this game are so archaic. Their LFG window in the social tab should've had the capability to queue up or search for a group for each of the 8 dungeons, from anywhere in the game world.
Maybe they'll have that functionality when server guesting is implemented.
Maybe they'll have that functionality when server guesting is implemented.
really? I sure hope they don't intend to "fix" this trait. If anything, they should get rid of the delay altogether.
On behalf of squishy wizards everywhere I would like to request that my personal story stops forcing me to use two-handed swords. I don't care that it's a really magical sword or that I am an avatar of the god of stabbing, I am not even slightly melee. I do not know how to be melee and do not enjoy circling the instance waiting to heal instead of using the skill & traits I just spent hours building.
Noisy Ninj4
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Pffft. Get your feet wet
with blood
I am a noble Necromancer, I refuse to get sweaty with the hoi-polloi.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Essentially how long is the waiting time after changing servers?
I really wonder if they are gonna introduce a better tool. Noticed several people being annoyed over the fact they can't get together a group for CM, so I guess the game needs some real improvements on that part.
As of 8 days ago they said they currently have no plans for a dungeon finder.
Putting groups together should be a lot easier in GW2 simply because you don't need a tank/healer. So while they sit there and consider a dungeon finder they need to move the LFG tab out of the contacts menu and make it world wide, instead of map based, at the very least. Send people in game mail about it. I don't think very many people even know it exsists.
Putting groups together should be a lot easier in GW2 simply because you don't need a tank/healer. So while they sit there and consider a dungeon finder they need to move the LFG tab out of the contacts menu and make it world wide, instead of map based, at the very least. Send people in game mail about it. I don't think very many people even know it exsists.
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Seems lots of people have forgotten how to actually communicate with other players and coordinate a group.
cleveridea
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wow, makes a HUGE difference what armor you wear.
my level 7 Mesmer gets murdered if going head to head with a level 7 chieftain on those troll things nearby
level 6 guardian just had no trouble at all
I realize that mesmers need more intelligent play to not have to go head to head (summon illusions and phantasms to take the heat) but I was surprised what a big difference armor makes.
my level 7 Mesmer gets murdered if going head to head with a level 7 chieftain on those troll things nearby
level 6 guardian just had no trouble at all
I realize that mesmers need more intelligent play to not have to go head to head (summon illusions and phantasms to take the heat) but I was surprised what a big difference armor makes.
Winnie the Pimp
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Yay! Just completed Brisban Wildlands, what's the next area you guys would suggest and the most fun for levels 25-35 or whatever the next bracket is?
MotionBlue
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If it makes you feel better, level 80 mesmers are unkillable 1v1.
Noisy Ninj4
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Gendarran fields. They've got pirates.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Must craft more... must get more $$$ for mats... D:
This is a good thing;
Exactly. A LFG tool like the one in WoW basically removes the need for any social interaction whatsoever; most of my LFG groups were completely silent (the rest consisted of DPS chain-pulling while the healer tries to mana up). They might as well have just added 4 NPCs. And the worst part was that when I DID meet up with somebody cool and talkative, because it was cross-server, you could never group with those people ever again (I think they have cross-server guesting in Pandaria now though).
I'd rather have to spend 5 minutes looking for more people than basically revert back to a near Single-Player MMO mentality. Not like it's hard to get people with the size of GAF Guild and there not being any trinity.
yea, if you are LFG, id like to LFG worldwide for a specific dungeon and have other players see that. Would make pug groups a lot less of a pain to form than either chilling in that zone or chilling in LA
I dont want anything automatic, just have it more convenient to find players who actually want to run the dungeon
I dont think ive ever even seen someone forming a SE exp group (probably because the gear is butt ugly), but i want that rifle, damnit!
Winnie the Pimp
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where is that at ? the next "natural" area the game leads me to via story is "Kessex Hills" but that is 15-25 just like Brisban
Noisy Ninj4
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Keept heading east through kessex hills, you'll find what you're looking for.where is that at ? the next "natural" area the game leads me to via story is "Kessex Hills" but that is 15-25 just like Brisban
Winnie the Pimp
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Thanks on my way now... though i find it weird that the game does not naturally lead me to a higher level area like it did in the beginning with Brisban Wildlands?
Is it like that for all races?
Is it like that for all races?
rohlfinator
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Spamming LFG requests in map chat isn't exactly "social interaction" either. I haven't really had a problem with finding groups, but I guess I don't see the problem with making pickup groups easier to organize. Forcing people to jump through hoops to find a group doesn't make them more talkative.
Noisy Ninj4
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If you follow the story quests, they will lead you to lion's arch and higher level zones. Otherwise, you're kind of on your own, although LA is easy to get to from any main city (and, consequently, gendarran fields).
It is baffling to see SBI and JQ consistently aim for the position of first loser every single time we are matched up against HoD. Why do people feel such great shame in focusing on green? Even the suspicion of it causes vehement denials on the forums, and suggesting it causes infighting on Teamspeak.
I feel if this mindset continues, WvWvW will play out exactly the same, every week.
I feel if this mindset continues, WvWvW will play out exactly the same, every week.
Noisy Ninj4
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People are too proud to admit that their servers don't have the sheer constant populations to effectively combat HOD at all times. Anet literally stated from before even the betas: "if x is winning, y and z need to stop beating on each other and hit x". Somehow, that was lost on the player base at large.
So hanging out in a zone that you've already completed, spamming map chat for a group is your idea of social interaction?
I don't even care for WoW's automated dungeon finder, where you don't even need to travel to the zone to enter the dungeon. But GW2 really does need a better dungeon LFG tool so you're not tied to one zone to at least search for other players looking to group for the same dungeon. Not every player is in GAF guild, or on one of the most overpopulated servers, which seemingly clouds your perception of how long it takes the average player to form a PUG, or more importantly, fill a vacant spot when someone bails your group mid clear.
More importantly, if you're not in GAF guild, why not? We have room and people are friendly.
Secondly, if you're not in GAF guild, why aren't you in a larger guild so you can facilitate this?
Thirdly, if you're playing the game ENTIRELY SOLO, why are you playing this game?
Haha, I don't know about that. "Night capping" has become the wuvwuv topic of the forever. Complaints about oceanic player population flood the forum while blue and red butt heads over some dumb rivalry that's formed between launch and now.
Winnie the Pimp
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As for this one, so far i actually HAVE played it solo except for helping others out in DEs etc. but i enjoyed it regardless, the mechanics, combat, exploring etc but looking forward to dungeons in the future!
It would be hard to do anyways, wouldn't it? It's not like two guilds aligning where you can inform all guild mates and have everybody together on the project. It's two different servers with different people. You can't wholly organize at that level. SBI is basically the uber pug for lack of a huge alliance.
I'm in GAF Overflow. I didn't roll on Stormbluff Isle cause I rolled with other friends from previous games, including WoW, totaling about 40 people.
Not sure how any of that is relevant. Even if I were in the main GAF guild, there are still several players who need an improved search tool for dungeons. You guys aren't playing this in a vacuum.
cleveridea
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yeah this game is great fun solo
very interesting: Jon Peters' take on night capping, among other things
dreamer3kx
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Hey I play solo, Im more interested in exploring then anything else, also I prefer to play with randoms for boss events and such, just me I guess, I am in a guild but I chat with them more then play with them.
br0ken_shad0w
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Much better than the "Deal with it" response a few days ago. Will be interesting to see how they address differences in server population.
Nope, it's not fun for either side. That's the main part of the issue. The night capping hurts the quality of enjoyment in playing WvWvW, but night capping is greatly rewarded by the points system. So the least enjoyable tactic is the most rewarding.
I'm sort of baffled that Peters listed "things we're working on" and they have nothing to do with the issue at hand. The features he listed are just general improvements that people wanted from the start.
Wow, these questions are quite out there.
This is acceptable. When leveling myself I did a lot of it solo, but I knew come 80 I would need to venture forth with more members of the guild.
We may not be playing in a vacuum, but it would be foolish to not attempt to take advantage of other similar people trying to play with you and do content. Of your 40 people, do you group with them often?
I understand the concept of having a better LFG tool for the masses, but I was mainly talking about you specifically.
Grouping and doing things together in this game is quite rewarding since everything is instanced per player. Now I can understand exploration by yourself (I do it quite often myself); it's your wish to take the game at your own pace. I'm more referring to opting out of the multiplayer based content (dungeons, etc) and then wondering where the people are because you forgot that you had other people around you. (you is general, here, not specifically)
Here is post of guy who made some theorycrafting about damage and sigils
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10o4mi/the_damage_formula_and_the_efficiency_of_sigils/
Anyone knows where he got info about golems armor values? I cant figure this out, but all of his info seems correct, so skill tooltips show damage for 2600 base armor and heavy golem has 2600 armor, so it gets same damage as in tooltips.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10o4mi/the_damage_formula_and_the_efficiency_of_sigils/
Anyone knows where he got info about golems armor values? I cant figure this out, but all of his info seems correct, so skill tooltips show damage for 2600 base armor and heavy golem has 2600 armor, so it gets same damage as in tooltips.
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
Wound up getting the game a couple days ago, and quite glad I did. It's been a lot of fun so far. Been leveling a ranger, and enjoying it. She's quite good for soloing so far, which I like. Finding all of these vistas, points of interests, quests, etc is a great, especially coming from WoW where I tried to get Loremaster and Explorer on all of my characters. For WvWvW pvp, are there specific weapons and armor that we use in it, or do we just bring in our PvE gear for that? Also, does this mean players need to run a lot of dungeons in order to get the high end gear, or are there other avenues? Not keen on dungeons myself, as I've utterly burned myself out on that sort of thing in WoW.
I think those are improvements that will entice players to actually join WvW after your entire realm has been night-capped since they dont want to limit logging in or reduce rewards for night WvW (and id agree with that since it would kinda suck for those people who play at that time).
Simply make it easier for the people who get capped to take back all of the territory
What does this even mean?
Another name for WvWvW. It's used in the URL on the official forums. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv
It was started on the PA forum, I think.
Noisy Ninj4
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You bring what your character wears. Your base stats get bumped to 80, but that's about it.
Getting maximum-level equipment is quite easy. Exploring, karma vendors, crafting, random drops, and quest rewards all provide good gear. Dungeons provide max level gear too, but with "cooler" skins.
Save your money for a guild backpack.
This is pretty much it. Give more players a reason to play on WvW and more players will play WvW.
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