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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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AFollowerNotALeader
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I think I'd be sore about the Dragon Ball achievement thing if I hadn't gotten good at it and enjoying it.
I think there's a problem with rewarding players with unique items in return for doing very time-limited achievements as it forces some people to do things they don't want to do.
I think there's a problem with rewarding players with unique items in return for doing very time-limited achievements as it forces some people to do things they don't want to do.
Can I get spectator mode PvP where I can just make the noise the entire time?
Kos Luftar
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Lol. That's what the horn sounds like...that won't be annoying.
For reasons.
I don't mind it; some people will be annoying with it, some people will get really creative with it , but they'll go the same way instruments went in LotRO, except here they have to work to play something instead of downloading an .abc file. Still, even THAT wasn't so bad. Nothing beats the first time you walk into an inn or the auction house and hearing someone jamming out the Wily 1 theme from Mega Man 2 on a lute. The novelty didn't wear off the year or so I played LotRO since people tried it a few times and then rarely did it again.
We don't see Choir Bells all the time, do we?
dingdingdingding-raawr-dingdingding-raawr-dingdingding-raawr-dingdingding
Edit: For clarity, I'm not dismissing your concern, just saying it won't be as annoying as everyone assumes.
There are no mounts, no rest exp.
Most of GAF plays on the NA server "Stormbluff Isle" (SBI). If you picked another NA server, you can "Guest" for free to play on SBI whenever. If you picked a EU server, you can't, though many other EU plays just play on SBI and don't report issues with that.
One trick, if you want to do it, is that if you delete your characters you can reselect your server for free. Annoying, but you'd lose the least stuff now and the "cost" of doing so only gets higher from here.
If you post your accountname.xxxx thinger here you can get an invite if you want.
Here's a helpful Retro (one of the officers) post that he will link anyway if I don't
(Well not the original but it's there.)
Most of GAF plays on the NA server "Stormbluff Isle" (SBI). If you picked another NA server, you can "Guest" for free to play on SBI whenever. If you picked a EU server, you can't, though many other EU plays just play on SBI and don't report issues with that.
One trick, if you want to do it, is that if you delete your characters you can reselect your server for free. Annoying, but you'd lose the least stuff now and the "cost" of doing so only gets higher from here.
If you post your accountname.xxxx thinger here you can get an invite if you want.
Here's a helpful Retro (one of the officers) post that he will link anyway if I don't
(Well not the original but it's there.)
so just got this today, only level 4
It seems ok... couple of questions
do you get a mount? or does it just use the portal idea the whole game?
also is there somewhere to log off that gives rest XP?
I am presuming the NeoGaf guild is USA based?
1. No mounts. Travel is done via Asura Gate (large purple gates connecting the major cities) and waypoints (the small, diamond-shaped icons across the maps). Almost every profession has a reliable way to gain the Swiftness boon and quite a few have passive run speed traits or abilities.
2. There is no rested XP, just log out wherever you want (though I'd try to find someplace that will be safe when you log in).
3. GAFGuild is based on Stormbluff Isle, a North American server. If you're outside the US, you can still roll on a NA server; lots of former members of the EU GAFGuild have migrated over or started on SBI and report zero latency issues.
In order to transfer over, you'll probably want to delete your character (since you're level 4) and just start over on SBI. The alternative is to pay something like $20 bucks later. As long as you don't have any active characters, you can transfer wherever you like. Just make sure you deposit all of your money and items into the bank before you nuke them.
Edit: Looks like Khold dug up my Beginners Tips post pretty fast. I think I have a stalker...
Ah yes, such a hot-button issue. Thanks for doing my job for me
Yep. Finding Points of Interest, viewing Vistas, unlocking waypoints, completing Skill challenges, completing all of those in a single map, gathering ore, plants or trees, completing reknown hearts, completing dynamic events, crafting, capturing objectives in World vs. World, dungeons, Personal Story instances, reviving players and NPCs, daily achievements... I feel like I'm forgetting something though...
Oh yeah, killing enemies gives experience too.
Bonus XP if they haven't been killed in a while.
And people bitched that it was too hard to level in this game. I have a harder time keeping myself in appropriate-level zones since I keep out-leveling them.
Kos Luftar
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Has the new instance initiated yet?
Squall ASF
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Thanks!
So anyone have wings yet? I keep going back and forth on which pair I like more but I think I'll stick with going for the shattered pair. Last night I decided to run around LA a bit to discover more pinatas that I was bound to be missing. It was kinda fun to try and guess where they placed them and then confirm if they did or not.
Also, curse the overly abundant flow of guests on my server! Three out of the five world events I tried I got tossed into overflow and none of the bosses were even up yet. Need a guest cap or something ha Guess it's the price you pay for being on one of the most active PVE servers but I don't recall it ever being this bad. Wonder what's attracting so many more people to our server this week. At least it's always neat to have conversations running in many zones.
Plenty of people have the Holo Dragon Wings, I'm thinking about buying one to flip, can't really imagine it would work on any of my characters really. The Shattered wings are perfect for my ele though, I'm psyched to get them.
Looks like this stuff is activated, and then there's more stuff to check out tomorrow and Thursday.
Looks like this stuff is activated, and then there's more stuff to check out tomorrow and Thursday.
Effigies are up, and the update notes on the next few phases are up. Be warned however, that they contain spoilers for the next few days of content!
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-June-11th-2013/first#post2233980
Generally all classes have ranged options, though the Guardian's choices are somewhat lacking. Everyone else though has enough to work with you won't feel shortchanged.
Play what clicks with you. I spent all three Beta Weekend Events trying to narrow it down to Warrior. It's still my main, but I'm constantly jumping between my Thief (next highest, mid-60s), Engineer (mid-50s) and a motley assortment of the other professions. The only two professions I haven't rolled are Ranger and Necro (I'm not a fan of pet classes, though necro can go for Well builds that skimp on the pets).
As a more extreme example, my wife was sure she'd go Ranger before the BWEs, didn't care for the class and was sure she'd roll an Ele, then at launch she tried a Mesmer and fell in love. About a month ago she tried Thief, strongly disliked it, but kept at it... now she loves it, and can't go back to her Mesmer.
Finding "your" class is half the fun. Don't be in a rush to get a character to 80. Enjoy the ride, try a little of everything. Pragmatically speaking, all of those trial characters are generating money / crafting materials / equipment you can use when you finally settle on a main.
He alluded to as much in Guild Chat before the Molten Facility was even gone. It doesn't make sense to never see the coolest boss fight in the game again. Tear out some of the trash and long hallways and the Molten Facility makes a perfect fractal.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-June-11th-2013/first#post2233980
Generally all classes have ranged options, though the Guardian's choices are somewhat lacking. Everyone else though has enough to work with you won't feel shortchanged.
Play what clicks with you. I spent all three Beta Weekend Events trying to narrow it down to Warrior. It's still my main, but I'm constantly jumping between my Thief (next highest, mid-60s), Engineer (mid-50s) and a motley assortment of the other professions. The only two professions I haven't rolled are Ranger and Necro (I'm not a fan of pet classes, though necro can go for Well builds that skimp on the pets).
As a more extreme example, my wife was sure she'd go Ranger before the BWEs, didn't care for the class and was sure she'd roll an Ele, then at launch she tried a Mesmer and fell in love. About a month ago she tried Thief, strongly disliked it, but kept at it... now she loves it, and can't go back to her Mesmer.
Finding "your" class is half the fun. Don't be in a rush to get a character to 80. Enjoy the ride, try a little of everything. Pragmatically speaking, all of those trial characters are generating money / crafting materials / equipment you can use when you finally settle on a main.
He alluded to as much in Guild Chat before the Molten Facility was even gone. It doesn't make sense to never see the coolest boss fight in the game again. Tear out some of the trash and long hallways and the Molten Facility makes a perfect fractal.
Squall ASF
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Well yeah, I meant out of you guys to get a reaction to how everyone is enjoying them. I've seen plenty in LA as I'm sure everyone else has.
Is there a greater background plot to Fractals? I don't even recall it anymore.
Mr. Luchador
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Kos Luftar
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Push for 500?
Also it doesn't seem like they are making anything new they might just add any "dungeon" style content that comes from Living Story (Molten Facility) to the Fractals so that we can replay them.
I thought most people wanted to reply Molten Facility even after Living Story ended because of the chance to get the minis. It looks like the rewards will be the same as any other Fractal.
The nice thing about Fractals is that they can add a new batch every so often (either new standalone fractals or ones adapted from the Living Story) and it kind of mixes up the order a bit. I'd like to see them 'retire' certain Fractals, making them less common (Dolphin Fractal feels more tedious than interesting).
Throw in a different boss instance rather than the Jade Sea and I think you'll see people back in fractals like when they first came out, especially if there's new rewards attached. I don't think we'll see any of the rewards from MF return, but some new variation on them might be cool.
whatever you say, more for me or something
I want to replay it because it was awesome. Kids these days.
I don't really think you can call it "dolphin fractal" in good conscience. Plus being a dolphin is amazing and takes like 15 seconds. It's the stupid davillion HP jellyfish that makes that one tedious.
Kos Luftar
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If they add new fractals I'll be happy and especially if they retire some even better.
I got my main to tier 20 in Fractals but the Agony alone is not interesting enough for me to keep playing them over and over...especially when I have 6 Ascended items now and I could have 30 agony resistance if I wanted.
Looks like today's update wont take that much time, so guess I'll start playing The Last of Us tonight.
I got my main to tier 20 in Fractals but the Agony alone is not interesting enough for me to keep playing them over and over...especially when I have 6 Ascended items now and I could have 30 agony resistance if I wanted.
Looks like today's update wont take that much time, so guess I'll start playing The Last of Us tonight.
Maybe there is something about the following idea that I haven't thought about thoroughly, but it would be really nice if you could trade 30ish pristine relics for an account bound fractal weapon, and allow the rng drops to be trade-able. Or make the rng for a ticket to trade instead of a random weapon at least.
I dunno, maybe that's too casual
I dunno, maybe that's too casual
Same, Tier 2 for the ability to Get All The Goodies, but had no desire to progress further (I don't like enough of the Fractal skins to try for a random selection of them).
I got burnt out doing Tier 1 fractals (specifically, Fractals 1-4) helpin' people out in the very early days, before the group level fix was implemented. I love them and find the rewards perpetually useful, but new fractals are exactly what they call for now.
So when the Consortium were trying to open the Asura gate to Southsun Cove, they accidentally opened one to the Mists. The scientist Dessa set up an observatory in this spot as it apparently had high energy readings or something and realized they could collect chunks of reality from all of the past, present, and future of Tyria into "fractals of the mists." Now she is trying to stabilize all of them. You can get a lot from her dialogue printed on this page: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/DessaSquall said:
So a lot of the effigies (but not all of them) seem to be located right at the zone transitions throughout the world. They have icons on the map, so they're easy to find, at least. I'm doing them on a lowbie alt to grab waypoints and keep travel costs down.
I can see a few Official Forum posts bitching that it takes too long to light the effigies (you have to dance in front of them for like, 8 seconds) and they need to change it so you just light them and run past because ohmygodI'vegottodoall50ofthemRIGHTNOW.
Lulz.
That's just what I've always called it, the specific Dolphin part is alright.
I feel like they'll probably skew the randomization aspect so that new Fractals occur more often and old ones less frequently. I hope that eventually, they have so many in the mix that getting one of the original fractals feels like a nice change of pace.
Yeah, the Living Story instance is short, but the reward is decent for the time invested (Karma and one gold) and it's not a bad bit of storyline at all. Those Aetherblade weapons had better be available skins and not just enemy-exclusive. I want that Turbine Shield for Professor Retro and that Rapier is pretty slick too.
I can see a few Official Forum posts bitching that it takes too long to light the effigies (you have to dance in front of them for like, 8 seconds) and they need to change it so you just light them and run past because ohmygodI'vegottodoall50ofthemRIGHTNOW.
Lulz.
That's just what I've always called it, the specific Dolphin part is alright.
I feel like they'll probably skew the randomization aspect so that new Fractals occur more often and old ones less frequently. I hope that eventually, they have so many in the mix that getting one of the original fractals feels like a nice change of pace.
Yeah, the Living Story instance is short, but the reward is decent for the time invested (Karma and one gold) and it's not a bad bit of storyline at all. Those Aetherblade weapons had better be available skins and not just enemy-exclusive. I want that Turbine Shield for Professor Retro and that Rapier is pretty slick too.
Before I logged out just now Rottel mentioned he had 8 and the meter still had room for two more achievements (not including Dragon Ball), checked mine and it was the same.
But sometimes it has no dolphins!!!!
Sad times
Psyched to do this story instance. I think I could really get behind this sort of "sub-release" thing they're trying out, where within a patch there are smaller additions that become available to progress the story and content a little at a time.
Sounds like a bug to meeee... Report it of course, and then I imagine:
1) They'll do a fix and anyone with 8+ gets mailed the wings
2) You'll get two further achievements to get to 10 anyway within the next two days and get them then.
For a change
Looks like it was just a thing for last weekend.
irfaanator
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you should ask kos for his. He hates them
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Post your account name (name.####) and I'll do it as soon as I get home, unless one of the other officers gets it done first.
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