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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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The limit is 5. 5 people. Need 5.
edit: Pick up and throw boulders whenever you come across them!
Winnie the Pimp
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Alright boulders gotcha
Or emergency repairs- I doubt they'll change it. What he suggested is good sense and courtesy though, just not something I had considered *shame*
Got my Exotic Sword and Focus now after another Ghost Eater run.
Ghastly Sword and the X7-10 Alpha off the TP.
Ghastly Sword and the X7-10 Alpha off the TP.
They are awful indeed...
I made a Guardian last night, and I'm really enjoying the profession more so than any other aside for Ele. Now I've been told GS is the way to go, but what ever some other possible combinations for a second set? I'm liking Mace/Focus as a support set up, would Specter/ Focus work better or is Staff more viable? In High level/Dungeon PvE, WvW I should say.
I like to defend the supply camps near spawn in enemy borderlands. Bluewater is tough to defend because people can sneak in via water, but that means it always needs to be defended. Myself and someone from Last Pride defended BW for a couple hours one night.
Of course, you can run over and help others nearby since people only attack now near the timer point. That is another thing that needs to change.
Of course, you can run over and help others nearby since people only attack now near the timer point. That is another thing that needs to change.
Zyrusticae
Banned
I will third (fourth?) this.
It seems to me like the dungeons are made specifically for organized groups in voice chat with highly competent players, which means 99% (or more) of the player base is shit outta luck.
Every single group I've been in has not enjoyed themselves. Even my guild groups don't go so well...
I did a couple of dozen dungeon runs (nearly all of them with guildies), and so far I only couldn't complete 3 (first time TA story, CoF Secret Weapon and AC Colossus). A couple of times we got to the point where we were about to quit but then decided to give it "on more try" - and it worked.
I really enjoy most of the dungeons, honestly. SE story sucked, though.
rohlfinator
Member
I haven't had too much frustration with the dungeons -- most of the time I've been with 2-3 guildies and 1-2 random others, but it's usually easy enough to coordinate with the other players even without voice chat. One of my guildies is pretty experienced with dungeon runs, so that helps a lot.
It does seem like a lot of the encounters have some sort of trick that makes things much easier, and I can see how it would be frustrating to trial-and-error that from scratch. But if you have someone who knows the trick (or look it up online), it's usually pretty straightforward to execute as long as you have a bit of coordination.
My biggest complaint about dungeons at the moment is the rewards bug, which keeps giving me reduced numbers of tokens even though I rarely run more than one dungeon a night, and never the same one twice in a row.
It does seem like a lot of the encounters have some sort of trick that makes things much easier, and I can see how it would be frustrating to trial-and-error that from scratch. But if you have someone who knows the trick (or look it up online), it's usually pretty straightforward to execute as long as you have a bit of coordination.
My biggest complaint about dungeons at the moment is the rewards bug, which keeps giving me reduced numbers of tokens even though I rarely run more than one dungeon a night, and never the same one twice in a row.
Im there
. Im suggesting Zealot first. Plunderer is pretty easy, and we'll tear thru it quick.
Q
Queen of Hunting
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cant wait for the halloween event
ArtistDude88
Member
cant wait for the halloween event
I hope Mad King Thorn makes an appearance!
Complistic
Member
He will. They said back before release he's voiced too!
This is so, so, so true.
Honestly, I love those rooms/encounters and I love being in a group that's dedicated to figuring them out and being able to run the dungeon much more smoothly next time, and show others on future runs. But if you're running the dungeon for the first time, in an uncoordinated group, I can see how it would be very frustrating. Some of the more complex bosses in explorable mode take a lot of trial and error or heavy improvisation but it's immensely satisfying to pull out the win.
I really believe that they should nerf story mode difficulty and just focus the majority of changes/tweaks/additions to explorable mode for every dungeon. I get that players out there don't all want the same level of challenge (yes- even frustration) when playing instanced content. Mumble has been crucial to succeeding in almost every dungeon run I was doing for the first time. And for some gamers, actually hopping onto a voice chat server is out of the question.
Story mode should be for those people. They can replay it for a bit of XP and silver and I wouldn't even be opposed to it rewarding a modest amount of tokens each run so that those players could save up over time.
Agreed. We just keep running them anyway, but personally, I have never, even one time, received the amount of tokens I was supposed to post-patch.
Sir Garbageman
Member
I think I'm 5 for 6 or so in random pickup groups so when it comes to completing dungeons so far. Only level 45 so don't know if the difficulty spikes up with later ones but I've been pleasantly surprised so far.
br0ken_shad0w, flyingpiranha, and Mazre, great run
br0ken_shad0w, flyingpiranha, and Mazre, great run
That's way too much to remember! But thanks...
I'm a big fur ball with a bit sword, that's all I know. And I can go whirly!!
Noisy Ninj4
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br0ken_shad0w, flyingpiranha, and Mazre, great run
If you guys are on later and want to do explorable mode, I'd be down. Still need a few more runs for a greatsword. Also need to do howling king at least once.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10s4s6/combat_mode_11/ This is getting fairly sophisticated
Says there's a new method of overlaying the crosshair. I wonder if there's any chance it works in Fullscreen mode.
Says there's a new method of overlaying the crosshair. I wonder if there's any chance it works in Fullscreen mode.
They aren't going to make sense at first, but if you have people who know the dungeon then it goes pretty well.
I can run a pretty clean Ghost Eater run even with some pugs.
My criticism of the dungeons, other than the rewards bug, is that I think some bosses are just meat shields that take too long to take down. I'm not too big on fights that are just a long, drawn-out whacking away at a health bar. It's just an artificial time extender.
Another critique is that completing the dungeons at a good pace with less deaths often involves little tricks that aren't always evident. If these tricks are intended to be used then they may want to make them more visually learnable. You know, give some stronger cues.
On the other hand, some stuff just doesn't make visual sense. I remember in my first CM explore mode run, there was a boss in a barn with a group of ranged mobs. The boss was at the bottom of the barn where you enter, and the ranged mobs were lined up top of the barn on the second floor. The non-sensible part is that the boss doesn't aggro until the ranged mobs are killed. This makes no sense visually since the boss is closer to the players and looks like he could be pulled out. Instead, you can go right past the boss and up the stairs to kill the extra mobs, and the boss will ignore you the whole time. It's not really logical.
flyinpiranha
Member
Wish I could! 5 more levels and I'll join you. That was a lot of fun though, I still can't imagine how they expect level 30 pugs to do that instance.
Yes, now its downloading a patch...
nice list of changes.
Phantasmal Warden: This skill no longer has a 0-second recharge when affected by traits. It now has approximately a 5-second recharge.
Aw. No more P.Warden/Warden's Feedback + Phantasmal Haste for an almost perma reflect. It was so good to see numbers flying across my screen in WvW.
Aw. No more P.Warden/Warden's Feedback + Phantasmal Haste for an almost perma reflect. It was so good to see numbers flying across my screen in WvW.
What resolution? I had that problem on my laptop until I lowered the rez.
Complistic
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yesss bundle auto attacks are being saved. My ele will be so much more fun now.
1366x768. I'm running with a GTX 260m. Lowering the res to 1024x768 up the FPS by about 5.
Fixed a bug in dungeon speed-clearing code. Players should no longer experience reward reductions without triggering the speed-clearing debuff.
My uber Warden is gone. =(
Don't see anything in there about Vengeful Images and the Phantasms' attack initiation. Time to go test.
"Armor that is currently equipped can no longer be transmuted."
Odd change. Just adds an extra step to transmuting.
"Updated all phantasms and clones available to the mesmer to ensure they activate within their range."
Wonder if this means I can no longer cast Berserker through walls?
Don't see anything in there about Vengeful Images and the Phantasms' attack initiation. Time to go test.
"Armor that is currently equipped can no longer be transmuted."
Odd change. Just adds an extra step to transmuting.
"Updated all phantasms and clones available to the mesmer to ensure they activate within their range."
Wonder if this means I can no longer cast Berserker through walls?
Teknopathetic
Member
Guardian retaliation nerf fucked my Hammer build.
ffff.
ffff.
"Added catapults and scaling veterans to the bridge repair event in Kessex Hills."
That should stop the Botters, no?
Sounds like
to me.
Yep.
That should stop the Botters, no?
Sounds like
Yep.
Teknopathetic
Member
"Sounds like to me."
I have a sword/torch build I also play so it's not actually the end of the world. Sorry!
I have a sword/torch build I also play so it's not actually the end of the world. Sorry!
"Added catapults and scaling veterans to the bridge repair event in Kessex Hills."
That should stop the Botters, no?
Sounds liketo me.
Yep.
Wait, you can actually auto attack with a ground target attack?
I can see it working with the elixir gun and underwater grenades (thank god), but not sure how is supposed to work for ground targeting
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