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lazorexplosion
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Nothing. Only thing that changes is gear with explorers/travelers/etc stats.
No change to Magic Find food, or banners or boosters; just gear-based MF is going away.
shysaursoft
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Was going through my old screenshots (5k and counting!), when I came across this shot from earlier this year, when my guild finally finished CoE for the first time. I clean forgot about it, and it was a nice memory to stumble upon.
shysaursoft
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Man you guys were decked out. The first time I ever beat COE I think I was still rocking an all-blue Pirate set
I think most of them were all rares or masterwork, I was the only one in exotics due to Leatherworking
Complistic
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I've got 4 characters inventories completely full of greens. Gonna be good...
Threshold completion rewards like the Scarlet invasions. Keeps the time investment from feeling worthless while not undoing the threatening shame of failure for those players who happen to care about such things (me)
AFollowerNotALeader
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Well I now have a second (this one is a Norn) warrior. It's easy to forget when you are running around doing dailies how actually awesome the starting zones are.
Jest Chillin
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Wall of Text crit first thing in the AM. Ouch. I'll edit in any thoughts I have on this once I have my coffee.
Edit: Ok.. so turns out there isn't much to say. Most of the post was just Chap getting stuff off his chest and trying to get through to the forum trolls/cut through the hyperbolic bs. Cool post but there's just nothing to really say since every even tempered person should already know everything he wrote out there.
I agree GW2 official forums is a den of stupidity and whiners.
How much is the coin?
When Hawkian is in a group I get really confused when he skips mobs. Such a wildcard.
Good. Good. Excellent.
I wonder how they will tie it in, storywise. Either way, I'm glad that they're going to do something. As always, expectations in check, but I'm insanely curious to see how they deal with dragon content when a lot of people have already beaten Zhaitan. I'm expecting them to treat it as if we have not, which I'm fine with, but who knows what kind of twist they could throw out there.
EDIT: It could be Returns or Revenge, but Rises sounds like the safest bet.
AFollowerNotALeader
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I think there's some back story to this where one of the "Big name" players in their eSports thing very publicly quit (leaving post and all) on the forums, ANet deleted his post, the repost, and then a discussion about why they had deleted the post. Then drama, hence the venting on the SPvP forum.
Edit - More here: http://www.reddit.com/r/gw2esports/comments/1lih2t/xeph_leaves_gw2_for_good/
My issues with the coming updates are entirely unrelated, and more to do with the approx 42 weeks taken to gear my alts with ascended weapons if I work flat out at it (which let's be honest is not going to happen, that's not fun and I'm not going to do it).
Jest Chillin
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Without getting too meta in terms of sniping at other forums, it seems like the 'I quit' post was seen as a catalyst for negative types, which is unfortunate. I don't know Xeph personally. He's probably a great guy. But I can't really take his leaving (or any other "big" name leaving for that matter) as any kind of sign. He was a great player and apart of (as far as I can tell) two great teams. From the outside looking in though, a lot of the high end players made really odd moves over the past few months in team switching and the like in an attempt to set themselves up better for money making or something? I'm not really sure. Maybe internal politics played a part too. But for a game whose balance and meta are still in the infant stages.. there was just no real stability. I would guess that has more to do with a player like Xeph leaving than balance decisions.
Understandable. I've already posted my concerns about the way Ascended is being implemented though, so I won't jump on my soap box about that again. ;p
What's that supposed to be Tequatl Rising update?
From Kill Ten Rats:
Probably. They post a teaser image on their Releases page when the next update becomes current. We'll get more details on the 10th, but given what we saw at PAX, "Tequatl Rising" is a safe bet.
This is gonna hurt so good....
Probably. They post a teaser image on their Releases page when the next update becomes current. We'll get more details on the 10th, but given what we saw at PAX, "Tequatl Rising" is a safe bet.
Jest Chillin
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Tequatl Revengeance*
What's that, Trahearne's connection to Orr after cleansing it caused him to get infected by the spirit of Zhaitan? You're saying we now have to kill an evil Trahearne who has taken control of Orr? Well, if I have to...
No price on the page, might be up on the gem shop already? Post if you spot any of them.
Gotta keep you on your toes.
Basically, I don't like to skip anything unless it is an inordinate waste of time or could actually harm the run. For example, those mobs in SE1 will respawn in waves forever and the duration of the run will be infinity if you try to kill them all.
I hate skipping stuff with legit rewards (like a champ box) even if it's out of the way. Even stuff everybody skips by default like Kholer in path 3 of AC. I don't like being the only one to want to do something time-consuming though so I will defer to the rest of the group or whoever is leading in those scenarios.
raaaaaaaar
I'm assuming the Transmutation Splitter is single use?
Obviously, Scarlet took control of the remaining forces of Zhaitan.
Obviously, Scarlet took control of the remaining forces of Zhaitan.
Thanks Jira. Your links were dead from the copy/paste but I found your original post.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=79482317&postcount=5535
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=79482317&postcount=5535
Well, time to bash some dragons, then. Kinda surprised that they didn't name the update after WvW's Bloodlust in the Borderlands. Would have been neat to see them put other modes in the spotlight for once. But hey, I'm not complaining.
AFollowerNotALeader
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Looks like the patch is on its way - according to the Reddits there has been a server notice.
Hopefully it'll be up before I get home from work!
THEN IT WILL BE CHAMP BAG OPENING PARTY.
Hopefully it'll be up before I get home from work!
THEN IT WILL BE CHAMP BAG OPENING PARTY.
theMrCravens
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Now I see why they've created tribulation mode...
Other way around, tribulation mode was part of the original SAB design there just wasn't any time. The continue coin was planned after.
Lots of information is now readily available about SAB's stuff in this patch (which should hit within the next hour), some of which is sure to be upsetting for some, but also some good surprises. I'll spoiler tag stuff (no actual content described really, just rewards and organizational stuff, but juuust in case):
New non-instanced hubworld inside the box
New World 1 achievements and Meta event for a King Toad backpack
New secrets throughout World 1
Original SAB weapon skins (blue Super skins) will not be returning to Moto's inventory for Bauble Bubbles (they remain on the TP for not-outrageous prices, so consider scoping out and buying the ones you want if any)
New skins complete the set: Mace, Axe, Warhorn, Focus, Torch, Pistol, Rifle, Dagger, Hammer. No word on Super Backpacks yet.
Chest rewards and bauble dig locations are now account based, restricting bauble farming
New title, and second meta/backpack for World 2
Much like World 2 in the last SAB release before it, beating World 2 unlocks a preview of World 3
In tribulation mode, everything kills you in one hit
New World 1 achievements and Meta event for a King Toad backpack
New secrets throughout World 1
Original SAB weapon skins (blue Super skins) will not be returning to Moto's inventory for Bauble Bubbles (they remain on the TP for not-outrageous prices, so consider scoping out and buying the ones you want if any)
New skins complete the set: Mace, Axe, Warhorn, Focus, Torch, Pistol, Rifle, Dagger, Hammer. No word on Super Backpacks yet.
Chest rewards and bauble dig locations are now account based, restricting bauble farming
New title, and second meta/backpack for World 2
Much like World 2 in the last SAB release before it, beating World 2 unlocks a preview of World 3
In tribulation mode, everything kills you in one hit
Jest Chillin
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I knew they would ruin my technique from the first SAB release. :'''''''''(
Hehe, it wasn't just you!
Do bear in mind that the number of daily rewards you can obtain has doubled due to the new world, and that everything besides chests and dig sites are neither character- nor daily-gated (Bee Dogs on notice).
Jest Chillin
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Well
my technique was speed running 1-3 with all of my characters specifically for the chests. I was drop farming rather than bauble farming. It really only paid off in that it was something I could do rather quickly, 5 times over for 15 chances at a drop per day. Even though they've added 3 more zones, if the W2-1 preview was any indication, they're going to get increasingly time consuming AND with chests account bound, that still cuts my drop rate chance in half.
I'm pretty broke at the moment and the first SAB was the only dependable way for me to make decent amounts of gold and the drop rate was one that it wasn't a steady amount and wildly varied. Over the entire first month of SAB I made maybe 250-ish gold due to the nature of RNG. Unless I get some really lucky and valuable drops more often than last time.. I'm going to come in significantly lower this time.
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