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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Ah, a little structure and a set timeframe might make it easier for them to separate the wheat from the chaff. I don't envy whoever has the job of doing it, though.
 

Victrix

*beard*
Dumb but useful thing I learned today:

If you have autotarget disabled, and you want to clear your target, you can bind 'Lock AutoTarget'.

Press that once and it clears your target. Anyone who uses mobility skills that can also target mobs (or abuses FGS) knows what I'm talking about here.

Normally that keybind temporarily locks whatever 'soft' target you are aiming at while you hold the key down, but it also has the side effect of clearing your target when you release it - end result, it functions as a clear target button.

This solved both my problems with esc either not working or cancelling auto attack, and clicking on the ground during really hectic events with tons of players and mobs.

... now if I could just make nearest target actually target nearest instead of nearest champion/veteran
 

Proven

Member
Dumb but useful thing I learned today:

If you have autotarget disabled, and you want to clear your target, you can bind 'Lock AutoTarget'.

Press that once and it clears your target. Anyone who uses mobility skills that can also target mobs (or abuses FGS) knows what I'm talking about here.

Normally that keybind temporarily locks whatever 'soft' target you are aiming at while you hold the key down, but it also has the side effect of clearing your target when you release it - end result, it functions as a clear target button.

This solved both my problems with esc either not working or cancelling auto attack, and clicking on the ground during really hectic events with tons of players and mobs.

... now if I could just make nearest target actually target nearest instead of nearest champion/veteran

The nearest target thing is really what's been pissing me off. It broke because of the target priority patch for players vs. minions. I'm this close to going melee and AoE targetting only.
 

Lrn2reed

Neo Member
The nearest target thing is really what's been pissing me off. It broke because of the target priority patch for players vs. minions. I'm this close to going melee and AoE targetting only.

I thought the last latch was supposed to fix the targeting but its still atrocious.
 
I used to use the select closed target which is bound to "C" but now it always selects Champions first even if the champion is way out the range of any of my skills.

Tab targeting seems better now, but I got so used to "C" targeting.

[–]dulfydulfy.net [score hidden] 4 minutes ago
No press/fansite preview this round.

This is strange? I wonder why they are so secretive. Hope it is because this update is huge and they do not want to spoil and not because it will be tiny and not much to show.
 

Arkanius

Member
I used to use the select closed target which is bound to "C" but now it always selects Champions first even if the champion is way out the range of any of my skills.

Tab targeting seems better now, but I got so used to "C" targeting.



This is strange? I wonder why they are so secretive. Hope it is because this update is huge and they do not want to spoil and not because it will be tiny and not much to show.

I've heard rumors that we won't even get to go inside the tower.
It doesn't make sense this update to come right on day 29...

Doesnt the Mad King show up today as well?
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
I thought the last latch was supposed to fix the targeting but its still atrocious.
So there were these changes:
Tab targeting now prioritizes players over NPCs (including minions; mesmer clones are an exception) and champions over everything else.
Deselecting a target will reset the tab-targeting history.
Invisible collision elements will no longer block click targeting.
I actually don't think that "nearest target" thing should have been affected so that might be a bug.

Weirdly, ESC (well, "start") has always worked for me to clear target.
 

mingus

Member
October 29 Content Release Notes
LIVING WORLD
Tower of Nightmares
What happens when the evil agendas of the krait and the Nightmare Court align? The answer can be found around Viathan Lake in Kessex Hills, where a dreadful tower has risen to spew poison into the sky. It’s causing hallucinations and illness in all who breathe in the spores. The malevolent forces behind it have Tyria’s subjugation in mind.
Story
Track down Marjory Delaqua and Lady Kasmeer Meade in Kessex Hills, and help them investigate the sinister nature of the massive “Tower of Nightmares” in the waters of Viathan Lake.
When entering Kessex Hills, players with an actual level higher than 25 will automatically be redirected to a story instance.
Players level 25 and under may still opt to play the story instance by speaking to Marjory in Kessex Hills.
This solo story instance will introduce players to the new threat of the “Toxic Alliance” between the krait and a faction of the Nightmare Court. Players will encounter the Toxic Alliance’s unique and deadly skills firsthand as they battle their way to Marjory and Kasmeer.
Players may leave this instance without penalty, and they may retry it at any time by speaking to Marjory in Kessex Hills until the instance has been completed.
Once the instance has been completed, it can be replayed by another character.
Open World
Kessex Hills
Kessex Hills has become even more of a war zone than usual! The Tower of Nightmares has completely changed the area around Viathan Lake, spewing toxic pollen and gases into the air, turning the sky a dark and sickly hue. The Toxic Alliance, flooding from the monolithic tower, is working to cement a foothold in the region. Seraph forces are trying to stem the tide, but the tower itself appears impenetrable and is surrounded by a wall of suffocating toxic gas that prevents entry.
The Toxic Alliance appears to be here to stay. They’ve been taking territory from both allies and enemies alike, from Mudbay Digs to Greyhoof Meadows and all points in between. As players battle through a variety of new dynamic events, they will wage war on this new threat on multiple fronts around the base of the Tower of Nightmares.
The Tower of Nightmares is also creating smaller offshoots of itself at several locations around the map. Players must aid the Vigil, the Order of Whispers, and the Durmand Priory as they attempt to destroy these toxic offshoots with siege weapons.
Marjory Delaqua, an expert in poisons, is working hard to formulate an antitoxin from a camp at Thunder Ridge so that the heroes of Tyria can enter the tower and take the fight to the Toxic Alliance on their own turf. Players can help Marjory’s research efforts by bringing her Pristine Toxic Spore Samples, which can be found by completing related events and destroying Toxic Alliance enemies.
The Toxic Offshoots aren’t just limited to Kessex Hills. The wind has carried these vile blooms into the neighboring zones of Caledon Forest, Metrica Province, Brisban Wildlands, Queensdale, and Gendarran Fields. They have even been spotted in the Eternal Battlegrounds!
The Durmand Priory has been investigating the involvement of the krait, a normally xenophobic and hostile force. They are convinced that the krait have been gifted with something very important to their culture: shards of one of their great obelisks. Krait obelisks factor heavily into the krait religion, so Priory Arcanist Dolja will task players to find and transcribe the energy signatures of 24 of these obelisk shards across Tyria.
The Toxic Alliance is the toughest force yet, and their arrival brings with it the debut of the elite species type. With its difficulty level situated between a veteran and a champion, elite enemies are designed to challenge small groups of players outside of group instances.
Blood and Madness content and achievements will still be available to play until November 11, including decorations, activities, Haunted Door events, and story instances. Also, a single Halloween-themed daily achievement will be available.
Mad King Thorn will visit Lion’s Arch between 9 a.m. PDT on October 30 through 9 a.m. PDT on November 1. During that period, the Mad King will tell jokes as he wanders the Mystic Plaza and play Mad King Says in the Grand Piazza. This is the only time players can gain the A Royal Tradition achievement, which awards successful players with the Mask of the Night Skin.
Rewards
Finishing the Tower of Nightmares meta-achievement will reward the player with a personal Krait Obelisk Shard, a place of power for their home instance. It can be used to obtain a skill point and to charge Quartz Crystals once per day.
Finishing the Toxic Krait Historian achievement will reward players with a Scroll of Knowledge, which allows them to obtain five skill points.
Marjory Delaqua will accept extra Pristine Toxic Spore Samples as trade for various new crafting recipes and a new heal skill at the Thunder Ridge Camp in Kessex Hills.
Antitoxin Spray: This new heal skill is usable by all professions in PvE and WvW. Players can use the antitoxin to heal themselves and nearby allies while also removing toxic pollen, poison, torment, and confusion.
Achievements
Tower of Nightmares, the meta-achievement, will task players with bringing down Toxic Offshoots, gathering spore samples to complete Marjory’s research, seeking out krait obelisk shards, and destroying Toxic Alliance forces and their champions.
During this release, completing Tower of Nightmares daily achievements will contribute to the meta-achievement. These are earned by participating in specific Tower of Nightmares content each day.
BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
General
PvP Glory and Rank rewards have been revised. Personal score no longer grants rank. Instead, there are now flat bonuses for playing and winning games. Games lasting less than 7 minutes will have proportionally downscaled rewards.
The Special Event UI has been updated to help direct players through Living World releases.
Items
The crafting recipe for Bolts of Silk now requires 3 Silk Scraps.
The crafting recipe for Cured Thick Leather Squares now requires 3 Thick Leather Sections.
The icon for the Scroll of Knowledge has been updated.
The icon for the Experience Scroll has been updated.
Profession Skills
Elementalist
Conjure Fiery Greatsword—Firestorm: Fixed the radius skill fact and included a duration skill fact.
Mist Form: Added a skill fact for the movement-speed increase.
Undercurrent: Added a radius skill fact.
Tempest Defense: This trait now lists the appropriate damage increase to stunned and knocked-down opponents.
Engineer
Scatter Mines: Added radius and damage skill facts.
Reinforced Shield: This trait now indicates an increase to toughness, rather than adrenaline.
Low-Health Response System: Added a trait fact for the health threshold.
Napalm Specialist: This trait now displays its duration increase when used with skills that apply burning.
Elite Supplies: This trait now appropriately reduces the recharge time of mortar abilities.
Infused Precision: This trait now lists the chance to activate on critical hits.
Guardian
Smite: Added a skill fact for the number of impacts, and removed the number of attacks from the damage skill fact.
Protector’s Strike: Replaced the range skill fact with a radius.
Purging Flames: Updated the skill fact to indicate the correct condition duration reduction.
Mesmer
Veil: Fixed the duration skill fact to properly indicate its duration, with and without Temporal Enchanter traited.
Ranger
Malicious Training: Updated multiple pet abilities to reflect when this trait is equipped.
Juvenile Brown Bear:
Shake It Off: Fixed an issue that caused the condition-removal effects to behave erratically.
Sword—Slash: Removed the skill fact that displayed bleeding condition removal.
Thief
Shadow Refuge: Added a pulses skill fact.
Warrior
Hundred Blades: Fixed the skill fact to properly update when traited with Slashing Power.
World vs. World
Fixed an issue with a couple of dolyak caravans that caused them to path to the wrong objective in some cases.
BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions
Three new sets of armor skins are now available in the Gem Store: Phalanx armor skins for heavy-armor wearers, Viper’s armor skins for medium-armor wearers, and Trickster’s armor skins for light-armor wearers. Each armor-skin pack is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 800 gems.
A new permanent finisher is available for WvW and PvP combat. The fearsome new Toxic Offshoot Finisher is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.
Dreamthistle weapon skins are now available from Black Lion Weapons Specialists and cost only 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket from now until November 25. Players can get Black Lion Claim Tickets and Black Lion Claim Ticket Scraps from Black Lion Chests, which can be unlocked with Black Lion Chest Keys available in the Consumable category of the Gem Store.

no bagface :(
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Looks like a combination of an instanced version of the Kessex map with semi-permanent stuff in the open world there too, plus more minor stuff throughout the world. New armor and weapon skins, the new heal skill and home node of course... and what's with "elite" being called out as a new enemy type? Aren't those just silvers?

edit: Kessex is COMPLETELY different, just look at the map

edit: Toxic enemies have downed state, finishers can be used on them and they can revive each other
 
URSA THEORY CONFIRMED?
9af5a11-12_NextHero_EN.jpg


Scarlet is a Jungle Dragon Champ, or she is working with a Jungle Dragon Champ!!!!
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
lol, I'm getting that A Stomping Good Time achievement from Blood & Madness, by finishing the Toxic enemies.
Ahh wish I'd kept those on me

Kessex Hills... has seen better days
URSA THEORY CONFIRMED?
9af5a11-12_NextHero_EN.jpg


Scarlet is a Jungle Dragon Champ, or she is working with a Jungle Dragon Champ!!!!
Seems like a bunch of speculation for that many exclamation marks but that sounds good. The loading art for this instance is awesome too
 
Ahh wish I'd kept those on me


Kessex Hills... has seen better days

Stop doing everything yourself...wait for me to come home from work!!!!!

Can't wait to do all the new events! This is awesome. I don't even care that we do not go inside the tower.

New Gem Store Armors!
New heavy armor!
gw2-phalanx-armor-skin-male-1.jpg
sooo sexy! got to have it for my Norn! Heavy MALE
gw2-phalanx-armor-skin.jpg
Heavy FEMALE

gw2-tricksters-armor-skin-male-1.jpg
new Light Armor! MALE
gw2-tricksters-armor-skin.jpg
Light FEMALE

gw2-vipers-armor-skin-male-1.jpg
new Medium armor! MALE
gw2-vipers-armor-skin.jpg
Medium FEMALE
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Stop doing everything yourself...wait for me to come home from work!!!!!

Can't wait to do all the new events! This is awesome. I don't even care that we do not go inside the tower.
Well I wanna go in!!! Seeing it up close makes you really get a sense of the scale. Guess that's what Nov. 5th is for.

New Gem Store Armors!
New heavy armor!
Ahhh thanks, they dont seem to be in the actual gem store yet

edit: I actually like all of those rather a lot
 

Mxrz

Member
Jungle dragon would burn real good. But I am sick of Sylvari (unless I'm dressing one). We need some Charr-content. Zhaitan is dead. Why aren't we crushing the hoomins, dammit.

Oh hohohoho at the diff between male and female. We've come along way from "If charr will have six or none!"

* also, Abaddon came back as a dragon. He's still pissed about kormir stealing his swag. Truefact.
 
OMG OMG OMG GUILD OFFICER TAGS!!
Guild
109629_0613 Members in this rank receive the guild tag next to their names in game.

Skins
109631_0160 Air Purifier
109635_0000 Gasmask
109635_0002 Double-click to apply this look to any other helmet.
109637_0769 Gasmask Skin
109638_0194 Air-Filtration-Device Skin
109638_0201 Toxic Spore
109638_0203 Double-click to imbue another back-slot item's stats into this appearance (one-time ability).
109638_0230 Toxic Spore Skin
109729_0552 Toxic Pauldron
109729_0794 Toxic Mantle Skin
109731_0115 Toxic Gauntlet
109732_0079 Toxic Glove Skin
109732_0235 These help for those really dark caves.—Adgils


Might be 4 new armor sets?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1ph345/data_mining_upcoming_features_from_tower_of/

Items
109708_0380 Dreamcleaver Logging Axe
109846_1009 Upgrade Extractor
109852_0672 Extract
109852_0673 Separates one upgrade component from one item.
109852_0674 Warning: The item will be bound to this character after extraction.
109701_0550 Gathering Booster
109702_0397 Gain 10 seconds of swiftness when gathering. 33 chance at extra resources when gathering.

Save up another 800 gems for a new unlimited Logging axe!

3 new loading screens! I want the last one as a wallpaper.
1 - http://imgur.com/c2wT4hV
2 - http://imgur.com/791hwzN (a new TREE?) is that the
POD that Malyc came from?
)
3 - http://imgur.com/JnBLoDk
 
They're evolving I suppose o.o

Yay now I'll have two characters that don't have to worry about that crap.

The 1st and 3rd loading screen are already in-game. There's a rather cool cutscene in there too

Check! Is there a new Guild member rank available?

What do you think about the second loading screen?

Wow! ANETGODS still doing client graphics settings updates!
Settings
109707_0921 Use low-quality morphological antialiasing. Removes jagged edges without losing detail in textures.
109707_0922 Use medium-quality morphological antialiasing. Enables predicated thresholding for additional texture fidelity.
109707_0923 Use high-quality morphological antialiasing. Enables temporal supersampling for highest quality visuals.
109707_0928 Force 16x anisotropic filtering across all textures. Gives highest-quality texture appearance at oblique angles.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Check! Is there a new Guild member rank available?

What do you think about the second loading screen?
Guild ranks are created by the guilds, you can customize them.

The second loading screen looks to me like it's the toxic seed that created the tower
 

nataku

Member
Check! Is there a new Guild member rank available?

What do you think about the second loading screen?

Wow! ANETGODS still doing client graphics settings updates!

SMAA incoming? Please ANet, let us ditch the horrible FXAA. That AA tech needs to die a horrible death.
 
Guild ranks are created by the guilds, you can customize them.

The second loading screen looks to me like it's the toxic seed that created the tower

Guild
109629_0613 Members in this rank receive the guild tag next to their names in game.

You just don't read...do you?

People are speculating that is the Margonites.

That is such a stupid idea! Margonites are dead, along with Abbadon.
 

nataku

Member
I love the fact that mobs are going into the downed state and try to res each other in this update. Gives the otherwise easy combat a little more depth and makes you think about how to stomp them and/or prevent them from ressing each other. Hopefully it gets included more in the future.

Might be kind of neat if mobs tried to stomp you as well when you went down as well...

If this is true, it will be amazing! Peace out Dark3d/SweetFX.

I know an ANet developer posted on reddit a long time ago how they wanted to include SMAA in the game, so hopefully this is something that will happen now.
 

Lunar15

Member
URSA THEORY CONFIRMED?
9af5a11-12_NextHero_EN.jpg


Scarlet is a Jungle Dragon Champ, or she is working with a Jungle Dragon Champ!!!!

I'll wait by my mailbox for the check from anet. Although, the eyes clearly resemble Abbadon.

Anywho, I love the male heavy armor here, I wish the female heavy armor was way more like the male. I like the male chestplate, and I'd prefer to have that on my female than boobtown over there. Revealing cleavage makes sense on some armors, but not this one. It's such a heavy set (even for heavy) it should look at least slightly more practical. You want to have revealing armor for females? Sure, whatever, I get it. But at least give us some more options.

Kos: That third loading screen is clearly Kasmeer Meade. You can see Marjory Delaqua in the background. The Tower of Nightmares is also in the background, on the right side.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
You just don't read...do you?
Guild ranks are created by the guilds, you can customize them.

nothing has changed in the guild management kos. there is a reason this stuff is datamined and not printed in the patch notes.

Kos: That third loading screen is clearly Kasmeer Meade. You can see Marjory Delaqua in the background. The Tower of Nightmares is also in the background, on the right side.
The third loading screen is already prominently featured in the game, there's nothing ambiguous about what it depicts :)
 

Lunar15

Member
Guild ranks are created by the guilds, you can customize them.

nothing has changed in the guild management kos. there is a reason this stuff is datamined and not printed in the patch notes.


The third loading screen is already prominently featured in the game, there's nothing ambiguous about what it depicts :)

Ah, I haven't been around to see it. I thought maybe it was a data mine for an upcoming update.
 

Lunar15

Member
It's also interested that Scarlet is wearing a new outfit. The way the artwork is drawn, it looks like that... thing... is controlling her.

the 6 eyes and spider-like mouth make me think of Abbadon. But it could be Mordremoth as well. What if the krait tower is spreading his spores? What if he'll spread corrupted vegetation all over Tyria?

The fact that all 3 orders are responding to this invasion makes me that it IS related to the dragons. Sounds like a Pact effort to me.
 

Complistic

Member
This has to be my favorite update. Not only is it looking more and more like a dragon is involved in all this living story stuff, but anet made my armor glow :D


They changed some of the dye able areas as well.
 

Lunar15

Member
Oh, the new light armor is Marjory's outfit. Don't know why I didn't see that at first.

This has to be my favorite update. Not only is it looking more and more like a dragon is involved in all this living story stuff, but anet made my armor glow :D

They changed some of the dye able areas as well.

Wait wait wait. They changed armor and dye stuff???

EDIT: Oh. Only Sylvari stuff. I see how it is.
 

Lunar15

Member
Also, does this refer to the "first half of the improved Living Story UI" Anet mentioned a little while back?

The Special Event UI has been updated to help direct players through Living World releases.

Also, I hope it's Mordremoth, not Abbadon. Abbadon is been there done that stuff. We've already dealt with him. Bring on the new dragons!
 

Lrn2reed

Neo Member
Oh, the new light armor is Marjory's outfit. Don't know why I didn't see that at first.



Wait wait wait. They changed armor and dye stuff???

EDIT: Oh. Only Sylvari stuff. I see how it is.

that's why sylvari = best race!

on another note, I'll be on tonight, but won't be able to run aether unfortunately :-
 
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