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Guild Wars 2 |OT3| Two Week Updates, One Box, Zero Subscriptions

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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Patch is live and whatsuch!

Introduced further server-side optimizations, with significant improvements during heavy combat scenarios.
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Well that's neat.

The staff axe and dagger skins are going to be in the gem store at 500 each, but I don't think they're available just yet.
Retro said:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store

Fuckin' $20 off.
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Damn lookit that store! And I just bought Blood Dragon for 7.50 damnit.

Guild Wars 2 for $30 is a joke, don't pass it up if you're out there!
 
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Proven

Member
Official response as to why they won't use a number of known NPCs such as those from the Orders: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/for...opment-Topic-Living-World/page/42#post3191642

Bobby Stein said:
The biggest reason why we introduced new characters for Living World story content was because we weren’t able to separate the Personal Story and Living World timelines and characters. So while we could have used iconics or existing characters more liberally in the Living World releases, we couldn’t put them through any meaningful changes because it could potentially break continuity elsewhere.
If you create a character that has no dependencies to existing content then you have a lot fewer restrictions in how you use them. The good news is that we’re taking steps to address this very concern and we’ll be sharing more details on our solution in the coming months.
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Which makes me sad.

Edit: When are we doing a GAF run of the tower?
 
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Lunar15

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This update sounds interesting, and I feel sad that I've chosen now to take an extended break. It feels like these past two updates have been solid in terms of living story content.
 
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Proven

Member
Oh snap, they're actually doing a server progress bar for this. Completions push to defeating the tower rather than just waiting the two weeks.

Edit:
  • Solo Arena players will now be shuffled before joining a match to promote a more even and challenging game.
  • The compass and map will now display enemy markers for enemies who are in combat and within line of sight of one of your teammates.

Sync queues dealt with and an actually very interesting improvement. Will be much easier to run to allies' aid.
 
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Retro

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Guild Wars 2>News>Available Now: Kasmeer’s Staff, Marjory’s Weapons, and More!

The fight against the Toxic Alliance is a joint effort. The bravest heroes, the Lionguard, members of the interracial Orders – we’re all in this together. But perhaps nobody is fighting the Nightmare with quite as much flair and panache as Marjory Delaqua and Lady Kasmeer Meade. Read on to learn about acquiring their weapons for your very own, picking up new Account-bound harvesting tools, and more!

New—Kasmeer's Staff
Slay your foes with dignity, poise, and a little trail of glowing feathers! This staff shines during battle and collapses to a nice, portable size while out of combat.

New—Marjory's Weapons
Marjory Delaqua’s glowing axe and ghostly snake daggers are every bit as deadly as they are eerie!

New –Permanent Sanctified Finisher
Summon a blazing light and bright angel wings to let your vanquished foes know just how righteous your skills are.

Permanent Harvesting Tool Changes
We’re changing the way that the Black Lion Trading Company’s permanent harvesting tools work! Moving forward, all permanent harvesting tools we sell will be account-bound, for a small price increase, from the get-go. Already bought a permanent tool that’s soul-bound? Talk to a Black Lion Weapons Specialist today to trade in your old, soul-bound tools in exchange for new, account-bound tools!

To kick this initiative off, we’re making the account-bound Jack-in-the-Box Scythe and Bone Pick available for one week only at their new price!
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https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/...-marjorys-weapons-and-more/?utm_source=client
 
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shysaursoft

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Lunar15 said:
Wait, are you serious? I literally asked for this exact concept to be implemented into the Living Story.
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I just hope this doesn't mean the tower is beaten in the first two days and people who play on weekends never get to see it?

Not that I expect this to happen on my server. FA is remarkably horrible at PvE content.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Lunar15 said:
This update sounds interesting, and I feel sad that I've chosen now to take an extended break. It feels like these past two updates have been solid in terms of living story content.
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The fractal update is next time's:
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KniveSmith said:
Edit: When are we doing a GAF run of the tower?
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Kos said he would lead one at 8PM, we will get us all into a overflow and run the show.
Miktar said:
I just hope this doesn't mean the tower is beaten in the first two days and people who play on weekends never get to see it?

Not that I expect this to happen on my server. FA is remarkably horrible at PvE content.
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No clue how it'll work, but I'll bet all my gold it lasts longer than that :p

Interestingly though, the "slower" servers will eventually become destinations for the people who haven't gotten their stuff done on the tail end, ensuring that they'll all get done with some opportunity for stragglers (?)
 
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shysaursoft

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Lunar15 said:
I'd think they'd design it to be a bit longer than that.
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Of course - but I also know players love to break systems, or grind like crazy to be 'world first'. Legendary weapons were supposed to take months if not more to get, and someone had one in the first week of launch?
 
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Kos Luftar

Member
I'll be on a lot today and around 8pm we will try to get our guild into overflow and we all get into it so we can do whatever is inside, together.
 
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Proven

Member
Hawkian said:
Kos said he would lead one at 8PM, we will get us all into a overflow and run the show.
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I'll try and get my Mumble working by then.

Miktar said:
Of course - but I also know players love to break systems, or grind like crazy to be 'world first'. Legendary weapons were supposed to take months if not more to get, and someone had one in the first week of launch?
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I think it was the second or third week from launch, but I see your point. But ANet has metrics from other stuff like the voting during the summer, and the number of private instances grinded for gold before like the Queen's Gauntlet and the pirate plundering stuff. No telling if people will be more motivated than they were back then. And in the worst case, they can change some numbers behind the scenes if the bar is going down too quickly.

Edit: Wasn't there a bug for about a month from launch that didn't allow people to make certain parts of the legendary? It wasn't until almost immediately after they fixed the bug that the world first legendaries were crafted. Man, I still remember Cursed Shore karma trains...
 
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Ceres

Banned
Never bought a skin or finisher off the TP but those ones are pretty sweet. Staff is also the one skin I don't have 40 of despite the majority of my characters using one.

And unfortunately I have the late shift at work this week so won't be able to play until 11 EST.
 
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Bl4ckSunsh1n3

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That sanctified finisher is awesome. I'm going to try to be around tonight for the 8PM tower events. I've been lacking in the free time area of late unfortunately.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
I really like this. The zone is huge and broken into multiple levels with tons of stuff that can kill you (bombs that will massacre unaware newbies but are easy to navigate once you get it, bosses with new mechanics to learn, lots of enemy types). Reminds me the most of something like the Fissure or Underworld of anything so far. The little instanced chambers for your party within are clever as well. Only up to the second level so far but it's fun stuff. Doesn't hurt that I'm getting great drops either :p
 
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Arcteryx

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Tower run is pretty quick, even without a huge zerg going around. I solo'd every instance/final part, but you definitely need 5-10 people for some of the "locked door" parts of the tower.

Pretty meh overall. On the flip-side: the infinite gathering tool change is awesome! And I had to pick up the staff skin for my Mesmer.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Other cool things about the tower are how you can port to whichever level you want once you've unlocked them, at least a couple secrets like out of the way chests, and some neat throwaway dialogue interactions like between Marjory and Braham in one of the chambers.

The final boss and the design of the instance are quite cool as well, but I think he himself is bugged or so. He doesn't seem to do any damage, and I believe I'm speaking literally here... I tried just taking one of his attacks to the face and I got knocked back but seemingly lost 0 hp. So it's no challenge, which is a real shame because it's an awesome-looking fight.

Join us at 8:00 PM EST tonight to storm the tower with GAF in an overflow of our choice!

We'll start at the bottom and make sure everybody gets on up to the top! Along the way, we will stop for any Events or Champions we come across (and res hapless people lying on the floor). We will not be stopping to do any Nightmare Chambers as these would break up the group. They are fun in a party but can even be done solo, so save them for another time.
 
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Arcteryx

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Hawkian said:
Other cool things about the tower are how you can port to whichever level you want once you've unlocked them, at least a couple secrets like out of the way chests, and some neat throwaway dialogue interactions like between Marjory and Braham in one of the chambers.

The final boss and the design of the instance are quite cool as well, but I think he himself is bugged or so. He doesn't seem to do any damage, and I believe I'm speaking literally here... I tried just taking one of his attacks to the face and I got knocked back but seemingly lost 0 hp. So it's no challenge, which is a real shame because it's an awesome-looking fight.

Join us at 8:00 PM EST tonight to storm the tower with GAF in an overflow of our choice!

We'll start at the bottom and make sure everybody gets on up to the top! Along the way, we will stop for any Events or Champions we come across (and res hapless people lying on the floor). We will not be stopping to do any Nightmare Chambers as these would break up the group. They are fun in a party but can even be done solo, so save them for another time.
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Yea I found that too. Someone said the encounters scale pretty heavily, so perhaps it's just incredibly easy solo.
 
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shysaursoft

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Okay, the Tower of Nightmares is wow.

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Nothing but dead players everywhere, and I love the little instances you can duck into along or with your party. This, is an awesome area. I also like the sense of progression, reaching each new teleport golem.
 
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Mxrz

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Made it to the top. Standard blue and green loot except for an exotic mini from a chest. Woo?

Its frustrating when you have 2-3 people fighting along, then someone trains a few mobs on top of you while they run off. Fun stuff otherwise.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Miktar said:
I also like the sense of progression, reaching each new teleport golem.
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Great for players leveling in here, btw. Not that it's the best way to learn the game or anything but for players leveling looking for a challenge like I was it will be fun to reach those.

As always you get upleveled to 80 during the release which is a good running concept.
 
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leng jai

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I don't quite understand the appeal of account bound picks, especially for 1000 gems. Isn't the convenience factor cancelled out by the factor that you have to manually put it in the bank and equip it every time you switch character? I would if it was automatically switched to whatever toon you were playing that would make sense.
 
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hythloday

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I guess it's good for people who think they're going to stop playing a character (for a while) they bought picks on.

I had them on the mesmer and when I thought I was going to be playing full-time thief instead, I ended up buying 2 sets.
 
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Ceres

Banned
leng jai said:
I don't quite understand the appeal of account bound picks, especially for 1000 gems. Isn't the convenience factor cancelled out by the factor that you have to manually put it in the bank and equip it every time you switch character? I would if it was automatically switched to whatever toon you were playing that would make sense.
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Its more the convenience of not running out of something when you're running around and never having a care of the level of resources you're farming. As in I don't feel like I'm wasting Ori picks on copper nodes.
Personally, I had them all bound to my ranger who I've played less and less as my guardian got more areas. So my ranger has been sitting in Orr just to farm each day I log in.
On top of this, I bought the new versions for a second character but haven't even used them yet as I wasn't 100% certain I wanted to use them on my guardian because I have my necro and ele being leveled right now and was thinking I'd use one of them more often eventually.
 
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Arcteryx

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hythloday said:
I guess it's good for people who think they're going to stop playing a character (for a while) they bought picks on.

I had them on the mesmer and when I thought I was going to be playing full-time thief instead, I ended up buying 2 sets.
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FYI, on the subReddit they mentioned ANet is going to give refunds for duplicate sets(if you want them to) by contacting support.
 
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LiveSpartan235

Neo Member
If you bought Unlimited Harveting tools for multiple characters you can submit a ticket to Anet to get a refund for the gems
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/for...y-23-unlimited-gather-tools/first#post3193057
Please do submit a ticket. We want to take care of you and everyone else who might be in this same situation. If you submit the ticket and we verify that you meet the qualifications, simply follow the instructions in the support response and we’ll be happy to refund your gems!

I just ask this: This request is going to be pretty popular, so please allow a bit of extra time for the team to get to your ticket. We’re on it, and we will help! Thanks.
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Principate

Saint Titanfall
Miktar said:
Flavour.

So we can kill Trahearne
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We get to kill Traehearne? :D

No but seriously he didn't really rub me off the wrong too the only gw characters I really disliked were Logan (After the shit he pulled ain't no way A-Net designed him to be likable) and Kormir (I basically gave gave her godhood saved her crappy ass invasion plan and got barely recorded in history, Togo died, Rurik died, she became a god). There is no justice in the guild wars world.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Arkanius said:
I still haven't understood what's the point of the mini instances we find throughout the tower?

Farming?
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I mean the rewards are pretty decent... it's just another thing you can do with a party, like a dynamic event popping up, but instanced. It's a new thing, I thought they were pretty fun.

What's the point of any of this really? Why do humans even exist??
 
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Angelus Errare

Banned
Haven't played this in forever yet I never uninstalled it.

Just checked to see if any of you invite abled citizens were online...sadly you are not. When ever someone can, I would like an invite to the fine establishment that is GAF. I promise witty guild chat banter.

Arena ID: Keo.9038
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Angelus Errare said:
Haven't played this in forever yet I never uninstalled it.

Just checked to see if any of you invite abled citizens were online...sadly you are not. When ever someone can, I would like an invite to the fine establishment that is GAF. I promise witty guild chat banter.

Arena ID: Keo.9038
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In the time it took me to read this message somebody else got you >:eek:
 
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Retro

Member
So, this is why I love the guild:
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A brand spankin' new member needs a hand getting to Kessex for a guild event and two people offer to help at the same time.

I <3 GAFGuild

Hawkian said:
In the time it took me to read this message somebody else got you >:eek:
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That was me.
 
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Asd202

Member
I kinda like this patch, fighting the boss in the instance for the achievement solo as a Thief was a great experience :).
 
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Pumpkin King

Member
Thanks for the fun times everyone. I've uninstalled. I'm not able to go on in this game. Nothing personal to anyone, but my life requires changes, and this game can't be a part of that.
 
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RionaaM

Unconfirmed Member
Hawkian said:
Damn lookit that store! And I just bought Blood Dragon for 7.50 damnit.

Guild Wars 2 for $30 is a joke, don't pass it up if you're out there!
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The game tempts me a lot, and I've been told that it's great.

Is there any difference between the Humble Store version and this one, apart from the extra $5 on Amazon?
 
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Mxrz

Member
Heroic gets you some extras over standard. Couple fairly useless consumables, a Rytlock mini pet, a rather nifty Elite skill that's good for leveling, an 18 slot bag, and your choice of one of the GW1 armor skins.
 
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RionaaM

Unconfirmed Member
Mxrz said:
Heroic gets you some extras over standard. Couple fairly useless consumables, a Rytlock mini pet, a rather nifty Elite skill that's good for leveling, an 18 slot bag, and your choice of one of the GW1 armor skins.
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This isn't worth $5, right? I think I'll save them and go with the regular edition that's on Humble Store.
 
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Retro

Member
RionaaM said:
This isn't worth $5, right? I think I'll save them and go with the regular edition that's on Humble Store.
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The bag is helpful, the rest of the stuff is just fun / vanity / collectable stuff. I dunno if it's worth $5, but buying it through the Humble store at least throws some money at charity.
 
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Kos Luftar

Member
Aodh said:
Thanks for the fun times everyone. I've uninstalled. I'm not able to go on in this game. Nothing personal to anyone, but my life requires changes, and this game can't be a part of that.
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Sorry to hear that. Hope you decide to change your mind and come back. You will always have a spot in GAF Guild.


Great run tonight guys. Hope you all had a lot of fun, I know I did. See you all later, it is time for bed for me.
 
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