Would you guys be at all interested in something like this real-time map thing, but obviously much more fully-featured? I feel like a project.
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well i love me some skins so yeah. but that's pretty much why they do this. w/o a sub fee they need to keep updates rolling for gem store.
which reminds me, i wonder if next week we'll see those school outfits since its close to that time of year.
That would have to run on top of the game, right?
I did CoF on my warrior lastnight. Wasn't too thrilled with how I played. I rarely use the warrior, but I still died way too much.
Retraited to 30/0/0/10/30. Made a berserker axe & mace, made six soldier ruins for my soldier set. Maybe that'll go better. Plan was to transition over to a berserker set eventually, but I don't play the character enough to get used to it. At least compared to the guardian where I just face tank everything.
Retraited to 30/0/0/10/30. Made a berserker axe & mace, made six soldier ruins for my soldier set. Maybe that'll go better. Plan was to transition over to a berserker set eventually, but I don't play the character enough to get used to it. At least compared to the guardian where I just face tank everything.
If you mean the display, I was going to go with a companion website first; many more devices, much easier to do, less risky. You can always add more complicated things (like game overlay apps) once you have the infrastructure working well.
If you are asking if it has to run something, yes, but I intended to make it super simple and easy to verify and build for anyone. All the app does is read some Mumble data and send it to a server, so even non-programmers should be able to examine it and understand what it's doing.
Nice idea. Been looking for a project myself.
Pumpkin King
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So now that I finally finished 100% map completion, a legendary is my next long term goal. I like the incinerator, but for d/d ele, the daggers have to match. I really hope they add greatsword to the weapons ele's can use. It is already a conjured weapon, I'd much rather they add greatsword as a weapon and replace the conjured greatsword skill. Otherwise I guess it's time to finally start leveling my guardian.
Yeah, I didn't mean the display, I mean an external app. Would be pretty cool.
gamergirl85
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Is Wednesday the next champ hunt and if so where will it be?
Looking through the entries for that contest make me realize just how gorgeous this game is.
Anet did a stellar job with dyes. I think outfits could be made a bit easier to mix and match, especially for heavy armor, but people have managed to do some great stuff regardless. The overall tone and color palette of the game is so good. I'm in awe of so many people's screenshots.
This is probably my favorite entry, even though it's a little too boob centric. That being said, the actual combination of all those different sets along with the rapier as a weapon is brilliant
Anet did a stellar job with dyes. I think outfits could be made a bit easier to mix and match, especially for heavy armor, but people have managed to do some great stuff regardless. The overall tone and color palette of the game is so good. I'm in awe of so many people's screenshots.
This is probably my favorite entry, even though it's a little too boob centric. That being said, the actual combination of all those different sets along with the rapier as a weapon is brilliant
Jest Chillin
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Has that been touched up? Seems touched up.
Most likely. But I still like the set combination.
Mine's 100% Grade A real though! (which is why it won't win ;_
It is about the outfit. But if you want people to look at the pictures, it's nice to have something eye catching. I took all my pictures in Wayfarer because the dyes I used are actually a reflection of the vistas there.
Unfortunately, I'm just not very creative with actual armor sets, which is my downfall. All I'm good for is dyes!
Yah, Wednesday at 9:00 PM. Fields of Ruin I believe! Branded times.
Well, I hit 80 on my Necromancer around 11:30 PM, spent some time cobbling a set together to try the new gauntlet thing with him, and finished Liadri around 1:30 AM. I don't know if I'll bother with the 8 orb achievement, it's not exactly a forgiving fight on a Necromancer as it is. Definitely my favorite little mini-game thing they've added via one of these updates, though I wish it was a little more refined. The weird blinding effect and the floor's texture not being very good at displaying the AoE rings in particular were kind of shitty.
Kos Luftar
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Wow. You put some serious time in yesterday...you went from 60-80 and then went to also do the Gauntlet. That must have taken like 8 hours.
Kos Luftar
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That is 30~ gold for a basic salvage kit! Maybe I'll wait for a discount.
Jest Chillin
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It's the copper salvage machine thing that got datamined. Cost's 3 copper per use and has no chance of removing runes/sigils.
Kos Luftar
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https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/august-20-2013/
UPDATE PAGE UP!
Not much in the update page. They do not want to spoil the surprise.
The birthday present is kinda Meh!
UPDATE PAGE UP!
Not much in the update page. They do not want to spoil the surprise.
The birthday present is kinda Meh!
Da DreadLord
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Copy that shit in here!
Umm that update is ass outside of culling I guess or maybe there trying to hide the really good part of the update.
Kos Luftar
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Kos Luftar
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If this is all that is coming on the 20th...I guess a lot of stuff we heard has been pushed back or they just didn't include everything on this page and will announce stuff on separate blog posts.
If she announces that she is having a baby Logan...that is going to be quite boring.
Da DreadLord
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Meh 1 year old characters.. why not 1 year old accounts >.>
Jest Chillin
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Character age is how they've done it in the past. My guess is that it's more rewarding to the player without being able to be gamed. If they did a present per character by account age, people would just roll a bunch of extra's right before the account birthday. If they just did it one per account, it doesn't reward the people playing multiple characters for their dedication. It's a middle ground.
Kos Luftar
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I think this will be the first time that they do a livestream on the day of the update. Usually they do them on the Monday before the update.
I wonder if the speech is a one-time event?
What do you guys think the will announce?
Was this always part of the Queen's Jubilee update page or did they just add that today?
I think it's a typo.
Jest Chillin
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Whatever happens during the Queens Speech, be it something she reveals or something that interrupts her speech, it's supposed to be a major plot point helping to tie the past LS segments together. I'm sticking with my "The Queen was behind it all to unify all the former Krytan lands" theory.
Kos Luftar
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What Krytan lands did she have to Unify? How is setting Flame Legion and Dredge on Norn and Charr help her unify Krytan lands?
So, I had a fun morning. I woke up to my phone giving the EAS alert; a Tornado Warning (no visual indicator, just radar, so... yawn). We waited for it to expire and then headed out to drop the wife off at work. The rain was fairly heavy with a little ponding, but otherwise not too bad. Lots of lightning though. As we get closer, the traffic lights are out near her office, which as it turns out was also without power. So I drop her off just as a Flash Flood Warning is issued and the rain kicks into overdrive.
These are not flood-prone areas, I've never seen them like this, so quite unusual. That middle shot is an 6-lane highway, completely under water. Lots of stalled cars, lots of people turning around with little warning. A few dicey moments myself just carefully driving through so as not to hose the battery, but nothing where I felt I was in any danger. Still, glad to be out of that mess.
It's not. They've been talking about this update as pretty significant lately and I'm pretty sure Colin mentioned in Guild Chat that the update notes wouldn't be the full story (and that this was done on purpose);
MMORPG is listing a few more details not on the Preview Page:
These are not flood-prone areas, I've never seen them like this, so quite unusual. That middle shot is an 6-lane highway, completely under water. Lots of stalled cars, lots of people turning around with little warning. A few dicey moments myself just carefully driving through so as not to hose the battery, but nothing where I felt I was in any danger. Still, glad to be out of that mess.
It's not. They've been talking about this update as pretty significant lately and I'm pretty sure Colin mentioned in Guild Chat that the update notes wouldn't be the full story (and that this was done on purpose);
Colin Johanson said:
MMORPG is listing a few more details not on the Preview Page:
My guess is that they've kind of heard the complaints about updates spoiling everything good before it happens.
That's also why they're doing the livestream on the day of: Showing off whatever this is would be a massive spoiler.
That being said, it can't have immediate permanaent changes because they would have to wait until enough people have actually seen the speech to enact changes, otherwise it'd be a huge spoiler.
That's also why they're doing the livestream on the day of: Showing off whatever this is would be a massive spoiler.
That being said, it can't have immediate permanaent changes because they would have to wait until enough people have actually seen the speech to enact changes, otherwise it'd be a huge spoiler.
The speech will probably be in an instance... But then the ramifications of whatever happened in that instance (other than a plot twist/dump) won't matter for two weeks when we then hit SEASON 2!
I doubt that they'll ever do a one time event again. I just wish they hadn't dedicated themselves to 2-week updates as this is the perfect thing to hold back a week and then only have it last through the last week of August.
So, all that said, I can believe that there's still something hidden. They got all the feature stuff out of the way early though, which makes me sad for no LFG.
I doubt that they'll ever do a one time event again. I just wish they hadn't dedicated themselves to 2-week updates as this is the perfect thing to hold back a week and then only have it last through the last week of August.
So, all that said, I can believe that there's still something hidden. They got all the feature stuff out of the way early though, which makes me sad for no LFG.
Kos Luftar
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I understand keeping living story stuff hidden but I thought there would be some more feature stuff that Colin talked about in the big blog post...maybe crafting pushed to 500...unless they want that to be a surprise as well. I feel like that page is going to grow as the week goes with more features that they will introduce in this update or it will stay the same and new features will come in September.
Jest Chillin
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The Norn and Charr are occupying lands that used to belong to Kryta. Remember that LA used to be the capital and the lands stretched from Queensland through Ascalon. I detailed my theory earlier in the thread
I feel like Colin's quote in that IGN article ("permanently creates content and change for the entire world game-wide", "we want to showcase that that’s where stuff is headed") is hinting at something that probably wouldn't really work on a preview page. LIke, Something where people might read it and not immediately grasp the meaning of what's being said because it's technical or not really a 'punchy' item for a preview page.
I dunno, I feel like we're getting half the picture here. Maybe they're going to slip an extra update or something in, or gate the content so major events start next Tuesday but end a week later... /shrug.
Queen to reveal she is carrying Trehearn's lovechild. Once you go tree, you never want to leaf...
Kos Luftar
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The Charr have taken their lands back.
Norn did not take the lands from Kryta, the got moved down to lands that belonged to the Dwarfs, not humans.
She would be an idiot to try and start a war with other nations when there are these world destroying Dragons flying everywhere.
Oh. Are they still around?
Kos Luftar
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Someone is making those Claws of Jormag and Shatterer's.
Don't be so salty Kanik. Sweet Kanik > Salty Kanik.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
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I hope that during her speech a dragon comes in and kills her. The next series of the living stories can be related to finding the dragon, the person/group behind it, and then having a big ass world event where we all converge on that place to exact revenge.
That being said she's probably knocked up with the next king and we'll have to protect her from a few baddies for a few minutes.
That being said she's probably knocked up with the next king and we'll have to protect her from a few baddies for a few minutes.
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