LumpOfCole
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Nemesis121
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They also patch out the traits where you had to do map completion for a minor trait..
Necessary housekeeping. These notes are huge but I am liking every line o__o
shysaursoft
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Good stuff.
Damn, I hope this content stays around for a while, because having to juggle both Queen's Pavilion and Cliffs is going to be hectic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzhYNcd4OM
RIP Champ train. Debating hitting Queensdale as soon as I log back in to watch the map tears.
RIP Champ train. Debating hitting Queensdale as soon as I log back in to watch the map tears.
Snakethesniper
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I'm pretty new to all the stuff in GW2, what was that "champion train"? I've read sometimes in the world chat people looking for "trains"
Basically, there are respawning "Champion"-level (gold border) mobs throughout many maps that provide a guaranteed bag with goodies inside including a bit of silver, crafting mats, very useful stuff for just making gold. They're still totally a thing- check out Frostgorge Sound and ask "if a train is up" and somebody will usually offer you a waypoint to "hop on." This just removed it from Queensdale- the human starting area and one of the most populous zones filled with new players- because as an introduction to the game proper it's quite poor, and created a bit of a toxic environment within what should be a relatively peaceful locale.
Great replacements... actually, I see mobs on that list I'm pretty sure I've never killed before. Hype!
shysaursoft
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In Queensdale specifically, people had a 'route' where they'd zerg from champ to champ to champ, repeating it all day, every day, and it became incredibly toxic because if new players, new to the game, killed a champ "out of order" they'd get shat on from on high. It was a dumb farm, all for grinding karma, experience, and minimal loot.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Nemesis121
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Edge of the mist is a better champ train, you get so many champs bags in there..
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Nothing stops this trai--
shysaursoft
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And a better place for it, in my opinion, because there some emergent gameplay can at least happen, like when two zergs collide.
Nemesis121
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if you understand your class it shouldn't be hard to create your own build, just remember the stats you choose now in the build menu is all your stats, the armor and acc you have on now is just for show...
Nemesis121
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With 2 files left my DL is at zero KB 
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(We clearly evaluate the distinctions between Warrior and Guardian differently, but before I delve into them let me clarify that I don't think warriors are "better;" of course Staff/Hammer Guardians are great in WvW and ideally I'd have a frontline of 50% that and 50% hammer warrior. Now to quibble with your specific points:
Far less utility on my shouts? This will be our key point of disagreement, as I've mained warrior shout healer since release. Warrior can run trooper runes just as guardians, and given the shorter cooldowns, warrior is seemingly better for condi removal. As to the shouts themselves? The stability shout is clearly uber-amazing, but protection/regeneration is just ok and aegis/swiftness meh with those cooldowns. I'd rather give might/fury (For Great Justice!). But of course the major reason warrior shouts have more utility is Healing Shouts- my cleric warrior has 4 shouts providing >3k AoE healing each, which is much more valuable to me than group boons.
Far less utility on my weapon skills? Guardian's weapon skills have more obvious utility I guess, with stuff like Empower and Symbol of Swiftness. But warrior has the single greatest weapon skill between them, Earthshaker (so much so that I can't fathom why you would think guard hammer #2 is better- because of the low cooldown?). My hammer skills have more AoE to their CC in a zerg. And for my playstyle, mace/shield provides the defensive set I need to continue to achieve my true utility, pumping out healing shouts.
But ultimately I prefer warrior to guardian because I've never met a guardian in WvW whose teeth my cleric warrior couldn't kick in 1v1.
EDIT: Oh yeah, warrior has warbanner. So I'm more survivable than a guardian, I put out more healing than a guardian, and I'm better at reviving my teammates than a guardian.
shysaursoft
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There really aren't a set stack of good builds, it all boils down to what kind of role you want to play, how you want to engage. Do you want to be a mobile point capture, do you want to be a bunker and deny others the capture, do you want to be a glass cannon that takes out the roamers, etc.
It'll take a bit of playing, but you should be able to identify what skills you want to equip after about 5 matches. Do you feel too slow, and you keep getting trapped? Pack some mobility and lock-breakers. Do you hate dying so much? Go full bunker, stack Vitality and Toughness and skills to mitigate damage, and so on.
It can be overwhelming at first, but good advice is to "play the matchup". Ignore the people behind the characters. If you're running along and a Mesmer engages you, think more about how your class is matching up versus theirs, at first - ignore the human behind it for now. After the fight, think about where you were strong, where they were weak, should you have run, should you have engaged, etc.
Coriolanus
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http://en.gw2codex.com/build/
Seems to be the one that still gets updates regularly. Sadly gw2skills doesnt seem to support build browsing yet.
shysaursoft
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Patch seems to be 300MB.
Kos Luftar
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Dead just like the game, next WoW exp pack will kill it etc etc
hockeypuck
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Is the "Mission Control" permissions only available to guild officers? Because it should be.
Yep, it should only be Officers/Leaders that have it.
Hawkian did recently tweak the "Mist Warrior" rank so that they could turn on WvW +5 Supply when needed.
Yep, that's a separate check box though- "Activate Completed Upgrades"
Kos Luftar
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Mission kick off is an upgrade.
shysaursoft
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Hnng.
Hnng.
Miktar ive been meaning to ask : how do you get your character out of the screen for screenshots ?
shysaursoft
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/sleep or an owl tonic.
Coriolanus
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Gods, concept art made 3d,
Thanks !
This zone is beautiful. I'm loving this update and I've only just started getting into it.. The crystals hidden around are really fun to find. I keep falling to my death though which sucks, even though there are loads of safety nets haha.
I just managed to avoid finishing the Dolyak race because I air jumped over the line xD
I just managed to avoid finishing the Dolyak race because I air jumped over the line xD
Can't wait til I get home... (though I sorta wish I could nap and play GW2 simultaneously while a third me pays attention to the playoffs)
Haven't touched it beyond logging in and seeing a couple of the Phoenix skins, but it seems to me like this patch is a pretty big win.
At the Zephyr Sanctum...
At the Crown Pavilion...
At the under-construction Lion's Arch...
Throughout the event:
The exclusive rewards, Baby Dolyak tonic/mini panda, one of which you can apparently get your choice of through the meta, are pretty awesome too.
In Fractals...
Dredge
Rewards
Skill/balance stuff:
Great to see a batch of Engineer bug fixes, tons of skill fact adjustments to provide more info. Ranger F2 skills are significantly more responsive sounds great too.
Phoenix skins:
By and large I quite like these... though thematically that's no surprise
General:
For those who are curious, the purpose of this prompt is to determine whether or not you want "another shot" for your guild or to co-opt the triggering guild's success. It can be very handy if not every member of GAF got their comms on the "first try."
There's more "new" here than I expected. Should be a very nice morsel until the season proper gets underway. And with the confirmation that more of it will be permanent than last season, this is basically prime time to be here as an active player.
Haven't touched it beyond logging in and seeing a couple of the Phoenix skins, but it seems to me like this patch is a pretty big win.
It was such a good idea to theme the release around this. It was such a nice surprise to have any of this set back in LA and see the beginnings of its reconstruction. It's a wholly sensible time for the humans in particular to celebrate with the Pavilion, the Zephyrites to lend a hand and some amusement, and for all citizens of Tyria to enjoy themselves a bit. I think there's a palpable energy out there now both in the in-game world and the community as we start to build momentum toward the season.
Very clever- what's the status of Vigil Keep now? Everything still there for the moment?
At the Zephyr Sanctum...
Pretty great. I don't think there would have been too many complaints if the old sky crystal layout and only the old events/minigames were available, but brand-new stuff to do is just gravy. And how adorbs are those calves zomg
At the Crown Pavilion...
This change to what was a mindless- if profitable- zerg before is possibly the most intriguing surprise in this patch. Here's a redditor's description:
Sounds like something we might be able to run as a guild...
Why yes, that is enough motivation for me to murder her again. Hmmm... first new player to post a screenshot with this title equipped gets a quick 5g from me.
At the under-construction Lion's Arch...
Seems like now you can get to everything in LA again, but there are more "hanging out" options spread throughout the zone than there used to be. Eager to see what it looks like.
Throughout the event:
Clever- any new players, I urge you to pursue all the home instance nodes if available! Gift of Sprockets, Gift of Candy Corn, Gift of Quartz.
IIiinteresting. Wonder what that backpiece is like.
The exclusive rewards, Baby Dolyak tonic/mini panda, one of which you can apparently get your choice of through the meta, are pretty awesome too.
In Fractals...
Dredge
Whoa, cool. Look forward to seeing this.
Perhaps the most-needed tweak. This alone could take the fractal from tedious to well-paced.
Rewards
Fascinating. This set of changes has reinvigorated my desire to get to the high-level fractals. Time to score some more AR!
Skill/balance stuff:
Great to see a batch of Engineer bug fixes, tons of skill fact adjustments to provide more info. Ranger F2 skills are significantly more responsive sounds great too.
Phoenix skins:
By and large I quite like these... though thematically that's no surprise
I want the focus for my Guardian.
General:
Just, forever? There are just two more regular old dailies available now every day? Anybody confirm?
Great fix. Since the megaserver introduction, this bug/change was confirmed within 5 days, and then fixed exactly one month later. I consider that a completely acceptable turnaround personally.
Another good fix, though the fact it wasn't this way to begin with was just an oversight.
For those who are curious, the purpose of this prompt is to determine whether or not you want "another shot" for your guild or to co-opt the triggering guild's success. It can be very handy if not every member of GAF got their comms on the "first try."
A highly-requested tweak for accidental purchase of gear on the "wrong" character, though I'm sure they were disappointed they couldn't make it retroactive.
Nice little housekeeping stuff on things disproportionately affecting new players. Thumbs up!
This is actually a fairly significant change for open world leveling, especially alts whom you can keep a few on at all times. Quite a nice boost.
There's more "new" here than I expected. Should be a very nice morsel until the season proper gets underway. And with the confirmation that more of it will be permanent than last season, this is basically prime time to be here as an active player.
shysaursoft
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I like the three new Charr male faces added to the total makeover kit today, might spend one to change my Guardian:
Not very impressed by the update so far, Pavillion is bound to be very random even when people get the hang of it
The gold rewards better be fabulous because the Bronze tier gives less than killing two separate champions.
It's a shame they seem to have removed the farming aspect out of it because it would have been a perfect thing to counter the effects of the bazaar on TP prices to some extent.
I have a feeling they also wanted to please the 'give us harder content' crowd, but I have the feeling this particular event may not have been the best for that.
Not a fan of the Sanctum so far either, it's pretty and all, but it's also a mess of a place, I couldn't even find the two NPC's related to the events.
Sanctum Sprint is well ... Sanctum Sprint, and as far as the aspect arena goes, getting one-shotted is basically all I could get accomplished.
I'll see how tomorrow goes I guess.
The gold rewards better be fabulous because the Bronze tier gives less than killing two separate champions.
It's a shame they seem to have removed the farming aspect out of it because it would have been a perfect thing to counter the effects of the bazaar on TP prices to some extent.
I have a feeling they also wanted to please the 'give us harder content' crowd, but I have the feeling this particular event may not have been the best for that.
Not a fan of the Sanctum so far either, it's pretty and all, but it's also a mess of a place, I couldn't even find the two NPC's related to the events.
Sanctum Sprint is well ... Sanctum Sprint, and as far as the aspect arena goes, getting one-shotted is basically all I could get accomplished.
I'll see how tomorrow goes I guess.
shysaursoft
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Never judge a patch by the first day. Everyone's running around like headless chickens, zones are full of derps just derping. Give it a few days for the excitement to wear off, and for people to find a groove. Also, don't try to do everything on the first day.
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